With Jack Bailey
Scripture When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life. ~Genesis 17:1, NLT Quote To doubt the sovereignty of God is to doubt God Himself. ~Ya’akov There is a difference between Calvinist: they are not all the same. I…
Scripture My enemies come out at night, snarling like vicious dogs as they prowl the streets.They scavenge for food but go to sleep unsatisfied. ~Psalm 59:14-15, NLT Quote As good men in concert make one another better; so bad people in concert make one another worse. ~Matthew Henry David was married to Saul’s daughter Micah and…
Scripture Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.” ~Genesis 2:18, NLT Quote We use the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. Solitude is the word we use to express the glory of being…
Scripture “So don’t be afraid, little flock. For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the Kingdom.” ~Luke 12:32, NLT Quote Our Heavenly Father’s love is always supernatural, always a miracle and always the last thing we deserve. ~Robert Horn I love the parable of the loving father in Luke 15: he…
Scripture But the wisdom that is from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, and without hypocrisy. ~James 3:17, GBV Quote The wisdom from above is the faith that works by love. ~Charles Wesley I love to compare list; especially when I find…
Scripture They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on God. But there they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to dread. ~Psalm 53:4-5, NIV Quote The righteous know that were not for the gracious mercy of God, their end would be the same as the wicked. ~Gerald H. Wilson…
Scripture By slouthfulness the roof of a house goeth to decay, and by the idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. ~Ecclesiastes 10:18, Geneva Bible Quote Spiritual sloth is a hard-bitten, joyless apathy of spirit and there is a lot of it around today in Christian circles. ~J.I. Packer I bet you are like…
Scripture The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief. To increase knowledge only increases sorrow. ~Ecclesiastes 1:18, NLT Quote God in His wisdom–to teach us humility and to walk by faith–has hid from us almost everything that we would like to know. ~J.I. Packer James Innell Packer was one very intelligent man in my opinion. I…
Scripture Drink no longer water. ~I Timothy 5:23, Geneva Bible Quote “My doctor told me to drink more water, so I started putting ice cubes in my diet pepsi.” ~Internet I do a light blog every now and then. All work and no play makes Jack a dull fellow. As most of you know, I…
Scripture But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darknessinto his wonderful light. ~1 Peter 2:9, NLT Quote Christianity has nothing in common…