With Jack Bailey
Scripture And so the Lord says, “These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote. ~ Isaiah 29:13, NLT Quote Real people never pretend to be perfect, and people who pretend to be perfect are never real.…
Scripture For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. ~Ephesians 2:10, NLT Quote There is not one square inch in the whole domain of our existence over which Christ does not cry “Mine!” ~Abraham Kuyper Do your…
Scripture But the Pharisees were disturbed by this and said to each other, “We won’t be able to stop this. The whole world is going to run after Him.” ~John 12:19, TPT Quote “I’d rather rule in hell as to serve in heaven.” ~Satan {John Milton} I am reading the gospel of John is the…
Scripture If this is how you intend to treat me, just go ahead and kill me. Do me a favor and spare me this misery! ~Numbers 11:15, NLT Quote There can be life without pain, but no pain without some kind of life. ~Augustine Every now and then I turn to Psalm 55 and read…
Scripture But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job said nothing wrong. ~Job 2:10, NLT Quote “We can ignore pleasure, but pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures,…
Scripture Now, the one who plants and the one who waters are equally important and on the same team, but each will be rewarded for his own work. ~I Corinthians 3:8, TPT Quote None of us do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something…
Scripture Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. ~1 Peter 4:9, NKJV Quote Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend. ~Henri Nouwen You may put a lot of stock on how well your pastor preaches, but to someone visiting your worship on Sunday morning, the…
Scripture I was desperate for You to help me in my struggles, and You did! So come and deliver me now from this treachery and false accusation. ~Psalm 120, TPT Quote When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. ~Socrates Psalm 120 is a prayer of David in response to the slander…
Scripture The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery. “Ha! Look at you now!” they yelled at him. “You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days.” ~Mark 15:29, NLT Quote Some things are not sinful in and of themselves; the sin comes when we abuse…
Scripture Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. ~John 15:27, NKJV Quote Can we help other people without using them to help ourselves? ~Sarah Young Sarah Young’s famous devotional JESUS…