With Jack Bailey
Scripture “Where I am going, you will not be able to follow, but one day you will.” ~John 13:36, The Passion Bible Quote By and by, through the shining portals, Turning our feet, We shall walk, with the glad immortals, Heav’n’s golden street. ~Mary B. Slade This is Jesus speaking to His disciples prior to…
Scripture In this new life, it doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us. ~Colossians 3:11 NLT Quote In every part of the Bible Christ is found–dimly and indistinctly at the beginning, more…
Scripture And they saw him from a distance, and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death. ~Genesis 37:18, LSB Quote We will fall, we lay our crowns at the feet of Jesus.The greatness of mercy and love will compel us to cry holy, holy, holy is the…
Scripture “But no one who drinks the old wine seems to want the new wine. ‘The old wine is just fine,’ they say.” ~Luke 5:39, NLT Quote “You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.” ~T. Ray Keenum Jesus was uniquely refreshing, a breath of fresh air, totally unlike any rabbi the Jews…
Scripture Then Jesus shouted, “Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!” And with those words he breathed his last. ~Luke 23:46, NLT Quote It is not possible for mortals to comprehend the splendor of Jesus love. ~Calvin Miller We mentioned yesterday that Mary refused to allow her Son to die alone. It was a horrible…
Scripture Near the cross of Jesus stood His mother….When Jesus saw His mother there, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to her, “Woman, here is your son.” ~John 19:25-26, NIV Quote Suffering can forge deep friendships. ~Ya’akov In reading Calvin Miller’s daily devotion: his thoughts provoked my thoughts and within seconds…
Scripture Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. ~John 18:10, NLT Quote All true believers will try to do something to lessen the sorrow and increase the joy of those around them. ~John Charles Ryle We are…
Scripture I have set Yahweh continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. ~Psalm 16:8, LSB Quote To know Jesus is saving grace, to know Him better is sanctifying grace, and to know Him completely is heavenly grace. ~Ya’akov {Adapted from a John Newton quote} When you see the…
Scripture Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, He interpreted to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures. Quote The Bible is our HIM book, it is all about HIM. ~Adrian Rogers I love reading the prophets, especially Isaiah. At the conclusion of chapter 59, Isaiah gives us some astounding prophecies that…
Scripture Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me. ~Psalm 23:4, LSB Quote The pain of sorrow is doubled when endured alone, but greatly lessened with borne by another alongside us. ~Drew Hunter I found this story while cleaning out some of my…