With Jack Bailey
Scripture My wounds are ugly. They stink. I’ve been foolish. I have sinned. ~Psalm 38:5, NIRV Quote Sin can make us so sick that we become sick of sin. ~Ya’akov No one seems to know the exact setting that inspired Psalm 38. It is a penitential Psalm like 32 and 51. Scholars are reasonably sure…
Scripture When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. ~Psalm 32:3-4, NASB Quote God will not permit His Children to sin successfully. ~Charles Spurgeon The problem with hiding or covering our sin is guilt.…
Scripture How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered! How blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit! ~Psalm 32:1-2, NASB Quote You have not got to the bottom of the blackness of sin until you confess that it is rebellion…
Scripture Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. ~Psalm 51:1-2, NRSV Quote The good news of Jesus Christ is that a full forgiveness of sin is offered for all who will…
Scripture Every one deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they commit iniquity and are too weary to repent. ~Jeremiah 9:5, NRSV Quote “Of all acts of man, repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscience of none.” ~Thomas…
Scripture Why, O Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? ~Psalm 10:1, NRSV Quote The silence of God is often a problem for believers but this may be God’s way of teaching us to walk by faith. ~Alton H. McEachern There are times when God seems to…
Scripture Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron. He said to them, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I’ll let your people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord.” ~Exodus 8:8, NIrV Quote A true Christian desires to be free of sin, not to sin freely. ~Image…
Scripture But if you fail to keep your word, then you will have sinned against the LORD, and you may be sure that your sin will find you out. ~Numbers 32:23, NLT Quote Every thing we do; every thing we say; every choice we make will sooner or later come back to us. ~Image Quotes Jacob,…
Scripture The LORD has been good to me because I do what is right. He has rewarded me because I lead a pure life. ~Psalms 18:20, NIRV Quote I am not what I ought to be; I am not what I wish to be; I am not what I hope to be but by the…
Scripture When He burned with anger, He took away Israel’s power. He pulled back His powerful right hand as the enemy approached. His burning anger blazed out in Jacob’s land. It burned up everything that was near it. ~Lamentations 2:3, NIRV Quote Sin is the most destructive force in the universe and it carries it’s…