With Jack Bailey
Scripture The glory of the young is their strength; the gray hair of experience is the splendor of the old. ~Proverbs 20:29, NLT Quote If it hurts now remember: one day it will hurt worse. ~Ya’akov I saw something interesting at Josie’s VB game on Saturday. I was sitting at ground level because I don’t like to climb and some young dude come bursting out of the stands…
Scripture Jesus said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” ~John 21:16, NLT Quote Love must have a source and a recipient. To love nothing is not to love at all. ~Jonathan Cohn Technically speaking, God is the source of love and the number for love is three…GOD IS LOVE. You…
Scripture “You shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land.” ~Deuteronomy 6:18, NLT Quote God cannot give us happiness and peace apart from Himself {Christ}, because it is not there. There is no such thing. Jack Lewis C.S. Lewis middle name was Staples but he…
Scripture My heart is confident in You, O God; my heart is confident. ~Psalm 57:7, NLT Quote God warms his hands at man’s heart when he prays. — John Masefield I love George Mueller stories as much as I do those of George W. Truett. Mueller was on board a steamer in the North Atlantic.…
Scripture We own nothing, and yet we have everything. ~2 Corinthians 6:10, NLT Quote Having is an illusion. ~Ya’akov In the Old Testament {Hebrew scripture} there is no verb for ‘to have.‘ In Hebrew, there is no real or exact way to say, “I have something.” You may find the word ‘have’ in translations but…
Scripture “Come now, let’s settle this,” says the Lord.“ Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool. ~Isaiah 1:18, NLT Quote Sins are sins because they’re already committed. They are history, a part of the past,…
Scripture Light is sweet; how pleasant to see a new day dawning. But… remember there will be many dark days. ~Ecclesiastes 11:7-8, NLT Quote The clouds are the dust of His feet. How near God is on a cloudy day! ~Charles Spurgeon Solomon begins Ecclesiastes 11 with a couple of statements about clouds. Dark clouds…
Scripture Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines;even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, yet I will rejoice in the Lord! I will be joyful in the…
Scripture “Why do the wicked prosper, growing old and powerful? ~Job 21:7, NLT Quote The LORD gets His best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction. ~ Charles Spurgeon I am currently reading IMMERSE {Wisdom section} by Tyndale House Publishing. I love reading scripture portions. As is my custom; I read the Lamentations of Jeremiah first and then Ecclesiastes…
Scripture For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime! Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning. ~Psalm 30:5, NLT Quote Faith believes in spite of the circumstances. ~Adrian Rogers I will share a devotional thought with you today that I shared with the Pastors on Monday.…