With Jack Bailey
Scripture Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged; parents are the pride of their children. ~Proverbs 17:6, NLT Quote Grand children open a room in your heart that could not be unlocked by anyone else. ~Timothy Keller Some people fight aging but I for one see a lot of blessings in growing old and…
Scripture Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends. ~Luke 15:29, KJV Quote The prerequisite of receiving the GRACE of God is know that you need it. ~Source Unknown {found it…
Scripture “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” ~James 4:6, NLT Quote Pride is essentially competitive–it is competitive by its very nature. ~C.S. Lewis Someone said, “Pride is the only disease that everyone recognizes except the person suffering from it.” Pride gets no real pleasure out of having something, only out of…
Scripture Now I will expose your so-called good deeds. None of them will help you. ~Isaiah 57:12, NLT Quote No one who is pro-life supports a political party or candidate that is not. ~Jack Bailey We have been rationalizing our sin since Adam but it is a waste of time: God sees the heart and…
Scripture “My people are foolish and do not know me,” says the LORD. “They are stupid children who have no understanding. They are clever enough at doing wrong, but they have no idea how to do right!” ~Jeremiah 4:22, NLT Quote Sin is stupid! ~Ya’akov A lot of people do not like modern translations of…
Scripture I am offering you My deliverance; not in the distant future, but right now! I am ready to save you, and I will restore Jerusalem and Israel, who is My glory. ~Isaiah 46:13, TLB Quote I don’t believe is coincidences, I believe in Divine intervention. ~Image Quotes Isaiah 46 pictures the fall of Babylon…
Scripture Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. ~Proverbs 22:6, NIV Quote A parent’s final resource, and the most powerful, is prayer. ~Timothy Keller Timothy Keller has some insights on raising children that I thought was interesting. A lot of us…
Scripture As soon as you set your foot on the Way, I’ll show you My salvation. ~Psalm 50:23, MSG Quote Be killing sin or it will be killing you. ~John Owen I just finished the Psalms in the TLB a couple of weeks ago and it was fantastic. Peterson and the MESSAGE are not as…
Scripture Then justice will rule through all the land, and out of justice, peace. Quietness and confidence will reign forever more. ~Isaiah 32:16-17, TLB Quote “Your life is shaped by the end you live for.” ~Thomas Merton I enjoy reading Isaiah almost as much as I do the Psalms. Yesterday I read Isaiah 32 which…
Scripture What heathen god can give us rain? Who but you alone, O Lord our God, can do such things as this? Therefore we will wait for You to help us. ~Jeremiah 14:22, TLB Quote Our sins are a debt that none can pay but Christ. It is not our tears but His blood that…