With Jack Bailey
Scripture Because of what you’ve done, Naaman’s leprosy will now be on you and your descendants forever!” Suddenly, Gehazi’s skin became white with leprosy, and he left. ~2 Kings 5:27, CEV Quote Greed blinds a man and fills him with foolish pride. It makes him easy prey for death and destruction. ~Rumi Gehazi was Elisha’s…
Scripture Now I promise that like you, your descendants will be kings. I’ll choose one of your sons to be king… I’ll make him a strong ruler, and no one will be able to take his kingdom away from him. He will be the one to build a temple for Me. ~I Chronicles 17:10-12, CEV…
Scripture Thus says David the son of Jesse; Thus says the man raised up on high, The anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel. ~2 Samuel 23:1, NKJV Quote The greatest of a man’s power is the measure of his surrender. ~William Booth A few years ago, I might not…
Scripture But Jesus said, “My Father has never stopped working, and that is why I keep on working.” ~John 5:17, CEV Quote God is always at work around you. ~Henry Blackaby When Jesus told the Jewish religious leaders that His Father never stopped working, not even on the Sabbath and that He was simply following…
Scripture Ulam’s sons were brave soldiers who were experts at using a bow and arrows. They had a total of one hundred fifty children and grandchildren. ~I Chronicles 8:40, CEV Quote Having a place to go to at the end of day is HOME. Having someone there to love you is FAMILY. Having both is…
Scripture “Please bless me and give me a lot of land. Be with me so that I will be safe from harm.” ~1 Chronicles 4:10 Quote The cost of discipline is always less than the cost of no discipline at all. ~Image Quotes I guess most folks my age have some superstition. My grandmother was…
Scripture As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been. ~I Kings 11:4, NIV Quote Arrogance is ever accompanied by folly. ~Plato When someone says Solomon, you think wisdom. We all do because we have…
Scripture There is not enough here for all the people, his {Elisha} servant said. “Just give it to them,” Elisha replied, the LORD has promised to provide. ~2 Kings 4:43, JEV Quote Man says, “Show me and I will trust You.” God says, “Trust Me and I will show you.” ~Image Quotes Elisha’s words are…
Scripture About the same time, four men with leprosy were just outside the gate of Samaria. They said to each other, “Why should we sit here, waiting to die? ~2 Kings 7:4, CEV Quote Only those who risk going further find out how far one can go. ~T.S. Eliot Benhadad of Syria has laid siege…
Scripture I pray that God will put a curse on everyone who doesn’t love the Lord. And may the Lord come soon. ~I Corinthians 16:22, CEV Quote The best way to destroy an enemy is to make them a friend. ~Anonymous The contemporary English version is very interesting. When I read the closing of I…