With Jack Bailey
Scripture To the arrogant I say, ‘Boast no more,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns. Do not lift your horns against heaven; do not speak so defiantly.’” ~Psalm 75:4-5, NIV Quote Arrogant people feel competent to run their own lives. ~Kathy Keller Those of us who were raised on farms and…
Quote These people grumble and complain and live by their own selfish desires. They brag about themselves and flatter others to get what they want. ~Jude 16, CEV Quote True humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less. C.S. Lewis I read the tiny book of Jude last week in…
Scripture They said to themselves, “We’ll crush them!” Then they burned every one of your meeting places all over the country. ~Psalm 4:8, CEV Quote “God is God. Since He is God, He is worthy of my worship and service. I will find rest nowhere other than in His will and that will is infinitely…
Scripture “Kill him! Kill him!” they yelled. “Nail him to a cross!” “So you want me to nail your king to a cross?” Pilate asked. The chief priests replied, “The Emperor is our king!” ~John 19:15, CEV Quote A bleeding SAVIOR I have viewed and now I hate my sin. ~John Newton I suppose at…
Scripture Try taking everything that he owns, and he will curse You to Your face. ~Job 1:11, CEV Quote Living for Christ does not give us immunity from suffering. ~Ya’akov The devil accused Job of vanity. When the LORD told Satan, “What do you think about My servant Job? There is no one on earth…
Scripture Professing to be wise, they became fools. ~Romans 1:22, NKJV Quote If you plan to build a tall house of virtues, you must first lay a deep foundation of humility. ~Augustine When a man is suffering from conceit, everyone else except him, sees the problem. Pride has a blinding effect. Those filled with pride…
Scripture Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for John had been saying to him: “It is not lawful for you to have her.” ~Matthew 14:3-4, NIV Quote The only sin in the post-modern world is to call sin a sin. ~Adrian…
Scripture But may all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who long for Your saving help always say, “The Lord is great!” ~Psalm 70:4, NIV Quote The LORD is more ready to hear than we are to pray, and He is inclined to give us more than we desire and…
Scripture Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. ~Luke 12:51, NIV Quote Jesus did not come into the world to bring division. ~John Hagee The quote above is one good reason you don’t need to pay a lot of attention to John Hagee; what he said contradicts…
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…