With Jack Bailey
Scripture Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. ~Galatians 6:2, NIV Quote Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care. ~Theodore Roosevelt I don’t normally do what I’m about to do but I feel compelled to make and exception. Ray and Darlene…
Scripture But you honor your sons instead of Me! You don’t respect the sacrifices and offerings that are brought to Me, and you’ve all gotten fat from eating the best parts. ~I Samuel 2:29, CEV Quote Eventually every idol, every substitute for God will be destroyed and you may be forced to watch. ~Ya’akov Eli…
Scripture “No one is acceptable to God! Not one of them understands or even searches for God. They have all turned away and are worthless. There isn’t one person who does right.” ~Romans 3:10-12, CEV Quote The depravity of man is the most empirically verifiable reality but at the same time, the most intellectually resisted…
Scripture It is wonderful to be grateful and to sing your praises, Lord Most High! ~Psalms 92:1, CEV Quote Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances ~Viktor Frankl I’ve known two people in my life time who were fond of…
Scripture “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” ~John 8:32, CEV Quote For over 200 years the Western world has tried to make secularized human nature and intellect, free of any dependence upon Jesus and His teachings. ~Dallas Willard Friedrich Nietzsche is often accused of being an atheist but I…
Scripture All my enemies whisper together against me; they imagine the worst for me, saying, “A vile disease has afflicted him; he will never get up from the place where he lies.” Psalms 41:7-8, NIV Quote Be careful about jumping to conclusions, you may land on a lie. ~Ya’akov Mother said repeatedly, “You can’t judge a book by looking at…
Scripture Paul had decided to sail on past Ephesus, because he did not want to spend too much time in Asia. He was in a hurry and wanted to be in Jerusalem in time for Pentecost. ~Acts 20:16, CEV Quote Everything is life is eventually taken away from us after a tragically brief time of…
Scripture “My people, Israel, if only you would listen and do as I say! ~Psalm 81:13, CEV Quote Listening is the most sincere form of respect. ~Bryant McGill As I was reading Psalm 81 yesterday, verse 13 caught my attention. What if Israel had listened to God’s instructions and followed them? Think about it; where would the…
Scripture I waited patiently for the Lord; He turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. ~Psalm 40:1-2, NIV Quote Helping one person might not change the whole world but it will change the…
Scripture The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously. Psalms 37:21, NIV Quote If Jesus had been as grudging with His life and His blood as we are with His money, where would we be? ~Timothy Keller Let me share the verse above in the JEV, “Those who do not fear…