With Jack Bailey
Scripture Please deal gently with me, Yahweh; show me mercy, for I’m sick and frail and weak. Heal me, Yahweh, for I’m falling apart. ~Psalm 6:2, TPT Quote Invisible scars are those deep hurts and wounds that can’t be seen, but still cause real pain and anguish. ~Lisa M. Samra [ODB] Most of us carry scars that…
Scripture Let giving flow from your heart, not from a sense of religious duty. Let it spring up freely from the joy of giving. ~2 Corinthians 9:7, TPT Quote There ought to be things we should like to do, and cannot do because our gifts to the Kingdom work exclude them. ~Lewis and Bailey There…
Scripture “And when He [Holy Spirit] has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: ~John 16:8, NKJV Quote We cannot become holy and blessed except by confessing ourselves as sinners before God. ~Martin Luther I actually love to read the Bible more than at any time in my…
Scripture The pastors who lead the church well should be paid well. They should receive double honor for faithfully preaching and teaching the revelation of the Word of God. ~1 Timothy 5:17, TPT Quote The more vague and indefinite our preaching, the more comfortable the people sitting in the pew. ~Martyn Lloyd Jones {modified} Jesus…
Scripture Your lives are like salt among the people. But if you, like salt, become bland, how can your ‘saltiness’ be restored? Flavorless salt is good for nothing and will be thrown out and trampled on by others. ~Matthew 5:13, TPT Quote It is due to our failure in deportment, conduct and witness that the…
Scripture I said to Yahweh, “You are my Maker and my Master. Any good thing You find in me has come from You.” ~Psalm 16:2, TPT Quote Unless you learn to receive, the Christ life will be impossible for you. ~Calvin Miller I love the Psalms and I like David’s theology. Our Heavenly Father is the supreme…
Scripture For we have a magnificent King-Priest, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who rose into the heavenly realm for us, and now sympathizes with us in our frailty. ~Hebrews 4:14, TPT Quote Our sin can darken the awareness of God’s love, but they can never darken the reality of His love. ~Dana Ortlund I…
Scripture “Is not My word like a fire?” says the LORD, “And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? ~Jeremiah 23:29, NKJV Quote There is no greater vanity than pretending to be humble. ~Ya’akov When I went to Grace Point, I thought I would be there for a few months at most…
Scripture And so the Lord says, “These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote. ~ Isaiah 29:13, NLT Quote Real people never pretend to be perfect, and people who pretend to be perfect are never real.…
Scripture For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. ~Ephesians 2:10, NLT Quote There is not one square inch in the whole domain of our existence over which Christ does not cry “Mine!” ~Abraham Kuyper Do your…