With Jack Bailey
Scripture If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall. ~ 1 Corinthians 10:12, NLT Quote You do not know yourself thoroughly. There are more things in your inward man than you are aware of presently. ~John Charles Ryle When Kevin gave me Ryle’s book on Holiness, I began reading it a…
Scripture Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, for my soul takes refuge in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge until destruction passes by. ~Psalm 57:1, LSB Quote The famous last words of a fool, “I aint going to no storm shelter.” ~Cousin Josh {George Rose} Growing up, l…
Scripture Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down. ~Proverbs 12:25, LSB Quote Anxiety will not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but it will empty today of its strength. ~Charles Spurgeon St Jude’s has some heart rendering commercials; in one such commercial, a parent says…“The worse news in the world is not that you have…
Scripture How long will I store up anxious concerns within me, agony in my mind every day? How long will my enemy dominate me? ~Psalm 13:2, CSB Quotes The Bible may convict you with the truth but it will never comfort you with a lie. ~Ya’akov There are a couple of things that all my friends know…
Scripture When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy. ~Psalm 94:19, NIV Quote God will not get history–yours, mine or the world’s–wrong. ~Timothy Keller It amazes me how some subjects keep reoccurring in a weeks study. ANXIETY has come up more than once this week. Our Wednesday night message did address the…
Scripture If only you had paid attention to my commands. Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea. ~Isaiah 48:18, CSB Quote God’s peace is joy resting; God’s joy is peace dancing. ~F.F. Bruce God’s desire was to bless Israel and make them the most prosperous nation…
Scripture When we arrived in Macedonia, there was no rest for us; outside, trouble was on every hand and within us, our hearts were full of dread and fear. ~II Corinthians 7:5, LNT Quote Worry and anxiety is like rocking in a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but you don’t get any…
Scripture That Sunday evening the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said. ~John 20:19, NLT Quote “To go back is nothing but death: to go forward is fear of death, and life everlasting beyond it.…
Scripture Turn your worries over to the Lord. He will keep you going. He will never let godly people fall. ~Psalm 55:22, NIRV Quote A day of worrying is more exhausting than a week of work. ~John Lubbock It is amazing what I see when I read, sometimes I have to stop and start again.…
Scripture As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!” ~Luke 24:36, ESV Quote Anxiety does not remove tomorrow’s trouble but it does rob today’s peace. ~Image Quotes In John’s gospel, Jesus makes three appearances after the resurrection and in all three he greets His…