With Jack Bailey
Scripture “The heart is more deceitful than anything. It is incurable—who can know it? ~Jeremiah 17:9, ISV Quote I can to some extend control my actions: I have no control over my temperament. ~C.S. Lewis As we grow and mature in the faith, we become upset not only by the things we do, but our deepest…
Scripture And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit. ~2 Corinthians 3:18, NET Quote Jesus will {desires} and interest were that of His Father: we are a bundle…
Scripture I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete. ~John 15:11, NET Quote “The surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy.” ~Samuel Shoemaker I read six or seven devotionals each day and when a subject comes up…
Scripture We have come into an intimate experience with God’s love, and we trust in the love He has for us. God is love! ~1 John 4:16, TPT Quote Being in love is a good thing, but it is not the best thing. ~C.S. Lewis I would not attempt to convince a young person in…
Scripture But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job said nothing wrong. ~Job 2:10, NLT Quote “We can ignore pleasure, but pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures,…
Scripture Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. ~Colossians 3:13, NLT Quote Christianity is about repentance and forgiveness. ~David R. Shepherd Inspiration is wonderful but it is like the wind, it comes and goes as it pleases. When there is…
Scripture Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart’s desires. ~Psalm 37:4, NLT Quote By ceasing for a moment to consider my own wants, I have begun to learn better what I really wanted. ~C.S. Lewis {The Weight of Glory} Let me ask you a question: what is the deepest desire of…
Scripture “When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger! I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called…
Scripture ““I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me.” ~Exodus 20:2-3, LSB Quote Idolatry is the folly of asking a gift to be the giver. ~Dana Ortlund Idolatry can be very subtle; if we are…
Scripture The end of the matter, all that has been heard: fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the end of the matter for all mankind. ~Ecclesiastes 12:13, LSB Quote Every government consist of mere men and is strictly viewed as makeshift. If it adds to God’s commands, it lies, and it lies…