With Jack Bailey
Scripture Come, everyone! Clap your hands! Shout to God with joyful praise! ~Psalm 47:1, NLT Quote Christ will become King over all the world without a battle; simply through the trumpets call, shouts and song. ~Martin Luther You have heard me say a dozen times that When Jesus returns as the Lion of Judah, He…
Scripture I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents. Luke 15:10, ESV Quote Every act of grace sets heaven to rejoicing. ~Calvin Miller We humans celebrate a lot of things but the question is: do we celebrate the right things. I don’t really think heaven is all…
Scripture But the righteous are glad; they rejoice before God and celebrate with joy. ~Psalm 68:3, CSB Quote Without authentic worship, we go about miserable. ~A.W. Tozer I first noticed the word ‘Celebrate’ when I read the Contemporary English version some 15-20 years ago. Every time I read a new translation, I come across things I have not noticed previously.…
Scripture “But no, My people wouldn’t listen. Israel did not want Me around. So I let them follow their own stubborn desires, living according to their own ideas.” ~Psalm 81;11-12, NLT Quote Not only does our life with Christ begin with repentance, it continues and progresses with the very same practice of repentance. ~Stephen J. Lawson…
Scripture His anger last for only a moment, but his favor lasts for a person’s whole life. Weeping can stay for the night but joy is coming in the morning. ~Psalm 30:5, NIrV Quote Only God can turn a mess into a message, a test into a testimony, a trial into a triumph and a victim…
Scripture In Babylon the high officials were having a feast. They were eating and drinking, when someone shouted, “Officers, take your places! Grab your shields.” ~Isaiah 21:5, CEV Quote How fragile is life! How quickly everything can change. ~N.E. Turner Babylon has a figurative meaning in scripture; sometimes it is a reference to the world system that is in rebellion…
Scripture Our God, You are the One who rides on the clouds, and we praise You. Your name is the LORD and we celebrate [alaz] as we worship You. ~Psalms 68:4, CEV Quote Keep company with the more cheerful sort of the Godly; there is no mirth [gladness] like the laughter of believers. ~Richard Baxter…