With Jack Bailey
Scripture They swarmed around me like bees; they blazed against me like a crackling fire. But I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord. ~Psalm 118:12, NLT Quote The greater the darkness, the more people appreciate and are drawn to the light of a good countenance and a joyful spirit. ~Charles R. Erdman…
Scripture They say, “Get an evil person to turn against him. Send an accuser to bring him to trial…” ~Psalm 109:6, NLT Quote The imprecatory psalms lead to the cross of Jesus and the love of God that forgives enemies. ~Dietrich Bonhoeffer The subject of the imprecatory Psalms came up last week in our Bible…
Scripture For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. ~Romans 3:23, NASB Quote Before the holy God all humans fall short, but His grace is greater than our sins. ~Daniel J. Estes I am reading the NIV commentary on Psalms and Daniel Estes writes the second volume. When I read his…
Scripture O God, the proud have risen against me, And a mob of violent men have sought my life, And have not set You before them. ~Psalm 86:14, NKJV Quote “Anarchy is not the absence of tyranny, but its most chaotic form.” ~Anonymous Psalm 86 is the only Psalm in book III attributed to David.…
Scripture My enemies come out at night, snarling like vicious dogs as they prowl the streets.They scavenge for food but go to sleep unsatisfied. ~Psalm 59:14-15, NLT Quote As good men in concert make one another better; so bad people in concert make one another worse. ~Matthew Henry David was married to Saul’s daughter Micah and…
Scripture I called on Your name, O LORD, from the lowest pit. ~Lamentations 3:55, LSB Quote Self-sufficency is a myth perpetuated by pride and the devil. ~Jack Young Most of you can’t relate but I grew up in the 50’s when dug wells were common. We had one and so did our neighbors. Most of…
Scripture Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. ~Psalm 32:1, NIV Quote To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” ~C. S. Lewis NASA is a common acronym for National Aeronautic Space Administration, but it is also a Hebrew word…
Scripture Even if my father and mother abandon me, the Lord will hold me close. ~Psalm 27:10, NLT Quote If you don’t find contentment in Jesus Christ, you will not find it anywhere else. ~Warren W. Wiersbe David’s parents did not forsake him but at the time he wrote Psalm 27, he was in doubt…
Scripture I trust in You; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. ~Psalm 25:2, NIV Quote Jesus endured what David feared. ~Ya’akov I think I was in the seventh grade when I was forced to read Nathanael Hawthorn’s THE SCARLET LETTER. Hester Prynne was a young woman…
Scripture Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people? ~Jeremiah 8:22, NIV Quote In the quiet echoes of His Word, wounds find their balm, and hearts find their rest. ~Source Unknown I read Psalm 16 last Sunday morning. It was…