With Jack Bailey
Scripture Shout joyful praises to God, all the earth! ~Psalm 66:1, NLT Quote Sing lustily and with good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half dead or half asleep; but lift up your voice with strength. ~John Wesley Every romantic relationship, and I am speaking of a man and a woman, needs passion.…
Scripture Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion; and to you shall vows be performed. ~Psalm 65:1, NRSV Quote The Christian ought to be a living doxology. ~Martin Luther Dr. Wiersbe like the Revised English Bible’s translation of verse 1, “Praise is fitting for You, O God.” I like them all: AV–Praise waits…
Scripture Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the scheming of evildoers, who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows, shooting from ambush at the blameless; they shoot suddenly and without fear. ~Psalm 64:2-4, NRSV Quote Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne,— Yet that scaffold sways the future, and,…
Scripture Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise You. ~Psalm 63:3, NRSV Quote Though our feelings come and go, God’s love for us does not. ~C.S. Lewis The Hebrew word translated ‘steadfast love’ in the New Revised Standard is checed. It is one of the few words that I remember while…
Scripture Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in Him. He alone is my Rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken. ~Psalm 62:5-6, NLT Quote We assume that with enough money, talent, knowlege, energy and effort, we can accomplish anything but this is not the…
Scripture Prolong the life of the king; may his years endure to all generations! May he be enthroned forever before God; appoint steadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him! ~Psalm 61:6-7, NRSV Quote Our security is in a Person, not a place. ~Ya’akov We all long to be safe. June was telling me at lunch…
Scripture O grant us help against the foe, for human help is worthless. With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes. ~Psalm 60:11-12, NRSV Quote Trials are medicines which our Great Physician prescribes, because we need them; and He proportions the frequency and the weight of them to what…
Scripture Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city. They roam about for food, and growl if they do not get their fill. ~Psalm 59:14-15, NRSV Quote If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed. ~Adolf Hitler The setting of Psalm 59 is…
Scripture Then at last everyone will say, “There truly is a reward for those who live for God; surely there is a God who judges justly here on earth.” Psalm 58:11, NLT Quote There is an inseparable connection between a person’s character and their conduct: the former is the source of the latter. ~Stephen J.…
Scripture Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. ~Psalm 57:8, NIV Quote The elements of prayer, praise, thanksgiving and the desire for God to be exalted will awaken any sleeping soul. ~Warren B. Wiersbe Psalm 57 finds David in the cave of Adullam [I Samuel 22]. David fled to the…