With Jack Bailey
Scripture Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not fade; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will be over. ~Isaiah 60:20 Quote “A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell.” ~C.S. {Jack} Lewis Isaiah 60 reminds me of…
Scripture Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases. ~Psalms 115:2-3, NRSV Quote “It is visible that God is; it is invisible what He is.” ~Stephen Charnock Psalm 115 is another “Hallelujah” Psalm written after the Babylonian captivity and was sung after the Passover…
Scripture Give thanks to the LORD and proclaim His greatness. Let the whole world know what He has done. ~Psalm 105:1, NLT Quote We are called to love what God loves and that is the whole world. ~Ya’akov Israel misunderstood their calling. God choose them and set them apart for a special purpose and that…
Scripture Revive us so we can call on Your name once more. Psalm 80:18, NLT Quote When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication. ~Jonathan Edwards Psalm 80 was also written by one of Asap’s descendants and most likely he is alluding to the fall of Samaria…
Scripture Yet they tested the Most High God, and rebelled against him. They did not observe his decrees, but turned away and were faithless like their ancestors; they twisted like a treacherous bow. ~Psalm 78:56-57, NRSV Quote The one thing we learn from history is that we do not learn anything from history. ~Hegel Wiersbe calls…
Scripture We do not see our emblems; there is no longer any prophet, and there is no one among us who knows how long. How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile Your name forever? Quote God’s wounds are better than Satan’s salves. ~John Trapp Few ordeals are more excruciating…
Scripture Large numbers of creatures will live where the river flows. It will have huge numbers of fish. This water flows there and makes the salt water fresh. So where the river flows everything will live. ~Ezekiel 47:9, NIRV Quote Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end and everything in…
Scripture “I will place One shepherd over them. He will belong to the family line of my servant David. He will take good care of them. He will look after them. He will be their shepherd. ~Ezekiel 34:23, NIRV Quote Jesus is the ultimate expression of perfection. ~Ya’akov I’ve never read Ezekiel 34 without getting convicted.…
Scripture So My people come pretending to be sincere and sit before you. They listen to your words, but they have no intention of doing what you say. Their mouths are full of lustful words, and their hearts seek only after money. ~Ezekiel 33:31, NLT Quotes Actions speak louder than words. ~Samuel Langhorne Clemens Someone…
Scripture “The people of Israel will no longer trust in Egypt. Instead, Egypt will remind them of how they sinned when they turned to it for help. Then they will know that I am the LORD and King.” ~Ezekiel 29:16, NIRV Quote Trust no one or no thing that makes light of Jesus Christ or…