With Jack Bailey
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 Thus says Yahweh, “Let not a wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast in his might; let not a rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me. ~Jeremiah 9:23-24, LSB Quote What higher, more exalted, and more…
Scripture You do these things I hate, and then you come and stand in my presence, in my own Temple, and say, “We are safe!’ ~Jeremiah 7:10, GNT Quote Sometimes I wonder if we are not worshiping worship rather than God. ~D.A. Carson Jeremiah witnessed the demise and death of a nation. Judah was living…
Scripture Pray no more for these people, Jeremiah. Do not weep or pray for them, for I will not listen to them when they cry out to me in distress. ~Jeremiah 11:14, NLT Quote Mercy, detached from Justice, grows unmerciful. ~C.S. Lewis Mickey asks me last night about the sin unto death. It is a…
Scripture “Nevertheless, the time will come when I will heal Jerusalem’s wounds and give it prosperity and true peace.” ~Jeremiah 33:6, NLT Quote “The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.” ~Martin Luther I have deep admiration for Jeremiah the…
Scripture A curse on anyone who trust in mortals and leans for support on human kind, while his heart is far from the LORD. ~Jeremiah 17:5, REB Quote If I am to meet with disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off. ~Thomas Jefferson The middle…
Scripture No one wants you as a friend or cares what happens to you. But I will heal your injuries, and you will get well. ~Jeremiah 30:17, CEV Quote Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part. ~Philip Yancey My very astute friend David says that the Jews have been able to maintain the purity…
Scripture I will punish you as you deserve. I’ll set your palace on fire,and everything around you will go up in smoke. ~Jeremiah 21:14, CEV Quote He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep in order to gain what he cannot lose. ~Jim Elliot The verse above is God speaking through Jeremiah…
Scripture You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. ~Psalm 88:6, NIV Quote Discouragement is not from God. ~Ignatius of Loyola I was doing my daily bible reading this past week and the word “pit” kept coming up. David uses it a lot in his Psalms. My first thoughts were–a pit…
Scripture So Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said through Moses. ~Exodus 9:35, NIV Quote “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord.” ~Jeremiah the Prophet The redemption of Israel from Egyptian bondage is a fascinating…