With Jack Bailey
Scripture Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice! ~Psalm 130:1, NKJV Quote An humble man is always at an advantage: no one can despise him more than he depises himself. ~Henry Scougal I try to preview my next days Psalm on the night before. The other night…
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…