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 “The mountains and hills may crumble, but My love for you will never end; I will keep forever My promise of peace.” So says the LORD who loves you. ~Isaiah 54:10, GNT Quote The mystery of ministry is that we have been chosen to make our own limited and very conditional love the gateway…
Scripture Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to Yahweh, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. ~Isaiah 55:7, LSB Quote It is difficult to remove terror from trembling minds, but the nature of God is that He is ready to…
Scripture And they saw him from a distance, and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death. ~Genesis 37:18, LSB Quote We will fall, we lay our crowns at the feet of Jesus.The greatness of mercy and love will compel us to cry holy, holy, holy is the…
Scripture “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food. We are all sons of one man; we are honest men; your servants are not spies.” Quote The ten older sons of Jacob were outlaws, scoundrels, thugs, and hooligans. ~Alvin Tucker I don’t remember the entire sermon, but I do remember hearing Alvin…
Scripture “Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the land where I have banished them and cause them to return to their pasture, and they will be fruitful and multiply.” ~Jeremiah 23:3, LSB Quote The remnant is distinguishable from the whole, but it will never be seen unless it…
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 After Jacob died, Joseph’s brothers said to each other, “What if Joseph still hates us and wants to get even with us for all the cruel things we did to him?” ~Genesis 50:15, CEV Quote Theologically speaking, insecurity is a deficiency of assurance. ~Ya’akov When Adam and Eve transgressed in the garden, immediately they…
Scripture As for God, His way is perfect: The LORD’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him. ~Psalms 18:30, NIV Quote Jesus Christ is not valued at all until He is valued above all. ~Augustine In Psalm 18:6, David said, “In my distress, I cried to the LORD.” The Hebrew word…
Scripture That Sunday evening the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said. ~John 20:19, NLT Quote “To go back is nothing but death: to go forward is fear of death, and life everlasting beyond it.…