With Jack Bailey
Scripture Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. ~Colossians 4:2, NLT Quote God answers all prayers in different ways: Sometime He says yes, sometimes no, and at other times He says wait a while. ~Calvin Miller There is a fourth answer that Miller does not mention: [1] Yes [2] No…
Scripture No one had the slightest interest in you; no one pitied you or cared for you. On that day when you were born, you were dumped out into a field and left to die, unwanted. ~Ezekiel 16:5, TLB Quote No one ever cared for me like Jesus, There’s no other friend so kind as He;…
Scripture “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” ~Luke 10:27, NASB Quote Spiritual growth does not take place in isolation. ~Eugene L. Peterson What does spiritual growth have to do with…
Scripture For the love of Christ constraineth us. ~2 Corinthians 5:14, ASV Quote We know the love of Christ controls us when we take everything that happens as happening to HIM, whether it be praise, blame, persecution or commendation. ~Oswald Chambers {My Utmost, February 4} Chambers daily devotion for February 4 caused me to wonder…
Scripture “Now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified Your lovingkindness, which you have shown me by saving my life.” ~Genesis 19:19, NASB [1995] Quote The most rewarding aspect of prayer is our intimacy with the Father. ~Charles F. Stanley Belinda gave me a devotional last Christmas by Charles…
Scripture The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. ~Psalm 103:8, NIV Quote Allow the LORD to soften your heart until it beats in rhythm with His; until you love people as He loves people. ~Anonymous Psalm 103:8 is a quote or reference to Exodus 34:6, “The Lord, the compassionate and…
Scripture I love You, Lord, my strength. ~Psalms 18:1, NIV Quote I love the LORD Jesus and my greatest need is to love Him more. ~Adrian Rogers My father was not much on verbal expressions of affection. I don’t think, I certainly don’t recall him every telling me that he loved me. I don’t think he…
Scripture “The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me because I testify about it — that its works are evil.” ~John 7:7 (CSB) Quote We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy in men who are afraid of the light. ~Plato There is a popular myth that goes…
Scripture May the LORD bring you into an ever deeper understanding of the love of God and of the patience that comes from Christ. ~II Thessalonians 3:5, LNT Quote The two enemies of the people are Criminals and Government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the constitution so that the…
Scripture Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers. ~Proverbs 17:6, ESV Quote Children find their security in the knowledge of their father’s love. ~Ray Comfort The family is the first divine institution and is the building block for society. No chain is stronger than it’s weakest link and…