With Jack Bailey
Scripture I trust in You; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. ~Psalm 25:2, NIV Quote Jesus endured what David feared. ~Ya’akov I think I was in the seventh grade when I was forced to read Nathanael Hawthorn’s THE SCARLET LETTER. Hester Prynne was a young woman…
Scripture Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them. ~Psalm 126:6, NIV Quote “How beautiful is the rain! After the dust and heat, in the broad and fiery street and in the narrow lane; how beautiful is the rain!” ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I believe…
Scripture Happy is the slave whom the Master, when He comes, will find on the watch for Him. ~Luke 12:17, Williams Quote Happiness is to know the Saviour, Living a life within His favour, Having a change in my behaviour, Happiness is the Lord. ~Ira Stanphill I am reading through the Williams translation and yesterday…
Scripture Then Yahweh passed by in front of him [Moses] and called out, “Yahweh, Yahweh God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression, and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. ~Exodus 34:6-7, LSB Quote Exodus 34:6-7 is…
Scripture For He does not afflict from His heart or grieve the sons of men. ~Lamentations 3:33, LSB Quote He is a God who delights in mercy, and judgment is His strange work.” ~Jonathan Edwards I think I mentioned it in another blog, the Story of the Prodigal’s Father in Luke 15 was shared because…
Scripture You kissed my heart with forgiveness, in spite of all I’ve done…You’ve rescued me from hell and saved my life. You have crowned me with love and mercy. ~Psalms 103:3, Passion Translation Quote Our sins can darken our awareness of God’s love, but they cannot darken the reality of His love. ~Dana Ortlund I…
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 The LORD is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love. ~Exodus 34:6, CSB Quote It is not happy people who are thankful: it is thankful people who are happy. ~Image Quotes I am currently preaching through the book of Jonah on Sunday mornings. This week I will be in Jonah chapter 4 where Jonah gets…
Scripture So he complained to the LORD about it: “Didn’t I say before I left home that you would do this, LORD? That is why I ran away to Tarshish! I knew that you are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. You are eager to turn back from…
Scripture The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who rejects the Son will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him. ~John 3:36 (CSB) Quote Sin is the dare of God’s justice, the rape of His mercy, the jeer of His patience, the slight of His…