With Jack Bailey
Scripture Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the abundance of Your compassion blot out my transgressions. ~Psalm 51:1, LSB Quote David was further along spiritually the most New Testament believers. ~Martyn Lloyd Jones When I read the above quote in Martyn Lloyd Jones devotional, I wrote in the margin,…
Scripture “How frail is humanity! How short is life, how full of trouble! We blossom like a flower and then wither. Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.” ~Job 14:1-2, NLT Quote Your life is a ‘breath’, don’t waste it. LeCrae I was in Psalm 144 last night and in verse 4, the Psalmist said, Man is like a…
Scripture Saul hurled his spear at David. But David dodged out of the way, and leaving the spear stuck in the wall, he fled and escaped into the night. ~ 1 Samuel 19:10, NLT Quote Pain and sorrow are doubled when endured alone, but greatly lessened when borne by another beside us. ~Drew Hunter Many…
Scripture And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. By His death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place. ~Hebrews 10:19-20, NLT Quote What right do we have to speak to God? There is only one answer–Jesus! ~Martyn Lloyd Jones…
Scripture All He {God} does is just and good, and all His commandments are trustworthy. They are forever true, to be obeyed faithfully and with integrity. ~Psalm 111:7-8, NLT Quote Awe is the proper response to God’s goodness. ~Steve Lawson There is no separating who God is from what God does. His actions and attributes are inseparably united.…
Scripture You are my hiding place and my shield; I wait for Your word. ~Psalm 119:114, NASB Quote There is only one safe hiding place. ~Rebecca Jordan I did a brief study of Psalm 62 during my devotional time yesterday. It is a great Psalm where David confesses his dependence on the LORD. David said, “I…
Scripture How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul, with sorrow in my heart every day? How long will my enemy have the upper hand? ~Psalm 13:2, NLT Quote God’s grace, through the person and work of His Son Jesus Christ, is the only salvation from sin and evil. ~Ya’akov No one agrees on the…
Scripture When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, LORD, I will seek.” ~Psalm 27:8, NKJV Quote When I think of seeking His face, I am thinking about His face {Person} rather than His hands {asking for something I want or need.} ~Rex Looney The Hebrew word pānîm can mean the…
Scripture I hold fast to your statutes, Lord; do not let me be put to shame…Take away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good. ~Psalm 119:31,39, NIV Quote I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as much toward preventing good acts and straightforward happiness as any of our vices. ~Clyde…
Scripture When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place. ~Psalm 118:5, NIV Quote The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God, but in the cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better subject for contemplation…