With Jack Bailey
Scripture God created people to be virtuous, but they have each turned to follow their own downward path….Not a single person on earth is always good and never sins. ~Ecclesiastes 7:29 and 7:20, NLT Quote Disregard for one’s depravity coupled with an arrogant self-sufficiency is a lethal combination that produces fools. ~David George Moore Duane…
Scripture People who conceal their sins will not prosper, but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy. ~Proverbs 28:13, NLT Quote You cannot learn from your mistakes if you deny them. ~Ya’akov Proverbs 28 is laced with truth: I think I could blog every verse. Our SALVATION is three-fold–Past, present and…
Scripture My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you. Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. ~Proverbs 7:1-2, NIV Quote Do not bite the bait of pleasure until you know there is no hook beneath it. ~Thomas Jefferson Young people have a lot to deal with…
Scripture Even my best friend, the one I trusted completely, the one who shared my food, has turned against me. ~Psalm 41:9, NLT Quote Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. ~Jesus There is no way a man like David should go to heaven but the same thing can be said about me. David was saved…
Scripture My wounds are ugly. They stink. I’ve been foolish. I have sinned. ~Psalm 38:5, NIRV Quote Sin can make us so sick that we become sick of sin. ~Ya’akov No one seems to know the exact setting that inspired Psalm 38. It is a penitential Psalm like 32 and 51. Scholars are reasonably sure…
Scripture Sin whispers to the wicked, deep within their hearts. They have no fear of God at all. ~Psalm 36:1, NLT Quote When man loses his fear of God, he starts to lose everything else that is important to good conduct and character. ~Warren W. Wiersbe The first four verses of Psalm 36 is…
Scripture When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. ~Psalm 32:3-4, NASB Quote God will not permit His Children to sin successfully. ~Charles Spurgeon The problem with hiding or covering our sin is guilt.…
Scripture How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered! How blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit! ~Psalm 32:1-2, NASB Quote You have not got to the bottom of the blackness of sin until you confess that it is rebellion…
Scripture The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid? ~Psalm 27:1, NIV Quote I know not what the future holds but I know who holds the future. ~Stuart Hamblin I love Psalm 27 and have since my…
Scripture The LORD is my Shepherd, I have all that I need. ~Psalm 23:1, NLT Quote If He be a shepherd to no one else, He is a Shepherd to me. ~Charles Spurgeon The 23rd Psalm is undoubtedly the most popular of all the Psalms. It is probably the most popular passage in the Old…