With Jack Bailey
Scripture I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in full knowledge and all discernment. ~Philippians 1:9, LSB Quote Satan is not fighting churches; he is joining them. He does more harm by sowing tares than uprooting wheat. He accomplishes more by imitation than by outright opposition. ~Vance Havner Webster says that…
Scripture God, give Your justice to the king and Your righteousness to the king’s son. He will judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted ones with justice. ~Psalm 72:1-2, HCSB Quote If we do not show love to one another, the world has a right to question whether Christianity is true. ~Francis August Schaeffer According to…
Scripture If an iron axhead is blunt and a workman does not sharpen its edge, he must exert a great deal of effort. ~Ecclesiastes 10:10, NET Quote Workaholics are not hero’s who save the day…generally, they are dull people who spend the day doing something the hard way. ~Ya’akov My daddy was a hard worker…
Scripture So Hiram called the region Cabul because he thought it was worthless. ~I Kings 9:13, CEV Quote We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give. ~Winston Churchill Solomon enjoyed many luxuries due to his father’s sacrifice. Hiram was king of Tyre, modern day Syria and…
Scripture “Now you will eat the fruit of what you have done, until you are stuffed full with your own schemes.” ~Proverbs 1:31, CEV Quote Sin and self-satisfaction bring destruction and death to stupid fools. ~Solomon Both the scripture and the quote are true. You don’t need faith to know that sin is destructive. Just open your eyes to what’s…
Scripture I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.” ~Psalm 16:2, NIV Quote We all live for something and we all love something supremely. What ever we love more than Jesus is an idol. ~Ya’akov When I first read Psalm 16 earlier today, I thought David was talking…
Scripture “How can you possibly ask me to give Abishag to Adonijah?” King Solomon demanded. “You might as well ask me to give him the kingdom! You know that he is my older brother, and that he has Abiathar the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah on his side.” ~I Kings 2:22, NLT Quote Ambition…
Scripture The Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. He had commanded him about this, so that he would not follow other gods, but Solomon did not do what the Lord had commanded. ~1 Kings 11:9-10 (CSB) Quote…
Scripture Here now is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is everyone’s duty. God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad. ~Ecclesiastes 12:13-14, NLT Quote In my own experience I have found that the most extravagant dreams of boyhood have not surpassed the…
Scripture The sayings of the wise are like the sharp sticks that shepherds use to guide sheep, and collected proverbs are as lasting as firmly driven nails. They have been given by God, the one Shepherd of us all. ~Ecclesiastes 12:11, NLT Quote The job of communicating truth in a fresh way without diminishing its…