With Jack Bailey
Scripture When I was prosperous, I said, “Nothing can stop me now!” ~Psalms 30:6 Quote One reason God permits trials is that we might not get comfortable in our faith and stop growing. ~Warren W. Wiersbe This is a Psalm of David but we don’t know exactly when it was written. What we do know…
Scripture Unless the LORD builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the LORD protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good. Quote No amount of human sacrifice and toil will accomplish much without the LORD’s blessing. ~Warren W. Wiersbe Solomon wrote Psalm 127 and it is a masterpiece.…
Scripture Oh, how I love your instructions! I think about them all day long. ~Psalm 119:97, NLT Quote Obedience is the instrument of spiritual knowledge. ~F.W. Robertson This is the 13th stanza of Psalm 119 and like all the rest, the subject is the word of God. Never has there been so…
Scripture Make me walk along the path of Your commands, for that is where my happiness is found. ~Psalm 119:35, NLT Quote What we learn with the mind and understand with the heart must be obeyed by the will. ~Warren W. Wiersbe The fifth stanza of Psalm 119 is the Hebrew letter ‘he’ and again…
Scripture Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king’s son. May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. ~Psalm 72:1-2, NRSV Quote Pharaohs, Caesars, Alexander the Great, Attila the Hun, Charlemagne, Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin: what do they have in common–They are relics of a fading history. They…
Scripture But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride brought him down. He wasn’t faithful to the LORD his God. ~2 Chronicles 26:16, NIrV Quote To finish is to win. ~Morris Hill What do these men have in common: Saul, Solomon, Amaziah, Joash and Uzziah? At least two things: first they were all kings of Israel…
Scripture “I tell you that I will build a royal house for your family.’ ~I Chronicles 17:10, NIrV Quote Jesus is the ultimate Promise Keeper. ~Ya’akov I am reading through the books of history this month and earlier today I read I Chronicles 17 where David says, “Here I am, living in a palace that has…
Scripture King Solomon loved many women besides Pharaoh’s daughter. They were from other lands. They were Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. ~1 Kings 11:1 Quote Disappointment is the price we pay for expecting too much out of others. ~Ya’akov Who was the worse king in Israel’s history: both kingdoms? Some would say Manasseh with…
Scripture “I will not completely destroy the…But they will become his {Shishak, Pharaoh of Egypt} subjects, so they will know the difference between serving me and serving earthly rulers.” ~2 Chronicles 12:7-8, NLT Quote Serving Christ is the greatest adventure on earth. ~Ya’akov We had a great bible study lesson last Sunday. We had stimulating…
Scripture You have kept your promise to my father David. He was your servant. With your mouth you made a promise. With your powerful hand you have made it come true. And today we can see it. ~2 Chronicles 6:15, NIrV Quote Good intentions can make a promise but it takes character to keep them.…