With Jack Bailey
Scripture They trust in their wealth and boast of great riches. Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death by paying a ransom to God. ~Psalm 49:6-7, NLT Quote Our wants are many but our needs are few. ~Gerald H. Wilson The inevitable temptation of wealth is that we will rely on it rather than God.…
Scripture May the Lord silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue—those who say, “By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?” Psalm 12:3-4, NIV Quote “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” ~Big Brother {George Orwell’s 1984} We live in…
Scripture The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. ~Psalm 34:18, NIV Quote To cultivate a heart that desires what is good and delights in the LORD Jesus is the first step to the abundant life that is full and overflowing. ~Warren W. Wiersbe I know I gave…
Scripture ‘I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help Me.’ ~Matthew 25:45, NLT Quote Earth has no sorrows that heaven cannot heal. ~Thomas Moore I know the quote is not a perfect fit for this blog but I do love…
Scripture Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. ~Matthew 5:16, NASB Quote “I am not a role model. I am not paid to be a role model. I am paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.…
Scripture You know that those foreigners who call themselves kings like to order their people around. And their great leaders have full power over the people they rule. But don’t act like them. If you want to be great, you must be the servant of all the others. ~Mark 10:42-43 Quote Authority is like soap and…
Scripture “But those who still reject Me are like the restless sea, which is never still but continually churns up mud and dirt.” ~Isaiah 57:20, NLT Quote Evil never takes a vacation; not so much as a day off. ~Ya’akov Those who reject God and His Son are like restless waves on the sea: they are never…
Scripture For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down, we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. ~2 Corinthians 5:1, NLT Quote We are all wayfarers, but the believer knows it and accepts it: he is…
Scripture Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. ~Psalm 62:9, NIV Quote If we trust God supremely, we no longer fully trust anything else. ~Timothy Keller If I were starting all over as a pastor,…
Scripture Don’t bring false charges against anyone or sentence an innocent person to death. I won’t forgive you if you do. ~Exodus 23:7, CEV Quote “America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe v. Wade has deformed a great nation.” ~Teresa of Calcutta Who are the most innocent members of…