With Jack Bailey
Celebrate Jesus Scripture Tibia died, and Omri reigned. ~1 Kings 16:22 Quote No kingdom has two kings. No such title as co-king. ~Ya’akov After Solomon’s demise and death, his son Rehoboam incensed the ten northern tribes and they rebelled leaving him to govern the tribe of Benjamin and Judah. The Levites lived everywhere but the…
Celebrate Jesus Scripture Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow. ~Proverbs 13:11, NIV Quote “Where gambling enters, prayer leaves; where greed grows, faith dies.” ~Dwight L. Moody Rose, alias “Charlie Hustle,” alias “Mr. Baseball,” was known for many years as a winner, but he was living a double…
Celebrate Jesus Scripture Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. ~Hebrews 10:23, LSB Quote The LORD’s faithfulness to His people is the logical basis for their need to be faithful to Him. ~Daniel J. Estes It is possible for a people, yea even a congregation…
Scripture If a bird sees a trap being set, it knows to stay away. ~Proverbs 1:17, NLT Quote Knowledge is knowing what to say; Wisdom is knowing when, or when not to say it. ~Ancient Proverb There is a distinction between wisdom and knowledge. Knowledge is the collection of information, facts, learning and experience. Wisdom is…
Scripture Rehoboam loved Maacah more than any of his other wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and they gave birth to twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. ~2 Chronicles 11:21, NLT Quote We have a tradition called Sunday dinner. For years the kids and grandkids came to our house for…
Scripture But as for me, my contentment is not in wealth but in seeing You and knowing all is well between us. ~Psalm 17:15, TLB Quote Don’t take hold of anything unless you want that thing to take hold of you. ~E. Stanley Jones This is a Psalm of David. Most Psalms contain petitions but…
Scripture Truthful words stand the test of time, but lies are soon exposed. ~Proverbs 12:19, NLT Quote Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne,— Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own. ~James Russel Lowell The god of this…
Scripture Children’s children are the crown of old men, And the glory of children is their father. ~Proverbs 17:6, NKJV Quote “The old is not obsolete; it is the foundation upon which the new must stand.” ~Anonymous I don’t really long for the good old days although it is true that things were very different…
Scripture The thief {Satan} comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. ~John 10:10, NIV Quote There are a lot of things that are worse than physical death. ~Ya’akov This is an exert from the translation of the Screwtape Letters. This…
Scripture The king {Solomon} said moreover to Shimei, “You know, as your heart acknowledges, all the wickedness that you did to my father David; therefore the LORD will return your wickedness on your own head. ~I Kings 2:44, NKJV Quote Those who refuse to bow will be broken. ~Matthew Henry Shimei was a descendant of…