A Blog by Pastors Frank and Parris Bailey
Lk.5:4 - Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. It’s not just hard work and correct plans that bring in a true harvest, it takes the blessing of the Lord to produce fruit. This short story is filled with revelation about the call of God, the blessing, of the …
"And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved. And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, ‘The old …
Lk.5:8 - But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. Everyone responds differently to miracles or the power of God. Peter saw the incredible, unexplainable harvest of fish in this story and he was thunderstruck. He suddenly realized just …
MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS- “For which is easier to say, Your sins are forgiven you, or to say, Arise and walk?” Luke 5:23 In a world that is falling apart all around us with rebellion and anger against authority being loudly demonstrated without the least embarrassment; forgiveness seems like a bygone era. Even churches are …
MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS "Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. And …
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Luke 5:8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!” The hand of the Lord upon a man of God can bring sudden awareness of sin in those he ministers to. In today's scripture Peter suddenly found himself naked before …
MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS BAILEY- "And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things today" Luke 5:23 Everyday Christ is at work all around us. Today as we watch the news we see thousands of Syrians fleeing their borders and our hearts break. I …
Luke 5:4 ¶ When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” I was thinking recently about the day Jesus appeared to the disciples while they were fishing on the Sea of Galilee. I say appeared because He had been crucified several …
Luke 5:8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!” I was thinking recently of that fishing trip the disciples took after the resurrection of Jesus. They had no idea what the rest of their lives were to look like, …
Luke 5:37-38 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. There are some new concepts and terminology you have to become familiar with when you …
