Monthly Archives: December 2022

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Jump Start # 3230

Jump Start # 3230 1 Timothy 6:6 Godliness is great gain when accompanied with contentment.” Yesterday we introduced some thoughts about contentment. We looked at what contentment is not, some common myths about contentment. That’s all good, but we need to understand what contentment is and more so, how do we get to that in […]

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Jump Start # 3229

Jump Start # 3229 Philippians 4:11 “Not that I speak from want; for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.” Everywhere we look it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The radio stations play Christmas songs. The stores are lined with Christmas things. Homes are decorated. Hallmark is in full […]

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Jump Start # 3228

Jump Start # 3228 Proverbs 18:24 “A man of too many friends comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” The holiday season is upon us. As I write this, I have Christmas songs playing in the background. I’m one who could listen to those songs year round. So […]

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Jump Start # 3227

Jump Start # 3227 2 Corinthians 7:6 “But God who comforts the depressed, comforted us by the coming of Titus.” A young preacher called the other day. He was discouraged. He was thinking of quitting and doing something else. He needed to vent and I happen to have a couple of big ears to listen. […]

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Jump Start # 3226

Jump Start # 3226 Galatians 3:28 “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”   As the apostle Paul was working through the layers of feelings, issues and troubles that Jewish brethren had towards the Gentiles, […]