Jump Start # 3647
Jump Start # 3647 Matthew 25:20 “And the one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, ‘Master, you entrusted five talents to me; see, I have gained five more talents.” I was in the presence of a five talent man. I have been around impressive people before. I […]
Jump Start # 3646
Jump Start # 3646 Philemon 21 Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, since I know that you will do even more than what I say. It came from a contemporary hymn that I was not familiar with. The words were used in an opening prayer recently. “I may not sing like David; […]
Jump Start # 3645
Jump Start # 3645 1 Timothy 3:15 “but in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of truth.” The church is often described as a family—the family of […]
Jump Start # 3644
Jump Start # 3644 Matthew 15:22 “And behold, a Canaanite woman came out from that region, and began to cry out, saying, ‘Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed.” Our verse takes place in Gentile country. The Lord had ventured up there. It is here that this distraught […]
Jump Start # 3643
Jump Start # 3643 2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich. Through the sacrifice of Jesus, in many ways we have traded places with Him. He died, when we should […]