Jump Start # 153
Jump Start # 153 Matthew 5:5 “Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.” The King James version translates this verse, “Blessed are the meek…”. The word “meek” brings images of having people run rough shod over you, taking advantage of you and being spineless and weak. We are told “it’s a […]
Jump Start # 152
Jump Start # 152 Matthew 5:4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” We continue our look at the beatitudes—the opening pithy statements of our Lord’s sermon on the mount. Jesus is defining the heart of the citizen’s of the kingdom of God. Our beatitude today is one that is greatly […]
Jump Start # 151
Jump Start # 151 Matthew 5:2-3 “He opened His mouth and began to teach them, saying, ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven. This is the beginning of the sermon on the mount—without doubt the greatest sermon ever preached by the greatest preacher who ever walked this world, […]
Jump Start # 150
Jump Start # 150 Lamentations 3:22-23 “The Lord’s lovingkindness indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.” This week we have been picking verses out of Jeremiah. It is a sad book. Destruction is coming, the nation doesn’t get it and God is fed up […]
Jump Start # 149
Jump Start # 149 Jeremiah 31:33-34 “But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,’ declares the Lord, ‘I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. They will […]