Monthly Archives: July 2011

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Jump Start # 396

Jump Start # 396  1 Corinthians 13:4 “Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant.”   The “love chapter” – 1 Corinthians 13. Love has been the themes of great songs, movies and books. Romantic love leads to weddings. We used to have a saying […]

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Jump Start # 395

Jump Start # 395  Romans 15:1 “Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves.”  This verse is one of those relationship passages that remind us that we are connected to each other. We need each other, whether we want to admit it or not. […]

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Jump Start # 394

Jump Start # 394  Matthew 6:34 “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”    Worry—that demon that fills our hearts with fear, steals our sleep at night, and robs our appetite for life. We worry. Jesus tells us don’t, but we do. […]

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Jump Start # 393

Jump Start # 393  Galatians 4:11 “I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.”   The Galatian churches seemed to be tail spinning. Instead of progressing in the Gospel, they were confused and going backward to the Law of Moses that they left. In the first chapter Paul marvels that […]

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Jump Start # 392

Jump Start # 392 Acts 18:23 “And having spent some time there, he left and passed successively through the Galatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.”   Our verse today introduces Paul’s third preaching trip, often called, missionary journey. He traveled long and far and endured much to preach Jesus Christ. One lesson this […]