Monthly Archives: August 2011

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Jump Start # 419

Jump Start # 419  Proverbs 25:25 “Like cold water to a weary soul, so is good news from a distant land.”    Good news—everyone likes that. This passage takes us back to a time when good news traveled slowly, as all news did. The messenger riding the horse, going from village to village, telling the […]

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Jump Start # 418

Jump Start # 418  Proverbs 18:10 “The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.”   One of the themes that runs throughout the book of Proverbs is the life of the righteous man. Often he is contrasted with the fool. Here in our verse today, […]

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Jump Start # 417

Jump Start # 417  Proverbs 16:20 “He who gives attention to the word will find good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.”   Proverbs are the practical side of living the righteous life. It’s the manual of how to do it. Our verse today is interesting. The wise man is one who […]

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Jump Start # 416

Jump Start # 416  John 13:12 “So when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, ‘Do you know what I have done to you?’”    Our passage today comes from the Lord’s last day with the disciples. They met in an upper room […]

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Jump Start # 415

Jump Start # 415  Mark 6:21-22 “A strategic day came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his lords and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee; and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, […]