Jump Start # 456
Jump Start # 456 2 Kings 4:26-27 “When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to Gehazi his servant, ‘Behold, there is the Shunammite, please run now to meet her and say to her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child?’ […]
Jump Start # 455
Jump Start # 455 Luke 15:17 “But when he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!’” We return to the beloved story of the prodigal son. I’ve written several times about this, but keep finding new […]
Jump Start # 454
Jump Start # 454 Matthew 25:24-25 “And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no seed. And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the […]
Jump Start # 453
Jump start # 453 Mark 4:38 “Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they; woke Him and said to Him, ‘Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” Does Jesus care? That’s the title of a hymn we sing, often at funerals. It’s more than a song, it’s a […]
Jump Start # 452
Jump Start # 452 John 11:43 “When He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, ‘Lazarus come forth.’” John 11 is devoted to the resurrection of Lazarus, the friend of Jesus. Lazarus had been sick and then he died. Jesus delayed his coming, on purpose. He didn’t come when he […]