Monthly Archives: January 2012

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Jump Start # 524

Jump Start # 524  2 Corinthians 7:6 “But God who comforts the depressed, comforted us by the coming of Titus”   This is an interesting passage. The flow of the passage leads to one conclusion and that is the apostle Paul had been depressed. That’s hard for many to grasp. They see Paul as nearly […]

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Jump Start # 523

Jump Start # 523  Psalms 122:1 “I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord.’”   I love Sundays—its not the fat newspapers, the mega sports day or the shopping that makes it special, it is the Lord. It’s worship. It’s being with God’s people. It is […]

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Jump Start # 522

Jump Start # 522  1 John 4:4 “You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.”    I love this verse and I use it often. It’s powerful, profound and very encouraging. The verse is packed with pronouns: you, […]

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Jump Start #521

Jump Start # 521  1 Kings 2:2-3 “I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man. Keep the charge of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to what is written in the […]

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Jump Start # 520

Jump Start # 520  Ephesians 4:25 “Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.”   Honesty—it is the foundation stone of all relationships. God hates lying. He said that in Proverbs six. One of the 10 commandments condemned false witnesses. The lack of […]