Monthly Archives: February 2014

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Jump Start # 1043

Jump Start # 1043 Ephesians 6:4 “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”   We have been running a mini series this week on parenting. I hope to assemble these and some earlier articles into a booklet on parenting soon. Parenting is […]

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Jump Start # 1042

Jump Start # 1042 Hebrews 12:7 “It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?”   When the subject of discipline comes up, most often our attention is drawn to the home. Throughout Proverbs we find passages about discipline. […]

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Jump Start # 1041

Jump Start # 1041 Ecclesiastes 12:1 “Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, ‘I have no delight in them.’”   We’ve been talking about raising children this week in our Jump Starts. Lessons on the family are so needed […]

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Jump Start # 1040

Jump Start #1040  Proverbs 4:5 “Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.”   The fourth chapter of Proverbs is directed from a father to his son. He’s teaching the lad about life. Our verse emphasizes the value of proper understanding and wisdom. Acquire it. The text […]

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Jump Start # 1039

Jump Start # 1039 Titus 2:4 “So that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children.”   This passage comes from the Holy Spirit to Paul to Titus to older women who were to take it to the younger women. It was an important message. God wants the younger […]