Monthly Archives: June 2014

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Jump Start # 1129

Jump Start # 1129 1 Thessalonians 2:7 “But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children.”   In our passage today, Paul is reminding the Thessalonians how he conducted himself and what he did when he was with them. Paul’s stay was short. The church was […]

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Jump Start # 1128

Jump Start # 1128 2 Corinthians 5:2 “For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from Heaven”   The apostle Paul experienced what many moderns would call the “shopping mall syndrome.” You may have never heard that expression before, but you understand the feeling and the experience. You walk […]

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Jump Start # 1127

Jump Start  # 1127 1 Timothy 4:16 “Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; preserve in these things; for as you do this you will insure salvation both for yourself and for those who hear you.”   Pay attention. That is something that is heard nearly everyday in classrooms and in homes. Paying […]

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Jump Start # 1126

Jump Start # 1126 John 11:26 “So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.”   John 11 records the resurrection of Lazarus from the grave. The chapter is rich with emotion, drama and proof that Jesus is the Son of God. Word came […]

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Jump Start # 1125

Jump Start # 1125 Joshua 1:2 “Moses My servant is dead; now therefore arise, cross this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them, to the sons of Israel.”   Moses My servant is dead. That was the shortest funeral address ever. For the past forty years, Israel […]