Jump Start # 1124
Jump Start # 1124 Revelation 3:1 “To the angel of the church in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says this: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.’” The opening line in Dicken’s Christmas Carol is […]
Jump Start # 1123
Jump Start # 1123 James 5:13 “Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises.” It seems that most of life is made up of one of three kinds of days. First, there are great days in which we are bathed in the blessings of God. […]
Jump Start # 1122
Jump Start # 1122 Mark 5:35 “While He was still speaking, they came from the house of the synagogue official, saying, ‘Your daughter has died; why trouble the Teacher anymore.” Faith—it’s easy to talk about it. Faith—it’s fine on a sunny day. But faith when everything about you says give up, quit, throw […]
Jump Start # 1121
Jump Start # 1121 John 16:21-22 “Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world. Therefore you too have grief now; but I […]
Jump Start # 1120
Jump Start # 1120 2 Peter 3:12 “Looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat.” Peter is describing in our verse today a type of divine Anticipation. We are waiting on God. There is […]