Jump Start # 1379
Jump Start # 1379 Joel 2:12-13 “Yet even now, declares the Lord, ‘Return to Me, with all your heart, and with fasting, weeping and mourning; and rend your heart and not your garments.’ Now return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness and relenting of […]
Jump Start # 1378
Jump Start # 1378 Psalms 91:4 “He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings you may seek refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.” Our passage is poetically describing the shelter, protection and care found in the Lord. God is good to His people. The idea that God is a […]
Jump Start # 1377
Jump Start # 1377 Luke 11:1 “It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.’” I love this passage. It is so innocent and honest. The disciples saw Jesus pray. […]
Jump Start # 1376
Jump Start # 1376 Philippians 1:3 “I thank my God in all my remembrance of you.” I write this Jump Start from a hotel room in Alabama. I have been in a lectureship with three good friends at a congregation I have never been to before. It is always a bit scary going to […]
Jump Start # 1375
Jump Start # 1375 Hebrews 10:24 “and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds” Our passage today is the third in a series of “Let Us” expressions. I appreciate how it is worded. The text doesn’t say, ‘You need to…” or, “you ought to,” or, even, “I did.” Rather, […]