Jump Start # 2150
Jump Start # 2150 Ezekiel 33:33 “So when it comes to pass—as surely it will– then they will know that a prophet has been in their midst.” Our passage today is one of the many sad things that Ezekiel went through as a prophet and a preacher. His road was long and it was rugged. […]
Jump Start # 2149
Jump Start # 2149 2 Timothy 4:16 “At my first defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them.” Our verse today shows a side of reality that we often do not want to admit or talk about. It’s one of the very things that causes some to […]
Jump Start # 2148
Jump Start # 2148 Ephesians 4:27 “and do not give the devil an opportunity.” Our verse today comes from a pair of verses about anger. It is found in a setting of “do nots”. Do not sin. Do not let the sun go down on your anger. And, our verse, do not give the devil […]
Jump Start # 2147
Jump Start # 2147 Hebrews 10:34 “For you showed sympathy to the prisoners, and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an abiding one.” I was reading the other day about Trajan Decius, a Roman emperor who reigned from 249-251 A.D. A short reign. […]
Jump Start # 2146
Jump Start # 2146 Luke 10:26 “And He said to him, ‘What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?” I heard on the news recently of a man that was arrested in a nationally known fitness gym. The gym advertises on TV as “No judging.” I always took that to […]