Jump Start # 2894
Jump Start # 2894 Luke 22:61 “And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, ‘Before a cock crows today, you will deny Me three times.’” The setting of our passage takes place at Caiaphas’ home, the high priest. When we were in […]
Jump Start # 2893
Jump Start # 2893 Malachi 1:6 “A son honors his father, and a servant his master, then if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My respect? says the Lord of hosts to you, o priests who despise My name. But you say, ‘How have we […]
Jump Start # 2892a
Jump Start # 2892 Matthew 26:11 “For the poor you have with you always; but you do not always have Me.” Our verse rather surprises us. It’s not what we would expect Jesus to say. We would think that Jesus was a defender of the poor. The poor in spirit is what leads off the […]
Jump Start # 2891
Jump Start # 2891 Proverbs 13:22 “A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.” We have had several funerals this year. After the funeral homes, cemeteries, and the grief lifts a bit, there is the going through things. A house has to be […]
Jump Start # 2890
Jump Start # 2890 Luke 4:13 “When the devil had finished every temptation, he left him until an opportune time.” From our verse we learn that the temptations were finished, but the devil wasn’t. He hadn’t given up yet. There was no white flag being waved. He’d be back. He’d come in the form of […]