Monthly Archives: July 2023

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Jump Start # 3375

Jump Start # 3375 Philippians 1:21 “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” Over the weekend, I was in Dallas speaking at a youth lecture with my son Jordan. We both spoke Friday evening. Earlier that morning is when Jimi was executed in an Alabama prison for crimes he had […]

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Jump Start # 3374

Jump Start # 3374 Deuteronomy 9:3 “Know therefore today that it is the Lord your God who is crossing over before you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them and He will subdue them before you, so that you may drive them out and destroy them quickly, just as the Lord has spoken to […]

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Jump Start # 3373

Jump Start # 3373 Mark 5:41 “And taking the child by the hand, He said to her, ‘Talitha Kum!’ (which translated means, ‘Little girl, I say to you arise’).” Our verse comes from the raising of Jairus’ twelve year old daughter. She was dying. Her father, a synagogue official, came to Jesus and before others, […]

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Jump Start # 3372

Jump Start # 3372  Matthew 18:3 “and said, ‘Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of Heaven.’” I was preaching in another congregation recently. At the end of the sermon, I told the story about Jimi, the powerful example of a man on […]

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Jump Start # 3371

Jump Start # 3371 Matthew 11:29 “Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.” Our passage today comes from the Lord’s wonderful invitation. He calls not the good, the best, as the old Marine recruitment ad boasted. Jesus […]