Monthly Archives: November 2024

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Jump Start # 3695

Jump Start # 3695 John 10:13 “He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.” The past two Saturday mornings found me teaching about shepherding and leading. Two Saturdays ago I was in Texas and the discussion was about Legacy in leadership. Love that topic. This past Saturday it […]

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Jump Start # 3694

Jump Start # 3694 Jeremiah 29:7  Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare.’ I write this last Friday. Yesterday was election day. And, today, if the results are known and final, there will be a mixture of emotions racing […]

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Jump Start # 3693

Jump Start # 3693 2 Kings 17:25 “At the beginning of their living there, they did not fear the Lord; therefore the Lord sent lions among them which killed some of them.” Our verse today identifies the troubles that came to the city of Samaria. The Assyrian king removed Israel into exile and replaced the […]

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Jump Start # 3692

Jump Start # 3692 2 Chronicles 35:25 “Then Jeremiah chanted a lament for Josiah. And all the male and female singers speak about Josiah in their lamentations to this day. And they made them an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are also written in the Lamentations.” Jeremiah, the weeping prophet, is shown here singing a […]

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Jump Start # 3691

Jump start # 3691 2 Kings 25:30 “and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.” Our verse today ends the book of 2 Kings, or simply, Kings, as it is referred to in older translations. It tells of Jehoiachin’s […]