Monthly Archives: January 2013

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Jump Start # 784

  Jump Start # 784 Revelation 20:10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”   In our Jump Start yesterday, we looked at a passage from Revelation […]

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Jump Start # 783

  Jump Start # 783 Revelation 12:17 “So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with  the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.” Revelation 12 is a battle scene. It begins with Satan trying to devour a child, […]

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Jump Start # 782

  Jump Start # 782 Acts 5:4 “While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God?” My home congregation is reading Acts […]

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Jump Start # 781

  Jump Start # 781 Proverbs 21:25-26 “The desire of the sluggard puts him to death, for his hands refuse to work; all day long he is craving, while the righteous gives and does not hold back.” Our verse for today highlights one of the many contrasts found in Proverbs. Here, it is the sluggard […]

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Jump Start # 780

  Jump Start # 780 Psalms 34:3 “O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.” I love this verse. It brings together two great themes: first, honoring and praising God; second, worshipping with others. Magnify means to enlarge. We think of a magnifying glass and looking at a bug under […]