Monthly Archives: April 2014

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Jump Start # 1091

Jump Start # 1091 Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.”   Forgiveness is hard. It is the most Christ like characteristic found in the Bible. A person can be generous and still ungodly. A person can help the hurting. A person […]

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Jump Start # 1090

Jump Start # 1090 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.”   One of the great lessons of the New Testament is that when we become a follower of Christ, things change. We are not just adding Jesus […]

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Jump Start # 1089

Jump Start # 1089 2 Peter 1:6 “and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self– control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness”   Our verse today comes from what is commonly called the “Christian virtues.” It is a section of Scripture which defines what the heart and character of a Christian ought to be […]

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Jump Start # 1088

Jump Start # 1088 Matthew 6:9 “Pray, then in this way: ‘Our Father who is Heaven, hallowed be Your name.”   As we look at different ways the Bible refers to children to illustrate and teach principles, we come to one passage that is often overlooked. Here in this prayer, the relationship of child and […]

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Jump Start # 1087

Jump Start # 1087 Matthew 18:2-4 “And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, and said, ‘Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of Heaven. Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom […]