Jump Start # 1924
Jump Start # 1924 1 Timothy 3:2 “An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach” Our verse today begins what is commonly called the qualifications of an elder. More accurately these are the characteristics, habits and inner workings of a godly man’s heart. This […]
Jump Start # 1923
Jump Start # 1923 James 1:19 “This you know, my beloved brethren, but everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger.” We know this verse. It comes up often in sermons. It’s the core of many Bible classes. Although we know it, we don’t do real well with it. The […]
Jump Start # 1922
Jump Start # 1922 Genesis 7:4 “For after seven more days, I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and I will blot out from the face of the land every living that that I have made.” The devastation that is taking place in Texas these past few days takes […]
Jump Start # 1921
Jump Start # 1921 Judges 3:23 “Then Ehud went into the vestibule and shut the doors of the roof chamber behind him and locked them.” Our verse today comes from the amazing story of God’s deliverer Ehud. Ehud and Eglon, both names beginning with the same letter, both brought together in his amazing story, both […]
Jump Start # 1920
Jump Start # 1920 Proverbs 27:15 “A constant dripping on a day of steady rain and a contentious woman are alike.” A hurricane is hitting Texas. There is a lot of rain with this, more than a foot. This verse came to my mind. A rainy day. Constant dripping. For some, growing up and hearing […]