The Need for Discipline is Not Emphasized in Today’s World
In today’s world, an emphasis is put on participation awards and on “warm and fuzzy” feelings for everyone.
People who can’t handle the least bit of toughness are called “snowflakes” because they melt down easily.
Recently, a college professor was fired because the students said that he was too hard on them.
I’ve viewed a fair share of awards ceremonies, of all kinds, and I have yet to see anyone say, “I want to thank fill in the name; or….I stand here today successful because he/she taught me to be “again, fill in the blank with some undisciplined form of behavior”.
Undisciplined behavior? No, that never happens. It is always discipline that wins the day.
Always, if any credit is given, it is to the person who aided another in becoming more disciplined, more virtuous, taught them to work harder, strive better, develop their talents more. Credit goes to hard work, not to wasting.
Jesus calls people to be disciples. Disciples comes from the same root word as discipline. It can also mean a learner, but if it means learning only, without doing, it falls short.
I can learn how to work gym equipment, but if I don’t actually develop a habit of going to the gym and using the equipment, knowledge alone won’t do me any good.
I can learn how to plant a garden, but if I don’t actually do the work to prepare the soil and plant and weed and take care of the garden, the knowledge won’t produce fruit.
Jesus put an emphasis on doing.
Matthew 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
One of the disciplines is lifestyle. One reason people struggle in life is that they don’t order their lifestyle according to the Word of God.
God’s Word explains how the universe is ordered. When we walk in those ways, life is easier.
Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
In today’s world, there is so much that is out of harmony with the Word of God that it takes ongoing personal Bible study, prayer, group Bible study, going to church, and ongoing growth to continue to change to conform our ways and words to the ways of God.
One of the things that is a problem today, that was probably not a problem at the time of the Patriarchs, is that the food is so degraded that it affects energy levels. Abraham probably didn’t have to study about “healthy lifestyles” as living a pastoral life close to nature, the food and water was wholesome. The term probably didn’t exist at that time. Eating God’s food from nature was a “healthy lifestyle”.
Moses started his ministry at 80 and ended at 120. He was walking in the wilderness for 40 years. And have you ever thought about him carrying those stones with the inscribed commandments? He couldn’t have been out of shape. Actually, he did it twice as he smashed the first ones in anger, so the labor was twice as long. More could be said as well.
In addition to everything else, it is no longer an option to ignore lifestyles. And, not only do we have to learn to eat correctly, food is often grown on denatured soil, so it doesn’t contain the full nutrition that is needed.
Men have to be aware of the problems of low-T which will keep them from being the guardians and protectors of the home, the family, and nation.
Women have to know how to have a healthy lifestyle to have healthy babies.
People need energy to work, to do, to accomplish the purposes God has for them.
These kinds of studies are no longer optional.
When you find good information, you need to save it, as the censorship is becoming greater and the article you can easily find today, you may not be able to find tomorrow in the search engine.
Because of censorship, because of the cancel culture, I am not going to expand on this topic, except to say that it is very important.
It is connected with the question of discipleship. If you want the energy to get up and do what the Lord directs you to do, you need be be healthy and energetic. For your children to learn effectively, they need the right fuel in their bodies.
Ignorance is not bliss.
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Sowing and Reaping
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The term “sowing and reaping” is a familiar one. It is often used in preaching, almost to the point of seeming gimmicky.
But actually, it is a fundamental principle. It is dangerous to ignore the principle simply because it is a familiar topic.
It is one thing to know something, it is another to put it into practice.
Noah on the ark is a type of salvation.
Once Noah came off the ark, the first principle God established, after Noah gave an offering, was that of sowing and reaping.
2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Genesis 8:15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,
16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
20 And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
When it is said that “Jesus did it all”, it is necessary to understand that there is a difference between being born again and afterward growing into the life in Christ. In the sense of being born again, it is true that Jesus did it all. No baby births itself. The ability to be born of the spirit of God is because of the redemptive work of Christ. It is impossible to work one’s way to heaven. You must be born again.
But once a baby is born, it grows, or should grow.
Likewise, a newborn “babe in Christ” should grow.
I Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Part of growing in Christ is learning to walk in God’s ways. Sowing and reaping is a mainstay of the kingdom of heaven. There are many forms of sowing: time, treasure, talent, words, prayer.
Even the world recognizes that if you want your ship to come in, you first have to send it out.
Ecclesiastes 11:1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
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Give Honor to Whom Honor is Due
When I saw this article, I felt it necessary to make mention of it here, give honor to whom honor is due.
It is the first time in a long while that I have had the sense that a man/men (in the generic sense of being the protector of children) stood up and decided to do something.
Now I know there are those who will say, “what about….“, and I agree, there are others who have been bearing the labor and heat of the day for a long time.
But in terms of a changing of the guard, a changing of the wind of the Spirit, the wind bloweth where it listeth and thou hearest the sound thereof, for some reason, this particular article struck me in the spirit as being pivotal.
Traditionally, men have protected women and children.
There has been a battle against men. It started with feminists, but the SAD (Standard American Diet) has not helped either. The SAD has lowered testosterone. Newscaster Tucker Carlson ran a special about low-T men.
This article portends to good things in the future, a revival of men taking care of the children, pro-actively guarding the safety of children.
We talk about revival but there also needs to be a revival of the basics, the basic charges that God gave to mankind in Genesis.
Because if the children and women aren’t taken care of, humanity ceases.
There seems to be a trend of “he who dies with the most toys, wins”, or “he who has the shortest workweek, wins”, or “he who has the biggest mansion, wins”, or “he who has the biggest portfolio, wins”.
God’s first commandment was to be fruitful and multiply. God values souls. God’s valuation system is different than ours. And since God’s kingdom extends beyond what happens on this earth, we should find out what the values of that kingdom are and focus our energies there.
Matthew 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply,….
We are in a test and trial on this earth and however much we align ourselves with God’s kingdom, we will experience that, good or bad, after death.
Salvation, being born again, is a unique experience that comes by way of the Holy Spirit. No baby births itself.
However, just like on the human, natural plane, rewards are a matter of effort and, in God’s kingdom, obedience and alignment to the purposes of God.
We can know that the globalists, who want to depopulate the earth to 1 billion people, are not listening to the Lord God of the Bible. Paul said there are gods many, and lords many…in other words, demons and satan who work in opposition to the one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ.
I Corinthians 8:5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
So the depopulators are anti-God and anti-God’s first commandment to mankind.
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply,….
As for the issue of “too many people”, don’t you think that God who created the universe and resurrected Jesus from the dead can take care of numbers of people?
It is not an issue at this point; we don’t need to worry about too many people. The globalists who want to destroy mankind are are using the toxic vax, the shutdown of economies and the food supply chain, weather warfare and more to depopulate the earth.
The globalists want land, money, power, and resources for themselves; “more people” means “less for them”. Behind them, is a dark satanic agenda.
People say that Jesus will come and take care of it.
Until Jesus is here, the only people to represent him are those who serve in the name of Jesus.
God calls his disciples, his followers, to be faithful and obedient.
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Walked the Talk
Vince Lombardi was a famous Green Bay Packer’s coach. What may not be well known is his faith.
“I believe in God.”
“I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.”“There are three things that are important to every man in this locker room. His God, his family, and the Green Bay Packers. In that order.”
“I’ve never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline. “
“There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.”
“Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It’s a state of mind – you could call it character in action.”
In a world of snowflakes and wokeness, a reawakening of the kind of attitude and discipline he led with is sorely needed today.
It is worth reading more of what he lived. http://www.vincelombardi.com/quotes.html
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Repost: The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt and illustrated by Tony Diterlizzi
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Scientific Evidence Supports the Existence of God
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Modern Day Child Sacrifice
To be blunt…you need to know this so you don’t inadvertently murder your own children, by listening to, and following people who either are ignorant themselves or who don’t have the courage to stand up to the globalists. In the end, you and your children become the “road kill” and bear the “risk” for decisions made on the basis of greed, power, and the worship of mammon and Baal. Don’t become a casualty or collateral damage in a war by ignorance.
Read the article at Natural News by clicking the link below.
CDC stands for “Child Death Cult” … nationwide child sacrifice ritual disguised as “immunization”
More information on the dangers of the vax: http://shineonhealth.com
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The Prodigal Son
Luke 15:11 (WEB) He said, “A certain man had two sons. 12 The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ So he divided his livelihood between them. 13 Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living. 14 When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need. 15 He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any. 17 But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger! 18 I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. 19 I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.”’
20 “He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 21 The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let’s eat, and celebrate; 24 for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.
25 “Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on. 27 He said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.’ 28 But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him. 29 But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this your son came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’
31 “He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. 32 But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”
Repost: ‘He Ran To Me’ (The Prodigal Son) – Phillips, Craig and Dean
Repost: When God Ran by Benny Hester (video interpretation)
Repost: When God Ran – Phillips, Craig & Dean
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Repost: Lord of the Rings Sound track ‘May it Be’ – Enya (Cover by Cormac)
Isaiah 50:10 (KJV) Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
2 Peter 1:19 (KJV) We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
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Repost: ‘Empty Chairs At Empty Tables’ from ‘Les Miserables’ (Cormac Thompson Cover) Charity single
There’s a grief that can’t be spoken
There’s a pain goes on and on
Empty chairs at empty tables
Now my friends are dead and gone
Here they talked of revolution
Here it was they lit the flame
Here they sang about tomorrow
And tomorrow never came
From the table in the corner
They could see a world reborn
And they rose with voices ringing
And I can hear them now!
The very words that they had sung
Became their last communion
On this lonely barricade
At dawn
Oh my friends, my friends forgive me
That I live and you are gone
There’s a grief that can’t be spoken
There’s a pain goes on and on
Phantom faces at the window
Phantom shadows on the floor
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will meet no more
Oh my friends, my friends
Don’t ask me what your sacrifice was for
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will sing no more
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Herbert Kretzmer / Alain Albert Boublil / Claude-michel Schonberg
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables lyrics © Universal Music – Careers, Alain Boublil Music Ltd.
https://adversereactionreport.com/podcast/thats-beyond-fraud-how-fema-tried-to-bribe-ernest-ramirez-to-change-his-sons-death-certificate-to-covid/
Repost: RED ALERT: Two Days To Stop Covid Vaccine From Being Added To Childhood Vaccine Schedule
https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-10-18-fema-bribery-covid-vaccine-death-certificate-coverup.html
https://naturalnews.com/2022-07-19-casket-manufacturer-orders-childrens-caskets-flooding-in.html
https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-10-12-covid-vaccines-children-death-government-data.html
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
—Abraham Lincoln
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