by Jesse Abel
A Word from Papa “J”
Proverbs 5:1-23 – Leadership once had the opportunity to listen to a father’s instruction! Today his sons are in the middle of destruction; seems that the matches they play with today are large enough to burn down a nation! James 3:5-10
Good Morning
For sailors only! Yes that’s right… if you are a sailor, were a sailor or thinking of being a sailor, this one’s for you. It is nearly impossible to steal a ship’s anchor and its attached chain.
Once while in drydock our anchors and chains were removed from the ship and placed in the bottom of the drydock in order to remove the rust from the anchor chain stowage compartment and from the anchors and chains as well.
One young lieutenant who had the duty of command duty officer was briefed before he took duty that the anchors and chains were being stowed inside the drydock for the time being and that on his rounds to observe them and other items that belonged to the ship.
It so happened that the shipyard personnel removed the anchors and chains to refurbish them at another location. To the surprise of the young lieutenant on his rounds in the drydock, he found no anchors and no chain. Instead of using logic or asking a question or two, he panicked.
Back on the ship, he tracked down the Chief of the Boat and reported to him that someone had stolen the ship’s anchors and chains. We all had a good laugh at the young man who was just trying to do his job.
Because we laughed he became the object of every event that went south and he never fully recovered. By nationality he was Japanese and he did not share in our American sense of humor. We Americans seem to run it aground this sort of nonsense. We overload with fun and games to the point of being obnoxious and cynical.
Today we as a nation are treating our Creator with a similar cynicism. This has made us hardened toward God. All of our media, commercials and public venues seek to degrade Him and make Him out to be a myth, a joke or a curse.
We can be confident that our anchor to Him is not stolen and we can also be confident that our Creator has the chain too. He is in the process of refurbishing both and when completed – He will pull it and shake the nation awake! Leviticus 26:1-46 and Proverbs 1:1-33.
The below outline is taken from the ministry of R.B. Thieme, Jr. The doctrine of the Five Cycles of National Discipline.
a. The first cycle of discipline, Lev 26:14-17.
b. The second cycle of discipline, Lev 26:18-20.
c. The third cycle of discipline, Lev 26:21-22.
d. The fourth cycle of discipline, Lev 26:23-26.
e. The fifth cycle of discipline, Lev 26:27-38, amplified in Deuteronomy 28:49-67.
Proverbs 5:1-23 – Leadership once had the opportunity to listen to a father’s instruction! Today his sons are in the middle of destruction; seems that the matches they play with today are large enough to burn down a nation! James 3:5-10
Good Morning
For sailors only! Yes that’s right… if you are a sailor, were a sailor or thinking of being a sailor, this one’s for you. It is nearly impossible to steal a ship’s anchor and its attached chain.
Once while in drydock our anchors and chains were removed from the ship and placed in the bottom of the drydock in order to remove the rust from the anchor chain stowage compartment and from the anchors and chains as well.
One young lieutenant who had the duty of command duty officer was briefed before he took duty that the anchors and chains were being stowed inside the drydock for the time being and that on his rounds to observe them and other items that belonged to the ship.
It so happened that the shipyard personnel removed the anchors and chains to refurbish them at another location. To the surprise of the young lieutenant on his rounds in the drydock, he found no anchors and no chain. Instead of using logic or asking a question or two, he panicked.
Back on the ship, he tracked down the Chief of the Boat and reported to him that someone had stolen the ship’s anchors and chains. We all had a good laugh at the young man who was just trying to do his job.
Because we laughed he became the object of every event that went south and he never fully recovered. By nationality he was Japanese and he did not share in our American sense of humor. We Americans seem to run it aground this sort of nonsense. We overload with fun and games to the point of being obnoxious and cynical.
Today we as a nation are treating our Creator with a similar cynicism. This has made us hardened toward God. All of our media, commercials and public venues seek to degrade Him and make Him out to be a myth, a joke or a curse.
We can be confident that our anchor to Him is not stolen and we can also be confident that our Creator has the chain too. He is in the process of refurbishing both and when completed – He will pull it and shake the nation awake! Leviticus 26:1-46 and Proverbs 1:1-33.
The below outline is taken from the ministry of R.B. Thieme, Jr. The doctrine of the Five Cycles of National Discipline.
a. The first cycle of discipline, Lev 26:14-17.
b. The second cycle of discipline, Lev 26:18-20.
c. The third cycle of discipline, Lev 26:21-22.
d. The fourth cycle of discipline, Lev 26:23-26.
e. The fifth cycle of discipline, Lev 26:27-38, amplified in Deuteronomy 28:49-67.
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