Volume No. 2011 Issue No. 02 Date: January 15, 2012
Publication of the BIBLE BAPTIST MINISTRY, 48 Alexie Rd, Hanover Township, PA 18706
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In Proverbs 24:16 we read, “For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again…” The best people are those who are always beginning again. Disappointment, upsets, reverses, losses and defeats cannot quell their courageous, determined spirits.The real test of a man is not his ability to go to the top, but his ability to be knocked off the top, strike rock bottom and go to the top the second time. Anyone can listlessly lie on the bottom and cry, "Foul play!" Anyone can blame fate, enemies, politics or environment for failure. Anyone can grow bitter, cynical, morose, caustic and sarcastic at things and persons. But it is the sterling soul of eighteen-carat quality that can get up from the ground, brush himself off, smile and start for the mountaintop again.
Remember it is never too late to begin again! It is always too soon to quit. In life it is not the man who fails repeatedly who ultimately loses; it is the man who fails to try again who is the final failure.
Keep trying. It is never too late to begin again.
Keep climbing. Don't let temporary rebuffs stop you.
Keep coming. Someday you'll break through.
Keep coming. Someday you'll break through.
Don't let trouble, misfortune, opposition, misunderstandings, sorrows, trials or disappointments keep you down. If you fall, get up and keep your face set toward God's plan for your life. If you fail, keep trying; victory will come. If you are defeated on one battlefield, remember it is not the loss of a battle but the winning of the war that counts.
Jesus Himself was rejected, despised, rebuffed, beaten and crucified. But He is the all-conquering Victor over temptation, sin and death. To be temporarily set back, to be down, to be defeated need not mean final loss. It is never too late to begin again. An unknown author wrote “Get Up, By God’s Grace, Get Up.”
God, I failed you. Just one mistake after another! It's no use; I'm a lost cause, stumbling along.
I don't know which way to turn – the ground seems so dirty, so cold and so big, when you are facedown.
Sin found me again. Am I really sincere? I gave up without a fight,
in spite of Your love, Your grace – the great joy of having seen Your face.
I did not want to do wrong. I despise sin. I loathe it! Now I loathe myself.
I am ugly, God; what makes me so ugly? I tried.
You know I tried! It seems the more I try, the worse I become.
I can't lift my head. How can I look at my family, my beloved wife, my sweet innocent children?
The darkness is so heavy; blackness is all around. There is no star, no light on any horizon.
What am I to do? Where am I to go? To whom am I to turn? Then I heard His voice say,
So you've fallen! It is not the first time, nor will it be the last,
unless you lie there, buried in the darkness of your own self-pity.
What a shame! You tried to lift yourself with your own bootstraps.
You didn't save yourself. What made you think you could lift yourself?
I loved you when you were loveless, And you are still unlovable at times- Especially now.
So you have fallen on your face! Get up – be a man. Find My grace."
May God’s blessing be upon you this week as you read and meditate on the message from
Romans 14:10-12, “Give an account of your stewardship.”
Romans 14:10-12, “Give an account of your stewardship.”
In His Amazing Grace,
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