Jacobs Ladder Podcast

Today I started over a cycle of reading the Bible in a year.  https://hoshanarabbah.org/pdfs/read-bible-in-a-year-2024-2025.pdf Wikipedia on Rosh Hashanah  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah In the first reading of the yearly Bible reading in Genesis it's shows how God seems to have built this concept of cycles into the fabric of His creation. Day Week Month Year - disputes around the p...

There is another New Testament writer of just one book, who sometimes seems to counter Paul's arguments relating to the law. I'm talking, of course, about the book of James, written by the brother of the Master, though I understand his real name was Jacob or in Hebrew Ja'akov.  You make the point that many of James arguments mirror those of the Master, and that James did not have a pharasaical bac...

Q&A: Before we start, I want to say that full disclosure is that I consider you a friend and we attend the same congregation.  I also wanted to say up front that we're going to talk about a book You wrote called "Apologia for thee Law and the Sabbath". And in that book you often refer to Christ as the Master.  One advantage of this is that we avoid turning off one group or another by referring to...

This is the second Welcome Episode for this podcast and along with it I'm officially changing the name of this podcast from Christian Men at Work to Jacobs Ladder and along with the name change I'm changing the focus and purpose of the podcast. The purpose of the Christian Men at Work podcast, since it first started in October of 2016, has been to inspire you to have joy and purpose in your work. ...

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Get and Give Feedback Surveys from Lowe's to just about everywhere online Why? Because it's so important to not just work efficiently but to make sure you're pursuing the right objective and in the right manner I manage projects and critical aspect of my job is defining early and accurately what my customer or stakeholder needs and wants as project deliverables Making assumptions or rushing to the...

An overused phrase is to give 110% effort. What does that mean when we think of living out our faith through our work Well, I can't spell that out in a cookie cutter fashion that applies to everyone in all circumstances, but I know it when I see it This morning I saw it. I'll use a different name, Bob. Bob took my biometrics, all good except high blood pressure . I told him I had a lot of stress....

Phil 4:8 "Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things  are  noble, whatever things  are  just, whatever things  are  pure, whatever things  are  lovely, whatever things  are  of good report, if  there is  any virtue and if  there is  anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things" During my self-help days, I often heard "You are what you think about all day long" or as it says in...

52 minutes.  One measure of a man and his life.   Red was the name he went by, from the color of his hair, but his name was Roger.   I met Red early on in my current job.   Our paths crossed due to our work, but we connected and enjoyed our time together based on our common love for God, for family, and for conservative politics. While my shift away from focusing on politics change in recent years...

And he said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked shall I return there. The Lord  gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord." Job 1:21 If we recognize the Father is the filter between us and any blessings in our lives, whether material or otherwise, we will have the proper perspective. In Ecc Solomon talks about how our material things will pass on to others and...

And Jesus answered and said to him, "Get behind Me, Satan!  For it is written,  'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.'  " Luke 4:8 Yeshua says to Satan here that we should only serve Yah, and yet Yeshua demonstrated serving others and called us to do the same. Friend when serving wife says it's for Him not her Don't have to keep score who's giving more if we're filter...

"Death and life are in the power of the tongue and those who love it will eat its fruit " Prov 18:21 "a fool's voice is known by his many words." Ecclesiastes 5:3 "In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise" - Prov 10:19 James 1:19 says " let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;" In corporate prayer my Pastor Julio Calderon challenged u...

Father Filter 4 parts: Sight, Speech, Service, Being Content Each will be brief but felt best to split them up so you could focus on each specific topic and make an application in your life rather than taking them all on at once. Term I heard from Dr Joe Martin Beyond "what would Jesus do" and trying to be like Him, but rather about literally partnering with Him in our walk here in the flesh as ju...

NPR Hidden brain Interview lady Erica Boothby social illusions, liking gap, invisibility cloak illusion In conversation we overestimate negative thoughts toward us, observing we understanding how much they're noticing us Good to ask questions Think less of us and more of them Giving compliments help dismantle liking gap for other person Just listened to a fascinating interview on NPR and thought t...

Work Tips from Genesis 33 1. Glorify God and esteem Him for all the people and things with which He has blessed me 2. Consider others with the goals I pursue and the pace with which I pursue them 3. Keep in my mind always the end goal to arrive safely in the place God has intended for me as well as those with whom He has entrusted me with. 4. Along the journey, have a giving heart and esteem other...

S God's voice stills you, Satan's voice rushes you God's voice leads you, Satan's voice pushes you God's voice reassures you, Satan's voice frightens you God's voice enlightens you, Satan's voice confuses you God's voice encourages you, Satan's voice discourages you God's voice comforts you, Satan's voice worries you God's voice calms you, Satan's voice obsesses you God's voice convicts you, Satan...

Greg  Pruett  has served as president of Pioneer Bible Translators, based in Dallas, Texas, since January 2007. Before that, Greg, along with his wife, Rebecca, and their three children, lived in West Africa for more than 12 years, where they completed a translation of the entire Bible into the Yalunka language and shared Christ's love with people who traditionally follow the Quran. He has a degre...

You may have wondered when you saw the title what principles and whistles have to do with faith at work Perhaps you thought I would talk about living out your faith as a principal of a school, or since we're in the middle of the NBA playoffs I might talk sharing Christ while blowing a whistle as a basketball referee. Well, neither would be correct. First of all the principles I'm talking about are...

Want to be distressed, look within myself, at my own power. Want to be defeated, look behind me, at my past. The enemy is happy to remind me of all my sin and mistakes. Want to be dismayed, look ahead, to the future. No one but God knows what will be. Want to be distracted, look around. There are plenty of things to keep our focus.   Want to be delivered, sanctified, and transformed, then look up....

I have a gift for you today, something that will provide you peace in a way that few things can. That gift is the awareness of the power of  forgiveness   Forgiveness  from AJ Boncore interview on RealMenConnect podcast, he said there are 3 levels of  forgiveness Upward, Inward, Outward Unforgiveness is like drinking poison and expecting it to kill someone else My thoughts Need the first two to ge...