Jacobs Ladder Podcast

S Al Mohler's 8/27 Briefing episode on Boredom vs Depression, psychologist talking about the fact that it's being said that there's a big problem of depression resulting from the Covid-19 situation, and that perhaps what's going on is more boredom than depression.  In the article they discussed the difference between boredom and depression and that boredom is a lack of excitement or pleasure vs ex...

S = Something on My Heart See 8/16 Pastor Adam Cook message from Union Church on the Power of saying Thanks  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAcuskM-0nY .  I've spoken on this podcast before about the importance of being grateful to God about all of life but particularly as it relates to your heart while you're working.  I've talked about how work is a gift from God, how work is so important to Go...

What You'll Hear: Leighton  was adopted, but didn't find out about this until age 12 His mother was a devout Christian and raised himwith a spiritual grounding His adoptive parents ran a jewelry store, he looks back and is thankful for the love and provision, but his parents did not have a loving marriage and fought a lot When he was age 14, his mother left for a while and during that summer  Leig...

S=Something on my Heart Start by commenting on comments 2 weeks ago about Q and Nesare Gesara.  Will say a few comments about Q Anon tonight and will say something about Nesara Gesara at a later date). I don't want to spend much time on either topic because I feel they are outside of the purpose of this podcast and you don't tune in to hear about these topics, but since I brought it up, let me fin...

What You'll Hear: Wayne  got into drugs in high school and ended up in the emergency room in 1978 after a bad experience His first job was at Western Steer Steakhouse He later became a shop manager at a factory in Dothan, AL In the mid 80's  Wayne 's pastor suggested he get involved in a ministry and to pastor in his workplace He read a book "Your Job: Survival or Satisfaction" Rather than start h...

Hope - From Axis Culture Translater Premium Vol 6 issue 29 " Experts warn a  second surge of COVID-19 deaths  are imminent. Racial tensions continue to dominate the news cycle. Economic insecurity is trickling down into every sphere of life. It seems everything these days is up for grabs. Despair, darkness, and depression are dominating the cultural landscape and our interior lives. And yet, as fo...

Came to Christ with the help of his Dad at age 10 Has lead "Care for Aids" for the last decade, which empowers people to have a life beyond AIDS At age 18 he attended a conference where he faced the reality of HIV and that the church was silent on this issue He went to Kenya and met 2 pastors and together they formed this organization Justin  originally thought he would follow his Dad in business,...

S Good News and Bad News -Start with bad news, if our heart isn't totally committed to Jesus Christ in a relationship vs. a religious spirit, we're a not a true follower of Jesus, anything less than total surrender to Jesus doesn't cut it, we understand this type of commitent is a necesary part of a marriage, God shows us how He wants our relationship to have that same, even higher commitmment, In...

S 3 P's-Prepare, physically and spiritually, See end times from the Bible playing out today, you may not agree but I would encourage you to at least be familiar with some of the main portions of the Bible dealing with end times and to have some opinion of what they mean, I don't believe God gave us so many specific warnings if He didn't want us to be aware and ready, including Daniel 7, Matthew 24...

S Books recently purchased E The Randsomed Heart Podcast with John Eldridge L Neh 1:11 NIV " Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor in the presence of this man." I was cupbearer to the king." A None H Paul Sohn #7 - Try to Involve Everyone  

S Think about putting all your activities in 3 categories 1) good (Kingdom stuff, family, direction from God and Bible), 2) Bad (getting drunk, breaking 10 commandments, Ex 20:3-17 You shall have no other gods before Me. 4 "You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness  of anything  that  is  in heaven above, or that  is  in the earth beneath, or that  is  in the water under the eart...

What You'll Hear: David Smith's wife led him to the Lord after he met her in a hospital when she was a nursing student An elderly gentleman on the North Side of Chicago got David his first job in a neighborhood feed store "Work is so essential and it's a gift from the Lord, and has a lot more to do than not just about money" David helps school systems find leaders and helps private institutions wi...

S True identity is not what I do (for example, I am a writer). Nor is it how I am (for example, I am happy). True identity is who I am. In other words, identity in Christ means union with Christ.-holy sexuality.  Jan Quote from Christopher Yuan " Here's a great passage from a book I'm reading by Christopher Yuan called "Holy Sexuality".  In this pAssage he's speaking about his personal experience...

S- Because of your guilt for past mistakes, you may feel you deserve whatever you perceive to be the suffering in your life.  That suffering may include how you perceive you work, since you may think of your work as drudgery or a necessary evil.  Or your guilt may lead you to think you don't have the credibility or the right to speak truth and make a difference in the lives of your co-workers, or...

What You'll Hear:   Matt grew up in a Christian family and went to a very conservative church At age 20 "I cried out 'I'm so lonely", that was the first honest conversation I had with God...I thought 'I love Jesus, I love God and I want more of this" First job was pulling weeds as a gardener and the landscaper in the summer in Oregon With YWAM, Matt did missions on a small island and in Hong Kong...

S = Something on My Heart What Unites Us - heard from a manager at a safety meeting once that the great thing about safety is it's the one thing that unites us all.  My first thought was one I often have when I hear an extreme statement that uses terms like "always", "never" or in this case "the one thing", and that thought was that it was hyperbole, or exaggeration and that in the natural there a...

What You'll Hear: At age 40 he was on business trip on a plane, the person next to him waited until close to the end of the flight then asked him "do you mind if we talk man to man?", then asked him "are you a Christian?" Mike soon after answered an altar call and gave his life to Christ Sometimes Mike just leaves out his Bible at work without saying anything, and people ask him questions Another...

S=Something on my Heart Dichotomy now of slowing down and sense of urgency at same time.  Some of this is being forced upon us, some is our choice which is what I want to focus on, what we choose to reduce and increase during this unique time and maybe even make some paradigm shifts that will continue beyond this crisis. First, let's talk about changes that have been forced upon us. What has slowe...

What You'll Hear: Saved by the blood of Christ at the age of 10 after an invitation from a neighbor First job mowing grass, but on a regular basis was at a small "His and Hers" grocery store down the street After high school, completed the 2 years electronics course at the Danville Community College and got a job right away at Sentry Cash Register Community colleges are a great way to avoid a lot...

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What You'll Hear: Grant  spent 20 years as a quantity surveyor including his own consultancy He started his charity Hand in Hand while working part-time as a quantity surveyor 20 years ago he went into business that is completely commercial with no donor funds This is completely sustainable as long as the business is making money The purpose of the business was to create fairer employment and trai...

S - Revolving doors, at work there's more turnover than ever before, less loyalty to employers (Some good and some bad), result is you don't work around the same people, also more change within the organization, most people (with a few exceptions like spouse, parents, children), come and go in our lives and likewise we come and go in others' lives, it's that time of year where I take a fresh look...

What You'll Hear: Steve Reynolds asked the Lord into his heart at age 10 David's Mom was an angel and his Dad lived like the devil.  David accepted Christ in his early teens after seeing a Billy Graham movie in high school with a washed up lounge singer Steve has been a full-time pastor and has written 5 books and loves it David got a degree in Journalism and then went to work in the procurement a...

What You'll Hear: S - Don't Be Alone at Work - God didn't mean us to be alone, Lord's Prayer, 12 steps for Christians CBC being isolated, creation not good for man to be alone, Trinity, my prayer, 1st person vs we, Jesus got alone to pray but even then was with a God, use lunches, new friends invited me to play ping pong, tried inviting everyone on my email list (fail) E - 2 examples don't know if...

What You'll Hear: Raleigh  felt led to get involved in fighting human trafficking after hearing a message in a conference, he realized that "If we're not paying the highest price, someone else is" He saw there was a need to work with churches to help the vulnerable people that were being trafficked "You take one step at a time and learn" He read the book "Start Something that Matters" and that was...