TITANIC MEN, WHERE ARE THEY? Part 3

When I left the last post, I mentioned I would bring up the term “Adolescence.”  This term is largely a creation of our society.  It has to do with growth from child to adult and the emotional and physical experiences to adulthood. Culture plays an important role in influencing childhood development, and what is considered “normal” varies greatly from one culture to the next. Actually, most of what develops in people comes from the parenting skills of those that are charged with training up the youth. Encyclopedia Britannica published that American psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson described adolescence in modern Western societies as a “moratorium,” a period of freedom from responsibilities that allows young people to experiment with a number of options before settling on a lifelong career.  Without clear roles, adolescents may establish their own pecking order and spend their time pursuing irresponsible or deviant activities.  This has become a huge problem for us with the fatherlessness I mentioned earlier. Adolescence is usually a period when the youngster has an adult body after puberty but it still immature.  It is a time when the person would be involved in much foolishness. This so-called adolescence period is accepted in our society, a time of fun for young males, a time that encourages visionless men that are only looking for the next piece of entertainment or a chance to put another notch on their belt. This adolescence thing does not exist in the Bible and it contradicts manhood.

We have all the thousands of abortions and baby killings going on around us and our men do not care.  All they care about is the escape and the entertainment choices they have.  Even within the modern church today some men are not living a life devoted to Christ and are living the ME-FIRST kind of life and not caring about the women and children of the church.  They are not preparing themselves for leadership roles in church and not ministering in a devoted and meaningful way.  It’s all about ME_FIRST!

Jesus did not go through a period of Adolescence.  Growing from childhood into a young man then into manhood.  That should be the model.  THERE SHOULD BE NO SEASON OF FOOLISHNESS.   Raise young men to be “MIGHTY MEN OF GOD.”

Today young men and boys are playing games (literally playing games on their smartphones) while Rome burns!

They just don’t care!!  They just don’t care!

And speaking of adolescence, I just got a little distraction I can’t go without mentioning.  Surprisingly I bumped into an article on my browser this morning that was written by one Mark Manson and was titled “What’s the problem with Masculinity.”  I saw that he had a number of sources cited none of which was the Word of God.   He used a bunch of pretty crass swearwords (most of the media today think that is cute to do) and early on asked the question, “Why are men such dicks?”  Reading his article had me pretty much dis-believing this was a male writing.  He pretty much slammed the young male species as being cruel and used an example of a boy picking on a girl.  Well, I am here to tell you there are probably more cruel young girls than boys as I have seen it.  The girls mature faster and usually are larger than the boys and there has been no lack of girls picking on boys. My wife tells me stories about how she used to feed her little brother actual mud pies.  Oh my… I don’t know where this guy is coming from.  He wants to know why us? Why men? He asks if its biology or evolution or some other cultural issue.  Well Mr. Manson could follow these posts and also read the stuff on the Masculine Journey for some answers. He actually claims the answer is both biology and culture.  I agree about the cultural thing which is evident in my writings but there is nothing inherently wrong with males that is biological.  God made man in His own image. Plain and simple.

Mark Manson says that masculinity evolved for socially-beneficial reasons that are not applicable to today.  Again, I believe he is dead wrong. He says violence has declined.  I say where? He says and I quote, “Male advantages in strength and expendability are no longer necessary for a healthy society.” Again, I vehemently disagree with that statement. History has shown us that the decline of masculinity and the loss of the warrior in the males of society will lead to that society being destroyed.  History is there for the benefit of knowledge for today.   Lastly, he says we are more conscious of women’s rights and equality with masculine aggression presenting economic and liability damages.  To that I say how could we not be more conscious of equality and women’ s rights with it being shoved down our throats daily for the last 100 years.   And the women are becoming the aggression group now. Little girls are fighting in the schools not only with other girls but boys, like has never been seen in history.  Maybe Mark has not been paying attention to these issues or the female’s massive male bashing in our society today either.

Another quote from him is, “The male body is becoming outdated tech” is he off his rocker or what? And he says we need to evolve our definition of masculinity and bring new worth like honesty, integrity, emotional openness etc.  You are out of touch, Mark, those qualities have always been important. But along with those qualities it’s ok to be man and it is ok for us to have friends that are a man’s man.  Keep your sissy’s they need not apply here.

Oh, one last thing on his article, he said this, “Men are so emotionally incompetent without women, getting married is literally the healthiest thing a man can do.”  Women are the most emotional beings on earth!  And guess what? It is supposed to be that way.  Are you married Mr. Manson?  Women are historically the most emotional side of the equation.  At the risk of making the weaker vessel upset I will simply say that your comment is pure hogwash and those female emotions are probably why the Bible says its good for man to remain alone if he can.

Well although it provided some entertainment for me that is enough on Mark Manson’s article.

I need to explain the “Five Imperatives of Christian Manhood.”

Remember the key verses: “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. Let all your things be done with charity.” (1 Cor 16: 13-14) Men this is an exhortation to you.

The five imperatives of Christian Manhood.

  1. Be watchful and aware of the dangers in the world. Protect!
  2. Stand fast in the faith- know what you believe and be courageous men willing to stand regardless of the cost.
  3. Quit you like men… Or in other words, ACT LIKE A MAN. Conduct yourself like a man should.
  4. Be strong- carry your responsibility and exercise manly strength.
  5. All things are to be done with charity. All the above things need to be done in the spirit of love.

“And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.” (Daniel 10:19)

Men, God will provide our strength.   I will say more about this in the next post.  Satan’s work is all around you/us and the devil wants you to fail so call upon the Lord for your strength and the devil will flee.

“Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.” (1 Chronicles 19:13)

“Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.” (2 Samuel 10;12) 

Be of good courage, and let us be strong: Courage and strength are not matters of feeling and circumstance. They are matters of choice, especially when God makes His strength available to us. We can be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might (Ephesians 6:10).

“Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” (Joshua 1: 6-9)

Men, God is saying, “Keep the law and don’t deviate from it for this is the way to prosperity and success. Observe it day and night and meditate upon it. As we turn to the first Psalm, we read, “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law does he meditate both day and night, he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth fruit in his season, his leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper”(Psalm 1:1-3). Are you looking for prosperity, are you looking for success?  God has given you the rules. Meditate in it, observe it, and thus shalt thou make thy way prosperous, for these are the rules to prosperity. These are the rules to success. So, the conditions upon which he can know the power, the presence, the victory.

Be in a partnership with God and victory will be yours!

We continue to ask what did the men on the Titanic know that men today do not.

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God bless you all,

The Tubthumper

 

Day 20 praying for election, 20 more to go.

PRAYING6Strengthen us by the power of Your Spirit.

The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer. (Psalm 6:9)

Dear Lord we praise You. We love You Lord.  O Lord our God, You are the wellspring of all that is.  You are the sea on which we float.  You are the wind that fills our sails. You are the storm that buffets us. You are the calm that brings us peace.

Father please forgive our nation. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown, but we have forgotten You, O’ God. It behooves us then to humble ourselves before the offended powers, to confess our national sins and to pray for clemency and forgiveness. We have sinned against You. We have sown to the wind and are reaping the whirlwind of crime, drug abuse, racism, immorality, and social injustice. We need to repent of our sins and turn by faith to you. Forgive us when we do things that displease You and separate us from Your presence.

Lord, we thank you for hearing our petitions.  We thank you for blessing us beyond reason. We thank You for Your almighty grace.

Open our ears to hear Your word, O’God.  Open our eyes to see Your beauty, Lord. Open our hearts to be warmed by Your love.  Fill us with Your Spirit, Lord. Strengthen us by the power of Your Spirit to live in a way that glorifies You.

We pray for our election in 20 days, dear Lord. Father, we ask for leaders who adhere to the original intent of our founding documents and their many connections to Your principles.  We pray today for a true understanding of justice according to Your word.  We ask for Your intercession to encourage, strengthen, and protect those who honor and follow You.  We ask for leadership that will follow our constitutional principles rather than following a pre-chosen outcome.  We ask, Lord, for awareness in our country that the words, “separation of church and state” are found nowhere in any of our founding documents. We ask, Father, that you would turn the hearts of our politicians and leaders toward You. We ask that You soften their hearts and recognize and receive the truth, O’God.  We ask that You grant them the understanding and knowledge that come from the fear of You.  We ask for God-fearing leaders.  We ask that You grant them wisdom and ask that You direct their hearts to do Your will.

Lead us each day, Lord that we as a nation will live lives that are pleasing to You. May You forever be praised. We ask all this through Jesus Christ, AMEN.

 

 

Day 8 of Prayer for USA Election

220px-Maria_Magdalene_prayingA prayer for election 2012 USA

“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” (James 5:14)

For all Christians the verse above tells us what should constitute our prayer lives: We should pray properly, purposefully and persistently. When all three elements are a part of our prayer lives, they work.  We are to align ourselves with God’s will.  We are to ask for what we want; we are to be specific.   We are to pray persistently.  The apostle Paul tells us to pray without ceasing. Every time we pray, God’s mighty power is released and made available to bring victory and breakthrough into even seemingly impossible situations.

Dear heavenly Father,

We love you Lord.  You are an awesome and amazing God.  You are faithful.   You have placed us in the greatest nation in the world.  The land of the free!  You have blessed us mightily. You are generous beyond anything we can imagine or deserve.  We praise you Lord for you are worthy to be praised, you are the King of all Kings, you are above any authority in heaven or on earth, You are creator, redeemer and sustainer.

We confess that we have not bowed before You.  We confess we have not acknowledged Your rule in our lives and over our leaders and our nation. We have gone along with the ways of the world and failed to give You glory.  Forgive us and raise us from sin, that we may be your faithful people, obeying the commands of our Lord Jesus Christ, who rules the world and the universe.

Father, watch over us this day.  Dear Lord, please guide us and strengthen us as we confess our sins to You.  Fill us with compassion as we pray for one another and as we pray for the leadership of our great country.  Please fill us as we pray for the needs of the world.  Please help us to not be judgmental, condemning and prideful.  Fill us dear God with your love.   Draw us close to you Father; create in us a desire to come to you in prayer every day for Your leadership, love and protection to reign in our lives and throughout our land.  We come to you once again and ask for you divine intervention and protection on our national election.  Dear God, please heal our land.

Through Jesus Christ we pray, AMEN.