{"id":3041,"date":"2017-10-14T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T07:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/?p=3041"},"modified":"2017-10-14T22:41:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T05:41:27","slug":"the-magic-word-in-all-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/the-magic-word-in-all-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Magic Word In All of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The-Magic-Word-In-All-of-Life.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-474\" src=\"http:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SEV-CampfireAudio-300x86.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SEV-CampfireAudio-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SEV-CampfireAudio.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">There Is No Substitute For Hard Work<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Fourth of Ten Divine Commandments (these are not suggestions).<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">(8) \u201cRemember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">(9) \u00a0Six days you shall labor and do all your work,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">(10) but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">(11) For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> sea and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> it.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> Exodus 20 : 8&#8211;11 NKJV<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">People truly do amaze me today. There are so very many of them that simply do not want to work. Laziness and nonperformance have overtaken our society as a whole. If you don\u2019t believe what I have said and what I mean, then just look around you wherever you go. I challenge you to ask an anonymous person somewhere near you for a little help,&#8230;ask for volunteers to do some extra work in your business, your church, or even at your children\u2019s school,&#8230;or just ask some people you think are your friends or associates to lend a helping hand to whatever it is that you are doing and see how fast (or slow) they come running to your aid&#8230;even some family members. Please understand that I am not saying that all people are useless or unwilling to assist another person who is asking for help,&#8230;not at all. <strong>What I am saying is that the vast majority of people today are lazy and would rather play or do nothing than they would work.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Now if I am honest about myself I must admit that I used to think the same incorrect way (and suffer the same painful way) and basically miss out on all the great things that God originally had in store for me because of my ignorance about Him and His ways and about how important He designed work to be,\u2026for the human being. I will tell you the truth of life. <strong>There is just no way any one human being can live on this earth and reach their full potential of achieving their personal success without knowing God and developing a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, the one and only living Son of the living God!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Now if that statement is too bold for you,&#8230;just calm down and relax. If it is truth that you are seeking, it just been given to you. I say this because <strong>work has been Divinely created and made for the exclusive use by man.<\/strong> God designed man at the Creation of the Universe. He designed man to work and earn his sustenance by the sweat of his own brow. Work is good for mankind. It creates a sort of personal fulfillment for the one doing the work. <strong>Performing a good work ethic gives man a sense of fulfilled blessing and reward.<\/strong> In order to feel good about yourself, you need to work and perform tasks that will in turn provide food, protection, and enjoyment for yourself and your loved ones. <strong>Remember, God made man and He made work for man to perform so as to give him a source of existence and satisfaction from knowing that performance precedes blessing and reward within His kingdom.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Let\u2019s take a good and honest look at our society and culture today in America, and even around the world. Many children are taught today by the authority figures in their lives, by their parents and even by their grandparents that the \u201cmagic words\u201d within our society are \u201cPlease\u201d and \u201cThank You.\u201d As good as these \u201cwords\u201d are, they really fall far short of being the most important words and concepts that a child should learn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet, (July 12, 1849&#8211;December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician and one of the four founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Osler created the first residency program for specialty training of physicians, and was the first to bring medical students out of the lecture hall for bedside clinical training. He has frequently been described as the \u201cFather of Modern Medicine.\u201d Dr. Osler once offered his most qualified opinion regarding the most important things that a child should be taught during their upbringing. Dr. Osler stated:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThough a little one,&#8230;the master word&#8230;looms large in meaning. It is the \u2018Open Sesame\u2019 to every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u2018Philosopher\u2019s Stone\u2019 which transmutes all the base metal of humanity into gold. The stupid man among you will make bright, the bright man, brilliant, and the brilliant student steady.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">With the magic word in your heart, all things are possible, and without it all study is vanity and vexation. The miracles of life are with it; the blind see by touch, the deaf hear with eyes, the mute speak with fingers.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">To the young it brings hope, to the middle-aged confidence, to the aged repose. The true balm for hurt minds, in its presence the heart of the sorrowful is lightened and consoled. <strong>Not only has it been the touchstone of progress, but it is the measure of success in everyday life&#8230;.<\/strong>the master word is <strong>WORK.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">I exhort you to learn how to work well, work completely, and then work and keep working until the assigned job is done. Today, choose to work gratefully, not grudgingly.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The less you do work, the faster you will fall into failure!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Work is a necessity for maintaining anything of lasting value.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201cDo you see a man who excels in his work?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> He will stand before kings;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong> <span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> He will not stand before unknown men.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Proverbs 23 : 29 NKJV<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Peace and Love to All of You&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Poppa Bear<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There Is No Substitute For Hard Work &nbsp; The Fourth of Ten Divine Commandments (these are not suggestions). 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