Sunrise
It’s a call aroundsunrisesignaling for the first military formation of the day meaning its time for them to wake up. The morning is here Christians,the Son is fixing to burst open through the eastern sky.
How to wake up and stay awake as a Christian?
How to wake up and stay awake 1. Christians who isolate themselves are in danger of falling to sleep 2. Two Christians working together for the Lord will get more accomplished than one B. Keep our vision clear. 1. It isn’t possible to fall asleep spiritually while looking upon Jesus.
Why should we wake up now?
Let Us Look Now at the Reasons Why We Should Wake Up. It is Harvest Time. Christ looked out upon the fields and declared that they were ripe, waiting for the sickle. Today the fields are larger and the grain just as ripe. A day in harvest is worth many days at any other time of the year.
What does the Bible say about waking up out of sleep?
(Rom 13:11) And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. 1. He comes as a thief in the night, let us not be found sleeping.
What does the Bible say about waking up Jehovah?
In the 9 th verse of the previous chapter Israel is trying to wake up Jehovah. “Awake, awake; put on strength, O arm of the Lord.” The words of our text is God’s answer to that prayer. “Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion.” “Wake up yourself,” says the Lord. “I am not asleep. No attribute of mine needs repose.
What makes us drowsy?
A change from the sea-coast to the mountains or from the mountains to the sea-coast, strange to say, makes us drowsy. No one knows what there is in such pure atmosphere that produces sleep. So there are moral and social atmospheres that seem to be very good, but Christians who go into them fall asleep.
What is an ill directed effort?
Ill-directed Effort. People talk and walk in their sleep, but it is all to no purpose. Their talk is incoherent, and their walk without aim. When pastor and people, with all their preaching and activities, have no blessing, it is because they are asleep.
What does it mean when a Christian is asleep?
The man who refuses to obey Christ, just because that act of obedience does not give him heaven, is asleep.
What does it mean to be tired nature’s sweet restorer?
Love, faith, hope, humility need never slumber. Hence in Heaven we shall be able to serve God day and night. The spiritual will have the supremacy. The untiring will be forever active.
Is a day in harvest worth many days?
A day in harvest is worth many days at any other time of the year. The ripe grain may be lost for the lack of reapers. “He that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.”. Shame, shame on the farmer who snoozes under the shade of the trees, while his ripe wheat is falling and being trampled under foot.
Is the ability to sleep one of the fruits?
And the ability to sleep is not one of the fruits. If we suspect that a friend, a long while asleep, is dead, we put our ear to his side and listen for the heart-beat and breathing. The movement of the heart and lungs indicates that life is not extinct.
Is sleeping in the midst of battle treason?
Sleep is treason. For the private soldier to fall to sleep in the midst of battle is bad enough, but for the sentinel on whom depends the safety of the army to sleep at his post is criminal. And doubly criminal is it, when those we love are in danger.
What does the Holy Spirit say about wake up?
In this crisis, the Holy Spirit is calling His people to wake up. We can’t hit the snooze button on His heavenly alarm. In Ephesians 5:14, the Apostle Paul wrote, “Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light” (NKJV).
Where does the word "awake" come from?
In Ephesians 5:14, Paul said, ”Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light” (NKJV). The Greek word here translated awake comes from egeirō (?γε?ρω), which means “to awake figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence): — to awake, lift (up), raise (again, up), rear up, (a-)rise (again, up), stand, take up” (Strong’s Concordance).
Why do Christians slumber in the spirit?
Unfortunately, many Christians still slumber away in a deep spiritual sleep—nodded off because of physical laziness, spiritual laziness, or both. They live unaware of God’s purpose to transform and use them.
What did Jesus tell us to do?
Jesus already commanded us to preach His Word in Mark 16:15. Jesus already instructed us to take up our cross daily and follow Him in Luke 9:23. Jesus already urged us to be generous in Luke 6:38. Jesus already told us to forgive in Luke 6:37.
Does God provide alarms?
Plain and simple, God has provided the alarm, and we need to respond to it. Of course, we’re going to need God’s help. Without His saving grace and power, we’ll never thrive spiritually. Without the power of the Holy Spirit, we’re mere spiritual imps in a world of giant obstacles.
What is the danger of Christians who isolate themselves?
1. Christians who isolate themselves are in danger of falling to sleep
Why is it important to be alert?
Why is this so important? Because the lives of others depend upon our being alert. The same is true spiritually, only to a greater degree. The eternal destiny of others depends upon us. Let’s not fall asleep!
Does spiritual sleep allow us to see things as they really are?
3. Spiritual sleep does not allow us to see things as they really are.