Found on the 3ABN Website

[Stan]

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Keep At Your Work

"The Lord has given to every man his work. It is his business to do it and the devil's business to hinder him if he can. So surely as God has given you a work to do, Satan will try to hinder you. He may present other things more promising, He may allure you by worldly prospects, He may assault you with slander, torment you with false accusations, set you to work defending your character, employ pious persons to lie about you, editors to assail you, and excellent men to slander you. You may have Pilate and Herod, Annas and Caiaphas all combined against you, and Judas standing by ready to sell you for thirty pieces of silver; and you may wonder why all those things come upon you. Can you not see that the whole thing is brought about through the craft of the devil to draw you off from your work and hinder your obedience to God?

Keep about your work. Do not flinch because the lion roars; do not stop to stone the devil's dogs; do not fool away your time chasing the devil's rabbits. Do your work. Let liars lie, let sectarians quarrel, let corporations resolve, let editors publish, let the devil do his worst; but see to it that nothing hinders you from fulfilling the work that God has given you.

He has not sent you to make money. He has not commanded you to get rich.

He has never bidden you to defend your character. He has not set you at work to contradict falsehood which Satan and his servants may start to peddle. If you do these things, you will do nothing else; you will be at work for yourself and not for the Lord.

Keep about your work. Let your AIM be as steady as a star. Let the world brawl and bubble. You may be assaulted, wronged, insulted, slandered, wounded and rejected; you may be abused by foes, forsaken by friends, and despised and rejected of men, but see to it with steadfast determination, with unfaltering zeal, that you pursue the great purpose of your life and object of your being, until at last you can say, 'I have finished the work which Thou gavest me to do.'

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Source

http://www.3abn.org/encouragement.cfm

[Dr. Shane]

This reminds me of one of AA's traditions which states they have no opinion on outside issues. They include what people or groups outside of AA say about them as being an outside issue. So AA will never ever defend itself against its critics. Its sole purpose is to help the alcoholic that is still suffering. It will not be sidetrack by those that may challenge or criticise it.

This seems to be a Biblical principle. When God gives us a wall to build we must not come down from it to deal with critics.

[Stan]

Principal...

Never wrestle with a pig in mud.

BECAUSE..

You are not going to win, nor loose

You are both going to get dirty.

AND

The pig kinda likes it..

[Dr. Shane]

Correct me if I am wrong, but when the mud hole dries into a dust bowl... these pigs pray for more rain.

[LifeHiscost]

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Shane said:

Correct me if I am wrong, but when the mud hole dries into a dust bowl... these pigs pray for more rain.

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I've sometimes wondered just who the pigs are, and whether Jesus blood was shed for them also?

[:"red"] "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you." [/] Matthew 7:6 KJV

[:"red"] "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." [/] Romans 5:8 KJV

[:"red"] "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely." [/] Revelation 22:17 KJV

[:"red"] "...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,..." [/] Romans 3:23 NASB

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[LifeHiscost]

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Stan Jensen said:

Keep about your work. Let your AIM be as steady as a star. Let the world brawl and bubble. You may be assaulted, wronged, insulted, slandered, wounded and rejected; you may be abused by foes, forsaken by friends, and despised and rejected of men, but see to it with steadfast determination, with unfaltering zeal, that you pursue the great purpose of your life and object of your being, until at last you can say, 'I have finished the work which Thou gavest me to do.'

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And you may even lose your head.

[:"red"] "And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?" [/]

Matthew 11:7 KJV

[:"red"] "Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. " [/] Matt 11:11 NASB

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