Our pastor shared an illustration I’d never heard before, and it’s too good not to pass on.

A little boy fell out of bed in the middle of the night. When his mother asked him why, he replied, “I think I fell asleep too close to where I got in.” Maybe too many Christians have fallen asleep too close to where they got in! – Dr. David Jordan-Irwin, September 6, 2020

A good word. Perhaps a timely warning.

About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God… (Hebrews 5.11, 12, ESV)

Wake up, wake up! Pull on your boots, Zion! Dress up in your Sunday best, Jerusalem, holy city! (Isaiah 52.1, MSG)

Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. (Ephesians 5.14, ESV)