Arise Fly High Float Free

By Dr. Ken Wojcik

Arise, Fly High and Float Free

For as long as I can remember I’ve been fascinated with airplanes and the realm of flight. The thought that through them I could achieve the age-old desire of mankind to “break free of the pull of the earth’s gravitational force and soar freely through the sky” inspired me to achieve my private pilot license while still a teenager and my commercial license at the age of twenty.

For years now I had enjoyed an occasional escape from the earth’s gravitational boundaries. However, it wasn’t until the spring of 1991 that I discovered the true freedom I sought in “lighter-than-air” flight in a hot air balloon. Now, having spent thousands of hours aloft in both powered and lighter-than-air aircraft, I have come to see several interesting similarities between lighter-than-air flight and another age-old quest of man: the desire to be free from the controlling force which sin has on us and the desire to float freely in the grace of God. This book explores those similarities while attempting to illustrate the concepts of... “Arising” above our sinful nature,

“Flying High” above the controlling force that sin has on us, and “Floating Free” in God’s unmerited Grace.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jan 19, 2021
• ISBN: 9781973689317

Dr. Ken Wojcik

Over the past forty years Dr. Wojcik has spoken in churches, Bible and Pastor Conferences on the similarities of the human body and the church. Having hosted a weekly radio program titled “The Living Body of Christ” he has utilized physicians of various specialties to explore these similarities. He has also presented a program on the Anatomical and Physiological aspects involved in the process of crucifixion in regards to the death of Jesus Christ in over two hundred churches. He now turns his attention to the similarities between how a balloon can overcome the law of gravity by being filled with super-heated air and maneuver freely through the sky utilizing only the wind to direct it, and how an individual can overcome the law of sin by being filled with God’s Holy Spirit and maneuver successfully through life by utilizing the directing power of God’s Spirit. In addition to operating a successful Chiropractic practice for 38 years, Dr. Wojcik is a Commercially rated airplane and hot air balloon pilot with 53 years of aviation experience. His unique ability to see God’s presence in everyday life brings an entertaining twist to this education, inspirational and visually stunning book.

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This book is dedicated to my wife and best friend for 48 years, Lois Christine Bailey Wojcik, who lost her fight with cancer on Christmas Eve, 2011. She inspired me throughout our life together to live my dreams and become more than I ever thought I could be. In honor of her memory, all proceeds for this book will go to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in hopes of helping others to be able to live their dreams as well.

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Contents

Introduction

Arise, Fly High and Float Free

1] The Two Vehicles of Flight

2] Form and Function

3] Laws...

4] The Power Within

5] Floating Vs. Flying

6] A Peaceful Flight

7] Staying Hot

8] Falling vs. Descending

9] The Power of Heated Air

10] Straight and Level Flight

11] Not Hot Enough

12] When A Balloon becomes a Sail

13] False Lift

14] Choices

15] A Different Point Of View

16] The Attracting Power Of A Balloon

17] The Man Who Would Not Look Up

18] All For A Loaf Of Bread

19] Where am I???

20] Where am I going?

21] Hello, ...Is Anyone Out There?

22] FAR 91:103 - Conducting a "Pre-flight

23] Tethered Flight

24] The Fuel Source

25] The Mass Ascension

26] The Invisible Power Within

27] Change

28] All Things Being Equal

29] Be Ready, ...Always

30] Becoming Becalmed

31] The Balloon Glow

32] Fly High and Float Free

33] Hitting the Target but Missing the Mark

34] Can you Hear Me Up There?

35] I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

36] Let Your Light Shine

37] Off We Go Into the Wild, Blue Yonder

38] Rattlesnakes In The Sky

39] The Early Bird Catches The Worm

40] The Hare & Hound

41] The Terminal Descent

42] Do or do not, ....there is no try!

43] Along For The Ride

44] A Safe Landing....The Perfect Ending to a Perfect Flight

Introduction

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written the just shall live by faith. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who hold the truth In unrighteousness: Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them: for God hast showed [it] unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen. being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead so that they are without excuse. Romans 1:16-20

In the 70’s, a popular television series, Kung Fu, featured a young disciple of a Chinese religious philosophy. His teacher was a blind man who would constantly point out various things that the young disciple, though he had eyes failed to see. In one episode the young boy asked his teacher Old man, how is it that you see all these things? The blind man replied How is it that you do not?

This dramatic lesson illustrates a truth that is tragically evident in today’s world. Millions of people are blind to the presence of God around them. The bible tells us that "the invisible things of him [God] from the creation of the world are clearly seen." The presence of God and his handiwork is demonstrated in every aspect of Life. No matter where you look, there are illustrations of how God works in the life of a man or woman. All we need do is look to see them.

Certainly, the art of preaching demonstrates this fact. A good preacher can take an everyday occurrence and effectively communicate gospel truths in his sermons. This fact illustrates Paul’s statement that "..the invisible things of him [God] are clearly seen..."

I hope that the following illustrations will entertainingly communicate some gospel truths and allow you, the reader, to see God and the Christian experience in a way that you may have never considered. May it also serve to open your eyes to the world around you and the things of God that are clearly seen within it.

Arise, Fly High and Float Free

For as long as I can remember I’ve been fascinated with airplanes and the realm of flight. The thought that through them I could achieve the age-old desire of mankind to break free of the pull of the earth’s gravitational force and soar freely through the sky inspired me to achieve my private pilot license while still a teenager and my commercial license at the age of twenty.

For years now I had enjoyed an occasional escape from the earth’s gravitational boundaries. However, it wasn’t until the spring of 1991 that I discovered the true freedom I sought in lighter-than-air flight in a hot air balloon. Now, having spent thousands of hours aloft in both powered and lighter-than-air aircraft, I have come to see several interesting similarities between lighter-than-air flight and another age-old quest of man: the desire to be free from the controlling force which sin has on us and the desire to float freely in the grace of God. This book explores those similarities while attempting to illustrate the concepts of...

Arising

above our sinful nature,

don’t you know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also sh ould walk in newness of life.

Rom 6:3-4

Flying High

above the controlling force that sin has on us,

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles,

Isa 40:30-31

and

Floating Free

in God’s unmerited Grace. But now we are set free from the power of sin and belong to God,

and his benefits to us include holiness and everlasting life.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:22-23

1] The Two Vehicles of Flight

Over the past hundred years man has devised many different type of vehicles that have allowed him to break free of the earth’s gravitational force. However, all of them can be placed into two general categories: powered and lighter-than-air.

Powered:

All powered aircraft have some major similarities. They include the power source that propels it and components like the wings, ailerons, elevators and vertical stabilizer which allow the pilot directional