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Since June 8th 1998, this is
the 1842ndThe Burning Bush Devotional
24 February 2022
Words
Let no corrupt word
proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it
may impart grace to the hearers. – Ephesians 4:29
NKJV.
The NIV puts this as: Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what
is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit
those who listen.
The Message has it
as: Watch the way you talk. Let
nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. Say only what helps, each word a
gift.
In Freeport, Pennsylvania with a population of
1,700 they were finally able to hire a new police chief. The person hired was
the only one who applied for the position. His first duties were to hire two
police officers. Apparently, the entire force had left for some reason prior to
this. The next morning after the new police chief was hired, they found a handwritten
letter along with keys stating his resignation. It is not clear as to the
reasons for the resignation.
I had a friend who was the pastor of a nearby
church many years ago. It was his first pastorate. The people arrived for
worship one Sunday to find a note on the pulpit simply stating that he quit. I
am not sure what has happened to him.
At a church I was at some years ago I was told
about a previous pastor who announced in an evening service that he was
leaving. The next morning, he had rented a U-Haul truck and was loading up
everything out of the parsonage.
In the oilfield in the 1970s it was a frequent
occurrence to hear of an entire drilling crew or sometimes just an individual
walking off from the job. It was said that they had “twisted
off.” Personally, I have only “twisted
off” from a job one time and that was while I was in the oilfield.
It was not on a drilling rig location, but prior to leaving to take an
inspection unit to a rig.
A new salesman cussed me out in front of my crew,
why? I didn’t know at the time except that I thought that they wanted me to
leave for some reason. So, I left. I was 30 years old at the time. I borrowed
some money with my Dad’s help and started my own company.
The truth is that you can push people too far
and they may “twist off” or worse. In
my situation I believe God used it for good to eventually lead me in another
direction with my life.
In every area of interpersonal relations our
words matter. As the Message indicates, as it
translates Ephesians 4:29, words can be a gift. It is also clear that
words can be a curse.
Words are especially important between parents
and children and in Ephesians 6:4 we are told “And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.” I do regret some of the words that I have said to my sons and if I could
take those words back and replace them with kinder gentler words I would. But
that is the thing with words, once said, they have been said and there is no
way to unsay them. However, we can apologize. We can ask for forgiveness. We
can pray and ask for help to do better in the future.
Before you say the words that will push someone off of a figurative cliff,
see if there might be a better choice of words. Because words can be a gift,
and they can be a curse.
Copyright © 1998 - 2022. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.
Visit the
Burning Bush website:
The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 8,000.
You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.
There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.
Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.
Please pray for the
Ukrainians as they bravely face the Russian onslaught.
Please pray that the hearts
of the American leaders will change and do what is necessary to stop Putin.
Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Andrew Cohen Winfield; Martha and John W.;
Alan Medders; Norman Cupp; Georgia Bronnert; Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck &
Barbara Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter;
Jennifer Burge; Kinsey W; Addison; JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De
Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.;
Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.;
Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley
E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; Sarah Anderson; Beverly J; Larayne S. and Shonda
Hutson.
(Please pray for 10-year-old Jo Jo
Stahlman who was saved last night at our church. Please pray that she will grow
rapidly in the faith and that she will be protected from evil.)
Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.
Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. Having back surgery in a few weeks. 03.18.18
I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Elk City,
Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).
You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com
If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org
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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>
Since June 8th 1998, this is
the 1842nd
The Burning Bush Devotional
24 February 2022
Words
Let no corrupt word
proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it
may impart grace to the hearers. – Ephesians 4:29
NKJV.
The NIV puts this as: Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what
is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit
those who listen.
The Message has it
as: Watch the way you talk. Let
nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. Say only what helps, each word a
gift.
In Freeport, Pennsylvania with a population of
1,700 they were finally able to hire a new police chief. The person hired was
the only one who applied for the position. His first duties were to hire two
police officers. Apparently, the entire force had left for some reason prior to
this. The next morning after the new police chief was hired, they found a handwritten
letter along with keys stating his resignation. It is not clear as to the
reasons for the resignation.
I had a friend who was the pastor of a nearby
church many years ago. It was his first pastorate. The people arrived for
worship one Sunday to find a note on the pulpit simply stating that he quit. I
am not sure what has happened to him.
At a church I was at some years ago I was told
about a previous pastor who announced in an evening service that he was
leaving. The next morning, he had rented a U-Haul truck and was loading up
everything out of the parsonage.
In the oilfield in the 1970s it was a frequent
occurrence to hear of an entire drilling crew or sometimes just an individual
walking off from the job. It was said that they had “twisted
off.” Personally, I have only “twisted
off” from a job one time and that was while I was in the oilfield.
It was not on a drilling rig location, but prior to leaving to take an
inspection unit to a rig.
A new salesman cussed me out in front of my crew,
why? I didn’t know at the time except that I thought that they wanted me to
leave for some reason. So, I left. I was 30 years old at the time. I borrowed
some money with my Dad’s help and started my own company.
The truth is that you can push people too far
and they may “twist off” or worse. In
my situation I believe God used it for good to eventually lead me in another
direction with my life.
In every area of interpersonal relations our
words matter. As the Message indicates, as it
translates Ephesians 4:29, words can be a gift. It is also clear that
words can be a curse.
Words are especially important between parents
and children and in Ephesians 6:4 we are told “And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.” I do regret some of the words that I have said to my sons and if I could
take those words back and replace them with kinder gentler words I would. But
that is the thing with words, once said, they have been said and there is no
way to unsay them. However, we can apologize. We can ask for forgiveness. We
can pray and ask for help to do better in the future.
Before you say the words that will push someone off of a figurative cliff,
see if there might be a better choice of words. Because words can be a gift,
and they can be a curse.
Copyright © 1998 - 2022. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.
Visit the
Burning Bush website:
The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 8,000.
You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.
There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.
Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.
Please pray for the
Ukrainians as they bravely face the Russian onslaught.
Please pray that the hearts
of the American leaders will change and do what is necessary to stop Putin.
Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Andrew Cohen Winfield; Martha and John W.;
Alan Medders; Norman Cupp; Georgia Bronnert; Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck &
Barbara Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter;
Jennifer Burge; Kinsey W; Addison; JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De
Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.;
Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.;
Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley
E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; Sarah Anderson; Beverly J; Larayne S. and Shonda
Hutson.
(Please pray for 10-year-old Jo Jo
Stahlman who was saved last night at our church. Please pray that she will grow
rapidly in the faith and that she will be protected from evil.)
Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.
Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. Having back surgery in a few weeks. 03.18.18
I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Elk City,
Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).
You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com
If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org
There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.
Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.
You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
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