BBD 10.01.21 Hallucinations

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Classic from 1998

The Burning Bush Devotional

01 October 2021

Hallucinations

In 1991
at a pastor’s conference, I had the opportunity to hear an elderly evangelist
by the name of Oakley. I believe it was W. B. Oakley. He told of his salvation
and call at the late age of 36. He was a farmer and had not even finished High
School; but God called, and so he left his family and farm, and by bus went to
where he could finish high school. When he arrived, he was heartsick and
planned just to get back on the bus and return home, but the bus wasn't leaving
immediately.

Oakley looked
up the street and saw the spire of a little church and so he went up there and
tried the door, and it was unlocked. So, he went inside, and at the altar began
to cry out to God. He didn't know how long he had been praying, but heard the
sound of trailing garments, and he heard a voice saying, "I will go with you." "I will go with you." W. B. didn't know how many times the voice repeated "I will go with you." But
it was enough. He went to high school, and then he went to college, and then he
went to seminary, and then he traveled over the world the rest of his life as
an evangelist.

Now
when Oakley tried to tell some of his fellow classmates at seminary about
his experience, and about other experiences he had while still on the farm
(like walking around his corn field with his hand up in the air holding the
hand of God.). The professor and his classmates said, “Brother Oakley you've been having hallucinations.” But Brother Oakley didn't know what hallucinations meant so he just
said, "Amen Brother!"

Now
when Brother Oakley learned what hallucinations meant sometime later, he said
he went back. He said he told that professor if he had been having
hallucinations he was praying that God would give him some more.

I
believe God would say to you, as He said to Brother Oakley, and as He said to
Joshua, “Be strong and of a good courage; be not
afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee
whithersoever thou goest (Joshua 1:9).”

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. 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:

www.theburningbush.net

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 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
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Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
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Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. Please pray for the Americans and others left behind in Afghanistan. May
they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for the people
of Afghanistan and the people of Haiti. Pray that America would turn back to
God. Please pray for protection of our troops wherever they may be and help for
Americans and others who have been left behind and those who are fearing for
their lives there in that place. May God help them all!!

Please pray for those
affected by the hurricanes!

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; 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.; Larayne S. and Shonda Hutson.

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. 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

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Classic from 1998

The Burning Bush Devotional

01 October 2021

Hallucinations

In 1991
at a pastor’s conference, I had the opportunity to hear an elderly evangelist
by the name of Oakley. I believe it was W. B. Oakley. He told of his salvation
and call at the late age of 36. He was a farmer and had not even finished High
School; but God called, and so he left his family and farm, and by bus went to
where he could finish high school. When he arrived, he was heartsick and
planned just to get back on the bus and return home, but the bus wasn't leaving
immediately.

Oakley looked
up the street and saw the spire of a little church and so he went up there and
tried the door, and it was unlocked. So, he went inside, and at the altar began
to cry out to God. He didn't know how long he had been praying, but heard the
sound of trailing garments, and he heard a voice saying, "I will go with you." "I will go with you." W. B. didn't know how many times the voice repeated "I will go with you." But
it was enough. He went to high school, and then he went to college, and then he
went to seminary, and then he traveled over the world the rest of his life as
an evangelist.

Now
when Oakley tried to tell some of his fellow classmates at seminary about
his experience, and about other experiences he had while still on the farm
(like walking around his corn field with his hand up in the air holding the
hand of God.). The professor and his classmates said, “Brother Oakley you've been having hallucinations.” But Brother Oakley didn't know what hallucinations meant so he just
said, "Amen Brother!"

Now
when Brother Oakley learned what hallucinations meant sometime later, he said
he went back. He said he told that professor if he had been having
hallucinations he was praying that God would give him some more.

I
believe God would say to you, as He said to Brother Oakley, and as He said to
Joshua, “Be strong and of a good courage; be not
afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee
whithersoever thou goest (Joshua 1:9).”

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. 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:

http://www.theburningbush.net

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 9,000.

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 comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. Please pray for the Americans and others left behind in Afghanistan. May
they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for the people
of Afghanistan and the people of Haiti. Pray that America would turn back to
God. Please pray for protection of our troops wherever they may be and help for
Americans and others who have been left behind and those who are fearing for
their lives there in that place. May God help them all!!

Please pray for those
affected by the hurricanes!

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; 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.; Larayne S. and Shonda Hutson.

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. 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 sending
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