BBD 12.30.21 Ask for Help (Classic)

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Classic from 2017

The Burning Bush Devotional

30 December 2021

Ask for Help

Our help is in
the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. – Psalm 124:8 NKJV.

I rise
before the dawning of the morning, And cry for help; I hope in Your word.
– Psalm 119:147 NKJV.

Let us
therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find
grace to help in time of need. – Hebrews 4:16 NKJV.

We
often hear advice such as if you fall down, get back up, or if life throws you
off, get back on the horse. If you do a google search for the phrase “get back on the horse” you will find
more than three million results. Recently, talking with a friend I recalled the
first time I rode a horse. It was a very short ride!

When I
was about eight years old my family was visiting at my Aunt and Uncle’s home.
They had several horses on their farm; and my two cousins who were older,
saddled up horses for them, my sister, and for me. The cousins and my sister
did not want me to go with them, but my Aunt and Uncle made them saddle another
horse for me. As soon as we were all on our horses the cousins and my sister
took off at a gallop, and my horse took off too. My horse, instead of following
the others, headed directly for a tree and for a low hanging limb where my ride
abruptly ended with me falling to the ground. The horse took off, and there was
no way for me to get back on the horse again.

December
is the time of the year when many are thrown off the horse of life. Merle
Haggard says in one of his songs, “If we make it through December,
Everything's gonna be all right….” December can be difficult with what should be a joyous Christmas season
instead bringing to mind painful memories and failures of the past. In
Haggard’s song he has been laid off from a job at a factory. Early in my
marriage I was laid off three different times from jobs in a year’s time. One
of those times was just a few days before Christmas. An elderly man recently
shared with me about how his Mother had suddenly passed away when he was only
ten years old. His parents had already bought the Christmas presents and they
were under the tree. This is a sad memory that comes around every year in
December. Many have similar memories, or memories of family squabbles that
occurred during times when families were together for the holiday.

The
point of all of this is that it may not be possible for us to get back
on the horse unless we have some help. It’s okay to ask for help! It’s
okay to ask for help from a friend, or from a doctor, or a counselor. And,
certainly it is okay to ask for help from God!

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
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 all those
affected by the tornadoes! May those who have lost loved ones be comforted, may
those who have been injured be healed, may those who have had homes or property
damaged receive the help they need to recover.

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 God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Alan Medders; Georgia Bronnert; 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.; Sarah Anderson; 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. 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 [email protected]

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.

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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Classic from 2017

The Burning Bush Devotional

30 December 2021

Ask for Help

Our help is in
the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. – Psalm 124:8 NKJV.

I rise
before the dawning of the morning, And cry for help; I hope in Your word.
– Psalm 119:147 NKJV.

Let us
therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find
grace to help in time of need. – Hebrews 4:16 NKJV.

We
often hear advice such as if you fall down, get back up, or if life throws you
off, get back on the horse. If you do a google search for the phrase “get back on the horse” you will find
more than three million results. Recently, talking with a friend I recalled the
first time I rode a horse. It was a very short ride!

When I
was about eight years old my family was visiting at my Aunt and Uncle’s home.
They had several horses on their farm; and my two cousins who were older,
saddled up horses for them, my sister, and for me. The cousins and my sister
did not want me to go with them, but my Aunt and Uncle made them saddle another
horse for me. As soon as we were all on our horses the cousins and my sister
took off at a gallop, and my horse took off too. My horse, instead of following
the others, headed directly for a tree and for a low hanging limb where my ride
abruptly ended with me falling to the ground. The horse took off, and there was
no way for me to get back on the horse again.

December
is the time of the year when many are thrown off the horse of life. Merle
Haggard says in one of his songs, “If we make it through December,
Everything's gonna be all right….” December can be difficult with what should be a joyous Christmas season
instead bringing to mind painful memories and failures of the past. In
Haggard’s song he has been laid off from a job at a factory. Early in my
marriage I was laid off three different times from jobs in a year’s time. One
of those times was just a few days before Christmas. An elderly man recently
shared with me about how his Mother had suddenly passed away when he was only
ten years old. His parents had already bought the Christmas presents and they
were under the tree. This is a sad memory that comes around every year in
December. Many have similar memories, or memories of family squabbles that
occurred during times when families were together for the holiday.

The
point of all of this is that it may not be possible for us to get back
on the horse unless we have some help. It’s okay to ask for help! It’s
okay to ask for help from a friend, or from a doctor, or a counselor. And,
certainly it is okay to ask for help from God!

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 all those
affected by the tornadoes! May those who have lost loved ones be comforted, may
those who have been injured be healed, may those who have had homes or property
damaged receive the help they need to recover.

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 God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Alan Medders; Georgia Bronnert; 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.; Sarah Anderson; 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. 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 [email protected]

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 a blank email to [email protected] and then respond
to the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group (Because of time
constraints the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a
blank email to [email protected] and you may unsubscribe by
sending a blank email to [email protected] and then respond
to the confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: [email protected]