BBD 01.05.11 Do What You Can Do - Part 3

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01.05.11

Do What You Can Do - Part 3

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to
finish His work. Do you not say, 'There are still four months and then comes
the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the
fields, for they are already white for harvest! And he who reaps receives
wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who
reaps may rejoice together. For in this the saying is true: 'One sows and
another reaps.' I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored;
others have labored, and you have entered into their labors." - John
4:34-38.

.when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because
they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Then He said
to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His
harvest." - Matthew 9:36-38.

At OpenAirOutreach dot com there is a forum and the question is asked "Do
people read tracts? (as in gospel tracts)." Here are a few of the responses:

One man shared: "Over 13 years ago, the Lord was dealing with my heart to
repent from my sins and surrender to HIM. A man walked into my place of
business, purchased a couple of items then walked out. He purchased his few
items, walked out, then a couple of minutes came back in. He handed me a
couple of tracts. He said this was something I could read. I saw he was a
little nervous doing this. I said thank you and he walked out. I knew
without a shadow of a doubt that this was the work of GOD. That was just one
of GOD's loving ways to reach to me. It was not two weeks later I came to
know CHRIST as my SAVIOR."

Another man shared this: "I have handed tracts to waitresses and people at
counters at stores, and when I went back to check and ask them what they
thought about them, many have said they gave their lives to Christ. I was at
a homeschoolers convention and there was a lady working a cash register at a
snack shop. I gave her a tract and told her I would come back later and
check on her. I walked away and prayed for her. Finally I saw her reading it
during a break and bowing her head as she got near the end. I went over as
she wiped the tears from her eyes to welcome her as my new sister in
Christ."

Another shared: "Elsa was invited to an evangelical church with a
schoolmate. She went, doesn't remember a word that was said, but noticed a
display board that had all kinds of tracts for the taking in the foyer. She
took one and kept it. A couple of months later she was having a hard time.
Remembers she still has this tract she picked up at the church, read it, and
surrendered her life to Jesus."

This was also shared: "A man was handed a tract by an evangelical on
mainland Mexico. We just met him today, in fact. He still hangs onto this
tract, dog-eared as it is, and wants to learn more. My husband and I are
taking him a Bible in Spanish tomorrow."

Everyone of us can be a witness for the Lord if we will just do it. We can
give gospel tracts to people. We can leave gospel tracts in a multitude of
places. In distributing gospel tracts we become sowers of the Word of God.
Someone else will reap the harvest, but we have just as much a part of what
happens as the harvester does. Gospel tracts are inexpensive. You can do a
search on the Internet for "printable gospel tracts" and find one that you
like.

Being a witness for the Lord is something that you can do. Distributing
gospel tracts is something that you can do. This year, commit yourself to do
what you can do by distributing gospel tracts, sowing the Word of God.

Copyright © 2011. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. 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 these first devotionals was
primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison facilities
throughout the United States and Canada.

Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer
Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be
forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need
of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add me. The
devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social networks and you can
leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks
designed just for Christians, however, this is an outreach project to reach
those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me
reach out to them.

For information about how to hear my testimony in your church visit this
link: www.theburningbush.net/pages.asp?pageid=22160

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may
subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

Two videos of my sermons are posted on GodTube (now Tangle) at:
connect.tangle.com/Wrather

You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist
Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST
www.kkbifm.com/

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here
is the URL: www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

You can unsubscribe to the pure text version of the devotional by sending a
blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
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Posted by: edwrather <edwrather@...>

Visit the Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net
http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites have received visits from more than 170 countries.
Celebrating 11 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more
than 11,000 subscribers across the world.

Please join the Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998 and is
made up of more than 300 prayer warriors. Send prayer requests and receive
prayer requests. To join send an email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

If you love to send and receive inspirational emails the Burning Bush
Inspirational Group is for you. To join send an email to
bbinspire-join@welovegod.org

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

The Burning Bush Devotional
There were 4010 new subscribers during 2010!!

01.05.11

Do What You Can Do - Part 3

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to
finish His work. Do you not say, 'There are still four months and then comes
the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the
fields, for they are already white for harvest! And he who reaps receives
wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who
reaps may rejoice together. For in this the saying is true: 'One sows and
another reaps.' I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored;
others have labored, and you have entered into their labors." - John
4:34-38.

.when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because
they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Then He said
to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His
harvest." - Matthew 9:36-38.

At OpenAirOutreach dot com there is a forum and the question is asked "Do
people read tracts? (as in gospel tracts)." Here are a few of the responses:

One man shared: "Over 13 years ago, the Lord was dealing with my heart to
repent from my sins and surrender to HIM. A man walked into my place of
business, purchased a couple of items then walked out. He purchased his few
items, walked out, then a couple of minutes came back in. He handed me a
couple of tracts. He said this was something I could read. I saw he was a
little nervous doing this. I said thank you and he walked out. I knew
without a shadow of a doubt that this was the work of GOD. That was just one
of GOD's loving ways to reach to me. It was not two weeks later I came to
know CHRIST as my SAVIOR."

Another man shared this: "I have handed tracts to waitresses and people at
counters at stores, and when I went back to check and ask them what they
thought about them, many have said they gave their lives to Christ. I was at
a homeschoolers convention and there was a lady working a cash register at a
snack shop. I gave her a tract and told her I would come back later and
check on her. I walked away and prayed for her. Finally I saw her reading it
during a break and bowing her head as she got near the end. I went over as
she wiped the tears from her eyes to welcome her as my new sister in
Christ."

Another shared: "Elsa was invited to an evangelical church with a
schoolmate. She went, doesn't remember a word that was said, but noticed a
display board that had all kinds of tracts for the taking in the foyer. She
took one and kept it. A couple of months later she was having a hard time.
Remembers she still has this tract she picked up at the church, read it, and
surrendered her life to Jesus."

This was also shared: "A man was handed a tract by an evangelical on
mainland Mexico. We just met him today, in fact. He still hangs onto this
tract, dog-eared as it is, and wants to learn more. My husband and I are
taking him a Bible in Spanish tomorrow."

Everyone of us can be a witness for the Lord if we will just do it. We can
give gospel tracts to people. We can leave gospel tracts in a multitude of
places. In distributing gospel tracts we become sowers of the Word of God.
Someone else will reap the harvest, but we have just as much a part of what
happens as the harvester does. Gospel tracts are inexpensive. You can do a
search on the Internet for "printable gospel tracts" and find one that you
like.

Being a witness for the Lord is something that you can do. Distributing
gospel tracts is something that you can do. This year, commit yourself to do
what you can do by distributing gospel tracts, sowing the Word of God.

Copyright © 2011. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. 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 these first devotionals was
primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison facilities
throughout the United States and Canada.

Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer
Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be
forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need
of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add me. The
devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social networks and you can
leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks
designed just for Christians, however, this is an outreach project to reach
those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me
reach out to them.

For information about how to hear my testimony in your church visit this
link: http://www.theburningbush.net/pages.asp?pageid=22160

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may
subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

Two videos of my sermons are posted on GodTube (now Tangle) at:
connect.tangle.com/Wrather

You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist
Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST
http://www.kkbifm.com/

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here
is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

You can unsubscribe to the pure text version of the devotional by sending a
blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group by sending a blank email to
burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.