BBD 01.18.17 Break the Cycle (Classic)

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Classic from 2009

Burning Bush Devotional

18 January 2017

Break the Cycle

And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments
and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. And this is His
commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and
love one another, as He gave us commandment. Now he who keeps His commandments
abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the
Spirit whom He has given us. - 1 John 3:22-24 NKJV.

When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour
the land, or send pestilence among My people, if My people who are called by My
name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their
wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal
their land. Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in
this place. - 2 Chronicles 7:13-15 NKJV.

What would you do if you had to repeat the same day over and over again? In the
movie “Groundhog Day” that is what happens to Phil Conners (Bill Murray)
who is sent to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to do a story on the annual
Groundhog Day festivities. Phil finds himself repeating the same day over and
over and over again. Things go from bad to worse until he decides to take
advantage of the time instead of wasting it. Phil spent months learning the art
of flicking a card into a hat perfectly each time. But Phil’s heart changes,
and eventually the day arrives when it is no longer Groundhog Day, but
tomorrow.

In the Book of Judges the Children of Israel have their own Groundhog Day. No,
it is not the same day repeating over and over, but it is the same cycle of
life repeating itself over and over. After the death of Joshua, the Israelites
had abandoned the worship of the One True God, and instead served the false God
of Baalim (Judges 2:10-13). When the people sinned, God would allow their enemies
to defeat them. In their torment, the people would cry out to God for help.
Each time this happened God would send a leader, who was called a judge to
deliver them. This cycle of sin, torment, repentance, and deliverance was
repeated over and over again. It happened to the children of Israel, and it can
happen to the United States, or to any country that turns away from God. We
need to be crying out for God to deliver us before the judgment of God comes
upon us.

This painful cycle of sin, pain, repentance, and deliverance occurs not just to
countries, but in our lives as well. Until we learn the lesson, and break the
cycle by walking in obedience to God, we are doomed to go through that cycle
over and over again. We will never fully experience the abundant life until we
break out of this cycle.

Phil Conners eventually learned his lesson. Will we?

Copyright © 2009-2016. 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 websites:

www.theburningbush.net

www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 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 12,000
subscribers across the world. (At one time there were 18,000 subscribers to the
email devotional. Email has become less important as many are using the social
platforms like facebook and twitter more frequently.)

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

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.

Prayer
Requests:

Please continue to pray for
healing for Ronald Thompson (my cousin), Michelle Abetz, Shane Hall, Brad,
Damon D. & wife, Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Brent Baker, Lexi McCalip, Gary
Kirk, and Jeanie.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. 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. My
prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the
apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

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.

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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Classic from 2009

Burning Bush Devotional

18 January 2017

Break the Cycle

And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments
and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. And this is His
commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and
love one another, as He gave us commandment. Now he who keeps His commandments
abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the
Spirit whom He has given us. - 1 John 3:22-24 NKJV.

When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour
the land, or send pestilence among My people, if My people who are called by My
name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their
wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal
their land. Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in
this place. - 2 Chronicles 7:13-15 NKJV.

What would you do if you had to repeat the same day over and over again? In the
movie “Groundhog Day” that is what happens to Phil Conners (Bill Murray)
who is sent to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to do a story on the annual
Groundhog Day festivities. Phil finds himself repeating the same day over and
over and over again. Things go from bad to worse until he decides to take
advantage of the time instead of wasting it. Phil spent months learning the art
of flicking a card into a hat perfectly each time. But Phil’s heart changes,
and eventually the day arrives when it is no longer Groundhog Day, but
tomorrow.

In the Book of Judges the Children of Israel have their own Groundhog Day. No,
it is not the same day repeating over and over, but it is the same cycle of
life repeating itself over and over. After the death of Joshua, the Israelites
had abandoned the worship of the One True God, and instead served the false God
of Baalim (Judges 2:10-13). When the people sinned, God would allow their enemies
to defeat them. In their torment, the people would cry out to God for help.
Each time this happened God would send a leader, who was called a judge to
deliver them. This cycle of sin, torment, repentance, and deliverance was
repeated over and over again. It happened to the children of Israel, and it can
happen to the United States, or to any country that turns away from God. We
need to be crying out for God to deliver us before the judgment of God comes
upon us.

This painful cycle of sin, pain, repentance, and deliverance occurs not just to
countries, but in our lives as well. Until we learn the lesson, and break the
cycle by walking in obedience to God, we are doomed to go through that cycle
over and over again. We will never fully experience the abundant life until we
break out of this cycle.

Phil Conners eventually learned his lesson. Will we?

Copyright © 2009-2016. 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 websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 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 12,000
subscribers across the world. (At one time there were 18,000 subscribers to the
email devotional. Email has become less important as many are using the social
platforms like facebook and twitter more frequently.)

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

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.

Prayer
Requests:

Please continue to pray for
healing for Ronald Thompson (my cousin), Michelle Abetz, Shane Hall, Brad,
Damon D. & wife, Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Brent Baker, Lexi McCalip, Gary
Kirk, and Jeanie.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. 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. My
prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the
apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

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 a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org 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 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.

To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org