BBD 02.04.10 His Wonders (Classic)

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02.04.10

His Wonders

He does great things past finding out, yes, wonders without number. - Job
9:10.

Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and the
judgments of His mouth. - Psalm 105:5.

I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God
has worked for me. How great are His signs, and how mighty His wonders! His
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to
generation. - Daniel 4:2-3.

I make a decree that in every dominion of my kingdom men must tremble and
fear before the God of Daniel. For He is the living God, and steadfast
forever; His kingdom is the one which shall not be destroyed, and His
dominion shall endure to the end. He delivers and rescues, and He works
signs and wonders in heaven and on earth, Who has delivered Daniel from the
power of the lions. - Daniel 6:26-27.

This past week I encountered a walking talking miracle in the form of one of
my former clients. SD was at one time an alcoholic, drug addict, and
psychotic. When he shared during an office visit that he was hearing voices
telling him to hurt people I had him committed to a mental institution where
he stayed for many months. I thought he probably meant me, for one, when he
said he was hearing voices telling him to hurt people. After his release,
counselors refused to meet with him, unless I escorted SD waiting outside of
a partly closed door listening for any problems during the sessions. They
had some safety issues after reading his file.

It had been at least twelve years, since I had talked with SD, and so I was
surprised to see him. The amazing thing is that he looked very good and
talked in a very sane manner. SD shared with me that he is now chairing the
AA meetings at the hospital that he has been attending for so many years.
Only through a miracle, the intervention of God in a mighty and dramatic
way, has SD come so far from what he used to be. What a joy it was to see
him in such a transformed condition and to be able to visit with him!

We sometimes have a tendency to write people off as being too hard and
beyond the possibility of change. I know we would never say that to anyone
but isn't that what we think when we encounter a person like SD? To be
honest I thought SD would never be in his right mind and would always be a
very dangerous person. In fact, I was upset when I learned that he had been
released from the mental institution and prior to that I had been upset when
he had been released from prison. I may not have even voiced it as a thought
but in my heart, I thought SD was one of those impossible cases beyond the
reach of God - a hopeless case and a hopeless situation. Obviously, I was
wrong!

Are there people that you have stopped praying for because in your heart you
do not believe they will ever change? Have you given up after a few months
or even a few years of prayer and witnessing? Maybe we need to reconsider
and ask God, whether there is anyone too far gone for Him to change. What do
you think God will say? Will He say that He has grown weak and is no longer
omnipotent (all-powerful)? Of course not! Isaiah makes this clear, "Behold,
the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor His ear heavy,
that it cannot hear (Isaiah 59:1)."

God is still performing wonders, doing marvelous works and
delivering/rescuing the souls of lost men, women, boys, and girls. His hand
has not grown short.

Copyright © 2002 - 2010. 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.

Prayer Requests: 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.).

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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
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Posted by: wrather <wrather@...>

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 over 300 prayer warriors. Send prayer requests and receive prayer
requests. To join send an email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

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

I'm now on twitter and you can find me at http://www.twitter.com/edwrather.

There is now a link on the front page of the new website for the devotional
of the day.

The Burning Bush Devotional

Welcome to the 111 new subscribers since January 1, 2010!!

There were 1367 new subscribers during 2009!!

(A Devotional Classic from 2003)

02.04.10

His Wonders

He does great things past finding out, yes, wonders without number. - Job
9:10.

Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and the
judgments of His mouth. - Psalm 105:5.

I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God
has worked for me. How great are His signs, and how mighty His wonders! His
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to
generation. - Daniel 4:2-3.

I make a decree that in every dominion of my kingdom men must tremble and
fear before the God of Daniel. For He is the living God, and steadfast
forever; His kingdom is the one which shall not be destroyed, and His
dominion shall endure to the end. He delivers and rescues, and He works
signs and wonders in heaven and on earth, Who has delivered Daniel from the
power of the lions. - Daniel 6:26-27.

This past week I encountered a walking talking miracle in the form of one of
my former clients. SD was at one time an alcoholic, drug addict, and
psychotic. When he shared during an office visit that he was hearing voices
telling him to hurt people I had him committed to a mental institution where
he stayed for many months. I thought he probably meant me, for one, when he
said he was hearing voices telling him to hurt people. After his release,
counselors refused to meet with him, unless I escorted SD waiting outside of
a partly closed door listening for any problems during the sessions. They
had some safety issues after reading his file.

It had been at least twelve years, since I had talked with SD, and so I was
surprised to see him. The amazing thing is that he looked very good and
talked in a very sane manner. SD shared with me that he is now chairing the
AA meetings at the hospital that he has been attending for so many years.
Only through a miracle, the intervention of God in a mighty and dramatic
way, has SD come so far from what he used to be. What a joy it was to see
him in such a transformed condition and to be able to visit with him!

We sometimes have a tendency to write people off as being too hard and
beyond the possibility of change. I know we would never say that to anyone
but isn't that what we think when we encounter a person like SD? To be
honest I thought SD would never be in his right mind and would always be a
very dangerous person. In fact, I was upset when I learned that he had been
released from the mental institution and prior to that I had been upset when
he had been released from prison. I may not have even voiced it as a thought
but in my heart, I thought SD was one of those impossible cases beyond the
reach of God - a hopeless case and a hopeless situation. Obviously, I was
wrong!

Are there people that you have stopped praying for because in your heart you
do not believe they will ever change? Have you given up after a few months
or even a few years of prayer and witnessing? Maybe we need to reconsider
and ask God, whether there is anyone too far gone for Him to change. What do
you think God will say? Will He say that He has grown weak and is no longer
omnipotent (all-powerful)? Of course not! Isaiah makes this clear, "Behold,
the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor His ear heavy,
that it cannot hear (Isaiah 59:1)."

God is still performing wonders, doing marvelous works and
delivering/rescuing the souls of lost men, women, boys, and girls. His hand
has not grown short.

Copyright © 2002 - 2010. 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.

Prayer Requests: 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.

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

Two videos of my sermons are posted on GodTube at:
http://www.godtube.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-unsubscribe@welovegod.org and then respond to
the confirmation email.

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