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Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1778^th

Burning Bush Devotional

16 March 2017

Expect Trouble When…

His trouble shall return upon his own
head, And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown. – Psalm 7:16
NKJV.

…but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but
obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on
every soul of man who does evil…. – Romans 2:8-9a NKJV.

The NIV makes Romans 2:8-9a more clear: But for those who are self-seeking
and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. There will be trouble and
distress for every human being who does evil.

In the day
of my trouble I will call upon
You, For You will answer me. – Psalm 86:7 NKJV.

Michael Orchard saved the dog! Michael risked
his life driving his BMW across neighbor’s lawns smashing through fences to
rescue the dog from the fire. Once he was at the neighbor’s home that was on
fire, he broke through their patio door at the back of the house, and rescued a
large white dog. When police officers arrived Michael was standing a safe
distance away from the home holding the dog. Michael’s a hero right? Wrong. The
house WAS NOT on fire! Michael admitted that he had taken cough medicine (was
that cough medicine with hydrocodone?) and also mixed in LSD with the cough
medicine. Michael has found himself to be in some trouble from his “rescue” of
the dog. (Daily Mail 10.16.16; New York Daily News 10.15.16; TimesUnion
10.14.16)

When Michael took the cough medicine and mixed
in LSD he could have rightfully expected…trouble to follow, as in go directly
to jail. When an elementary teacher in Wisconsin went on a student field trip
drunk she could have rightfully expected…trouble to follow, as in fired. If you
drink too much and get in your car and drive off…you can rightfully expect
trouble to follow, as in arrest, jail or prison. If you rob a bank you can
rightfully expect…trouble to follow. If you, because of road rage, run someone
off the road or start shooting at other vehicles you can rightfully expect…trouble
to follow.

There is a general spiritual rule here as the
Psalmist says, “His trouble shall return upon his own head….” As the apostle Paul indicates in Romans 2 if you do evil you can expect trouble and distress to
follow. If you rob, steal, vandalize, and hurt people it will not turn out well
for you. If you oppress others, cheat others, or curse others it will turn out
well for you.

How can
we avoid trouble? The Bible has some excellent advice:

Romans 13:13 NKJV, “Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in
revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.”

2 Timothy 2:23 NKJV, “But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes,
knowing that they generate strife.”

James 4:1-3 NKJV, “Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires
for pleasure that war in your members? You lust
and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet
you do not have because you do not ask. You ask
and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.”

Psalm 1:1-3 NKJV, “Blessed is the man who walks not in the
counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat
of the scornful; but his delight is
in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates
day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of
water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not
wither; and
whatever he does shall prosper.”

To sum this up: If you cause trouble you can expect
trouble. If you do what is right, you can avoid much trouble.

Copyright © 2009 - 2017. 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
14,000 subscribers across the world.

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

Books now available at the Burning Bush website:

New Pastor's
Training Manual

Biblical Help for
Overcoming Substance Abuse

Biblical Help
for Overcoming Sexual Addictions In Times of
Trouble - Devotionals to Encourage and Strengthen You (Also available for
download on Amazon.)

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 continue to pray for
healing for Pastor Shane Hall (Shane is scheduled for another surgery next
week.), Michelle Abetz, Brad, Damon D. & wife, Beverly (Jeanie’s sister),
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
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.

You can help support this
ministry by using this link: www.paypal.me/EdWrather

There are
opportunities to distribute devotional booklets directed primarily toward those
with addictions.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1778^th

Burning Bush Devotional

16 March 2017

Expect Trouble When…

His trouble shall return upon his own
head, And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown. – Psalm 7:16
NKJV.

…but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but
obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on
every soul of man who does evil…. – Romans 2:8-9a NKJV.

The NIV makes Romans 2:8-9a more clear: But for those who are self-seeking
and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. There will be trouble and
distress for every human being who does evil.

In the day
of my trouble I will call upon
You, For You will answer me. – Psalm 86:7 NKJV.

Michael Orchard saved the dog! Michael risked
his life driving his BMW across neighbor’s lawns smashing through fences to
rescue the dog from the fire. Once he was at the neighbor’s home that was on
fire, he broke through their patio door at the back of the house, and rescued a
large white dog. When police officers arrived Michael was standing a safe
distance away from the home holding the dog. Michael’s a hero right? Wrong. The
house WAS NOT on fire! Michael admitted that he had taken cough medicine (was
that cough medicine with hydrocodone?) and also mixed in LSD with the cough
medicine. Michael has found himself to be in some trouble from his “rescue” of
the dog. (Daily Mail 10.16.16; New York Daily News 10.15.16; TimesUnion
10.14.16)

When Michael took the cough medicine and mixed
in LSD he could have rightfully expected…trouble to follow, as in go directly
to jail. When an elementary teacher in Wisconsin went on a student field trip
drunk she could have rightfully expected…trouble to follow, as in fired. If you
drink too much and get in your car and drive off…you can rightfully expect
trouble to follow, as in arrest, jail or prison. If you rob a bank you can
rightfully expect…trouble to follow. If you, because of road rage, run someone
off the road or start shooting at other vehicles you can rightfully expect…trouble
to follow.

There is a general spiritual rule here as the
Psalmist says, “His trouble shall return upon his own head….” As the apostle Paul indicates in Romans 2 if you do evil you can expect trouble and distress to
follow. If you rob, steal, vandalize, and hurt people it will not turn out well
for you. If you oppress others, cheat others, or curse others it will turn out
well for you.

How can
we avoid trouble? The Bible has some excellent advice:

Romans 13:13 NKJV, “Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in
revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.”

2 Timothy 2:23 NKJV, “But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes,
knowing that they generate strife.”

James 4:1-3 NKJV, “Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires
for pleasure that war in your members? You lust
and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet
you do not have because you do not ask. You ask
and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.”

Psalm 1:1-3 NKJV, “Blessed is the man who walks not in the
counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat
of the scornful; but his delight is
in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates
day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of
water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not
wither; and
whatever he does shall prosper.”

To sum this up: If you cause trouble you can expect
trouble. If you do what is right, you can avoid much trouble.

Copyright © 2009 - 2017. 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
14,000 subscribers across the world.

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

Books now available at the Burning Bush website:

New Pastor's
Training Manual

Biblical Help for
Overcoming Substance Abuse

Biblical Help
for Overcoming Sexual Addictions In Times of
Trouble - Devotionals to Encourage and Strengthen You (Also available for
download on Amazon.)

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 continue to pray for
healing for Pastor Shane Hall (Shane is scheduled for another surgery next
week.), Michelle Abetz, Brad, Damon D. & wife, Beverly (Jeanie’s sister),
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
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.

You can help support this
ministry by using this link: http://www.paypal.me/EdWrather

There are
opportunities to distribute devotional booklets directed primarily toward those
with addictions.

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