BBD 04.01.21 Pt 4 Loving God More (Classic)

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Classic from 2002

The Burning Bush Devotional

01 April 2021

(During
this Holy Week leading Jesus to and through the cross and to the glorious
Resurrection Day - I am sending a series of devotionals about Loving God More.
There is no better time than this to focus on our relationship with our Lord
and grow in our love for Him.)

Pt 4 Loving God More

You shall
love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all
your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. - Mark
12:30.

Therefore,
my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of
the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. - 1
Corinthians 15:58.

(See
also: Acts 11:23; Acts 14:22; Colossians 1:23; 2
Timothy 3:14.)

Shawna
McCown’s world changed drastically on May 30, 2001 because that was the day
doctors amputated her right leg about six inches below the knee after a
motorcycle accident. Shawna was only days away from graduation and attending
Morehead State on a track scholarship only about 120 miles from Louisville,
Kentucky where she lived. It has now been 18 months since the accident and
Shawna has endured painful physical therapy and will compete in her first track
meet Saturday running a three-mile (4.8 kilometer) course. Shawna says, “It’s definitely made me a stronger person. More
confident, actually, to know that I can get through something like this.” After running
the three miles for the first time since her accident a week and a half ago she
said, “I
was just like, ‘Thank you, God, for letting me do this.’ I hurt the whole week
afterwards, but it’s a good hurt….”

Jesus
tells us in the Gospel of Mark that we are to love God with all of our strength. It means that we will
keep on; continue on trying to live the life God calls us to live no matter
what obstacle, or problems we may encounter. Shawna McCown gives us an example
of continuing on in the face of disaster. We see with Shawna that it has
deepened her character and made her a stronger person as she has continued on
with life.

There
will be times when our spiritual life seems dry. There will be times when we
desperately want to hear a word from God, but He is silent. There will be times
when we encounter great difficulty in life. Those difficulties may be physical
as with Shawna or they may be spiritual as we confront temptations such as
Joseph encountered in the Old Testament. In order to continue on and journey
through those periods of life we need to commit ourselves afresh, reaffirm that
we do love God with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength. Shawna said, “As soon as I was able to talk, I told my family I wanted
to try. I was going to run again.” It was a fresh commitment, a greater commitment than she had ever made
before requiring more of her than she had ever dreamed.

When we
do continue on with God through the perils of life, we will find that our
character is deepened and our spiritual strength is increased. So, if life has
knocked you down, if you are discouraged, defeated - Rise up! And continue on
with steadfastness and determination “abounding
in the work of the Lord.”

Copyright © 2002 - 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 God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman, Buck & Barbara Wright,
Gwen P., James Perkins and his wife, Vonnie, Evi Porter, Addison, JoJo, Bailey
and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Zoe Marx; Brandy
and Jadyn’s Dad; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who has had a stroke; Scott
J.; Clayton T. and Sarah; and Shonda H. (fighting cancer).

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. 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 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
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Classic from 2002

The Burning Bush Devotional

01 April 2021

(During
this Holy Week leading Jesus to and through the cross and to the glorious
Resurrection Day - I am sending a series of devotionals about Loving God More.
There is no better time than this to focus on our relationship with our Lord
and grow in our love for Him.)

Pt 4 Loving God More

You shall
love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all
your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. - Mark
12:30.

Therefore,
my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of
the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. - 1
Corinthians 15:58.

(See
also: Acts 11:23; Acts 14:22; Colossians 1:23; 2
Timothy 3:14.)

Shawna
McCown’s world changed drastically on May 30, 2001 because that was the day
doctors amputated her right leg about six inches below the knee after a
motorcycle accident. Shawna was only days away from graduation and attending
Morehead State on a track scholarship only about 120 miles from Louisville,
Kentucky where she lived. It has now been 18 months since the accident and
Shawna has endured painful physical therapy and will compete in her first track
meet Saturday running a three-mile (4.8 kilometer) course. Shawna says, “It’s definitely made me a stronger person. More
confident, actually, to know that I can get through something like this.” After running
the three miles for the first time since her accident a week and a half ago she
said, “I
was just like, ‘Thank you, God, for letting me do this.’ I hurt the whole week
afterwards, but it’s a good hurt….”

Jesus
tells us in the Gospel of Mark that we are to love God with all of our strength. It means that we will
keep on; continue on trying to live the life God calls us to live no matter
what obstacle, or problems we may encounter. Shawna McCown gives us an example
of continuing on in the face of disaster. We see with Shawna that it has
deepened her character and made her a stronger person as she has continued on
with life.

There
will be times when our spiritual life seems dry. There will be times when we
desperately want to hear a word from God, but He is silent. There will be times
when we encounter great difficulty in life. Those difficulties may be physical
as with Shawna or they may be spiritual as we confront temptations such as
Joseph encountered in the Old Testament. In order to continue on and journey
through those periods of life we need to commit ourselves afresh, reaffirm that
we do love God with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength. Shawna said, “As soon as I was able to talk, I told my family I wanted
to try. I was going to run again.” It was a fresh commitment, a greater commitment than she had ever made
before requiring more of her than she had ever dreamed.

When we
do continue on with God through the perils of life, we will find that our
character is deepened and our spiritual strength is increased. So, if life has
knocked you down, if you are discouraged, defeated - Rise up! And continue on
with steadfastness and determination “abounding
in the work of the Lord.”

Copyright © 2002 - 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 God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman, Buck & Barbara Wright,
Gwen P., James Perkins and his wife, Vonnie, Evi Porter, Addison, JoJo, Bailey
and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Zoe Marx; Brandy
and Jadyn’s Dad; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who has had a stroke; Scott
J.; Clayton T. and Sarah; and Shonda H. (fighting cancer).

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. 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 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