BBD 04.06.16 Forgotten Treasure (New)

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Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1711^th

Burning Bush Devotional

6 April 2016

Forgotten Treasure

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a
man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and
buys that field. – Matthew 13:44 NKJV.

For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who
has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory
of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure
in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of
us. – 2 Corinthians 4:6-7 NKJV.

Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of
Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness,
through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to
us exceedingly great and precious promises…. – 2 Peter 1:2-4a NKJV.

…add to your faith virtue, to
virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to
self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness
love. For if these things are yours and abound, you
will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ. For he who lacks these things is
shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from
his old sins. – 2 Peter 1:5b-9 NKJV.

In Logan, Pennsylvania
police have a mystery on their hands, who put the jewels in the handbag? A
woman shopping at a Boscov’s store bought a new purse; inside of the purse, she
discovered a treasure of jewelry including necklaces, rings, watches and
bracelets. The theory is that the purse was purchased previously, and returned
to the store for some reason. The first purchaser apparently forgot about the
treasure she had stored inside of the purse. The second purchaser of the purse
turned the treasure over to the police hoping the owner will be found. (YahooNews 03.29.16)

It does seem strange
that you could forget about a treasure of jewels. However, we humans are
forgetful beings, especially about God. The children of Israel had this
repeated problem in the Book of Judges. As times were good they would forget
about their need for God and begin to worship false gods. When times grew
difficult for them, usually because of a ruler that had become harsh, they
remembered their God and would cry out to Him for help. God would respond by
sending a deliverer, a judge who would lead them to freedom. This cycle was
repeated many times. Why? Because they would forget about their need for the
One True God.

We have the same problem,
when times are good we tend to forget about our need for God. How can we forget
about such a great treasure? Yet, God says through the apostle Peter that if we
lack virtue, self-control, godliness, kindness, and love there is a problem.
The problem is that we have forgotten about the treasure, forgotten that we
were cleansed from our old sins. We have forgotten that in our earthen vessel
dwells the Holy Spirit, there is no greater treasure. Let us not forget our
Treasure!

Copyright © 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 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

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(my sister), and Beverly (Jeanie’s sister). Please also pray for Max Boothe,
Nathan Reed, Brent Baker, and Tommy Merrell.

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. I am in
need of prayer as I have resigned as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in
Cordell, Oklahoma and am now seeking God’s direction for how I am to serve Him.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1711^th

Burning Bush Devotional

6 April 2016

Forgotten Treasure

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a
man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and
buys that field. – Matthew 13:44 NKJV.

For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who
has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory
of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure
in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of
us. – 2 Corinthians 4:6-7 NKJV.

Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of
Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness,
through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to
us exceedingly great and precious promises…. – 2 Peter 1:2-4a NKJV.

…add to your faith virtue, to
virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to
self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness
love. For if these things are yours and abound, you
will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ. For he who lacks these things is
shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from
his old sins. – 2 Peter 1:5b-9 NKJV.

In Logan, Pennsylvania
police have a mystery on their hands, who put the jewels in the handbag? A
woman shopping at a Boscov’s store bought a new purse; inside of the purse, she
discovered a treasure of jewelry including necklaces, rings, watches and
bracelets. The theory is that the purse was purchased previously, and returned
to the store for some reason. The first purchaser apparently forgot about the
treasure she had stored inside of the purse. The second purchaser of the purse
turned the treasure over to the police hoping the owner will be found. (YahooNews 03.29.16)

It does seem strange
that you could forget about a treasure of jewels. However, we humans are
forgetful beings, especially about God. The children of Israel had this
repeated problem in the Book of Judges. As times were good they would forget
about their need for God and begin to worship false gods. When times grew
difficult for them, usually because of a ruler that had become harsh, they
remembered their God and would cry out to Him for help. God would respond by
sending a deliverer, a judge who would lead them to freedom. This cycle was
repeated many times. Why? Because they would forget about their need for the
One True God.

We have the same problem,
when times are good we tend to forget about our need for God. How can we forget
about such a great treasure? Yet, God says through the apostle Peter that if we
lack virtue, self-control, godliness, kindness, and love there is a problem.
The problem is that we have forgotten about the treasure, forgotten that we
were cleansed from our old sins. We have forgotten that in our earthen vessel
dwells the Holy Spirit, there is no greater treasure. Let us not forget our
Treasure!

Copyright © 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 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

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.

Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for Michelle A., Shane Hall, Reta
(my sister), and Beverly (Jeanie’s sister). Please also pray for Max Boothe,
Nathan Reed, Brent Baker, and Tommy Merrell.

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. I am in
need of prayer as I have resigned as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in
Cordell, Oklahoma and am now seeking God’s direction for how I am to serve Him.).

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.

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