BBD 04.09.21 Weeds of the Heart (Classic)

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Classic from 2002

Burning Bush Devotional

09 April 2021

Weeds of the
Heart

A good
man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man
out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the
abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. - Luke 6:45.

The
Fire Department in Denver, Colorado received a strange emergency call from the
nearby city of Montbello. The woman who called claimed to be trapped in her
home by tumbleweeds that had filled up her yard, jamming against the
house. Not only did they fill up her yard they had risen to a height of 16
feet. A spokesman for the Fire Department said there were “thousands” in the woman’s
yard.

We have
to wonder at what point did the woman in Montbello decide to call for help.
Most likely, the tumbleweeds piled up over a period of several hours or even
days. She apparently waited until the situation was completely out of
control. However, the important thing to note is that she did finally ask
for help.

When
the weeds of bad thoughts, evil thoughts, impure thoughts are piling up in our
heart at what point do we ask for help? At what point do we decide that instead
of constantly imputing thoughts that are damaging, we instead store up thoughts
that are good? Do we wait until they have piled up to such a point that we are
trapped? Do we wait until out of our mouths are coming hateful evil
relationship damaging words? Do we wait until we are unable to make a good
decision because our hearts are so polluted with evil?

We must
be aggressive in controlling those weeds of evil thoughts, or they will quickly
overrun and ruin our lives. In Proverbs 4:23 we are told to “keep” our hearts or “guard” our hearts. We must filter or bring
into subjection every thought, everything that enters our lives. The Bible
tells us how to do that in 2 Corinthians
10:4-5, “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for
pulling down strong holds, casting down arguments and every high thing that
exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into
captivity to the obedience of Christ.” In
the Name of Jesus, we must take captive, take control of every thought,
everything that enters our lives. If those thoughts are evil, we must take them
captive in the Name of Jesus protecting our hearts from those evil weeds.

Not
only must we guard our hearts and avoid the pollution of our lives from evil, but
we should also at the same time fill our lives with good. The Bible tells us
how to do that in Philippians 4:8-9, “Finally
brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things
are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things
are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything
praiseworthy - meditate on these things. The things which you learned and
received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with
you.”

We must
not wait until we are trapped and even destroyed by the weeds of the world. Guard
your heart, take captive the evil in the Name of Jesus, and fill your heart
with all the good things of God.

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, Pat S., 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 Jones; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who has had
a stroke; Scott J.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Shonda H. (fighting cancer); and
please pray for my wife, Jeanie, who is having a problem with her heart.

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.

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devotions, we read devotionals.

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Classic from 2002

Burning Bush Devotional

09 April 2021

Weeds of the
Heart

A good
man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man
out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the
abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. - Luke 6:45.

The
Fire Department in Denver, Colorado received a strange emergency call from the
nearby city of Montbello. The woman who called claimed to be trapped in her
home by tumbleweeds that had filled up her yard, jamming against the
house. Not only did they fill up her yard they had risen to a height of 16
feet. A spokesman for the Fire Department said there were “thousands” in the woman’s
yard.

We have
to wonder at what point did the woman in Montbello decide to call for help.
Most likely, the tumbleweeds piled up over a period of several hours or even
days. She apparently waited until the situation was completely out of
control. However, the important thing to note is that she did finally ask
for help.

When
the weeds of bad thoughts, evil thoughts, impure thoughts are piling up in our
heart at what point do we ask for help? At what point do we decide that instead
of constantly imputing thoughts that are damaging, we instead store up thoughts
that are good? Do we wait until they have piled up to such a point that we are
trapped? Do we wait until out of our mouths are coming hateful evil
relationship damaging words? Do we wait until we are unable to make a good
decision because our hearts are so polluted with evil?

We must
be aggressive in controlling those weeds of evil thoughts, or they will quickly
overrun and ruin our lives. In Proverbs 4:23 we are told to “keep” our hearts or “guard” our hearts. We must filter or bring
into subjection every thought, everything that enters our lives. The Bible
tells us how to do that in 2 Corinthians
10:4-5, “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for
pulling down strong holds, casting down arguments and every high thing that
exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into
captivity to the obedience of Christ.” In
the Name of Jesus, we must take captive, take control of every thought,
everything that enters our lives. If those thoughts are evil, we must take them
captive in the Name of Jesus protecting our hearts from those evil weeds.

Not
only must we guard our hearts and avoid the pollution of our lives from evil, but
we should also at the same time fill our lives with good. The Bible tells us
how to do that in Philippians 4:8-9, “Finally
brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things
are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things
are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything
praiseworthy - meditate on these things. The things which you learned and
received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with
you.”

We must
not wait until we are trapped and even destroyed by the weeds of the world. Guard
your heart, take captive the evil in the Name of Jesus, and fill your heart
with all the good things of God.

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, Pat S., 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 Jones; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who has had
a stroke; Scott J.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Shonda H. (fighting cancer); and
please pray for my wife, Jeanie, who is having a problem with her heart.

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