BBD 04.29.21 Why Not Ask? (Classic)

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Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

29 April 2021

Why Not Ask?

Now they
came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great
multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging.And
when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus,
Son of David, have mercy on me!” Then many warned him to be quiet; but he
cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”So
Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called. Then they called the blind
man, saying to him, “Be of good cheer. Rise, He is calling you.” And
throwing aside his garment, he rose and came to Jesus.So Jesus
answered and said to him, “What do you want Me to do for you?” The blind
man said to Him, “Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.”Then
Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And
immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road. - Mark
10:46-52.

Why not
ask God for what you need? It seems
that many Christians have the attitude toward asking God for something that
many of us men have about asking for directions. If after our 30^th attempt
to find our way, we have had no success we may finally bring ourselves to ask
someone for directions.

There
has been a movement over the years to bring chastisement and make little of
those “less spiritual” people who have the nerve to pray
selfishly asking God to do something for them. I would suggest to you that
those who suggest that praying for something that will benefit yourself is not
spiritual are out on an unscriptural limb. If the formerly blind Bartimaeus
were here to share he would tell you that you ought to go ahead and ask for
what is needed in your life. After all that is exactly what Bartimaeus did. He
asked for the whole thing. He didn’t ask for Jesus to give him a little bit of
money, or food, or some clothes. No, he asked for what he really needed which
was to see. He asked for the impossible.

It took
faith for Bartimaeus to ask because everyone around him was telling him to be
quiet and not to bother Jesus with his insane plea. For us to ask, for you to
ask for something personal - for what you really need that will actually solve
problems takes faith. The very act of asking is an act of faith and Jesus as we
see with Bartimaeus rewards faith. Because he asked, Jesus said to
Bartimaeus, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” Immediately the world of Bartimaeus was drastically, radically,
wondrously changed - he could see!! As a result, Bartimaeus followed
Jesus.

Do you
have enough faith to ask? What if Bartimaeus had never asked? What a tragedy
that would have been for him and for us! Please, defy those who would keep you on the sideline, on the side
of the road, and…ask!!

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; Todd Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; Patricia Rohman and Lisa
Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark
S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Shonda Hutson (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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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

29 April 2021

Why Not Ask?

Now they
came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great
multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging.And
when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus,
Son of David, have mercy on me!” Then many warned him to be quiet; but he
cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”So
Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called. Then they called the blind
man, saying to him, “Be of good cheer. Rise, He is calling you.” And
throwing aside his garment, he rose and came to Jesus.So Jesus
answered and said to him, “What do you want Me to do for you?” The blind
man said to Him, “Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.”Then
Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And
immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road. - Mark
10:46-52.

Why not
ask God for what you need? It seems
that many Christians have the attitude toward asking God for something that
many of us men have about asking for directions. If after our 30^th attempt
to find our way, we have had no success we may finally bring ourselves to ask
someone for directions.

There
has been a movement over the years to bring chastisement and make little of
those “less spiritual” people who have the nerve to pray
selfishly asking God to do something for them. I would suggest to you that
those who suggest that praying for something that will benefit yourself is not
spiritual are out on an unscriptural limb. If the formerly blind Bartimaeus
were here to share he would tell you that you ought to go ahead and ask for
what is needed in your life. After all that is exactly what Bartimaeus did. He
asked for the whole thing. He didn’t ask for Jesus to give him a little bit of
money, or food, or some clothes. No, he asked for what he really needed which
was to see. He asked for the impossible.

It took
faith for Bartimaeus to ask because everyone around him was telling him to be
quiet and not to bother Jesus with his insane plea. For us to ask, for you to
ask for something personal - for what you really need that will actually solve
problems takes faith. The very act of asking is an act of faith and Jesus as we
see with Bartimaeus rewards faith. Because he asked, Jesus said to
Bartimaeus, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” Immediately the world of Bartimaeus was drastically, radically,
wondrously changed - he could see!! As a result, Bartimaeus followed
Jesus.

Do you
have enough faith to ask? What if Bartimaeus had never asked? What a tragedy
that would have been for him and for us! Please, defy those who would keep you on the sideline, on the side
of the road, and…ask!!

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; Todd Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; Patricia Rohman and Lisa
Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark
S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Shonda Hutson (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