BBD 05.02.16 Count Your Blessings (New)

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Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1729^th

Burning Bush Devotional

2 May 2016

Count Your Blessings

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks;
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. – 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
NKJV.

Through Jesus, therefore, let us
continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly
profess his name. And do not forget to do good and to share with
others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. – Hebrews 13:15-16 NIV.

Beloved, do not think it strange
concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing
happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you
partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also
be glad with exceeding joy. If you are reproached
for the name of Christ, blessed are
you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He
is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified. But
let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a busybody in
other people’s matters. Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let
him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter. – 1 Peter
4:12-16 NKJV.

In
Philadelphia at the 122nd Penn Relays, Ida Keeling has set a world record in
the 100 yard dash! She set the record in her age group of 80 and older and she is 100-years-old!
Ida was not always a runner according to her daughter Shelly. She only began running
when she was 67-years-old after her two sons were murdered. Ida shares the secret to her longevity: “Eat for
nutrition not for taste. Do what you need to do, not what you want to do, and
make sure you exercise at least once every day. I think God every day for my
blessings.” (CBS
Philly 05.01.16)

If you had two of your sons or daughters
murdered, how could you praise God or thank God for your blessings? But that is
what Ida Keeling does every day. It is also what God was in effect telling Job
to do in Job 37:14, “Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider
the wondrous works of God.” God told this to Job, whose seven sons and three
daughters were killed in what sounds like it was a tornado: “a great wind came from
across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house (Job 1:19).”

How can you keep on living after a tragedy? “Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God.”
Instead of turning away from God, turn to God. In the end, that is what Job
did. Job says to God at the end of the book of Job, “I
know that You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without
knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered
what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know
(Job 42:2-3).”

We may not understand completely why some
things happen, but we can still thank God for the blessings He has bestowed
upon our lives. In the counting of our blessings, in the praising and thanking
of our God we are strengthened and infused with stamina, with the life we need
to keep on living; for He inhabits our praises (Psalm
22:3). Let us rejoice and praise God for the greatest of all blessings
that He has given to us: Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

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

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
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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.

Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for Michelle Abetz, Shane
Hall, Reta (my sister), and Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), 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.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1729^th

Burning Bush Devotional

2 May 2016

Count Your Blessings

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks;
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. – 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
NKJV.

Through Jesus, therefore, let us
continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly
profess his name. And do not forget to do good and to share with
others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. – Hebrews 13:15-16 NIV.

Beloved, do not think it strange
concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing
happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you
partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also
be glad with exceeding joy. If you are reproached
for the name of Christ, blessed are
you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He
is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified. But
let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a busybody in
other people’s matters. Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let
him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter. – 1 Peter
4:12-16 NKJV.

In
Philadelphia at the 122nd Penn Relays, Ida Keeling has set a world record in
the 100 yard dash! She set the record in her age group of 80 and older and she is 100-years-old!
Ida was not always a runner according to her daughter Shelly. She only began running
when she was 67-years-old after her two sons were murdered. Ida shares the secret to her longevity: “Eat for
nutrition not for taste. Do what you need to do, not what you want to do, and
make sure you exercise at least once every day. I think God every day for my
blessings.” (CBS
Philly 05.01.16)

If you had two of your sons or daughters
murdered, how could you praise God or thank God for your blessings? But that is
what Ida Keeling does every day. It is also what God was in effect telling Job
to do in Job 37:14, “Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider
the wondrous works of God.” God told this to Job, whose seven sons and three
daughters were killed in what sounds like it was a tornado: “a great wind came from
across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house (Job 1:19).”

How can you keep on living after a tragedy? “Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God.”
Instead of turning away from God, turn to God. In the end, that is what Job
did. Job says to God at the end of the book of Job, “I
know that You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without
knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered
what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know
(Job 42:2-3).”

We may not understand completely why some
things happen, but we can still thank God for the blessings He has bestowed
upon our lives. In the counting of our blessings, in the praising and thanking
of our God we are strengthened and infused with stamina, with the life we need
to keep on living; for He inhabits our praises (Psalm
22:3). Let us rejoice and praise God for the greatest of all blessings
that He has given to us: Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

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. Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for Michelle Abetz, Shane
Hall, Reta (my sister), and Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), 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.).

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
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To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org