BBD 05.06.21 I, Me, and Myself (Classic)

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Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

6 May 2021

I, Me, and
Myself

But Jesus
called them to Himself and said to them, "You know that those who are
considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones
exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever
desires to become great among you shall be your servant. And whoever of you
desires to be first shall be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come
to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” - Mark
10:42-45.

Larry
Scherwitz, a psychologist, conducted a study on the relationship between heart
disease and self-centeredness. He studied 150 patients hospitalized either for
suspected heart disease or after a heart attack. He kept track of how often
they used the pronouns “I, me, my,
mine, or myself.” He found that
patients with more severe disease made far more references to themselves. Also,
the findings remained significant even when patients were matched for age,
blood pressure, cholesterol, and Type A behavior. Scherwitz, in his study,
found that people who are what he calls “self-involved” have
more severe coronary artery disease than those who are more focused toward
others.

It
appears that there is scientific evidence that serving others is a very healthy
thing to do and being concerned about others is a very healthy attitude. On the
other hand, being concerned only with yourself, your interests, your
activities, your plans (“I, me, my,
mine, or myself.”) is a prescription for
physical and spiritual disaster. If you want to do something really good for
yourself, stop thinking about yourself all the time. Put the spotlight on
the needs of other people and think about how you can be a part of meeting
those needs.

If you
really want to follow Christ, if you really want to be like Christ, then you
will serve others; and not just yourself, and your interests. Jesus gave us the
ultimate example of being concerned about the needs of others. Jesus did not
just talk about meeting the needs of others. No, He continually demonstrated
how to meet the needs of others, as He went about doing good, and was a servant
to all He met. Jesus did not come to be served, but to give His own life in
sacrificial service. Jesus, the Lord of lords, and the King of kings had a
right to be served, but instead came to serve us.

It has
been said by many a doctor that the very best thing that you can do for your
physical health is to stop smoking. It may be that they will want to add that
ending your self-involvement could be just as important to your physical
health. Why not begin today to lift up your eyes from your own life, to the
lives of those around you, as you look for opportunities to serve in obedience
to your 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’ 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.; Fern McVey; 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
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Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

6 May 2021

I, Me, and
Myself

But Jesus
called them to Himself and said to them, "You know that those who are
considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones
exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever
desires to become great among you shall be your servant. And whoever of you
desires to be first shall be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come
to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” - Mark
10:42-45.

Larry
Scherwitz, a psychologist, conducted a study on the relationship between heart
disease and self-centeredness. He studied 150 patients hospitalized either for
suspected heart disease or after a heart attack. He kept track of how often
they used the pronouns “I, me, my,
mine, or myself.” He found that
patients with more severe disease made far more references to themselves. Also,
the findings remained significant even when patients were matched for age,
blood pressure, cholesterol, and Type A behavior. Scherwitz, in his study,
found that people who are what he calls “self-involved” have
more severe coronary artery disease than those who are more focused toward
others.

It
appears that there is scientific evidence that serving others is a very healthy
thing to do and being concerned about others is a very healthy attitude. On the
other hand, being concerned only with yourself, your interests, your
activities, your plans (“I, me, my,
mine, or myself.”) is a prescription for
physical and spiritual disaster. If you want to do something really good for
yourself, stop thinking about yourself all the time. Put the spotlight on
the needs of other people and think about how you can be a part of meeting
those needs.

If you
really want to follow Christ, if you really want to be like Christ, then you
will serve others; and not just yourself, and your interests. Jesus gave us the
ultimate example of being concerned about the needs of others. Jesus did not
just talk about meeting the needs of others. No, He continually demonstrated
how to meet the needs of others, as He went about doing good, and was a servant
to all He met. Jesus did not come to be served, but to give His own life in
sacrificial service. Jesus, the Lord of lords, and the King of kings had a
right to be served, but instead came to serve us.

It has
been said by many a doctor that the very best thing that you can do for your
physical health is to stop smoking. It may be that they will want to add that
ending your self-involvement could be just as important to your physical
health. Why not begin today to lift up your eyes from your own life, to the
lives of those around you, as you look for opportunities to serve in obedience
to your 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’ 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.; Fern McVey; 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