BBD 05.13.06 Stand Up!

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HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

Try out the new website at www.theburningbush.net

The old website is at www.theburningbush.org

Several devotional booklets are now available for free download in PDF
format at the new site. Just click on the "Free Book Downloads" link.

Join the Burning Bush Prayer Group! Send and receive prayer requests and be
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The Burning Bush Devotional

Welcome to the 1,539 new subscribers since November 1, 2005!!

05.13.06

Stand Up!

The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be
to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore,
my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work
of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. - 1
Corinthians 15:56-58.

John Kasich a former nine-term congressman, and television host has written
a new book called: "Stand for Something - The Battle for America's Soul." I
heard John talking about this on Fox News this morning. He thinks this is
the problem with our country that few are standing for anything. But some
are. On the one hand, you have people like Pat Tillman who gave up a career,
fame and riches of professional football to join the Army Rangers. We know
that tragically he died in Afghanistan. On the other hand you have some
people in the sports world who will take steroids or other banned substances
and lie about it to reach the top of their profession.

This is a battle of good versus evil. A battle of the moral versus the
immoral. A battle for lives of hard honest work against instant
gratification by whatever means necessary. John Kasich says we who make up
this country need to stand for something or this country is going down the
tubes. I think what we need to stand for is.Jesus. And that's exactly what
the apostle Paul tells us that we need to do in 1 Corinthians 15:58,
"Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give
yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor
in the Lord is not in vain." "Stand firm."

Tomorrow is Mother's Day in the United States and you may not think this a
Mother's Day devotional but it is. This is a Mother's Day devotional, a
Father's Day devotional, an Uncle and Aunt devotional, an how-to-be an
American Patriot (or a patriot in your country) devotional all rolled into
one. Because you cannot be a good mother, or father, or uncle, or aunt, or a
Patriot, or a good son, or daughter unless you stand for something and that
something you need to stand for is a person whose name is Jesus Christ.

Consider for a moment the word, "stand." What does this mean? Here are some
definitions that I found:

"to be in an upright position, or put something in an upright position."

"to remain in a particular place without moving."

"to resist or bear something without being harmed or damaged."

"an opinion that somebody has or an attitude that somebody adopts."

The way Paul uses the word "stand" could include all of those definitions.
However, it is in the military sense of the word that Paul is urging us to
"stand firm." Here are two of the definitions of the military use of the
word, "stand": "a halt made, especially by a force that has been retreating,
to give battle (As in Custer's last stand.)." Also, "to fight resolutely or
give battle, often after having been in retreat."

Do you hear what Paul is saying? He is saying to the Corinthians and to us.
"Stop the retreat!" "Stop giving in to what this world wants!" "Stop giving
in to what the devil wants!" "Stop giving in to the instant gratification,
whatever feels good do it philosophy of life!" "Stop it!" "Stand up, and
fight!" "Stand up, and fight for what is right, and good!" ".because you
know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain (1 Corinthians 15:58c)."

When you fight, when you stand up for the Lord Jesus your efforts, your
witness, your sacrifices are not wasted. They are never in vain and they
will be remembered for eternity.

You can make a difference with your life but to do so you are going to have
stand up for Jesus. Will you?

Copyright © 2006. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. 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.

PRAYER REQUEST: Dear Friends, I am going to have a minor surgery next week
to remove a couple of polyps from my vocal cord. I have been having some
problems speaking for over a year and it has gotten worse. Hopefully and
prayerfully this surgery will solve the problem. Thank you for your prayers
and faithfulness!! Ed Wrather.

VOLUNTEERS WANTED: There is an ongoing project of moving material from the
old website to the new website but it is time consuming. I have devotionals
from April 2002 forward on the new site but still there are a few hundred
devotionals that need to be moved. On the old site everything is in plain
bold text. However, on the new site it is possible to easily add color,
italics, underlining, highlighting and more. It is possible to do all of
that on your email client and I do that with new devotionals I write for the
html devotional group. You can also easily add the colors etc with a word
processing program.

If you would like to help with the project either email the devotionals to
me as you update them in your email client or attach the file from your word
processor and email to wrather@dobsonteleco.com. Please also write a one to
three sentence summary of the devotional and the topic you think the
devotional should be placed under. If you see mistakes please note them.
Then I can easily add the updated devotionals to the new site. The
devotionals are located at the old site in the archives at
www.theburningbush.org/33.html At the bottom of the page are the links to
additional pages containing the old devotionals. The next devotional to be
added was written by my son, The Still Small Voice, 03.11.02. You can look
at the devotionals on the new site at www.theburningbush.net and see
examples of how I've updated the old devotionals.

The Crossmap Christian Search and Portal is a wonderful resource. I would
like to encourage you to visit this great site at www.crossmap.com. Crossmap
has added the Burning Bush Devotionals to their site. You may visit
Crossmap's sister website, the online version of the Christian Post at
www.christianpost.com.

If you have a Christian website you are invited to add the link to my free
links at the Burning Bush website. The Bravenet free links is near the
bottom of the front page www.theburningbush.org.

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may
subscribe by sending a blank email to
burningbushdevo-subscribe@welovegod.org

Streaming Videos of our services including my sermons are posted at:
www.theburningbush.org/fbcswvideo.html

There is now a webpage available at associate.com where the devotionals are
archived associate.com/groups/burningbushdevo. There is a complete
archive at the Burning Bush website and the address for the archive is
www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

You may subscribe to the pure text group by sending a blank email to
burningbushdevo-subscribe@welovegod.org and you can unsubscribe by sending a
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Posted by: wrather <wrather@...>

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

Try out the new website at http://www.theburningbush.net

The old website is at http://www.theburningbush.org

Several devotional booklets are now available for free download in PDF
format at the new site. Just click on the "Free Book Downloads" link.

Join the Burning Bush Prayer Group! Send and receive prayer requests and be
a part of a great ministry. More than 400 wonderful people make up this
group. To join send an email to: BBPG-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

The Burning Bush Devotional

Welcome to the 1,539 new subscribers since November 1, 2005!!

05.13.06

Stand Up!

The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be
to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore,
my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work
of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. - 1
Corinthians 15:56-58.

John Kasich a former nine-term congressman, and television host has written
a new book called: "Stand for Something - The Battle for America's Soul." I
heard John talking about this on Fox News this morning. He thinks this is
the problem with our country that few are standing for anything. But some
are. On the one hand, you have people like Pat Tillman who gave up a career,
fame and riches of professional football to join the Army Rangers. We know
that tragically he died in Afghanistan. On the other hand you have some
people in the sports world who will take steroids or other banned substances
and lie about it to reach the top of their profession.

This is a battle of good versus evil. A battle of the moral versus the
immoral. A battle for lives of hard honest work against instant
gratification by whatever means necessary. John Kasich says we who make up
this country need to stand for something or this country is going down the
tubes. I think what we need to stand for is.Jesus. And that's exactly what
the apostle Paul tells us that we need to do in 1 Corinthians 15:58,
"Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give
yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor
in the Lord is not in vain." "Stand firm."

Tomorrow is Mother's Day in the United States and you may not think this a
Mother's Day devotional but it is. This is a Mother's Day devotional, a
Father's Day devotional, an Uncle and Aunt devotional, an how-to-be an
American Patriot (or a patriot in your country) devotional all rolled into
one. Because you cannot be a good mother, or father, or uncle, or aunt, or a
Patriot, or a good son, or daughter unless you stand for something and that
something you need to stand for is a person whose name is Jesus Christ.

Consider for a moment the word, "stand." What does this mean? Here are some
definitions that I found:

"to be in an upright position, or put something in an upright position."

"to remain in a particular place without moving."

"to resist or bear something without being harmed or damaged."

"an opinion that somebody has or an attitude that somebody adopts."

The way Paul uses the word "stand" could include all of those definitions.
However, it is in the military sense of the word that Paul is urging us to
"stand firm." Here are two of the definitions of the military use of the
word, "stand": "a halt made, especially by a force that has been retreating,
to give battle (As in Custer's last stand.)." Also, "to fight resolutely or
give battle, often after having been in retreat."

Do you hear what Paul is saying? He is saying to the Corinthians and to us.
"Stop the retreat!" "Stop giving in to what this world wants!" "Stop giving
in to what the devil wants!" "Stop giving in to the instant gratification,
whatever feels good do it philosophy of life!" "Stop it!" "Stand up, and
fight!" "Stand up, and fight for what is right, and good!" ".because you
know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain (1 Corinthians 15:58c)."

When you fight, when you stand up for the Lord Jesus your efforts, your
witness, your sacrifices are not wasted. They are never in vain and they
will be remembered for eternity.

You can make a difference with your life but to do so you are going to have
stand up for Jesus. Will you?

Copyright © 2006. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. 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.

PRAYER REQUEST: Dear Friends, I am going to have a minor surgery next week
to remove a couple of polyps from my vocal cord. I have been having some
problems speaking for over a year and it has gotten worse. Hopefully and
prayerfully this surgery will solve the problem. Thank you for your prayers
and faithfulness!! Ed Wrather.

VOLUNTEERS WANTED: There is an ongoing project of moving material from the
old website to the new website but it is time consuming. I have devotionals
from April 2002 forward on the new site but still there are a few hundred
devotionals that need to be moved. On the old site everything is in plain
bold text. However, on the new site it is possible to easily add color,
italics, underlining, highlighting and more. It is possible to do all of
that on your email client and I do that with new devotionals I write for the
html devotional group. You can also easily add the colors etc with a word
processing program.

If you would like to help with the project either email the devotionals to
me as you update them in your email client or attach the file from your word
processor and email to wrather@dobsonteleco.com. Please also write a one to
three sentence summary of the devotional and the topic you think the
devotional should be placed under. If you see mistakes please note them.
Then I can easily add the updated devotionals to the new site. The
devotionals are located at the old site in the archives at
http://www.theburningbush.org/33.html At the bottom of the page are the links to
additional pages containing the old devotionals. The next devotional to be
added was written by my son, The Still Small Voice, 03.11.02. You can look
at the devotionals on the new site at http://www.theburningbush.net and see
examples of how I've updated the old devotionals.

The Crossmap Christian Search and Portal is a wonderful resource. I would
like to encourage you to visit this great site at http://www.crossmap.com. Crossmap
has added the Burning Bush Devotionals to their site. You may visit
Crossmap's sister website, the online version of the Christian Post at
http://www.christianpost.com.

If you have a Christian website you are invited to add the link to my free
links at the Burning Bush website. The Bravenet free links is near the
bottom of the front page http://www.theburningbush.org.

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may
subscribe by sending a blank email to
burningbushdevo-subscribe@welovegod.org

Streaming Videos of our services including my sermons are posted at:
http://www.theburningbush.org/fbcswvideo.html

There is now a webpage available at associate.com where the devotionals are
archived associate.com/groups/burningbushdevo. There is a complete
archive at the Burning Bush website and the address for the archive is
http://www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

You may subscribe to the pure text group by sending a blank email to
burningbushdevo-subscribe@welovegod.org and you can unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushdevo-unsubscribe@welovegod.org

You may subscribe to the html text group by sending a blank email to
burningbushhtml-subscribe@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-unsubscribe@welovegod.org

Subscribe to the Burning Bush Prayer Group. Send and receive prayer requests
to over 400 members. Send a blank email to: BBPG-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Subscribe to the Burning Bush Inspirational Group. Send and receive
inspirational material to over 100 members. Send a blank email to:
bbinspire-subscribe@welovegod.org

Subscribe to the Burning Bush Restoration and Recovery Group for those with
addictions or recovering from addictions. Receive devotionals and
inspirational material directed toward those with addictions. Send and
receive prayer requests. Over 200 members. Send a blank email to:
tbbrr-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Subscribe to the Intercede Life Group and pray for and help in practical
ways those who need help. To subscribe send a blank email to
interclife-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.