BBD 05.14.21 Ladies Night (Classic)

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Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

14 May 2021

No devotional was sent for 05.13.21.

Ladies Night

Wine is a
mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
- Proverbs 20:1.

Wine
makes you mean, beer makes you quarrelsome - a staggering drunk is not much
fun. - Proverbs 20:1 (The Message).

Do not
look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it swirls
around smoothly; at the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like a viper.
Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will utter perverse things. -
Proverbs 23:31-33.

In
Honolulu, the Blue Tropix Restaurant and Nightclub, used to have a "Ladies
Night." On "Ladies Night" women would
be admitted without cost to the nightclub, while men had to pay a cover charge.
However, Blue Tropix is finding it a little more expensive to provide a "Ladies
Night" than it did just a few weeks ago. The nightclub advertised
their "Ladies Night" on the radio, and someone on
the Honolulu Liquor Commission heard one of the radio spots. As a result, the
Honolulu Liquor Commission investigated, and found that there was gender
discrimination. Blue Tropix has been fined 500 dollars for their
discrimination.

While I
was a parole officer, I had several women clients who had an alcohol addiction.
One young woman I remember in particular, because she shared how on Ladies
Night at several bars she could drink as much as she wanted for free. Ladies
Night made it much more difficult for her to resist this addiction.

I for
one, would like to see Ladies Nights prohibited by using any legal avenue
possible, including gender discrimination if necessary. Proverbs 11:22 says, "As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a lovely woman who lacks
discretion." When a woman is in the grips of
alcohol, she will see the fulfillment of Proverbs 11:22 because alcohol
dulls the senses and removes "discretion" bringing about the sickening sight that verse in Proverbs describes.

Substance
abuse in any form exacts a terrible price from those in its grip. The question
is not whether a person should, or should not, continue on with such an
addiction. The question for most is, "How can I escape?" Sadly,
too many decide there is no escape, and simply continue on in their downward
slide into destruction. But there is an escape!! You can
escape from substance abuse, whether it is an alcohol addiction, or some other
substance. Jesus is the only answer, the only way of escape. You must turn to
Him, and immerse yourself in His resources as we are told in Philippians 4:19, "And my God shall supply all your need according to
His riches in glory by Christ Jesus." The
Message translates the verse in this way, "You can be sure that God will take care of everything you need, his
generosity exceeding even yours in the glory that pours from Jesus."

God
does have the power to overcome whatever addiction you may have. Will you turn
to Him, and allow Him, to provide for this need that you have in your life? He
is standing at the door knocking, and He wants to come in (Revelation 3:20). Will you open
the door?

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
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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.

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

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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

14 May 2021

No devotional was sent for 05.13.21.

Ladies Night

Wine is a
mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
- Proverbs 20:1.

Wine
makes you mean, beer makes you quarrelsome - a staggering drunk is not much
fun. - Proverbs 20:1 (The Message).

Do not
look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it swirls
around smoothly; at the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like a viper.
Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will utter perverse things. -
Proverbs 23:31-33.

In
Honolulu, the Blue Tropix Restaurant and Nightclub, used to have a "Ladies
Night." On "Ladies Night" women would
be admitted without cost to the nightclub, while men had to pay a cover charge.
However, Blue Tropix is finding it a little more expensive to provide a "Ladies
Night" than it did just a few weeks ago. The nightclub advertised
their "Ladies Night" on the radio, and someone on
the Honolulu Liquor Commission heard one of the radio spots. As a result, the
Honolulu Liquor Commission investigated, and found that there was gender
discrimination. Blue Tropix has been fined 500 dollars for their
discrimination.

While I
was a parole officer, I had several women clients who had an alcohol addiction.
One young woman I remember in particular, because she shared how on Ladies
Night at several bars she could drink as much as she wanted for free. Ladies
Night made it much more difficult for her to resist this addiction.

I for
one, would like to see Ladies Nights prohibited by using any legal avenue
possible, including gender discrimination if necessary. Proverbs 11:22 says, "As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a lovely woman who lacks
discretion." When a woman is in the grips of
alcohol, she will see the fulfillment of Proverbs 11:22 because alcohol
dulls the senses and removes "discretion" bringing about the sickening sight that verse in Proverbs describes.

Substance
abuse in any form exacts a terrible price from those in its grip. The question
is not whether a person should, or should not, continue on with such an
addiction. The question for most is, "How can I escape?" Sadly,
too many decide there is no escape, and simply continue on in their downward
slide into destruction. But there is an escape!! You can
escape from substance abuse, whether it is an alcohol addiction, or some other
substance. Jesus is the only answer, the only way of escape. You must turn to
Him, and immerse yourself in His resources as we are told in Philippians 4:19, "And my God shall supply all your need according to
His riches in glory by Christ Jesus." The
Message translates the verse in this way, "You can be sure that God will take care of everything you need, his
generosity exceeding even yours in the glory that pours from Jesus."

God
does have the power to overcome whatever addiction you may have. Will you turn
to Him, and allow Him, to provide for this need that you have in your life? He
is standing at the door knocking, and He wants to come in (Revelation 3:20). Will you open
the door?

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
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the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a blank email
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