BBD 06.08.16 Try, Try Again (Classic)

#1 · June 8, 2016, 4:04 pm

Quote from Forum Archives on June 8, 2016, 4:04 pm
Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Classic from 2009

Burning Bush Devotional

08 June 2016

Try,
Try Again

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the
power may be of God and not of us. We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not
crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken;
struck down, but not destroyed. - 2 Corinthians 4:7-9 NKJV.

>From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one. Three times I was
beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and
a day I have been in the deep; in journeys often, in perils of waters, in
perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles,
in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in
perils among false brethren; in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in
hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness - besides the other
things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches. - 2
Corinthians 11:24-28 NKJV.

In South Korea, Cha Sa-soon has failed the written driving test 775 times. She
has been trying for about four years to pass the test hoping that she will be
able to start a trucking business. Even though she is 68-years-old, and has
spent close to $7,000 on application fees, Cha is determined to continue her
quest for the truck driving license. Cha believes that she may pass the test
next time, and so she will try again, and again if necessary. (I’ve heard that
she has now passed the test.)

To be honest if I had failed the written driving test that many times I would
probably have stopped trying. Actually I would have given up long before, maybe
after ten or eleven tries. However, I will never give up on living the
Christian life. I sometimes fail miserably, and sometimes I am discouraged, but
I know that God is still God. However, I do know people who have walked away
from the Christian life. Some of them claim they do not believe in God any
more. Others say they believe in God but they no longer live like they believe.
They have given up. They have been defeated and are having fellowship with the
demons (1 Corinthians 10:19-21).

The apostle Paul could have thrown up his hands in defeat. His life did not
improve after becoming a Christian. His life rapidly went downhill with an
increasing number of problems and trials that were thrust upon him. Bad things
happened repeatedly to Paul, but he continued on. Sometimes the doors were
closed but new doors were opened. Paul never stopped believing, never stopped
living the triumphant Christian life. Paul lived his life in victory no matter
what the circumstances surrounding him may have been like.

What about you? Have you been defeated? Are you no longer living like a
believer? Will you let the devil and his demons rejoice that you are defeated?
Rise up! Stand up! Throw off the devil’s yoke! Determine in your heart that you
will live for what is right. Determine in your heart that you will live as a
believer no matter what life may send your way. Try, try again for it is the
way of victory! There will come a day when there will be no more tears, no more
pain, no more war, no more death, no more fear - until then let us fight on to
the very end, knowing that our Lord lives within us and He has won the ultimate
victory. Each step we take with the Lord is a step lived in victory. Surely,
the angels rejoice with each step forward that we take as determined victorious
believers. Try, try again and live the life of victory!

Copyright © 2009-2016. 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
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:
I’ve hurt my hip or my back from overdoing some yard work yesterday. Please
pray for God to heal whatever is wrong. Thanks! Please
continue to pray for McCoy Greer, Michelle Abetz, Shane Hall, Brad, Reta (my
sister), Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), and Jeanie (She is having trouble with her
back again.).

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
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

Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Classic from 2009

Burning Bush Devotional

08 June 2016

Try,
Try Again

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the
power may be of God and not of us. We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not
crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken;
struck down, but not destroyed. - 2 Corinthians 4:7-9 NKJV.

>From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one. Three times I was
beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and
a day I have been in the deep; in journeys often, in perils of waters, in
perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles,
in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in
perils among false brethren; in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in
hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness - besides the other
things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches. - 2
Corinthians 11:24-28 NKJV.

In South Korea, Cha Sa-soon has failed the written driving test 775 times. She
has been trying for about four years to pass the test hoping that she will be
able to start a trucking business. Even though she is 68-years-old, and has
spent close to $7,000 on application fees, Cha is determined to continue her
quest for the truck driving license. Cha believes that she may pass the test
next time, and so she will try again, and again if necessary. (I’ve heard that
she has now passed the test.)

To be honest if I had failed the written driving test that many times I would
probably have stopped trying. Actually I would have given up long before, maybe
after ten or eleven tries. However, I will never give up on living the
Christian life. I sometimes fail miserably, and sometimes I am discouraged, but
I know that God is still God. However, I do know people who have walked away
from the Christian life. Some of them claim they do not believe in God any
more. Others say they believe in God but they no longer live like they believe.
They have given up. They have been defeated and are having fellowship with the
demons (1 Corinthians 10:19-21).

The apostle Paul could have thrown up his hands in defeat. His life did not
improve after becoming a Christian. His life rapidly went downhill with an
increasing number of problems and trials that were thrust upon him. Bad things
happened repeatedly to Paul, but he continued on. Sometimes the doors were
closed but new doors were opened. Paul never stopped believing, never stopped
living the triumphant Christian life. Paul lived his life in victory no matter
what the circumstances surrounding him may have been like.

What about you? Have you been defeated? Are you no longer living like a
believer? Will you let the devil and his demons rejoice that you are defeated?
Rise up! Stand up! Throw off the devil’s yoke! Determine in your heart that you
will live for what is right. Determine in your heart that you will live as a
believer no matter what life may send your way. Try, try again for it is the
way of victory! There will come a day when there will be no more tears, no more
pain, no more war, no more death, no more fear - until then let us fight on to
the very end, knowing that our Lord lives within us and He has won the ultimate
victory. Each step we take with the Lord is a step lived in victory. Surely,
the angels rejoice with each step forward that we take as determined victorious
believers. Try, try again and live the life of victory!

Copyright © 2009-2016. 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:
I’ve hurt my hip or my back from overdoing some yard work yesterday. Please
pray for God to heal whatever is wrong. Thanks! Please
continue to pray for McCoy Greer, Michelle Abetz, Shane Hall, Brad, Reta (my
sister), Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), and Jeanie (She is having trouble with her
back again.).

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
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