BBD 06.14.16 Doing the Right Thing (New)

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Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1754^th

Burning Bush Devotional

14 June 2016

Doing the Right Thing

Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the
flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the
flesh has ceased from sin, that he no longer should
live the rest of his time in
the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. For we have spent enough of our past lifetime
in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts,
drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries. - 1 Peter 4:1-3 NKJV.

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.

Five
elementary school children are heroes in West Fargo, North Dakota. The kids
were having a fun day with a water-gun fight armed with super soakers when they
saw a fire on an apartment’s deck. These heroes immediately took action,
letting the resident of the apartment know about the fire, who was unable to
leave because of being on oxygen. The five children then began dousing the fire
with their super soaker water guns. By the time the fire department arrived they
had reduced the fire to just a smoldering mess. The West Fargo Fire Chief Daniel
Fuller believes the kids saved the building from extensive damage and likely
saved the life of the person living in the apartment. (Inforum 05.31.16)

Doing the right thing at the right time has always been a
difference maker. Esther immediately comes to mind (Esther
4) as her Uncle Mordecai says to Esther, “who
knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Through Esther’s courageous action her people
escaped extermination. The shepherd boy David saw the giant Goliath taunting
the Hebrew army and could have kept on herding his father’s sheep. Instead,
David faced death at the hands of the giant with only his slingshot and was
victorious empowered by His God. Daniel and his friends faced death more than
once by doing the right thing. They refused the king’s rich food, they refused
to bow to idols, and God protected and blessed them. So, many of the heroes of
the Bible are heroes of the faith; because they did the right thing at the
right time, risking their lives to do so.

How can we have the courage to do the right thing at the
right time? The apostle Peter tells us in 1 Peter 4:1, “Therefore,
since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same
mind….” To do the right thing at the right time we must arm ourselves
with the mind of Christ. How do we do that? To know what someone’s mind is
like, so much so that we act as they would act, we have to spend time with
them. To have the mind of Christ, we must spend time with Him through prayer,
reading His Word, spending time with His people, and by following Him (Luke 9:23). Do you have the mind of 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

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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
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sister), 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.
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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1754^th

Burning Bush Devotional

14 June 2016

Doing the Right Thing

Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the
flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the
flesh has ceased from sin, that he no longer should
live the rest of his time in
the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. For we have spent enough of our past lifetime
in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts,
drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries. - 1 Peter 4:1-3 NKJV.

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.

Five
elementary school children are heroes in West Fargo, North Dakota. The kids
were having a fun day with a water-gun fight armed with super soakers when they
saw a fire on an apartment’s deck. These heroes immediately took action,
letting the resident of the apartment know about the fire, who was unable to
leave because of being on oxygen. The five children then began dousing the fire
with their super soaker water guns. By the time the fire department arrived they
had reduced the fire to just a smoldering mess. The West Fargo Fire Chief Daniel
Fuller believes the kids saved the building from extensive damage and likely
saved the life of the person living in the apartment. (Inforum 05.31.16)

Doing the right thing at the right time has always been a
difference maker. Esther immediately comes to mind (Esther
4) as her Uncle Mordecai says to Esther, “who
knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Through Esther’s courageous action her people
escaped extermination. The shepherd boy David saw the giant Goliath taunting
the Hebrew army and could have kept on herding his father’s sheep. Instead,
David faced death at the hands of the giant with only his slingshot and was
victorious empowered by His God. Daniel and his friends faced death more than
once by doing the right thing. They refused the king’s rich food, they refused
to bow to idols, and God protected and blessed them. So, many of the heroes of
the Bible are heroes of the faith; because they did the right thing at the
right time, risking their lives to do so.

How can we have the courage to do the right thing at the
right time? The apostle Peter tells us in 1 Peter 4:1, “Therefore,
since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same
mind….” To do the right thing at the right time we must arm ourselves
with the mind of Christ. How do we do that? To know what someone’s mind is
like, so much so that we act as they would act, we have to spend time with
them. To have the mind of Christ, we must spend time with Him through prayer,
reading His Word, spending time with His people, and by following Him (Luke 9:23). Do you have the mind of 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 add Loretta Brewer to your prayer lists as she is having trouble
recovering from knee replacement surgery. Please
continue to pray for McCoy Greer, Michelle Abetz, Shane Hall, Brad, Reta (my
sister), 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
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