BBD 06.29.21 The Devil's Evil Schemes (Classic)

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Classic from 2002

The Burning Bush Devotional

29 June 2021

The Devil’s Evil Schemes

Finally,
my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the
whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles (evil
schemes) of the devil. - Ephesians 6:10-11.

Thailand
has under consideration the manufacturing methamphetamine pills that look like
the real thing but actually are fake and will cause headaches and vomiting. The
hope is that it will stop the abuse of drugs. Sitha Thiwaree, a member of
parliament and a former fighter pilot said, “If drug addicts take these fake pills and vomit, they
may later feel scared and not want to touch them again.” Methamphetamine abuse is considered one of the primary social
problems in Thailand. In the USA methamphetamine abuse is rampant and even in
the rural area in which I live it is a problem.

Wouldn’t
it be nice if everything that is harmful to us looked and acted its part? So many times, people begin the use of addictive substances and at
first it may very well give them some relief from reality. But over a period of
time, they will discover that those substances will result in problems far
worse than whatever reality they may have been escaping from.

A few
weeks ago, I had to take my Dad on a short trip to another town to straighten
out a situation regarding my mother’s hospice care. He insisted that we take
his car, and everything seemed fine at first. It was very hot outside and I
turned on the air conditioner, but it was several miles later when I realized
the air conditioner was not helping. In fact, by the time we arrived at our
destination we were more than hot. After our meeting and on our way home I
finally found that part of the problem was that not only did the air
conditioner not cool it was blowing out hot air! Because the air had
heated up gradually on the way we had grown accustomed to it and had no idea
that the air conditioner was blowing out hot air.

In much
the same way as we had grown accustomed to the hot air many grow accustomed to
addictions and other habits, which are harmful. At first there seems to be little
danger but then we realize we have become the prisoner of our habits and
addictions. Before you use that drug, or drink that drink, or look at that
porn, or have sex outside of marriage take a moment to think about the
long-term consequences. It may just be that it’s not worth it. It may very well
be that those things will result in your own personal degeneration and very
possibly your ultimate physical destruction.

You
don’t have to wait until someone develops a new fake drug that causes you to
vomit before you stop using. You don’t have to wait for that sexually
transmitted disease to invade your body and cause you misery for life at best
and death at worst. No, through the power of God you can say no to
all of the devil’s evil schemes and say yes to life.

Put on
the full armor of God, be strong in the power of the Lord and make your stand
against the devil.

Copyright © 1998 - 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 PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Todd
Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; 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; Bill S.; Shonda Hutson;
and Sharon H.

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 2002

The Burning Bush Devotional

29 June 2021

The Devil’s Evil Schemes

Finally,
my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the
whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles (evil
schemes) of the devil. - Ephesians 6:10-11.

Thailand
has under consideration the manufacturing methamphetamine pills that look like
the real thing but actually are fake and will cause headaches and vomiting. The
hope is that it will stop the abuse of drugs. Sitha Thiwaree, a member of
parliament and a former fighter pilot said, “If drug addicts take these fake pills and vomit, they
may later feel scared and not want to touch them again.” Methamphetamine abuse is considered one of the primary social
problems in Thailand. In the USA methamphetamine abuse is rampant and even in
the rural area in which I live it is a problem.

Wouldn’t
it be nice if everything that is harmful to us looked and acted its part? So many times, people begin the use of addictive substances and at
first it may very well give them some relief from reality. But over a period of
time, they will discover that those substances will result in problems far
worse than whatever reality they may have been escaping from.

A few
weeks ago, I had to take my Dad on a short trip to another town to straighten
out a situation regarding my mother’s hospice care. He insisted that we take
his car, and everything seemed fine at first. It was very hot outside and I
turned on the air conditioner, but it was several miles later when I realized
the air conditioner was not helping. In fact, by the time we arrived at our
destination we were more than hot. After our meeting and on our way home I
finally found that part of the problem was that not only did the air
conditioner not cool it was blowing out hot air! Because the air had
heated up gradually on the way we had grown accustomed to it and had no idea
that the air conditioner was blowing out hot air.

In much
the same way as we had grown accustomed to the hot air many grow accustomed to
addictions and other habits, which are harmful. At first there seems to be little
danger but then we realize we have become the prisoner of our habits and
addictions. Before you use that drug, or drink that drink, or look at that
porn, or have sex outside of marriage take a moment to think about the
long-term consequences. It may just be that it’s not worth it. It may very well
be that those things will result in your own personal degeneration and very
possibly your ultimate physical destruction.

You
don’t have to wait until someone develops a new fake drug that causes you to
vomit before you stop using. You don’t have to wait for that sexually
transmitted disease to invade your body and cause you misery for life at best
and death at worst. No, through the power of God you can say no to
all of the devil’s evil schemes and say yes to life.

Put on
the full armor of God, be strong in the power of the Lord and make your stand
against the devil.

Copyright © 1998 - 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 PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Todd
Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; 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; Bill S.; Shonda Hutson;
and Sharon H.

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