BBD 07.01.21 Let Go of the Pain (Classic)

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Classic from 2002

The Burning Bush Devotional

01 July 2021

Let Go of the Pain

If then
you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is
sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things
on the earth…. Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth:
fornication, uncleanness, passion (sexual passion outside of marriage), evil
desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry…. But now you yourselves are to put
off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with his deeds and
have put on the new man…. - Colossians 3:1-2, 5, 7-10a.

Edward
McBride burglarized a Tulsa home and then attempted to lose the police by
jumping into the Arkansas River. However, swimming the Arkansas River was
made difficult for McBride because he was hanging onto a duffel bag containing
the 50 pounds of stolen items including cameras and CDs. Tulsa police
spokesperson Lucky Lamons said, “He got
about 40 yards out and yelled for help. The officers took off their shirts,
shoes and belts and jumped into the river. By the time they reached him, he had
gone under.” McBride wore himself out trying to swim
with the 50-pound duffel bag and then was unable to swim to safety.

There are
so many who are doing the same thing spiritually. We are wearing ourselves out
under the heavy load of the world. The apostle Paul tells us there are some
things that we need to let go of, and it is quite a list: “fornication, uncleanness, passion (sexual
passion outside of marriage), evil desire,
covetousness, anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language” and he adds “do not lie to one another.” All of these things just make it harder for us to live and makes
each step along the path of life harder to take. These things keep dragging us
further and further down. We need to let go of them before it is too late.

Not
only do we need to let go of some things we also need to take hold of some
other things. Paul says, “Therefore, as
the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility,
meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another,
if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you
also must do. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of
perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you
were called in one body; and be thankful (Colossians 3:12-15).”

If, we
let go of those things that are dragging us down, and then take hold of those
things Paul says to take hold of then we will have the peace of God ruling in
our hearts. How wonderful to be free of the anger, lies, lust, and all those
things which help to bring about depression and pain in our lives and the lives
of others around us. Let go of the pain and take hold of the peace of God!

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
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

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Classic from 2002

The Burning Bush Devotional

01 July 2021

Let Go of the Pain

If then
you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is
sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things
on the earth…. Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth:
fornication, uncleanness, passion (sexual passion outside of marriage), evil
desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry…. But now you yourselves are to put
off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with his deeds and
have put on the new man…. - Colossians 3:1-2, 5, 7-10a.

Edward
McBride burglarized a Tulsa home and then attempted to lose the police by
jumping into the Arkansas River. However, swimming the Arkansas River was
made difficult for McBride because he was hanging onto a duffel bag containing
the 50 pounds of stolen items including cameras and CDs. Tulsa police
spokesperson Lucky Lamons said, “He got
about 40 yards out and yelled for help. The officers took off their shirts,
shoes and belts and jumped into the river. By the time they reached him, he had
gone under.” McBride wore himself out trying to swim
with the 50-pound duffel bag and then was unable to swim to safety.

There are
so many who are doing the same thing spiritually. We are wearing ourselves out
under the heavy load of the world. The apostle Paul tells us there are some
things that we need to let go of, and it is quite a list: “fornication, uncleanness, passion (sexual
passion outside of marriage), evil desire,
covetousness, anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language” and he adds “do not lie to one another.” All of these things just make it harder for us to live and makes
each step along the path of life harder to take. These things keep dragging us
further and further down. We need to let go of them before it is too late.

Not
only do we need to let go of some things we also need to take hold of some
other things. Paul says, “Therefore, as
the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility,
meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another,
if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you
also must do. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of
perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you
were called in one body; and be thankful (Colossians 3:12-15).”

If, we
let go of those things that are dragging us down, and then take hold of those
things Paul says to take hold of then we will have the peace of God ruling in
our hearts. How wonderful to be free of the anger, lies, lust, and all those
things which help to bring about depression and pain in our lives and the lives
of others around us. Let go of the pain and take hold of the peace of God!

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