BBD 07.07.21 Under God (Classic)

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Classic from 2002

The Burning Bush Devotional

07 July 2021

Under God

Likewise
you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be
submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for ‘God resists the
proud, but gives grace to the humble.’ Therefore humble yourselves under the
mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care
upon Him, for He cares for you. - 1 Peter 5:5-7.

This
week a federal appeals court in the United States ruled that reciting the
Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is an unconstitutional “endorsement of religion” because of the
phrase “under God” that was added
in 1954 by Congress. However, the court that made the ruling is already having
second thoughts because of the tremendous outrage expressed by the American
people, the President, legislators, and other officials. I liked what Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa said and I hope it is true, “This decision is so much out of the mainstream of
thinking of Americans and the culture and values that we hold in America, that
any Congressman that voted to take it out would be putting his tenure in
Congress in jeopardy at the next election.”

(Thankfully, the Supreme Court overturned the ruling by
the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on June 14, 2004 and the “under God” phrase remains in the Pledge of Allegiance to the
flag of the United States of America.)

“Under
God.” Only
two words but they obviously have tremendous meaning for millions of people.
Not only should our nation be “under
God” but
also hopefully every Christian should consider themselves to be under God. To
receive Jesus as our Savior we must humble ourselves to the point of
realization and acknowledgement that we cannot save ourselves. We are
therefore “under God” if we know
Jesus as our personal Savior.

As
Christians we should also be “under God” in every area of
our lives. Each day we make many decisions, do we consider God’s will, or do we
exclude Him? Are those decisions “under
God” or are they under our own personal
desires. This thought can be extended to everything in our lives from our
marriages to our careers.

Joshua
addressed this very well bringing the people to a time of decision as he
said, “And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord,
choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your
fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the
Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve
the Lord (Joshua 24:15).”

We too
have a choice to make. Will we choose to serve the One True Living God humbling
ourselves under His mighty hand or will we serve ourselves? But as for me and
my house, we will serve the Lord.

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.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
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Classic from 2002

The Burning Bush Devotional

07 July 2021

Under God

Likewise
you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be
submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for ‘God resists the
proud, but gives grace to the humble.’ Therefore humble yourselves under the
mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care
upon Him, for He cares for you. - 1 Peter 5:5-7.

This
week a federal appeals court in the United States ruled that reciting the
Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is an unconstitutional “endorsement of religion” because of the
phrase “under God” that was added
in 1954 by Congress. However, the court that made the ruling is already having
second thoughts because of the tremendous outrage expressed by the American
people, the President, legislators, and other officials. I liked what Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa said and I hope it is true, “This decision is so much out of the mainstream of
thinking of Americans and the culture and values that we hold in America, that
any Congressman that voted to take it out would be putting his tenure in
Congress in jeopardy at the next election.”

(Thankfully, the Supreme Court overturned the ruling by
the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on June 14, 2004 and the “under God” phrase remains in the Pledge of Allegiance to the
flag of the United States of America.)

“Under
God.” Only
two words but they obviously have tremendous meaning for millions of people.
Not only should our nation be “under
God” but
also hopefully every Christian should consider themselves to be under God. To
receive Jesus as our Savior we must humble ourselves to the point of
realization and acknowledgement that we cannot save ourselves. We are
therefore “under God” if we know
Jesus as our personal Savior.

As
Christians we should also be “under God” in every area of
our lives. Each day we make many decisions, do we consider God’s will, or do we
exclude Him? Are those decisions “under
God” or are they under our own personal
desires. This thought can be extended to everything in our lives from our
marriages to our careers.

Joshua
addressed this very well bringing the people to a time of decision as he
said, “And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord,
choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your
fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the
Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve
the Lord (Joshua 24:15).”

We too
have a choice to make. Will we choose to serve the One True Living God humbling
ourselves under His mighty hand or will we serve ourselves? But as for me and
my house, we will serve the Lord.

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