BBD 07.12.10 The Missed Turn (New)

#1 · July 11, 2010, 11:59 pm

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07.12.10

The Missed Turn

The apostle Paul before King Agrippa relates what Jesus said to Him in the
Heavenly vision on the road to Damascus: "I will deliver you from the Jewish
people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, to open their
eyes, in order to TURN them from darkness to light, and from the power of
Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance
among those who are sanctified by faith in Me." - Acts 26:17-18.

He who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from
evil, and his lips from speaking deceit. Let him TURN away from evil and do
good; let him seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the LORD are on the
righteous, and His ears are open to their prayers; but the face of the LORD
is against those who do evil. - 1 Peter 3:10-12

But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will
be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving,
slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors,
headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a
form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people TURN away! - 2
Timothy 3:1-5.

A driver on his way to a paintball game in Austria missed a turn.and flew 30
feet across a river slamming into a cargo ship. The car landed upside down
with the nose of the car stuck in the ship. The accident left Tom
Stockreiter and three of his friends also hanging upside down over the
river. Stockreiter said after the accident, "I just missed a left turn but
when I went straight on I saw I was going straight to the river. I slammed
on the brakes but the car skidded and just went even faster. Then we took
off and all I could see was water until we hit something. It was a lot more
exciting than a game of paintball but I wouldn't want to do it again."

A missed turn when you are driving can cause you all kinds of problems with
the possibility of physical injuries or worse. However, there are other
kinds of turns that we can miss that can be even more damaging. The Bible
tells us of some of those turns that we do not want to miss.

The number one spiritual turn to keep from missing is the turn from
"darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God." Taking this
spiritual turn will allow us to "receive forgiveness of sins and an
inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me." Have you missed
the turn? Our GPS unit on our recent trip would always recalculate the route
when we got off course. If you missed the turn, you need to recalculate the
route for your life. Turn to Jesus, ask Him to forgive you of your sins, and
invite Him to be your Savior and Lord.

Are you a liar? Do you cause pain to others because of your lies? Do you do
bad things? If so, you missed the turn! You need to turn away from evil
toward doing good. Turn now, because "the face of the LORD is against those
who do evil." But "the eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears
are open to their prayers."

The apostle Paul gives us a whole list of people in 2 Timothy and all of
these people are in the category of the "face of the LORD" being against
them. Paul says that we should turn away from people like that. If all of
your friends are on the list, and you continually have problems, it may be
that you have missed the turn.

Have you missed a spiritual turn or two in life? You need to recalculate
your course and get back on track before it is eternally too late.

Copyright © 2010. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. 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 these first devotionals was
primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison facilities
throughout the United States and Canada.

Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer
Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be
forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need
of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add me. The
devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social networks and you can
leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks
designed just for Christians, however, this is an outreach project to reach
those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me
reach out to them.

For information about how to hear my testimony in your church visit this
link: www.theburningbush.net/pages.asp?pageid=22160

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may
subscribe by sending a blank email to
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Two videos of my sermons are posted on GodTube (now Tangle) at:
www.godtube.com/Wrather

You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist
Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST
www.kkbifm.com/

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here
is the URL: www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

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Posted by: wrather <wrather@...>

Visit the Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net
http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites have received visits from more than 170 countries.
Celebrating 11 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 11,000 subscribers across the world.

Please join the Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998 and is
made up of more than 300 prayer warriors. Send prayer requests and receive
prayer requests. To join send an email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

If you love to send and receive inspirational emails the Burning Bush
Inspirational Group is for you. To join send an email to
bbinspire-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

You can now leave comments/feedback about the devotionals at
http://www.theburningbush.net.

The Burning Bush Devotional
Welcome to the 662 new subscribers since January 1, 2010!!
There were 1367 new subscribers during 2009!!

07.12.10

The Missed Turn

The apostle Paul before King Agrippa relates what Jesus said to Him in the
Heavenly vision on the road to Damascus: "I will deliver you from the Jewish
people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, to open their
eyes, in order to TURN them from darkness to light, and from the power of
Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance
among those who are sanctified by faith in Me." - Acts 26:17-18.

He who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from
evil, and his lips from speaking deceit. Let him TURN away from evil and do
good; let him seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the LORD are on the
righteous, and His ears are open to their prayers; but the face of the LORD
is against those who do evil. - 1 Peter 3:10-12

But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will
be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving,
slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors,
headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a
form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people TURN away! - 2
Timothy 3:1-5.

A driver on his way to a paintball game in Austria missed a turn.and flew 30
feet across a river slamming into a cargo ship. The car landed upside down
with the nose of the car stuck in the ship. The accident left Tom
Stockreiter and three of his friends also hanging upside down over the
river. Stockreiter said after the accident, "I just missed a left turn but
when I went straight on I saw I was going straight to the river. I slammed
on the brakes but the car skidded and just went even faster. Then we took
off and all I could see was water until we hit something. It was a lot more
exciting than a game of paintball but I wouldn't want to do it again."

A missed turn when you are driving can cause you all kinds of problems with
the possibility of physical injuries or worse. However, there are other
kinds of turns that we can miss that can be even more damaging. The Bible
tells us of some of those turns that we do not want to miss.

The number one spiritual turn to keep from missing is the turn from
"darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God." Taking this
spiritual turn will allow us to "receive forgiveness of sins and an
inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me." Have you missed
the turn? Our GPS unit on our recent trip would always recalculate the route
when we got off course. If you missed the turn, you need to recalculate the
route for your life. Turn to Jesus, ask Him to forgive you of your sins, and
invite Him to be your Savior and Lord.

Are you a liar? Do you cause pain to others because of your lies? Do you do
bad things? If so, you missed the turn! You need to turn away from evil
toward doing good. Turn now, because "the face of the LORD is against those
who do evil." But "the eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears
are open to their prayers."

The apostle Paul gives us a whole list of people in 2 Timothy and all of
these people are in the category of the "face of the LORD" being against
them. Paul says that we should turn away from people like that. If all of
your friends are on the list, and you continually have problems, it may be
that you have missed the turn.

Have you missed a spiritual turn or two in life? You need to recalculate
your course and get back on track before it is eternally too late.

Copyright © 2010. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. 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 these first devotionals was
primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison facilities
throughout the United States and Canada.

Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer
Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be
forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need
of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add me. The
devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social networks and you can
leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks
designed just for Christians, however, this is an outreach project to reach
those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me
reach out to them.

For information about how to hear my testimony in your church visit this
link: http://www.theburningbush.net/pages.asp?pageid=22160

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may
subscribe by sending a blank email to
burningbushdevo-subscribe@welovegod.org

Two videos of my sermons are posted on GodTube (now Tangle) at:
http://www.godtube.com/Wrather

You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist
Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST
http://www.kkbifm.com/

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here
is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

You can unsubscribe to the pure text version of the devotional by sending a
blank email to burningbushdevo-unsubscribe@welovegod.org and then respond to
the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group by sending a blank email to
burningbushhtml-subscribe@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-unsubscribe@welovegod.org and then respond to
the confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

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