BBD 07.15.10 In His Image (New)

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07.15.10

In His Image

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him;
male and female He created them. - Genesis 1:27.

Ronald Norcliffe has farmed for 30 years in West Yorkshire, England and
thought that he had always taken good care of his farm animals. However,
when Environmental Health Department inspectors checked out his farm in
2008, they believed that Norcliffe was mistreating his farm animals, which
consisted of a cow and a calf. What horrendous nefarious thing had Norcliffe
done? He had failed in meeting the psychological needs of the cow and the
calf. How had he done that? He did not provide adequate lighting in his barn
for the animals. Norcliffe said that he had always lived fine without having
electricity in his own house and his attorney said, "I still have no idea
how much lighting is appropriate for a cow." I don't either!

God is concerned about cattle as seen in Jonah 4:11 and for all animals upon
this earth. God is concerned about the mistreatment of animals as we see in
the incident with Balaam and his donkey in Numbers 22:22-33. God is also
concerned about everything on this planet and beyond because He made it all.
However, God is more concerned about Homo sapiens because mankind is made in
the image of God Himself. In Genesis 1:27 we are told, "So God created man
in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He
created them."

God is so concerned about mankind that Jesus left the glories of Heaven to
descend to this Earth where He suffered and died on the cross for our sins.
Jesus did not die for the animals, the birds, the fish, or the plants; He
died for those created in His image. Every person that has ever been born or
will be born is of immense value to God. You are of great importance to God.

Once we know Jesus as our Savior having been born again, the Holy Spirit
lives within us and our bodies become the temple of the Holy Spirit as 1
Corinthians 3:16-17 says, "Do you not know that you are the temple of God
and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of
God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you
are." It is therefore, our responsibility to care for God's creation and His
temple, which is our body.

I will confess that I have not always taken the best care of my body.
However, once I comprehended how seriously God views the care of His
creation, and temple it has made me be more careful in what I put into this
body, what I do with this body, and what I do to this body of mine. However,
in my own strength I am unable to provide perfect care for my body. Just
like so many other things in the Christian life I need God's help; I need
His strength to take care of my body. We need to ask God for His help,
strength, and wisdom to care for our bodies.

I could give you a list of all the things that I think are harmful to the
body but I think that you know most of those things. Of course we should not
abuse alcohol and drugs, or have sex outside of marriage. They harm the
body. Of course, we should not over eat, or eat foods that we know are
harmful to our bodies. There are other things that we need to think very
carefully about before we do them to our bodies, and you know what they are.

Let us always seek to please our God in the way that we care for our bodies
and for all of His creation.

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.

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If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may
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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/

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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 680 new subscribers since January 1, 2010!!
There were 1367 new subscribers during 2009!!

07.15.10

In His Image

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him;
male and female He created them. - Genesis 1:27.

Ronald Norcliffe has farmed for 30 years in West Yorkshire, England and
thought that he had always taken good care of his farm animals. However,
when Environmental Health Department inspectors checked out his farm in
2008, they believed that Norcliffe was mistreating his farm animals, which
consisted of a cow and a calf. What horrendous nefarious thing had Norcliffe
done? He had failed in meeting the psychological needs of the cow and the
calf. How had he done that? He did not provide adequate lighting in his barn
for the animals. Norcliffe said that he had always lived fine without having
electricity in his own house and his attorney said, "I still have no idea
how much lighting is appropriate for a cow." I don't either!

God is concerned about cattle as seen in Jonah 4:11 and for all animals upon
this earth. God is concerned about the mistreatment of animals as we see in
the incident with Balaam and his donkey in Numbers 22:22-33. God is also
concerned about everything on this planet and beyond because He made it all.
However, God is more concerned about Homo sapiens because mankind is made in
the image of God Himself. In Genesis 1:27 we are told, "So God created man
in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He
created them."

God is so concerned about mankind that Jesus left the glories of Heaven to
descend to this Earth where He suffered and died on the cross for our sins.
Jesus did not die for the animals, the birds, the fish, or the plants; He
died for those created in His image. Every person that has ever been born or
will be born is of immense value to God. You are of great importance to God.

Once we know Jesus as our Savior having been born again, the Holy Spirit
lives within us and our bodies become the temple of the Holy Spirit as 1
Corinthians 3:16-17 says, "Do you not know that you are the temple of God
and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of
God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you
are." It is therefore, our responsibility to care for God's creation and His
temple, which is our body.

I will confess that I have not always taken the best care of my body.
However, once I comprehended how seriously God views the care of His
creation, and temple it has made me be more careful in what I put into this
body, what I do with this body, and what I do to this body of mine. However,
in my own strength I am unable to provide perfect care for my body. Just
like so many other things in the Christian life I need God's help; I need
His strength to take care of my body. We need to ask God for His help,
strength, and wisdom to care for our bodies.

I could give you a list of all the things that I think are harmful to the
body but I think that you know most of those things. Of course we should not
abuse alcohol and drugs, or have sex outside of marriage. They harm the
body. Of course, we should not over eat, or eat foods that we know are
harmful to our bodies. There are other things that we need to think very
carefully about before we do them to our bodies, and you know what they are.

Let us always seek to please our God in the way that we care for our bodies
and for all of His creation.

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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