BBD 07.16.10 People do the Strangest Things (New)

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07.16.10

People do the Strangest Things

How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.
With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your
commandments! Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin
against You. Blessed are You, O LORD! Teach me Your statutes. - Psalm
119:9-12.

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good
work. - 2 Timothy 3:16-17.

In Yukon, Oklahoma, a man has been booked into jail and charged with
second-degree burglary. What was it that Tyler Challis stole that was worth
the risk of committing a felony? Apparently, it was for two quarters and a
nickel, just 55 cents, that he risked his freedom by breaking into a car at
an apartment.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, Michael Hankins' pickup truck was stolen, and he did
what anyone would do.no, maybe only he and Tyler Challis would do something
like this. He called 911 and not only reported his pickup stolen but also
said that it had been stolen with his 6-year-old daughter still inside. It
was true, except for the daughter being abducted thing. His daughter was
safe; he said he lied about it so there would be a faster response by the
police. Hankins was arrested and charged with falsely causing activation of
an Amber Alert. No news about the stolen truck, but if you are in jail you
don't need a truck anyway do you?

People continually do the strangest things, and often they are referred to
as being dumb criminals or worse. However, many people do some things that
they regret, and they know are wrong, even if they have broken no laws. Is
there any hope for Tyler Challis and Michael Hankins? Will they continue to
do more of the same in the future? Unless they have a moral grounding, a
moral anchor, it is very likely that we have not heard the last news report
about them.

The Word of God is an anchor for the moral character of everyone that takes
advantage of it. As Paul says to Timothy, "All Scripture.is profitable.for
instruction in righteousness." The Word of God will help you to learn to act
right, and speak right. Paul also says that "All Scripture.is profitable.for
reproof, for correction." When you have the Word of God within you it will
correct you when you begin to act strangely human like Tyler and Michael.
God's Word is like an anchor that can keep you from floating away from where
you belong.

How can words on a page of a book help you to live right? Because the Words
in the Bible are alive "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God.." No
other book can do what the Bible can do for your life because only the words
contained in the Bible are the living Words of God. The apostle John writes,
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and
without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life
was the light of men (John 1:1-4). John makes it clear who he is talking
about in John 1:14, "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we
beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of
grace and truth."

When you begin to act strangely like a human, instead of going to jail, or
wrecking your life in some other way; try something different for a change.
That dusty old book, you know the one, that Bible.get it down, open it up
and begin to read. It might just change your life, and it could, even keep
you out of jail.

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:
connect.tangle.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/

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

07.16.10

People do the Strangest Things

How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.
With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your
commandments! Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin
against You. Blessed are You, O LORD! Teach me Your statutes. - Psalm
119:9-12.

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good
work. - 2 Timothy 3:16-17.

In Yukon, Oklahoma, a man has been booked into jail and charged with
second-degree burglary. What was it that Tyler Challis stole that was worth
the risk of committing a felony? Apparently, it was for two quarters and a
nickel, just 55 cents, that he risked his freedom by breaking into a car at
an apartment.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, Michael Hankins' pickup truck was stolen, and he did
what anyone would do.no, maybe only he and Tyler Challis would do something
like this. He called 911 and not only reported his pickup stolen but also
said that it had been stolen with his 6-year-old daughter still inside. It
was true, except for the daughter being abducted thing. His daughter was
safe; he said he lied about it so there would be a faster response by the
police. Hankins was arrested and charged with falsely causing activation of
an Amber Alert. No news about the stolen truck, but if you are in jail you
don't need a truck anyway do you?

People continually do the strangest things, and often they are referred to
as being dumb criminals or worse. However, many people do some things that
they regret, and they know are wrong, even if they have broken no laws. Is
there any hope for Tyler Challis and Michael Hankins? Will they continue to
do more of the same in the future? Unless they have a moral grounding, a
moral anchor, it is very likely that we have not heard the last news report
about them.

The Word of God is an anchor for the moral character of everyone that takes
advantage of it. As Paul says to Timothy, "All Scripture.is profitable.for
instruction in righteousness." The Word of God will help you to learn to act
right, and speak right. Paul also says that "All Scripture.is profitable.for
reproof, for correction." When you have the Word of God within you it will
correct you when you begin to act strangely human like Tyler and Michael.
God's Word is like an anchor that can keep you from floating away from where
you belong.

How can words on a page of a book help you to live right? Because the Words
in the Bible are alive "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God.." No
other book can do what the Bible can do for your life because only the words
contained in the Bible are the living Words of God. The apostle John writes,
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and
without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life
was the light of men (John 1:1-4). John makes it clear who he is talking
about in John 1:14, "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we
beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of
grace and truth."

When you begin to act strangely like a human, instead of going to jail, or
wrecking your life in some other way; try something different for a change.
That dusty old book, you know the one, that Bible.get it down, open it up
and begin to read. It might just change your life, and it could, even keep
you out of jail.

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:
connect.tangle.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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