BBD 07.16.14 Do It Yourself (New)

#1 · July 16, 2014, 12:30 pm

Quote from Forum Archives on July 16, 2014, 12:30 pm
Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

If for
some reason you do not receive your email version of the devotional please
check the Burning Bush website at www.theburningbush.net for the “Devotional of the Day”
and read the devotional there.

The Burning
Bush Devotional

07.16.14

Do It
Yourself

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. - 1 John 1:9 NKJV.

Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh is weak. - Matthew 26:41 NKJV.

Jacob
Rogers of Smyrna, Georgia was the victim of a hit-and-run driver. Thankfully, his
injuries were minor as the vehicle struck the left side of the bike injuring
his left foot and damaging the left pedal. One of the witnesses called 911 and the
police arrived at the scene of the accident soon afterwards. Jacob was advised by
the police that it would likely be one or two days before a detective could be
assigned to investigate the hit-and-run accident.

Jacob decided to perform
his own accident investigation because he says, “I
was not so much upset about the accident because accidents happen. I was upset
that she pushed her way through and it was a hit and run.” Knowing the
vehicle had driven out of the entrance to an apartment complex, the next day
Jacob began a search for the silver Volkswagen. The first silver Volkswagen found
by Jacob was the one involved in the accident. In the grill of the vehicle was
stuck part of the pedal that had been broken off of Jacob’s bike in the
accident. Jacob contacted the police and 20-year-old Pablynne Silva was arrested
for a misdemeanor hit and run offense. She could face up to one year in jail
and a $1000 fine. (USA Today, Maxnews, WXIA-TV Atlanta and other news venues
07.16.14)

There
are some things in the Christian life that you have to do yourself as in you
cannot have another person do it for you. For example, another person cannot
confess your sins and expect that you will receive forgiveness for their
confession. If you want your sins forgiven you must confess those sins in a
state of repentance yourself. Another thing that another cannot do for you is
to be baptized. Now someone else can be baptized for you, but it will have no
meaning. You, yourself will have to be baptized if you want to be obedient to
God. Partaking of the Lord’s Supper is another thing that someone else cannot
do for you. You will have to partake of the Lord’s Supper yourself for it to
have meaning in your life.

There
are other things in the Christian life that others can do for you, but you are
the one primarily responsible for doing them. Prayer is an example. Jesus tells
His disciples, “Watch and pray, lest YOU enter into
temptation.” We know that Jesus Himself was praying for His disciples,
but the disciples themselves still are told to pray for themselves. Philippians 4:6 says, “Be
anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with
thanksgiving, let YOUR requests be made known to God.” “Let YOUR requests be made known” makes it clear that
you should be praying personally about everything in your life that makes you “anxious.” Even though, your pastor or other prayer
warriors are praying about situations in your life that does not mean that you
are not to pray yourself.

Studying
God’s Word is something you must also do yourself (2
Timothy 3:16), however you can benefit from others who have studied the
Scriptures, through their sermons, and writings. Others can witness to your
relatives and friends, but this does not remove the primary responsibility for
sharing the Gospel with them from you (Matthew
28:18-20; Acts 1:8). Jesus tells us that the harvest is plentiful, but
the workers are few (Matthew 9:37-38). Maybe the
workers are few because we expect others to do what we should be doing
ourselves? Sometimes you have to do it yourself.

Copyright © 2014. 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 these first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

www.theburningbush.net

www.theburningbush.org

The .org
Burning Bush website

is being updated.

The Burning Bush websites have
received visits from more than 170 countries. Celebrating 15 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 14,000 subscribers across the
world.

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

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top left hand corner of all of the pages.

Prayer Warriors Wanted! Please join the
Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998. Send prayer requests and
receive prayer requests. To join send an
email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Ed Wrather has retired from
pastoring full-time and has more time to pursue other ministry opportunities.
You can make contact at edwrather@yahoo.com or theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

Prayer Requests: Please pray for
the situation Iraq and Syria. Please pray
for the return of the Nigerian school girls. Please pray for Debby
Burroughs who had stage IV cancer which started out in her colon and
metastasized to her liver. She is very ill after surgery and surely needs the
prayers of many to survive and for her lungs to recover. I want to encourage
you to pray for Debby and to ask others to pray for her as well. Thank you!!! (Debby
is improving, please continue to pray…) Here is Debby’s facebook support page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Debby-Burroughs-Support-Page/197118363821211 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.).

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.

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

Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

If for
some reason you do not receive your email version of the devotional please
check the Burning Bush website at http://www.theburningbush.net for the “Devotional of the Day”
and read the devotional there.

The Burning
Bush Devotional

07.16.14

Do It
Yourself

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. - 1 John 1:9 NKJV.

Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh is weak. - Matthew 26:41 NKJV.

Jacob
Rogers of Smyrna, Georgia was the victim of a hit-and-run driver. Thankfully, his
injuries were minor as the vehicle struck the left side of the bike injuring
his left foot and damaging the left pedal. One of the witnesses called 911 and the
police arrived at the scene of the accident soon afterwards. Jacob was advised by
the police that it would likely be one or two days before a detective could be
assigned to investigate the hit-and-run accident.

Jacob decided to perform
his own accident investigation because he says, “I
was not so much upset about the accident because accidents happen. I was upset
that she pushed her way through and it was a hit and run.” Knowing the
vehicle had driven out of the entrance to an apartment complex, the next day
Jacob began a search for the silver Volkswagen. The first silver Volkswagen found
by Jacob was the one involved in the accident. In the grill of the vehicle was
stuck part of the pedal that had been broken off of Jacob’s bike in the
accident. Jacob contacted the police and 20-year-old Pablynne Silva was arrested
for a misdemeanor hit and run offense. She could face up to one year in jail
and a $1000 fine. (USA Today, Maxnews, WXIA-TV Atlanta and other news venues
07.16.14)

There
are some things in the Christian life that you have to do yourself as in you
cannot have another person do it for you. For example, another person cannot
confess your sins and expect that you will receive forgiveness for their
confession. If you want your sins forgiven you must confess those sins in a
state of repentance yourself. Another thing that another cannot do for you is
to be baptized. Now someone else can be baptized for you, but it will have no
meaning. You, yourself will have to be baptized if you want to be obedient to
God. Partaking of the Lord’s Supper is another thing that someone else cannot
do for you. You will have to partake of the Lord’s Supper yourself for it to
have meaning in your life.

There
are other things in the Christian life that others can do for you, but you are
the one primarily responsible for doing them. Prayer is an example. Jesus tells
His disciples, “Watch and pray, lest YOU enter into
temptation.” We know that Jesus Himself was praying for His disciples,
but the disciples themselves still are told to pray for themselves. Philippians 4:6 says, “Be
anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with
thanksgiving, let YOUR requests be made known to God.” “Let YOUR requests be made known” makes it clear that
you should be praying personally about everything in your life that makes you “anxious.” Even though, your pastor or other prayer
warriors are praying about situations in your life that does not mean that you
are not to pray yourself.

Studying
God’s Word is something you must also do yourself (2
Timothy 3:16), however you can benefit from others who have studied the
Scriptures, through their sermons, and writings. Others can witness to your
relatives and friends, but this does not remove the primary responsibility for
sharing the Gospel with them from you (Matthew
28:18-20; Acts 1:8). Jesus tells us that the harvest is plentiful, but
the workers are few (Matthew 9:37-38). Maybe the
workers are few because we expect others to do what we should be doing
ourselves? Sometimes you have to do it yourself.

Copyright © 2014. 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 these first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The .org
Burning Bush website

is being updated.

The Burning Bush websites have
received visits from more than 170 countries. Celebrating 15 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 14,000 subscribers across the
world.

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 left hand corner of all of the pages.

Prayer Warriors Wanted! Please join the
Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998. Send prayer requests and
receive prayer requests. To join send an
email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Ed Wrather has retired from
pastoring full-time and has more time to pursue other ministry opportunities.
You can make contact at edwrather@yahoo.com or theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

Prayer Requests: Please pray for
the situation Iraq and Syria. Please pray
for the return of the Nigerian school girls. Please pray for Debby
Burroughs who had stage IV cancer which started out in her colon and
metastasized to her liver. She is very ill after surgery and surely needs the
prayers of many to survive and for her lungs to recover. I want to encourage
you to pray for Debby and to ask others to pray for her as well. Thank you!!! (Debby
is improving, please continue to pray…) Here is Debby’s facebook support page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Debby-Burroughs-Support-Page/197118363821211 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.).

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.

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