BBD 07.21.14 Build (New)

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The Burning
Bush Devotional

07.21.14

Build

As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve
Him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all
hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will
be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever. Consider
now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong,
and do it. - 1 Chronicles 28:9-10 NKJV.

So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace,
which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who
are sanctified. - Acts 20:32 NKJV.

For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s
building. - 1 Corinthians 3:9 NKJV.

Hu
Songwen was faced with an impossible situation, at least it would appear to be
impossible to most people. Hu experienced renal failure in 1993 and began to
receive dialysis treatments. The procedures at the time each cost $80 and in
six years all of his and his families’ savings had been exhausted. The
alternatives were stark in that he could do nothing and simply die from renal
failure or was there something else that he could do?

Hu
decided to build his own dialysis machine and build it he did. He somehow found
a textbook and using things from their kitchen and medical supplies he was able
to obtain he built it. Hu says, “As long as you
have a high school degree, understand the principle of dialysis, follow the
operational instructions and keep a close watch during the process, nothing
should go wrong.” For the past 13 years, Hu’s home built dialysis
machine has kept him alive. Instead of paying $80 for each treatment, it now
only cost him $10 per treatment, with the added benefit of not having to travel
a long distance each week. One study revealed that one in ten in China who needs
dialysis cannot afford treatment. Wow! How many lives and millions of dollars could be
saved if everyone who needed dialysis could build their own machine, and use it
in their own home? (The Telegraph; China Daily;
Southern Weekly Magazine 01.29.13)

God chose Solomon to build the Temple in the Old Testament. In the
New Testament, we know that God does not now dwell in a physical, literal
building. Instead, God has chosen to dwell through the Holy Spirit within every
“born again” believer in Jesus Christ. We are told this
in 1 Corinthians 3:16 – 17 NKJV,
“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.”

Believers
now have been given an awesome responsibility to build with God (1 Corinthians 3:9) a New Testament temple in which
the Spirit of God dwells. Your own body, your own life, is where as a believer
that God dwells. How are believers to build a New Testament temple for the
Spirit of God (1 Corinthians 3:16)? Jesus tells
us, “Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does
them, I will show you whom he is like: He is like a man building a house, who
dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock (Luke 6:47-48).” Have you
ever considered what God thinks of the temple you are building for Him? Here is the word of encouragement and commandment that God gave to Solomon and to all believers now, “be strong, and do it.”

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.

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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

07.21.14

Build

As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve
Him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all
hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will
be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever. Consider
now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong,
and do it. - 1 Chronicles 28:9-10 NKJV.

So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace,
which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who
are sanctified. - Acts 20:32 NKJV.

For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s
building. - 1 Corinthians 3:9 NKJV.

Hu
Songwen was faced with an impossible situation, at least it would appear to be
impossible to most people. Hu experienced renal failure in 1993 and began to
receive dialysis treatments. The procedures at the time each cost $80 and in
six years all of his and his families’ savings had been exhausted. The
alternatives were stark in that he could do nothing and simply die from renal
failure or was there something else that he could do?

Hu
decided to build his own dialysis machine and build it he did. He somehow found
a textbook and using things from their kitchen and medical supplies he was able
to obtain he built it. Hu says, “As long as you
have a high school degree, understand the principle of dialysis, follow the
operational instructions and keep a close watch during the process, nothing
should go wrong.” For the past 13 years, Hu’s home built dialysis
machine has kept him alive. Instead of paying $80 for each treatment, it now
only cost him $10 per treatment, with the added benefit of not having to travel
a long distance each week. One study revealed that one in ten in China who needs
dialysis cannot afford treatment. Wow! How many lives and millions of dollars could be
saved if everyone who needed dialysis could build their own machine, and use it
in their own home? (The Telegraph; China Daily;
Southern Weekly Magazine 01.29.13)

God chose Solomon to build the Temple in the Old Testament. In the
New Testament, we know that God does not now dwell in a physical, literal
building. Instead, God has chosen to dwell through the Holy Spirit within every
“born again” believer in Jesus Christ. We are told this
in 1 Corinthians 3:16 – 17 NKJV,
“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.”

Believers
now have been given an awesome responsibility to build with God (1 Corinthians 3:9) a New Testament temple in which
the Spirit of God dwells. Your own body, your own life, is where as a believer
that God dwells. How are believers to build a New Testament temple for the
Spirit of God (1 Corinthians 3:16)? Jesus tells
us, “Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does
them, I will show you whom he is like: He is like a man building a house, who
dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock (Luke 6:47-48).” Have you
ever considered what God thinks of the temple you are building for Him? Here is the word of encouragement and commandment that God gave to Solomon and to all believers now, “be strong, and do it.”

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: 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.

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