BBd 08.02.13 Rescue Mission (Classic)

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Classic from 2006

08.02.13

Rescue Mission

But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying
in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy
of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And on some have compassion, making
a distinction; but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating
even the garment defiled by the flesh. - Jude 1:20-23.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one
may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether
good or bad. Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but
we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10-11.

Two Boy Scouts, Christian Nanson (11-years-old) and John
Fitzgerald (9-years-old) were on a camping trip at the Two Rivers State
Recreation Area west of Omaha, Nebraska when they saved a girl’s life.
Christian spotted something floating in the Platte River - that something
turned out to be an 18-month-old girl floating face down. Apparently, the child
had somehow gotten away from her mother upstream. The two boys were able to
reach the girl and bring her out of the river to shore. It is amazing but the
girl, Stephanie Pacheco, was still alive! After being treated for hypothermia,
she was released a couple of days later. What a joyous reunion it must have
been for the mother and child!

If you had been at the Platte River and seen the
18-month-old girl floating by would you have tried to save her? Of
course, you would! It was a very desperate situation for the young girl and
only the quick action of the two scouts saved her.

It is very obvious that an 18-month-old toddler floating
by face down in a river is in danger of drowning. However, when we look at the
lives of people floating on the streams of life that pass us by every day it is
not as easy to see those at risk of spiritual death. Their situations are even
more desperate than that of little Stephanie because if they are not rescued
they will go out into eternity to suffer not just physical death but spiritual
death. You, as a Christian are called to be ever vigilant and ever ready, to
engage in rescue missions for those lost souls floating by.

Jesus makes it clear that there is nothing wrong with the
harvest in Matthew 9:37 when He says, "The
harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few." There are plenty of lost, desperate, doomed souls
floating by you on the streams of life. There is no shortage of people that
need to be rescued. They are all around you. What there is - is a shortage of
rescuers. Why? Perhaps it is because we lack a reverence of, fear of,
and a respect for the Lord. Do we not realize that one day at the Judgment Seat
of Christ we will have to give an account for those times we have failed to
reach out to those lost souls who are floating by us? The apostle Paul says, "Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men."

C. T. Studd was a missionary to China, India, and
Africa. His most famous saying was, "Some
wish to live within the sound of Church or Chapel bell; I want to run a Rescue
Shop within a yard of hell." His life
motto was not quite as well known which was, "If Jesus Christ is God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too
great for me to make for Him." We
need to ask ourselves the same thing. If Jesus Christ is God and died for me
is there a sacrifice too great for me to make for Him? We need to launch
our lifeboat and save some of those lost souls floating by us.

Copyright © 2006-2013. 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.

Ed Wrather has retired from
pastoring full-time and has more time to pursue other ministry opportunities.
No matter what the size your church, Ed will come on a love offering basis for
a revival or to share his testimony in the continental United States. You can
make contact at edwrather@yahoo.com or WratherEd@gmail.com
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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 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.

The Burning Bush Devotional

14,000 Subscribers
to the Email Devotional

Classic from 2006

08.02.13

Rescue Mission

But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying
in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy
of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And on some have compassion, making
a distinction; but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating
even the garment defiled by the flesh. - Jude 1:20-23.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one
may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether
good or bad. Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but
we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10-11.

Two Boy Scouts, Christian Nanson (11-years-old) and John
Fitzgerald (9-years-old) were on a camping trip at the Two Rivers State
Recreation Area west of Omaha, Nebraska when they saved a girl’s life.
Christian spotted something floating in the Platte River - that something
turned out to be an 18-month-old girl floating face down. Apparently, the child
had somehow gotten away from her mother upstream. The two boys were able to
reach the girl and bring her out of the river to shore. It is amazing but the
girl, Stephanie Pacheco, was still alive! After being treated for hypothermia,
she was released a couple of days later. What a joyous reunion it must have
been for the mother and child!

If you had been at the Platte River and seen the
18-month-old girl floating by would you have tried to save her? Of
course, you would! It was a very desperate situation for the young girl and
only the quick action of the two scouts saved her.

It is very obvious that an 18-month-old toddler floating
by face down in a river is in danger of drowning. However, when we look at the
lives of people floating on the streams of life that pass us by every day it is
not as easy to see those at risk of spiritual death. Their situations are even
more desperate than that of little Stephanie because if they are not rescued
they will go out into eternity to suffer not just physical death but spiritual
death. You, as a Christian are called to be ever vigilant and ever ready, to
engage in rescue missions for those lost souls floating by.

Jesus makes it clear that there is nothing wrong with the
harvest in Matthew 9:37 when He says, "The
harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few." There are plenty of lost, desperate, doomed souls
floating by you on the streams of life. There is no shortage of people that
need to be rescued. They are all around you. What there is - is a shortage of
rescuers. Why? Perhaps it is because we lack a reverence of, fear of,
and a respect for the Lord. Do we not realize that one day at the Judgment Seat
of Christ we will have to give an account for those times we have failed to
reach out to those lost souls who are floating by us? The apostle Paul says, "Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men."

C. T. Studd was a missionary to China, India, and
Africa. His most famous saying was, "Some
wish to live within the sound of Church or Chapel bell; I want to run a Rescue
Shop within a yard of hell." His life
motto was not quite as well known which was, "If Jesus Christ is God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too
great for me to make for Him." We
need to ask ourselves the same thing. If Jesus Christ is God and died for me
is there a sacrifice too great for me to make for Him? We need to launch
our lifeboat and save some of those lost souls floating by us.

Copyright © 2006-2013. 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.

Ed Wrather has retired from
pastoring full-time and has more time to pursue other ministry opportunities.
No matter what the size your church, Ed will come on a love offering basis for
a revival or to share his testimony in the continental United States. You can
make contact at edwrather@yahoo.com or WratherEd@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.).

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

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
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You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo
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