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#1 · August 27, 2010, 10:15 am

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08.27.10

Money

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy
and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break
in and steal. - Matthew 6:19-20.

On his death bed, Ban Jing's father revealed a secret that he had buried
$31,000 dollars ($20,000 pounds) in their garden. Ban Jing says, "I ran out
there and dug it up, but it had been shredded by a mouse for a nest, it was
damp and moldy - a real mess." Thankfully, a bank has agreed to help Ban
with the situation and try to put the pieces together if he will open an
account with them. The bank has been trying to put the pieces together and
has put about 2,000 of the notes back together, but they have a long way to
go.

Do you have a good place to store your money? How about the stock market?
Well, if you had money there you have lost some of it by now. How about
banks? In the United States, we have guarantees from the government that our
money is safe up to a certain amount. Sometimes though they do close banks,
and you may not immediately have access to your money. It happened to us
once. Of course, what if the government's word or guarantee is no longer
honored by other governments or anyone else? That does sometimes happen with
hyper-inflation. As we see with Ban Jing's father, hiding your money in the
garden ground is not foolproof either. When I was a boy I had 50 or 60 comic
books that might have been worth a lot now. I say might have been because
they were stored in another building on the farm and mice or rats ate holes
in them.

Jesus knows about all of our worries and how we worry about our money. He
has the foolproof place to put your money where it will always be safe.
Where is it? Store your money up in Heaven. Give your money away here on
Earth to support the Kingdom of God and that money is stored up in Heaven.
The suggested amount of your income or increase to give is ten percent but
that is just the starting point.

When I was a new Christian I was somewhat shocked to learn about this
practice of giving money to God through the church. I was okay with giving
five or ten dollars but 50 dollars or 100 dollars? Let's get real here! It
took a while for me to realize that I was never able to out give God. I
could live and still can live better on 90% of my income than on 100% of it.
Because God will always bless the giver of a gift that is given with the
right attitude. I have never regretted having given money to God. I do
regret having spent money in other ways.

Giving your money to the Kingdom of God is, painful, difficult, and hard?
No! Giving to the Kingdom of God is wise, obedient, a joy, and really it is
not our money because we are only stewards of the material things that we
have. All of it belongs to God. What giving of your money to God is, is an
act of worship; or at least it should be.

Listen to what Jonah says to God after he has repented in the belly of the
great fish, ".I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will
pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD (Jonah 2:9)." If we really
want to be in a right relationship with the Lord we will give as the Lord
places it upon our heart to give. However, we should remember that God loves
a "cheerful giver" as the apostle Paul says this in 2 Corinthians 9:6-7, "He
who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully
will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his
heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver."

So next Sunday or even before if you really want to worship God, and you
want your money to be really safe, give it to God.

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
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Two videos of my sermons are posted on GodTube (now Tangle) at:
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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
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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-join@welovegod.org

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

The Burning Bush Devotional
Welcome to the 1097 new subscribers since January 1, 2010!!
There were 1367 new subscribers during 2009!!

08.27.10

Money

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy
and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break
in and steal. - Matthew 6:19-20.

On his death bed, Ban Jing's father revealed a secret that he had buried
$31,000 dollars ($20,000 pounds) in their garden. Ban Jing says, "I ran out
there and dug it up, but it had been shredded by a mouse for a nest, it was
damp and moldy - a real mess." Thankfully, a bank has agreed to help Ban
with the situation and try to put the pieces together if he will open an
account with them. The bank has been trying to put the pieces together and
has put about 2,000 of the notes back together, but they have a long way to
go.

Do you have a good place to store your money? How about the stock market?
Well, if you had money there you have lost some of it by now. How about
banks? In the United States, we have guarantees from the government that our
money is safe up to a certain amount. Sometimes though they do close banks,
and you may not immediately have access to your money. It happened to us
once. Of course, what if the government's word or guarantee is no longer
honored by other governments or anyone else? That does sometimes happen with
hyper-inflation. As we see with Ban Jing's father, hiding your money in the
garden ground is not foolproof either. When I was a boy I had 50 or 60 comic
books that might have been worth a lot now. I say might have been because
they were stored in another building on the farm and mice or rats ate holes
in them.

Jesus knows about all of our worries and how we worry about our money. He
has the foolproof place to put your money where it will always be safe.
Where is it? Store your money up in Heaven. Give your money away here on
Earth to support the Kingdom of God and that money is stored up in Heaven.
The suggested amount of your income or increase to give is ten percent but
that is just the starting point.

When I was a new Christian I was somewhat shocked to learn about this
practice of giving money to God through the church. I was okay with giving
five or ten dollars but 50 dollars or 100 dollars? Let's get real here! It
took a while for me to realize that I was never able to out give God. I
could live and still can live better on 90% of my income than on 100% of it.
Because God will always bless the giver of a gift that is given with the
right attitude. I have never regretted having given money to God. I do
regret having spent money in other ways.

Giving your money to the Kingdom of God is, painful, difficult, and hard?
No! Giving to the Kingdom of God is wise, obedient, a joy, and really it is
not our money because we are only stewards of the material things that we
have. All of it belongs to God. What giving of your money to God is, is an
act of worship; or at least it should be.

Listen to what Jonah says to God after he has repented in the belly of the
great fish, ".I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will
pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD (Jonah 2:9)." If we really
want to be in a right relationship with the Lord we will give as the Lord
places it upon our heart to give. However, we should remember that God loves
a "cheerful giver" as the apostle Paul says this in 2 Corinthians 9:6-7, "He
who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully
will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his
heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver."

So next Sunday or even before if you really want to worship God, and you
want your money to be really safe, give it to God.

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-join@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-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group 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.

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