BBD 10.12.10 Jesus Wants You! (New)

#1 · October 12, 2010, 6:45 pm

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There were 1367 new subscribers during 2009!!

10.12.10

Jesus Wants You!

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens
the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. -
Revelation 3:20.

No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will
raise him up at the last day. - John 6:44.

Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there
is no other. - Isaiah 45:22.

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but
is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all
should come to repentance. - 2 Peter 3:9.

Selma Elmore now knows that she is wanted. She knows for sure because she
waved a police officer over in a suburban area of Cincinnati, and asked if
there were any warrants for her. Most of us never have to worry about
whether we have a warrant out for us or not, but some people do. While I was
a parole officer, I would have clients come to my office for their monthly
report, and I would arrest them because of an outstanding warrant. The most
common reasons would be for failure to appear, failure to pay a fine for
Driving Under Suspension (or some other fine), and failure to comply with a
rule of their probation or parole. Since my office was inside of a police
station, I would open up a door to the lobby and invite them to enter
directly into the booking area. It was very secure, and there was no place
to run. However, it did cause some clients to miss their reporting dates
when they thought that they might have a warrant out for them.

Selma Elmore, after finding out that there was an outstanding warrant for
her arrest for failure to pay a fine related to a drug conviction, tried to
escape. She was captured, and now not only has a fine to pay, but also has
an additional charge of Resisting Arrest. (This story was reported in the
Cincinnati Enquirer.)

We may not know whether or not we are wanted by the police unless we ask;
however, we need have no doubt about our being wanted by God. God wants you!
Have no doubt about that! The Holy Spirit is wooing, witnessing to the heart
of every person (John 6:44; Revelation 3:20) of how God wants them. Some
reject that witness but their rejection makes it no less real.

It is not God's will that anyone should perish (2 Peter 3:9), and that is
why Jesus suffered and died on the cross as the "once for all" sacrifice
(John 3:16; Hebrews 7:27). If you have ever wondered whether you were loved,
or whether anyone wanted you - wonder no more! God wants you! God loves you!
All of the Bible closes out with one more great invitation, one last plea
with these words, "And the Spirit and the bride say, 'Come!' And let him who
hears say, 'Come!' And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him
take the water of life freely (Revelation 22:17)."

Jesus is knocking at the door of your heart, and He wants to come in. Don't
make Him keep standing out there, open up the door of your heart and invite
Him to come in. Ask Him to forgive you of your sins and be your Savior and
Lord. Jesus will do it, because He wants you!

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 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
www.kkbifm.com/

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here
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-join@welovegod.org

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

The Burning Bush Devotional
Welcome to the 2325 new subscribers since January 1, 2010!!
There were 1367 new subscribers during 2009!!

10.12.10

Jesus Wants You!

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens
the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. -
Revelation 3:20.

No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will
raise him up at the last day. - John 6:44.

Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there
is no other. - Isaiah 45:22.

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but
is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all
should come to repentance. - 2 Peter 3:9.

Selma Elmore now knows that she is wanted. She knows for sure because she
waved a police officer over in a suburban area of Cincinnati, and asked if
there were any warrants for her. Most of us never have to worry about
whether we have a warrant out for us or not, but some people do. While I was
a parole officer, I would have clients come to my office for their monthly
report, and I would arrest them because of an outstanding warrant. The most
common reasons would be for failure to appear, failure to pay a fine for
Driving Under Suspension (or some other fine), and failure to comply with a
rule of their probation or parole. Since my office was inside of a police
station, I would open up a door to the lobby and invite them to enter
directly into the booking area. It was very secure, and there was no place
to run. However, it did cause some clients to miss their reporting dates
when they thought that they might have a warrant out for them.

Selma Elmore, after finding out that there was an outstanding warrant for
her arrest for failure to pay a fine related to a drug conviction, tried to
escape. She was captured, and now not only has a fine to pay, but also has
an additional charge of Resisting Arrest. (This story was reported in the
Cincinnati Enquirer.)

We may not know whether or not we are wanted by the police unless we ask;
however, we need have no doubt about our being wanted by God. God wants you!
Have no doubt about that! The Holy Spirit is wooing, witnessing to the heart
of every person (John 6:44; Revelation 3:20) of how God wants them. Some
reject that witness but their rejection makes it no less real.

It is not God's will that anyone should perish (2 Peter 3:9), and that is
why Jesus suffered and died on the cross as the "once for all" sacrifice
(John 3:16; Hebrews 7:27). If you have ever wondered whether you were loved,
or whether anyone wanted you - wonder no more! God wants you! God loves you!
All of the Bible closes out with one more great invitation, one last plea
with these words, "And the Spirit and the bride say, 'Come!' And let him who
hears say, 'Come!' And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him
take the water of life freely (Revelation 22:17)."

Jesus is knocking at the door of your heart, and He wants to come in. Don't
make Him keep standing out there, open up the door of your heart and invite
Him to come in. Ask Him to forgive you of your sins and be your Savior and
Lord. Jesus will do it, because He wants you!

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.