BBD 12.13.16 Following the Herd (Classic)

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Classic from 2009

Burning Bush Devotional

13 December 2016

Following the Herd

And what agreement has the temple
of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I
will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be
My people.” Therefore “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you. I will be a Father to
you, and you shall be My sons and daughters says the LORD Almighty.” - 2
Corinthians 6:16-17 NKJV.

Mira Loma High seniors celebrated with their prom at the Sacramento Grand
Ballroom. One of the seniors at the prom came up with the idea of trying to
find out how many people can be crammed into an elevator. A chaperone did hear
one of the kids talking about this, and it brought back memories of trying to
do the same with the VW Beetle. They were able to squeeze 24 seniors into the
elevator, but then someone had the brilliant idea of taking the elevator up to
the next floor. The elevator immediately became stuck between floors, and as
one student reported it was hot and hectic, since they did not know what was
going on. One of the girls was claustrophobic, but thankfully no one was
injured seriously. It took two hours before firefighters finally found a way to
rescue these teens from their self-imposed nightmare. I guess that’s why they
have those load limits posted on most elevators!

The elevator fiasco was a result of following the herd, everyone else was doing
it, so they got into the elevator too. If there had been room for 50 people on
the elevator, 26 more would have tried to crowd in. Following the herd has been
a problem for people for as long as there have been people. The snake tempted
Eve, and she ate of the forbidden fruit. Eve gave Adam some of the fruit, and
he ate of it too, and if there had been a few more people back then they would
probably all have eaten of it even though God had told them not to do it.

Following the herd is hard to avoid, because of the peer pressure. When teens
are at a party and alcohol is available will they drink it, or will they not?
When other teens are engaging in immoral behavior will they follow the rest?
When the drugs are passed around will they take them, or will they refuse? When
others are cheating on their homework will they take the easy way too? I think
that God would tell those contemplating such things to, “come out
from among them….” Of course, adults have problems with following the herd too.

How can you avoid the following the herd trap? By deciding ahead of time that
you will not be a part of anything that will dishonor your God. Decide now,
that you will not be a part of anything that will endanger the lives of others
or your own. If you wait until the moment that you are confronted with an
immoral choice to make up your mind you will make yourself much more
susceptible to making the wrong choice. Decide now, not later, that you are
going to be God’s man or God’s woman, and that you will make a stand for what
is right no matter what those around you may think. In the long run, you will
never regret doing what is right. So, “come out from among them….”

Copyright © 2009-2016. 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 those
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 Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 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 12,000
subscribers across the world. (At one time there were 18,000 subscribers to the
email devotional. Email has become less important as many are using the social
platforms like facebook and twitter more frequently.)

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

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Prayer
Requests:

Thank you for your many prayers for my
sister, Reta! Sadly, she has passed away. Pray for me as I will preach the
funeral message for her Saturday the 17^th.

Please continue to pray for
healing for Michelle Abetz, Shane Hall, Brad, Damon D. & wife, Beverly
(Jeanie’s sister), Brent and Nancy Baker, Lexi McCalip, Gary Kirk, and Jeanie.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. 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. My
prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the
apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
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Classic from 2009

Burning Bush Devotional

13 December 2016

Following the Herd

And what agreement has the temple
of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I
will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be
My people.” Therefore “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you. I will be a Father to
you, and you shall be My sons and daughters says the LORD Almighty.” - 2
Corinthians 6:16-17 NKJV.

Mira Loma High seniors celebrated with their prom at the Sacramento Grand
Ballroom. One of the seniors at the prom came up with the idea of trying to
find out how many people can be crammed into an elevator. A chaperone did hear
one of the kids talking about this, and it brought back memories of trying to
do the same with the VW Beetle. They were able to squeeze 24 seniors into the
elevator, but then someone had the brilliant idea of taking the elevator up to
the next floor. The elevator immediately became stuck between floors, and as
one student reported it was hot and hectic, since they did not know what was
going on. One of the girls was claustrophobic, but thankfully no one was
injured seriously. It took two hours before firefighters finally found a way to
rescue these teens from their self-imposed nightmare. I guess that’s why they
have those load limits posted on most elevators!

The elevator fiasco was a result of following the herd, everyone else was doing
it, so they got into the elevator too. If there had been room for 50 people on
the elevator, 26 more would have tried to crowd in. Following the herd has been
a problem for people for as long as there have been people. The snake tempted
Eve, and she ate of the forbidden fruit. Eve gave Adam some of the fruit, and
he ate of it too, and if there had been a few more people back then they would
probably all have eaten of it even though God had told them not to do it.

Following the herd is hard to avoid, because of the peer pressure. When teens
are at a party and alcohol is available will they drink it, or will they not?
When other teens are engaging in immoral behavior will they follow the rest?
When the drugs are passed around will they take them, or will they refuse? When
others are cheating on their homework will they take the easy way too? I think
that God would tell those contemplating such things to, “come out
from among them….” Of course, adults have problems with following the herd too.

How can you avoid the following the herd trap? By deciding ahead of time that
you will not be a part of anything that will dishonor your God. Decide now,
that you will not be a part of anything that will endanger the lives of others
or your own. If you wait until the moment that you are confronted with an
immoral choice to make up your mind you will make yourself much more
susceptible to making the wrong choice. Decide now, not later, that you are
going to be God’s man or God’s woman, and that you will make a stand for what
is right no matter what those around you may think. In the long run, you will
never regret doing what is right. So, “come out from among them….”

Copyright © 2009-2016. 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 those
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 Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 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 12,000
subscribers across the world. (At one time there were 18,000 subscribers to the
email devotional. Email has become less important as many are using the social
platforms like facebook and twitter more frequently.)

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

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 right hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the
Devotionals at the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of
the home page. Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Prayer
Requests:

Thank you for your many prayers for my
sister, Reta! Sadly, she has passed away. Pray for me as I will preach the
funeral message for her Saturday the 17^th.

Please continue to pray for
healing for Michelle Abetz, Shane Hall, Brad, Damon D. & wife, Beverly
(Jeanie’s sister), Brent and Nancy Baker, Lexi McCalip, Gary Kirk, and Jeanie.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. 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. My
prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the
apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

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.

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