BBD 12.17.17 Ask for Help (New)

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Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1788^th

Burning Bush Devotional

27 December 2017

Ask for Help

Our help
is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. – Psalm 124:8 NKJV.

I rise before the dawning of the morning, And
cry for help; I hope in Your
word. – Psalm 119:147 NKJV.

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of
grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. – Hebrews 4:16 NKJV.

We often hear advice
such as if you fall down, get back up, or if life throws you off, get back on
the horse. If you do a google search for the phrase “get
back on the horse” you will find more than
three million results. Recently, talking with a friend I recalled the first
time I rode a horse. It was a very short ride!

When I was about eight
years old my family was visiting at my Aunt and Uncle’s home. They had several
horses on their farm; and my two cousins who were older, saddled up horses for
them, my sister, and for me. The cousins and my sister did not want me to go
with them, but my Aunt and Uncle made them saddle another horse for me. As soon
as we were all on our horses the cousins and my sister took off at a gallop,
and my horse took off too. My horse, instead of following the others, headed
directly for a tree and for a low hanging limb where my ride abruptly ended
with me falling to the ground. The horse
took off, and there was no way for me to get
back on the horse again.

December is the time of
the year when many are thrown off the horse of life. Merle Haggard says in one
of his songs, “If we
make it through December, Everything's gonna be all right….”
December
can be difficult with what should be a joyous Christmas season instead bringing
to mind painful memories and failures of the past. In Haggard’s song he has
been laid off from a job at a factory. Early in my marriage I was laid off
three different times from jobs in a year’s time. One of those times was just a
few days before Christmas. An elderly man recently shared with me about how his
Mother had suddenly passed away when he was only ten years old. His parents had
already bought the Christmas presents and they were under the tree. This is a
sad memory that comes around every year in December. Many have similar memories,
or memories of family squabbles that occurred during times when families were
together for the holiday.

The point of all of this
is that it may not be possible for us to get
back on the horse unless we have some help. It’s okay to ask for help! It’s
okay to ask for help from a friend, or from a doctor, or a counselor. And,
certainly it is okay to ask for help from God!

Copyright © 2017. 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 19 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.

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

Books now available at the Burning Bush website:

New Pastor's
Training Manual

Biblical Help
for Overcoming Substance Abuse

Biblical Help
for Overcoming Sexual Addictions In Times of
Trouble - Devotionals to Encourage and Strengthen You (Also available for
download on Amazon.)

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at 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.

Please continue to pray for
healing for Pastor Shane Hall, Michelle Abetz, Thelma Lewis and her sister
Denice (Wesley Lewis that I have asked for prayer for died in a traffic
accident December 23^rd and his wife and sister-in-law were severely
injured – another sister-in-law and her husband were also killed in the
accident.), Brandy, Damon D. & wife, Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Brent
Baker, Gary Kirk, Amy Carroll, Caleb Freeman 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
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.

You can help support this
ministry by using this link: www.paypal.me/EdWrather

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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1788^th

Burning Bush Devotional

27 December 2017

Ask for Help

Our help
is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. – Psalm 124:8 NKJV.

I rise before the dawning of the morning, And
cry for help; I hope in Your
word. – Psalm 119:147 NKJV.

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of
grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. – Hebrews 4:16 NKJV.

We often hear advice
such as if you fall down, get back up, or if life throws you off, get back on
the horse. If you do a google search for the phrase “get
back on the horse” you will find more than
three million results. Recently, talking with a friend I recalled the first
time I rode a horse. It was a very short ride!

When I was about eight
years old my family was visiting at my Aunt and Uncle’s home. They had several
horses on their farm; and my two cousins who were older, saddled up horses for
them, my sister, and for me. The cousins and my sister did not want me to go
with them, but my Aunt and Uncle made them saddle another horse for me. As soon
as we were all on our horses the cousins and my sister took off at a gallop,
and my horse took off too. My horse, instead of following the others, headed
directly for a tree and for a low hanging limb where my ride abruptly ended
with me falling to the ground. The horse
took off, and there was no way for me to get
back on the horse again.

December is the time of
the year when many are thrown off the horse of life. Merle Haggard says in one
of his songs, “If we
make it through December, Everything's gonna be all right….”
December
can be difficult with what should be a joyous Christmas season instead bringing
to mind painful memories and failures of the past. In Haggard’s song he has
been laid off from a job at a factory. Early in my marriage I was laid off
three different times from jobs in a year’s time. One of those times was just a
few days before Christmas. An elderly man recently shared with me about how his
Mother had suddenly passed away when he was only ten years old. His parents had
already bought the Christmas presents and they were under the tree. This is a
sad memory that comes around every year in December. Many have similar memories,
or memories of family squabbles that occurred during times when families were
together for the holiday.

The point of all of this
is that it may not be possible for us to get
back on the horse unless we have some help. It’s okay to ask for help! It’s
okay to ask for help from a friend, or from a doctor, or a counselor. And,
certainly it is okay to ask for help from God!

Copyright © 2017. 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 19 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.

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

Books now available at the Burning Bush website:

New Pastor's
Training Manual

Biblical Help
for Overcoming Substance Abuse

Biblical Help
for Overcoming Sexual Addictions In Times of
Trouble - Devotionals to Encourage and Strengthen You (Also available for
download on Amazon.)

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.

Please continue to pray for
healing for Pastor Shane Hall, Michelle Abetz, Thelma Lewis and her sister
Denice (Wesley Lewis that I have asked for prayer for died in a traffic
accident December 23^rd and his wife and sister-in-law were severely
injured – another sister-in-law and her husband were also killed in the
accident.), Brandy, Damon D. & wife, Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Brent
Baker, Gary Kirk, Amy Carroll, Caleb Freeman 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
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.

You can help support this
ministry by using this link: http://www.paypal.me/EdWrather

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