GOD's W.I.T. 2000
Issues
God's Words Is Truth
JANUARY
The Lord is my light and
my salvation—so why should I be afraid? The Lord protects me from danger—so why
should I tremble?
Table of Cont
Devotion
Bible
Questions
Memory
Verses
Inspiring
Verses
Words For
Thought
Read
Bible in a Year
Poem
Devotion
SURRENDER
. . . pursue
righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. 12Fight the
good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called
when you made your good confession in the presence of many
witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:11-12
(NIV)
Dear Souls! How little
they know that the abiding in Christ is just meant for the weak, and so
beautifully suited to their feebleness. It is not the doing of some great
thing, and does not demand that we first lead a very holy and devoted
life. No, it is simply weakness entrusting itself to a Mighty One to be
kept—the unfaithful one casting self on One who is altogether trustworthy and
true. Abiding in him is not a work that we have to do as the condition for
enjoying his salvation but a consenting to let him do all for us, and through
us. It is a work he does for–the fruit and the power of his redeeming
love. Our part is simply to yield, to trust and to wait for what he has
engaged to perform.
Andrew
Murray
That if you confess with
your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from
the dead, you will be saved
Romans 10:19
(NIV)
Remember to let Jesus in
your heart this. Surrender all to Him this
year.
Have a blessed
month.
In Christ
love,
Brother
Gerald
JANUARY Bible Questions
Sins
Sometimes a person is
know n for one sin he or she committed. Match each person with the sin he
or she committed.
1.
Peter
2.
Diotrephes
3.
Saul
4.
Saul(Paul)
5.
Cain
6.
Ananias
7.
David
8.
Noah
9.
Abram
(Abraham)
10.
Woman and her husband
(Adam & Eve)
a. Took another man’s
wife, 2 Samuel 12:9
b. Lied about his
wife, Genesis 12:18-19
c. Persecuted
Christians, Acts 9:1
d. Are forbidden
fruit, Genesis 3:6
e. Denied Jesus, Luke
22:55-60
f. Murdered his
brother, Genesis 4:8
g. Had to much pride,
3 John 9-10
h. Lied to the Holy
Spirit, Acts 5:3
i. Took spoils, 1
Samuel 15”9
j. Got drunk, Genesis 9:20-21
JANUARY Memory
Verses
No, I will not abandon you
as orphans—I will come to you
John
14:18
When they call on me, I will answer; I will be
with them in trouble. I will rescue them and honor them
Psalms 91:15
So humble yourselves under the mighty power
of God, and in his good time he will honor you.
1 Peter 5:6
JANUARY Inspiring
Verses
... “Praise the name of
God forever and ever, for he alone has all wisdom and
power.
Daniel
2:20
My dear brothers and
sisters, how can you claim that you have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ
if you favor some people more than others?
James
2:1
A gentle answer turns away
wrath, but harsh words stir up anger.
Proverbs
15:1
That is why we can say
with confidence," The Lord is my helper, so I will not be afraid. What can mere
mortals do to me?
Hebrews
13:6
. . . “My gracious favor
is all you need. My power works best in your weakness.”
2 Corinthians
12:9
Turn away from evil and do good. Work hard at
living in peace
with others.
Psalms 34:14
God has made everything
beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even
so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to
end.
Ecclesiastes
3:11
Now all of you together
are Christ’s body, and each one of you is a separate and necessary part of
it
1 Corinthians
12:27
(These verses came from New Living Translation)
JANUARY Words for
Thought
He who put God first
will have joy; that lasts.
A change in behavior
begins with change in the heart.
Those who wait on the
Lord shall renew their strength.
To keep from denying
Christ, You must rely on Christ!
To make the most of
your life, make God’s goals your goals.
You please God when
your walk matches your talk.
To find joy at
Christmas, look at Jesus.
To get into heaven, it
who you know that counts.
God’s grace is always
sufficient.
God blesses us so that
we will bless others.
No service for Christ
is insignificant.
You can quickly lose
interest in worship if you have nothing invested.
You’re headed in the right direction if you’re walking with Christ.
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Year
“A great way to start
the New Year out!”
JANUARY
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A HAPPY NEW
YEAR
With smiling faces and hearts full of
cheer
Let's enter into a grace-filled
year-
Four precious seasons that promise to
bring
Chances to love God, our Father the
King,
Twelve glorious months to serve mankind's
needs,
Fifty-two weeks to do loving
deeds,
Hundreds of fresh days our lives to
fulfill
By doing with love God's unerring
will.
So, enter with joy for rich blessings are
there,
Enter as a child in God's royal
care,
Enter with great love for "Love casts our
fear,"
Enter expecting a good year is
here.
Then trade time wisely for graces that
last,
Moments are fleeting a year is soon
past.
Sr. M.G. Brunke
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FEBRUARY
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Devotion
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Prayer
Principles
When we make
request of God, we need to ask within God’s will, with the right attitudes, and
according to guidelines God gives us in His Word. We must pray with clean hearts, not only
receiving God’s forgiving others.
Jesus tell us to
ask in His name (John 14:14).
Asking in His name is not a ritual, however, that produces magical
results. We should pray while
abiding in Christ (John 15:7).
Abiding in Christ involves keeping His commandments and taking His Word
seriously.
God wants us to
pray in humility, recognizing our need of God and submitting ourselves to Him
(Luke 18:9-14). We need to
be sure our petition is in line with God’s will rather tan motivated by selfish
desires.
We must also
pray in faith, Without doubt in our hearts (Matt. 21:21-22). The prayer of faith recognizes God’s
authority and power. God also wants
us to persevere in prayer. Jesus
instructed us to keep on asking, seek, and knocking (Matt. 7:7-8, Luke 11:
5-10).
Have a
blessed month.
In Christ
love,
Brother Gerald
John 14:14 Yes, ask
anything in my name, and I will do it!
John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in
you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto
you.
Luke 18:9-14 But if you stay joined to me and my words
remain in you, you may ask any request you like, and it will be
granted!
Matthew 21:21-22 Then Jesus told them, “I assure
you, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you can do things like this and much
more. You can even say to this mountain, ‘May God lift you up and throw you into
the sea,’ and it will happen. 22 If you believe, you will
receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
Matthew 7:7-8 7 _ "Keep on asking, and you will be given what
you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door
will be opened. 8For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks,
finds. And the door is opened to everyone who knocks.
Luke 11:5-10 5Then, teaching them more
about prayer, he used this illustration: “Suppose you went to a friend’s house
at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You would say to him,
6‘A friend of mine has just arrived for a visit, and I have nothing
for him to eat.’ 7He would call out from his bedroom, ‘Don’t bother
me. The door is locked for the night, and we are all in bed. I can’t help you
this time.’ 8 _ But I tell you this—though he won’t do it
as a friend, if you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you what
you want so his reputation won’t be
damaged.£
9“And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened. 10For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And the door is opened to everyone who knocks.
FEBRUARY
Bible
Questions
They
Pray
Sometimes when people pray, God makes miraculous things
happen. Match each person with the
miraculous happening because of prayer.
1.
Abraham
(Gen. 18:23-33)
2.
Hezekiah
(2 Kings 19:14-35)
3.
Elijah
(1 Kings 18:36-38)
4.
Elisha
(2 Kings 4:32-37
5.
Daniel
(Dan. 2:17-19)
6.
Jesus
(John 11:41-44)
7.
Thief on
cross (Luke 23:42-43)
8.
Paul and
Silas (Acts 16:25-26)
9.
Peter
(Acts 9:40-41)
10.
Moses
(Num. 11:1-2)
11.
Jonah
(Jonah 2:1-10)
A.
Dorcas
was raised
B.
Delivered
out of a fish
C.
He and
his friends were saved
D.
Fire
consumed altar
E.
Fire
quenched
F.
Lazarus
raised
G.
Jail
opened by earthquake
H.
Paradise
assured
I.
Shunammite
woman’s son was raised
J.
Lot
spared from Sodom
K. Sennacherib’s army destroyed
FEBRUARY
Memory Verses
Be glad for all God is planning for you. Be patient in
trouble, and always be prayerful.
Romans
12:12
Commit everything you do to the Lord .
Trust him, and he will help you.
Psalms
37:5
. . . I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be
saved.
John
10:9
FEBRUARY
Inspiring Verses
We
are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through
Christ.
2
Corinthians
3:4
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your
God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will uphold you with my
victorious right hand.
Isaiah
41:10
Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no
shadow of shame will darken their faces.
Psalms
34:5
.
. . “Don’t be
afraid. Just trust me.”
Mark 5:36
How we thank God, who gives us victory over sin and death
through Jesus Christ our Lord!
I
Corinthians 15:57
(These verses came from New Living Translation)
FEBRUARY Words for Thought
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Psalms
150:6
If you can’t hear God speaking check the volume control of
your
conscience.
We need one another to do what God waits us to do.
God test our faith so that we may trust His faithfulness.
Its never too soon to turn back to God.
God’s work of creating is done; our work of praising has just
begun.
The world crowns quick success, God crowns long-term
faithfulness.
Lets God’s word guides your conscience; let your conscience be
your
guide.
Fear God and your will gave nothing else to fear.
Read the Bible in a Year
"Opening
your Bible can be a real
eye-opener."
February: Exodus 14-40, Leviticus 1-27, Numbers1-36,
Deuteronomy
1-3
FEBRUARY Poem
Prayers
Are The Stairs To God
Prayers are the stairs
We must climb every day,
If we would reach God
There is no other way,
For we learn to know God
When we meet Him in prayer
And ask Him to lighten
Our burden of care –
So start in the morning
And, though the way’s steep,
Climb ever upward
“til your eyes close in sleep-
for prayers are the stairs
that lead to the Lord,
\And to meet Him in prayer
Is the climber’s reward.
Helen Steiner Rice
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MARCH
Teach me to do your will, for you
are my God. May your gracious Spirit
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Our
love for god is seen in our love for others!
Stay In The Sunshine!
In his book The Best Is Yet To Be, Henry
Durbanville told the story of a little girl in London who won a prize at a
flower show. Her entry was grown in an old cracked teapot and had been placed in
the rear attic window of a rundown tenement house. When asked how she managed to
raise such a lovely flower in such an unlikely environment, she said she moved
it around so it would always be in the sunlight.
Durbanville then reminded his readers of Jesus’ words, “As the
Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love” (John 15:9). We learn
from this that we too must keep ourselves continually in the warmth of Christ’s
love.
We abide in Christ’s love when we show love to others.
Jesus made this clear when He said, “If you keep My commandments, you will abide
in My love. . . . This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have
loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for
his friends” (vv.10,12-13).
We feel the warmth of Christ’s love when we
obey His commandment to love and serve others. That’s the way to stay in the
sunshine! –RWD
Have a blessed month.
In Christ love,
Brother Gerald
What are some ways Jesus showed love?
Mt.
5:1-2; 8:14-17; 15:32-39; 19:13-15; 27:33-35
Mt.
28:19-20; Gal. 5:13; 6:1-2; Col. 3:13
MARCH
Bible Questions
Jesus Loved
Love is a human emotion.
Everybody loves someone.
Match each person Jesus loved with the correct statement about that
person.
1.
Bartimaeus
2.
Lazarus
3.
Zacchaeus
4.
Mary
5.
John
6.
Martha
7.
Mary
Magdalene
8.
Jairus
9.
Thomas
10. Peter
11. Judas
Iscariot
a.
A despised
tax collector (Luke 19:1-8)
b.
A sister of
Lazarus (John 11:1)
c.
A
blind man (Mark 10:46)
d.
Jesus raised
his daughter (Luke 8:41-56)
e.
A disciple
hard to convince (John 20:27)
f.
Betrayed
Jesus (Mark 14:10)
g.
Denied Jesus
(Luke 22:34, 54-62
h.
A dead
man (John 11: 1-44)
i.
The
beloved disciple (John 19:26)
j.
His
mother (Luke 2:5-7)
k. A
forgiven woman (John 21:1-16)
MARCH
Memory Verses
I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me
John
16:33
. . . . “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or
that.”
James
4:15
And whoso shall
receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
Matthew 8:5
(KJV)
MARCH Inspiring
Verses
“Look! Here I stand at the door and knock. If you hear me calling
and open the door, . .
Revelation 3:20
…. I am come that
they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John
10:10 (KJV)
…. “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe
in me, even though they die like everyone else, will live again
John 11:25
… God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while
we were still sinners.
Romans 5:8
(These verses are in New Living Translation)
MARCH
Words for Thought
Worldly pleasure is anything that crowds Christ out of
your life.
Christ was lifted up on the cross that we might be lifted out
of our sins.
The Gospel is contagious – SPREAD IT -!
True worship acknowledges the true worship of God
Only Christ the bread of life can satisfy our spiritual
hunger.
Happiness not only awaits us in Heaven – there’s joy in
journey.
The highest goal of learning is to know God.
Praise to God comes naturally when you COUNT YOUR
BLESSING.
You can gain much knowledge on your own, but true wisdom comes
only from God.
God use our down time to build us up.
A Christian’s life is the window through which others can see
Jesus.
To know that God sees us brings both conviction and
comfort.
Only Jesus the living water can satisfy our
thrust for God.
Read
the Bible in a Year
“Many books can inform, but only BIBLE can TRANSFORM!”
March:
Deuteronomy 4-34, Joshua 1-24, Judges 1-21, Ruth 1-4, 1Samuel 1-20
MARCH Poem
With the Love of Jesus
With the Sacred Love of Jesus
We
can walk throuth life, alone,
And
be happy with the blessings
He
can will to heart and home;
We
can live with joys and pleasures-
At
our labors and our play –
With His love as our
companion
And
a compass to our ways;
We
can walk on roads of shadows
Without fears or tempt of sin
For his love can be our servant
To
be faithful unto Him
And
– in all of life’s disasters
And
our storms of fear and grief –
We
can have His strength and courage
To
bring comfort and relief.
Never! Never will we suffer –
As
we do so much, today –
If
we have the love of Jesus
To keep
holy and obey
Michael Dubina
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APRIL
For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2
Corinthians 5:7 (KJV)
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What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what
we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet
see. Hebrews 11:1
(NLT)
Faith
If faith
. . . is a sure persuasion of the truth of God which can neither lie nor deceive
us and be neither vain nor false, those who have conceived the certainty surely
expect likewise that God will accomplish his promises which according to their
conviction, cannot but be true. So
that, in sum, hope is nothing else than the expectation of the things that faith
has believed to be truly promised by God.
Thus faith believes God to be truthful: Hope expects that that he will show his
veracity at the opportune time.
Faith believes God to be our Father: Hope expects that he will always act as
such towards us. Faith believes eternal life to be given to us: Hope expects that is shall at some time
be revealed. Faith is the foundation on which hope rests: Hope nourishes and maintains faith. For, just as no one can expect and hope
anything from God, except he who will have first believed his promises, so on
the other hand, it is necessary that our feeble faith (lest it grow weary and
fail) be sustained and kept by patients hope and expectation. (Source: God’s Words of Life by John Calvin)
Have a blessed month.
In Christ love,
Brother Gerald
APRIL Bible
Questions
God’s
Assurance
God gives assurance to the people He calls. Match each person with the assurance God
gave.
1.
Jeremiah
(Jer. 1:9)
2.
Paul (2
Cor. 12:9)
3.
Moses
(Ex. 3:17)
4.
Noah
(Gen. 9:9)
5.
Disciples
(Matt. 14:27)
6.
Jacob
(Gen. 31:13)
7.
Mary
Magdalene and Mary (Matt 28:6)
8.
Ruler of
the synagogue (Mark 5:36)
9.
Gideon
(Judge 6:23)
10. Hagar
(Gen. 21:18)
a.
“ I am
the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a
vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of
thy kindred.”
b.
“Be
not afraid, only believe.”
c.
“Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him
a great nation.”
d.
“Be of
good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.”
e.
“My
grace is sufficient for thee.”
f.
“He is
not here: for he is risen, . . . .
g.
(When
he had seen and angel) “Fear not: thou shalt not die.”
h.
“I
have put my words in thy mouth.”
i.
“I
establish my covenant with you.”
j.
“I will
bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt . . . unto a land flowing with milk and
honey.”
APRIL Memory
Verses
We know
how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in him.
1 John 4:14
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that
promised)
Hebrew 10:23
(KJV)
What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope
for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see.
Hebrew
11:1
APRIL
Inspiring Verses
Happy indeed are those who’s God is the Lord.
Psalms 144:15
I assure you, anyone who doesn’t have their kind of faith will
never get into the Kingdom of God.”
Mark 10:15
And all who believe in God’s Son have eternal life. Those who
don’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life, but the wrath of God
remains upon them.”
John 3:36
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the
gardener
John 15:1
O Lord
Almighty, happy are those who trust in you.
Psalms 84:12
Listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my instruction.
Proverbs 22:17
(These verses are in New Living Translation)
To be under Christ’s control is to have true freedom.
You can have tons of religion without one ounce of
salvation.
Christ paid a debt He didn’t owe to cancel a debt we couldn’t
pay.
God can bring showers of blessings out of storm of
adversity.
We can trust our all-knowing God for the unknown future.
The will of God’s blessings will not run out.
Read the Bible in a Year
“Many books can inform, but only BIBLE can TRANSFORM!”
April:
1 Samuel
21 - 31, 2 Samuel 1 - 24, Psalms 1- 60
APRIL
Poem
faith
We struggle to keep up the pace,
Sometimes we wonder why.
Fear says we’ll never win the race,
But
faith tells us to try,
There’s no one there to comfort us,
We’re lost and all alone.
Fear drives us far away from God,
But
faith brings us back home.
We need to place our trust in Him,
Although we cannot see.
Our fears can bind us evermore,
But
faith will set us free.
To walk in faith or run in fear . . .
It’s
up to us to choose the race,
To
run in fear will lose.
Karen Taylor
“For we walk by faith,
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MAY
People
need more than bread for their life; they must feed on every word of
God.
Matthew
4:4
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