"GOD's W.I.T."
Gods Word Is Truth
January
13Use every piece of God’s armor to resist the
enemy in the time of evil, so that after the battle you will still be standing
firm. 14Stand your ground, putting on the sturdy belt of truth and
the body armor of God’s righteousness. 15For shoes, put on the peace
that comes from the Good News, so that you will be fully prepared.
16In every battle you will need faith as your shield to stop the
fiery arrows aimed at you by Satan. 17Put on salvation as your
helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Table of Contents:
Devotion (Spiritual
Growth)
Bible Questions
Memory Verses
Words For Thought
Read Bible in a Year
Poem
Juanita Pike - Just For You and Me God
devotion
spiritual growth
As
soon as you begin to live the life of faith in God, fascinating and physically
gratifying possibilities will open up before you. These things are yours by right, but if
you are living the life of faith you will exercise your right to waive your
rights, and let God make your choice for you.
Whenever our right becomes the
guiding factor of our lives, it dulls our spiritual insight.
The
greatest
enemy of the life of faith in God is not sin, but good choices which are not
quite good enough.
Many of us do not continue to grow
spiritually because we prefer to choose on the basis of our rights, instead of
relying on God to make the choice for us.
We have to learn to walk according to the standard which has its eyes focused on God. And God says to us, as he did to Abram,
. . . walk before me . . .” (Genesis 17:1).
Have a blessed month.
In Christ love,
Brother
Gerald
Bible Questions
Spiritual awakenings may involve and individual or a nation. Match the event that inspired and awakening and the person involved.
Memory Verses
And I
am sure that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work
until it is finally finished on that day when Christ Jesus comes back
again.
Philippians 1:6
The
unfailing love of the Lord never
ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction.
Lamentations 3:22
. . .
love the Lord your God with all
your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.
(These
verses are in New Living Translation)
Words for ThoughT
What God requires God Provides
In Prayer, God hears more than just words – H listen to your
heart.
Living for Jesus is not part-time job.
A Christian on fire for God will draw others to the
light.
He is truly wise who submits to God’s Wisdom.
It’s never too soon to invest in eternity.
Those who walk with God always find closer at hand.
Read
the Bible in a Year
“The Bible is the Best TV Guide!
The Bible is God’s Word to us
Still fresh
through all the ages;
And if we read it we will find
God’s wisdom in it pages -
Sper
January 2001: Genesis 1-50, Job 1-42, Exodus 1-13
Poem
My strength is My Lord
So restful is the evening time
When my busy day
is done
I think about the years gone by
And those that
are to come
My precious Lord will guide me
Tho the years
sometimes seem long
I’ll never falter from His path
He will keep me
from all wrong
Until the day that’s sure to come
When I’m
standing at His side
My faith will keep me going
For I know I’ll
never die.
Just You and Me God
BY jUANITA pIKE
I have a little sign on top of my computer that says "Lord , help me to remember that nothing is going to happen to me today , that You and I can't handle" .
We are soon entering a new year , 2001 . As God's people and as a nation , it is unknown land . We have not passed this way before . But as God's people , we know whatever the year holds , it is us and our God . Others can pray for us and with us , encourage us , but at the end of the day , it is just us and God .
Noah was chosen in his generation to do a work for God . God saw a righteous man in a wicked world. God still sees the righteous in a wicked world . It is them and their God against the wickedness of the world . Genesis 6 - 8
Abraham sought God not to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah . God said "if you find some righteous , I will not destroy the cities" . Abraham was an intercessor for the wicked cities , just him and God . Genesis 18
Even though God sent Hagar into the wilderness , His eye was upon her and Ishmael . Genesis 16 : 10 - 11 . Friend , you may think you are in a wilderness , but remember God's eye is watching over you .
You are not alone , He knows all that is happening in your life . The weeping of a broken and troubled spirit , He knows . His eye was upon Israel for 40 years in the wilderness . Genesis 21 Exodus 14
Abraham was alone when God saw he was willing to give
his all to God . Many have made vows in the presence of man and never carried
them out . It is the vows we make in the Holy Presence of our God , alone and in
the secret place of prayer and fellowship with Him , that truly counts . This is
what He remembers about our vows . Ecclesiastes 5 Joseph like Job ,
had things happen to him , that they did not understand . But we know from God's
Word , He was working in their lives . We as Blood Washed Saints of God , are
not our own , we have
been bought with a price no man can count . All God is
wanting to hear is "yes Lord , just You and me" .
Moses was chosen for a task that only could be guided by God . Moses had no one to lean on , but God . It was Moses and God , and that was enough .
Joshua had some big shoes to fill when he was called by God . When there was sin in the camp, Joshua went before God for an answer . Just him and his God , Joshua 7.
When all was saying "it is impossible" , Caleb stood
and said "it is You and me God" . God had promised and Caleb believed Him . It
is God's Word in our spirit that counts , Joshua 14. A warrior stood his
ground and he and God won the victory , 1 Samuel 23 : 8 - 12 . It is you
and God alone in every battle . He has given us "battle gear" , Ephesians 6 . It
is faith in God that puts that "battle gear"
into action . A faith that holds
fast in the midst of ever battle , saying "it is just You and me God"
.
Hannah , sought God for herself . Man did not understand her , but her God did . Man is not always merciful when needs are breaking the heart , for they cannot always understand . But friend , we have a God that is merciful in whatever need we have . She sought God alone , just her and her God . 1 Samuel 1
Then there is Ruth , Nehemiah , Esther , Elijah , Hezekiah , David , Daniel , 3 Hebrews and many more . They had one thing in common , they bowed before their God , just them and Him .
In Acts , we see people in the upper room getting a fresh revelation of Jesus and was filled with the promise of the Father , the Holy Spirit , Acts 1 - 2. They feared nothing , they knew their God . It was them and their God against the evils of the world . Those people were not religious , they had come face to face with their God . Just them and their living God .
Paul knew what it was to bow before his God in all kinds of trouble . He received revelations that feed the Body of Christ today . All because he and God got together by the Holy Spirit . We must remember, these Saints of God in the past , was flesh and blood as we are . They knew that in all they did , it was them and their God .
At my spiritual birth , it was "Me and my God"
At my death , it will be "Me and my God"
At the judgment , it will be "Me and my God"
Juanita Pike
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Remain in me, and I will remain in
you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you
cannot be fruitful apart from me.5 “Yes, I am the vine; you
are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much
fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.
Table of
Contents:
Devotion (Commitment)
Bible Questions
Memory
Verses
Words For
Thought
Read Bible in a
Year
Poem
DEVOTION
COMMITMENT
The pressure of hard places makes us value life. Every time
our life is given back to us from such a trial, it is like a new beginning, and
we learn better how much it is worth, a make more of it for God and man. The pressure helps us to understand the
trials of others, and fits us to help and sympathize with them.
There is a shallow, superficial nature, that gets hold of a theory or a
promise lightly and talks very glibly about the distrust of those who shrink
from every trial; but the man or woman who has suffered much never does this,
but is very tender and gentle, and knows what suffering really means.
Trials and hard places are
needed to press us forward, even as the furnace fires press us forward, even as
the furnace fires in the hold of that mighty ship give force that moves the
piston, drives the engine, and propels that great vessel across the sea in the
face of the winds and waves.
Have a blessed month.
In Christ love,
Brother
Gerald
For further studies on Commitment read:
Matthew 10: 27-42
Colossians 3: 23-24
Bible Questions
Memory Verses
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe
also in me.
John 14:1 (KJV)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend
on your own understanding
Proverbs 3:5
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not
unto men; 24 Knowing that of the
Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord
Christ.
Colossians 3:23-24 (KJV)
(These
verses are in New Living Translation)
Words for
Thought
One little act of kindness can have multiple results.
Money is a good servant , but poor a master.
Keep your eyes on the Lord – He never takes His eyes off
you.
Time spent with the Lord is time well spent.
In changing world you can trust God’s unchanging word.
The more we serve Christ, the less we will serve self.
Failure is never final for those who begin again with God.
Read
the Bible in a Year
“The Bible is the Best TV Guide!
The Bible is God’s Word to us
Still fresh
through all the ages;
And if we read it we will find
God’s wisdom in it pages -
Sper
February
2001
Poem
My strength is My Lord
So restful is the evening time
When my busy day
is done
I think about the years gone by
And those that
are to come
My precious Lord will guide me
Tho the years
sometimes seem long
I’ll never falter from His path
He will keep me
from all wrong
Until the day that’s sure to come
When I’m
standing at His side
My faith will keep me going
For I know I’ll
never die.
Drawing
Spirit
by Juanita Pike
John 12 : 32 If I be lifted up from
earth , I will draw all men unto Me . I heard a statement that has
troubled me very much . A person said "if I am in a gathering and I hear someone
say "I am a Christian" , this person said "I will excuse myself from that
gathering" . The question is "Why" ? They replied "I have seen arrogance and
self righteousness among those who claim to be Christians and I want no part of
it" .
This
disturbed me and I asked the Holy Spirit for an answer . He quickly reminded me
what Jesus said "if I be lifted up" . The Holy Spirit said "the only power that
can draw souls to Jesus , is the Power of Divine Love" . Just
saying we believe in Jesus and expressing our beliefs , does not draw souls to
Him . Jesus walked among mankind , teaching and doing the works of His Father .
He came against a Pharisee spirit among religious folks . He came against those
who had no belief at all .
It was the Power of Divine Love He
had that drew huge crowds . They came to hear Him teach and see the mighty works
of God . That Love was humble , merciful , compassionate , full of grace
and forgiveness . It was that Power that drew souls to Jesus and it is still
that only Power that will draw souls to Him in the 21st century
.
Those who have a
"deep seated" experience in Jesus , can minister to souls without driving them
away . Spiritual arrogance or an attitude of self-righteousness , is not God's
Divine Love . I too have experienced a "holier than thou" spirit among folks
that differ with me .
I am a Child of God by the Blood of
Jesus as stated in John 3 : 5 - 8 . The in filling of the Holy Spirit as
promised in Acts 1 and full filled in Acts 2 . Which is not a church doctrine
but an experience with a Living God . I speak with what some call an unknown
tongue , but it is only unknown by man . The Father , Son and the Holy Spirit
knows the spirit language well . I have the Word of God alive in my spirit and
it keeps me day by day . It is the Blood of Jesus that redeems a soul
.
I know that all
believers do not embrace this belief . I have not , nor will I ever tell others
"I am right and you are wrong" . That is the ministry of the Holy Spirit of God
to reveal the Truth . I have no power to get inside the spirit of mankind to
plant the Word of God , but He does . Jesus sat down with what mankind considers
the worse sinners . He never attacked those who differed with His teaching . He
did what the Father instructed Him to do , all in the Divine Love of God
.
I feel so deeply
about how we minister to a lost and dying world . May the spirit of God show us
this , "IT IS NOT what we say BUT it is WHAT the Spirit of God says through us,
that counts" . It is the Love of God in a redeemed vessel that draws souls to Jesus
.
There was a
minister that got up to preach and a weeping spirit came over Him . He laid his
head on the Bible and wept in the Spirit and the altar was filled with people ,
with all kinds of needs . The drawing Power of God's Love used him for God's
Glory . God needed no human voice to speak for Him , all He needed was a broken
spirit .
The Spirit
of God taught me many years ago , hardness is not holiness , nor is the Divine
Love of God weakness . God's People have within their spiritual reach , a Power
that can turn the world upside down and a church upside down . A soft , tender
and loving spirit will cause souls to want Him , the King of Kings , Jesus
Christ .
There will
always be those who disagree in the family of God just like there is
disagreement in the natural family . But we must teach , preach and minister our
"deep seated" beliefs in the Power of God's Love . Then souls will be drawn to
Him and those who never come to Him as their Savior , cannot say "no one showed
me the Divine Love of God" . Please read and reread 1 Corinthians 13
.
Juanita Pike
Anchor For Life Ministry
http://www.n-link.com/~jpike
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See, God has
come to save me. I will trust in him and not be afraid. The Lord GOD is my strength and my song; He has
become my salvation.”
Table of
Contents:
Devotion (Trust)
Bible
Questions
Memory
Verses
Words
For Thought
Read
Bible in a Year
Poem
DEVOTION
TRUST
There are secrets of providence, which God’s dear children may
learn. His dealings with them often
seem, to the outward eye, dark and terrible. Faith looks deeper and says, “This is
God’s secret. You look only on the
outside; I can look deeper and see the hidden meaning.”
Sometimes diamonds are done up in rough packages, so that their value
cannot be seen. When the tabernacle
was built in the wilderness there was nothing rich in its outside
appearance. The costly things were
all within, and its outward covering of rough badger skin gave no hint of the
valuable things, which it contained.
God may
send you, dear friends, some costly packages. Do not worry if they are done up in
rough wrapping. You may be sure
there are treasures of love, and kindness and wisdom hidden within. If we take what He sends, and trust Him
for the goodness in it, even in the dark, we shall learn the meaning of the
secrets of providence.
Derivational Thoughts for on Commitment by A.B Simpson
One Moment - Please
That awful moment of truth is when we are confronted with facts, which we have tried to, but no longer can, deny. For instance: life is short and we fail to lengthen it. Death is sure and we fail to avoid it. Sin, the cause, and we fail to overcome it. Christ , the cure, and we fail to accept it. To avoid that awful moment of truth, make this moment a moment of triumph. If you accept the cure, you will be forgiven your sin; you will have eternal life. “the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23)
Face
that moment of truth
now.
Unknown Author
Have a blessed month.
In Christ love,
Brother
Gerald
For further studies on Commitment read:
Matthew 10: 27-42
Colossians 3: 23-24
MARCH Bible
Questions
MARCH Memory Verses
Don’t be troubled. You trust God, now trust in me
John 14:1
Trust in the Lord with all
your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. 6Seek his will
in all you do, and he will direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Offer proper sacrifices, and trust in the Lord.
(These
verses are in New Living Translation)
For a Christ like walk keep in step with Christ.
When we put our cares in God’s hands He put His peace in our
hearts.
To show His love, Jesus died for us; to show our love, we must
live for Him!
Internal life is made possible by God’s internal
love.
Read
the Bible in a Year
“The Bible is the Best TV Guide!
The Bible is God’s Word to us
Still fresh
through all the ages;
And if we read it we will find
God’s wisdom in it pages -
Sper
March 2001: Deuteronomy 4-34, Joshua 1-21, Judges 1-21, Ruth 1-4, 1Samuel 1-20
MARCH
Poem
Nobody Walks Alone
Oft’
times when the highway of life seems rough
And all of your dreams have flown,
Just
remember, wherever your road may go,
Nobody walks alone.
When
everyone else has let you down
And under sins you groan,
Just
keep reminding you burdened heart,
Nobody walks alone.
Then
suddenly you’ll feel His hand in yours,
And His eyes lifting up your own,
And
you’ll hear His gentle, forgiving voice:
“Nobody walks alone”. . .
Nick Kenny
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Always be joyful. 17 Keep
on praying. 18 No matter what happens, always be thankful, for
this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians
5:16-18
Table of
Contents:
Devotion
(Prayer)
Bible Questions
Memory Verses
Words For Thought
Read Bible in a Year
Poem
DEVOTION
PRAYER
Start spring out right; devote yourself to
praying daily !
Remember there certain laws that govern
prayer first:
1. Prayer must be done in Jesus’ name (John 14:13)
2. In faith (Matthew 21:22)
3. According to God’s will (1 John 5:14)
4. With sincerity and earnestness (Matthew 7: 7-11)
5.
Sin in the heart is a hindrance to prayer (Psalms 66:18), as us disunity
(1 Peter 3:7), and asking with wrong motives ( James 4:3)
Second, God does use human instruments and means for healing:
Third , several in apostolic times were not miraculously healed.
1. Paul sought healing, but God was not please to grant it (2 Corinthians 12:7-10).
2. Trophimus was not healed (2 Timothy 4:20)
3.
When our Lord was at the pool of Bethesda, He chose to heal only one,
though there was a multitude of sick and diseased people awaiting healing (John 5:2-9)
Fourth, God often allows sickness that through it He might be
glorified.
1.
That was the case with the blind man (John 9:3) and with the apostle Paul
(2 Corinthians 12:9-10)
I urge you today to start to take time out to pray. Join a prayer group in your church, it is the most uplifting feeling when you pray for others in your church. Or join a prayer ministry on the Internet such as Let Us Pray 4 U Ministry. If you would like to join my prayer ministry, send me a email saying I would like to be a Prayer Warrior. Send the request top mailto:Pray.Without.Ceasing@letuspray4u.org and I will add you to my list of Prayer Warriors. As soon as receive prayer I’ll send them to you. I have been in prayer ministry for about 7 years now and I tell you that God has blessed me and my family in many ways. So don’t delay another day without daily prayer.
Have
a blessed month.
In
Christ love,
Brother Gerald
You can ask for anything in my
name, and I will do it, because the work of the Son brings glory to the Father.
(John 14:13)
If you believe, you will receive
whatever you ask for in prayer.”
(Matthew 21:22)
And we can be confident that he will listen
to us whenever we ask him for anything in line with his will. (1 John 5:14)
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.
9 You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you
give them a stone instead? 10Or if they ask for a fish, do you give
them a snake? Of course not! 11If you sinful people know how to give
good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good
gifts to those who ask him.
(Matthew 7:7-11)
If I had not
confessed the sin in my heart, my Lord would not have listened. (Psalm 66:18)
In the same way, you husbands must
give honor to your wives. Treat her with understanding as you live together. She
may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new
life. If you don’t treat her as you should, your prayers will not be heard. (1 Peter 3:7)
And even when you do ask, you don’t get it
because your whole motive is wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.
(James 4:3)
Dear Doctor Luke sends his greetings, and so
does Demas. (Colossian 4:14)
Don’t drink only water. You ought
to drink a little wine for the sake of your stomach because you are sick so
often. (1 Timothy 5:23)
Erastus stayed at Corinth, and I
left Trophimus sick at Miletus. (2
Timothy 4:20)
Inside the city, near the Sheep
Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches. 3Crowds of
sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—lay on the porches. 5One of the
men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years.
6 When Jesus saw him and knew how long he had been ill, he
asked him, “Would you like to get well?”7“I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I
have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am
trying to get there, someone else always gets in ahead of
me.”8 _ Jesus told him, “Stand up, pick up your
sleeping mat, and walk!”
9Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up the mat and began
walking! But this miracle happened on the Sabbath day. (John 5:2-9)
“It was not because of his sins or
his parents’ sins,” Jesus answered. “He was born blind so the power of God could
be seen in him. (John
9:3)
Each time he said, “My gracious
favor is all you need. My power works best in your weakness.” So now I am glad
to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may work through me.
10 Since I know it is all for Christ’s good, I am quite
content with my weaknesses and with insults, hardships, persecutions, and
calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Corinthians 12:9-10)
APRIL Bible
Questions
“Easter”
APRIL
Memory
Ve
Always be joyful. 17 Keep on praying. 18 No matter what happens, always be thankful, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
They will neither hunger nor thirst. The searing sun and scorching desert
winds will not reach them anymore. For the Lord in his mercy will lead them beside
cool waters.
Isaiah 49:10
. . . . “I have loved you, my people, with an
everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.
(These
verses are in New Living Translation)
APRIL Words for
Thought
Nothing speaks more clearly of God’s love than the
cross.
To keep spiritually fit, walk daily with Christ.
Faith in Christ is the only ticket to heaven.
Read the Bible in
a Year
“One truth from truth from the Bible is worth more than all
wisdom of man!”
April 2001: 1 Samuel 21 - 31, 2 Samuel 1 - 24, Psalms 1- 60
APRIL
Poem
When the sun comes peeping o’er the hills
To
herald the approach of day,
And the silvery moon fades in the sky,
Just
then is the to pray.
Ere the toils of life come crowing in
And the
day speeds on in its flight,
The strength one finds when alone with God
Is
sufficient for the fight.
So I’ll steal away while the day is young
And bow
at the Master’s feed.
I’ll ask for the grace He’ll give me
To face
each trial I’ll meet
He’ll
fill my soul with peace and joy,
A peace
that I could not know
Apart from Jesus the Prince of Peace,
As on through the day I go.
Elnora Wilson
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Come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us give a joyous shout to the
rock of our salvation!
2 Let
us come before him with thanksgiving. Let us sing him psalms of
praise
Table of Contents:
Devotion
(Joy)
Bible Questions
Memory Verses
Words For Thought
Read Bible in a Year
Poem
Juanita Pike (Turn It Over To The Lord)
DEVOTION
JOY
The joy of the Lord is your
strength. Where do the saints get
their joy? If we did not know some
Christians well, we might think from just observing them that they have no
burdens al all to bear. But we must
lift the veil from our eyes. The
fact that the peace, light, and joy of God is in them is proof that a burden is
there as well.
The burden that God places on us
squeezes the grapes in our lives and produces the wine, but most of us see only
the wine and the burden. No power
on earth or in hell can conquer the Spirit of God living within the human
spirit; it creates and inn invincibility.
If your life is producing only a whine, instead of the wine, then
ruthlessly kick it out. It is
definitely a crime for a Christian to be weak in God’s strength.
Oswald Chambers
Have a blessed month.
In Christ love,
MAY
Bible Questions
1.
Where did people laugh at Jesus? (Mark 5:40)