September-October Tid Bits of Wisdom 2013

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SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER 2013 VOL. 7 NO.9,10

Tid Bits ofWisdomFrom the Wonderful Word Publishers

WHOM DO YOU SAY I AM?

If Jesus were asking you this question to-

day, what would you say to Him?

We have many people talking about the Bible and about the laws and

mandates of the Scriptures, but not a lot about the person of the Lord Jesus Christ.

I heard an agnostic tell about how he attempted to live all the rules he found in

the Bible to see if you could possibly take the Bible literally. He talked about

stoning those who commit adultery, but he forgot that he is not living under that

nations laws today, and in our country, that is illegal. That doesnt mean that law

doesnt work, it means we do not have the right to enforce that law in our country.

Maybe if that were our law we wouldnt be seeing so many homes falling apart!

Many people try to make God look mean and uncaring because they are trying to

understand the Bible without knowing the God of the Bible. Everyone wants to

analyze and critique the Bible hoping to show it doesnt work. Bless their hearts,

they have missed the PERSON of the Bible. The Pharisees tried to catch Jesuswith His words, but they found no fault in Him.

Bill OReiley, a news man with Fox News, has written a book that will be

out soon called, Killing Jesus. It is supposed to be history of the crucixion of

Jesus. Bill has stated that he doesnt believe that Jesus is the only way to heaven

and that you cannot take all the stories in the Bible literally. He believes, as many

do today, that if you live a good life and do good to others, you will go to heaven.

This man is a good news man and desires to do good. I wonder what he would

say if Jesus asked him, Whom do you say I am?

Jesus asked His disciples this question, and they began to answer who

other people thought He was; but Jesus answered, But whom do YOU say that I

am? This is the most important question of life!

Jesus was raised with brothers and sisters. He lived a fairly normal life

until he began His ministry. Jesus was raised in Galilee and said He wasnt able

to do a lot of miracles there because they had all known Him as He was growing

up, and they thought of Him as just one of them. His family and friends accused

Him of losing His mind when He started His ministry. They did not know who

Jesus was. Do you?

(Continued on page 2)

AN OVERVIEW OF

ELISHAS WORKS

__I. Elishas request:

A. II Kings 2:9...A DOUBLE

portion of Elijahs spirit.

II. The parting of Jordan:

A. II Kings 2:13

III. Purifying of the water:

A. II Kings 2:19-22

IV. The she bears and the children:

A. II Kings 2:23-24

V. The defeat of Moab:

A. II Kings 3:1-27

VI. The Widows oil:

A. II Kings 4:17

VII. The Shunamites son

A. II Kings 8:37

VIII. Death in the pot:

A. II Kings 4:38-41

IX. Multiplying of the bread:

A. II Kings 4:42-44

X. Healing of Naaman:

A. II Kings 5

XI. The Iron did swim:

A. II Kings 6:1-7XII. Divine espionage:

A. II Kings 6:8-10

XIII. The Syrian army incident:

A. II Kings 6:11-23

XIV. Famine to feast:

A. II Kings 6:24-7:20

XV. The Shunamites property

restored:

A. II Kings 8:1-6

XVI. Syrias king murdered:

A. II Kings 8:7-15

XVII. The anointing of Jehu:A. II Kings 9:1-3

XVIII. Prophecy of Joash and

Syria:

A. II Kings 13:14-19

XIX. Dead man raised:

A. II Kings 13:21

NOTE: Elisha prophesied for fty

years.

----Jerry Brewster


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(Continued from page 1)

WHOM DO YOU SAY I AM?I was really impressed with godly living when I was growing up. It

looked clean and loving and I liked it. My step father, my mother and I attended

a tent revival with Bro. Joe Boyd back in the 50s. I was twelve years old and

what I remembered the most that night was Bro. Joe Boyd asking, Would you

like a different life than you are living? That really sounded good to me and so I

walked forward behind my parents who were going forward. I was seeking a new

life. I prayed and did all the things they asked me to do, and then I was baptizedin a cattle tank on the platform. My mother said she had been saved some years

ago, and my step father received Christ as his saviour that night. Our lives did

change. My step father quit drinking that very night. We began going to church

several days a week. A short time later we moved to California and couldnt nd

a church were we felt at home, and for the next ve years we were not in church.

But even unchurched, things had changed at our house. They werent perfect, but

they were different.

After ve years, we moved back to Texas and I went to school at Bro. Joe

Boyds Open Door Baptist School. I met a pastors daughter the day I arrived,

and some months later, we were married. Glorias life was what I wanted. I nevercomplained about going to church. I had rather be there than any place I knew,

but something was wrong. I did every good deed that I knew to do. I took the

offering, I drove the bus, I cleaned the church, I was youth pastor (and saw many

saved). I sang in the choir, I tithed and gave to missions and did everything in my

power to please God, yet I knew I just hadnt gotten where I needed to be. I would

ask God what I needed to x and I would x it. Still, I wasnt right! I was very

much aware that I was a sinner, and I guess I was trying to cover my sins by being

as good as I could. If good works would get you to heaven, I would have made it.

But good works can never bring life.

I was sitting in my chair, reading my Bible on a Sunday afternoon, which

I often did, when I nally asked, What is wrong with me? His Holy Spirit whis-pered in my ear, You are not saved! I was in shock and I began reminding God

of all my good works that I had done over the years, and again I heard, You are

not saved! You see, I had never dealt with the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. I

had never declared to myself or God who I believed Jesus was.

He was not just a good man. He was not just a prophet. He was not John

the Baptist resurrected from the dead. He was not just Mary and Josephs son.

WHO WAS HE?

Jesus was the Son of God! Jesus was God in the esh (I John 1:1).

Jesus was a perfect man whose Father was the Heavenly Father. God said, This

is my son in whom I am well pleased. Jesus was the rst man to please God in

all things. The gospel, which has the power to save us, is all about the person of

the Lord Jesus Christ.

He was sinless! He lived a perfect life of faith in God. He was an accept-

able sacrice for our sins. He was a spotless lamb.

Man did not kill Him! Man rejected Him and spit upon Him and beat

Him and took Him to the cross and nailed Him there, but they did not kill Him.John 10:17-18

Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

No man taketh it from me, but I lay it

down of myself. I have power to lay it

down, and I have power to take it again

This commandment have I received of

my Father.

Jesus had the power to live, but He gave

it up so that He could give us His life as

an acceptable sacrice for our sins.

He did not come out of the

grave by His power. He waited for the

Father to bring Him out. He fullled

everything that God required for us to

become the Sons of God.

Acts 4:11-12

This is the stone which was set at

nought of you builders, which is become

the head of the corner.

Neither is there salvation in any other:for there is none other name under

heaven given among men, whereby we

must be saved.

The demons knew who Jesus

was. It was mankind that was blind to

the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. If

they were blind, how can we see?

John 12:46

I am come a light into the world, that

whosoever believeth on me should not

abide in darkness.

Belief in the person of the

Lord Jesus Christ opens blinded eyes

I fought with God for a week trying to

make my goodness acceptable, and He

just would not agree. But the moment

I bowed my knee and cried out, Lord

Jesus forgive me and save me from my

sins, He lifted my load of sin and I

knew that I had eternal life because I

believed thatJesus is the Son of God!

John 3:15-16

That whosoever believeth in him should

not perish, but have eternal life.

For God so loved the world, that he

gave his only begotten Son, that whoso-

ever believeth in him should not perish

but have everlasting life.

----Editor


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TAKEN FROM GEORGE MUELLERS BOOK

LIFE OF TRUST ON

HOW TO PREPARE TO PREACH A SERMON

That which I now considered the best mode of preparation for the public

ministry of the Word, no longer adopted from necessity, on account of want of

time, but from deep conviction, and from the experience of Gods blessing upon

it, both as it regards my own enjoyment, the benet of the saints, and the conver-

sion of sinners, is as follows:

1. I do not presume to know myself what is best for the hearers, and I

therefore ask the Lord, in the rst place, that He would graciously be pleased to

teach me on what subject I shall speak, or what portion of His Word I shall ex-

pound. Now, sometimes it happens that, previous to my asking Him, a subject

or passage has been in my mind, on which it has appeared well for me to speak.

In that case, I ask the Lord whether I should speak on this subject or passage. If,

after prayer, I feel persuaded that I should, I x upon it, yet so that I would desire

to leave myself open to the Lord to change it if he please. Frequently, however,

it occurs that I have no text or subject in my mind, before I give myself to prayer

for the sake of ascertaining the Lords will concerning it. In this case, I wait some

time on my knees for an answer, trying to listen to the voice of the Spirit to direct

me. If, then, a passage or subject, while I am on my knees, or after I have nished

praying for a text, is brought to my mind, I again ask the Lord, and that sometimes

repeatedly, especially if, humanly speaking, the subject or text should be a pecu-

liar one, whether it be His will that I should speak on such a subject or passage.

If, after prayer, my mind is peaceful about it, I take this to be the text, but still de-

sire to leave myself open to the Lord for direction, should He please to alter it, or

should I have been mistaken. Frequently, also, in the third place, it happens that

I not only have no text nor subject on my mind previous to my praying for guid-

ance in this matter, but also I do not obtain one after once, or twice, or more times

praying about it. I used formerly at times to be much perplexed when this was the

case; but, for more than twenty years, it has pleased the Lord, in general at least,to keep me in peace about it. What I do is, to go on with my regular reading of the

Scriptures, where I left off the last time, praying (while I read) for a text, now and

then also laying aside my Bible for prayer till I get one. Thus it has happened that

I have had to read ve, ten, yea, twenty chapters, before it has pleased the Lord to

give me a text; yea, many times I have even had to go to the place of meeting with-

out one, and obtained it, perhaps, only a few minutes before I was going to speak;

but I have NEVERlacked the Lords assistance at the time of preaching, provided

I had earnestly sought it in private. The preacher cannot know the particular state

of the various individuals who compose the congregation, nor what they require,

but the Lord knows it; and if the preacher renounces his own wisdom, he will be

assisted by the Lord; but if he will choose in his own-wisdom, then let him not be

surprised if he should see little benet result from his labors.

Before I leave this part of the subject, I would just observe one tempta-

tion concering the choice of a text. We may see a subject to be so very full that it

may strike us it would do for some other occasion. For instance, sometimes a text

brought to ones mind for a week-evening meeting may appear more suitable for

the Lords day, because then there would be a greater number of hearers present.

Now, in the rst place, we do not know whether the Lord ever will allow us to

preach on another Lords day; and, in the second place, we know not whether that

very subject may not be especially suitable for some or many individuals present

just that week-evening. Thus I was once tempted, after I had been a short time

Teigamouth, to reserve a subject which

had been just opened to me for the nex

Lords day. But being able, by the

grace of God, to overcome the tempta-

tion by the above reasons, and preach-

ing about it at once, it pleased the Lord

to bless it to the conversion of a sinner

and that to an individual who meant to

come but that once more to the chapel

and to whose case the subject was not

remarkably suited.

2. Now, when the text has been

obtained in the above way, whether it be

one, or two, or more verses, or a whole

chapter or more, I ask the Lord that He

would graciously be pleased to teach

me by His Holy Spirit while meditat-

ing over it. Within the last twenty-ve

years, I have found it the most prot-

able plan to meditate with my pen inmy hand, writing down the outlines as

the Word is opened to me. This I do

not for the sake of committing them to

memory, nor as if I meant to say noth-

ing else, but for the sake of clearness

as being a help to see how far I under-

stand the passage. I also nd it usefu

afterwards to refer to what I have thus

written. I very seldom use any other

help besides the little I understand off

the original of the Scriptures. My chie

help is prayer. I have NEVER in my

life begun to study one single part of

divine truth without gaining some ligh

about it when I have been able really

to give myself to prayer and meditation

over it. But that I have often found a

difcult matter, partly on account of

the weakness of the esh, and partly

also, on account of bodily inrmities

and multiplicity of engagements. This

I most rmly believe, that no one ough

to expect to see much good resultingfrom his labors in Word and doctrine

if he is not much given to prayer and

meditation.

3. Having prayed and medi

tated on the subject or text, I desire to

leave myself entirely in the hands of the

Lord. I ask Him to bring to my mind

what I have seen in my closet concern

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ByGloria Brewster

WOMAN CAN BE USED TO DO

THE IMPOSSIBLE!!!

There are a million views about womans worth to mankind and about

9,998 are unbiblical. Most men do not understand the value of woman, but the

sad part is that most women do not understand the value of woman. She is either

exalted above her value or cast down below her worth, but seldom is she placed

where God created her to be.

Most women struggle with their value because they do not understand

their purpose in creation. In Genesis 3:15, God made the woman the enemy of

Satan. Satan hates woman because of the value of her work. Satan needs woman

to accomplish his work in destroying man and so he entreats her and deceives her

like he did Eve. When Satan nishes his work with woman, he steps aside and

watches her destruction. Ladies, Satan is not our friend.

The one thing about woman that scares Satan is her womb! His rst

concern was to stop the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ, knowing that Jesus would

save us from our sin. But what about all those wonderful people we read about in

the Bible? God gives birth with purpose, and Satan tries to do away with Godspurposes. Satan works hard to stop births. Look around you today. How is the

womb being attacked? Let me ask you a question. Is your age considered child-

bearing age? Are you able to have a child, or has something happened to you

or your husband medically that would prevent you from bearing children? You

would be shocked at the number of women who have been removed from bearing

children because of medical conditions. Many of these conditions could not have

been avoided, but thousands of these conditions are because of convenience. We

decide that it is not convenient to have more children or our plans do not include

more children. Then there is always abortion. We have killed a generation of

children. Abortion is the greatest slaughter in history. How many of those women

believed in their hearts that they were doing what was best when they had that

abortion? Most women would tell you they had no choice, and they had to do it.Satan can so easily deceive us. If we live by our thoughts and our ways, we will

always miss Gods way. I know many women who were tricked into abortion by

Satan that are heart broken about it today. My heart goes out to those women, and

I want to say that our God can and will heal any wound of the heart. God forgives

ALL sins when we come with a contrite and a broken heart. Accept forgiveness

and get about doing Gods work and send Satan on his way. A few years ago a

pastors wife came to me weeping and said she was taking her daughter for an

abortion the next day. She was about to do something that she did not believe was

right, yet she believed that she had no choice since the baby was a mixed baby and

it would have been an embarrassment to her and her family.

Her daughter did not want

to have the abortion and was ghting

against her mother. I asked her if this

was not a mixed baby would she be con-

sidering an abortion. She said, Oh no

not at all.. I asked her, Do you think

this baby is less than human because

it is mixed? She looked at me very

strangely, like as if she had not though

of this child as being a person. Need

less to say, she did not take her daugh-

ter for an abortion, and a year later I

met her at a fellowship meeting and she

couldnt wait to take me to the nursery

to see her precious granddaughter. She

would give her life for that child today

Proverbs tells us that there is a way that

seemeth right unto man, but the end

thereof is DEATH.

I want us to look at two womenin the Bible that God did the impossible

through their wombs. Elisabeth, the

mother of John the Baptist, was pas

the childbearing age when the ange

announced that she would have a child

Elisabeth said, The Lord has removed

my reproach among man. It was a re-

proach to her to not be able to bear chil

dren, yet, that didnt take away from

her godly living. The Bible said she

was righteous before God, walking in

all the commandments and ordinances

of the Lord blameless. (Luke 1:6) She

was a usable vessel that God could use

to do the impossible. She had trusted

God with His decision to withhold a

child from her all those years. Its jus

like God to wait until it looks impos-

sible to man before He brings things to

pass.

The same angel that brought

Elisabeths husband the news of Johnscoming brought Mary the news tha

she was going to have a child. No

one knows Marys age, but history be-

lieves that she was young. She was old

enough to marry because she was en-

gaged to be married. Can you imagine

what Mary thought when she saw the

angel. You dont see an angel every

day of your life. How many times have



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understand him, so far as the natural

mind can comprehend the things of

God. It ought also to be remembered

that there is, perhaps, not a single con-

gregation in which there are not per-

sons of the above classes present, and

that if they can understand, the well-

educated or literary persons will un-derstand likewise; but the reverse does

not hold good. It ought further to be

remembered that the expounder of the

truth of God speaks for God, for eter-

nity, and that it is not in the least likely

that he will benet the hearers, except

he uses plainness of speech, which

nevertheless needs not to be vulgar or

rude. It should also be considered that

if the preacher strives to speak accord-

ing to the rules of this world, he may

please many, particularly those who

have a literary taste; but, in the same

proportion, he is less likely to become

an instrument in the hands of God for

the conversion of sinners, or for the

building-up of the saints. For neither

eloquence nor depth of thought makes

the truly great preacher, but such a life

of prayer and meditation and spiritual-

ity as may render him a vessel meet for

the Masters use and t to be employed

both in the conversion of sinners and inthe edication of the saints.

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TAKEN FROM GEORGE MUELLERS BOOK

LIFE OF TRUST ON

HOW TO PREPARE TO PREACH A SERMON

which He generally most kindly does, and often teaches me much additionally

while I am preaching.

In connection with the above, I must, however, state that it appears to

me there is a preparation for the public ministry of the Word which is even more

excellent than the one spoken of. It is this: to live in such constantand real com-

munion with the Lord, and to be so habitually andfrequently in meditation over

the truth, that without the above effort, so to speak, we have obtained food for

others, and know the mind of the Lord as to the subject or the portion of the Word

on which we should speak.

That which I have found most benecial in my experience for the last

twenty-six years in the public ministry of the Word is expoundingthe Scriptures,

and especially the going now and then through a whole gospel or epistle. This

may be done in a twofold way, either by entering minutely into the bearing ofevery point occurring in the portion, or by giving the general outlines, and thus

leading the hearers to see the meaning and connection of the whole. The benets

which I have seen resulting from expoundingthe Scriptures are these: A. The

hearers are thus, with Gods blessing, led to the Scriptures. They nd, as it were,

apracticaluse of them in the public meeting. This induces them to bring their

Bibles, and I have observed that those who at rst did not bring them, have af-

terwards been induced to do so; so that, in a short time, few (of the believers at

least) were in the habit of coming without their Bibles. This is no small matter;

for everything which in our day will lead believers to value the Scriptures is of

importance. B. The expoundingof the Scriptures is in general more benecial

to the hearers than if, on a single verse, or half a verse, or two or three words of

a verse, some remarks are made, so that the portion of Scripture is scarcely any-thing but a motto for the subject; for few have grace to meditate much over the

Word, and thus exposition may not merely be the means of opening to them the

Scriptures, but may also create in them a desire to meditate for themselves. C.

The expoundingof the Scriptures leaves to the hearers a connecting link, so that

the reading over again the portion of the Word which has been expounded brings

to their remembrance what has been said, and thus, with Gods blessing, leaves a

more lasting impression on their minds. This is particularly of importance as it

regards the illiterate, who sometimes have neither much strength of memory nor

capacity of comprehension. D. The expoundingof large portions of the Word, as

the whole of a gospel or an epistle, besides leading the hearerto see the connec-

tion of the whole, has also this particular benet for the teacher, that it leads him,with Gods blessing, to the consideration of portions of the Word which otherwise

he might not have considered, and keeps him from speaking too much on favorite

subjects, and leaning too much to particular parts of truth, which tendency must

surely sooner or later injure both himself and his hearers. Expoundingthe Word

of God brings little honor to the preacher from the unenlightenedorcareless

hearer, but it tends much to the benet of the hearers in general.

Simplicity in expression, while the truth is set forth, is, in connection with

what has been said, of the utmost importance. It should be the aim of the teacher

to speak so that children, servants, and people who cannot read may be able to

I nd television very

educational.

Every time someone turns

on the set,

I go into the other room and

read a book.

----Groucho Marx


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TID BITS MONTHLY

REPORT

Fall is falling and winter is coming. How are you doing with reading

through the Bible this year? If you are behind, please do not give up. Get with

it, you can do it. We would really like those of you who have read all the way

through your Bible to write us and tell us what you have learned that you had

never known before. I remember the rst time I read through, I did not know that

the people who crossed the Red Sea where the same people who went into theland of Canaan. The more you read the more you get to know the people of the

Bible.

Gloria and I were able to take a trip to the Davis Mountains for our 53rd

anniversary. We were three days without telephone service. What a blessing! I

dont know what we ever did without the cell phones, because they are such a

blessing in helping us keep up with one another, but because of all these conve-

niences, we are constantly being interrupted in work and thought. It was just good

to have three days without interruption.

We have been blessed in that God seems to be fanning the ame of our

hearts lately. It feels so good to have a re burning within you. We pray that He

will fan all of our res of faith and that the body of Christ will once again bring

the glory to Christ that He deserves.

We have some new contributors to Tid Bits of Wisdom and we would like

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GROWTH

Give authority to some people and

they grow;

give it to others and they swell.

A mans character and his garden

both reect the amount of weeding

that was done during the growingseason.

There is no limit to the height a man

can attain by remaining on the level

Children these days seem to grow

up bigger and faster, yet remain

children longer than ever before.

There are some Christians who

cant be called pilgrims because

they never make any progress.

Some Christians who should be

wielding the sword of the Spirit are

still tugging at the nursery bottle.

No one can grow by allowing others

to make his decisions.

Dont envy anybody. Every person

has something no other person has.

Develop that one thing and make it

outstanding.

Past experience should be a

guidepost - not a hitching post.

If only our minds instead of our

waistlines would grow with the

passing of the year.

To grow tall spiritually, a man must

rst learn to kneel.

The knowledge, understanding,

and appropriation of Gods Word

are the means by which a Christian

grows.

There is a vast difference between

growth and ination.

Spiritual growth soars when we

have prayed up, made up, and paid

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WOMAN CAN BE USED TO DO

THE IMPOSSIBLE!!!you seen an angel? You dont know if it is good news or bad news, you just

know that it is scary!!! The rst thing the angel said was, Fear not! Then he

tells her she is HIGHLY FAVORED AMONG WOMEN! Wow! 2 Chron. 16:9

says, For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth,

to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward

him. . The Lord looked down on earth and chose Mary to birth the Son of God.

She found favor in the eyes of God. He knew her heart and He knew she could

be trusted with His Son. Notice something very important here. She was highly

favored AMONG women, not above women. God did not elevate her to a posi-

tion of worship. Mary was one of us, and birthing the Son of God did not change

the fact that God is not a respecter of persons. It did make her famous and it did

make her valuable to the kingdom of God, but God saw her as AMONG women

and not above other women.

If you have more than one child, you understand that while you love them

all with the same love, some nd favor in your eyes, while another may be on your

bad side because of their attitude or actions. When God looks for a woman to doHis work, and He looks my way, I want to nd favor in His eyes. Dont you? If

God calls us today, would we be ready? He is looking for people today whose

hearts are perfect (complete) toward Him. He has work that needs to be done for

His Kingdom. Is He nding hearts He can use today? Jesus said in Luke 18:8 that

He would answer our prayers speedily, nevertheless, He asked, Shall I nd faith

when I return? Do we live by faith? When He looks at our heart today, does He

nd a heart that is completely trusting in the person of God?

Mary found favor in the eyes of God and was used of God to do the great-

est work on earth. Notice! What the angel said she was to do was impossible for

her to accomplish. The only way she could have a child was to be with a man, but

not being married, she would have to sin in order to do so. If she quickly marriedJoseph, she would no longer be able to birth the Son of God, because He was to

be born of a virgin! Mary could not do the work of God through herself; it had to

be done by God! Her question to the angel was, How can this be, seeing I know

not a man? Remember Sarah. She loved God and she lived by faith, but after ten

years of waiting to have a child, she decided to bring it about through her works.

The work she created has been a thorn in the esh for Israel. Our works cause

confusion, and they disrupt the work of God. God did His work through Sarah

even though she jumped ahead, but Sarah was grieved by what she had done.

How many times do we add troubles to our lives by thinking we can do Gods

work?

Like Mary, we must say to God, Behold the handmaid of the Lord;

be it unto me according to thy word. (Luke 1:38) Could we say that? God

wants us to be available and He will do the work! Mary did the work of raising

Jesus, but she couldnt birth Him without the work of God. When will we wake

up to the fact that we cannot do Gods job. Women are notorious at trying to make

things happen when it is not her job to make things happen. We cannot change

our husbands or our children. God must do the changing if it is to be done right.

We can be used of God to inuence the change our loved one, if we dont get in

Gods way. Bro. Roloff used to say that he wanted to live his life in such a way

that no one could accuse him of doing it! He wanted others to see Christ and not

Bro. Roloff.

One of the things that makes i

hard to live with me is that I believe

NOTHING is impossible if God wants

it done. If the Word of God says, Do

it, then it is possible to do it and God

expects it to be done. I am all the time

getting my family involved with im-

possible situations, but it does keep life

interesting, and we have stories upon

stories to tell. Living by faith keep

your spiritual blood owing.

The angel gave Mary an exam-

ple of the impossible to encourage her

He told her about Elisabeth.

Luke 1:36-37

And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she

hath also conceived a son in her old age

and this is the sixth month with her,

who was called barren.

For with God nothing shall

be impossible.

Do we really believe that? We

must never back away from the chance

to be used of God. God does do the

impossible through the lives of women

He just seems to have a hard time nd-

ing women whose hearts are xed upon

Him and His Kingdom. Lets you and

I see to it that we are ready when He

looks into our hearts.

----Gloria Brewster

Jim was just begin-

ning to make a putt when a

funeral procession drove by

the golf course. He bowed

his head, holding his hat over

his heart until the processionhad passed, then he began

putting again. His golf bud-

dies said, Wow, Jim, we had

no idea you were a religious

person....That was very sen-

sitive! He replied, Well

after all, I was married to

her for twenty-eight years!


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