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1 AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 2015 VOL.9 No.8 & 9 Tid Bits of Wisdom From the Wonderful Word Publishers What does it mean to be in captivity? It means for some other power to be in charge of your life. You cannot do as you please. God often places people in captivity because of their turning away from God and looking to someone or some other god to direct their lives. Captivity is a place of purging and bringing us to our knees. Captivity reveals just how great it was to be free and looking to God for our needs. I used to think that captivity was awful, but when you take a closer look you realize that captivity is the mercy of God. There are many ways that God corrects his people. The sword, the famine and the tearing of the beast are three ways He corrects. Those corrected by these three usually die. Those in captivity have an opportunity to return to freedom one day. In Jeremiah, God says He led them into captivity for their good. Jer 24:5-7 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. KJV Do you see the heart of God toward His people whom He is leading into captivity? It is His plan to bring them home after it is all over. If you find yourself in some kind of captivity today, it is because God has been merciful and spared your life. There are many reasons we may find ourselves in captivity. The Bible clearly tells us that we suffer for the actions of others. The iniquities of the fathers “that hate God” are carried to the third and fourth generations. They are placed in the “bosom” of their children. It doesn’t make our children bad people. It makes our children bear the burden of our ac- tions if we hate God. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that all of the father’s iniquities are pushed on to their children. It is just the fathers that “hate” God! The beauty of this, is that to those who “love” God, the blessings go to thousands of generations. (Continued on page 2) HOMECOMING FOR SOME! This month we have seen much death among God’s people. Mrs. Connie Martichuski died July 11, 2015. She left daugh- ters, Tonya and Kelly. Also and a son Chad, plus grandchildren. She was a one-of-a-kind person. She was re- sponsible for bringing our daughter- in-law to Christ and to church. We will forever be grateful to her memory. Bro. R. D. Wade, also went home to be with the Lord in July. He was in his 80’s and will be remem- bered as a man of God who loved missions and missionaries. Gloria’s daddy served with Bro. Wade in the Red River Valley Fellowship many years ago. Bro. Wade had pastored his church over 40 years and they will miss him greatly. Please pray for them as they adjust to change. Galilean Baptist Church has a member close to death also. She is Mrs. Pernie Harrell and she has prayed for every member of the church every day until she became bed fast. It is a great loss to any one who loses a prayer warrior. Our dear friend Bro. Wayne Stoker died last week. Pray for his wife Mary as she adjust to the change. We were not notified but we heard that Mrs. Dottie Rutter and Mrs. Shirley Gillespie also went home to be with the Lord in June of this year. TAKEN IN CAPTIVITY

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AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 2015 VOL.9 No.8 & 9

Tid Bits of WisdomFrom the Wonderful Word Publishers

What does it mean to be in captivity? It means for some other power to be in charge of your life. You cannot do as you please. God often places people in captivity because of their turning away from God and looking to someone or some other god to direct their lives. Captivity is a place of purging and bringing us to our knees. Captivity reveals just how great it was to be free and looking to God for our needs.

I used to think that captivity was awful, but when you take a closer look you realize that captivity is the mercy of God. There are many ways that God corrects his people. The sword, the famine and the tearing of the beast are three ways He corrects. Those corrected by these three usually die. Those in captivity have an opportunity to return to freedom one day. In Jeremiah, God says He led them into captivity for their good.

Jer 24:5-7Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place

into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.

For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not

pluck them up.

And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole

heart.KJV

Do you see the heart of God toward His people whom He is leading into captivity? It is His plan to bring them home after it is all over.

Ifyoufindyourself insomekindofcaptivitytoday, it isbecauseGodhasbeenmercifulandsparedyour life. Therearemanyreasonswemayfindourselves in captivity. The Bible clearly tells us that we suffer for the actions of others. The iniquities of the fathers “that hate God” are carried to the third and fourth generations. They are placed in the “bosom” of their children. It doesn’t make our children bad people. It makes our children bear the burden of our ac-tions if we hate God. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that all of the father’s iniquities are pushed on to their children. It is just the fathers that “hate” God! The beauty of this, is that to those who “love” God, the blessings go to thousands of generations.

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HOMECOMING FOR SOME!

This month we have seen much death among God’s people.

Mrs. Connie Martichuski died July 11, 2015. She left daugh-ters, Tonya and Kelly. Also and a son Chad, plus grandchildren. She was a one-of-a-kind person. She was re-sponsible for bringing our daughter-in-law to Christ and to church. We will forever be grateful to her memory. Bro. R. D. Wade, also went home to be with the Lord in July. He was in his 80’s and will be remem-bered as a man of God who loved missions and missionaries. Gloria’s daddy served with Bro. Wade in the Red River Valley Fellowship many years ago. Bro. Wade had pastored his church over 40 years and they will miss him greatly. Please pray for them as they adjust to change.

Galilean Baptist Church has a member close to death also. She is Mrs. Pernie Harrell and she has prayed for every member of the church every day until she became bed fast. It is a great loss to any one who loses a prayer warrior.

Our dear friend Bro. Wayne Stoker died last week. Pray for his wife Mary as she adjust to the change.We were not notified but we heard that Mrs. Dottie Rutter and Mrs. Shirley Gillespie also went home to be with the Lord in June of this year.

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Our love for our God will touch many generations of our loved ones. What a promise!!! Anotherreasonwefindourselvesincaptivity isbecauseof thesinsofour country. America is walking on dangerous ground today. She has said she doesn’t want God in our schools, although our schools are teaching the god of evolution and the gods of other countries. The Koran is being studied in our schools today! America doesn’t want God’s Ten Commandments to be exhibited publicly to our children. God said, “Thou shalt not kill.” Our children think kill-ing is OK if a person gets in their way. We don’t deal with problems today; we killthem!Wedon’tpayourdebts;wefilebankruptcy.Wearerunningfromthepenalties of our actions, but they will catch up with us. God said, “Thou shalt not commit fornication.” Our children think that they can mate like dogs today and have no problems from doing so. Our next generation will be dying from sexual diseases. America has departed and turned her back on God. Don’t be surprised ifwefindourselvesinsomeformofcaptivitybecauseofoursinfulnation.

I often think of Corrie Ten Boon and what she suffered because of the leaders of her country. Not everyone lives through captivity. Her sister Betsy died in that concentration camp, but she died in victory. Her faith had only gotten stronger. Corrie was able to come out and encourage all of us that God will take care of us regardless of where we are.

Back in 1988, Gloria was working Bro. Roloff’s book table during a con-ference of 6,000 preachers. Bro. Richard Wurmbrand was working his table next to her. They were able to spend quite a bit of time talking between sessions. Bro. Richard was a Lutheran preacher who had spent many years in prison for his faith. Bro. Wurmbrand told her he had gone to those in charge of the conference and askediftheywouldgivefiveminutestoprayforourChristianbrothersandsistersaround the world who had been imprisoned for their faith. The conference told himthattheydidn’thavefiveminutes.Theyhadafullschedule!Bro.Richardsaid to Gloria. “When we were in prison, we thought we were in the tribulation and we thought Christians all over the world were being jailed. We prayed for you. As we suffered, we prayed, thinking you were suffering. Your country has beenblessedbuttheydon’thavefiveminutestoprayforthebodyofChristwhoare suffering today. We may not be suffering today, but we had better not forget about those who are. What about those 40,000 refugees on the mountain in Iraq. They are there because of their faith. If we want mercy in the day of our trouble, we had better be merciful to those who are there today.

Whatifwedofindourselfinsomeformofcaptivitytoday?Whatarewe supposed to do while there? Most people’s attitude is to wait until their ship comes in to get busy doing what they are supposed to do. But that is not what God told Israel when they went into captivity. I heard a saying last night that said, “Don’t wait for your ship to come in; swim to it!” God gave instructions to the Jews and told them just exactly what to do while living in captivity. We have a lot of church members who have stepped into sin and feel they have no right to serve God’schurchanymore.Theyaresowrong.Confessyoursins,withoutjustifica-tion, then leave your sin and accept your punishment.

Jer 29:4-7

4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto

Babylon;

5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of

them;

6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons,

and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not

diminished.

7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away

captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have

peace.KJV

God does not allow us to go into captivity to be destroyed. He wants us to prosper wherever we are. He wants us to continue the daily living He has given us to live. Think of Dan-iel. Daniel served the kings of Babylon just like he would have served Israel’s kings. Daniel had great honor in the kingdom who had taken him captive. Think of Esther and Mordecai-captives that ended up running the country.

The article on the next page will explain the attitude we should live in while walking through our troubles. Remember, God is our life, not our sit-uation. Situations change from day to day, but GOD NEVER CHANGES! -------Jerry Brewster

SUCCESS is a ladder. It cannot be climbed with your hands in

your pocket.

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“Oh that I were as in months past.”Job 29:2

(Taken from Spurgeons daily reading)

Numbers of Christians can view the past with pleasure, but regard the present with dissatisfaction; they look back upon the days which they have passed in communing with the Lord as being the sweetest and the best they have ever known, but as to the present, it is clad in a sable garb of gloom and dreariness. Once they lived near to Jesus, but now they feel that they have wandered from Him, and they say, “O that I were as in months past!” They complain that they have lost their evidences, or that they have not present peace of mind, or that they have no enjoyment in the means of grace, or that conscience is not so tender, or that they have not so much zeal for God’s glory. The causes of this mournful state of things are manifold. It may arise through a comparative neglect of prayer, for a neglected closet is the beginning of all spiritual decline. Or it may be the result of idolatry. The heart has been occupied with something else, more than with God; the affections have been set on the things of earth, instead of the things of heaven. AjealousGodwillnotbecontentwithadividedheart;Hemustbe lovedfirstand best. He will withdraw the sunshine of His presence from a cold, wandering heart.Orthecausemaybefoundinself-confidenceandself-righteousness.Prideis busy in the heart, and self is exalted instead of lying low at the foot of the cross. Christian,ifyouarenotnowasyou“wereinmonthspast,”donotrestsatisfiedwith wishing for a return of former happiness, but go at once to seek your Master, and tell Him your sad state. Ask His grace and strength to help you to walk more closely with Him; humble yourself before Him, and He will lift you up, and give you yet again to enjoy the light of His countenance. Do not sit down to sigh and lamentwhilethebelovedPhysicianlivesthereishope,naythereisacertaintyofrecovery for the worst cases.

A TRIBUTE TO STEWART, MY BIG BROTHERBy Virginia Tung

(Virginia and her husband are members of Galilean Baptist Church. They have great testimonies)

Big brothers are special people, endowed by God with unique gifts. I canrememberhowmydadandfiveofourunclesoftentalkedabouttheiroldestbrother,ourBigUncle,withgreatadmiration, respectandaffection. Atfirst Ididn’t understand but I soon found out why. Big Uncle was indeed an extraordi-nary brother with an unusually big heart. But as my dad was blessed with having such a big brother, so I too was blessed with my own big brother, Stewart.

He was my B-I-G brother because he brightened (B) the path of others, invented(I)waystomakeothers’livesmoreprofitableandmeaningful,andgave(G) generously of himself and his possessions to make others happy. The follow-ing are three of many examples of how my big brother has touched my life and the lives of others.

During World War II, we had no school to attend in Japanese-occupied Hong Kong. Times were hard because food was scarce and our resources were very limited. One day we found our brother, who was then still in his teens, busy hammering on empty tin cans of various sizes. At the end of the day, we were surprisedwhenhepresenteduswithhisfinishedproduct:anicesetoftoypotsandpans complete with lids and handles for me and my sister, Helen, to play with.

His ingenious gift not only brightened our days but also made the war-impov-erished years more bearable.

He was a born leader. After the war with the help of his high school buddies, he started a night school for il-literate people. He taught them how to read and write and introduced them to Bible stories, memory verses, and joy-ful songs. One of his students was our maid-servant, who was not only eager to learn but also thrilled to be able to go to school. His innovations helped manyleadmoreprofitablelives.

When Mainland China was taken over by the Communists, our dad lost everything, including our home, his business and investments. He had to start all over again from scratch in Hong Kong. Consequently, my big brother had to work his way through college and medical school here in the U.S.However,hespenthisfirstpay-check on Christmas presents for his family in Hong Kong. He gave me and Helen each a vanity set of a comb, a hair brush and a mirror. I will cherish the memory of his generosity as long as I live.

Above all, he was my BIG brother because he BELIEVED IN GOD and practiced his Christian faith all of his life.

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FEMALE

I N S P I R A T I O N S

By Gloria Brewster

It is so easy for us to focus on our troubles, but when we focus on the goodness of God our troubles seem so little in comparison. If we are made of the Word of God, troubles will soften us, not make us hard hearted.

Today,Ifindmyselfinastrangemood.Wordswon’treallydescribemymood, but the best way I can describe it is that I seem to be sitting back and seeing my whole life that has gone behind me. It seems so short. Am I really 71 years old? Well, a quick look in the mirror says, “Yes, you are!” But I still am that little girl that had such big dreams. I remember not having the answers to BIG questionsinmyyouthandthenIrememberwhatajoyitwastofindanswersasI sought to learn from God’s Word. I ask people often if they know for sure they are going to heaven when they die. Often I hear, “I sure hope so.” I remember when my faith was hope only and then I read God’s Word and I “KNEW” so! What a difference that knowledge has made in my life. Now my hope is with great strength.

What have you done with your life and what are you doing with it today? Your life is your gift from God. When a child is born, God does not always say “Live.” Sometimes He takes that child home to Himself. If you are alive today, then God said to you at birth, “live”. What time of your life have you given to learning about the God that you say you have entrusted your life to? To know Him is to love! The less you know about Him, the less you will feel strongly to-ward your relationship with Him. His thoughts are not our thoughts and His ways are not our ways and the only way we can know and understand Him is to seek to know His heart. When I lay my head on my husband’s bosom I can feel and hear his heart beating. We need to be that close to God!

AsIlookback,thefirstthingIamseeingistherelationshipIhavehadwith my God. I am so thankful that I felt so insecure without knowing God. That insecurity caused me to run to God and now I live a very secure life. The second thing I having been looking at is my relationship in my marriage. My marriage is the hardest thing I have had to do in my life. Not because my marriage was a bad marriage, but my marriage revealed all of my weaknesses. My marriage pushed against me and forced me to either run from who I was or to acknowledge who I was and let God conform me to His image. My marriage revealed my ugliness and I had thought I was so good! I was shocked at what God showed me about my life through my marriage. I thought when my troubles began that Jerry was

the problem. Jerry had his problems, but my problem was the way I was re-sponding to our troubles. My response was always destructive. God’s way al-ways prospered our lives. I could have easily told myself that I had just got-ten into a bad marriage and I needed to leave and start over, but God’s Word stopped me and God began in love to remake this little girl. How can I ever thank God for loving me that much.

The knowledge I learned by standing still and letting God instruct my life was the knowledge that I taught my children as I was raising them. The third thing I have been looking at is the upbringing of my children.

I was 17 years old when I birthedmyfirstson.Mymotherstayedwith me one day and night and as she drove away I sat on the front porch hold-ing my son and saying, “Son, if your life depends on me, you are in big trouble.” How was I going to know how to meet his needs? I was overwhelmed to say the least, but I believed that God held me responsible for the care of my son and I held him close to me to be sure he would be alright. I could never have left him to a babysitter hour after hour. I couldn’t lay that responsibility down. He was 2 years old before Jerry and I went anywhere without him. I had al-ways said I wanted four children and I wanted them to be two years apart. Our second son was two years and a week and a half later. Because of health rea-sons I had decided two children would do. I didn’t struggle with having chil-dren and it was awhile before I under-stood that God was in control of birth and not us. For you who have strug-gled with birth I would say to you that birthing your own children is not where youfindlife,butinvestingyourselfinchildren iswhereyoufind joyof life.You don’t have to birth them to mother them! When our boys were 9 and 7 God brought our foster daughters into our lives and our home. While raising our children we also helped about 29

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THE SAME BOILING WATER THAT SOFT-ENS THE POTATO HARDENS THE EGG.

IT’S NOT ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT RATHER WHAT YOU ARE MADE OF!

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We had the privilege of being with Pastor Brannon and Mrs. Bonnie last month on a Sunday morning. They allowed us to introduce the ministries of Wonderful Word Publishers, Tid Bits of Wisdom and Bro. Larry and Mrs. Judy’s ministry Bread of Life Baptist Press.

This is Mrs. Connie Cimino’s home church and we were excited about meeting her pastor and church family. We found them to be a solid Independent Baptist Church with God honoring music. Their spirit was one of love and kindness and showed the character of Christ.

We happened to be there on the pastor’s birth-day. After church they invited us to come to their home for lunch. We tried to decline, thinking they needed their time for his birthday, but they insisted. When we arrived at their home there were 14 of us for lunch. We learned that this was Mrs. Bonnie’s ministry. Every Sunday she cooks for friends, family and visitors. It was a wonder-ful lunch and fellowship. It reminded me of Mrs. John R. Rice. Grace McMillian (oldest daughter) told me how her mother had the girls to put out the best china on Sunday and they would bring their visitors home for lunch. Hos-pitality is often neglected today. Sweet fellowship, around good food, makes good memories.

On that Sunday night, we were invited to pres-ent our works at Pastor Wayne Wyatt’s church in New-port, Tennessee. This was very special to us because one of our former members is his wife’s grandmother and some years ago she had moved there to be with her family. She was Gloria’s visitation partner and they loved serving the Lord together for many years. She has been a supporter of Tid Bits from the very beginning.

The church broadcasts their services over the internet radio, so our work got to go out to others also. The people were very loving and warm-hearted. Their piano player has the touch of God upon her music and it blessed our hearts. They are another church that this generation has not moved away from the heart of the Lord. It is so refreshing to meet other believers with like hearted spirits.

After church we met at Wendy’s and had a won-derful time of fellowship. Both churches that day were very generous to us and the work and we thank God for their generous spirits to the work of others. We have watched God use and bless Bro. Wayne and his wife for many years and rejoice in God’s work in their lives.

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children and their parents come together in their homes. We didn’t do this be-cause we were super parents, because we weren’t. We had found the answers in the Word of God and we just shared with others what we had learned. I can tell you the secret to raising children if you would like. ALWAYS respond in true love of God and all troubles will be resolved.

LittledidweknowthattwentyyearsafterbirthingourfirstsonGodwouldask us to have another son. It came as a great shock to me that God would ask me to raise another son after having given my life to so many children through the years. I spent hours daily talking mothers through hard places with their children. I thought that was enough, but God said, “I want you to have another child.” I had just reached a place of freedom. All my children were well on their way to living their own lives and now I could rest!!! It didn’t make good sense to have another child, but as God said in His Word, “My thoughts are not your thoughts and my way is not your way.” Today, I couldn’t image my life without my last son. I thought, because I had such great experience with children that this was going to be the easiest thing I had ever done. WRONG! I ate a whole library of books. Nothing I had done before would work on this child. He was his own person and I had to learn another method. I didn’t know what God want to do with his life, but I knew that it was important to God that he live!

Did we have troubles raising our children? OH, YES! There were many days that I felt like a complete failure. How many times did I question, “Have I done the right thing for these children?” My sons had times of testing because of us taking in other children. Circumstances determine what kind of testing you go through, but the truth is it is not the kind of testing we endure, it is the way we respond to those testing that determine the out come. I was a preacher’s kid and many a preacher’s kid have gone to the devil because of the testing they endured. But it wasn’t the testing that took them to the devil, it was their responses to those tests. Our life doesn’t determine who we become. The way we respond to our life determines our outcome. When we stand before, God there will be no one to blame but ourselves.

Whatisitliketolookbackoveryourlife?ThefirstthingIseeistheworkof God in my life. Why does He care so much for us that He constantly is there instructing us and leading us into His way? Why does He care so much about the little things in our lives? I have a hard time walking and I cannot tell you how many times I have prayed about parking and God puts me in the best place. I have been full and I have been empty. I have been at rest and I have been in great troubles, but when it was passed I could always see the hand of God at work in my life.

Our children are just plain, everyday children. What makes my children great to me is that I see God’s hand upon their lives. God is working in my chil-dren and my grandchildren’s (also, great grandchildren) lives. He is using my children’slivesinuniquewaysandthatwasmyheart’sdesirefromtheveryfirsttime I birthed my son. Early in my life I found these verses,

Ps 37:4-5

4 Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.5 Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

He has kept His Word to me! I was do-ing what I thought God wanted me to do when I found these verses, but I was not DELIGHTING in it. My spirit was striving with God because I wanted to do it my way. When I stopped pulling against the reins and began delighting in the way of God, then He began bring-ing my hearts desires to pass. What a mighty God we serve!

Pslams 37:4-5 is God’s com-mitment to me. There is another verse that God put in my life a few years later and it also has been my commitment to God.

2 Chron 16:9

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.......KJV

I strive daily to keep my heart right with God, so if He should look my way and desire to use my life I will be ready.

Where are you in life today? If you are young you have all your life before you. Seek to walk it God’s way with God’s Spirit. If you are in your latter days, do not grieve over past neglects but make today count for the Lord Jesus Christ. Be grateful for His goodness. The troubles will pass but His goodness will endure for ever.

What a treasure it is to follow Christ. He will take you places you could never go without Him. Even in old age He will not forsake me!!!

(Continued from page 4)Gloria’s Article

When you lick the FROSTING off of a CUPCAKE it be-comes a MUFFIN, and MUFFINS are

healthy.

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TID BITS MONTHLY REPORT

Hot, Hot, Hot! We are in the month where you can fry eggs on the concrete in Texas. But this too shall pass. There is always change and that’s a good thing. Life would really be rough if it were the very same every day. Our character should be like God’s. He changes not. But, our circumstances need variety so we can keep our sanity. Variety we have!

Wedon’tknowhowlongGodwillkeepusintheplacewearein,butaslongasHeprovideswewillbefine.InJune we sat out to go to Cowboy Camp with Mrs. Lucy Havens. When we got to Glenrose, Texas, our car began missing somethingterrible.Wecouldn’tfindanyoneinthattowntohelp,sowedrovebacktoCedarHillandleftourcarwiththemechanic and picked up the truck and started back. We enjoyed seeing the camp. We had tried to go for years. Finally we made it. When we returned, we found out that the motor had to be rebuilt, so we brought the car home and I began to try andfixit.Ihadnotworkedoncarssincethecomputerscameout.Itwasgoingtocostcloseto$1,000andwejustdidn’thave it. We had some money that God had sent in, but it wasn’t anywhere near what we needed. I worked on it for almost a week and then realized I wasn’t going to get it running. That day I received a call from a young man, whom I had not seen foralongtime,andheneededcounsel.Ihadhimtocometomyofficeintheshopandwhenhewasleavingheaskedwhatwaswrongwiththecar.Hehadafriendwhoworkedoncarsathomeandhesaidhewasgoingtofixourcar.Ireasonedwith him that it was too much, but he wouldn’t have it any other way. He said, “You have been there for me and my family. You led my children to the Lord and it’s my time to serve you.” It took over a month to get the car running and just when Gloria got it back, the timing was off and it had to be two more days in the shop. Two days after we got it back the fuel pump went out. The little money we had left paid for the fuel pump. Then the car was only getting 11 miles to the gallon and back to the shop it went. Just when we got the car going, our house air conditioner went out (108 degrees). That was $250.Alltotalwehad$1900inexpensesforthemonthofJuly.Everythingwascoveredandpaid,forbutwearenotsurehow that happened! God never said things would not go wrong. He said He would be there when they did!

Each month, when we are not sure where to turn, God puts it on the heart of someone to share with us. Every time wereceiveagift,ourfirstthoughtis,“Godtouchedsomeone’sheartforusandtheyobeyedHisprompting.”Idon’tknowhow long God will work in this way, but words can never express our appreciation to the saints that God is using to bless our life. Some of the ones who share the most, live the same way we are living. They are sharing what they prayed in!! That’s humbling! My health is not going to let me work a regular job so we need wisdom to do the things we know how to do and the things we do have the ability to do.

Last month we were able to meet with everyone involved in the work. We had not had a meeting for two years because we are in different states. God gave us a great time of fellowship and seeking God concerning our work. We did not get to meet with the two missionaries that give out so many of our tracts but we prayed for them and thank God for their help in this work.

Tid Bits of Wisdom is a non-profit work and operates through the Wonderful Word Publishers, whose founders were Bro. Dick and Mrs. Rose Cimino. The Tid Bits of Wisdom is published by Bro. Jerry and Mrs. Gloria Brewster. The tract ministry is operated by Mrs. Connie Cimino. All gifts are tax deductible. Tid Bits of Wisdom’s web site is tidbitswww.com. Our email is [email protected]. Phone: 214-293-5252

All men make mistakes,

but married men find

out sooner.

We have a “STABLE” relationship.

He works like a HORSE

and I’m stubborn likea mule.

Last night I got into an argument with my husband.

I told him to take what’s his and leave.

He picked me up and walked straight out the door.

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