God Speaks - Let Us Reason Together

By Beverly Anita

A merging of bible studies, contained in journals, dating from before 2001 through 2015; providing a unique narrative of the Word of God throughout the Bible. Included are the notes and inspirational poetry written by the author.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Oct 23, 2015
• ISBN: 9781329623347

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God Speaks - Let Us Reason Together

GOD SPEAKS

Let Us Reason Together

Beverly Anita

Copyright

Copyright © 2015 by Beverly Anita Gospel Music Ministry

All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof, except direct quotations of scripture from the Holy Bible, may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal.

First Printing: 2015

ISBN 978-1-329-57710-7

Beverly Anita Gospel Music Ministry

Cleveland, Ohio

Dedication

In Honor of

My Aunt Rosanna Kelly

May you be honored in heaven for your dedication to our family.  I praise God in Christ Jesus for sending me an earthly teacher, who encouraged me in the way of bible study.  You encouraged all of us in our first Bible Study and continued through sun, rain and snow to make sure we could all attend.  Thank you.

I Love You

Acknowledgements

I would like to first thank Almighty God, my Father, and my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who by Spirit, inspiration, guidance and love the words of this book are written.  By the grace of God, I have been afforded this opportunity to share his words with others, as they have been presented to me.  I had no idea, that so many years ago, as I was encouraged to write down my studies, that I would be able to go back and pull it all together as I have now.

Secondly, to my two daughters, Tonyika and Marlena, and to my grandson, Vincent, who have faithfully supported me in all that I have done.  You are my heart and I love you dearly.

Finally, I want to acknowledge my husband, Lee, family and friends, whose love and patience has been an important part of my faith walk. 

I pray for God’s blessings on this book and all who read it.

Preface

From the beginning of time God has spoken to mankind.  It was always his will that man come to know him, the one true God and creator of all things.  He knew that as a father to a child, men needed to be taught, to be guided, and, after their disobedience, to be led in the way of what was right.  God walked with man.

God speaks to me through the scriptures, the Holy Bible, the Word.  I prefer the King James Version as that is the version I began reading.  I had heard of God early in life and one day I called upon him and he answered me.  In my sinful state, he made himself known and saved me out of many hurtful situations.  This gave me the desire to want to know him even more.

Later a beloved aunt started a bible study group, and I began serious study.  I was, and still am, in awe of the greatness of God, it was as though he was speaking to me, personally.  It was not just God’s word, but his power to affect change in my life.  As I received revelation after revelation, I began to see life as God sees it.  I could see his love through his eyes. I am always excited when I hear God speak to me, especially with revelations in the knowledge of himself, his righteous judgments, fairness and mercy.

As I read, I found that God is always right in all that he has done or will do.  I found that the voice of God, in Christ Jesus, His Word, was with him at the beginning of creation, as our voices speak for us; and that by His Word, the Alpha, the beginning, all things were created.  He is also the Omega, the end, the finisher of all things created by God.  As a means of communication, by, with, and for creation, he is the truth and the light.  In him also is life.  As God speaks, so it is done.  When he has delivered that for which he was created all will be finished, and for that He will receive a kingdom.  We will see God, and the face of his voice, Jesus Christ in his true form.  This is the sum of my understanding of God, creation, and Jesus Christ.

It was important for me, therefore, as a way of remembering what I had read or heard, to write it down.  These writings have helped me, by taking advantage of references, a bible dictionary, through prayer and the Spirit of God, to remember and to ponder upon God’s words.  Just in writing this book my heart is touched as I review the Word of God spoken to me.  If you have the ears to hear, then you know what I am talking about.  If you don’t now, God willing you will.

In the case of God Speaks, I thought, what will happen when I am gone?  All my written bible studies and notes would not benefit anyone; they probably could not be read because my handwriting is so bad.  So, I decided to type my studies and put them in a book.  Then, if anyone should pick up a copy and read it, they can hear God speak to them as he has spoken to me over the years.

Introduction

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  (John 1:1)

Knowledge and understanding of our Creator, His plan for us, and the wisdom to put this knowledge into practice, I esteem, to be the most important task for mankind in the universe.  This knowledge I have found only in the Holy Scriptures of the Bible.  Though I have sought enlightenment through many other devices: astrology, metaphysics, even other religions and icons, which are dead in themselves; only the Holy Scriptures have I and found to be true.  The more the study the more the enlightenment; through prayer and the Holy Spirit of revelation. 

I have notes everywhere, many of which did not make it into this book.  I write notes as I am inspired; on anything: an envelope, a piece of paper, the back of a receipt; old mail.  You have to write it down quickly or it may be stolen (or taken) away in forgetfulness.  The words of God are very precious and not to be discarded lightly, seeing that such knowledge only comes from God.  Therefore, I have kept them organized as best I could and have gathered many of the writings together; the more focused studies I have written in journals.

Early studies reflect the specific subject of the study; for example: Holy Spirit, Yoke, Church, Persecution, and so forth, but later just the specific date of the study.  This book merges journals for a period just prior to and between 2001 and 2015, after which each year is a chapter.

The words of this book are the words of God, not my own, but from time to time, I would add notes, poetry, and other bible passages, inspired by the studies.  I have included some those here as they are moments of spiritual reflection that I want to share.  All in all, I have tried to keep things in their chronological order.

I have put all these things down in a format just as it is written in my journals, and I hope it will not be confusing to the reader; but, it is not the format that I hope will inspire you and give you encouragement and fortification of faith, but the Word of God itself, as it was laid out before me.

I encourage the reader to follow along with the Holy Bible in reading the scriptures mentioned, and if possible have a good bible dictionary handy.  Some scriptures mentioned here may be abbreviated, and punctuation could be a bit off-putting, but makes for better flow.

I hope that you will come to see our God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirt, as I see him; a loving, kind, patient, longsuffering, merciful Creator, who is righteous and fair, even to the stubborn and disobedient.

As God Speaks to my heart, so I speak to you.

Chapter 1: 2001

Intercession

Isaiah 53:12:  He hath poured out his soul unto death…and made intercession for the transgressor.

Jeremiah 27:18:  But if they be prophets and if the word of the Lord be with them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of Hosts.

Romans 8:26-27:  But the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

Romans 11:2:  Of Elias? How he maketh intercession to God against Israel.

1Timothy 2:1-2:  Exhort therefore that intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men.  For kings, and for all that are in authority.

Hebrews 7:25:  Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

Isaiah 59:16:  And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor; therefore his arm brought salvation unto him.

Luke 23:34:  Father forgive them for they know not what they do.

Hebrews 7:25:  For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.

Note:  Mysteries

Psalm 28:7  The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped.  Therefore, my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song I shall praise him.

Matthew 4:6  He shall give his angels charge concerning thee and in their hands they shall bear thee up lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone,

Matthew 5:15-16  Give light; let your light so shine before men.

Matthew 13:11  Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

A Mystery in Zion

2Samuel 5:7  David took the stronghold of Zion.  The same is the city of David.

1Chronicals 11:5  Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.

Matthew 21:5  Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt, the foal of an ass.

Psalm 112:25  And they blessed Him and honored Him.

John 12:15  Fear not, daughter of Sion.

Romans 9:33  As it is written, Behold I lay in Sion a stumbling stone and rock of offense and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

Romans 11:26  There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

Hebrews 12:22-24  But ye are come unto Mount Sion and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels.  To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven and to God, the Judge of all, and to the Spirits of just men made perfect.  And to Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh of better things than that of Abel.

2Samuel 5 (summary)  Zion in Jerusalem:  Held by the Jebusites, descendants of the Canaanites, who lived in the land.  David made king over Judah and Jerusalem went in and took Zion, the stronghold of the Jebusites, and it was called the City of David.  At the time David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which was called Jebus, where the Jebusites were the inhabitants of the land and David took the Castle of Zion, which is called the city of David and David lived in the castle.

Note:  The Arrival

Psalm 118:26  Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

Matthew 21:8  And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches and trees and strewed them in the way.

Zechariah 10:9  Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee:  he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Poem:  A Mystery in Zion

Rejoice, O ye daughters of Zion

Your Savior is come, the battle is won, to establish his kingdom in Zion

O rejoice, all ye daughters of Zion

Your sins are forgiven, the evil is driven away by the strength of his power

O come, all ye daughters of Zion

Give praise and thanksgiving to our King, with smoke by day and fire by night he shall keep us from all harm

Rejoice O ye daughters of Zion

He is bringing his righteousness to those who are far and near, his sword is mighty, his word is true to all those who would hear

O praise him ye daughters of Zion

Come unto the City of Zion, the City of the living God, the place of the heavenly host, to him who created heaven and earth, the sea and the fountain of waters.

O sing all ye daughters of Zion

There is a mystery in Zion, search for it in your hearts, give glory to our King, to him we sing this song

Beverly Anita

Psalm 132:13  For the Lord hath chosen Zion, he hath desired it for his habitation.

Isaiah 4:3-5  And it shall come to pass that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem shall be called holy, even everyone that is written among the living in Jerusalem:  When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the burning, and the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of Mount Zion and upon her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defense.

On the Wings of the Spirit

Matthew 23:27  How often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings and ye would not!

Luke 13:34  How often would I have gathered thy children together as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings and ye would not!

Revelation 4:8  And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him, and they were full of eyes within and they rest not day and night saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

Revelation 9:9  And they had breastplates as it were breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

Revelation 12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time and time and a half a time from the face of the serpent.

Exodus 19:4  Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians and how I bare you on eagles wings and brought you to myself.

Exodus 25:20  And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high covering the mercy seat with their wings and their faces shall look one to another.

Exodus 37:9  And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat.

Leviticus 1:17  And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but he shall not divide it asunder and the priest shall burn it upon the altar.

Deuteronomy 32:11  As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: so the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.

Ruth 2:12  And a full record be given thee of the Lord God of Israel under whose wings thou art come to trust.

2Samuel 22:11  And he rode upon a cherub and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

1Kings 6:24  And they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims so that the wing of one touched the one wall and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.

Psalm 17:8  Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings.

Psalm 18:10  And he rode upon a cherubim, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

Psalm 36:7  How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God.  Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

Psalm 55:6  And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove, for then would I fly away and be at rest.

Psalm 57:1  In the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

Psalm 63:7  Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

Psalm 91:4  He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Psalm 104:3  Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariots: who walketh upon the wings of the wind.

Psalm 139:9  If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea: even there shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.

Proverbs 23:5  Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings and fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

Ecclesiastes 10:9  Curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

Isaiah 6:2  I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up… above it stood the seraphims, each one had six wings.  Twain covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

Isaiah 8:8  He shall reach even to the neck: and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land.

Isaiah 10:14  I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing or opened the mouth or peeped.

Isaiah 40:31  But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary.

Jeremiah 48:9  Give wings to Moab that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.

Malachi 4:2  But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings and shall go forth and grow up as calves of the stall.

Note:  Wings

Wings as a means of protection and escape from harm.

God’s desire to protect his people.

Most all spirit beings have wings with which they fly

Protect – as the wings of cherubims covered the mercy seat.

God’s love has wings.  He bears us up and brings us to him.

Said that when cutting a bird, the wings should not be separated.  Wings are its protection.

The Lord is My Shepherd

Genesis 46:32  Shepherds for their trade hath been to feed cattle.

Genesis 47:4  Thy servants are shepherds, both we and also our fathers.

Genesis 49:24  And the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

Exodus 2:17  And the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

Numbers 27:17  That the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

1Samuel 17:40  And he took his staff in his hand and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook and set them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand and he drew near to the Philistine.

1Kings 22:17  And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the Lord said, these have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

Psalm 80:1-3  Give ear, O shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock, thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.  Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength and come and save us.  Turn again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Ecclesiastes 12:11  The words of the wise, are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of the assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

Song of Solomon 1:7-8  Tell me O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, when thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?  If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock and feed thy kids beside the shepherds tents.

Isaiah 13:19-20  God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah…neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

Isaiah 31:4  For thus hath the Lord spoke unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself, for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.

Isaiah 40:11  He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

Isaiah 44:28  That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasures even saying to Jerusalem, thou shalt be built; and to the temple, thy foundation shall be laid.

Isaiah 56:11  Yes they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

Isaiah 63:11  Then he remembered…Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock?  Where is he that put his Holy Spirit within him?

Jeremiah 6:3-4  The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her: they shall pitch their tents against her round about: they shall feed every one in his place.  Prepare ye war against her.

Jeremiah 23:4  And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 25:34  Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished.  And ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.

Jeremiah 31:10  He that scattereth Israel will gather him and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

Jeremiah 33:12  Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

Jeremiah 43:12  And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives; and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

Jeremiah 49:19  And who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her?  For who is like me? And who will appoint me the time?  And who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

Note:  Weeping

They that sow in