Building your house on the word from God

Try the spirit to see if the thought brought by that spirit is from God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
I John 4  (John says)
 
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
 
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
 
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
 
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is HE that is in you, than he that is in the world.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Only the righteous will be taken into heaven

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Matthew 24  (Jesus says)
 
35  Heaven and earth shall pass away, but MY words shall not pass away.
 
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2 Peter 3  (Peter says)
 
13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
 
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I Corinthians 6  (Paul says) 
 
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate (homosexuals), nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
 
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers (those who speak vile words toward others), nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
 
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Galatians 5  (Paul says)
 
15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
 
consumed:  completely destroyed; used up; absorbed  of the attention and energy of someone.
16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
 
17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
 
18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
 
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
 
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance:
 
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2 Peter 3 (Peter says)
 
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
 
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
 
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
 
13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
 
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
 
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Revelation 22  (Jesus says) 
 
11  He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
 
12 And, behold, I come quickly; and MY reward is with ME, to give every man according as his work shall be.
 
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
 
14 Blessed are they that do HIS commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
 
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

The end of the world: The sun and moon stop shining, the stars fall from heaven... Jesus says, "Be ready"

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
A woman in our church group had the following dream:  She and her husband were going out to buy a new TV.  She was "ready" and was waiting for her husband at their car.  (He was not ready.)  All of a sudden, the sun turned completely dark!  She said it was terrifying even though she knew Bible and knew what that meant.  (Jesus would return through the sky soon to gather the elect of God to take the elect to the New Heaven and New earth which God has created for us.  (Rev. 21:1-5) )
 
She started to run back into their house but then she knew that would do no good so she just fell down on her knees calling on the name of Jesus.
 
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Matthew 24  (Jesus says)
 
44   Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
 
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Acts 2 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:15 For these (men) are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
 
16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
 
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of MY Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of MY Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
 
19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
 
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
 
21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
 
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The apostle Peter tells us in the Bible how we are to live as we wait for the return of Jesus:
 
2 Peter 3:10-14  (Peter says)
 
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
 
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
 
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
 
13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
 
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

What the Bible says will happen at the end of this world

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Matthew 24  (Jesus says:)
 
29  Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
 
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
 
31 And HE shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
 
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When it goes totally dark in the middle of the day everyone on the whole earth will be terrified! and will know something is happening.
 
* The sun stops giving light and goes completely dark.
* The moon gives no light.
* The stars fall from heaven.
 
Total darkness results.
 
And what of day 2?  will the sun shine?  or will darkness continue?
 
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How could this happen? The powers of heaven have been shaken!
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

The Days of Vengeance

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Jesus says:
 
Luke 21:20-22
 
And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
 
21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
 
22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
In other words:  This is the trumpet of the beginning of the end of this world as we have known it.
 
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"that all things which are written in the Holy Bible may be fulfilled."
 
Isaiah the prophet spoke the following which we read in the Holy Bible.  It will be fulfilled during this time.
 
Isaiah 13:13  God says: Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of HIS fierce anger.
 
In the l980's God gave me a dream ... The earth slipped on it's axis.  People were terrified.  The governments of men were meeting with the scientists and with religious leaders to see what might be done to correct this problem.  A newscaster was trying to report this on TV but as he spoke he became so terrified that he just walked out of the studio, leaving the camera.
 
The consequences of what would happen by the earth moving in the solar system would be enormous all over this earth.
 
Jesus tells us this will happen after the tribulation of those days.
 
Matthew 24:21-22   For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
 
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
 
29  Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
 
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
 
31 And HE shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
 
The elect will be changed into their new heavenly bodies.  (I Cor. 15:47-52)  And will then be removed from the earth and taken to the new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth only righteousness.  (Revelation 21:1-5)
 
God changes everything.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

The Bible is full of treasures showing the way of life for us

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
In two verses in John, Jesus explains the working of the Holy Spirit.
 
John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
 
John 16:13  Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear (from God), that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.
 
4 things the Holy Spirit who lives in us does for us:
  - teaches us all things
  - reminds us of all that Jesus has said to us
  - guides us into all truth
  - shows us things to come
 
Matthew 11:28-30  (Jesus says)  Come unto ME, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  29 Take MY yoke upon you, and learn of ME; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For MY yoke is easy, and MY burden is light. 
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

The end of this world as we have known it came October 1, 2024

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Acts 1
 
7 And HE (Jesus) said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in HIS own power.
 
We may not know the exact time Jesus will return, but when we see Israel surrounded by armies and attacked, I believe a trumpet sounds for those of us who belong to God and know Bible.
 
(When the leaves fall, we know winter comes next and it is only a matter of time before snow falls.  I believe everything changed as of October 1, 2024, when Iran fired missiles on Israel. From this point on it will be expansion... one thing after another.)
 
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A look back 2000 years: Just before Jesus ascended into heaven ... Jesus said: 
 
Acts 7
 
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto ME both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
 
9 And when HE had spoken these things, while they beheld, HE was taken up; and a cloud received HIM out of their sight.
 
And since that time that Jesus was taken up into heaven,  we (the church) have been waiting for the return of Jesus, the great tribulation, the end of this present heaven and earth.  The heavens and earth will pass by fire.  God has created new heavens and new earth for the righteous.  And only the righteous will be in that new heaven and new earth.  There will be no more bodies of human flesh.  Then there will only be righteous spirits.  (I Cor. 15)
 
Acts 1
 
10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as HE went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
 
11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
 
12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. (Where the wait for the return of Jesus began.)
 
2 Peter 3
 
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
 
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
 
While we view this time between the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus as 2000+ years ... in God's sight it has only been 2 days!
 
Revelation 22:20  He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
 
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 What's next?  The great tribulation where God judges this earth with HIS 14 plagues ... that could take a few decades ... expect one plague after another ... and then this heaven and earth soars with fire and a loud noise vanishes ... Jesus returns and gathers HIS church and we are changed into our new spiritual bodies and are taken to the new heaven and new earth, the new Jerusalem wherein there are only the righteous!
 
Matthew 24
 
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
 
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
 
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
 
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
 
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
 
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
 
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
 
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
 
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
 
10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
 
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
 
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
 
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
 
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
 
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
 
16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
 
17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
 
18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
 
19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
 
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
 
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
 
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Luke 21  (Jesus says)
 
20  And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
 
21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
 
22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Though our outward man perishes, the inward man is renewed day by day. (2 Corinthians 4:16)

Re-published from March 28, 2024
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
If you are born again, hopefully you have learned to focus on something other than your physical body as the world does.
 
I go to physician assistant once a year in order to get a prescription for Ambien sleep aid.  Other than that, I will go in if I really need help with something and can't take care of it with standard over the counter medicine in a reasonable time.
 
I'm 86, and most of the time, I don't have to go to medical office except once a year.
 
But I have learned to pay very little attention to my human body.  Usually it gets well by itself after 2 or three days.  I think God created it that way.  I don't do "preventive medicine", because I don't want to do it.  I don't believe in it.  I have the right to choose.  So I choose.
 
But being a real Christian, I'm really not afraid to die.
 
Recently I was so depressed by something a church woman did, I asked God to let me die.  But God didn't and HE caused things to help me recover.
 
Remember how Elijah asked to die when Jezebel was after him?  But God had an angel cook him a meal out in the wilderness and after Elijah ate, things looked better to him, and he kept doing the work of a prophet of God.
 
The outward man usually perishes.  I really don't consider this to be a big deal as some church people do.  So what?  Life doesn't end just because we die!
 
There is an appointed time of 70 years life in Bible, but some live longer.  Many are already well past that 70 year time and they try to hang on as if they were 20.  I consider this foolish and I choose not to do this nor do I choose to put myself into the medical system thinking to extend life.
 
I only want to live as long as I can exhort the church.  I've asked God to let me die the day I can no longer exhort the church.  (I'm 86.)
 
My PA thought I might be having heart attacks and she offered to administer an EKG to find out.  I thought about her offer, and then said, "I don't think so."  (I don't want to be caught up in this.)  If I die, I die.  I learned to take aspirin when the pain struck and in a few days it stopped.)
 
I've met people who can't do anything much but think about their bodies.  That is a trap I really do not plan to participate in.  
 
(Of course if the pain got bad enough, I might ask for some pills until I could die.  So far, that hasn't happened.  But I'm not trying to live on this earth.  You have to know what your goal is.)
 
💥  My goal is to make provision at my house where I can read more Bible.  I'm totally uninterested in going for a walk or things like that.  And I eat what I want to eat.  I don't mind looking like the homeless woman who can't walk. Sometimes if we do go out in the car, I put make up base over the brown blemishes that have appeared of late on my face.  Sometimes I even put on light lip-stick.  Why not?  But I don't focus on fixing my flesh.  I just cover up a little!
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

One will be taken, one left, when Jesus returns. Will we be ready the day Jesus returns?

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Matthew 24   (Jesus says)
 
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but MY words shall not pass away.
 
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but MY Father only.
 
37 But as the days of Noe (Noah) were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
 
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
 
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
 
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
 
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
 
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
 
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
 
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
 
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
 
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
 
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
 
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
 
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
 
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
 
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
 
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Comments by Joan Boney:
 
I have been called by God and was given the spiritual gift of "exhortation".
 
To "exhort" means:  to urge the church by advice and warning.  (Romans 12:8)
 
Concerning "exhortation" we are told the following in the Bible.
 
Hebrews 3
 
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
 
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
 
14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
 
So "daily" I publish on our blog and present recorded Podcasts.
 
Hebrews 10:25  ...  but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
 
Often the devil says to me:  "You write too much ... You speak too much."
 
But I read in the Bible to write and speak even more to the church as I see us approaching the return of Jesus for the sin and wickedness of this world will get even worse as we near the return of Jesus.
 
So I exhort the church "even more" as the Bible says to do.
 
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The devil would like me to stop doing this so he says in my ear, "They aren't listening to you.  They tire of you."
 
But I see by the scriptures in Hebrews 3 & 10 to exhort the church daily and to exhort them even more as the sin increases on this earth.
 
And I pray to be able to do this until I am removed from this earth.
 
Should I listen to devil and stop and Jesus returns, I will not be "ready" for I stopped my assignment and began to eat and drink with the wicked.
 
Matthew 24
 
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
 
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
 
So do the assignment which God has given you and continue doing that until Jesus returns to gather the elect.
 
(It is very simple.)
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

God leads us today by scriptures, HIS Word, which he brings to us out of both the Old and New Testaments

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Examples given of God doing this with various Christians.  Patterns of how God speaks to us today by HIS Word.  Faith in that which God says to us.
 
From the Old Testament:  an example of following God by doing what God says.
 
God calls Joshua to lead the children of Israel after the death of Moses, and how to accomplish the will of God for our lives.  These things apply to that which God has told us to do today.
 
When God tells you to do something today, the pattern which will show you what to do and how to have good success.
 
Philippians 4:13  The apostle Paul says:  I can do all things through Christ (the Word given me by God in the issue of this life) which strengtheneth me.
 
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Pam Padgett, a member of the body of Christ, saw a word from Old Testament which showed her to take early retirement because her job was destruction to her.
 
Micah 2:10  Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
 
What would she do with all that time ?
 
Pam retired in February, 2012, at age of approximately 56.
 
God gave me a dream to start a blog in March, 2012.  I called Pam to see if she could set it up and run it for the ministry.  (Then we learned that Pam has spiritual gift of "helps".)
 
I Corinthians 12:28  Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. 28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
 
Everything turned out very well for her after early retirement.  She has been working with us since she retired.  Now she has set up and maintains blog, our books with Amazon, and since 2020 Podcasts, and now the addition of the Classical Music Podcast.
 
Recently we had to get another church person to help Pam with all the work she has had to do.
 
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On this Podcast, I present how God leads us, often with Old Testament scripture.
 
Joshua 1  (God taught Joshua how to do the work to replace Moses in the job of leading the Children into the promised land.)
 
1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
 
2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
 
(The assignment given Joshua differs from our assignment but the method of doing the assignment still applies to the New Testament church today.)
 
3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
 
5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
 
6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
 
7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
 
8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
 
(The "book of the law" for us is the New Testament Bible which contains laws of God for the New Covenant church.  Also many promises of God apply to the New Testament church today.)
 
9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
 
Explained on this Podcast.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Mark 4:3-20

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Jesus says
3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
 
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Jesus explains:
 
Mark 4
 
14 The sower soweth the word.
 
15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
 
16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
 
17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
 
18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
 
19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
 
20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
 
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For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. (James 2:26)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
God taught me to hear HIM by HIS HOLY Spirit and to do what the Word said to do by believing it was God speaking to me when it was God.  The voice of God is different.  I have found it to be pure, peaceable, gentle, easy to be intreated, just as it says in James 3:16.
 
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
 
I attended a church called, "Word of Faith," in the late 1970's.  I thought they were doing that which God taught me to do about faith.  I thought they were like me and I was like them.  But the teacher of our Bible class said, "You were never like us.  We talked about faith.  But you lived faith."
 
This Podcast explains what he was saying.
 
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God will shake the heavens and the earth

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Hebrews 12
26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now HE hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
 
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Revelation 21  (The new heavens and new earth)
 
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
 
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
 
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE will dwell with them, and they shall be HIS people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.
 
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
 
5 And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
 
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Psalm 111:10  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do HIS commandments: HIS praise endureth for ever.
 
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There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. (Proverbs 14:12)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
This is such a wonderful verse.
 
By this verse we are warned to remember to check with God, asking HIM for HIS wisdom concerning our plans.
 
James 1:5  If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
 
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Also ask God to stop us if the plan is wrong.
 
There will be much deception in the end times.
 
And we must always remember to pray because God knows the future!
 
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Enter into rest by trusting in God and ceasing from your own works

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Hebrews 3
 
1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
 
2 Who was faithful to HIM that appointed HIM, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
 
3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
 
4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
 
5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
 
6 But Christ as a son over HIS own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
 
7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear HIS voice,
 
8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
 
9 When your fathers tempted ME, proved ME, and saw MY works forty years.
 
10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known MY ways.
 
11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into MY rest.)
 
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
 
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
 
14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
 
15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear HIS voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
 
16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
 
17 But with whom was HE grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
 
18 And to whom sware HE that they should not enter into HIS rest, but to them that believed not?
 
19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
 
 
Hebrews 4
 
1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into HIS rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
 
2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
 
3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as HE said, As I have sworn in MY wrath, if they shall enter into MY rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
 
4 For HE spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all HIS works.
 
5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into MY rest.
 
6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
 
7 Again, HE limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear HIS voice, harden not your hearts.
 
8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would HE not afterward have spoken of another day.
 
9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
 
10 For HE that is entered into HIS rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from HIS.
 
11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
 
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
 
13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in HIS sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of HIM with whom we have to do.
 
14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
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All scripture is given by inspiration of God. (2 Timothy 3:16)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
No man knows the day or hour Jesus will return but we do know seasons.
 
As the wickedness increases by people of this world and as the churches cast aside scripture, we know the end is soon.
 
We are made "wise" unto salvation by the Holy Scripture, the Word of God.
 
2 Timothy 3:16-17  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
 
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
 
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Jesus is The Word and The Word is Jesus.
 
If we cast aside The Word, we cast aside Jesus.
 
John 1
 
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
 
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
 
3 All things were made by HIM; and without HIM was not any thing made that was made.
 
4 In HIM was life; and the life was the light of men.
 
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
 
10 HE was in the world, and the world was made by HIM, and the world knew HIM not.
 
11 HE came unto HIS own, and HIS own received HIM not.
 
12 But as many as received HIM, to them gave HE power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on HIS name:
 
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
 
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld HIS glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
 
Perverted:  To turn from the way of God and go another way.
 
To turn from Jesus the Word, to gain perceived rewards on this earth is death to you and all who are around you.
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The Old Testament contains "The Law of Moses" which the people went by until the birth of Jesus.
 
With the resurrection of Jesus came the new covenant and the New Testament which replaced the Law of Moses.  However there are many promises of God in the Old Testament which still pertain to us today.
 
But it is the sacrifice of Jesus which paid for our sins today by HIS shed blood.  So we no longer sacrifice animals for sins as they did in the Old Testament.
 
Hebrews 8
 
6 But now hath HE obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also HE (JESUS) is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
 
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
 
8 For finding fault with them, HE saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
 
9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in MY covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
 
10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put MY laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to ME a people:
 
11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know ME, from the least to the greatest.
 
12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
 
13 In that he saith, A new covenant, HE hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
 
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I Corinthians 10:11  Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
 
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
 
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
 
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Now in the New Testament church we follow the laws of God set forth in the New Testament scriptures.
 
The New Testament Bible is our only doctrine.  We follow that which is in the New Testament Bible.  The doctrines of Christ are in the New Testament Bible.  We have no other doctrine for today's churches!
 
The apostate churches remove some of the scriptures of the New Testament Bible and teach other doctrines to their followers.  They will be destroyed when Jesus returns.
 
2 Thessalonians 2
 
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day  (of the Lord)  shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
 
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
 
In 1982, God said to me:  "The falling away are not people leaving the churches.  The falling away are the churches leaving the scriptures".
 
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of HIS mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of HIS coming:
 
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
 
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
 
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
 
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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Overcoming Through God In Dealing With Cancer

Jesus Ministries
(Comments by Joan Boney)  This is the best example of seeking help from God that I have ever heard or experienced in my years as a Christian.
 
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Pam Padgett, member of the body of Christ
 
I was diagnosed with bladder cancer in September, 2022, after surgery to have a tumor removed.
 
As I drove into the urologist's parking lot for an appointment a few days after surgery to learn the pathologist's findings, a very terrifying fear came over me.  I called out to God, asking for help.  The Holy Spirit immediately reminded me of Romans 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to HIS purpose.  As I focused on this scripture I was greatly calmed and comforted, even as the urologist presented the pathologist's report.
 
The urologist told me I had cancer and that the cancer was "high grade, muscle invasive".  He  referred me to a specialist/surgeon in Denver.  
 
(I live about 50 miles south of Denver in Colorado Springs.)
 
This specialist told me that without treatment, I would be dead in 1 year, maybe 2 years at most.  She prescribed 4 chemo treatments, 2 weeks apart, then wait a month, then have surgery to remove my bladder at the end of December, 2022, or first part of January, 2023.
 
Chemotherapy wasn't a concern to me, but having my bladder removed troubled me a lot!  Needing to deal for the rest of my life with some way for my body to function without the natural bladder was a big concern.
 
I didn't mention to anyone that I didn't want to have this bladder-removal surgery, but I talked with God about it, laying all my concerns out to HIM.
 
And I asked God if there might be some way I could be spared this surgery.
 
I didn't know what God's will was in this, so I just waited to be shown if I should do anything different than what the specialist/surgeon in Denver recommended. 
 
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About 10 days later I was given a dream.  In this dream I was considering not having bladder removal.  (When I was given this dream, I had no idea there were any treatment options other than bladder removal.)
 
The following evening I was reviewing some information the chemo pharmacist had given me about the various drugs that would be administered and their possible side effects and what I might do to minimize side effects. I wanted to make sure I had everything on hand that might be needed before the chemo began the following day. 
 
When I got through all the drug information, there was one piece of paper left.  It was a sheet the pharmacist had included from the American Society of Clinical Oncology about bladder cancer.  I was  casually reading this when the following jumped out at me ...
 
"An approach using chemotherapy with radiation therapy may provide the same benefits as bladder removal."
 
I felt this might be an answer to my prayer about being spared bladder-removal surgery and asked God to please show me if this was not the case.  I was not shown anything.
 
But I didn't know how to go about changing my treatment plan, having no idea who to talk with about radiation therapy.  So I asked God how to do this and kept having the specialist/surgeon in Denver brought to my mind.   I sent her a note.
 
The next morning her nurse called to setup a time the following week for me to meet with the physician assistant who works with this doctor in Denver.
 
A few days before this appointment, I woke in the night with the words "virtual meeting" going through my mind. I didn't know why I had been awakened with those words, but the following day I found out. When I took our car to a mechanic for a wheel alignment, he determined that the car had damage which made it unsafe to drive! It would take about a week to get the needed parts to fix car.
 
I immediately thought of the appointment in Denver and began considering how I could get there. Then I was reminded of having heard the words "virtual meeting" in the night.  I called the doctor's office and was able to easily change the meeting with the physician assistant to be a virtual meeting. So much easier than driving to Denver, yet totally sufficient for what was needed.
 
Most of all, it was very comforting to see this example of God watching over my situation and helping me, even before I knew there was a need.
 
(Isaiah 65:24   And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.)
 
During the virtual meeting, the physician assistant told me that I'm not a good candidate for chemo with radiation and reasons this was the case.  But interestingly, she then said she could make a referral for me to talk with a radiation oncologist in Colorado Springs where I live.  She said she had heard very good things about this radiation oncologist who had been trained at the Mayo clinic.  I asked the physician assistant to please make that referral.
 
A few days before meeting with the radiation oncologist I had a dream.  In this dream a man was sitting next to me as I met with the radiation oncologist.  It was as if the man was there to support and help me.
 
When I woke from the dream I was reminded of various scriptures I had been given in which God says HE will be with me and help me and never leave me, such as:
 
Hebrews 13:5-6 .... for HE hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
 
Isaiah 41:10, 13  Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of MY righteousness.
13 For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
 
When I met with the radiation oncologist she said that I'm not an "ideal" candidate for radiation with chemo and told me why.  But she went on to say that if, after considering these things, I decided to go this way, she would set it up.
 
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Then I met with the chemo doctor.  He warned that the chemo given with radiation therapy for bladder cancer is harder on the body than the initial chemo I had been given and that I might need a blood transfusion and possibly need to be hospitalized.
 
(By the time appointments with the various medical people had been scheduled and held to change the treatment plan, I had had 3 of the chemo treatments initially recommended in preparation for bladder removal.) 
 
The chemo doctor then asked if I had peace about making this change in treatments.  I told him I had prayed and asked God if there was any way I could be spared bladder removal.  After that, I saw the information provided by the pharmacist about chemo with radiation, and I felt this was an answer to my prayer.  He asked if I am a Christian and I told him I am.  He said he is as well.  He then said since I had peace about making this change, he would setup this kind of chemo and coordinate it with the radiation oncologist, and that he would prescribe things to help me get through this chemo as easily as possible.  
 
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After meeting with the various medical people, we stopped the first kind of chemo and the doctors started setting everything up for chemo with radiation.
 
The chemotherapy with radiation therapy began in mid-December, 2022, and was completed in January, 2023. 
 
Interestingly, the chemo with radiation turned out to be easier for me, not harder as the chemo doctor expected.  I had no serious problems, mostly just fatigue.  But even the fatigue wasn't as much as with the first chemo.  And radiation was no problem at all.
 
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After the treatments were completed, two procedures were scheduled to be done in April, 2023, to see if there were any signs of the cancer.
 
Everything seemed to be going fine.  But then not long after these procedures were scheduled, fearful thoughts suddenly came, such as "What if the tests show more cancer?"
 
I was very shaken and turned to God for help, and was given the concept of resting in having done what I had been led to do by God, resting in HIM, in HIS word to me in this matter.   For God will work everything according to HIS purpose for me.  I just need to go in the way I believe HE is leading me.
 
Hebrews 4:3 ... For we which have believed do enter into rest,
 
Romans 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to HIS purpose.  
 
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I was also given a dream in which I was at the urologist's office to have a scope procedure.  At another point in the dream there were 2 bags with what looked like yard waste in them.  The bags were being examined by scientists or doctors who were looking for disease.  No disease was found.
 
When I woke from this dream I prayed about what this dream might mean to me and especially what the 2 bags represented.  The next morning, I was reminded of the 2 upcoming procedures and felt God was showing me that no disease would be found during the procedures in April, 2023.
 
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The first procedure was done on Friday, April 14, 2023, by the urologist looking inside my bladder using a scope.
 
The urologist started out by saying that his understanding is that I had gone to see the specialist/surgeon in Denver and it sounded like I wasn't "keen" on having my bladder removed. I laughed and told him that was correct.
 
He went on to explain that with the scope he would be checking to see if the chemo had done what was needed, but that if he found a problem it could probably be taken care of with a more minor surgery than was needed the previous September. (I felt he was trying to prepare me for him finding a problem.)
 
But as he looked at my bladder, he said "This looks great!"  He said this at least 3 times as he checked various things in the bladder. He did find a small red area, but said nothing needs to be done about that at this time. He'll just "monitor" it.
 
Overall, he seemed surprised as he said "This looks great!"
 
The second procedure, a CT scan, was done on Wednesday, April 19.  No sign of cancer was found.
 
I kept being reminded of the dream I had in which the 2 bags of waste were being examined by doctors or scientists. They were looking for disease but found none. 
 
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Another "word" about the outcome of this cancer was an open vision given by God to Joan Boney in September, 2022.  In this vision she saw something like a lumpy mass on the wall in the corner.  But it shrank with a "swooshing" sound,  and suddenly, it was gone.  She felt this had to do with my cancer.  
 
Open Vision
 
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All along the way, God has been helping me, especially when I have turned to HIM with fearful thoughts.  
 
I am especially grateful to God for showing me a way to be spared bladder removal surgery!
 
It is amazing to me that God worked it out for the various medical people to go along with what I believe HE showed me to do in changing from "chemo with bladder removal" to "chemo with radiation therapy".  
 
Although five medical people felt this was not the best way for me to go, they all agreed to this change in treatment.  
 
And as I recall the urologist saying "This looks great!" as he looked at my bladder, I am thankful to God for all HE has done in this.  
 
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Updates: 
 
Tests were again done in August-September, 2023.  No cancer was found.
 
Tests were again done in February-March, 2024.  Again, no cancer was found.  At that time the urologist, who had referred me to the specialist/surgeon in Denver in September, 2022, told me that choosing to not have bladder removal surgery was obviously the right decision and that bladder removal would have been "life changing".  I agree!
 
Tests were again done in September, 2024.  No cancer was found.  After these tests, the urologist said that everything looked very good so the next scope procedure could be done in a year.  
 
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Matthew 7:21-27

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Jesus says:
Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of MY Father which is in heaven.22 Many will say to ME in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
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Psalm 34

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
 
13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
 
14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
 
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Devil as a roaring lion walketh about seeking whom he can devour. Resist, standing firm in the faith in the Word of God. (I Peter 5)

Re-broadcast from July 19, 2023
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
I Peter 5
 
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that HE may exalt you in due time:
 
7 Casting all your care upon HIM; for HE careth for you.
 
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
 
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
 
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2 Corinthians 10
 
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
 
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
 
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ (the Word);
 
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What does the Bible say about that?
 
I Timothy 4:8  For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
 
Revelation 5
 
3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. 4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
 
5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. 6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 7 And HE came and took the book out of the right hand of HIM that sat upon the throne.
8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
 
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Do not put yourself in the path of temptation. Avoid such.

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
I Thessalonians 5
 
14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
 
15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
 
16 Rejoice evermore.
 
17 Pray without ceasing.
 
18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
 
19 Quench not the Spirit.
 
20 Despise not prophesyings.
 
21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
 
22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
 
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It is very foolish to think of putting yourself in the path of temptation as a godly person.
 
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In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Proverbs 10:19  In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
 
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God says:  The more talk, the more opportunity there is for sin.
 
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Matthew 12  (Jesus says)
 
33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
 
34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
 
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
 
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
 
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
 
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Speculation of humans can be filled with evil thinking.
 
Also when we tell what we have heard, if what we heard was wrong, we can be accountable for spreading false witness.
 
To try to explain what is happening, giving reasons, is also very dangerous.
 
In his wisdom from God Solomon said:
 
Proverbs 26:16
 
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
 
(I'm learning to stop giving a reason unless I'm sure I've heard from God.)
 
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Being wise in her own eyes was part of the downfall of Eve.
 
Genesis 3
 
1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
 
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
 
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
 
(Eve added to the Word of God.  God did not say, "Neither shall ye touch it.")
 
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
 
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
 
(Humans greatly desire to be as gods, explaining "why" something happened.)
 
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
 
(People want other people to see them as being "wise" without God.)
 
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People also want to take pride in other humans.
 
But when I tell what God said or did, they often want to run away from me.
 
Give glory to God!  Show HIS word and HIS work.
 
John 16:13-14  (Jesus said)
 
13 Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of HIMSELF; but whatsoever HE shall hear (from God), that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.
 
14 He (the Holy Spirit) shall glorify ME (the Word): for HE shall receive of MINE, and shall shew it unto you.
 
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John 7:18  (Jesus said)   He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh HIS glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
 
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When I know I'm going to be with other people, I often pray asking God to have me speak only what HE wants me to speak.
 
And from the time that God started training me to work as a minister, HE showed me not to plan anything.  Just step out on stage and speak that which the Holy Spirit brought to my mind, scripture or example.  And God taught me to write this way on blog and record this way on Podcasts.
 
My example was the apostle Paul:
 
I Corinthians 2  (Paul says:)
 
1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
 
2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and HIM crucified.
 
3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
 
4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
 
5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
 
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Psalms which encourage us and give us strength

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Psalms are prayers. 
 
Here are excerpts from Psalms 17-18 which build us up in ways of God.
 
Psalms of David.
 
Psalm 17
 
4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of THY lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
 
5 Hold up my goings in THY paths, that my footsteps slip not.
 
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of THY wings,
 
9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
 
10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked.
 
14 From men which are THY hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life,
 
Psalm 18
 
2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
(The Lord: The Word of God)
 
3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
 
6  In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: HE heard my voice out of HIS temple, and my cry came before HIM, even into HIS ears.
 
16 HE sent from above, HE took me, HE drew me out of many waters.
 
17 HE delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
 
19 HE brought me forth also into a large place; HE delivered me, because HE delighted in me.
 
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The ”falling away” in churches in the end time

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Another scripture God opened my eyes to see, is II Thessalonians 2. 
 
The apostle Paul says:
 
II Thessalonians 2:3  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first,
 
I saw the "falling away" was that the church group would "fall away" from scripture, allowing strange doctrines to take the place of the Bible, opening the door for antichrist, the man of lawlessness, to move into the church.
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God showed me many things about how HE leads us today as HIS people in the NT church.
 
Jesus said:
 
John 14:26    But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
 
John 16:13    Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear (from God), that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.
 
We see by these two scriptures, the Holy Spirit, who lives in each believer, does the following for the child of God.
 
- HE teaches us all things- HE reminds us of the WORD- HE guides us into all truth- HE shows us things to come
 
The Holy Spirit does all this by bringing thoughts to our minds. These thoughts show us the way to go and show us the will of God for us in that exact issue with which we are currently dealing.
 
The thoughts HE brings can be concepts, both secular and spiritual ... or HE reminds us of scripture which we need to consider at the moment.
 
God watches over each of us constantly.  God leads us in the way of righteousness and leads us into positions which cause us to prosper and have good success in everything we do.
 
God does this through HIS Spirit, by showing us what to do by bringing thoughts into our minds to show us.
 
When we go forward in that shown us by the Spirit, following the concept or scripture given by the Spirit, we go in the will of God for the Spirit of God knows the heart of God and shows us what God thinks about our current situation and what we should do.  I Corinthians 2
 
There is a problem however.  Sometimes our own desire can overrule the concept shown us by the Spirit and in such cases we end up following what we want and resisting that which is shown us by the Spirit.
 
Other times the devil enters in by bringing us a way that would end up destroying us.
 
So we must know how to tell if the thought is from God, or if the thought is from our own desire, or if the thought is from devil.
 
Then we deliberately choose that shown us by God.
 
It sounds like we would always choose that shown us by God, but sometimes God will show us to go in a way we do not want to go.  Then we have to make a decision whether or not we will follow that way which is shown us by God.
 
I've been tested a great many times.  Here is an example.
 
The Holy Spirit called to my attention the following scripture:
 
Ephesians 4:29    Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
 
I thought on the instruction given in this scripture and began trying to do what it said.  I kept this scripture before me day and night to allow the scripture to grow in me and cause me to do what it says.
 
During this time, I was visiting with my neighbors at their house.  It was during the USA presidential elections.  I am non political but two candidates that year were of interest to me and apparently this interest had grown in my heart for I very much wanted to say, "And what do you think of the election?"
 
But the Holy Spirit brought to my mind the scripture in Ephesians 4:29 ... Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
 
- If I speak about the election, will people be edified in the ways of God?- Will my words stir up good or evil?
 
But amazingly I wanted so very much to speak of this election.
 
I chose not to speak of this and instead I chose to follow that which the Holy Spirit brought to my mind and I left my neighbor's house without speaking of the election.
 
But I was really surprised in how strongly my flesh was trying to get me to do what it wanted.
 
If we feed our flesh it will get stronger.  I suspect I had been watching news reports more than usual and it fed my flesh on this matter.
 
It is also amazing how little this election affected us in USA.  This happened about 20 years ago and I can't see that my life was affected at all by the outcome of that election.
 
But my life is very much affected by whether I choose that which the Holy Spirit shows me.
 
If we are going to move into righteousness, prosperity, and good success ... we are going to have to choose to follow that brought to our minds by the Holy Spirit.
 
Often that way causes us to "suffer in the flesh" for our flesh wants to go according to its desire and when we choose to go the way shown us by Holy Spirit, our flesh cannot rule over us and it suffers as a result.
 
It is easy to see this when we recall how much we wanted to go in ways of the flesh, ways of fornication or adultery or drunkenness or hatred when we were younger.
 
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Sins in churches today

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
The apostle Paul tells us in the Bible what to do when we encounter a "brother" at the church committing a sin.
 
I Corinthians 5
 
1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
 
2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
 
3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
 
4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
 
6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
 
7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
 
8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
 
9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
 
10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
 
11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
 
12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? (Those without the church) do not ye judge them that are within?
 
(We should not judge the world.  We do judge those of the church because they are "within," expected to know the doctrines of Christ and obey the commandments of God written in the NT Bible.)
 
13 But them that are without God judgeth. 
 
Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked (church) person.
 
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