Building your house on the word from God

Concerning people who fight against us as we try to do the will of God

(This podcast was previously published on March 31, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Matthew 10:32-39   Jesus says:   Whosoever therefore shall confess ME (The Word) before men, him will I confess also before MY Father which is in heaven.  But whosoever shall deny ME before men, him will I also deny before MY Father which is in heaven.
 
34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
 
35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
 
36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
 
37 He that loveth father or mother more than ME is not worthy of ME: and he that loveth son or daughter more than ME is not worthy of ME.
 
38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after ME, is not worthy of ME.
 
39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for MY sake shall find it.
 
But we must be certain it is God who has given us that idea or information, for the devil also brings ideas to us and so does our own flesh.
 
If you are fully persuaded the word you have heard is from God, you must do that word.  But we should not be surprised if our own household tries to stop us.
 
James 3:17  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.
 
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John 5:30 Jesus says:   I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
 
Neither can we do anything of our own selves.  We must hear from God by HIS Spirit before we do anything.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Roles ordained by God for men and for women, as shown us by Bible

(This podcast was previously published on March 25, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
The Bible teaches us so much about God's plan concerning men and women and the way God created men and women.  The world tries to make everything the same, same opportunities, even same roles.
 
It is difficult to enter into our assignment from God and to understand the way God created us unless we view some scriptures on this subject.
 
God ordained the following:
 
Genesis 2:7-8   And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
 
8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there HE put the man whom HE had formed.
 
18  And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
 
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and HE (God) took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
 
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made HE a woman, and brought her unto the man.
 
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God created the woman to be an helper to the man.
 
Some women will not marry.  Some women will be assigned other roles by God.
 
But most women will marry and when they do marry, God has created them especially for that man to be his help meet.
 
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Eve was deceived by Satan and after the transgression, God put the following assignment on the man and the woman and there was a difference in the role of the man and the woman.
 
For the man:
 
Genesis 3
 
17-19 And unto Adam HE (God) said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;  Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;  In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
 
For the woman:
 
Genesis 3
 
16 Unto the woman HE (God) said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
 
(Already we see that God has created the woman for the man so she would be a help meet to the man.)
 
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So we go forth perfectly created and joined by God.
 
But men and women change the creation in their own wisdom and things fall apart.
 
As long as we accept our assignments, God blesses us in that to which HE has assigned to us.
 
And as long as we do what God wants us to do we are blessed and we bless others by our lives, whether we marry or whether we are single.
 
God said to Isaac:  Genesis 26:3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee;
 
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Mark 10   Jesus says:
 
6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
 
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
 
8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
 
9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
 
***
 
Divorce was created because of the hardness of the heart:
 
Mark 10
 
2 And the Pharisees came to HIM (to Jesus) , and asked HIM, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting HIM.
 
3 And HE answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
 
4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
 
5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
 
***
 
Matthew 5:32   Jesus said:
 
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
 
* Woman who remarries after divorce commits adultery.
 
* Man who divorces a faithful wife will be the cause of her adultery if she remarries.
 
* Man who marries divorced woman commits adultery.
 
***
 
Deborah, a married woman who judged Israel.
 
Judges 4
 
4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
 
5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
 
6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
 
7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
 
8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
 
9 And she said, I will surely go with thee:
 
(So there are times God uses a woman for multiple purposes.)
 
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Women often want to fulfill themselves.
 
My mother wanted to be a teacher.  My dad did not want my mother to work outside the home.  So my mother did not try to get a job outside the home.  My dad wanted my mother to stay at home and take care of me and the house.
 
Pam Padgett's younger sister had 4 children.  This sister wanted to be fulfilled and she wanted to work in a day care center.  She convinced her parents to buy the day care center for her.  Her husband was against her working outside the home and he wanted her to stay at home and take care of their children.  But she got the day care center.  She and her husband ended up in divorce.
 
Today so much is upside down and opposite to that set forth in Bible.
 
Things are getting worse and they grow farther away from Bible.
 
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Some women will not marry and they will have other assignments from God.
 
I Corinthians 7  
 
26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
 
27  Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
 
28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
 
29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
 
30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
 
31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
 
32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
 
33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
 
34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
 
35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
 
36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
 
37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
 
38 So then he that giveth in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth not in marriage doeth better.
 
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Most people will marry and here are very important instructions concerning those who marry.
 
I Corinthians 7
 
10-11 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:  But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
 
12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
 
13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
 
14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
 
15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
 
16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
 
39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
 
40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
 
***
 
When we choose to follow that which is ordained by God for us by following the Spirit in that which is set forth in the New Testament Bible, we greatly bless ourselves and others.
 
It is good to focus on these scriptures concerning marriage, divorce, remarriage and remaining single.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Sometimes we misinterpret a scripture, or a dream, and we end up in bondage never intended by God

(This podcast was previously published on March 26, 2021) 
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
I was born again in 1975, by God speaking a word to me by His Spirit.
 
About two weeks later, in the night while I was sleeping, I was "transported" into heaven and was merged into the body of Christ, made one with the Word of God, God and Holy Spirit witnessing.  (I saw no physical images it was a spiritual experience.)
 
A few nights later, the exact same thing happened to me a second time.
 
What did this mean?
 
Later I came to believe at this time I was ordained to be a minister of Jesus in two offices, as apostle and prophet.
 
But how can I do this being a woman?
 
The apostle Paul said:
 
I Corinthians 14:34-35   Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
 
The Spirit of God said to me:  "Look at what these women were doing?"
 
When I re-read the scripture, I realized these women were asking questions during the church gathering and were thereby interrupting the service.  Paul was stopping them.
 
The Spirit of God then reminded me that Philip had 4 daughters who did prophesy.  Acts 21:9
 
Prophecy is for the church, so these daughters would have to speak to the church to prophesy.
 
By these things, God persuaded me to do the work to which I am called, exhorting the church as an apostle/prophet.
 
I completely agree with Paul that women must be kept under control.  I've witnessed women taking over in the church and stopping the flow of the Spirit of God.  I would stop them also.
 
But when a woman has a Word from God she should be free to speak that Word from God to the church gathering that all may be edified in the church.
 
*****
 
Also God reminded me of Deborah. She was a prophet in OT.  She was married.  She judged Israel.  She even told the captain of the army to go to war.
 
Judges 4:4-5  And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
 
6-7 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
 
8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
 
9 And she said, I will surely go with thee:
 
This example of Deborah and the way God used Deborah for the children of Israel shows us that God does as HE wills with women in the church.
 
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I love scripture.  But I also know sometimes humans misuse scripture and they bind themselves by scriptures in ways God never intended.
 
We must take scripture to God, and ask HIM to give us wisdom about those verses, and allow God to interpret scripture to us.
 
Once God gave me something to say to the church and I said to God, "If I say that, they will not understand and they will misinterpret what I am saying."
 
God said, "They misunderstood what Paul said didn't they?"
 
Peter said this concerning them misunderstanding what Paul wrote to them:
 
II Peter 3:15-16 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
 
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
 
(Those who have the Spirit will understand but the others will not understand.  For the sake of those who have the Spirit, we speak, and we suffer the persecution from the others.)
 
If we are led by God and HIS Spirit we will understand as one and be united by HIS Spirit.
 
Ephesians 4
 
4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
 
5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
 
6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
 
But many try to understand with their natural mind and they end up setting up other denominations.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Promises of God to us when we do those scriptures which HE gives us

(This podcast was previously published on March 29, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
When we meditate on those scriptures brought to our attention by the Holy Spirit and we do those instructions, we have a promise from God that we will prosper and have good success in all that we do on this earth.
 
Joshua 1:8   God says:  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.
 
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Psalm 1:1-3   Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
 
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in HIS law doth he meditate day and night.
 
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
 
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Example:
 
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.
 
***
 
Philippians 2:5-7  Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:  Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:  But made Himself of no reputation,
 
***
 
And the following two scriptures have greatly influenced me even unto the present day:
 
Hebrews 3:13-14  But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.  For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
 
Exhort: to urge earnestly by advice or warning
 
Hebrews 10:25 ... exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Jesus called Paul from heaven as Jesus calls His ministers today from heaven

(This podcast was previously published on March 15, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
After Jesus arose into heaven, HE set up the New Testament church and called some individuals to be HIS ministers to edify HIS church.
 
Ephesians 4:11-12 And HE gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;  For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
 
The apostle Paul was persecuting the Christians after the time Jesus was crucified and taken into heaven.
 
From heaven, Jesus called Paul and set him into the ministry.
 
Acts 9
 
1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
 
2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
 
3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
 
4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
 
5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
 
6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
 
Paul heard a voice which was Jesus speaking from heaven to him.  Paul did not see a physical image of Jesus.  Jesus called to Paul from heaven.
 
Jesus sets up HIS ministers today from heaven by reaching those persons to reveal to them that they are to be ministers of Jesus, the call of Jesus to be HIS minister.
 
And with that call of God, those persons called by God are given gifts of the Holy Spirit which identify themselves to others as being of God, with the "hand of God" being upon them. So Jesus confirms HIS ministers to the church.
 
But some individuals put themselves into the church as ministers without having the Spirit of God.
 
Jude vv. 17-19 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;  How that they told you there should be mockers (copiers) in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.  These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
 
One very big-time minister said he shut himself up in his garage for two weeks and memorized the teaching tapes of another minister.  Another radio/TV minister said she got an acting coach to help her to make her presentations more interesting.
 
So some put themselves into the ministry.  And they often gain great numbers of followers.
 
But we, who are real ministers of Jesus, are called by Jesus for the work of the ministry.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Keeping those scriptures before us which God gives to us by HIS Spirit

(This podcast was previously published on March 27, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
God brings scriptures to our attention to encourage us.
 
When this happens, those scriptures are chosen by God for us to fit our need.
 
For example:
 
In a need Pam Padgett had, God gave her this scripture:  Psalm 32:8  I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with Mine eye.
 
In my need, God gave me:  Romans 1:16-17  For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
 
It is important to collect the scriptures which God brings to our mind and  keep them before us day and night (for a season) to strengthen us and encourage us in our assignments.
 
As individuals, our needs at this point in time differ, but God fills those needs in our lives by calling to our attention scriptures or dreams which we need to keep before us.
 
I will share with you a few of my personal collection of scriptures which I keep on my Kindle photo album for easy access.
 
I usually go over these scriptures daily to help me in the faith and to strengthen me in the assignment God has given me while HE keeps me on this present earth.
 
This may shock you, but I find it even harder today to keep the faith and do the work of God than it was 40 years ago.
 
I believe this means the sins of people and the attack of devils has increased because we draw closer to the return of Jesus.  (See: Revelation 12:11-13)
 
Therefore I find that I need to do even more meditating in scriptures, for the time of Jesus' return draws nearer.
 
Joan Boney
 
*****
 
As we encounter problems of this life, to put a spotlight on the problem we are having and to strengthen us to be able to overcome in the situation, God may give us a scripture or a dream to show us what to do.
 
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In February 2021, some disturbing thoughts came to my mind in the form of "what if?" ... Instantly God brought the following to my mind:
 
Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to HIS riches in glory by Christ Jesus.  (by the Word HE gives you)
 
I said:  "That's right!"
 
If a "need" arises, God will bring me a "WORD" to show me what to do and that need will vanish when I do that Word.
 
I added that scripture to a list of scriptures which God has brought to my mind in the past so I can be encouraged as I live on this present earth and go forward.
 
Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
***
 
In 1975, I owned a small business and a man filed a law suit against me.  I hired a lawyer.  But the bills for the legal services began coming in weekly and it was taking most of the profits from my business to pay those bills.
 
One day, God brought the following scripture to my attention:
 
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of ME, saith the LORD.
 
I began to reason this scripture:   I am now a Christian so this promise applies to me.  Therefore the weapon of this lawsuit cannot prosper against me.  I can dismiss my lawyer and go to court without any human legal counsel, eliminating the financial drain coming upon my business.  I dismissed my lawyer based on what this scripture said to me.  I planned to go to court with out human legal counsel.  Six days before the trial, the man dropped all charges and there was no court case.
 
I keep this scripture in my mediation scriptures to remind me and encourage me as I go forward.
 
***
 
When I was a new Christian, God called to my attention several scriptures showing me what the Holy Spirit of God would do for me.
 
John 14:26  Jesus said ... 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, that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.
 
I Corinthians 2
 
6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
 
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
 
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love HIM.
 
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by HIS Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
 
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
 
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
 
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
 
I owned a small business in American Indian arts at that time and I began to live by that which God showed me by HIS Spirit.
 
Before I would go to buy merchandise, I would pray for the artist to make the items I needed.  When I saw the art objects, I prayed for God to show me what to buy.  As I returned to my shop, I prayed for God to send out the angels to bring the customers into my shop to buy the art objects.
 
In the 4 years I operated that business, every item sold.  I never had a special sale.  The items just sold.
 
***
 
As a new Christian, God called my attention to the following scripture:
 
James 1:5   If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
 
At the same time, I was reading about wisdom given to Solomon and I read many scriptures in Proverbs which encourage us to seek wisdom.
 
When I saw this, I wrote in my Bible, above each chapter, "Pray for wisdom."  For I knew I needed God's wisdom to understand scripture.
 
I John 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of HIM abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in HIM.
 
God teaches us by the Holy Spirit who lives in us and reminds us of scripture and concepts.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Without hearing from God we can do nothing and we know nothing. (Jn. 5:30)

(This podcast was previously published on March 20, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Jesus said:  I can of MINE own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and MY judgment is just; because I seek not MINE own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent ME.   (John 5:30)
 
How do we know the will of God?
 
As the Holy Spirit who dwells in us reminds us of scripture or shows us a concept, we know the will of God.
 
As Jesus always heard from God, so we do also by the Spirit of God who reminds us of scripture or brings us truth or a concept.
 
People want to be right and to be seen as being right.
 
But we can only be right as we are following that which God shows us to do.
 
Matthew 7  Jesus says:
 
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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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Living godly lives by the Spirit of God, not by letter of the law

(This podcast was previously published on March 24, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
I'm very fortunate because I've had a godly aunt in my life and I've had an opportunity to see a person who was not fearful but joyous.  And she was content to be in her assignment as assigned by God and she worked there!  She radiated joy in God.  God was never a burden to her but was a joy.  She didn't have to try to be an example of a godly person for she was a godly person.
 
A truly godly person who is led by the Spirit of God is not a fearful person for he knows God will always be with him and help him to make godly choices.
 
He doesn't have to be godly by himself, but HE has the Spirit of God in him to show him what to do and the Spirit will always lead in that which is right in the sight of God.
 
The people who try to live by the letter of the law are ridged and always afraid.
 
Yet we, who follow the Spirit, uphold the law by the Spirit, for the Holy Spirit is Holy and will not present a way to us that is opposite to scripture or contrary to that which God wants us to do.
 
We are as Paul said in the following:  That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;  Holding forth the word of life;  (Philippians 2:15-16)
 
We, who live by the Spirit, are free from sins, for we follow the Spirit who leads us in the way of God, and we are joyous, thankful to God that we have another way to live on this earth.
 
We are a blessing to all who come across our path!
 
Importantly, we know our assignment from God as we live on this present earth and we get our instruction from God and we follow HIM and we remain steadfast in that which God gives us to do.
 
In this Podcast, I will try to show examples of persons who live by the Spirit of God and how different they are from church goers who are living by the letter of the law.
 
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My aunt married a man she did not love.  As a type of rebellious teenager in approximately 1915, she loved a young man but something happened and out of spite she married another "boy".
 
The man she married was physically rough.  When we visited them when I was a child, he would "hug" me when we arrived at their house, but the grip of his hand on my arm hurt.  And he was a man filled with fear.
 
Somewhere along her life, my aunt became born again and was even transported into heaven and she said it was all golden there.
 
My aunt was wonderful at cooking and cleaning and sewing!  She had a great joy in her as she helped her husband and family and others.  That joy radiated!
 
During part of her life she was postmistress in their rural village in Arkansas.  Later she worked as a clerk in a department store in the dress shop area.  She put her whole heart into that which she did and worked in joy.
 
I didn't hear her mention God but everyone knew she was a godly woman.
 
And she loved people and did all she could to help them, even strangers.
 
She had the Spirit of God in her and she followed the Spirit of God although she attended the Church of Christ denomination which even removed some of the Bible references to the "Holy Ghost".
 
Before she died, I was born again, and we spoke often of things of God.  She was never afraid of me.
 
She told me she knew some things were wrong at "the church".
 
Mostly when I was with her after I was born again, we spoke of scripture.
 
When I think of Proverbs 31, I think of this aunt.
 
She once said to me, "I always knew you would never do anything wrong."
 
(I did lots of things wrong but she must have seen me by faith.)
 
***
 
Amazingly her daughter was just opposite.  She attended Church of Christ and was always afraid that someone would do something wrong.  I doubt she was born again.  She tried to live by the letter of the law, so far as I can tell.  She was the most fear-filled person I've ever seen.  And even after I was born again she fought me greatly.  I don't think she knew what it was to be born again.  She seemed to think that we humans did things of Bible by our own will.
 
She once said to me, "Well ... I believe you are a Christian ... I just don't see how you can be!"
 
(I just laughed, for I was pretty sure she was not born again though she always attended church and her husband was a leader in their church group.)
 
Being born again and following the Spirit of God is often bewildering to church goers.
 
II Corinthians 3:6   (God) Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
 
*****
 
We who are godly keep ourselves in the love of God.
 
And we are joyous and extremely hopeful for we truly know God.  We don't try to be joyful.  We are joyful for our experience with God is joy.
 
Yet we obey God by HIS Spirit as HE shows us scripture and we allow God to re-create us in the image of that verse of scripture as we apply that scripture to our lives.
 
We follow God by HIS Spirit doing scripture with great joy knowing scripture is freedom from sin for us.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Covetousness comes by comparing yourself with others

(This podcast was previously published on March 19, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
I became interested in the word "covetousness" and looked this up in dictionary and saw a revealing definition showing that which causes covetousness:
 
"covetousness:  eager or excessive desire, especially for wealth or possessions.  Social media so often encourages us to compare ourselves to others, inspiring covetousness and insecurity."
 
And I recalled the following scripture:
 
II Corinthians 10:12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
 
***
 
Hebrews 13:5   Let your conversation (manner of life) be without covetousness;
 
***
 
After God put me on radio in 1980, a woman at our church group said to me, "I want to be like you.  I want to do what you do".
 
I was surprised and responded, "You do?"  (I just couldn't imagine anyone wanting to do that which God had me doing.)
 
Later another woman in church said to me, "I don't see how I can compete with you who have been taken into heaven twice."
 
In the body of Christ, we should not be trying to "compete" with other persons but rather we should follow those scriptures brought to our attention by God and allow God to form us as HE wills in the body of Christ.
 
We are recreated over and over by examining those scriptures given us by God and by following HIM through doing those scriptures, thus being continually formed by God into the image of Christ.
 
***
 
Young people in school often want to be like other people or have that which other people have.
 
I do see this as "unwise", as the apostle Paul said to us.
 
But until now, I had not seen it as the root of "covetousness".
 
Covetousness is one of the serious sins of the flesh.
 
I Corinthians 5:11;13 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... put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
 
I Corinthians 6:9-10   Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
 
***
 
Our goal should be to follow God as HE works through our life and therefore be recreated by God in HIS image, doing what HE tells us to do, being satisfied in the way HE recreates us.
 
Ephesians 2:10 For we are HIS workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
 
Philippians 2:13   For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of HIS good pleasure.
 
I Corinthians 4:7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
 
***
 
Hebrews 13:5  Let your conversation (manner of life) be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for HE hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
 
Let us do that which God has enabled us to do, always knowing it is God who made it possible for us to do that which we do.
 
Each of us are totally unique when we follow God and indispensable as an integral part of the body of Christ working as a specific part in the body as created by God.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Love toward the Word of God

(This podcast was previously published on March 21, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Hebrews 6:10  For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward HIS name (The Word), in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
 
We really love the Word of God.
 
Philippians 2
 
12  Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
 
13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
 
14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
 
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
 
16 Holding forth the word of life;
 
The world grows darker but that light in us is very bright and we do not hide the light that is in us.  We are different, for God has created us by HIS word and that causes us to be opposite from this world.
 
It is very exciting for us to be on this earth for we are as lights as we hold forth the word of life.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Dealing with destructive thoughts

(This podcast was previously published on March 14, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Destructive thoughts come to our minds to turn us from that which God has shown us and to pull us down in this life.  These thoughts are often from devils.
 
Therefore the apostle Peter says:
 
I Peter 5:8-9   Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:  Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
 
We must turn to God in prayer with these destructive thoughts and let God help us.
 
II Corinthians 10:4-5 (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;
 
And the apostle Peter says:
 
I Peter 1:13-15  Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;  As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:  But as HE which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
 
Thoughts brought to our minds from devils are exactly opposite to the truth and they can destroy us unless we turn to God for HIS help.
 
John 8:33  Jesus said this concerning the devil.
 
He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.It is very important for us to take each destructive thought captive and bring that thought into the obedience of Christ, The Word, calling on God when we are troubled.
 
Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
 
We must be diligent to pray over every concern, letting our "requests" be made known to God.  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.  (Philippians 4:7)
 
Dealing in spiritual ways with destructive thoughts is very important and needed as long as God chooses to leave us on this present earth.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Jesus says: Many go in the way of destruction but few go in the way of life

(This podcast was previously published on March 16, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Matthew 7:13-14  Jesus says: Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
 
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
 
After I was born again, I asked my best friend, a Baptist:  "And what do we do now?"
 
She replied:  "Nothing."
 
I found that to be puzzling.
 
Revelation 22:14-15   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.
 
At church groups, over and over, I would hear people say:  "It is all covered by the blood of Jesus."
 
It seemed to me that they preached a license to sin.
 
Revelation 3:5   Jesus says:  He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before MY Father, and before HIS angels.
 
We overcome the temptation by turning to God after we are born again.
 
To the woman taken in adultery, Jesus said:  "Go, and sin no more."
 
Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
 
II Peter 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
 
There are many things taught in church groups which make the individuals feel comfortable but are contrary to the scriptures in the New Testament Bible.
 
II 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:  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
 
Jesus says:  I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by ME (by The Word).  John 14:6
 
We are saved by the blood of Jesus, but after that, we do the commandments of God in the New Testament Bible.  Only by doing "the Word" can we enter into things of God and come to God.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

My God shall supply all your need

(This podcast was previously published on March 18, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
There are many types of needs:
 
money, 
jobs, 
information concerning what to do, 
encouragement in following God
 
Regardless of our need, God is our supply and source when we belong to HIM.
 
The king of Sodom offered to bless Abraham, but Abraham declined and said:
 
I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,  That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:  (Genesis 14:22-23)
 
Abraham purposed in his heart that he wanted his provision to come from God and not from man.
 
James 1:5   If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
 
Deuteronomy 28:1-2  And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all HIS commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:  And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
 
Like Abraham, Moses refused the blessings that man could give to him and chose God for HIS source.
 
Hebrews 11:24-27   By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;  Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;  Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.  By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing HIM who is invisible.
 
We are greatly blessed when we choose to make God our source, HIM who is invisible, rather than making man our source on this earth.
 
*****
 
I am 83-years-old.  I can only walk a few steps with a walker.  One of our church members took me into her home to live and she helps me.  Recently she failed to come to my room to give me my medicine.  This was very unusual.  Had she fallen on the stairs?  Was she lying there helpless?  How will I get the animals fed? (2 dogs and 3 cats)  What if she has to go to hospital?  Thoughts were raging in my mind.
 
I began praying and instantly I heard this from the Holy Spirit:  "My God will supply all your need."
 
It was like having a great weight lift from my body.
 
I needed information and help and God supplied it at that moment by HIS Word which was brought to my mind and I relaxed, believing that word.
 
***
 
In 1975, I owned a small business.  A man filed a law suit against me.  I hired lawyers to defend me in court.  But the legal fees were eating up all the profit from my little business.  What to do?  I needed wisdom.
 
My attention was drawn to the following promise of God to HIS people.
 
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of ME, saith the LORD.
 
I began reasoning this scripture:
 
I'm a Christian now so this promise applies to me.  This law suit is a weapon against me.  The legal fees are a weapon against me.  These weapons against me shall not prosper.  I will dismiss my lawyer and stop the legal fees and go to court without any human legal counsel.
 
When I released my attorney, he said:  "Joan ... you can't do this.  You don't realize how evil these courts are today.  We are willing to work with you.  It will only cost about $10,000 more to try your case."
 
$10,000 MORE ... I cried out, "Gordon ... stop ... don't do anything else!"
 
The following week, Gordon came back to my shop.  He said, "Joan ... we have decided we will try your case without any additional legal fees."
 
What is going on here?  One week it is going to cost $10,000 more and now it is free?  I didn't hear Gordon mention God in this.
 
So I replied,  "I'll have to get back with you on this."
 
I turned to God and began praying:  "What to YOU want me to do?"
 
I was reminded of a scripture to show me what to do:  Abraham said to the king of Sodom:  "I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,  That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:"  (Genesis 14:22-23)
 
I knew God was showing me to turn down the "free" legal service.
 
Several weeks passed.  Fear came in waves in forms of thoughts.  But with each fearful thought, God would remind me of a scripture to settle me.
 
I recorded all these scriptures on a cassette tape and played the tape when I went to bed each night.  When I awoke in the night, I turned the tape over and began playing it again.
 
Six days before we were to go to trial, the man dropped all charges against me.
 
Later my lawyer came back to my shop.  He said, "I want you to know that we have discussed your case at the law firm and we believe what you said happened actually happened."
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Building your house on the Word from God

(This podcast was previously published on March 17, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Matthew 7   Jesus says:
 
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.
 
I was born again in 1975, and I began collecting scripture and doing those scriptures, living by those scriptures, for the next 40+ years.
 
* Romans 13 
 
8 Owe no man any thing
 
* Deuteronomy 28
 
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all HIS commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
 
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
 
9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto Himself, as HE hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in HIS ways.
 
12 The LORD shall open unto thee HIS good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in HIS season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
 
13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
 
As we read the Bible and take scriptures and do those scriptures and continue to do those scriptures, that Word lives in us and rises up to guide our path as we walk on this earth and to keep us from going in the destruction of this present world.
 
We build our house on the word of God as we hear that word and do that word, setting aside all other ways.
 
*****
 
Other scriptures I learned to live by:
 
* Joshua 1
 
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.
 
***
 
* Psalm 1
 
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
 
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in HIS law doth he meditate day and night.
 
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
 
***
 
* James 1
 
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
 
***
 
* Philippians 4
 
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
 
***
 
* I Timothy 4
 
13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
***
 
* Hebrews 3
 
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
 
exhort:  urge earnestly by advice and warning
 
***
 
* Hebrews 10
 
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
 
***
 
* 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.
 
***
 
* Joshua 1
 
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.
 
Wasn't it God who told me this?
 
***
 
* Isaiah 54
 
17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of ME, saith the LORD.
 
My righteousness is of God because it was God who showed me to do this and to say this.
 
***
 
* Romans 12
 
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
 
In each of the above scripture, there are things for us to do and to keep doing!
 
***
 
Believe in the Holy Spirit leading us:
 
* John 14   Jesus says:
 
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, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
 
* I Corinthians 2
 
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
 
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
 
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
 
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
 
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
 
***
 
These scriptures are the foundations upon which I built my life.
 
And there are many other scriptures also which I added through the trials of this present life as the Holy Spirit brought those scriptures to my attention.
 
As long as we live on this earth, God brings us The Word to show us what to do and to encourage us in HIS way.
 
* Isaiah 26
 
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee.
 
4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Racing to destruction

(This podcast was previously published on March 13, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Several years ago, God gave me the following dream:
 
A stagecoach, pulled by 4 black horses, was racing toward a nearby cliff.  No one was driving the stagecoach.  Inside the carriage, I saw a silly looking woman looking out.  She had long blond curls and a big smile on her face and she had no idea how close she was to her own destruction.
 
As people demand their "rights" to do Biblical sins today, and to be respected and accepted and supported in their various sins, they are very near to going off that cliff into eternal damnation.
 
And by their demands, we know the season for judgment is very near, and Jesus is on the threshold.
 
*****
 
Romans 12
 
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
***
 
Romans 1
 
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
 
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
 
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
 
***
 
Matthew 5:32  Jesus says:
 
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
 
* The faithful wife who remarries after her husband divorces her, commits adultery upon remarriage.
 
* The husband who divorces a faithful wife will be the cause of her adultery if she remarries.
 
* The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
 
***
 
I Corinthians 7
 
10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
 
11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
 
39 The wife is bound by the law (of the New Testament) as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
 
**
 
Romans 7
 
2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
 
3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
 
***
 
Mark 10
 
2  And the Pharisees came to HIM (to Jesus), and asked HIM, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting HIM.
 
3 And HE answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
 
4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
 
5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
 
6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
 
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
 
8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
 
9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
 
10 And in the house HIS disciples asked HIM again of the same matter.
 
11 And HE saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
 
12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
 
***
 
I Corinthians 6
 
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, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
 
(Becoming one flesh:)
 
15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
 
16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith HE, shall be one flesh.
 
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
 
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
 
***
 
Galatians 5
 
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.
 
***
 
It is so important to review these scriptures regularly, for you will see these sins on TV almost each time you turn on TV, and often even at your churches some of these scriptures will be denied as congregations "love" the sinners.
 
Therefore it is important for us to review scriptures, renewing our mind to the Word of God in the midst of the sins around us.
 
Perilous times!
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

God shows me things are worse than I thought them to be

(This podcast was previously published on March 1, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Before God destroyed Sodom, sexual perversions were rampant among the city of Sodom.  "From every quarter", of the city of Sodom, men came out to have sex with the two men who lodged with Abraham's nephew, Lot. (Genesis 19)
 
God described the men of Sodom as follows:  Genesis 13:13   "But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly."
 
When sins are closeted, done in secret, they are at a pre-boiling stage, like water simmering in a pot.
 
But when sins are open before all to see, and there is no shame causing them to hide their sins, it is like full boiling water which is going to spill over when left unattended.
 
In USA we have come to "stage 2" of sins where they are demanding that they have "a right" to do these Biblical sins.
 
So men and women live together, having sexual relations outside of marriage, without hiding their sins.
 
Homosexuals, lesbians, transvestites, and such, are demanding the same rights.
 
I am currently reading a secular book about Hitler, written by correspondent William Shirer.  In his book, he refers to homosexuals as "sexual perverts".   (I doubt that he could call homosexuals "sexual perverts" today.)
 
We see how far we have moved away from Bible since 1945 by this example.  For in the 1940's and 1950's homosexuals/lesbians were considered by society to be "sexual perverts".
 
We remember what the Bible says about homosexuals/lesbians for this is God view.
 
Romans 1:26-28  For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
 
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
 
Certainly we do not "hate" homosexuals/lesbians, nor do we "hate" adulterers or fornicators or drunkards or other sinners.  But neither do we support them.  We just keep presenting that which the Bible says and we live by that.
 
*****
 
The last week of February, 2021, ABC News showed street protests where the organization formed by homosexuals and lesbians and other perversions gathered.  Some individuals were waving their organizational flags, the one with colored bands.
 
That same week a senator announced that some of his voters had become angry with him and might not vote for him in future, but he wasn't concerned because he was going to turn to the homosexuals/lesbians for his support.
 
To me, this is just another "leaf" on the tree signaling the season where wickedness abounds, and the cup of iniquity runs over in the sight of God, and Jesus returns for HIS elect, and the end comes.
 
Matthew 24
 
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
 
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
 
Luke 17
 
26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
 
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
 
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
 
29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
 
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind

(This podcast was previously published on March 11, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Romans 12:1-2   I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
 
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
 
This world speaks and approves one thing while God speaks exactly the opposite by HIS Word.
 
By the New Testament Bible, we know that which God approves.
 
Consider this:  What does the Bible say?
 
And when we think something, ask yourself:  Where is that in the Bible?
 
II 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:  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
 
As a new Christian, my friend, also a new Christian, and I tried to find in the Bible where it says all men are created equal.
 
We couldn't find that in the Bible.
 
So we went to a professor at Dallas Theological Seminary and asked, "Where is it in the Bible where it says all men are created equal?"
 
He replied, "That's not in the Bible."
 
We were very shocked!
 
*****
 
Sayings of this world:
 
"You'll never get out of this world alive."
 
* I Corinthians 15:51-52   Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be changed,  In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
 
***
 
"Nothing last forever."
 
* Matthew 24:35  Jesus says:  Heaven and earth shall pass away, but MY words shall not pass away.
 
***
 
Catholic pope said:  " I see no problem with homosexuals."
 
Bible says:  Romans 1:26-28   For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
 
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
 
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
 
***
 
I Corinthians 6:9-10   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, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
 
***
 
Pastor said, "I see no problem with a divorced woman remarrying.  My sister is divorced and remarried."
 
Bible says:
 
Matthew 5:32  Jesus says:  But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
 
- Man who divorces a faithful wife, will be the cause of that faithful wife's adultery if she remarries.
 
- Man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
 
I Corinthians 7:10-11  And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:  But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
 
Romans 7:3   So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
 
***
 
Proverbs 14:12   There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
 
***
 
After I was born again, all these problems started.  My best friend said, "Joanie, you shouldn't be having all these problems now that you are a Christian."
 
II Timothy 3:12   Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
 
II Peter 4:12-14   Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:  But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when HIS glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.  If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part HE is evil spoken of, but on your part HE is glorified.
 
***
 
After I was born again, I asked my friend, a Baptist, "What do we do now?" 
 
She replied, "Nothing."
 
What the Bible says:  Revelation 22:14  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.
 
***
 
Doctrine of "once saved always saved."
 
Revelation 3:5  Jesus says:  He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before MY Father, and before his angels.
 
***
 
After she was born again, Pam Padgett began trying to find in the Bible doctrines which she had been taught in the Catholic church.
 
She kept thinking, "I'm sure this must be in the Bible because they taught it in the Catholic church!"
 
But she found doctrines which she had learned in the Catholic church that were not in the Bible.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Some of the instruments God uses to bring destruction to disobedient church people

(This podcast was previously published on March 6, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
For those people in church groups who love the form of godliness but do not love the actual Word of God, God prepares HIS instruments of destruction.
 
God can use evil angels to lead those people in ways of destruction:
 
Psalm 78:49  HE cast upon them the fierceness of HIS anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
 
These evil angels carry messages which seem to be from God but are not from God.
 
Paul spoke of this in the following:
 
Galatians 1:8-9  But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.  As we said before, so say I now again, If any preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
 
A divorced woman came to a non-denominational church group and pretended to be a regular single woman.  She was looking for an husband.  And she ignored scriptures concerning divorce and remarriage.
 
I Corinthians 7:39  The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
 
Romans 7:1-3   Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?  For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.  So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
 
I believe God shows me this woman (who is no longer living) brought destruction upon herself and the man who married her who committed adultery by marrying this divorced woman.
 
Matthew 5:32   Jesus said:  But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
 
We have an example in Bible of God using "a lying spirit" to destroy king Ahab.
 
I Kings 22
 
20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
 
21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
 
22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?
 
And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.
 
And HE (God) said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
 
This lying spirit told king Ahab to go up and fight against the enemy and when he did this Ahab was killed in the battle.
 
God brings "a strong delusion" upon people who will not love the truth.
 
II Thessalonians 2:10-12   And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.  And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:  That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
 
You cannot reason with a deluded person.  No matter how much evidence you present, that deluded person will cling to his delusion.
 
***
 
Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
 
***
 
James 1
 
12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love HIM.
 
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth HE any man:
 
14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
 
15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Are you vexed by the filthy conversation of the wicked?

(This podcast was previously published on February 27, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
In the days before God destroyed Sodom, the sins were open and widespread in every part of the city.
 
Abraham's nephew, Lot, was continually troubled by that which they said and that which they did in Sodom.
 
Genesis 19  God sends 2 angels to destroy Sodom.
 
1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
 
(Angels do not have wings.  Angels look like natural men.)
 
2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
 
3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
 
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
 
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.  (have sex with them)
 
6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
 
7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
 
(Lot knew that which the men of Sodom planned in their hearts to do was wicked.)
 
II Peter 2
 
6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
 
7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
 
8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
 
9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
 
And why did Lot choose to live in Sodom where there was so much wickedness?
 
Genesis 13
 
10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
 
(The beauty of Sodom attracted Lot to Sodom.  Beauty often attracts the flesh to itself and great evil often dwells in beauty.)
 
11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
 
12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
 
13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
 
As Sodom was destroyed because of the wicked, this present world is going to be destroyed by God.  (II Peter 3:10-14)
 
Jesus said:  And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.   But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.  (Matthew 24:12-13)
 
You may think you can lead them to God but they will lead you away from ways of God.
 
God has HIS way to deliver you but you might be ignoring God's way thinking you can help the ungodly.
 
You must rethink what you are doing if this is the case.
 
For if you are in "Sodom" when it is destroyed, you will be destroyed with Sodom.
 
*****
 
II Corinthians 6
 
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
 
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
 
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be MY people.
 
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you,
 
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be MY sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

No weapon formed against us will prosper, says God

(This podcast was previously published on March 9, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
As a new Christian, in 1975, I came across an astounding scripture with this promise from God to the church.
 
Isaiah 54:17   No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of ME, saith the LORD.
 
At that time I owned a small business.  A man filed a lawsuit against me.  This was certainly a weapon against me.  Also my own lawyers were sending me bills for their work and, at the rate this was going, I would be back in debt before long.  My lawyer bills were eating up all the profit from the sale of merchandise in my business.
 
When I saw that scripture in Isaiah 54, I began to reason:  I am now a Christian so this promise of God applies to me!  This weapon cannot prosper against me.  So I can dismiss my attorneys, since the lawsuit cannot prosper against me anyway, and I can stop all the legal bills, and I can go to court without any human legal counsel!
 
I definitely proved the validity of the scripture at that time and I know it is true for us today and valid today!
 
Then in 2019, God showed me something else about this scripture:
 
This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of ME, saith the LORD.
 
As a servant of God, my righteousness is of God, because I am doing that which God told me to do in the situations pertaining to the present life, so that makes my righteousness to be of God!
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Meditating in the Word of God to enable us to believe and do the Word of God

(This podcast was previously published on March 8, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
The power to believe the Word of God and to do the Word of God is attached to meditating in the scriptures given to us by the Holy Spirit.
 
Joshua 1:8 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.
 
Psalm 1:1-3 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.  But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in HIS law doth he meditate day and night.  And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
 
Notice both of the above scriptures tells us:   for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
 
Take that scripture which is brought to your attention by the Holy Spirit of God and keep it before you day and night until you are able to live that scripture, doing those things instructed by that scripture.
 
Then take the next scripture that comes before you and do the same thing with that scripture.
 
Live that word of God.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

We are blessed by God as HE reveals HIS truth to us

(This podcast was previously published on March 3, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Matthew 16:13-18   When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, HE asked HIS disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
 
14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
 
15 HE saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
 
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
 
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but MY Father which is in heaven.
 
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build MY church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
 
The church is built on that word delivered from God from heaven to us, the elect of God.
 
*****
 
John 6
 
33 For the bread of God is HE which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
 
34 Then said they unto HIM, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
 
35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to ME shall never hunger; and he that believeth on ME shall never thirst.
 
(Jesus, The Word, is the bread of life.)
 
45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of (by) God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of (from) the Father, cometh unto ME.
 
47  Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on ME (The Word) hath everlasting life.
 
48 I am that bread of life.
 
(The Word is the bread of life.)
 
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.
***
 
I John 2:27-28   But the anointing which ye have received of HIM abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in HIM.
 
28 And now, little children, abide in HIM; that, when HE shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before HIM at HIS coming.
 
***
 
Hebrews 1:1-3   God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
 
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by HIS Son, whom HE hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also HE made the worlds;
 
3 Who being the brightness of HIS glory, and the express image of HIS person, and upholding all things by the word of HIS power, when HE had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Following God by HIS Spirit

(This podcast was previously published on March 12, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Romans 8:14   For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
 
When God reveals HIMSELF to us, HE gives us HIS Spirit, The Holy Spirit, to live inside us.
 
I Corinthians 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
 
I Corinthians 6:19  What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
 
II Corinthians 13:5  Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
 
The work of the Holy Spirit who dwells in the children of God:
 
Jesus says:
 
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, that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.
 
I Corinthians 2
 
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
 
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love HIM.
 
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by HIS Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
 
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
 
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
 
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
 
This is the story of the working of the Holy Spirit of God in our lives as we live on this present earth, following God by HIS Spirit.
 
*****
 
Jesus says:
 
John 5:30  I can of Mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and MY judgment is just; because I seek not Mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent ME.
 
Jesus always heard from God and did what God told HIM to do, and said what God told HIM, concerning those issues of this present life.
 
We have the Holy Spirit of God in us so we, like Jesus, hear from God and do and say that which we have heard from God.
 
*****
 
Examples on this Podcast:
 
*  Be baptized.
 
*  Tell your aunt about being taken into heaven.
 
*  Or you could just buy a new car.
 
*  Another storage building for your stuff?  Why don't you just get rid of the stuff?
 
*  My God will supply all your need.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.

(This podcast was previously published on March 5, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
God communicates directly with the elect of God, HIS children, and leads them and guides them by HIS Holy Spirit.
 
John 14:26  Jesus says:  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, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
 
James 1:5  If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
 
Joshua 1:8   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.
 
Psalm 1:1-3   Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.  But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in HIS law doth he meditate day and night.  And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
 
Examples of following God by HIS Spirit:
 
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Matthew 11   Jesus says:
 
28 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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James 3
 
14  But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
 
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
 
16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
 
17 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.
 
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Psalm 23
 
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
 
2 HE maketh me to lie down in green pastures: HE leadeth me beside the still waters.
 
3 HE restoreth my soul: HE leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for HIS name's sake.
 
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
 
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
 
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

God had Noah build an ark so he would not be destroyed with the wickedness of this world

(This podcast was previously published on February 26, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
God had Noah build an ark so he would not be destroyed with the wickedness of this world.
 
I believe we, too, build an ark based on that which God has told us to do so we will not be swept away in the end times.
 
When you look at my life, I think you can see that ark.
 
My job is to exhort the church and God gave me ways to do that in this period of time.  (Blog, Podcasts)
 
exhort:  to urge earnestly by advice and warning
 
So many of the recent messages have been on the fact that the things we can see with our natural eyes are very temporary.  (II Peter 3)
 
God will judge the world ... We are to judge the church.  (I Corinthians 5)
 
For us, live in peace.
 
Stay in your ark where you can live in peace.
 
Genesis 6
 
5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
 
6 And it repented the LORD that HE had made man on the earth, and it grieved HIM at HIS heart.
 
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth ME that I have made them.
 
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
 
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
 
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted HIS way upon the earth.
 
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before ME; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
 
14 Make thee an ark ... (God told Noah how to do this.)
 
22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
 
Genesis 7:16   and the LORD shut him in.
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Before Coronavirus hit in 2020, God moved me to Colorado where I live in the home of Pam Padgett.  I'm so glad not to have been alone during this time.
 
I'm also very glad not to have responsibility for physical property.
 
And I usually have plenty to do daily in keeping up the blog and Podcasts.
 
As long as I do my assignment, the time flies by.
 
I'm sure each of us are assigned things to do.
 
And if time does grow heavy, we can ask God to fill our day.  I often do that.
 
For me, I feel I could not stand being around people who live in various torments of this life.  I think I would end up going down with them.
 
The devil often tries to get me to reach out to them and "help them".  But I have a pretty strong view of my assignment from God.
 
Recently I received an email from a man who says he is a pastor and he wanted me to be his "mentor."
 
(I'm pretty sure this man is not of God for I know God is our "mentor" if Jesus has assigned us to work as HIS minister.)
 
This man wanted me to have weekly phone conferences with him in another country.  Then he wanted me to come to his country (in Africa)  and work with the other ministers.
 
(I've had several e-mails like this where men who say they are pastors want me to come to their country, at my own expense, and help them.)
 
I'm 83 years old.  I cannot travel.  (Actually I can't even walk without walker and then only very little.)  Sometimes I ride to dog park or grocery store with Pam but I never get out of the car.  And there are times even that short trip is difficult for me and I have to lie down and rest when I get back to my room.
 
But I am able to write and record for hours per day, usually without being tired.
 
(I know my assignment from God.  Other humans often want me to do their assignment.  But I stay with that which God has shown me I am to do.)
 
Each of us have to work out our lives so we eliminate those people and things which greatly torment us and set our paths to live in peace with the remaining time.
 
I Thessalonians 5:21  Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
 
Matthew 11:30  Jesus says:  For MY yoke is easy, and MY burden is light.
 
The yoke of other humans is hard! difficult! draining!  destructive!
 
James 3:17   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.
 
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Also there are several people God has shown me I cannot be around for they "dump" their troubles on me, and thereby they would pull me down with them.
 
They will not do Philippians 4:6, though they say they are the church.
 
Philippians 4:6   Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
 
They say they are Christians but they do not show themselves to be believers.  They show themselves to be unbelievers, for they do not take their problems to God in prayer but they tell me their troubles.
 
II Corinthians 6
 
14  Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
 
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
 
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be MY people.
 
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you,
 
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be MY sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog