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Pharaoh dreams dreams. God gives Joseph the interpretation of the dreams. Joseph is placed as 2nd in command over all Egypt.

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
God has a way to deal with the problem.
 
After Joseph was placed in the prison dungeon, God gave dreams which cause Joseph to be released from prison and promoted to 2nd in the land of Egypt.
 
God gives Pharaoh two troubling dreams.
 
Genesis 41
 
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
 
2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine (cows) and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
 
3 And, behold, seven other kine (cows) came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
 
4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine (cows) did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine (cows). So Pharaoh awoke.
 
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5 And he (Pharaoh) slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
 
6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
 
7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
 
(dreams are from God)
 
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8 And it came to pass in the morning that his (Pharaoh's) spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
 
9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
 
10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
 
11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
 
12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
 
13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
 
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14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
 
15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
 
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
 
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
 
18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine (cows), fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
 
19 And, behold, seven other kine (cows) came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
 
20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine (cows) did eat up the first seven fat kine (cows):
 
21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
 
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Pharaoh's second dream:
 
22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
 
23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
 
24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
 
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God gives the interpretation of Pharaoh's dreams to Joseph:
 
25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what HE is about to do.
 
26 The seven good kine (cows) are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
 
27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine (cows) that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
 
28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do HE  sheweth unto Pharaoh.
 
29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
 
30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
 
31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
 
32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
 
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33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
 
34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
 
35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
 
36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
 
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37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
 
38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
 
39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
 
40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
 
41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
 
42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
 
43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
 
44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
 
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
 
46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. 
 
(Joseph was 17 when he was brought down into Egypt and sold as a slave.)
 
And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
 
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47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
 
48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
 
49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
 
50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
 
51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
 
52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
 
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53 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
 
54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
 
55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
 
56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
 
57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
 
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Joseph wrongly imprisioned and forgotten and left in prison 2 more years when the chief butler forgot Joseph

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Genesis 40
 
1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
 
2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
 
3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
 
4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
 
5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
 
6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.
 
7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
 
8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
 
(Joseph is saying:  Dreams are from God and God will give us the interpretation.)
 
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9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
 
10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
 
11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
 
12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
 
13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
 
14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
 
15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
 
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16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
 
17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
 
18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
 
19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
 
20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
 
21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
 
22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
 
23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
 
(But the chief butler forgot Joseph and Joseph continued in the prison dungeon for 2 full years more.)
 
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In Egypt, Joseph is sold to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Genesis 39
 
1  And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
 
2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
 
3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
 
4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he (Potiphar, the captain of the guard) had he put into his (Joseph's) hand. 
 
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5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
 
6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
 
7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
 
8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
 
9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
 
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10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
 
11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
 
12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
   
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13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
 
14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
 
15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
 
16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
  
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17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
 
18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
 
19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
 
20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
 
21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
 
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22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
 
23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.
 
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Genesis 37 / The story of Joseph

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Joseph's brothers sell Joseph into slavery:
 
Genesis 37
 
1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
 
2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
 
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
 
4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
 
5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
 
6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
 
7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
 
8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
 
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9 And he (Joseph) dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
 
10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
 
11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
 
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And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
 
13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. 
 
And he said to him, Here am I.
 
14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
 
15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
 
16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
 
17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
 
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18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
 
19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
 
20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
 
21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
 
22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
 
23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
 
24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
 
25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
 
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26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
 
27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
 
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28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
 
29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
 
30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
 
31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
 
32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.
 
33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
 
34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
 
35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
 
36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. 
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Taking revenge on another person because you are able to do so is against Bible

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
If a person does harm against another person because he is able to harm the other person, this is an action against the Bible.
 
A man became angry with me in the 1990 's and thought to harm me by asking the USA Internal Revenue Service to investigate me.
 
The brothers of Joseph sold him into slavery and caused Joseph to be taken into bondage into Egypt.  God caused Joseph to rise in Egypt to second in command of the entire nation by giving Pharaoh a dream and giving Joseph the interpretation of the dream.
 
By being second to Pharaoh, Joseph was able to feed his father and the brothers who had sold him to slavery.  A famine came and God showed Joseph what to do which saved the people of Egypt and saved even his own father and 11 brothers who were in the midst of famine.
 
Joseph said to his brothers:  "Ye meant it for evil ... but God turned it for good."
 
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When Jesus returns and awakens the dead in Christ and removes the elect of God from this present earth

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Jesus says:
 
Matthew 24
 
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
 
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
 
31 And HE shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
 
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When we die, our spirit leaves this physical body and God gives us a new spiritual body for eternal life

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
The new spiritual body:
 
I Corinthians 15
 
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
 
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
 
(John 4:24  God is a Spirit: and they that worship HIM must worship HIM in spirit and in truth.)
 
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
 
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be changed,
 
52 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.
 
(Blink ... that is how fast we will be changed out of these physical bodies and given our new spiritual body ... where we will have no pain, no sorrow, no death for we no longer have this flesh, but now will have spiritual bodies in the image of God and Jesus.)
 
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
 
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
 
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At the end, we are gathered by Jesus into the air to be taken to the new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth only righteousness

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
I Thessalonians 4
 
13  But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep (dead) , that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
 
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with HIM.
 
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (go before) them which are asleep (dead).
 
16 For the Lord HIMSELF shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
 
7 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
 
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
 
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Jesus said: Many go into destructions at the end times on this earth

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Matthew 7
 
13 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.
 
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Most people go in a way of destruction, even church people!  and they often take others with them.
 
On this podcast, I share ways of life and sure ways of destruction to be avoided by us.
 
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* Living in debt:  Romans 12:2
                             Deuteronomy 28
 
* Revenge:  Romans 12:19-21
                    Hebrews 10:30-31
 
* Emulations:  Trying to get ahead of another person: Galatians 5:19-21
 
* Living in hatred: Doing ill toward another
 
* Caring for others is love toward others:  I John 3
 
* Wanting to see others prosper.  Wanting the best for others, even strangers.
 
*  Living by ways that produce fruits of the Spirit of God:  Galatians 5:23-24
 
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This chapter of the Bible shows us God's way of dealing with people when evil is done

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
God has "good" to give to those people who worship HIM.
 
The Bible shows God raising up evil and adversaries for those who go against HIM.
 
This is an example for us to encourage us to cling to that which is good.  Avoid evil.  Do that which God says and set your path for reward from God.
 
Solomon:
 
I Kings 11
 
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:
 
2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
 
3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
 
4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
 
5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
 
6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father.
 
7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
 
8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
 
9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
 
10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the Lord commanded.
 
11 Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept MY covenant and MY statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
 
12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
 
13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
 
14 And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
 
15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;
 
16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
 
17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
 
18 And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
 
19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
 
20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh.
 
21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
 
22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.
 
(God has HIS instruments of destruction and when needed God will raise up evil against those who will not go in God's way.)
 
23 And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
 
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Here is an other example.  The children of Judah in Jerusalem sinned against God, both men and women.  The women went onto the rooftops of houses in Jerusalem and presented offerings to what they called "The Queen of the heavens."  Their husband knew they were doing this.
 
The penalty for that sin:  God raised up the king of Babylon against the people of Judah.   God pronounced 70-years-captivity in Babylon.
 
The king of Babylon took the king of Jerusalem captive and killed his sons in front of his eyes.  
 
After his sons were killed before him, the king of Babylon put out king Zedechia's eyes, bound him in chains, carried him away to Babylon and kept him there until he died.
 
Some of the people of Jerusalem escaped into Egypt. But God had told them not to go down into Egypt  but to submit to captivity in Babylon.  But they would not obey God.  So God raised up an adversary against the King of Egypt and the people from Jerusalem who escaped into Egypt to avoid being taken in Babylon were killed in Egypt.
 
I think we see 2 things:
 
When we refuse to do things God's way, there comes a time God judges us.  God puts HIS face against us for what we are doing.
 
God raises up an evil adversary against us when we refuse God as HE did with Solomon and Jerusalem.
 
Romans 13:4  For HE is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for HE beareth not the sword in vain: for HE is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. 
 
Deuteronomy 30:15  See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;  
 
16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in HIS ways, and to keep HIS commandments and HIS statutes and HIS judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
 
17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
 
18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
 
19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
 
20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey HIS voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto HIM: for HE is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
 
Joshua 23:15  Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until HE have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 
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Jeremiah 44
 
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
 
2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
 
3 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke ME to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.
 
4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
 
5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
 
6 Wherefore MY fury and MINE anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.
 
7 Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;
 
8 In that ye provoke ME unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
 
9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
 
10 They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in MY law, nor in MY statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
 
11 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set MY face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.
 
12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
 
13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
 
14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.
 
15 Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
 
16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee.
 
(They will not listen to Jeremiah the prophet which God sent, they declare.)
 
17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
 
18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
 
19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?
 
20 Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,
 
21 The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the Lord remember them, and came it not into his mind?
 
22 So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
 
23 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, nor walked in HIS law, nor in HIS statutes, nor in HIS testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.
 
24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:
 
25 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
 
26 Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the Lord, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord God liveth.
 
27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
 
28 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or their's.
 
29 And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
 
30 Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
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The body without the spirit is dead. Faith without works is dead also.

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
James 1
 
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
 
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
 
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
 
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
 
9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that HE (God) is exalted:
 
10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
 
11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
 
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.
 
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
 
💥 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with WHOM is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
 
18 Of HIS own will begat HE us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of HIS creatures.
 
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
 
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
 
(I often pray:  "Please don't let me say that!  "Please don't let me do that!")
 
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
 
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
 
23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
 
24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
 
25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
 
26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
 
27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction (visit: to go to them to judge if they have any need that you can supply), and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
 
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Works of the flesh of man. Galatians 5:19-22

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Galatians 5
 
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
 
20 Idolatry, witchcraft (living in superstitions), hatred, variance (arguing/debating), emulations (trying to outdo another), wrath (wanting to see another punished), strife, seditions, heresies (persisting in doing and believing that which is not true, against Bible),
 
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. 
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This heaven and earth will be destroyed by fire by God at the end says Holy Bible

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
The apostle Peter tells us this:
 
2 Peter 3
 
10  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
 
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
 
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
 
13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
 
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
 
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The new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness

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God has created a new heaven and a new earth for the elect of God, for the ones who belong to HIM.
 
God gave the apostle John a vision of that new heaven and new earth, the new Jerusalem.
 
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Revelation 21
 
1  And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
 
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
 
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE will dwell with them, and they shall be HIS people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.
 
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
 
(We will not have these present physical bodies in heaven.  I Cor. 15:48-51)
 
Revelation 21:5
 
5 And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And HE said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
 
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Dealing with destructive, troubling, negative thoughts

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A few days ago, I felt a heavy heart coming upon me.  I was being pulled down in heart, mind, spirit.  Fortunately I remembered to give thanks to God for all HE has given me and provided for me to have at this point in my life.
 
I began saying to God:
 
*  Thank YOU for my salvation.
 
*  Thank YOU for providing another believer for me to live with, who is person of faith in God as I have faith in God.
 
*  Thank YOU for our animals.
 
*  Thank YOU for our car.
 
*  Thank YOU that we have no debt.
 
*  Thank YOU for the place we live.
 
*  Thank YOU for the house we live in.
 
Acts 17:26  (NIV Original translation)
 
HE (God) determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.
 
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*  Thank YOU for providing healing for Pam from cancer.
 
*  Thank YOU for the blog, books, and Podcasts where we exhort the church today in ways of God and help each other to be edified in this end time period where there is so much iniquity in this world, as the apostle Paul said there would be. 
 
(2 Timothy 3:1-5 & 13)
 
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
 
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
 
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
 
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
 
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
 
13 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
 
14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
 
15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
 
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
 
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
 
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*  Thank You for providing all our need as Paul said YOU would.
 
Philippians 4:19
 
But my God shall supply all your need according to HIS riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
 
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*  Thank You for the many promises given to us in the Bible whereby we overcome all problems of this current life.
 
Isaiah 54:17 
 
*  Thank You for Jesus and the Holy Spirit WHO leads us and guides us and teaches us and shows us things to come.  
 
John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.  
 
John 16:13  Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear (from God), that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.
 
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It is the devil who brings to our mind negative and troubling thoughts.
 
When we begin thanking God for all HE has allowed us to have in this life, the devil flees from us!  Joy returns.
 
Live continually, daily in peace, joy, assurance of that promised by God in the Holy Bible.
 
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Turning your life around, going instantly from depression to joy.

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Thanking God for those things and people HE has placed in our lives is one of the greatest weapons of spiritual warfare.
 
Remembering daily to be thankful to God continually.
 
Keeping yourself in the love of God ... living in joy.
 
Fighting the good fight of faith.
 
Living continually in peace, without spot, blameless.  (2 Peter 3:14) 
 
Helping others to have the best they can have through encouragement in good as we have been given good. 
 
Edifying others in the grace of God and word of God.
 
Keeping good in our heart so good comes from our mouth.
 
Living in joy and peace.
 
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I John 3

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1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew HIM not.
 
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when HE shall appear, we shall be like HIM; for we shall see HIM as HE is.
 
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as HE is pure.
 
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
 
5 And ye know that HE was manifested to take away our sins; and in HIM is no sin.
 
6 Whosoever abideth in HIM sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen HIM, neither known HIM.
 
7 Little children, let no man deceive you:  he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as HE is righteous.
 
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that HE might destroy the works of the devil.
 
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for HIS seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
 
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
 
11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
 
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
 
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
 
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
 
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
 
16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because HE laid down HIS life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
 
17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
 
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
 
19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before HIM.
 
20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
 
21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
 
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of HIM, because we keep HIS commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in HIS sight.
 
23 And this is HIS commandment, That we should believe on the name of HIS Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as HE gave us commandment.
 
24 And he that keepeth HIS commandments dwelleth in HIM, and he in him. And hereby we know that HE abideth in us, by the Spirit which HE hath given us.
 
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When we love the other person, we genuinely care about his well being

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
A few days ago, I was speaking to one of our church members and she told me they had been out to look at TV's.  She said they were trying to decide between a 65" TV or 85".  I have an 85" and it has been wonderful!  So I told her how great I've found it to be even in a small room.  (The wall in my small bed room is 12' and I sit 9' from the front of the TV and love it!)
 
Later I was speaking to another person from our small church group.  She told me she was replacing her TV with an 85".  She was planning to purchase a smaller TV not realizing how much larger her wall is where the TV hangs.  (I find people often fail to realize how much wall they have for TV and a much larger TV can go in that area than they think.)
 
I said to this woman, "Oh ... tell Barbara what you are buying."
 
She replied, "I can't do that."  
 
I said, "Why not?"
 
She replied,  "I don't care what she puts into her house."
 
Instantly God showed me something.  "We should care."  
 
Caring is loving.  If we love a person we are interested in helping that person to make the best choice when we have had experience with a subject.
 
I find I care, even about strangers.  If I was at a TV section of a store, And I saw a total stranger looking at TV, I would likely tell that stranger my experience with larger screen TV's, not wanting that stranger to make a mistake and also wanting the "best" for that stranger.  For I truly want the best for the other person ... even a stranger ... now God shows me to care is love toward that other person.
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2 Timothy 3  (Paul says)
 
1  This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
 
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
 
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
 
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
 
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
 
They may even join a church but deny the scriptures or fail to care what happens to other people.
 
We certainly don't want to be like that.  And if we should find ourselves not caring, we should pray asking God to help us in this area and cause us to love that other person enough to not want that person to make a mistake that would hurt him.
 
For it is God who teaches us to love others, even more than ourselves. 
 
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Be diligent to go to God in prayer seeking healing of heart and spirit from God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
If you take into your heart and inner being such things as anger and wrath against other people, be diligent to turn to God in prayer, asking God to cleanse you and create in you a right spirit, for much evil can come from anger and wrath if you store this in your heart, and you can hurt others when you share with them.
 
Hebrews 12
 
1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
 
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before HIM endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
 
3 For consider HIM that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
 
4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
 
5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of HIM:
 
6 For whom the Lord loveth HE chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom HE receiveth.
 
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
 
8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
 
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
 
10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but HE for our profit, that we might be partakers of HIS holiness.
 
11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
 
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
 
13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
 
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
 
15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
 
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Matthew 23  (Jesus says)
 
25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
 
26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
 
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Be thankful to God for every good thing which God allows us to have

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
James 1
 
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
 
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Psalm 84 
 
11  For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will HE withhold from them that walk uprightly.
 
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Avoid hearing person speak or looking at a writing if you think the other person might be speaking wrongly

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
When I see men wearing long robes, I avoid hearing what such men are speaking, knowing it might be evil or wrong.
 
(Today Catholics and other strange religions often seek praise of men by dressing in what appears to be religious garments.  None of the apostles or ministers in the New Testament Bible are shown to dress in ways to make them appear righteous to other men.)
 
Matthew 23  (Jesus says concerning scribes and Pharisees)
 
5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
 
6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
 
7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
 
8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
 
9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
 
10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
 
11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
 
12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
 
13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
 
14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
 
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
 
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Concerning hearing what suspect people say:
 
We do not seek the evil but rather we seek good.
 
If we listen when we suspect evil doing, we will likely sin and become angry by that said by the other person.
 
Matthew 12  (Jesus said)
 
33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
 
34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
 
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
 
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
 
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
 
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What God says, in Holy Bible, about homosexuals/lesbians:
 
Romans 1
 
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
 
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
 
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
 
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
 
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;   
 
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Going forward

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Galatians 5
 
15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
 
16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
 
17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
 
18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
 
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
 
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
 
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
 
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
 
23 Meekness, temperance:
 
 
2 Peter 3
 
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
 
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
 
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
 
13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
 
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
 
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 In peace:
 
*I avoid seeing and hearing men wearing long robes.  (expecting such to be Catholic priests, why would I want to see or hear them?)
 
* I would avoid seeing any person carrying a poster.  (likely protester)
 
* I try to avoid strife, anger, fear ... (and I deal with such if I do feel this way by taking the matter to God as soon as I can asking God to heal me.)
 
* I would avoid all electoral ads on TV for any politician, animal fund raising, children hospital fund raising, disaster fund raising ... (I feel the world deals with this and as the church I help the church.  I often pray for animals and children.)
 
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Without spot:
 
* When I go out into the world, and return home, I often pray:  "Create in me a clean heart, Oh God, and renew in me a right Spirit."  (Psalm 51:10)
 
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Blameless:
 
* I would not want to take advantage of another person or merchant.
 
* If I hear myself speaking in a scornful way about another person, I would know I have taken sin into my heart and I would ask God to forgive me and straighten me up.
 
* I try to keep a "right" Spirit and speak and write to other when being in a right Spirit.  If I'm upset I try to straighten the matter up with God and then speak or write.  I do not want to write or speak with the wrong spirit.
 
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Sometimes God will heal us even when we don't know we need to be healed!

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
On the day they announced the jury verdict on the Donald Trump trial, God brought me a healing concerning the way I felt about Donald Trump.
 
The morning of the last day of the trial before the jury verdict was announced something happened to me.  
 
That morning, all of a sudden it was as if a weight was lifted from inside me.
 
At first I didn't know what the subject was.  But I was so happy and free.  
 
Then I realized it was concerning Donald Trump.
 
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I'm a non-political person.  
 
As a child, my father said his father always told him "Stay out of politics and never take any of their give-aways."  
 
My mother and father did not vote and were not registered with either party, so far as I know,
 
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The first time I was aware of the name "Donald Trump" was on a television weekly show where he fired someone each week.  I did not like the show and thought this man who was doing the firing to be very harsh and unpleasant, and crude.  
 
I only saw him two or three times, briefly on the episodes and then I watched that show no longer on TV.
 
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To show you how little I think about politics ... During the presidential election when Jimmy Carter was elected president, I was visiting my parents and one of them mentioned a man named "Jimmy Carter".  I said, "Who is Jimmy Carter?"   
 
My parents were shocked that I had not heard of him before, since he had just been elected President of the United States.
 
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I'd never thought much about how our government works in USA but I do recall our elementary school teacher saying the reason it worked is that the 2 party system provided a natural check and balance, so not much ever happened.
 
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Through the years, if a politician came on TV or if a news story came on about politics, I changed channels, having no real interest in politics.
 
I never registered to vote except one time and that was because some of my friends, when I was a young teacher, were going to vote and they insisted I go with them.
 
They showed me the process and told me I had to register for one of two political parties.  I don't recall which one it was.  They told me which party to register with and I can't remember whether it was Democratic or Republican.  It meant nothing to me at all. That was in sometime in the late 1950's.
I never voted again. 
 
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I was born in 1937.  Presidents (and wars) came and went.  I usually knew the name of the President, but rarely listened to any of them them speak.
 
I was born again August 5, l975.
 
I continued my non interest in politics.  
 
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In 2016, there was a woman running for president.  I remember wondering if she were elected, would they call her husband, "The first husband?"
 
I recall hearing that "Donald Trump" was this woman's opponent.
 
(I kept thinking of "Donald Duck"... remembering that "You're fired" TV program.)
 
I never heard either of the candidates speak during the campaign. 
 
Again, I did not vote and I heard Donald Trump was elected.
 
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When there was a press conference on TV, I began listening to some of that ... briefly.
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Mr. Trump shocked me when he began demeaning the female reporters who asked him questions.  I especially recall a reporter named, "Connie Chung" because Mr. Trump seemed even more harsh with her.
 
I only listened to a few minutes of these press conferences during that first year Mr. Trump was president.  (I continued to think of Donald Duck"  as president.)
 
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I happened to be watching TV on January 6, 2020, when some men were speaking to a mob of angry people.
 
Something was obviously going on, so I continued watching.
 
I heard Mr. Trump speak to them.  He was President at that time.  I didn't know what they were upset about.  But they were obviously mob angry.  Mr. Trump was stirring them up with his words.  And he was telling them they would have to march to the capitol building and "he would be there behind them." 
 
I watched them as they stormed the capitol and broke into the building.  
 
It was a riot against the capitol building, breaking windows and fighting back the police who were trying to keep them back.
 
They got inside and were calling out the name "Nancy", who they were hunting.
 
Later they had broken into some of the offices and some individuals were shown sitting at the office desks, one man with his feet up on the desk.
 
I saw the Secret Service hurrying Mike Pense downstairs to safety.
 
I knew this man was Vice-president of the United States.  Some of the mob were hunting him, and it appeared he was in danger from the mob.
 
I saw some of the mob in the assembly room of the capitol building.  They were wandering around looking at the head podiums in the speakers area.
 
Finally the news people explained the situation.  
 
The mob had come to Washington DC at the request of President Trump who asked them to be there that day, January 6, 2020. 
 
The goal:  To stop the counting of electoral votes for President of the United States.
 
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I've never seen anything like this before in USA but it was obviously an attack against democracy as we have know it. (These people attacking seemed to be citizens of the United States.)
 
I was very sorry to see this for I think our way of government works pretty well, on a whole, as governments go!  
 
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On subsequent days, some of the mob were arrested and put in jail, and later tried and sent to prison.
 
But the person who called the mob to the gathering at Washington DC, and sent them to the capitol, was not charged with anything nor put in jail for instigating the riot although we all watched Mr. Trump do this on national TV News live at the time.
 
We saw a sign carried by one of the mob.  The sign said, "Hang Mike Pence."  We saw a rope formed into a noose and a wooden type of scaffold in the yard of the White House or capitol where the mob gathered.
 
Some of the mob carried weapons of metal type pieces of rods.  Some even had guns.  They "stormed the capitol" breaking windows of the building and forcing doors to open ... and they went inside and began wandering through the various hallways, going into some of the closed rooms.
 
It was pretty fully shown on various TV news stories in the USA. 
 
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By this time, I was pretty interested in what had happened and what was going to happen to that Mob and especially to Mr. Trump who called the mob to come to Washington DC for that specific day and sent them to the capitol to stop the counting of electoral votes for President of the United States!
 
I think I heard each session of the Congressional Committee which later investigated the situation.
 
Apparently I took evil into my heart when nothing was done concerning the man, President Trump, who formed the mob and incited the attack itself.
 
There was no execution of justice in the matter.
 
This really upset me.
 
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To me, this was the beginning of the end of democracy in the United States, as we had known it, and it would only be a matter of time before another type of government would be formed in the United States.
 
I think I began to hate Donald Trump when he would say the election of 2020 had been stolen.  To me this was not true.
 
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God did not want me to have hatred against anyone, so God simply changed my heart and cleansed my heart and Spirit, and removed the evil from my heart on the morning of Thursday, May 30, 2024, ... before the jury announced the verdict in the Donald Trump"Hush Money" trial late that afternoon.
 
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Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
💥  Lay hands suddenly on no man:
 
I believe that mean don't be so quick to approve the other person.  Let him first be proven to your church group.
 
💥 Neither be partaker of other men's sins:
 
2 Timothy 3 
 
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
 
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
 
Other people often try to get us to do that which they are doing.  They may not know what they are doing is opposite to that which God wants.  What they are doing may "seem" right to the majority of the people around them.  But it may not be godly.
 
2 Thessalonians 5:21   Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
 
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.
 
(I find the answers for me are in the Bible.)
 
💥  Keep thyself pure.
 
When I come in contact with people of this world, often they are friendly and smile and I am quickly taken in, thinking them to be "good guys".
 
God reminds me that Paul told us what people are really like in the end times.
 
💥  2 Timothy 3 
 
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
 
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
 
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
 
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
 
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
 
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
 
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
 
8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
 
9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as their's also was.
 
10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
 
11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
 
12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
 
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
 
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Being involved in politics and things of this world is like thinking this world will not end up being destroyed by God as it says it will in the Bible

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
You will not be able to overthrow the plan of God by politics and by participating in worldly things. 
 
The following will happen regardless of what anyone does because it is what God says in the Bible will happen at the end of this world.
 
2 Peter 3
 
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
 
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
 
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
 
13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS  promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
 
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless. 
 
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