Building your house on the word from God

Proverb 3: The WORD frees us from fear

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on July 20, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Proverbs 3:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
 
26 For the Lord (the Word) shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
 
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Jesus says:
 
John 10:10   The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
 
Jesus is The Word.
 
The Word comes to our mind by the Holy Spirit to show us what to do in each issue of this present life so we can go in the will of God in the matter at hand.
 
Fear strikes.  We cry out to God for help.  God uses the Holy Spirit who is in us to bring to our mind scriptures or concepts to fight that fear and to give us faith in God.
 
And also God uses the Holy Spirit to show us what to do to handle the situation where there is fear.
 
Therefore in all things we have the mighty Spirit of God to guide us in each issue of this present life.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Two things had to happen before the coming of Jesus. They have both already happened. We must be near.

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on July 15, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Before the great tribulation and the coming of Jesus, the following two things had to happen.
 
They have both already happened!
 
*  The apostasy in the churches.
 
II Thessalonians 2
 
KJV 
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;  (Churches had to fall away from scripture and set up other doctrines.)
 
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
 
 
NASB
3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it (the day of the Lord) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
 
4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
 
This falling away, apostasy, has already happen in the churches qnd continues to happen and will happen until Jesus returns and the great tribulation of God comes upon this earth.
 
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* The second thing that had to happen, and has already happened, is as follows:
 
Matthew 24   Jesus says:
 
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
 
 
Luke 21:34-36  And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
 
35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
 
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
 
 
2 Peter 3:14   Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Before God destroyed Sodom, homosexuals were in every quarter of the city and came out to have sex with the two angels which God sent to destroy Sodom

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on July 14, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
The wrath of God, the great tribulation, is coming upon this world because of the increase of evil in this present world.  The evil we see today is a sign showing us the closeness of the coming of Jesus and the wrath of God that will come at the end of this present world. 
 
No man knows exactly when the great tribulation will come or when Jesus will return to gather the elect from off this present earth, but we have signs.
 
When we see the leaves appear on the trees don't we know spring is upon us?
 
Jesus explains to us in Luke 21, that it will be the same today.
 
As the wickedness increases around us and men approve wickedness, this signals the pending wrath of God that will come upon this world.
 
One of the signs is increase of homosexuals, as it was in the day of Sodom before God destroyed Sodom.  (Genesis 19)
 
What God says in Bible about homosexuals and lesbians:
 
Romans 1:26-27 ... 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.
 
So we know this is one of the sins which brings the wrath of God in the destruction at the end of this present world.  As we see the increase of this sins, we can know the wrath of God is not far away.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

The devil as a roaring lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
(This podcast was previously recorded and published on July 16, 2020) 
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney 
 
1 Peter 5:8-9  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
 
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 
 
John 10:10  Jesus, the Word says:  The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly
 
I had been speaking about antichrist coming through individuals in churches and I was making a recording.  The thought came, "You're wrong. Antichrist doesn't come through humans." 
 
God reminded me of following scripture:  
 
I John 2:18-19  John said:  Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
 
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
 
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The Bible shows us antichrist coming through people in the church even in the days of the apostle John.
 
The objective of antichrist is to cause us to depart from the Word of God and to set up doctrine contrary to the Word of God. 
 
The objective of the devil is to destroy the people of God, if we allow ourselves to be destroyed, following destructive thoughts of devils and our own flesh. 
 
Therefore the apostle Paul instructs: 
 
II Corinthians 10:3-5  For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 
 
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 
 
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. 
 
(Making every thought obedient to Christ, THE WORD.) 
 
As long as we live on this earth, we must deal with every thought to make that which "we think" conform to the Word of God, casting all thoughts contrary to the scriptures from us, establishing the truth and what we believe by the scriptures by the Holy Spirit of God. 
 
Philippians 4:6-7  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
 
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
 
 
1 Peter 3:6-7   Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that HE may exalt you in due time:
 
7 Casting all your care upon HIM; for HE careth for you.  
 
 
John 8:31-32  Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on HIM, If ye continue in MY word, then are ye MY disciples indeed;
 
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
 
 
James 4:7  Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
 
 
Ephesians 6:10-13  Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of HIS might.
 
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
 
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
 
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
 
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
 
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
 
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
 
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
 
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
 
 
1 Corinthians 10:13   There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Before God destroyed the earth in the days of Noah, the violence of man was very great

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on July 13, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Genesis 6:12-13 ... And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 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.
 
But God looked on Noah and had respect toward Noah and saved Noah and his wife and his sons and his sons' wives and many animals.
 
Violence is often cloaked under the guise of "good".  But God sees the truth.
 
Today we see great violence in the heart of humans as policemen wrongly kill other men, and as protesters fail to allow God to judge the evil actions of men, and as men with violence in their hearts take to the streets in various cities and some loot businesses and do many additional evils.
 
It turns out that all are evil for even the ones who think they are doing good by protesting, fail to trust God ...
 
Romans 12:18-19 ... If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.  Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
 
Therefore the police who kill wrongly show they are "antichrist" ... and the protesters who go forth with wrath show they are "antichrist" as they fail to follow scripture. 
 
These happenings warn us today that we are racing toward the great tribulation which God will bring at the end, on all people on this earth who do wickedness.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

That which Bible says is coming concerning money in the last days

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on July 12, 2020) 
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Ezekiel 7:19  They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity. 
 
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Luke 21 The powers of the heavens will be shaken ... before Jesus returns ... 
 
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. 
 
(Hasn't Coronavirus helped us to see how it will be possible for such things to happen to the whole earth and lives to change on this earth?)
 
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
 
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 
 
27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 
 
28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. 
 
So how should we live between now and the time the sun turns dark in the middle of the day and the powers of heaven are shaken ... How does money fit in to all these things?
 
2 Peter 3:14  Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless. 
 
 
1 Timothy 6:6-12   But godliness with contentment is great gain. 
 
7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 
 
8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
 
9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 
 
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 
 
11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
 
12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. 
 
 
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.
 
 
I Timothy 6:17-19   Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 
 
18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; 
 
19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. 
 
 
Revelation 18 
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Following scripture to places of safety

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on July 7, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
What scripture are you following right now?  
 
It is your path to safety as you wait for the return of Jesus, before God sends the great tribulation upon this present earth.
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Proverbs 16:26  There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
 
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Proverbs 3:7  Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
 
(Fear "the Word", the scriptures.  Jesus is the Lord, the Word.)
 
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God gives us specific scriptures to follow at an exact time:  What scripture are you following today?  I'm following this scripture:
 
Proverbs 1:10  My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
 
15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
 
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
 
 
Matthew 11:15  He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
 
 
Titus 3:9-11   But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
 
10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
 
(Give them the Word once or twice.  If they do not conform to that Word, just walk away.  Don't keep trying to make them understand.  They will pull you down, if possible, by their iniquity.)
 
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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.
 
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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1 Timothy 5:22  Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
 
 
I Timothy 2:2-3   I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
 
2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
 
 
I Corinthians 15:33-34 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
 
34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
 
 
Hebrews 10:26-31  For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
 
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
 
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
 
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
 
30 For we know HIM that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge HIS people.
 
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
 
 
2 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. 
 
 
1 Corinthians 6:16  What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
 
 
I Corinthians 6:18   Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 
 
 
1 Corinthians 7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
 
 
Romans 1:26-27 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.
 
 
Philippians 4:6-7  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
 
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 
 
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So what scriptures are you following right now, at this point in time, today?
 
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

I could not live in peace, if I were in debt

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on July 6, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
I was born again in 1975, and one of the first things God showed me to do is to get out of debt and to stay out of debt. This has been critical in keeping me from purchasing wrong things and keeping me from being involved in wrong works. I only buy that which I can pay for immediately.
 
I Corinthians 7:31  And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
 
Also, one thing we must do, between now and the return of Jesus, is to be in peace constantly for the apostle Peter said to be diligent that when Jesus returns HE would find us in peace, without spot, and blameless. (II Peter 3:14)
 
We can only live in peace if we take each troubling issue to God in prayer and allow God to settle us by HIS Spirit.
 
Philippians 4:6-7  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
 
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
 
 
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. 
 
 
2 Corinthians 5:10  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
 
 
1 Corinthians 5:11  But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 
 
 
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.
 
 
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.
 
 
Romans 8:14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Avoid those who come saying they are Christians when they only speak of their churches and not of God doing HIS works in their lives

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on July 3, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
2 Corinthians 5:9-11  Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of HIM (of God).
 
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
 
11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; ... 
 
 
Ephesians 4:1-6  I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
 
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
 
3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
 
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.
 
When a person comes speaking of being a Christian and then begins to tell you he is Baptist or Catholic or Church of Christ, that person causes immediate division in the body of Christ.
 
I avoid such persons.
 
Paul said:  I Corinthians 3 ...
 
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.  2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
 
3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
 
4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
 
We should simply identify ourselves as Christians if we do anything.  For to identify ourselves as a denomination brings division in the body of Christ.
 
Titus 3:9   But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
 
 
2 Timothy 3:1-8  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.
 
 
Matthew 24:4-5   And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
 
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
 
 
I Corinthians 11:5-6, 14-15   But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
 
6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
 
14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
 
15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
 
 
Matthew 23:9  And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
 
 
Titus 3:10-11   A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
 
11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
 
 
I Corinthians 14:8-9   For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
 
9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
 
 
1 Chronicles 16:8-12   Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon HIS name, make known HIS deeds among the people.
 
9 Sing unto HIM, sing psalms unto HIM, talk ye of all HIS wondrous works.
 
10 Glory ye in HIS holy name (the Word): let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
 
11 Seek the Lord and HIS strength, seek HIS face continually.
 
12 Remember HIS marvellous works that HE hath done, HIS wonders, and the judgments of HIS mouth;
 
 
1 John 2:18-19   18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
 
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
 
 
Acts 20:28-30  Paul said:   Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which HE hath purchased with HIS own blood.
 
29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
 
30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
 
 
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
 
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

When our righteousness is of God

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on July 4, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
When God brings a scripture or a concept to our mind, and we follow that instruction, then our "righteousness" is of God for God is the author of our plan.
 
We can follow "that" direction with assurance and cling to that concept and know it will come to pass in our lives. Also our faith is in God when that is the situation.
 
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. 
 
 
Matthew 7:22-23  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.
 
 
Matthew 24:4-5  And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
 
5 For many shall come in MY name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
 
 
Romans 8:14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

At the time of sexual intercourse the two become one flesh, even if you have sex with an harlot, says Paul

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on January 7, 2023)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
(Doctrines of Christ: 1 Cor. 6)
I Corinthians 6:13-18
 
13 ... Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by HIS own power.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 (God), 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.
 
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Why does it matter?

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on June 30, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Many, who say they are Christians say it really doesn't matter, when confronted with small details about Bible.  So why would it matter?  It matters because it shows us which people are antichrist in the church today and which churches are antichrists.
 
Those who care about the small details in the Bible are the Christians.  The others who do not care are antichrists in the churches.
 
Examples:
 
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The great tribulation will continue over many days, or possibly even years, when it does come. It will not be over quickly.

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on June 29, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
In the Coronavirus, we, in USA, were shut up in our homes for 3 months and we barely survived. 
 
One plague of the great tribulation is five months and there are 14 plagues.  The endurance will be incredible during the great tribulation.
 
The elect of God will barely survive.
 
Jesus said:
 
Matthew 24
 
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
 
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
 
By this, we know some of the elect will go through the days of the great tribulation and those plagues that God is sending upon this earth.
 
Also in one plague we see this:  
 
Revelation 9
 
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
 
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
 
By this we see some who have "the seal of God" in their foreheads will be living on this earth during the plagues that are coming.
 
If any of us happen to be one of those, we will have to be able to endure the plagues.
 
How to endure between now and then?
 
Some church goers don't seem to understand Jesus is "The Word."
 
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Be not deceived: Evil communications corrupt good manners

(This podcast previously recorded and published on June 28, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
If someone in a church group turns from a portion of scripture and goes another way, that person will bring "evil communications" to us in his way of life.  
 
We cannot stay around such a person as this unless he will correct himself if we admonish him with godly correction.
 
I Corinthians 15:33   Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
 
If we warn that person and he rejects our warning, we will be pulled down in grief over him, and we must not deceive ourselves into thinking that we will be able to help him by being with him.  
 
It is God who teaches each of us.  
 
If a person is not being taught by God, we will not be able to reach him.  
 
The fact that God is not teaching him means he is not of God.  
 
We will waste ourselves if we keep trying to give him instruction from God.  Instead we must do the following:
 
Titus 3 
 
10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
 
11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
 
Don't keep trying to send messages to him.  If he rejects the first or second message, just walk away from him.  It is so important to our safety to learn to stop sending messages after he rejects one or two messages.  Just do the above scripture!
 
Words spoken by people stick inside us like a seed and at some point bear fruit in us unless we choose to root up the concept by that given us by God.
 
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The church is built on The Word which is revealed by God by HIS Holy Spirit

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 6, 2022)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Matthew 16  (Jesus says:)
 
13 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.
 
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The Church is built upon The Word that comes down from heaven:  The revealed Word from God.
 
Each time we read a scripture and God opens our understanding we have another "rock" upon which the church is built.
 
Also The Word comes from God by the Holy Spirit as HE shows us what to do as we live on this earth.  God simply calls something to our mind and we do that Word.
 
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According to Bible, things we can expect to see before the second coming of Jesus

(Previously recorded and published on June 20, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Jesus said the powers of the heaven would be "shaken" ... And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.  Luke 21:25-27
 
Many years ago, God gave me a dream where the earth slipped on it's axis.  People were terrified.  A newscaster was trying to report what happened but he was too frightened to continue his broadcast so he just got up and left ... The government leaders were meeting with scientists and religious leaders to see what could be done about this matter.
 
Nothing can be done by man to stop that which is coming upon this earth.
 
The thing the believers can do between now and then is to get their own lives in good spiritual condition ... for it is coming!
 
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Be not a scorner over other people's foolishness, making fun of them, being puffed up in yourself

(Previously recorded and published on July 9, 2024)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
I believe Jesus comes soon to remove us from this earth and judge us before the judgment seat of God.
 
I am interested in cleaning myself up through God and through doing Bible as led by God as much as possible now before Jesus returns.   I pray and read Bible to make adjustments.
 
Prayer:
 
Psalm 51:10  Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 
 
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scorner:  puffed up in yourself; considering others foolish and making fun of others; ridiculing others for what they say or do
 
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.
 
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
 
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
 
6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
 
Do the word of God.  DO the scripture.
 
Here is a scripture you can use today to practice.
 
Do you have any fear?  Do you have any dread?  Do you have any concern?
 
List those fears and dreads and concerns.
 
One by one take each fear, dread, concern to God and do this scripture.
 
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.
  
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Keeping yourself in joy, peace, and faith

(This podcast previously recorded and broadcast on May 25, 2024)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Sometimes we awake in the morning and are instantly troubled.
 
We can turn this around by thanking God. Devils flee when we thank God for those good things that HE has allowed into our lives. 
 
Being thankful to God is one of the powerful weapon we have in spiritual warfare.
 
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According to the Bible, when we die, our spirit leaves our body and we sleep in Jesus until Jesus returns to gather the elect who are still living

On May 27, 2025, Joan Boney died, now sleeping in Jesus, as we're told in I Thessalonians 4.
 
In a podcast Joan recorded and we first broadcast on January 19, 2025, we are exhorted in what the Bible tells us about death. 
 
Those of the world sorrow and often suffer greatly when someone dies. 
 
But for those who believe what we are told in the Bible, there is great comfort, hope, and joy when another believer dies.
 
This is the podcast initially published on January 19, 2025:
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Death is like "falling asleep."  But at the moment of death, our spirit leaves our body.  And according to the Bible, we sleep in Jesus. (I Thessalonians 4).     When Jesus returns with a shout we will awaken and God gives us a new spiritual body.  We will not have these physical bodies which have pain, decay, and even death. 
 
I Thessalonians 4:13-17
 
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, 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 them which are asleep.
 
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:
 
With this shout, those who sleep in Jesus will awaken!
 
17 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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James 2:26  For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
 
The moment we die, our spirit leaves our body.  Therefore our spirit is not buried with our bodies in a grave. 
 
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My cousin's husband died.  She was with him at the time.  She said, "Thurman reached over and patted my hand and just "fell asleep".
 
She told me she was going to visit his grave.  I asked, "Why would you do that?  Thurman is not in a grave.  He left his body the second he fell asleep."
 
She thought about what I said, and then she said, "Then it really doesn't matter where we are buried."  I replied, "Right."
 
(I think my cousin was born again at that moment.)
 
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I don't go to a funeral home to visit dead bodies.  I am convinced the person who died is not in that dead body.  (I want to remember the person as living not as dead.)
 
Neither do I visit grave yards where dead bodies have been buried.  (My father, mother, aunt, uncle are not in those graves!  They sleep in Jesus. And at the time Jesus returns to this earth, HE will "shout" and I believe they will awaken from sleep to the resurrection in a new spiritual body.)
 
(Paul tells us that our physical body will be changed to a new spiritual body.)
 
I Corinthians 15
 
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
 
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.  (God is a "spirit". John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship HIM must worship HIM in spirit and in truth .... We will be raised as "spirit" not as a physical body.)
 
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 from this physical body.)
 
Revelation 21:3-5  And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE will dwell with them, and they shall be HIS people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. 5 And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
 
I Corinthians 15
 
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
 
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Paul says: Examine yourself

(Initially published on Jul 04, 2024)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
2 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?
 
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Comments by Joan Boney:
 
Most people today say they are Christian in USA.  But they go on speaking worldly things to me and I see no evidence of Christ in them.
 
Church going people are especially worldly this way.
 
It is the end time and antichrist in the churches.
 
Here is how you see if the church you are attending is one of the antichrist churches.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Does your church teach this?
 
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All scripture is given by inspiration of God. (2 Timothy 3:16)

(Initially published September 23, 2024)
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
No man knows the day or hour Jesus will return but we do know seasons.
 
As the wickedness increases by people of this world and as the churches cast aside scripture, we know the end is soon.
 
We are made "wise" unto salvation by the Holy Scripture, the Word of God.
 
2 Timothy 3:16-17  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
 
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
 
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Jesus is The Word and The Word is Jesus.
 
If we cast aside The Word, we cast aside Jesus.
 
John 1
 
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
 
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
 
3 All things were made by HIM; and without HIM was not any thing made that was made.
 
4 In HIM was life; and the life was the light of men.
 
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
 
10 HE was in the world, and the world was made by HIM, and the world knew HIM not.
 
11 HE came unto HIS own, and HIS own received HIM not.
 
12 But as many as received HIM, to them gave HE power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on HIS name:
 
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
 
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld HIS glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
 
Perverted:  To turn from the way of God and go another way.
 
To turn from Jesus the Word, to gain perceived rewards on this earth is death to you and all who are around you.
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The Old Testament contains "The Law of Moses" which the people went by until the birth of Jesus.
 
With the resurrection of Jesus came the new covenant and the New Testament which replaced the Law of Moses.  However there are many promises of God in the Old Testament which still pertain to us today.
 
But it is the sacrifice of Jesus which paid for our sins today by HIS shed blood.  So we no longer sacrifice animals for sins as they did in the Old Testament.
 
Hebrews 8
 
6 But now hath HE obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also HE (JESUS) is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
 
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
 
8 For finding fault with them, HE saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
 
9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in MY covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
 
10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put MY laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to ME a people:
 
11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know ME, from the least to the greatest.
 
12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
 
13 In that he saith, A new covenant, HE hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
 
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I Corinthians 10:11  Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
 
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
 
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
 
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Now in the New Testament church we follow the laws of God set forth in the New Testament scriptures.
 
The New Testament Bible is our only doctrine.  We follow that which is in the New Testament Bible.  The doctrines of Christ are in the New Testament Bible.  We have no other doctrine for today's churches!
 
The apostate churches remove some of the scriptures of the New Testament Bible and teach other doctrines to their followers.  They will be destroyed when Jesus returns.
 
2 Thessalonians 2
 
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day  (of the Lord)  shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
 
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
 
In 1982, God said to me:  "The falling away are not people leaving the churches.  The falling away are the churches leaving the scriptures".
 
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of HIS mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of HIS coming:
 
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
 
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
 
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
 
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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# 3 Life changing concepts shown to me by God through the Holy Spirit and the scriptures

(Initially published on April 22, 2024)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
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John 5:30  I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear (from God), 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, the Son of God, could do nothing of HIS own thinking.  HE heard from God, the Father, and did what God said to do.  
 
God showed me that was the example for me to follow.  Don't try to be wise.  Depend on God to show you what to do.
 
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# 2 Life changing concepts shown to me by God through the Holy Spirit and the scriptures

(Initially published April 21, 2024)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
I was born again on August 5, 1975.
 
Shortly after that, I was asleep in the night when God transported me into heaven, similar to the example given in 2 Corinthians 12.
 
I was with God and Christ and the Holy Spirit.  I saw no images.  It was a spiritual experience.  At that time I was "merged into the body of Jesus", made one with the word of God, God and the Holy Spirit witnessing.
 
A few nights later, the exact same thing happened to me again.
 
I thought this happened to all who were born again.  When I found that was not the case, I didn't know why this had happened to me.
 
Later I was reading a book entitled Exodus, and the author said sometime when God has a special calling for someone HE will often cause a "special" thing to happen like Moses and the burning bush.
 
For the next 5 years God prepared me for the ministry I was to do on this earth, apostle and prophet.
 
God showed me apostles have an anointing to deal with scripture and they will try to cause churches to abide by the NT scriptures.
 
Prophets deliver messages, especially corrections, to the church people and the ministers.  Prophets are often also shown things to come.
 
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In preparing me during those years, God gave me several instructions for me to follow personally.  One of the first things God showed me was for me to get out of debt and stay out of debt.
 
God used this scripture with this instruction:  Romans 13:8  Owe no man anything.
 
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💥   After I was born again in 1975, God said to me, "Get out of debt and stay out of debt." 
 
At the time I heard this word from God, I owned a small business, American Indian Arts, in Dallas, Texas.  I set about immediately to pay off all my debt.  I owed $6,000 to a woman who had loaned me money to purchase merchandise for my business. She did not require interest on her loan.  She asked me to allow her to buy merchandise from my shop at my cost which I was pleased to do.
 
I was not born again at the time I borrowed this money.
 
After I was born again, I saw this verse of scripture and set about to do this scripture:
 
2 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?
 
So far as I knew, the woman who loaned me money was an unbeliever.  I wanted to pay her what I owed her as soon as possible and that would set me totally out of debt.
 
First when we hear a word from God and believe God spoke that Word to us, we purpose in our hearts to do that word.
 
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I prayed immediately asking God to help me to get out of debt and I asked God to give me wisdom to get out of debt based on the following promise of God from the New Testament Bible.
 
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.
 
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God had taught me to pray for wisdom concerning the items I purchased for the shop and to be led by the Holy Spirit concerning each item I purchased.
 
I went on a buying trip to New Mexico, USA.  In Santa Fe, I visited a friend who owned a shop where he dealt with American Indian arts.
 
I sold mostly jewelry at that time and some pottery.
 
He had an old Navajo rug displayed in his shop.  I found I just couldn't walk away from that rug.  It was priced at $500.  Finally I bought it.  (God had been teaching me to purchase items that interested me and that I could pay for in cash.)
 
I took the rug to Albuquerque to a woman who specialized in appraising Navajo rugs.  She said, "Most of the old rugs are worthless.  But you lucked out.  This is a fine example of a Navajo rug and it will go up in price.  It is worth $1500 now but you should price this rug where it will not sell, for this is a rug that will go up greatly in price in the future."
 
The first day I returned to Dallas with the merchandise, a man called me wanted to see jewelry.  I had that rug rolled up and lying next to the wall.  He said, "What's that?"  I replied,  "It's an old Navajo rug which I brought back with me yesterday from my buying trip."  He said, "Let me see it." I said, "Oh ... I don't think you would want that."  He said, "Well let me see it."  
 
I rolled the rug out on the floor.
 
He walked around it looking carefully at the rug.  
 
Then he said, "How much."
 
I replied:  "$5,000".
 
He said:  "I'll take it."  and he began writing out a check!
 
I was horrified.  I was an honest merchant.  I did not overcharge my customers.  I began trying to talk him out of buying that rug since I knew it was overpriced. But he was determined to purchase that rug.
 
So I said to him, "Here is what I will do.  You take the rug and I will hold your check for one week without cashing it.  If you decide for any reason you to do want the rug, bring it back and I will give you your check back."
 
I never saw that man again.  So I deposited his check in my bank and put $1,000 with it and paid the woman the $6,000 that I owed to her.
 
I was never in debt again.
 
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Later I read these scriptures.
 
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.
 
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
 
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
 
5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
 
6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
 
7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
 
8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and HE shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
 
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.
 
10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
 
11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
 
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:
 
14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
 
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Life changing concepts given to me by God: leading to an abundant and godly life on this earth

(Initially published April 20, 2024)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
God gave me many concepts to live by over the 40+ years after I was born again.   If you do these, you will definitely have a more abundant and godly life on this earth.
 
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💥 # 1.  Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind to the Word given to you by God.
 
God shows us the way of life through the Holy Bible.  As we take individual scripture and do those verses in our life we begin to move into godliness and we are separated from going in the ways of this world.
 
This is the true path to godliness, success, and prosperity.
 
John 14:6  Jesus saith unto him, 
 
I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
 
(Structure your life by going in the way shown us in the Holy Bible, especially in New Testament Scripture.)
 
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A vast field of buried treasure hiding in plain sight just waiting for us to find nuggets and dig them up and keep them are found in the Holy Bible:
 
We hunt this treasure as we read the chapters of the Bible:  The Word of God takes us in ways this world rarely finds.  Their wisdom is very different from the way God shows us to live on this earth.
 
This world seeks wealth, fame, praise of men.  All of this has a short season.  And then like a vapor it vanishes never to be again and the fruits produced are often depression and bitterness.
 
Men are praised by other men when they do well for themselves:  sports figures; women with physical beauty; being the best over those around you; making more money; achieving fame and recognition;
 
These ways have short life spans and in the end, rarely does the treasure follow you to the grave where the fame usually vanishes with the years of death and you enter the life you have purchased for eternity whether it is good or bad.  The flames of the past accomplishments burn away year after year never to rise again to that which they once were.  "All this for what?"
 
And where are you now? after death?  "Where is that person now?"  I always wonder after that person dies.  And eternal life begins.  And God judges that life and rewards for either good or evil that was done.  And God's judgment of us is forever!
 
OJ Simpson died recently.   Where is he today?  Now he has begun "forever".  And it can't be changed, for it is eternity.
 
Luke 12
 
15 And HE said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
 
16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
 
17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
 
18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
 
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
 
20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
 
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
 
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Psalm 111:10  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do HIS commandments: HIS praise endureth for ever.
 
The men who praised us die and their praise ends or they end their praise if they don't approve of what we are doing along the way.
 
God will praise us forever for that which we chose to do on this earth when we seek HIM and follow HIS Word.
 
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Luke 16
 
19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
 
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
 
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
 
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
 
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
 
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
 
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
 
26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
 
27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
 
28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
 
29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
 
30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
 
31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
 
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Concept from God:
 
Romans 12:2  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind (to that word from God), that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
 
Lay up treasure that is from heaven.  Every word from the mouth of God is treasure that endures through all eternity.
 
Seek that treasure.  Hold fast to that Word.  Live by that Word.  Never let that Word go from your life.  It is forever! It will keep you as a young man or woman.  It will comfort you in old age.  And it will be there for you at the judgment seat of God.
 
The judgment seat of Christ:
 
2 Corinthians 5
 
9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of HIM.
 
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
 
11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;
 
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James 4
 
13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
 
14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
 
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
 
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Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. Amos 5:15

(Initially published May 22, 2024)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
I John 5
 
19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
 
20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know HIM that is true, and we are in HIM that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. (The Word) This is the true God, and eternal life.
 
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
 
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I Corinthians 2:14  But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
 
You must be born again, given a new heart of God and the Holy Spirit of God.
 
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Isaiah 59:14 
 
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
 
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