Building your house on the word from God

We pray, but then how do we recognize the plan sent by God to us?

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
As a new Christian in 1975, God showed me the following scripture to live by:
 
Matthew 11:28-30   Come unto ME, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
 
Take MY yoke upon you, and learn of ME; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
 
For MY yoke is easy, and MY burden is light.
 
easy:  simple, smooth, straightforward; not overly complicated; not above the price you are able to afford; achieved without great effort; presenting few difficulties.
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I had been living the above scripture for many weeks.  I knew if something was complex and expensive, it would not be the way of God for me.  I would start re-examining the plan if it was going to put me in a financial bind to do that plan.  Always there would be another way to go about accomplishing the goal and the other way would be "easy to do" and "simple."
 
Another scripture I had been living for weeks: 
 
Isaiah 55:12    Ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace:
 
Joy, interest, excitement ... were guides ... provided I could afford the item.
 
Of course there was always prayer:  Asking God for wisdom.
 
A promise from God:
 
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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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

God gets me out of debt and free from unbeliever

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Focus on following one verse at a time ... keep that instruction in your mind and think on it daily until you can do what it says to you, making it a part of your life.
 
(It sometimes helps to look up definition of key words in a dictionary, viewing the meaning in your life as Holy Spirit reminds you of events or things in your life.)
 
Joshua 1   
 
*  Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law (NT scripture), ...  turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest.
 
(Of course we do not do the OT sacrifices ... but think of this scripture in terms of that way of God which we are told to do in the New Testament church, following NT diligently.  Also keeping in mind some of the many promises of God from OT.)
 
The Holy Spirit will get us to focus on specific scripture which shows us the will of God for us at a specific point in time.  Focus on that scripture, doing that which is appropriate in your life to conform yourself to that scripture, for that is exactly what you need at this moment.
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Here is an example, especially if you have any debt at all right now.
 
When I was born again in 1975, one of the early scriptures which showed me the will of God is the following:
 
Romans 13:8    Owe no man any thing  (I kept that scripture before me daily, day and night, and prayed for God to help me get out of debt.  God did help me.)
 
I felt God was saying to me:  "Get out of debt ... and stay out of debt."
 
I stopped buying things on credit.  I bought only those things for which I could pay cash. If I didn't have cash to buy something, I saved money and after I had the cash bought the item, if I still wanted it.
 
I cut back my spending,  even on  "little things".  Even though it didn't amount to much toward paying the debt, it structured my life in another way of thinking.
 
(I am always shocked at the amount of money I see people spend on things like iced tea and soft drinks when they go to café.   While I was getting out of debt, this is one way I disciplined myself and cut back.  Certainly today I could afford such but even to this day, the way of life I developed in that period carries over.)
 
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I had gotten my personal life out of debt within a few weeks.  
 
But I owned a business at that time and I had borrowed approximately $6000 from a woman who wanted to buy into my business.
 
I used the money to buy merchandise which I sold in my shop.
 
This woman was likely an unbeliever, as was I when I began my business and borrowed from her.
 
But now I am a Christian!
 
And I saw the following instruction:
 
II Corinthians 6:14     Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:
 
My goal became to pay that business loan as quickly as possible, freeing myself from a business partnership with an unbeliever.
 
A situation came about to cause me to be able to get free from this debt much sooner than I expected.
 
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My business was American Indian Arts.  I bought authentic jewelry and pottery and offered the items for sale in Dallas, Texas.
 
I was on a buying trip in New Mexico (USA).
 
Mostly we sold jewelry in my shop and when I went on buying trips, most of the cash I had was used to pay for jewelry.
 
However, on this trip something very unusual happened.
 
An old Navajo rug caught my attention.  (I knew nothing about Navajo rugs.)  I tried to walk away from that rug but I kept coming back to it.  I finally knew I had to buy the rug.  It cost me $500.
 
I took it to a rug appraiser who told me it was really a very fine rug.  She said I should price it at a price where it would not sell for it would go up in price and I should hold onto it.
 
At the time she appraised it at $1500.
 
I returned to Dallas and had that rug rolled up at the side of the room, not on display yet.
 
A man came to purchase jewelry.  He saw that rug and asked, "What's that?"
 
I replied:  "It is an old Navajo rug."
 
"Let me see it,"  he said.
 
I said, "Oh ... I don't think you'd like that."  I responded.
 
But he kept insisting so I rolled the rug onto the floor. 
 
After looking at the rug he said:  "How much?"
 
Without any thought, I said:  "$5000."
 
He said:  "I'll take it"  ... and he began writing out a check to pay for the rug.
 
I was horrified.  I always protected my customers, being sure of the quality of the item and charging a fair market price.
 
I did all I could to try to talk this man out of buying that rug but he was determined to buy the rug.
 
I said to him, "I'm not going to cash your check for a week.  If you change your mind, bring the rug back to me and I will give you your check back."
 
I never saw the man again.
 
I deposited the check and repaid the woman all the money she had loaned me ... and I was debt free!  And I was no longer yoked to an unbeliever!
 
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When we see a scripture and purpose in our heart to do that scripture, God makes a way for us to do that scripture.
 
Romans 13:8   Owe no man anything
 
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Notice the steps taken by me in being led by God's Spirit.
 
* Before going on buying trips, I always prayed for wisdom concerning what I should purchase.
 
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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How does God give me HIS wisdom?
 
Sometimes God will bring a thought to my mind by the Holy Spirit.  It may be a scripture or a concept.
 
Sometimes God will get my attention drawn to something and my interest will be such that I can't leave that item behind.  (In the rug case, that is what happened.) 
 
Human reason often tries to talk us out of what God is trying to show us.
 
In this case:  "But I need to spend my money on jewelry.  That is what I sell, not rugs.  I don't know anything about rugs."
 
But I had with me the cash to pay for the rug.  That was very important since I had felt God was leading me to get out of debt and to stay out of debt.
 
I had absolutely no idea one item would end up allowing me to pay (in full) the woman who had invested in my shop!
 
I just couldn't walk away from that strong interest I had in that rug.
 
We can know the ideas that come from God by the following characteristics.
 
James 3:17    But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
 
(Don't rush on to the next chapter.  First, stop and study the scriptures and the concepts presented in this writing.  When possible, apply these scripture to your own life doing them in some area.  That causes Christ, the Word, to live in you and becomes a part of your way of life.)
 
I find most Christians read the Word of God but fail to do the Word of God regularly in their own life.  I am often stopped from going the wrong way by the scripture God brings to my memory.
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Structuring our lives by the Word of God, by verses of Scripture

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Psalm 1:1-3
 
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.
 
- counsel of the ungodly:  don't walk in their way, in their advice  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.
 
- way of sinners:  avoid putting yourself where they who go against ways of God are likely to be; 
 
- seat of the scornful:
  - avoid those persons who make fun of other people and think themselves wise
  - avoid those persons who express contempt for other persons
 
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2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in HIS law doth he meditate day and night. 
 
(Take verse of scripture and look up key words in dictionary to really know what that scripture means and therefore live those scriptures by doing what they say.)
 
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.
 
(A tree that drinks from a river of water is like that person who continually drinks from a verse of scripture, doing that scripture, living that instruction. It is not easy to bring that tree down.
 
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If we fashion our life according to the instructions in these scriptures we are going to be going in a way of God's righteousness as we live on this earth.
 
And we will also prosper and have good success on this earth.
 
If you will take each verse, which is called to your attention by the Holy Spirit, and focus on that verse and do that verse, you will come into prosperity and good success without even trying to do so.💥💥💥
During the past 43-years, I have never sought money or things of this world.  My focus as been on scripture and on the individuals who are the church and are trying to follow ways of God.  
 
As I followed scripture, by the Spirit of God, at first it would often seem I encountered loss ... but then it was like God did for me like HE did with the prophet Job.
 
Job 42:12   So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: 
 
I didn't follow after blessings.  I followed after verses of scripture that were called to my attention by the Holy Spirit and I tried to do those scriptures, and the blessings followed the doing of the scripture.
 
Today I have ended up, at 86-years-of- age, lacking nothing.
 
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Many people in churches say, "The Lord is my shepherd:  I shall not want."
 
But when the Lord is your shepherd, you follow HIM, doing that which HE shows you to do.
 
After a time of following those scriptures shown you by the Holy Spirit, you will one day realize that you actually have all you want.  It just happened along the way as you followed God without even thinking of what you wanted.
 
Matthew 6:33    But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
 
All we think of is doing that scripture or word given us by the Spirit of God.
 
Deuteronomy 8:18    But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is HE that giveth thee power to get wealth, that HE may establish His covenant which HE sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

God’s way for HIS children

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
(Many scriptures and examples have been added to the Audio version of this book to help you better understand how to mediate in the scriptures and also how to do these scriptures in your life today.  
Joan Boney)
 
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God spells out for us the way to righteousness, prosperity, and good success through the information in the following scriptures:
 
Joshua 1:7-9
 
7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law (the verses of scriptures), which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
 
(Some OT verses are promises of God valid for us today and some scriptures are instructive, warning us about turning from God.  But our sacrifice for sins is the blood of Jesus so we do not live by the OT Law of Moses.  Instead we have faith in Jesus and live by the commandments of God written in the New Testament Bible. 
But we are admonished by the OT says Paul:  I Corinthians 10:11  Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition ... counsel or warning, upon whom the ends of the world are come. )
 
8 This book of the law (the NT Bible) 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.
 
9 Have not I commanded thee? (says God)   Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
 
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How to "meditate."
 
The Holy Spirit reminds us of scripture or concepts to show us what to do.
 
(Here is a practice scripture.)
 
Colossians 3:15  And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
 
Pray:  Should I do this thing?  Then see if God gives you peace or if HE reminds you of something that causes you to have concern.  God can stop us if it would not be the best thing for us to do.
 
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The first thing after prayer is for us to define key words in a dictionary:
 
Peace: 
  - assurance from God after prayer  (special attention to any scripture brought to mind or to any concept or example)
  - freedom from war or disturbance of mind
  - freedom from strife; avoidance of strife
  - freedom from envy
 
James 3:16  For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
 
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To know the will of God:  
 
Matthew 11:30  God's yoke is easy and HIS burden is light.
 
(Take time with this, don't rush on to next chapter.  Practice. Take a scripture.  Look up meaning of key words in dictionary  Consider your life.  Is there any thing right now that troubles you?  that you do not have peace about?  Stop.  and pray.  Wait on God until Holy Spirit brings information from God to you.)
 
Here is what the Holy Spirit in you will do.
 
Jesus says:
 
John 14:26  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give 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.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Righteousness, Prosperity, and Good Success: Introduction

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
This Podcast is based on a book which I wrote in 2018, published on Amazon in e-book and paperback, entitled:  "Righteous, prosperity, and good success".  We are currently preparing it for publication on Amazon Audio Book.  
 
Each chapter will be published on our Podcast, starting today.
 
Joan Boney
 
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Introduction
by
Joan Boney
 
Would you be interested if someone offered you prosperity and good success in everything that you do in this life?  
 
* In dealing with your mate and your children?
* In dealing with your job and the workers at your company or business or school?
* In dealing with problems of this life?
 
God makes this offer to us in the Bible!  Promising this to us in multiple scriptures.
 
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As a new Christian, August 5, 1975, I saw these scriptures, believed what they said, and began doing them and continued doing them for the remainder of my life to present date, 2023.
 
Not once did anything fail!
 
I am now 86 years old.
 
All you have to do is the following daily, in each project, in each dealing with your family and friends and acquaintances:
 
Joshua 1:8  This book of the law (the Bible) shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
 
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Here is a practice verse which you can begin doing immediately:
 
Colossians 3:15  Let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
 
(Begin listing any project or person that you do not feel peace in your heart about.)
 
Then with each project or person, begin talking to God.  Let your requests be made known unto God.  What do you want God to do concerning the problem or person?  Do the following in prayer.
 
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.
 
Example # 1 We have one person who rarely volunteers information as to what is going on in her life.  I wish she would let us know how her husband who has had 2 small strokes is doing without our having to ask how he is doing.
 
Prayer: God please have her give us regular updates about what is going on with husband:  Can he currently walk?  Are they doing well at current house?  How is she doing?
 
Example: # 2  BB has stopped communicating at all with me.  Is she wanting me to stop sending her email?  Does she want to stop all communication? Please let me know.  What do YOU want me to do about her?
 
Example # 3:  I have opened doors of communication with K.  Am I doing the right thing? What would YOU like me to do?  I'm at great peace when I speak with her and she seems to read what I write to her. I'm sharing many scriptures and things of God with her and she seems to want to hear what I say.  What do YOU want?
 
Example # 4 : With the new car, I have a desire to make short trips.  What should I do?  Where, if anywhere, is reasonable for me to go?  Please give me wisdom.
 
Example # 5:  My lower back is flaring up.  Please show me if I should use the back of seat massage in car and how much and which settings.  Is heat helpful? or does it aggravate the lower back?  Should I take aspirin or something before going out for a ride?
 
Example # 6:  I had the idea to contact Ann and invite her to come over for ride in new car.  Should I do this?
 
Example # 7:  Please give K something to stabilize her concerning the car so she will know what to do.
 
(If God wants me to do something, HE will cause me to think, on and off, about the person and idea.  If not, God will usually just remove the person or idea from my memory.)
 
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Psalm 1  (God says:)
 
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.
 
(Dictionary: define "scornful"... Do you have in your acquaintance any one who is frequently scornful.  If so pray, asking God what HE wants you to do concerning this relationship.)
 
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2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD (The Holy Bible); and in HIS law (the scriptures) doth he meditate day and night.
 
(Be sure to stop and meditate on scripture as you read.  Look up definitions of key words.  Pray asking God what HE wants you to do concerning this instruction that is given in the scripture.)
 
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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God promises us prosperity and good success in the following scripture if we live this way on this earth.
 
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 (in the verses in the Holy Bible) 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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In this Audio Book, you will find numerous examples which I have tested in my own life by doing these scriptures with various projects and problems of life that occurred.
 
You will learn to meditate in verses until the power of God rises in you to enable you to do the verse.  
 
You will stabilize and prosper also in God's way and God's righteousness, day by day, step by step. And you will have an opportunity to set aside the way of this world and rise above those plots and schemes and fears humans do in this world.
 
And you will learn what it is to really feel God "in you" by the Holy Spirit through the Word of God.
 
I Corinthians 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
 
Romans 8:35  If God be for us (in our projects and plans) , who can be against us?
 
It will greatly strength each of us in faith in God if we do these things in our lives.
 
And should promote great joy and peace daily.
 
(Don't rush to next chapter.  You'll need to be doing these things for rest of your life.  There is no reason to hurry.  Do this introduction first before going on.  Be sure you do the scriptures in this writing and apply them to your life and pray over what God wants you to do concerning family, friends, acquaintances.)
 
Joan Boney
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

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. (Psalm 84:11)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
One way God shields us from buying the wrong item is everything about the object will be wonderful, but just one "little" thing will be off, keeping us from making that purchase.
 
God is in us and leads us and guides us and protects us and teaches us and even shows us things to come.
 
Don't compromise.
 
A few years ago, I was considering purchasing a new car after my old car had been run into by another car.
 
I had not looked at cars in several years and found the sticker price shocking.  By 1985, cars had gone up to the range of $22,000.  It would cost $600 dollars to repair the side of my car.  I had the $600 but did not have $22,000.  God had shown me to purchase only those items I could pay in full for so I had the old car repaired and began putting money aside for a new car.
 
God's yoke is easy and HIS burden is light.
 
God says to HIS people:  
 
Deuteronomy 28
 
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.
 
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:
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Knowing the will of God as we make decisions

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
God is my strength and power and HE maketh my way perfect.   (2 Samuel 22:33)
 
When God is leading us we have everything we need in the situation.
 
We are not like the people of the world.
 
Sometimes we see the end from the beginning.  I believe a leader is often that way.
 
But it is always God who is in control and our strength.
 
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How to know if the way you are going is God's plan:
 
Matthew 11
 
28 Come unto ME, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
 
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of ME; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
 
30  For MY yoke is easy, and MY burden is light.
 
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James 3
 
16 Where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
 
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
 
18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Never put yourself in a position where you have to purchase something. Remember God will supply all our needs when we belong to HIM.

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Jesus says:  You cannot serve God and mammon.  
 
Matthew 6
 
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
 
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
 
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
 
22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
 
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
 
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Live in peace, resting in the Word God gives you

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Colossians 3:15  And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
 
The Holy Spirit of God lives in us.  Learn to trust what HE brings to your mind.  HE will lead us in peace and in that which is the will of God for us at this moment in time.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Being the head and not the tail

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Deuteronomy 28
 
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
 
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
 
9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
 
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.
 
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:
 
The word God gives us causes us to be on top.
 
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God is all that works. Disasters show that to us.

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Playing at religion?  It won't work.
 
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No man will rule over God’s people

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Can you imagine sitting on a curb in Gaza waiting for someone to open a gate to let you into Egypt?  (Egypt can't be the answer.  I wouldn't even want to go to Egypt.)
 
That doesn't sound like God's plan for HIS people.
 
When you know how to seek God, you definitely put yourself as the head and not the tail in the issue at hand.
 
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:
 
(When we pray and wait to hear from God we will be on top of the issue.)
 
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.
 
(I have lived by this for more than 40 years and never has it failed at any time ... seek what God wants and do that and you are going to win and be the head and not the tail.)
 
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Are you really prepared should a shock or disaster strike?

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
What is the first thing you should do?
 
What is the second thing you should do?
 
Can you really do this?
 
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The people of the Old Testament had trouble keeping the Law of Moses so God just gave NT church a new heart and a new Spirit so they could follow HIM

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Ezekiel 36  (God says:)
 
23 And I will sanctify MY great name, which was profaned (made secular) among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
 
24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
 
25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
 
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
 
27 And I will put MY spirit within you, and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and ye shall keep MY judgments, and do them.
 
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The New Covenant: (God says)
 
Hebrews 8:10  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:
 
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
 
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Doing that which is right in the sight of the Lord thy God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
When Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, Israel weakened itself by failing to go on a straight path and by allowing other nations, especially the USA, to influence them in that which they did.
 
These can be lessons for us.  We overcome through seeking God and hearing God.
 
But what so often happens is humans try to seem right in the eyes of other people.  Therefore integrity evaporates as they try to gain the approval of humans.  And when we do that we become as weak as water, compromising one thing after another to please humans.  (That is what we see today in governments of men, loss of personal integrity.)
 
These Old Testament writings so greatly strengthen us for we see them look wrong while following what God told them to do.  And we see them suffer greatly when they compromise the Word from God and they suffer great loss.
 
One time God told me to do something.  A woman came to me and said, "Joan ... is there any way you could be wrong?"
 
I replied, "No."
 
(She left me.  My entire office staff left me, except for one person at that time.  Many who read my writings left me.  God was proving each one of us to see what we would do confronted by HIS truth.)
 
When you know you have heard from God and do what HE says, that is your only focal point.
 
Proverbs 21:30  There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
 
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If they try to make you doubt what you have heard from God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Deuteronomy 13
 
6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
 
7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;
 
8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
 
9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
 
10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
 
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The examples from the Old Testament strengthen us and cause our faith in God to be increased so we know where we are going

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
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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If God shows us something and we fail to warn other people, will we be responsible for the blood of those people we failed to warn

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Ezekiel 3
 
4 And HE (God) said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with MY words unto them.
 
5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;
 
6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.
 
7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto ME: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
 
8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
 
9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
 
10 Moreover HE said unto me, Son of man, all MY words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
 
11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
 
 
17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from ME.
 
18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his  iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
 
19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
 
20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
 
21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
 
When I read this scripture, I said to God:  Is there any place in the New Testament where the blood of another is upon us if we fail to warn them.
 
Instantly I was reminded of Acts 20.
 
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Proverbs 17:15

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
 
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When we speak to gain the praise of other humans, we often speak wrongly in the sight of God.
 
If we speak by our own flesh, we often do wrong.
 
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2 John
 
8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
 
9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
 
10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
 
11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. 
 
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You must be careful with interpretations

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
God gave me 3 dreams between the years from 1980 through 1999, which I failed to interpret correctly.
 
Often we have a dream which we do not understand.  Unless God gives us interpretation we may not understand that dream until it has been fulfilled and then we see what God was showing us.
 
Dream # 1:  There was a tall glass building.  I had gone into the basement because I wanted to get some money.  The man behind the counter said to me, "There is no money."  A man standing in the crowd handed me a hundred-dollar-bill.  Then the building began to shake.  It was like bombs were falling.  I heard, "This is not the first bombing but the second."  Then I was in a tunnel-like area.  A man was holding my hand.  I heard, "Life will never be the same again."
 
Dream # 2:  I was in a diner.  All of a sudden several vehicles passed by with sirens blaring.  Something had happened outside.
 
Dream # 3:  I was in New Jersey looking out over Manhattan.  A very large cloud of smoke covered the tip of the island.  I heard these words:  "When the smoke clears, the landmarks will be gone."
 
I thought these were dreams showing bank failures and a crisis in the banking industry.
 
But after the event happened, I knew God was showing me the destruction that was to come on 9/11/01, the fall of the World Trade Center in NYC.
 
Dream # 1 ... "This was not the first bombing but the second". The first bombing took place in 1993 in the garage of the World Trade Center.
 
Dream # 3 ... I saw the exact picture of the cloud of smoke shown in my dream when TV news showed the scene from New Jersey. And I heard, "When the smoke clears, the landmarks will be gone."
 
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Pray for interpretation!
 
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400 years of Israel in bondage in Egypt

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
There arose a Pharaoh who knew not Joseph.  These years fulfilled a promise spoken to Abraham.
 
Genesis 12  
 
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
 
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
 
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. (Jews & Gentiles)
 
4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him;
 
Genesis 15  (God speaks to Abraham)
 
13 And HE (God) said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
 
14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
 
15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
 
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Israel goes into Egypt during the 7 years of famine and they remain 400 years in Egypt as slaves to the Egyptians until the promised time of deliverance.
 
Then God brings them out with HIS mighty hand.
 
From each affliction of this life that we encounter, God has a way of escape and delivers us also!
 
After we pray for help and deliverance from our problem of this life, we recognize the way of God by the following scriptures:
 
James 3:17  But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
 
God's yoke is easy and HIS burden is light.  (Mt. 11:30)
 
So if the plan is overly expensive and difficult do to and very complex, you need to stop and pray again and wait for God to give you his plan based on the above characteristics.
 
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After the life of Israel (Jacob), the brothers are afraid of Joseph, but Joseph assures them that he will provide for them

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Genesis 47
 
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
 
(The lesser is blessed of the greater:  Though Pharaoh ruled all of Egypt, Jacob, the lesser, blesses Pharaoh for the people of God are greater than the people of the world!)
 
11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
 
12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
 
13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
 
14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
 
15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
 
16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
 
17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.
 
18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
 
19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
 
20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
 
21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
 
22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
 
23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
 
24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
 
25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
 
26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
 
27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
 
28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
 
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Jacob dies and the brothers greatly fear Joseph:
 
Genesis 50
 
14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
 
15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
 
16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
 
17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
 
18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
 
19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
 
20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
 
21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
 
22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
 
(After 400 years, according to prophesy God gave Abraham, Israel was delivered from Egypt.  They went into Egypt with 70 men and came out 400 years later with 608,000 men plus women and children.)
 
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Israel comes to Egypt to live where Joseph is 2nd to Pharaoh in charge of everything

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Genesis 46
 
1 And Israel (Jacob) took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
 
2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
 
3 And HE said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
 
4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
 
5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
 
6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
 
7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
 
8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
 
9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
 
10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
 
11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
 
12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
 
13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
 
14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
 
15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
 
16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
 
17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
 
18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
 
19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
 
20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
 
21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
 
22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
 
23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
 
24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
 
25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
 
26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six; (66)
 
27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.  (70)
 
28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
 
29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
 
30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
 
31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
 
32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
 
33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
 
34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
 
(God was making a separation between the nation of Israel and the Egyptians.)
 
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Joseph reveals his identity to his brothers

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Genesis 45
 
1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
 
2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
 
3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
 
4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
 
5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
 
6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
 
7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
 
8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and HE hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
 
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9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
 
10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
 
11  And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
 
12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
 
13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
 
14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
 
15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
 
16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
 
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
 
18 And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
 
19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
 
20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
 
21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
 
22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
 
23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
 
24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
 
25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
 
26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
 
27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
 
28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
 
God has a way!  God gets Joseph into a position in Egypt where he is in charge of all the corn.  Then God creates a famine which causes the children to Israel to come to Egypt.  And the word of God which HE spoke to Abraham in Genesis 12 and Genesis 15 is fulfilled.
 
Every word God speaks will be fulfilled before the end comes to this present heaven and earth. 400 years may pass or 1 month may pass but everything God says will be fulfilled.  You can count on this.  Focus on that which God has said.
 
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It’s so easy for God to accomplish HIS purpose.

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Every word and purpose of God will come to pass, from the beginning of time to the end of time.
 
To try to accomplish his own purpose, man schemes, connives, works to figure out how to get other men to accomplish his own purpose. And often fails in the end.  It is an incredibly hard yoke.
 
When God spoke to Abraham, God told Abraham what would happen.
 
Genesis 12
 
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
 
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
 
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
 
4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him;
 
God said what HE would do.  Man thinks, "HOW?"
 
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Genesis 15
 
1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
 
5 And HE brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and HE said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
 
(Sarah was barren at the time God spoke this.  HOW? can this be, says Abraham?  We have to know, if God says something, it will happen.)
 
6 And he believed in the LORD; and HE counted it to him for righteousness.
 
We don't have to try to figure out how to make it happen.  God already knows HOW it can be done even before HE speaks.  God knows the end from the beginning.
 
All we do is to believe what God says to us about the situation.  God has a way to accomplish HIS purpose.  When it comes to pass, we look back and understand how the pieces fit and marvel at God's work.
 
But when we as humans try to make something happen we often become very twisted and even evil.
 
When it is so easy for God to make what HE want to happen happen.
 
Rarely would we have chosen God's way to go, and yet we see it work.
 
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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.
 
So as we read the Old Testament, we see the way God operates in the situation.
 
And often we come to understand God has the answer before the question arose.  And we learn to follow God and rest in this knowledge that God has everything under control and things will be done according to that which God shows us.
 
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God shows Joseph what will happen.
 
Genesis 37
 
Dream # 1:  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 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.
 
The brothers hated Joseph and envied Joseph.  They sold Joseph into slavery and Joseph was taken down into Egypt as a slave when he was 17-years-old.  Joseph had only the clothes on his back.  But God is with Joseph.  Everything Joseph touches prospers because God is with him. God is able to turn disasters into gold mines, and God puts Joseph exactly where he wants Joseph to cause Joseph to rise to 2nd in command only to Pharaoh.  And by this, Joseph will be able to deliver the nation of Israel during the 7 years of famine.
 
Joseph did nothing except go through the door God opened for him.  Joseph didn't make it happen.  Joseph just did that which God set before him.  Joseph didn't have to figure out how to get there.  Joseph just did that which God showed him to do and everything worked out and the purpose of God was fulfilled for his life.
 
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