Building your house on the word from God

Freedom to sin. Or freedom from Sin.

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Matthew 7
 
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
 
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
 
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There are many doors to destruction.
 
I Corinthians 6:9-10  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate (homosexuals), nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
 
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
 
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When a person dies, I often think, "And what NOW?"
 
Those who hate "the Word" often call the Bible legalistic.
 
They think they should be free to do that which they want to do.
 
This is one of the many gates to destruction.
 
The Word is the way of life and "few" there be that find it.
 
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God once said to me:  "Many want to be free to sin."
 
"Few want to be free from sin."
 
Following "the Word" makes us free from sin.
 
The Word says:
 
Concerning fornication:
 
💥  Flee fornication.  Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.  (I Cor. 6:18)
 
💥  What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith HE (The Word), shall be one flesh.  (I Cor. 6:16)  At the time of sexual intercourse, the two are made one even when you have sex with a prostitute.
 
Concerning divorce and remarriage:
 
💥  But I (the Word) 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.  (Mt. 5:32)
 
* The man who divorces "a faithful wife", causes her to commit adultery if she remarries.
 
* The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
 
💥  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.  (I Cor. 7:10-11)  This is a commandment of the Lord.  The divorced woman has 2 choices:  remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband
 
💥  The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.  (I Cor. 7:39)
 
💥  For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.  3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. (Romans 7:2-3)
 
*  The only time a married woman is free to remarry is if her husband dies.  Otherwise she will commit adultery and the man who marries her, as a divorced woman, will commit adultery.
 
💥  And HE (the Word) saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
 
12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.  (Mark 10:11-12)  And the man who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.  (Mt. 5:32)
 
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Concerning homosexuals & lesbians:
 
Romans 1
 
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified HIM not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
 
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
 
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
 
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
 
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
 
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
 
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
 
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
 
They were not born homosexual or lesbian, but the Word says God gave them over to these "vile affections".
 
The Word says: But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.  (Mk.10:6)
 
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Concerning abortion:
 
2 Timothy 3
 
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
 
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
 
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
 
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
 
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
 
Without natural affections:  Mothers killing their own babies.  Abortion ... and homosexuals & lesbians.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin

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

Psalm 84

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
11 For the LORD God (The Word) is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good (thing) will HE withhold from them that walk uprightly.
 
12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in THEE.
 
(When the translators add a word in KJV, they put that added word in italics.  Verse 11, they added the word "thing".  It should read "no good will HE withhold".)
 
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The Lord, the Word, is a sun and a shield.
 
The Word shows me the way to go on this earth.
 
The Word shields me from people and from things that would harm me and prohibit me from serving GOD and from going in HIS plan for me.
 
Pray.  Wait on HIS Word.  Go in HIS Word.  Rejoice in HIS Word.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Ways God speaks to individuals who belong to HIM

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
2 Timothy 3
 
14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing OF WHOM thou hast learned them;
 
15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus (the Word) .
 
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
 
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
 
God often speaks to man by the Holy Spirit of God, leading man in the way to go by reminding him of a portion of scripture.
 
Ephesians 4:26  Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
 
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One day, all of a sudden, fearful thoughts came to my mind:  "What will you do if you get to where you can't walk?  You won't be able to live here if you can't walk.  What then?  Where will you go?  What will happen to you?"
 
I cried out:  "Oh ... God help me!"
 
And immediately I was reminded of this scripture: "But my God shall supply all your need."
(Philippians 4:19)
 
"That's right!"  I cried out.  "God will supply all my need!"
 
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Concerning the Old Testament:
 
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.
 
Also many promises of God from Old Testament are valid for us today in the church:
 
Isaiah 54:17  No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of ME, saith the LORD.
 
Psalm 23:1-3  The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 HE maketh me to lie down in green pastures: HE leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 HE restoreth my soul: HE leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for HIS name's sake.
 
Isaiah 26:3-4  THOU wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on THEE: because he trusteth in THEE. 4 Trust ye in the LORD (the Word) for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
 
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 (the Word); 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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In today's church, the Holy Spirit of God lives in each believer to guide them into all truth, to teach them all things, to remind them of all Jesus has said, and to show them things to come.
 
I Corinthians 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
 
John 14:26  (Jesus says)  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
 
John 16:13  Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear (from God), that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.
 
And the Holy Spirit searches the heart of God to show us the will of God for us.
 
I Corinthians 2
 
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love HIM.
 
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by HIS Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
 
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
 
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
 
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
 
We need to be able to recognize the difference between the "voice" of the Holy Spirit and the "voice" of the devil and the thinking of our own flesh.
 
I will give examples of these differences on this Podcast.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper. (Isaiah 54:17)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
In the Book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament, we read the following promise of God to the people of God.
 
God says:
 
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.
 
Is this promise of God valid for the New Testament church today?
 
As a new Christian in 1975, I had an opportunity to prove the validity of this scripture in a very big test involving my business which I ran at that period of time.
 
This Podcast presents this story.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

God’s leading in a secular project

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
(Comments by Joan Boney)
 
At the time I was born again in 1975, I owned a small business in American Indian arts in Dallas, Texas.
 
I saw scripture which showed me God would help me with the selection of merchandise for my business.
 
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.
 
So before I went to buy merchandise for the shop, I would ask God to give me wisdom in what I should buy.
 
God had given me a natural eye to be able to judge turquoise stones.  So I could see the quality of the stone.
 
God also showed me to focus on those items that I really liked, items that held my interest!
 
And I really believe the Holy Spirit guides us into all truth, in both spiritual and secular matters.
 
John 14:26  Jesus says: But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
 
John 16:13  Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear, that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.
 
So I asked God to help me with my business:
 
💥 Before going to the reservation, I prayed for God to have the Indian artist to make the items I needed for my shop.
 
💥 Before I went to buy the items, I prayed for God to show me what to buy.
 
💥 And when I returned from buying trips, I prayed for God to send the angels out to bring the customers into my store to buy the items.
 
I never had a sale  (except when I closed the business in July, 1979, to go into the ministry.  Then I sold items for less 10 percent.) and everything I purchased for my business sold from 1975 though 1979!
 
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From the time I was born again until the present day, I learned to follow the leading of God by HIS Spirit.
 
I am currently 85 years old.
 
Recently I found a need for a sugar bowl for my room.
 
(Pam Padgett brings me my food and drink.  She usually puts sugar in my coffee and iced tea, but occasionally I feel a need for a little more sugar which I could add if I bought a sugar bowl.)
 
I prayed for God to help me and I went to Amazon to look for a small sugar bowl.
 
At first, the quality didn't interest me.  I remember saying aloud, "These don't seem to be interesting to me."  (I must have been talking with God because no one else was in my room.)
 
So I went to another internet listing ... And things of great interest came on my Kindle tablet.
 
First, I saw this:  
 
I thought this was really spectacular!
 
But I wasn't looking for a desk.  And I didn't have any space in my room to put such an item.
 
Then I saw something else that greatly intrigued me:
 
These items were wonderful, I thought.  They were all made by one artist.  A woman named Victoria Mackenzie Child who lives in upper New York state.
 
I had dealt with artists in my business for many years and I often recognized art work.  Also God was leading me!
 
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After going though the items offered by this store in Boston, the following idea came to my mind:  I could turn 1/2 of my walk in closet into an office area and put that desk into that space!
 
(I can't use the closet for clothes because I can't stand up physically to reach the clothes because I can't walk and can only use walker or wheelchair.)
 
So I decided to buy that desk and then many ideas came (one by one) which I believe were of God.
 
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On 2 walls of the closet I thought of black and white striped wallpaper:
 
And on the other wall of the closet, I found the following stick on glass tile:
 
 
 
 
I put the following rug under the desk:  (also designed by Mackenzie Child)
 
 
And I changed the louvered closet doors to sliding doors to allow more space:
 
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* I have to keep a porta-potty in my bedroom because it is too dangerous at night for me to go into the bathroom which is across the hall.  Pam Padgett began to have ideas concerning decorating the porta-potty with stick on black and white checked wallpaper and to make striped arms and legs and to put a Mackenzie Child designed "Queen bee" pillow as back rest on the porta-potty.
 
Then I bought the 27" ceramic Butler Frog to go beside the porto-potty ... and on the other side a Mackenzie-Child designed waste basket.
 
 
After that, I thought the project items were finished, but then I had one more idea come to me:  "Put gold colored Victorian style fringe on the closet clothes rod that runs across the length of that part of clothes closet."
 
(I began looking on Internet and found the following fringe in Pittsburgh and bought a yard of fringe.)
 
 
That finished the project.
 
God led me giving me one idea after another for approximately 3 days.
 
Pam was able to do much of the work:  hang wallpaper and tile and decorate porta-potty
 
Our handyman switched the closet doors from bi-fold to sliding.
 
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God guides us by bringing to our mind ideas by the Holy Spirit ... even on secular projects!
 
            Sugar bowl:                                               
 
 Salt/pepper shakers:
 
 
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Ephesians 3:20  Now unto HIM that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
 
(The power that works in us is the Holy Spirit who brings to our mind ideas from God.)
 
All I did was to try to buy a sugar bowl ... but far more was planned for me by God.
 
Finished project
 
 
 
 
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Recognizing the ideas that are sent by God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
I once asked a young woman this:  "After you pray, how do you recognize those ideas that are from God?"
 
(She seemed shocked:  I'm not sure that she knew some ideas are from devils and some ideas from our own fleshly desires and are opposite to the will of God.)
 
James 3
 
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
 
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
 
16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
 
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
 
Matthew 11  (Jesus says:)
 
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
 
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
 
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
 
If something is overly expensive, very complex, very difficult I always know I have yoked myself to plans of this world or humans.  For God's yoke is easy and HIS burden is light.
 
Back off and pray, asking God for wisdom if that plan is too hard or would drain you of all your money and cause you to go into debt.
 
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

Jesus, the Word says: ”I am the way, the truth, the life.”

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
It is "the Word" that we follow in all things pertaining to this present life.
 
The Word comes down from heaven through the Bible as the Holy Spirit draws our attention to specific scripture.
 
The Word is often spoken directly by God to the individual as a decision of this life is needed.
 
The Word is the way to go in the matter at hand.
 
John 14
 
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in ME.
 
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
 
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
 
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
 
5 Thomas saith unto HIM, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
 
6 Jesus saith unto him, I (the Word) am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by ME.
 
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I have often had God speak the Word to me as I was considering what I should do.
 
* 2020:  I was thinking of putting new upholstery on my 1994 car, when "the Word" came into my mind as follows:  "Or you could just buy a new car."
 
That had never entered my mind, but I could buy a new car.  I had just sold my house in Texas and the money was in my bank account from the sale of the house.  There was plenty of money to buy a new car.  "Is God showing me a better way to go?"  That same night, I had a dream:  I bought a new car.  (To me that dream confirmed the way of God for me in the issue.  The way of God is all that matters.  I was 81 years old at that time.  It was also confirmation to me that I would not need that car money in the future.)
 
* January 10, 1980:  I was asleep in the night when a very loud trumpet like voice (an angel of God) spoke 3 words into my ear:  "Hartford, Seattle, KWJS"
 
I jumped out of bed and wrote these 3 words on a notepad beside my bed.  I didn't want to get KWJS mixed up because the letters seemed to me to be call letters to either radio or television.
 
It turned out to be radio.  I said to God, "Are YOU telling me to go on radio?  I wouldn't know how to do that."
 
Immediately God brought this information to my mind:  "Call the radio station manager."
 
That same morning I called station KWJS and asked to speak to the station manager.  I told him this, "God might be showing me to go on radio.  How would you do that?"
 
The station manager said:  "Make an audition tape 29 1/2 minutes long and if you fit our broadcasting we will offer you a contract."
 
I made the audition recording as soon as I got off the phone and mailed the tape that same morning to the station manager.  Within 5 days, I was broadcasting exhortations for the church on radio.  I knew God had been preparing me for the ministry for the previous 5 years but I had no thought prior to this concerning a ministry on radio.
 
* 1980:  Dream ... God showed me I was in danger if I went out as I had been doing to have meetings for the radio audiences in cities around the USA and at the end of the dream, I heard these words from God:  "Don't go until you see Exodus 15."  Immediately I cancelled all meetings that were scheduled for that year.  A board member said, "You must go out.  If you go out they will give money."  I replied, "God said, 'Don't Go', I'm not going."
 
There have been many other times God has led me by a dream, or by a Word brought directly to my mind by the Holy Spirit.  I know several other church people who have also been led this way by God.
 
Also God leads by causing a verse of scripture to stands out while we are reading the Bible or by a verse of scripture brought to mind by the Holy Spirit. 
 
When that happens, God is giving us a special message showing us what to do so we need to do that instruction at that point in time and focus on that Word given by God ... and continue in That Word for a season.
 
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In everything issue where we have a question, we ask God and also we check the Bible to see what the Word says in the scriptures.
 
What does the New Testament Bible tells us about this subject?
 
We line our actions and thinking up to that which the Word says.
 
* Divorce/remarriage:  What does the NT Bible say?
 
* Adultery:  What does the NT Bible say?
 
* Fornication: What does the NT Bible say?
 
* Homosexuals/lesbians:  What does the NT Bible say?
 
* Drunkenness:  What does the NT Bible say?
 
In all things, we go by that which "the Word" says.
 
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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.
 
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Building your house upon the Word from God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Jesus says:
 
Matthew 7
 
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of MY Father which is in heaven.
 
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in THY name? and in THY name have cast out devils? and in THY name done many wonderful works?
 
23 And then will I (The Word) profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
 
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of MINE (the Word), and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
 
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
 
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of MINE (the Word), and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
 
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
 
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God began teaching me Bible as I read the Word shortly after I was born again in 1975

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
💥  Matthew 24
 
1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
 
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
 
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
 
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
 
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
 
One day, as I was reading this scripture, God opened my eyes to understand what I was reading.
 
Jesus was not saying that the human would come saying he was Christ.  Jesus was saying the human would come saying Jesus was Christ and because that person said that, he would deceive many.  For they often say "Jesus is Lord" but they do not actually do the specified WORD in the scripture.
 
So they will be able to deceive many and there will be much deception in the end time churches, the churches of the apostasy where scripture is discarded and personal opinions of humans is set up for the congregations to follow, opposite to the Word.
 
For example:
 
Matthew 5:32  Jesus said ... "and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery."
 
Antichrist in the churches says ... "God loves you and wants you to be happy.  Of course you can marry the divorced woman.  Jesus forgives you."
 
But when you sin willfully, there is no more sacrifice for sins.
 
Hebrews 10:26  For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins.
 
Hebrews 6:4-6  For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put HIM to an open shame.
 
Antichrist in church groups twists scripture and removes some scriptures.
 
Each of us have Bible so we can pray, asking God to show us truth, and compare scripture with scripture, being born again and having the Holy Spirit in us to guide us.
 
But those who put themselves into churches without having the Holy Spirit will often go along with doctrines of antichrist.
 
1 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.
 
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And they who say these false doctrines forget that God caused the 2 to become one flesh at the time of sexual intercourse.
 
I Corinthians 6
 
15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
 
16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith HE, shall be one flesh.
 
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
 
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
 
(Divorce papers from a human court cannot separate one flesh.  They forget that.)
 
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The falling away in churches at the end times:
 
The apostle Paul says:
 
2 Thessalonians 2
 
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;
 
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, I was reading this scripture when God said to me:  "The falling away are not the people leaving the churches.  The falling away are the churches leaving the scriptures."
 
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"The Lord's supper" is not the partaking of crackers and grape juice at church.
 
"The Lord's supper" is the partaking, eating and drinking of the Word of God, Jesus, the Word.
 
As a young child, when we visited my aunt who was Church of Christ member, I would attend church with her when we were at her house.  It was explained to me that I could not eat the cracker or drink the grape juice when they passed it down the aisle because I was not a church member.
 
Later when I joined the church group and was baptized in water, then I was told to examine myself before I ate and drank "the communion" to see if I was worthy.
 
I Corinthians 11
 
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
 
29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
 
30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
 
31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
 
But I was very fearful each time at church when they brought the "communion trays" down the aisle.  Because I didn't know how I was supposed to examine myself.
 
Years later, God convinced me that the Lord's Supper is the eating and drinking of the Word of God and that we examine ourselves by the Word of God and make corrections to our way of life by the Word of God and so we partake of the scriptures, examining ourselves.
 
God said to me:  Concerning crackers and grape juice, "You're no better off if you eat or drink these nor are you worse off if you do not eat or drink.  There is no power in crackers and grape juice.  The power is in The Word of God."
 
Jesus speaks of the cup of the New Testament.  (I Cor. 11:25)
 
By natural eyes I can see how man thought this pertained to crackers and grape juice, but I know God is speaking of the Word of God being "The Lord's Supper."
 
I have spoken this messages many times on various radio stations and have published this on our blog and on recorded Podcasts and in books published by Amazon.
 
I have always expected church goers to protest greatly since it is highly regarded as a Christian ritual in a great many churches.  I have been surprised that no one voiced an objection.  They really didn't seem to care one way or another although they often observed the eating of crackers and drinking of grape juice at their church groups.
 
I have noticed some who seemed to feel more religious, an emotional response of their flesh.  But no real power in their lives as the Word of God can have power if you do that Word.
 
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I often wondered about this scripture:
 
John 1:1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
 
Why didn't this scripture just say "Jesus"?
 
Then God showed me:  People say, "The Lord" without thinking the Lord is The Word.
 
When they read, "The Lord is my shepherd.  I shall not want."  (Psalm 23:1)  Often those people are not seeing that the Lord is actually "the Word" which they are to follow.
 
God taught me to view "The Lord" as "The Word", having respect and truth that it is really the Word that we honor and follow and not some wooden image of a man on a cross or some indistinct vapor without substance.
 
Rightly:  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
 
In all things pertaining to Jesus we should see it is "the Word" that is substance and life to us as we do the Word.
 
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God taught me that to know if I am going the right way, to measure what I do by the following:
 
Matthew 11:28-30
 
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.
 
People often yoke themselves to something that is very hard to do and if they achieve this they take great pride in that which "they did" in life.
 
This is pride of the flesh and is sin in the sight of God, although you might gain headlines in the worldly newspapers!
 
But truly, the way of God is opposite from the pride of man in what he accomplished.
 
Philippians 2
 
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
 
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
 
7 But made Himself of no reputation, and took upon HIM the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
 
8 And being found in fashion as a man, HE humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
 
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God said to me, ”You can do this.”

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
In 2018, I fell at my house in Texas where I lived alone.
 
I was badly injured.  My left hip and left wrist were badly broken.  I couldn't move without great pain.  I was about 6 ft from the nearest phone.  I lived alone.  No one was due to come to my house for a week.  I would likely had died there on that floor except for one thing.  God gave me a word.
 
As I tried to crawl the pain was so great that I would move about 1 inch and stop.  I almost fell unconscious.  I was 81 years old at that time.
 
God brought a word to my mind by the Holy Spirit.  God said:  "You can do this."
 
It took me about 4 1/2 hours to inch myself to a phone.  But I could do that because of the word which God spoke to me.
 
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The World wants to be free to sin. The Word leads us to be free from sin.

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Matthew 7:13-14  (The Word says) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
 
14  Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
 
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The Word leads us into an abundant life.  Flesh and devils lead us in ways of destruction.
 
John 10:10  (Jesus, the Word says:)  The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: 
I (the Word) am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
 
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John 14  ( Jesus,The Word says:)
 
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in ME  (in the Word).
 
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
 
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
 
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
 
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
 
6 Jesus saith unto him, I (the Word) am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by ME.
 
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In 1976, the Word of God came to me saying: ”Get out of debt and stay out of debt.”

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Comments by Joan Boney:
 
I owned a small business in American Indian Arts at the time I was born again in 1975.  Shortly after I was born again I felt strongly God was telling me to get out of debt and stay out of debt.
 
I agreed to this.
 
And God began showing me what to do.
 
This podcast is the story of the leading of God in my life in getting out of debt and staying out of debt.
 
Romans 13:8  Owe no man any thing,
 
Deuteronomy 28
 
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all HIS commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
 
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. (The Word from God)
 
8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and HE (The LORD, The Word) shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
 
9 The LORD (the Word) 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 (by the Word).
 
10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD (the Word); and they shall be afraid of thee.
 
11 And the LORD (the Word) 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 (the Word) 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 (the Word) 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 Lord, the Word, comes to us to lead us and to guide us and we follow the Word that came to us from heaven and the gates of hell cannot stand against the Word given to us by God when we do that Word.)
 
Genesis 14
 
21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
 
22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
 
After reading this scripture, I said to God, "I want to be like Abraham.  I want my possessions to come from YOU."
 
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The greatness of the Word of God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
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 (the Word) was life; and the life was the light of men.
 
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One reason Jesus went to the cross and died on the cross was to fulfill the scriptures.
 
Matthew 26  (Jesus: The Word said.)
 
53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and HE shall presently give ME more than twelve legions of angels?
 
54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
 
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To me, it is unthinkable for the scriptures to fail!
 
When Pam Padgett was diagnosed with an aggressive form of bladder cancer in September 2022, I felt this was an attack against the Word of God.  This just could not be that cancer could win out and defeat what God had planned.
 
The cancer specialist in Denver planned 4 weeks of Chemotherapy followed by surgical removal of Pam's bladder.  (This would be an horribly unacceptable fate!  To remove an organ of the body created by God?)
 
My attack against that cancer took the direction that this just could not be.
 
The following scripture was my guide in prayer and in the action I took in the battle.
 
James 1:17   Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 
 
I fought this cancer as a legal battle formed against the Word of God.
 
Also the cancer was against the Word of God in Psalm 91.
 
The Word says:
 
Psalm 91
 
1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
 
2 I will say of the LORD (the Word), HE (the Word) is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in HIM (the Word) will I trust.
 
3 Surely HE (the Word) shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome (smelly) pestilence.
 
4 HE (the Word) shall cover thee with HIS feathers, and under HIS wings shalt thou trust: HIS truth (the Word) shall be thy shield and buckler.
 
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
 
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
 
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
 
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
 
9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
 
10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
 
(This attack of cancer against Pam Padgett was an illegal attack against the Word of God.  This is how I viewed it.  Pam is a person of real faith, putting her trust in God.  Living a godly life in Christ Jesus, the Word.  I would say what David said against Goliath:)
 
I Samuel 17
 
34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
 
35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
 
36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
 
(David had a godly anger over this attack of the Philistines against the army of the Living God.)
 
37 David said moreover, The LORD (the Word) that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, HE will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
 
(The army of Israel was afraid of the Philistines but David was angry over what they had done: How dare you do this!  And David said:  Then said David to the Philistine, "Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
 
46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel."  I Samuel 17:45-46)
 
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What is the Word of God, the Bible?
 
Is it an history book telling about God?  Or are those scriptures the power of the living God?
 
I once told a lawyer:  The Bible says:  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 (the Word).  Isaiah 54:17
 
Even as I write this, I tremble with anger over devils and people who defy the Word of God, the living Word of God.
 
Either the Bible is an history book telling about God ... or the Bible is God, is the Word which is God with the power of God who created the heaven and the earth.
 
If the Bible is an history book telling about God, I want nothing more to do with the Bible. But if the Bible is God, having that power of God, I will seek it.  "This is a good time to find out." I said to the lawyer as I dimissed him and planned to go to court without any human legal counsel.
 
I was a new Christian in 1975 when real life happenings showed me the power of the Word of God.
 
Click here:  To see story of Pam Padgett overcoming cancer through following God.
 
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TV shows where individuals try to figure out what to do about problems and try to be good people apart from God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Pam and I began watching a TV show on Netflix called "Designated Survivor."
 
We found the first season gripping and incredibly interesting.
 
The second season was not interesting and even began troubling me.
 
Finally, after episode 12, God allowed me to see why I was being increasingly troubled after viewing this show.
 
They were all trying to be wise in their own eyes and were trying to be "good" without God being involved.
 
When we saw from God's eyes, we stopped watching this series.
 
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We conform our thinking to that which we read in the Bible, the Word of God.
 
Jesus says:
 
Mark 10:18  And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
 
When God tells us to do something or to say something we do good.  But that is because God is good and we followed what God said.  It is not of ourselves to be good, other than by what God tells us.
 
The evil of Eve and devil is that they wanted to be as God, knowing good and evil.
 
Genesis 3
 
1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
 
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
 
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
 
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
 
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
 
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
 
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.
 
I don't believe I even know what is good other than when God shows me.
 
Wisdom is not of going to college and learning teachings of other men.
 
Wisdom is given to us by God.
 
Jesus says:  "I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me."  (John 5:30)
 
As HE heard from God, Jesus spoke that which God showed HIM and HE did those things God showed HIM to do.
 
Proverbs 2:6  For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of HIS mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
 
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The apostle Paul said:
 
Romans 7:18  For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing:
 
I have come to feel exactly the same about myself.  I try to speak what God has shown me rather than speaking that which other humans might feel is "good".
 
Galatians 1:10  For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
 
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The Great Tribulation: Some of the elect removed before and others will be in the great tribulation

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Luke 21  Jesus says:
 
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.
 
Matthew 10  Jesus says:
 
22 ...  but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
 
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Matthew 24
 
1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and HIS disciples came to HIM for to shew HIM the buildings of the temple.
 
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
 
All that we can see with our natural eyes will be destroyed.
 
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.
 
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
 
Joan Boney:  Dream in 1980:  The earth slipped on it's axis.  People were terrified.  The governments of men were meeting with scientists and with religious leaders to see what might be done.  Nothing could be done for this was done by God.  A TV newsman was telling what had happened.  He became so terrified that he just stopped speaking and then walked off camera and out of the studio.
 
Isaiah 13:13  God says:  Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of HIS fierce anger.
 
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Matthew 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
 
31 And HE shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
 
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Matthew 24  Jesus says:
 
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but MY words shall not pass away.
 
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but MY Father only.
 
37 But as the days of Noe (Noah) were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
 
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
 
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
 
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
 
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
 
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
 
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
 
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
 
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
 
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
 
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
 
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
 
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
 
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
 
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.  
 
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2 Peter 3
 
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
 
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
 
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
 
13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
 
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
 
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Selected Proverbs: Words of Life

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
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33  Whoso hearkeneth unto ME shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
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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.
 
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Proverbs 2
 
6  For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of HIS mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
 
7  HE layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: HE is a buckler (shield) to them that walk uprightly.
8  HE keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of HIS saints.
9  Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
 
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Proverbs 3
 
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
 
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💥  Proverbs 3
 
5  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6  In all thy ways acknowledge HIM, and HE shall direct thy paths.
7  Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
8  It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
 
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💥  Proverbs 3
 
9  Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
10  So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
 
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💥  Proverbs 3
 
13   Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.14  For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.15  She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.16  Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
17  Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
18  She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
 
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💥  Proverbs 3
 
25  Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.26  For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
 
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💥  Proverbs 3
 
31  Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of HIS ways.32  For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but HIS secret is with the righteous.33  The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but HE blesseth the habitation of the just.34  Surely HE scorneth the scorners: but HE giveth grace unto the lowly.
 
(Scorner: one who looks down with disdain on another person making fun of that person he feels is worthless or foolish)
 
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💥  Proverbs 4
 
1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not MY law.
 
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💥  Proverbs 4
 
4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain MY words: keep MY commandments, and live.5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of MY mouth.6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
 
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💥  Proverbs 4
 
11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
 
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💥  Proverbs 4
 
14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil.15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
 
(Be sure to do this!)
 
16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
 
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💥  Proverbs 4
 
18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
 
(Wicked according to Bible:  I Cor. 6:9-10  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate (homosexuals), nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers (those who speak in a vile way, abusing others with their speaking), nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.)
 
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💥  Proverbs 4
 
20 My son, attend to MY words; incline thine ear unto MY sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
 
23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
 
24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
 
(forward: stubbornly unruly)
 
(perverse lips: willfully turned away from instruction from God to follow another way)
 
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💥  Proverbs 4
 
25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
 
 
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💥  Proverbs 5
 
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and HE pondereth all his goings.22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
 
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💥  Proverbs 6
 
1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
 
(surety: surety is the guarantee of the debts of one party by another; surety is taking the responsibility for paying the debt in case the other person defaults.)
 
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
 
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Proverbs 6
 
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
 
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💥  Proverbs 6
 
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
 
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💥  Proverbs 6
 
12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
 
(froward: stubbornly unruly)
 
13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
 
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💥  Proverbs 6
 
16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto HIM:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
 
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💥  Proverbs 6
 
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
 
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💥  Proverbs 6
 
32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
 
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Proverbs 7
 
1 My son, keep MY words, and lay up MY commandments with thee.
2 Keep MY commandments, and live; and MY law as the apple of thine eye.3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
 
 
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💥  Proverbs 8
 
5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of MY lips shall be right things.7 For MY mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to MY lips.8 All the words of MY mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
 
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💥  Proverbs 8
 
10 Receive MY instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
 
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💥  Proverbs 8
 
13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
14 Counsel is MINE, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
15 By ME kings reign, and princes decree justice.
 
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💥  Proverbs 8
 
20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:21 That I may cause those that love ME to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
 
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💥  Proverbs 8
 
32 Now therefore hearken unto ME, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep MY ways.33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.34 Blessed is the man that heareth ME, watching daily at MY gates, waiting at the posts of MY doors.35 For whoso findeth ME findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.36 But he that sinneth against ME wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate ME love death.
 
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💥  Proverbs 9
 
6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
 
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the HOLY is understanding.
 
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The downfall of Solomon

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
I Kings 9  (God speaks to Solomon)
 
3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before ME: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put MY name there for ever; and MINE eyes and MINE heart shall be there perpetually.
 
4 And if thou wilt walk before ME, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep MY statutes and MY judgments:
 
5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
 
6 But if ye shall at all turn from following ME, ye or your children, and will not keep MY commandments and MY statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
 
7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for MY name, will I cast out of MY sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
 
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8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
 
9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
 
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I Kings 11
 
1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
 
2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
 
3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
 
4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
 
5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
 
6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
 
7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
 
8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
 
9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
 
10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
 
11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept MY covenant and MY statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
 
12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
 
13  Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David MY servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
 
14 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
 
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Proverbs 31 / Wisdom

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Angels praise God for sending HIS judgments on the sinners of this world and the apostate churches.
 
God destroys this heaven and earth:
 
2 Peter 3:10
 
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
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Proverbs 31
 
1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
 
2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
 
3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
 
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
 
5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
 
6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
 
7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
 
8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
 
9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
 
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10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
 
11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
 
12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
 
13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
 
14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
 
15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
 
(She is dedicated to her work.)
 
16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
 
17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
 
18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
 
19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
 
20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
 
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
 
22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
 
23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
 
24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
 
25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
 
26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
 
27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
 
28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
 
29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
 
30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
 
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
 
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God created the woman to be an "help-meet" for her husband.
 
Genesis 2
 
18  And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
 
It is a really beautiful thing when a woman understands this and does this!
 
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It will get much worse in the days ahead on this earth.
 
No wonder Jesus said:  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.  (Mt. 24:21-22)
 
We must learn to operate in God's wisdom, obeying the Holy Scriptures.
 
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.
 
Please keep this writing and all these concepts and scriptures before you and meditate on these things and be sure you are making proper adjustments to your life.
 
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The fall of Babylon

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Revelation 18
 
1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
 
2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
 
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
 
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
 
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
 
6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
 
7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
 
8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
 
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
 
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
 
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
 
12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
 
13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
 
14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
 
15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
 
16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
 
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
 
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
 
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
 
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
 
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
 
22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
 
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
 
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
 
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Comments by Joan Boney:
 
I could not imagine Babylon destroyed in one hour until 2020 and I saw Coved 19 shut down Times Square in New York City.  People and auto traffic ceased and ruin and stillness prevailed.  Then I saw the fall of Babylon!
 
The time comes when the glory man has created for himself vanishes and God reigns.  This is the fall of Babylon.
 
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Jeremiah 9
 
23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
 
24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth ME, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
 
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One will be taken, one left, when Jesus returns. Will we be ready the day Jesus returns?

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Matthew 24   (Jesus says)
 
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but MY words shall not pass away.
 
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but MY Father only.
 
37 But as the days of Noe (Noah) were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
 
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
 
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
 
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
 
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
 
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
 
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
 
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
 
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
 
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
 
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
 
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
 
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
 
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
 
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
 
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Comments by Joan Boney:
 
I have been called by God and was given the spiritual gift of "exhortation".
 
To "exhort" means:  to urge the church by advice and warning.  (Romans 12:8)
 
Concerning "exhortation" we are told the following in the Bible.
 
Hebrews 3
 
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
 
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
 
14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
 
So "daily" I publish on our blog and present recorded Podcasts.
 
Hebrews 10:25  ...  but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
 
Often the devil says to me:  "You write too much ... You speak too much."
 
But I read in the Bible to write and speak even more to the church as I see us approaching the return of Jesus for the sin and wickedness of this world will get even worse as we near the return of Jesus.
 
So I exhort the church "even more" as the Bible says to do.
 
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The devil would like me to stop doing this so he says in my ear, "They aren't listening to you.  They tire of you."
 
But I see by the scriptures in Hebrews 3 & 10 to exhort the church daily and to exhort them even more as the sin increases on this earth.
 
And I pray to be able to do this until I am removed from this earth.
 
Should I listen to devil and stop and Jesus returns, I will not be "ready" for I stopped my assignment and began to eat and drink with the wicked.
 
Matthew 24
 
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
 
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
 
So do the assignment which God has given you and continue doing that until Jesus returns to gather the elect.
 
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Proverbs 30 / Wisdom

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Proverbs 30
 
1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
 
2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
 
3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
 
4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
 
5 Every word of God is pure: HE is a shield unto them that put their trust in HIM.
 
6 Add thou not unto HIS words, lest HE reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
 
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7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
 
8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
 
9 Lest I be full, and deny THEE, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
 
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10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
 
11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
 
12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
 
13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
 
14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
 
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15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
 
16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
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17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
 
18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
 
19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
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20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
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21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
 
22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
 
23 For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
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24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
 
25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
 
26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
 
27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
 
28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
 
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29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
 
30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
 
31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
 
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32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
 
33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
 
 
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It will get much worse in the days ahead on this earth.
 
No wonder Jesus said:  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.  (Mt. 24:21-22)
 
We must learn to operate in God's wisdom, obeying the Holy Scriptures.
 
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.
 
Please keep this writing and all these concepts and scriptures before you and meditate on these things and be sure you are making proper adjustments to your life.
 
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 Proverbs 31 will be presented on June 5 to give you time to adjust to and do the scriptures in this writing.
 
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Strangers and pilgrims on this earth

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Hebrews 11
 
13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
 
(This earth is only our temporarily dwelling.  We often watch what they do on this earth but really we are not a part of that which worldly men do. We are as "strangers and pilgrims" on the earth.)
 
14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
 
15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
 
16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for HE hath prepared for them a city.
 
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The new heaven and new earth which God has prepared for HIS people and which contains only righteousness.
 
Revelation 21
 
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
 
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
 
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE will dwell with them, and they shall be HIS people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.
 
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
 
5 And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.  
 
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At the end of this world, God destroys this heaven and earth with fire:
 
2 Peter 3
 
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
 
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
 
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
 
13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
 
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
 
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I John 2
 
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
 
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
 
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
 
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Luke 14  Jesus says:
 
26 If any man come to ME, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be MY disciple.
 
27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after ME (the Word), cannot be MY disciple.
 
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Our kingdom is not of this world

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
💥 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.
 
16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
 
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
 
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💥  Luke 19
 
1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
 
2 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
 
3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
 
4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see HIM: for HE was to pass that way.
 
5 And when Jesus came to the place, HE looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.
 
6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
 
7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
 
8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
 
9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
 
10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
 
11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
 
12 HE said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
 
13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
 
14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
 
(Some today feel this way about the Bible:  "It is too legalistic."  They will not have the Bible to rule over them but look for another way.  There is only one way, Jesus, who is the Word.)
 
15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
 
16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
 
17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
 
18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
 
19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
 
20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
 
21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
 
22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
 
23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
 
24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
 
25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
 
26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
 
27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
 
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💥 John 18:36  (Jesus said)  MY kingdom is not of this world: if MY kingdom were of this world, then would MY servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is MY kingdom not from hence.
 
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Hebrews 11
 
23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
 
(The king had commanded that every male child be killed at birth because there were too many Jewish men in Egypt.  Moses would have been killed but his parents hid Moses in the river and Pharaoh's daughter found the Hebrew baby floating in the daubed ark and she took him to raise him as her own child.)
 
24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
 
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
 
26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
 
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing HIM who is invisible.
 
Like Moses, we too see HIM who is invisible.
 
Those things we can see with our natural eye will be burned up, destroyed by God, at the end of this world.
 
2 Peter 3:10  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
 
Matthew 24:35  (Jesus says)  Heaven and earth shall pass away, but MY words shall not pass away.
 
We see that which is eternal.  The people of this world see that which is temporary.
 
2 Corinthians 4:18  While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
 
(temporal: temporary; restricted by boundaries of time)
 
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Mark 8  (Jesus says)
 
34 And when HE had called the people unto HIM with HIS disciples also, HE said unto them, Whosoever will come after ME, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow ME.
 
35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for MY sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
 
36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
 
37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
 
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Abraham is an example for us.  He wanted his "wealth" to come from God.
 
Genesis 14
 
21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
 
22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
 
23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
 
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As those born of the Spirit of God, we try to do that which is right in the sight of God to other people.
 
We are not abusers of ourselves with mankind as are those people of this world.
 
I Corinthians 6
 
8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
 
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
 
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
 
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We have inside of us the way of God as we deal with others, not wanting to take advantage of others to get what we want on this present earth.
 
We hold fast to personal integrity which comes from doing that which is right in the sight of God.  We base our way of life on what is right in the sight of God, living by scripture, living uncompromising lives, building a moral base from scriptures.
 
In pursuit of money and fame and position in this life, many lose personal integrity, compromising their way of life to get what they want.  Integrity is critical for each of us.
 
Integrity is the practice of being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values.  Our integrity is based on that which God teaches us from the Holy Bible and on that which God plants in our heart by HIS Holy Spirit.
 
For our kingdom is not of this world, as is theirs.
 
That which matters to us is doing that which is right in the sight of God, even when it causes us to suffer worldly loss.
 
💥 Examples: I have a bed frame which raises and lowers the bed.  One of our kittens chewed through the wiring.  We set about to have the frame fixed.  But when the man from the mattress company came to replace the motor, he found the damage was far more extensive than anticipated so we would be better off to buy a new frame.  When I found we needed to do this, all I could think of is being sure we paid the man who came but couldn't do the repair work.  When I asked Pam, she said she had already paid him for his trip to our house.  Pam and I have the same Spirit, the Spirit of God, not wanting to do harm to others nor cause them to suffer loss.  (I Cor. 6:9  (not being) Abusers of themselves with mankind)
 
Another example:  I bought a new leather sofa several years ago. After they delivered the sofa, my cat jumped on the sofa and inspected the addition.  When my cleaning lady came to work, she said my cat had damaged the new sofa with one of her claws.  I looked at one of the seats and saw the claw mark.  Most people would not notice the small scratch.  I could have called and told the furniture store I had decided not to buy the sofa.  But if I did that someone else would suffer loss.  If the furniture store sold the sofa then the customer would have a slightly damaged sofa.  Or the furniture store would suffer loss if they discovered the blemish and had to discount the price to sell the item.  This is what Paul means when he speaks of being an abuser of themselves with mankind.  Is is worth losing your soul?
 
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I Corinthians 10:12-13  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.
 
In 2019, when I moved to Colorado, I gave that leather sofa to my contractor's son.  Tom said his son was so happy to get the sofa.
 
Do not defraud another person.  Suffer the loss.  God will repay you.
 
This is a part of developing integrity.
 
Also it shows that person and whether or not this world is that person's kingdom.
 
We must do right by other people.
 
I Corinthians 10
 
6 Now these things (in the Bible) were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
 
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
 
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
 
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
 
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
 
(murmur:  complain)
 
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.
 
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Colossians 3
 
1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
 
(What is right in the sight of God in this issue?)
 
2 Set your affection on things above (pleasing God), not on things on the earth.
 
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
 
(At the moment we were born again, we died to this world and the things of this world, for God gave us HIS Spirit to live in us and teach us and guide us in HIS ways.  HE delivered us from this world and caused us to follow HIS Spirit.  So our goals differ from the goals of this world.  Now we serve God doing as God instructs.  We are dead to this world but alive to God. And we hold fast to the Word of God in all our ways, doing what is shown us by God through HIS Spirit and the Holy Scriptures.)
 
4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with HIM in glory.
 
5 Mortify (put to death) therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
 
6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
 
7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
 
8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
 
9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
 
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of HIM that created him:
 
11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
 
12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
 
13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
 
14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
 
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.
 
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom;
 
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The Book of Proverbs is filled with wisdom given to king Solomon from God and we can learn many wonderful things by these verses in this life, seeing the way of God, the way of true godliness for both this life and the next life which is forever.
 
Our kingdom is not of this world.  We see HIM who is invisible!
 
I often pray over myself the following:
 
Psalm 51:10  Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
 
When we brush against this world and the ideas of man, we often take on uncleanness of this world.  I depend on God to restore my soul to HIS ways and set me straight from the ways of men of this world.  So I ask God to cleanse my heart and spirit that I may serve God and go in HIS way.
 
After praying this and depending on God, I encounter perfect peace, as God restores me to HIMSELF and His truth and HIS way.
 
When God cleanses us, we are clean!
 
Start now with a good heart and lay your foundation in wisdom as presented by God as we spend the next several days looking at the book of Proverbs and allowing God to work in us by HIS Word.
 
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Proverbs 29 / Wisdom (Vial # 7 of Great Tribulation)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Vial # 7 of The Great Tribulation:
 
Revelation 16
 
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
 
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
 
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of HIS wrath.
 
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
 
21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
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Proverbs 29
 
1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
 
2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
 
3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
 
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4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
 
5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
 
6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
 
7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
 
8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
 
9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
 
10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
 
11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
 
12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
 
13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
 
14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
 
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15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
 
16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
 
17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
 
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18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
 
19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
 
20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
 
21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
 
22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
 
23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
 
24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
 
(bewrayeth:  to reveal or expose the evil so it may be corrected)
 
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25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
 
26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.
 
27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
 
 
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It will get much worse in the days ahead on this earth.
 
No wonder Jesus said:  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.  (Mt. 24:21-22)
 
We must learn to operate in God's wisdom, obeying the Holy Scriptures.
 
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.
 
 
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