Building your house on the word from God

Antichrist and the end time: What the Bible says:

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
1 John 2:18  (The apostle John says:)  Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
 
("The last days" began at the time of the beginning of the early church in the days of John.)
 
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
 
John explains there were many antichrist in their day who came into their church group.  When they could not bring in their perverse doctrines, these antichrist people left and set up their own denominations and brought to themselves people who would follow their perverse doctrines.
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The apostle Paul speaking to the elders of the church in Ephesus:
 
Acts 20
 
17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
 
18 And when they were come to him (to Paul), he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,
 
19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
 
20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
 
... 25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
 
26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
 
27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
 
... 29  For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
 
30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
 
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The apostle John shows us antichrist is not "one man" but is a spirit in men...
 
1 John 4:3  And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
 
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The apostle Paul speaks of the "falling away" that comes to churches in the last days when antichrist comes into "the temple", the church.
 
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (of the Lord) shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;  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.
 
Comments by Joan Boney:
 
In 1982, God said to me, "This falling away are not people leaving the churches.  This falling away are the churches falling away from scriptures and setting up their own doctrines opposite from some scripture in the Holy Bible."
 
These "antichrist churches" are all over the world now, teaching things opposite from specific scripture.
 
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The Bible tells us the reason there is so much violence in our world today

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
On January 20, CBS Television News showed that 40 mass murders have taken place in cities in the USA since January 1, 2023.
 
Why?  People keep asking.
 
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The apostle Paul answered that for us in the Bible.
 
2 Timothy 3
 
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
 
(These are those last days spoken of by the apostle Paul.)
 
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
 
3 Without natural affection (homosexual/lesbian), 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.
 
(Attending church but disregarding the scriptures and living the way of this world.)
 
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
 
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
 
8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
 
9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
 
10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
 
11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
 
12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
 
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
 
14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;  (We learned spiritual truths from God.)
 
15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
 
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
 
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
 
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The violence will increase until the end of this world.
 
Revelation 12:12 ... Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
 
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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.
 
(God said to me:  "You'll never make men of this earth righteous.  It is in the new heavens and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.  Men of this present world will grow worse and worse.  It will be as in the days of Noah at the end."  violence:  Genesis 6)
 
Peter tells us how we are to be diligent to live:
 
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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We must not be discouraged by that which we see happening in this world.  We know by the Bible and accept the fact that before God judges this world by the coming of Jesus, the apostasy will come into churches and even now has come into the churches.  The churches will be judged for the falling away from scripture when Jesus returns.
 
The people of the world will get worse and worse as Paul told us in 2 Timothy 3, so both the apostasy and the character of worldly individuals will get worse before our eyes.  It is ordained to end this way and we are fully told this will happen by reading the Bible.
 
God is in control and will judge both the apostate churches and the world and God will take the righteous to live in the new heaven and new earth which HE has created for them and God will give HIS people new spiritual bodies which are not subject to death, disease, pain, or sorrow.
 
Stay connected continually to God through prayer and encourage yourself through that shown you by the Holy Spirit for HE is the Spirit of Truth and we will not be disappointed when we hear from HIM for it will be truth and not deception.
 
Romans 8:14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

The LORD’S Supper is the Word of God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Doctrines of Christ:
 
I Corinthians 10
 
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
 
17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
 
(Bread is food.  The food from God is the Word of God which we eat and drink, doing that word of God which comes down from heaven.)
 
18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
 
19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
 
20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
 
21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
 
We put our trust in God.  We go to dinner with Gentiles and they raise their drink glass to their gods and click their glasses together "for luck".
 
When I am at their table, I don't make any effort to raise my glass to their wishes.  They see me just sit there and they know I do not wish to participate with them and they ignore me and go on with their good luck wish and click their glasses together worshiping the "god" , but I don't join them.
 
In the USA, there is a "saying" that for good luck you eat black eyed peas on New Years Day.
 
I want my "luck" to come from God.  I do not seek luck from things I eat on a feast day.  So I do not join them in this pagan thinking.
 
At many Christian churches, they have what they call "communion" which is eating a piece of cracker and drinking some grape juice.  But I know the Lord's Supper, the communion with God, is the eating and drinking of the Word of God and has nothing to do with crackers and grape juice.
 
I do not participate in eating of crackers and drinking of grape juice at a church service, because I know this is not the Lord's Supper but is a tradition set up by men and has no real power of God.
 
The proper eating and drinking of the Word of God is eating the food God provides for the church,the WORD, and has great power.
 
I Corinthians 11
 
18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
 
19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
 
20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.
 
21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
 
22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
 
23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which HE was betrayed took bread:
 
24 And when HE had given thanks, HE brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is MY body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of ME.
 
25 After the same manner also HE took the cup, when HE had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in MY blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
 
(Jesus is speaking of the bread that comes from God, the word of God during the gathering of the church.  And Jesus speaks of the New Testament in HIS blood, the Word of God that comes from God, the New Testament for the New Testament church.  We examine ourselves to see how we are partaking of HIS Word.  And by the Word HE gives us we examine the way we are going on this earth and make proper corrections as needed.)
 
26 For as often as ye eat this bread (the word), and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till HE come.
 
27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread (the word), and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
 
28 But let a man examine himself (by the Word), and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup (examining himself by the Word).
 
29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
 
(For example:  We read, "Flee fornication,"  I Cor. 6:18  And some go out and commit fornication, "eating the word unworthily" and they bring upon themselves damnation by wrongfully eating and drinking the Word of God.)
 
30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep (die).
 
31 For if we would judge ourselves (by the Word of God), we should not be judged.
 
32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
 
33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.
 
(Be patient for one another for someone may need to hear that word while you have heard that word many times.  Be patient in repetitions, "tarry one for another.")
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We are God's workmanship created in Christ Jesus The Word, unto good works

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Philippians 1
 
Paul says:
 
6 Being confident of this very thing, that HE which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
 
(God who began a good work in us and revealed Jesus Christ, The Word, to us will perform in us that work to the end when Jesus returns to gather the church.)
 
9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
 
10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
 
11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ (The Word of God), unto the glory and praise of God.
 
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Ephesians 2
 
1 And you hath HE quickened (made alive), who were dead in trespasses and sins;
 
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
 
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation (manner of life) in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
 
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for HIS great love wherewith HE loved us,
 
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
 
(We were dead with the world, living as the world, but God chose us not because we were good or worthy but just because it was HIS will that we be saved, raised from the dead of this world and put into the body of Christ as HIS own children.)
 
6  And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
 
7 That in the ages to come HE might shew the exceeding riches of HIS grace in HIS kindness toward us through Christ Jesus (The Word).
 
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
 
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
 
10 For we are HIS workmanship, created in Christ Jesus (The Word) unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
 
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God creates each of us to do HIS will and HIS work.
 
God gave Pam Padgett the spiritual gift of "helps" so she could do the technical computer work so we could publish ministry blog, books (Amazon), and Podcasts, to send spiritual exhortations to the body of Christ daily around the entire world.
 
I Corinthians 12  (Spiritual gifts)
 
27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
 
28 And God hath set some in the church (to work in the church), first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
 
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God set me in the body of Christ and ordained me as apostle and prophet according to Ephesians 4:11-12.
 
Ephesians 4:8; 11-12  Wherefore  HE (Jesus) saith, When HE ascended up on high, HE led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.  And HE gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;  For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
 
(The New Testament Church and all the ministry offices are gifts given to the church after Jesus arose, after the crucifixion and resurrection.  And from heaven Jesus calls each member of the body of Christ to be children of God.  And Jesus teaches each of us by HIS Holy Spirit who lives in each of us.  He brings to our mind the Word of God and teaches us all things and even guides us into all truth.)
 
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.
 
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To some God gave families and prepared husbands and wives to do HIS will on this earth as they are lights to their own children and neighbors in the word of God.  You are HIS workmanship.  Placed to do HIS will on this earth.
 
Do not try to copy another but depend at all times for God to prepare you for that which you have been assigned by God, following the Holy Spirit of God, doing that which God has placed in your mind and in your heart.
 
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Jesus says:
 
John 15:16  Ye have not chosen ME, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in MY name, HE may give it you.
 
I was following my own ambitions and desires when God spoke to me on August 5, 1975, and said.  "Joan ... you know all these mistakes you've been making all these years?  Those weren't mistakes.  Those were sins."
 
I was greatly shocked as the apostle Paul was shocked when Jesus spoke to HIM on the road to Damascus.
 
Acts 9  (Jesus speaks to Paul)
 
3 And as he (Saul, later named Paul) journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
 
4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou ME?
 
5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
 
6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt THOU have me to do?
 
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
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God speaks directly to our minds also and causes us to be born again by HIS Word.
 
With this word God spoke to me in 1975, HE caused me to be born again, made into a new creature, instantly changed from that person I had been.
 
2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
 
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Our bodies look the same to humans that we have been friends with in the world, but inside, after God speaks to us, we are no longer as we once were.  We now have a new heart and a new spirit given to us by God.
 
Ezekiel 36:23-27  God says:
 
23 And I will sanctify MY great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. 
 
(They will see you are different.)
 
24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
 
(After I was born again, I no longer wanted to be with the worldly people that I had been with.  Now I wanted to be with children of God.  I wanted to read the Bible.  I wanted to hear about God.)
 
25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
 
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
 
27 And I will put MY spirit within you, and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and ye shall keep MY judgments, and do them.
 
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A few nights after I was born again in 1975, I was transported into heaven as I slept in the night.
 
I was with God and with Christ, and with the Holy Spirit. 
(I saw no physical images.  It was a spiritual experience.)
 
At that time, I was "merged into the body of Jesus", made one with the Word of God, God and the Holy Spirit witnessing.
 
A few nights after that, the exact same thing happened to me a second time.
 
I believe at that time of being made one with the Word of God, I was ordained into the 2 ministry offices to which I was placed by God in the body of Christ, apostle and prophet.  And it was God who taught me the work of the ministry in these two offices.  The Holy Spirit led me through the Bible, taking me from scripture to scripture, teaching me, for the next 5 years.
 
When it was time for me to do ministry work as apostle and prophet, I was asleep in the night on January 10, 1980, when a trumpet-like voice spoke 3 words into my ear.  "Hartford, Seattle, KWJS"
 
(I believe that voice that spoke to me was an angel of God carrying to me a message from God.)
 
I jumped out of bed, and wrote the letters "KWJS" on a note pad, not wanting to get these letters mixed up because I felt immediately they were call letters to either radio or television.
 
When I found these letters to be a radio station I spoke to God and said:  "Are YOU telling me to go on radio?  I wouldn't know how to do that."
 
The Holy Spirit brought to my mind:  "Call the radio station manager." 
(Which I did that same morning.)
 
I told the station manager God might be showing me to go on radio.  And I asked, "How would you do that?"
 
The station manager said:  "Make an audition tape 29 1/2 minutes long and send it to me and if you fit our broadcasting we will offer you a contract."
 
I recorded a tape that same morning and mailed it to the station manager and within 5 days I was on KWJS exhorting the church.
 
We are God's workmanship created in Christ Jesus, "The Word" that comes down to us from heaven.
 
Our assignments differ, but God is the author.  And HE puts us into the body of Christ and does as HE wills with us.  We simply do what we believe God has told us to do.
 
Romans 8:14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Prayer: The way of living in peace in today's world

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Matthew 6  (Jesus says)
 
5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
 
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
 
7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
 
8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask HIM.
 
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be THY name.  (The Word of God.)
 
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
 
11 Give us this day our daily bread.  (both spiritual and physical food)
 
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
 
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
 
(I often pray, "Deliver me from evil today."  For there is much evil in the end times.)
 
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Luke 21  (Jesus said:)
 
33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but MY words shall not pass away.
 
34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting (over indulgence), and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
 
35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
 
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
 
Prayer connects us to God and makes us "worthy to escape", for we turned to God for HIS help.
 
Prayer is a instrument of peace, for by prayer we receive peace from God concerning the various troubles and concerns of the day.
 
Therefore the apostle Paul says:
 
Philippians 4:
 
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
 
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
 
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Prayer humbles us, showing that we do not trust in ourselves.  Each time we pray, we deliberately put our trust in God in the matter at hand.
 
I Peter 5
 
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that HE may exalt you in due time:
 
7 Casting all your care upon HIM; for HE careth for you.
 
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
 
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith,
 
After we pray, God often brings us a scripture to mind or an instruction.  By doing that scripture (or Word) we "resist the devil".
 
Ephesians 6:10  Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of HIS might.
 
(strong in the Lord: The Word which God gives you.)
 
John 8:31-32  
 
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on HIM, If ye continue in MY word, then are ye MY disciples indeed;
 
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

At the end of this present heaven and earth

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Jesus will return to gather His church to take them to the new heaven and new earth created by God for them.
 
Revelation 21:1-5  (God showed this to the apostle John)
 
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.
 
There will be only righteousness in the new heaven and new earth.
 
Revelation 21:27  And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
 
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For decades church groups have debated:  Will Christians go through the great tribulation at the end of this world?
 
Jesus answers this question:
 
Matthew 24:21-22
 
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.
 
Some of the elect of God, Christians, will be on this earth during the great tribulation.
 
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Luke 21  (Jesus says)
 
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
 
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
 
(The earth is currently kept in the solar system by the Word of God.  But the time will come when God will speak and the powers of heaven shall be shaken.  Here is a dream God gave me showing this event.  The earth slipped on it's axis.  People were terrified.  The governments of men were meeting with scientists and religious leaders to see what could be done.  Nothing can be done for it is of God.  A TV newsman was trying to report this story.  But he became so frightened that he couldn't talk knowing this would affect him also.  So he just got up and walked off camera.)
 
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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  (Jesus says)
 
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
 
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
 
(They "mourn" when they see Jesus coming for they know it is all over for them.  All their reputations among men of this world will end and only God and Jesus will matter.  Their possessions will be destroyed.  Gold and silver will be worthless.  And at the end God will destroy heaven and earth.)
 
31 And HE (Jesus) 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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Jesus will raise the dead in Christ and the elect of God will be removed from this present earth and all will meet "in the air" and will be taken to the new heaven and earth wherein dwelleth only righteousness.
 
These earthly bodies will not be taken into heaven.  We will be given new spiritual bodies.
 
I  Corinthians 15
 
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
 
(God is a Spirit.  We will be raised as spiritual bodies.)
 
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
 
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be changed,
 
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
 
(Blink:  that is how fast we will be changed from these earthly bodies to our new spiritual bodies before we are taken into heaven.)
 
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
 
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Concerning the dead in Christ:  Paul says:
 
I Thessalonians 4
 
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep (dead), that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
 
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with HIM.
 
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (go before) them which are asleep (dead).
 
16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
 
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
 
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God will destroy this current 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.
 
(One day as I was reading this God said to me:  "You will never make this present earth righteousness no matter what you do.  It is the new heaven and the 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.
 
(From now to the return of Jesus we must focus on living in peace and being without spot and blameless.  No one knows the day and hour of Jesus' return, therefore we must be diligent daily to live in peace, without spot, and blameless because if Jesus returns and finds us debating and arguing and having spots from previous unsettled problems and blamed, we may suffer great loss.)
 
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Luke 21  (Jesus says)
 
33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but MY words shall not pass away.
 
34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting (over indulgence), and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
 
35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
 
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
 
(Prayer over all problems and concerns makes us connects us to God and makes us "worth to escape" all these things coming upon this earth.)
 
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Philippians 4:6-7
 
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
 
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (The Word).
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Born by the will of God with the Word of truth from God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
James 1:18  Of HIS own will begat HE us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of HIS creatures.
 
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(Comments by Joan Boney:)
 
My mother always loved reading horoscopes.
 
Before I was born again, I gave her a set of horoscope drinking mugs to please her.
 
After I was born again, I visited her in the town where she lived and when I opened her kitchen cabinet, I noticed those horoscope mugs.  I took a paper bag and began removing the mugs and putting them into the paper bag.
 
My mother was watching me and when she realized what I was about to do, she became slightly agitated and said, "Stop.  What are you doing?  I want to keep those.  You gave them to me."
 
I paid no attention at all and I continued removing the mugs and putting them into the garbage bag.
 
I took the mugs to the garbage dumpster, broke the mugs so no one else could use them and threw them into the dumpster.
 
I returned to my mother's house and went to my bedroom and got my Bible and returned to the living room where my mother was sitting and I opened the Bible and read aloud the following scripture to my mother.
 
Deuteronomy 18
 
9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
 
10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
 
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
 
12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
 
13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
 
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My mother sat there quietly for a few seconds after I finished reading these scriptures.  Then she said, "Well ... I guess we'd better not do that any more."
 
(With that she was born again, changed by God into a new creature.)
 
2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
 
After I returned to Dallas, my uncle wrote to me and said, "Your mother's changed!  She's really changed!"
 
Ezekiel 36  (God says)
 
23 And I will sanctify MY great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
 
24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
 
25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
 
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
 
27 And I will put MY spirit within you, and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and ye shall keep MY judgments, and do them.
 
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When Pam Padgett was in High School one of her classmates was killed on a motorcycle.
 
Pam had never before considered that someone her age could die.
 
As she thought about this, she realized that her only hope was God and that none of the rituals taught in the Catholic church could save her.  Only by God could she be saved. (The Word of truth.)  And if she died at that second, she would go to hell.
 
Pam was terrified.  And she cried out to God.  "Please help me.  If there is any way I can be saved, please save me."
 
After praying Pam realized there was something of God, in her.
 
A few years later, she was reading the Bible and saw a scripture and knew this is what was in her.
 
I Corinthians 3:16   Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?  
 
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In 1975, I was reading a book about sin.  God spoke to me and said:  "Joan.  You know all those mistakes you've been making all these years?  Those weren't mistakes.  Those were sins."
 
"Sins?"  I thought they were mistakes.
 
(With that Word of truth, God caused me to be born again.)
 
I went forward at church when I was 15 and was baptized ... but nothing changed in my life.  I continued to pursue my own ambitions.  I don't ever remember thinking about God or the Bible.
 
But after receiving this word from God, I was very different.  Now I wanted to read the Bible.  I wanted to hear about God.  I no longer wanted to be with the worldly people I had been with before this word came to me.  And all I wanted to talk about was God.
 
After this happened, I said to my best friend, "Oh by the way Donna, I don't think I've been a Christian until now."  She was very excited and said, "Joanie ... come back here.  What did you just say?  I repeated, "I don't think I've been a Christian until now.  God spoke to me and now I think I am a Christian although I thought I was a Christian before, I don't think I was until now."
 
God speaks to us and even calls us by name, and that changes everything immediately.
 
Then we are "dead" to the world and alive to God, that we may serve God instead of serving our own selves and devils.
 
After God spoke to me, I was baptized a second time.  As the minister lowered me into the water, I heard, "This is like being buried with Christ."  As I came out of the water, I heard, "This is like being raised with Christ."
 
Colossians  3
 
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
 
4 When Christ, WHO is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with HIM in glory.
 
Born again:  Dead to this world.  Alive to God. God opens our eyes by giving us the Word of truth and this Word causes us to be a new creature.
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Dealing with fear, dread, concern and anything else that can trouble you ... through turning to God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
When trouble comes to us, all we have to do is to learn to put our faith in God each time we have a problem or potential problem.
 
We put our faith in God by turning to God in prayer, asking for help or asking God for wisdom in dealing with the problem.  
 
Each time we call on God asking HIM for help, we put our faith in God.  
 
And we learn to call on God over each concern, each time we are concerned.
 
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I'm 84 years old.  In 2021, one day fearful thoughts began to come to my mind:  "If I get to where I can't walk, what will happen to me?  What will I do?  I won't be able to stay here.  I'll have to move somewhere else."
 
I cried out:  "GOD ... HELP ME!"
 
Instantly the following came into my mind:  "God will supply all your need."
 
"That's right ... God will supply all my need!" (I cried out!)   
 
I completely relaxed and the fearful thoughts vanished.
 
James 4:7  Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
 
We submit ourselves to God by calling on God for help!
 
God brings us HIS Word and by faith in that Word we will not heed the thoughts sent by the devil and the devil will flees from us when he sees we believe that Word sent to us by God.
 
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We put our trust in God each time we cry out to God.
 
My 97 year old cousin told me this one day.  She said, "I do fine all day but I get so lonely at night."
 
(Her husband died 10 years ago.)
 
When she told me this problem, I was so excited for I knew all she had to do was ask God for help and God would help her!
 
So I said, "Oh this is no problem.  When you begin to feel that loneliness, all you have to do is to turn to God immediately, as soon as you begin to feel that loneliness, and ask God to help you. God will help you!"
 
My cousin had been taken to church as a baby and attended church all her life.
 
Many church goers do not understand calling on God for help.
 
And it is a matter of trusting in God.
 
About two weeks later, this cousin said to me, "I do all right during the day but at night I get so lonely."
 
She didn't put her trust in God.
 
I just didn't try to help her after that, knowing there was nothing I could do for her.
 
James 1:22   But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
 
Titus 3:9-11  But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
 
10-11 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;  Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
 
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In 2018, I fell and broke a hip and wrist and after surgery could not put any weight on my leg where the hip had been broken.  So they put me into a rehabilitation hospital for 2-1/2 months.  The first month I was in "bed rest" for I couldn't try to walk or do anything, according to the doctor. 
 
And I was alone most of the time, having no relatives and only a few visitors.
 
Often I would awake in the morning and think, "How can I get through this day?"
 
And then I would remember God and ask God to help me to get though that day.
 
(The time sort of flew by and before I knew it, evening had come.  I thanked God as I realized this.)
 
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The man who was helping me with my sound system was leaving my house one day and he turned to me and said, "I don't know why I am telling you this but they think I have ALS and I am going into hospital next week for tests."
 
(At that time, David was 44 years old and had a wife and 2 children, ages 8 and 12.)
 
I told David every time he was afraid, just ask God to help him.
 
At one point, he had to go to hospital for an operation.  He said he remembered what I had said and he did do this and he was helped so much when he did this.
 
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When we turn to God and ask God for help, often God will bring us an idea showing us something to do and when we do that, everything falls into place.
 
By HIS Spirit, the Holy Spirit, God brings ideas to our mind.  God communicates with us by giving us thoughts to help us in situations.
 
When my mother was still living, I would go to cafe daily to get our lunch.  It cost $5.30.  I would take a five-dollar-bill from my purse and a quarter and a nickle.  And I would leave my purse with my mother while I went for our food.
 
One day I looked in my coin purse and couldn't find a quarter and nickel.
 
As I dug through the change looking for these coins, I heard, "Three dimes will work!"
 
(That was the Holy Spirit helping me for I had several dimes in my coin purse but I was in habit of using a quarter and a nickel!  The Holy Spirit is a helper to us!)
 
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We recognize the thoughts sent to us by God, for when we have such a thought, it is "easy to be intreated."  
 
(When thoughts are very complex or overly expensive, I always know those thoughts are not from God.)
 
Matthew 11:28-30  Jesus says:  Come unto ME, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Take MY yoke upon you, and learn of ME; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.  For MY yoke is easy, and MY burden is light.
 
James 3:17  But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
 
James 1:5  If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
 
Philippians 4:6-7   Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
 
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
 
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God will not fail us nor forsake us when we turn to HIM and call on HIM for wisdom or help in our problems.
 
Psalm 62:8   Trust in HIM at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before HIM: God is a refuge for us.
 
Remember:  God knows the future! He will lead us in plans that are right for us in our situation.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

There is power in the Word of God for us who believe that Word and do that Word

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Some people spend years trying to change without success.  Some go to psychologists for help without any real change.  Some read self-help books hoping to change.
 
Power is in the Word of God and when God speaks to us we experience instant change for God gives us a new heart and a new Spirit, the Holy Spirit, and our flesh, the old man, is put to death, while the new creature from God appears in us.
 
2 Corinthians 5:17   Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
 
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2 Peter 1
 
3 According as HIS divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of HIM that hath called us to glory and virtue:
 
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
 
The Bible is filled with promises made by God to us, the believer.  In both the Old and New Testament we have been given exceeding great and precious promises from God.
 
Here are some of these:
 
💥  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.
 
💥  Philippians 4:6-7  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.  7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
 
💥  2 Timothy 1:7  For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
 
💥  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.
 
💥  Isaiah 26:3-4  THOU wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on THEE: because he trusteth in THEE. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
 
💥  Philippians 4:19  But my God shall supply all your need according to HIS riches in glory by Christ Jesus (The Word).
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Getting out of debt & staying out of debt

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
One of the first things God showed me to do as a new Christian, was to get out of debt and stay out of debt.  On this Podcast I share with you some things God did with me to help me to get free.  Also shared are scriptures for a foundation on this subject.
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(Some of the following scriptures are good for us to think upon.)
 
II Corinthians 6:14-18    Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
 
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
 
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
 
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you.
 
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
 
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Romans 13:8   Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
 
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Jesus says:
 
Matthew 6:24  No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
 
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Proverbs 15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
 
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I Timothy 6:3-12   If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
 
4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
 
5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. 
 
(If any person around you thinks "gain" is a sign of godliness, withdraw yourselve from him, for some of the richest men got their riches by ungodly methods, and many ministers got their money by pressuring their congregations and by making them feel guilty if they didn't give to them.)
 
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
 
7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
 
8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
 
9 But they that will be rich (try to get more money) fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
 
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
 
11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
 
12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
 
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Paul tells Timothy, the evangelist:
 
I Timothy 6:17-19    Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
 
18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
 
19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
 
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Extortioners: 
 
I Corinthians 5:11;13   But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat ... Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
 
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Psalm 37:4   Delight thyself also in the Lord: and HE shall give thee the desires of thine heart.💥💥💥 
Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and HIS righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
 
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I Corinthians 2:14   But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
 
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John 8:31-32    Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, If ye continue in MY word, then are ye MY disciples indeed;  And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
 
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Joshua 1:7-9    Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest.
 
(We don't do the Law of Moses, but we do follow the rules of the New Testament Bible.  Also many of the promises of God from the Old Testament are valid for us in the NT church, such as:  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.) 
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Joshua 1:8 This book of the law (NT Bible) shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
 
9 Have not I commanded thee? (says God)
 
(Did God lead you to do what you are doing?  Examine your actions by this for if God told us to do something, we have a very strong anchor to go forward and to keep doing that action.)
 
Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
 
(After God tells us to do something, humans and devils, will often try to lead us opposite way.
 
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Psalm 1:1-3   Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
 
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in HIS law doth he meditate day and night. 
 
(Meditate in that "Word" which you believe God has spoken to you.  To meditate on that word, keeping that word before you, often gives you the strength of do that word.  Also meditate in that scripture when you feel an attention drawn to you toward a specific scripture.)
 
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
 
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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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Proverbs 3:5-7   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. 
(Pray over everything and then allow God to lead you.)
 
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes:  fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
 
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Proverbs 16:25    There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
 
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Hebrews 13:5-6  Let your conversation (manner of life) be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for HE hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
 
6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
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Sometimes we can have the word from God planted in our heart but we might be thinking of doing that word in the wrong way.
 
* In 2020, a desire came into my heart to go back on radio to exhort the church.  I prayed.  Negative thoughts from devil began coming to me.  Then God said one word, setting my way straight.  "Podcast"  I had the will of God in my heart, but my thinking of how to do this was faulty.  Radio is very expensive.  Podcasts cost almost nothing.  Radio broadcasts are a one time shot.  Podcasts are a broadcast library of information from God to the church.  The way to go was "Podcasts."
 
Pray for wisdom concerning how to do that which you believe God has told you to do.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

We pray. Then how do we know which ideas are from God?

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
The first thing God gave me to recognize ideas that HE brought to me was this:
 
God's yoke is easy and HIS burden is light.
 
If the plan or idea that comes is overly expensive and very difficult to do, I pray again about that matter for I do not believe it is a plan from God when it is a heavy burden.
 
Matthew 11  Jesus says
 
28 Come unto ME, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
 
29 Take MY yoke upon you, and learn of ME; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
 
30 For MY yoke is easy, and MY burden is light.
 
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Here is a promise from God for us if we lack wisdom concerning how to do something.
 
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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James 3 shows us how to recognize the ideas that come from our flesh and from devils and also wisdom that is from above:
 
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.
 
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Homosexuals/Lesbians: What the Bible says

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  
 
Recently, the thought came to my mind, "Is there any place in the Bible where we are told there will be a rise in homosexual/lesbians in the last days?"
 
Immediately I was reminded of this scripture:
 
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.
 
Concerning being without natural affections:
 
Romans 1:26-28
 
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
 
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
 
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
 
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Once my cleaning lady asked me, "But what about those homosexuals who say they were just born that way?"
 
I turned to God with this question and was reminded of the following:
 
Jesus said:
 
Mark 10:6  But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
 
They were born male or female but God turned them over when they failed to acknowledge HIS truth.
 
Romans 1
 
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
 
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
 
20 For the invisible things of HIM from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even HIS eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
 
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:
 
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From what the Bible says, we certainly should expect to see a rise in homosexuals and lesbians in the last days.
 
And we can see from the Bible God's thinking on this subject.
 
Deuteronomy 23:17  There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
 
There is no place in either the Old or New Testament where God approves homosexuals or lesbians.  Sodom is given to us as one example of God's dealing with this issue.
 
Genesis 19  (God sends 2 angels to destroy Sodom)
 
1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
(Angels have the form of natural men.)
 
2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
 
3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
 
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
(Homosexuals came from every quarter of the city of Sodom with the intention of having sex with the 2 men who came to Lot's house.)
 
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
(know them:  have sex with them)
 
6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
 
7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
 
8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
 
9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
 
10 But the men (who were angels) put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. 11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
 
12 And the men (the angels) said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
 
13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
 
14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
 
15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
 
16 And while he lingered, the men (angels) laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
 
17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
 
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
 
20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
 
21 And he (the angel) said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
 
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
 
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
 
25 And HE overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
 
26 But his wife (Lot's wife) looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
 
27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
 
28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
 
29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when HE overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
 
2 Peter 2
 
4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
 
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
 
6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
 
7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
 
8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
(Lot knew the deeds of the men of the city of Sodom were "wicked", see Genesis 19:7)
 
9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
 
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Genesis 13
 
12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
 
13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
 
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Before God destroys this present heaven and earth, we should see a rise in homosexuals and lesbians in the nations of this earth and in the approval shown them by the nations of this earth.
 
As Christians, we live in peace, knowing what we can expect to see is foretold by God in the Bible.
 
The perilous times of 2 Timothy 3 as stated in the Bible.
 
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Dealing with destructive thoughts

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Thoughts come from our own desires ... thoughts come from devils who want to destroy us ... and thoughts come from God who wants to help us and show us HIS way.  
 
We want to learn to choose those thoughts that are from God for this is life to us for now and for all eternity!
 
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The churches fall away from scripture. This is the apostasy of the end times

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
2 Thessalonians 2  (KJV)
 
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
 
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 the above scripture and God spoke to me and said:  "The falling away are not people leaving the churches.  The falling away are the churches leaving the scripture."
 
This was the end time apostasy where the spirit of antichrist takes over in the church groups.
 
(NASB)
 
5 Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things? 6 And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.
 
The one who restrains antichrist is Jesus "The Word".
 
As soon as the churches removed portions of the Word, the door was opened for antichrist to move into the church group.
 
When Jesus returns, antichrist and the apostate churches will be destroyed by HIM
 
(KJV)
 
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of HIS mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of HIS coming:
 
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
 
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
 
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
 
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
 
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At the end, God destroys this present heaven and earth.
 
2 Peter 3:10-14
 
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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God sends HIS angels to gather HIS elect:
 
Matthew 24:31  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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Divorce and remarriage: What the Bible says

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
The rules of God for the New Testament church are stated for us in the New Testament Bible.  There are rules set up by God for the church today, though many churches have eliminated portions of the Bible in their churches.
 
2 Corinthians 5:10   For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
 
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Matthew 5:31-32   Jesus says:
 
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
 
32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
 
- The faithful wife who remarries after divorce commits adultery but her husband who divorced the faithful wife will be the cause of her adultery.
- The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
 
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Mark 10:6-9   Jesus says:  from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
 
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. 9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
 
Mark 10:11-12  And HE (Jesus) 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.
 
 
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I Corinthians 7:10-11 The apostle Paul says:  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.
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I Corinthians 7:39   The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
 
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Romans 7:1-3 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
 
2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
 
3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
 
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At the time of sexual intercourse, two become one flesh ... even if the man has sex with a prostitute:
 
I Corinthians 6:15-20    Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot?  God forbid.  
 
16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith HE (God), shall be one flesh. 
 
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 
 
18 Flee fornication.  Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 
 
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 
 
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. 
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To avoid fornication:
 
I Corinthians 7:2   The apostle Paul says:  to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.💥💥💥
I Corinthians 6:9-11   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.
 
11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
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But if you return to your previous sins, after you are born again, there are serious consequences for you:
 
II Peter 2:20-22   For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
 
21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
 
22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. 
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Hebrews 10:25-31   ... exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
 
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
 
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
 
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
 
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
 
30 For we know HIM that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto ME, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge HIS people.
 
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 
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Seasons ... Living in joy!

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Comments by Joan Boney:
 
I'm currently 86.  This is the best, happiest season of my life so far!
 
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God taught me to follow HIM doing one scripture at a time and when that scripture is completed, there is usually another scripture to do and I would follow that scripture, doing it.
 
Joshua 1:8  This book of the law (Bible) shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
 
Jesus said:  I (The Word) am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by ME (The Word).
 
When we do a scripture given us by the Holy Spirit that scripture becomes a part of us and the Word lives in us by the Holy Spirit. 
 
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The gathering of the church after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
We know from the Bible there were meetings of the Jews conducted at the Jewish synagogues.  But there were no church buildings where Christians met.  The Christians met in homes, often in secret, because of the persecution of the early church by the Jews.
 
Paul tells us what to do when we gather as the church.
 
I Corinthians 14:26   How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
 
I've never seen a church do these things as Paul showed us in 1 Corinthians 14.  Usually in today's church everything is planned before the main meeting.  But apparently in the early church, they gathered at a home, and it was the Holy Spirit who brought forth the message through those in the congregation.  So the meeting message would be structured by the Holy Spirit of God.
 
Several years ago, I went to the home of my cousin before my aunt's funeral.  My cousin was conducting the funeral.  He and his father were sitting at the dining room table with many books on either side of them as they planned what would be said.  I attended the service and found myself groaning at that which was spoken, which was planned by man.
 
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In a dream, I went to a church service.  A large group of people were meeting in a very large two storied building.  There were no seats available on the lower floor so I went into the balcony.  One seat remained but it was behind a very large post.  I sat down in that place.  A man leaned over and said to me, "You can't see much from that seat."  I replied, "There's never much to see at these places anyway."
 
When man plans the meeting and everyone else is shut out, I believe much of the Holy Spirit is stopped from speaking at the gathering.  As I have attended such meetings I've often thought, "If Jesus Himself was sitting here, HE would not be allowed to speak."
 
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Once I attended a Bible class where the teacher always said, "Does anyone have a word from the Lord."  He opened up the class for God to speak through HIS Spirit.  I believe this is more what Paul was telling us to do.
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Here are some statements showing us the church after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.
 
I Peter 5:13  The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.
 
Romans 16:1-5  (Paul says) I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: 2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: 4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. 5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.
 
I Corinthians 12:27-28  Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. And God hath set some in the church (to care for the church), first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
 
Acts 11:22  Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.
 
Philippians 4:15  Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
 
I Corinthians 1:2  Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
 
3 John verse 9-10  I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.  Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
 
Acts 18:22  And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
 
Acts 13:1  Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
 
Colossians 4:16  And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
 
I Timothy 3:14-15  (Paul writes) These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
 
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
 
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When I typed the following into my computer: "Church that meets in the home" in the KJV Bible, 99 Pages came up with fragments showing the home church.
 
These verses are from 2 of those 99 pages.
 
By these we can see certain things about the churches of the apostles John and Paul, which I will speak about on this Podcast.
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If we keep sinning after we are born again

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Revelation 3:5  (Jesus says)
 
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before MY Father, and before HIS angels.
 
We overcome by allowing verses of scripture to overcome our flesh and we choose to do those scriptures rather than doing that which the flesh wants to do.
 
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, 
 
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
 
30 For we know HIM that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge HIS people. 
 
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A Christian is changed by the power of the Word of God.  He no longer does those worldly sins that he once did.
 
And Paul tells us if a "brother in Christ" does those sins, put him away from us though he says he is a Christian.
 
I Corinthians 5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 
 
13 ... Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
 
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Recently a woman in our church group asked me to forgive her for "lashing out" (railing) at me.
 
I replied:  I do forgive you ... but you are still a "railer".
 
Jesus said to the woman taken in adultery: "Go ... and sin no more."
 
This woman in our church group who is a railer, has been a railer as long as I have known her, since 1980.  
 
I have corrected her many times and she will settle down for a season only to rise again railing at me, usually when I bring godly correction to her as an apostle and prophet of Jesus Christ. 
 
By doing this she fights against the ministries God has ordained me to do, apostle & prophet.
 
If you should gain 100 pounds of weight, You might be sorry, but you will still have to take actions to deal with that weight.
 
I have found if I want to make changes, I need a scripture to live by.  When I keep that verse before me day and night doing that verse for weeks every day, it becomes a part of me and eventually I can overcome my flesh.
 
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.
 
The apostle Paul said ... I can do all things though Christ (the Word) which strengtheneth me.  
 
Philippians 4:13 
 
So take that word that is brought to you by the Holy Spirit, and do that Word and keep doing it as long as needed to get that word to be a part of you and change your behavior.
  
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The Bible says: "The love of money is the root of all evil." (1 Timothy 6)

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Many people get stingier as they get older.  They trust in themselves.  They cut back and are afraid to spend money now that they don't earn as much as they did when they were younger.
 
They begin to talk about living on "a fixed income."  (I really hate it when I hear someone say this for most of us live on "fixed incomes" throughout our lives.)
 
What does the Bible say about money?
 
I Timothy 6
 
5  Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
 
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
 
7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
 
8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
 
9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
 
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
 
11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
 
(If you are in debt, you probably have a love of money and follow after money without recognizing it.  If you are caught up in buying on sale, you likely are led by money more than you know.  If you buy because of price, you are likely led by money.)
 
12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
 
13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
 
14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
 
15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
 
16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
 
17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
 
18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
 
19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
 
20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: 
 
(When I began receiving $500 a month Social Security monthly checks, I quit taking a salary from the ministry.  The ministry paid my rent and I could live on my social security monthly checks paying for my personal needs.) 
 
This recording concerns money and following after money and how corrupting it is to do that.
 
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If we do these two scriptures continually daily and keep doing them we will be well on the way to good success

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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.
 
We are promised that if we ask God HE will give us HIS wisdom.  What more do we need in this life?
 
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Philippians 4:6  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 
 
I don't see how we could fail if we did these two scripture and had real faith in God.
 
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Jesus says: "Be not deceived"

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In the last days, many will say they are Christians.
 
Jesus says, And they will deceive many.
 
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.
 
The sign of the end time:  Many come saying they are Christians ... but they are not.  Thereby they will be able to deceive many.
 
Be not deceived.
 
Is the Spirit of God in that person?  Is there evidence?  Is there something revealed by God that they share with you? ... or do they just tell you about the church they attend?
 
So few speak saying to me anything God has told them.  Most tell me what they have done.  But unless God authored this work, it is a work of their own flesh.
 
Do you have evidence of God working in them?
  
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The perilous times of the days ahead

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2 Timothy 3  (The apostle Paul says)
 
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
 
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
 
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
 
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
 
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
 
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13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
 
14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of WHOM thou hast learned them; (knowing it was God by the Holy Spirit and the Holy Scriptures WHO taught you these truths)
 
15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
 
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
 
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
 
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After praying, how do you recognize the plans that are sent from God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
James 3
 
13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation (manner of life) his works with meekness of wisdom.
 
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.
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17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
 
18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
 
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Matthew 11  (Jesus says)
 
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
 
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
 
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
 
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Yoking ourselves to God as we go forward

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Matthew 11   (Jesus says:)
 
28 Come unto ME, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
 
29 Take MY yoke upon you, and learn of ME; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
 
30 For MY yoke is easy, and MY burden is light.
 
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Jesus says: "I can of mine own self do nothing." John 5:30

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John 5:30  I can of MINE own self do nothing: as I hear (from God), I judge: and MY judgment is just; because I seek not MINE own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent ME.
 
(This is the way we should be.)
 
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