Building your house on the word from God

The New Covenant: God puts HIS laws directly into our hearts and minds

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
After we are born again by the Spirit of God, God puts HIS laws for the New Testament church directly into our hearts and minds.
 
Hebrews 8:10-11 God says: For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put MY laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to ME a people:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know ME, from the least to the greatest.
 
 
Often God will put HIS own desire into our hearts so that we desire to do that thing even before the situation arises.
 
But if we are about to go in a way that would not be of God, HE can cause our heart to change to go even in a way opposite from that which we thought we wanted to go.
 
God just puts in our heart another desire and leads us that new way.
 
God shields us from those things that would not be beneficial for us.  And keeps us from that which would hurt us and destroy us.  And leads us into a more abundant life than we could have had otherwise.
 
And God even puts HIS own laws into our hearts and minds.
 
Hebrews 10:16   God says:  This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put MY laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
 
I John 2:27  But the anointing which ye have received of HIM abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in HIM
 
(Abide in that which God has told you.)28 And now, little children, abide in HIM; that, when HE shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before HIM at HIS coming.29 If ye know that HE is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of HIM.
 
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Tradition of men renders the word of God void, says Jesus

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
Many churches today are teaching doctrines that are traditions of men instead of the commandments of God from the New Testament Bible. 
 
This is antichrist in the end time church.  This is the apostasy that Paul said had to come before Jesus returns.
 
II Thess. 2:3-4  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
 
"The falling away" are churches falling away from scripture.  When this happens the door is open for antichrist to come into the church and set up doctrines of men, departing from scripture which is the doctrine of Christ for the church.
 
For example:  The Catholic church teaches their followers to pray to Mary.  This is their "tradition" set up by men and not by God. 
 
Jesus says:  John 14:6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
 
In the New Testament Bible, we are taught to pray directly to God through Jesus Christ.
 
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.
 
Mary is dead.  She is sleeping.  She cannot hear you or watch over you.  No dead person can do these things.  Dead people are asleep.  
 
Jesus shows us that dead people are "asleep".
 
John 11:11-14  These things said HE (Jesus) : and after that HE saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.12 Then said His disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that HE had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
Some church people in both Catholic and Protestant churches think dead people watch over them.
 
The Bible shows us that dead people are asleep.
 
I Thessalonians 4:13-17  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.  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep (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.
 
God watches over us.  Dead people are sleeping until Jesus returns.
 
In churches today, there are many traditions of men which are opposite to the doctrines of Christ in the Holy Bible.
 
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Jesus says: "My sheep hear MY voice"

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
Do you hear the voice of Jesus?  Are you aware of the Holy Spirit of Jesus bringing thoughts to your mind to help you and to guide you in the way of God?
 
Are you born again?  If you are born again you do have the Spirit of God in you.  
 
I Cor. 3:16   Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
 
 
Jesus says:
 
John 10:27-29  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:  And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man (none) is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
 
I Corinthians 6:19  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?
 
 
The Spirit of God which is in us guides us into all truth, reminds us of that which Jesus has said to us, teaches us all things, and shows us things to come.  (Jn. 14:26, Jn. 16:13)
 
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth, the Comforter, the helper.
 
If you have been born again, you have the Spirit of God in you.  Therefore you are able to follow what Jesus says to you by HIS Spirit.  You can hear Jesus voice as the Holy Spirit brings thoughts to your mind to show you what to do,
 
You might need to be more aware of thoughts coming to your mind.  And how to recognize those thoughts that are from Jesus by HIS Spirit.
 
Romans 8:14   For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
 
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Things showing us how close we are to the return of Jesus

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
When the sins of this world and the sins of the churches around us increase, it signals the coming of Jesus and the great tribulation and the end of this present world.
 
As the sins in the days of Noah brought the destruction of this world by God, and the open sins of the men of Sodom in the days of Lot, signaled the destruction of Sodom, the rampant and blatant sins of today show us how close we are coming to the end of this world.
 
Jesus says:
 
Matthew 24
 
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but MY words shall not pass away.36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but MY Father only.37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
 
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Luke 21
 
7 And they asked HIM, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in MY name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.10 Then said HE unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
11 And great earthquakes shall be in diverse places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
(pestilences:  Have we ever seen anything before like Coronavirus?)
 
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
 
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According to Matthew 24, the following will happen:
  
   * The great tribulation
   * The powers of heaven will be shaken
   * Jesus comes through the clouds and send HIS angels to gather the elect.
 
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.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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Don't compromise: Concerning Homosexuals and Lesbians: What Bible says

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
Concerning compromise, never do we who are of God compromise scripture.
 
Romans 1:26-28 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;
 
In the Bible, we have the example of the men of Sodom who went after strange flesh.
 
Genesis 13:13  But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
 
In every "quarter" of the city were groups of homosexuals.  
 
God sent 2 angels to Sodom to deliver Lot (Abraham's nephew) before God destroyed Sodom.
 
Angels look like natural men.  Angels do not have wings.
 
So when these homosexuals in Sodom realized the 2 men had come into Lot's home, they came demanding that Lot turn these 2 men over to them so they could have sex with these 2 men who were really 2 angels sent by God to destroy Sodom.
 
Genesis 19:4-7  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:  
 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.  (Have sex with them.)
6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,  And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
 
In this Podcast, I will present the scriptures showing God's view of Sodomites and the way the nation of Israel dealt with Sodomites.
 
God's view of the subject is all that matters.  
 
What does God think?
 
The examples in the Bible show us the thinking of God of the various issues of this present life.
 
 
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Seek ye first the kingdom of God and HIS righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
When we are born again, changed by God, we are very different from the way we had been before.  Often we no longer enjoy the people or things we once enjoyed.  Usually we want to read the Bible and go to church to hear about God.
 
Now we seek God and His righteousness, what is right in the sight of God.
 
And this is our interest as long as God chooses to leave us on this present earth.
 
Here is a promise from God: 
 
Psalm 84:11   For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will HE withhold from them that walk uprightly.
 
We go forward renewing our mind to the Bible, seeing the way God chooses for us to live, and we do those scriptures, growing in the image of Christ the Word.
 
God is our "sun" by HIS Spirit who brings to our mind the way to go.  God is also a shield, keeping us from things that would harm us.
 
And we find, in time, God has placed around us those good things which we can enjoy.
 
All we do is keep following various scriptures as they are given to us by the Holy Spirit thus staying on God's highway.
 
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Everything depends on this one thing:

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
Do you have the Spirit of God in you?  Are you born again?  Has God changed you?  Born again means God has changed you.  Has that happened to you.  Have you been made by God to be different from the person you once were?  This is what it means to be born again. 
 
If you are born again, you have the Spirit of God, for you are sealed with the Holy Spirit of God when you are born again.  
 
Eph. 1:13  In Whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in Whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
 
No one can follow the Spirit of God unless he has the Spirit of God in him.
 
I Cor. 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.
 
So many people go to church and try to be spiritual without having the Spirit of God in them.  They copy other people who seem religious.
 
This will never work.
 
Jude v. 17-19   But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;18 How that they told you there should be mockers (copiers) in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
 
Do you have the Spirit of God in you?  Are you really born again?  
 
Those who are born again have a personal experience with God.  God changes them from that which they once were.  It is not that you learn to do differently by reading the Bible.  You have done nothing to justify salvation when you are born again.  You are born again through the mercy of God.  God simply revealed Himself to you and gave you HIS Spirit.
 
Changed by God reveals those who are born again by God.
 
II Cor. 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.
 
Have you been changed by God?  Or have you just always been religious, going to church?  If this has never happened to you, I urge you to beg God for HIS mercy.
 
John 3:7  Jesus says:  Ye must be born again.
 
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Born again: What this means. How you can tell if you are born again.

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
Being born again means, we are changed instantly by God.  
 
A young man told me he walked out on his back porch and "something happened."
 
A woman, who was a long time drunk, said one day "something happened" and she had a great desire to read the Bible after that happened.  She told her husband she was going to quit drinking.  He didn't believe her because he'd heard her say that before.  But this time the power of God was in her to enable her to do those things she could not do before.
 
In my case, the Holy Spirit spoke these words to me:  "Joan ... you know those mistakes you've been making all these years?  Those weren't mistakes. Those were sins." 
 
After I heard the word of God, by the Spirit of God, I believed and was instantly changed by God.
 
I read a portion of Bible (Deut. 18:9-12) to my mother one day and she thought about that which I read to her and she said, "Well ... I guess we'd better not do that anymore."  And instantly she was changed by God.
 
My uncle wrote to me and said:  "Your mother is changed.  She is really changed."
 
My dad was born again instantly by God when he was in his 70's.  All of a sudden he wanted to go to church.
 
Jesus said to Peter:  Mt. 16:17  Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
 
It is not that we learn things and change.  We are instantly changed by God and are given the Holy Spirit to live in us.
 
II 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.
No man can do this for himself.  He can go forward at church and be baptized and do what they tell him to do to be a member of their church group, but he cannot change inwardly as those who are born of the Spirit of God change.  Being born again is an act of God, not an act of the will of man.
 
Countless numbers are members of a church group, but few are born of the Spirit of God and changed instantly into completely new creatures by God HIMSELF.
 
Being born again is instant change caused by God and not by mental learning of man. And it is having the Spirit of God living inside of you now to lead you and guide you.
 
These statements will make no sense to the vast number of church goers who have not been born again by the Spirit of God.
 
They think we learn everything by acts of our own will, by reading the Bible.
 
But we cannot understand things of God by reading the Bible until we have been born again by God.
 
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.
 
Jesus said:  Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.  John 3:3
 
Paul says they are:  "Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."  (II Timothy 3:7)
 
But we cannot understand things of God by reading the Bible until we have been born again by God and have the Spirit of God in us to guide us and teach us.  It is HIS Spirit causing us to change and to be recreated in the image of God.  
 
The Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. (Gal. 5:22-23)
 
We cannot obtain these "gifts" by copying others who have these gifts.  These gifts of the Holy Spirit are given by God and are not a learned thing but rather a part of the new creation which God causes us to be when HE lives in us.
 
I Corinthians 6:19  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?
 
When we were born as babies from our natural parents, we did nothing to cause ourselves to be born.  Neither can we cause ourselves to be born again.  We are children of God by the will of God and born of HIS Spirit and recreated by God in HIS image.  
 
As Jesus was born of the Holy Ghost, we also are now born of the Holy Ghost when we are born again.  
 
And as Jesus could hear from God the Father now we also can hear from God the Father by HIS Spirit who now lives in us.
 
As we inherit traits from our natural parents, now we inherit HIS characteristics by being born of HIS Spirit.
 
We are changed by God and we are no longer like that person we once were.
 
Have you experienced that instant change from God?  If you have, you know it.  And others see that change in you also.
 
That is what being born again is.  We now have living in us God's Spirit.
 
I Corinthians 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
 
It is not that we try to be godly.  We are godly, for God lives in us now, for we are born of God our Father and have HIS Spirit in us.
 
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Be not conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
When we are watching television, often we will hear someone say something that we know to be opposite to the Word of God as stated by God in the Holy Bible.
 
It is very important for us to renew our mind to the Bible.
 
Recently I heard a very famous man say, "All die.  No one escapes death."
 
Because of the Bible, I know that statement is not true.
 
Immediately after I heard this man say this, I took my Bible and made a screen print of the page of scripture where Paul says, "We shall not all sleep (die),"
 
I Corinthians 15:51-52   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.
 
When Jesus returns, first the dead in Christ will be raised, then those who are still alive will be changed from this earthly physical body, and be raised from off this present earth and taken into the air to meet Jesus and those who are raised from the dead.
 
I Thessalonians 4:13-17 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 (precede) them which are asleep.16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
 
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Did God tell me to do this? or was it another spirit?

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
Before we do anything, we must evaluate:  Did God tell me to do this?
 
As a new Christian, I owned a small business in Dallas, Texas.  A young woman filed a charge against me in US Courts.  
 
I heard:  "Don't testify."
 
I believed it was God telling me this word.  Since I believed that, I told my lawyer I would not be testifying.  
 
A woman who worked for me witnessed the situation that happened with the young woman at my shop.
 
My lawyer said he thought with Flo's testimony, we would win the case.  But he said, "I know we will win if you testify."
 
But I told lawyer I thought God told me, "Don't testify."
 
The case went to court.  Flo testified but my lawyer wasn't satisfied with her testimony and he said to me:  "But if you will testify, I know we will win."
 
I told lawyer I would check.  
 
I went into the ladies room at the courthouse.  I prayed, "God ... what do YOU want me to do?"
 
I heard, "Don't testify."
 
I returned to the court room.  Lawyer looked at me and I just shook my head, "NO."
 
The trial continued for two days.
 
I was acquitted of all charges.
 
The only thing that matters is:  What does God want me to do?
 
Was that God who gave me that word?
 
If we are persuaded it was God who told us to do that, then that is what we do.
 
The only way we can endure is if we have fully established that what we are doing is what God wants done and we have God's word on the matter.
 
Are you able to recognize the thoughts brought by the Holy Spirit?
 
 
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God makes changes in us and prepares us for that which is to come

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
After we are born again by the Spirit of God, God seals us with HIS Spirit, and HIS Holy Spirit lives in us to show us the will of God as we continue in this present life.
 
Eph. 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in Whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Jesus says:
 
Jn. 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
 
He brings to our mind scriptures and concepts to show us the way of God as we deal with our present decisions in this life.
 
Jn. 16:13   Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear, that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.
 
The Holy Spirit lives inside each believer and HE is always with us to help us in the ways of God.
 
I Cor. 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
 
The Holy Spirit of truth is a great help to us and a great comforter and assurance, especially in times of change.
 
Often even before the change, God prepares us for the change by giving us information from the Holy Spirit to show us things to come.
 
This Podcast tells of such a change and the ways God prepared me by HIS Spirit.
 
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Causing the Word of God to be fruitful in us

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
God brings the Word to us by HIS Spirit but sometimes that Word is stolen by the devil.  We can stop that from happening.
 
Jesus teaches:
 
Mark 4
 
And HE (Jesus) began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto HIM a great multitude, so that HE entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.2 And HE taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in HIS doctrine,3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.9 And HE said unto them, he that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
 
We can make the word become fruitful by doing a few simple things, explained in this Podcast.
 
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Adultery: according to Jesus

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
I have heard men say, "It doesn't hurt to look."  
 
(But is that true?  What does Jesus say in Bible?)
 
And I've even seen women lust after photos of men.  I've even seen a married church woman do this in front of her husband.  She looked at a photo and said, "Can I have this?"  Her husband was standing there and heard her say this.  Then she said to her husband, "I'm sorry, Edward."
 
Matthew 5    Jesus says:
 
27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.31 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.
* If a man divorces a faithful wife, and that faithful wife remarries after divorce, she 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.
 
I Cor. 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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Jesus was born of the Holy Ghost, and when we are born again we are born of the Spirit of God and are children of God, like Jesus

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Matthew 1:18   Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
 
After we are born again by the Word of God from the Holy Spirit of God, we are sealed with the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit lives in us and teaches and guides us, showing us the will of God. 
 
I Cor. 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Like Jesus, God is our Father after we are born of HIS Spirit, and God lives in us by HIS Spirit.
 
Matthew l:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
God is also "with us" for by HIS Spirit, Jesus dwells in us after we are born again by the Holy Spirit.
 
John 5:30 Jesus says: 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.
The Holy Spirit will bring to our minds a scripture or a concept to show us the will of God for us as we live on this earth, and we believe that Word and know it shows us God's will and we take action appropriate to that word which is given us by God.
 
I find this to be very comforting to know it is God's will for me to do such and such.
 
For example:  In 2020, I was considering putting new upholstery on my 25-year-old car.  As I thought about this, the following from the Spirit of God came to my mind:  "Or you could just buy a new car."
 
I began thinking on that word and I reasoned:  "I could buy a new car.  I had just sold my house in Texas and the money was in my bank account and I had plenty of money to buy a new car."
 
That same night, God gave me a dream:  I bought a new car.
 
That is what I did the following day.  I knew it was authored by God to do that and it was approved by God.
 
God knows the future.  
 
I was sure God was showing me the best way for me to go in this matter.
 
Joshua 1:9  Have not I commanded thee? (says God)   Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
God leads us by thoughts brought to our mind by HIS Spirit and also by dreams which HE gives us.
 
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Meditation Scriptures: The Holy Spirit gives scripture to individuals to meet specific needs.

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
As a new Christian in 1975, I was going through a serious battle.  I owned a small business at that time and a young woman took me to court. 
 
I was very frightened!
 
God gave me approximately 14 scriptures to give me strength and courage. 
 
I kept those scriptures before me day and night.  I even recorded those scriptures on a cassette tape and played the tape each night as I got into bed.  As I awoke through the night I would turn the tape over and play the scripture again and fall asleep to scriptures playing.
 
It occurs to me that something like this might be helpful in times of increased difficulty.
 
If you take the scriptures that God gives you and record those scriptures and play them as you are going to sleep you might benefit.
 
The Holy Spirit has given me many scriptures as I have dealt with issues of this life. I keep these scriptures on my Kindle tablet in the photo section.  I take a screen print of the scriptures in the Bible that are brought to my attention throughout the day and look at the collection of scripture and renew my mind to those things I have been told by the Holy Spirit through the scriptures.  I also put some of the dreams God has given to me, keeping dreams in my collection of scriptures on my Kindle.  I find this very helpful.
 
On this Podcast, I am going to record some of those scriptures.  These are scriptures brought to me by the Holy Spirit to help me.
 
If you find these beneficial, you might consider putting your own list of scriptures on a tape recording and using it, especially when you go to bed.
 
 
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Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. Phil. 2:12

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Phil. 2:12-14 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of HIS good pleasure.14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;16 Holding forth the word of life;
 
James 1:22   But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
 
Many church people do deceive themselves.  They think they are doing well when they are actually causing disruption in the church and troubling people needlessly.  
 
We must be led by God in that which we say and in that which we do otherwise we can hurt other people rather than help them.
 
Many church goers are "dull of hearing."
 
Hebrews 5
 
11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
 
If a person cannot hear from the Spirit of God that person can be deadly to the church, trying to follow God by the letter of the law rather than the Spirit of the law.
 
First, we must have the Holy Spirit to witness to the word of God.  And we learn to hear what the Spirit tells us and that is what we speak and do.
 
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Shun profane (secular) and vain babblings

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
A woman used to visit with me and speak all manner of secular things which were not in the Bible.
 
After she spoke, I would explain to her:  "What you just said is not in the Bible.  I want to build my house on the word of God."
 
Then she would grow very silent for awhile.
 
Later she would visit me again and again speak another worldly saying, a vain babbling.  And again, I would tell her what she just said to me is not in the Bible and the Bible is true and what I want to build on.
 
Philippians 2:13-16   For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of HIS good pleasure.
Do all things without murmurings and disputings:  That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;  Holding forth the word of life;
I didn't have to argue or dispute.  I just told her what she said was not in the Bible and that I wanted to build my thinking on that which is in the Bible. 
II Timothy 2:16-17 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.  And their word will eat as doth a canker:
 
When we speak the word of God, we present the antidote to the poisonous sayings of this world.
 
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Stir up the gift of God which is in you

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
II Timothy 1:6  (Paul says to Timothy)
 
6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;9 WHO hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to HIS own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, WHO hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know WHOM  I have believed, and am persuaded that HE is able to keep that which I have committed unto HIM against that day.13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
 
14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
 
We keep ourselves by the Holy Spirit as we hear what HE says and follow HIM, doing those things appropriate to HIS Word.
 
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Be not deceived. Evil communications corrupt good manners. (I Cor. 15:33)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
I Corinthians 15:33-34 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.  Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God:
 
I'm very careful to review ways of God after I hear a person speak contrary to the Bible.  Often on TV concept are presented that are opposite to the ways of God.  And when we visit with people, they often say things which we know to be in variance to the Word of God.
 
What I try to do is this:
 
Romans 12:2   And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,
 
Contrary words can go into our hearts and end up leading us in another way unless we uproot that which the world speaks by reviewing that which the Bible says.
 
Their words eat as doth a canker (cancer) ...
 
Later we will find ourselves speaking things that shock us unless we uproot the words spoken by the world.
 
Jesus says:
 
Matthew 1233 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
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After he patiently endured, he received the promise of God (Heb. 6:13-15)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
We must hold on to those promises of God set forth for us in the Bible, and we refuse to let go of those scriptures, keeping them before our eyes day and night, while continuing to do those instructions in our life.
 
If we become discouraged and give up and turn from the promises of God, we destroy ourselves and end up with nothing.
 
Abraham is an example for us to follow:
 
Hebrews 6:13-15 For when God made promise to Abraham, because HE could swear by no greater, HE sware by Himself,  Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.15 And so, after he (Abraham) had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
 
Concerning the end times, Jesus said: 
Mt. 24:12-13 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.  But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
 
Hebrews 10  
 
35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.37 For yet a little while, and HE that shall come will come, and will not tarry.38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, MY soul (says God) shall have no pleasure in him.39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
 
Review those things God has said to you by HIS Spirit and those things God has done with you.  Hold fast to these things that came to you by God.  Keep them before you day and night that you not be swept away with the evil of the end times.
 
For Jesus says:
 
Matthew 24:12-13   And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.  But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
 
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Receive with meekness the engrafted Word which is able to save your souls. (James 1:21)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
God calls HIS Word to our mind by HIS Spirit.  We must learn to stop and focus on "that" word when this happens.
 
Or if we are reading Bible and a scripture stands out to us as we are reading, stop and focus on "that" scripture for there is a special message from God to us in that verse and it will fill a hole in our heart at that exact moment if only we will stop and focus on that scripture.
 
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.18 Of HIS own will begat HE us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of HIS creatures.19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
 
Consider this:  What was the last scripture brought to your attention by the Holy Spirit?
 
Look at that scripture for it is a special message from God to you and it will fill a need in your heart at this point in time.
 
Learn to collect these scriptures and look through these scriptures throughout the day.  They will strengthen you and help you to keep faith in God in the midst of darkness of this present world.
 
Here is a scripture which delights me and excites me and encourages me to speak things of God.
 
Philippians 2:15-16    Paul says:  That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;Holding forth the word of life;
 
When I am with someone, and God reminds me of a scripture, I try to have courage to share that scripture or that concept for that is what that person needs at that exact moment.
 
I don't plan ahead what I will say.  I often pray asking God to have me to speak only that which HE wants spoken when I am with another person.
 
Then when I am reminded of that scripture or concept, I speak.
 
Then I know that is God doing the work, and not me.
 
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Draw nigh to God, and HE will draw nigh to you. (James 4:8)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Sometimes we will be on fire for spiritual things.  And sometimes we will feel dead.  
 
When we seem to have no spark, no life, start praying and thank God for that which you do have.  
 
And then start reading Bible and focus on any scripture that stands out to you as you read.  God has a special message for you that day in that scripture.
 
God will not leave us nor forsake us.  (Heb. 13:5)
 
Also when you feel a little dead, just start thanking God for specific blessings HE has given you in your life and you will begin again to feel HIS blood rush through you and often HE will remind you of a scripture so look at that scripture for it is God speaking to you by HIS Spirit who reminds you of that scripture.
 
When you are troubled about anything, stop reading the Bible and start praying.
 
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.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
After you have settled the problem with God, and have the peace of God again, then read the Bible.
 
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Loving the Word of God. Delighting in HIM.

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
The Lord is The Word of God.  Jesus is The Word of God.
 
John 1:1-4    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by HIM; and without HIM was not any thing made that was made.  In HIM was life; and the life was the light of men.
 If we love the scriptures, we love Jesus.  If we delight in the scriptures, we delight in JesusPsalm 1:1-3
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in HIS law doth he meditate day and night.3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
 
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Receiving an hundredfold return now in this life

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Concerning an hundredfold return:
 
Mark 10:28-30   Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for MY sake, and the gospel's,30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
 
When we follow the call of Jesus and speak the word of God we risk everything.  
 
People may leave us.  Our reputations among other humans often diminishes.  They no longer want to be around us. We might even end up losing everything we have.  But Jesus says we will receive 100-fold return now in this present life.
 
In 1982, God said to me:  "The time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God."
 
I was very popular on radio at that time as I exhorted the church.  
 
God began showing me sins that were being committed by several big-time radio/TV preachers.  And when I delivered those messages, I became very unpopular on radio and several stations put me off the air and offerings decreased by about 2/3rds.  Church friends left me.  It was very sad for me for about 10-years.
 
Then God began raising me up again.  
 
The increase began with a blog in 2012.  Then books on Amazon in 2015.  Then Podcasts in 2020.  And Twitter 2021.  100-fold return now in this lifetime.
 
Paul lost all when he followed Jesus:
 
Philippians 3:5-11 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in HIM, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know HIM, and the power of HIS resurrection, and the fellowship of HIS sufferings, being made conformable unto HIS death;  If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
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Delight yourself in the Lord and HE will give you the desires of your heart (Psa. 37:4)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
As we love the Word of God and do the Word of God we will find that God often plants HIS own desire into our hearts, giving us the desires of our heart.
 
Psalm 37
 
1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.4 Delight thyself also in the LORD (in the Word); and HE shall give thee the desires of thine heart.5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in HIM; and HE shall bring it to pass.6 And HE shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
 
When we see those who do evil, know that God will judge that evil doer ... and God will judge us too!
 
Know, in hope, that judgment will come from God and when that is the case it will be just.
 
Therefore keep your trust centered in God.  And don't allow yourself to be swept away with the iniquity.
 
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