Tuesday, March 19, 2024

πŸ’₯ Sharing with the church daily


(Listed in alphabetical order:)
Items submitted after 8 pm Eastern
will be published the following day.

πŸ’₯  Joan Boney 

We learn to let the Spirit rule over our flesh, following that which the Holy Spirit brings to our mind and keeping the flesh crucified by the Word of God.  The flesh suffers when it fails to get its way but we let our flesh suffer that the Holy Spirit can rule in our lives.

Romans 8

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.   

14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

The Holy Spirit brings a Word to our mind and we follow that Word not allowing our flesh to do what it wants to do, keeping the flesh crucified by that Word from the Spirit of Jesus.

 
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πŸ’₯ Sandy Kern

Joel 2:1-2  
 
1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations
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 πŸ’₯ Pam Padgett
 
Psalm 17:4  Concerning the works of men, by the word of THY lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.  
 
Throughout my life since being born again, the Word given to me from God has kept me from paths that would destroy me.  Here are a few examples: 
 
* I was raised in the Catholic church.  But I was led from that church as a college friend encouraged me to "prove" doctrines of that church by the Bible.   I was shocked to find several Catholic doctrines I had been taught were contrary to what we are told in the Bible.  Just one example is that we were taught to pray to saints and to Mary, and to pray the same learned prayers over and over.  The Bible says:

Matthew 6:6 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.
 
When I spoke what the Bible says to a nun and saw her reaction, the ties of that church to me were immediately broken and I was able to leave the Catholic church, which is one  antichrist of many in religions. 
 
 
* I was led to leave another antichrist church, a non-denominational church which allowed divorced women to re-marry, by the Word brought to my mind by the Holy Spirit, "What are you doing here? I told you to get out. Now get out." 
 
Romans 7:2-3 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.
 
 
 
* My engagement to marry a man, whose son planned to marry a divorced woman, was stopped when I spoke what God has told us in the Bible, that a man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.  Now I am so glad I did not marry this man who said he was a Christian, but obviously did not believe this scripture:
 
Matthew 5:32 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. 
 
 
* I was led to take early retirement from my job at FedEx, in which lack of integrity was shown by my manager and his boss, when the following scripture very strongly stood out to me and God confirmed to me that I needed to leave my job: 
 
Micah 2:10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.  
 
 
* When I was diagnosed with bladder cancer, the course of treatment prescribed for me was chemo-therapy followed by bladder removal. I asked God if there was any way I might be spared bladder removal. About 10 days later, the following statement from the American Society of Clinical Oncology was brought to my attention ...
“An approach using chemotherapy with radiation therapy may provide the same benefits as bladder removal.”  
 
I came to believe this was God's answer to me about my cancer treatment, and HE worked it out for the various medical people to change to this treatment, even though they didn't think it was the best treatment for me. 
 
More than a year after treatments ended, there is no sign of cancer. And the doctor who initially referred me for bladder removal surgery said that it was obviously a good thing I hadn't had my bladder removed, which would have been life changing. 
 
 
These are just a few of the many ways God has delivered me from various paths of destruction by HIS Word to me.
 
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 πŸ’₯ Barbara Preston
 
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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 πŸ’₯ Linda Rodgers    

Ephesians 2:8–10  For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are HIS workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

 
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 πŸ’₯ Cathy Varner   
 
I love seeing shooting stars, but rarely do. One weekend there was supposed to be a big meteor shower but the weather here had been cloudy and rainy, so I wouldn’t be able to see any.
 
Not too long after this, my son told me that during a camping outing that weekend, somewhere a distance from where I live, he and his sister were up late outside and had seen the meteor shower and it had been pretty spectacular.
 
I found that I was envious of this and asked God to help me. After awhile I had a dream showing me that I was still upset over this. So I prayed again and was reminded of God being kind to the unthankful and the evil. My attitude had been something like why had they got to see it and not me? 
 
Luke 6:35  But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for He is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
 
After that I was ok, not envious or thinking about it.
  
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  πŸ’₯ Juliette Walton
 
James 1:2-4  
 
2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.



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Podcast: Depending on God to clean my heart and my spirit

 

 
 
David prayed:

Psalm 51

1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to THY lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of THY tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin

David asked God to do this for him.  I find it much easier to ask God to cleanse me than to try to cleanse myself, so I've begun doing this and found myself to be changed by God!

7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

When I have "rubbed against the world" I realize some of the thinking of the world may have clung to my thinking so I often pray the following verse 10, and sometimes after praying verse 10, I will even have the sensation of instantly being cleansed by God and there will be such peace.  Nothing hides from God!

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from Thy presence; and take not Thy holy spirit from me.

12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

I feel I have greatly changed over the past few months since I have been asking God to cleanse my heart and to give me a "right" spirit about that person who has offended me!


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Mark 13 (Reading through the Bible)

 
And as He went out of the temple, one of His disciples saith unto Him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!

And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?

And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
For many shall come in My name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

(They will come saying "Jesus is Lord" and they will deceive many.   We see this today in the preachers who come in HIS name but do not hold fast to all the scriptures in Bible ... antichrist today in the churches ... the end-time apostasy in the churches.  II Thessalonians 2)

Mark 13:7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them.

10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations.

11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.

12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

13 And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom He hath chosen, He hath shortened the days.

21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

27 And then shall He send His angels, and shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.

30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.

31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but My words shall not pass away.

32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

(Only God knows when the exact day of the Lord will come.)

33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36 Lest coming suddenly HE find you sleeping.

37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

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Monday, March 18, 2024

πŸ’₯ Reading scripture and praying for God to help you to do scripture.



Comments by Joan Boney:

I don't have much faith in myself but I have lots of faith in God helping me!  So often when I read a scripture I pray for God to enable me to do that scripture properly.

I Peter 3  Concerning women

3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

Those women who do not have an husband, consider God to be their husband, submitting to God as such and obeying God.

I have asked God to show me what HE means by a meek and quiet spirit.  Moses was the meekest of all men according to the Bible!  

God has often taught me things which you would not consider "meek" by human meaning.

1 Peter 1 

8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: (devoid of guile; innocent and without deception;

11 Let him eschew (shun/avoid) evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. (follow peace)

peace: freedom from disturbance; quiet and tranquility; mental calm; serenity; freedom from anxiety or distress

12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and HIS ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

14But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

sanctify: set aside the Lord God in your hearts; think on HIM and on HIS Word


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πŸ’₯ Sharing with the church daily


(Listed in alphabetical order:)
Items submitted after 8 pm Eastern
will be published the following day.

πŸ’₯  Joan Boney 

Philemon v. 6  That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

As we tell what God has done or what God has told us, our own faith becomes "effectual" through our "acknowledgment".

acknowledgment:  our confirmation that what God told us is true!

Several times during the years God's Holy Spirit has told me something and as I have thought of what HE said, I have replied, "That's true!"

*** I witnessed my own mother acknowledge the truth of a scripture from Deuteronomy 18:9-13 after I read this to her.  She said, "I guess we'd better not do that any more," And with her acknowledgment God caused my mother to be born again, changed, in her late 70's.

*** I was driving down a street in Lubbock, Texas where I lived at that time.  A pick-up truck loaded with firewood pulled along side of me.  I was looking at the firewood and thinking, "I wish I had a wood burning fireplace.  (I had gas logs.)  I heard these words which I knew were from the Holy Spirit.  "You can have that."  I began to think about it.  And then I said, "You're right." (Acknowledging the truth of the statement I'd just heard from God.)  I began immediately making the change from gas to wood burning:  buying firewood rack and ordering wood; arranging to have the gas logs removed and stored and having a change made to log lighter  in fireplace. A woman from Bridge Center saw this and thought it to be wonderful.  She was telling others what I had done.  I stopped her and told her how the Holy Spirit of God had said to me, "You can do this."  so I did.  Acknowledging God.

***  I fell in my house in Texas when I was 81.  I knew it was bad.  I fell on a tile floor and I could tell my left hip was broken and also my left wrist.  I rolled onto my good hip and began to try to crawl to the phone.  The pain was excruciating.  I stopped moving and was just lying there when the Holy Spirit said to me these words, "You can do this."  Because of those words from God, I started inching my way down the hall toward the phone.  Acknowledging God by my actions.

***  As ambulance workers rolled me past the front door to my house, I heard this word from God.  "You'll never see this house again."  I put this house up for-sale from the hospital.  A church woman said to me, "I don't see how you can do this."  I replied:  "But I heard from God that I would never see this house again."  Acknowledging that I knew it was God who told me this.

*** I was considering putting new upholstery on my 25 year old car when I heard this from the Holy Spirit:  "Or you could just buy a new car."  (That word was like I had been struck by a lightening bolt!  I was frozen as I thought of what I just heard.  I knew it was information from God.  I replied:  "You're right.  I could by a new car.  I just sold my house in Texas and all that money is sitting in the bank.  I could buy a new car."  Acknowledging God had told me this. And the following day I bought a new car.

We acknowledge God by both our words and our actions, sharing what God has done by HIS Holy Spirit with other people.

Philemon v. 6  That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.


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πŸ’₯ Sandy Kern

Philippians 2:5-8 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

7 But made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

8 And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
 

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 πŸ’₯ Beth Martin
 
Today I had a conversation with my son about a birthday celebration for my granddaughter at a local hotel. I related to him what my granddaughter had said about who she wanted to attend. She had preferred one of her friends to me as there were limited spaces available. I said that it was fine with me that my granddaughter had chosen her friends. I let my son know that I did not plan to attend unless I needed to help arrange for the hotel room. 
 
Afterward, I was unsettled ......... the feeling did not subside ...... I knew I needed further spiritual action ....... I examined myself and prayed about it. I heard. "profane babbling".
 
2 Timothy 2:16  But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
 
Vain- unsuccessful, worthless, useless, foolish, silly
 
Profane- secular, irreverent, unsanctified
 
Babblings- idle, foolish, or nonsensical talk or chatter
 
I believe that by stating to my son what his daughter had said created this problem. I did not need to say this and my spirit was disturbed, I repented.
 
James 3:8  But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
 
Proverbs 15:2  The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
 
James 3:5  Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
 
Psalms 39:1  I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
 
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 πŸ’₯ Pam Padgett
 
Mark 11:25  And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

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 πŸ’₯ Linda Rodgers    

Galatians 6:6, 10
6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.

10 As we have therefore opportunity , let us do good unto them who are of the household of faith.
 
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 πŸ’₯ Cathy Varner   

A while back my husband had been missing a set of his keys for some time. I hadn’t thought to pray about it til some time later. So I asked God to let us find whatever keys he was missing.
 
Later that day my husband was going to mow, and asked me to move some lawn chairs that were in the yard. When I went to move one of the folding chairs, his key ring was in that cup holder. He had also been missing another set of keys and told me he had found them a little later. God had let us find all the missing keys the very day I prayed about it!
  

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Podcast: Make provision to surround your mind with needed scripture. Gird up the loins of your mind. Make the scripture a part of you.

 

 
 
I Peter 2

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

We develop faith by our experience with God and also by the way we handle scripture.

Pam Padgett told me this last night:

For many years when a scripture would be called to my attention or stood out to me when reading the Bible, I would write that scripture out on a piece of paper which I kept in my pocket.  When I would be in the bathroom or at work waiting for a meeting to start or walking the dogs, I would take the piece of paper out of my pocket and go over some of these scriptures.  I kept adding scriptures to this piece of paper until it was full, then start another piece of paperSince having a smart-phone, which I keep with me most of the time, I have started keeping scriptures on it so I can review them easily.  

I always want the scripture to become a part of me, not just something I know in my mind, but something that is part of me.  

Pam was different from the others who were in our church group.  She had faith like I have.  I always wondered why.  I had been taken into heaven twice so I had a very big advantage, but Pam didn't have that type of thing happen like I did.  Yet we were the same.

Now I know.  We were handling scripture the same way, making those verses to be a part of us.

Joshua 1:8  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.


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Mark 12 (Reading through the Bible)

 
 1 And He began to speak unto them by parables.

A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.'
And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

12 And they sought to lay hold on Him, but feared the people: for they knew that He had spoken the parable against them: and they left Him, and went their way.


13 And they send unto Him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch Him in His words.  (They came with a bad heart.)

14 And when they were come, they say unto Him, Master, we know that Thou art true, and carest for no man: for Thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
15 Shall we give, or shall we not give?

But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye Me? bring Me a penny, that I may see it.

16 And they brought it.

And He saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?

And they said unto Him, Caesar's.

17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.

And they marvelled at Him.


18 Then come unto Him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked Him, saying,  (They didn't come to learn from Jesus but to trick Jesus.)
19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.
22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.
23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.


28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, Which is the first commandment of all?

29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but HE:
33 And to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, He said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.

And no man after that durst ask Him any question.


35 And Jesus answered and said, while He taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?
36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son?

And the common people heard Him gladly.


38 And He said unto them in His doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
40 Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
43 And He called unto Him His disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

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Sunday, March 17, 2024

πŸ’₯ Sharing with the church daily


(Listed in alphabetical order:)
Items submitted after 8 pm Eastern
will be published the following day.

πŸ’₯  Joan Boney 

Hebrews 6

17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of HIS counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

immutability:  unchangeable; not able to be muted

18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

(Often I flee for refuge to God for comfort, assurance and help.)

19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast,
 

(That which God brings to my mind by HIS spirit is "an anchor of the soul" and keeps me focused on faith in God)

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.

*Not even a hint of turning with God.
* No variableness with God: what HE says, HE does. HE will not change direction.

Example: In 2018, God began telling me that I could no longer continue to live alone as I had been doing.  I was 81-years-old at that time.  I fell and broke a hip and left wrist in December of that year.    God said to me as the ambulance workers were removing me from my house in Texas.  "You'll never see this house again." After surgery, a plan began to settle in my mind.  I would leave Texas and move to Colorado and live in the home of Pam Padgett.  (God also showed Pam this plan.)

I had been at Pam's 3 years when she was diagnosed with an advanced stage of bladder cancer.  The main doctor said Pam would only live one to two years unless she had immediate treatment which required chemotherapy followed by surgical removal of her bladder.  (Pam prayed that there would be another way to deal with the problem without removal of the bladder which is irreversible.)

This "happening" was completely opposite from the plan God gave for me to live at Pam's house.  

There is "no shadow of turning" when God gives you a plan.

This was against James 1:17.  I called all this to God's attention.

God gave me an open vision.  2 blob of "mass" were on top of each other.  All of a sudden with a swooshing noise they fell in on each other and vanished and were no more.  (I felt this pertained to the cancers.)

Somehow the cancer would be gone.

The cancer society published a statement saying chemo-radiation treatment of cancer might be as effective as a combination of chemo-surgery in dealing with cancer.

Pam saw this statement and felt this might be an answer to her prayer to avoid surgery.

Her doctors did not think so but they agreed to make this change in treatment if that is what Pam wanted to do.

They made the change in October-December 2022, ending the treatments in January, 2023.

Follow up tests showed the cancer was simply not there anymore!  6 months later another series of tests showed no cancer.

A third series of tests in 2024, showed no cancer in Pam's body.

The cancer simply vanished!

There is no variableness and no "shadow of turning" when God does something.


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 πŸ’₯ Beth Martin
 
Ezekiel 36:25  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. 

I am so grateful that God cleanses me by showing me what I need to do to remove my sins and spots. I know that I must do the work by listening, meditating, believing, and doing what is revealed. After this, I find that often I must return to the teaching several times to establish it firmly in my heart. I know this is necessary because .............
 
Luke 6:49  But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

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 πŸ’₯ Pam Padgett

Mark 14:38  Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
 
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 πŸ’₯ Barbara Preston
 
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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 πŸ’₯ Linda Rodgers    

Psalm 30: 4-5  Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness. For His anger endureth but for a moment, in His favour is LIFE; weeping may endure for a night , but joy cometh in the morning.
 
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 πŸ’₯ Cathy Varner   
 
Psalm 94:14  For the Lord will not cast off His people, neither will He forsake His inheritance.
  
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  πŸ’₯ Juliette Walton

1 Timothy 6:6   But godliness with contentment is great gain. 
 
7. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.



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***Podcast: As we believe in our heart we confess with our mouth ... sometimes good ... sometimes evil

 
 
 
 
Jesus says:

Matthew 12 

33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.


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Mark 11 (Reading through the Bible)

 
1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, He sendeth forth two of His disciples,

And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.

And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.

And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.

And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?

And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.

And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and He sat upon him.
And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.

And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying,

Hosanna; Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord:
10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.

11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when He had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, He went out unto Bethany with the twelve.

12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, He was hungry:
13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, He came, if haply He might find any thing thereon: and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.

And His disciples heard it.

15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.
17 And He taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.

18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy Him: for they feared Him, because all the people was astonished at His doctrine.

19 And when even was come, He went out of the city.

20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto Him, Master, behold, the fig tree which Thou cursedst is withered away.

22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.

23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

27 And they come again to Jerusalem: and as He was walking in the temple, there come to Him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
28 And say unto Him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?

29 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer Me.

31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; He will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell.

And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

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Saturday, March 16, 2024

πŸ’₯ When I felt weaker recently, I made provision for more Bible reading and was really helped after a week of this.


Comments by Joan Boney:

I read Bible on Kindle tablets.  But my tablets were filled with many things apparently making it slower to get the Bible to come up on the tablet when I wanted to read Bible.

So I bought 4 less expensive versions of Kindle tablet and put only the Bible on the unit and found it came on screen instantly when I tapped on the screen.  I put those units in bath area, by my bed, and by my TV viewing chair.  I found I began to read much more scripture and it really helped me after a week.

 (Also I plan to get a small Kindle for the car.) 

I have no doubt many of us need to make adjustments to encourage us to read more Bible in these days in which we now live.

I found also I corrected myself yesterday when I made a general statement, and I told the person to whom I made the statement I was wrong and shouldn't have said what I said.

Also there is a very quick dictionary which comes on screen when I hold my finger down on a word that is in the verse so I am looking up more words to see their meaning and it helps me.

It is good for us to take steps to encourage ourselves to more Bible reading to help us to overcome.

2 Timothy 3  Paul warns us:

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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πŸ’₯ Sharing with the church daily

 


(Listed in alphabetical order:)
Items submitted after 8 pm Eastern
will be published the following day.


πŸ’₯  Joan Boney 

Hebrews 2:1  Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

earnest heed:  sincere and intense conviction

By keeping that word in front of us and  meditating on that word and then by doing that word given by the Holy Spirit we cause that word to become a part of us.

Joshua 1:8  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.


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πŸ’₯ Sandy Kern

Romans 14:11
  For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

Philippians 2:10-11  That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

 
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 πŸ’₯ Pam Padgett
 
Psalm 28:7  The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in HIM, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise HIM.
 
Each time we turn to God, asking for help of some kind, we put our trust in HIM rather than in ourselves or in other people. 

 
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 πŸ’₯ Linda Rodgers    

Jeremiah 29: 11-13 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon Me, and ye shall go and pray unto Me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart.

 
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 πŸ’₯ Cathy Varner   
 
Hebrews 10:34  For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
  
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  πŸ’₯ Juliette Walton
 
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.

Our righteousness is of God for HE tells us to do that thing.


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Philemon v. 6  That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

When we share what God has done for us, it not only helps the other person but our own faith in God becomes "effectual".

effectual:  success in producing a desired or intended result; effective

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Podcast: Keeping the Word of God before you that you can do that Word of God

 
 
 
 
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.

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.

23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
 
 
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Mark 10 (Reading through the Bible)

 
 1 And He arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto Him again; and, as He was wont, He taught them again.

And the Pharisees came to Him, and asked Him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting Him.

And He answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

(At the time of sexual intercourse the two become "one flesh" ... we see this as Paul explains that even if you have sex with an harlot ... a prostitute ... you become one flesh.  I Corinthians 6:15-20)

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

10 And in the house His disciples asked Him again of the same matter.

11 And He 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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13 And they brought young children to Him, that He should touch them: and His disciples rebuked those that brought them.

14 But when Jesus saw it, He was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

16 And He took them up in His arms, put His hands upon them, and blessed them.

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17 And when He was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to Him, and asked Him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?

18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.

19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.

20 And he answered and said unto Him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.

21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.

22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.

23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto His disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

24 And the disciples were astonished at His words.

But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?

27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

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28 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.

31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

(The hundred-fold-return has to do with giving up people and things, as needed, to follow the WORD, Jesus.)

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32 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid.

And He took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto Him,
33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn Him to death, and shall deliver Him to the Gentiles:
34 And they shall mock Him, and shall scourge Him, and shall spit upon Him, and shall kill Him: and the third day He shall rise again.

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35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto Him, saying, Master, we would that Thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.

36 And He said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?

37 They said unto Him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on Thy right hand, and the other on Thy left hand, in Thy glory.

38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

39 And they said unto Him, We can.

And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
40 But to sit on My right hand and on My left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.

41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John.

42 But Jesus called them to Him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many.

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46 And they came to Jericho: and as He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.

48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.

49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called.

And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; He calleth thee.

50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.

(Casting away his prideful covering that hides himself ...)

51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?

The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.

52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole.

And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

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