Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
Acts 16 ... Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, 7After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. 8And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. 9And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. 10And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them. 11Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; 12And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days. 13And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. 14And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. 15And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
In this very interesting scripture we see a clear example of the ministry of Paul as authored by the Holy Spirit.
First, we see that Paul wanted to speak the Word of God in Asia but the Spirit of God "forbade" this and would not allow the Word of God to be preached in Asia. (Later it was allowed but not at that time.)
Then a vision in the night showed Paul to go to Macedonia to preach and after the vision Paul took action immediately to go to Macedonia and preach. He did this because he was sure it was God telling him to do this ... assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
At one point, a woman named Lydia heard Paul ... whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
Acts 2:47 ... And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
Salvation is not of Paul nor of us. Salvation is of God. And salvation is by the will of God. God opens the ears of those to be saved and they attend then to the Word of God.
As ministers called of God, we simply follow the instruction of the Holy Spirit and go where HE shows us to go. Often I find periods where I'm not sent anywhere. Then all of a sudden a dream or instruction will come another way and I will have another assignment.
It reminds me of the way the children of Israel moved about by the commandment of the Lord.
Numbers 9 ...And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning. 16So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. 17And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. 18At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents. 19And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not. 20And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed. 21And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. 22Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed. 23At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
When God showed them to move, they moved immediately. When God showed them to stay still, they remained in their tents even for a day or month or year.
Some people just move about constantly thinking themselves to be doing the work of God, looking for a "work" to do "for God". So often I find these not to be works of God. But when we really follow God, we only move by HIS command. Usually HE shows me by dreams, by a word given by the angel of the Lord, or by burning a scripture though me by the Spirit of God.