Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
Hebrews 11 ... 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac:and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
There was no way in the natural Isaac could be born. Abraham was about 100-years-old. Sarah was 90-years-old. Sarah conceived by faith.
Hebrews 11 ... 11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead,
And how were we born again? and from whom did we live?
I was dead and among the dead, doing many dead works to promote myself among the world and it's people.
God raised me from the dead and gave me a new heart, a new spirit, even when I wasn't seeking a new heart nor a new spirit. I was just trying to succeed. Then God taught me how to really succeed. And God opened my eyes to "success", HIS way. And I began living that way of God and live that way even now, 35 years after HE showed me this.
As a consequence, by faith, I know whatsoever I do will prosper because God promised me this if I would do things HIS way.
Psalm 1 ... 1 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.
Mt. 6 ... 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air:for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow:for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
This we do "by faith". God says this is HIS way to success. Instead of making our own plans to succeed, we set aside everything and set about daily to seek the will of God and HIS righteousness, what is right in the sight of God, taking no thought for what men will think of us, laying down our life daily to do the will of God and to please God. And as a result, we know we will prosper and have good success in all that we do. And we know God will keep us daily and cause us to have provision that we need in this life. We know all this, for God has already raised us from the dead of this world and has given us HIS Spirit, and God says HE will cause us to succeed, and God knows what we need to succeed, and God will see that we have what we need to succeed.
While others strive to succeed, we walk in success step by step just doing the will of God that day.
We will have what we need as long as God leaves us on this earth.
We will never fail, for God will not permit us to fail. And God is not a man that HE should lie. What God says is always true and sure.
So when God says we will succeed in all that we do if we will avoid the counsel of the ungodly and walk in HIS way daily, that is exactly what will happen.
It is true.