Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
Here is a promise associated with doing the instruction given in the book of Revelation:
Revelation 1 ... 3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein:for the time is at hand.
We not only read the Book of Revelation ... we must also do those instructions given in the Book of Revelation.
Jesus gave instruction to the churches cited in Revelation 2 & 3 ...
Rev. 2 ... 1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write;
These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand,
who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; 2 I know thy
works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear
them which are evil:and thou hast tried them which say they are
apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:3 And hast borne, and
hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not
fainted. 4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do
the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove
thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. 6 But this thou
hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
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He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life,
which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Can
you remember how you felt when you were first born again ... how much
you longed to hear things of God and things about God ... This is like
that first, new love.
But along the way, the love in
some weakens. The cares of this world, the lust of other things, the
deceitfulness of riches surface to weaken the initial love. And
sometimes the disillusionment of people in church groups causes that
love to weaken. They leave us, they do things contrary to doctrine, we begin to think, "Who can we trust?",
and we hold back that initial love, not wanting to be hurt again by
deceitful people in church groups. We become damaged along the way. Jesus said: 12
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Mt. 24
We
must return to our first love ... loving God, loving Jesus, loving the
Holy Spirit and having a good heart toward the faithful in Christ.
We
can pray for God to restore us. We can repent from our determination
not to trust anyone in churches again. We can recall that first love we
had toward God and the church, remembering from whence God pulled us
from that horrible pit of the world where we once live.
We can renew our minds, determined to read scripture and go forward and delight again in things of God.
How can we not delight when we read of Abraham, Joseph, Daniel, of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, of Gideon, of Elijah and Elisha, of Peter and Paul ...
Determine
to read scripture often, several times a day. You will find you enjoy
those scriptures and want more scripture. You will begin to feel that
new love again toward God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit and toward the people
of God.
You will be restored.