Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
The Holy Spirit given us by God knows the "mind" of God and shows us
the will of God in the issues pertaining to this present life. (I Cor.
2)
There are so many times, I do things I never thought of before because all of a sudden I will see something to do.
The apostle Paul said:
Eph. 3:20 ... Now unto HIM that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
God often does for me things I would never have done for myself ... secular things ...
I Tim. 6: 17 ... the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
In
1979, when I closed my business to go into the ministry, I lived off
the money I had made from merchandise sold in my shop. I did not try to get a salaried job in an organized church. I just waited until God showed me what to do.
I didn't expect to have anything, materially speaking. I lived in a very modest, rented apartment, in Dallas and all I found to be of interest was Bible, so I wanted nothing.
In 1985, I moved to Clovis, NM (USA) to help my mother in her latter years. She lived 18 1/2 years after I moved there. Things I'd never had before began to surface.
For example, I'd never had a washer/dryer in my apartment before this
time. Now I had washer/dryer inside my own home! That was really
something for me to experience. During the mid-90's, I discovered sound
systems which I really enjoyed. These material things just surfaced in
my life.
I
had a very conservative approach, not spending much money in those
early years, staying out of debt, not wanting to put myself in a
position where I had to make financial burdens on the church people, not having a world type salary.
Everything worked great!
God assigned me various ministry functions which I joyfully did ... radio ... blog ... book writing on Amazon.
I really did not sit and plan how I could get things ... They really did not occur to me at all through the years. But things began to appear. And the money was always there in advance so I could pay cash for everything without ever going into debt. (I would not have purchased them if I had to go into debt for it is too risky for me to find to be comfortable.)
A few years ago, I was driving down a street and a pickup came along side of me. It had a flat-bed trailer attached and the man was carrying firewood in the trailer. As I looked at the wood, I "longingly" felt, "I wish I could have a wood burning fireplace." And immediately there was the thought, "You can have this!" I had never before consider this. (I believe this was the Holy Spirit showing me the will of God for my life.) God gives us all things to enjoy.
(I Tim. 6) I had plenty of money to make the change from gas to wood
and I did immediately, as soon as the concept was brought to my mind. I
have greatly enjoyed this wood fireplace!
At one point, I was struggling with a video picture
on my TV. The TV was only a year old but the dealer did not calibrate
the unit as he said he would do and the picture was badly "streaked". I was always trying to tune the TV. At one point, the following was brought to my mind. "You don't have to put up with this." (I had never considered changing out this TV until then.) After that thought came, I began to think the situation in a new way and I responded, "That's right." I didn't have to put up with that TV. I had cash I could use to replace the TV, so I did that immediately. (Again, I considered this direction to be from the Holy Spirit so I knew it would be okay for me to do this.)
In August, 2016, the new football season began and I watched a preseason game and realized my back was badly hurting. I had old chairs in that room and the hours of watching that game had hurt my back. I have had the cushions
replaced several times in those chairs but they didn't last very long
before problems came back with the chairs. At that point, it came into my mind that I needed to replace that furniture rather than try to repair it. (I believe this was from God by HIS Spirit.) I had the money to pay cash to replace the chairs, so I did. I ended up with a two seat leather unit with a console between the seats where you could put drink cups and other items. God certainly gives us above all we can ask or think! (Eph. 3:20)
The world plans to get things ... often using credit to pay for the item and later finding a burden.
I have ended up with all these things around me to enjoy without burden and without even thinking of getting things.
In September, 2016, I had trouble with my sound processor. After the third
attempt to get sound on my TV, I simply turned the unit off, got up,
drove to a business called "Sound Wave" and ordered a new sound
processor. (Sometimes you just have it inside you and you know what to do.) Again, I had the cash to replace the item. I doubt that I would have done this otherwise.
I
believe God has caused each of these examples to happen without my
trying or planning to do anything to acquire items of this present
world. I didn't even ask God for the item. God just put it into my
mind (I believe by HIS Spirit) and I had the cash to pay for the item.
By faith we do these things ... otherwise we might be afraid to spend that money on things we could do without! (But I didn't spend all the money I had!)
Mt. 6 ... Jesus says... 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.