Luke 21:34-36 Jesus said: And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
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Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
Recently I was involved in what should have been a brief phone call but we both got carried away (drunken) by the moment and it turned into a very long call which I believe was "surfeiting".
I was very tired and stirred up and couldn't go to sleep at normal hour.
I could have terminated the call but my flesh was caught up.
We can become drunken by much talk.
Or we can be drunk by too much TV or too much of anything else ... over indulgence.
Of course a person could be drunk with alcoholic drinks but there are many other forms of drunkenness which we are to avoid.
Thus the apostle warns:
I Peter 5:8-9 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
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Pam Padgett ... Member of body of Christ
Last Friday, I learned that the paperback version of our latest ministry book, Preparing Yourself For The Return Of Jesus, had been put into "suppressed" status by the area of amazon we use to publish our paperback books called CreateSpace.
I contacted CreateSpace a couple times trying to resolve the problem.
Late last night, I received an email from CreateSpace saying that the documentation we had provided last week showing that I was authorized to publish this book on Joan's behalf was not sufficient. We have used this same documentation in the past with no problems, so this was unexpected.
I prayed asking God to help me to deal with getting the paperback version published.
As I prayed it became clear that I needed to move the paperback version from CreateSpace to another area of amazon called KDP. (Kindle Direct Publishing)
Interestingly, when we started publishing books more than 2 years ago, KDP published eBooks, but not paperbacks.
Then about a year ago KDP began to publish paperbacks as well. The way was prepared and ready for what we needed to publish the paperback version of this new book.
And we don't have to try to work through more documentation in order to offer this book in paperback format.
The book is already available for purchase in paperback now on Amazon.
All of these things make me thankful to God.
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Another way I was helped with this book ...
The paperback cover needed to be prepared in a different way for KDP than for CreateSpace.
I prayed, asking God for wisdom as I tried to do this.
Not only was I able to prepare the cover, but I found that I very much enjoyed working on this.
The paperback version of this book was completely setup and processed by KDP today, and was available for sale on amazon by late this afternoon. Everything went very smoothly and quickly.
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We encourage you to share with the body of Christ times God has helped you.
Send to:
joanboney@sbcglobal.net
Or to:
Jesus Ministries
9201 Genoa Ave.
Lubbock, TX 79424
USA
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