Monday, April 30, 2018

* Gifts of God brings Daniel favor in sight of the king.

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

Great acts of faith in God and in HIS power are scattered throughout the Old Testament. 

These testaments and examples help us to see the power of God for us on this present earth.


Daniel 2:1-13

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

(But the king sets up a test for the astrologers and the sorcerers and the Chaldeans for the king requires them to first tell him what he dreamed ... this they cannot do.)


The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.

They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.

The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.

But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.

The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.  And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.


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14   Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

15-19   He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.

Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:

That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

(God who gives interpretation can also show what the dream was.  Dreams are from God.  Therefore as HE wills, HE can show both the dream and the interpretation, which HE does to Daniel.)

20-23    Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are His:

And HE changeth the times and the seasons: HE removeth kings, and setteth up kings: HE giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

HE revealeth the deep and secret things: HE knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with Him.

I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of Thee: for Thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.

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24-30   Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.


Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.

The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?

Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;

But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;

As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and HE that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.

But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

(Daniel makes it clear that the power is not of himself but of God who reveals secrets to men as HE wills.)

31-45    Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.  This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,  His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.  Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.

Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath HE given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.

And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

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46-49   Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.

The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.

Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.


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It was God who caused all of this. 

God had a way to bring Daniel before great men and cause Daniel to be placed in authority in the kingdom.

Dreams are from God.  

God gave the dream to the king and caused the circumstances whereby Daniel was brought to the attention of the king.

Then God gave both the dream and interpretation to Daniel.

And therefore Daniel put in authority the men he could trust, men of God, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

Thus those who were the captive ruled over the captors. 


Proverbs 18:16    A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.


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We do not plot and scheme as people of the world to get ahead and achieve things on this earth.

For we set our goal to be the will of God.  Therefore, God will accomplish HIS own purpose in our lives.  We just step into that door that God opens.  God does HIS will in our lives.  Wait on God and follow the Holy Spirit who accomplished all things of God by bringing to our minds the way to go on this present earth.

The secret of God is with them that fear HIM.


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It is very important to remember there is a spiritual gift of interpretation which you must have to correctly understand a dream.

I've sometimes missed the interpretation of the dream, thinking it was showing one thing when it showed another.

In 1982, I had a terrifying dream.  I was in a tall glass building.  Something began to happen outside.  It was like bombs were falling.  From time to time the building would shake and it seemed the building was going to fall in on us.  This was not the first bombing but the second.  After this, life would never be the same again.

I thought it pertained to the banking industry.

I was wrong.

We saw this dream happen on September 11, 2001 when the terrorists attacked the World Trade Centers.

I had the dream ... but not the interpretation.

The dream is from God ... the interpretation also must come from God.


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I Corinthians 12   (Spiritual Gifts)

1-10

Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.

And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:


I wouldn't be surprised if dreams are one of the "divers kinds of tongues."


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Letter from minister in Uganda



Dear my fellow Minister in Jesus Christ our Lord,

I am your dear brother in Christ, Apostle Joseph Mark.  serving in His Vineyard here in the east and other regions of Africa... partnering and working together as a team for the transformational discipleship of believers in Christ, development of church and ministry leaders and for the global harvest of souls into God’s kingdom

(working) together as a Team with Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, Teachers, Elders, Deacons and other leaders from 82 Churches in Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C.) and Ethiopia

I would really love to develop with you, your church and ministry, the type of relationship that fosters praying for one another, development and multiplication of believers, leadership training partnership that is vital to advancing the work of the kingdom, particularly for the bringing of multitudes to the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ before He returns here on this earth.

I remain in a hopeful anticipation looking forward to hearing from you in the coming future.

Yours for the transformational development of believers, pastors and leaders for the Kingdom of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.


Response from Joan Boney

Thank you

I exhort the church all over world daily, with messages I believe to be from God

Free to all by e-mail

I know many do not have computers, but blog is what God shows me to do through giving me a dream in March, 2012

I am 80-years-old and partially crippled

Cannot travel

But easy for me to write on blog daily.

I write daily exhortations as given by spirit of God, leaving nothing out

Joan Boney

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* Instruction in Righteousness: Hebrews 5

For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.

 3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

 4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

 5 So also Christ glorified not Himself to be made an high priest; but HE that said unto Him, Thou art MY Son, to day have I begotten thee.

 6 As HE saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

 7 Who in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto HIM that was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared;

 8 Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered;

 9 And being made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him;

 10 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.

 11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.

 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

 13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.

 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.


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God says to me in prophecy:  "I have called you and set you into the body of Christ as an apostle."


"An apostle? ... what's an apostle?"

I was very shocked and set about to find out what this was.

I knew what it says in Ephesians 4 ...

After Jesus arose, HE gave gifts to the church ...  11-12 And HE gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;  For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Though many churches teach there are no apostles or prophets today, I believed what this scripture said and the church I was attending at that time professed to believe there are apostles and prophets in today's church ... but no one knew who the apostles were at our church group and no one knew what apostles do in the NT church.

I turned to God with this, asking Him to teach me what apostles do in the NT church today ... and God taught me.


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God used a section of scripture in Acts 15  to help me to understand the work of an apostle in today's NT church.

A problem arose in the church.  Should they require the Gentiles who believed to be circumcised?

 The apostles and elders met to discuss this.

 The Pharisees who were now believers said they should circumcise the believing Gentiles and also they should require the Gentiles to follow all the law of Moses.

Peter stood up and stated we now believe in God by faith in Christ Jesus and no longer follow the law of Moses, such as sacrificing of animals, but the blood of Jesus is our sacrifice now.

Paul and Barnabas also spoke.

Then the apostle James reviewed the scriptures and gave a "sentence", a judgment.

I saw this as being like a judge in the supreme court of USA where one of the judges renders the decision which they go by.
Acts 15:13-20     And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for His name.

 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,  After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom My name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

 Known unto God are all His works from the beginning of the world.

 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:  But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.


I saw by this scripture that NT apostles have an anointing from God to deal with scripture, and to establish church doctrine.

 This is what I do constantly in the church concerning subjects such as

* divorce/remarriage
* homosexuals/lesbians
* drunkards
* hair length for men and women
* antichrist in the church today.

 There are many false doctrines in today's churches.  Scriptures have been explained away to please people.  This is the end-time apostasy spoken of by the apostle Paul in II Thessalonians 2.

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A few decades ago, multiple churches taught against a man marrying a divorced woman.

 This agreed with that which Jesus taught us in the Bible.

Matthew 5:32    But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

 In 1936, the church of England was still teaching some doctrine close to this.  Edward VIII wanted to marry a divorced woman but the people of England, according to Parliament, would not allow a divorced woman to be their Queen.  So Edward renounced the throne of England.

 In the years following WWII, many churches began to eliminate these scriptures and began approving all sorts of divorce and remarriage.

 Yet the apostle Paul taught the following in the Bible, which does not change though churches change the doctrine which the Bible teaches us.

 I Corinthians 7:10-11   And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:  But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

We will be judged by the Word of God, the Bible, and not by that which the churches approve.

Therefore our doctrine must conform to the doctrine of the Bible.

The removal of such doctrine in the church is the removal of the restraint that has been holding antichrist back from the church.  When the portions of scripture are changed from the Bible, antichrist comes into the church and the apostasy of the end time begins in the church.

II Thessalonians 2:3-8   (NASB)    Let no one in any way deceive you, for it (the day of the Lord) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.

Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things?

And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed.

(That which restrained antichrist was the scripture.  When churches allowed portions of scripture to be removed, the restraint was removed and antichrist moved into the church ... this is the end-time apostasy in the church ... the "falling away" spoken of in KJV which was a falling away from scripture by the church.)

 7  For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.

(When these portions of scripture were removed from the church, "he" Jesus, The Word, was removed, "taken away", thus opening the door for antichrist and the apostasy in the church group.)

 8  Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming;

 This removal of portions of scripture is taking place in the churches today, thus we are seeing today the end-time apostasy.

 Those called by God as apostles will fight against this, but I have never seen a pastor repent when I have shown him scripture which he has twisted or removed from the congregation.  I have gone to several pastors through the years and never has a pastor repented when he did this with scripture.

   When God showed me the word "restraint" I knew what was happening in those churches.  

 Antichrist had moved into the church by the removal of specific scriptures.  This is the end-time apostasy in the church which had to happen before Jesus returns.  We are seeing it today.  It opens the door for the return of Jesus.

 There are many other doctrines from Bible which are twisted or changed or explained away in the churches today .

 In Bible we see homosexuals went against nature and chose unnatural acts of sex. 

Romans 1:26-27    For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:  And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

These homosexuals try to explain themselves saying they were born this way and therefore have always had this unnatural sexual attraction to the same sex.  (Some churches today are approving homosexuals and lesbians and some churches even ordain homosexuals and lesbians to be their ministers.)

 But the Bible teaches us they chose this unnatural way.

 Concerning drunkards  ... some medical groups are saying drunkards have a disease causing them to be drunkards.

But the Bible teaches us drunkenness is a sin, a work of the flesh, and they who do such things as this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

The apostle Paul explains as follows:

I Corinthians 6:9-10    Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate (homosexuals), nor abusers of themselves with mankind,  Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

 These are not diseases as cancer is a disease, but these are sins, the work of the flesh, their own uncontrolled fleshly desires manifest in them.

These people who continue these sins will not inherit the kingdom of God.

The real apostles, appointed by God and ordained by God to the NT church, will not approve sin in the church but will hold fast to Bible doctrine regardless of the words spoken by religious people against these doctrines of the Bible.


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In the next chapter, I speak about prophets in today's church.

Notice how different the work of the apostle is from the work of prophet.

The apostle uses much scripture, comparing scripture against scripture.

The prophet rarely speaks scripture but gives specific words and concepts to the church. 


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HYMN:    I SERVE A RISEN SAVIOR

I serve a risen Savior
HE's in the world today.
I know that HE is living,
Whatever men may say.

I see HIS hand of mercy;
I hear HIS voice of cheer;
And just the time I need HIM
HE's always near.

(Chorus:)

HE lives, HE lives,
Christ Jesus lives today!

HE walks with me and
talks with me
along life's narrow way.

HE lives, HE lives,
salvation to impart!

You ask me how I know HE lives?

HE lives within my heart.

(To hear this hymn played on piano and to follow along with the words, click on the following link and then when it appears on screen, tap on the play arrow, > )



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Sciptures


I want to get scripture more deeply inside me and I know we can do that by meditating throughout the day on key scriptures. 

You can put scriptures into an email to yourself so when you open your email throughout that day, those scriptures will be there and this will give you more opportunity to think on those scripture and do them.

Joan Boney

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Daniel 6  (The king says)  

I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel:  for HE is the LIVING God, and stedfast for ever, and HIS kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and HIS dominion shall be even unto the end.

 HE delivereth and rescueth, and HE worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
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Proverbs 18:16

 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.


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Acts 5:17-29

Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught.

But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.  But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told, Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.


Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.


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Acts 12:1-17

Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.  And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)

And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. 

And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did.

And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

And he went out, and followed him; and wist not (didn't realize) that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.

When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.


And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent His angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. 

And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying. 

And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.  And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.

And they said unto her, Thou art mad.

But she constantly affirmed that it was even so.

Then said they, It is his angel.

But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.

But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren.

And he departed, and went into another place.


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Daniel 3 

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king,

O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.

If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and HE will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.


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Acts 27 

 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. 

For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.


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Sunday, April 29, 2018

The Holy Spirit knows the heart of God and the will of God and shares these with us

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

I Corinthians 2

1-4    And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

Clever stories may be amusing to your flesh but will do no work of God. The work of God is done in us by the Spirit of God and in this is the power of God. We bring the Spirit and the power each time we share that which is spoken to us by the Spirit of God.



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In the 1970's I owned a business in American Indians Arts.

 One day a man came into my shop.  I went to him asking if I could help him.  He replied:  "I'm looking for art objects that have power."

 I said, "There is a power but it is not in objects made by man."  I began speaking to him of the power of God, the creator of heaven and earth.

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When we share spiritual things with another person, we must share as we are led by the Spirit of God, not by clever sayings from men for these have no power but entice flesh of man with fleshly statements.

The real power of God is in that which God speaks and God speaks by HIS Spirit, bringing to our minds concepts, scripture, and other words.

That sometimes just comes out of our mouth without out thinking at all.  The words are simply there and we speak.

Luke 21:14-15    Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

Example:  One day I was playing golf with 2 women.  One woman began speaking of people who judge.  Out of my mouth came these words:  "If you judge someone is judging, aren't you judging?"  She gasped.  It was like a balloon filled with hot air which had been pricked by a pin.

Example:  The radio station manager in Seattle said to me, "Joan, you have many good messages.  Just speak those messages.  If you keep speaking these judgment messages, I don't know what is going to happen to you.  We may have to put you off the air."

Without hesitation or thought, the following came out of my mouth by the Holy Spirit.  "George, if I don't speak the message I believe to be from God then I don't have a message and I may as well be off the air."

These examples are the power of God by the Holy Spirit.  

Most of the time when I speak by the Spirit of God I am simply reminded by the Holy Spirit of a scripture or a concept and I speak that.

Matthew 10:19-20   But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.  For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

Matthew 10:27-29   Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.


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I Corinthians 2

5-16  That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.  But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.


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12-16   Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.  (through the Spirit of God which is in us.)


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* Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: Great men of God

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

 One of the greatest statements of faith that I've ever heard came from Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.


Daniel 3

1  Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.


4-6    Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:

And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.


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8-12  

Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.  They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.  Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:

And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.


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13-18    Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.

Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.

If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and HE will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.


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Imagine this level of faith to say:  God is able to deliver us, but if God choses not to deliver us, still we will not serve your image which you have set up.


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19-23    Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.


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24-27    Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.

He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither.

Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.

And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.


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28-29    Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent His angel, and delivered His servants that trusted in Him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.


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Letter from minister in Liberia

Dear  BELOVED IN CHRIST,  

   Greetings in Jesus name ,Amen. We believe it is the will  of God. .THANKS FOR THE GOOD JOB YOU ARE DOING For GOD'S KINGDOM.
 We write requesting for fellowship with your
 ministry. we have the heart to work with your ministry for the Lord's kingdom .We have gone through you information on your
 website and are satisfied with your ministry activities.We
 believe that working with your ministries will bring
 spiritual development to the flocks of God.This we
 believe will be a long term relationship.

OUTREACHES
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+LIBERATION FOR INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY
+BREAKING OF CURSES AND UNGODLY COVENANTS
+EVANGELISM
MISSION;REHABILITATING FOR LESS PRIVILEGED KIDS[ORPHANS,WAYWARD...]

Response from Joan Boney:

What did you have in mind?

I don't know what you mean by break curses...please explain

Joan Boney


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* Instruction in Righteousness: Hebrews 4

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into HIS rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as HE said, As I have sworn in MY wrath, if they shall enter into MY rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

 4 For HE spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all HIS works.

 5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into MY rest.

 6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:

 7 Again, HE limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear HIS voice, harden not your hearts. 8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would HE not afterward have spoken of another day.

 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

 10 For he that is entered into HIS rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in HIS sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of HIM with whom we have to do.

 14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.


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