God help me, please!

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

NT apostle, minister anointed by God to deal with scripture and church doctrine based on scripture

NT prophet, minister anointed by God to bring correction to church, to correct both ministers and individuals.

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After I moved to Colorado in February, 2019, we set up my sound equipment and could not get it to work.  Should I buy a new processor? I asked God.

Also we switched to Direct TV and the picture quality was lacking.

Question to God:  Maybe I should buy an Anthem which in past has had a superior video processor which should up grade the TV picture.

Years ago I had an Anthem pre-amp and it produced the best video processor I've ever seen, but the sound on the Anthem was very lacking.  The unit cost about $2000 at that time, a lower level product in this area.

Pam called the Anthem dealer for me and found they have a processor in the range of $3000 and a better one that is now about $9500.  The dealer said 

He could get the processors from the Anthem representative and bring them to my house.  I was very interested in what they would do in reproducing both picture and sound especially at the upper level.

But I was also concerned, knowing that if there was significant difference in picture and the sound was acceptable, I would likely buy the unit.

So I turned again strongly to God asking Him for help!

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In the meantime, we kept working with the TV connections and I tuned our TV's with the TV remote and finally we got an excellent TV picture.  (Correcting loose connections and rebooting seemed to fix the problem)

With this, there was no need for video processor!

Then the Anthem dealer called to tell us they have stopped making the $9500 processor at Anthem.

I felt every door close ... and thanked God for this.

I have a Classe processor which has not been hooked up at this location and we have arranged for the sound company men to come to the house and do that on May 9.  I own the processor and it will cost about $100 to connect it to my equipment.

I felt God answered my prayer.  I had confessed to God my great weakness when it comes to sound equipment and had asked Him for help.  He helped in a totally unexpected way.  The company no longer makes the unit in which I had interest.  That ended the temptation!

It reminds me of the story told by Pam Padgett and how God helped her in a very difficult situation.

Pam Padgett ... member of the body of Christ

My older sister had been at college two years when I started attending the same school.  She dated a man who was a member of a fraternity, and she had become a member of the fraternity's "women's auxiliary", assisting with fraternity social functions.  She was very excited for me to join the social circles she was in, and especially wanted me to meet members of the fraternity.

The first week of school my sister invited me to go to a student bar where many of the fraternity guys gathered on Thursday nights.  I went, but found what was going on there to be so bad (lewdness, drunkenness) that I was unable to stay and I walked back to the dormitory.

A week or so later my sister asked if I'd go to an outdoor luau with one of the freshmen "pledges" at the fraternity.  The luau site was about 20 miles away near a river, and there would be a campfire.  The setting was very appealing to me, plus I was excited about having a date, and I agreed to go.

Then, a few days before the luau, my sister told me that arrangements had been made for one of the other fraternity guys to take me to the luau because "my date" would be spending the day at the luau site building a hut for us ... a young man I had never even met was building a hut "for us"!

Suddenly the reality of this luau became very clear to me.  This was not going to be people sitting around a campfire roasting marshmallows.  The lewdness and drunkenness I had seen at the student bar was probably mild compared to what would be going on at this luau ... and I wouldn't be able to walk home.

I told my sister that I couldn't go along with this and did not want to go, but she kept insisting that it was too late for me to back out, that it was too late for this guy to find another date.

I turned very strongly to God, asking Him to somehow get me out of this situation.  There seemed no way out. 

(At one point I asked God to let me have appendicitis, preferring to be in a hospital having surgery than to go to this luau.)

The morning of the luau I woke up and checked to see if I might have any pain that would indicate appendicitis, and was disappointed that I felt fine.  I kept praying for God to somehow work this out.  Time was really running out!  When I looked outside, it was raining a little, but not much. However, the rain became heavier and heavier as the day went on.

Around 2 pm I received a call from the fraternity guy who planned to take me to the luau site.  He told me how sorry he was to have to tell me this, but the luau had to be cancelled. 

The luau site had been totally flooded, washing away all the huts that had been built, which would include the hut my date had built for us.   

He told me how long the luau had been held at this same site (many years) and, although there had been rain at times in the past, nothing like this had ever happened before, flooding and causing the luau to be cancelled.

I rejoiced, knowing that God had delivered me.  

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Hymn:  Great is THY faithfulness




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1.  Great is Thy faithfulness,
O God my Father,
There is no shadow of turning 
  with Thee;

Thou changest not, 

Thy compassions, they fail not

As Thou hast been 
  Thou forever wilt be.

Chorus:

Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!

Morning by morning new mercies I see;

All I have needed Thy WORD hath provided— 

Great is Thy faithfulness, 
Lord, unto me! 


2.  Summer and winter, 
and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

3.  Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!


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Scriptures pertaining to this hymn:

James 1:17    Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.


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Genesis 8:22  While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

God set the solar system and they are faithful to continue in the commandment of God.  We see the faithfulness of God's word day by day as the seasons continue and as the sun is visible day by day.

As God is faithful in this word, we can have faith God will perform every word HE has given us.

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Instruction in Righteousness: From Luke 18

And He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

² Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
³ And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
⁴ And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
⁵ Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
⁶ And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.

⁷ And shall not God avenge His own elect, which cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them?
⁸ I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?

(Things will get so bad toward the end, even faith will come into question ... and except the time be shorted there would no flesh be saved, but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.  Matthew 24)


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⁹ And He spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

¹⁰ Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

¹¹ The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
¹² I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

¹³ And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

¹⁴ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

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¹⁵ And they brought unto Him also infants, that He would touch them: but when His disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

¹⁶ But Jesus called them unto Him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

¹⁷ Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

(child-like faith)


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¹⁸ And a certain ruler asked Him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

¹⁹ And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou Me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.

²⁰ Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

²¹ And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.

²² Now when Jesus heard these things, He said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow Me.

²³ And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.

²⁴ And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, He said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
²⁵ For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

²⁶ And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?

²⁷ And He said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.


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²⁸ Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed Thee.

²⁹ And He said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,  Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.


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³¹ Then He took unto Him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
³² For He shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
³³ And they shall scourge Him, and put Him to death: and the third day He shall rise again.

³⁴ And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.


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³⁵ And it came to pass, that as He was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
³⁶ And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
³⁷ And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.
³⁸ And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
³⁹ And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.

⁴⁰ And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto Him: and when he was come near, He asked him,
⁴¹ Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee?

And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.

⁴² And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.

⁴³ And immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.

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But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and HIS righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Mt. 6:33

Book:  Promises From God To The Church
Chapter 5
Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet 

As Christians, our entire life is based on trying to find out the will of God for the issue with which we are currently dealing.  

What is right in the sight of God?  HIS righteousness. 

The Comforter, The Spirit of Truth, searches the heart of God to show us the will of God.  I Cor. 2 

Be not wise in thine own eyes … Proverbs 3:7 

All too often, the human forgets to pray … thinking he knows what to do … being “wise in his own eyes.” 

It is so dangerous to take matters into your own hand by your own wisdom. 

Prov. 3:5-6 …Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge HIM,  (talk with God about the matter) 

and HE shall direct thy paths. 

Matt. 18:1-4  At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 

It is a matter of knowing we don’t know what to do and seeking the will of God in all things as we go about this present earth … seeking what is right in the sight of God.

Only by the Spirit of God will we know what is right in the sight of God. 

If we seek HIS righteousness, Jesus said all these things will be added unto us.

If we turn to God in prayer asking God what we should do and depending on God, we read the promise that HE will direct our paths. 

It always comes back to meditating in the Word of God day and night so we will have the strength to do the Word of God and even that we will remember to pray, turning to God.

Keeping this promise before us day and night for a season should be important in fighting our own pride and in helping us to really know that we do not know what to do. 

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 

When I start to write, I’m saying, “OH God … Please help me.” 

Although I am born again … and am called of God to do this work I do … my dependency must be continually upon God. 

The apostle Paul said:  

II Cor. 3:5  Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;  

I Cor. 4:7  For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

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Many of the promises of God are attached to obedience to God on our part such as follows: 

Joshua 1:8 … This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Psalm 1:1-3 … 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. 

But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in HIS law doth he meditate day and night. 

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. 

There are certainly times we forget to ask God for wisdom … we forget to pray … and some of these times God gives us HIS wisdom even when we forget to ask.

Jesus told the church to turn that man who was committing fornication, to turn him over to Satan for the destruction of his flesh so his spirit might be saved in the day of the Lord.  (I Cor. 5) 

Some people are destroyed in their flesh on this present earth.

Some … not all … 

Paul had some form of disease in his flesh.  He prayed for this to be removed from him … But God said, “My grace is sufficient for thee.”   II Cor. 12:9 

If the church partakes incorrectly of “The Lord’s supper”, which is the Word of God (not crackers/grape juice as many think), we read: 

I Cor. 11:29-31 … For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 

HOW DO WE JUDGE OURSELVES? 

We judge ourselves and conform our way to the Bible, to the Word of God, to that which God says in the Bible.

There is no place in the NT where fornication is approved.

Therefore we judge our way on this earth, after we are born again, by the Bible.

The apostle Paul says, in the Holy Scriptures, which are inspired by God … 

I Cor. 6:18-20 … Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. 

If you say you are born again, a Christian, and you are committing fornication as the world commits fornication, you bring destruction upon yourself. 

You should not be surprised when your body is eaten up by disease.  That is exactly what we are told will happen to us when we eat and drink the Word of God incorrectly. 

Hebrews 10:26-31 … For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: 

Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? 

For we know HIM that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. 

And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 

It is very good to have a fear of God and a respectful fear of the Holy Bible … doing that which the Bible says. 

For a season you might get by on this earth while deliberating violating the scriptures while saying you are a Christian but the apostle Paul says … Gal. 6:7-8 … Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 

It is hard for me to believe any “real” Christian could hate the Word of God enough to go against the Word of God.   

Nevertheless, this writing, concerning the promises of God to the church, is for those persons who love the Word of God and really lay down their fleshly lives for the Word of God, trying with all their hearts to do the Holy scriptures presented in the NT to the church.

Make no mistake … the Old Testament is also important to us for Paul explains:   

I Cor. 10:6-14 ... Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. 

Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. 

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. 

In the midst of the temptation, we can call on God and ask for help and ask God to give us HIS wisdom … That is very important. 

James 1:5-8 … If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.  A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. 

It is so important to pray for wisdom …

Some people are so proud they think they can do everything by their own wisdom.  How foolish.

Jesus said … Mt. 18:2-4 … And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 

Therefore, we must start with a desire to conform our ways to the Word of God … and we must conform our ways to God’s word when we see God’s word.

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The promises of God presented here are for the church … for those persons having the Spirit of Christ dwelling in them.

We will start with these two promises of Jesus concerning that which the Holy Spirit will do for the believer. 

 John 14:26 … But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 

 John 16:13-14 … Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

4 things the Holy Spirit does for the believer … 

- Teach us all things (spiritual & secular)

- Remind us of all Jesus has said … (scripture & dreams)

- Guide us into all truth

- Show us things to come   

We in the NT church have a very powerful gift in the form of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, the Comforter, the Spirit of truth. 

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Sometimes those things done by the Holy Spirit are humorous … 

My mother and I went out daily to get our lunch.  At that time, the “buffet” take out cost $5.30.  Daily we would go to the café and I would take out a $5 bill and a quarter and nickel from my purse and leave my purse in the car with my mother.

One day, I was digging in my coin purse for the 30 cents and I couldn’t find a quarter and a nickel.

As I hunted, I heard something from the Holy Spirit … as follows:  “Three dimes will work …” 

That’s right! … 3 dimes would work … I had plenty of dimes in my purse. 

Sometimes we need a little help …

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Sometimes we need Comfort even before we realize we need comfort.

Jesus called the Holy Spirit, “The Comforter” … Jn.14:26 

I received a Birthday Card from a woman and she put a note in that card telling me all she had been doing and also things she planned to do … It was November.  She told me about their Thanksgiving dinner with her daughter.  She told me how in October she had gone to her grandson’s wedding … She told me things she had planned with her husband, her adult children, her grandchildren for the coming Christmas.

The Holy Spirit quickly said to me:  “You are dead … and your life is hid with Christ.”  

I replied, excitedly … “That’s right.” 

Had it not been for that reminder of the Holy Spirit I believe I would have been a little depressed by the note in the Birthday Card.

I have no husband.  I have no children.  I have no grandchildren.  I had no people around me Thanksgiving.  I had no plans for Christmas.  I was alone.

But I do know Colossians 3 … 

1-10   If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with HIM in glory.

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of HIM that created HIM: 

The Holy Spirit, who reminded me of Col. 3 in this case, is not only the Comforter … The Holy Spirit is also “The Spirit of Truth.”  (Jn. 16:13) …

The Holy Spirit is given by God to each believer.

The Holy Spirit is the “earnest” for our salvation.  Eph. 1 

The Holy Spirit dwells inside the believer and shows us the way of God.  I Cor. 2 

And the apostle Paul says …  I Cor. 6:19-20 … What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. 

Romans 8:11-16 … But if the Spirit of HIM that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, HE that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

… 26-27  Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. 

God has equipped HIS Children to overcome on this earth through HIM … 

II Peter 1:2-4 … Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

According as HIS divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of HIM that hath called us to glory and virtue: 

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 

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BOOK: Promises From God To The Church
Chapter 5

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NT prophet, minister anointed by God to bring correction to church, to correct both ministers and individuals.


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Through several decades, I thrilled when I saw a Texas flag or the outline of the state of Texas.

When I moved to Colorado in 2019, I put a small Texas flag on a table under my TV.  I ordered some decals of state of Texas and put on my wheelchair because I delighted it seeing these images.  (I didn't put those emblems out so others would know I was from Texas.  I put them there because I wanted to see them.)

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In April 2019, an occasion arose whereby I made the statement that I love Texas.

Immediately my attention was directed to this:  "Why do I love Texas?"

I began to examine this ... Why do I?

I thought of the stories concerning the Alamo ... of not giving up and laying down your life for that which you believe.  

And I realized that when I heard these things I was actually relating to Bible ... clinging to scripture and promises of God in the face of pending destruction from enemy ... refusing to give up Bible.

Instantly I was changed by God.  

At first, I didn't recognize I had been changed.  But in a few days, I noticed the Texas flag on my table and realized it meant nothing to me.  The same was true of an emblem of the state of Texas which I had placed on my walker.  The tip of that emblem was coming loose.  I reached over and pulled on the emblem and the whole emblem came loose.  I wadded it up and put it into the garbage and thought no more of it.

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We can try to change in something and devise ways to change only to fail ... sort of the way we fail in New Year's resolutions made by our flesh.

But when God changes us, it is instant and permanent.

Sometimes we don't even recognize the change has happened to us until later and we know we don't feel the same.


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When Jesus returns to gather the church to Himself, some of the church will still be alive on the earth at the time of the return.

We read in Bible, those who are alive will be changed "instantly" ... in the blink of the eye.

Such persons will be removed from the fleshly body in which they have lived and will be given a new body as pleases God.  But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased Him.  (I Corinthians 15:38)

I Corinthians 15:49-53    And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be changed,

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 

(Blink your eyes ... that is how fast the change will occur.)

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

For the physical bodies we now have are "subject to corruption", meaning disease, decay, sorrow.  These current bodies can never inherit the kingdom of God.  Therefore God changes them in the blink of an eye.

When we are gathered together to meet Jesus "in the air", we will live in the "new" Jerusalem which is not of this present earth for this present earth will be destroyed by God.

God creates a "new" heaven and a "new" earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.

Both Peter and John speak of this in the following scriptures.

II Peter 3:10-14    But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

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The new heavens and new earth shown to the apostle John:

Revelation 21:1-5    And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE will dwell with them, and they shall be HIS people, and God HIMSELF shall be with them, and be their God.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.

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