Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
As we live on this earth, we "witness" to those things we have seen God do and we "witness" to that which we have heard from God ... so others called by God can share with us in God.
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An astounding witness of the power of God to help us in a time of need happened last week. This story shows the Holy Spirit giving critical information to Pam Padgett in a time when we were all baffled and had no idea why things were failing to move forward. There was one little unidentified problem and that was stopping everything and the Holy Spirit brought that to Pam's mind and then we knew what to do!
It was a miracle of God.
When I moved to Colorado on February, 24, 2019, we put the house in Texas up for sale.
Two months passed and not one person viewed the house!
The realtor had no idea why people had failed to inquired about the house. We certainly didn't know ... but God did know and HE revealed the problem to Pam.
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One morning last week, the following thought came into Pam's mind:
"Did that say 2 bedrooms?" (on the house listing)
Pam thought: "Surely not!"
But this caused Pam to look at the listing that was being circulated all over the world on Internet and the listing was incorrect, saying that this was a 2 bedroom house... with 3900 square feet ... at $400,000. (We lowered the price to $350,000 but it was a very good buy for the amount of house and quality at the previous price.)
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This is complete insanity! No one would look at an expensive house that only had 2 bedrooms. The house has 4 bedrooms.
After this is corrected by the realtor, we feel people will become interested in the house and will begin viewing the property.
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God knew the problem and God revealed the problem to us!
If you have a problem in your life and you do not know what to do, ask God to give you wisdom on the matter.
We have the following promise of God:
James 1:5 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.
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After I was born again in 1975, one of the first things God showed me was to get out of debt and to stay out of debt. Within a year of hearing to do this, I was out of debt ... and I worked to remain out of debt, just as God had told me to do.
In 1981, I was on radio from coast to coast in USA. I had an office manger and she hired workers to respond to radio audience as they contacted us and gave offerings.
One of the younger, part-time workers contacted me and asked me: "Has anyone told you about the financial problem?"
"NO!" I had no idea we had a financial problem.
The office manager was in the faith movement and I doubt she would have wanted to "confess" to me that we were having trouble paying our radio bills. That would be considered "weak faith" according to the teaching of that movement.
Immediately, I began praying, asking God: "What is the problem?"
In response to the question, one word was brought to my mind" "Chris." (the office manager)
Without any further information, I picked up the phone and called Chris and said: "You're fired."
After I fired Chris, all office workers (except for one) quit in loyalty to Chris.
When we no longer had to pay Chris and the 8 office workers, we no longer had a financial problem.
It turned out that Chris was paying the workers and herself very large monthly salaries.
(I was paid $400 a month and all the others were being paid over $1000 a month, as I recall)
Why was Chris paying such large salaries? I believe because of her church doctrine which was: "God wants to bless you." So Chris was blessing our workers with our money! I do not for one second believe Chris was a crook. She was a deluded person due to her church doctrine.
When I returned to Dallas and checked the amounts being paid to one accountant, I called him to review the situation.
He said, "Well ... yes, I was being paid a very big amount but in view of the amounts paid to your office workers, it didn't seem out of line!"
(I discontinued his services and began to do all the bookkeeping myself .)
Though I didn't know what was going on, God did know and God told me and one action took care of the entire problem. Every problem unraveled after I fired Chris.
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If you have a problem, this is the solution for you now if you can believe God will help you.
Turn to God in prayer. By faith, depend upon God to get the truth to you so you can know what to do.
The Holy Spirit that is in us ...
- teaches us all things
- reminds us of all Jesus has said to us
- guides us into all truth
- shows us things to come
(John 14:26 & John 16:13)
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A promise of God to the children of God:
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of ME, saith the Lord.
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If we have faith that God can and will communicate with us as children of God and servants of God, then we have the power to know we can hear the solution from God.
Trust God to give you the answer.
James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
If the plan is difficult, complex, costly, or requires lying ... you do not have God's plan. Back off, pray, and wait... for devils and flesh can conjure plans for us and lead us astray.
Measure all plans by James 3:17.
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One more example:
I built an house in Clovis, New Mexico, when my mother was living. Unknown to me at the time, the contractor could not get the plans for the house to fit onto the lot, so he cut down the size of the attached garage and the kitchen. This caused us problems, for when we, my mother and I, both went into kitchen it was so small we bumped into each other and lost peace.
I kept praying for an answer.
Most of the time when I pray, I will receive an answer within a few days and sometimes immediately.
But this time, it took about 4 years before I knew what to do about the small kitchen.
Each time I went into the kitchen I would pray over the problem when I encountered the problem. So don't stop praying!
Jesus gives us the following example concerning continuing in prayer.
Luke 18:1-9 And HE (Jesus) spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
And shall not God avenge HIS own elect, which cry day and night unto HIM, though HE bear long with them?
I tell you that HE will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall HE find faith on the earth?
(When Jesus returns for the church, the problems on this present earth will be tremendous. Many will cease praying, for their faith in God will disappear. We must fight to hold onto faith. We work at our faith often by writing out those scriptures given to us by God and making ourselves focus on those things said to us by the Holy Spirit. We deliberately cling to that which God has said about the issue at hand. God speaks to us by dreams, scriptures, godly concepts which HE brings to our minds.)
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Concerning the small kitchen ...
One day, I entered the kitchen and "the light" went on in my mind and I saw the answer concerning my problem. I needed to remove the built in pantry and put the pantry in the attached garage. This would allow me to place the refrigerator to the spot where pantry had been, for refrigerator location was blocking the walking room in kitchen.
This also allowed me to increase the cabinet space by approximately 4 feet and add a rolling type cabinet bar area.
This cost relatively little money to do the changes.
It solved the problem in the kitchen.
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God has the answer for us.
A current solution from God to a problem.
In Colorado, they will not issue me a hang down handicapped placard (for car parking) until I have a Colorado identity card showing I reside in Colorado.
I currently have a Texas drivers license which will not expire until 2021 and I'm not sure that I will ever drive again so I don't want to apply for Colorado drivers license. I can use my Texas license as an identity card at places like Costco where I pick up prescription drugs.
The Colorado license place would give me a handicap placard if I had a current USA Passport. (my passport is expired)
This morning I realized I can renew my Passport and settle everything by that. It is easier to get USA Passport than the Colorado identity card! The Passport only costs $65 which I can afford.
So we will do this!
Romans 8:31 If God be for us, who can be against us?
(Who is strong enough to stand up against God and fight against God?)
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