Book: Exhortations For The Church
Vol. 10, Chapter 27
Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
The following remarkable story of following God through faith in God is reported by Pam Padgett, who is in our little church group and has a spiritual gifts of helps for the church.
Pam says:
Last month (December, 2016) my mom told me that she didn't think my dad would live much longer. He had grown very weak, was having a very hard time breathing, and was sleeping most of the time. Mom thought my dad might be helped if I would come see him. (Both of my sisters also called me and obviously thought I should go see my dad.)
But I felt such a heaviness at the thought of going there. And when I prayed, I heard that I had already said everything I'd been given. I was also reminded of ... But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. (Matthew 8:22)
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I didn't go to Oklahoma (where my parents live), but of course have prayed that God would have mercy on my parents and save them as He had mercy on me, and also that HE would provide what they need.
The next time I spoke with my mom a week or so later she said my dad was a little better and they were arranging for home health care. A few days ago my mom told me that my dad has gotten a little stronger, is breathing better, and is getting around in the house a little.
And they have had the help they need. The home health has been a big help, and one of my cousins went there to help for a week when they needed extra help (it doesn't sound like this is needed now.)
I have no doubt that if God chooses to reveal Himself to my parents, HE can and will do so. And I am grateful for the way God has chosen to provide what they need, as well as for leading me in the way I am to go.
Other people may think they know what we should do. But what others think, or our own thinking, can lead us to do unnecessary and often hard things, and things that would pull us off from what we should be doing.
God leads us according to HIS purpose and for our good, what is really best in the situation.
As I think of this I am filled with gratitude toward God.
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Comments by Joan Boney ... Pam's mother is very Catholic Church. After Pam told me this story and how she was not led to go to her mother and dad's house during this time, I thought of how hard it would be for Pam to be in her dad's sick room and have a Catholic priest come in "to visit".
I mentioned this to Pam. She was shocked and horrified and said, "I never thought of that!"
I think God has spared Pam.
And it may be that Pam's obedience will even result in salvation to some who consider Pam's unusual action. For Pam has said everything she needs to say at this point and her withdrawal is against the Catholic church and against various sins being committed by individuals in her natural family.
Regardless, doing things as God shows us is always the key to everything for us and them.
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Comments by Pam Padgett: July, 2019 ...
After being very sick in December, 2016, my dad recovered. He again enjoyed doing things around the house and yard. In January, 2018, he died in his sleep at the age of 89.
After being very sick in December, 2016, my dad recovered. He again enjoyed doing things around the house and yard. In January, 2018, he died in his sleep at the age of 89.
At the time my dad died, I didn’t know whether he was born
again or not. I asked God if HE might
let me know about this in some way.
A few
days later I was given a dream in which my dad was like my “brother”. I believe I was being shown that my dad is my
brother in Christ, born again.
Also in the dream, my dad told me that I had always been
there for him. This was a comfort to
me since I had not gone to visit him when he was ill, believing I was led by
God to not go.
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A few years before my dad was ill in December, 2016, I received a phone call from my niece telling me that my mom was seriously ill. She was in a hospital in another state about 600 hundred miles away from where I live.
It seemed to me that surely I should go to be with my mom. But when I prayed, I heard that to go there would be like stepping into a hill of fire ants, and that my mom had all the help she needed. I tried the spirit bringing these thoughts, and believed these words were from the Holy Spirit, so I did not go to where my mom was in the hospital.
My mom recovered and was released from the hospital. After she returned home, I spoke with her. She told me of the wonderful care she had received, having all the help she needed. She also told me of several relatives who had come to visit her, people who often speak things that greatly trouble me. To be around them certainly would have been like stepping into a hill of fire ants, just as the Holy Spirit had warned.
In April, 2019, I spoke with my mom on the telephone. She told me how excited she was to read the Bible, and told me where she was reading in the Bible. In the past Mom talked about people around her when we spoke on the telephone. But now she was different, speaking about the Bible and not about other people. I believe she is born again.
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BOOK: Exhortations For The Church, Volume 10
Chapter 27
Joan Boney
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