In 2016, I began writing a series of ministry books on various
subjects, which we published on Amazon, in both E-book and paperback. For the next few weeks, we will show an example of the contents in each of these 18 books. You
might find these books helpful in reminding you of godly concepts used
in following God. The E-books are priced at 99-cents each in USA.
Paperback books vary in prices according to the number of pages. Free
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of this writing, you will find a link which takes you directly to Amazon
if you choose to order this book.
Joan Boney
Throughout the Bible, we have many examples of God leading HIS people and showing HIS people things to come through dreams.
God
gave Joseph a dream to show him that the baby that Mary was carrying
was of the Holy Ghost so Joseph would not "put Mary away".
Mt. 1 ... Now
the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as His mother Mary was
espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child
of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not
willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away
privily.
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying,
Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife:
for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall
bring forth a son, and thou shalt call HIS name JESUS: for HE shall save
HIS people from their sins.
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God protected the baby Jesus by giving the wise men a dream showing them not to return to Herod after seeing the baby Jesus.
Mt. 2 ... Now
when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the
king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying,
Where is HE that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen HIS star in
the east, and are come to worship HIM.
When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he (Herod) had
gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he
demanded of them where Christ should be born. And they said unto him, In
Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou
Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of
Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule MY people
Israel.
Then
Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them
diligently what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem,
and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have
found Him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship Him also.
(But Herod was trying to deceive the wise men for his goal was to kill the baby Jesus.)
When
they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they
saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the
young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding
great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young
child with Mary HIS mother, and fell down, and worshipped HIM: and when
they had opened their treasures, they presented unto HIM gifts; gold,
and frankincense, and myrrh.
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
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Dreams were given to Joseph to protect the baby Jesus and to show Joseph what to do.
Mt. 2:13-15 ... And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream,
saying, Arise, and take the young child and His mother, and flee into
Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek
the young child to destroy him.
When he (Joseph) arose,
he took the young child and His mother by night, and departed into
Egypt: And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of
Egypt have I called MY son.
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Mt. 2:19-20 ... But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream
to Joseph in Egypt, Saying, Arise, and take the young child and His
mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought
the young child’s life.
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Mt. 2:21-23 ... And
he arose, and took the young child and His mother, and came into the
land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in
the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither:
notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream,
he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: And he came and dwelt in a
city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the
prophets, HE shall be called a Nazarene.
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Job said this concerning dreams ... Job 33
For
God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in
a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings
upon the bed; Then HE openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
That HE may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. HE
keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the
sword.
God uses dreams in the NT church to warn us, to teach us, to change our direction.
Joan Boney
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Dreams as an Anchor for Faith
Often humans will not understand what God is trying to get done, so sometimes God will give a dream to show man what to do. Later that same dream may be used by God to help us to have faith that it was God who gave us the plan.
In 2001, I had a dream where I was building a house. I was shown the area around the construction site. But at that time I was not planning to build a house. I lived in Clovis, NM (USA) where I was helping my mother. She died at end of January, 2002, and I made plans to move to Lubbock, Texas. I met with realtor who showed me existing properties but I couldn't forget the dream where I was building house. So I met with contractor and was shown building sites in Lubbock.
One lot looked exactly like the area I had been shown in the dream the previous year so I bought that lot and built a house on that lot.
Later more desirable lots opened up for building in Lubbock but each time I thought of how I would like to live in those areas, I was reminded of that dream where I was shown the construction site where this Lubbock house was built. This caused me to settle down and know that God had selected this place for me to live.
And we have the following scripture telling us that God puts us on the earth at the time set for us and God puts us in the exact place where we are living.
HE (God) determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. Acts 17:26 (NIV: Original translation)
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In the 1980's, I was traveling all over the United States to cities where I was on radio. I would rent meeting rooms at hotels or at convention centers and meet with radio audience.
Then in 1982, I had a dream showing me great danger for me if I went out as I had been doing. And I heard these words in that dream. "Don't go until you see Exodus 15."
Immediately, I cancelled all meetings that had been planned for that year and the next year.
A woman said to me, "But you must go out ... If you go out and have meetings they will give money ... but if you don't go out you will lose money. "
I replied: "God has shown me not to go out so I'm not going."
(Though offerings decreased there was no problem concerning money. I had everything I needed as I stayed at home. The expenses were less.)
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God Uses Dreams In NT Church
Acts 16 ... Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
(This vision could have been an open vision while Paul was awake but the implication is this vision came in form of a dream, it was "in the night".)
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At the end of March, 2012, I had a dream. A woman was singing. I said, "This is a nice little voice. It is not a great voice. But it is a nice little voice." Then in the dream, I saw this was a way for us to function as the church where we come together and everyone can speak as led by the Spirit of God as Paul instructed for the gathering of the church in I Cor. 14:26-40.
I awoke knowing to set up a "blog" on Internet where we could share and everyone who had heard from the Spirit of God was free to share. Within about 3 days, we were publishing writings on Internet.
At the time we set this up, we were just doing what we believed was instructed by God. It never occurred to any of us that these writings on Internet were going to go all over the world. It is amazing to us and is still amazing to us. We can write as many pages as we want to write on our blog, publish it instantly all over the world, and it doesn't cost us anything to do this!
Mt. 24:14 … Jesus says … And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
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