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
E-books are offered daily on selected books through Amazon. At the end
of this writing, you will find a link which takes you directly to Amazon
if you choose to order this book.
Joan Boney
Preface
In 1975, shortly after I was born again, a man filed a lawsuit against me and against several other business owners, and even against the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth accusing us of conspiracy in trying to keep him from doing business in Dallas in American Indian Arts.
It was so ridiculous, I had trouble taking it seriously at first. Then the magnitude of the problem hit me. If I failed to respond to the court system, this man could gain a judgment against me, taking my business away from me and taking my property. When I realized this, I was terrified!
I was a new Christian at the time.
I saw the following scripture.
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.
I saw this was a promise to those people who belong to God, which was me.
I saw this was a promise to those people who belong to God, which was me.
This lawsuit was a weapon against me.
God was saying, "It will not prosper against you."
I believed that.
The lawsuit was in the courts for several months. God gave me other scriptures during that time to help me fight the fear which was considerable.
Six-days before the trial was scheduled in the US courts, the man dropped all charges against everyone.
The gates of hell will not stand against that word God reveals to you by HIS Spirit. Mt.16
We who are born again are the chosen of God, the elect of God, the children of God.
Having God for our FATHER is a mighty weapon itself.
Having the Holy Spirit to guide us day by day in this life in the path of God is wonderful.
Paul said we are "more than conquerors" through God, through Jesus, through the Holy Spirit.
John said: Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is HE that is in you, than he that is in the world. I Jn. 4
I've certainly found that to be the case.
Joan Boney
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Guaranteed Success In All That You Do
An important foundation for the path to success from God in all that we do in this life is the following:
Psalm 1
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.
We cannot seek our counsel from the ungodly.
We cannot stand in the way of sinners, the "way", the plans set forth by sinners or traditional ways of worldly human wisdom.
We cannot continue to visit with the scornful.
To do any of the above puts us in the path of destruction.
Scornful:
- one who shows contempt toward a person he considers to be despicable or unworthy
- looking down on someone and complaining about such in a derogatory way
- one who shows strong displeasure against another person while considering self to be more noble, worthy, righteous than that other person
- one who speaks of another person in a disrespectful way, making fun of that person such as saying, "Can you believe he would have said that?"
You must remove yourself from scornful people.
We bring blessings or curses upon ourselves by that which we choose to do. So it is very important not to continue with ungodly, sinners, or scornful individuals.
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The second part of Psalm 1, is to meditate in the word of God day and night.
As we keep that word before us, we gain strength to do that word.
Several years ago, God said to me:
"One step at a time ... one step at a time ... It is enough."
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If God Told You To Do Something, How Can You Fail?
If God Told You To Do Something, How Can You Fail?
God told Joshua what to do, and then God said to Joshua:
Have not I commanded thee?
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Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. Joshua 1:9
This is the critical factor in each our lives.
“Is it God who commanded me to do that?”
If God told me to do that, how can I fail? Can I really feel with assurance that what I am doing was authored by God HIMSELF?
Do I really have evidence to support my faith?
When we have sound evidence we were “commanded” by God to do what we are doing, we have the anchor necessary for faith to be able to hold on in trials of this life. For when you are told by God to do something, it is not at all unusual for Satan to come to try to convince you it wasn’t God who told you to do that.
Genesis 3 … Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
The devil comes to try to make us question whether or not God “really” told us to do what we are doing or to do what we are thinking of doing.
So you better have strong evidence inside you upon which you build your faith that it was God speaking to you. Otherwise you are likely to allow the Word given you on the matter to be reasoned away by devil and your own flesh.
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