💥 Podcast: According to Bible, things we can expect to see before the second coming of Jesus

 

 

(Previously recorded and published on June 20, 2020)

Jesus said the powers of the heaven would be "shaken" ... And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.  Luke 21:25-27

Many years ago, God gave me a dream where the earth slipped on it's axis. People were terrified. A newscaster was trying to report what happened but he was too frightened to continue his broadcast so he just got up and left ... The government leaders were meeting with scientists and religious leaders to see what could be done about this matter.

Nothing can be done by man to stop that which is coming upon this earth.

The thing the believers can do between now and then is to get their own lives in good spiritual condition ... for it is coming!

 

 

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Scriptures:

 

Mark 10:27  And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

 

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Proverbs 15:1-2  A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

 

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Romans 8:4-6   That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

 

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Philippians 4:6  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 

 

7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

 

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Luke 18:28-30  Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed Thee.

29 And He (Jesus) 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,
30 Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting. 

 

 

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💥 Podcast: Be not a scorner over other people's foolishness, making fun of them, being puffed up in yourself

 

 

(Previously recorded and published on July 9, 2024)

 

Exhortation given by Joan Boney: 

 

I believe Jesus comes soon to remove us from this earth and judge us before the judgment seat of God.

I am interested in cleaning myself up through God and through doing Bible as led by God as much as possible now before Jesus returns. I pray and read Bible to make adjustments.

Prayer:

Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

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scorner:  puffed up in yourself; considering others foolish and making fun of others; ridiculing others for what they say or do

 

Psalm 1

 

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.

 

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

 

3 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.

 

4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

 

5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

 

6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

 

Do the word of God. DO the scripture.

 

Here is a scripture you can use today to practice.

 

Do you have any fear? Do you have any dread? Do you have any concern?

 

List those fears and dreads and concerns.

 

One by one take each fear, dread, concern to God and do this scripture.

 

Philippians 4:6  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

 

 

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Scriptures:

 

1 Peter 4:1-2   Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 

 

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Psalm 27:14  Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

 

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2 Timothy 1:7  For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 

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2 Corinthians 10:17-18  But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 

 

18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. 

 

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1 Peter 5:7  Casting all your care upon HIM; for HE careth for you.

 

Comments by Pam Padgett:  After Joan died on Tuesday, I called the funeral home to make an appointment to sign needed papers and pay funeral home expenses.  This is the procedure I had previously been told to go through.  However, the woman I spoke with on Tuesday said that since I am not a blood relative, research would need to be done to ensure there are no blood relatives before I would be allowed to finalize arrangements, taking about 10 days.  This had not been mentioned before, and I found myself feeling weighed down and concerned by this delay.  

 

When I woke on Thursday, the day I was to go talk in person to the funeral home woman, I heard "Casting all your care upon HIM; for HE careth for you."   

 

I went over everything with God and specifically asked HIM to please cut through the matter and let me finalize the arrangements that day.   

 

A great assurance came over me that God has all power and could and would deal with this.  And the weight was lifted from me. 

At the funeral home, the woman didn't mention research being needed.  And although at first she said I would need to let her prepare paperwork and then come back at another time to sign papers and pay the fees, without my saying anything she said "Oh, but you have a long way to come.  If you'll wait a few minutes, I'll prepare everything right now."  And she did.  

Everything was completely taken care of in one trip and without any delays for research or paperwork preparation.  I am so thankful to God for taking care of this "care" for me. 

 

 

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💥 Podcast: Keeping yourself in joy, peace, and faith

 

 

(This podcast previously recorded and broadcast on May 25, 2024)

 

 

Sometimes we awake in the morning and are instantly troubled.

We can turn this around by thanking God. Devils flee when we thank God for those good things that HE has allowed into our lives.

Being thankful to God is one of the powerful weapon we have in spiritual warfare.

 

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Scriptures:

Psalm 9:9  The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

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Psalm 20:7  Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

Note- The name of The Lord our God is The Word

 

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John 13:34-35  Jesus says ...  A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

35 By this shall all men know that ye are MY disciples, if ye have love one to another. 

 

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Luke 21:14-15  Jesus says ... Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:

15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. 

 

 

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💥 Podcast: According to the Bible, when we die, our spirit leaves our body and we sleep in Jesus until Jesus returns to gather the elect who are still living

 

 

On May 27, 2025, Joan Boney died, now sleeping in Jesus, as we're told in I Thessalonians 4.

In a podcast Joan recorded and we first broadcast on January 19, 2025, we are exhorted in what the Bible tells us about death. 

 

Those of the world sorrow and often suffer greatly when someone dies. 

 

But for those who believe what we are told in the Bible, there is great comfort, hope, and joy when another believer dies.

This is the podcast initially published on January 19, 2025.


Death is like "falling asleep." But at the moment of death, our spirit leaves our body. And according to the Bible, we sleep in Jesus. (I Thessalonians 4)  When Jesus returns with a shout we will awaken and God gives us a new spiritual body. We will not have these physical bodies which have pain, decay, and even death.

I Thessalonians 4:13-17

13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with HIM.

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

With this shout, those who sleep in Jesus will awaken!

17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

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James 2:26  For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

The moment we die, our spirit leaves our body. Therefore our spirit is not buried with our bodies in a grave.

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My cousin's husband died. She was with him at the time. She said, "Thurman reached over and patted my hand and just "fell asleep".

She told me she was going to visit his grave. I asked, "Why would you do that? Thurman is not in a grave. He left his body the second he fell asleep."

She thought about what I said, and then she said, "Then it really doesn't matter where we are buried." I replied, "Right."

(I think my cousin was born again at that moment.)

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I don't go to a funeral home to visit dead bodies. I am convinced the person who died is not in that dead body. (I want to remember the person as living not as dead.)

Neither do I visit grave yards where dead bodies have been buried. (My father, mother, aunt, uncle are not in those graves! They sleep in Jesus. And at the time Jesus returns to this earth, HE will "shout" and I believe they will awaken from sleep to the resurrection in a new spiritual body.)

(Paul tells us that our physical body will be changed to a new spiritual body.)

I Corinthians 15

47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. (God is a "spirit". John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship HIM must worship HIM in spirit and in truth .... We will be raised as "spirit" not as a physical body.)

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

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

52 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 ... that is how fast we will be changed from this physical body.)

Revelation 21:3-5 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. 4 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. 5 And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.

I Corinthians 15

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

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Scriptures:

 

Psalms 55:16   As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. 

 

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Proverbs 3:5-6  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

6 In all thy ways acknowledge HIM, and HE shall direct thy paths.

 

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John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved. 

 

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Isaiah 33:5 The Lord is exalted; for HE dwelleth on high: HE hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness. 

 

6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is HIS treasure.

 

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Colossians 3:1-4   If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

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

3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

4 When Christ, Who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with HIM in glory.

 

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1Thessalonians 4:13-18  But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep (dead), that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 

 

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with HIM. 

 

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (precede) them which are asleep (dead).

16 For the Lord HIMSELF shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 

 

17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 

 

18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

 

 

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💥 Podcast: Paul says: Examine yourself

 

(Initially published on Jul 04, 2024)

2 Corinthians 13:5  Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

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Comments by Joan Boney:

Most people today say they are Christian in USA. But they go on speaking worldly things to me and I see no evidence of Christ in them.

Church going people are especially worldly this way.

It is the end time and antichrist in the churches.

Here is how you see if the church you are attending is one of the antichrist churches.

Matthew 5:32 (Jesus says) But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

I Corinthians 7:10-11 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

Does your church teach this? 

 

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Scriptures:

 

Psalms 91:1-2  He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say of the LORD, HE is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in HIM will I trust. 

 

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Luke 6:22-23  Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

 

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Psalm 147:10  HE delighteth not in the strength of the horse: HE taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. 

 

11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear HIM, in those that hope in HIS mercy.

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Psalm 40:1-3   I waited patiently for the Lord; and HE inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

2 HE brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

3 And HE hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

 

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John 5:24   Jesus says:  Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth MY word, and believeth on HIM that sent ME, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

 

 

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💥 Podcast: All scripture is given by inspiration of God. (2 Timothy 3:16)

 

(Initially published September 23, 2024)

No man knows the day or hour Jesus will return but we do know seasons.

As the wickedness increases by people of this world and as the churches cast aside scripture, we know the end is soon.

We are made "wise" unto salvation by the Holy Scripture, the Word of God.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

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Jesus is The Word and The Word is Jesus.

If we cast aside The Word, we cast aside Jesus.

John 1

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God.

3 All things were made by HIM; and without HIM was not any thing made that was made.

4 In HIM was life; and the life was the light of men.

5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

10 HE was in the world, and the world was made by HIM, and the world knew HIM not.

11 HE came unto HIS own, and HIS own received HIM not.

12 But as many as received HIM, to them gave HE power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on HIS name:

13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld HIS glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Perverted: To turn from the way of God and go another way.

To turn from Jesus the Word, to gain perceived rewards on this earth is death to you and all who are around you.

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The Old Testament contains "The Law of Moses" which the people went by until the birth of Jesus.

With the resurrection of Jesus came the new covenant and the New Testament which replaced the Law of Moses. However there are many promises of God in the Old Testament which still pertain to us today.

But it is the sacrifice of Jesus which paid for our sins today by HIS shed blood. So we no longer sacrifice animals for sins as they did in the Old Testament.

Hebrews 8

6 But now hath HE obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also HE (JESUS) is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

8 For finding fault with them, HE saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in MY covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put MY laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to ME a people:

11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know ME, from the least to the greatest.

12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

13 In that he saith, A new covenant, HE hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

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I Corinthians 10:11  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.

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

13 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.

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Now in the New Testament church we follow the laws of God set forth in the New Testament scriptures.

The New Testament Bible is our only doctrine. We follow that which is in the New Testament Bible. The doctrines of Christ are in the New Testament Bible. We have no other doctrine for today's churches!

The apostate churches remove some of the scriptures of the New Testament Bible and teach other doctrines to their followers. They will be destroyed when Jesus returns.

2 Thessalonians 2

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (of the Lord) shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

In 1982, God said to me: "The falling away are not people leaving the churches. The falling away are the churches leaving the scriptures".

8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of HIS mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of HIS coming:

9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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Scriptures:

 

Psalms 121:2   My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. 

 

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Romans 14:7-8  For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

 

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Psalm 3:3  But Thou, O Lord (the Word), art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. 

 

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James 1:22-25  But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 

 

25  But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

 

 

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💥 Podcast: # 3 Life changing concepts shown to me by God through the Holy Spirit and the scriptures

 

 

(Initially published on April 22, 2024)

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John 5:30   I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear (from God), I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

Jesus, the Son of God, could do nothing of HIS own thinking. HE heard from God, the Father, and did what God said to do.

God showed me that was the example for me to follow. Don't try to be wise. Depend on God to show you what to do.

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Scriptures:

Isaiah 40:29   HE giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might HE increaseth strength. 

 

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Psalm 104:24  O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

 

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Colossians 3:15  And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

 

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Hebrews 13:5  Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with such things as ye have; for He hath said, I will never leave thee, no forsake thee.

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Romans 8:14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

 

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💥 Podcast: # 2 Life changing concepts shown to me by God through the Holy Spirit and the scriptures

 

 

(Initially published April 21, 2024)

Comments from Joan Boney ...

 

I was born again on August 5, 1975.

Shortly after that, I was asleep in the night when God transported me into heaven, similar to the example given in 2 Corinthians 12.

I was with God and Christ and the Holy Spirit. I saw no images. It was a spiritual experience. At that time I was "merged into the body of Jesus", made one with the word of God, God and the Holy Spirit witnessing.

A few nights later, the exact same thing happened to me again.

I thought this happened to all who were born again. When I found that was not the case, I didn't know why this had happened to me.

Later I was reading a book entitled Exodus, and the author said sometime when God has a special calling for someone HE will often cause a "special" thing to happen like Moses and the burning bush.

For the next 5 years God prepared me for the ministry I was to do on this earth, apostle and prophet.

God showed me apostles have an anointing to deal with scripture and they will try to cause churches to abide by the NT scriptures.

Prophets deliver messages, especially corrections, to the church people and the ministers. Prophets are often also shown things to come.

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In preparing me during those years, God gave me several instructions for me to follow personally. One of the first things God showed me was for me to get out of debt and stay out of debt.

God used this scripture with this instruction: Romans 13:8 Owe no man anything.

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💥 After I was born again in 1975, God said to me, "Get out of debt and stay out of debt."

At the time I heard this word from God, I owned a small business, American Indian Arts, in Dallas, Texas. I set about immediately to pay off all my debt. I owed $6,000 to a woman who had loaned me money to purchase merchandise for my business. She did not require interest on her loan. She asked me to allow her to buy merchandise from my shop at my cost which I was pleased to do.

I was not born again at the time I borrowed this money.

After I was born again, I saw this verse of scripture and set about to do this scripture:

2 Corinthians 6:14

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

So far as I knew, the woman who loaned me money was an unbeliever. I wanted to pay her what I owed her as soon as possible and that would set me totally out of debt.

First when we hear a word from God and believe God spoke that Word to us, we purpose in our hearts to do that word.

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I prayed immediately asking God to help me to get out of debt and I asked God to give me wisdom to get out of debt based on the following promise of God from the New Testament Bible.

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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God had taught me to pray for wisdom concerning the items I purchased for the shop and to be led by the Holy Spirit concerning each item I purchased.

I went on a buying trip to New Mexico, USA. In Santa Fe, I visited a friend who owned a shop where he dealt with American Indian arts.

I sold mostly jewelry at that time and some pottery.

He had an old Navajo rug displayed in his shop. I found I just couldn't walk away from that rug. It was priced at $500. Finally I bought it. (God had been teaching me to purchase items that interested me and that I could pay for in cash.)

I took the rug to Albuquerque to a woman who specialized in appraising Navajo rugs. She said, "Most of the old rugs are worthless. But you lucked out. This is a fine example of a Navajo rug and it will go up in price. It is worth $1500 now but you should price this rug where it will not sell, for this is a rug that will go up greatly in price in the future."

The first day I returned to Dallas with the merchandise, a man called me wanted to see jewelry. I had that rug rolled up and lying next to the wall. He said, "What's that?" I replied, "It's an old Navajo rug which I brought back with me yesterday from my buying trip." He said, "Let me see it." I said, "Oh ... I don't think you would want that." He said, "Well let me see it."

I rolled the rug out on the floor.

He walked around it looking carefully at the rug.

Then he said, "How much."

I replied: "$5,000".

He said: "I'll take it." and he began writing out a check!

I was horrified. I was an honest merchant. I did not overcharge my customers. I began trying to talk him out of buying that rug since I knew it was overpriced. But he was determined to purchase that rug.

So I said to him, "Here is what I will do. You take the rug and I will hold your check for one week without cashing it. If you decide for any reason you to do want the rug, bring it back and I will give you your check back."

I never saw that man again. So I deposited his check in my bank and put $1,000 with it and paid the woman the $6,000 that I owed to her.

I was never in debt again.

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Later I read these scriptures.

Deuteronomy 28

1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and HE shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto Himself, as HE hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in HIS ways.

10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.

11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

12 The LORD shall open unto thee HIS good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. 

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Scriptures:

Psalms 18:32  It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. 

 

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Psalm 37:23  The steps of a good man are ordered by The Lord: and he delighteth in HIS way.

 

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Matthew 16:24-26 Then said Jesus unto His disciples, If any man will come after Me, him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for My sake shall find it.

26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

 

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2 Timothy 6:6-8  But godliness with contentment is great gain.

For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. 

 

 

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💥 Podcast: Life changing concepts given to me by God: leading to an abundant and godly life on this earth

 

 

(Initially published April 20, 2024)

Comments from Joan Boney ... 

 

God gave me many concepts to live by over the 40+ years after I was born again.  If you do these, you will definitely have a more abundant and godly life on this earth.

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💥 # 1. Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind to the Word given to you by God.

God shows us the way of life through the Holy Bible. As we take individual scripture and do those verses in our life we begin to move into godliness and we are separated from going in the ways of this world.

This is the true path to godliness, success, and prosperity.

John 14:6  Jesus saith unto him,

I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by ME.

(Structure your life by going in the way shown us in the Holy Bible, especially in New Testament Scripture.)

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A vast field of buried treasure hiding in plain sight just waiting for us to find nuggets and dig them up and keep them are found in the Holy Bible:

We hunt this treasure as we read the chapters of the Bible: The Word of God takes us in ways this world rarely finds. Their wisdom is very different from the way God shows us to live on this earth.

This world seeks wealth, fame, praise of men. All of this has a short season. And then like a vapor it vanishes never to be again and the fruits produced are often depression and bitterness.

Men are praised by other men when they do well for themselves: sports figures; women with physical beauty; being the best over those around you; making more money; achieving fame and recognition;

These ways have short life spans and in the end, rarely does the treasure follow you to the grave where the fame usually vanishes with the years of death and you enter the life you have purchased for eternity whether it is good or bad. The flames of the past accomplishments burn away year after year never to rise again to that which they once were. "All this for what?"

And where are you now? after death?  "Where is that person now?"  I always wonder after that person dies. And eternal life begins. And God judges that life and rewards for either good or evil that was done. And God's judgment of us is forever!

OJ Simpson died. Where is he today? Now he has begun "forever". And it can't be changed, for it is eternity.

Luke 12

15 And HE said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

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Psalm 111:10  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do HIS commandments: HIS praise endureth for ever.

The men who praised us die and their praise ends or they end their praise if they don't approve of what we are doing along the way.

God will praise us forever for that which we chose to do on this earth when we seek HIM and follow HIS Word.

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Luke 16

19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:

28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

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Concept from God:

Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind (to that word from God), that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Lay up treasure that is from heaven. Every word from the mouth of God is treasure that endures through all eternity.

Seek that treasure. Hold fast to that Word. Live by that Word. Never let that Word go from your life. It is forever! It will keep you as a young man or woman. It will comfort you in old age. And it will be there for you at the judgment seat of God.

The judgment seat of Christ:

2 Corinthians 5

9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of HIM.

10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;

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James 4

13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

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Scriptures:

Romans 1:17   For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. 

 

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Lamentations 3:22  It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. 

 

23 They are new every morning: great is THY faithfulness. 

 

24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him. 

 

25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. 

 

26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of The Lord.

 

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2 Corinthians:4:17-18  For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

 

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Jeremiah 29:11-13   For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

12 Then shall ye call upon ME, and ye shall go and pray unto ME, and I will hearken unto you.

13 And ye shall seek ME, and find ME, when ye shall search for ME with all your heart.

 

 

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💥 Podcast: Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. Amos 5:15

 

(Initially published on May 22, 2024)

I John 5

19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know HIM that is true, and we are in HIM that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. (The Word) This is the true God, and eternal life.

21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

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I Corinthians 2:14  But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

You must be born again, given a new heart of God and the Holy Spirit of God.

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Isaiah 59:14

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

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Scriptures:

 

Psalms 28:8  The LORD is their strength, and HE is the saving strength of HIS anointed.

 

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Hebrews 7:25  Wherefore He (Jesus) is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.

 

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1 John 3:18  My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 

 

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Psalm 48:14  For this God is our God for ever and ever: HE will be our guide even unto death.

 

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Malachi 3:16-17   Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before HIM for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon HIS name.

17 And they shall be MINE, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up MY jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

 

 

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💥 Podcast: Life changing concepts: Following the word given you by God

 

 

(Initially published on May 1, 2024) 

It is so important not to rush through words given you by God. Often there is no end to doing an instruction.

Jesus said:


John 8

31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on HIM, If ye continue in MY word, then are ye MY disciples indeed;

continue: to do something and keep on doing

32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

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Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

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I Thessalonians 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

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I Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

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Matthew 6

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

34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Take action concerning what you can do today ... and pray over tomorrow.

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Philippians 4:6  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

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Scriptures:

 

John 14:27 (Jesus said):   Peace I leave with you, MY peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 

 

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Psalm 31:19-20  Oh how great is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for them that fear Thee; which Thou hast wrought for them that trust in Thee before the sons of men!

20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of Thy presence from the pride of man: Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. 

 

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Philippians 4:19  But my God shall supply all your need according to HIS riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

 

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Psalm 32:8  God says ... I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with MINE eye.

 

 

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💥 Podcast: Turning your life around, going instantly from depression to joy

 

(Initially published on August 12, 2024)

Thanking God for those things and people HE has placed in our lives is one of the greatest weapons of spiritual warfare.

Remembering daily to be thankful to God continually.

Keeping yourself in the love of God ... living in joy.

Fighting the good fight of faith.

Living continually in peace, without spot, blameless. (2 Peter 3:14)

Helping others to have the best they can have through encouragement in good as we have been given good.

Edifying others in the grace of God and word of God.

Keeping good in our heart so good comes from our mouth.

Living in joy and peace.

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Scriptures:

 

Psalm 37:16-17  A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. 

 

17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but The Lord upholdeth the righteous. 

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1 Timothy 4:7,8  But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

 

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Psalms 126:5  They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

 

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Ecclesiastes 9:10-11  Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

 

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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. 

 

 

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💥 Podcast: Be diligent to go to God in prayer seeking healing of heart and spirit from God

 

 

 

 

(First published June 5, 2024) 

 

If you take into your heart and inner being such things as anger and wrath against other people, be diligent to turn to God in prayer, asking God to cleanse you and create in you a right spirit, for much evil can come from anger and wrath if you store this in your heart, and you can hurt others when you share with them.

Hebrews 12

1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before HIM endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

3 For consider HIM that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of HIM:

6 For whom the Lord loveth HE chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom HE receiveth.

7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but HE for our profit, that we might be partakers of HIS holiness.

11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

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Matthew 23 (Jesus says)

25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

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Scriptures:

 

Ephesians 4:26  Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27 Neither give place to the devil. 

 

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Ephesians 6:7-8  With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

 

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Matthew 24:35  Jesus says  Heaven and earth shall pass away, but MY words shall not pass away.

 

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Hebrews 13:5-6   Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for HE hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

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💥 Podcast: In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin

 

 

 

(Initially published June 22, 2023)

 

Proverbs 10:19  In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

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God says: The more talk, the more opportunity there is for sin.

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Matthew 12 (Jesus says)

33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

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Speculation of humans can be filled with evil thinking.

Also when we tell what we have heard, if what we heard was wrong, we can be accountable for spreading false witness.

To try to explain what is happening, giving reasons, is also very dangerous.

In his wisdom from God Solomon said:

Proverbs 26:16

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

(I'm learning to stop giving a reason unless I'm sure I've heard from God.)

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Being wise in her own eyes was part of the downfall of Eve.

Genesis 3

1 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?

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

(Eve added to the Word of God. God did not say, "Neither shall ye touch it.")

4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

(Humans greatly desire to be as gods, explaining "why" something happened.)

6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

(People want other people to see them as being "wise" without God.)

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People also want to take pride in other humans.

But when I tell what God said or did, they often want to run away from me.

Give glory to God! Show HIS word and HIS work.

John 16:13-14 (Jesus said)

13 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 (from God), that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.

14 He (the Holy Spirit) shall glorify ME (the Word): for HE shall receive of MINE, and shall shew it unto you.

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John 7:18 (Jesus said) He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh HIS glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

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When I know I'm going to be with other people, I often pray asking God to have me speak only what HE wants me to speak.

And from the time that God started training me to work as a minister, HE showed me not to plan anything. Just step out on stage and speak that which the Holy Spirit brought to my mind, scripture or example. And God taught me to write this way on blog and record this way on Podcasts.

My example was the apostle Paul:

I Corinthians 2 (Paul says:)

1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and HIM crucified.

3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

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