💥 Podcast: Part 3: Examples: Working the works of God because we believe the Word

 

(This podcast was previously published on January 24, 2021)

 

John 6:28-29 Then said they unto HIM, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

29  Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on HIM whom HE hath sent.

Examples:

From the time I was born again in 1975, God spoke to me many times by HIS Holy Spirit who brought information to my mind concerning the situations of this present life.  By these, I knew the will of God for me in the matter at hand.

A few of these examples are as follows:

* December 6, 2018

In the night, I fell in the hallway about 6 feet from my bedroom.  I lived alone at that time.  I was badly injured as I fell on the hall floor.  I felt my left hip was broken and my left hand was bent completely backward from my wrist.

I managed to roll my body onto my right hip and I started trying to crawl to the bedroom where there was a phone on the night stand.  My goal was to pull on phone cord so the receiver of the phone would fall onto the floor where I could reach it and call for help.

But as I tried to inch my way down the tile hallway, the pain was so severe I felt I would lose consciousness. 

I couldn't do this.  I couldn't get to the bedroom.  But if I didn't, I felt I would die on the floor in that hallway, for no one was due at my house for another 8 days.

Then I heard this word from God by the Holy Spirit:  "You can do this."

Because I believed "that" word, I began to move toward bedroom inch by inch.

It took me 4 1/2 hours to reach the carpet area of the bedroom, which was about 6 feet from the place I had fallen in the hallway.

It was even more difficult to crawl when I got to the carpet.  But because of that word from God telling me, "You can do this," I made myself to keep crawling.

When I reached the phone and pulled on the cord, the receiver squirted off and I never saw the phone receiver again.

But under the table I saw a Kindle tablet which had been recharging.

If I could reach that tablet maybe I could get an email out to our church group and get them to send ambulance to my house!

I tried several times to send email.  I was almost unconscious and could barely see the screen of the Kindle table, and I only had one hand to work with, for the other wrist was broken and the hand was doubled backward and could not be used.

About 30 minutes later I heard someone at my front door.  I knew one of the church members had gotten my email where I said, "fallen... help ... send ambulance".

(Pam Padgett who lived in Colorado got the email and called the Lubbock, Texas, police department and told them what had happened and asked police to send ambulance to my house in Texas.)

As they had me on hospital gurney and were rolling me past my front door to take me to hospital, I heard these words from the Holy Spirit of God. "You'll never see this house again."

I didn't care.  I knew God had a plan for me!  And what a plan it turned out to be!

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*  February 24, 2019

I was in rehabilitation hospitals for 2 1/2 months after surgery.  

During that time God worked it out for me to move into home of Pam Padgett in Colorado.  

Pam came several times from Colorado to Texas (450 miles one way).  

On one of the trips, Pam managed to get my cat into a cat carrier (3 hours to do this), and she took the cat to Colorado as she drove my 25 year old car, in January 2019.

I was released from rehabilitation hospital on February 24, 2019.

(I was 81 years old at that time and I couldn't walk except by a walker and then only a few feet.)

Pam flew from Denver to Texas to help me with the plane trip.

I took pain and nausea medicine and we flew to Denver, Colorado, and drove another 60 miles to Colorado Springs to Pam's house.

When we got to Pam's house, I had a great deal of difficulty getting into the house because of a step on the porch.  

I could walk and was using walker.  It looked like I wasn't going to be able to get up that step.  But I kept trying and finally did make it into Pam's house.

The next thing we did was put a ramp from garage to laundry room of Pam's house.  I still use that ramp to get in and out of the house.

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*  March, 2020

I had put the house in Texas on the real estate market in December, 2018.  

It did not sell for the next 1 1/2 years.  

I kept praying!  

Coronavirus became known to all in USA on March 11, 2020, when businesses began closing, and all sporting events were cancelled in USA.

(Never before had we seen anything like this!)

People were terrified!  and I was saying to God, "What about that house in Texas? Is there anything You want me to do?"

Instantly I heard following from the Holy Spirit of God:  "Reduce the price of the house and put it on a special sale price for the next week."

I told my realtor in Texas to do this.

The house sold in 2 days.

Then complications occurred and the buyers backed out.

But a year before this God had given me an open vision of that house in Texas.  I saw a man intently looking at the house.  Then he drove past the house on the north side and he was looking at the house all the time he was slowly passing the house.  When he got to the alley behind the house, he stopped his car and backed up to the side of the house and was staring at the house.

And this is exactly what happened in the open vision God had given me.

The buyers who backed out of the contract, came back.  But my realtors had quit and the buyers had to deal with my new realtor. 

I had to raise the price of the house by $7,000 to cover the inspection requests of the buyers, and subsequent repairs made to the house. 

They decided to buy the house anyway.

We closed on May 15, 2020, and the check was wired to my bank in Colorado.

It was over!   finally!

(My income was helped greatly, for that house had been costing us $500 per month while it sat empty.  I was struggling to meet expenses in Colorado until the house actually sold and the expenses on the Texas house stopped!)

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* June, 2020

I was considering having new upholstery put on the seats of my 26-year-old-car and the Holy Spirit spoke this to me by bringing this to my mind: "Or you could just buy a new car."

I had never thought of doing "that".

I thought about it and then I replied, "That's right!"

The house in Texas had sold.  The money was in the bank.  I could buy a new car and pay cash.  

(If I didn't have the cash, I would know it was not the Spirit of God speaking to me because in approximately 1975, after I was born again, God told me to "Get out of debt and stay out of debt."  I had been debt free since that time and have fought many time to stay out of debt through the years.)

That same night, God gave me a dream.  "I bought a new car."

When I awoke that morning, I told Pam Padgett what had happened.  I told her I would like to go out immediately and look for a new car.  By noon, we were going to various car dealers.  We bought the car that day and they delivered it to us on the following Monday.  That was June, 15, 2020.

(I was 82-years-old then.  God arranged for me to live in home of Pam Padgett in Colorado Springs.  She is considerably younger than I am.  (65 I think.)  Pam does all the technical work for the blog, the books on Amazon, the Podcasts, and now Twitter..  She retired from Fed-Ex as a computer programmer.  She is one of the most God-centered persons I have ever met.  When a problem arises, she prays.  Usually she doesn't mention the problem to me.  She just talks to God about the problem and waits until God brings her the solution and then after the solution comes, often she tells me the problem and the solution God gave her. Therefore she usually doesn't trouble me with her problems!  She turns to God:  Phil. 4:6-7   Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (The Word).

We put both of our old cars up for sale on local internet.

Pam's car, a 16-year-old Acura MDX, sold immediately.

My old car, a 26-year-old Lincoln Town Car did not sell. 

We drove the new car for about one month and liked it.

Then a series of troubles began with the new car!  And several times we had to take it back to the dealer.

But we still had my old car and it ran just fine!  So once we used it while the new car was at dealer, and later we borrowed a loaner car from dealer.  The new car had to go back to dealer several times as various problems surfaced.

When God tells you to do something, it doesn't mean it will be trouble free.  We overcame each problem by turning to God and talking with God and waiting until God showed us what to do.  The answer might come immediately.  Or it might be a few years later, like in the case of the sale of the house in Texas.  But the solution to the problem always comes, for God is faithful to help us while HE leaves us on this present earth.

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It is critical that we overcome, through God, the problems of this world which surface in our lives because of the following statement which Jesus made to the church at Sardis.

Revelation 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before MY Father, and before his angels.

 

 

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💥 Scriptures:

 

1 Corinthians 1:26-29 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

29 That no flesh should glory in His presence.

 

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Isaiah 53:3-5  (prophecy about Jesus):

3 HE is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from HIM; HE was despised, and we esteemed HIM not.

4 Surely HE hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem HIM stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5 But HE was wounded for our transgressions, HE was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon HIM and with HIS stripes we are healed.

 

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Proverbs 16:1-2  The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.

2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

 

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Psalm 36:7-10   How excellent is THY lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of THY wings.

8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of THY house; and THOU shalt make them drink of the river of THY pleasures.

9 For with THEE is the fountain of life: in THY light shall we see light.

10 O continue THY lovingkindness unto them that know THEE; and THY righteousness to the upright in heart.

 

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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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💥 Matthew 27 (Reading through the BIble)

When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death:

² And when they had bound Him, they led Him away, and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

³ Then Judas, which had betrayed Him, when He saw that He was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, ⁴ Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.

And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

⁵ And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

⁶ And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

⁷ And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

⁸ Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

⁹ Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
¹⁰ And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.

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¹¹ And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked Him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews?

And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.

¹² And when He was accused of the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing.

¹³ Then said Pilate unto Him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

¹⁴ And He answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

¹⁵ Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
¹⁶ And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

¹⁷ Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?

¹⁸ For he knew that for envy they had delivered Him.

¹⁹ When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of Him.

²⁰ But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

²¹ The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you?

They said, Barabbas.

²² Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ?

They all say unto him, Let Him be crucified.

²³ And the governor said, Why, what evil hath He done?

But they cried out the more, saying, Let Him be crucified.

²⁴ When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

²⁵ Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

²⁶ Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.

²⁷ Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto Him the whole band of soldiers.

²⁸ And they stripped Him, and put on Him a scarlet robe.

²⁹ And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon His head, and a reed in His right hand: and they bowed the knee before Him, and mocked Him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

³⁰ And they spit upon Him, and took the reed, and smote Him on the head.

³¹ And after that they had mocked Him, they took the robe off from Him, and put His own raiment on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.

³² And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear His cross.

³³ And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
³⁴ They gave Him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when He had tasted thereof, He would not drink.

³⁵ And they crucified Him, and parted His garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted My garments among them, and upon My vesture did they cast lots.

³⁶ And sitting down they watched Him there;

³⁷ And set up over His head His accusation written, This Is Jesus The King Of The Jews.

³⁸ Then were there two thieves crucified with Him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.

³⁹ And they that passed by reviled Him, wagging their heads,  ⁴⁰ And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save Thyself.  If Thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

⁴¹ Likewise also the chief priests mocking Him, with the scribes and elders, said, ⁴² He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He be the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him. ⁴³ He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now, if He will have Him: for He said, I am the Son of God.

⁴⁴ The thieves also, which were crucified with Him, cast the same in His teeth.

⁴⁵ Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

⁴⁶ And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?

⁴⁷ Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.

⁴⁸ And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave Him to drink.

⁴⁹ The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save Him.

⁵⁰ Jesus, when He had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

⁵¹ And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

⁵² And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

⁵³ And came out of the graves after His resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

⁵⁴ Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

⁵⁵ And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto Him: ⁵⁶ Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedees children.

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⁵⁷ When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also Himself was Jesus' disciple: ⁵⁸ He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.

Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.

⁵⁹ And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ⁶⁰ And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

⁶¹ And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

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⁶² Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, ⁶³ Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while He was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. ⁶⁴ Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night, and steal Him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

⁶⁵ Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.

⁶⁶ So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

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💥 Podcast: Part 2: Examples: Working the works of God because we believe

 

 

(This podcast was previously published on January 23, 2021)

 

John 6:28-29 Then said they unto HIM, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

29  Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on HIM whom HE hath sent.

On Part One, of this subject of "Doing the Work of God by believing that word given us by God,"  I had no idea that there would be a Part 2.  

The instructions in this second Podcast cover a very wide range of subjects which deal with praying over each of our problems and then recognizing the Word given us when God speaks after we pray.

I also speak of how antichrist gets into the churches and the way the restraint is removed which allows antichrist to come into the church group.

I found this to be an exciting Podcast to record.  I simply spoke that which the Spirit brought to my mind.  

I know it will be very helpful to those who are born again, the elect of God.

I pray for God to give you understanding as you listen to this Podcast.

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Paul says antichrist must come into the churches before Jesus can return for the church.

II Thessalonians 2:3-4    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.

* Before the second coming of Jesus, a "falling away" must occur.

In 1982, God said to me:  "The falling away are not individuals leaving the church group ... The falling away are church groups leaving the scriptures."

The scriptures are the restraints which hold antichrist back, keeping antichrist out of the church group.

As soon as a scripture is removed (no longer taught or explained away), lawlessness comes into that church group.

We recognize antichrist when we see a church which goes against scripture:  such as against the following scripture:

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.

- The faithful wife, who has been divorced by her husband, will commit adultery if she remarries.

- The husband who divorced the faithful wife will be the cause of her adultery if she remarries.

- The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Churches fall away from these instructions of Jesus, for it would be unpopular to teach these scriptural truths.  

So the churches either explain away these instruction or keep silent and never mention such scriptures which might offend some people.

Therefore these churches become antichrist.  (against those scriptures which have been omitted or explained away and opposite to Christ, The Word.)

Thus antichrist sits in "the temple of God"  (the church), showing himself to be God as he rules over the scriptures, over the Word of God, which is Jesus.

Those people who love their church groups more than they love the scriptures and remain in antichrist churches, bring a dreadful fate upon themselves, Paul tells us as follows.

II Thessalonians 2:10-12

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.

13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

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The church people who have taken antichrist into their spirit cannot repent and will not repent for it is God who has sent them a strong delusion.  

Revelation 9

20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues (of the great tribulation) yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

Revelation 16

21  And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

 

 

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💥 Scriptures:

John 3:1-3  There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto HIM, Rabbi, we know that THOU art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that THOU doest, except God be with him.

3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

 

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Isaiah 43:10-11  Ye are MY witnesses, saith the Lord, and MY servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe ME, and understand that I am HE: before ME there was no God formed, neither shall there be after ME.

11 I, even I, am the Lord; and beside ME there is no saviour.

 

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Romans 13:11-14  And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

14 But put ye on the LORD JESUS CHRIST (the Word), and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. 

 

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Psalm 89:14-15  Justice and judgment are the habitation of THY throne: mercy and truth shall go before THY face. 

 

15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of THY countenance.

 

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John 15:16-17  Jesus says ... Ye have not chosen ME, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in MY name, HE may give it you.

17 These things I command you, that ye love one another. 

 

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Isaiah 46:3-4  Hearken unto Me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by ME from the belly, which are carried from the womb: 

4 And even to your old age I am HE; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

 

 

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💥 Matthew 26 (Reading through the Bible)

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, He said unto His disciples,

² Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

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³ Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

⁴ And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill Him.

⁵ But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

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⁶ Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
⁷ There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on His head, as He sat at meat.

⁸ But when His disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
⁹ For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

¹⁰ When Jesus understood it, He said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon Me.
¹¹ For ye have the poor always with you; but Me ye have not always.
¹² For in that she hath poured this ointment on My body, she did it for My burial.
¹³ Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.

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¹⁴ Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
¹⁵ And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
¹⁶ And from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.

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¹⁷ Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto Him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

¹⁸ And He said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with My disciples.

¹⁹ And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.

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²⁰ Now when the even was come, He sat down with the twelve.
²¹ And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray Me.

²² And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?

²³ And He answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with Me in the dish, the same shall betray me.

²⁴ The Son of man goeth as it is written of Him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.

²⁵ Then Judas, which betrayed Him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.

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²⁶ And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is My body.

²⁷ And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;

²⁸ For this is My blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

²⁹ But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom.

³⁰ And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

³¹ Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of Me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

³² But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.

³³ Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.

³⁴ Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny Me thrice.

³⁵ Peter said unto Him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.


³⁶ Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.

³⁷ And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

³⁸ Then saith He unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with Me.

³⁹ And He went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me: nevertheless not as I will, but as THOU wilt.

⁴⁰ And He cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with Me one hour?

⁴¹ Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

⁴² He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O My Father, if this cup may not pass away from Me, except I drink it, Thy will be done.

⁴³ And He came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.

⁴⁴ And He left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

⁴⁵ Then cometh He to His disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

⁴⁶ Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray ME.

⁴⁷ And while He yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

⁴⁸ Now he that betrayed Him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is He: hold Him fast.

⁴⁹ And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed Him.

⁵⁰ And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come?

Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took Him.

⁵¹ And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear.  (This was Peter who drew the sword.  See John 18:10)

⁵² Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

⁵³ Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to My Father, and HE shall presently give Me more than twelve legions of angels?
⁵⁴ But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

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⁵⁵ In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take Me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on Me.
⁵⁶ But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.

Then all the disciples forsook Him, and fled.

⁵⁷ And they that had laid hold on Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

⁵⁸ But Peter followed Him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put Him to death;
⁶⁰ But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none.

At the last came two false witnesses,
⁶¹ And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

⁶² And the high priest arose, and said unto Him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

⁶³ But Jesus held His peace, And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

⁶⁴ Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

⁶⁵ Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard His blasphemy.

⁶⁶ What think ye?

They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

⁶⁷ Then did they spit in His face, and buffeted Him; and others smote Him with the palms of their hands,
⁶⁸ Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

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⁶⁹ Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.
⁷⁰ But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.

⁷¹ And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.

⁷² And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.

⁷³ And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.

⁷⁴ Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man.

And immediately the cock crew.

⁷⁵ And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny Me thrice.

And he went out, and wept bitterly.

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💥 Podcast: Part 1: We work the works of God when we believe the Word of God

 

 

(This podcast was previously published on January 22, 2021) 

 

John 6:28-29  Then said they unto HIM, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

29  Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on HIM whom HE hath sent.

Examples:

*  August 5, 1975

The following came into my mind.  It was God speaking to me by HIS Spirit:  "Joan.  You know those mistakes you've been making all these years?  Those weren't mistakes.  Those were sins."

SINS!  I had no idea they were sins.  But I knew this word I had heard was true!

(With that I was born again.)

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* 1977

I was scheduled to testify at a court trial.  I heard:  "Don't testify."  I believed that was a word from God.  

I told my lawyer I was not going to be able to testify.  He said he thought we would win the case anyway because Flo had also witnessed the event and she would testify.

Now the persecution is going to come "for the Word's sake", to try to drive me away from obeying that word which I believed to be from God. 

When Flo learned I would not be testifying, she became very angry with me and said:  "Now all the burden will be on me since you won't testify.  I replied, "What can I do?  I believe God told me not to testify so I can't testify.

Then the man I was dating said, "Joan you aren't doing this woman any good by not testifying."  I replied, "I'm not trying to do her any good.  I believe God told me not to testify so I can't testify."

Then during the court trial, my lawyer came to me and said, "Flo's testimony wasn't as strong as I had hoped for.  But if you will testify we will win this case."  I replied, "I'll see."  I went into the ladies room at the courthouse and prayed asking God what HE wanted me to do and I heard, "Don't testify."

I returned to the court room and just shook my head indicating "no" to my lawyer.

The court case proceeded.  I did not testify.  We won the case.

More examples of believing you've heard from God and doing that word will be recorded on this Podcast.

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*  1978

I owned a small business in American Indian Arts at the time I was born again.  

During this time, an itinerant salesman of Indian arts filed a lawsuit against me.  I hired a lawyer to defend me. But the legal fees were eating up all the profit from my business, and God had shown me to get out of debt and to stay out of debt and I had done that.  Now I was faced with the prospect of having to go back into debt because of the bills from my own lawyer.

The Holy Spirit called the following scripture to my attention:

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 looked at that scripture and began to reason:

I'm a Christian now so this promise of God applies to me.

This weapon of this lawsuit cannot prosper against me.  So why am I having a lawyer represent me in court.  I can stop the legal bills by dismissing my lawyer from the case and I can go to court without any human legal counsel.

I was a very new Christian at that time so I decided to make an appointment with my pastor and tell him my plans.

As I drove to meet my pastor, I was praying, asking God to give the pastor wisdom.

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.

After I told the story to the pastor and revealed my plan to him, pastor said:  "Joan, I perceive you have faith to handle this situation this way."

I released my lawyer.  

Lawyer said, "Joan, you don't know how evil these courts are today.  You can't do this."  

Then lawyer said, "We're willing to work with you.  It will only take about $10,000 more to try your case."

I was shocked and screamed, "$10,000  MORE ... Gordon,   STOP ... Don't do anything else!"

A week later, Gordon came to my business to speak with me.  He said:  "Joan, we have decided to try your case without any further legal fees."

But I didn't hear God mentioned in this plan!

So I told Gordon I would need to get back with him with this.

What is going on here?

One week it is going to cost $10,000 MORE to try the case.  The next week it is free to me.

I began praying, asking God what HE wanted me to do.

The Holy Spirit reminded me of a scripture to show me the will of God in this matter.

Genesis 14:21-23   And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.  And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

I knew God was saying:  Turn down the free legal service and plan to go to court without any human legal counsel.

(After seeing what Abraham did in setting his life for his provision to be from God, I wanted my life to be where my provision was from God!)

I refused the free legal counsel.

During those weeks before the scheduled court case, God reminded me of many scriptures.  I wrote down each scripture and kept it before me day and night as I had learned to do from Joshua 1:8.

God said to Joshua:  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.  (Joshua 1:8)

I knew this same thing applied to us today.

Also I knew 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.

God, by HIS Spirit, had reminded me of several scriptures during this period of time.  I recorded each of these scriptures over and over on a cassette tape on both sides of the tape.  When I would go to bed I would turn on the tape and hear these scriptures and fall asleep to the scriptures playing.  Then when I would awaken in the night, I would turn the cassette tape over and play the other side and fall asleep to scripture.  

I did this all night each night to build my faith in what God had said to me and also to fight fear.

Six days before the trial was scheduled in US District Court, the man suing me dropped all charges.

It was over.

But God taught me a lot about having faith in HIM and in HIS Word and how HIS WORD given by the Holy Spirit will never fail.

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During the next 40 years, God spoke to me many times by HIS Holy Spirit who brought information to my mind concerning the situations of this present life.

 

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💥 Scriptures:

 

Job 33:14-17  For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

16 Then He openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,

17 That He may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

 

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Proverbs 17:7  He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

 

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Luke 3:21-22   Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon HIM, and a voice came from heaven, which said, THOU art MY beloved Son; in THEE I am well pleased. 

 

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2 Timothy 1:9  (God)  Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to HIS own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

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Ephesians 4:1-6   I (Paul) therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

 

2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

 
3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

 
4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

 
5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

 

6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

 

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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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💥 Matthew 25 (Reading through the Bible)

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

² And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

³ They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

(What good is it to take a lamp that will not give light?)

⁴ But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

⁵ While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

⁶ And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

⁷ Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

⁸ And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

⁹ But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

¹⁰ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

¹¹ Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

¹² But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

¹³ Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

¹⁴ For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

¹⁵ And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

¹⁶ Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.

(Use that which is given you.)

¹⁷ And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.

¹⁸ But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

¹⁹ After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.

²⁰ And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

²¹ His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

²² He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.

²³ His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

²⁴ Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
²⁵ And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

(We are often afraid to share that which God has given us.  Share that which is brought to your mind by the Holy Spirit. For by sharing, if what you have received is really of God, you will multiply that talent you have been given by sharing, showing yourself a good servant of God.)

²⁶ His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

²⁷ Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

²⁸ Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

²⁹ For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.

³⁰ And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

³¹ When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory:

³² And before Him shall be gathered all nations: and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

³³ And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

³⁴ Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

³⁵ For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
³⁶ Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.


³⁷ Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
³⁸ When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
³⁹ Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
⁴⁰ And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

(Share WORD given you by God as the Holy Spirit brings it to your mind when you are with another person..  Multiply the talent God has given you by sharing Word of God with others.)

⁴¹ Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
⁴² For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
⁴³ I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
⁴⁴ Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
⁴⁵ Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to Me.

⁴⁶ And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

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