The way of life for us.

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

The scriptures show us God's way, the way of life.

Sin is the way of death and is authored by our own flesh and by devil.

Galatians 5:19-21    Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

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Jesus came to give us life and to give it more abundantly.

We do have choices.  

As we read Bible, various scriptures show us the way of life.

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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.

Edify:  to build in the way of God ... to cause people to think on God and glorify God


A few years ago, I saw this scripture and began seriously thinking about it.  

God gave me an opportunity to do this scripture as I was visiting with my neighbors one day.

I am a very non-political person.  But that year there was a presidential race that caught my attention and I would often listen to the political updates on the news.  As I did that, I was planting seeds in my heart which would have born evil fruit had I not meditated on what God was saying through Ephesians 4:29

As I spoke with my neighbors that day, I very much wanted to say, "And what do you think of the election?"

But I knew that would not build my neighbors spiritually nor bring grace to God.

But my flesh was on fire to say that.

It was a strong battle between my flesh and the spirit of God as I sat there that day with my neighbors.  

I was praying continually asking God for help.

I finally left their house without speaking those secular things.

And I greatly thank God to this day for helping to control my flesh.

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Recently a woman began speaking evil of the current president of the USA.

I recalled a scripture which had led me in what to do in past concerning elections.

I Timothy 2:1-3    I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;  For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

Because of this scripture, I did not enter into the talk this woman was doing.

As we study the various scriptures and decide to live in the way of these instructions in Bible, we plant good seeds in our hearts and later bear good fruit.

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Jesus said HIS kingdom was not of this world.

Neither is our kingdom of this world.

John 18:36     Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

For us who belong to God, we look forward to a new heaven and a new earth wherein dwells righteousness.  

II Peter 3:13   Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

(Knowing this causes our focal point to shift in emphasis.  This world is very temporary.  Either we will be leaving this world through death or Jesus will return for us and remove us from this world.)

I Thessalonians 4:13-17    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.

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

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).

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:

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.


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We will not be brought to this present earth for eternal life for this present earth will be destroyed by God in the wrath of God after the great tribulation that God sends upon this earth.

II Peter 3:10-14    But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

There is a new heaven and a new earth for us.  God allowed the apostle John to see that which is prepared for us and John described it to us as follows:

Revelation 21:1-5    And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

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.

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.

And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. 

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Also we will be given new bodies which will be spiritual bodies.  I Corinthians 15

Our present fleshly bodies will be changed from flesh to spirit.  

It is the flesh that causes us to have physical pain.  There will be no more physical pain.  It is the flesh by which we have emotions that are troublesome to us.  There will be no more flesh.

Everything will be different!

Knowing these truths should cause us to live differently as we live on this present earth.

Everything as we know it now will pass away, vanish, in the "twinkling of an eye", says the apostle Paul in I Corinthians 15.  

Blink.  That is how fast it will happen.

If we think on these scriptures we will free ourselves from so much of the trials and strife we have on this earth as we focus on our physical bodies and our properties.  For they will be gone!

All this is only temporary and will vanish in the blink of an eye.

But the word of the Lord will continue forever.

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* Instruction in Righteousness: Revelation 11

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. ² But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

³ And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

⁴ These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

⁵ And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

⁶ These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

⁷ And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

⁸ And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

⁹ And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

¹⁰ And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

¹¹ And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

¹² And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

¹³ And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

¹⁴ The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

¹⁵ And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and HE shall reign for ever and ever.

¹⁶ And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, ¹⁷ Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because Thou hast taken to Thee Thy great power, and hast reigned.

¹⁸ And the nations were angry, and Thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that Thou shouldest give reward unto Thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear Thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

¹⁹ And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in His temple the ark of His testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

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James 5:19-20

Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

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Scriptures

Joshua 1:5   There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

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Jesus forgave sin ... Jesus did not approve future sins.

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet


In John 8, a woman was taken in adultery and brought to Jesus for Him to judge.

Jesus did not condemn her in her sin, but Jesus did not approve future sins either.

Jesus said to her:  "Go ... and sin no more."

Jesus freed this woman from continuing this way of death in which she was living by setting her in a new way of life.

The word continually frees us from our ways of death, sending us instead into a way of life in righteousness.

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As we believe the scriptures, we enter into life in Christ, going in the way of life.

It is a process which we do over and over as we are confronted with various problems of this life and as we make choices to put our own flesh to death not letting it to do as it wills but choosing instead to do as God wills.

The instruction in the Bible is death to sin but life to us.

Choose life.

When we are confronted with a strong temptation, we can ask God to help us not to say "that" or to help us not to do "that."

When I have asked God to help me in such times, God has always helped me.

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Yesterday I was working on a writing I am doing concerning ways God causes us to prosper and have good success as we live in righteousness, meditating in scripture.

I love sharing the Word God gives me for it can help others also.

My cleaning woman, a Catholic, was working here as I was writing this.  I wanted so much to share this with her.  But I restrained myself for the last few times I have shared something with her she has said, "Yes ... but ..." and then has tried to explain away the scripture or concept.

God gave me a word of instruction concerning this woman:  "Just think on that which she does well." (That which she does well is cleaning.)  

As I thought on that word given me by God and did that word instead of sharing things of God with her as I wanted to do, everything went well.

I did not share what I was writing with her.  She cleaned my house, said goodbye, left me in peace.

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* Instruction in Righteousness: Revelation 10

And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: 

² And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
³ And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. 

⁴ And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

(There are times God stops us from writing or speaking those things we have seen from HIM.)

⁵ And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
⁶ And sware by HIM that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

⁷ But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

⁸ And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

⁹ And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. 

And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

¹⁰ And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

¹¹ And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.

(We love the Word God gives us and we eat that word and it is sweet to us ... but it comes bitter to those who hate the word of God when we "prophesy" to them.)

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Keep the fire for God and HIS work burning in you

Heb. 6:10-12 ... For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward HIS name (the WORD), in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.


Slothful means:  lazy, apathetic

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We have to work to keep our heart from going cold. The iniquity of this world and the attitudes we see in people around us can harden us. Therefore Paul often told Timothy to "stir up" the gift that is inside him.

Each of us has the greatest gift of all ... salvation through belief in God and Jesus Christ, the Word.

We stir up that gift by remembering how God saved us and by remembering the wonderful works God has done in us.

When we see the sin of others, we can pull away and reflect again on God and what HE did with us.

We can light the fire in us by Bible reading and especially by reflecting on the scriptures which exhort us to continue in the work assigned us by God as we are on this earth.

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The following scriptures have been very helpful to me to encourage me to hold fast to the work of God and to continue in doing that work.

Heb. 3:12-15 ... Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. 

But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; While it is said, To day if ye will hear HIS voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

Heb. 10:23-26 ... Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for HE is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

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We cannot allow ourselves to become apathetic. We work at keeping the fire of God lit, deliberately forcing ourselves to look at scriptures that inspire us in continuing the Word of God while we live on this earth.

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Letter to a man who identifies himself as a pastor.

To:  Allan

I don't believe you will find any church group who will support you if you speak truth from God.

You will have far more peace and freedom to speak as God wills if you do like the apostle Paul.

Work at secular job for a living and preach in spare time.

Joan Boney

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* Instruction in Righteousness: Revelation 8-9

And when HE had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

² And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.

³ And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

⁴ And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.

⁵ And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

⁶ And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

⁷ The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

⁸ And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; ⁹ And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

¹⁰ And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; ¹¹ And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

¹² And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

¹³ And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!


Revelation 9

And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.  ² And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

³ And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. ⁴ And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

⁵ And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

⁶ And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

⁷ And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. ⁸ And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. ⁹ And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. ¹⁰ And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

¹¹ And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

¹² One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

¹³ And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, ¹⁴ Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

¹⁵ And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.

¹⁶ And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.

¹⁷ And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

¹⁸ By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

¹⁹ For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.

²⁰ And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues 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.

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The New Heaven ... The New Jerusalem

Isaiah 65:17 ... For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth:
and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

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Sometimes it is hard for us to relate to what it will be like in the new heaven and the new earth.

This current earth will not come to mind ... will not even be remembered.

I have a cousin who is always trouble ... always a grief because of her words which are not according to scripture.

There will be weeks, or even months, that I do not think of this cousin at all and I am happy. If I hear her words (if she calls and talks with me), then she keeps coming to my mind throughout the day and I am grieved.

There are other trouble makers who surface and when I "remember" them I grieve. Then in time, I forget them and they do not come to mind at all. That is when I can be happy, when I do not remember them.

In heaven, this current earth will not come to mind ... happiness, continual joy.

Isaiah 65:18-19  But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create:
for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people:
and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

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Rev. 21 ... And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

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.

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.

And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.

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Scriptures

I want to get scripture more deeply inside me and I know we can do that by meditating throughout the day on key scriptures. 

You can put scriptures into an email to yourself so when you open your email throughout that day, those scriptures will be there and this will give you more opportunity to think on those scripture and do them.

Joan Boney

The following scriptures must live in us and be a way of life for us if we are to mature and grow in Christ.

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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.

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I Thessalonians 4:1-8   Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

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I Timothy 6:6-12    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.

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

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We must understand this and believe this to go forward in Christ.

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

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Jesus said:  My kingdom is not of this world.  John 18:36

Hebrews 11:27   By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing Him who is invisible.

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Purposing that when we are "blessed" our blessing if from God, not from man.

Genesis 14:22-23    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:

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Matthew 4:8-10    the devil taketh Him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto Him, All these things will I give thee, if Thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

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Matthew 7:13-14   Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

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And each of us who belong to God must learn to do the following:

I Peter 5:7   Casting all your care upon Him; for HE careth for you.

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.

I John 5:14-15    And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us:  And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.

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Matthew 6:25-34  Jesus says:  Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 

Can you grow an inch taller by thinking about it?)

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall HE not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

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

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.

Learn to pray to God over all your concerns when you realize you are concerned.  Pray about "tomorrow".

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Matthew 7:24-27   Jesus says:    Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

And every one that heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

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I Corinthians 10:13   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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* Baptism is identification with the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

When I was baptised, the minister lowered me into the water, the Holy Spirit said to me:

"This is like being buried with Christ."

When I came out of the water, the Holy Spirit said:

"This is like being raised with Christ."

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Baptism does not save us.

But is does help us fight our own flesh and the works of our flesh when we understand baptism.

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We keep our flesh crucified with Christ by praying and following the word brought by the Spirit of God in the form of a thought after prayer.

Paul said he kept his body "under" (under control) lest when he preached to others he would be a castaway.  I Corinthians 9

These are the works of the flesh:

Galatians 5:19-21   Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,  21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

It is the nature of man to do the works of the flesh ... When we are dead with Christ, we learn to reject the works of the flesh and go in the way of the Spirit.

Baptism is identification with the death and resurrection of Christ that we may serve God instead of serving the desires of our own flesh as we once did.

Romans 6:3-23    Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death?

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

For if we have been planted together in the likeness of HIS death, we shall be also in the likeness of HIS resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with HIM, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

For he that is dead is freed from sin.

Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him:

Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over Him.

For in that HE died, HE died unto sin once: but in that HE liveth, HE liveth unto God.

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

(Your flesh might like to tell someone off because of a perceived wrong done against you but that is just your flesh wanting to get even. We stop our flesh from doing what it wants to do for to do that thing would cause us to go into sin.  Now we reckon ourselves dead with Christ that we can now serve God doing as HE wills.  So we commit ourselves to God in prayer, asking HIM not to allow us to do that which our flesh wants to do.)

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. 

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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After we are born again, we learn to make our own flesh suffer by refusing to obey those desires prompted by our own flesh.

Therefore we no longer do those sins we once did.

We consider ourselves to be buried with Christ (dead), and resurrected with Christ so we can now serve God instead of yielding to our own flesh.

If we are tempted we can ask God to help us not to do that thing our flesh wants to do.  We can ask God to help us not to say those things the flesh wants us to say.

And we know the following:

I Corinthians 10:13   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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* Instruction in Righteousness: Revelation 7

And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

² And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
³ Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

⁴ And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

⁵ Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.

⁶ Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.

⁷ Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.

⁸ Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

⁹ After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; ¹⁰ And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

¹¹ And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, ¹² Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

¹³ And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?

¹⁴ And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. 

And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple: and HE that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. ¹⁶ They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 

¹⁷ For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

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