The hope for us

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

Last night, I had a dream where one thing after another went wrong unexpectedly.  

I awoke crying out to God, "What is this?"

I heard, "The end times."

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Amos 5:18-20   Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.

As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

(This is what my dream was like last night.)

Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

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Isaiah 24:1-12    Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.

(Everyone who is on the earth at that time will experience the problem ... 

Jesus says:   Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.  Luke 21:36)

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Isaiah 24:3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.

4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. 

(Can't even escape this way.)

10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. 11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction. 

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Joel 1:15   Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

18-19   How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

O Lord, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

Revelation 8:7    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.

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Joel 2:1-2   Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

30-32   And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.

32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.

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Several years ago, I had a dream where the earth slipped on it's axis.  People were terrified.  Scientists and religious leaders were meeting with the government to see what could be done about this.  A newsman was trying to tell the story on TV news, but he was so frightened he couldn't speak.

(The event was of God.  Man could do nothing.)

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Joel 3:13    Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

Revelation 14:14-19  And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.

And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs. 

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The end time wrath of God is to be poured out upon the people who remain on this present earth.

This happens when the cup of iniquity is full.

No man knows the exact day and hour but we do know seasons.  In the spring, when leaves begin to appear on the trees, we know summer is near.

In life, when we see the wickedness increase we know the end, the "day of the Lord", is near.

And this is especially true when we see wickedness in church groups and when we see people in church groups "fall away" from portions of scripture.

The apostle Paul told us this "falling away" had to happen before Jesus could return.  II Thessalonians 2

We see this in the churches today.

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First the churches cast aside the instruction given by the apostle Paul concerning what to do when wickedness comes into the congregation.

Paul says:

I Corinthians 5:11; 13   But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat...Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

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What do the churches do today when a brother is a "fornicator?"  They think they need to pray for that "brother" and counsel him, instead of putting him out of the church.

Thus wickedness acts throughout the congregation as a "leaven."  

Paul said this is what would happen if they allowed such a one to remain in the group.

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Second, many church groups permit the man to marry the divorced woman.  Adultery.  Matthew 5:32

Men and women divorce and remarry at will, which is adultery according to Bible.  Mark 10 & I Corinthians 7:10-11 

Some churches today accept homosexuals & lesbians.  Against Bible.  Romans 1

Some churches go along with medical profession calling drunkenness "a illness", not a sin.

I Corinthians 6:9-10   Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

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Many forms of unrepentant sins are approved today in churches by both ministers and congregation under the guise of a false doctrine of "love" and "forgiveness".

Scriptures are cast aside when they disagree with the doctrines of the church group.

Jesus, the Word, no longer rules over these church groups.

These are all signs of the leaves of the trees announcing the coming wrath of God upon the wickedness!

Don't be a part of this in the church group.

Get up and leave.

Follow God with that person who calls on God out of a pure heart.

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Instruction in Righteousness: From Luke 3

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, ² Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

³ And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

⁴ As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.  ⁵ Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;  ⁶ And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

⁷ Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

⁸ Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

⁹ And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

¹⁰ And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?

¹¹ He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.

¹² Then came also publicans (tax collectors) to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?

¹³ And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.

¹⁴ And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

¹⁵ And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;  ¹⁶ John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: HE shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: ¹⁷ Whose fan is in His hand, and He will throughly purge His floor, and will gather the wheat into His garner; but the chaff He will burn with fire unquenchable.

¹⁸ And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.

¹⁹ But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,  ²⁰ Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.

²¹ 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.

²³ And Jesus Himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
²⁴ Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,
²⁵ Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,
²⁶ Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,
²⁷ Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,
²⁸ Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
²⁹ Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,
³⁰ Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,
³¹ Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,
³² Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,
³³ Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,
³⁴ Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
³⁵ Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,
³⁶ Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
³⁷ Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
³⁸ Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

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The Faith Movement in the Churches (1978-1982)

Book:  Faith in God
Chapter 5
Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet


In approximately 1978, I began attending a small church in Farmer's Branch, Texas, outside Dallas, where I lived at that time.

I got to that church the same way most people find a church, by following family or friends to the church they attend.

The woman in our prayer group who seemed more spiritual to us than the others, first went to a church called, Beverly Hills Baptist, so I would go there with her and her non-Christian husband.  When she left that church and went to the one in Farmer's Branch, I went with her.

The church, Word of Faith, the pastor, Robert Tilton.

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At the time I started there, we met in an old warehouse, and the most number of people we had at church on the best day was about 200 people.

By the time I left, in 1982, we were meeting in an 8,000 seat theater style auditorium with TV cameras and sound equipment for recording broadcasts.

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I left that church group under the following circumstances:

God gave me a terrifying dream in 1979.

In this dream, a man was speaking to a group of people.  I went in and sat down and began to listen.  A second man rushed into the room and said, "Stop ... wait ... can't you see ... It's too late ... It's already begun."

The first man resumed speaking.

I looked out the windows to see what had "already begun".

I was very shocked at what I saw.

There was a tall pole with a yellow civil defense speaker on top of the pole.  I saw a gas coming out of that speaker.  The gas was poisonous and was going to kill people and it was coming directly toward us!

The shocking thing was the speaker that was set there to warn us was the instrument being used to distribute the gas which would end up killing us!

I looked at the man who was seated next to me.  He had a very big smile on his face as he attentively looked directly at the man who was speaking.  But then I realized, this man was dead!  He was a corpse.

I looked at the other people in the room and they were all dead.

As I sat there listening to the man who was speaking to the dead group of people, I began to yawn and I realize the gas was killing me too as I sat there among them.

I felt like Daniel who was sick after having a dream, for I didn't know what that dream meant and it was very difficult to live with it. 

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One Wednesday night, in 1982, at church, at Word of Faith, I glanced at the man sitting next to me and realized this was the corpse I had seen in the poison gas dream.

I looked about the auditorium and saw the people who were dead in the dream.

I got up immediately and went to the Ladies Room and began praying.

I said to God, "I believe YOU are showing me to leave this church group so I'm going to drive away.  But if YOU want me to come back, I will turn around and return."

I drove away immediately.

God did not want me to come back.

With that, God began teaching me about "The Faith Movement".

Up to that moment, I hadn't realized anything was wrong with that movement or with that church I had been attending.

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About the same time I left, the man who had been our Sunday school teacher left that church group.

I talked to him and told him I didn't realize I was different from them.

He said, "Joan ... you were never like them."

I wasn't?

He said, "They talk about faith but I always saw that you lived faith."

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What God showed me:

From the moment I was born again in 1975, I was taken to the following scripture to serve as a guide for my actions and development.

Jesus said:

Jn. 5:30 ... I can of MINE own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and MY judgment is just; because I seek not MINE own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent ME.

The apostle Paul said:

I Cor. 2 ... And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and HIM crucified. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

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God taught me to stay in the Bible ... meditating on verses in the scriptures ... and when I spoke to speak that which the Holy Spirit brought to my mind in scripture, dreams, examples and words.

I did not prepare anything in advance.

I was taught by God to step out in front of people and speak that which HE put in my ear at the moment I was out there.

When I focused on a scripture in my personal study, it was a scripture which had been brought to my mind by the Holy Spirit.

Therein lies the power of God ... by that which the Holy Spirit speaks to us.

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And God taught me about the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer, primarily through the following scriptures:

Jn. 14:26 ... But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, WHOM the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Jn. 16:13 ... Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of HIMSELF; but whatsoever HE shall hear, that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.

I Cor. 2 ... But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love HIM. But God hath revealed them unto us by HIS Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

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When I "stood" on a scripture, it was usually scripture brought to my mind by the Holy Spirit.  It was not a scripture I hunted with my own flesh, except in one occasion when I was "believing" for a husband and quoting scripture claiming my "right" to find a husband.  (Not God's will for me.)

Herein lies the primary difference in that which our Sunday school teacher at Word of Faith saw between what I was doing and what most of the others at that church group were doing.

I was led by the Holy Spirit in what scripture I used and in what I did.

Most of them were searching the Bible to try to find a scripture to stand on to justify what they wanted.

And this fit with that which Bob Tilton taught.  I recall him teaching that if you wanted a red pickup, get a picture of the pickup you wanted and put it on the door of your refrigerator where you would see it day and night and eventually you would figure out how to get that pickup.

I had no idea they were searching for scripture to get what they wanted. 

I thought we were the same until God brought me out by opening my eyes with the poison gas dream.

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I did have some clues during the years I was at this church.

In one January, we had a very severe ice storm.  I lived about 15 or 20 miles from Word of Faith, so I couldn't drive to church that Sunday because of the ice on the highways.

Highland Park Methodist Church was about 2 blocks from my apartment.  I decided to walk there and go to their service.  As I walked through the parking area, I noticed all the expensive cars, Mercedes, Cadillacs, BMW, even a Rolls Royce.

At Word of Faith we were constantly hearing about prosperity and how God prospered HIS people.  But here, at this Methodist church I was seeing real prosperity in the form of worldly wealth!

"What is going on?" I wondered.

I knew they didn't teach much scripture at the Methodist church.

It seemed to me that we had so many poor people attending Word of Faith in search of prosperity and gobbling up the prosperity messages that were being taught constantly at that church. 

(I didn't care for the prosperity message but what I did was copy down all the scripture the preachers spoke and during the week I would meditate day and night on those scriptures ... then the next time I went to a service, I copied down all the scripture they spoke at that service and I meditated between church services on those scriptures I had copied down.)

One bad fruit that I know of developed in me during my stay at Word of Faith because of the teaching we were hearing ... It concerned my car. 

My car was about 8-10 years old and had a hard top covered with vinyl which was in vogue at that time.  I lived in a modest apartment and did not have a garage.  So the car had to sit out in the hot, Texas sun, and the top cloth split and began to peal. 

Though I liked driving the car, the image was really not in keeping with the success, prosperity taught in the faith movement. 

I became embarrassed over my car.

The other ministers I knew in that movement had Cadillacs and Lincolns. 

The woman who managed our office at that time tried to get me to go buy a Cadillac, saying we could afford the payments.  I didn't entertain this idea at all for I felt I was to stay out of debt and it would be risky to do such a thing over a car.  But I do recall feeling my car showed God wasn't blessing me at that time so my faith was in question.  Of course, that was not true.

I've been away from the Faith Movement messages since 1982.  God worked with me considerably in doing the following instructions given in Phil. 2 ...

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made HIMSELF of no reputation

I know the shame I felt over my car when I was in the Faith Movement came from the teachings of the Faith Movement.

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God's way to prosper and have good success:

Psalm 1 ... Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Joshua 1 ... Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest.

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.

Have not I commanded thee?  (Didn't God tell you to do what you are doing?)

Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

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Another troubling moment came when a major tornado hit one of the gulf coast cities, causing severe destruction and many deaths.

We were being taught at church that we had "authority" as believers over weather that caused destruction.

I wondered why some of the great men of faith didn't exercise their authority and stop that storm from hitting. 

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Many people failed to reach their expressed goals, but when that happened it was said their faith was too weak. 

Never did I hear anyone say, "This teaching is wrong."

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For a very brief season (1980-198l), I was one of the rising stars in the Faith Movement among the ministers, being on radio from coast to coast by 1981.

Then after a meeting in Seattle, I was enroute to the airport to return to Dallas, when I heard the following from the Holy Spirit:

"The foundation is laid.  Now we're really going to move."

"OH boy!" I foolishly thought.


A few weeks after this, I heard the following from God by HIS Spirit.

The time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God ... The time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God ... The time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God.

Over and over, God spoke this to me.

Then God opened my eyes to see sins in the lives of ministers and sins in several big time ministries.

When I was unable to get a message to these ministers in private, I was persuaded (I believe by God) to give the message on radio, telling of the sins, and naming those ministers by name.

To get me to do this, the following scripture was called to my attention.

II Tim. 4:14 ... Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.

By this scripture, I saw Paul naming a wrong doer by name in front of all as he warned the church about the man.

I began doing this on my radio broadcasts and in some of my meetings.

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A very important moment came for me in Seattle after I began doing these things.

The manager of the radio station in Seattle was waiting for me outside the meeting room. 

He came to me and said,

"Joan ... you have many good messsages ... just speak those messages ... if you keep speaking these judgment messages, I don't know what is going to happen to you ... we might have to  put you off the air."

Instantly, without any thought at all, the Holy Spirit rose up in me and said the following through me.

"George ... If I don't speak the message I believe to be from God, then I don't have a message and I may as well  be off the air."

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The greatest problem in the Faith Movement is instead of learning to turn to God and follow the Spirit of God, they learn to take authority over the situation and "be as gods" quoting scripture by their natural minds.

Look at what Paul says about antichrist.

II Thess. 2 ... NASB

Let no one in any way deceive you, for it (the day of the Lord) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.

Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things? 

And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed.

For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. Then that lawless one will be revealed

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II Thess. 2 ... KJV

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. 

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Chapter 5

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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

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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.

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Mark 10:2-9   And the Pharisees came to HIM, and asked HIM, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting HIM.

And HE answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

(At the time of sexual intercourse, the two become one flesh.  Paul explains in I Corinthians 6)

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Mark 10:10-12    And in the house HIS disciples asked HIM again of the same matter.

And HE saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

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

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Matthew 5:32   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.

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Romans 1:26-27   For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

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Galatians 5:19-23    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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God's way is easy, joyful, peaceful.

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

God leads us forth with joy!

(Have you ever tried to make yourself go shopping when you really didn't want to go out?  If so, you know the opposite to "joy".)

Isaiah 40:31   they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

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Man's way is often hard, difficult. and distressful because he yokes himself to thinking of other humans and tries to grit his teeth and do the difficult things.  

(Even our own flesh takes pride in doing difficult things!)

Joy is a primary way God leads HIS people.

Psalm 105:42   And HE brought forth HIS people with joy, and HIS chosen with gladness:

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Dread is a sign you have yoked yourself to plans that are not of God.  Do not hesitate to free yourself when you have done this.

Dread:
- anticipate with apprehension or fear
- have forebodings about
- anxiety, worry, concern

Proverbs 6:2-3   (If) Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.  Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself,

Cancel ... back off ... pray ... allow yourself to be reestablished by God in the way to go.

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If we ask God for HIS wisdom in the matter at hand, we have a promise in the Bible, that God will give us HIS 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.


The world often teaches the person to stick with it, regardless of how hard it is or dreadful.

I have not found that to be God's way.

James 3:17   But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.


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Matthew 11:28-30   Jesus says:   Come unto ME, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Take MY yoke upon you, and learn of ME; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.  For MY yoke is easy, and MY burden is light.

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If we yoke ourselves to the thinking of other men and to our own prideful flesh, we will have a hard yoke, especially as we strive for reputations among other men.

If we give this up and turn to God and desire to do only HIS will, yoking ourselves to God and choosing to live in peace, HE will show us another way and we will come to see the truth of the scriptures.  

God's yoke is easy and HIS burden is light.

Live by this!

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Instruction in Righteousness: From Luke 2

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.

² (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

³ And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

⁴ And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
⁵ To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

⁶ And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

⁷ And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

⁸ And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
⁹ And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

¹⁰ And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
¹¹ For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
¹² And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

¹³ And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
¹⁴ Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

¹⁵ And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

¹⁶ And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
¹⁷ And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

¹⁸ And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

¹⁹ But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

²⁰ And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

²¹ And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

²² And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present Him to the Lord;

²³ (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

²⁴ And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.

²⁵ And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
²⁶ And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

²⁷ And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for Him after the custom of the law,
²⁸ Then took he Him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
²⁹ Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy word:
³⁰ For mine eyes have seen Thy salvation,
³¹ Which Thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
³² A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of Thy people Israel.

³³ And Joseph and His mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of Him.

³⁴ And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary His mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
³⁵ (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

³⁶ And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
³⁷ And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years (84), which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

³⁸ And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of Him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

³⁹ And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

⁴⁰ And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon Him.

⁴¹ Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
⁴² And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
⁴³ And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and His mother knew not of it.
⁴⁴ But they, supposing Him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought 
Him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
⁴⁵ And when they found Him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking Him.

⁴⁶ And it came to pass, that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

⁴⁷ And all that heard Him were astonished at His understanding and answers.

⁴⁸ And when they saw Him, they were amazed: and His mother said unto Him, Son, why hast Thou thus dealt with us? behold, Thy father and I have sought Thee sorrowing.

⁴⁹ And He said unto them, How is it that ye sought Me? wist ye not that I must be about My Father's business?

⁵⁰ And they understood not the saying which He spake unto them.

⁵¹ And He went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but His mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

⁵² And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

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