💥 Healed by God

Barbara Preston, member of the body of Christ

 

About two or three months ago I began experiencing pain in the right side of my jaw. It felt like a toothache and, if this was what it was, I knew I needed to see a dentist to have it taken care of or it would just get worse.

But when I went to the dentist in June he took an X-ray and said he saw nothing that should be causing this pain. He told me that everything looked normal.

But the pain kept coming, sometimes hurting more than other times, but never completely going away.

 

One morning I was awakened at about 5am because of the pain. I stopped chewing on the right side of my mouth and used a straw for a while when I would drink something cold because of the pain I felt when anything cold touched that area.

During this period of time I had prayed, asking God if HE would please heal whatever was causing this.

 
But the pain continued and, at some point, I felt I was going to have to go to an Urgent Care clinic and see if they could help me. If it wasn't a dental problem, then what was it?

I called my daughter, who has lived in this area for a long time, and asked her if she had ever been to one of these clinics or if she knew anything about any of them.

She didn't but, as we were talking, I realized that the pain in my jaw had suddenly disappeared, my jaw felt completely normal, and it felt like I had been healed!

And that is exactly what had happened.  God healed me at that moment!  

 

How merciful our God is to us and how marvelously blessed we are, in every way, to belong to HIM.

Nothing else can compare to it. NOTHING!

 

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Comments from Beth Martin, member of the body of Christ

 

Amazing .... I am reminded of:
 

John 14:14  Jesus says:  If ye shall ask any thing in MY name, I will do it. 

 

 

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💥 Podcast: The great difference between Jacob, the chosen of God, and Esau, his elder brother, as they grow up in the house of Isaac

 

 

(This podcast was previously published on August 31, 2021)  

 

Genesis 27  (After the death of Sarah)

1-2 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.  And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

3-4 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. 4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah (Abraham's wife after Sarah's death.)

5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

(Isaac was the child of the promise.)

6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

Genesis 25:11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.

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Isaac had two sons. Jacob was the child of God.  Jacob had a twin brother, Esau,  who was the elder. Even before the children were born, God chose Jacob, the younger son and later spoke to Jacob directly, identifying HIMSELF to Jacob.  

(Romans 9:10-13   And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;  11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of HIM that calleth;)  12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. 13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.)

Genesis 25:20-23   And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. 21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.

23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

Rebekah knew God had chosen her younger son, Jacob over Esau.

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Genesis 26

34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

Genesis 27:46   And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

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Genesis 28

1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

Esau is going to try to please his mother and father by copying what Jacob, the elect of God, has done.

So Esau, thinking by his fleshly mind, goes to the granddaughter of Abraham to marry her, a granddaughter of Abraham, whose father was a son of Abraham, Ishmael!

(The natural man who tries to copy the elect of God is always off in his thinking, like a radio station which is a little off the center of the sound dial.)

6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;

8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

For Esau reasons this woman, the grandaughter of Abraham, will please his father Isaac and his mother Rebekah.  But Ishmael was not even allowed to continue in Abraham's household, so his daughter would not please Isaac and Rebekah.

Concerning Isaac and Ishmael ...

Genesis 21:8-12  And the child (Isaac) grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. 9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. 11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.

12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

So Ishmael, the son of Hagar, was cast out of Abraham house.  But Esau seems to miss this fact and he marries a daughter of Ishmael thinking this will please Isaac and Rebekah.

I Corinthians 2:14

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

Esau was "the natural man" and he could not please God.  Neither can we please God unless we are born again by God and given the Holy Spirit to live in us and guide us and teach us, for the Spirit of God searches the heart of God to reveal the will of God to us.  (I Corinthians 2)  So when we hear from the Spirit of God and follow HIM, we please God.

John 3:3  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.

We cannot understand the things of God until we have been born again by God and created as a new creature who is led by the Holy Spirit of God who is given us by God.

II Corinthians 5:17   Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

When we are born again it is by the will of God and God speaks to us and reveals HIMSELF to us, changing us into new creatures who now have the Holy Spirit of God living in them to guide them in ways of God.

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💥 Scriptures:

 

1 Peter 4:19  Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to HIM in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

 

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

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I John 3:2-3  Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when HE shall appear, we shall be like HIM; for we shall see HIM as HE is.

 

3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as HE is pure.

 

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Deuteronomy 30:14  But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

 

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Psalm 56:3-4  What time I am afraid, I will trust in THEE.

 

4 In God I will praise HIS word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
 

 

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💥 Revelation 13 (Reading through the Bible)

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

² And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

³ And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

⁴ And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

⁵ And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

⁶ And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, and His tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

⁷ And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

⁸ And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

⁹ If any man have an ear, let him hear.

¹⁰ He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

¹¹ And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

¹² And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

¹³ And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

¹⁴ And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

¹⁵ And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

¹⁶ And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

¹⁷ And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

¹⁸ Here is wisdom.  Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast:  for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore six.  

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💥 Answers to prayer

Pam Padgett, member of the body of Christ

Monday morning of this week while cleaning my eye glasses, the frame broke.  I don't have a backup pair of glasses with the current prescription. Although I found a copy of the written prescription, it had expired 4 days ago!  So I would need to get an eye exam, new prescription, and then order glasses. I have been going to a doctor about 30 minutes away, and it usually takes at least a few weeks to get an appointment with this doctor.

I found a pair of older eye glasses which allowed me to see fairly well but not quite as clearly as needed, and I soon began getting a severe headache.

It didn't seem I'd be able to wait weeks to get an exam and new glasses, and I began crying out to God asking what I should do.

I was reminded of an eye doctor very near my home with a complete optical department. I had forgotten about this eye doctor although I had gone there a couple times about 5 years ago. Things the doctor and people in the optical department said troubled me so I stopped going there.

But on Monday as I prayed, this nearby eye doctor's office kept being drawn to my attention, so I went there hoping they might have some frames that would fit my lenses.

At the door was a sign saying the office was under new ownership. The new doctor happened to be walking through the reception area when I got there and was very friendly as was everyone else I saw, much different than before.

Also, as I was driving to that office, the idea was given me to see if there was any way to fix my broken glasses.  Although it didn't seem to me this could be done, I asked about it, and they went right to work on my glasses. Surprisingly, they were able to fix the frame. I can see just fine again! 

(I also made an appointment to get an exam for a new prescription so I can get a pair of backup glasses.)

Within an hour, what had been a serious problem to me was completely resolved, and in an very unexpected way.

I am so grateful for being led by God to such a quick solution and wanted to share this. 

 

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

  

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Comments from Cathy Varner, member of the body of Christ

 

That’s great Pam! I rejoice with you.

It reminds me of a time my frames were coming apart and needed some little part. I think I went to the place where I’d bought them. I remembered that in the past when I’d gone there for a repair they had a hard time and it took very long.

I was praying they’d be able to fix them and that it wouldn’t take too long.

The woman who was helping me said she might be able to fix them if they happened to have the right part. She started looking through a bin, and very quickly found a part.  She was so amazed and said that this part just “fell out” to her and was a perfect fit.

 

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Jeremiah 32:17 Ah Lord God! behold, THOU hast made the heaven and the earth by THY great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for THEE:

  

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Comments from Barbara Preston, member of the body of Christ

 

I never stop being amazed at how God provides everything we will need no matter what we are dealing with. Always providing HIS best for us and watching over us so closely.

 

 

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💥 Podcast: God blesses Joseph wherever Joseph is, first in slavery and then in the prison

 

 

(This podcast was previously published on August 30, 2021)  

 

Genesis 39

1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

4 And Joseph found grace in his sight (in the sight of the Egyptian), and he served him: and he (the Egyptian) made him (Joseph) overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his (Joseph's) hand.

5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.

6 And he (the Egyptian) left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. 

And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.

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7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;

9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,

14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:

15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.

16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.

17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:

18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.

19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.

20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

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21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.

23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.

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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.

Romans 8:28   And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to HIS purpose.

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💥 Scriptures:

 

2 Corinthians 6:14  Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 

 

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Psalm 119:114  THOU art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in THY word.

 

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Proverbs 4:23  Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

 

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Psalm 18:30  As for God, HIS way is perfect: the Word of the LORD is tried: HE is a buckler (shield) to all those that trust in HIM.

 

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

 

 

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💥 Revelation 12 (Reading through the Bible)

And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: ² And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

³ And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. ⁴ And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

⁵ And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to HIS throne.

⁶ And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

⁷ And there was war in heaven: Michael and HIS angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, ⁸ And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

⁹ And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him
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¹¹ And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

¹² Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. 

Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

¹³ And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

¹⁴ And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

¹⁵ And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

¹⁶ And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

¹⁷ And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

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💥 Podcast: God shows HIMSELF to Joseph and identifies the calling of Joseph through dreams

 

(This podcast was previously published on August 29, 2021)  

 

God speaks to HIS Children showing HIS election to HIMSELF.

We see that God spoke to Abraham, to Isaac, to Jacob.

Next in line is Joseph.  Of the 12 children of Israel, it was Joseph who was chosen by God.  And to Joseph, the elect of God, God spoke through dreams to show Joseph HIS calling.

Genesis 37

Dreams:

5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

(This is the Word of God that Joseph speaks to his brothers and father.)

7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

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God speaks to us by thoughts brought by the Holy Spirit, by dreams, by words carried by angels,

God speaks and when the word comes to us often that Word of God divides us from those persons who are not of God.

Jesus explains:

Matthew 10

34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

37 He that loveth father or mother more than ME is not worthy of ME: and he that loveth son or daughter more than ME is not worthy of ME.

38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after ME, is not worthy of ME.

39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for MY sake shall find it.

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God speaks to Joseph by 2 dreams.

And Joseph's brothers hated Joseph and envied him.

Jacob (Israel), Joseph's father, sent Joseph to see how his brother's were doing in caring for the herd.

The brothers were going to kill Joseph.

But this happened:

Genesis 37

18  And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;

The brothers killed an animal and dipped the coat of many colors into the blood of the animal and took the coat to Joseph's father to make his father think an animal had killed Joseph.

His father had given Joseph a coat of many colors because Joseph was his favorite son among the 12 sons.

24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.

28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

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No matter how terrible things look, God uses these things to accomplish HIS purpose by HIS elect.

Romans 8:28

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to HIS purpose.

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As we share those dreams God has given us and as we share the words God has spoken to us we help the body of Christ and often even cause others in the body of Christ to remember things God has done for them, thus causing them to have their faith in God increased.

We see the working of God in the testimonies which we and others give to the people of God.

Philemon v. 6   That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

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💥 Scriptures:

 

Matthew 7:13-14  (Jesus says)  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:

 

14 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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Luke 6:35  (Jesus says)  But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for HE is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

 

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I Timothy 2:1-4  Paul said:  I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

 

2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

 

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

 

4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

 

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Proverbs 3:27-28  Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

 

28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

 

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Joshua 1:9  Have not I commanded thee? 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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💥 Revelation 11 (Reading through the Bible)

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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💥 Podcast: Evaluating our work and words, and evaluating what other people bring to us

 

(This podcast was previously published on July 21, 2021)  

 

Psalm 145:11-12

and (we) talk of THY power;   To make known to the sons of men HIS mighty acts,

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Comments by Joan Boney:

We can check ourselves, and others, by the above scripture:

* Are we talking about that which God has done in our lives?  Are they telling us that which God has done?

* Are we showing the works of God when we speak?  Are they showing the works of God by their words?

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Examples:

# 1.  I saw the British Open Golf Tournament in July.   

Are we talking about what God has done?  NO

Are we showing the works of God?  NO

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# 2.  As I looked at my 25 year old car, I was thinking about having new upholstery put on front seat, and I had the following bought to mind:  "Or you could just buy a new car."  I could buy a new car.  I had sold my house in Texas and had the cash in the bank from the sale of the house.

Are we talking about what God has done?  YES 

Are we showing the works of God?  YES

Matthew 11:30   God's yoke is easy.  God's burden is light.

John 16:13  The Holy Spirit "guides you".

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# 3.  I began having trouble finding food to eat.  Nothing seemed to taste good.  I was 83 when this happened.  I began praying asking God to help me and show me what to do.  I began thinking about buying an outdoor grill.  I had the money so I could pay cash.  Several times in the next few weeks, I thought of a grill.  I bought a grill.

Are we talking about what God has done?  YES

Are we showing the works of God?  YES

James 1:5   If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

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#  4.  Pastor wanted to build a new church building.  I asked him:  What did God say to you about this?  Did God show you to build a new building?  Pastor did not answer me at all.  Two times pastor asked me to come see his building and "bless" his building.  Pastor's wife said they really wanted me to come see their work that they were planning.  Never did either of them mention anything about God.

Do we have any evidence that God is leading them to do this?  NO

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# 5.   I had a dream:  A woman was singing.  I said, "It's a little voice, but it is a nice little voice."  Then in the dream there was a blog and I saw it was a way to communicate with the church.

Blog:  no cost to publish

Blog:  goes all over the world instantly

Blog:  no censor of materials written  (complete freedom in writing)

Do we have any evidence that God led me to start a blog?  YES

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# 6.  Man comes to our house to do extermination work.  He identifies himself to me as a Christian.  Then this man says, "You could always pray that the mice would go to the house of neighbor that you hate."  I replied:  "I don't have any neighbors that I hate."  Later he began telling me that he goes on ministry trips to different cities each summer.  I asked:  "And how did God tell you to do this?"  He had no answer to this question.

Is he talking about what God has done?  NO

Is he showing the works of God?  NO

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#7.  I saw a new TV series that has potential.

Are we talking about what God has done?  NO

Are we showing the works of God?  NO

 

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# 8.  An announcement was made at church of a ministry trip with the singles class at church.  As a young woman, Pam Padgett signed up for this trip.  There was no mention of "how" they were to "minister".  The church was several hundred miles away, on the other side of the state.

No one knew what they were to do to "minister" when they arrived at the church.

 

Should there be a question about this "ministry trip" and who authored this?  God or man? 

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# 9.  In 1982, I was reading the following scripture from 2 Thessalonians 2:3  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (of the Lord) shall not come, except there come a falling away first,

As I read this scripture, I heard these words which I believed to be information from God:  "This falling away are not people leaving the churches.  This falling away are the churches leaving the scripture."

Today is there evidence of churches having left portions of scripture and having set up new doctrines opposite to the instruction of the Bible in their groups?   YES

 982 likely a word of knowledge from God based on the evidence seen today in churches?   YES

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The apostle Paul said:

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

Do you do that concerning the things you say to others? 

Do you evaluate what others say to you? 

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One of our neighbors told Pam Padgett to tell me "hello" and also to tell me how much she enjoyed hearing the story of my old car.

Evaluation:  This neighbor didn't mention the scriptures which I sent to her concerning homosexuals and lesbians though I sent many scriptures on this subject to her:  Romans 1:26-28; Genesis 13:13; Genesis 19; I Kings 14:24; I Kings 15:12; I Kings 22:46; 2 Kings 23:7

A few days before this neighbor told this to Pam, I became aware of how much deception people carry to us and I began praying for God not to let me to be deceived or deluded.

After hearing the message from this neighbor, I was at first glad ... but then I was reminded that she said nothing about enjoying what I wrote where I shared those scriptures concerning homosexuals and lesbians!

I believe this tells the truth about this woman.  She does not delight in the scriptures, the Word of God.  But she wants to delight in that which she sees humans do.  

Many church-going people are like this.

We need to pray that we not be deceived nor deluded by people.  

For these are indeed "perilous times". 

2 Timothy 3

1-4 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.  For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

(They tell you where they go to church.  They love their buildings and delight in their stained glass windows and in their pastors, but they do not love the Word of God!)

7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;  (God teaches us.)

15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

16-17 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

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And Jesus says:

Matthew 7:21-23  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

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💥 Scriptures:

John 16:33  Jesus says: These things I have spoken unto you, that in ME (the Word) ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

 

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Hebrews 4:15-16  For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 

 

16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

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

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

 

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

 

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Colossians 3:1-3  If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

Comments from Beth Martin:
Recently I was preparing for my granddaughters to come over to spend the night. I bought their favorite food, cleaned the upstairs, set the upstairs air conditioner to cool, and planned to take them to a restaurant for dinner. 

 

At the last minute one was late and she asked me to pick up the other. The other one did not even start to get ready. 

 

I sat and fretted about all being "ruined". 

 

I asked God for help. I heard, "Your life is hid with ME". 

 

All of my concerns left me and I suddenly did not even care if they came or not. Nothing but God mattered. 

 

Today as I think on this, it is humorous.

 

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💥 Revelation 10 (Reading through the Bible)

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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