Chapter 1:
Maybe we can help
Comments by Joan Boney:
(I
have always been non-political. I do not vote and am not registered
with either political party in USA. But I have begun to pray regularly
for the person who is in authority as the apostle Paul said to do.)
I Timothy 2 (Paul says)
1
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;
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Even
before the election in USA in 2024, God began working with me,
cleansing evil from my heart, which I had stored in my heart,
concerning things Mr. Trump had done in his personal life which I had
heard about on TV news reports.
(If our heart has evil toward a person in authority, we can pray this over our own heart and God will do this for us. Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.)
We need our own heart cleansed before we can pray for others.
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Now I am able to pray for Mr. Trump and did pray the following:
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I pray that God would help Mr. Trump to put aside anger and revengeful
desires and focus on getting basic things in better condition for this
nation and other countries.
* I pray that Mr. Trump consider ways to get some of the debt owed by USA repaid.
* I pray that God will help our leaders concerning "giveaways".
Long
ago missionaries went to countries and taught the people to come to the
missionaries and they would give them all types of things.
Many
men from other countries, who say they are "pastors", contact me by
e-mail, wanting me to send them money and other things. (Some of these
men may be con- men and not even have a church at all.) So usually I
direct them to go to our blog, Jesus Ministries Exhortations, where for free they can get everything I write. And I tell them they can copy anything from our blog and distribute it to their church.
David said: Psalms 37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
I know God provides for us, the church.
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I pray that God will help USA to deal in ways that will help people
to be able to provide for their own families by getting jobs, and
working with their own hands, and by leading their own families in
providing for their own families. (I know it is good and righteous for able-bodied men to work and provide for their own families.)
2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
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I really feel our political leaders can be helped by God when we pray for the leaders in godly ways.
I pray for political leaders to learn to pray, asking God to give them wisdom, as they begin to make decisions.
James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
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Reminding us again:
The apostle Paul said: I Timothy 2 ... 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.
2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
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💥 Do we pray even when the leader displays ungodliness?
I prayed asking God: And I remembered there were evil kings in the time of Peter and Paul. Herod beheaded the prophet John the Baptist because John said it was not lawful for Herod to have his brother's wife. (See Matthew 14)
And I recalled the following scripture:
Matthew 5:43-45 Jesus says Ye
have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and
hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them
that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which
despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for HE maketh HIS sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
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1 Timothy 2
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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.
This is the will of God.
John tells us if we pray according to the will of God our prayers will be heard by God.
I John 5
14 And this is the confidence that we have in HIM, that, if we ask any thing according to HIS will, HE heareth us:
15 And if we know that HE hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of HIM.
15 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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I have an heart and even faith to pray the following: I pray that God give Mr. Trump a new heart and a new Spirit according to the following scripture:
Ezekiel 36 God says what HE will do for the NT church:
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And I will sanctify MY great name, which was profaned among the
heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen
shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be
sanctified in you before their eyes.
24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27 And I will put MY spirit within you, and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and ye shall keep MY judgments, and do them.
24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27 And I will put MY spirit within you, and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and ye shall keep MY judgments, and do them.
Pray for those in authority.
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When I awake each morning I find I'm usually praying even before getting out of bed.
This
morning I awoke praying for Mr. Trump and the many decisions he has to
make in setting up the transition government. I prayed for God to stop
those confirmations that need to be stopped. I'm going to try to pray for them on a regular basis.
I
don't expect the world to be the church but I do think we can help
our leaders by praying for them as the apostle Paul said to do.
Since praying for those in authority, I've had another layer of peace added to my own life. This really surprises me.
(We
do not have to follow what is happening by watching News in order to
pray for them,
because we can always pray for God to help the leaders and give them HIS
wisdom in dealing with today's issues. Or we can pray for God to stop
that leader from doing some if we see it as questionable. I do know I
have much more peace since I've been praying for those in authority.)
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Podcast: What the Bible says will happen at the end of this world
Matthew 24 (Jesus says:)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And HE (Jesus) shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And HE (Jesus) shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
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When
it goes totally dark in the middle of the day everyone on the whole
earth will be terrified! and will know something is happening.
* The sun stops giving light and goes completely dark.
* The moon gives no light.
* The stars fall from heaven.
Total darkness results.
And what of day 2? will the sun shine? or will darkness continue?
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How could this happen? The powers of heaven have been shaken by God!
Many of the Old Testament prophets were shown this would happen.
Isaiah 13:13 God says: Therefore
I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place,
in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of HIS fierce anger.
Joel 2
1
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;
2 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.
2 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.
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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:
Amos 5
18 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.
19 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. (one problem after another)
20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
19 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. (one problem after another)
20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
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Matthew 24 (Jesus says)
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
By
this we see some of the elect will still be living on this earth during
the time of the great tribulation that is sent on this earth by God as
judgment on the world.
14 plagues: Rev. 8, 9, 16
But
those who call on the name of the Lord will be saved and delivered, and
peace comes even in times of trouble, through prayer to God, even now
as we pray.
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