Comments by Joan Boney:
A few days ago, I told Pam Padgett something that I had heard on a TV report... "That Detroit was only NFL team never to go to a super bowl."
Pam replied that surprised her for she would have thought Cleveland would never have been to a super bowl.
Later that same day, I saw that football crawler on TV again. I had read it wrong earlier and missed some of the report. And I reported it incorrectly as a result.
What it said is "Detroit is the only NFC team never to have been to superbowl."
(NFL includes both NFC & AFC.)
There are 3 AFC teams who have never to have been to superbowl, one of which is Cleveland. But Detroit is the only team in the NFC (National Football Conference) never to have been to super bowl.
By the time I saw this report it was too late to tell Pam my error. She had already gone to bed.
Then the thought came that I could send her an email. (I believe this thought was sent by God) Which I did immediately!
Is this important? YES, it is. For we must speak truth even on secular matters when we speak to one another.
Things that are not truth will divide the body of Christ which is truth.
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I think we have a very serious responsibility when we sit down to listen to another person whether we listen on TV or in person.
I really try to get stories right.
I'm especially careful in reading Bible. And I try to be very exact in any impression given me by God to correctly restate that concept. (But we must be just as truthful when we repeat secular stories.)
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If I do misspeak something, I try to correct that as soon as possible with all to whom I have spoken wrongly.
There is so much confusion and deception today I feel we must be extra careful in what we write or speak.
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In the day of judgment, at the judgment seat of Christ:
Matthew 12 (Jesus says)
33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
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In the Bible, there is a story where the disciples became offended by Jesus. And as a result of this, later they misunderstood what Jesus said.
When the multitude of 5,000 heard Jesus speak, Jesus apostles said, Send them away so they can go and buy food. But Jesus said "You feed them." (by this they were offended and that offense blinded them so they would not understand what Jesus said later.)
And so it is with us. If we take offense with something said by another person and we let that offense go unheeded, it will bury deep in our own heart and often mislead us concerning something later.
In a previous situation:
The apostles were offended at Jesus because of the rebuke.
Matthew 6
34 And the people saw them departing, and many knew HIM, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto HIM.
34 And Jesus, when HE came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and HE began to teach them many things.
35 And when the day was now far spent, HIS disciples came unto HIM, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: 36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
37 HE answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto HIM, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
39 And HE commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. 40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
41 And when HE had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, HE looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to HIS disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided HE among them all.
42 And they did all eat, and were filled.
43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
45 And straightway HE constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while HE sent away the people.
34 And Jesus, when HE came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and HE began to teach them many things.
35 And when the day was now far spent, HIS disciples came unto HIM, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: 36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
37 HE answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto HIM, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
39 And HE commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. 40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
41 And when HE had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, HE looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to HIS disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided HE among them all.
42 And they did all eat, and were filled.
43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
45 And straightway HE constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while HE sent away the people.
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Matthew 16
5 And when HIS disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.
8 Which when Jesus perceived, HE said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
12 Then understood they how that HE bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
5 And when HIS disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.
8 Which when Jesus perceived, HE said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
12 Then understood they how that HE bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
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We can see by these two sections of scripture how if we allow ourselves to be offended, later that can cause us not to understand the one who offended us.
Our own heart will mislead us!
When offended, therefore, turn to God immediately for HIM to heal your heart.
Psalm 51:10 David prayed: Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
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Beware of multitasking:
We need to concentrate and focus fully on one thing at a time! Disciplining ourselves to hear correctly. (I'm sure this message is from the Spirit of God.)
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