Like a shotgun fired point blank into my chest...

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

This past week, it was like enemies striking against me from every direction ... as if a shotgun was fired directly into my body, making holes all over ...

As I reviewed it today, I was reminded of the following scripture:

Isaiah 59:19   When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.

What is "a standard?"

Dictionary defines "a standard" as an authoritative statement which cannot be denied.

In the attacks of this life, the Holy Spirit reminds us of something to use which the enemy cannot deny, thereby pushing back the enemy.

Specific examples of "a standard" used in the multiple attacks of the past week:

* My Church of Christ cousin tried to prove there are no apostles today ... The "standard" brought to my attention by the Holy Spirit is multiple scriptures.  (See writing on right side of archives on home page of blog:  May / "To follow my cousin" ... just tap on this writing and it will appear on your computer screen) 

* Lubbock Tax Accessor who tried to turn ministry property into taxable status ... National IRS tax exempt statement issued by USA IRS, federal government, in 1979, which a city government would have very hard time denying.  (Mailed printed IRS statements to tax accessor) 

* Realtor and problems in sale of property in Texas ... "standard"... those things brought by Holy Spirit to Pam Padgett's mind ... incorrect listing of number of bedrooms ... failure to put "for sale" signs on busy street on north side of house where people have opportunity to see the house is for sale... (When realtor corrected these issues, prospective buyers began asking to view property.)

* Handicap placard in Colorado ... acquiring a USA passport which the State of Colorado says they will accept as proof of identity required for handicap parking in this state.  (They can't deny their own proof requirement when it is presented.)

These standards, of which we were shown by God, should provide authoritative proof in each situation. 

Each "standard" in each battle was raised by the Holy Spirit as we were shown what to do.


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To us it can seem we have "weak faith", but really it is a matter of doing each of those points shown us by God through HIS Spirit.

As we deal with each person or thing that rises up against us, that "enemy" will be unable to cast aside or explain away that authority by which we have spoken.  Even when they do not want to see and do not understand, they will not be able to deny that which we presented.

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When I considered the question of "did I have faith in God" ... I was reminded of the apostle Paul and how fears came upon Paul "from without".

II Corinthians 7:5-7   For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

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Also I was reminded of the following promise of God to the disciples chosen by Jesus.

Luke 21:14-15   Jesus says:   Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:  For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

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Beware ... of how you read or hear!

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

When we try to read Bible or blog, there can be a temptation to speed read to get through as quickly as possible in order to get to something that is "more interesting" to us.

Or we might read several paragraphs and then realize we are actually thinking of a secular subject and have no idea what we have just read.

Reading spiritual things requires a discipline.

Often when I am misreading Bible or blog, I stop and begin praying, asking God to help me to focus properly and asking God to give me HIS understanding.

When I pray this, God always helps me to read correctly.

Luke 8:18   Jesus says:   Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.

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Hymn:  Up from the grave HE arose



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1.   Low in the grave He lay —
Jesus my Savior!
Waiting the coming day —
Jesus my Lord!

Chorus:

Up from the grave He arose,
With a mighty triumph o’er His foes.
He arose a Victor from the dark domain,
And He lives forever in His saints to reign.
He arose! He arose!
Hallelujah! Christ arose!


2.   Vainly they watch His tomb
Jesus, my Savior!
Vainly they seal the dead—
Jesus my Lord!

3.  Death cannot keep his prey—
Jesus, my Savior!
He tore the bars away—
Jesus my Lord!


(Click pause symbol,  "  ... at beginning of hymn, to stop music)

 

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Scriptures pertaining to this hymn:

Matthew 27:59  And when Joseph had taken the body (of Jesus), he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

Matthew 27:62-66  Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while He was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.  Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night, and steal Him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. 

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.


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Matthew 28:1-4  In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

(These women also prepared and brought to the tomb fine smelling spices, for when the body decays there is a stink and they wanted to cover up that odor.  They didn't know there would be no decaying body where Jesus was concerned for God would not "suffer" Jesus' body to see corruption as other flesh saw corruption.  Jesus' body and soul were removed by God from the tomb.) 

And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

His (the angel's) countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.


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Luke 24:1-7  Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, 

Why seek ye the living among the dead?
He is not here, but is risen: 

remember how HE spake unto you when HE was yet in Galilee, Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.


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Acts 13-35-37   Wherefore he (David) saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
But HE, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

When they entered the tomb of Jesus, His body was gone as well as His Spirit.  God did not allow Jesus' body to decay the way of normal flesh.

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Instruction in Righteousness: Acts 8

And Saul was consenting unto his (Stephen's) death.

And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

² And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

³ As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

(Saul is "the apostle Paul" of the NT.  He persecuted the church before God revealed HIMSELF to him.  Acts 9)

⁴ Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.

(We see how even this persecution of the early church accomplished the purpose of God for they preached the word wherever they were.)


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⁵ Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ (The Word) unto them.

⁶ And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. ⁷ For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.

⁸ And there was great joy in that city.

(With The Word comes great joy to those who believe The Word.)

⁹ But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: ¹⁰ To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.

¹¹ And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

¹² But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

¹³ Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.

¹⁴ Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:  ¹⁵ Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

¹⁶ (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

¹⁷ Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

¹⁸ And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, ¹⁹ Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

²⁰ But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

²¹ Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

²² Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

²³ For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.

²⁴ Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.


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²⁵ And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

²⁶ And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.

²⁷ And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

(Notice what a religious man this man was.)

²⁸ Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

²⁹ Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

³⁰ And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

³¹ And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

³² The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: ³³ In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

³⁴ And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?

³⁵ Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

³⁶ And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

³⁷ And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.

And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

³⁸ And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

³⁹ And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.

⁴⁰ But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

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Psalm 37

Book:  Exhortations For The Church
Vol. 9, Chapter 28
Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet 


1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers,
neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass,
and wither as the green herb.
 
3 Trust in the Lord, and do good;
so shalt thou dwell in the land,
and verily thou shalt be fed.
 
4 Delight thyself also in the Lord;
and HE shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
 
5 Commit thy way unto the Lord;
trust also in HIM; and HE shall bring it to pass.
 
6 And HE shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light,
and thy judgment as the noonday.
 
7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for HIM:
fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way,
because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath:
fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

9 For evildoers shall be cut off:
but those that wait upon the Lord,
they shall inherit the earth.
 
10 For yet a little while,
and the wicked shall not be:
yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place,
and it shall not be.
 
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth;
and shall delight themselves
in the abundance of peace.
 
12 The wicked plotteth against the just,
and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
13 The Lord shall laugh at him:
for HE seeth that his day is coming.
14 The wicked have drawn out the sword,
and have bent their bow,
to cast down the poor and needy,
and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart,
and their bows shall be broken.
 
16 A little that a righteous man hath
is better than the riches of many wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken:
but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.

18 The Lord knoweth the days of the upright:
and their inheritance shall be for ever.
19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time:
and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
 
20 But the wicked shall perish,
and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs:
they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
 
21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again:
but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
 
22 For such as be blessed of HIM shall inherit the earth;
and they that be cursed of HIM shall be cut off.
 
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord:
and he delighteth in HIS way.

24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down:
for the Lord upholdeth him with HIS hand.

25 I have been young, and now am old;
yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,
nor his seed begging bread.
26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth;
and his seed is blessed.
 
27 Depart from evil, and do good;
and dwell for evermore.

28 For the Lord loveth judgment,
and forsaketh not HIS saints;
they are preserved for ever:
but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

29 The righteous shall inherit the land,
and dwell therein for ever.
 
30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom,
and his tongue talketh of judgment.
31 The law of his God is in his heart;
none of his steps shall slide.
 
32 The wicked watcheth the righteous,
and seeketh to slay him.
33 The Lord will not leave him in his hand,
nor condemn him when he is judged.
 
34 Wait on the Lord, and keep HIS way,
and HE shall exalt thee to inherit the land:
when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

 35 I have seen the wicked in great power,
and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not:
yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
 
37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright:
for the end of that man is peace.
 
38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together:
the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
 
39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord:
HE is their strength in the time of trouble.
 
40 And the Lord shall help them,
and deliver them: HE shall deliver them from the wicked,
and save them, because they trust in HIM.

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Chapter 28

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Strife and crookedness of this world can cause you to be depressed.

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

Jesus told us toward the last days of this earth, things will cause even the elect to be destroyed, if possible, but God will shorten the days so the elect will not be destroyed with this world.

If circumstances are falling in upon you  and you feel paralized ... bam ... bam ... bam ... one thing after another and you have been in state of shock, there is a solution.

Turn to God in prayer immediately.

This morning, I awoke feeling depressed ... something wrong.

I began to feel gripey and snappy.

I knew I had to get hold of myself ... so I began asking God to help me.

It was like the weight of this world was on my shoulders.

And I felt an invisible weight start to lift off my shoulders as I prayed and I knew I should share this with you.

I Corinthians 10:13    There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.


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We can fight in spiritual ways ... or we can be swept away.

Matthew 24:12-13   And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Ephesians 6:10-18    Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of HIS might.

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

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The armor of God that we dress ourselves in daily are the following pieces:

- truth:  what does God have to say about this?

- righteousness:  what is right in the sight of God in this matter?  our righteousness is in the blood of Jesus by which we are purchased and made heirs with Jesus.

- peace:  setting aside strife and choosing to live in God's peace.

- faith:  what has God told me about the situation?  what does Bible tell me?

- salvation: 

- the word of God:

- prayer:

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Living honestly, without hypocrisy, in this crooked world.

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

I have noticed lately, a very strong temptation, in dealing with things of this world, to either lie or live in hypocrisy, play acting, not really speaking truth.

When crooked people are around us, there is a temptation to be crooked as they are.

But heed the following:

I Corinthians 10:13    There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

There is no temptation that comes to us that is above our ability to withstand through God.

God makes a way of escape for us.

Regardless of the temptation, we can escape if we want to escape.

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I have heard of church going women who have gone to church all their lives but committed adultery when confronted with an attractive man.

I believe we have to first want to escape.

If we are asking God to help us in the temptation, God will not forsake us.  The way of escape from the temptation will be there for us.  We must take that way of escape.


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Even in small matters, especially in dealing with this world, we have temptations to enter into lies or hypocrisy.

But we know this is not the way of God.

If we choose to do this, we know we are not going in the way of God.

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.

"without hypocrisy" ... without pretense or play acting

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Insomuch as is possible, we should live honestly before men, even when the rules seem a little strange to us.

And when God calls "the way of escape" to us ... we should take that way of escape, no matter how silly it seems.

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Last week, we were trying to get a handicap placard to use in Pam's card.

To get this hang down card, I needed to prove that I now live in Colorado.

They would accept a Colorado driver's license, which I do not have ... or a passport ... or military ID.

They had mistakenly given me Colorado handicap license plates for my car but when we returned to get the hang down placard, they would not give us this.

I told Pam she could use the handicap license plates they had given me for my old car because I still have Texas handicap license on my car. But the night I told her this, I was reminded of the scripture in James 3:17 which tells us the wisdom from God is "without hypocrisy."

(I told Pam, the next morning, that we'd better not do that plan for it had hypocrisy and would  not be the way of God.  She quickly agreed!)

Then the idea came to just renew my passport and use the passport to get the hang down placard.  My TEXAS placard is valid until the end of June, 2019, so we should have time to get a passport and a Colorado placard before that time, if we act immediately, as we plan to do.


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God has ways of escape for us that we can live in this world in peace in spite of rules of this world.

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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Hymn:  Trust & Obey



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1.  When we walk with the Lord
In the light of His Word,
What a glory He sheds on our way;
While we do His good will,
He abides in us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.

Chorus:

Trust and obey,
For there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus,
But to trust and obey.


2.  Not a shadow can rise,
Not a cloud in the skies,
But His WORD quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear,
Not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.

3.  Not a burden we bear,
Not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief or a loss,
Not a frown or a cross,
But is blest if we trust and obey.

4.  But we never can prove
The delights of His love,
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows,
And the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.

5.  Then in fellowship sweet
We will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;
What He says we will do;
Where He sends, we will go,
Never fear, only trust and obey.



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Scriptures pertaining to this hymn:

Psalm 111:10    The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do HIS commandments: HIS praise endureth for ever.

The fear of the Lord is a deep respect for God and The Word.

When we "fear" God, we are basically afraid to go in a way opposite to God's Word for we have an inner understanding that God knows what is best and to violate what HE says is to go in a way of self destruction.

Therefore our trust is based on the awe we have for God.

And we obey God, doing what HE says to us by HIS Spirit.


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In December, 2018, at the age of 81, I fell at my house.

As the ambulance people were removing me and we reached the front door, I heard the following word in the form of a thought that came to my mind:  "You'll never see this house again."

 I believed that thought was from God.

Therefore I believed there would be another way for me to go if I survived the accident.

I put my house up for sale even as I was awaiting surgery.

A church person said to me, "I don't see how you can do that."  (I don't think she understood faith in God.)

I explained to her that when you believe you have heard from God and there is a way to go, you simply obey ... no hesitation.

I never looked back and I never saw that house again.

I did not know where I would go when I put the house up for sale but I knew God would work it out for me and reveal it to me and God did within a few weeks.  A woman in our little church group took me (and my cat) into her house to live in Colorado.  She is a very godly woman and prays over everything!  It is a great joy for me to live in a house with such a person.

My life was made better after my accident, not worse.

God had a plan for me and I knew HIS plan was all that mattered.


Ecclesiastes 3:1   To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

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Acts 17 ... NIV Original Translation ... God chooses the exact places we will live and the times we will live there.

KJV  Acts 17 … And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

(God determines the times we live and the places we live.)

27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after Him, and find Him, though HE be not far from every one of us:  28 For in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also His offspring.

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Instruction in Righteousness: Acts 7

Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

² And he (Stephen) said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
³ And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

(Faith is hearing God when HE speaks and doing what God tells you because you believe it was God who told you.)

⁴ Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.

⁵ And HE gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet He (God) promised that HE would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

(And he, Abraham, was 99-years-old and had no child of the promise.)

⁶ And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

⁷ And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve Me in this place.

(This is so much like us today.  We dwell in a strange land.  God will judge this world.  And God will deliver us from this world and we will "come forth" from this world to the new Jerusalem wherein dwelleth righteousness and serve God in total righteousness forever.)


⁸ And He gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

⁹ And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
¹⁰ And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

¹¹ Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

¹² But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

¹³ And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

¹⁴ Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

¹⁵ So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, ¹⁶ And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.

¹⁷ But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, ¹⁸ Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
¹⁹ The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

²⁰ In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: ²¹ And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

(God has a plan which HE will execute.  God raises up people to do HIS plan.  God had a plan whereby HIS people would go into bondage 400-years and Egypt would rule over them.  At the time appointed by God for deliverance, God raised up Moses to execute HIS plan.  God has a plan and HE will do it.)

²² And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.

²³ And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

²⁴ And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

²⁵ For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.

²⁶ And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?

²⁷ But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

(In fact God had done that very thing.  Making Moses a ruler and a judge over them.  In God's time that is exactly what would happen.  God has HIS plan and God will do all that HE wills in HIS time.)

²⁸ Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

²⁹ Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

³⁰ And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

³¹ When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, ³² Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 

Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

³³ Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

³⁴ I have seen, I have seen the affliction of My people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

³⁵ This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

³⁶ HE brought them out, after that HE had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

(God brought HIS plagues upon Pharaoh and the Egyptians and with each plague until the last plague, God hardened Pharaoh heart so the next "wonder", plague could be sent upon Egypt.  These plagues were part of the glory of God and showed the might of God.)

³⁷ This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; Him shall ye hear.

³⁸ This is HE, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

³⁹ To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

⁴⁰ Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

⁴¹ And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

⁴² Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
⁴³ Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

⁴⁴ Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as HE had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.

⁴⁵ Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David; ⁴⁶ Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
⁴⁷ But Solomon built Him an house.

⁴⁸ Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
⁴⁹ Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build ME? saith the Lord: or what is the place of MY rest?
⁵⁰ Hath not MY hand made all these things?

⁵¹ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

⁵² Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
⁵³ Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

⁵⁴ When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

⁵⁵ But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
⁵⁶ And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

(When you see Jesus, even your own death doesn't mean a lot.  Jesus, The Word, is all in all.)

⁵⁷ Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
⁵⁸ And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

⁵⁹ And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

⁶⁰ And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.  And when he had said this, he fell asleep (died).

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God's Ways Are Often Very Different From Wisdom Of Man

Book:  Exhortations For The Church
Vol. 9, Chapter 27
Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet 

The house I live in was built in 2003.  It is stucco and needed some repair from cracks.

The contractor who built my house has worked on the house from time to time throughout the years but it is often pretty difficult for him to get the work into his plans for some reason.  I asked him about two years ago to paint some of the outside of the house.

I had prayed concerning what to do about the damage.  I talked with another painter who was available immediately to do the work but I was troubled by this painter.

Tom (contractor) surfaced again about the same time.  He said he could do the work.

But should I go this way?  I was talking with God.

Then as I prayed, I had a very unusual thing come to mind.  "Pay him in advance for the work." 

This was amazing to me and was the last thing one would consider doing in view of the long waits in trying to get work done by this contractor.

But I decided to go ahead and pay him in advance for the work.

By doing this, all the pressure was on him and it was all removed from me.  Since I paid for the work, I didn't have to be concerned over paying for the work since it was already deducted from my bank account. 

And it would be up to him to do the job.  I was completely free.


Several weeks passed after I paid him, but then he and his men showed up and did the work. 

It was excellent work and cost much less than the other painter said it would cost. 

Tom even painted the exterior of my cinder block fence.  I offered to pay him more money when I saw that but he said, "No, that is plenty. I'm glad to do it.  We had plenty of paint left over."

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BOOK: Exhortations For The Church, Volume 9
Chapter 27

Joan Boney



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