Building your house on the word from God

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

As soon as we recognize the religious idols, we turn to God from those idols to serve the "living and true" God, just as the believers did in the day of the apostle Paul.

Paul wrote of this in I Thessalonians 1:9  "How ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God".

In the Old Testament, they built a golden calf to be their god in the days of Aaron.  Moses ground that idol into dust and made the children of Israel drink it.

Jeroboam, king of Israel built 2 golden calves for the people of God to worship.

Today in the churches they set up ministers for the people to worship calling these men "Reverend", "Pope", and such ... and then they set up crosses of wood and stone for the people to bow down before. More idols.  

They set up many false doctrines in churches today.  

As soon as we see such, we also turn away from these idols of man and turn to God as the followers of Paul did.

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Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

The Lord's supper is not the eating of cracker and drinking of grape juice as done in many churches today.

Crackers and grape juice do not connect us with God.   Such has no power.

It is that Word given by God that connects us with God and has power to change our lives and to lead us in the will of God.

The Word of God is the Lord's supper.

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

Recently I saw a documentary concerning Franklin Roosevelt.

They spoke about his famous radio communications with the people called "Fireside chats."

These were very effective.  One of his advisors said to him, "You should do these broadcasts every day."

Roosevelt responded, "No ... if I spoke every day, they would not be as effective.   The people would become less interested.  The broadcasts need to be special."

I speak Podcasts and blog messages daily.  The thought came to me saying maybe I should speak only occasionally.

I turned to God in prayer and asked God what HE wanted me to do.

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

I made a trip out of my house on May 5, 2020.  I had not been out since January 15, 2020.  I looked at the mountains in Colorado Springs where I now live and said, "The mountains are still  here!  I'm glad to know that."

Pam Padgett, a member of  the body of Christ who also knows the Bible, laughed.

We both know a scripture telling us there will be a time when the mountains will be gone.  Revelation 16:20

Because of the Bible, we know many things will be removed by God during the last days of this earth.

But because it is God doing this, we who belong to God are not troubled.

Things coming in the last days ...

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

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.

Psalm 89:3   God says:  I have made a covenant with MY chosen.

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

It is not just a desire that shows us we are to be a minister to the church.  We must be called and ordained by Jesus.  

Ephesians 4:8:11-12   Wherefore HE saith, When HE ascended up on high, HE led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men ... And HE gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;   For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

And when Jesus puts a person into these ministry offices of apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher, Jesus gives that minister the spiritual gifts to use in that specific office and the church recognizes "the hand of God" is upon that person when that person presents the spiritual gifts given to him by God.

Only Jesus can give those spiritual gifts.

Many come saying they are ministers but they do not show the gifts from God.  They just speak to us great swelling words which mean nothing.

Those ministers of God have an anointing by God and there is power of God in that anointing to cause us to move in the direction of the will of God in our lives on this earth.

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Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

Some people waste us.  Finally when we speak something of God, they leave us.  Often we grieve because they left.  But we must learn that when we speak of God and they leave, it is of the will of God to protect us.  Sorrow not that you spoke of God to them.  

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Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

Day by day God leads us, HIS people, by HIS Spirit.  God brings scripture and ideas to us to show us what to do.  As we focus on these, we put ourselves in exactly the right place at exactly the right time.  

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

Humans often praise men for their skills when they see them.  And they praise men for their plans that are wise.  But we should remember that all skills and all wisdom are given to man by God and therefore we should praise God.  When we see the great mountains, we should praise God for creating those mountains.  

Many praise men ... but we should praise God who gives all things to men.

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

When God works in our lives, miracles often happen before our eyes.  We can actually see the working of God as the way before us is prepared. And God even plants HIS own desires into our hearts so we go in HIS way while thinking it is really "our desire."

Here are two examples of this: