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(The ministers of the New Testament are called by name by Jesus from heaven.)
I was called by name, "Joan", as a young child when I went to church with my Aunt. Then I was again called by name when God caused me to be born again when I was 37-years old, saying to me: "Joan ... you know all these mistakes you've been making all these years? Those weren't mistakes. Those were sins."
With those words, I was born again instantly, by the Word of God. (August 5, 1975)
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After I was born again in 1975 by God speaking the word to me, God began teaching me Bible.
I owned a small business, American Indian Arts, in Dallas TX, at that time.
For the next 5 years God taught me Bible both old and New Testament
God started by teaching me about the ministry of the prophets in both the old and New Testament, starting with the prophets.
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(Start with prophet on podcast with prayer group and gifts of HS)
From 1980-84, I exhorted the churches on radio at various cities throughout the USA: Dallas-Fort Worth; Houston; Oklahoma City; Minneapolis - Saint Paul; Detroit; Pittsburgh; Philadelphia; New York City area (Hackensack, New Jersey); Washington,DC; Denver; Seattle; Eugene, Oregon; Bakersfield, California; Los Angeles; Phoenix
In 1980, I had been waiting for 6 months, at my apartment in Dallas, to hear what I was to do in ministry. I did not apply for work at any church. I knew I was called to be an apostle and prophet. Ephesians 4:8-11;12 Wherefore HE (Jesus) saith, When HE ascended up on high, HE led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men...11 And HE gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
God had taught me these scriptures from the time I was born again in 1975.
(It is very easy to see the work of a prophet from reading about the prophets in both the Old and New Testaments. (Just do a search on "prophets". I think you will be surprised in the number of examples of NT prophets in the book of Acts.)
I knew I was ordained by God as a New Testament prophet. Even people at the various churches recognized the work of a prophet as they saw the spiritual gifts given me by the word of knowledge which God often showed me by giving me visions of various illnesses people had in the body of Christ, and by giving me information about other subjects which I shared with the church. Even my own pastor, Robert Tilton, announced to our congregation on a Sunday morning: "Joan Boney is not a teacher. She is a prophetess."
I had not told that to anyone at the church at that time. Even our Sunday school teacher did not know that until Bob told that on that Sunday morning. Then Don said, "That's it! Joan is a prophet." (Don had almost said I was a teacher but he would have a check "in his Spirit and not say that.) None at church knew I was also ordained by God as an apostle to the church.
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One day, I was driving along the road and God began speaking to me: "I have called you and ordained you and set you into the office of an apostle in the church."
I was very shocked!
"Apostle," I shouted. "What's an apostle?"
(The church I was attending at that time, believed and taught there are apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers, as it says in Ephesians 4:8;11-12, but I had never heard any one speak of any one at the church, Word of Faith, being an apostle.)
I went to our Sunday School teacher and asked him, "Who are the apostles at the church?" He seemed stunned at this question. And thought a minute and replied, "I don't know."
Then I asked, "What kind of work do the apostles do today at the New Testament church?"
After a long pause, he said: "I don't know."
So I said to God, "You are going to have to teach me what an apostle does in the church today."
... and God did teach me ...
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Apostles deal with doctrinal issues in the church. We have an ordination from God to work with scripture and set judgments in the church today based on the Holy Bible: such as the following questions.
* Can a woman marry after divorce? Matthew 5:32; I Cor. 7:10-11; Mark 10:6-12; I Cor. 7:39; Romans 7:2-3;
* Can a man marry a divorced woman? Matthew 5:32
* What is the only scriptural reason for a man to divorce his wife? Matthew 5:32
* What does the New Testament say about homosexuals and lesbians?
Romans 1:18-28
* What does the Bible say should happen when we gather in the church today?
I Cor. 14:26
* What are the ministries set by Jesus for the New Testament Church today?
Ephesians 4:8;11-15
* Do ministers in the New Testament church wear special ministry garments as in the Old Testament?
* Does Bible show the church of the New Testament to use candles in the ministry service? (Do a search on candles in New Testament in your on line Bible.)
* Is threre such a thing as "Holy water" in the New Testament church in Bible?
* Do ministers call themselves "reverend" in the New Testament Bible? (Is the word "reverend" even used in the New Testament Bible?)
* Is there such a person as "pope, cardinal, vicker," in the New Testament Bible?
1 Thessalonians 5:21 (Paul says) Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
(Prove by that which is written about the New Testament church in the New Testament Bible.)
God taught me about the work of an apostle by taking me to the following scripture:
Acts 15
As we see, in this section of scripture, there was a problem in the early church, Some people who were Jewish and converted to Christians thought you had to follow the law of Moses as they had in the Jewish synagogues.
And did they have to be circumcised after they were made Christians by jesus's blood. Did they have to follow the law of Moses?
These were questions that the early apostles and elders of the New Testament church after the crucifixion and resurrection had to decide and set forth for all the church.
We see this happening in Acts 15.
1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
(The apostles and elders dealt with these doctrine which they established by inspiration of God for the New Testament church.)
Today, we have the HOLY Bible which sets rules and commandments of God for the New Testament church. But many of the churches fell away from the doctrines of Christ and apostles today will work through doctrines and attempt to reset those doctrines in the various churches today and with individuals.
Often I will hear older Christians today say, "Things at church have become so watered down."
Some original doctrines have been changed at the church as we reach the end times.
Paul explained:
2 Thessalonians 2
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (of the return of Jesus) shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
(In 1982, God said to me: "The falling away, spoken of by Paul, are not people leaving the church but rather the falling away are the churches falling away from scripture and setting up other doctrines, doctrines of antichrist.")
Today's apostles, called by Jesus, will try to restore doctrines of Christ in the New Testament church.
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After closing my business, I waited at my apartment in Dallas, from July 31, 1979, until January 10, 1980, for God to show me what to do as a minister in the calling of apostle and prophet of Jesus Christ.
On January, 10, 1980, I was asleep in the night when a very loud trumpet like voice spoke 3 words into my ear: "HARTFORD, SEATTLE, KWJS"
(When I looked to see what KWJS was, I found it to be a radio station which broadcast Christian exhortations to the church.)
I said to God, "Are YOU telling me to go on radio? I wouldn't know how to do that. I'm a writer, not a speaker."
The Holy Spirit said to me: "Call the radio station manger."
As soon as the radio station office opened, I called and asked to speak to the station manager and said to him: "God might be showing me to go on radio and exhort the church. How would you do that?"
The station manager replied: "Make an audition tape 29 1/2 minutes long and send it to me and if you fit our radio teaching, we will offer you a contract."
I made the tape as soon as I got off the phone and took it to the post office mailing the tape to the KWJS radio station manager.
Within 5 days I was broadcasting 30-minute exhortations to the church 5 days per week on radio KWJS at noontime.
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At first, God gave me the following subjects: (primarily) faith in God; taking thoughts captive; dealing with destructive thoughts; following God by HIS Holy Spirit
The radio audience showed great interest in these subjects.
God gave me a plan whereby I could go on radio simultaneous on several radio stations across the USA. I called this, "Purchase a city."
I published a list of cities. For a one-time offering of $1,000, the KWJS listeners could purchase a city and I would go on radio in that city! This put me on radio from "Hartford to Seattle" as the angel of the Lord said to me January 10, when he appeared to me in 1980! (By the end of the first month, the radio audience in a city was giving sufficient money to pay for the monthly radio broadcasts in their city!)
I was already on radio in Dallas/Fort Word, Houston, Oklahoma City ... Those listeners paid for the first month of broadcasts in Washington, DC; NYC area, Pittsburgh; Philadelphia; Detroit; Minneapolis/Saint Paul; Denver; Seattle; Eugene, Oregon; LosAngeles, California; Phoenix
This enabled me to be on several major radio markets across the USA in the early years of 1980-82.
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In 1982, God said to me: "The foundation is laid. Now we're really going to move."
And shortly after that, God said to me: "The time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God."
I had no idea what that might mean. (but very soon I was to find out!)
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God caused me to be born again by speaking a WORD to me August 5, 1975:
God said: "Joan ... you know those mistakes you've been making all these years? Those weren't mistakes. Those were sins!"
Sins? I thought they were mistakes!
(But I believed what God said and after that God began teaching me about sins according to the New Testament Bible as I read the Bible with God teaching me by HIS Holy Spirit.)
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In approximately 1976, I was asleep in the night. God transported me into heaven. I was with God and Christ and the Holy Spirit. (no images just spirit)
At that time, I was "merged" into the body of Jesus, made one with the Word of God, God and Holy Spirit witnessing.
A few days later, while sleeping in the night, the exact same thing happened the second time.
(Twice I was "merged" into the body of Jesus, made one with the WORD of God.)
At first, I thought this happened to all who were born again, made into Christians by God.
I had a younger friend who had been raised Catholic and had been born again by God and was now a Christian. He was on fire for Bible and talked frequently about being born again. Until this happen to me, I thought Bill was a little crazy.
One day, I said to Bill ... "You're really right about this Christian thing. What I like best is what happens to you in the night." Bill responded, "What thing?"
I said: "I don't know what it is called... It is when you are taken into heaven and are with God and Christ and the Holy Spirit and are made one with Jesus, the Word of God."
Bill was very shocked and now his entire attention was directed at me!
He said, "Nothing like that happened to me."
"What are you talking about?" did you tell Donna about this?
(Donna was my best friend who had been raised Baptist.)
I replied, "I didn't tell anyone ... I thought it happened to all Christians."
(Bill assured me it didn't.)
But what did it mean then?
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At the time this happened, I was reading a book called, "Exodus."
The author said when God calls you for a "special work", often HE will often do something showing this, like Moses and the burning bush, when God called Moses to go into Egypt to deliver the children of Israel.
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For the next 5 years, God taught me Bible, starting with Old Testament and the work done by HIS prophets.
Such things as this:
Ezekiel 3 (prophets are sent to the church with messages from God)
1 Moreover HE said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
2 So I opened my mouth, and HE caused me to eat that roll.
3 And HE said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
4 And HE said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with MY words unto them.
5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;
(in New Testament, the church, Acts 11... example, 27-29 ... And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. 28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. 29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
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Ezekiel 3 (God says to the prophet Ezekiel)
6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.
7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto ME: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
10 Moreover HE said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears. 11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
God showed me by the Bible, Old and New Testaments, the work of the calling of a prophet.
During those 5 years, God took me through entire Bible focusing on the work of prophets.
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In approximately 1976, I began attending a neighborhood prayer group.
(Often the women stood in a circle, holding hands and with their heads bowed and eyes closed as they prayed.)
One day, we were praying and I heard, "Look up." I opened my eyes and looked up. I saw something on a blank wall. It looked like someone had taken a black marker and drawn a body part on that wall. I said to God, "I know that is a part of the human body but I don't know which part." And I heard this word: "Stomach."
I excitedly said: "Oh yeah ... stomach ..." (I recalled the old Pepto-Bismal commercials which appeared on TV at that time.)
After the women quit praying, I said: "Does anyone have a stomach problem?"
One woman began jumping up and down and shouting, with her hands raised, "I do ... I do.")
I assumed they prayed for her. I don't remember anything else other than how God showed me this vision on the blank wall.
After that, God often showed me visions when I attended the prayer group and and single's Bible class at Word of Faith church which I attended at that time.
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Spiritual Gifts:
I Corinthians 12
4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as HE will.
12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
14 For the body is not one member, but many.
15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased HIM.
27 And if they were all one member, where were the body?
20 But now are they many members, yet but one body.
21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
23 And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
28 And God hath set some in the church (to care for the church), first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
(Pam Padgett, former computer programmer at Fed Ex, was set into spiritual gift of "ministry of helps". Pam does all technical work on our blog, books published by Amazon, and Podcasts to publish everything through these sources so the church can receive messages all over the world.)
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Another thing God taught me about prophets during this time of 1975-1979.
Ezekiel 3
17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at MY mouth, and give them warning from MY.
18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
22 And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and HE said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
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God gave me very strong teaching causing me to be sure to deliver HIS message, all of HIS message, to the church.
If I failed to deliver HIS message, the blood of the person who died in his sin would be upon me.
I asked God: "Is there any place in the New Testament where any one speaks about the blood of the church being upon them for not delivering a message of God?"
God reminded me of the apostle Paul speaking to the elders of the church at Ephesus:
Acts 20
15 And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.
16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, 19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, 21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: 23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. 26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which HE hath purchased with HIS own blood.
29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
(They would fall away from the real doctrines of Christ and set up denominations after their own preferences.)
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Comments by Joan Boney:
1975: Born again by God speaking a word to me: "Joan ... you know all these 'mistakes' you've been making all these years? Those weren't 'mistakes'... Those were sins!" (August 5, 1975)
1975: Approximately September/October ... Taken into heaven twice while sleeping in the night. Merged into the body of Jesus, made one with the word of God, God and Holy Spirit witnessing. I asked God: "Is there any example in the Bible of such a thing as a human being taken into heave."
I was reminded of this scripture:
2 Corinthians 12 (Paul says)
2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
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Once when I was visiting with my favorite aunt, a Church of Christ member, the Holy Spirit said to me: "Tell your aunt about being taken into heaven."
(I certainly didn't want to do that! But all my life as a Christian, God had taught me to yield myself to the Holy Spirit and to speak and write what God wants me to do.)
So I said, "Aunt Ardath, I need to tell you something ..." and I told her about being taken into heaven twice ...
As I spoke, I noticed a dreamy look on her face, as if she was remembering something. When I finished speaking, then she said, "Something like that happened to me once and it was all golden!"
(Everyone in the family was afraid of Aunt Ardath because she was so godly ... but I never was afraid of her. Now I knew why!)
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1975-mid 1979: I owned a small business in Dallas, Texas, "American Indian Arts."
3 very competent women worked for me, so I could stay home all day, when I wanted to do so, and read Bible with God teaching me.
I got a student from Dallas Theological Seminary to come to my shop each Wednesday and teach Bible class. I gave away booklets about being a Christian, leaving these as "give-aways" on an Indian drum that was placed at the front door of my shop.
(The husband of one of the women who worked for me told her, "Joan is going to ruin her business by putting out all this Bible stuff." She replied, "No she's not. The customers like it.")
All I wanted to do during these years was to go to church, attend church services at various churches in Dallas, attend the local prayer group and other Bible classes ... and read the Bible: Old and New Testaments (While God taught me by HIS Holy Spirit.)
I had read every New Testament scripture about what women do in the church and one day I just sat down in my office and began crying because there was nothing I could do in the church. I had no children to teach. I had no husband. Paul said women were to keep silent in the church.
Then I realized there was one thing I could do in the church ... I could make a lot of money at my shop and give it to the church! (American Indian arts were very popular in those days.)
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Also each time I went on buying trip to the Indian reservations in NEW MEXICO, USA, I spoke often to small groups or individual Indians about being a Christian.
My best Indian friend was Mela Youngblood, an American Indian potter and the daughter of a very famous Indian potter, Margaret Tayoya, a true Christian.
Margaret had 8 children.
Most of the Indians at the reservation were Catholic.
(This story brings tears to my eyes each time I write it or tell it.) Margaret went to the Catholic priest and told him she wanted to send her children to McCurdy Mission School instead of to the Catholic school which was on the reservation, Santa Clara.
The priest said, "You can't do that. You must leave all your children in the Indian school, Catholic."
Margaret kept insisting.
Finally the Priest said, "Why do you want to do this?"
Without hesitating Margaret said, "Because I want them to study the Bible."
The priest replied: "People like you don't need to study Bible. We will tell you what you need to know."
Margaret continued insisting that they go to this Baptist school for Indians so they could study Bible.
The priest said to Margaret: "If you do this, we will put you out of the church and forbid that you be buried in the graveyard at the Catholic church."
I said to Margaret: "No man can put you out of the church. God put you into the church and only God can remove you."
(I likely quoted this scripture: Acts 2:48 And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.)
Margaret said, "OH, my Joy (that is the name Margaret called me), If only we could believe that."
I said: "You can believe that because it is in the Bible which is inspired by God which you gave your life for so your 8 children could learn the Word of God."
(About a month after this, Margaret said that Catholic priest died.)
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July, 1979: A man from the church I attended, who said he was a prophet came into my shop and said to me,
"Joan ... you are dragging your feet. You know you are supposed to be a minister and you are still running a business."
(I told him I had written a book and published it, "Taking Thoughts Captive," published at that time by Harrison House, the publisher, son of Kenneth Hagin, founder of the faith movement in the mid-60"s.)
This man from our church just grinned at me and didn't say more.
A week or so later, I told the owner of the strip mall where my business was located that I would be closing my shop on July, 31, 1979 ... "to go into the ministry".
He said: "You can't do that. You have a lease with us."
I said: "I'm doing this, closing the business on July 31."
He said: "You can't be a minister. You're too hostile to be a minister."
(I don't recall saying anything else to him. I closed the business on July 31, 1979, to go into the ministry. I never heard anything else from him about a lease. They leased the business space to something called "a video rental store." which was a new type business that was just coming on the scene in 1970's)
I closed my shop, on August 1st, 1979, to go into the ministry full time.
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I simply stayed at my apartment and waited for God to give me a ministry work assignment, waiting from July 31, 1979 to January 10, 1980.
On January, 10, 1980, I was asleep in the night when a very loud trumpet like voice spoke 3 words into my ear: "HARTFORD, SEATTLE, KWJS"
(When I looked to see what KWJS was, I found it to be a radio station which broadcast Christian exhortations to the church.)
I said to God, "Are YOU telling me to go on radio? I wouldn't know how to do that. I'm a writer, not a speaker."
The Holy Spirit said to me: "Call the radio station manger."
As soon as the radio station office opened, I called and asked to speak to the station manager and said to him: "God might be showing me to go on radio and exhort the church. How would you do that?"
The station manager replied: "Make an audition tape 29 1/2 minutes long and send it to me and if you fit our radio teaching, we will offer you a contract."
I made the tape as soon as I got off the phone and took it to the post office mailing the tape to the KWJS radio station manager.
Within 5 days I was broadcasting 30-minute exhortations to the church 5 days per week on radio KWJS at noontime.
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At first, God gave me the following subjects: (primarily) faith in God; taking thoughts captive; dealing with destructive thoughts; following God by HIS Holy Spirit
The radio audience showed great interest in these subjects.
God gave me a plan whereby I could go on radio simultaneous on several radio stations across the USA. I called this, "Purchase a city."
I published a list of cities. For a one-time offering of $1,000, the KWJS listeners could purchase a city and I would go on radio in that city!
This put me on radio from "Hartford to Seattle" as the angel of the Lord said to me January 10, when he appeared to me in 1980! (By the end of the first month, the radio audience in a city was giving sufficient money to pay for the monthly radio broadcasts in their city!)
I was already on radio in Dallas/Fort Word, Houston, Oklahoma City ... Those listeners paid for the first month of broadcasts in Washington, DC; NYC area, Pittsburgh; Philadelphia; Detroit; Minneapolis/Saint Paul; Denver; Seattle; Eugene, Oregon; Los Angeles, California; Phoenix
Coast to coast ...
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In 1982, God said to me: "The foundation is laid. Now we're really going to move."
And shortly after that, God said to me: "The time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God."
I had no idea what that might mean. (but very soon I was to find out!)
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God called my attention several radio television big time ministers who were doing various sins.
When I could not get the message God had given me to those individual ministers, I had to get on my own radio broadcast which were coast to coast in the United States and name each of those ministers by name and tell the sin they were doing.
The radio station manager in Seattle was standing at the door of my meeting room waiting for me. When I walked up to him he said, "Joan if you don't stop doing these judgment messages I don't know what's gonna happen to you we may have to put you off the air."
I said to him, "George if I don't speak the message God has given me then I don't have a message and I may as well be put off the air."
About half of my radio stations did put me off the air. It was a very discouraging time and God gave me the following scripture to warn me.
I John 16 (Jesus said:) They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. 3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
And God gave me a dream to warn me:
In this dream: The University of Texas was playing North Texas State, a much smaller football team. The quarterback was getting ready to snap the ball, and i heard these words: "Don't go until you see Exodus 15."
Hate mail against me had flooded our office and I knew I was that "running back" who had played for both teams. They loved me in the faith movement until I spoke the judgment and correction messages. Then they hated me!
Prophets of God are often sent to the church and to the minister with correction message of God. This is the job of a prophet.
Once an advertising agent said to me: "Joan, we can fill soldiers and sailors auditorium for you in Pittsburgh. You only have to do one thing. Just don't offend anyone."
I was shocked, and replied: "But I'M a prophet!"
(I didn't last long as a client with the agency. They wanted no more to do with me after this.)
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From 1980-84, I exhorted the churches on radio at various cities throughout the USA: Dallas-Fort Worth; Houston; Oklahoma City; Minneapolis - Saint Paul; Detroit; Pittsburgh; Philadelphia; New York City area (Hackensack, New Jersey); Washington,DC; Denver; Seattle; Eugene, Oregon; Bakersfield, California; Los Angeles; Phoenix
In 1980, I had been waiting for 6 months, at my apartment in Dallas, to hear what I was to do in ministry. I did not apply for work at any church. I knew I was called to be an apostle and prophet. Ephesians 4:8-11;12 Wherefore HE (Jesus) saith, When HE ascended up on high, HE led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men...11 And HE gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
God had taught me these scriptures from the time I was born again in 1975.
(It is very easy to see the work of a prophet from reading about the prophets in both the Old and New Testaments. (Just do a search on "prophets". I think you will be surprised in the number of examples of NT prophets in the book of Acts.)
I knew I was ordained by God as a New Testament prophet. Even people at the various churches recognized the work of a prophet as they saw the spiritual gifts given me by the word of knowledge which God often showed me by giving me visions of various illnesses people had in the body of Christ, and by giving me information about other subjects which I shared with the church. Even my own pastor, Robert Tilton, announced to our congregation on a Sunday morning: "Joan Boney is not a teacher. She is a prophetess."
I had not told that to anyone at the church at that time. Even our Sunday school teacher did not know that until Bob told that on that Sunday morning. Then Don said, "That's it! Joan is a prophet." (Don had almost said I was a teacher but he would have a check "in his Spirit and not say that.) None at church knew I was also ordained by God as an apostle to the church.
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One day, I was driving along the road and God began speaking to me: "I have called you and ordained you and set you into the office of an apostle in the church."
I was very shocked!
"Apostle," I shouted. "What's an apostle?"
(The church I was attending at that time, believed and taught there are apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers, as it says in Ephesians 4:8;11-12, but I had never heard any one speak of any one at the church, Word of Faith, being an apostle.)
I went to our Sunday School teacher and asked him, "Who are the apostles at the church?" He seemed stunned at this question. And thought a minute and replied, "I don't know."
Then I asked, "What kind of work do the apostles do today at the New Testament church?"
After a long pause, he said: "I don't know."
So I said to God, "You are going to have to teach me what an apostle does in the church today."
... and God did teach me ...
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Apostles deal with doctrinal issues in the church. We have an ordination from God to work with scripture and set judgments in the church today based on the Holy Bible: such as the following questions.
* Can a woman marry after divorce? Matthew 5:32; I Cor. 7:10-11; Mark 10:6-12; I Cor. 7:39; Romans 7:2-3;
* Can a man marry a divorced woman? Matthew 5:32
* What is the only scriptural reason for a man to divorce his wife? Matthew 5:32
* What does the New Testament say about homosexuals and lesbians?
Romans 1:18-28
* What does the Bible say should happen when we gather in the church today?
I Cor. 14:26
* What are the ministries set by Jesus for the New Testament Church today?
Ephesians 4:8;11-15
* Do ministers in the New Testament church wear special ministry garments as in the Old Testament?
* Does Bible show the church of the New Testament to use candles in the ministry service? (Do a search on candles in New Testament in your on line Bible.)
* Is threre such a thing as "Holy water" in the New Testament church in Bible?
* Do ministers call themselves "reverend" in the New Testament Bible? (Is the word "reverend" even used in the New Testament Bible?)
* Is there such a person as "pope, cardinal, vicker," in the New Testament Bible?
1 Thessalonians 5:21 (Paul says) Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
(Prove by that which is written about the New Testament church in the New Testament Bible.)
God taught me about the work of an apostle by taking me to the following scripture:
Acts 15
As we see, in this section of scripture, there was a problem in the early church, Some people who were Jewish and converted to Christians thought you had to follow the law of Moses as they had in the Jewish synagogues.
And did they have to be circumcised after they were made Christians by jesus's blood. Did they have to follow the law of Moses?
These were questions that the early apostles and elders of the New Testament church after the crucifixion and resurrection had to decide and set forth for all the church.
We see this happening in Acts 15.
1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
(The apostles and elders dealt with these doctrine which they established by inspiration of God for the New Testament church.)
Today, we have the HOLY Bible which sets rules and commandments of God for the New Testament church. But many of the churches fell away from the doctrines of Christ and apostles today will work through doctrines and attempt to reset those doctrines in the various churches today and with individuals.
Often I will hear older Christians today say, "Things at church have become so watered down."
Some original doctrines have been changed at the church as we reach the end times.
Paul explained:
2 Thessalonians 2
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (of the return of Jesus) shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
(In 1982, God said to me: "The falling away, spoken of by Paul, are not people leaving the church but rather the falling away are the churches falling away from scripture and setting up other doctrines, doctrines of antichrist.")
Today's apostles, called by Jesus, will try to restore doctrines of Christ in the New Testament church.
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After closing my business, I waited at my apartment in Dallas, from July 31, 1979, until January 10, 1980, for God to show me what to do as a minister in the calling of apostle and prophet of Jesus Christ.
On January, 10, 1980, I was asleep in the night when a very loud trumpet like voice spoke 3 words into my ear: "HARTFORD, SEATTLE, KWJS"
(When I looked to see what KWJS was, I found it to be a radio station which broadcast Christian exhortations to the church.)
I said to God, "Are YOU telling me to go on radio? I wouldn't know how to do that. I'm a writer, not a speaker."
The Holy Spirit said to me: "Call the radio station manger."
As soon as the radio station office opened, I called and asked to speak to the station manager and said to him: "God might be showing me to go on radio and exhort the church. How would you do that?"
The station manager replied: "Make an audition tape 29 1/2 minutes long and send it to me and if you fit our radio teaching, we will offer you a contract."
I made the tape as soon as I got off the phone and took it to the post office mailing the tape to the KWJS radio station manager.
Within 5 days I was broadcasting 30-minute exhortations to the church 5 days per week on radio KWJS at noontime.
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At first, God gave me the following subjects: (primarily) faith in God; taking thoughts captive; dealing with destructive thoughts; following God by HIS Holy Spirit
The radio audience showed great interest in these subjects.
God gave me a plan whereby I could go on radio simultaneous on several radio stations across the USA. I called this, "Purchase a city."
I published a list of cities. For a one-time offering of $1,000, the KWJS listeners could purchase a city and I would go on radio in that city! This put me on radio from "Hartford to Seattle" as the angel of the Lord said to me January 10, when he appeared to me in 1980! (By the end of the first month, the radio audience in a city was giving sufficient money to pay for the monthly radio broadcasts in their city!)
I was already on radio in Dallas/Fort Word, Houston, Oklahoma City ... Those listeners paid for the first month of broadcasts in Washington, DC; NYC area, Pittsburgh; Philadelphia; Detroit; Minneapolis/Saint Paul; Denver; Seattle; Eugene, Oregon; LosAngeles, California; Phoenix
This enabled me to be on several major radio markets across the USA in the early years of 1980-82.
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In 1982, God said to me: "The foundation is laid. Now we're really going to move."
And shortly after that, God said to me: "The time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God."
I had no idea what that might mean. (but very soon I was to find out!)
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God caused me to be born again by speaking a WORD to me August 5, 1975:
God said: "Joan ... you know those mistakes you've been making all these years? Those weren't mistakes. Those were sins!"
Sins? I thought they were mistakes!
(But I believed what God said and after that God began teaching me about sins according to the New Testament Bible as I read the Bible with God teaching me by HIS Holy Spirit.)
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In approximately 1976, I was asleep in the night. God transported me into heaven. I was with God and Christ and the Holy Spirit. (no images just spirit)
At that time, I was "merged" into the body of Jesus, made one with the Word of God, God and Holy Spirit witnessing.
A few days later, while sleeping in the night, the exact same thing happened the second time.
(Twice I was "merged" into the body of Jesus, made one with the WORD of God.)
At first, I thought this happened to all who were born again, made into Christians by God.
I had a younger friend who had been raised Catholic and had been born again by God and was now a Christian. He was on fire for Bible and talked frequently about being born again. Until this happen to me, I thought Bill was a little crazy.
One day, I said to Bill ... "You're really right about this Christian thing. What I like best is what happens to you in the night." Bill responded, "What thing?"
I said: "I don't know what it is called... It is when you are taken into heaven and are with God and Christ and the Holy Spirit and are made one with Jesus, the Word of God."
Bill was very shocked and now his entire attention was directed at me!
He said, "Nothing like that happened to me."
"What are you talking about?" did you tell Donna about this?
(Donna was my best friend who had been raised Baptist.)
I replied, "I didn't tell anyone ... I thought it happened to all Christians."
(Bill assured me it didn't.)
But what did it mean then?
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At the time this happened, I was reading a book called, "Exodus."
The author said when God calls you for a "special work", often HE will often do something showing this, like Moses and the burning bush, when God called Moses to go into Egypt to deliver the children of Israel.
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For the next 5 years, God taught me Bible, starting with Old Testament and the work done by HIS prophets.
Such things as this:
Ezekiel 3 (prophets are sent to the church with messages from God)
1 Moreover HE said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
2 So I opened my mouth, and HE caused me to eat that roll.
3 And HE said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
4 And HE said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with MY words unto them.
5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;
(in New Testament, the church, Acts 11... example, 27-29 ... And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. 28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. 29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
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Ezekiel 3 (God says to the prophet Ezekiel)
6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.
7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto ME: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
10 Moreover HE said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears. 11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
God showed me by the Bible, Old and New Testaments, the work of the calling of a prophet.
During those 5 years, God took me through entire Bible focusing on the work of prophets.
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In approximately 1976, I began attending a neighborhood prayer group.
(Often the women stood in a circle, holding hands and with their heads bowed and eyes closed as they prayed.)
One day, we were praying and I heard, "Look up." I opened my eyes and looked up. I saw something on a blank wall. It looked like someone had taken a black marker and drawn a body part on that wall. I said to God, "I know that is a part of the human body but I don't know which part." And I heard this word: "Stomach."
I excitedly said: "Oh yeah ... stomach ..." (I recalled the old Pepto-Bismal commercials which appeared on TV at that time.)
After the women quit praying, I said: "Does anyone have a stomach problem?"
One woman began jumping up and down and shouting, with her hands raised, "I do ... I do.")
I assumed they prayed for her. I don't remember anything else other than how God showed me this vision on the blank wall.
After that, God often showed me visions when I attended the prayer group and and single's Bible class at Word of Faith church which I attended at that time.
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Spiritual Gifts:
I Corinthians 12
4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as HE will.
12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
14 For the body is not one member, but many.
15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased HIM.
27 And if they were all one member, where were the body?
20 But now are they many members, yet but one body.
21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
23 And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
28 And God hath set some in the church (to care for the church), first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
(Pam Padgett, former computer programmer at Fed Ex, was set into spiritual gift of "ministry of helps". Pam does all technical work on our blog, books published by Amazon, and Podcasts to publish everything through these sources so the church can receive messages all over the world.)
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Another thing God taught me about prophets during this time of 1975-1979.
Ezekiel 3
17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at MY mouth, and give them warning from MY.
18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
22 And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and HE said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
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God gave me very strong teaching causing me to be sure to deliver HIS message, all of HIS message, to the church.
If I failed to deliver HIS message, the blood of the person who died in his sin would be upon me.
I asked God: "Is there any place in the New Testament where any one speaks about the blood of the church being upon them for not delivering a message of God?"
God reminded me of the apostle Paul speaking to the elders of the church at Ephesus:
Acts 20
15 And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.
16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, 19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, 21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: 23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. 26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which HE hath purchased with HIS own blood.
29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
(They would fall away from the real doctrines of Christ and set up denominations after their own preferences.)
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Comments by Joan Boney:
1975: Born again by God speaking a word to me: "Joan ... you know all these 'mistakes' you've been making all these years? Those weren't 'mistakes'... Those were sins!" (August 5, 1975)
1975: Approximately September/October ... Taken into heaven twice while sleeping in the night. Merged into the body of Jesus, made one with the word of God, God and Holy Spirit witnessing. I asked God: "Is there any example in the Bible of such a thing as a human being taken into heave."
I was reminded of this scripture:
2 Corinthians 12 (Paul says)
2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
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Once when I was visiting with my favorite aunt, a Church of Christ member, the Holy Spirit said to me: "Tell your aunt about being taken into heaven."
(I certainly didn't want to do that! But all my life as a Christian, God had taught me to yield myself to the Holy Spirit and to speak and write what God wants me to do.)
So I said, "Aunt Ardath, I need to tell you something ..." and I told her about being taken into heaven twice ...
As I spoke, I noticed a dreamy look on her face, as if she was remembering something. When I finished speaking, then she said, "Something like that happened to me once and it was all golden!"
(Everyone in the family was afraid of Aunt Ardath because she was so godly ... but I never was afraid of her. Now I knew why!)
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1975-mid 1979: I owned a small business in Dallas, Texas, "American Indian Arts."
3 very competent women worked for me, so I could stay home all day, when I wanted to do so, and read Bible with God teaching me.
I got a student from Dallas Theological Seminary to come to my shop each Wednesday and teach Bible class. I gave away booklets about being a Christian, leaving these as "give-aways" on an Indian drum that was placed at the front door of my shop.
(The husband of one of the women who worked for me told her, "Joan is going to ruin her business by putting out all this Bible stuff." She replied, "No she's not. The customers like it.")
All I wanted to do during these years was to go to church, attend church services at various churches in Dallas, attend the local prayer group and other Bible classes ... and read the Bible: Old and New Testaments (While God taught me by HIS Holy Spirit.)
I had read every New Testament scripture about what women do in the church and one day I just sat down in my office and began crying because there was nothing I could do in the church. I had no children to teach. I had no husband. Paul said women were to keep silent in the church.
Then I realized there was one thing I could do in the church ... I could make a lot of money at my shop and give it to the church! (American Indian arts were very popular in those days.)
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Also each time I went on buying trip to the Indian reservations in NEW MEXICO, USA, I spoke often to small groups or individual Indians about being a Christian.
My best Indian friend was Mela Youngblood, an American Indian potter and the daughter of a very famous Indian potter, Margaret Tayoya, a true Christian.
Margaret had 8 children.
Most of the Indians at the reservation were Catholic.
(This story brings tears to my eyes each time I write it or tell it.) Margaret went to the Catholic priest and told him she wanted to send her children to McCurdy Mission School instead of to the Catholic school which was on the reservation, Santa Clara.
The priest said, "You can't do that. You must leave all your children in the Indian school, Catholic."
Margaret kept insisting.
Finally the Priest said, "Why do you want to do this?"
Without hesitating Margaret said, "Because I want them to study the Bible."
The priest replied: "People like you don't need to study Bible. We will tell you what you need to know."
Margaret continued insisting that they go to this Baptist school for Indians so they could study Bible.
The priest said to Margaret: "If you do this, we will put you out of the church and forbid that you be buried in the graveyard at the Catholic church."
I said to Margaret: "No man can put you out of the church. God put you into the church and only God can remove you."
(I likely quoted this scripture: Acts 2:48 And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.)
Margaret said, "OH, my Joy (that is the name Margaret called me), If only we could believe that."
I said: "You can believe that because it is in the Bible which is inspired by God which you gave your life for so your 8 children could learn the Word of God."
(About a month after this, Margaret said that Catholic priest died.)
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July, 1979: A man from the church I attended, who said he was a prophet came into my shop and said to me,
"Joan ... you are dragging your feet. You know you are supposed to be a minister and you are still running a business."
(I told him I had written a book and published it, "Taking Thoughts Captive," published at that time by Harrison House, the publisher, son of Kenneth Hagin, founder of the faith movement in the mid-60"s.)
This man from our church just grinned at me and didn't say more.
A week or so later, I told the owner of the strip mall where my business was located that I would be closing my shop on July, 31, 1979 ... "to go into the ministry".
He said: "You can't do that. You have a lease with us."
I said: "I'm doing this, closing the business on July 31."
He said: "You can't be a minister. You're too hostile to be a minister."
(I don't recall saying anything else to him. I closed the business on July 31, 1979, to go into the ministry. I never heard anything else from him about a lease. They leased the business space to something called "a video rental store." which was a new type business that was just coming on the scene in 1970's)
I closed my shop, on August 1st, 1979, to go into the ministry full time.
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I simply stayed at my apartment and waited for God to give me a ministry work assignment, waiting from July 31, 1979 to January 10, 1980.
On January, 10, 1980, I was asleep in the night when a very loud trumpet like voice spoke 3 words into my ear: "HARTFORD, SEATTLE, KWJS"
(When I looked to see what KWJS was, I found it to be a radio station which broadcast Christian exhortations to the church.)
I said to God, "Are YOU telling me to go on radio? I wouldn't know how to do that. I'm a writer, not a speaker."
The Holy Spirit said to me: "Call the radio station manger."
As soon as the radio station office opened, I called and asked to speak to the station manager and said to him: "God might be showing me to go on radio and exhort the church. How would you do that?"
The station manager replied: "Make an audition tape 29 1/2 minutes long and send it to me and if you fit our radio teaching, we will offer you a contract."
I made the tape as soon as I got off the phone and took it to the post office mailing the tape to the KWJS radio station manager.
Within 5 days I was broadcasting 30-minute exhortations to the church 5 days per week on radio KWJS at noontime.
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At first, God gave me the following subjects: (primarily) faith in God; taking thoughts captive; dealing with destructive thoughts; following God by HIS Holy Spirit
The radio audience showed great interest in these subjects.
God gave me a plan whereby I could go on radio simultaneous on several radio stations across the USA. I called this, "Purchase a city."
I published a list of cities. For a one-time offering of $1,000, the KWJS listeners could purchase a city and I would go on radio in that city!
This put me on radio from "Hartford to Seattle" as the angel of the Lord said to me January 10, when he appeared to me in 1980! (By the end of the first month, the radio audience in a city was giving sufficient money to pay for the monthly radio broadcasts in their city!)
I was already on radio in Dallas/Fort Word, Houston, Oklahoma City ... Those listeners paid for the first month of broadcasts in Washington, DC; NYC area, Pittsburgh; Philadelphia; Detroit; Minneapolis/Saint Paul; Denver; Seattle; Eugene, Oregon; Los Angeles, California; Phoenix
Coast to coast ...
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In 1982, God said to me: "The foundation is laid. Now we're really going to move."
And shortly after that, God said to me: "The time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God."
I had no idea what that might mean. (but very soon I was to find out!)
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God called my attention several radio television big time ministers who were doing various sins.
When I could not get the message God had given me to those individual ministers, I had to get on my own radio broadcast which were coast to coast in the United States and name each of those ministers by name and tell the sin they were doing.
The radio station manager in Seattle was standing at the door of my meeting room waiting for me. When I walked up to him he said, "Joan if you don't stop doing these judgment messages I don't know what's gonna happen to you we may have to put you off the air."
I said to him, "George if I don't speak the message God has given me then I don't have a message and I may as well be put off the air."
About half of my radio stations did put me off the air. It was a very discouraging time and God gave me the following scripture to warn me.
I John 16 (Jesus said:) They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. 3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
And God gave me a dream to warn me:
In this dream: The University of Texas was playing North Texas State, a much smaller football team. The quarterback was getting ready to snap the ball, and i heard these words: "Don't go until you see Exodus 15."
Hate mail against me had flooded our office and I knew I was that "running back" who had played for both teams. They loved me in the faith movement until I spoke the judgment and correction messages. Then they hated me!
Prophets of God are often sent to the church and to the minister with correction message of God. This is the job of a prophet.
Once an advertising agent said to me: "Joan, we can fill soldiers and sailors auditorium for you in Pittsburgh. You only have to do one thing. Just don't offend anyone."
I was shocked, and replied: "But I'M a prophet!"
(I didn't last long as a client with the agency. They wanted no more to do with me after this.)
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