Podcast: Recordings & Scriptures: October 2021

*** The judges appointed by God are used by God to deliver the children of Israel from the nations of this world.

The judges in the Old Testament who were raised up by God, administered justice in the sight of God, destroying the enemies of the children of God of the nation of Israel, and delivering the children of Israel from various bondages.

In the Bible, the book of Judges tells us of the work of those judges appointed by God.

We see many Judges named in the book of Judges.

And the following pattern recurs through those decades.

The children of Israel did evil in the sight of God. God would then turn them over to the nations of men to rule over them with hard bondages, often for many years.

The children of Israel went into evil because they would not fully obey God.

Judges 2

1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break MY covenant with you.

2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed MY voice: why have ye done this?

3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

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Judges 2

11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:

12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.

13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and HE delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and HE sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.

16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

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Then after years in service to the nations of men and after they suffered hard bondages, they would turn to God and cry out to God for help and God would raise up a judge to deliver them and often to destroy the enemy.

Judges 3

5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

6And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

8Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.

9And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

10And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.

11And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

12And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

13And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

14So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.

16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.

18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.

19 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.

20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he (the king) arose out of his seat.

21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:

22 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.

23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.

24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.

25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.

26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.

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27 And it came to pass, when he (Ehud) was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.

(A trumpet is a call to arms or attention.)

28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.

29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.

(God did not allow the children of Israel to mingle with the people of other nations, for God said they would end up pulling them away to "their gods".

Numbers 33

50 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:

(These nations had set up idols whereby they worshipped their gods and God had HIS people pull down these idols and destroy that which the nations worshipped.)

53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.

54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.

55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.

They would not listen to God. They tried to "be friends" with the nations of men. They intermarried with these nations. And these nations influenced the children of Israel in worldly ways and they did not wholly follow God when that happened. And they could no longer stand against their enemies and went into various sins and bondages of those nations around them.

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Judges 3

30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. (80-years)

31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.

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Many times we see the children of Israel disobey God and do that which is evil in the sight of God and turn from the God of Israel.

When they do evil in the sight of God, they can no longer overcome their enemies.

Revelation 3:5 Jesus says: He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

When a person of God tries to be friends and associates with the nations of this world, he does what he thinks to be good, but in the sight of God he does evil because he will end up weakening the word of God in order to keep the association.

The world goes one way and the person of God is completely opposite from the world.

The people who are not of God will end up tormenting the person of God. The world will be like a thorn in his flesh and pricks in his eyes and the world will vex the person of God continually.

Light and darkness cannot co-exist.

So God tell us the following in the New Testament church:

2 Corinthians 6

14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be MY people.

17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you,

18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

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James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

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*** God raises up judges to fight against the enemies of Israel and to show the way of God to the children of Israel.

In the days of the Old Testament, for a season, God raised up HIS judges and gave the judges HIS Spirit to lead the children of Israel.

Later the people demanded a king like the other nations had to rule over them.

But for a period of time God appointed judges.

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Judges 3 (Othniel)

9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.

11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

And after the death of Othniel who was the judge of Israel appointed by God, the people stopped following God and mingled again with the nations of the worlds and intermarried and God turned HIS people over to the bondage of this world.

We see this pattern over and over in reading about the children of Israel in the Old Testament.

Church people today often think they are stronger than this world and that they can co-mingle with the world and perhaps lead people to God by being "friends" and "associates." And they actually end up showing approval for various sins of the world to keep from offending the worldly people who are around them.

James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

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Today, Jesus from heaven, gives to the church apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers to turn the church to ways of God.

Ephesians 4

11 And HE (Jesus) 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:

13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into HIM in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

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I Corinthians 1

18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

29 That no flesh should glory in HIS presence.

30 But of HIM are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

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And in the New Testament church, God gives every born again person HIS own Spirit to enable each person to follow God.

I Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

It was not like this in the Old Testament for the children of Israel in the Old Testament had to go to a prophet to inquire of God.

Hebrews 1

1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by HIS Son, whom HE hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also HE made the worlds;

By the Holy Spirit, we know the heart of God and the will of God on the issues pertaining to this present life for it is the Spirit of God who shows us the heart of God.

I Corinthians 2

9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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So today we have a few people in each church group who are born again by God having the Spirit of God ... and we have many in each church group who put themselves into the church by their own works without having the Spirit of God.

Havoc results in the churches and doctrines end up being changed from the Holy Bible and people who do have the Spirit of God often hold back and never wholly end up following God.

And those who put themselves into the church group by their own will and their own works without having the Spirit of God end up being thorns in the eyes and pricks in the sides of the ones who are truly born again by the Spirit of God and often the ones who are born again try to follow God with those in the church group who do not really believe in all the word of God and do not have the Spirit of God and this becomes a terrible problem.

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*** God makes a way where there is no lack. "The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want."

Please read these written scriptures before you hear this podcast for these scriptures set the foundation for the recording on this podcast.

God led the children of Israel for 40 years through the wilderness. God provided all their needs. There was no lack.

Exodus 15:13 Thou in THY mercy hast led forth the people which THOU hast redeemed: THOU hast guided them in THY strength unto THY holy habitation.

17 THOU shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of THINE inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which THOU hast made for THEE to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which THY hands have established.

Psalm 78

7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep HIS commandments:

14 In the daytime also HE led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

15 HE clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

16 HE brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

20 Behold, HE smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can HE give bread also? can HE provide flesh for HIS people?

23 Though HE had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

25 Man did eat angels' food: HE sent them meat to the full.

26 HE caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by HIS power HE brought in the south wind.

27 HE rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

28 And HE let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.

29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for HE gave them their own desire;

30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for HIS wondrous works.

33 Therefore their days did HE consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

40 How oft did they provoke HIM in the wilderness, and grieve HIM in the desert!

41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

51 And (God) smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

52 But made HIS own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

53 And HE led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

54 And HE brought them to the border of HIS sanctuary, even to this mountain, which HIS right hand had purchased.

55 HE cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not HIS testimonies:

57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

58 For they provoked HIM to anger with their high places, and moved HIM to jealousy with their graven images.

59 When God heard this, HE was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

60 So that HE forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which HE placed among men;

61 And delivered HIS strength into captivity, and HIS glory into the enemy's hand.

62 HE gave HIS people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with HIS inheritance.

63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

66 And HE smote HIS enemies in the hinder parts: HE put them to a perpetual reproach.

72 So HE fed them according to the integrity of HIS heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of HIS hands.

Psalm 105:37 HE brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

God brought more than 600,000 men plus women and children out of Egypt and provided for their needs during the 40-years that HE led them through the wilderness.

They lacked nothing!

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This podcast is a story of how God provided for me years before I knew a provision would be needed, so there was no need.

God knows future and plans for us!

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*** The apostle Paul said, "Let your women keep silence in the churches." I asked God about this.

I Corinthians 14 (The apostle Paul said)

34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

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After I was born again in 1975, I was transported into heaven twice (on two nights, the same week). I was with God and Christ and the Holy Spirit.

On both of those nights, I was merged into the body of Jesus, made one with the Word of God, God and Holy Spirit witnessing.

(I saw no physical type images. It was an experience in spirit.)

After that, God began teaching me sections of the Bible, both Old and New Testaments.

When God revealed to me that I was called to be a minister, I asked God what about the above scripture concerning women speaking in the church.

I heard: "Look at what these women were doing."

I reread I Corinthians 14:34-35.

Immediately I noticed these women were disrupting the gathering of the church by asking questions.

It would be out of order for women to do this at the gathering of the church.

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Then God took me to the following scripture:

Acts 21

8 And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.

9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

Prophesy is for the church. To prophesy these 4 daughters would have to be able to speak to the church.

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I was convinced by these things that women were free to share the spiritual gifts that God gave them with the gathering of the church.

God also took me to the scripture showing the work Deborah, the prophetess did in the church.

Deborah was not only a prophetess but she was also a "judge".

Judges 4

1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.

2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.

3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.

8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.

9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.

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God gave me a spiritual gift of exhortation (Romans 12:8) whereby I was to share certain things as shown me by God with the church.

exhort: urge earnestly by advice and warning

God also called the following instruction to my attention:

Hebrews 3

13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Hebrews 10

25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

I have been very diligent to share with the church everything that I believe God showed me, thereby bringing exhortations on various issues to the gathering of the church.

What is the church?

Jesus said: Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in MY name, there am I in the midst of them.

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I attended a church named Word of Faith during the years of approximately 1977-1982.

The teacher of our Sunday Bible class never failed to say at each class: "If anyone has a Word from the Lord, please share that Word now."

I often shared words God had given me.

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At the weekly prayer group which I attended, I often shared words which I believed to be from God.

I owned a small business in Dallas, Texas, during those years and I would share words that I believed to be from God with some of the customers who came to my business, exhorting them in the ways of God.

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On January 10, 1980, I was asleep in the night, and was awakened by a very loud trumpet-like voice speaking 3 words into my ear: "Hartford, Seattle, KWJS"

That same morning, I found KWJS to be a radio station where Christians ministers presented exhortations to the church.

I said to God, "Are YOU showing me to go on radio? I wouldn't know how to do that."

Immediately I had this brought to my mind by the Holy Spirit. "Call the radio station manager."

I did that this same morning. I told the station manager that God might be showing me to go on radio. I asked, "How would you do that?"

The station manger said to make an audition tape 29-1/2 minutes long and sent it to him and if my exhortation fit their broadcasting they would offer me a contract.

I recorded an exhortation that same morning and put it into the mail that same day.

Within 5 days, I was broadcasting exhortations to the church on radio KWJS.

In approximately 1 year, I was on radio from Hartford to Seattle, as I was told by the loud trumpet-like voice on the night of January 10, 1980. I believe this was an instruction from an angel of God.

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During those years from 1975 to 1980, I never told anyone that I was called by God to be a minister.

I just kept presenting words of exhortation and gifts of the Holy Spirit as appropriate in those places where I went.

When I did that, individuals would often say, "We know the hand of God is upon you."

One Sunday morning at Word of Faith, the pastor, Robert Tilton, said to all the congregation, "Joan is not called to be a teacher. She is a prophetess."

I had certainly never told that to anyone although I knew God was training me to do the work of a prophet.

At the time Bob announced this to the church, I was already exhorting the church on radio KWJS.

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On March 27, 2012, God gave me the following dream: A woman was singing to a group of people. I said, "She has a little voice but it is a nice little voice." She continued singing. Then in the dream, I realized it was somehow a blog and it was a way to communicate with people in the church."

Pam Padgett had been a computer programmer with FedEx in Colorado Springs. I called Pam and asked her if she could set up a blog for Jesus Ministries. Pam said she didn't know anything about blogs, but she probably could. She began praying and God showed her to keep this simple. In a day or two Pam had set up a blog for us and we were publishing by approximately March 30, 2012. We publish daily and have done such since we began the blog.

In 2015 we began writing ministry books on Amazon in both e-book and paperback format. Amazon has a free book program whereby people can get e-books without charge and we especially like this program. To date, we have published approximately 35 ministry books on Amazon.

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The first week of February, 2020, God gave me a dream showing me kittens waiting outside the front door of my house. There were many kittens. They were waiting to be fed. Some of the kittens were at the point of death. When I went into my garage, there were also many kittens who were starving, waiting for me to feed them.

I asked God what this dream meant. "How could I feed all these starving kittens?"

Immediately the word, "Podcast", came into my mind.

Within two or three days, we had purchased recording equipment and had set up a Podcast host and had begun publishing Podcasts to exhort the church daily in scriptures and concepts of following God by HIS Spirit, Since beginning that first week in February 2020, we have published daily fresh exhortations on various subjects from the Old and New Testaments. These are available on Internet all over the world.

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The important thing for each of us to consider when we do a work is this:

"Did God tell me to do this work?"

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*** The children of Israel repeatedly did evil in the sight of God in the Old Testament.

Judges 3

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People in churches often think they will lead unbelievers to the Lord. But it ends up those unbelievers cause the religious people to turn from God, setting aside certain scriptures in order to continue friendships with that unbeliever.

A woman told me of her teenaged daughter and a young man who had left their church group and how her daughter was going out to rescue this young man and bring him back to the church.

I said to her, "He will draw your daughter away from the church."

The mother didn't believe me and she said, "My daughter will never leave the faith. You don't know how strong she is."

The scriptures warn us.

Even Solomon was affected by the strange women who were his wives and concubines. God warned Solomon, but he wouldn't heed the warning, thinking it wouldn't happen to him.

I Kings 11

1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,

10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.

11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept MY covenant and MY statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David MY servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

14 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.

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2 Corinthians 6

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Hebrews 6

4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put HIM to an open shame.

7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:

8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

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Hebrews 10

25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God (The Word), and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

30 For we know HIM that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto ME, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge HIS people.

31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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2 Peter 2

20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

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I Corinthians 5

4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened.

11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

13 Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

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Titus 3

10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;

11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.

(Warn him once or twice, then leave him alone.)

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God tested the children of Israel to see if they would cling to HIM.

Judges 3

1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which HE commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and HE sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.

9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

In the days of the Old Testament, the children of Israel had to go to a prophet to inquire of God. God did not give HIS Spirit, the Holy Spirit, to each of the children of Israel as God gives the Holy Spirit today to each person who is born again.

At that time, of the Old Testament, God gave "judges" to the children of Israel to deliver them when they fell into sins and bondages to other nations.

After the judge died, the children of Israel returned to their own way of thinking which was evil and they did evil again in the sight of God.

Genesis 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Later, in the New Testament, God is going to give those born again a new heart and a new Spirit.

Ezekiel 36

26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

27 And I will put MY spirit within you, and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and ye shall keep MY judgments, and do them.

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In the New Testament church today, every person who is born again by God by HIS Spirit is given by God the Holy Spirit to lead and guide him in the ways of God.

I Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

John 14:26 Jesus says: But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 16:13 Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of HIMSELF; but whatsoever HE shall hear (from God), that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.

Unless we are born again, given another heart and another Spirit, we cannot serve God.

I Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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*** Changed by God

Genesis 6:5

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

The minute man touches something, he pollutes it with his own flesh.

Therefore in the Old Testament, God would not allow them to bring "hewn" stones into the tabernacle.

Exodus 20:26 God says: And if thou wilt make ME an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

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So God said:

Ezekiel 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you:

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In the New Testament church, the new covenant of God, we are "born again", changed by God, given a "new heart" and a "new spirit", which is different from the heart and spirit with which we were born onto this earth by our natural parents.

After God causes this change to happen in us, we no longer follow after those things of the flesh as we once did. Now we want to know things of God and we consider what God wants us to do.

We are a new creature:

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

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We were once flesh, following the impulses of our own flesh. But now we also have the Spirit of God so we choose to follow that which is shown us by the Spirit of God, desiring to please God.

Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Think about the way you were before God changed you.

Take the above list and circle those works of the flesh which you sought after before you were born again.

Consider how different you are now!

We don't all seek after each work of the flesh but we have tendencies toward doing certain fleshly things.

I never cared for drinking alcoholic drinks because I did not like the taste of the drinks. But some people are very drawn toward such.

My interest was more in debating, striving, emulations.

I find the people and things I once enjoyed, I no longer enjoy. God changed my heart and gave me a new Spirit, HIS Spirit. After that, I wanted to know about God and I wanted to be with people of God.

Now I know things of this world mean nothing and all these things we can see with our natural eyes will be destroyed by God at the end of this world.

Matthew 24:1-2 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and HIS disciples came to HIM for to shew HIM the buildings of the temple.

2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

Everything we now see with our eyes will be destroyed by God at the end of this present world.

Matthew 24:35 Jesus says: Heaven and earth shall pass away, but MY words shall not pass away.

Now I know the only thing worth following is the Word from God which continues forever.

Some people worship historical objects, cultural objects.

Some focus on buildings created by man, wonders produced by man.

Some are impressed by intellect of man.

All these will pass away and are very temporary.

The Word of the Lord is forever, an investment worthy of giving all in order to follow that Word which God speaks to us.

We are greatly blessed when we understand this!

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After God gives us a new heart and a new Spirit, HIS Own Spirit, the Holy Spirit, we then begin to follow what HE says to us, doing HIS things.

And when we do that which God tells us to do by HIS Spirit, we end up producing the fruits of the Spirit by doing those things.

Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance:

This is totally different from that fleshly spirit which we once followed.

And we thank God continually that HE changed us from that person we once were!

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*** After the death of Joshua, God raised up judges to deliver HIS people from the evil of the nations around them.

The children of Israel passed over river Jordan and fought the nations and took the land which God had promised to Abraham 400-years earlier.

Joshua grew old and died after he had divided the land and had given that land to the 12 tribes of the children of Israel.

The people began living on their inheritance.

But when they failed to drive out the nations around them, they began to take on the gods of those nations and sinned against God.

God sent HIS angel to them to deliver the following message.

Judges 2

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Judges 2

7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that HE did for Israel.

10 and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which HE had done for Israel.

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God raises up judges to set the children of Israel in the right way:

Judges 2

16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.

18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and HE said, Because that this people hath transgressed MY covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto MY voice;

21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:

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The children of Israel brought upon themselves curses by their disobedience to the Lord God. And they could no longer stand against their enemies and the nations of worldly men ruled over them and put them back into various bondages and the children of Israel served the gods of the nations of men.

From time to time God would raise up a judge, such as Samson, to avenge the children of Israel against the Philistines, but the real answer would come decades later through Jesus and HIS sacrifice and HIS Holy Spirit which God would give to all who belonged to God and believed in the Word of God.

The promise was this: God would give them "a new heart" and God would give HIS people "a new Spirit."

Ezekiel 36

16 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before ME as the uncleanness of a removed woman.

18 Wherefore I poured MY fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:

19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned MY holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of HIS land.

21 But I had pity for Mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.

22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for Mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.

23 And I will sanctify MY great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

27 And I will put MY spirit within you, and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and ye shall keep MY judgments, and do them.

28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be MY people, and I will be your God.

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Therefore God gave HIS people a new covenant and a new Spirit, HIS Own Spirit, so when we follow that Spirit, that Holy Spirit, there is no condemnation for us.

Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Galatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance:

As long as we follow that which the Holy Spirit of God shows us to do, we walk in the Spirit, and we produce the fruits of the Spirit of God doing that which is righteous in the sight of God.

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*** The example of Ruth, a godly woman

Naomi was the wife of Elimelech a man of the tribe of Ephraim, the son of Joseph.

When a famine hit the land, he took his family to the land of Moab where he and his two sons died. The wives of the sons were Moabites. One was named Ruth.

After the famine, Naomi decided to return to her people in Judah so she sent her two daughter's in law back to their families. Oprah returned to her mother and father. But Ruth continued to follow Naomi.

Naomi said to Ruth:

Ruth 1:15 Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.

But Ruth refused to leave her mother-in-law and she made this outstanding declaration to Naomi:

Ruth 1:16-17 Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

So Naomi allowed Ruth to go with her into Judah.

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Naomi had a near kinsman named Boaz. Ruth went to glean in his fields. Boaz noticed Ruth and made inquiry and found her to be the daughter-in-law of Naomi and found her husband had died in Moab.

Boaz instructed Ruth:

Ruth 2

8 ... Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:

9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.

12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

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When Ruth made the decision to accompany her mother-in-law, there was no sign of reward for Ruth in doing this. She simply loved Naomi and went in faith and even turned to the God of Naomi.

Great blessing from God was upon Ruth for doing this.

Ruth ended up married to Boaz and had a child by him.

Ruth 4:17 and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

(Ruth's great grandson was David who was to be king over Israel, replacing Saul.)

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