*** Podcast: People sent to search out the land thought God would not be able to care for their little ones.

 
 
 
Numbers 13

And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:

18 And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;

20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.

21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.

24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

(I like to move rapidly for I know that the longer I hesitate, the more devils attack me on a project.)

31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.

33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

Numbers 14

1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!

3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.

8 If the LORD delight in us, then HE will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.

11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke ME? and how long will it be ere they believe ME, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

13 And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that THOU goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.

15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of THEE will speak, saying,

16 Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which HE sware unto them, therefore HE hath slain them in the wilderness.

17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as THOU hast spoken, saying,

18 The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as THOU hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.

22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:

24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed ME fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.

25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

26 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against ME? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against ME.

28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against ME,

30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.

32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.

Sentence against the disobedient:

33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.

35 I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,

37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.

39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

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CHURCH GATHERING 
IN COLORADO SPRINGS:  
July 22-26, 2024

We would love to have you join us!

We are going to try to conduct these meetings as Paul said to do when we gather as the church:

I Corinthians 14:26  How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm (prayer), hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.


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*** Podcast: Live in peace. Live in the joy of the Word that God brings you from heaven.



 
Jesus says:

John 15:26  But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, HE shall testify of ME:

John 14:26  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.

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It is not flesh and blood that teaches us but it is God by HIS Spirit WHO opens our eyes to see truth from God.

Matthew 16  

13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, HE asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

15 HE saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

(The rock that the church is built upon is the WORD revealed by God to the individuals who are born again by the Spirit of God.  This is the New Testament church that came after Jesus was crucified and taken into heaven.  From heaven we hear the voice of God and are born again by the Spirit of truth.)

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

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CHURCH GATHERING 
IN COLORADO SPRINGS:  
July 22-26, 2024

We would love to have you join us!

We are going to try to conduct these meetings as Paul said to do when we gather as the church:

I Corinthians 14:26  How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm (prayer), hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
 
 
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*** Podcast: End time wisdom from God


 

Jesus says:

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

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(Comments by Joan Boney:)    So God has me surrounding myself with things that make me laugh.  Why go down with the iniquity of this world?  

Go forth spiritually, avoiding the evil and the insanity of man who has no idea Jesus is coming and this world will be destroyed by God.

2 Peter 3:10-14  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

(Jesus will send HIS angels to gather the elect of God to take us to the new heaven and new earth before God destroys this present earth.  See: I Thess. 4:13-17 & Matthew. 24:29-31 & Rev. 21:1-5)

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.  (Revelation 21:1-5)

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM
 in peace, without spot, and blameless.

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Recently I spoke by phone with a woman who has heard exhortations I have given to the church since 1980.  She knows all the teachings I have about following God by HIS Spirit.  

As I spoke to her, I heard much bitterness come from her heart by her words against President Biden.  This will only destroy her.  It will do no good. This world will be destroyed by God according to Bible.

So I warned her.

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Some people fret over things that don't really matter.

God is in charge.  HE will destroy this present heaven and earth and will bring the great tribulation when HE is ready to do so.

You can't save USA from God.

The Bible says:  HE (God) raises up one and sets down another.  (Psalm 75:7)

Sometimes God even sets a man up for the purpose of destruction:

Pharaoh in the day of Moses was ordained by God to destruction.  (Romans 9:17-18  For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew MY power in thee, and that MY name might be declared throughout all the earth. 18 Therefore hath HE mercy on whom HE will have mercy, and whom HE will he hardeneth.)

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God shows me not to let myself be troubled.  

Avoid the evil.  Seek the righteousness of God, God's way to go on this earth in matters pertaining to me.

Surround myself with peace.

Fortunately I like classical music, not all, but composers like Mozart & Beethoven.

(They play lots of things on our local FM radio station that I don't like.  So it doesn't work well for me to depend on the radio station for classical music.  I record my own music which I can play and enjoy and have peace.)

We started our own classical music blog in September of 2023.  You will find this listed on the right side of the home page of our daily blog:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations.  (Daily at the end of our blog we play a classical music composition.)

Why classical music?  It is abstract sound.  Popular music lyrics often carry evil and remind us of past, even past sins, and can cause us to become depressed or lonely or fall into various sins through fleshly desires the lyrics rekindle within us.

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Paul says;  

Philippians 3:13-15  Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded:

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I bought 2 USB/AM/FM radios.  They cost about $30.  (Amazon or Crutchfield:  USB Portable Players)


     

 
We put classical music on USB and plug it into these radios.  We copy the music I like.  I often turn this on and let it play while I read Bible.  I sometimes play this while I write exhortations to the church.  I play this music at night when I am going to sleep to mute the various household noises from electrical machines which disturb me.  

Eliminate disturbance from your mind when you can with both prayer and other ways.  I settle my problems by turning to God in prayer and allowing God to work with me.  But when it is noise from various things within my house, I pray.  God told me "to turn on my tablet and the classical music and use earphones and when I do this, I can't hear the motor noise!"  It worked of course because it was from God!

(It doesn't cost much to do these things and it really help me to live in peace!)

To me, Mozart is one of the most beautiful and calming and orderly of all composers.

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Another thing I believe God showed me to do:

Put things in my house that cause me to smile and even laugh.

My butler ceramic frog:
 


The closet in my bedroom:



Owl Mug:
 

 

Fresh flowers from yard in season:



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Avoid TV shows that trouble me!

Avoid people who disturb me!

Concerning Politics:  If you allow your toe to dip into that pond, corruption will likely follow.  I do not vote.  The Bible tells us to pray for "Kings" and for those in authority that we may live quietly and in peace.  

The World tells us to vote.

The Bible does not tell us to vote but tells us the following:

2 John 

8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

(If we approve someone, wishing him well, and he does evil in private, we are partaker of his evil deeds.  I certainly am not going to wish politicians well ... and I don't loosely say to a person, "Have a good day,"  as most people tend to do, wishing people well.  I wish the followers of God well!) 

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And Paul exhorts us:

Philippians 4

4 Rejoice in the Lord (the Word) alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.


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We live in a beautiful area in USA, Colorado at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.  We can go for little drives into various areas of the mountains, leaving our house for 1-2 hours, just short drives.  We work long hours on our blog and podcasts exhorting the body of Christ daily!  It is usually pleasant to take a little break and look at the things God has created in the mountains and sky.

We take the dogs to the nearby animal park.  (I sit in car and usually read Bible.  Pam walks the 2 big dogs.)

                        
Gus & Gracie

 Also we have and love cats!





 
Lilly, Tahullah Bankhead, Molly, Chubby


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Jesus says:  (During the Great Tribulation)

Matthew 24:22  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

But now, at this time before the great tribulation, let us live in peace, righteousness of God doing that which God approves/ that which is right in the sight of God, speaking things to edify one another and to cause us to consider God and HIS ways.

Romans 12

1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.


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CHURCH GATHERING IN COLORADO SPRINGS:  July 22-26, 2024

We would love to have you join us!

We are going to try to conduct these meetings as Paul said to do when we gather as the church:

I Corinthians 14:26  How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm (prayer), hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

 
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*** Podcast: I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.




"WOW,  ... LOOK WHAT GOD DID ... FOR ME".

Victorious prosperity  ... marveling constantly with joy at that which God did.

Our cry!

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Psalm 45

1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou HIM.

12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.

16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.


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CHURCH GATHERING IN COLORADO SPRINGS:  July 22-26, 2024

We would love to have you join us!

We are going to try to conduct these meetings as Paul said to do when we gather as the church:

I Corinthians 14:26  How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm (prayer), hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
 
 
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*** Podcast: Problem solving with God




One night recently, I went to bed and was very disturbed with sound coming through my bedroom wall.

It was like noise from a heating unit.

I said to God, "What am I going to do about this?"

(Sound can be incredibly difficult to deal with.)

God brought me this instant solution.

Get your earphones.  Plug them into your Kindle tablet.  Play the classical music which you published on today's blog.

When the music played, I couldn't hear the noise of the motor sound!  All I could hear was the beautiful music.  I fell asleep after a few moments with the earphones in my ears and the the music playing!  

This is what I heard: 
 

Mozart String Quartet No. 5



From Jesus Ministry Classical Music Podcast:
Classical Music


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CHURCH GATHERING IN COLORADO SPRINGS:  July 22-27, 2024

We would love to have you join us!

We are going to try to conduct these meetings as Paul said to do when we gather as the church:

I Corinthians 14:26  How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm (prayer), hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

*** Podcast: Following scripture. One verse at a time!




Psalm 37:4  Delight thyself also in the LORD (the Word); and HE shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

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Many people delight in money, taking a better paying job.

I never followed after money.  

Before I was born again and a Christian, I followed after my interests.

After I was born again, I followed after scriptures, one verse at a time.

... "Owe no man anything."  (Romans 13:8)  

So I got out of debt.  Then I felt God was leading me to stay out of debt.  Wait until I had money to pay before buying cars or buying house.  I never took out a mortgage.  God show me other ways to go.  But I remained true to that which I heard from Holy Spirit.  Resisting wisdom of world.  I rented apartment until I could pay cash for house.  (Sounds like foolishness to the world.)

It takes faith to follow God by scripture.  It is often not wise in eyes of world.

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Jesus says:

Matthew 7:13-14 

13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.


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💥 Jesus Ministries Meeting of Church: July, 22-27, 2024, Colorado Springs Colorado!

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

 Join us!  For church meetings this summer in Colorado Springs, Colorado!

 


Pikes' Peak / Colorado Springs


We will try to do what Paul said to do when we gather as the church:

I Corinthians 14:26  How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

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Many years ago, I visited a church group on a Wednesday night.  It was "testimony" night where people shared what God had told them and shared dreams God had given them.

Spiritual Gifts from God:  

I Corinthians 12

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 (God) will.

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At one of the churches I attended as a new Christian, our Bible teacher always said:  "Does anyone have a WORD from the Lord."  And we were invited to share that  Word.  

I believe this is what God intended us to do when we gather as the church.  The Holy Spirit is free to share as God wills in the church gathering.

We will attempt to do that at these meetings!

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CHURCH GATHERING IN COLORADO SPRINGS:  July 22-27, 2024

We would love to have you join us!

We are going to try to conduct these meetings as Paul said to do when we gather as the church:

I Corinthians 14:26  How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm (prayer), hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

*** Podcast: Now unto HIM that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, (Eph. 3:20)

 
 


As we follow the Holy Spirit, we live above this world.

Isaiah 54:17  No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.


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CHURCH GATHERING IN COLORADO SPRINGS:  July 22-27, 2024

We would love to have you join us!

We are going to try to conduct these meetings as Paul said to do when we gather as the church:

I Corinthians 14:26  How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm (prayer), hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.


*** Podcast: God has me "feathering my nest" preparing for the time now and the days to come.

 


Comments by Joan Boney:

This has been such an interesting year, starting with June, 2023... and continuing to now.

(At first I didn't realize what we were doing.  I just kept following that where the Holy Spirit was leading me to go and doing what God was showing me to do.)

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💥  I saw this picture online:  (mid-June, 2023)
 

(I thought this was such a beautiful Victorian style desk.  Yellow is my favorite color and if I had any room I knew I would have bought this in a minute.  I live in one small bedroom in Pam Padgett's house in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  I'm 86-years-old now.)

Almost immediately, God, by HIS Spirit brought an idea to my mind:  "You could turn 1/2 of your closet into space for the desk."

For the next few weeks ideas (which I knew to be from God) kept coming.  I've been completely out of debt since becoming a Christian in 1975.  I felt then that God told me, "Get out of debt and stay out of debt." so I did.

Had I been in debt, I don't believe God would have led me to do what I believe I was led to do now.

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Closet in my bedroom now:



Adding to my life things that make me smile:






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💥  I know things are going to get very bad on this earth. Integrity deteriorates and people do things and say things never dreamed of in years before. (Consider what the political leaders are saying, which shock us, as an example.)
 
2 Timothy 3 (Paul says)

1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2-4 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 

Without natural affection /
homosexual-lesbian (Romans 1:25-28)
And abortion: where women kill their own unborn babies


trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

(Going to church but doing and saying unspeakable things against God and against the Word of God.)

13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

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💥  Irrational violence will be rampant. Mass killings without motive.
 
Revelation 12:12  Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

💥  Debt increases for nations and for most individuals.  Debt is a great source of sadness, depression, fear of the end times.

Romans 13:8  Owe no man any thing,

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I have no debt.  I have some savings.  I have few expenses now.

I believe God has led me to spend some of my money and to surround myself with things that make me laugh, and things that bring joy, and things that cause me to thank God!

Everywhere I go now in my home there are things that make me laugh.  My car is a source of amazement in God who causes us "to have exceeding abundantly above all we ask or think" (Eph. 3:20)

The evil is all around me in people, in news casts on TV ... but I see things that make me laugh and give me joy ... and make me thankful to God ... because God has shown me to put such around me in my life at this point in time.

And especially God has caused me to be around others who know what faith in God really is and others who overcome through God and what HE shows them!

I don't see many today who do this, but some do, and they are the ones I put myself with!  And I avoid the others!


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CHURCH GATHERING IN COLORADO SPRINGS:  July 22-27, 2024

We would love to have you join us!

We are going to try to conduct these meetings as Paul said to do when we gather as the church:

I Corinthians 14:26  How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm (prayer), hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

*** Podcast: Overcoming Joyously!

 


Most people live far below their means because of lack of faith

I so want more for everyone. But it is faith in God that give us the real prosperity of God.

Deuteronomy 28

1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all HIS commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and HE shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto HIMSELF, as HE hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in HIS ways.

10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.  

(They won't dare tell their dirty stories in front of you.)

11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

12 The LORD shall open unto thee HIS good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.


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CHURCH GATHERING IN COLORADO SPRINGS:  July 22-27, 2024

We would love to have you join us!

We are going to try to conduct these meetings as Paul said to do when we gather as the church:

I Corinthians 14:26  How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm (prayer), hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

*** Podcast: Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 3 Jn. v. 2



 
Though I've never seen many of you, I feel about the children of God as I do about those in the church I know by face.

I know how to help you to deal with negative thoughts, for God taught me how to do this.

Today I was speaking by phone with a woman and she told me she had some fear that her husband might have, in future, even worse stroke than he has this past year.

A scripture came to my mind.

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

I believe this scripture promises us we need not fear that which will happen to us.  God will not allow us to suffer more than we are able to handle.

I have a young friend who contracted the disease ALS.  I witnessed the time David became totally paralyzed inch by inch. I even had thoughts that I didn't believe I would be able to endure that if it happened to me.  It won't happen to me because I couldn't endure it.  God will not allow me to go through something I am unable to stand, for that is what it promises in the Bible.  (I Cor. 10:13)

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Deuteronomy 4:7  For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

Psalm 57:2  I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.

In everything we are helped by God!  And because of God and the Word which God gives us, we overcome and endure.

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Matthew 14

22 And straightway Jesus constrained HIS disciples to get into a ship, and to go before HIM unto the other side, while HE sent the multitudes away.

23 And when HE had sent the multitudes away, HE went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, HE was there alone.

24  But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.

26 And when the disciples saw HIM walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.

28 And Peter answered HIM and said, Lord, if it be THOU, bid me come unto THEE on the water.

29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.

30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.

(We cannot look at the circumstances, but we keep our eyes on the Word which is given us by God.)

31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth HIS hand, and caught HIM, and said unto HIM, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.


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CHURCH GATHERING IN COLORADO SPRINGS:  July 22-27, 2024

We would love to have you join us!

We are going to try to conduct these meetings as Paul said to do when we gather as the church:

I Corinthians 14:26  How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm (prayer), hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.