A lack of faith in God is sin, for Paul says: ” Whatsoever is not of faith is sin.” (Romans 14:23)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...

 

I Corinthians 10:11 

 

Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

 

(admonition: warning)

 

When God sends us out, we must have it in our heart that God will not fail us and we go forward in our assignment as did Joshua, with a "charge from God" whereby we cannot fail.

 

(If we keep these words in our heart and mind and meditate upon these words until we really believe them, we will have good success in all that God gives us to do.)

 

Joshua 1

 

5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

 

6 Be strong and of a good courage: ...

 

7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

 

8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

 

9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

 

I Corinthians 10:5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

 

To succeed, we prepare our hearts before going out.  I will discuss this on this Podcast.

 

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Numbers 13  (God sends men to search out the land of Canaan.)

 

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

 

2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

 

(God gives them this land.  They cannot fail.  God has all power to overcome.  It will be their land regardless of the obstacles.  This is what they must know in their hearts before they go out.  This is also what we must know in our hearts when God send us out by HIS Word to us.)

 

3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.

 

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Numbers 13

 

17 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.

 

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Numbers 13  (They return with their report.)

 

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.

 

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.

 

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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.

 

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Numbers 14

 

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.

 

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This past summer, we played classical music at the end of the Podcasts.  Soon we hope to resume playing this wonderful music on our blog:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations.

 

We are currently working on the technical aspects to make this possible and will let you know when these recordings will be available again to you.

 

In the Bible, we have examples of devils fleeing from king Saul when David played skillfully on his harp.

 

I Samuel 16

 

23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

 

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