New Book, The Kingdom of God in Progression

Dear friends, My new book The Kingdom of God in Progression is now available to you, you may order it from Billy Shoffner. either by FACE BOOK, EMAIL--bandbshoffner@aol.come, 903-693-2894. These books are 10::00 ea. and I can assure you that if you love to read the bible, you will love this book, you will not lay it down until you have read through it. We have had some great response from it.
Billy Shoffner

8/21/2015 ESTER CONTINUED, COMMENTARY

PURIM, 14 & 15 OF ADAR ESTABLISHED

TWO DAYS OF CELEBRATION FOR THE JEWS

WRITTEN AND SENT OUT BY MORDECAI THE JEW

PURIM WAS TO BE CELEBRATED BY ALL JEWS THROUGHOUT THEIR GENERATIONS

1. On the twelth month December, Adar 14 & 15 Purim was an established days of celebration.

2. The Jews won their freedom from death by rising up and defending themselves under the order of the King.

3. Ester 9:20-22 And Mordecai wrote these things and sent letters to all the Jews, near and far, Who were in all the Provinces of the King Ahasuerus, to establish among them that they should celebrate yearly the 14 and 15 days of the month of Adar, on the days on which the Jews had rest from their enemies, as the month that was turned from sorrow to joy for them, and from morning to a holiday; that they sould make them days of feasting and joy, to sending presents to one another, and gifts to the poor. So the Jews accepted the Custom as Mordecai had written them and unto this day PURIM are two day of celebration each year for the Jews. 

8/19/2015 ONE YEAR BIBLE RADING IN O.T. ESTHER

BRIEF OUT LINE ON BOOK OF ESTER

1. King A-has-u-e-rus was ruling over 127 Provinces as a might king..

2.The King showed off his glory and riches of his kingdom for 6 months.

3. After the 6 months show off., he gave a seven day feast in the court garden.

ONE THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE FEAST THE KING WAS GOING TO SHOW OFF THE BEAUTY OF HIS WIFE, VASH-TI

1. Vashti, the King's wife would not respond to his call.

2. All the wise men were called in to the Kings to search an answer for this problem.

3. They could not have their wives rejecting them so they made a law.

4 .The Law, fair virgins would be called in, processed through the custom of the Persians and the Med for one year.

5. Ester was called and chosen by the King to be Queen instead of Vashti.

6. Vashti did not reveal her identity she was a Jew.

THE PLAN FOR ALIENATION OF THE JEWS 

1. Hanan who was an Agagite who the King permoted to a position where all his servants has to bow to him.

2. Mordecai the Jew would not bow to Haman and because of this Haman had a plan to kill all Jews.

3. 1Sam. 15:3 Samuel spoke to King Saul and said, now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay bothe man and worman, infant and suckling, ox, sheep, camel and ass. If Saul had obeyed the Lord;  Haman would not have been living.
4.Haman's evil report on the Jews to the King got him the authority to have all the Jews killed in all 127 Provences of Babylon. Wrote the degree and sealed it with the King's ring.

HAMAN'S PLAN FOR DESTRUCTION OF THE JEWS

WHAT HANMAN DID NOT KNOW.

WHAT SATAN DOES NOT KNOW.

1. Haman did not know that was a little Jewesh Queen that sat beside the King.

2. Haman did not know that just the man he wanted to kill held the authority of God in his faith.

3. Haman did not know that the God of Heaven would fight for His people Israel.

4  Haman did not know the Jews were just serving time in captivity because of their disobedience.

5. All of this makes it a bad day for those who are not aware of whom they are trying to destroy today.

6. They will eventually come to the same fate of Haman.

ESTER 4:15B........For who knows whether you have come to the Kingdom for such a time as this?

THE VERDICT WAS CHANGED

1. Mordecai sent Easter a message stating you must make know to the King the intent of Haman's plan.

2. Ester forfitived her life to save the life of her people, the Jews, by approaching the King without permission.

3. Ester and all her maids fasted for 3 days and also had Mordecai to fast for the lives of her people.

4. During the fast God gave Ester wisdom as to what to do.

5. Ester gave a banquet and invited her enemy to join her and the King.

6. On the second day of the banquet she again invited the King and her enemy to join her.

7. On the second day, Ester revealed to the KIng her request for the lives of her people the Jews.

9. Ester made know to the King the evil plot that Haman had made against her people.

10. Haman's death was determined at that day.

11. Satan will have his day but there is a day appointed that he will be judged and cast into the lake of fire.

12. Another decree was made of the King for a diliverance for God's people, but this time they would have the authority to stand up against their enemy and defeat them and clain their victory.

                                                                                                                                                                                   

ONE YEAR BIBLE READING, 8/18/15

NEW TESTMENT READING

1 CORENTHIANS 11:1-34

Paul is teaching the Church in two areas of doctrine.

1. The divine order of God's aurthority.

2. The proper way to take the Lord's Supper.

Co. 11:3 The head or authority of Christ is God.

               The hear of man is Christ.

               The head of woman is man.

God is a God of divine order and he has set a order for man to follow, if a man will obey God's order, he will prosper and be blessed if not he will have problems which man will not be able to solve without going back to God's order. A. Christ is man's covering and man cannot properly address God unless he is covered with Christ or the ANOINTING, which means Christ. The woman must be covered and her covering is man and she is not properly covered unless she is in subjection to man. She should have hair on her head, Paul does not specify how long her hair should be but long enough to cover her hear. She must not preach or prophesy without a covering. Man is not required to have a natural covering because the ANOINTING OF THE CHRIST is his covering and he cannot properly preach or minister without this covering of Christ.

2 THE PROPER WAY OF RECEIVING THE LORD'S SUPPER OR COMMUNION.

This  ordinance was a reminder of the death of our Lord Jesus Christ until he returns, also it takes us back to the very first Passover Feast that Israel partook of the night they were delivered from Egypt's bondage and started them towards the Promise Land  that God had given them by Promise. The bread represented the body of Jesus and the wine was a type of the blood of Jesus. The broken and bruised body of Jesus prepared a new and living way for us to enter into the presence of God and the blood was give in the cup of wine which represented the new covenant of the New Testament. If you can receive it every new testament promise that was given is included in the CUP OF WINE and in the broken bruised body of Jesus secures the healing of our body. 

Now Paul states that if we partake of the bread and cup unworthily not discerning the body of Jesus we are subject to sickness, weakness or even an early death, so before to partake of the communion we need to pray and recognize the reason for taking the Lord's Supper and to be able to discern His Body. (My concept) to discern the body of Christ is not only to understand and believe that by Jesus body we were delivered from sin and sickness and death but we must also discern the many membered body, who make of the body of Christ in the Church.)

To those who visit our blog, we will alternate from day the recordings of ONE YEAR BIBLE READING from the New Testament to the Old Testament.

EARLY MORNING MANNA, JUNE 30, 2015

Tuesday 30. June 2015

EARLY MORNING MANNA

John 14:6

6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

John 17:17

17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

NOTE: Let’s define TRUTH, In John 14:6 Jesus says I am TRUTH that is bottom line that alone defines truth, you may find many descriptive words but you will not find one as pure and correct as, Jesus is TRUTH. Now let’s go to John 17:17 sanctify them through TRUTH, THY WORD IS TRUTH. Jesus and his word is synonymous, the very same, so, Jesus is truth and his word is truth. Now we will be sharing with you for the next few days just how important truth is to all of us in the day we live, hope you can visit EARLY MORNING MANNA each day to explore with us, the word TRUTH. Amen

Truth is the first piece of armor required for a Christian Soldier, the belt or the girdle hold the flowing robe tight around the man so he is free for warfare.

EARLY MORNING MANNA, Sunday 28, June 2015

Sunday 28, June 2015
EARLY MORNING MANNA
Psalms 145:8-13
8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.
11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
NOTE: A little lengthy but I could not stop copping His Word today, it describes the Lord so well that I felt like we had to see all of this together. I am awe stricken as I read this and share it with my friends, the greatness of our God and the love and compassion He has for us, please try as I did to receive this picture of his great Love. Amen

My First Message----from Fields of Grace

THE CHURCH HAD BEEN BLOWN OFF ITS BLOCKS

I shall always remember my first message, that stormy night when we reached the church we discovered that a wind storm had came through that day and blown the building off it blocks, to most people that would have presented a major problem but not to this group, we marched in prayed, sang our songs and I preached, preached in a building that one side was on the ground while the other side was still on its foundation, up in the air. That made no difference to me, I took my text out of Exodus 12 where Moses delivered Israel out of Egypt, stretched forth his rod out over the Red Sea and it rolled back its waters for Israel to cross. Faith was running high in those days and not many things could stop us and few could hinder us.

EARLY MORNING MANNA

Billy Shoffner
5 hrs ·
Friday 26, June 2015
EARLY MORNING MANNA
John 17:3
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
NOTE: Think with me just a moment and then give praise to Father God, THIS IS LIFE ETERNAL. To know the only true God and Jesus Christ is life eternal. The Lord has made the way to life eternal so clear that none need not miss it, just come to know God and His son Jesus and you will live forever. Amen

ISAIAH 43:2

2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

God has us in mind when He mad these promises so don't let them slip!

Gal. 3:13-14 REMOVED FROM THE CURSE

13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: When Jesus went to Calvary, he removed the curse from us, the curse of sickness, sin, and death and gave us abundant life instead. 14. That the blessings of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Amen

EARLY MORNING MANNA FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 14

Sunday 14, June 2015

EARLY MORNING MANNA

JESUS IS RESURRECTION

John 11:24-25

²⁴ Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

²⁵ Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. ²⁶ And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this

NOTE: Death is the last and greatest enemy you and I have, and in this scripture we see and understand that Jesus called out death, forced him from his place and conquered him with only three words, “Lazarus come forth”. There is no enemy that can compete with Jesus, he has all power in heaven and in earth and right now he stands ready to share that resurrection power with you and I, when we believe in our heart that he is the Christ and that God raised him from the dead. Yes, even though we are dead, we will live, and may I ask us this question, do we believe this? Amen 

EARLY MORNING MANNA----PSALMS 139:7-12

Saturday 6. June 2015

EARLY MORNING MANNA

Psalms 91:1

One of your favorites and mine

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High

Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress;

My God, in Him I will trust.”

NOTE: IN THE SECRET PLACE, none other than behind the veil where the presence of God dwells. No one dared enter the secret place with out the proper requirements and that is, you must have the blood, the incense and the fire. At one time only the High Priest could meet these requirements but now, we who know Jesus, share his precious blood, have the incense of worship within our hearts and praise God, we have the FIRE of his spirit abiding within our souls. We have passed the riven veil where the glory never fails. Amen

PSALMS 139:7-12

WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE EYES OF GOD

Where can I go from Your Spirit?

Or where can I flee from Your presence?

8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there;

If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.

9 If I take the wings of the morning,

And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

10 Even there Your hand shall lead me,

And Your right hand shall hold me.

11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall[a] on me,”

Even the night shall be light about me;

12 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You,

But the night shines as the day;

The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

6/4/2015 EXCERPT FROM bOOK, FIELDS OF GRACE.SHARING THE WORDTodayTTT

FIELDS OF GRACE BOOK

To this last question I answered, I do, and as soon as I said I do, God did, he filled me with the Holy Spirit in a measure that I had never experience before or after. HIS IS THE REAL THING!!

Today if you are seeking for peace and a hope that life you up above all the problems that you may be encountering, just simply stop, pause and believe that now is the time you will receive the Holy Spirit. Jesus said if you will ask the Father for the Holy Spirit, he will give it to you, you don't have to beg, you don't have to wait, it is a promise from the Father and He is ready to give it to you.

SHARING THE WORD OF GOD

Today I sat in the midst of a group of ministers and their wives with my ears wide open and this is what I heard. In order for God to fulfill His covenant to us we have to release our all to Him. Abraham was tested again and God spoke to him and said, Abraham take Isaac your only son to a place that I will show you of and offer him for a burnt offering and without hesitation Abraham prepared for the journey and started for the place God showed him. When he arrived at the designated place Abraham prepared the after of sacrifice and bound Isaac upon the alter, took his knife and drew it back to slay his son then he heard the angel of the Lord speak from heaven, saying, do nothing to the boy for now I know thou fearest God, seeing thou has not withheld thy only son. And the angel called unto Abraham the second time and said, by myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing and has not withheld thy son, thine only son: THAT IN BLESSINGS I WILL BLESS THEE, AND IN MULTIPLYING I WILL MULTIPLY THY SEED AS THE STARS OF THE HEAVEN, AND AS THE SAND UPON THE SEA SHORE; AND THY SEED WILL POSSESS THE GATE OF HIS ENEMIES.

EARLY MORNING MANNA

Billy Shoffner

10 hrs · 

Thursday 4, June 2015
EARLY MORNING MANNA
Isaiah 32:1-2
See, a king will reign in righteousness
and rulers will rule with justice.
2 Each one will be like a shelter from the wind
and a refuge from the storm,
like streams of water in the desert,
and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.

NOTE: Notice the history of Israel, when they had a righteous king their people was blessed and the land was free from war. This scripture portrays the Kingdom age where Jesus Christ the Messiah reigns and his subjects will be a shelter from the storm, and like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land. When you put this promise in perspective at this time we are living, God’s people the believer can fill up this promise with their love, compassion and grace as streams in the desert for those who are hungry and thirsty for God. Amen

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MORNING EXPRESSIONS FROM GOD'S WORD

Sunday 31, 2015
EARLY MORNING MANNA
Revelation 22:1-3
22 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
NOTE: These scriptures describes some of the beauty of our heavenly home but I wanted us to notice especially that the Lamb that was slain for our sin is sharing God’s throne and because of the sacrifice of God’s Lamb, there is no more curse and his servants are now with him and shall serve Him. Amen

THE MIRACLE CONTINUES

EXCERPT FROM "FIELDS OF GRACE"

When I made my announcement to surrender to preach; the Holy Spirit fell upon the Church, my wife was slain in the Spirit and seen wonderful scenes of heaven!

NICARAGUA CHURCH PLANTING FOR JUNE 2015



GREETINGS
3 John 2 “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. As the Apostle John wrote this prayer request to God’s children, I am copying him today with the same pray request for all of those who received this letter.

WAITING
I suppose you might say that our ministry of Church Planting is sitting on hold at this time. We are praying and waiting for the Lord to reconcile some problems within our fellowship so we can move on with planting churches in Nicaragua. We ask you, our mission friends to please make this a matter of prayer and I am sure this problem will be solved and we can continue as we have these past years. Maybe this is a time of waiting and testing our faith to depend more upon the Lord for the ongoing of our work. We find in Isaiah 40:31 the Lord speaking, “They that wait upon the Lord shall RENEW THEIR STRENGTH; they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run, and not be weary, and they shall walk, and not FAINT!” Yes there comes a time when God says it is time to stop and wait upon me until I renew you with my strength which never grows weary. As little as you and I may know, that is the kind of strength it is going to take in the days ahead of us. We need to be preparing to reach out with faith for God’s covering of grace which contains all the assets of God Himself.


YOU’RE PART OF THIS
MINISTRY
We have always regarded you, our friends as being the back bone of NICARAGUA CHURCH PLANTING because our friends who have carried the vision with us have shouldered the load of prayer and expense. You are the ones we have turned to and trusted in to help us carry out the vision of planting churches in Nicaragua. The record shows a good report of what has been accomplished in these years of this labor of love and we trust it shall continue until He says, well done my good and faithful servant, come inter into the rest of the Lord. Don’t forget that you have the greatest part in this and when the rewards are passed out you will be there to receive yours.

KEEPING IN STEPT
Our intent is to keep all our mission friends informed what is going on at the present time. At this time we have churches to build, we have a large church that we have informed you of that has not yet been completed; which needs the roof completed on it. At this time our mission fund is not adequate to finish this project, we are lacking another 1,000 to finish it, and if you feel led to do so we would appreciate it so very much. In the month of June we will have one of our mission team members fly to Nicaragua to look over the circumstances and try to solve our problem there, again please help us pray for this transaction to take place.
Brother Billy Shoffner












                         

                                                                                                       

MORNING EXPRESSION FROM GOD'S WORD

PROVERBS 16:7

7 When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

COMMENT

It would be nice to have some friendly enemies today, don't you think?

EARLY MORNING MANNA

Thursday 28, May 2015
EARLY MORNING MANNA
John 16:33
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
NOTE: The chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and we will never face an obstacle that he has not already overcome. Never a rough road that he has not traveled, not a valley and a mountain that he has not already overcome in order that when we come face to face with those obstacles we can know that without a doubt that Jesus has already been there. Friends of mine, walk close to Him today, He is your strength. Amen

5/27/15 EXCERPT OF "FIELDS OF GRACE'

FIELDS OF GRACE

"ANOTHER MIRACLE'

My mother said, Billy would you like for me to pray for you? That night I found out that what I had been so fearful of that was the very thing that could prolong my life.

If you have not received a copy of Fields of Grace I encourage to to get one. It will help you to get trough tough times with God's grace covering you. If yo haven't discovered that God is for you all the way, this book will help to make that real to you, He loves you very much and will never leave you.

Billy Shoffner

EXCERPT FROM, FIELDS OF GRACE & EARLY MORNING MANNA

IT STARTED WITH A MIRACLE

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Fields of Grace excerpts

Monday 25, May 2015

EARLY MORNING MANNA

Philippians 3:8-10

⁸ Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

⁹ And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

¹⁰ That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

NOTE: Just to know Him is worth more than everything that we might gain in this world. Our righteous came by the law, the righteous which is of God comes by faith in Christ Jesus and this righteous can bring to us the knowledge of the power of His resurrection, the fellowship of His suffering and make us conformable to His death, which will bring us into the fullness of His presence. Amen

My first day of posting.............

This is my first day of sharing from a blog spot so I would really appreciate everyone letting me know what you think of the blog and responding to it. I will try to share from day to day something of inspiration and faith to help us make the day a bit better which at this time I think we all may need a little or maybe a lot of that, and if you have comments that would help reinforce my strength in faith, I would sure be thankful. There has never been a day like this day when the strength of men is waining away and we need to join hands in the Lord and hold up each other's hands, even as Moses"s hands were held up by Aaron and Hur as Joshua fought Amalek in the valley. When the hands of Moses grew weak and could not stay up any longer by his own strength; Aaron and Hur would reach down, one on one side and the other on the other side and raise them up, this is what you and I are going to have to learn to do for each other. Brother Billy 5/24/15

5/24/15 EARLY MORNING MANNA----EXCERT FROM "FIELDS OF GRACE"

Sunday 24, May 2015

EARLY MORNING MANNA

OUR DESIRE SHOLD BE TO GIVE THE LORD A PLACE TO SWELL IN OUR LIFE.

Psalms 132:1-4

Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:

² How he swore unto the Lord, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;

³ Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;

⁴ I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,

⁵ Until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

NOTE: David desired a place to set the Ark of the Covenant, the present of God. He desired to make a habitation for the presence of the Lord, today our greatest desire should be to give Him a place in our heart and life, a habitation for the Lord a place to live in us. Amen

IT STARTED WITH A MIRACLE

(from FIELDS OF GRACE)

I threw my clothes into a suitcase, hoped on a bus at midnight and headed towards home and friends, I had been straying long enough!

NEW BOOK, "FIELDS OF GRACE"

I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE MY NEW BOOK WITH YOU. THIS BOOK OFFERS YOU AN INSIGHT ON THE WONDERFUL GRACE OF GOD. GRACE WILL GO WHERE YO CAN'T, IT WILL DO WHAT YOU CAN'T DO, AND WHEN THE GOING GETS TO ROUGH FOR YOU, GRACE WILL LIFE YOU UP AND CARRY YOU OVER THE PLACES WHERE YOU CAN.T. KEEP YOU EYES ON "EXERTS OF FIELDS OF GRACE" FROM DAY TO DAY.

EARLY MORNING MANNA

Saturday 23, May 2015
EARLY MORNING MANNA
There is a REST in Christ
Matthew 11:28-30
28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
NOTE: Jesus speaks of two kinds of REST in these scriptures and there is a dire need of both in humanity today. We need rest for our physical bodies so they can maintain their functions for life and unless they get that rest the body will wear itself out quickly but a far greater need for rest is in the soul of man, in the soul is where the wars are raging, and only Jesus can offer a rest that will still the soul of the raging storms of life, the storms of fear. Fear is gripping the soul of man today concerning the things that are seen coming upon the world. There seems to be no solution for this fear but right now Jesus stretches out his hand to us and says, COME UNTO ME ALL YE THAT ARE HEAVY LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST. Amen
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WELCOME TO MORNING EXPRESSIONS

We welcome all our friends to log in to our blog spot. Our intentions is to greet you each morning with EARLY MORNING MANNA which consists of a scripture and a short devotion. Also we will be sharing with you excerpts of our book Fields of Grace. We trust we can be an inspiration each day with spots that we share with you.