JESUS, Son of man

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JESUS, Son of Man    “WORTH CONSIDERING”   6/11/99        From Ken Smith

In really understanding the Word of God about Jesus we must first realize that we are quarantined in a time dimension so we experience a past, present and future.   Whereas our Creator God lives in a timeless dimension with an absolute foreknowledge of all things, past, present and future.   So our Creator God knows exactly who HIS ELECT ARE even in the process of sanctification but we don’t and are going through the process, or not, of becoming HIS ELECT.  As an Architect the plans are already drawn but the building is now in progress.  He knows who HIS Elect are but we don’t.  Our Creator knew before the beginning of any creation what would come of what HE was creating.   He knew what Adam would do and what Jesus would do.  And in order for there to be responsibility and love there also  had to be absolute freewill in our dimension of time so that all would be valid without any manipulation.   So could Jesus have sinned, YES!   as otherwise nothing that HE did would undue what Adam did.   So we see the process, but God already sees the completion.  For God, Isa. 9:6 was done but for us, we are observing the process.  Much to yet happen in Rev. 19-22 which in time, yet to happen but from God’s perspective a done deal.  But can GOD sin, NO!,  a thing HE can not do.  Nor can HE be tempted, nor can HE die.  

In Luke 4:18 & Isa. 61, Jesus noted that God’s Spirit would be UPON HIM.   So as a Prophet of God, sometimes it was Jesus speaking and sometimes it was the Word of God speaking through HIM.  Moses prophesied that HE would be, “like him” Deut. 18:14, “The Lord your God will raise up for you a [a] prophet like me [Moses] from among you, from your countrymen (brothers, brethren). You shall listen to him.“   In Gen.  Moses also wrote about Jesus.  Gen.3:15, “And I will put enmity (open hostility) Between you and the woman, And between your seed (offspring) and her Seed; He shall [fatally] bruise your head, And you shall [only] bruise His heel.”   

So when Jesus came in HIS fist advent He was a man whom God could speak clearly though or was HE actually the WORD OF GOD in the form of Flesh or both?    I was taught the latter, but now beginning to focus on the former.   More and more I am draw to the fact that except for the curse due to Adam’s rebellion, Jesus was just like Adam in HIS first 30 yrs.  That Jesus was totally limited to the same resources that are now available for us, today.   Only HE always choose to walk in the LIGHT.   Isa.52:13, “Indeed, My Servant (the Messiah) will act wisely and prosper;  He will be raised and lifted up and greatly exalted.”   Notice here that Jesus  had a free will as also did Adam.  Isa. 53:2, “For He [the Servant of God] grew up before Him like a tender shoot (plant), And like a root out of dry ground; He has no stately form or majestic splendor That we would look at Him, Nor [handsome] appearance that we would [a] be attracted to Him…  He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or esteem Him.”
 
1 Cor. 15:45:  So it is written [in Scripture], “The first man, Adam, became a living soul (an individual);” the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving spirit [restoring the dead to life].   Romans 5:15:  But the free gift [of God] is not like the trespass [because the gift of grace overwhelms the fall of man]. For if many died by one man’s trespass [Adam’s sin], much more [abundantly] did God’s grace and the gift [that comes] by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow to [benefit] the many.    Rom. 5:18: “So then as through one trespass [Adam’s sin] there resulted condemnation for all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.”

If when Jesus was born HE was the Word of GOD, then HE would have known everything as being GOD.  But did Jesus know everything?  Or was HE a prophet, speaking for the Word of God, perfectly?   Jesus, “Son of Man.”     Matt. 24:36, ““But of that [exact] day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son [in His humanity], but the Father alone.”     Luke 22:41-43,  And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup [of divine wrath] from Me; yet not My will, but [always] Yours be done.”     Mark 15:34, “And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”—which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”    John 4:54:  “If I glorify Myself, My glory is [worth] nothing. It is My Father who glorifies Me.”     Heb. 5:8-9, Although He was a Son [who had never been disobedient to the Father], He learned [active, special] obedience through what He suffered. 9 And having been made perfect [uniquely equipped and prepared as Savior and retaining His integrity amid opposition], He became the source of eternal salvation [an eternal inheritance] to all those who obey Him,

So, for me, I am persuaded that Jesus, as the 2nd Adam was body, soul and spirit the same as us except HIS birth was a new start and not contaminated by Adam’s sin.  Obviously he grew up having access to and loving the Old Testament Scriptures which contained all of the Messianic Prophesies.  By faith HE came to realize that HE was that “Lamb of God” mentioned in Holy Scripture and began HIS ministry at age 30, receiving the Power of God for what needed to be done for the salvation of mankind.   In HIS death and resurrection that power was given to HIM and now to HIS Church.    And in Rev. 1, 4, & 19 we see the completed work of God in making man (Jesus)  into HIS Image and Likeness, Gen.1:26.  Jesus is now the 1st Born of the New Creation (Species) that is now totally man and totally GOD as in 1 John 5:5-9, “Who is the one who is victorious and overcomes the world? It is the one who believes and recognizes the fact that Jesus is the Son of God. 6 This is He who came through water (body) and blood (soul) [His baptism and death], Jesus Christ—not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. It is the [Holy] Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. [He is the essence and origin of truth itself.] 7 For there are three witnesses: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three are in agreement [their testimony is perfectly consistent]. 9 If we accept [as we do] the testimony of men [that is, if we are willing to take the sworn statements of fallible humans as evidence], the testimony of God is greater [far more authoritative]; for this is the testimony of God, that He has testified regarding His Son.  1 John 4:17, “In this [union and fellowship with Him], love is completed and perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him]; because as He is, so are we in this world.”     So we have available to us every resource that Jesus had and more with also the Holy Spirit to join in the family of God.  But the requirement is to be willing to change to become like Jesus.   I could write a book on this but I tried to stay within a couple of pages….   But for me, this new understanding has a great impact concerning my motivation & faith to seek to become like HIM.

Yours in HIS great love and wonderful Grace & Mercy,    Ken@Trinity-Aloha.org

WORD OF GOD

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WORD OF GOD     “WORTH CONSIDERING”   5/29/22     From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture  (From a ministry in Texas.)
Give to everyone what you owe them…if honor, then honor. Romans 13:7, NIV
    
Give Honor,  in the Old Testament, God commanded His people to put down “memorial stones” as reminders of past national victories. Every time they or future generations passed by a memorial, they would remember the mighty things God had done and honor the people who gave their lives for others. All throughout the Scripture, we see that God blesses an attitude of honor. To show honor simply means that you give respect and recognition to others with your attitude, actions, and words.

Today, we recognize Memorial Day as a time when we honor all the brave men and women who have given their lives in service for this country. As we remember them, let’s honor the gift of freedom they have given us by saying thank you with our actions and choosing to love and honor others. Let’s also honor all those who are serving in our armed forces and their families who are sacrificing so much today. Let’s pray for God’s peace, protection, and provision over every area of their lives.
    
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for this special day to honor the men and women who have given their lives to secure and keep our freedom as a nation. Thank You that You are with our soldiers and their families wherever they go. Protect and provide for them, and help them to know Your peace that passes understanding. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Often, the Truth of God, comes to us in many ways.    We watched the old film “Legend” again last night with a very young Tom Cruse and I was amazed at how much Biblical doctrine I found this time woven into the story line.   And how very dark the film was in exposing the deceits of this world.

Many times the Truth of God comes through God’s Creation, our friends, a message in Church,   or even the very quiet voice of the Holy Spirit or the Word of God and is worth much Honor.  What we have difficulty in learning is the path of God may be “straight” but it does have hills and valleys in it.   What we know to do may take time to become part of us so that we really begin to do what we know to do.   Apostle Paul wrote about this in Rom. 7: 24-25,” For I joyfully delight in the law of God in my inner self [with my new nature], 23 but I see a different law and rule of action in the members of my body [in its appetites and desires], waging war against the law of my mind and subduing me and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is within my members.”   But then Paul shares the Victory in Rom. 8:12-13.  “So then, [a]brothers and sisters, we have an obligation, but not to our flesh [our human nature, our worldliness, our sinful capacity], to live according to the [impulses of the] flesh [our nature without the Holy Spirit]— 13 for if you are living according to the [impulses of the] flesh, you are going to die. But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live.”   So here we see we are responsible to find the Great and Precious Promises of God and infuse our life with them and thus enjoy the victory.  Rom.8:28-39.  So the walk in the Holy Spirit requires for us to get 100% serious about finding and learning to Keep the commandments of God through Christ Jesus the LORD.   And it takes time for what we know in our heads to settle into our heart of hearts to really become a part of us.   We know this to be true in our lives when our little sponge gets squeezed and out comes Jesus.  When I got out of the Army, half of my communication skills were profanity.  Even at dinner with my mother it would sometimes spill over.  And it was always a issue just near the top.  But after being baptized in the Holy Spirit in 1968 things started to change in my life.   One day I was running full bore around my dozer and ran into the tread with my right knee cap and it spattered me on the cement floor in my shop.  And out came the words, “Praise The LORD” & “”Thank you Jesus and needless to say, I was shocked.  The pain left immediately and I became aware of the work of the Holy Spirit in my heart in the process of sanctification or to make holy.  I went away in the joy of the Lord for many days over that.  My heart had been changed by God’s Grace in something that it seemed that I would never be able to change in myself.  So as we generate faith by digesting the Word of God and in faith believe in HIS Precious Promises we become like HIM through HIS power.   1 John 4:17, “ In this [union and fellowship with Him], love is completed and perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him]; because as He is, so are we in this world.”

And this is what this temporary dimension of time is all about.   It is a gift from God for us to find HIM and to become like HIM so that we could enjoy living with HIM if we want to.  But it means that we need to become spiritually minded as HE is as per HIS vision in Gen. 1:26.

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace & Mercy,   Ken<><   OhanaChurch.Life
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More INSPIRING QUOTES:    “Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.” – B. Graham     “Adversity is the diamond dust heaven polishes its jewels with.”- Robert Leighton     “If we cannot believe God when circumstances seem be against us, we do not believe Him at all.” Charles Spurgeon     “Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.” – Charles Spurgeon     “Adversity is not simply a tool. It is God’s most effective tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives. The circumstances and events that we see as setbacks are oftentimes the very things that launch us into periods of intense spiritual growth. Once we begin to understand this, and accept it as a spiritual fact of life, adversity becomes easier to bear.”- Charles Stanley     “You will never find Jesus so precious as when the world is one vast howling wilderness. Then he is like a rose blooming in the midst of the desolation, a rock rising above the storm.”- Robert Murray McCheyne     “If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.”- John Henry Newman     “Circumstances which we have resented, situations which we have found desperately difficult, have all been the means in the hands of God of driving the nails into the self-life which so easily complains.”- Alan Redpath.

SEX & the BIBLE

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Sex and the Bible, (Walking in the Spirit) “Worth Considering” 5/27/22,    By Ken<><

Today’s Scripture   (From a ministry in Texas.)
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”  Jeremiah 29:13, NIV
    
With All Your Heart
God says that He is looking for passionate people, people who are full of praise, people who seek Him with all their heart, not half. He’s talking about people who worship Him in spirit and truth, who are expecting to find Him and His favor. You can’t be indifferent, lethargic, and passive in seeking Him or in reaching your potential. You have to have some fire in you. Don’t let what didn’t work out, the disappointments, or the bad breaks cause you to become half-hearted in your praise, half-hearted in your marriage, or half-hearted at work. That’s why you have to stir up your heart. You’re not going to wake up every morning excited about seeking God and reading His Word or enthusiastic about your dreams. You’re going to have to do as David did and say, “This is the day the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it. With my whole heart I will seek You.” If you keep seeking Him like this, you’ll find Him at levels you never dreamed.
    
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that I can seek You with my whole heart, knowing that I will surely find You. Thank You that I can live my life passionately, with zeal in my heart to know You and love others. This is the day You have made, and I will rejoice and be glad in You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s notes:   Today, we tend to find love and sex used the most in our world of commerce today.  Or should I use the word “LUST?”      I woke up to that world in the 8th grade at about 13 or so and found this a difficult world to survive in.  My first experience with sex at 16 began with great love and ended with a gun in my mouth wanting to end it all.  But then, I thought,  I might end up in a hospital for life with half a brain, so decided not to pull the trigger as it was only a 22 hollow point.  Later I found that to be one of the most efficient ways to end it all.   But by then, thankfully,  on another track in a foster home trying to catch up to pass the 11th grade.   My first marriage was basically only about sex, that ended in 17 years of hell, but with 8 children.  The next marriage was supposed to be a Holy Love, but carried a lot of lust as well and ended after 27 yrs. by my wife dying of cancer.  For my 3rd marriage, I thought I really did my homework and sought to put the LORD fist but now it seems I must have fallen into the same trap again as she ran off last January.  So here I am at near 90 with a great deal of experience on the subject but living in an old body that is getting ready for a final graduation.  Seems I never did learn to enter into HIS REST on the subject and find my Eve of HIS selection, I sure hope that you do.    

So in the Beginning we have a new species, man, who for the very first time was given an eternal soul in the likeness of GOD.  And in that creation God made the same division that HE made of HIMSELF as FATHER, WORD AND HOLY SPIRIT.  In Man HE created a Spirit, with an eternal Soul who lives in a Body.   And HE made it possible for us to learn about LOVE through HIM and in being man and woman.   Sex was top drawer of the finest of HIS achievements in creation.   A loving way to be bonded and to enjoy having children just as GOD is also about creating an eternal family in righteousness for HIS Kingdom of Heaven.  And HE started Adam and Eve off in learning about the creation and how to use their free will in a positive way.   All was bliss until they decided to learn by experience rather than learn by faith.   So they left their Creator and took off on their own.  So with the Holy Creation of Sex, today, man has made it dirty and difficult to even talk about and somehow associated with most of the things we are propositioned to purchase.  Things for our comfort and top drawer for getting attention.   Sex was created to be a safe glue for marriage and to bond a family together.  Very healthy and free.   God meant for marriages to start soon after puberty, but we have moved to the city and exchanged God’s design,   for sexual freedom and STD’s with the slaughter of children that are inconvenient in support of our comfort zone.     Do you really think that our Creator is going to give those who have rejected the truth of HIS prophets, recorded in the Bible, another body in the resurrection to tear apart as we see in our entertainments of today and how we now treat each other.    You want GOD to find you?  

“Then [with a deep longing] you will seek Me and require Me [as a vital necessity] and [you will] find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” Jer. 29:13,    

Our Creator only gets real with us as we get real with HIM.   If, as in Roman 1  we prefer to focus on the physical of this world, it is up to us.   But our Creator is not about to give us a new body and turn us loose on HIS eternal HOME (Heaven) to also mess up like we have this temporary time zone and world.  Your present human body has a built in short 120 yr. warranty (Gen.6:3) if you do the proper maintenance.   Then you will face eternity.  So have you really been prepping,   by following our Creator’s rules, to be counted worthy of new body or not?  Hell is simply an eternal soul without a Body.   You can not dodge the question by saying there is nothing out there when we have so many witnesses to the contrary.   You can not say that GOD does not exist without knowing all there is to know about the universe that does exist.  You know that death will eventually come calling, but are you ready.  Lets look at Romans 1:20-25, “ For ever since  the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through His workmanship [all His creation, the wonderful things that He has made], so that they [who fail to believe and trust in Him] are without excuse and without defense. For even though [d] they knew God [as the Creator], they did not [e] honor Him as God or give thanks [for His wondrous creation]. On the contrary, they became worthless in their thinking [godless, with pointless reasonings, and silly speculations], and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God for [f] an image [worthless idols] in the shape of mortal man and birds and four-footed animals and reptiles. Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their own hearts to [sexual] impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them [abandoning them to the degrading power of sin],  because [by choice] they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

Yours, in HIS great Love & wonderful Grace & Mercy, Ken<><   OhanaChurch.Life
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BIRTH PAINS

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BIRTH PAINS:         WORTH CONSIDERING,    5/11/22   From Ken<><

“But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs [of the intolerable anguish and the time of unprecedented trouble].”  Matt. 24:8,   Mark 13,   Luke 21.  (For the birth of the Body of Christ into the Kingdom.)

Today’s Scripture      (Good word today from the ministry in Texas.)
For by You I can run through a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.  Psalm 18:29,
    
Through, Over, or Around
People can’t lock you out of your destiny. God is your doorkeeper—not your boss, not your banker, not your neighbor, not your critics, not your enemies. They may shut a door, but God can take you right through it. He can make things happen that don’t make sense. He doesn’t have to open it. He may not do it a traditional way. God can take you around what’s blocking you. He can take you over someone who’s trying to stop you. He can move someone out of the way who’s holding you back. What God has destined for your life will override anyone or anything trying to stop you.

You just keep honoring God, being your best, and He will get you to where you need to be. Trust His timing. Don’t be impatient because a door hasn’t opened yet. God knows what He’s doing. He’s not going to let you miss out. Stay in peace; your time is coming. Closed doors can’t keep you from your purpose.
    
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that other people and circumstances cannot keep me from what You have purposed for me. Thank You that You are the doorkeeper of my life. I believe that You will take me through or over or around whatever stands in my way. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Notes,
On 1/13/22, my wife of 23 years, as a surprise, served me with divorce papers with an aggressive attorney and wants lots of money….  So it has forced me closer into the Kingdom of our Lord as it tends to stress me out a bit as to how to keep the Trust for my 7 children to whom it was promised before we were married.  So I really have to trust the LORD in all of this, and every day give it back to HIM.  But in my heart of hearts to simply trust HIM,  is the way to go.   Also had an MRI the other day.   I am rather large boned and was crammed into this small hole, felt like I was dying, yelled loudly 3 time “Let Me Out Of Here !!!!!!  ” about ½ way through the process, and was let out.  Never will do that again, felt like I was in hell for an ½ hour….  And then I was reminded that Hell is for eternity in utter darkness without a body….  It greatly encouraged to try a bit  more to Get out the Gospel of our LORD to as many as possible.    And we are told by many churches to make Jesus our savior and be OK.   But that is not what the Bible teaches at all.   It is only when Jesus really becomes our LORD (Boss, Master) that we are  really O.K.  Our Creator God has set up a  process, a way in which we can become like Jesus through the Holy Spirit by Sanctification after making Jesus LORD,  if we want to.   And it is not how we begin our walk in the Kingdom of God but how we finish up.   Life is either a process of “Being” saved or a process of Being LOST.   This world was never meant to become our home, it is destined to be consumed eventually by fire and totally overhauled to be the Righteous Kingdom of God with HIS new family; Those who have decided to allow the Holy Spirit to put them through the process of Sanctification.  In Hebrews 11:13-16, this fact is clear.   And again in Rev. 20-21 & 22.  So if you are like one of the 5 foolish virgins in Matt.25:11-13 without the Holy Spirit oil and fire in your lamp, with money in your pocket, and you will be O.K. , the door could just shut with you outside.  So if you are friends with this world, you are really an enemy of GOD…  1 John 2:15-17,  Look it up  !!!!!!

AROUND THE WORLD TODAY   (ANOTHER DAY CLOSER TO THE KING’S RETURN.)
Jonathan Cahn on John Winthrop Prophesy of 1630 about what is happening today:
https://www.charismanews.com/culture/89128-jonathan-cahn-how-a-leader-from-1630-prophesied-the-judgment-of-9-11-on-america?utm_source=Charisma%20News%20Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=subscriber_id:1158391&utm_campaign=CNO%20daily%20-%202022-05-11     The answers to certain ancient mysteries are soon to be unlocked in Cahn’s riveting feature motion picture, The Harbingers of Things to Come.

Dinesh D’Souza Presents New, Credible Evidence of 2020 Election Fraud in New Documentary
2000 Mules      https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18924506/

The UN atomic energy watchdog chief said Tuesday that he was “extremely concerned” about Iran’s lack of cooperation as the EU seeks to unblock talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.
The Chinese military deployed forces all around the island of Taiwan over the weekend in a set of large-scale military drills that one Chinese military analyst called a “rehearsal of possible real action.”   Greek oil and gas firm Energean announced on Monday a commercial gas discovery at its Athena exploration well in Israel’s Exclusive Economic Zone.       A House subcommittee will hold a public hearing next week on unidentified aerial vehicles, also known as unidentified flying objects (UFO) — a first in over 50 years.    The White House has belatedly condemned attacks and threats by pro-abortion activists against U.S. churches, Christian groups, and justices.    The World  Health Organization (WHO) is preparing a global pact that critics fear will give it absolute power over global biosecurity.

Two children were among eight Christians murdered by Fulani Muslim herdsmen in Nigeria’s Plateau state on Thursday, May 5, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.  A Sharia court of law in Sudan may punish a formerly Muslim married couple with 100 lashes for “adultery” following the husband’s conversion to Christianity, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.   A court of appeals in Algeria has reduced a fine given to a group of 11 Christians convicted of “unauthorized non-Muslim worship,” but it retained a suspended prison sentence that was also given, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Concerned that Muslim citizens should not be diverted from their faith, Algeria passed a law in 2006 designed to repress non-Muslim worship.

THE KING’S RETURN:     An 11 page paper on prophesy concerning the return of Christ Jesus.      https://trinity-aloha.org/keys-to-the-kingdom/revelation/

Yours, in HIS great love & wonderful Grace.       Ken<><  OhanaChurch@ProtonMail.com
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JESUS PROPHESY ABOUT TODAY:

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Aloha Saints, Family and Friends,    “Worth Considering”   5/7/22        From Ken<><

One of the Very Best Messages that I have ever considered as to where we are at this time in Biblical Prophesy.   I could find nothing to change to make it better.   Were we are today as the Elect of God: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cADgJ-gB4Fw    Gary Hamrick on  Luke 21:7,   Ezek. 38.
 
POWER (Concerning the lack of Power in the churches of our day:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfwdCmxGVVg   Malcolm Smith

Uplifting Music that I like to listen to rather loud and saturating…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UEfqKnkDWA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn1gcjuhlhg     (Classical, one of my favorites.)

More GREAT QUOTES
“Many Christians have what we might call a ‘cultural holiness.’ They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them… But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like Himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God.”-Jerry Bridges     “The Reformation did not directly touch the question of the true character of God’s church.”-John Nelson Darby     “The character of God is today, and always will be, exactly what it was in Bible times.”  -J. I. Packer    “The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional (“I feel full of worship” or “The atmosphere is so worshipful”). Actually, it is theological. Worship is not something we “work up,” it is something that “comes down” to us, from the character of God.”  Sinclair B. Ferguson     “Faith is confidence in the character of God and if we don’t know what kind of God,  God is, we can’t have faith.”  -Aiden Wilson Tozer     “Whether you can see it or not – and often we cannot – everything is being used of God for your good as well as the good of others. This knowledge is by faith. It is not always by sight. But it is never-the less certain, because it is based on the character of God, who reveals himself to us as both sovereign and benevolent We are not to be anxious about the unknown future or to fret about it. We are to live in a moment-by-moment dependence upon God.”  -James M.  Boice    “Joy isn’t grounded in our circumstances; it is grounded in the unchanging character of God.” -Carolyn Custis James    “Holiness is not a series of do´s and don´ts but conformity to the character of God and obedience to the will of God.” -Jerry Bridges      “Nothing can alter the character of God. In the course of a human life, tastes and outlook and temper may change radically: a kind,  equable man may turn bitter and crotchety: a man of good-will may grow cynical and callous. But nothing of this sort happens to the Creator. He never becomes less truthful, or merciful, or just, or good, than He used to be.” -J. I. Packer      “What we see at the cross is the white-hot revelation of the character of God, of his love providing the price that holiness requires. The cross was his means of redeeming lost sinners and reconciling them to himself, but it was also a profound disclosure of his mercy. It is, in Paul´s words, an `inexpressible gift´ that leads us to wonder and worship, to praise and adore the God who has given himself to us in this way.” -David F. Wells     “Oh the folly of any mind that would explain God before obeying Him! That would map out the character of God instead of crying, Lord, what wouldst thou have me to do?” -George MacDonald

Yours, in HIS great Love & wonderful Grace & Mercy,   Ken<>< www.OhanaChurch.Life
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PUTIN’S WAR

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PUTIN’S WAR.           “WORTH CONSIDERING”    4/13/22    From Ken Smith<><  

In Ezek. 38 the Prophet tells about a time that looks much like what is beginning to happen at this point in time.
Of course,  the prophesy might also fit at the end of the 1,000 year earthly Kingdom Reign of Christ Jesus.   And as with some other prophesies it could be about both.   But it does seem to tell us that things are coming to a close as per Bible prophesy according to Matt. 24,  Mark 13 & Luke 21.    These are one Jesus prophesy,  about the same event,  from 3 different perspectives so that we get this important information in 3D.  Best to use the Amplified Bible for this as it gives a little more insight into what the original Greek contains.

It would seem like that Putin may press on with his war in Eastern Europe and it will not stop with Ukraine.   And as Israel has the largest natural gas deposit in the world off of their shore; it is only logical that Russia would want to either absorb or destroy the competition.   There is already the preliminary study in Israel of becoming the gas supply for Europe.   So the possibility of Russia and a few other states as mentioned in the Prophesy might just take the war in that direction.  Mesheck was the ancient word for Moscow and of course Russia is north of Israel.   So what does that mean for us?   Well I ordered more gardening books and good seeds today.  Still need to get the water and power systems on line.  Seems we may be headed into a 2nd Great Depression and you might want to study about the one in 1929.   And all that was happening then before it happened, is happening even worse today.    So you might want to reach out to:   Store.MotherEarthNews.com and take a look at what they have available for off grid, powerless, empty stores, no gas kind of living.   In Hawaii it may be even worse in the beginning as most of our power and food is shipped in.

As for us here in Kealia, we are about 50% into becoming self sufficient except for water and power.  So along with our gardens we are focused on water and power at this time.   With the acre we have we might be able to support about 12 people if all was well oiled and running well.

And the LORD Jesus told us, as did HIS Disciples to make HIM the example and the only door for eternal life.   That through HIM was the only way to make the jump to light speed into eternity with our Creator God.  So at the same time we are also digging into HIS teachings like in Matt.6:32-34:  “For the [pagan] Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; [but do not worry,] for your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But first and most importantly seek (aim at, strive after) His kingdom and His righteousness [His way of doing and being right—the attitude and character of God], and all these things will be given to you also.  34   So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”  And add,   1 John 2:24-16, “Do not love the world [of sin that opposes God and His precepts], nor the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust and sensual craving of the flesh and the lust and longing of the eyes and the boastful pride of life [pretentious confidence in one’s resources or in the stability of earthly things]—these do not come from the Father, but are from the world. 17 The world is passing away, and with it its lusts [the shameful pursuits and ungodly longings]; but the one who does the will of God and carries out His purposes lives forever.”

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace & Mercy,    Ken<><     www.OhanaChurch.Life

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All who Love, Honor and Obey HIM are Eternal Members.

GRACE

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GRACE:    “WORTH CONSIDERING”     3/23/22      From Ken Smith<><

There is generally a sort of a fluffy, Santa Clause,  feeling with most Christians concerning the word Grace, or Grace of God..   Like something that we say over our food before we eat.   Or when something special happens to a person that is unexpected that is really good,  Like from God.

In the Webster Dictionary,   Grace means:  a: unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification.   b: a virtue coming from God.  c: a state of sanctification enjoyed through divine assistance.    But,  Most folks think it means”   1 attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, winsomeness; refinement, class. 3 kindness, kindliness, love, benignity; benevolence. 4 forgiveness, charity.  But to truly understand a word used in the Bible we need to allow the Bible to be the Context.

So in the Bible we find the following: Eph. 2:7-12:   “[and He did this] so that in the ages to come He might [clearly] show the immeasurable and unsurpassed riches of His grace in [His] kindness toward us in Christ Jesus [by providing for our redemption]. 8 For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God; 9 not as a result of [your] works [nor your attempts to keep the Law], so that no one will [be able to] boast or take credit in any way [for his salvation]. 10 For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us].’

So does this mean we are simple a bunch of robots?   That the Saved and the Lost are both just a matter of God’s choice?  There is a little word in our Bible  that is often overlooked, the word is foreknowledge:  
1 Peter 1:2   according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by the sanctifying work of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace [that special sense of spiritual well-being] be yours in increasing abundance [as you walk closely with God].
Romans 8:29   For those whom He foreknew [and loved and chose beforehand], He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son [and ultimately share in His complete sanctification], so that He would be the firstborn [the most beloved and honored] among many believers.

So in 1 Cor. 13, please notice that there are two different time dimensions.   One is the one we live in and the other dimension is where GOD lives.   So it would appear that before we were born God saw the desires of our heart even before any physical creation of the universe and set in motion the Grace or Power to help us to make the transition from our time zone into His time zone if we wanted to?
1 Cor. 13:9    For we know in part, and we prophesy in part [for our knowledge is fragmentary and incomplete]. 10 But when that which is complete and perfect comes, that which is incomplete and partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. 12 For now [in this time of imperfection] we see in a mirror dimly [a blurred reflection, a riddle, an enigma], but then [when the time of perfection comes we will see reality] face to face. Now I know in part [just in fragments], but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known [by God]. 13 And now there remain: faith [abiding trust in God and His promises], hope [confident expectation of eternal salvation], love [unselfish love for others growing out of God’s love for me], these three [the choicest graces]; but the greatest of these is love.

So our Creator God, ponders our hearts, even before we exist and make decisions and HE extends HIS Grace (Power) to help us make the transition from our temporary dimension in time to HIS Eternal dimension.  He knows of our weaknesses and gives us HIS power or grace to overcome if we will ask for it and seek HIM for it.  He wants us to learn to choose HIM in loving faith in all things so we can become HIS eternal family and be made in HIS image and likeness in righteousness just as Jesus did.  The word Grace is used 155 time in our Bible, 130 times in our New Testament in the AMP translation.

For out of His fullness [the superabundance of His grace and truth] we have all received grace upon grace [spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing, favor upon favor, and gift heaped upon gift]. 17 For the Law was given through Moses, but grace [the unearned, undeserved favor of God] and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God [His essence, His divine nature] at any time; the [One and] only begotten God [that is, the unique Son] who is in the intimate presence of the Father, He has explained Him [and interpreted and revealed the awesome wonder of the Father].    John 1:16-18 But we must see our need for HIS grace and ask for it.  Our Creator God will never force HIS Grace/Power on us if we don’t want it.

And now I commend you to God [placing you in His protective, loving care] and [I commend you] to the word of His grace [the counsel and promises of His unmerited favor]. His grace is able to build you up and to give you the [rightful] inheritance among all those who are sanctified [that is, among those who are set apart for God’s purpose—all believers].   Acts 20:32.    So our faith and loving obedience is a big factor in securing HIS Grace/Power to enjoy HIS Romans 8 victory.

As you are reading your Bible or listening (perhaps a better way) think of the word Grace also as meaning the Power of God.   By faith, God allows us to live and walk in HIS power or Grace as we lift up Christ Jesus as LORD and in humility submit to HIM in all things in Loving Obedience.  But how can we be obedient if we don’t know what HE wants and how can we know we need HIS Grace or Power until we come to the end of ourselves and our own works?  We will never walk on water until we are OK with getting out of the comfort of our secure little boat,  which is not at all secure.

All around us now are the signs that Jesus told us to watch for and then to be looking up for HIM to appear in the clouds of the air.  So getting ready to make the jump to light speed is imperative if you are interested in living with our Creator God as HIS righteous family for eternity.

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace and Mercy,   Ken<><   www.OhanaChurch.Life
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ELECTION (SAVED)

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ELECTION (SAVED)      “WORTH CONSIDERING”    3/9/22    From Ken Smith<><

Today’s Scripture   ( From a large ministry in Texas.)
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you [and approved of you as My chosen instrument], and before you were born I consecrated you…”    Jeremiah 1:5, AMP

Pre-approved
Today’s Scripture doesn’t say, “God approves you as long as you don’t make any mistakes and don’t have any weaknesses.” No, He approved you before you were formed in your mother’s womb. This means He approves you with those weaknesses and despite those shortcomings. You’re not defective; you’re not a mistake. When God created you, He called you a masterpiece. He stepped back and said, “That was very good.”

We all have flaws and weaknesses. A lot of times we think we can’t feel good about ourselves until we do everything right. If we resist the temptation, if we bite our tongue, if we’re more patient, then we believe God will approve us. The truth is, there’s nothing you can do to make God love you more. His approval is not based on your performance; it’s based on your relationship. He handpicked you. He chose you before you could choose Him. Since God approves you, why don’t you start approving yourself? Why don’t you start feeling good about who you are?

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You approved me before I was formed in my mother’s womb, long before I made my first mistake. Thank You that You approve and love me despite my weaknesses and shortcomings. I declare that I am going to approve myself and feel good about who I am. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Notes,
So, this thinking, sells books and makes money for the author but is it totally true?   YES!    But only from God’s eternal absolute foreknowledge dimension, is it True.   As the Elect of God you were known from eternity that you would be found in Jesus,  forgiven, set free,  empowered and become the “Rod of Iron” in Christ Jesus,  no exceptions.

However, we do not now live in God’s dimension of time-less-ness  at this time,  1 Cor. 13.   We have been allowed to have a temporary body in a temporary dimension of time to last about 7,000 years.   Of course each of us has only one life time in which to decide to seek the light or the darkness,  to become one of God’s Elect or not.   God already knows those who will make it and are HIS,  but we do not.  Jesus taught that he that overcomes and endures to the end (death) shall become one of the Elect upon death or translation.

It is like a builder with a set of plans,   prior to building a house the builder know the cost and where he can get each part that is necessary for the construction of the house, even to each nail.  But the plans are not the building.   And when the building is complete the plans are usually worthless and tossed into the trash.

So it boils down as to whether you seek the security and pleasures of this world or you look into the great and precious promises of God to get yourself ready for the jump to light speed and eternal life in living where our Creator God Lives for eternity.   We have all been invited,  but Jesus told us that only a very few of us would latch on to the great and precious promises of God and make it all the way into God’s Kingdom.  Paul summed it up in his last few notes to Timothy in 2 Tim.4:2-8,   Might take the time to consider it to see if you are also going to make it.  To do nothing is to float down stream into the swamp.  To become part of the Elect, means to learn to be comfortable in swimming up stream to clean water.   The fresh clean water is always,  up stream.   And it becomes much easier when all are swimming in the same direction.  So find and join with others that are committed to swimming up stream.  So in all actuality, it is not our Creator God who controls your future like a  pre-programmed robot.  As  you are the only one in control of your eternal destiny at this time while you are still alive.
 
The Bible puts it this way:   1 John 2:14 -17:   “Do not love the world [of sin that opposes God and His precepts], nor the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust and sensual craving of the flesh and the lust and longing of the eyes and the boastful pride of life [pretentious confidence in one’s resources or in the stability of earthly things]—these do not come from the Father, but are from the world.  The world is passing away, and with it its lusts [the shameful pursuits and ungodly longings]; but the one who does the will of God and carries out His purposes lives forever.”   And 1 John 2:19-20:    “They went out from us [seeming at first to be Christians], but they were not really of us [because they were not truly born again and spiritually transformed]; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out [teaching false doctrine], so that it would be clearly shown that none of them are of us. 20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One [you have been set apart, specially gifted and prepared by the Holy Spirit], and all of you know [the truth because He teaches us, illuminates our minds, and guards us from error].”  To make a Biblical choice one must know the Bible.

Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy,       Ken<><     www.OhanaChurch.Life
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HUMILITY & OBEDIENCE:

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HUMILITY & OBEDIENCE   “WORTH CONSIDERING, 2/4/22     From Ken Smith <><

Today’s Scripture:    “Because you got a double dose of trouble and more than your share of contempt, your inheritance in the land will be doubled and your joy go on forever.”  Isaiah 61:7, MSG            ( A blog from a church in Texas.)
    
Restoration
You may be in a challenging time that has left you feeling beat up, worn and tired. It feels as though something’s been taken out of you that can’t be replaced. You’ve lost the spring in your step. Get ready, for God is about to breathe new life into your spirit. He’s going to renew your strength and renew your youth like an eagle’s. What that challenge took out, God is about to put back in—health, vitality, freshness, passion. He’s going to bring new opportunities, good breaks, the right people, and favor that catapults you ahead. He’s not going to just bring you out. He’s going to bring you out with double. When you come into double, nobody will know that business partner cheated you, nobody will know you had an unfair childhood, nobody will know you went through that illness. You’re going to be so blessed, so healthy, so strong, so favored that nobody will know what you’ve been through. That’s the way God restores. He’s going to bring you out better.
    
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You never leave me stuck in my troubles, and You always work to bring about my restoration. Thank You for Your promise that You are going to make up for it in such an above-and-beyond way. I receive Your double blessing and the joy that goes on forever. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts:
Several times in my life experience, I have lost most everything that I had of value like in 1968 and 1979 and 1991.   But you know what, with each loss, the Holy Spirit has more than restored what was lost in time.  Even in this moment I am confronted with either agreeing with my adversary or to go to court and walk on water in Rom.13.  I must make a decision soon to give up and walk away or hunker down in battle in a worldly court.  So be in prayer for me that I make the right decision.  I am looking at the scriptures in 1 Cor. 6:7, “Why, the very fact that you have lawsuits with one another is already a defeat. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?”  And   “Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.” Matthew 5:25….    So my wife has legally filed for divorce but  the concept of 2 Christians fighting in public before the world in the world court can hurt the cause of Christ in HIS quest to save the lost.  But it is difficult to give away $300,000.00 that I had saved for my 7 children as an inheritance for over the last 30 years to keep that from happening.  So seems I am forced to go to divorce court in order to try to preserve their inheritance for  them but then to also keep my loving faith with my God and be a Christian about it.   

Also some good help who was living here,  for some time now just up and said Good Bye as he was leaving in the morning for Kauai.  So, with that and the above,  feeling a little beat up tonight.   As I should not be driving due to military feet issues,  this is adding to the stress.

Divorce is sin, but like all but one sin, can be forgiven.  It is not unpardonable.  1 John 1:9…  But if there are children it is certainly a difficult time for children,  when two who were thought to be Christian grow so apart that the Word of God becomes in-effective.  But how can two walk together unless they be agreed and a house divided can not stand.   There are 3 factors that can Biblically break the marriage vows,   Death,   Adultery and Abandonment (1 Cor.7:15.)   The Bible is full of scripture concerning the Husband’s Responsibilities and the Wife’s Responsibilities.   And it is not a matter of choice but of obedience.   We are here on earth to learn God’s Truth in Humility and Obedience.   If we make friends with the world, we are lost.   If we make friends with the Holy Spirit in Light we will eventually wind up in God’s Light as HIS eternal family in light.  We are all in a earthly time school in this temporary dimension of time for a short season to learn to have Loving Faith in Humility and Obedience with Christ Jesus and our Heavenly Father regardless of the circumstances that our Creator allows for our spiritual growth.

From a Biblical point of view,  what we are experiencing in the world today is all in Jesus prophesies,   Matt. 24, Mark 13,  Luke 21.   And we are now into the birth pains for the completion of the building of the Church of Christ Jesus in righteousness.   But most of the so called “church” is confused as to what to do with their “frozen energy” of cash & savings which is now slowly dying through inflation like in the Great Depression of 1929. Only this time the potential could be far worse do to the crumbling urban food chain.  I lived on a 100 ac. farm away from town during the Great Depression,  I am now 89.   And we were good as we grew most of our food, had low taxes and could always sell butter, milk and eggs to buy sugar, flour and coffee.  But that is far from the reality of today.

So the big question today is where is the safest place to keep saving, if you have any,  so that you can get to them if needed.  My great grandfather had all of his savings in gold and silver coins (real money) in a cigar box in a safe on his farm.  And it was easy to spend as it was real money.   He did not trust paper money nor banks at all.    But today,  I don’t think that would work very well.  But then paper may soon be devalued and/or replaced?  So seems to me that the real issues of how to beat hyperinflation and having no debts or cash and grow your own food?   But getting into fear is an even greater problem.   “Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.  And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these,  Mark 12:29-32.“   And so to keep these commandments we must be fearless: “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”  1 Tim.1:7…  Personally, at this time in my life with what I am now going through, this is for me, rock bottom important,  for me to keep the faith..  It would be so easy to get into fear and revert to the flesh to try to destroy the issues that I am now faced with in this Divorce using the tools of the enemy.  The money that my wife is seeking  I see as an attack against my children’s future due to the amount.  I have already offered a life lease on the property.    And the Enemy will always try to get us into fear, one way or another.  But our trust must remain with our Heavenly Father in humility and obedience to do HIS will with love and without fear.  Please pray that I can walk my talk.  It is one thing to know the TRUTH, and another to WALK it out.

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Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful Grace and Mercy,   Ken<>< www.OhanaChurch.Life
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CRACKS

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CRACKS:     WORTH CONSIDERING,    2/9/22    From Ken Smith<><   
Today’s Scripture   (From a ministry in Texas that is worth considering.)
“Seven priests will walk ahead of the Ark, each carrying a ram’s horn. On the seventh day you are to march around the town seven times, with the priests blowing the horns.”  Joshua 6:4, NLT
    
Just a Crack
The city of Jericho, which was surrounded by a huge stone wall so thick that chariots could ride on top, was the last city that stood between the people of Israel and the Promised Land. God told Joshua to have the people march around the walls once a day for six days and seven times on the seventh day. It would not have been so difficult if, while they were walking, they saw a little crack in the wall or a shift in the foundation, but nothing day after day. They didn’t understand it but just kept doing the right thing, and the final time around, the walls came tumbling down.    Too often we’ll stay in faith if we see the wall cracking. We’ll keep believing if our boss starts treating us better, if the promotion goes through, if things start to improve. You may not get a sign. You have to keep thanking God even though nothing is improving, keep walking by faith and not sight, and suddenly the walls will come down.
    
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that no obstacle is so high and wide that it can withstand Your touch. Thank You that to bring about Your promises in my life You have called me to walk by faith and not by sight. I will live with a sense of expectancy that You are about to do great things. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Peter Harnish    Does God play dice with the world?   (Another word worth considering.)
Einstein said no. But it has come to be accepted that, before being observed, a subatomic particle exists in an indeterminate state. Only by observing the particle does its “wave function collapse” and the probability become the definite.  God created the physical universe as a vehicle for souls to grow spiritually by exercising their free will. If the universe were deterministic, that is, if every cause had one and only one possible effect, then, logically, free will could not exist. It is only by building randomness into the system that God permitted non-determinism and hence free will.  The physicist asks how; the theologian asks why. I think it is good to study both.

Ken’s thoughts on the subject.    “Exceptional perception, Peter.  Only the Holy Spirit could have shown you this as it is spot on.  As only with freewill is love really valid.  And as GOD is LOVE and wants to help us through freewill to become like HIM and make a family.  HE had to include freewill that is not at all manipulated.  So that only by and through faith by using our freewill can we find HIS grace to find the straight and narrow path that leads us to HIS eternal dimension.   This temporary time dimension that we live in is only a small capsule in the overall picture of creation.  But also seems the only nursery for creating the children and family of GOD.     After the purposes of our Creator are complete,  it will be no more.”  Yours, in HIS great love, Ken<>< 
 
So at 89 went in for a medical check up.   Several years ago I was told that I had kidney stones and one kidney was ½ the size of the other.   Today, both the kidneys are same size and no kidney stones.  But they then found I have cirrhosis of the liver and can not figure out why?  So back to getting the Lord to fix this old bucket of bones once again, We are granted to live 120 yrs. as per Gen.6:3…  Abraham and Moses did and God is no respecter of persons, HE loves all of us the same.  But a little help in prayer could be good at this time.  Also could use some prayer that my wife’s divorce does not cause any damage to the Kingdom of our LORD.   But as to her wanting to leave: 1 Cor.7:12-16 & 40. seems to apply.  Jesus came to set us all free as we are in HIM and HE is in us.  So… this too shall pass.  I am pretty much disabled at 89 and she at 70 and is in really good health.  So I don’t blame her for not wanting to take care of me for the rest of my time on earth.  But none of this is  up to me, “and we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to them who are called according to HIS purpose. “ Rom.8:28

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Most INSPIRING QUOTES
“Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.” – Jim Elliot    “God is looking for those with whom He can do the impossible – what a pity that we plan only the things that we can do by ourselves.” – AW Tozer   “God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises, leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer  “Christ literally walked in our shoes and entered into our affliction. Those who will not help others until they are destitute reveal that Christ´s love has not yet turned them into the sympathetic persons the Gospel should make them.” – Tim Keller   “Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion; it is like a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.” – Billy Graham     “Radical obedience to Christ is not easy… It´s not comfort, not health, not wealth, and not prosperity in this world. Radical obedience to Christ risks losing all these things. But in the end, such risk finds  its reward in Christ. And he is more than enough for us.” – David Platt  “Satan is so much more in earnest than we are – he buys up the opportunity while we are wondering how much it will cost.” – Amy Carmichael  “If you are too busy to pray, you are busier than God wants you to be.” – Wanda E. Brunstetter

There is but ONE Church of Christ Jesus as LORD;  All who Love, Honor and Obey Jesus as LORD are eternal members.