FEAR (Political)

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FEAR,    “WORTH CONSIDERING”    3/14/21    From Ken Smith <><

My wife is a health care professional and each week has been giving anti virus shots to long lines of people waiting in the sun.   And she shares how very thankful that they are to be possible saved from a horrible death from the virus.   In great fear our country has gone into the worst kind of fear concerning the virus.   Not saying that there is no threat, nor that the vaccine will not help.  Even a little early to know what the vaccine will do to our general population over time?

But seems to me that the virus was released in an area in China that had a special lab working on the virus.   And then the CCP did not alert the world of the danger when it was known but sent all out from the area to all over the world as students and to other endeavors.   Then the WHO got it wrong and gave it to Trump wrong and many got angry with Trump for not getting it right.  Now about a year later our nation is headed into “Deep State Socialism.”   Trump even made it possible for the quick availability of the vaccine but not one word of thanks for his efforts.

Socialism/Communism is totally a power play based upon empty promises of greed and fear.   Those who believe the lies that make it possible to come into power are the fist ones to object when the promises are not kept.  And as socialism is in power their voices are stilled by death and work camps.  We see the bone yards of Socialism in many nations of the world today.   There is only freedom for the very elite in Socialism.   The workers are slaves for the support for those in power.  N. Korea is the ultimate example for us to consider of where it all ends.

About 75 years ago, Hermann Goring,   
ADOLF HITLER’s lieutenant, testified at the Nuremberg Court of Appeal, being asked:
“- How did you get the German people to accept all this?”      “He replied: “It was very easy, it has nothing to do with Nazism, it has something to do with human nature.  You can do it in a Nazi, socialist, communist regime, in a monarchy and even in a democracy.  The only thing that needs to be done to enslave people is to scare them.   If you manage to find a way to scare people, you can make them do what you want.” 

Worth Considering,   Ken<><  We need to really place our trust in Jesus.
Apostle Paul’s letter to Timothy:
6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God.   2 Tim.1:6-8

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WALKING ON WATER

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Aloha Saints, Family & Friends,  beloved of Jesus and me,   John 3:16

WALKING ON WATER:     “WORTH CONSIDERING”    3/11/21    By Ken Smith <><

We all know really well the story of Peter wanting to walk on the water, and needing to be saved.  Yes, and it is all there in the details of the story, Matt.14:24-33   “But the boat was by this time out on the sea, many furlongs [a furlong is one-eighth of a mile] distant from the land, beaten and tossed by the waves, for the wind was against them.  25 And in the fourth watch [between 3:00—6:00 a.m.] of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.  26 And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified and said, It is a ghost! And they screamed out with fright.  27 But instantly He spoke to them, saying, Take courage! I Am! Stop being afraid! 28 And Peter answered Him, Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.  29 He said, Come! So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water, and he came toward Jesus.  30 But when he perceived and felt the strong wind, he was frightened, and as he began to sink, he cried out, Lord, save me [from death]!  31 Instantly Jesus reached out His hand and caught and held him, saying to him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt?  32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.  33 And those in the boat knelt and worshiped Him, saying, Truly You are the Son of God!”

Notice in verse 27 Jesus tells them to have faith and be courageous and not full of fear that HE was the “I AM” who gave the 10 Commandments to Moses and delivered the nation of Israel from bondage after 500 years.   Exo. 3:14,   And I Am is used hundreds of times in the Amplified Bible.  But the 3 times I use a lot in sharing are in John 8:24, 28, 58.  the “he” is not in the Greek…..  Great for Mormons and J.W.’s as they do not believe that the Word of God, I AM, was speaking through Jesus and in the resurrection, GOD merged with Jesus for eternity.

And so impetuous Peter, looks at the situation not sure it was the LORD and makes a big leap of faith.  “If it is REALLY YOU, let me walk with you on the water.  Of course there is a big difference between Heart Faith and Presumption.  And of course we have to hand it to Peter, He did get to walk on the water for a little bit.  That was a lot more than for the rest of the wet guys who were left in the boat.  Of course, here is where God’s Grace kicks in and Jesus caught Peter and got him back into the boat and Jesus told the winds to go away, and they did.

So we are all feeling a little like walking on water as we wake up to what socialism has in store for us Christians and as our security in physical stuff begins to crumble.  I think about moving to another country, perhaps Cook Island, but then I have no anointing for looking for any other security than where I am now in Jesus.  I felt to purchase a lot a little north of us that had a house burn down on it about 5 years ago.   I have no personal need for it, have no idea why I felt moved to purchase it.   Went there today and big piles of trash and burnt word and junk everywhere?  2 rusted out old cars but still in the middle of it all felt the peace of God.  Felt a little like Peter stepping out of the boat, Is this really you LORD???  Got the GRACE handy…  HAY!!!!  Remember I am 88 and way over the hill for doing stuff like this.   But my son David wrote me a note and said not to worry about it, it is in our blood to like to build thing.

So bottom line are we really doing what is in the BLOOD to do.   Are we really challenged and happy with where the Holy Spirit is leading us.   Do we really know where we are going or what we are doing and does it really matter.   Peter jumped ship and had not the foggiest idea of where he was going to go after he got to Jesus.  It appears that they were possible a mile or more from shore.   And Peter was heading away from the boat, his only place of security if that was not Jesus out there in the waves walking on the water.   Really it is an amazing story and one of the few places in the New Testament where the Word of God, Creator of all things, give a clear statement of who is really speaking through Jesus and that also spoke to Adam, Abraham, Moses, David and today even want’s to speak as the I AM to you and me to not be fearful of walking on water but seek out HIS GRACE when needed and that HE will always be there to pull us out of the rough seas of life and place our feet upon HIS ROCK for our security.   That HE came to save and to serve us and to help us by HIS grace to become like HIM.  And Jesus went on to Gennesaret and healed the sick by them merely touching HIM.  And he asks us if we would like to become like HIM in so many scriptures.  In one place HE said it this way.  “11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me; or else believe Me for the sake of the [very] works themselves. [ If you cannot trust Me, at least let these works that I do in My Father’s name convince you.]  12 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father.  13 And I will do [I Myself will grant] whatever you ask in My Name [as [a] representing all that I Am ], so that the Father may be glorified and extolled in (through) the Son.  John 14:11-13   So we are invited into a wonderful living unity school to learn how heart faith works in God’s Truth.  Or we are doing our own thing our own way and may end up having our talents given to another.  Be Blessed in your day, Ken<><   www.Trinity-Aloha.org

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Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;    BGI Genomics—the Chinese Communist Party-linked genomics firm flagged by U.S. officials as “mining” the DNA of Americans—has collaborated extensively with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The National Pulse can reveal.   Last week’s discovery of a massive new cyberattack that targeted flaws in Microsoft’s Exchange Server indicates the world has entered into the age of mass-scale cyberwar, Axios reports. The Microsoft hack affected some 30,000 small businesses and organizations in the US and many more globally, and follows the SolarWinds massive hack in December.     Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is set to sign Senate Bill 6, which would ban abortion in Arkansas except to save the life of the mother.    New numbers, reported by CNN, reveal the biblical scale of the Biden-induced mass migration headed to the U.S. border, with a reported 100,000+ arrests and apprehensions in the past four weeks.     The number of unaccompanied minors detained at the U.S.-Mexico border has tripled in the past two weeks, as the Biden administration struggles to find enough adequate shelters for the children.    California lawmakers last month introduced a bill that would require large department stores to stop dividing toys and child-care products into girls’ and boys’ sections, the LA Times reports. If approved in its current committee stage, the bill will pass to the state Legislature for consideration.   Five Christians were arrested Sunday morning during a police raid on a house church in China’s Chengdu, International Christian Concern reports. The Spring of Life Church (East Hall) was in the middle of a service when authorities arrived and took away the elder Cha Changping, who leads the church, his wife, and three others.


Still Hate Trump?   WORTH CONSIDERING….
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TRUTH = FREEDOM

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Aloha Saints, Family & Friends,  beloved of Jesus and me,   John 3:16

PATIENCE = FREEDOM    “WORTH CONSIDERING”     3/4/21      From Ken Smith <><
 
Our great country was founded upon the fact that all want FREEDOM.  So how to have true freedom without that freedom causing some one else bondage or pain.  Even those who came, many were indentured servants or slaves for their passage.  They would sign up owing someone else so many years of service for the passage to America.  So the concept of Freedom for all without pain to others was even in the beginning flawed by necessity.  And eventually even allowed for slavery.   Which in the Civil War cost a great deal of pain to stop.

Now we have a different kind of slavery.  A slavery to perhaps what others think.   A slavery to Credit Card debt.  We now have a national debt borrowed in our name that is beyond being paid and will cause a great deal of pain to many who have been very responsible and saved all of their lives for a gentle retirement.

But in the words of Christ Jesus we find a vision of True Freedom.  In the great and precious promises of God, some are drawn to believe in the promises as a place of true freedom in righteousness that does no harm to others.  But in our quest for Freedom we have negative publicity to the Max.   We are saturated from birth to get things which are supposed to give us more freedom in life.  In Oregon in the 60’s I was doing well and bought a really great looking boat with a big motor to help with a youth ministry.   So I would take some of the high school kids out to a nice big lake to enjoy speeding around on the lake only to spend the whole day trying to either get the boat to balance out right or to get the motor to run at all.  Kids all watching me from the shore line.  Never did get that beautiful boat to work right and finally sold it for a lot less than I bought it for.   Each of us, if we take inventory can come up with the same kind of crazy stuff story.  And eventually we find out that it is not about the stuff at all it is about who we are inside that really counts and God’s love that we share with others.

And Jesus said to them, Guard yourselves and keep free from all covetousness (the immoderate desire for wealth, the greedy longing to have more); for a man’s life does not consist in and is not derived from possessing [a] overflowing abundance or that which is [b] over and above his needs.  16 Then He told them a parable, saying, The land of a rich man was fertile and yielded plentifully.  17 And he considered and debated within himself, What shall I do? I have no place [in which] to gather together my harvest.  18 And he said, I will do this: I will pull down my storehouses and build larger ones, and there I will store all [c] my grain or produce and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many good things laid up, [enough] for many years. Take your ease; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself merrily.  20 But God said to him, You fool! This very night [d] they [the messengers of God] will demand your soul of you; and all the things that you have prepared, whose will they be?  21 So it is with the one who continues to lay up and hoard possessions for himself and is not rich [in his relation] to God [this is how he fares]. 22 And [Jesus] said to His disciples, Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious and troubled [with cares] about your life, as to what you will [have to] eat; or about your body, as to what you will [have to] wear.23 For life is more than food, and the body [more] than clothes.24 Observe and consider the ravens; for they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn; and [yet] God feeds them. Of how much more worth are you than the birds!”
  So we need to pray for HIS balance about stuff and never allow ourselves to be angry over the stuff.  And that takes:

PATIENCE:
Well worth considering due to our deeply divided country of whom most do not even know who John Adams was:   “Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people, it is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” — John Adams

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace and Mercy,   Ken<><   www.Trinity-Aloha.org
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There is but ONE Church of Christ Jesus as LORD,
all who Love, Honor and Obey HIM are eternal members.

A great teaching today from: George Baltimore,
2 Peter 1:5-7 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.  Patience is one of those attributes that you cannot learn by reading about it. It’s a quality that can only be acquired by persistent, enduring, practice– and for me, it’s a drill that I go over, and over, and over again!  The original Webster’s dictionary offers this definition of patience: “the suffering of afflictions, pain, toil, calamity, provocation or other evil, with a calm, unruffled temper; endurance without murmuring or fretfulness, from a kind of heroic pride, or from a Christian submission to the divine will.”   Reading this definition two things really struck me – first, “endurance without murmuring”. I, for instance, get so frustrated sitting in a traffic jam… counting the wasted minutes when I could have been doing something useful! Yet, what an opportunity for me to choose to quench the inner fumes – and use the delay to work on my patience!   The second thing that really hit me was, “a Christian submission to the divine will.” How many times are we placed in a difficult position, or forced to deal with an “impossible” situation? Or perhaps, an “impossible” person? These circumstances are always opportunities to grow in patience – or to learn to submit to God’s providential will, and often, to minister in some special or unique way.

IS your patience being tested today? Great! Remember, love is (first of all) patient. [1 Cor. 13:4] The Lord is training you toward godliness –- and godliness is moving toward perfect love. With so much work to be done, He is really wanting to work this quality into your character now -– to perfect your love, and with it to transform the world around you for His glory!   
George Baltimore,    Worthy Brief:  <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;     3/4/21

The Supreme Court on Tuesday delved into the Democratic Party’s lawsuit to ease Arizona’s restrictions on ballot harvesting and other election conduct, putting the high court at the center of a growing battle over how Americans vote.    Amid rapidly intensifying persecution against Christians in China, police in Chongqing city raided the 20-year-old Living Fountain house church Sunday, confiscating computers and arresting two brothers, International Christian Concern reports.    Mississippi Judge Orders New Election After Finding nearly 80 Percent of Absentee Ballots Fraudulent      FBI Director Christopher A. Wray said on Tuesday that every FBI employee referenced in a scathing Justice Department Inspector General report on the origins of the infamous Trump-Russia probe has been referred for discipline.

70th Week of Daniel

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70th Week of Daniel.    Prophecy Time line   Jack D. Hook believes that America is mystery Babylon?    
What do you think?   “Worth Considering” from Ken Smith, ken@trinity-aloha.org 

Aloha Saints, Family and Friends, beloved of Jesus and me.   John 3:16,   3/3/21
By Jack D. Hook,   “The Jewish prophet of Israel, Daniel, was shown by the Lord the traumatic events that would take place at what we call the “end of the age”.  Many of the New Agers who see these things are gleeful that their long awaited Golden Age is about to be birthed in the world.  And more and more people are today wondering if the nations are racing towards a climactic battle due to the world wide pandemic caused by the China Virus and the obvious fraud and corruption of last November’s Presidential election.   

Everyone knows that election was stolen from President Trump and the right-wing patriots by the left-wing socialists in league with their communist friends from China.  Will this theft stand or will right-wing conservatives try to somehow overturn what happened?  Or will they wait until the next election?  What does all this mean spiritually and prophetically, and what things did Daniel see?  To put it simply, he saw the rise of the Antichrist, the coming Messiah of the New Agers, the Communists, the Capitalists, and the Constitutionalists!

We should all remember that whoever occupies the White House instantly has in his hand the greatest sword of war this world has ever seen.  The White House is the seat of the coming Antichrist.  Will it be President Biden, having a sword in one hand and an olive branch in the other, who comes to the United Nations to restore order among the nations and establish the peace of the promised Kingdom of God on the Earth?

Whether he is or not just know this; the raging political-religious battle between the left and right wings of America’s Eagle has a direct bearing on the position and power of the United Nations organization headquartered in New York.

If the left-wing has its way, America will submit and surrender its power to the United Nations in order to establish world dominion and peace.  If the right-wing prevails, America will stand alone with its superior economic and military strength, convincing the United Nations to follow their lead in establishing the dominion of the Kingdom of Heaven as they understand it.

So we can clearly see there is already a New World Order in place ruled by the fallen angels under Satan that is just waiting for the “outcome” of the war between the socialist liberals and constitutional conservatives.  What we don’t yet know is whether the Antichrist will be a communist or a capitalist, or a combination of both.

For those who have yet to be saved from their sin nature remember this, the combined power of the precious blood and second coming of Jesus Christ is the “only” permanent solution to the death and destruction that men inflict upon one another to the hideous delight of Satan and his fallen angels, the masters of human manipulation.

The triune God who created and loves us wants us to experience sorrow of a Godly kind that works repentance unto the salvation of our heart, mind, and body, 2 Corinthians 7:10.  He will replace our genuine sorrow with his joy through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit surrounding our newly created and circumcised heart!  Then we will desire to obey the God of Israel because we love him, knowing that he first loved us and sent his Son to save us from our sin nature and the bondage of our fallen angel masters.

Below I have copied the Prophecy Timeline from our website that outlines the coming days of Daniel’s 70th week.  It is a week of seven years or 2520 days.  As I said in the beginning of this letter Daniel was shown how the “end times” would be fulfilled and remember this:  The judgments of God upon the nations will not begin until he removes from this Earth those who have been born again.  This is called the Rapture.

Please visit our website and send an email.  Thank you for reading this and I hope to hear from you soon.  Again, if you are interested in the questions above, please consider reading the articles “Then Comes the Fire”, “The Judgment Chronicles” and “The Fundamentalist” posted on our website.  For details concerning my military background during the Vietnam era, please read the articles “Vietnam: The Manchu’s of Charlie Company”, “Pacifist, Patriot, or Pilgrim” and “Moved with Compassion”.  Just click on the website link below and click on “Articles”.

 Sincerely,   Jack D. Hook <jdhook@cox.net&gt;  Babylon the Great is Falling

DAYS OF DANIEL’S 70TH WEEK
1st Day
Peace covenant between Israel and enemies arranged by America, Daniel 9:27, Revelation 6:2, 8:1. Construction of temple begins. Days of religious, political deception will be shortened when Russia invades within 1,230 days, Matthew 24:22. Rapture is history, body of Christ in Heaven, Revelation 4. Jesus comes in 2,520 days.
220th Day
Temple construction allows for sacrifices and oblations to begin. Taken away in 1,010 days by Russian-Syrian leader. Jesus comes in 2,300 days. Temple site then cleansed, Daniel 8:13-14.
869th Day
Two witnesses begin 1,260 day ministry, Revelation 11:3. They will be warning the Jews of the imminent Russian-Syrian invasion. Their ministry will be during both halves of the 70th Week because of Revelation 11:6, which shows God’s judgment of water to blood, which occurs in last half; and Revelation 11:10, which shows world rejoicing at the death of two witnesses. If they ministered only in the last half, the world would be terrified and mourning at sight of returning Lord, not rejoicing. If they minister only first half, how can waters turn to blood, which is God’s wrath? Witnesses preach against beast and harlot church and for the coming of Jesus in power and glory. Jesus comes in 1,651 days.
Days of religious, political deception (world peace) will be shortened or elect would be deceived. Days shortened by Russian confederacy invading the Middle East sometime between the 869th and 1,230th day, Ezekiel 38, Daniel 11. World War III erupts, probably nuclear and conventional. Takes peace from earth, Revelation 6:4.
1,230th Day
Russian-Syrian leader takes away sacrifices of Jews, Daniel 8:11, 11:31, 12:11. Within 30 days the first of seven trumpet judgments begin as God destroys Russian-Syrian armies, Ezekiel 38:22, Revelation 8:7. Days of war and sudden destruction shortened or all flesh perish, (nuclear war) Matthew 24:22. Jesus comes in 1,290 days, Daniel 12:11)
1,260th Day
Midweek. Antichrist from America has been resurrected from the dead. Armies of America and Western Europe have invaded and now occupy Israel and the Middle East. Antichrist causes sacrifices to cease. Makes temple desolate by saying he is God, Daniel 9:27, 12:11. Antichrist or beast given power over all nations, and persecutes the saints, Revelation 13:7. Jesus comes in 1,260 days.
Wrath of God meets wrath of Satan for 1,260 days. Days of Great Tribulation and days of Jacob’s Trouble. Great days of real revival through two witnesses and 144,000 Jewish evangelists, Revelation 7. Trumpet and then bowl judgments poured out by the angels of God. Harlot church hated by antichrist and burned.
1979th Day
5th trumpet sounds. 5 months (150 days) demon locusts torment unsaved, Revelation 9:5. First 4 trumpet judgments covered approximately 719 days. Jesus comes in 541 days.
2129th Day
6th trumpet sounds for 3 1/2 days. Two witnesses complete 1,260-day ministry. Killed by antichrist from America. Bodies left in streets of Jerusalem for 3 1/2 days, Revelation 11:8, 11. Antichrist will order their bodies to be untouched as a mockery to the prophecy of their resurrection. Their death and display of bodies angers God. Judgments will intensify. Last hour, day, month, year (391 days) of bowl judgments result of God’s anger. Fullness of God’s wrath, Revelation 9:15, 10:7, 15:7. Jesus comes in 391 days.
2132 1/2 Day
Two witnesses rise from the dead, ascend to Heaven before multitudes, probably watching on satellite television, Revelation 11:11-12, 15. 7th trumpet sounds announcing the beginning of the 7 bowl judgments. Last 387 1/2 days begin.
2,520th Day
Fire from Heaven has destroyed America or Babylon the Great, Revelation 18. Jesus Christ appears in the skies for all eyes to see Him. Antichrist and false prophet are cast in to Lake of Fire, Revelation 19:20. Jesus first destroys all world’s armies at Armageddon, who have been gathered by beast and false prophet to fight against Him, thinking He is an alien invading force, Revelation 1:7, 19:11-21. Satan is cast into the bottomless pit for 1,000 years, Revelation 20:1-3. All saints who were in Heaven come with Jesus. Judgment of surviving people of the nations begins. Temple cleansed of antichrist. 2,300 days completed, Daniel 8:13-14. 1,000-year reign of Jesus Christ begins. Praise God!

Ken’s Thoughts,
It is not that I fully understand or agree with Jack in all of his thoughts, but that it seems obvious that we might be at the end of the age of the Gentiles as in Luke 21 and headed into the purification of the LORD’S CHURCH.  In the rapture she is without spot, wrinkle or blemish prior to going with Jesus into the battle of Rev. 12:11.  The battle where the Church boots lucifer out of the heavens at the middle of the Great Tribulation of 7 yrs.  or Danial’s 70th week in prophesy.   As the heavens are purged the union between Christ Jesus and HIS Church takes place with a big party with the saints of all the ages and families.

So seems it would be helpful for us to consider what we are doing with our time.   Is it only earthly related or is it Kingdom related.  Are we sending our energy ahead in thought, word and deed in support of our LORD? Or are we just supporting ourselves and our own comfort zones?  Blessings,   Ken<><  www.Trinity-Aloha.org

TRUTH

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Aloha Saints, Family & Friends,  beloved of Jesus and me,    John 3:16

TRUTH,       WORTH CONSIDERING,    3/3/21     By Ken Smith <><

An ardent family member was bombing away at me for how many lies that were told by Trump and voted for Biden.   I had a choice to try to defend or just to be quiet.  I decided to just be quiet.  It was not a matter of, in politics, who told the most lies but the direction of the Country.  Actually we had two choices in Nov.   To vote for a Constitutional Republic with all of it’s flaws or to change direction and head into Socialism with all of it’s flaws.   The history of the past, of course, concedes victory to our Constitutional Republic as having more individual freedom than any other nation on planet earth.  But we now find ourselves losing that freedom guaranteed by our Constitution as a God given right.   Our youth are believing in the unsupported promises of socialism and today we are headed unhindered into uncharted socialist waters for the U.S.  Just a bit more trillion dollar borrowing on the backs of our grandchildren and this nation will be bankrupt and up for auction.   Dollars will be as worthless as were the German Marks in 1927.   

As for us Christians, real Christians, it would be easier for us under the lawful eye of our Constitution but the Church will become much cleaner with the persecution that is now headed in our direction.   TRUTH IS, Romans 13, we will have the government that we deserve as allowed by God.   As Christians we have not protected our freedom of speech nor religion and our Bible is now on the way to being classified as a bad hate book, like in China, North Korea, Cuba and many other Socialist countries.

So the answer is in Gen. 11:1-6 and John 17:20-22,   And the whole earth was of one language and of one accent and mode of expression.  2 And as they journeyed eastward, they found a plain (valley) in the land of Shinar, and they settled and dwelt there.  3 And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly. So they had brick for stone, and slime (bitumen) for mortar.  4 And they said, Come, let us build us a city and a tower whose top reaches into the sky, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the whole earth.  5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.   6 And the Lord said, Behold, they are one people and they have [a] all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do, and now nothing they have imagined they can do will be impossible for them.    (Look at all of the groups that have united on the socialist side?)   And we Christians are so full of pride that we can not even find unity in our own homes.  Much less our so called churches/social clubs and theaters.


Ever notice the verse in the wonderful LORD’S PRAYER of John 17, the verses 20-22?  It is the part where Jesus prays for you and me.   “ Neither for these alone do I pray [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for all those who will ever come to believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Me through their word and teaching,21 That they all may be one, [just] as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me.  22 I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one:   (Notice: MAY BE ONE, it is our choice.)  But no UNITY, no POWER (GLORY)   In Eph. 4:11-16 Apostle Paul teaches the same thing: “And His gifts were [varied; He Himself appointed and gave men to us] some to be apostles (special messengers), some prophets (inspired preachers and expounders), some evangelists (preachers of the Gospel, traveling missionaries), some pastors (shepherds of His flock) and teachers.  12 His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping of the saints (His consecrated people), [that they should do] the work of ministering toward building up Christ’s body (the church),  13 [That it might develop] until we all attain oneness in the faith and in the comprehension of the [[a] full and accurate] knowledge of the Son of God, that [we might arrive] at really mature manhood (the completeness of personality which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ’s own perfection), the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ and the completeness found in Him.  14 So then, we may no longer be children, tossed [like ships] to and fro between chance gusts of teaching and wavering with every changing wind of doctrine, [the prey of] the cunning and cleverness of [b] unscrupulous men, [gamblers engaged] in every shifting form of trickery in inventing errors to mislead.  15 Rather, let our lives lovingly [c] express truth [in all things, speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly]. Enfolded in love, let us grow up in every way and in all things into Him Who is the Head, [even] Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).  16 For because of Him the whole body (the church, in all its various parts), closely joined and firmly knit together by the joints and ligaments with which it is supplied, when each part [with power adapted to its need] is working properly [in all its functions], grows to full maturity, building itself up in love.

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace and Mercy, Ken<>< www.Trinity-Aloha.org
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LETTERS:     On 2/28/2021 6:05 AM, Peter Harnish wrote:
> I appreciate that the 500 evangelical pastors have condemned “Radical Christian Nationalism” but that is a minor enemy, if it is any threat at all. I would like them to focus instead on the real threat this country faces, which is the homosexual, transsexual, anti-American, anti-Christian, anti-reason, pro-Chinese Communist, anti-free speech, gangster government, “cancel culture” agenda of the Left.   Pete H.

YES!!!  And they are all coming into unity like to Tower of Babel Gen. 11:6   And if the Christians do not get into UNITY the U.S.A. Could become ROME all over and have fun feeding Christians to the Lions.  Good to hear from you,    Be Blessed in your day,   Ken<><

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Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;      John 7:37-38 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.   Iran on Sunday ruled out holding an informal meeting with the United States and European powers to discuss ways to salvage the unraveling 2015 nuclear deal with major powers, insisting that Washington must first lift all its unilateral sanctions.    Top Israeli defense and political leaders are scheduled to meet on February 28 to discuss a response to what Israel’s defense minister says was likely an attack by Iran against an Israeli-owned cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman.    The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill early Saturday in a win for President Joe Biden, even as top Democrats tried assuring agitated progressives that they’d revive their derailed drive to boost the minimum wage.   Less than 10% went towards pandemic?

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INTERESTING FRIDAY, DARK

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Interesting Friday,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”   2/27/21

Well,  last night at a very  interesting House Church Forum Gathering where everyone got involved and good subjects were discussed like being unequally yoked,  Jewish persecutions, with lots of interesting side excursions and a good shared Agape Meal then the lights went out,  everything.   For the 3rd time in the last few years a drunk driver hit the same power pole across the street and took out the power.   Totally Black.   We are all sitting there when this bomb went off in the front yard.  The guy backed up and tried to run but was caught.  My what a big bill he made for himself with just one more for the road.  It appears he was not hurt.  But this will be a plot point in his life for sure.   But not one little bitty light was on anywhere.

As for us,  I remembered the flashlights in the Kitchen and so some one guided me with their phone and we ended up with a bunch of flashlights and a camp lantern.    And then I realized that my sleeping chair does not have a battery back up so needed to take my computer backup battery to be able to go to sleep  as the chair goes into a bed with a little electric motor.   And then I fully realized what it would be like if an EMP went off overhead and how difficult things would become to simple live.  Where are the matches?  lighter, flint???   All night I was thinking of how to get the generators going so there would be power for the Refers (3) and 20′ Freezer full of food.   Been talking a lot about being ready but far from being there.  But by 8 AM,  HELCO had installed a new pole and had the power on again,  PTL…   So except for putting things back together no beg deal.   But being without power for about 12 hours really showed me the needs that we would  face with an oil shut down from getting to Hawaii to make power.  So back to the top of my list goes,   offgrid power with batteries and backup.  

Which takes me into the serious consideration and light and darkness in eternity.   So let’s do a little word study on darkness,  churches don’t do this much any more.   Makes folks go where there are happy thoughts.

But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very light in you [your conscience] is darkened, how dense is that darkness!  Matt. 6:23

I tell you, many will come from east and west, and will sit at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the  kingdom of heaven,  12 While the sons and heirs of the kingdom will be driven out into the darkness outside, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.  13 Then to the centurion Jesus said, Go; it shall be done for you as you have believed. And the servant boy was restored to health at that very [a]moment.  Matt. 8:11

And he said, Friend, how did you come in here without putting on the [appropriate] wedding garment? And he was speechless ([a]muzzled, gagged).  13 Then the king said to the attendants, Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the darkness outside; there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.  14 For many are called (invited and summoned), but few are chosen.  Matt.22:12

For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will be [a]furnished richly so that he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.30 And throw the good-for-nothing servant into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.31 When the Son of Man comes in His glory (His majesty and splendor), and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.  Matt 23:29

And the robbers who were crucified with Him also abused and reproached and made sport of Him in the same way.  45 Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (three o’clock).  46 And about the ninth hour (three o’clock) Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?—that is, My God, My God, why have You abandoned Me [leaving Me [a]helpless, forsaking and failing Me in My need ]?  Matt. 44-46   (Jesus was in our place feeling the darkness for us as the lamb of God.)

There are over 153 times that the word darkness is used one of the places especially clear is in Jude: 6 & 13

And angels who did not keep (care for, guard, and hold to) their own first place of power but abandoned their proper dwelling place—these He has reserved in custody in eternal chains (bonds) under the thick gloom of utter darkness until the judgment and doom of the great day.…… (So hell originally set up for the rebellious angels but in verse 12 included the souls of man.)    12 These are hidden reefs (elements of danger) in your love feasts, where they boldly feast sumptuously [carousing together in your midst], without scruples providing for themselves [alone]. They are clouds without water, swept along by the winds; trees, without fruit at the late autumn gathering time—twice (doubly) dead, [lifeless and] plucked up by the roots;13 Wild waves of the sea, flinging up the foam of their own shame and disgrace; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of eternal darkness has been reserved forever.14 It was of these people, moreover, that Enoch in the seventh [generation] from Adam prophesied when he said, Behold, the Lord comes with His myriads of holy ones (ten thousands of His saints).

We have all grow up with the concept of hell being the kingdom of lucifer and all being tormented by fire.  I even went to a school Halloween party dressed as lucifer on time.  This is due to the metaphorical thinking of God trying to tell us about the kind of pain to be felt in hell.   But actually without a body our soul would not be disturbed by fire at all as a spiritual being.  We would need a body to feel pain.  So the pain of hell is really spiritual.   It is actually to be totally awake as an eternal spiritual being but without creation and the God of Light who created it.   All are gone and only absolute darkness remains.   To have a recall of all said and done of our time on earth and the opportunities we have rejected and going though eternity without any light at all or any possibility of change or repentance.  Hell, in the Bible is seen as the total opposite of heaven.  Jesus went through that experience for us but had no sin so that the LAW could not hold HIM. 

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace and Mercy,   Ken<><  www.Trinity-Aloha.org     (Questions or changes,  Ken@Trinity-Aloha.org    Worth Considering library available on our homepage.

“I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.” – Hudson Taylor “Our prayers lay the track down which God´s power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.” – Watchman Nee “Until we reach for the IMPOSSIBLE through fervent, faith-filled prayer, we will NEVER fulfill our created purpose!” – David Smithers

worthybrief@worthynetwork.com    A post-election poll reveals that nearly two-thirds of white Evangelicals do not believe US President Joe Biden was elected legitimately, the Christian Post reports. The survey was conducted in January by the public policy research organization American Enterprise Institute (AEI).       More than 500 US evangelical pastors and leaders have condemned ‘Radical Christian Nationalism’ in an open letter responding to the January 6 assault on the US Capitol, Religious News reports. Entitled “Evangelical Leaders Statement Condemning Christian Nationalism’s role in the January 6th Insurrection,” the letter explains the signatories come from diverse backgrounds and political persuasions, but stand together against ‘the perversion of the Christian faith” displayed at the insurrection, and against “the theology and the conditions” that led to the attack itself.   
U.S. gun sales in January surged 60% to 4,137,480. This makes it the largest single month since figures started to be recorded in 1998.

LAW KILLS, GRACE/TRUTH GIVES LIFE

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LAW Kills, GRACE/TRUTH gives life.   WORTH CONSIDERING     2/25/21

IT WAS MOSES UNTIL THE RESURRECTION AND THEN JESUS AS THE WORD OF GOD TOOK OVER FROM THERE.

Moses gave us the LAW but Grace and Truth came through Christ Jesus our LORD.  In Him there is neither Jew nor Gentile……   No VAIN TRADITIONS,  just A New Testament perception of God’s Truth.   Most of the types in the O.T. have been fulfilled in the N. T.  through Christ Jesus who is now, “LORD” and greater than Moses.

It is no longer a Moses LAW game of life,  now it is all about Jesus.  Moses shared about the shadow of things to come.   It is now, Jesus that it is all about in TRUTH.  Over 300 prophesies in the Old Testament about Jesus and most have been fulfilled.   The Kingdom will not be about traditions or culture but about GOD’S Holy Truth in Christ Jesus in Righteousness.  It is about having totally clean air,  no smell at all.   I will always be a Kentucky Hillbilly as a starting point in time but today I don’t even look or smell like one because of Jesus.   I dearly loved my Great Grandfather but Jesus is now LORD.  We are to be conformed to HIS image and likeness and not to any other.   As Women are more like the Holy Spirit, I point them in that direction.

The Jews hated the departure of Jesus  from their vain traditions and murdered  HIM.   And their house was left desolate, destroyed.  Not one stone left standing upon another.   We so tend to build houses of Pride so our little ego is comfortable.   Pride is always looking for a home better than next door,  but pride must be put on the cross.   Before honor is humility and God resists the proud and gives Grace to the humble.   Christians are to teach and preach Christ Jesus as Lord and HIM crucified for our sins and then God will Honor what we are about.  Otherwise it is a  waste of life and like being parked on a side tract like a train going no where.  In Christ Jesus I am no longer a Jew or a Gentile but a new creation in Christ Jesus.

Culture can not change TRUTH nor add to it.  Culture may be a flavor,  but that is it.   Traditions and Culture made the Word of God ineffective according to Jesus and they were Jewish Traditions and Cultures.   We will never experience the resurrection power of Jesus on earth except by walking in the TRUTH of GOD as HE gave it to us.   And I would be the first to say that I also need more fine tuning my self.   But any obsession with any culture or with the Jewish culture and traditions did the Jews no good so why should we expect it to be different with us or anyone else.   Traditions and  Culture only tends to breed Pride and Ego.   It is in walking out  the Truth of God that sets us free by HIS Grace.

Obedience, if in obedience and humility to change direction to the light what is revealed by God in Christ Jesus,  is what works.   But God resists the proud but and gives Grace (Power) to the humble.  The way up, is down.  We should only want to bring to the table  what is clear in the Holy Scriptures, “Once Delivered.”  Personally,   I am happy with  that and truly want my Adamic rebellious sinful nature to die and be dead in Christ Jesus.  I prefer to be like Jesus than Adam.  And my Creator has seen to it that I have a personal choice to renounce my past and be born into the Family of God.    My new nature in Christ Jesus as LORD has nothing to do with my old culture or family.  It has only to do with  God’s Truth.  I have moved through many interesting “Cultures” in my life and none seem to have contributed much if anything to God’s Truth.  Most have been in the way.  Most only seem to elevate me as a person or perhaps an organization and ultimately cause a division between the soul and the Holy Spirit who is seeking to bring me into a John 17 unity with my Creator, my heavenly Father.   Ever really study through the Lord’s Prayer in John 17 ?   What ever Jesus prayed for will come to pass.  All have been invited into this Godly Unity in Righteousness but most have responded that the are just a bit too busy to attend.  Hope you will be there at the great banquet feast of unity in the Kingdom of God,  Rev. 19


Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace and Mercy, Ken <>< www.Trinity-Aloha.org
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Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;  Nearly 8 million people suffering hunger in Central America, up from 2.2 million in 2018.  The United Nations has reported a massive increase in the number of people suffering hunger in Central America over the last two years, Voice of America (VOA) reports.  A federal judge in Houston late Tuesday banned the Biden administration from enforcing a 100-day moratorium on most deportations.  Lawmakers in Washington, D.C. are getting ready to decide on a landmark piece of LGBTQ legislation that would crush religious liberty  A test of a Minuteman III missile, fired from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., and landing 4,200 miles away, was a success, the Air Force said on Wednesday.    Executives of U.S. technology companies told lawmakers on February 23 that a recent breach of corporate and government networks was so sophisticated that a nation had to be behind it and said all the evidence points to Russia.

In a shallow relationship with God, we will find ourselves being tossed to and fro by stormy waves of circumstance. James describes such a person as “double-minded” and unstable. In his trials, he cannot exercise faith because he hasn’t gone deep with the Lord. However, when we seek that deeper relationship with Him, we can enter another perspective on what’s happening at the surface. Seeking and abiding in the depths of Yeshua, our Sar Shalom (Prince of Peace) will bring a peace that passes understanding, even in the midst of great storms. The double-minded man has not yet sought or found this place — since not everyone is willing to spend the time or effort for a deep relationship, however, it is available for all who truly desire and take the time for it.   George Rivka, Mansfield, Texas

True Vine Mini Farm, Kealia, Hawaii

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Aloha Saints, Friends & Family,  Beloved of Jesus and me,   John 3:16,  John 12:24-26   John 17:20-23.

TrueVine Mini Farm,     Structure and Organization.  Ideas anyone?    2/23/21   
This is our source of help, so far.     https://wwoofusa.org/user/517058   Lots of Youth looking for dirt.

Need someone who likes to organize & fine tune this kind of a vision.   I am not good at that stuff.   

Our  vision for the TrueVine Mini Farm is to have a space, first of all,  that is positive for spiritual growth in God’s Truth that sets us free.   And also to include making the Mini Farm comfortable and mostly self supportive as an Ohana Farm or family.   Have living space now for 6 plus Cindy, Sue and me makes 9.  With the other property the potential is unknown.  We are presently full for the next two month. 

Some chores are an opportunity to be creative and some are supportive.  Some are fun and some are not. But there is a need for a basic assignment and responsibility for those things that are needful just to live, be clean and healthy.

We want folks to come because they want to learn and help in their area of interest.  And our vision is for that to happen with all who come.   Eventually we hope to see an Ohana Family that enjoys the opportunities that are available grow out of this effort and become home to many.  But there can not to be any pressure for that to happen.  Many who come will simply be explorers and that is fine.  In a real sense we are all pilgrims on a speck of dust, hurtling through space,   temporarily enjoying a very short experience in this unique temporary dimension of time as pilgrims and explorers.   Obviously, to me, we have been created by intelligent design and a careful purpose that would be in our best interest to find.

But as to the TrueVine Mini Farm.  It is mostly just a beginning dream.  Our vision is to eventually become self sustaining for most of what we need for life and enjoy doing it.   We have this .6 of an acres and 7 doors north we have another ½ acre and we also hope to get a lease from Bishop for the 320 acres behind both of those lots that we have now.  That is, if,  the Ohana comes together with one mind and one spirit with enough dedicated souls to make it work.   So the vision is to live and work towards our own little Eden in Kealia, HI as originally planed by our Loving Creator.

So we have a need to, in unity, establish:   Meals, shopping and cooking.   Costco and Town once a week for staples, Basic foods only.  (Special foods, diets and junk foods are personal.)    Add your favorite staples to the Costco list.  House Keeping (Bathrooms and Kitchen Annex and such.)  Weekly laundry times to do laundry Monday – Friday.  Gardening for food we can eat.  Rodent duty to get rid of mice, rats and mongoose  Construction and Repairs,  Healthy social time planning,  Ohana Family gathering on Fridays at 5:30 for a shared meal and spiritual encouragement.

This little memo has much room for changes and learning as to how best to develop this kind of unity.  It also must make room for training leadership and needs innovations to grow in life and faith to become inspirational and productive.   But may go no where,  but then learning to walk on water is not for the faint at heart.     Be Blessed in your day,     Ken<><   www.OhanaChurch.Life     www.Trinity-Aloha.org

STUFF & THINGS

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STUFF & THINGS,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”   2/20/21   From Ken Smith<><

This catch all word is used 766 times in the AMP Bible Translation and covers a lot of territory.    In the Old Testament, Gen.1:24,   it first use of things is to share about “creeping things” being created.   So why would God be interested in that?  Cleanup Crew?   Lord knows how messy things would become down here.

In Matt. 4:9 lucifer offer everything to Jesus if Jesus would only become #2 man.
In Matt.  5:11 Jesus warns us about responding negatively to evil things said about us because of HIM.   I get that a lot, If only I was a better Christian I would fix their problem what ever that is.  Of course God is the resource, not me.  They need to learn to fish for themselves rather than be begging for a fish.  But we still get caught in the crossfire.

In Matt. 5:18     Jesus confirms to us to be in touch with Bible Prophets as all things will be fulfilled.

In Romans 8:31,   Apostle Paul writes:  What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?]  32 He who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things?  33 Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect [when it is] God Who justifies [that is, Who puts us in right relation to Himself? Who shall come forward and accuse or impeach those whom God has chosen? Will God, Who acquits us?]

And in Rom.10:14-16, Paul tells us to go share the Good News of God’s Love and forgiveness.   But how are people to call upon Him Whom they have not believed [in Whom they have no faith, on Whom they have no reliance]? And how are they to believe in Him [adhere to, trust in, and rely upon Him] of Whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?  15 And how can men [be expected to] preach unless they are sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings! [How welcome is the coming of those who preach the good news of His good things!]  16 But they have not all heeded the Gospel; for Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed (had faith in) what he has heard from us?  ( The word Preacher really apply to every one who can talk.  It is not about the office of a pastor at all.  It is the sheep that bares the lambs, not the shepherd.)  Do you have a living testimony of what Jesus has done for you.  Then you should be willing to share that testimony when the door is open to do so. 

Rom. 12:15-17 gives us the guidelines for doing just that.   “Rejoice with those who rejoice [sharing others’ joy], and weep with those who weep [sharing others’ grief].  16 Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty (snobbish, high-minded, exclusive), but readily adjust yourself to [people, things] and give yourselves to humble tasks. Never overestimate yourself or be wise in your own conceits.  17 Repay no one evil for evil, but take thought for what is honest and proper and noble [aiming to be above reproach] in the sight of everyone.   So if this kine of a word search is interesting for you go to:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2012%3A15%2D17&version=AMPC     And continue to get acquainted with Bible Gateway.com in how to look up subjects that your are interested in and quickly go though what the Bible had to offer on the subject.  It is a wonderful was to check out God’s Truth and keep us from a lot of painful paths into no where.  

Yours in HIS great love & wonderful grace and mercy,  Ken<>< www.Trinity-Aloha.org

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“God loves with a great love the man whose heart is bursting with a passion for the IMPOSSIBLE.” – William Booth.
“What are Christians put into the world for except to do the impossible in the strength of God.” – General S. C. Armstrong
“Let me burn out for God. After all, whatever God may appoint, prayer is the great thing. Oh, that I may be a man of prayer!” – Henry Martyn
“Apostolic preaching is not marked by its beautiful diction, or literary polish, or Cleverness of expression, but Operates “in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.” – Arthur Wallis
“No man is ever fully accepted until he has, first of all, been utterly rejected.” – Author unknown
“The only saving faith is that which casts itself on God for life or death.” – Martin Luther

Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;    The Biden administration is killing a pipeline from which the public could benefit, Biden is promoting a pipeline to enrich both one of the world’s worst dictatorships and a group responsible for thousands of U.S. deaths.    The world’s debt-to-GDP ratio rose to 356% in 2020, a new report from the Institute of International Finance finds, up 35 percentage points from where it stood in 2019, as countries saw their economies shrink and issued an ocean of debt to stay afloat.    Amid tensions with Iran and the ongoing volatility of the Middle East, Israel and the US are developing the Arrow 4 upgraded generation of anti-ballistic missiles that are central to Israel’s defense system, the Times of Israel reports. The Arrow 4 generation is expected to replace the Arrow 2 ballistic missiles in the next 10 years.    The Health Ministry on Thursday launched the long-awaited “Green Pass” certificate which will enable those vaccinated or recovered from the coronavirus to take part in various activities. At the same time, the ministry warned of serious legal penalties for those who falsify the passes.     US President Joe Biden is sending a new immigration bill to Congress that, among other key measures, would offer some 11 million to 22 million illegal immigrants in the country an opportunity to earn American citizenship.     The US Labor Department announced Thursday that the number of first-time jobless claims increased to 861,000 for the week ending Feb 13, around 13,000 more than the prior week, Just the News reports. The number of claims for last week reflects the global economy that continues to struggle under the impact of COVID-19.
Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill last month seeking to ban former President Donald Trump from having federally funded statues, monuments, street names, or even park benches named after him or dedicated to commemorating his presidency. The legislation, dubbed “No Glory for Hate” would also bar Trump from being buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Michigan Removes 177,000 Voters From Voter Rolls After Legal Challenge – Biden Won by 154,000

PATH OF TRUTH

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PATH OF TRUTH        “WORTH CONSIDERING”       2/18/21     From Ken Smith<><

Today’s Scripture
The start of a quarrel is like a leak in a dam, so stop it before it bursts.  (Proverbs 17:14, MSG)
    
Stop the Leak
One of the biggest challenges we all face is getting along with other people. We have different personalities, different temperaments, and come from different backgrounds. When somebody doesn’t agree with us, or they’re doing what we don’t like, it’s easy to quarrel with them, try to straighten them out, and prove our point. Before long we’re at odds, mad at each other, and offended. You can feel the tension and stress. What’s happened? We’ve allowed strife in. When we let our guard down and say things that are disrespectful, hurtful, and demeaning, we damage our relationship and open the door to strife. That’s why the Scripture says, Give no place to the enemy. Strife can’t just come in whenever it wants; you have to open the door. To never have an argument or say a wrong word is not reality, but when we allow strife to become common we’re constantly arguing, saying hurtful things, being disrespectful, we’re headed down the wrong path. Stop strife before it bursts and tears relationships apart.
    
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for the promise of blessedness when I take the high road and am a peacemaker in relationships. Give me wisdom to know when to keep my mouth closed and overlook something that bothers me. I recognize the destructive power of strife and give no place for it. In Jesus Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts,
In Hawaii, when there is gossip and slander going by someone it is called “Talking Stink” and the term fits very well.   And by and large the church thinks nothing about destroying another person with unfounded gossip.  Even in the past election with all the dust in the air, no one really knew what was the truth unless by divine revelation.  Not me for sure, I am sitting on a little grain of sand 2,000 miles from any big land mass in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. trying to use a computer on the internet trying to effectively decide the course of my vote for this nation in a state where the vote is never a conservative vote.  But folks sure get steamed about it, they sure do.  And mostly about issues that really no one has any empirical knowledge about.

So to get an overview on all this there are some thoughts to consider:

1    Am I defending my little ego and pride or is this conflict to help someone really find Jesus as LORD?    (If we sow to the flesh we will of the flesh receive corruption. )

2,    Am I truly standing in God’s complete forgiveness as I have forgiven everyone else?  This is a thought that we tend to ignore.  Pride tells us that we have the right to walk in unforgiveness towards others when we really want and need HIS total forgiveness.  We are taught that it can not happen.  God will not forgive unless we totally forgive as well.
3.    We often feel that we are so right that someone who objects to our position must be stupid and out to lunch.  Pride goes to war, Humility listens.  Only as we know a subject from the Bible in Context with all 66 books can we have “REAL” faith about any thing.
    Or if we actually see it and handle it as John records, Empirical, First Hand knowledge or otherwise we are just parroting something that seamed right to us at the time.  Some times we tell stories and even talk stink when we really don’t know if they are true or not.  And the more we tell it, the more we believe it.  I have had the Holy Spirit ask me, in the middle of a story, if I really knew whether it was true or not, empirically, first hand.  And come to realize that truly, it was just fiction that made me look good to others;  That fed my Pride.  

4.    When we stand before Jesus and give a true accounting of our lives on the things and sins that we have truly and totally repented of will be hidden under the blood.  The other stupid stuff of pride and rebellion and being self centered rather than Jesus centered will come up to the top and be critical to the outcome of our judgment.  What we did with our abilities and talents will be judged.

Of course if you make it to the 1st seat of Judgment your are IN.   If you end up at the 2nd seat of Judgment your name will not written in the “Book of Life” and you are OUT.  Waiting to later to consider all of this in not very wise and you don’t know the date of your graduation.  And you don’t know what will be the condition of your mind to even make decisions at a later date.  We are given one life time to decide to love light and go for it or to become involved with the world and allow ourselves to become a part of it.  John put it this way: “    Do not love or cherish the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.  16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh [craving for sensual gratification] and the lust of the eyes [greedy longings of the mind] and the pride of life [assurance in one’s own resources or in the stability of earthly things]—these do not come from the Father but are from the world [itself].  17 And the world passes away and disappears, and with it the forbidden cravings (the passionate desires, the lust) of it; but he who does the will of God and carries out His purposes in his life abides (remains) forever.”  1 John 2:14-16.

Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy, Ken<><   www.trinity-aloha.org
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Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;    Thousands of U.S. soldiers and sailors are refusing to receive the COVID-19 vaccination and at this point there’s not much more frustrated military commanders can do about it.   Nearly all of South Carolina’s Democrat lawmakers walked out of the state House chamber in protest Wednesday before a vote on a bill that would ban most abortions in the state once the baby’s heartbeat is detected. Republicans voted to pass the measure and it will head soon to Republican Gov. Henry McMaster for his signature.   The central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh registered 23 cases against Christians and Muslims in the first 23 days of the country’s newest and most severe anti-conversion law, International Christian Concern reports. The government of Madhya Pradesh is dominated by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, the current ruling party in India.

Washington Riot:
https://worthy.watch/the-false-and-exaggerated-claims-still-being-spread-about-the-capitol-riot