ALOHA SAINTS, FAMILY & FRIENDS,  Beloved of God and me,    John 3:16

APPROVAL OF GOD,    “WORTH CONSIDERING”   10/23/20    By Ken Smith

Today’s Scripture      (Across my desk this morning from a Church in Texas.)
“Your approval means nothing to me.”  (John 5:41, NLT)
   
Don’t Rely on People’s Approval
It’s great when people cheer us on and make us feel valuable. We love when a friend compliments us or a coworker helps us on a project. God uses people to help move us toward our destiny. But you can’t become so dependent on people that you’re trying to get your worth and value from them. It’s easy to rely on them to keep you feeling good about yourself and make you feel approved. But if they don’t give you their approval and meet your expectations, you’ll feel discouraged and inferior, and you’ll work overtime to try to win their approval. The problem is, you’re trying to get from people what only God can give. Your value, your self-worth doesn’t come from another person—it comes from your Creator.  Jesus knew better than to rely on people. What they do or don’t do doesn’t determine your worth and cannot stop your purpose. Quit depending on others’ approval and start approving yourself.
   
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for the people You’ve placed in my life to help me move to my destiny. Help me, though, not to become dependent upon their approval or try to get my value from them. I declare that I have Your approval and love, and that’s all I need. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
   
Ken’s Comments:
This portion of scripture is very interesting in context.  “ And you have not His word (His thought) living in your hearts, because you do not believe and adhere to and trust in and rely on Him Whom He has sent. [That is why you do not keep His message living in you, because you do not believe in the Messenger Whom He has sent.]  39 You search and investigate and pore over the Scriptures diligently, because you suppose and trust that you have eternal life through them. And these [very Scriptures] testify about Me!  40 And still you are not willing [but refuse] to come to Me, so that you might have life.  41 I receive not glory from men [I crave no human honor, I look for no mortal fame],  42 But I know you and recognize and understand that you have not the love of God in you.  43 I have come in My Father’s name and with His power, and you do not receive Me [your hearts are not open to Me, you give Me no welcome]; but if another comes in his own name and his own power and with no other authority but himself, you will receive him and give him your approval.  44 How is it possible for you to believe [how can you learn to believe], you who [are content to seek and] receive praise and honor and glory from one another, and yet do not seek the praise and honor and glory which come from Him Who alone is God?  45 Put out of your minds the thought and do not suppose [as some of you are supposing] that I will accuse you before the Father. There is one who accuses you—it is Moses, the very one on whom you have built your hopes [in whom you trust].  46 For if you believed and relied on Moses, you would believe and rely on Me, for he wrote about Me [personally].  47 But if you do not believe and trust his writings, how then will you believe and trust My teachings? [How shall you cleave to and rely on My words?]” 1 John 5:38-47.   Jesus was referring to a prophesy in Deut. 18:15-19, “15 The Lord your God will raise up for you [a]a prophet (Prophet) from the midst of your brethren like me [Moses]; to him you shall listen.  16 This is what you desired [and asked] of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.  17 And the Lord said to me, They have well said all that they have spoken.  18 I will raise up for them a prophet (Prophet) from among their brethren like you, and will put My words in his mouth; and he shall speak to them all that I command him.  19 And whoever will not hearken to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him.”    Jesus completely fulfills this prophesy and most everyone that I know has at least read the Gospels of Mathews, Mark, Luke and John.  So before our Eternally Creator we are going to stand in eternity and be responsible for our humility and obedience to the words (commandments) of Jesus that HE shared with us.

Before I became a Christian in 1955 in my mind, I had created my own religion.  I thought, I am not really a HOLY MAN and don’t think I would be comfortable living around one.   And I am not at all like Adolph Hitler or Charles Manson or those kind.  So must be there will be a migration of souls to those of like minded.  So I was not concerned about death as I would be OK…  Of course I had no empirical evidence to support that fantasy.  Seems we all tend to make up some kind of a fiction of where we are OK as we are for our trip into eternity.  And we bet our eternal soul on that fiction.  We watched a film the other night “Heaven Is Real” about a little boy that went there and came back, Very Powerful Story.  Our New Testament is a witness of Jesus making that trip into eternity and coming back with hundreds of witnesses to tell us about it.  When we are young we are much too busy, most of the time,  to think about it.  But at my age, I am very interested.  And you know, my 88 years on life has been a flash.  It was only yesterday that I was on the ridge of the chicken house roof with a tea towel tied around my neck hollering SHAZAM to take a leap of faith into being Captain Marvel and flying around the farm.  But older minds talked me out of it.  And there has been plenty of time to find out about Jesus and Repentance and Redemption for which I am most grateful.

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace & Mercy,   Ken<><   www.trinity-aloha.org
       
Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;    The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the full Senate Thursday despite a boycott from all 10 Democratic members of the committee.     A new report has shown that the proportion of Jews living in Europe is at its lowest level in 900 years, Israel National News reports. The report was published Thursday by the European Jewish Demography Unit at the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR).    Defense Minister Benny Gantz met U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper at the Pentagon on Thursday where they signed a joint declaration confirming Washington’s strategic commitment to maintaining Israel’s qualitative military edge in the Middle East

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ALOHA SAINTS, FAMILY & FRIENDS,  Beloved of God and me,   John 3:16

VICTORY, GOD’S WAY  “WORTH CONSIDERING” 10/21/20,    From Ken Smith

Today’s Scripture          (Over my desk this morning from a church in Texas.)
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.   (Romans 12:21, NIV)
   
Walk Away
When David was a teenager, his oldest brother, Eliab, spoke to him in the most condescending, disrespectful, and accusatory way in front of others (see 1 Samuel 17:28). Rest assured that David felt like telling his brother off, but he kept his mouth closed, turned and walked away. Seeing such self-discipline, it’s no wonder God entrusted David to do great things.

You know that if you argue long enough with someone, you’re going to say things you regret later. A ten-minute argument can set the relationship back ten years. You have to learn to walk away. You’re not going to accomplish anything positive in a heated, disrespectful, contentious situation. Let them have the last word, and you keep your peace. The Scripture says that you “overcome evil with good.” You don’t overcome disrespect with more disrespect, or overcome insult with insult, or overcome shouting with more shouting. You do it by staying respectful. You be the first to walk away.
   
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that in every way possible Jesus overcame evil by doing good. Thank You for giving me the grace to overcome evil by doing good as well. Help me to stay respectful in all of my conversations and every situation and walk away when necessary. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
   
Ken’s Comments,
In my life time we are coming into one of the most important elections that I have ever seen.  My overview is that it is a decision between securing our Constitutional Republic or a big step into socialism.  But it has become a personality cat fight of name calling and lies.  Trump has the philosophy of “If they hit you, hit them back harder.”  And it makes him look like a bully and it could easily move the nation into the web of socialism.  Not saying that he and Biden will ever be friends or on the same page.  But being friends with the American People is a must.  Who wants a bully for president?   I know folks (Christian Folks) who hate, yes deeply hate, Trump with an uncontrollable anger.  Because he has taken on the personality of a bully.  Frankly, I don’t think it is real or works very well due to the sowing and reaping law of the universe of our Creator.  Jesus taught us that the best way, if possible, to get rid of our enemies was to make friends of them.

One time in ministry with hippies I had a really great opportunity to test this out.  There was as big very strong stone mason, called Harvey that fell madly in love with a beautiful blond girl in my ministry.  Harvey rode a really big Harley with short handle bars, I think a 1,200 cc and better than a thousand pounds.  He started stalking the girl and her mother came to me that her daughter was really frightened of Harvey and wanted nothing to do with him.   So I was up to bat and went and talked to Harvey, in love, logically, my best in the Lord.  When done, Harvey looked at me like a big tank on the battle field and told me that he was going to kill me.  And I had not doubt of his intent.  But each time we would meet he would tell me I was dead meat and I will tell him that me and Jesus loved him and try to take time to talk with him about his work and such.  After about a year, no more issue about the girl and we became good friends.  Seemed he needed the love more than he wanted the hate and love won in the end.  Now I have fond memories of Harvey and nearly 45 years later I am still here due to God’s Love.  Harvey once borrowed my canoe one moonlit night and paddled in the open ocean from Kailua to Captain Cook.  His bike would fall over in gravel and need 3 men to get it back up.  If he broke a finger doing stone work and it grew back together wrong he would hit it with his other fist and break it again and tape some sticks to it until it was right. Harvey was something out of a horror movie but he became my friend.  So I know by experience that Jesus is sharing the truth with us about loving our enemies and doing good to them and thus bringing them under the convection of the Holy Spirit.  I don’t know if Harvey ever made Jesus Lord or not, but I would guess that he did,  as God had a lot of love for that guy for sure.

Jesus mentioned that a man’s enemies would also be of his own house.  That is the most difficult kind of a situation.  As every day you have to give the battle to the lord and only bring love to the table even when you know how wrong that they are.  To have the faith to simple Trust Jesus with them and to not get into it with them about the stuff of this world or the next.  God has called us to a life of peace and to be peace makers and to simple be obedient to HIM and to walk away.  But to never loose that understanding that God also loves them the same way that HE love us all.  And that we are to also love them and pray for them that in faith they will come to HIS light and also find HIS Love and Peace even in the midst of the darkness of the enemy camp.  Jesus came to save souls from eternal darkness and separation from God.  This is also our prime directive with what ever gifts that we have from HIM as well.  The world is full of the poor and the lost.  We are to put on Christ and be here for HIM in our little world of influence to love others.  If this is not your prime directive you might want to check out your eternal relationship with your Creator.

Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy, Ken<>< www.trinity-aloha.org

Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;    Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the Senate will vote Monday to confirm Trump Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett to the high court.  (Very important, please pray about this.)     Six Republican Senators have proposed a constitutional amendment to prevent Democrats from “packing” the Supreme Court, the Hill reported Monday.    Environmental groups have reacted furiously to reports that the Japanese government is set to approve plans to dump more than 1 million tons of highly radioactive water stored at the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, with their concerns shared by the governments of neighboring countries and people living in northeastern Japan.   China is preparing for a possible military invasion of Taiwan, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported Sunday. The Chinese government considers Taiwan to be a break-away part of China and is determined to bring it under Beijing’s control.  (If Biden wins will probably happen.  Without U.S. protection a done deal.  Taiwan is still old Nationalist China and was never captured by the CCP.)  Should be Taiwan wanting Mainland China back.

ALOHA SAINTS, FAMILY & FRIENDS,  Beloved of God and me,   John 3:16
 
POWER & YOUR WORDS,     “WORTH CONSIDERING” 10/19/20,   www.trinity-aloha.org

Today’s Scripture       (Across my desk this morning from a church in Texas.)
The tongue has the power of life and death.  (Proverbs 18:21, NIV)
    
Speak to Your Mountain
Words have creative power. They can be very helpful like electricity. Used the right way, electricity powers all kinds of good things. But electricity used the wrong way can harm or even kill you. It’s the same way with our words. Whether we speak positive or negative words, we will reap what we sow. If you’re always speaking words of defeat and failure, you’re going to live in a pretty miserable world. Use your words to change your negative situations and fill them with life.
The Scripture clearly tells us to speak to our mountains. Maybe your mountain is a sickness,  a college debt, or a floundering business. Whatever your mountain is, speak to that obstacle. The Scripture says, “Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’” Start calling yourself healed, happy, whole, blessed, and prosperous. God is a miracle-working God. Stop talking to God about how big your mountains are and start talking to your mountains about how big your God is!
    
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for the creative power that You give my words to change my life. Help me to give my faith a voice by speaking words of life and blessing over myself and my future daily. I declare that You are greater than any mountain I face. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
    
Ken’s Comments,
WELL WORTH CONSIDERING….   As I get older I tend to try to be honest to friends and family as to how I am feeling.   As everyone asks, whether they are interested or not.  As I was leaving a big church service one Sunday the minister, on the way out, with the gentle hand tug to keep me moving… ask me, in a very religious and acceptable way, “How are you really doing today.”   So I let go of his hand and went over and got a fold chair and set it down next to him and began to sit down.  He looked at me rather shocked, and said, “What are you doing?”   And I simply replied, “Well, might take some time?”  And then he realized what he had said and started laughing…..  Like a deer caught in the head lights….   But seriously if we are fighting a physical battle of some kind we need to be quoting what God says as the Truth like Isa.53:5-6 and not those next door.

5 “But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.  6 All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has made to light upon Him the guilt and iniquity of us all.”  Might just enjoy the following link if in a physical battle with the enemy:  https://trinity-aloha.org/keys-to-the-kingdom/power-for-healing/    Scriptures taken from Dodie Osteen’s book, “Healed of Cancer.”  Where she quoted these scriptures and was healed of cancer.
For a copy of her book:   Lakewood Church, P.O. Box 23297, Houston, TX 77228

Our conscious mind, 1/7 is the gateway to our sub conscious mind, 6/7.  And we train our heart mind to agree to what our head mind keeps sending.  So junk in, junk out.  Sowing and Reaping always go hand in hand.  And it is only Heart Faith that secures anything in the Kingdom of God.  Whether it be salvation, new life in Christ, empowering of the Holy Spirit and Spiritual Growth it is all experienced by heart faith.  Read Hebrews 11.   And so what we say about ourselves and others has a great influence in what we will experience and accomplish in life.  And if negative like the Tower of Babel or positive like Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration our faith is for good or bad works in the same way or another.    In fact FEAR is FAITH going backwards.  And the Word of God teaches that God has not given us the spirit of fear but of Love, Power and a Sound Mind.  So actually God really loves us and is for us 100% but HE has to honor our free will. We control the door, Rev.3:20.   Where Jesus is standing outside of HIS own church asking to come in.
 
Things that are holding back from healing us are our lack of love for each other, 1 John 4:13-21.  Our lack of unity in God’s Truth, John 17  Vain church traditions, Mark 7:7.  Paul even wrote about it: 2 Tim.3:1-5.  And James has a few words of advice on healing for us: James 5:12-18
But above all [things], my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath; but let your yes be [a simple] yes, and your no be [a simple] no, so that you may not sin and fall under condemnation.  13 Is anyone among you afflicted (ill-treated, suffering evil)? He should pray. Is anyone glad at heart? He should sing praise [to God].  14 Is anyone among you sick? He should call in the church elders (the spiritual guides). And they should pray over him, anointing him with oil in the Lord’s name.  15 And the prayer [that is] of faith will save him who is sick, and the Lord will restore him; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.  16 Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]. The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].  17 Elijah was a human being with a nature such as we have [with feelings, affections, and a constitution like ours]; and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, and no rain fell on the earth for three years and six months. 18 And [then] he prayed again and the heavens supplied rain and the land produced its crops [as usual].  (1 Cor.11:29-31 would also be good to consider.)

Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;    President Donald Trump has said he would be willing to sign a national reciprocity act that allowed gun owners who are certified to carry in one state to legally cross state lines with their weapon, NRA America’s 1st Freedom (NRA A1F) reported exclusively Tuesday. The President made his remarks in a recent Oval Office interview with NRA A1F Editor in Chief Frank Miniter.  The federal government’s deficit for fiscal 2020 was $3.1 trillion, the highest deficit on record, the Treasury reported Friday.   Twitter and Facebook employees donate over 90% to Democrats.    The Biden campaign is facing renewed criticism over its deep connections with Big Tech after both Twitter and Facebook censored a story from The New York Post detailing allegedly corrupt business deals by Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden.    Oxford University scientists announced Thursday that they have developed a test that can detect COVID-19 in less than five minutes, the Daily Caller reports. According to the university, the test is highly accurate and is able to differentiate the COVID-19 virus from “negative clinical samples” and “common respiratory pathogens.”

ALOHA SAINTS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS, Beloved of God and me,   John 3:16

SEEDS ARE SMALL,    “WORTH CONSIDERING”   10/15/20    From Ken Smith

Today’s Scripture                      (Across my desk this morning from a church in Texas.)
“Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin.”
(Zechariah 4:10, NLT)
   
Do Not Despise Small Beginnings
When David went out to face Goliath, all he had was a slingshot and five smooth stones. It looked insignificant, ordinary, and certainly nothing special. But God breathed on him, and he defeated Goliath and became the king of Israel. All Moses had was an ordinary stick, something he found on the ground, yet when he picked up that rod and held it in the air, the Red Sea supernaturally parted. Samson was surrounded by a huge army. All he had was the jawbone of a donkey. But he picked up that jawbone, God breathed on him, and he defeated a thousand men.
Don’t despise the day of small beginnings. Don’t look at what you have and say, “I can’t do anything great. I don’t have a lot of talent.” If you’ll use what God has given you, He will multiply it. He will not only bring your dreams to pass, but He will do more than you can ask or think.
   
A Prayer For Today
“Father, thank You that You rejoice to see me use what You have given me, and You will bring the increase as I trust in You. Thank You that a slingshot and five stones are enough to bring down a giant. I believe that nothing can keep me from my destiny. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Comments:
I was writing to some one the other day and suggesting that they start small as Jesus did and got into a world of words about my unbelief.  And I tried to explain the concept of building a small but hot fire and then taking the hot coals like Stephen and getting them close to Saul of Tarsus who became Apostle Paul and wrote nearly ½ of our New Testament.  So we are now in a big rain storm.  Many are cold and wet and dying.  We need to get a fire going.  We have a lot of living rooms that are empty and family that we know are virus free.  Why not gather a bit of kindling together and start a spiritual fire in your home.  Little is much when God is in it.  Sure you get a lot of smoke when you start to built a fire but after it gets hot not much smoke and as it gets hot the bigger and wetter logs can be put in the fire and dry out and catch on fire and make lots of heat.  We have put a new web site up called: www.OhanaChurch.Life and we will be adding things to the file that will help a Biblical New Testament House Church to get started.

Jesus taught us that where 2 or 3 gathered together in HIS name that HE would be there.  So if you set a family time out for getting together each week, Jesus has promised to attend.  Not one single word in the New Testament about building anything.  No funds collected for a building.  They used what was available as a place to gather each week and larger spaces as needed for a big gather but gifts went to help the poor and to evangelize.  A priest, friend of mine, was lamenting one day and privately told me that his congregation was, “A collection of God’s chosen frozen dedicated to the preservation of the stuff.”  I won’t give you the denomination as the Lord has be cautioning me not to talk stink about those who are wrapped up in vain traditions.  But we desperately need a New Testament Revival like in Acts 5:16 where everyone who came was fixed as needed by the Holy Spirit.   An old church denomination that goes way back had a saying, “In Essential, Unity, in all else LOVE.”  So lets be about digging out the essentials of our New Testament and find that Loving Unity so we can all speak and teach God’s TRUTH in Love.  It is in believing and obeying His truth that we are set free.   We can use the internet as a place to place God’s Truth so it is there 24/7 for anyone who is interested.  One good brother thought I was ½ a bubble off the other day and told me so.  That was great.  Get the ego’s out of the way and in love search together for God’ Truth that sets us free.  Think about it,  what is to be gained by believing lies and sitting in darkness?

In John 17 Jesus prayed the whole chapter about the kind of Unity in Loving Truth that He wanted us to enjoy in our new freedom from the lies of sin.  He taught us what to do and we have four eye witness accounts saying it mostly in 4 different ways so we would not get confused.  So let’s work together on publishing what HE said that was important so we can find and walk in real Godly Freedom as a Holy People of God.

Trinity Fellowship Int.   www.Trinity-Aloha.org   Homepage of the ministry.  lots o links.
www.OhanaChurch.Life   For building a help file for New Testament House Churches.
www.CCCInt.org   For the liturgical folks who like that form of gathering.  (Read Carefully prior to making a judgment call.   You can not judge the book by the cover, remember? 
So lets work together to make this work a beginning of useful information for faith and practice.

 Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;  Experts report that US citizens are leaving cities and moving to suburbs, CBN News reports. A previous trend for migration into American cities is reportedly reversing itself, experts say.  A majority of likely American voters believe the United States should not undergo another COVID-19 lockdown, according to a new Just the News Daily Poll with Scott Rasmussen.   Protesters overturned statues of former Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln in Portland, Ore., ahead of Monday’s federal Columbus Day holiday.  A clear majority of Israelis favor the re-election of US President Donald Trump come November’s presidential elections, a new poll showed Monday night.           
Karl  Marx, Socialist, actively rebelled against the divine. He wrote, “I long to take vengeance on the One Who rules from above. The idea of God is the keynote of a perverted civilization. It must be destroyed.”    (Have you noticed that flavor in the air from 1950 and getting stronger?)

ALOHA SAINTS, FAMILY & FRIENDS,  Beloved of God and me,  John 3:14-18

FAITH & TROUBLE,      “WORTH   CONSIDERING”    10/12/20     From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture    (Across my desk this morning from a church in Texas.)
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.”  (John 14:1, NKJV)
   
Negative Chatter
With social media, so many people can hide behind being anonymous and say hurtful, critical things to try to make you feel small, unattractive, and not good enough. At times it may seem as though there’s a campaign against someone, but it’s usually just a handful of bullies, haters, and envious people. You can’t stop that from coming, but you can ignore it. Let it bounce right off you.   The trick of the enemy is to try to deceive you into thinking about it all the time, and then it contaminates your life. Don’t let the poison in. Don’t even bother to read it when it gets negative. Don’t call a friend and ask them what someone might be saying about you. Don’t let your heart be troubled; let God take care of it. You don’t have to defend yourself. God is your vindicator. Just run your race. Stay focused on moving forward, and He will take care of the rest.
   
A Prayer For Today
“Father, thank You that You are my vindicator, and  You will protect my reputation as I keep on honoring You. Help me to let any negative chatter bounce off me and not read it or listen to it. I believe that You will handle it Your way. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
   
Ken’s Comments:
Trouble is every where on planet earth like our new CCP virus.   Unseen and like glue trouble is everywhere.  Jesus even noted that HIS words would be adding to the problem.  In Matt.10:32 HE said this, “Therefore, everyone who acknowledges Me before men and confesses Me [[k] out of a state of oneness with Me], I will also acknowledge him before My Father Who is in heaven and [l] confess [that I am abiding in] him.  But whoever denies and disowns Me before men, I also will deny and disown him before My Father Who is in heaven.  34 Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.  35 For I have come to part asunder a man from his father, and a daughter from her mother, and a [m] newly married wife from her mother-in-law—  36 And a man’s foes will be they of his own household.  37 He who loves [and [n] takes more pleasure in] father or mother more than [in] Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves [and takes more pleasure in] son or daughter more than [in] Me is not worthy of Me;  38 And he who does not take up his cross and follow Me [[o] cleave steadfastly to Me, conforming wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying also] is not worthy of Me.  39 Whoever finds his [[p] lower] life will lose it [ the higher life ], and whoever loses his [lower] life on My account will find it [the higher life].  40 He who receives and welcomes and accepts you receives and welcomes and accepts Me, and he who receives and welcomes and accepts Me receives and welcomes and accepts Him Who sent Me.  41 He who receives and welcomes and accepts a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward, and he who receives and welcomes and accepts a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.”  And this is so very true if we truly acknowledge HIM, there is going to be trouble.  

Sunday, yesterday at the Farmers Market the first stand that I came to was selling plants.  I was looking for some lace leaf bamboo.  So I ask the lady and she seemed knowledgeable but did not have any.  So I pulled out one of my tracts and wrote my name and phone number on it and ask her to call me if she found it again.  She froze, and said, “You are not voting for Trump are you.  I told here I really don’t think the election is about Trump but about the type of government.  We are either voting for a Constitutional Govt. or a Socialist kind of Govt.  She went into a rage.  I had to walk away…  Obviously she had drunk the Koolaid.  Then for the rest of my walk through the Mkt. I was a little more hesitant in pulling out my tracts.  It was a New age War Zone that I was not really prepped for.  I have only had 3 people turn down my “LIGHT” tract over many years now and one was yesterday, that is out of 3,000 tracts that I have had printed for about  .10 cents each with only scriptures on light.

And where ever we go where Jesus is the core expression of our life, we are going to be in trouble with the world.  But with Jesus I get to spend eternity with my Creator and have peace.  But with the world, only trouble and eternal darkness now and  forever.  Did come home with some really big mangoes and nice papayas…   But please do a word study on World with Bible Gateway.   James puts it this way: “ [Or] you do ask [God for them] and yet fail to receive, because you ask with wrong purpose and evil, selfish motives. Your intention is [when you get what you desire] to spend it in sensual pleasures.  4 You [are like] unfaithful wives [having illicit love affairs with the world and breaking your marriage vow to God]! Do you not know that being the world’s friend is being God’s enemy?   So whoever chooses to be a friend of the world takes his stand as an enemy of God.  5 Or do you suppose that the Scripture is speaking to no purpose that says, The Spirit Whom He has caused to dwell in us yearns over us and He yearns for the Spirit [to be welcome] with a jealous love?  James 4:3-5   And Apostle Peter puts it this way: “Once you were not a people [at all], but now you are God’s people; once you were unpitied, but now you are pitied and have received mercy.  11 Beloved, I implore you as aliens and strangers and exiles [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges (the evil desires, the passions of the flesh, your lower nature) that wage war against the soul.  12 Conduct yourselves properly (honorably, righteously) among the Gentiles, so that, although they may slander you as evildoers, [yet] they may by witnessing your good deeds [come to] glorify God in the day of inspection [ [a] when God shall look upon you wanderers as a pastor or shepherd looks over his flock].

   
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