SUFFERING

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

SUFFERING,      “WORTH CONSIDERING”     8/12/20       From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture          (Across my desk this morning from Texas.  Has issues, can you find them?)
“…Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity…”   (1 Corinthians 13:12, NLT)

We See Imperfectly
We all go through painful times when we’re hurting, lonely, undergoing medical treatment, and on the surface, the pieces of our life don’t make sense. We think they can’t be a part of God’s plan. Pain is a part of life, and it often feels like a dark place. It’s easy to get discouraged and think, God, why did this happen? You have to trust that even then, God doesn’t make any mistakes. He’s already designed your life and laid out every piece down to the smallest detail. He never said we would understand everything along the way. God didn’t promise that there wouldn’t be any pain, suffering, or disappointment. But He did promise that it would all work out for our good. That piece that’s painful, that doesn’t look as though it makes sense—when everything comes together, it’s going to fit perfectly in place. You just can’t see it now because the other pieces are not in place.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that there is a purpose for whatever pain comes my way and that You only allow what I can handle and what is for my good. Thank You that though I may not understand it now, the day is coming when I will see it clearly and understand. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Comments,
Almost did not send the above along today as it is typical religious excuses for the pain of this world and sort of lays it all on GOD.  Actually none of the pain in this world comes from GOD.  It is the results of our misuse of our own FreeWill.  Simply God gave the world to Adam and Adam gave it to lucifer and at this point in time lucifer is the god of this world that now works through the children of disobedience.  In other words this world is a mess because we have made it this way.  We have allowed atheistic socialism to gain control of our children for the past 70 years and now we have children who are shooting each other for sport with no conscience at all.  Where the pure Truth of God goes there is loving peace and prosperity.  Where hate and fear goes, there is poverty and murder.  THERE IS AN IMMUTABLE COSMIC LAW OF GOD IN EFFECT.   WHAT WE SOW IS WHAT WE REAP.    And there is no exception.  If we are having difficulties in this world it is because of sin somewhere in the family or in us or from Adam on down.  The little Book of James has a good handle on this.  Especially James 4.  “ From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?  2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.  3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.  4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity (war) with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.  5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?  6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.  7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.  8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.  9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.  10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.       And James 1:13-22 “ Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God” [for temptation does not originate from God, but from our own flaws]; for God cannot be tempted by [what is] evil, and He Himself tempts no one. 14 But each one is tempted when he is dragged away, enticed and baited [to commit sin] by his own [worldly] desire (lust, passion). 15 Then when the illicit desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin has run its course, it gives birth to death. 16 Do not be misled, my beloved brothers and sisters. 17 Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of lights [the Creator and Sustainer of the heavens], in whom there is no variation [no rising or setting] or shadow [d] cast by His turning [for He is perfect and never changes]. 18 It was of His own will that He gave us birth [as His children] by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits of His creatures [a prime example of what He created to be set apart to Himself, sanctified, made holy for His divine purposes].  19 Understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters. Let everyone be quick to hear [be a careful, thoughtful listener], slow to speak [a speaker of carefully chosen words and], slow to anger [patient, reflective, forgiving]; 20 for the [resentful, deep-seated] anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God [that standard of behavior which He requires from us]. 21 So get rid of all uncleanness and [e] all that remains of wickedness, and with a humble spirit receive the word [of God] which is implanted [actually rooted in your heart], which is able to save your souls. 22 But prove yourselves doers of the word [actively and continually obeying God’s precepts], and not merely listeners [who hear the word but fail to internalize its meaning], deluding yourselves [by unsound reasoning contrary to the truth]   AND I THINK THAT JAMES SAYS IT WELL.  I PRAY YOU HAVE THE HUMILITY TO ABSORB THE ABOVE TRUTH AS FROM GOD TO LEARN TO BE BLESSED.  And weeds, planted in a day, can take years to get all pulled.  Before I became a Christian I planted some weeds,  took 17 years to get them pulled out.  Some so called Christians are still planting weeds and really don’t notice the difference.
   
Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy,   Ken<>< www.Trinity-Aloha.org

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FAITH & EXPECTANCY

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FAITH & EXPECTANCY,     “WORTH CONSIDERING”   8/11/20    From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture      (Over my desk this morning from a church in Texas.)
“…Your faith has healed you. Go in peace…”   (Luke 8:48, NIV)

Release Your Faith
Scripture says, “Without faith it is impossible to please God.” That means you can be obedient and yet have a sour attitude and not please God. You can give, help the poor, and volunteer, which are good things we should do, and not please God. If you’re not believing for things bigger than you can accomplish on your own, if you’re not expecting difficulties to turn around, if you’re not anticipating new levels, and thanking God that He’s opening doors you can’t open, thanking Him that He’s bringing promises to pass, then you’re not releasing your faith. You have to stir up what God put in your heart.   Maybe you’ve been praying, believing, expecting for a long time. Stay in faith; it’s going to happen sooner than it looks. Get ready because God is full of surprises. Many times He’ll do it suddenly, out of the ordinary, you didn’t see it coming. Expect His goodness, and you’ll please God.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You are on Your throne and You are bigger than anything I am facing. I know that You work in Your own perfect timing, so I thank You that it’s on the way. I’m looking for Your goodness and Your favor today. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Comments,
Expectancy is Faith in Action.  Jesus went to his home town but could not do much to help due to their lack of faith, they grew up with HIM.   And then Jesus said that the Roman Centurion who come to Jesus to heal his servant had the greatest faith in all of Israel.  The woman who touched the clothes of Jesus in expectancy was healed instantly.  Because we rarely see healings that are validated ,particularly in our so called churches, we really go to church sort of ho hum…  I have stood in lines for healing where this was the right thing to do but nothing was happening and certainly no expectancy.  Again Ho Hum…..

In the over ½ a century that I have been in ministry I have experienced both the traditional religious form of theater church being performed with little happening.  And I have enjoyed the times,  immensely, when the Holy Spirit was released in expectancy and in great joy went around fixing the needs of God’s people.  It is not that the promises of God are invalid or selective but that we don’t know how to come together in humility and loving faith and expectancy.  When there is faithful expectancy the people come early and stay late because they enjoy the presence and power of the Holy Spirit.    If the expectancy is arrive at 10:30 and be out for lunch by 12.  In an effort to keep a ticket to the pearly gates and pay your weekly dues, I am sorry, but that is not New Testament Church.  A New Testament Church has nothing to do with a building.  It is a gathering of like minded souls in humility and loving faith with expectancy for the Holy Spirit to come and minister to the needs according to the Riches in Christ Jesus.  In the Early Church it is clearly recorded in Acts 2:41-43 and gives us the same 7 prophetic steps of the Tabernacle of Moses in the wilderness as follows.  “41 So then, those who accepted his message were baptized; and on that day about [a]3,000 souls were added [to the body of believers]. 42 They were continually and faithfully devoting themselves to the instruction of the apostles, and to fellowship, to [b] eating meals together and to prayers.  43 A sense of awe was felt by [c] everyone, and many wonders and signs (attesting miracles) were taking place through the apostles.”  The King James records it this way:   “41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.  42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. 43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.”  

So we find seven informal steps here to help those 3,000 souls be attached and safely placed in a good basket to ripen properly.  It was not to become a liturgy.  Just as the Lord’s Prayer is how to pray and not a form of prayer.    If you would like to really know more about what the New Testament Church was like you might enjoy the following link:

 https://trinity-aloha.org/keys-to-the-kingdom/house-church/

So to have a Godly expectancy we must also know God’s Truth of what it is that HE really wants to do.   If I go to a gathering were I know what is going to happen, usually I am glad when it is over.  In a real New Testament Healthy Church you never know what is going to happen next.  I have gone to a fellowship on a Sat. evening which officially started at 7PM and hippies had been there from 5 PM waiting with expectancy.  Sometimes I did not get home till after 3 AM in the morning.  And there was never a dull moment.  It was like I was only there for a short time as the time was so filled with the Holy Spirit.   And it was not my “show” I was just a part of what happened and what the Holy Spirit wanted to do.  Sometimes when demons invaded the Holy Spirit would have me take some authority.  But frankly I just enjoyed being there and greatly miss it now as I look back in time at when there was much expectancy or faith..  A true New Testament Church looks like Jesus.  His disciples did not know what HE was up to, most of the time.  That is why HE is LORD.

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

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PRAYER, MEDITATION & WORRY

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

PRAYER, MEDITATION & WORRY   “WORTH CONSIDERING: 8/10/20

Today’s Scripture                   (Across my desk this morning from a church in Texas.)
“…My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises…”
(Psalm 119:148, NIV)

You Control the Doorway
Studies show that we talk to ourselves up to thirty thousand times a day. There is always something playing in our minds. The Scripture tells us to meditate on God’s promises. The word meditate means “to think about over and over.” We need to pay attention to what we’re meditating on.

Meditating is the same principle as worrying. When you worry, you’re just meditating on the wrong thing. You’re using your faith in reverse. If you go through the day worried about your finances, worried about your family, and worried about your future because you’re allowing the wrong thoughts to play, it’s going to cause you to be anxious, fearful, negative, and discouraged. The whole problem is what you’re choosing to meditate on. You control the doorway to your mind. When those negative thoughts come knocking, you don’t have to answer the door. You can say, “No, thanks. I’m going to choose to meditate on what God says about me.”

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for giving me Your promises to meditate upon. Thank You that Your Word instructs me to think on things that are true, right, wholesome, pure, and of good report. I declare that my trust is in You alone and not in anything else. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Comments,
Never been much into the official concept of prayer with hurting knees, hands folded and bowed head.   Not that it is not OK with God and some folks.  I have always been a little too active for that.  But what works for me is short intense prayers, out loud (when alone) in my bedroom, study or truck. Sometime get a ringing in my ears or a headache and a solid faithful prayer in rebuking the enemy gets rid of it.  Now learning about other aches and pains in my old body that need fixing. Stuff due to being almost 88.   And as things come to mind I am learning to quickly take it to an open prayer with heart faith.  We all need to learn to grow in faith.  And the growth is not a straight line it is more like 3 steps forward and 2 steps back. 

The thoughts of the world today are mostly Junk in, Junk out.  If I spend time in God’s Word learning about the spiritual world I tend to have more faith.   If I get wrapped up in the worlds stuff then I look more like the world.  Faith and Fear are the opposite of each other.  Much of what the world serves to us is fear based.  Lust is used to get our attention and then fear is used to get us to buy.  Actually fear is faith going backwards.  Some films suck us dry of faith and some films even help our faith.  When I was a kid the guy on the white horse or Billy who said Shazam won, The guy on the black horse always lost…  Now you have no idea who is the good guy until the end sometime.  It is like our elections.  Use to be we could vote for the Good Guy, Now we vote for the better of the two and some times get stuck due to the lies that are hidden so deep.  Like socialism is actually slavery but to hear the press it is the best thing going.  But like a bad habit, much easier to acquire than to get rid of.  So if you insist on filling your head space with fear that is what will grow in your garden.
The Word of God shares a lot about the “PRECIOUS PROMISES OF GOD” The Word Promise is used about 40 times in the Amplified Bible, Go to:

https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=PROMISES&version=AMP  

And have fun finding out what GOD has promised you.  Here are a few scriptures that I like: “I say to you that many [Gentiles] will come from east and west, and will sit down [to feast at the table, and enjoy God’s promises] with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven [because they accepted Me as Savior],” Matt 8:11,    “For by these He has bestowed on us His precious and magnificent promises [ of  inexpressible value ], so that by them you may escape from the immoral freedom that is in the world because of disreputable desire, and become sharers of the divine nature.  2 Peter 1:4.”     “If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just [true to His own nature and promises], and will forgive our sins and cleanse us continually from all unrighteousness [our wrongdoing, everything not in conformity with His will and purpose].  1 John 1:9.”    But we need to remember that God’s promises are contingent upon us finding and keeping HIS commandments.  Faith, Love, Humility and Obedience are par for the course in being qualified in securing HIS promises.  The way we have faith is to center it in our heart and allow for no contradictions. And we may have to go over a Truth many many times before our heart sets that truth in our heart library as a permanent thought.  Like some truths are taught over and over in the New Testament and then we will know how important the truth really is.  The Bible is a collection of writings and letters on how to find the Kingdom of God and be able to go there.  So if interested in living in God’s presence upon your graduation from Earth you should spend some time getting your directions in order.   The world has no clear maps at all.    In fact,  for most of the world there is no God, Heaven or Hell,  like they have been there and know for sure there is nothing there.

Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy,   Ken<>< www.Trinity-Aloha.org
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FAITH IS THE VICTORY

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ALOHA FAMILY & FRIENDS & SAINTS OF GOD    “WORTH CONSIDERING”  8/9/20

It is a lovely Sunday morning here in Kealia, HI it is a very sunny  76 degrees.    I was writing a note to one of my children and felt that what I wrote was not just for him but perhaps for you as well.  If you felt it was for you, let me know, it helps to know that what I send out goes somewhere and helps someone.

As I was having time with the LORD this morning,  HE clearly revealed to me the issue as to the Old Testament and New Testament differences.  And I don’t write this on my own at all.   He explained to me that in the O.T. HIS anointing could only be upon people who were tender and open to receive it for the people;  As the forgiveness for sins had not yet come but was a future promise.   Upon His resurrection, sins could then be completely forgiven and the Holy Spirit could then be in each person to guide them.   So the O.T. Prophets were no longer needed as a top down authority and the only contact to GOD.  God’s LOVE must now ultimately prevail and remove all fear.  And HIS Church today is the House of Israel and grafted in by faith,  Rom.11:1-36.     Heb, 8:20-12 was the scripture given:

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
After those days, says the Lord:
I will imprint My laws upon their minds [even upon their innermost thoughts and understanding],
And engrave them upon their hearts [effecting their regeneration].
And I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.
11 
“And it will not be [necessary] for each one to teach his fellow citizen,
Or each one his brother, saying, ‘Know [by experience, have knowledge of] the Lord,’
For all will know [Me by experience and have knowledge of] Me,
From the least to the greatest of them.
12 
“For I will be merciful and gracious toward their wickedness,
And I will remember their sins no more.”

So in our New Testament dispensation for the building of HIS Church it is basically our calling to find and attach the seekers of light to God through Christ Jesus and help them become disciples who can also hear the voice of the Holy Spirit for themselves and to reproduce in kind.  The apostles were saved in the Upper Room by Jesus in HIS resurrection and the Church was started and empowered at Pentecost by the Holy Spirit.  We are now in the last days for the completion of the Building of HIS Church as per the Holy Spirit’s direction and that is our prime directive.  All else is a diversion.  When the Church is completed it will look like Jesus and have the power that Jesus gave it in Matt. 28:18 and John 17:20-22 to do what HE did.  And then it gets to go HOME to be with GOD….

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

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VISION OF GOD

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

VISION OF GOD,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”   8/7/20,    From Ken<><
     
Today’s Scripture        (In my mail box this morning from a church in Texas.)
“…Jabez prayed to the God of Israel: “Bless me, O bless me! Give me land, large tracts of land. And provide your personal protection—don’t let evil hurt me.” God gave him what he asked…”   (1 Chronicles 4:10, MSG)

Blessed Indeed
The name Jabez means “pain, sorrow, suffering.” Every time someone said, “Hello, Jabez,” they were saying, “Hello, sorrow. Hello, pain.” They were prophesying defeat and failure. You can imagine how he could have let that make him feel inferior and insecure. But despite what people labeled him, he had the boldness to ask big, that God would bless him with abundance and protection. And God blessed him indeed.    Like Jabez, you may have reasons to settle where you are—what you didn’t get, what people said, the odds may be against you—but the good news is that God is for you. He can thrust you further than you ever imagined, but you have to pray bold prayers. Ask in spite of the circumstances. Ask in spite of what people are saying. Ask in spite of what the enemy keeps whispering in your ears. If you’re going to reach your highest potential, you have to learn this principle of asking big.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that when the odds are against me, You are for me. Thank You that nothing and no one is more powerful than You, and I can dare to pray bold prayers. I believe that You are going to bless me with abundance as You did Jabez. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Comments,
Sort of reminds me being in grade school where the kids use to tease me by calling me “Can Not” rather than Kenneth.  I was good looking for a kid.  In the first grade made friends with very pretty twins…. holding hands both sides.   Later in the day got beat up by both of their boy friends.  I am sure a lot of the teasing was my fault as I look back and it continued even through the army to College.  As an only child I never really learned how to get along with others my age.  And all of those concept of who I thought I was had to be trashed when I came to Jesus in 1955 at age 23.  And then the process of who I really could be in Christ Jesus started to take hold.  In fact even now each day is a new awareness of who I am because of what God thinks about me rather than anyone else.

You see, in my creation my Creator knew who I could become in HIM as HE has absolute and perfect foreknowledge.  Even upon conception HE knew exactly who I could become in HIM.  So for HIM it is a slam dunk of who I will become in HIM in the Kingdom and HE is excited in getting to have fellowship with the new real me upon completion my time.  Of course, for now,  I am locked in this temporary dimension of time and can only catch a glimpse of all this as I get a reflection of me in HIS face.  But when I spend time with HIM and see my reflection every once in a while and it really pumps me up.  I really appreciate the potentially new me that I see in HIS faith for me as I grow up in HIM.  So I then can get my eyes off of what I use to be or even where I am now and line up with where I will be in Christ Jesus if I finish the course that HE has laid out for me.  Like a kid going though God’s Spiritual Training School of time on how to productively use my free will.  We are either in His school and being trained and disciplined in love.  Or we are playing hooky and out enjoying a romp through the park.  Of course only the five wise virgins were admitted into the Holy City.  The five hooky playing dumb virgins asked to get in they were told, “I don’t know you, we never had a relationship.”  Matt.25:12..  Should read the whole chapter to get the whole picture.  But bottom line, Our Creator wants us to learn to love all souls as HE does and to help those who belong to HIM for sure.  We have been given the assignment to teach others as others have taught us from the pure teaching in the Holy Scriptures.  And this all begins when we start to see ourselves in the light of the potential of what God’s sees us.  HIS original vision was to make us into HIS Image and Likeness, if we were up for it.  He has given each of us a freewill.  He will never violate our freewill even in 1 Cor.14:32 we are taught that, “The spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.”  In other words, we can restrict the Holy Spirit from teaching or in prophesy if we want to.  If we become seduced by some demon to not share in the mystery of salvation and then we will miss out in the joy of reproduction.  Eph.4:14-15 shares about this: “  14 So that we are no longer children [spiritually immature], tossed back and forth [like ships on a stormy sea] and carried about by every wind of [shifting] doctrine, by the cunning and trickery of [unscrupulous] men, by the deceitful scheming of people ready to do anything [for personal profit]. 15 But speaking the truth in love [in all things—both our speech and our lives expressing His truth], let us grow up in all things into Him [following His example] who is the Head—Christ.”  As our Lord’s prime concern was in sharing HIS truth with the lost and healing and setting souls free.  Should this not be HIS primary concern and direction for our lives as well?  

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace and Mercy, Ken<>< www.Trinity.Aloha.org

There is but one apostolic and universal Church of Christ Jesus as LORD
All who trust in, rely upon and cling to HIM are members for eternity.


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HATE & VENDETTAS

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

HATE & VENDETTAS  “WORTH CONSIDERING”  8/6/20   From Ken<>< Kealia

Today’s Scripture      (Across my desk this morning from a church in Texas.)
“…Don’t seek vengeance. Don’t bear a grudge; but love your neighbor as yourself, for I am Jehovah…”  (Leviticus 19:18, TLB)

Have a “No Excuses” Mentality
In the Scripture, Joseph was betrayed and sold into slavery by his own brothers, then falsely accused and put in prison. He could have used excuse after excuse to be bitter and angry, but he had a “no excuses” mentality. He kept doing the right thing when the wrong thing was happening. And in the end, he came out vindicated, promoted, and in a place of influence and respect.    (This is an exceptionally good word to remember.   Ken<><)

People may have said things about you and done things to you that hurt and offended. Don’t waste your time looking back, nursing your wounds. Reliving what they did, thinking about what didn’t work out are distractions. Let it go and God will be your vindicator. Life is too short for you to waste another day in self-pity. It’s not always easy to get over it and move forward, but here’s the key: the pain of letting it go is less than the pain of holding on and missing your destiny.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You are the God who fights my battles and vindicates me. Thank You for Your love and grace that are mine. Right now I let go of the hurts, offenses, and wounds of the past. I declare that they have no power over me. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Comments,
Back in 1991 when I was pastor at Hale Halawai o Holualoa, now called “Living Stones Church.”  I realized that one of my board members was a 33 degree Mason.  So one day I asked him up to my home to try to see the difference between the fear and pride of the lodge and the Church of Christ Jesus.  He left my front door telling me that he was going to have me for lunch and he did and due to all the smoke but not the facts I was asked to resign by UCC which I did.  But as a condition left the church in the hands of a minister that I trusted.   So I was careful not to get into a vendetta about it and just gave it to the Lord.   Couple of months later saw a boat for sale in the West Hawaii Today, called, and it was the same guy.  So we talked as if nothing had ever happened about buying his boat.  He was going to call me back about a price.  No call, so called again the following week and his wife was on the phone.  She told me that he had died suddenly and the boat was now not for sale and hung up.  The Church went on to become much more influential than my vision for it.  And seems it is now possibley the largest membership in Kona?  It was my fault for not being more careful about qualifications for membership and leadership in the ministry. 

So there is something to, “what goes around, comes around.”   And “What you sow, is what you reap.”  And sometimes we are sowing seeds that we have no idea of how big of a patch of weeds they will grow.  I have known a guy that for 50 years has hated his father and mother for not doing what he expected them to do and his life is all about him and how others have trashed him with the demonic blame game and so very few want to even be around him.  Needs our prayers, nothing but darkness up ahead unless he gets turned around.  The Whole Bible is full on teachings about trusting God to judge and even the score and to make things right.  Don’t go to sleep on your anger.   Be angry but sin not….  If you have a problem with a person go talk to them in humility and love and obedience to the Holy Spirit.   Best way to get rid of your enemies is to make friends out of them.  If the Lord should regard sin, we would all go down for the count.   Even the good stuff we do is sometime done to look good and to booster our pride.  We have grown up in Adam’s messed up world and deeply need God’s loving grace to get extracted from it.  So Hate, in early English, was to prefer one person over another.   God loves us, each and every one exactly the same.  Even as HE loves Jesus.  He wants us to learn to love each other the same way.  Do we follow God’s example and love every soul the same?  In fact HE commands us to not only love each other but also to love our enemies and those who despitefully use us.  Trust is learned but Love is Commanded.  And it is impossible to locw if you have hate or a vendetta going about some one for one offense or another.   The Bible commands us to pray for the leaders that God has raised up for us, good or bad.  A lot of folks have an obsessive hate for Trump.  I really feel for them as their weed patch is going to be difficult to pull.  
By the way, do we have a weed patch in the back yard in Kealia…  If in Kona could sure use some help !!

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

There is but one apostolic and universal church of Christ Jesus as LORD
And all who Truly Love, Honor and Obey Christ Jesus are eternal members.



Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;  Protesters-turned-rioters vandalized and broke into Portland’s Police Association office on Tuesday night, setting fires at the building and elsewhere nearby, police said Wednesday morning.    The vast majority of Facebook’s “independent oversight board” established with authority to allow or remove content from the platform have ties to liberal billionaire George Soros or groups he supports, according to a new report.    The only Arabic Christian broadcaster in Lebanon said Wednesday that it continued broadcasting despite suffering minor damages to its studios in Beirut, where a massive blast killed at least 135 people and injured 5,000 others.  Hundreds of Thousands Homeless after blast devastates Beirut.   The U.S. designation last week of a new Turkey-based member of the notorious Rawi Network for allegedly facilitating money transfers to the Islamic State (IS) in Syria has raised fresh concerns among observers that jihadists continue to use Turkey to fund their activities in Syria.

A New Wine Skin is always in the works,  Don’t restrict the Holy Spirit with any traditional walls of containment.   The Bride goes home when she is a complete match for King Jesus and not until.   The present birth pains are for her to be born without spot or blemish.  And to have time to make herself ready.   John 17,  Eph.4:11-16, now in the oven….

Pride is like a peacock:   https://www.facebook.com/igor.ponomareff.77/posts/149445110156235

BATTLE FOR MAN SOUL

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ALOHA FAMILY & FRIENDS,  Beloved of me and God,    John 4:16
BATTLE  FOR  MAN   SOUL,    “WORTH CONSIDERING”    8/5/20,    From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture    (Across my desk this morning from a ministry in Texas.)
“…The angel of the LORD came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you…”   (1 Kings 19:7, NIV)

When You Run Out of Strength
The prophet Elijah had just gone from one of the greatest victories of his life to running away in defeat at the death threat of Queen Jezebel. He was sitting under a tree so depressed that he didn’t want to live. He said, “God, I’m done. It’s over.” He’d just seen a great miracle, but now he was tired of standing strong in faith.

Maybe you’ve been doing the right thing, praying and believing, but you’ve lost your drive. You may not have given up on life but given up on your dreams. Here’s the good news: God doesn’t condemn us or disqualify us or write us off when we get tired. God sent an angel to cook and feed Elijah once, and then a second time to strengthen him. That is what He’ll do for you. He’s going to cause blessings to chase you down. He’s coming a second time to push you into the fullness of your destiny..

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for Your provisions all along my life journey. Thank You for Your promise of coming to me a second time to renew me with strength and breathe new life into my dreams. I believe that You are coming again to cause blessings to chase me down. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Comments’
The battle between Jezebel and Elijah is still going on.  Many men of God have bit the dust in depression and unbelief.   But like a child learning to walk, there is no option but to learn to walk, what ever it takes.  That is part of life.  No parent that I know of has ever slapped a child on the head and said, “You have now fallen down 27 times and it is over, you can crawl for the rest of your life.”  Our Heavenly Father has a vision and purpose in HIS Loving Faith to make us into HIS Image and Likeness.  And unless we actively use our freewill to say NO !   That is what our stay on earth is seriously all about.  I love the prophesy of Christ Jesus in Rev.22:16-17, “ I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you and to give you assurance of these things for the churches. I am the Root (the Source, the Life) and the Offspring of David, the radiant and bright Morning Star.”  17 The [Holy] Spirit and the bride (the church, believers) say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take and drink the water of life without cost.”      The price or cost of Adam’s pride and rebellion has been paid in full by the humility and obedience of Christ Jesus.  So now it is up to us as to what we want to do with our souls while in this dimension of time.  In the beginning there was only one tree to avoid.   Now we have a whole orchard of trees around us that are full of poison like weeds.  And some of the fruit is very easy to become hooked on.  The Bible warns us clearly of the poison and gives us a road map through the orchard but most just spend their whole life wondering through the orchard without  looking at the road map of eternity.  So if interested in getting back on the Road to Eternal Life with God, start reading through the Gospel of John for the story about Jesus then read Acts the story about the Early Church and then Romans for a clear view of what the road looks like, especially spend some time considering Romans 8 & 10.   It really will not take long to do and your eternal soul is at stake.  When you die if you are still in the orchard of poison eating the fruit you will miss finding the Kingdom of God.  1 Tim.4:11, “Keep commanding and teaching these things. 12 Let no one look down on [you because of] your youth, but be an example and set a pattern for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in [moral ] purity. 13 Until I come, devote yourself to public reading [of Scripture], to preaching and to teaching [the sound doctrine of God’s word]. 14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, [that special endowment] which was intentionally bestowed on you [by the Holy Spirit] through prophetic utterance when the [c] elders laid their hands on you [at your ordination]. 15 Practice and work hard on these things; be absorbed in them [completely occupied in your ministry], so that your progress will be evident to all. 16 Pay close attention to yourself [concentrate on your personal development] and to your teaching; persevere in these things [hold to them], for as you do this you will ensure salvation both for yourself and for those who hear you.”

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace and Mercy,   Ken<><   www.Trinity-Aloha.org

There is but one universal & apostolic Church of Christ Jesus as LORD
And all who Love, Trust & Obey HIM are Eternal Members.


Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt; A Christian convert in Iran has won an appeal against conviction for “insulting the sacred beliefs of Muslims,” but lost his appeal against two charges of inciting “propaganda against the state” and for “membership of a [“Zionist” evangelical] group hostile to the regime” respectively, the Christian Post reports. Ismaeil Maghrebinejad was arrested in January 2019 and sentenced by a civil court in January 2020 to a total of six years imprisonment on the original three charges.    The Chief Minister of India’s Haryana state has announced he proposes to add a Freedom of Religion Act that would criminalize forced conversions, Persecution.org reports. Commonly referred to as anti-conversion laws, such legislation has already been enacted in eight other Indian states. The announcement on June 16 by Manohar Lal Khattar has reportedly caused serious concerns to Haryana Christians: radical Hindus have used this law in other states to justify attacks on Christians and their places of worship.   Americans’ distrust for the news media to tell the story straight has reached unprecedented levels, an alarming development for any functioning democracy, a new poll reveals.      The FBI has opened more than 300 domestic terrorism investigations since late May and arrested nearly 100 people in Portland, Oregon, a focal point of the George Floyd protests, a top federal prosecutor said on Tuesday.   A simple observation is that America is facing a violent army of invading “Philistines” bent on nothing less than the destruction of the nation. And somehow, Americans have been paralyzed by the enemy’s sheer bravado and terrifying violence. A massive silent majority may well be wondering if there might be a “David” anywhere in the camp.

FORGIVENESS

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

FORGIVENESS,     “WORTH CONSIDERING”    8/4/20    From Ken<><     
   
Today’s Scripture            (Across my desk this morning from Texas.)
“…I tell you, her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love…”   (Luke 7:47, NLT)

Forgiven Much
Jesus was at a Pharisee’s house when an “immoral woman” came in and poured a jar of expensive perfume on Jesus’ feet and began to wash them with her tears and her hair. The religious leaders were shocked that Jesus would allow this “sinner” to touch Him. But though she had made a mess of her life, she loved and longed to please Jesus. When she took one step toward God, He showed her mercy and said, “Your sins are forgiven.”  That’s the God we serve. Maybe you’ve made a mess, and now you think, God will never help me. No, God is not judging you based on what you’ve done. He looks past the outside, past the mistakes and failures, and He looks at your heart. The question is, is your heart turned toward Him? As it was with this lady, when you call out to God, you’re going to see His favor, restoration, and mercy.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for looking beyond my performance and seeing my heart. Thank You for forgiving my mistakes and failures and messes. I’m shaking off the guilt and condemning thoughts and believing that You will show me Your favor and restoration. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Comments
OK, So this concept is really foundational to Christianity.  The example of prayer that Jesus gave us has this concept of forgiveness in big lights.   Matt.6:14-16, “For if you forgive [a] others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins], your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others [ nurturing your hurt and anger with the result that it interferes with your relationship with God], then your Father will not forgive your trespasses.   It can not be made much simpler.  You can not be in the Spirit of God and retain a vendetta or unforgiveness towards anyone, ever….   Both Jesus and Stephen are wonderful examples of this.  In luke 23:33-35, Jesus forgives the guys who were driving big spikes into his hands and feet.   “ When they came to the place called [a]The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left. 34 [b]And Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing His clothes among themselves. 35 Now the people stood by, watching; but even the rulers ridiculed and sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others [from death]; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) of God, His Chosen One.”  HE wanted to make sure he was free of any unforgiveness.   And Stephen as he was being Stoned to death.  Acts.7:54-60,    Now when [k] they heard this [accusation and understood its implication], they were cut to the heart, and they began grinding their teeth [in rage] at him. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit and led by Him, gazed into heaven and saw the glory [the great splendor and majesty] of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God; 56 and he said, “Look! I see the heavens opened up [in welcome] and [l]the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” 57 But they shouted with loud voices, and covered their ears and together rushed at him [considering him guilty of blasphemy]. 58 Then they drove him out of the city and began stoning him; and the witnesses placed their outer robes at the feet of a young man named [m]Saul. 59 They continued stoning Stephen as he called on the Lord and said, “Lord Jesus, receive and accept and welcome my spirit!” 60 Then falling on his knees [in worship], he cried out loudly, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them [do not charge them]!” When he had said this, he fell asleep [in death].

Today I hear much unforgiveness towards many things.  In Hawaii there is a tirade against Trump for what seems about everything, supposed and otherwise.  Constant, every day in the West Hawaii Today.  It is amazing as none of these gifted and very vocal people have ever had any time with Trump.   They have only read or listened to others.  Tonight at dinner we prayed, “Father, help Trump to become the man you created him to be.”  We all need that prayer prayed over us.  None of us are like Jesus as yet and many do not even know that there is that possibility by the Grace of God.   We read this in 1 John 4:16-18: “ We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him. 17 In this [union and fellowship with Him], love is completed and perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him]; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love [dread does not exist]. But perfect (complete, full-grown) love drives out fear, because fear involves [the expectation of divine] punishment, so the one who is afraid [of God’s judgment] is not perfected in love [has not grown into a sufficient understanding of God’s love].”

Yours in HIS great love,   Ken<><     www.Trinity-Aloha.org

Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt; China’s Communist leadership has ordered devoted Christians not to believe in God.   Reports emerged this week that Islamic extremists in eastern Uganda have murdered a pastor and a church member for preaching the Gospel to Muslims, the Christian Post reported Saturday. Pastor Peter Kyakulaga and parishioner Tuule Mumbya of Church of Christ were beaten and drowned in a lake in Lugonyola village in the Gadumire Sub-County of Kaliro District on June 22. Church leaders have reportedly asked the local Christian community not to retaliate, but to be in prayer instead, the Christian Post said.    Foreign Christians are being told to leave Turkey and others have been barred from re-entering the country, Morning Star News reported Sunday. Rights advocates have said the Turkish government seems to be purposefully aiming such actions against Protestant Christians.    California churches this weekend rallied against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s worship restrictions as many pastors continue to disregard state-imposed bans on singing and indoor services.    The most recent death certificates submitted to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that COVID-involved deaths in this country declined 8.26% in the second half of July.

LIFE AND DEATH, ETERNAL

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ALOHA DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS,  Beloved of me and GOD,   John 3:16

LIFE AND DEATH, ETERNAL.    “WORTH CONSIDERING,     8/3/20,     Ken<><

Today’s Scripture       (Across my desk from Texas this morning.)
“…If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you…”    (James 1:5, NIV)

Get the Right Image
God is not keeping a record of all your faults. Sometimes we think He’s in heaven, watching to catch us. “I saw that failure. Let me write that down. I heard that comment. Gabriel, put a star by that one—that was really bad. I’ll have to withhold My goodness.” No, God is not a faultfinder. He’s not an accuser. He doesn’t go around saying, “You knew better and still failed, so you’re on your own.” God is not waiting for you to perform perfectly and then He’s going to show you His goodness. He is full of mercy. He’ll show you favor that you don’t deserve.  When you have the right image of God, you know that He’s for you, that He’s not basing His goodness toward you on your performance but on His grace alone. Then all the guilt and the condemnation have to go. God will give you the power to overcome anything that’s holding you back.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You are not a faultfinder, but You are full of mercy. Thank You that You are not waiting for me to perform perfectly and then You’ll show me Your love and goodness. I believe that You will empower me to become all You created me to be. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Comments,
Our Heavenly Father’s faith, love and forgiveness that is extended at this time in and through Christ Jesus is who HE is and also the example of who HE is urging us to become.  I can write nothing better than what we have in the Amplified Translation of 1 John 5,   Please Do Read….  Overcoming the World.    ( Questions:    ken@trinity-aloha.org  )
5 Everyone who believes [with a deep, abiding trust in the fact] that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) is born of God [that is, reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], and everyone who loves the Father also loves [a] the child born of Him. 2 By this we know [without any doubt] that we love the children of God: [expressing that love] when we love God and obey His commandments. 3 For the [true] love of God is this: that we habitually keep His commandments and remain focused on His precepts. And His commandments and His precepts are not difficult [to obey]. 4 For [b] everyone born of God is victorious and overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has conquered and overcome the world—our [continuing, persistent] faith [in Jesus the Son of God].  5 Who is the one who is victorious and overcomes the world? It is the one who believes and recognizes the fact that Jesus is the Son of God. 6 This is He who came through water and blood (Body & Soul), Jesus Christ—not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. It is the [Holy] Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. [He is the essence and origin of truth itself.] 7 For there are three witnesses: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three are in agreement [their testimony is perfectly consistent]. 9 If we accept [as we do] the testimony of men [that is, if we are willing to take the sworn statements of fallible humans as evidence], the testimony of God is greater [ far more authoritative]; for this is the testimony of God, that He has testified regarding His Son. 10 The one who believes in the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies confidently on Him as Savior] has the testimony within himself [because he can speak authoritatively about Christ from his own personal experience]. The one who does not believe God [in this way] has made Him [out to be] a liar, because he has not believed in the evidence that God has given regarding His Son. 11 And the testimony is this: God has given us eternal life [we already possess it], and this life is in His Son [resulting in our spiritual completeness, and eternal companionship with Him]. 12 He who has the Son [by accepting Him as Lord and Savior] has the life [that is eternal]; he who does not have the Son of God [by personal faith] does not have the life.   13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God [which represents all that Jesus Christ is and does], so that you will know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that you [already] have eternal life. 14 This is the [remarkable degree of] confidence which we [as believers are entitled to] have before Him: that [c] if we ask anything according to His will, [that is, consistent with His plan and purpose] He hears us. 15 And if we know [for a fact, as indeed we do] that He hears and listens to us in whatever we ask, we [also] know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted to us] the requests which we have asked from Him.  16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin that does not lead to death, he will pray and ask [on the believer’s behalf] and God will for him give life to those whose sin is not leading to death. There is a sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for this [kind of sin]. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death [one can repent of it and be forgiven].  18 We know [with confidence] that anyone born of God does not habitually sin; but He (Jesus) who was born of God [carefully] keeps and protects him, and the evil one does not touch him. 19 We know [for a fact] that we are of God, and the whole world [around us] lies in the power of the evil one [opposing God and His precepts]. 20 And we [have seen and] know [by personal experience] that the Son of God has [actually] come [to this world], and has given us understanding and insight so that we may [progressively and personally] know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.  21 Little children (believers, dear ones), guard yourselves from idols—[false teachings, moral compromises, and anything that would take God’s place in your heart].

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace and Mercy,
Ken<>< www.Trinity-Aloha.org


Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt; The Supreme Court declined on Friday to stop the Trump administration from constructing parts of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.    Radical activists in Portland, Oregon, burned Bibles and the American flag in front of a federal courthouse this weekend.     The European Union’s statistics agency has reported the most significant economic falls within the 27-nation bloc since it began recording the figures 25 years ago.

AUTHORITY

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Aloha Family & Friends,  Beloved of me and GOD

My good brother in Christ Jesus,  Bruce Card,  sent a film along to be reviewed,  “The Chosen”
A good choice for that time alone with Family.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=craeyJdrCsE

Beautiful day here in Kealia,  So. Captain Cook, Hawaii…. Near the Captain Cook Monument.
About 75 degrees now about noon with humidity at 65% and very high UV
Weeds and fruit and veges growing like crazy,   Need some help,  have 2 extra bed rooms and a bathroom to finish in the shop.  With the Virus, I know it would be very difficult except if you were in Hawaii already as they are close to opening travel between islands if you have a CCPVirus test negative.

Been thinking much about authority today and as I consider the Word of God it seems to me that:

All authority in God comes out of LOVE, no exception,  as GOD is LOVE. (John)  So any Godly Authority has to be without pride,  fear or manipulation in order to be of God.  God’s ideal is to bring us to the place where we love, trust and in humility want HIS authority because of who HE is.   And so HE has set up the circumstances to help us grow up into being like HIM because we decide to want to.  Jesus taught us this and how to do the same thing with others in love.   But the traditional church has been corrupted into trying to use organization and fear and pride to promote the Gospel.  I even got caught up in top down pride/fear authority in the past and have had to repent.

Seems to me that the reason behind all this is that He is that He wants eventually to help make us into HIS IMAGE & LIKENESS.   And as God has freewill so to wants to create a family with freewill and not some robots.   But learning how to use our freewill can take time and do a lot of damage.  Look at the world around us.   And God does not want to waste HIS energy herding us so HE helps us come to the place of humility and obedience out of Love.  And having freewill we must also agree to the change. Otherwise the universe would look like our present world in eternity.   We now have enough H bombs to totally destroy the whole world and yet are building more.   We would be out their creating our own little Ivory Towers and Denominations.  Or even building bridges to nowhere.  So our Creator has locked us in a limited dimensional time capsule with a very fragile temporary body to learn how to come into humility and obedience out of freewill,  if we are up for it.   If we don’t make the transition into spiritual maturity then only darkness and being alone will remain.  The only reason today that my soul knows life from death is I have now have a body that shares that information with my soul from the outside world.  Otherwise I would have no idea that anything existed at all.

Scuba Diving long ago,  I was in Hilo at “Boiling Pots” and dove down into a vertical lava tube about 30′ in diameter.  I had a 100′ cord so told someone to hold on to it as I did not want to go deeper that 100′  and tied the other end to my weight belt.  As I descended into that black hole I had never experienced that kind of weightless feeling as the sun light closed off very dim to about the size of a dime at 100′.  I could hear nothing but my own breathing,  I could see absolutely nothing,  I could feel nothing but the water.  Then my imagination started to give me images of what was a few feet away on the walls.  It took me no time at all to go for that little dime of light and get out of there.  From what I can read in the Bible it seems that eternity for the lost will even be far worse.  Jesus spent a lot of time warning us about it but not preached much any more. That is if the minister wants to keep his job.   Seems that in this life only we have a choice between God’s Light and Truth or the world and blackness without a body.  Truly hope you choose wisely.  Have any questions, please write me.  
Yours, in HIS great love,  Ken<><   ken@trinity-aloha.org