DREAMS & VISIONS

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DREAMS & VISIONS,     “WORTH CONSIDERING”    7/10/20     From Ken<><
    
Today’s Scripture    (Across my desk this morning from Texas.)
“…When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy…”  (Psalm 126:1–2, NIV)

The Laughter of Amazement
The Israelites had been taken into captivity by the Babylonians. The return and the restoration of Jerusalem had been anticipated for so long that it seemed like a dream to them. Some of them had waited their entire lifetime. Their joy was beyond containing. They were laughing in amazement, saying, “This is like a dream. It’s too good to be true.”  Some of the things you’ve been dreaming about—to get out of debt, to start that business, to meet the right person, to finish college—the odds may be against you, it seems laughable, but God is about to surprise you. Stay in faith, because like the Israelites, the day is coming where God fills your mouth with the laughter of amazement. It’s going to seem like a dream. You’re not only going to be amazed, but the people around you are going to be so in awe that all they can do is laugh with you.

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You for the things You’ve put into my heart that seem laughable and that I have to dare to believe can happen. Thank You that You do what seems to be too good to be true. I’m going to stay in faith and look forward to laughing in amazement. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Ken’s Thoughts:
You know, our Creator must have a really deep sense of humor.  I can see HIM in my mind grinning from ear to ear when he created the ducked billed platypus.   Here is a mammal on an Island continent that has a beak like a duck, lays eggs like a bird but has fir like a rabbit and has poison spikes on both back legs for protection.  Nothing else in the whole world even comes close.  I think our Creator got a really big smile when the evolutionist tried to figure that one out. And I use to be an Earth Science Major in college.   No wonder Darwin said that evolution was unproven and unprovable just before he died.   I can also see our Creator laughing at Ananias when he tried to teach HIM about Saul/Paul HIS chosen apostles to the gentiles.  Even Peter got a little wet with Jesus on the water, but he was trying.  I am sure Jesus was smiling at the effort.  God must have a good sense of humor as HE created one in us.  We have a feisty little ferial hen that comes and talks to us when she is hungry and wants food.  She is impressive and will not take no for an answer.   Always good for a smile, And share about colors and shapes, just go snorkeling around here. The ocean is full of good humor in creation.  One day a little 3″ fish, a humuhumunukanukaapuwapa got up in my face to take me on…  She would not go away, nipped me on a finger.  Finally figured it out that I was over her nest of eggs and disturbing her peace of mind. Woke up one morning with a squirrel right in my face reaching for my nose, I was in a hammock between two trees in an Arrowhead Park.  The world is full of adventure and humor and we are too if we don’t allow the world, the flesh and devil to steal our Joy with junk.

Yesterday a guy was talking to me about his father and really talking stink about him.  I knew him and some of my best of memories include some of the times that I had with him as my friend.  And was deeply reminded of the LORD example of prayer.  Forgive us of our trespasses as we forgive others of their trespasses.  I have set my mind to think only of and to share only of the good things that my father and mother did for me.   And to totally forget the junk and stink.  It is only when we let go of all of the pains and causes in our past that we can have any hope for the freedom to enjoy what days we have left.  Our Adamic Ego tries to build on a foundation of bad to make us feel and look good. (PRIDE)    But it never leaves the ground.  All of that stink and snot just keeps us grounded.  So want to learn to fly with the Holy Spirit in joy,  need to lighten up and let the junk of the past go by by, and you will never miss it.  Do unto others as you would like others to do to you.  Those who talk stink will find that they are all time living in stink.  We reap what we sow.  It is an immutable law of God.  What you plant will grow and produce a big crop.  If you plant weeds, all of your life will be covered in weeds.   Plant  joy, humor, love, peace, humility and obedience and you will eventually enjoy a beautiful lovly garden in the peace of GOD. 

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

There is but one universal and apostolic Church of Christ Jesus as LORD.
And all who truly Love, Honor and Obey HIM are members for eternity.
Eph. 4:11-16,   John 17:20-22


“This is our time on the history line of God. This is it. What will we do with the one deep exhale of God on this earth? For we are but a vapor and we have to make it count. We´re on. Direct us, Lord, and get us on our feet.” – Beth Moore
“Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don´t really matter.” – Francis Chan
“If God is your partner, make your plans BIG!” – D.L. Moody
“Remember who you are. Don´t compromise for anyone, for any reason. You are a child of the Almighty God. Live that truth.” – Lysa Terkeurst
“God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises, leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, ‘O God, forgive me,’ or ‘Help me.'” – Billy Graham.
“There is no one who is insignificant in the purpose of God.” – Alistair Begg

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The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that “no citizen, not even the President, is categorically above the common duty to produce evidence when called upon in a criminal proceeding.     Nearly half of Oklahoma remains a Native American reservation, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday, in a case that could have major consequences for how some crimes are prosecuted in the state.   (Looks like Hawaii may be coming up for consideration very soon.  Ken<><)

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LIGHT ON A HILL

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LIGHT ON A HILL,     “WORTH CONSIDERING”     7/9/20    From Ken<><
 
Today’s Scripture              (Across my desk today from a church in Texas.)
“…No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house…”  (Matthew 5:15, NLT)

Do it in Spite of the Fear
God has put gifts and talents in you. He’s given you dreams and goals that are unique to your life. But it’s easy to let fear hold you back. “What if I try it and it doesn’t work…what if people don’t accept me…what if I don’t have the talent?” Too often we let the what-ifs talk us out of it. Quit hiding the dreams and talent that God has given you. He created you to shine, to make a difference, to leave your mark. Your gift isn’t just for you; it’s to share with the world.  Life is short, so stir up what God put in you. You can’t wait till the fear goes away and then you’ll do it. The fear may not go away. You’re going to have to do it in spite of the fear. That’s what faith is all about. Nobody who’s ever done anything great in life has done it without fear.

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You for entrusting me with gifts and talents and dreams. Thank You that I have greatness in me because You put it there. Help me to come out of hiding and release what You’ve given me in spite of my fears. I will shine Your light into my world. In Jesus’  Amen.

Ken’s Comments,
Seems to me that most Christians (or so called Christians), difficult to know the difference, have their lights securely hidden under a basket.  Now I can not speak for the world or the U.S. or even Hawaii.  But due to the small amount of light that is shining in my location it would make finding out about supernatural spiritual things nearly impossible.   And with few exceptions it seems like the state of the national pulse as well.  There are so many many scriptures that tell us we are the light on the hill and should be lighting up the world’s darkness with God’s Power.  Even in the political events of today.  It is difficult to tell who is telling the truth and who is not.  With our local liberal newspaper you would think that all of the Constitutional Conservative folks should be in jail or even worse, dead.

A Young man asked me yesterday about getting baptized in the ocean.  I shared the intent and meaning of baptism.  It means a personal convection to allow our Adamic selfish nature to be dead and buried.   And to make a public confession that Jesus is now LORD in our life.  But many have been taught that  you get saved that way.  You do, but it is not the water or the ritual it is the life time heart decision to make Jesus LORD and believe in the resurrection.  Many go through the process but in a few months or a year or so are back to the old habits but thinking they are still saved?  But if Jesus and HIS truth are not truly enthroned as LORD in your heart, that is really doubtful.   Our salvation is conditional on Christ Jesus being LORD of our lives, all the time.  Jesus even warned us of that, “He that endureth to the end, shall be saved.”  Mark 13:12-14   So we are still sharing concerning the baptism.  At my age it would be difficult but well worth the time and energy from my perspective if valid.   Remember, life does not consist of physical stuff but by every Word of Truth that has come from the prophets of God especially Jesus Christ. Get a red letter edition of the New Testament and make a list of the commandments of Jesus.   Make up your own report card and see how you stand.  The attached list could help, if on line.  See where you are???  

Please understand, those who decided that they want to be among the Children of God and live with God in the heavens are called to become like Jesus in HIS humility and obedience and power.  It is a very difficult school as the left overs of Adam are seeded deep in us.   But the ultimate goal and vision of God has always been to find a people who would decide to love, trust and obey HIM even unto death, Rev. 12:10-12.  “ Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying,  “Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom (dominion, reign) of our God, and the authority of His Christ have come; for the [a]accuser of our [believing] brothers and sisters has been thrown down [at last], he who accuses them and keeps bringing charges [of sinful behavior] against them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame and conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, for they did not love their life and renounce their faith even when faced with death. 12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them [in the presence of God]. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you in great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time [remaining]!”    This happens 3 ½ years into the Great Tribulation.   And please note that Chapter 12 is a time line chapter concerning the whole 7 years of the Great Tribulation.  Prior to the 7 years of the Wrath of God is the translation of the Church.  and the period ends in Rev.19 with the battle of Armageddon and the Kingdom of Jesus.  If you would like my paper on “The Return of the King.”  Let me know:    ken@trinity-aloha.org   Seems we are just beginning the birth pains for the delivery of the Lord’s Church into eternity.  Matt. 24, Mark 13, Luke 21 all merge together to give us the picture of the coming future events.  We can know the signs and seasons by the Holy Spirit.

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

There is but one universal and apostolic Church of Christ Jesus as LORD
All who truly Love, Honor and Obey HIM are member for eternity.


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The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that religious schools are allowed to fire religion teachers for any reason they wish, a major expansion of protections for religious institutions against nondiscrimination laws.  The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Little Sisters of the Poor are exempt from an Obama-era mandate to provide contraception in their healthcare plans, an outcome regarded as a major victory by religious liberty advocates.  The EYN Church of the Brethren, the largest Christian denomination in northeast Nigeria, has reported that over 8,370 of its members have been killed and more than 700,000 displaced by Boko Haram terrorists in the country, CSW News reports. In a statement made on July 2, EYN National President Reverend Joel Billi said that from the end of 2019 to June 2020 alone there had been fifty attacks on different communities – and that these were largely “unreported or under-reported by both the print and electronic media.”

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ETERNAL QUALIFICATIONS

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

ETERNAL QUALIFICATIONS,    “WORTH CONSIDERING” 7/7/20   From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture        (Found in my mail this morning from Texas.)
“…The angel of the LORD appeared to him and said, “Mighty hero, the LORD is with you!… Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!…”
(Judges 6:12, 14, NLT)

Believe What God Says about You
There was a man in the Scripture named Gideon whom God wanted to lead the people of Israel against an opposing army. The angel appeared to him and said, “Hello, Gideon, you mighty man of fearless courage,” I can imagine Gideon looking around thinking, Who is he talking to? Gideon was afraid, intimidated, and insecure. But notice that God didn’t call him what he was. God called him what he could become. God sees your potential. God knows what you’re capable of. You may feel weak, but God calls you strong. You may be intimidated today, but God calls you confident. You may feel less than, but God calls you well able. If the Angel of the Lord were to appear to you today, He would say the same thing he said to Gideon. “Hello, you mighty man, you mighty woman of fearless courage.” Why don’t you get in agreement with God and start believing what He says about you?

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You that You see my potential and know what I am capable of. Thank You that You have equipped and are empowering me to be strong where I feel weak and less than. I believe that You are transforming me into a mighty warrior. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Ken’s Comments,
In 1968 the Holy Spirit finally, after 13 years of Bible thumping churches, got a hold of me and filled me with the Holy Spirit.   I had been trying for 13 years to help other folks find Jesus and in that whole time only got one guy to make Jesus LORD.   But after that it seemed where ever I went there was ripe fruit on the tree to be picked.  I started with a small ministry call Zion Lodge in Dexter, Or. under a mountain called Zion Mountain. 70 acres of beautiful Oregon forest land and put a little Christian Community together.  Kids came from everywhere.  Set up a field kitchen with a tarp overhead, built to bunk houses and hauled in a trailer.  Put in a road, power and dug a well for water.   As later I moved on to Eureka, CA. it became Shiloh Ministries.  Then the Lord has be take an old Cost Guard Station and make it LightHouse Ranch and we saw a lot of kids show up there for salvation and mentoring.  After a year headed to Hawaii and started the Pilgrims in 1971.  But there was one scripture that I used a lot and it fits with the stuff above.  It is found over in 1 Cor. 1:20-31 AMP   At the meetings I would share on this part of Scripture.

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise [the philosophy of the philosophers],
And the cleverness of the clever [who do not know Me] I will nullify,” Isa. 28
20 Where is the wise man (philosopher)? Where is the scribe (scholar)? Where is the debater (logician, orator) of this age? Has God not exposed the foolishness of this world’s wisdom? 21 For since the world through all its [earthly] wisdom failed to recognize God, God in His wisdom was well-pleased through the [c]foolishness of the message preached [regarding salvation] to save those who believe [in Christ and welcome Him as Savior & Lord]. 22 For Jews demand signs (attesting miracles), and Greeks pursue [worldly] wisdom and philosophy, 23 but we preach Christ crucified, [a message which is] to Jews a stumbling block [that provokes their opposition], and to Gentiles foolishness [just utter nonsense], 24 but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks (Gentiles), Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 [This is] because the foolishness of God [is not foolishness at all and] is wiser than men [far beyond human comprehension], and the weakness of God is stronger than men [far beyond the limits of human effort].  26 Just look at your own calling, believers; not many [of you were considered] wise according to human standards, not many powerful or influential, not many of high and noble birth. 27 But God has selected [for His purpose] the foolish things of the world to shame the wise [revealing their ignorance], and God has selected [for His purpose] the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong [revealing their frailty]. 28 God has selected [for His purpose] the insignificant (base) things of the world, and the things that are despised and treated with contempt, [even] the things that are nothing, so that He might reduce to nothing the things that are, 29 so that no one may [be able to] boast in the presence of God. 30 But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God [revealing His plan of salvation], and righteousness [making us acceptable to God], and sanctification [making us holy and setting us apart for God], and redemption [providing our ransom from the penalty for sin], 31 so then, as it is written [in Scripture], “He who boasts and glories, let him boast and glory in the Lord.”

So I would ask the big room full of hippies if anyone there would qualify as being:    foolish, weak, insignificant, base, despised and nothings?  Their loud unified affirmation was a big YES !!!  Big humility.  And the Holy Spirit would show up with lots of healing and deliverance for all.  We have been about building Religious Pride & Ego rather than spiritual humility and obedience and are mostly powerless.

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

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A good friend sent us this story.  A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of two hundred, he asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?” Hands immediately started going up. “I am going to give this $20 bill to one of you but first, let me do this.” He proceeded to crumple the dollar bill up. He then asked, “Who still wants it?” Still, hands were up in the air.  “Well,” he replied, “What if I do this?” And he dropped it on the ground, spit on it and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. “Still want it now?” Surprisingly, hands still didn’t go down.”  “My friends, I think we’ve all learned a valuable lesson here. No matter what I did to this money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was worth twenty whole dollars no matter what I did to it.”  “Often in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, spit upon and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless.

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to cap a term like no other with potentially blockbuster decisions covering birth control, religious rights and President Donald Trump’s efforts to keep his financial records private.  Mississippi has a new law, according to which it is illegal to perform an abortion on the sole grounds of the baby’s race, sex, or disability, the Washington Free Beacon reports. Gov. Tate Reeves (R., Miss.) signed the Life Equality Act (LEA) into law on Wednesday.  Californians are temporarily banned from singing in churches as part of an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus’s new spike..

LIFE, ETERNAL

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LIFE, ETERNAL,      “WORTH CONSIDERING”   7/6/20      From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture                 (Across my desk this morning from Texas.)
“…David was greatly distressed…But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God…”
(1 Samuel 30:6, ESV)

Strengthen Yourself
Thirteen years after David was anointed to be the next king of Israel, he was still living as a fugitive from King Saul. Then one day, he and his six hundred men came home and found their city had been burned, their possessions taken, and their families taken captive. It was the worst defeat of David’s life. He and his men wept until they could not weep anymore. He was tempted to think, God, I’ve been faithful year after year. This is the final straw.  But David made a decision: “I am not allowing this discouragement to stay. I am strong in the Lord. I am His anointed.” You can talk yourself into defeat or into victory. When you speak the right way, strength comes, courage comes, vision comes, healing comes. Turn the discouragement around and say, “Yes, this is tough, but I am strong in the Lord. No weapon formed against me will prosper.” Strengthen yourself in the Lord.

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You that the power of Your life in me is greater than the greatest force that can ever come against me. Thank You that I can put discouragement behind me and stir up my faith. I believe that no weapon that is formed against me will prosper. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Ken’s Comments:
We all have days that are good and productive.  And we have days where bed would have been a better option.    Sometime it is hormones, sometimes we did something stupid and regret it.  Sometime it just is what it is.  Sometimes a demonic attack that we did not see coming.  But most of the time when we have a bad day it is due to we have listened to the lie of the enemy as did Adam and Eve at the tree of Knowledge.   The fist temptation if the lust’s of the flesh.  The fruit looked really good to eat.  Next they were told tolled it would make them  wise, now that sounded like a good thing….  And next was the lie that they would be like God,  knowing good and evil.  So from a selfish perspective no lies were told.  The fruit was good to eat, made them wise and they then knew the difference between good and evil.   But the lie under it all was hidden as they did die spiritually.  And the world given to Adam then became the world of lucifer.  So they did
find out about good and evil even to the place of seeing one of their son’s murder the other one.  And they became wise in sorrow and it was true that they were given as promised but they were not giving all the facts in context to evaluate the facts properly.  So all the kids of the human race caught the same virus for the past 6,000 years and most of us have come to feel that what we have known is the normal way of life when it is really the end of life and the way of eternal death..  

But our Creator was not content to allow us to go that way of death without also giving us an option for life.  So for the past 6,000. years very quietly and effectively HE has been creating another road through the folks who reach out to HIM and wrote down what HE said as HIS TRUTH.  God even told Eve she would have a son that would make things right.  Moses wrote about it and so did many who were sensitive to GOD.  And some have gathered those writings into a book called the Holy Bible.  So now we have the choice of staying on the road to death or finding the detour mape (the Bible) and taking the detour to LIFE.  Of course it is not going to be easy to stop walking the road with all your friends that love the death road. If you check out the LIFE detour,   your friends will quickly tell you is a stupid way to go and much too rocky and hilly for them.  But bottom line,  you are going to need to decide for yourself as it is your eternal life or your eternal death is involved.  It will be a now if you have time to make the choice.

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

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Jonah 1:14, 16 Therefore they cried out to the Lord and said, “We pray, O Lord, please do not let us perish for this man’s life, and do not charge us with innocent blood; for You, O Lord, have done as it pleased You.”  Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord and took vows.   While most read the story of Jonah focusing on Jonah’s journey, I want to pause and examine the lives of the pagan sailors. What a journey they were on! We see the hand of God touching them providentially through Jonah’s disobedience. Talk about God bringing good from evil. Here He draws them into a desperate sea voyage and almost incidentally reveals to them the impotence of their gods, who have no power whatsoever to stop the deadly storm. In their total helplessness the God of Heaven then introduces Himself through his runaway prophet. And suddenly, the sailors are crying out to YHVH.  They are not crying out to their gods any longer – but now are crying to the true God of Israel.  And God performs a miracle for them, when Jonah is tossed into the sea, the storm suddenly calmed… and the amazing miracle evokes what sounds like prophesying, as they offer sacrifices and vows in worship to YHVH. “For You, O Lord, have done as you pleased!” The whole crew is converted. So, while Jonah is fish food – there’s a revival happening on board.   And now these wonder struck sailors have quite a fish story to tell in all their subsequent travels concerning the wayward prophet who disappeared beneath the waves as his God stilled the perfect storm. And the Lord has a boat full of newborn missionaries heading to Tarshish…

World in Brief:  Iran is under intense pressure after four serious explosions that appear to have damaged key infrastructure linked to its missile and nuclear program, as well as other facilities.
Iran has warned Israel and other “foes” against “hostile actions” after an explosion and fire damaged the Natanz nuclear complex.    The U.S. economy added 4.8 million jobs in June as it struggles to recover from the business closures forced by the coronavirus pandemic, the government reported Thursday, even as it said another 1.4 million laid-off workers filed for unemployment benefits last week.   Activists are planning major protests and demonstrations in Washington DC over Independence Day weekend, the Washington Examiner reports. Summing up the reason for the protests, one activist told the Examiner: “What is Independence Day to black folks? What was Independence Day to honestly anyone but the white economic elite on [July 4, 1776]? Poor folks and women couldn’t even vote. It’s a hoax.”  (Ken<>< “It gave us the rights of free speech, worship and assemble and the ability to protect ourselves from tyranny among other things.  Socialists use social ruptures for their own agenda to bring a nation into the slavery of the few. The antichrist New World Order is very active today.)
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VICTORY

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

VICTORY       “WORTH CONSIDERING”     7/3/20      From Ken<><
     
Today’s Scripture
“…The LORD your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes…”  (Deuteronomy 1:30, NIV)

He Goes before You
The Israelites had been freed from slavery and were on their way to the Promised Land. They had all kinds of enemy nations surrounding them and no military equipment or training. Now they were out in the heat of the desert without water and food sources. They felt overwhelmed, outnumbered, and inadequate. In the natural, they didn’t have a chance. But God spoke today’s Scripture to them. They had seen God part the Red Sea and destroy Pharaoh and his army.
You may feel that the odds are against you. But God is saying to you what He said to them, “I’m going before you, and I’m fighting for you.” Whatever is trying to stop you is no match for our God. One touch of His favor and He’ll turn that Red Sea into dry ground. You’re not going to have to struggle and fight. It may look intimidating, like it’s never going to change, but don’t worry. God is going to do something extraordinary.

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You that You are the Almighty God who goes before me and fights for me. Thank You for all the great things You have done for me and for all the extraordinary victories that You are about to bring me through. I believe that this is a new day of Your favor. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Ken’s Thoughts,
Yes,  we all enjoy a Romans 8 VICTORY.  Love sings with Jesus prevails are words from an old song I love:   Charity.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNxhuNanlJQ    By Kenn Gullliksen
Take some time to kick back and allow the thought behind the words to sink in.  Worth It…

Even in the very little things the enemy waits for us with the fowler’s net to try to make us useless for our KING.  Yesterday a guy was by who in the past had stolen tools from me,  holds me in disrespect and lies without conscience.   I am trying to help him find Jesus.  He borrowed my favorite tool, a buck knife to do a little job for my wife and latter I realized he had not returned it.  The enemy pounded me that evening about how he had stolen it, trying to get me into a negative attitude and to call him on it.  Late last night the Holy Spirit reminded me that I had not checked the job site before I went to sleep.  This morning I was reminded and went out and checked the area and found it in the dirt next to an old board and hard to spot.  So I was praising the Lord this morning that I had not picked up an attitude and did something unloving and stupid that further divided this guy for our Lord’s Kingdom.  For as a Christian what we do does immediately reflect on Christ Jesus our LORD.   If the world sees any pride or disobedience in us, they blame GOD.  The World thinks God is responsible for the mess down here on earth.  But God put Adam in charge and Adam gave the world back to lucifer by joining him in pride and rebellion.   We in turn were born the dead children of Adam and man is responsible for the condition of the world.  But God does not want robots He wants children who are like HIM.  So he provides the means for us to choose light, humility, obedience and re-birth in Christ Jesus as LORD.   And allows each of us the choice of our own eternity either light with Him or alone in darkness for all eternity.  Our souls have been created eternal so the only choice is placement.  A new eternal body with HIM or no body and darkness alone.  The only reason that I have 5 senses is my soul now has the temporary use of a body created and borrowed from God.  Think about it.  Will God in eternity still create a body for those who reject HIM?   Think about it.   It will set you on fire to help save others whose souls are headed into darkness, alone, for eternity by their foolish choices.

If we don’t have the LORD’S victory it is usually due to some form of flesh that we have refused to agree with the Holy Spirit as to the danger.  We compromise, Rationalize and try to bring it along with us into HIS Kingdom and get stopped at the gate prior to securing a victory. So if we really want victory in Christ Jesus we will have to learn to see sin as it is seen and evaluated through the Word of God.  Our Great Creator is not going to allow any form of sin to enter into HIS coming Kingdom of Righteousness.  His new Kingdom will be a Kingdom of Righteousness just read the last chapter of the Revelation of Christ Jesus.  In our generation the space between good and bad has dissappeared and the good and bad is being merged to all is grey with no accountability in eternity.  Heaven and Hell are being replaced by socialistic atheism where there is no accountability.  So our children can see no real issues with sin or even murder at all.  As what difference will it make.  So without an eternal God Vision our children are perishing.  Here is a prayer song concerning the restoration of HIS VISION.   Enjoy….    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKByTfiHOFE

Rom.8:37-39 “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors and gain an overwhelming victory through Him who loved us [so much that He died for us]. 38 For I am convinced [and continue to be convinced—beyond any doubt] that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present and threatening, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the [unlimited] love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

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 truly love, honor and obey HIM are members for eternity.



Words from the Past:
“Did you never run for shelter in a storm, and find fruit which you expected not? Did you never go to God for safeguard, driven by outward storms, and there find unexpected fruit?”- John Owen
“If the Lord be with us, we have no cause of fear. His eye is upon us, His arm over us, His ear open to our prayer – His grace sufficient, His promise unchangeable.”  – John Newton
“The safest place in all the world is in the will of God, and the safest protection in all the world is the name of God.”- Warren Wiersbe
“My home is in Heaven. I´m just traveling through this world.”  -Billy Graham

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POWER & PRAYER

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POWER & PRAYER,     “WORTH CONSIDERING”   7/2/20      From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture
“…Pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results…”  (James 5:16, NLT)

Pray for Others
It’s good to pray and ask God to help you with every need, but don’t stop there. Today’s Scripture tells us to pray for one another. You have the ability to help someone else reach their destiny. There are people God has put in your life who won’t become all they were created to be without you praying. They don’t have the faith to accomplish their dreams, they won’t break the addiction, they won’t overcome the challenge without you stepping up and asking God to help them.  Prayer moves the hands that rule the world. Prayer causes the God who created the universe to make things happen that we couldn’t make happen. When you pray, all of heaven comes to attention and the angels go to work. Chains of depression, sickness, and loneliness that have held others back begin to loosen. It may not happen overnight, but your prayers have great power and will produce wonderful results.

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You that when I pray, it says that my prayers come up before Your throne as incense and You listen. Teach me to pray powerful prayers that produce wonderful results for the people whom You’ve brought into my life. I will lift them up. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Ken’s Comments:
The scripture quoted in James is far more impacting that the NLT translation.   The Amplified:
“And the prayer of faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.  The K. .J. translation is: “And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.”  So what does the Greek say: It does not have the verb so leaves it up to the reader to figure out.  But it does include prayer, in faith,  restore ,sick and LORD raise and forgive.
James does add 5:16 “ Therefore, confess your sins to one another [your false steps, your offenses], and pray for one another, that you may be healed and restored. The heartfelt and persistent prayer of a righteous man (believer) can accomplish much [when put into action and made effective by God—it is dynamic and can have tremendous power].   Amplified Translation

So the key to answered prayer as per James (who grew up with Jesus as a son of Mary and Joseph) is as follows: Be on Holy Ground, no unconfessed sin.  Be in FAITH.  (That is to have the heart feeling that healing shall happen.   Not one of those prayers, “ Oh God, if it be your will please heal brother George or ??”  And further to be consistent.  We tend to grow in faith as we pray and are victorious.  We tend to loose what little faith we have if nothing happens.

I often use the concept of batteries.  Each one of us has a capacity for a certain charge.  Sometimes we are fully charged and some times not.  The Bible teaches that we can keep fully charged as we ingest God’s Truth.  John 17,  (whole chapter)     20 “I do not pray for these alone [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for [all] those who [will ever] believe and trust in Me through their message, 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 [without any doubt] that You sent Me.  22 I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one, just as We are one;

Notice here the wording very carefully in verse 22    “May be one”….  That the glory (POWER) is made available through our unity.  Being of one mind and one spirit connected together.  So when our little battery is correctly connected to every other little battery (The They and We) then the voltage and amps go up in order to be able to do more good stuff for our KING.  Eph. 4:11-16 follows  the same thought concerning the compacting of the “Living Stones” in order to see Jesus.    ( Please Study the Following. )

Ephesians 4:11-16 Amplified Bible (AMP) And [His gifts to the church were varied and] He Himself appointed some as apostles [special messengers, representatives], some as prophets [who speak a new message from God to the people], some as evangelists [who spread the good news of salvation], and some as pastors and teachers [to shepherd and guide and instruct], 12 [and He did this] to fully equip and perfect the saints (God’s people) for works of service, to build up the body of Christ [the church]; 13 until we all reach oneness in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, [growing spiritually] to become a mature believer, reaching to the measure of the fullness of Christ [manifesting His spiritual completeness and exercising our spiritual gifts in unity]. 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. 16 From Him the whole body [the church, in all its various parts], joined and knitted firmly together by what every joint supplies, when each part is working properly, causes the body to grow and mature, building itself up [a]in [unselfish] love.  Amplified Bible really gets the point across.  A divided house can not stand.

Christians are in God’s earthly school of learning humility, obedience and unity, are you skipping HIS classes ?



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

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FEAR & GOSPEL

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FEAR & GOSPEL,    “WORTH CONSIDERING”    7/1/20   (Half of 2020 now gone.)

Today’s Scripture     (Across my desk this morning from Texas.)
“…None of these things move me…”  (Acts 20:24, NKJV)

Don’t Be Moved
The apostle Paul went through all kinds of unfair situations. He was falsely accused of crimes, beaten with rods, lied about, put in prison, and shipwrecked. In Acts 20, he gives us the secret of living a victorious life: “None of these things move me.” He was saying, “Yes, there were setbacks and disappointments, but I didn’t lose my joy. God is still on the throne. Even being put in prison gave me the opportunity to write about half of the books of the New Testament.”

There’s always something trying to move us, to pull us out of peace, to pull us out of rest. Are you allowing these things to move you? You can’t pray them away. These are tests we all have to pass. Jesus said, “Don’t let your hearts be troubled.” He said troubles will be there, but you don’t have to be moved by them. Stay in peace. Quit letting these things ruin your day.

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You that I don’t have to be moved by the tests and troubles I face because I know that You are still on the throne. My faith and trust are in You and Your mighty power at work in my life. I declare that You will work Your good plan for my future. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Ken’s Corner:
Of course in Acts the context concerns fear: In verses 20:20-25 Paul is sharing that HIS commitment concerning the life giving message of the Gospel as more important than even his very life.   There is a doctrine going around that teaches that if anyone is supposed to be saved that they will,  and we don’t need to be concerned about it.  Sort of like predestination without foreknowledge.  Or that God has the total say over who is saved and who is not.    That would mean that our free will is a farce and that we are just a bunch of robots.  Some created for living with God and the rest fitted for destruction in eternal darkness.  Of course my question would be, ???  Why in the world did God bother to create a bunch of robots that would wreck everything in running amiss only to later banish them into eternal darkness???   And why would Christ Jesus  write in Rev.22::17 “And the Spirit and the bride say, come.  And let him that heareth say, Come.  And let him that is athirst say come.  And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.”

So in Context with the New Testament it appears to me that it is the responsibility of Christians who really love Jesus are to be responsible for sharing the message of Salvation in word, thought and deed to all who will listen.  If you really believe what Jesus taught about Heaven and Hell you have a serious obligation to share the truth that you have been freely given.  Jesus prayed about us in John 17:20 as follows: “20 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:  23 I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me.  24 Father, I desire that they also whom You have entrusted to Me [as Your gift to Me] may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory, which You have given Me [Your love gift to Me]; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.  25 O just and righteous Father, although the world has not known You and has failed to recognize You and has never acknowledged You, I have known You [continually]; and these men understand and know that You have sent Me.  26 I have made Your Name known to them and revealed Your character and Your very [a]Self, and I will continue to make [You] known, that the love which You have bestowed upon Me may be in them [felt in their hearts] and that I [Myself] may be in them.

In the Psalms 119:9-13 “How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed and keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to it].  10 With my whole heart have I sought You, inquiring for and of You and yearning for You; Oh, let me not wander or step aside [either in ignorance or willfully] from Your commandments.  11 Your word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against You.  12 Blessed are You, O Lord; teach me Your statutes.  13 With my lips have I declared and recounted all the ordinances of Your mouth.

How could anyone be silent in this world of pain, suffering, sin and death and not share the Gospel of life, peace, joy and the forgiveness freely offered by the mercy of God?  In Psalm 107:1-2 David is recorded as writing: “O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!  2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has delivered from the hand of the adversary,

So if you are not sharing Jesus, I am deeply concerned that you may not really have HIS life.

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 truly Love, Honor and Obey HIM are eternal members.



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POWER & BOXES

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POWER & BOXES,     “WORTH CONSIDERING ”   6/30/20     From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture   (Across my desk this morning from Texas.)
“…I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world…”  (John 17:14, NIV)

Be a Barrier Breaker
The Scripture speaks of how we are in the world, but we are not of the world. You may be in a limited environment, but you don’t have to be of it. Don’t let that environment get in you. If you see struggle, lack, and poverty long enough, your mind can become conditioned to thinking, This is who I am. I’ll never have enough. No, that’s where you are, that’s not who you are. That may be what’s been normal. The good news is, you’re a barrier breaker.

Some people try to put you in a box. They’ll tell you such things as, “You’ll never afford a nice house, never get well, never meet the right person.” Because their thinking is limited, they’ll try to put their limitations on you. You have to put your foot down and say, “I refuse to be mediocre because people around me are mediocre. I am a barrier breaker. I’m going to set a new standard.”

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You that You didn’t create me to be average or to live a mediocre life. Thank You that You’ve given me the power, the favor, and the talent to break out and go further than the limitations around me. I believe that I am a barrier breaker, and I will set a new standard. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Ken’s Reflection:
Really glade to comment on this little word “BOX.”    It brings to memory all of the pastel  houses and cars in the “Edward Scissorhand’s Movie” Where Frankenstein was created by a man to be the good guy on the hill and the village below to be full of mostly losers…

In growing up I remember being trapped over and over in little boxes.  Of course the school box then he military school box because of my rebellion.  Jail for 11 days (a really small box) Then there were the many little church boxes, some helpful, some not.  Even though I became a Christian in 1955 I was still finding myself in little boxes.  Every feel that way, “Is this all that there is?”  I felt that way a lot and it was not helpful, it was depressing.  Then I started seeing a freedom in the scriptures in our Bible.  And often they taught on the word freedom.  They taught that our Heavenly Father really wants us in humility and obedience to be free in HIS TRUTH.

In 1968 the president of the Eugene Chapter of the Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship as a painter came out to my new home in Pleasant Hill, OR to give me a bid on painting my home, He gave me a good price and so I turned him loose, it was a big house.  But very quickly we became friends in Christian Fellowship.  Up front I noticed he came alone and was in no hurry.  Each time he came, in some way he would talk about the ministry of the Holy Spirit to Save, Seal and Empower.  The idea of power became interesting as I knew that my brand of being a Christian was very bland.  So Marvin shared with me concerning the gifts of the Holy Spirit that my Heavenly Father wanted to give to HIS obedient children.  Like gifts under the Christmas tree at Christmas with my name on them but like the old poem, I had to be good…  So I learned a lot from Marvin and started to have some faith about the gifts and asked for the Lord’s help to take care of the stuff in my life that was out of order or in the way.

One day as I was driving from my home to Eugene in my big GMC white 4×4 truck up above all the cars, I started singing a nice church melody that I had learned.  Well I could not remember all the words so I started making up my own and then it slipped over into another language that was very soothing but a little freaky.  But it felt good just to have words for the melody even if I had no idea of what they meant.  So for a week or so, when in my truck, private, away from all, I enjoyed singing in that way.  About a week later Marvin called me up and wanted to know if I would join him at his church for a prayer and Bible study.  I enjoyed Marvin so said sure and went.  As I came into the room there was about 30 people in a circle on fold chairs.  I was on time but felt like I was late.  As I sat down, Marvin asks me if I would mind if they prayed for me.  My answer was,  ” Sure, I can use all the prayer that I can get.”   So he did a strange thing and asked me to kneel in the center of the room.  Now this was getting a little out of hand, but I did not want to go back on my word so in humility I did as was asked to do.  As I knelt down I felt hands being placed upon my back.  And it got heavier and heavier till I felt I had about 600# on my back and could hardly breath.  They begin praying loudly and vibrating and I thought to myself, I will never get out of here if I don’t do something!  Then I though,  perhaps I could use my singing language to calm things down so I started to say some of the words that came to me in singing.  And that did it, They let me up and started praising the LORD for me being baptized in the Holy Spirit for power.  But later, I had to ask Marvin, “Are you sure?  I have been singing like that for several weeks now?  Is that what you were sharing with me about?  Marvin was delighted to tell me yes, you are now in another dimension and outside of your old box in God’s Freedom.  I did, I really felt the fresh wind of the Holy Spirit in leaving my little box church.  In that church I had even taught in my Adult Sunday School class that this experience was not of GOD and had to repent.  From 1968 for the past 50+ years I have been experiencing things that I thought were impossible for the first 13 years of my Christian experience.  So let’s go to the Bible for some scriptures concerning this powerful anointing.

First the Disciples/Apostles became Christians at the resurrection of Christ Jesus in the Upper Room.  Actually they were not Christians until then, John 20:22.  This was when the Holy Spirit was restored as per John 3:16 due to the resurrection of Jesus.  The life that Adam had lost in the Great Rebellion and died was restored.  And then turn to Acts 1:8 where Jesus tell HIS disciples that on Pentecost they would be Baptized by the Holy Spirit in Power to be able to witness for HIM.  This was about 50 days from the time that they were born from above as Christians.  And then in Acts 8 we see Philip converting folks into being Christians but those Samarian Christians did not receive the Power of the Holy Spirit for several months until Peter and John came from Jerusalem, Acts8:14-16.   And again with Saul’s Conversion on the road to Damascus by Jesus it was 3 days later at the home of the prophet Ananias that he was filled with the Holy Spirit and Power and became Paul, Acts 9:   And with the disciples of Apollos in Acts 19, Paul’s first question was: “Have you received the Holy Spirit since ye believed?” And I also ask the same question of many who name the name of Christ today???  Have you received as yet the Power of God to be a witness for HIM?

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

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


PROMISED LAND

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PROMISED LAND,   Worth Considering,   6/29/20     From Ken<><
     
Today’s Scripture    (In my e-mails this morning from Texas.)
“…You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey…”  (Leviticus 20:24, NIV)

More than Enough
The Israelites had been in slavery for hundreds of years. That was the land of barely enough. They were just surviving, barely making it through. One day God brought them out of slavery and took them into the desert, the land of just enough. Their needs were supplied, but nothing extra. God eventually took them into the Promised Land, the land of more than enough. The food and supplies were plenteous. It’s called “the land flowing with milk and honey.” Flowing means it didn’t stop. Its abundance never ran out. That’s where God is taking you.

You may be in the land of barely enough or just enough right now. Don’t worry. God hasn’t forgotten about you. He is saying, “Those are seasons. Don’t put your stakes down. You’re passing through.” God has a Promised Land for you. He has a place of abundance, of more than enough, where it’s flowing with provision, not just one time, but you’ll continue to have plenty.

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You that You are El Shaddai, the God of abundance. Thank You for the place I’m in now, but I’m not putting my stakes down. I believe that You are going to bring me into a life of overflow and the land of more than enough. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Ken’s Notes:
Reminds me of SOME wonderful old country songs,  lots of verses, listen to them all…. sing along…

“This World is Not My Home”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKtCM3U3oE

“Sweet By and By”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zWZu-QupWU

“I’ll Fly Away”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdBXen0ZK60&list=RDtdBXen0ZK60&start_radio=1&t=0

“When We All Get To Heaven”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EO87D4AM9k&list=RDtdBXen0ZK60&index=25

“I Will Meet You in the Morning”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW3jJpac1Sk

The Holy Bible is very clear that faith in the precious promises of God is what helps us to assimilate GOD’s DIVINE NATURE and to prepare our soul to make the jump to light speed when we die or go home in the Rapture.

So if you don’t really know why the Bible is the WORD OF GOD or what HIS Promises are then they will have absolutely no impact on the carnal earthly nature that you inherited from Grand Daddy Adam.  You were born short changed and you have grown up in a world full of demons and most have no idea that they have made the darkness into light and the world into a mess.  The darkness is considered to be light all around us.

So I believe the Bible
Because of it’s accuracy historically, cities mention are found.
Because of the scientific accuracy written long ago which we are just finding out.
Because of fulfilled prophesy
Because it is totally logical
Because it works for other and for me in correcting faults.
Because of the personal miracles I have see in healing and demonic deliverance.
Because of how I feel inside and the freedom that I have now.  HIS Truth set us FREE

So if you say that you believe the Bible and think that Jesus is your savior and your life and actions don’t support that life style, you are being deceived and are a hypocrite.(Actor.)  God’s kids are all in school learning how to be like Jesus.

If you say that you believe the Bible is true and don’t spend time finding the precious promises and applying them to your life you are kidding yourself.  You might not even be saved and think that you are.  You may think you have a “Get out of hell card” and find later that it is void. Isa.28  So lets look at a few promise scriptures:   “But we do [[a] strongly and earnestly] desire for each of you to show the same diligence and sincerity [all the way through] in realizing and enjoying the full assurance and development of [your] hope until the end,  12 In order that you may not grow disinterested and become [spiritual] sluggards, but imitators, behaving as do those who through faith ([b] by their leaning of the entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) and by practice of patient endurance and waiting are [now] inheriting the promises Heb.6:11-12.  “For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [[a] full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue). 4 By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape [by flight] from the moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness (lust and greed), and become sharers (partakers) of the divine nature.  5 For this very reason, [b] adding your diligence [to the divine promises], employ every effort in [c] exercising your faith to develop virtue (excellence, resolution, Christian energy), and in [exercising] virtue [develop] knowledge (intelligence), 2 Pet.1:3-5    Want to find HIS Promises, Read John’s Gospel and letters and The Revelation. write them down, walk them out.

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

There is but one universal and apostolic Church of Christ Jesus as LORD.
And all who truly trust in, rely upon and cling to HIM are eternal members.


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As protests continue in Chicago, applications for Illinois firearms permits have been up 501% from June 1 to June 17 compared to 2019, according to the Chicago Tribune.

(It appears that a great fear is starting to overshadow our country like before the Civil War that destroyed so many.   We have constitutionalists on one side and socialists promising much impossible stuff on the other.  Socialism is atheism without any moral guide lines.   In it’s primary form it is basically a painful godless dictatorship.    Be in prayer for a national revival and return to GOD. )

TRIALS & TESTING

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TRIALS & TESTING     “WORTH CONSIDERING”   6/26/20   From Ken<><
     
Today’s Scripture       (In my mailbox this morning from Texas.)
“…The women said to Naomi: “Praise be to the LORD, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age…”  (Ruth 4:14–15, NIV)

Stay Close to the Right People
Naomi lost her husband in death, and then both her sons died as well. She was so discouraged that she didn’t think she could go on. She had been full of joy and sweetness, but now she was bitter. She even changed her name from Naomi, which means “my joy,” to Mara, which means “bitter.” She was saying, “Call me bitter.” But her friends refused and kept calling her Naomi. She was trying to stay in defeat, but they said, “No, you’re coming into victory,” and eventually she did.

If you have been through disappointments and loss, you need people around you who will remind you about who you are—not people who will get bitter with you and agree with the defeat. Stay close to people who will call you blessed and victorious. You want people in your life who will remind you that your best days are yet to come, that what was meant for your harm, God will use to your advantage.

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You that You are able to take the most unfair situations in my life and turn them into positives. And thank You for the people in my life who call me victorious and blessed. Help me to stay close to those who remind me of who I am. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Ken’s Thoughts,
It has not been an easy journey for me to come to the place of understanding that GOD never tempts us or tests us for HIS benefits but allows lucifer to test us as HE sees the test will ultimately give us more freedom, though painful,  in HIS truth.   Of course I have been very hard headed soul  and learned mostly through pain by experience.  Learning by faith would have been much less painful. But out Loving Creator has endowed us we a totally free will which HE will not manipulate.  Your soul, is your soul to do with as you will.  But your soul is eternal.     

James, who grew up with Christ Jesus is very clear on the subject..  
“Blessed (happy, [c] to be envied) is the man who is patient under trial and stands up under temptation, for when he has stood the test and been approved, he will receive [the victor’s] crown of life which God has promised to those who love Him.   13 Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted from God; for God is incapable of being tempted by [what is] evil and He Himself tempts no one.  14 But every person is tempted when he is drawn away, enticed and baited by his own evil desire (lust, passions).  15 Then the evil desire, when it has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is fully matured, brings forth death.  16 Do not be misled, my beloved brethren.  17 Every good gift and every perfect ([d]free, large, full) gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of all [that gives] light, in [the shining of] Whom there can be no variation [rising or setting] or shadow cast by His turning [as in an eclipse].  18 And it was of His own [free] will that He gave us birth [as sons] by [His] Word of Truth, so that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures [a sample of what He created to be consecrated to Himself].  James 1:12-18.   So it is never the fault of GOD when we go through deep dark painful waters, it is of our doing.  Job’s 42 chapters (oldest Bible manuscript) is all about how Job had great fear concerning his children, wealth and health.  God allowe lucifer to strip him bare.  And when he came to himself he realized the necked he came into the world and that he would leave the same way, Praise be the name of the LORD.  And then God more than replaced everything but then it was without any fear and could be fully enjoyed.  Interesting thing for me was that he was not fearful about his wife, so nothing happened to her.  Even though she was part of the problem.  

We are born into a perverted world in total rebellion against God.  But in that same world God has saturated it with HIS TRUTH.  Subject to us taking the time to listen and allowing  HIS TRUTH to impact our lives.   If we love Adam\’s world, we will experience an eternal separation from our Creator, our choice..  If we seek out God’s Kingdom in Christ Jesus and HIS Loving Truth and Light we will live in that love and truth for eternity.

And it is not as though I am outside looking in.  Actually, even at my age, evan as Paul commented, I am still learning to die to Adam’s world every day and be alive in the Jesus world.   In getting to be an old fossil does make the process of dying to this world much more important.  I am alive only by God’s grace already.   In looking for another set of wheels for my wife yesterday,   I ran across a really beautiful little Benz convertibles, my color and all, low milage, good price….  But my feet started to freeze up and cramp on me on the way home from Kailua Kona, yesterday in just 20 miles.   So really a very dumb temptation but still there after all of this time.  And to say nothing about riding a big Harley cycle at my near 88.  But God’s Truth is getting more and more powerful in my life as I write to you.  And never a dull moment.    “For the kingdom of God consists of and is based on not talk but power ([b] moral power and excellence of soul)”. 1 Cor.4:20.  “For the time being no discipline brings joy, but seems grievous and painful; but afterwards it yields a peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it [a harvest of fruit which consists in righteousness—in conformity to God’s will in purpose, thought, and action, resulting in right living and right standing with God]. “ Heb. 12:11.   “And what this love consists in is this: that we live and walk in accordance with and guided by His commandments (His orders, ordinances, precepts, teaching). This is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you continue to walk in love [guided by it and following it]. “ 1 John 1:6.  “Who were chosen and foreknown by God the Father and consecrated (sanctified, made holy) by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and to be sprinkled with [His] blood: May grace (spiritual blessing) and peace be given you in increasing abundance [that spiritual peace to be realized in and through Christ, freedom from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts]. 1 Pet.1:2 “And He 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.” Luke 12:15.  This is good TRUTH from the Word of God, don’t try to leave home without it….

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

There is but one universal and apostolic Church of Christ Jesus as LORD.       
And all who truly Love, Honor and Obey HIM have residency for eternity.