FEAR & GOSPEL

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

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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ALOHA FAMILY & FRIENDS, Beloved of God and me.    John 3:16,  Rom. 10:9-10,   Eph.4:11-16

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

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.

LIFE IN ABUNDANCE

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LIFE IN ABUNDANCE,    “WORTH CONSIDERING,   6/25/20     From   Ken<><

Today’s Scripture
“…But you, LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations. You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come…” (Psalm 102:12–13, NIV)

Your Set Time
In the first eleven verses of Psalm 102, the psalmist goes into great detail listing all his troubles, telling how miserable he is. Just when you think he’s ready to give up, he wrote today’s Scripture. In the midst of his sad song, he recognized that God was still on the throne, and he knew there was a set time for favor in his future. God was saying to His people, “Don’t worry, things are about to change. You’ve come into your set time of favor. I will arise and have compassion.” In your set time of favor, God will step in against your enemies and scatter them. When He arises, sickness will be defeated, addictions will be broken, and lack, poverty, and struggle will come to an end. He’s going before you clearing the path where you couldn’t go before, pushing back the forces of darkness. The enemies you’ve seen in the past you will see no more. It’s your set time for freedom, for wholeness.

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You that You are enthroned forever, and You have set this time of favor for me. Thank You that You are giving me power to do what I couldn’t do. I believe You are fighting my battles, preparing the way for me to step up to the next level. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Ken’s Thoughts,
So here it seems that the Palmist is sharing God’s time of ultimate compassion on Zion.  One of the small mountains on where Jerusalem is established..  Also to mean the Children of Israel.  So for me this is a prophesy concerning the 1,000 year millennium Kingdom of Christ Jesus on Earth after the Seven Years of the Great Tribulation.  Not really a personal prophesy at all.  And it is in being careful about context that helps us really understand the Holy Bible for faith, practice and doctrine.  We are taught by the Holy Bible to not get caught up in what others say that the Bible says.   Our libraries and Churches today are filled with books and traditions that make the Truth of God, ineffective and powerless.  We tend to try to support our experience in the pride of believing we are OK as we are before God.  He does accept and love us as the children of Adam but then also has a vision for us for our conversion to step up to the plate of faith and become like Jesus.  John 3:14-18.

.”Where there is no vision the people perish” [Proverbs 29:18]. Has the Lord given you a vision? Has He given you an assignment to accomplish? Now is the time to find and lay hold of HIS vision for you and to fulfill your calling. It may not happen as you planned or expected…but be confident of this fact…that your work in the Lord is not in vain as guided by the Holy Spirit!

So are we to settle for what the Lord has already accomplished?  It’s always nice to be reminded of how God has already used us – but we must never lose sight of what He still wants to do with us in the future, and how He may want to build upon what He has already done in the past. So renew your vision of His will in humility and obedience and faith  for your life, for your future, – and walk it out…  God does have a plan and a purpose for our creation, each and every one of us.  And there is Joy and fulfillment in the vision of God.   We have been invited to be Jr. Partners with our Creator in the Building of the Kingdom of God.  First we are experiencing the confusion and chaos of Adam’s pride and rebellion and learning how to gain the victory over our carnal nature that we inherited from Adam.  Only with us instead of having a garden ful of good stuff to eat with one NO! Tree.  Adam has made the world full of NO! Trees and now we have only one YES! Tree,   The Cross of Christ Jesus.  In Adam the whole human race was sold into sin but in Christ Jesus we are all invited to learn to walk in Christ Jesus as LORD and gain the victory over sin.  Jesus taught it this way:

“ I am the Bread of Life [that gives life—the Living Bread].  49 Your forefathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and [yet] they died.  50 [But] this is the Bread that comes down from heaven, so that [any]one may eat of it and never die.  51 I [Myself] am this Living Bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread, he will live forever; and also the Bread that I shall give for the life of the world is My flesh (body).  52 Then the Jews angrily contended with one another, saying, How is He able to give us His flesh to eat?  53 And Jesus said to them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, you cannot have any life in you unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood [unless you appropriate His life and the saving merit of His blood]. 54 He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood has (possesses now) eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.55 For My flesh is true and genuine food, and My blood is true and genuine drink.  56 He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood dwells continually in Me, and I [in like manner dwell continually] in him.  57 Just as the living Father sent Me and I live by (through, because of) the Father, even so whoever continues to feed on Me [whoever takes Me for his food and is nourished by Me] shall [in his turn] live through and because of Me.  58 This is the Bread that came down from heaven. It is not like the manna which our forefathers ate, and yet died; he who takes this Bread for his food shall live forever.  John 6:48-58.    “Now on the final and most important day of the Feast, Jesus stood, and He cried in a loud voice, If any man is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink!  38 He who believes in Me [who cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me] as the Scripture has said, From his innermost being shall flow [continuously] springs and rivers of living water.  39 But He was speaking here of the Spirit, Whom those who believed (trusted, had faith) in Him were afterward to receive. For the [Holy] Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified (raised to honor). “ Jn. 7:37-39.    “Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread and, [b] praising God, gave thanks and asked Him to bless it to their use, and when He had broken it, He gave it to the disciples and said, Take, eat; this is My body.  27 And He took a cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, Drink of it, all of you;  28 For this is My blood of the new covenant, which [[c] ratifies the agreement and] is [d] being poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” Matt. 26:26-28

So due to Adam’s ingesting the forbidden fruit in the Garden with death following.  We now need to ingest Christ Jesus to have that eternal life with GOD restored.  This means to totally put on Christ Jesus, To become like HIM in all that we do and all that we say.  NO HYPOCRISY !
Obviously we need GOD’S Loving Grace and a very strong Bible based faith to do this.

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 Love, Honor and Obey HIM are eternal members.

POLOTICS 6/23/20

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Just a little on POLITICS today, If not into it, just hit delete.  
But Be in Faith,  Our Creator has the future all written down, already.    Ken<><   6/24/20

Rush Notes:   (Personally, I feel, He has a good point to make.)    “Worth Considering” 
Americans are living through uncertain times.  Many are wondering what the end game is.  And they got a terrible clue when Rush Limbaugh dropped this big bombshell about what is to happen next.  When the protests erupted after four Minneapolis police officers allegedly murdered George Floyd, many Americans assumed the demonstrators were in the streets demanding change in police tactics.  But as the protests turned to riots and the demonstrations dragged on for weeks, many in the public wondered what the end goal of the Black Lives Matter political movement really was.

A caller asked Rush Limbaugh if America was headed for an implosion due to domestic political unrest fomented by the left.  Limbaugh admitted that may be a possibility, but he differed on the cause.  In his telling, Limbaugh explained that Black Lives Matter and other leftist agitators were not leading a political rebellion, but instead waging a cultural revolution.  “Possibly, but I don’t think it’s imminent. I think it looks like it is. The reason I don’t think it’s gonna happen is because what we’re up against is not really a political revolution. I know this is gonna be like a fine-line differentiation. We’re up against a cultural revolution here. And these things all end because they eat each other. They end up subsuming themselves. Now, not to say that they’re not gonna have a long-lasting impact on things, but the longer they go on, the more people they repulse,”

The caller added that when he was active duty military, he thought the biggest threat America faced was from a foreign enemy.  But now the caller realized the greatest danger posed to the nation came from a radicalized political left trying to tear the nation apart.  Rush agreed completely and noted the communist influence on the Black Lives Matter movement.  “Well, you’re right. That is the primary — but, you know, this falling from within is still external. It’s all the result of communist influence — Russia, Soviet Union, ChiCom. I mean, that’s where all this is. We’re up against communism. You can call it Black Lives Matter. You can call it whatever some of their favorite little pet names of their organizations are, Occupy Wall Street. We are up against communism. We’re up against Marxist theory that we are seeing be implemented and approved of and sponsored by a political party, the Democrat Party,” Limbaugh added.  And there are elements of Marxist philosophy embedded in the Black Lives Matter political movement.  Like the communists, Black Lives Matter openly states its goal is to “disrupt” the traditional nuclear family.  Black Lives Matter also seeks to impose massive wealth redistribution schemes by forcing the government to pay reparations for slavery.  In George Orwell’s “1984,” “the Party” enforced discipline by turning children into the “League of Junior Spies” to rat out their parents for supposed “thought crime.”  Learn more about Revenue Stripe…   Americans are now seeing videos go viral on social media of children denouncing their parents for not sufficiently supporting the Black Lives Matter movement.  And in 1975 when the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia, they imposed a “year zero” calendar by erasing all history that came before their murderous government seized power.  A similar campaign is being waged in America as Black Lives Matter activists first demanded the removal of Confederate monuments and have now moved on to tearing down statues of Francis Scott Key, Ulysses S. Grant, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.  Many Americans are starting to realize that Black Lives Matter is not out to just “reform the police.”  They are seeking a wholesale overthrow of the American culture and way of life and replacing it with a tyrannical left-wing alternative.  If you want American Patriot Daily to keep you up to date on any new developments in this ongoing story and the rest of the breaking news in politics, please bookmark our site, consider making us your homepage and forward our content with your friends on social media and email.

Dean E. Witt Jr.    If you are a law enforcement officer and need a break, you can come park outside my home.  If you are thirsty I will bring you a drink.  If you are hungry I will fix you food.  If you are hot I will invite you inside to cool off.  If you need additional ammo just ask.  If you need backup, I will stand with you.  If you need to cry, I will hug you and let you.  If you need to talk I will listen.  If you need to pray, I will kneel with you.  If you are wrong, I will tell you.   If you are right I will support you. I only ask that you don’t lose faith in Americans.  We are NOT all against you.  Our lives matter, as do yours.  Take off your sunglasses and see the good people that are here for you.  Albeit, we are not as loud and obnoxious as these whiney media seekers, we are strong and waiting to follow your lead.   God Bless you and your family.

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Don’t place God in a box — but recognize that God is calling you to live outside the box! Your life before you were born again was a “mortal” life, but having crossed over, you’re now called to live a supernatural life! So live it — because your life is an inheritance directly from your Heavenly Father!  While we live in these mortal bodies, we’re called to do extraordinary things in this life! We have a Spiritual Father sitting on the throne who wants to give us wisdom from above. He wants to give us “peace that passes all understanding.” And He’s calling us to live a life outside this natural realm — a life worthy of a “King and a Priest” of the Most High.

An infectious diseases specialist in Italy has said he believes the COVID-19 virus has weakened and may disappear by itself without a vaccine, Fox News reported Monday. Dr Matteo Bassetti, head of the infectious diseases clinic at San Martino hospital in Genoa, said the virus weakening may be caused by genetic mutations resulting from lockdown and social distancing measures.
A new survey of undergraduate college students found that 94% of Democrat responders support defunding of police (i.e. cutting police budgets to fund other community resources) while only 13% of Republican students do, The College Fix reported. The poll also found that a majority of Democrat responders believe rioting and looting are legitimate forms of protest against racial injustice and police brutality while almost all Republican responders believe they are not.  An Iranian Christian rights activist who was jailed for protesting against Iran’s Islamic government says more than a dozen Christians remain behind bars in the country’s overcrowded prisons.  Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi on Sunday said Iran is now the most dangerous country in the Middle East, not just because of its nuclear program, but also through its conventional weapons and support for terror activities against Israel.

TESTING

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ALOHA FAMILY AND FRIENDS,  Beloved of God and me.    Another beautiful day here in Kealia.

TESTING,      “WORTH CONSIDERING”   6/23/20       From Ken<>< in Kealia, Hawaii

Today’s Scripture    (Across my desk today from Texas.)
“For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.”  James.1:3

When God is Silent
Sometimes when we’re being tested by discouragement, it seems God is silent. We pray and don’t hear anything. We read the Scripture and still come away feeling as though God is a million miles away. It’s easy to think something must be wrong. But remember, this is a test. You have to pass the test of being faithful where you are. Keep stretching, praying, and believing. The next step is coming—an increase step, a favor step, a healing step, a breakthrough step.  When God is silent, don’t assume He’s left you or is mad at you. He is right there with you during the test. His silence is a sign that He has great confidence in you and He has prepared you, and now He is watching to see if you have learned. He knows you will come through the test victoriously or He would not have permitted you to be tested. Keep being your best with what you have.

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You for the good plan You have for my life. Even when I don’t understand things, I choose to put my hope and trust in You. Help me to live in Your joy and pass the discouragement test when You seem to be silent. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Ken’s Thoughts,
This teaching reminded me of the ultimate testing for Christ Jesus when death was at the door and HE cried out “Father, Father!! Why have you left me alone???”  We often think of Jesus as some kind of a super man and not like us at all.  But in every way HE was tested as we are, yet without sin.  In fact in Hebrews it mentions that HE even learned obedience by the things (temptations) that HE suffered.  Now how can any one learn obedience through suffering.  Well I took that to the LORD and what I felt came back is: “Every time you have victory in being obedient you learn to be more obedient.  So in Jesus deciding very young to be obedient even when suffering through doing that which was right but was uncomfortable to do, it made him stronger.  Of course the ultimate in HIS obedience was in HIS prayer before being bound on the Mount of Olives.  And HE prayed, “And going a little farther, He threw Himself upon the ground on His face and prayed saying, My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will [not what I desire], but as You will and desire.”  Matt. 26:39  

So this brings up an interesting question.   How is your learning obedience through suffering going?  Of course the Holy Spirit is our instructor and will guide us through the Word of God as to the Commandments of Christ Jesus for serious testing.  The Holy Spirit has been busy setting up Godly authority from the cradle to the grave.  But then we have been making adjustments in order to avoid the intrusion of Godly Authority and know very little concerning real Godly authority in our theater churches today.  The little church across the street from us told me very carefully that they used a “progressive” interpretation of the Bible.   In other words they used scissors for the parts of the Bible that they disagreed with.  And as a result of private or personal interpretation of Holy Scripture today we see very little of the confirming power of the Holy Spirit as per Paul’s Prophesy to Timothy, 1 Tim.3 and concerning our Laodicean Church of today as noted in Prophesy by Christ Jesus in Rev.3:12-22 where Jesus is knocking on the outside of the door to be invited into HIS own church.   The theater and early Roman church tradition infusion of traditions have made the Word of God mostly ineffective in most of our traditions of today.  And neither do we find the Book of Acts continuing today.  Seems like obedience testing has been totally replaced with a blanket of we are OK as we are.  After all God is Love.  So let’s just love one another and say good things and be polite and not cause any ripples or testing.  Actually Jesus was very clear, “No prunning, No fruit.”  No dying to this world, no gathering to the Kingdom. “ I write to you, fathers, because you have come to know (recognize, be conscious of, and understand) Him Who [has existed] from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong and vigorous, and the Word of God is [always] abiding in you (in your hearts), and you have been victorious over the wicked one.  15 Do not love or cherish the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.  16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh [craving for sensual gratification] and the lust of the eyes [greedy longings of the mind] and the pride of life [assurance in one’s own resources or in the stability of earthly things]—these do not come from the Father but are from the world [itself].” 1 Jn.2:14-16.

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

Jesus came in love to save us, we are also called in HIM to share HIS message.
John 17:20-26


There is but one universal and apostolic church with Christ Jesus as LORD
All who truly Love, Honor and Obey HIM will live with HIM for eternity.


Learning Ground:
It was that the children who were born in Israel and went to school who learned Hebrew first — and since, of course, the adults didn’t know Hebrew, it was the children who taught their parents.  There is a profound example in Ben-Yehuda’s inspiring act of faith — for as Yeshua said, “Unless you are changed and become like little children you cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” If you want to speak the language of Heaven, you must learn it as a child would learn! Little children are open, receptive, hungry to learn, believing, humble, and lighthearted. According to Yeshua (Jesus), these qualities are necessary for entry into our Lord’s realm.

Iceland’s meteorological service IMO said Monday that 3,000 tremors had been registered on the northern coast of the country.   The sunny, blue skies of the Caribbean were shrouded in dust on Monday as a dense plume of Saharan dust that experts say hasn’t been seen in half a century moved into the region as it makes its way towards the U.S.  Praying and marching against racism Friday, thousands of Christians took part in the “March on Atlanta” event organized by One Race Movement, a Christian coalition aiming to “displace the spirit of racism and release racial reconciliation,” The Christian Post reported. Participants also prayed in support of the Atlanta Police Department which is reeling from nationwide rage against law enforcement following the police killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta itself.  The streets of Minneapolis where George Floyd was killed are being used by God to save those searching for hope and healing.  (“But then Law came in, [only] to expand and increase the trespass [making it more apparent and exciting opposition]. But where sin increased and abounded, grace (God’s unmerited favor) has surpassed it and increased the more and super abounded,…” Rom.5:20)
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KINGDOM OF GOD

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ALOHA FAMILY & FRIENDS,  Beloved of God and me,   Beautiful Day here in Kealia, HI.  Be sure to tell me if you wish to add or delete an address or have a question?    ken@trinity-aloha.org

KINGDOM OF GOD,     “WORTH CONSIDERING”    6/22/20      From Ken<><
    
Today’s Scripture     (Across my desk this morning from Texas.)
“…When the LORD saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive, but Rachel remained childless…”  (Genesis 29:31, NIV)

You’re Going to Shine
In today’s Scripture Leah and her sister, Rachel, were both married to Jacob. Rachel was more beautiful, so Jacob didn’t give Leah much time and attention. I’m sure she felt like she was inferior, at a disadvantage, not good enough. That doesn’t go unnoticed. God sees every injustice, every wrong, every tear. Leah went on to have four sons before Rachel had one. Having a son in those days was a big deal. God was saying, “Leah, I’m giving you sons who’ll cause Jacob to notice you.”

You may feel like someone else got all the good breaks, good childhood, good looks, good personality. Don’t worry, your time is coming. God has some advantages for you that will cause you to stand out. You’re not going to always live in the shadow of somebody more talented, more beautiful, more successful. God’s going to cause you to shine. You’re going to excel, you’re going to be known, you’re going to leave your mark.

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You that nothing that has happened to me has gone unnoticed by You. Thank You that You take it personally, and You go to work to make things right. I believe that as I honor You and put You first that You will cause me to shine. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Ken’s Thoughts,
The story of Jacob is rather like a soap opera…  But Jacob was loved of God even before he was born because of his ultimate  faith.  And this rascal, as was born, took a lot of training.  He was a  rip off artist, a mommies boy and full of tricks.  So read from Gen.25:27 about Jacob to get a good foundation.  The go on to Laban Gen. 28:2 about his trickster uncle who exchanged Leah for Rachel after 7 years that Jacob had worked to buy Rachel…  (Laban hiding behind a law that he had neglected to share earlier.)  So Jacob the trickster has been tricked by Leah and her father and begins to take it out on Leah but then Leah gives him 4 of his 12 sons really early.  So happy family, not.  As Esau was still hot about being ripped of of his birth right to Jacob.  But in the end Jacob comes through, makes up with Esau and has 12 sons who become the nation of Israel.  Wrestles with the Messenger of God and is blessed of God.    And with this whole story comes Apostle Paul sharing in Rom. 9:12-14 “12 It was said to her that the elder [son] should serve the younger [son].  13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated (held in [a]relative disregard in comparison with My feeling for Jacob).  14 What shall we conclude then? Is there injustice upon God’s part? Certainly not!

So actually,  in the absolute foreknowledge of GOD,  it was not at all a surprise for GOD.  As from God’s dimension in eternity HE already knew where Jacob would land and loved Jacob for the man that he would become even before it happened .  In fact.  Like an architect being able to see a building from the plans prior to being built or Mozart being able to hear a melody prior to writing it down on paper so to played later.  So the real truth to take away from this story is that God deeply loves us in HIS faith of what we will become as we will learn to trust HIM.  For with Jacob the 1st born birthright was, BY FAITH, very precious to him.   But to his brother Esau it meant nothing, he could care less.  So in fact Easu sold his birth right for a bowl of stew when he was hungry.   Of course the birthright was as a gift from GOD.  Jacob believed it, but Esau did  not.  Then of the 12 sons of Jacob come with a Joseph and the saga continues till we get Christ Jesus.

So what ever “mark” you are going to make to be worth while you will need to send ahead because we can take nothing of this world with us.  If you take anything into God’s dimension of eternity at all,  it will be the love of those who’s lives have been touched by Christ Jesus through you.  Jesus was very clear in teaching us that our eternal family and our temporal family were not the same.  Matt. 12:46 “Jesus was still speaking to the people when behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to Him.47 [a] Someone said to Him, Listen! Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak to You.  48 But He replied to the man who told Him, Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?  49 And stretching out His hand toward [not only the twelve disciples but all] [b] His adherents, He said, Here are My mother and My   brothers.  50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother!”  So in tune with Romans 8, our new family is the family of GOD in righteousness and light.  And the only things we can send ahead are works that support the Kingdom of God.  WE are here on earth to lean to be the light on the hill to try to draw all who will to Christ Jesus as LORD.  The Holy Spirit wants to make us HOLY and to use us to draw all to Jesus who will come.  And those who come will be our very close and eternal family in the Kingdom 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 eternal members.

Elections 2020
Don’t get dismayed by this very destructive political election this year.  It is simple a clear battle between Constitutional Freedoms under God or the deception of Socialist slavery under atheism. So it is really a fight as to who will appoint the next Supreme Court Justice as to which direction the nation will then go for many years.  Seems we are very close to the point of no return.  Our schools and our government have already become mostly atheistic and morally bankrupt for many years now.   We are nationally experiencing that destructive fallout now.      Ken<><

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The Gospel is being spread in difficult-to-reach former Soviet Union countries, Mission Network News reported Wednesday. Local Christians have been reaching out to share the Gospel and offer practical help to neighbors struggling with poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Religious freedom group Open Doors USA has been told that Christians in Iran are risking their lives to help fellow citizens with food and hygiene parcels during the coronavirus outbreak, Fox News reported Thursday. Known internationally for its radical Islamic terrorism, Iran is the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East. 

GRACE OF GOD

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

GRACE OF GOD,    “WORTH CONSIDERING”    6/19/20    From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture            (Across my desk this morning from Texas.)
“…How great is the goodness you have stored up for those who fear you. You lavish it on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world…”  (Ps. 31:19, NLT)

How Great is His Goodness
King David said, “What would have happened to me if I had not believed to see the goodness of God?” I wonder how many blessings we’re missing out on, how much favor, how much increase we’re not seeing simply because we’re not expecting it. We’re not releasing our faith.

Right now there are blessings that have your name on them. There is promotion stored up, healing stored up, vindication stored up, a house stored up. God has already destined them to be yours. But if you think, I’ll never get married. I’ll never pay my house off. I’ve made too many mistakes. God would never bless me, that is going to keep you from God’s best. Why don’t you try a different approach and say, “God, I believe You have some surprises in my future. I believe I’ll see Your goodness in a new way.” When you live with this expectancy, that’s when God will give you something to talk about.

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You for Your goodness and the many blessings You have stored up for me. Thank You that when I keep You first place and honor You that blessings will chase me down and overtake me. I believe You have some surprises in my future. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Ken’s Thoughts,
Actually, we usually blame God for our reaping of the flesh.  We do rebellious and stupid stuff and have a bad outcome eventually and wonder why God did not fix it.  We tend to totally forget God until we get into trouble in the negative use of our own freewill.  And then with tears go to God to fix the mess that we made.  There is an immutable cosmic law of what we sow, we reap.  I have had young ladies come to me in total repentance for getting pregnant and as yet have never seen the child disappear.  I got married at 22 before I became a Christian and made Jesus LORD.  It was the wrong thing to do, took 17 years to finally get most of the weeds pulled from what I had sowed.  So God’s Love and Grace is eternal but we do have a freewill that needs to be trained to know good from bad and we need God’s Grace to help us when we choose humility and obedience over pride and rebellion. 

So God’s Goodness and Grace is our experience when we learn to start making righteous decisions.  And some of the weeds we allowed to be planted when we were Adams kids may take a long time to pull.  Paul even alluded to the need to die to the world, flesh and devil every day in 1 Cor.15:31 “I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.”  And again in Romans 8:5-16 “ 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.  6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.  7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.  8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.  9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.  10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.  11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.  12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.  13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify (put to death) the deeds of the body, ye shall live.  14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.  15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.  16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:”    So every day in order to stay under God’s Grace in humility and obedience we must die to the lusts of the flesh, lusts of the eyes and pride of life each and every day of our lives.  This is really what it means to make Christ Jesus, LORD!  But it is to grow up in HIM in all things, a process.

Horatio Gates Spafford was a 43-year-old Chicago Businessman who suffered financial disaster in the great Chicago fire of 1871. He and his wife, still grieving the death of their son who had died shortly before the fire, were in great need of a retreat, and decided to take their remaining children to England for a vacation. So Spafford arranged to send his wife and four daughters ahead of him on the SS Ville du Havre. He planned to follow in a few days.  During the voyage on the Atlantic Ocean, the Ville du Havre was struck by an iron sailing vessel and sank within 12 minutes. Two hundred twenty-six lives were lost – including the Spafford’s four daughters. When the survivors were brought to shore at Cardiff, Wales, Mrs. Spafford cabled her husband two words: “Saved alone.” Spafford booked passage on the next ship. As they were crossing the Atlantic the captain pointed out the place where he thought the Ville du Havre had gone down. That night, Spafford penned the following words: Spafford lost his business and his children but found comfort in His savior.
When peace like a river attendeth my way;  When sorrows like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say;  It is well, it is well with my soul.
I have more thoughts about the above but will let you work on it for awhile.   Was this 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.
And all who truly Love, Honor and Obey HIM are members for eternity.



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The UK’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has announced a “major breakthrough” in the treatment of patients who are seriously ill with COVID-19. On Twitter Tuesday the NIHR said a RECOVERY trial it supported showed that the steroid dexamethasone “significantly reduces” the risk of dying for coronavirus patients requiring respiratory intervention.   The U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Trump from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, which shields from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrant children who were brought to the United States illegally.  The Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) announced on Wednesday that a San Francisco area federal court ruled that churches have no place in the dynamic downtown area of one northern California city.      

JUDGMENT

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

JUDGING    “WORTH CONSIDERING”   6/18/20    From Ken<><
    
Today’s Scripture   (Across my desk this morning from Texas.)
“…Trust GOD from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure out everything on your own…”  (Proverbs 3:5, MSG)

The “I Don’t Understand It” File
Sometimes it’s best to leave things alone. As long as you’re probing around your hurts and disappointments, trying to figure out why something happened, you’re never going to heal. You have to let it go and say, “God, I don’t understand it, but I’m not going to keep trying to figure it out. I know that You wouldn’t allow it if You couldn’t bring good out of it, so I’m going to leave it with You.”   We should have a file in our thinking called “I Don’t Understand It.” When things come up that don’t make sense and you can’t find an answer, instead of trying to figure it out, getting confused and frustrated, just put it in your “I Don’t Understand It” file and move forward. If you make the mistake of going through life trying to figure out why something bad happened, why something didn’t work out, why your prayer wasn’t answered, that’s going to poison your life.

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You that I can be free from trying to figure everything out on my own. I recognize that You wouldn’t allow it in my life if You couldn’t bring good out of it. I will place these matters in my “I Don’t Understand It” file and move forward. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Ken’s Thoughts:
There is going to always be someone who is going to quote, “Judge not, lest ye be judged.” as found in Matt.7:1-3 of course the context is required to really know what Jesus is teaching about. ”Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?’  So in context HE is not saying not to judge but to be objective, valid and righteous in your judgment.  To not be into condemnation in your judgment but to be loving and fair in listening to all of the fact and witnesses of the matter prior to making a judgment.  And in John 12:47-49 it is very clear that negative judgment is preserved for the last days.  “And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. 49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.”   So with any judgement that we make it should be for the purpose of restoration and encouragement.  Paul shares this in Romans 2:2-4: “But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. 3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?”   So any judgement that we feel to make should ultimately try to lead to repentance.   And not to just vent our anger or frustrations.  The whole chapter of 1 Cor.6:(especially1-3) is an instruction on how the church (people) should enter into judgment.  “Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?”  (Should read the whole chapter.)

In Matt.18   Matthew records the following words of Christ Jesus: “If your brother wrongs you, go and show him his fault, between you and him privately. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take along with you one or two others, so that every word may be confirmed and upheld by the testimony of two or three witnesses.  17 If he pays no attention to them [refusing to listen and obey], tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a pagan and a tax collector.  18 Truly I tell you, whatever you forbid and declare to be improper and unlawful on earth must be [e] what is already forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit and declare proper and lawful on earth must be [f] what is already permitted in heaven.  19 Again I tell you, if two of you on earth agree (harmonize together, make a symphony together) about whatever [anything and [g] everything] they may ask, it will come to pass and be done for them by My Father in heaven.  20 For wherever two or three are gathered (drawn together as My followers) in (into) My name, there I Am in the midst of them.

So pure anointed Judgement is based upon GOD’S truth for loving unity and reconciliation if at all possible.  Divisions should be seen as opportunities for finding GOD’S TRUTH in LOVE that will give us more freedom and power  in the HOLY SPIRIT to serve our LORD.  And this also includes those who are Married:   1 Pet.3:6-8, “6 It was thus that Sarah obeyed Abraham [following his guidance and acknowledging his headship over her by] calling him lord (master, leader, authority). And you are now her true daughters if you do right and let nothing terrify you [not giving way to hysterical fears or letting anxieties unnerve you].  7 In the same way you married men should live considerately with [your wives], with an [c] intelligent recognition [of the marriage relation], honoring the woman as [physically] the weaker, but [realizing that you] are joint heirs of the grace (God’s unmerited favor) of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered and cut off. [Otherwise you cannot pray effectively.]  8 Finally, all [of you] should be of one and the same mind (united in spirit), sympathizing [with one another], loving [each other] as brethren [of one household], compassionate and courteous (tenderhearted and humble).

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

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