WORLD IN CHAOS

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WORLD IN CHAOS,      WORTH CONSIDERING,   6/3/20 From Ken<><      www.Trinity-Aloha.org
 
Today’s Scripture    (In my mailbox from Texas this morning.)
“…In everything you do, put God first, and he will direct you and crown your efforts with success…”  (Proverbs 3:6, TLB)

Put God First
A lot of people are good at taking care of the physical and emotional parts of their lives, but they don’t take care of the spiritual. There’s no or minimal connection to God. Your life will be more fulfilling when you’re in relationship with your Creator. He breathed life into you. He knows what your purpose is. He wants to give you the advantage for success. When you make Him a part of your life, His favor will take you where your talents and abilities cannot take you.  Make your spiritual life a priority. When you get up in the morning, take time to thank God for the day. Don’t run out of the house stressed out, in a hurry. Start the day off with a grateful attitude. Read the Scripture, meditate on His promises, and fill your mind with thoughts of faith, hope, and victory. Put God first and He will crown your efforts with success.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You invited me into a relationship with You. I want, in everything I do, to put You first and have You direct my life. Thank You for speaking to me through Your Word. I believe that You will crown my efforts with success. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts:
I live on a little island in the middle of the Pacific ocean 20 miles out in the local country side on the Big Island near where Captain Cook landed and charted the location of Hawaii.  Our local community got emotional about spiritually contaminating Mauna Kea with another telescope?  They made a protest until winter that may begin again as it is warming up.  But basically we are experiencing none of this Chaos, so far, as in HIS HANDS.

Of course the murder of George Floyd by the police is inexcusable but the devastation of riots is also inexcusable. We are a nation of Laws under a Constitution that does work but takes time.  Judgment for the murder will be judged legally with or without the riots.   If we don’t like the verdict then we need to change the laws.  But the riots are a deeper symptom of a spiritual sickness that has invaded our country from the time when we were OK with removing God from our schools and government.  Our Constitution was written to keep the government from becoming religious but not to keep spiritual ethics and truth from the government or our children.  Essentially our founding fathers knew that without an honorable and moral people of personal integrity that our government would fail.  Many of the signers of our Constitution were Christian Ministers.

We are watching the results of the invasion of atheism into our school systems.  The majority of our children are now growing up without a moral compass.  This battle began in 7/21/1925 at the “Scopes Monkey Trial” which started our school systems into considering evolution and atheism.  As a result of this case our schools begin to move towards evolution and atheism.   Socialism is also atheistic and has no moral compass as well.  So our kids, with believing the lies, are going for it.  They are believing in empty promises that will never come to pass.  And they are now of age to vote for it.  Power is the only quest of socialism.  Even today the well meaning atheistic Chinese are harvesting needed body parts from living prisoners for their value in the market place.  Many of those being murdered for parts are Christians in prison simple due to their faith.  Socialism/Communism has no ethical or moral compass.  It is the darkness of the New Word Order now circling the world with the lies of all things free to get votes.  But once in power, very difficult to remove and the promises are quickly forgotten.  Over 100 million people have died on earth because of Socialism/Communism atheism.  So for us as Christians we are beginning to clearly see that the darkness, getting darker and also according to Holy Scripture that HIS LIGHT is going to become much brighter.  That as we head for into the completion and birth of HIS Church, Eph.4:11-16 and John 17 the LORD’s return for HIS Church as soon to be perfected will become more and more evident.

 And His gifts were [varied; He Himself appointed and gave men to us] some to be apostles (special messengers), some prophets (inspired preachers and expounders), some evangelists (preachers of the Gospel, traveling missionaries), some pastors (shepherds of His flock) and teachers.  12 His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping of the saints (His consecrated people), [that they should do] the work of ministering toward building up Christ’s body (the church),  13 [That it might develop] until we all attain oneness in the faith and in the comprehension of the [[a]full and accurate] knowledge of the Son of God, that [we might arrive] at really mature manhood (the completeness of personality which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ’s own perfection), the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ and the completeness found in Him.  14 So then, we may no longer be children, tossed [like ships] to and fro between chance gusts of teaching and wavering with every changing wind of doctrine, [the prey of] the cunning and cleverness of [b]unscrupulous men, [gamblers engaged] in every shifting form of trickery in inventing errors to mislead.  15 Rather, let our lives lovingly [c]express truth [in all things, speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly]. Enfolded in love, let us grow up in every way and in all things into Him Who is the Head, [even] Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).  16 For because of Him the whole body (the church, in all its various parts), closely joined and firmly knit together by the joints and ligaments with which it is supplied, when each part [with power adapted to its need] is working properly [in all its functions], grows to full maturity, building itself up in love.  Eph.4:11-16

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace and Mercy,   Ken<>< www.Trinity-Aloha.org
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The Congressional Budget Office projected Monday that the U.S. will loose nearly $16 trillion in gross domestic product over the next decade because of the pandemic.  The governors of 23 American states and the District of Columbia have activated 17,000 National Guard soldiers to help manage ongoing rioting in cities across the country, the Washington Examiner reported Monday. The US has been devastated by extreme – including deadly – violence, looting, and destruction of property since unarmed African American George Floyd was killed at the hands of Minneapolis police on May 25.  We are seeing events unfold with such clarity, there is a sense of urgency as the days grow darker.  Let us seize this time, and recognize the great opportunity we have to share the gospel to a world more ready to receive it.   To even the most hardened person … they can clearly see that the world has radically changed in ways like never before. Today, if you are HIS watchmen!   As the world gets darker … continue to shine His light — in His love, for we shall truly reap if we faint not.     Matt.24, Mark 13, Luke 23.     worthybrief@worthynetwork.com

PRAYER & GRAVITY

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PRAYER & GRAVITY,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”    6/2/20    By Ken<><

Today’s Scripture    ( Found in my mail this morning from Texas.)
“…And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive…”  (Matt. 21:22)

Dare to Ask Big
When God laid out the plan for your life, He didn’t just put into it what you need to get by and endure until the end. He put more than enough in it. He’s a God of abundance. We see this all through the Scripture. David says, “My cup runs over.” He had an abundance, more than he needed. Yes, we should thank God that our needs are supplied, but don’t settle there. He is a more-than-enough God. He wants you to have an abundance so you can be a blessing to those around you.  Are you asking for the abundant, overflowing, more-than-enough life that God has for you? God says you are to reign in life, that whatever you touch will prosper and succeed. Don’t pray to just get by. Dare to ask big. Ask for what God has promised you. Ask Him for new levels. Ask Him for explosive blessings. Ask Him to propel you into your purpose.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for Your grace, favor, and mercy. Thank You for being the God of overflow! I am asking You for the more-than-enough life that You have promised. I believe that You will give me the desires of my heart, and my cup will run over. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts,
Prayer for me is making time to listen more than asking.   I am still working on being able to hear HIS voice above all of the noise pollution going on in my mind.  I still tend to get into what (I) want to get done, regardless.   It use to be that I could make it work on my own if I put my mind & body to it.   But now, those days are past and seriously I think that is good.  So where I am now about prayer (Talking with my Creator, Heavenly Father.)  Is first,  to make sure I am on praying ground as if there is anything that I know that HE has asked me to do in HIS great love that I have not done that HIS conversation will start there.  I am not going to be able to skip to the next space till I have complied with what space that I am in now.  And HE will wait till I exhaust all of my devious attempts to ignore that which I need to do.  All of the prayers of Jesus will be completely answered as Jesus was always in obedience even to the extremely death on a cross of the Romans.   (Especially, John 17   which we avoid.) 

Next in the issues of humility and obedience is direction.  Is what you are asking for already confirmed that it is GOD’S will to be done.  Otherwise your prayers will be answered with a NO.  GOD is not Santa Clause or some Jinn and we can get what ever we want.  Strange thing, If we do not get what we want we then become angry with God for not being our shoe shine boy.  Some one is sick and dies in the family.   My youngest daughter died  from a combination of malpractice and kidney failure .   Of course we prayed and prayed and prayed but Laurie died anyway.  This was over 50 years ago so I now have an objective sound healing now and can talk about it.  At the time I was a Christian, I refused to get angry, mistakes were made, Laurie died but God was not at fault and did what was best for Laurie.  I look back and by looking at what her older siblings have been through,  I now see that It was far better for her to grow up at the feet of Jesus than being here on earth.   Paul shares, we now see through smokey glass but when in the 0ther Room, then, face to face we will know even as we are known.  1 Cor. 13.  My heart really goes out to the kids today.

So to pray without ceasing for me means to always try to be in humility and obedience to be able to hear spiritually.  I was working on a doctrine the other day for “Worth Considering” and the Holy Spirit kindly taught me that the carnal nature, that we all inherited from Adam, is like gravity.   As a baby we could hardly turn over when we arrive upon conception & birth in this world of rebellion and pride.  But gradually we learn to roll over, then to crawl, and then to walk and  run.  But due to the gravity most every thing else, we can leave and find it later where we left it.  Now we have learned to even fly though it and to go where there is no more gravity.  Usually metaphors have only a limited value but this one seems to have some deep spiritual lessons for us.  So you might want to take it and run with it and see where it takes you.   And I would also be interested.

So as we learn to fly and to not be bound to this world spiritually with a mixture of God’s salvation and grace, HIS Word and our Heart Faith.  Some times I have be able to fly in the Holy Spirit and I have been most joyfully amazed, a touch of heaven.   So now, if I go to a gathering and the Holy Spirit is not there in word and in power I get totally board.  Church is people and supposed to be filled with the Holy Spirit, an interactive forum, not a theater.  A gathering (anyplace) where the Holy Spirit is invited to come, save, teach, deliver, heal and make us like Jesus.  Read about what it is not in 2 Tim. 3 as a prophesy from Apostle Paul.  Seem that Adam’s spiritual gravity still has a very strong hold on most of us.  Jesus taught us on how to become free in HIS TRUTH,  not our religious traditions.

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

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Worthy Brief 6/2,   worthybrief@worthynetwork.com       Really starting to look a lot like:      Matt. 24, Mark 13,   Luke 21, The same end time prophesy of Christ Jesus by 3 witnesses.   Luke shares about the, “End of the Age of the Gentiles.”  Matthew shares in a Rabbinical style of teaching.  Would you like a copy of my 11 pages on,   (“The Return of the King?”)   Just let me know…   Ken@Trinity-Aloha.org  (One reader requested a clearer cleaner copy.)

JOY

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JOY,      “WORTH CONSIDERING”    6/1/20    From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture   ( Received this morning in my mail from Texas.)
“…So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again; then you will rejoice, and no one can rob you of that joy…”  (John 16:22, NLT)

Keep Your Joy
We all have opportunities to get upset and go around frustrated. Life is full of inconveniences, delays, people that don’t do right. You’re never going to stop these things from happening; the key is how we handle them. Today’s Scripture says no one can take your joy. That means you control your joy. Nothing can take it from you; you have to give it away.  Life is too short to live frustrated, upset about things that many times we have no control over. People have a right to have their opinion, but you have a right to ignore it. People have a right to be rude, but you have a right to stay happy. Quit letting insignificant things—your grouchy boss, the person talking behind your back, your child getting on your nerves—steal your joy. Make this decision every morning, “I will be joyful today.” When you’re tempted to get upset, remind yourself that you have the power to keep your joy.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that I have the power to remain calm because You’ve given me a spirit of discipline and self-control. Thank You that You made this day, and I’m not going to live sour and defeated. I’ve made up my mind that I’m going keep my joy. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts:
Good Message Today, A-1…   Every soul that GOD has created on planet earth has a free will to go in any direction that they see fit to go and at any time.  We can even ignore the laws of  God and the land set to help us to remember to be peaceful or suffer the consequences.  No one can ever make you do anything you do not want to do.  Or stop you from doing what ever you want to do.  In the 1930’s when I went to grade school there were strong teachings concerning GOD, Country, Responsibility and Accountability.   The 10 commandments were hung by the light switch and we sang songs including hymns, prayed, said the allegiance to the flag with God, respect and were reminded every day that we were accountable to God, Family and our Nation for our actions.   Of course there was still the carnal nature of Adam to contend with and we were not at all perfect but that understanding of accountability was built in and a great help during my life.

At this point in time the Supreme Court has seen fit to remove God from our schools, government and civil experience.  And as it is easier to turn on a TV and more interesting than going to any church.  Most of our country is now being trained by Hollywood.  Our children are now mostly atheist and have no moral compass at all.   Not from home, church or school.  They have no hell to avoid nor heaven to gain and we wonder why some are killing their classmates.  The Bible is clear that where there is not vision the people parish.  That it is in believing the great and precious promises of God that we begin to become like HIM and are concerned for the souls of our fellow man.  We don’t want to see any eternal soul consigned into the midst of darkness for eternity.   God’s love for us encourages us to love one another and find peaceful resolutions.  And together to work towards finding more freedom from our carnal nature by making Jesus our Lord.   So if you don’t really know and believe the precious promises of God distributed by HIM through HIS prophets for 6,000 years now, you will not be able to walk in HIS peace and Joy in the midst of the persecutions that are getting stronger each year now.  Even the Jews who have suffered massive persecution are now persecuting the Christians that are now in Israel.  So without a deep understanding of the Great and Precious Promises of God for your life now and for eternity, it will be impossible for you to withstand the coming persecution in the Joy of the LORD.   One of the promises that I greatly love is as follows: 2 Tim. 1:5-9 (7) 

I am calling up memories of your sincere and unqualified faith (the [b] leaning of your entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness), [a faith] that first lived permanently in [the heart of] your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am [fully] persuaded, [dwells] in you also.  6 That is why I would remind you to stir up (rekindle the embers of, fan the flame of, and keep burning) the [gracious] gift of God, [the inner fire] that is in you by means of the laying on of my hands [[c] with those of the elders at your ordination].  7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of  cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.  8 Do not blush or be ashamed then, to testify to and for our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for His sake, but [[d]with me] take your share of the suffering [to which the preaching] of the Gospel [may expose you, and do it] in the power of God.  9 [For it is He] Who delivered and saved us and called us with a calling in itself holy and leading to holiness [to a life of consecration, a vocation of holiness]; [He did it] not because of anything of merit that we have done, but because of and to further His own purpose and grace (unmerited favor) which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began [eternal ages ago].

There are literally thousands of God’s Precious Promises in the Bible for you to make active in your life by Heart Faith.  If you are saved it is through heart faith and trust the Christ Jesus is LORD!!!.  Same for empowering and healing and deliverance.  In this world your carnal Adamic nature is like gravity, it makes you stronger as you work against & resist it.  But if you submit to it, it will detach you from GOD.   So want a life of JOY in the midst of difficulties, find and digest and have heart faith for the precious promises of God.  Find out what GOD has designed you to do and do it with all of your whole heart.  Decide to live in HIS promises and not in the worlds lies.

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

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VICTORY THROUGH FAITH,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”    5/29/20     From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture      (In my emails this morning from a church in Texas.)
“…But you will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then stand still and watch the LORD’s victory. He is with you, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out against them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you!…” (2 Chron.s 20:17,

Make Yourself be Still
The Israelites were surrounded by a huge army and greatly outnumbered. They were so worried and stressed out. Just before they went to battle, they decided to pray. Notice God’s answer. If you will be still and remain at rest, God will turn it to victory. He is with you. He will vindicate you.  When you feel overwhelmed and you’re tempted to take everything into your own hands, you have to make yourself be still. The battle is not yours. The battle is the Lord’s. As long as you’re fighting it, God is going to step back and let you do it on your own. But when you put it back in His hands, God will fight your battles. Now do your part and rest. Trust God’s timing. He knows what He is doing. You may not understand why something is taking so long, but sometimes God will delay an answer so He can show His power in a greater way.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for Your hand of protection upon my life. I choose to be still, to get quiet before You, and listen to You. Give me the grace to accept Your timing and rest in the fact that You’ve already scheduled things in for me. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

My Thoughts,
This is a tough one today but absolutely true.  I can remember a time at LightHouse Ranch when we were totally unprepared for the mob that came, out of the blue, for an evening free meal and place to sleep.  One night we had of ourselves about 30 to feed and about 40 hippies landed in our midst of us from out of no were?  The ministry was located about 15 miles south of Eureka in the middle of absolute total darkness at the farthest point west on the West coast of the U.S. in California.   We had enough food for about 40 and prayed and rested in the LORD and feed 70? Those 30 young Christians had a lot of love for Jesus and a lot of faith, right out of John 17:20-22 and Eph.4:11-16.  We had a great time that evening in our little chapel.

Another time at Lighthouse when we were just getting started this happened.   When I purchased the 7 acres and old buildings, some pre WW1 it was occupied by about 50 hippie squatters.  In fact the owner was fearful for his life and packed up the next day after I bought it, hippies and all, and left with his family.  The only building empty, the roof leaked like it was not there.  So I rented a tar kettle, taught a little about hot mop and re-roofed the duplex and moved in with about 11 people with the women on one side and the men on the other.  Well the hippies were unhappy with us Bible toting Christians.  One of the hippies had a brother in the Hell’s Angels in Bakersfield so he called him and asked him if the chapter could come to Lolita and chase the Christians out of the complex.  So the brother in Bakersfield got the chapter together to come and help his brother chase us away.

As the Chapter was riding north about 19 bikes with jackets one of the policemen in Fortuna noticed and got permission to follow and see what they were up to.  Brent and I had gone to Eureka to pick up the daily food and were also on the road back to the Lighthouse.  Well the Chapter of Hell’s Angles pulled into the Lighthouse Ranch and presumed that the Christians would have occupied the best building, which later became the chapel.  But at that time was occupied by a warlock and his coven.  The biker’s started messing with them thinking they were us.  Threw an axe through a window and started to make a big mess.  About the time the Police Car arrived with his red light on, grabbed his shotgun and set on his front fender, calling for back up.  We came in just about that time.  The nice guy cop asked me what I wanted him to do.  I told him to hang on for a few and let me go talk to the pres. of the chapter.  As they were all rather subdued by that time.  So Brent and I walked over and asked them how we could help.  The Pres. of the Chapter looked a little strange and ask me if they could stay there until one of the guys got a part for a bike that would not start.  I said sure but that we had no place to shelter them.  They said don’t worry about it.  About that time 3 more police cars pulled in, that all got out with their shot guns under the big trees by our duplex and waited for the Chapter to leave.   Well it got a lot colder and a lot wetter and by 3 AM the Chapter was blue, wet and cold to the bone.

Now where they were camping out with no cover or fire in a stormy sea wind that was about 500′ from the county road with a 5 strand barb wire fence that Leon had beautifully made, you could play a tune on the wire.  This fence was no the north side of the road out of the compound and on the south side of that little road was the automotive junk yard or bone yard as we called it with auto parts all over the place.  hippies would come in, car would fall apart, we wold push it out into the bone yard for parts if they left it or did not fix it.  So about 3 AM the biker came back with the part and the bike was fixed.  All loaded up shivering, soaked and beat and at high speed headed down long driveway out of our space. 

But about that time, why I have no idea,  Leon returned with his big white Helm’s Bread Truck that filled the driveway.   He only got about 50′ up the driveway due to all the head lights headed in his direction so stopped in the middle of the driveway not allowing for much room on either side of his truck.  But the Bikers were in no mood to stop.  Even from where I was I could see the whites of Leon’s eyes and the big sign on the front of his white truck in big black letter:  “REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND!!! All written, hippie style with runny lettering but very very clear to all.  As the bikers tried to get around Leon’s truck you could hear yells and screams the tearing of leather and the bouncing of bikes over car parts.  Talk about being at peace and watching the LORD win the battle I had never seen anything like that time when God gave 19 Big mean bikers and some girl friends a very hard cold wet spanking.   For years now, I have looked back at that time when the LORD took over and won the battle with a big grin on my face.   After this the other hippies lost heart and started leaving Lighthouse Ranch and the place became home to a lot of brand new hippie Christians and eventually became “Gospel Outreach” and ministered all over the world.  Hope you enjoyed this story and my memory of the LORD’S Victory and gained a little faith by reading about it.

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

There is but one Universal Church of Christ Jesus for all Eternity,
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ENCOURAGEMENT

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ENCOURAGEMENT,    “WORTH CONSIDERING” 5/28/20      By Ken<><

Today’s Scripture         (Across my desk this morning in my e-mails from a church in Texas.)
“…Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing…”
(1 Thessalonians 5:11, NIV)

Be a People Builder
The word encourage means “to urge forward.” Every one of us should have someone we believe in, someone we’re urging forward, someone we’re helping to achieve goals and dreams. How do you encourage someone? You study that person and identify what he or she does well. What excites him? What are her strengths? An encourager sees things in others that they often can’t see in themselves. A simple compliment, a single word of encouragement can give a person the confidence he or she needs to take that step of faith.  You have the ability to stir up someone’s dreams by giving them permission to succeed. You can light a fire on the inside that glows joyfully for a lifetime. When you take time to believe in someone, and you speak faith into the heart of another, your words can become the seed God nourishes. You never know the impact a small note or a kind word of encouragement can have. Be a people builder.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for all the people who have encouraged me and believed the best about me. Help me to use my words to encourage and speak life and blessing into the people around me. Help me stir up others’ dreams and give them permission to succeed. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts,
This is exceptional encouragement.  Our Adamic flesh nature that we got from GGGGDaddy Adam usually looks for the weaknesses in other to focus on and to use it to feel better about ourselves.  When really it is in our weaknesses the the witness of Christ Jesus is strongest.

Today was an interesting day, I have had three Dr. appointments about a little spot of skin cancer on my forehead.   Nordic skin does not do well in Hawaii.  I have been frozen, sliced and diced with biopsies trying to get it all.  The last time around was 10 days ago and the enemy was telling me that it was not over.  That I would need to go in a forth time.  And if I was not such a poor minister of the Gospel this would not be happening to me.  That my faith was really weak and impotent.  And why should I be trying to teach others  what to do when I could not even heal myself?  And on and on and on for 10 days.  A private battle field.  But my wife kept encouraging me to wait and see.  I even wrote a letter to the Dr. but did not mail it.  But then today they pulled out the stitches out this morning and all gone.  Whew!!!!  Happy Camper but still a little beat up.  And then went to Home Depot and as I was getting some stuff to finish our little farm, one of the Associates came breezing by, who was a Christian, and mentioned how grateful he was to be getting my “Worth Considering” blog.   So just a little encouragement got me back on track to do what I feel that the LORD would like me to keep doing at near 88.   Still have a lot to finish up here at our little farm but little by little the Holy Spirit is sending along folks to help and to keep the vision going.

The vision that I have had in my heart of hearts from 1968 is to experience the Church that Jesus Christ established come alive again in my life time.  I mean really alive with the Love, Holiness and Power that the Early Church enjoyed with all of the fruit, gifts and ministries in operation.  I write about this in my little book “Keys To The Kingdom” that can be found as a link on our home page: www.Trinity-Aloha.org.   Let’s take a look as a verse or two to confirm what I would like to experience prior to the Rapture or my Graduation.  Some time after Pentecost we find some very interesting remarks by Luke in Acts 5:12-16  “12 Now by the hands of the apostles (special messengers) numerous and startling signs and wonders were being performed among the people. And by common consent they all met together [at the temple] in the covered porch (walk) called Solomon’s.  13 And none of those who were not of their number dared to join and associate with them, but the people held them in high regard and praised and made much of them.  14 More and more there were being added to the Lord those who believed [those who acknowledged Jesus as their Savior and devoted themselves to Him joined and gathered with them], crowds both of men and of women,  15 So that they [even] kept carrying out the sick into the streets and placing them on couches and sleeping pads, [in the hope] that as Peter passed by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.  16 And the people gathered also from the towns and hamlets around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those troubled with foul spirits, and they were all cured.

You know there were a whole bunch of Apostles mentioned after the 12 in the New Testament but I don’t know that I have ever meet one?   In Eph. 4:11-16 Apostle Paul clearly relates to 5 different ministries for the perfecting of the Saints.  I have never attended a church where this was the norm?  I would dearly love to experience this before I see the LORD for HIS Glory.  He said that HE would build HIS Church and that nothing could touch it.  Any one else see this?  The return of Christ Jesus will be to collect a beautiful loving, holy and powerful Church,  a perfect match for HIM.  A Rod of Iron in HIS hand for Peace & Righteousness.

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

There is but one Apostolic Church of Christ Jesus for Eternity.
And all who Truly Love, Honor and Obey HIM are members.



In the Greek Olympic games of old, a unique race was run. The winner was not the runner who finished first — it was the runner who finished with his torch still lit!  There are times in our lives when we feel like we just can’t continue in the race. These are precisely the times when the enemy loves to assault us to the point of breaking and torment us saying “You’ll never make it to the finish line, you may as well just quit now”. This is the time we need to cling on to God’s promises! The Lord will soon reward our diligence for all our toiling here in this world. Paul said, “Let us not grow weary in well-doing for in due season we shall reap if we do not faint”.  So let’s allow God’s wonderful promises to strengthen and comfort us in each circumstance so that we can run the race — not to finish first, but to run together, side by side — the flame of our torch reaching the finish line blazing brightly with fire for Him! worthybrief@worthynetwork.com

REPENT

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REPENT,    “WORTH CONSIDERING”    5/27/20     From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture    (Found in my e-mails this morning from Texas.)
“…Yet you, LORD, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand…”  (Isaiah 64:8, NIV)

You Are Not a Finished Product
One of the worst mistakes you can make is to go through life being against yourself. Some people live with a nagging feeling that’s always telling them, “You’re not good enough. You still have that addiction. You’ll never get it right.” They’ve heard that playing in their minds for so long that it’s become normal.  You may have some areas in which you still struggle and need to improve—we all do—but being down on yourself is not going to help you do better. Keep your flaws in perspective. God is the Potter, we are the clay. He’s the one who is making and molding you. It may not be happening as fast as you would like, but you don’t control the timetable. Will you trust Him in the process you’re in right now? Will you enjoy where you are while God is in the process of changing you? You’re on the Potter’s wheel. God is still working on you.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You are the Potter and I am the clay. Thank You for where I am right now, faults and all, and that You are molding and making me. Help me to stop being against myself and simply trust You with the process for further change. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts,
As I am approaching 88 this lesson is very impacting for me.  I am not what I use to be, I am still a work in progress, And I am not yet what I shall be.  But true repentance does make it happen faster.  As I truly learn to trust the LORD that Sanctification and Holiness means exactly that.  And the Word of God is the Absolute Truth of God in context things are spiritually speeding up for me.   The light is getting brighter and the darkness of pride and rebellion is getting darker and more easily seen and evaluated.   

We have been allowed a lifetime of living in a temporary physical body to decide where we want to live. Time itself is only a temporary capsule in God’s dimension of Eternity.   We have been invited to live with God for eternity but we can also still say no.  The Creator will never violate free will as he has plans for me and you in eternity with a free will.  We are here to learn how to use it.   But we have to decide whether to remain a child of Adam and of this world or to Trust God and go for broke for HIS world and new Kingdom of Righteousness.  Obviously FAITH is the issue here.  Hebrew 11 tells us all about how faith works.  So if we conclude to “eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die” that also has a measure of faith that there is nothing after death.  As our schools systems are now strongly teaching atheism it is no wonder that our children are growing up without any moral value system and our politicians are running amok.  We allowed God to be removed from our schools about 70 years ago.  And mostly for entertainment we watch a steady diet of action similar to a Roman Coliseum events.  Which is the destruction of God’s finest creation, man and women.  So while you still have a heart beat it would be my strong suggestion that you consider what God says is true, that your soul is eternal.  And where will you end up in eternity as our physical life is temporary, is extremely important.

Things that helped me to decide that the Bible is True have been the physics, chemistry, prophesy and the experiences shared in the Bible.  And the type of lives lived by true Christian pilgrims as compared with those in the system of the world.  The people with no moral value system.  Floyd, the young man who helped me find Jesus was one of those rare 100% Christians.  First time I had every experienced finding one.  He was 3 years younger than me but a real Stephen walking around in real life in 1955.   Really too long of a story to tell again as it is already in the past “Worth Considering” blogs.   But it was an open door by our Creator for me to find my way into becoming HIS child that I hope HE can be proud of.  According to the Holy Bible we will all have to stand before our Creator and give an account for what we did with what HE gave us.   Look up Psalm 22:6-18,   Isa.53.  How could this be unless God and Eternity are real and this is just 2 of hundreds of prophesies now fulfilled. like the one in Micah 2:13  “The breaker is goes up before them: they will break out, pass through the gate, and go out by it. So their king shall pass before them, with the LORD at their head. “ An ancient Hebrew commentator wrote of this verse, “In the words of our teachers of blessed memory and in the Midrash [ancient Hebrew commentaries of the O.T.], it is taught that the ‘breaker’ is Elijah and ‘their King’ is the branch of the son of David.”  As I read this commentary, I was blown away by the interpretation of this scripture by ancient Hebrew scholars! The Jewish people were clearly expecting a prophet like Elijah who would call the people back to repentance, and, afterward, the branch, the son of David, who would bring peace and freedom to his people. The fulfillment of these expectations began 2000 years ago with John the Baptist, whose prophetic ministry prepared the entire nation through repentance for the coming Messiah, Yeshua (Jesus), whose death and resurrection brought peace with God and freedom from sin, which laid the spiritual foundation for His coming Kingdom.  While the physical reign of the Messiah/King on Earth is yet future, and will begin when He returns, for the past 2000 years the Kingdom of heaven has been breaking forth in the hearts of men, and every true believer is breaking out with it. This wonderful message, “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand”, hasn’t changed since the Lord first proclaimed it in Galilee [Mark 1:14]!  The word “repent”, is “metanoia” in Greek, which means to “change one’s mind for the better, heartily to amend with abhorrence of one’s past sins.”  worthybrief@worthynetwork.com  (This also came in my mail today.)

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

There is but one universal Church of Christ Jesus for all eternity,
And all who Truly Love & Obey HIM are members.


The state of California issued guidelines Monday under which houses of worship may reopen. The Department of Health guidelines were published even though the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 ban on public gatherings could stand. The decision to allow churches to reopen also follows interventions last week by the US State Department, which specified that California’s ban on church gatherings was unfair, and by President Trump, who called on all states to lift bans on religious assemblies.

LUCIFER

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LUCIFER,    “WORTH CONSIDERING”   5/26/20    By   Ken<><

Today’s Scripture     (In my e-mails this morning from Texas.)
“…You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world…”   (1 John 4:4, NIV)

The Enemy Has Been Defeated

Some people live worried and afraid because they see the enemy as a powerful force that can control them and keep them defeated. They give him power that he doesn’t have. Our heavenly Father is on the throne. He’s the Judge. He has you in the palms of His hands. Nothing can snatch you away. God is the creator; Satan is a created being, a fallen angel. When Jesus came out of the grave, He took the keys of death and hell away from the enemy. Every force of darkness was broken when Christ rose from the dead. He said, “All power in heaven and earth has been given to Me. Now I give it to you.” You’re more powerful than any force that’s trying to stop you. Don’t be afraid of the enemy. He has already been defeated; he’s afraid of you. We’re in a fixed fight. We know the outcome. God said He always causes you to triumph.
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that every force of the enemy was broken when Jesus rose from the dead and took the keys of death and hell from him. Thank You for living in me and empowering me to do battle. I declare that You have a life of victory for me. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”


Ken’s Thoughts:
Lucifer was created as a most beautiful intelligent spiritual being until he became lifted up in pride due to his beauty and tried to take part of God’s creation for himself.  Ezek.28:12-19,  Isa.14:12-23  AMP,  for the real lucifer history.  Obviously the angels were also given a free will to learn to exercise as has been given us.  2/3rds of the angels stayed in obedience, 1/3 defected into disobedience with lucifer.  And now you and I are in a temporary physical world of testing so as to also come to a decision as to who our Lord shall be,  me or God.  So in Christ Jesus in humility and obedience we can become victorious if we choose the light.   But in our own will or strength we are no match for lucifer and his minions.  Lucifer still hopes to win the title to rule on earth by destroying all of the Jews so GOD’S Promises to Abraham could not be fulfilled.  If you look to history you will see that his attacks against the Jews has been unrelenting in every generation.  Today, we even see the armies of the world gathering around the little nation of Israel for a “Final Solution.”   So lucifer was not created as he is today and neither were we as in Adam prior to the Fall.   But for us there is the potential to be restored to our Creator’s original intent in Christ Jesus.   So each of us now in Christ Jesus have the opportunity to be restored to the original vision of God to ultimately be made in HIS Image and Likeness.  Like Apostle Paul shares in his Corinth letter:   “For since by man came death, by man came also the  resurrection of the dead.   22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.  23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.” 1 Cor.15:21-23

So as we are truly given into Christ 100% with no hypocrisy (Acting) we can learn to become more than Conquerors  Rom.8:37.   Reminds me of the allegory story by John Bunyan titled, “The Holy War”  (The War for Mansoul)   where diobolus  is making a last ditch effort to still have a very small room in Mansoul.  And the King declines to allow him to even send postcards.   That Mansoul is to be 100% his.  If you have not read or listened to this story, you need to make it a must.  I played it up at Sabina’s Land for about 50 hippies and it started the revival there for the Land to eventually become Christian.  Took my portable reel to reel tape recorder up to the Land and played it with the story narrated  by Ethel Barrett,  Published by  Christian Light Publications. (Now on CD.)  They all loved the story and it sank heart deep and started the flow of souls there into God’s Kingdom.

So as we allow Christ Jesus to have rule over us and make HIM LORD,  Rom. 10:9-10 it makes it possible for us to change from being the children of Adam to becoming the children of God.  And changes our citizenship and allows the Holy Spirit with God’s Grace to begin make us like Jesus as pride, rebellion and lucifer are evicted from having any part of us.  Not even to send a post card.  Not only is our life style completely overhauled but we even get to put on the mind of Christ and HIS great love to help lost souls find HIS & our Father’s Kingdom.  A ministry that he left for us to accomplish in HIS POWER.  “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.  19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.  20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. “ Matt.28:18-20.      “ And the glory (POWER) which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:   23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.  John 17:22-23.   So we need to learn to submit to the Holy Spirit in humility and obedience to learn how to become totally in Jesus and to exercise HIS power in unity to help our sick world find HIS great love, forgiveness, healing and blessings for HIS glory.  Eph. 4:11-16.

Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful Grace & Mercy,   Ken<><  www.Trinity-Aloha.org
(Past editions of “Worth Considering” are available by a link on our home page.)

There is but one Apostolic Church of Christ Jesus for eternity,
And all who truly Love and Obey HIM are members.


World news Brief:
The coronavirus that has become a world-wide pandemic may have been created in a “cell-culture experiment” in a laboratory, according to prominent scientists who have conducted ground-breaking research into the origins of the virus.   Israel’s economy faces its sharpest decline in 20 years as it contracted by 7.1 percent in the first quarter of this year, official figures show.   Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has attacked the Israeli government’s plan to annex parts of the West Bank and declared that the issue of Jerusalem was a “red line” for Muslims.    worthybrief@worthynetwork.com

MEMORIAL DAY 2020

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MEMORIAL DAY,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”   5/25.20     From Ken<><
     
Today’s Scripture   (Found in my e-mails this morning from Texas.)
“…Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends…”  John 15:13

Freedom is Not Free
In the Old Testament, God commanded His people to put down “memorial stones” that reminded them of specific victories. Every time they passed by certain stones, they would recall an event, such as when they crossed over the Jordan River into the Promised Land. Having these memorial stones helped them to keep God’s deeds fresh in their memories.  A wise person once said, “Freedom is not free,” and that is certainly true in our nation. Memorial Day is a time when we honor all the brave men and women who have given their lives in service for this country. As we remember them, let’s honor the gift of freedom they have given us by saying thank you with our actions and choosing to love and honor others. Let’s also honor all those who are serving in our armed forces and their families who are sacrificing so much today. Let’s pray for God’s peace, protection, and provision over every area of their lives.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for the men and women who have given their lives to secure and keep our freedom as a nation. Thank You that You are with our soldiers and their families wherever they go. Help them to be strong and courageous and know Your peace that passes understanding. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts,
Paul gave us his thought concerning the LORD’S SUPPER in 1 Cor 11:23-26 as a memorial   “For I received from the Lord Himself that which I passed on to you [it was given to me personally], that the Lord Jesus on the night when He was treacherously delivered up and while His betrayal was in progress took bread,  24 And when He had given thanks, He broke [it] and said, Take, eat. This is My body, which is broken for you. Do this to call Me [affectionately] to remembrance.  25 Similarly when supper was ended, He took the cup also, saying, This cup is the new covenant [ratified and established] in My blood. Do this, as often as you drink [it], to call Me [affectionately] to remembrance.  26 For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are representing and signifying and proclaiming the fact of the Lord’s death until He comes [again].  1 Cor. 11:23-26.  So the Lord Supper is not a sacrament but a memorial to bring us back to the Cross where we were /are forgiven, healed and set free.   And yet It is amazing how soon we forget to even observe this HIS memorial in our hearts.  In most of my church experiences it simple  become a ritual, something that we are supposed to do once in a while.  The whole of this mimorial is carefully explained by Paul 1 Cor.11:18-34.   You should study this…. very carefully due to the blessings and/or the penalty, verses 29-30.

In the Bible we are reminded of many things to do.  David wrote for us to remember and hide God’s Word in our heart that we might not sin against HIM.  Psalm 119.   In fact you might to do a study on the Old and New Testament as to all the things GOD challenges us to remember.  There are good traditions and bad traditions, only by the Word of God can you tell the difference.

When my mother passed away many many years ago I took her remains back to Kentucky to fill the last of 6 spaces in the Peffer family cemetery plot.  And her name was added to the family head stone or marker for all who come to remember her and her life as part of the family.  She was buried next to her father and grandfather and 3 other family members.  The Cross of Christ Jesus is also a memorial So that everywhere it is seen it is to remind Christians of HIS sacrifice lovingly given to give us the opportunity to become the Children of God.  Wedding Rings were also exchanged for the same purpose to remind ourselves and others that we are under the vows of marriage.  I have scars here and there and each reminds me of some event, some good and some bad.  So our lives are really full of memorials.  But today is a special day set aside nationally as a day or remembrance.   Hope you used it wisely.

Ephesians 2:11, “Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;”  John 15:20.  “Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.”

So a memorial is to make it a pont to clearly remember some important event in the past.  Today we take time to remember our family members who have graduated and those of the military that gave all they had for our freedom.   And most important it is for us to remember that Christ Jesus died to give us the opportunity to be forgiven of our sins and be changed to live with our Creator.  It seems very possible to me that today the God of Creation has aloud us some time off to reconsider what is really most important in our lives.  Now we are mostly stuck at home with our kids.  So how are we going to use the time.  Might just get the family together to pray, read some scriptures from the Gospels and have each bring something important to share.  This is really what the Early Church looked like.  It was a small family gathering centered in Jesus.  A theater, it was not.   New Idea?  Give it a try.   Might also include a back issue of “Worth Considering.”

Yours in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy.   Ken<>< www.Trinity-Aloha.org
(Past Issues of “Worth Considering” may be found as a link on our homepage.)

There is but one Holy Church of Christ Jesus for eternity:
And all who Truly Love & Obey HIM as LORD are members.


A true revival must begin with us — it must be intimately personal. And it’s not just a one-time thing, either. Once, a lady asked Billy Sunday “Why do you keep having revival meetings?” He quickly retorted, “Why do you always take a bath?”  Revival is something that needs to happen daily. It’s an ongoing transformation of our hearts to be constantly moved by the Spirit of God. We need to be daily breaking up our fallow ground, those places in our hearts which we’ve allowed to grow hard. We have to ask the Lord to reveal those hard places, pray that He would forgive us and ask Him to heal all our rough edges that we might be soft before Him and sensitive to His leading. As we open ourselves to the moving of the Spirit of God … then we will usher in a new move of God within us.  Let’s get serious as we approach Shavuot (Pentecost) this coming weekend! It’s a new season –  worthybrief@worthynetwork.com

SIN & INDULGENCE

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SIN (indulgence)   “WORTH CONSIDERING”    5/22/20     From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture   (Among my e-mails this morning from Texas.)
“…A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity…” Prov.17:17, NIV)

A Friend Loves at All Times
You can tell who your real friends are when you fail, when you get off course. Friends stay loyal to the people God puts in their lives. Good people make mistakes and blow it. People who love you can let you down. When your loved ones and friends make mistakes, they don’t need another judge to condemn them or add to their guilt and shame. You can help love them back into wholeness. To be loyal doesn’t mean you condone or approve their actions. You’re simply showing them the mercy you would want shown to you. You’re being a healer, a restorer. You lift people up.  Don’t be a fair-weather friend. Be the friend who walks in when others are walking out. Our attitude should be, “You can count on me. I’m committed to loving you for the long haul, through thick and thin.” They know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they can count on you.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for loving me at all times, for pouring out Your grace upon me and never giving up on me when I’ve failed. Thank You for the friends You’ve given. Help me to be loyal to them and be at my best when someone else is at their worst. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts,
Any and all true restorations begins with both parties agreeing on what is, “GOD’S TRUTH” It is God’s Truth alone that sets us free.  We are to speak God’s Truth in LOVE, of course,  Eph.4:11-16.   In the ideal of Jesus without pride, loving truth in humility will help us come into a John 17 unity with any and all of God’s Elect, God’s way….and give us more freedom and power in the Holy Spirit..

But Jesus was very well aware that HIS message would cause division.   And HE taught , “how can two walk together except they be agreed and that a divided house can not stand.”  Peter even picked up on it in teaching that God would not even answer the prayers of married couples who were in discord with each other.  1 Pet.3:7 this chapter should be a core teaching for all who are married.  “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.]” Matthew 18:15,   records the words of Jesus as to how to deal with the sins of a brother.  15 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.  Many churches in the past did this with excellent results in the past, when accurate.   Paul writes also about it in 1 Cor.6:2    “2 Do you not know that the saints (the believers) will [one day] judge and govern the world? And if the world [itself] is to be judged and ruled by you, are you unworthy and incompetent to try [such petty matters] of the smallest courts of justice?  3 Do you not know also that we [Christians] are to judge the [very] angels and pronounce opinion between right and wrong [for them]? How much more then [as to] matters pertaining to this world and of this life only!  4 If then you do have such cases of everyday life to decide, why do you appoint [as judges to lay them before] those who [from the standpoint] of the church count for least and are without standing?

We have strayed a far place from the Biblical directions of God in our attitudes and coddling of sin in HIS Church.  There is no excuse for this departure from holiness.  Jesus gave us all of the tools that we need to be over-comers in this world if we will take the time to learn how to use them.  Do a word study on the word “Rebuke” Jesus even rebuked Peter openly concerning a statement that was a lie that he made: Mark 9:35, “But turning around [His back to Peter] and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, Get behind Me, Satan! For you do not have a mind intent on promoting what God wills, but what pleases men [you are not on God’s side, but that of men].”  In fact Apostle Paul gave the same teaching to Timothy and Titus: “As for those who are guilty and persist in sin, rebuke and admonish them in the presence of all, so that the rest may be warned and stand in wholesome awe and fear.”  “And this account of them is [really] true. Because it is [true], rebuke them sharply [deal sternly, even severely with them ], so that they may be sound in the faith and free from error,” “Tell [them all] these things. Urge (advise, encourage, warn) and rebuke with full authority. Let no one despise or disregard or think little of you [conduct yourself and your teaching so as to command respect].”  1 Tim.5:20, Titus 1 & 2.  There is absolutely no excuse for allowing sin to be accepted in the LORD’S CHURCH as normal.

Ephesians 4: (AMPC) “11 And His gifts were [varied; He Himself appointed and gave men to us] some to be apostles (special messengers), some prophets (inspired preachers and expounders), some evangelists (preachers of the Gospel, traveling missionaries), some pastors (shepherds of His flock) and teachers.  12 His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping of the saints (His consecrated people), [that they should do] the work of ministering toward building up Christ’s body (the church),  13 [That it might develop] until we all attain oneness in the faith and in the comprehension of the [ [a] full and accurate] knowledge of the Son of God, that [we might arrive] at really mature manhood (the completeness of personality which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ’s own perfection), the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ and the completeness found in Him.  14 So then, we may no longer be children, tossed [like ships] to and fro between chance gusts of teaching and wavering with every changing wind of doctrine, [the prey of] the cunning and cleverness of [b]unscrupulous men, [gamblers engaged] in every shifting form of trickery in inventing errors to mislead.  15 Rather, let our lives lovingly [c]express truth [in all things, speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly]. Enfolded in love, let us grow up in every way and in all things into Him Who is the Head, [even] Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).  16 For because of Him the whole body (the church, in all its various parts), closely joined and firmly knit together by the joints and ligaments with which it is supplied, when each part [with power adapted to its need] is working properly [in all its functions], grows to full maturity, building itself up in love.

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

There is but one universal Church of Christ Jesus for eternity;
And all who Truly Love & Obey HIM as LORD are members.

VICTORY

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VICTORY,    “WORTH CONSIDERING”   5/27/20,   From Ken<><
    
Today’s Scripture
“…By this I know that you delight in me: my enemy will not shout in triumph over me…”
(Psalm 41:11, ESV)

Who’s on Your Side?
In today’s Scripture when David looked at where he was as the king and thought about all he had gone through to get there—King Saul trying to kill him, people betraying him, armies attacking him—he recognized that God was behind the scenes the whole time, not letting those enemies defeat him. It gave him a boldness for he knew the Lord was on his side.

All of us have some of these “by this I know” experiences. When you look back at how you survived that sickness, how you put yourself through college, how you broke that addiction, you realize it was only by the grace of God, and here you are. When you know the Lord is on your side, it gives you a boldness. You don’t fall apart when opposition comes. Your attitude is, “You’re messing with the wrong person. I may look ordinary, but I have a secret: the Most High God is on my side.”

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for the history I have with You and for every time You have not allowed the enemy to triumph over me. Thank You for all the times when You’ve shown me that You are at my side. By this I know that I will triumph. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts,
Most of the time, for us, this kind of thinking does not work and we go down for the count as we are not really walking with the Lord in Faith.  And then we wonder why we lost and blame God.   Of course, God wants to help us all the time as HE originally created us to be in HIS image and likeness and to be HIS eternal family.   But then there was the need for spiritual growth and for us to be able to learn how to use our freewill in a productive way.  So our Creator set up an Earth School in the Garden of Eden to train us.  Our Creator made a very lovely garden with lots of good stuff to eat and gave Adam a wife, Eve and told him to rule over it and make lots of kids.  But to help with the growth of freewill our Creator also left one “NO!” tree in the garden, just one, so freewill could have a valid place of testing and growth with freewill.  Our Creator had absolute foreknowledge so HE knew already that there would be the need for a savior and that Christ Jesus would come as a replacement for Adam and would make it all work.  But that for man to be able to learn to love God, himself and others it was a must that there be no violation or manipulation of man’s freewill. Man had to decide to come to God’s loving light on his on.

So when Adam became prideful and rebellious and disobedient he and all of us were booted out of the lovely garden and into the world of sin, sweat & thorns that were left over from lucifer’s try at rebellion and pride with God.  You see, prior to Adam’s creation lucifer had been the covering cherub under God’s authority and in charge of this solar system, and in fact still is.  But his efforts imploded and made the world into the wilderness of Gen.1:1-2

So we see Adam created to take authority on a higher level than lucifer and to restore the beauty of God in this world.   But Adam was not content to be trained each day by our Creator in the cool of the evening and decided to do it his way and thus the mess we now have on earth of sin, sickness and death..  And the rest of us have followed right along with Adam.

So if you really want to have our Creator’s assistance you also have to learn to walk with HIM in the cool of the evening and absorb what HE has given HIS prophets for us to learn about.   So this concept that we can do what ever we want to and still live in the garden does not work.  It did not work for Adam and it will not work for us.  But if we truly repent for our past painful prideful and rebellious mistakes (sins) and make Jesus LORD,   then HE forgives us in Christ Jesus and begins to Sanctify us (to make HOLY)  to be like HIM.

So it is really pretty straight forward.   Read and digest the Gospel of John, History of Acts and the Doctrine found in Romans. (Heart Beat of Spiritual Truth)  Repent (turn away) from all you come to see as sin in your life according to God’s Word.  Make Christ Jesus your LORD (boss, master, ruler) and accept the promises of God that you find in the New Testament (WILL) as true and you will be on your way towards God’s light and living with our Creator God for eternity.  Every day the Holy Spirit will walk with you and help you clean up your past and bless the path for your future.  It is then that you will start seeing things fall into place that are needed in your life.  This concept that God is like Santa Clause is a demonic joke.  Without God’s grace we can change very little.  But with HIS grace in Christ Jesus we are move than Conquerors.  Rom. 8.    So if you like your darkness, it is up to you, you can keep it.  God will never violate your free will.  He will never stop you from doing what ever you feel to do.  But Sowing and Reaping do go together.  And you can easily sow seeds of pride and rebellion today that may take decades in which to try to pull the weeds that you have planted..  With Adam the Garden was gone,  history… sweat and thorns were the result of his decision for the rest of his life.

And actually when I really became a child of God in 1955 I was taught that I was Saved and Sanctified by God’s Grace and to just go to church and I would be OK.  I found out in 1968 that there was a lot more to it than the little box I had been locked up in for 13 years.  And that I had not even started on the road of Sanctification.  Even now I am still waking up to the fact that God’s Grace was given to me to help me really become like Jesus.  Every day now I am finding stuff hidden away that needs to be dumped.  Windows that have been boarded over to keep the light out and attitudes that need to be deeply adjusted.  Becoming a Child of God was only the beginning of the process of making the transition into HIS Kingdom from Earth that is still now presided over by lucifer except for where Jesus goes in us.  Any questions, get back to me and I will post your question with an open response.   No names, of course.    Ken@Trinity-Aloha.org

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

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