KINGDOM OF GOD

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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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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

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

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POWER, GLORY & VICTORY

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POWER, GLORY & VICTORY,     “WORTH CONSIDERING” 6/17/20    From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture       (Across my desk this morning from Texas.)
“…Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O LORD, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things…”  (1 Chronicles 29:11, NLT)

Talk about His Greatness
Many people spend a lot of time talking about and reliving their past mistakes and hurts. Here’s the problem. You’re remembering the wrong things. Nowhere in the Scripture are we told to remember our defeats, failures, or bad breaks. It’s time to quit thinking and talking about it. All that it’s doing is depressing you.  David says in Psalm 34, “Let all who are discouraged take heart.” He goes on to tell us how to do it. “Come, let’s talk about God’s greatness. I prayed and the Lord answered me.” He was saying, “When you’re discouraged, when you don’t see a way out, talk about God’s greatness—not about your problems, not about what didn’t work out. Talk about your answered prayers, the times God healed you, promoted you, stopped the accidents, and turned the problems around. Talk about the Red Seas that have been parted.” When you’re remembering your victories, you’re going to move forward in faith.

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You for Your greatness and power and glory. Thank You that Your hand has been upon my life in so many ways, answering my prayers and doing what I could never do on my own. I declare Your goodness, Your victory, and Your majesty. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Ken’s Thoughts,
From the time that Adam & Eve rebelled against GOD and decided to go their own way we have been caught up in the mess.  We were not born in the Garden of God, we were born in the fallen world of weeds and thorns.   We grew up in the weed patch.  We even tried to survive by planting weeds, believing they were food.   But our Creator God never lost faith in some of us deciding to try to swim upstream.  That out of this big mess, some would decide to love the light more than the darkness and seek HIM out.  We see this in the Old Testament records of the prophets as recorded in Hebrews 11.  Isaiah and Ezekiel seemed to secure some really good connections.  I really love the prophecy of Isaiah in 53 and in 61 especially in 61 where he predicts the words of Christ Jesus at age 30 when HE began HIS ministry in power: “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed and qualified me to preach the Gospel of good tidings to the meek, the poor, and afflicted; He has sent me to bind up and heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the [physical and spiritual] captives and the opening of the prison and of the eyes to those who are bound,  2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord [the year of His favor] [a] and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,”   Many hundreds of years later this was the exact message of Christ Jesus as recorded by Luke and not only that but that HE actually did what HE said HE was sent to do and still wants to do the same today through those who belong to HIM.  Luke 4:17-21, John 14:11-13.     It would be easy to read and say I am the ONE.  But then to prove it by action would be a whole different ball game.  As HIS, Born from Above,  Kids we need to learn to follow in HIS steps.

So today, how do we do what Christ Jesus also sends us to do.  Obviously it is not happening with what we are doing.   In our traditional theater church services we see very little, if any power.  So have we been following a lie or have we so filled the water pipe with our junk traditions that there is little or no room for the flow of the Holy Spirit?  Matt. 6:7,  Matt. 15:6-9,  Mark 7:6-13

I once had a vision on the road driving from Eugene, OR. to the coast where I was building a house for some folks.  And for a few moments driving down the straight road I could see in the vision a beautiful pastoral scene on the right with lots of wild life and green and flowers and fruit like some artist would paint at a happy time.  But on the other side of the road it was death valley.  Nothing green at all, just D. O. A.   So I asked the LORD what’s the problem and he said the culverts under the road are full of trash.  So the water does not go under the road..  And HE concluded in saying, and you are one of the culverts.  And then HE asked me if I would like some help to clean it out.  I said sure but then the stench of what HE started pulling out of my culvert made me want to barf.  So I stopped HIM,  but just a little water came out the other side like mud.  And the good seeds did not seem to mind the mud at all,  they just soaked up the good water and started growing,  and so I was had.  I had to go back to work on my culvert to increase the flow of life giving water to the other side.  It has been very embarrassing at times but worth it to repent,  forgive and forget the past and to press on with the house cleaning or sanctification as the Bible calls it.  And so today I can look back see a lot of new green life on the left side of the road for which I give sincere thanks for the privilege of being allowed to experience HIS life in flowing through me.   

We are each a culvert with the potential of allowing GOD’S life giving water of the Holy Spirit to flow through us.  Some big, some small but all with the ability to share GOD’S LIFE.   But if your culvert is plugged with the unrepentant fears, resentments, lusts, cares and love of this world you may totally miss out on GOD’S LIFE for you and for others for eternity.  Our life time of testing in this temporary time dimension is only for our one life time and after that what you decide here will be eternal.

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

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

(Past issues of “WORTH CONSIDERING” may be found as a link on our homepage.)
(Please contact us to add or delete your address” ken@trinity-aloha.org )


Today’s news in brief:
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday banning the use of chokeholds by police except when an officer’s life is at risk.  US President Donald Trump is considering an infrastructure plan worth $1 trillion to help revive the economy from the fallout of coronavirus and push ahead with his longstanding goal of spending big on US infrastructure, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.  A new poll has found that 34% of US voters believe a second American civil war is likely, CNS News reported Monday.     www.WorthyMinistries.com

POWER

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

POWER       “WORTH CONSIDERING”    6/16/20      From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture       (In my mailbox from Texas today.)
“…Jesus simply replied, “Go home. Your son lives.” The man believed the bare word Jesus spoke and headed home. On his way back, his servants intercepted him and announced, “Your son lives!…”  (John 4:48–54, MSG)

Take Him at His Word

A government official had come to Jesus begging Him to come heal his son who was close to death. Jesus didn’t pray or take a lot of time, but matter-of-factly declared that the boy was healed and he should go home. The whole time walking back home, the man could have thought, I don’t know if it’s going to happen, He didn’t even pray. But he simply took God at His word and later found that his son had been healed at the exact time Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.”  Like this man, there are promises God has spoken to you, things in your heart that you know are going happen—healing, promotion, divine connections. Make the decision you’re not going to worry, you’re not going to go around doubting, thinking it’s never going to happen. Stay in faith knowing that the moment God said it, He released it. It’s already in your future and is headed your way.


A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You for Your goodness and favor and that You are faithful to Your word. I take You at Your word and believe that You have some unexpected deliveries coming my way. I believe it’s going to happen sooner than expected. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Ken’s Thoughts,
My first thoughts are: This is a very personal testimony of a day in the life of Christ Jesus with profoundly great results as usual.  But the key words here are:   And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.  Seems to me for today we must first get into knowing for sure which voice is really Jesus.  And second that the father did not try to tell Jesus how to perform the needed miracle.  The father could have insisted that after the meeting that Jesus really needed to come to his house or church for it to happen.  He did not tell Jesus that we need to get together a prayer meeting or that Jesus would need special fasting and prayer.  Obviously the father deeply loved his son and he came himself.  In fact in John 14:11-13 Jesus tells us: “ 11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake. 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

So why is this not our experience?  Could it be that our vain traditions have made the Word of God ineffective?   Again in Eph. 4:11-16 we are reminded by Apostle Paul that if we will allow ourselves to be fitly joined and compacted that the world will than be able to see Jesus.   It seems that much needs to be restored to the Holy Spirit that we have taken from HIM and call it church.  And also we have created our Jesus to be acceptable in our world through our traditions.  Looks like we have become comfortable with “lukewarm” as per prophesy in Rev. 3 and 1 Tim.3 and have tried to make our Creator in our image rather than to submit in humility to being restored to HIS image.  Personally I long for the Real Church of Christ Jesus to be gathered into John 17 and learn to stand up in the image and likeness of Christ Jesus.  For the True Church to find time to enter into the ministry of loving power and holiness that we find for us in leaning about Christ Jesus through the eyes of HIS disciples and apostles.  We can no longer afford the pride to agree to disagree.  In love we must learn to work together with the Holy Spirit to find loving unity in GOD’S TRUTH for real freedom.   John 17:20-24  (Should read the whole prayer for context.)


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 (POWER) 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.” 

My hope and prayer is that some may find the time, in humility, to submit to being a part of this our LORD’S only recorded personal prayer by John the beloved.   We know it will come to pass.


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


A female Humpback that had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. Weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat, with hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, tail, and torso, and a line tugging in her mouth, she was a miserable victim indeed.  Thankfully, a fisherman spotted her just east of the Farralone Islands (outside the Golden Gate) and radioed an environmental group for help. Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was in such bad condition the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her, a very dangerous proposition. One slap of her enormous tail could kill a rescuer. Undaunted, these brave souls worked for hours cutting her free. One guy who was cutting the rope out of her mouth says he saw her eye following him the entire time. Finally, they were able to free her.  The moment she was freed, the divers say she began to swim in joyous circles! She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, gently –she thanked them all. Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives.  (The Church (people) of Christ Jesus need the same freedom in the Holy Spirit.)  www.WorthyMinistries.com    


Concerning the fault of the Virus:  https://www.kitco.com/news/2020-05-26/China-has-deliberately-spread-virus-killed-thousands-of-Americans-Gordon-Chang.html

EAGLES & PROSPERING

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EAGLES & PROSPERING   “WORTH CONSIDERING”    6/15/20        From Ken<><

Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

While walking through the forest one day, a farmer found a young eagle who had apparently fallen out of his nest. He took it home and put it in his barnyard with his chickens and there it stayed for years. It wasn’t long before the little eagle learned to eat and behave like the chickens.  One day a naturalist passed by the farm and saw the eagle confined in the barnyard with the chickens. When he inquired about this strange sight, the farmer told the man his story. “Unfortunately,” said the farmer, “the poor little guy just never learned to fly.” “Still,” the naturalist sighed, “he has the heart of an eagle and can surely be taught. Will you allow me to work with him?” The farmer agreed, but with much disbelief.  The naturalist picked up the eagle and lifted him toward the sky and said, “You belong to the sky and not to the earth. Stretch forth your wings and fly.” The eagle, however, was confused. He did not know who he was, and seeing the chickens eating their food, he jumped down to be with them again. The naturalist took the bird to the roof of the house and urged him again, saying, “You are an eagle. Stretch forth your wings and fly.” But the eagle was afraid and jumped down once again to be with his chicken friends. Finally the naturalist took the eagle out of the barnyard to a high mountain. There he held the king of the birds high above him and encouraged him again, saying, “You are an eagle. You belong to the sky. Stretch forth your wings and fly!” The eagle looked around, back towards the barnyard and then up to the sky. Slowly, he stretched his wings, and with a triumphant cry, he soared away into the heavens.

Somewhere along the line, we like this poor young eagle, were put in a lowly barn with the chickens of the world around us. We learned to live and eat from the ground and grew up believing that there was not much more to do than sit and cluck all day.  But the reality is that we are eagles! We were created to fly and even soar! God has great purpose for our lives! If we would only realize who we are in Him!  So let’s remember who we are today and stop acting like chickens! We are the head and not the tail! We are Kings and Priests! We have great things to do for the Kingdom!    From:           worthybrief@worthynetwork.com


    
Today’s Scripture   (Across my desk today from a church in Texas.)
“…No weapon turned against you will succeed. You will silence every voice raised up to accuse you. These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the LORD…”  (Isaiah 54:17, NLT)

It Shall Not Prosper
Today’s Scripture doesn’t say that we won’t have difficulties. That’s not reality. It says, “The problem may form, people may talk, you may get a negative medical report, but you can stay in peace, knowing it’s not going to prosper against you.” Because you’re God’s child, because you’re in the secret place of the Most High, God has a hedge of protection, mercy, and favor around you that the enemy cannot cross. No person, no sickness, no trouble, and no force of darkness can stop God’s plan for your life.  When you face these challenges and you’re tempted to worry, tell yourself: “This problem may have formed, they may be trying to make me look bad, but I’m not worried. This medical report may not look good, but I have a promise from Almighty God that it is not going to prosper. He has me in the palms of His hands. I’m staying in peace. God and I are a majority.”

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You that I have Your promise that nothing that forms against me is going to prosper. I declare that because I am Your child, there is a hedge of protection, mercy, and favor around me that the enemy cannot cross. I’m staying in peace. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Ken’s Notes:
When we had the Inn in Holualoa, one of the things I love to have was big brown fresh eggs for breakfast.  The kind with the orange yoke.  So I would take a banti feral hen and let her set on her eggs and golf balls for the 21 days for hatching but a day or so before hatching order in some chicks from Honolulu of a dozen big laying hen chicks.  I would then go out that night,  put a towel gently over her and very gently take a chick in my hand and sneak it under her and remove a couple of golf balls.  I kept doing that until all the babies were under her and then remove the towel.  She would immediately catch on to the babies, her mother instinct wold instantly catch hold and next morning she was one very proud and very protective mother.  Those big hens would even be taught by her to fly when in their teens and would roost with her in the trees totally out of reach of predator even when full size. They would be one very wise flock of hens when they graduated.   They learned to be like their “mother.”   This is just the opposite of the Eagle story, never the less, it is true.   That the world does set standards for us of mediocrity of what we can and can not do.  Even our schools are dumb ed down.  Many things we learn from the world really do hold us back.   John, the best buddy of Jesus, had this to say about it:   1 John 2:14,   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].  17 And the world passes away and disappears, and with it the forbidden cravings (the passionate desires, the lust) of it; but he who does the will of God and carries out His purposes in his life abides (remains) forever.  1 John 2:14-17   (And we are seeing a world wide object lesson of this very thing very clearly today due to the virus.)

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

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

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SHAME & REST

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SHAME & REST,    “WORTH CONSIDERING”    6/12/20

 Today’s Scripture       
“…Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach…”  (Isaiah 54:4, NIV)         (Across my desk today from Texas.)

Shame
Shame is one of the enemy’s favorite tools. Starting in our childhoods, he will remind you of every mistake and every failure you’ve ever made, saying “Shame on you” even about things that weren’t your fault. As adults, “Shame on you” plays over and over in our thoughts. If you fell back into a bad habit, you told yourself, “Shame on you.” If you went through a divorce, the message is “Shame on you.” Shame causes us to feel guilty and unworthy, as though we don’t deserve to be blessed.  But today’s Scripture speaks of how God has removed our shame. Whether it was your fault or somebody else’s fault, you don’t have to carry the heavy load of guilt, or beat yourself up over past mistakes, or feel wrong on the inside. When the enemy says, “Shame on you,” God says, “Shame off you. I’ve forgiven you. I’ve redeemed you. I’ve made you valuable.” Your worth comes from your Creator.

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You that You have removed my shame, and You have defeated the enemy who accuses me. Thank You that You have forgiven me of my past mistakes and released me from the guilt. I declare ‘Shame off me!’ to whatever tries to make me feel unworthy. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Ken’s Thoughts:

Shame has been a very big battle for most of my life.  I have been very curious most of my life and got the worst switching of my life when about age 6 in the 1st grade when at play I ask little Nancy, my age,  if she would show me,  her’s and I would show her, mine.  Just a Ky. little boy curious but in a big grass field not mindful that my mother was with workmen on our home being built above us.  It was not a good idea at all.  And I was switched with many willow branches on bare legs for 3 blocks all  the way home about something that meant absolutely nothing to me but due of my mother’s shame.   Like Adam and Eve we have all had those kind of experiences that sometimes have lasted a life time with not really realizing the shame bondage that had been placed upon us by the enemy and sometimes even the church.  But I have found that the Word of God can and will deliver us with loving heart faith.  What we need most today is true heartfelt repentance and a Holy Spirit Revival and Restoration.   We all have or had demons of darkness in our back closets of shame.  And we all need to be delivered and set free to become like Jesus.    Even at my age a little difficult to share with you but somehow needed ?


GEAT QUOTES on TRUE REVIVAL
“Revival brings back a holy shock to apathy and carelessness.”  -Winkie Pratney
“Revival begins when you draw a circle around yourself and make sure everything in that circle is right with God.”  -Anne Graham Lotz
“Real revival does not begin with joyous singing. It begins with conviction and repentance on the part of Christians.”  Vance Havner
Revival is not just an emotional touch; it’s a complete takeover!” -Nancy Leigh Demoss
“If revival is being withheld from us it is because some idol remains still enthroned; because we still insist in placing our reliance in human schemes; because we still refuse to face the unchangeable truth that, ‘It is not by might, but by My Spirit.”  -Jonathan Goforth
“In revival, God is not concerned about filling empty churches, He is concerned about filling empty hearts.”  -Leonard Ravenhill
“Revival is when God’s people return to God and God returns to them, and everyone sees the difference.”  -Henry Blackaby
“If we want revivals, we must revive our reverence for the Word of God.”  -Charles Spurgeon
“Revival is when God gets so sick and tired of being misrepresented that He shows Himself.”
-Leonard Ravenhill

Tomorrow is the 7th day of last week, Read Hebrews 4 about entering into HIS REST…  The Jews under the LAW totally missed the meaning of the 7th Day of Rest as it was prophetic of the time that the Church would learn to walk in the Spirit and to cease from their own works.  Be sure and read it and note especially Heb.4:10-11   So dump the shame and enter HIS Rest.

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

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

Zechariah 11:12-13

FAITH & TRADITIONS

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ALOHA FAMILY  & FRIENDS,   Beloved of God and me,    John 3:14-18  (please read)
FAITH & TRADITIONS,    “WORTH CONSIDERING   06/12/20    From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture    (Found in my computer this morning from Texas.)
“…The very day I call for help, the tide of battle turns. My enemies flee! This one thing I know: God is for me!…”  (Psalm 56:9, TLB)

A Miracle Put in Motion
You have things you’re believing for—perhaps a dream to come to pass, your health to turn around, or to meet the right person. You’ve been praying for a long time, but you don’t see anything happening. It seems like God is on vacation and as though your prayers aren’t doing any good. But what you can’t see is that God is at work behind the scenes. Don’t believe the lies that say your praying, believing, and standing in faith is a waste of time. He not only heard your prayer, but He put the miracle in motion. In today’s Scripture, the psalmist says it happens the very day you call for help. In the unseen realm, God begins to change things in your favor. Just because you don’t see anything happening doesn’t mean the answer is not on the way. The people who see breakthroughs and promises fulfilled are the people who keep praying, keep believing, and keep standing in faith.

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You that You never take vacations, that You hear every prayer and see me standing in faith. Thank You that in the unseen realm You have put a miracle in motion for me. I believe and declare that the answer is on the way. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Ken’s Thoughts:
Good word, again, for today.   It is really a Good Morning Call each day that these positive messages find their way to my computer.  Of course we all realize that sowing and reaping is strongle happening in our little world as a God Law of the Universe.  The is always motion and balance seemingly in all things.  It may take time for Hally’s Comet to return but return it does.
So the real question for us is not whether GOD is on our side BUT whether we are truly on HIS?  There is so much mis-information about what GOD wants of us.  And it is very difficult to sort the Baby (God Truth) from the bath water.   Much of what we call “Church” today has nothing to do with a New Testament Church as shared in the New Testament source of all truth for us.

We are told to “Tithe” under God’s Law, which is not true.  The New Testament Believer is not under the 10% Old Testament “LAW” but under loving grace to give as per the vision and need.  [Remember] this: he who sows sparingly and grudgingly will also reap sparingly and grudgingly, and he who sows generously [that blessings may come to someone] will also reap generously and with blessings. 2 Cor.9:6,    Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, “prompt to do it”) giver [whose heart is in his giving].  2Cor.9:7   So we find no where in the New Testament where tithing is in effect under a law.  If you personally feel to give on that basis it is all up to you and your relationship with the Holy Spirit in Christ Jesus as LORD.   God is in the process of training us to be 100% for HIM in HIS great love so HE can bless us now and for eternity.  But he is not going to allow the rebellion of lucifer and Adam to infect HIS universe.
Another issue is the word Church.  We have converted it from God’s meaning into our Traditions and have made the word  ineffective.  If I google the word church it comes up with beautiful traditional buildings.   But in Strong’s Greek Meaning it is the people:  Strong’s Greek: 1577. ἐκκλησία (ekklésia) — an assembly …  https://biblehub.com/greek/1577.htm assembly, church. From a compound of ek and a derivative of kaleo; a calling out, i.e. (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both) — assembly,   Not one word meaning the building.  It was the gathering of the people, two or more.  The Early Church was a forum of interactive people, most likely facing each other in order to be effective as per 1 Cor.14: (Should read whole chapter) 26-33.  I will stop at 33 or will get in trouble otherwise….  But notice in Paul’s understanding of Church it is not a Theater or tradition but an interactive assembly where the fruit, gifts and ministries of the Holy Spirit are free to be expressed through the Holy Spirit.  It is the Holy Spirit who provides the “bulletin” and no one is really sure what is going to happen at any gathering only that Christ Jesus will be there in the gathering as in the Holy Spirit.   Not one word in the whole New Testament about building anything or collecting funds for a building.   Any gifts and offerings were used for evangelism and to help the poor.  When a building is built then the gathering or assemble become concerned about the care of the building.  Sure a building is more comfortable.  But it is difficult to find a building built for GOD being effective for GOD.   One Saturday evening I was responsible for setting all of the chairs in place.  So I elected to place them all (over 200) in a U rather than traditional theater church style seating where you can not see anyone’s face.  You can only see the back of heads… Next morning, all was changed back to Theater.  Theater is safe, keeps everyone quiet.  The show much go on without interruption but there is little or no POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT who is much needed to draw everyone unto Christ Jesus as LORD.  Paul gave a prophesy about our time,  1 Tim.3, It is happening today.  And there are many other traditions that have crept into our gatherings to learn to serve Jesus.

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

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

News in Brief:
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday signaled it plans years of extraordinary support for an economy facing a torturous slog back from the coronavirus pandemic, with policymakers projecting the economy to shrink 6.5% in 2020 and the unemployment rate to be 9.3% at year’s end.  The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced that it will keep its interest rate target near zero.   I bet you’re tired (of all this) today. You are overworked, overstressed, overwhelmed … DONE! Be encouraged! Just when you think you can’t run any further, you can! C’mon! Press through and press on for the great prize! God is with us, strengthening our feeble knees and moving us in the right direction!!   Hebrews 12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. worthybrief@worthynetwork.com

FREEDOM

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FREEDOM,    “WORTH CONSIDERING”    6/10/20    From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture   (Across my desk this morning from Texas.)
“…Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again…”Ex.14:13

The Chain Has Been Broken
The Israelites had been bound in slavery in Egypt for over four hundred years. All they had seen was injustice, being taken advantage of, mistreated, barely making it. God supernaturally brought them out of Egypt, and they were headed to the Promised Land when He said to them, “The enemies you see today, you will see no more.” That’s what happens when the chain breaker shows up. True freedom.  He was saying to them and to us, “Those things that have held you back for years, you’re not going to see them anymore.” This is a new day of freedom, a new day of wholeness, a new day of increase. Chains are falling off; chains of debt are being broken. Chains of cancer, diabetes, and heart trouble are being loosed. You will no longer see those chains of fear, insecurity, and low self-esteem. The addiction is not going to control you. Why? The chain has been broken.

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You that You have broken the chain of anything that’s trying to hold me back. Thank You that You have so defeated the problem that I’m not even going to see it anymore. I’m going to start living like I am free and experience everything You have for me. In Jesus.

Ken’s Thoughts,
So many things in this world tend to keep us in bondage’s.  Many are even the Religious  Traditions of men used in our churches to keep order when the Holy Spirit may wish to do otherwise.  Some come from unequally yoked marriage unions where one has a strong anointing from God and the other is happy to just be comfortable.  There are non-productive traditions everywhere that I look.  The enemy of our soul tends to keep us in some kinds of emotional or traditional jail (box) if possible.   However with Paul in prison we are now blessed with his teachings in the Holy Spirit.  So Paul was free even while in prison as our LORD’S kingdom is not of this world.  God set Peter free, why not Paul?   The greater ministry came to Paul due to being in prison.   We have very little of what Peter taught.

(The following is from Worthy Briefs today:)
Paul wrote for prayes while even in chains as follows:  Ephesians 6:19-20 and pray for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.  (from Worthy Brief)       For over 20 years we’ve been covering Christian Persecution, and whenever I come across an amazing story of how a saint endured such hardships, it encourages me. I remember reading about Watchman Nee and his imprisonment. The Chinese government would change the guards at his cell daily for fear that Nee would lead them to the Lord. Their fears were justified — many of those guards did come to faith! Apparently Watchman Nee had learned a powerful lesson from the Apostle Paul.  In Paul’s letter to the Church in Ephesus, observe how he describes himself — an ambassador in chains. Locked away in a prison, Paul adamantly refuses to allow his circumstances to dictate or alter his identity. He may be in chains, but he remains the Lord’s ambassador.  Can you imagine Paul chained up in that dungeon, throwing up his hands saying, “That’s it; it’s over; I’m finished!?  Not on your life! Instead, the apostle grows bolder as an ambassador; not intimidated or ashamed, because Paul isn’t chained in his Spirit, he’s only bound in the flesh. Remember how he concludes his letter to the Philippian Church declaring, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”  Don’t allow yourself to be defined by your past, or “chained” by your current circumstances. God has also called you to be an ambassador for Him. With so much work to be done, we ought to be growing even bolder, right in the midst of our trials and tribulations!  (This is right on target so I am passing it along to you.  It is from,  worthybrief@worthynetwork.com    (Please forward to your mailing list, Very important.)

Psalm 73,  A psalm of Asaph.    Truly God is good to Israel,     to those whose hearts are pure.
But as for me, I almost lost my footing.     My feet were slipping, and I was almost gone.  For I envied the proud     when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness. They seem to live such painless lives;     their bodies are so healthy and strong.  They don’t have troubles like other people;     they’re not plagued with problems like everyone else. They wear pride like a jeweled necklace and clothe themselves with cruelty. These fat cats have everything their hearts could ever wish for!  They scoff and speak only evil;     in their pride they seek to crush others.

They boast against the very heavens and their words strut throughout the earth. And so the people are dismayed and confused drinking in all their words,  “What does God know?” they ask.   Does the Most High even know what’s happening? Look at these wicked people—    enjoying a life of ease while their riches multiply.  Did I keep my heart pure for nothing?    Did I keep myself innocent for no reason? I get nothing but trouble all day long; every morning brings me pain.  If I had really spoken this way to others,  I would have been a traitor to your people. So I tried to understand why the wicked prosper.    But what a difficult task it is!

Then I went into your sanctuary, O God, and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked. Truly, you put them on a slippery path and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction.  In an instant they are destroyed,  completely swept away by terrors. When you arise, O Lord,   you will laugh at their silly ideas as a person laughs at dreams in the morning. Then I realized that my heart was bitter, and I was all torn up inside. I was so foolish and ignorant—   I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you. Yet I still belong to you;   you hold my right hand.  You guide me with your counsel.    leading me to a glorious destiny. Whom have I in heaven but you?  I desire you more than anything on earth. My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak,   but God remains the strength of my heart; He is mine forever   Those who desert him will perish,    for you destroy those who abandon you.  But as for me, how good it is to be near God!    I have made the Sovereign Lord my shelter,  and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do.  New Living Translation (NLT)  Also read Eph.4:11-16, John 17 for a good foundation.

I have found that if I just leave a verse location that very few will find their Bible to look it up.  But many will consider the thoughts if easily available.  So find your bondage’s out by using the Word of God. And only then can GOD’S GRACE AND TRUTH REALLY SET YOU FREE.  Our faith in God’s promises in Christ Jesus give us real freedom.


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 for eternity
And all who Truly Love, Honor and Obey HIM are members.

THRONE OF GOD

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THRONE OF GOD,     “WORTH CONSIDERING”   6/9/20    From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture   (Across my desk today from Texas.)
“…Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. You rule with a scepter of justice…”
(Psalm 45:6, NLT)

What’s on Your Throne?
When David faced Goliath, he never called him a giant. He called Goliath “an uncircumcised Philistine.” David downplayed his size because he refused to put Goliath on the throne. He kept God on the throne. He said to Goliath, “You come against me with a sword and spear, but I come against you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel.”

You may be facing a giant of a problem. If you’re not careful, you’ll let that problem consume you with worry. The whole time God is in control and already has the solution, but you’ve taken God off the throne and put your problem on the throne. Here’s the key: if God is not on the throne, you’re not giving Him permission. God works where there’s an attitude of faith. You can’t have God and the problem on the throne at the same time. There’s just room for one. Keep God on the throne.

A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You for being on Your throne, for reigning as sovereign over my health, my finances, my family, and my circumstances. Thank You that You are my provider, my healer, my waymaker, my deliverer. The throne of my life is reserved for You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts,
Really, Got to go DEEP with this one today.   But the question might be better stated,   WHO IS ON YOUR SOUL’S THRONE TODAY???   As a Christian the process of being Sanctified by the Holy Spirit is for most of us some what like a bouncing ball.  And for many of the Old Testament Saints it was like that for them as well.  As we read the stories of the O.T. and New we will find that vacillation of good days and bad days.  Three steps forward and 2 steps back.  Abraham, Jacob,  Moses, David, Sampson  and Peter are good examples of failures and victories, In fact it is well documented in Hebrew’s 11 as shared (I feel) and by Apostle Paul,  Rom. 7: So please take the time to read:
HEBREWS:  11:
Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, [a] the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].  2 For by [faith—[b] trust and holy fervor born of faith] the men of old had divine testimony borne to them and obtained a good report.  3 By faith we understand that the worlds [during the successive ages] were framed  (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose) by the word of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are visible.  4 [Prompted, actuated] by faith Abel brought God a better and more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, because of which it was testified of him that he was righteous [that he was upright and in right standing with God], and God bore witness by accepting and acknowledging his gifts. And though he died, yet [through the incident] he is still speaking.  5 Because of faith Enoch was caught up and transferred to heaven, so that he did not have a glimpse of death; and he was not found, because God had translated him. …6 But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out].  7 [Prompted] by faith Noah, being forewarned by God concerning events of which as yet there was no visible sign, took heed and diligently and reverently constructed and prepared an ark for the deliverance of his own family…. 8 [Urged on] by faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went forth to a place which he was destined to receive as an inheritance; and he went, although he did not know or trouble his mind about where he was to go… 12 So from one man, though he was physically as good as dead, there have sprung descendants whose number is as the stars of heaven and as countless as the innumerable sands on the seashore.  13 These people all died controlled and sustained by their faith, but not having received the tangible fulfillment of [God’s] promises, only having seen it and greeted it from a great distance by faith, and all the while acknowledging and confessing that they were strangers and temporary residents and exiles upon the earth. … 16 But the truth is that they were yearning for and aspiring to a better and more desirable country, that is, a heavenly [one]. For that reason God is not ashamed to be called their God [even to be surnamed their God—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob], for He has prepared a city for them.  17 By faith Abraham, when he was put to the test [while the testing of his faith was [d] still in progress], [e] and already brought Isaac for an offering; he who had gladly received and welcomed [God’s] promises was ready to sacrifice his only son,  18 Of whom it was said, Through Isaac shall your descendants be reckoned.  19 For he reasoned that God was able to raise [him] up even from among the dead. Indeed in the sense that Isaac was figuratively dead [potentially sacrificed], he did [actually] receive him back from the dead.  20 [With eyes of] faith Isaac, looking far into the future, invoked blessings upon Jacob and Esau.  21 [Prompted] by faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and bowed in prayer over the top of his staff.  22 [Actuated] by faith Joseph, when …23 [Prompted] by faith Moses, after his birth, was kept concealed for three months by his parents, because they saw how comely the child was; and they were not overawed and terrified by the king’s decree.  24 [Aroused] by faith Moses, when he had grown to maturity and [f] become great, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,  25 Because he preferred to share the oppression [suffer the hardships] and bear the shame of the people of God rather than to have the fleeting enjoyment of a sinful life.  26 He considered the contempt and abuse and shame [borne for] the Christ (the Messiah Who was to come) to be greater wealth than all the treasures of Egypt, for he looked forward and away to the reward (recompense).  27 [Motivated] by faith he left Egypt behind him, being unawed and undismayed by the wrath of the king; for he never flinched but held staunchly to his purpose and endured steadfastly as one who gazed on Him Who is invisible.  39 And all of these, though they won divine approval by [means of] their faith, did not receive the fulfillment of what was promised,40 Because God had us in mind and had something better and greater in view for us, so that they [these heroes and heroines of faith] should not come to perfection apart from us [before we could join them].”    So it is not about how many time you fall down, but about getting up in faith just one more time than you fall down.  God has covered our sins and errors in and through Christ Jesus and after we make Jesus, LORD we need to yeald to the Holy Spirit to  become like HIM by HIS grace and love through faith in HIS promises for our eternity.

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 for eternity.
And all who Truly submit to HIM as LORD are members.