ALOHA FAMILY & FRIENDS,  Beloved of God and me.    John 3:16-18

TRUTH (conditional scripture)     “WORTH CONSIDERING” 5/8/20   From   Ken<><
Today’s Scripture    (Across my desk this morning from a church in Texas.)
“…But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ…”  (2 Cor. 11:3, NIV)

Who Told You That?
In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were living confident and secure with God. They knew they had His blessing and favor. But one day the enemy deceived them into eating the forbidden fruit, and immediately they were afraid. They ran and hid. When God called out to Adam, “Where are you?” Adam said, “We’re hiding because we’re naked.” God asked, “Who told you that you were naked?”

God is asking us today, “Who told you that you’re not good enough? That you’re just average? That you can’t accomplish your dreams?” Those negative thoughts didn’t come from our God. Those lies open the door to fear, insecurity, and shame. They focus on what we’re not, on the mistakes we’ve made, on what other people have said about us. Don’t let the enemy deceive you. You are a child of the Most High God. You are not average or mediocre; you are royalty. Keep your crown on.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You have given me a crown of glory and honor and even the enemy does not have the power to take it from me. Thank You that I am covered by Your grace and made in Your image. I declare my confidence is in You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts:
This may be true, but with the exception.  Rom. 8.   You are secure only as long as you truly allow Christ Jesus to be your LORD.  But if you continue to embrace the lies of sin there will be a conception or union with sin which will result in your separation from God.  You will find the word “IF” used many times in Holy Scripture which is a conditional word.  Salvation is conditional on Christ Jesus being your LORD (Master, Boss, King)   Our Creator God is building a Kingdom of Righteousness.  We have been invited, We can be forgiven.  We have been given a new set of clothes to wear of righteousness.  If you refuse to wear them you will be rejected from the new Kingdom.  And sin is what God calls sin and is not up for us to make a progressive interpretation.  You can remain as a child of Adam or you can choose to become a child of God but you are on one side or the other, there is no grey.  The choice is black or white, darkness or light.  Lets consider some “conditional” verses of scripture in Romans 8:8 So then those who are living the life of the flesh [catering to the appetites and impulses of their carnal nature] cannot please or satisfy God, or be acceptable to Him….13 For if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely die. But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually] putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever.  14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons (children) of God….29 For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was [k] aware and [l] loved beforehand], He also destined from the beginning [foreordaining them] to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might become the firstborn among many brethren.          And of course it is difficult to understand God’s absolute foreknowledge.  But our Creator God saw before any creation the type of life that you would choose to live and knew who HIS elect would be before they were even born.   However, we are now locked into a temporary time dimension and only see yesterday, today and tomorrow.  So we are making very valid decisions every day for which we will be eternally responsible for.  Freewill is absolutely essential to being able to keep the 1st of the 10 commandments in loving God and then ourselves and then each other.  Love demands choice.  We have the freewill to choose to make Christ Jesus Lord or not, it is up to us.  But if we do make HIM LORD then there is the New Testament to share with us,  HIS commandments to keep.  And it is for each of us to clearly understand in context what the prophets of God have shared.  There is much to learn and change to be able to conform to the very image of Christ Jesus.  And the Holy Spirit will help us with God’s Grace and Power if we will have heart faith for it.     This is a difficult concept to understand but Biblical,  there is more on it in our files.

Politics: (Well written, “Worth Considering.”   5/8/20
Dannie Poe • 19 hours ago:  Disregarding their hate for Trump, I would like the Socialist Elements of our government to understand why we elect our own President? We elect our President to be the voice of the people, not the voice of our politicians. I understand that the Political Correct Politicians hate it that the people voted Trump into office as a Outsider, but the people wanted this Political Correctness to end. Rule of Law should always prevail over the will of the Party in power. We elect our leaders to represent the wishes of the people, not to for-fill the agenda of any one Party. YES, they have a (R) or (D) behind their name, but when they are elected the only correctness that counts is the correctness passed as Rule of Law. These laws are laws created by the votes of our US Congress, thus must apply to all citizens not just Political Correct citizens. If they find fault in our laws, it is our US Congress that must correct any faults. In fact is is their responsibility to do so. I can argue that for the past fifty years our US Government has butchered our US Constitution and it’s Rule of Law. The rights listed in the First and Second Amendment have suffered the most. When religious freedom is suppressed, when free speech is suppressed, when freedom of assembly is outlawed, when words are censured, and another weapon is deemed unconstitutional or restricted every US Citizens pays the price of less freedom. It seems that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of…” means nothing to our US Congress.  If this continues, “We the people…” will be living under Socialism in no time. We are only a few votes away to make Socialism a reality. The easiest way to lose your freedom is to give it away

CCP-19
According to a CDC report in March, nearly 90% of patients hospitalized with coronavirus (COVID-19) had one or more underlying health conditions. The most common were hypertension (49.7%), obesity (48.3%), chronic lung disease (34.6%), diabetes (28.3%), and cardiovascular disease (27.8%).  These conditions were even more prevalent in deceased COVID-19 patients, according to data released by Louisiana, New York and New Jersey.

ALOHA FAMILY & FRIENDS,  Beloved of God and me,   John 3:16-18

INTEGRITY         “WORTH CONSIDERING”     5/6/20   from Ken<><

Today’s Scripture     (In my e-mails this morning from Texas.)
“…So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife…and she gave birth to a son…Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David…”  (Ruth 4:13, 17, NIV)

Something Big
A young widow named Ruth left her home country and moved to her elderly mother-in-law’s home to take care of her. They barely had enough food to survive. Ruth went into the fields to pick up the leftover wheat that the workers missed. One day Boaz, the wealthy man who owned the field, noticed Ruth and told his workers to leave handfuls of wheat on purpose for Ruth. Now she didn’t have to work nearly as hard. God was meeting their needs, and she was so grateful. But God is full of surprises. Just when you’re satisfied and think you’ve reached your limits, God has something bigger in mind. Boaz fell in love with Ruth, and they got married. Now instead of working in the field, Ruth owned the field! And on top of that, their great-grandson was named David. Ruth went from barely surviving to ending up in the family line of Jesus Christ. God has something big coming your way!

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You know every hardship and hurt, every unfair and difficult situation I have faced and will face. I choose to believe that You have more blessings and favor for me than I can dream. I believe that something big is coming my way. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts:
A rather amazing story that is supported by many other stories like that in the Bible like Issac, Joseph and some fishermen.  Of course it is a story of faith as usual But faith in taking what is in your hand and to what ever you do, to do,  as unto the LORD.  Joseph, is an amazing story of Joseph being Joseph where ever he was.  It seems he continued to love his family even after his brothers except one, wanted to murder him.  And then in being sold as a slave he still did not sink into a great depression but did the best he could with what he had been given and soon was running the farm.  And even after falsely being accused and finding himself in the dungeons of Egypt he still was Joseph and did what he could in being helpful and ended up running the prison.  And if you follow the story Joseph ended up being 2nd in charge of Egypt and in saving both Egypt and his family and later was reunited with his brothers in love.

The Story of Ruth follows a similar pattern.  After Ruth and Naomi’s husbands died Naomi decided to return home .  We see a picture of  Ruth’s attitude in her remarks: “But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.” 18 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.  19 So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?” Ruth 1:16-19.    So Naomi did not end up in a pity party of poor me and Ruth stayed with her Mother in Law in faith and love and ended up in Bethlehem.  (Now that is really a coincidence, is it not?)  .  But Ruth did the best she knew to deal with the dangers of being alone and gleaning someone else’s field in a foreign country.  It is obvious that she was not leaving a mess behind her.  What ever Boaz saw that encouraged him to try to help her was visible in the way she appled herself in his fields.  Most likely Ruth did not notice Boaz as she was intent in bringing food home for her mother-in-law.  Talk about a friendship, honor, faith, care and love, it is all displayed here in Ruth.  And this with only a mother-in-law.   Truly it seems that Ruth was right out of Prov.31:10.   This seems a beautiful fulfillment of God prime design in HIS creation of Eve for Adam. 

 18 Now the Lord God said, It is not good (sufficient, satisfactory) that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper (suitable, adapted, complementary) for him.  19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every [wild] beast and living creature of the field and every bird of the air and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them; and whatever Adam called every living creature, that was its name.  20 And Adam gave names to all the livestock and to the birds of the air and to every [wild] beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper meet (suitable, adapted, complementary) for him.  21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and while he slept, He took one of his ribs or a part of his side and closed up the [place with] flesh.  22 And the rib or part of his side which the Lord God had taken from the man He built up and made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.  23 Then Adam said, This [creature] is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of a man.  24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall become united and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.  25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not embarrassed or ashamed in each other’s presence.

In counseling with young men, I often tell them that when you have prepared yourself to be a good husband then God will also have prepared a good wife for you to help you and be complementary to the work that God has called you to do.  So quit the shopping and dating.  Look what God did for Boaz, Isaac and for Joseph.   Of course this got messed up in the pride, rebellion and disobedience of Adam.  But in Christ Jesus it can again be restored.  And out of the generations of Ruth & Boaz, we find the generations of Mary & Joseph back through David as a validation of prophesy concerning Christ Jesus the LORD.  So look what God was able to do with Ruth’s faith,  humility, Integrity and obedience in gleaning a foreign field for grain to help her mother-in-law to survive.  It had nothing and everything to do with her future. “Little is much when God is in it.”  So it is not about what we must do, but what can we do?  So where every you go, look for, find, and do as you can to assist the Kingdom of God.   In eternity that will be all that counts,  1 Cor. 3:11-23…

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

ALOHA FAMILY & FRIENDS,  Beloved of God,  John 3:16-18

HEART FAITH,     “WORTH CONSIDERING”   5/4/20       From Ken<><
    
Today’s Scripture    (Found in my e-mails this morning from Texas.)
“…The eyes of the LORD search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him…”   (2 Chronicles 16:9, NLT)

It’s the Heart That Matters
When Jesus chose His twelve disciples, He didn’t choose people who had it all together. He didn’t choose the Pharisees, who kept all the religious rules, prayed at the right time, and gave what was required but whose hearts were not right. He chose people who had lots of flaws, who came out of dysfunction and weren’t raised in a religious environment. Man looks on the outside, at the performance, the credentials, the background, but God looks beyond all that. He knows it’s the heart that matters. He chose those whose hearts were committed to Him.

God is not looking for people who have a perfect performance. He’s looking for people who desire to please Him. Your behavior, attitude, and character may need some improvement, but just as with the disciples, God is saying, “I know your heart is sincere; your heart is set to do the right thing. So I’m going to show Myself strong in your life.”

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that I can come to You with an open and willing heart. Search me and know me. I struggle and make mistakes, and there is so much I need to improve on in my character, but my heart is committed to You. Show Yourself strong in my life today. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts:
Actually God is looking for honesty in truthfully evaluating ourselves.  Honest souls can be redeemed and fixed.   But the Actors, the hypocrites don’t even know who they are as they have no level or plum bob of respect for the truth.  My mother was a hairstylist in Hollywood and I got to go on the sets when young and meet the actors sometimes.  One particular time I saw two actors greet one another like Loving long lost family members and when they moved on one of them turned to another actor and totally trashed and gutted the friend to this other actor.  And this was the norm, no honor or truth at all just silly putty to be made, whatever.  They just went from playing one part and then another until there was no one left at home worth knowing.   Matt. 6  &  15

I have often considered how Christ Jesus chose his disciples from being fishermen to becoming fishers of souls.  There are unique parallels in both worlds.   And Jesus did not call a learned man to assist HIM until he established the balance of heart then head.   His fishermen were all heart, Paul came later from being all head.  What a great mix we now have in our New Testament between John and Paul.  So too, those of us who are called to serve HIM may find it a bit difficult in the beginning with new Christian relationships.  And it is easier to fracture and divide than find unity.  The sorry part of division is that always the good truth that both had available in the union is no longer balanced and available. So we have many divisions.   If you study through the 17th Chapter of John’s gospel you will find that the primary concern of Christ Jesus was that we, as HIS disciples would find HIS loving, honest and unity/balance.  In fact, no unity, no power.  John 17:20-22.   2 Tim. 3:5 .         In Paul’s really great letter to the Church at Corinth he first lists our qualifications as follows: 

For it is written, I will baffle and render useless and destroy the learning of the learned and the philosophy of the philosophers and the cleverness of the clever and the discernment of the discerning; I will frustrate and nullify [them] and bring [them] to nothing.  20 Where is the wise man (the philosopher)? Where is the scribe (the scholar)? Where is the investigator (the logician, the debater) of this present time and age? Has not God shown up the nonsense and the folly of this world’s wisdom?  21 For when the world with all its earthly wisdom failed to perceive and recognize and know God by means of its own philosophy, God in His wisdom was pleased through the foolishness of preaching [salvation, procured by Christ and to be had through Him], to save those who believed (who clung to and trusted in and relied on Him).  22 For while Jews [demandingly] ask for signs and miracles and Greeks pursue philosophy and wisdom,  23 We preach Christ (the Messiah) crucified, [preaching which] to the Jews is a scandal and an offensive stumbling block [that springs a snare or trap], and to the Gentiles it is absurd and utterly unphilosophical nonsense.  24 But to those who are called, whether Jew or Greek (Gentile), Christ [is] the Power of God and the Wisdom of God.  25 [This is] because the foolish thing [that has its source in] God is wiser than men, and the weak thing [that springs] from God is stronger than men.  26 For [simply] consider your own call, brethren; not many [of you were considered to be] wise according to human estimates and standards, not many influential and powerful, not many of high and noble birth.  27 [No] for God selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is foolish to put the wise to shame, and what the world calls weak to put the strong to shame.  28 And God also selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is lowborn and insignificant and branded and treated with contempt, even the things that are nothing, that He might depose and bring to nothing the things that are,  29 So that no mortal man should [have pretense for glorying and] boast in the presence of God.  30 But it is from Him that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God, [revealed to us a knowledge of the divine plan of salvation previously hidden, manifesting itself as] our Righteousness [thus making us upright and putting us in right standing with God], and our Consecration [making us pure and holy], and our Redemption [providing our ransom from eternal penalty for sin].  31 So then, as it is written, Let him who boasts and proudly rejoices and glories, boast and proudly rejoice and glory in the Lord.  1 Cor. 1:17-31 (So we all seem to be qualified, really got good mileage with this from Hippies,  lots of laughter….  They were really honest.)    If you have not deeply considered this, you are really missing out as your name is on God’s list as qualified.  Every soul that God has created has been designed to assist Him in some way in creating HIS New Kingdom of Rightiousness.

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

Todays News in Brief:
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he has seen “enormous evidence” indicating the coronavirus pandemic originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.  A majority of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s 17 spy agencies believe the coronavirus likely originated with an accidental lab escape from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, a senior intelligence official told the Washington Examiner.   China has refused to cooperate with the World Health Organizations’ efforts to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, a WHO official told Sky News.    worthybrief@worthynetwork.com

Rush Limbaugh:  Excellent question,  mine as well:   Covid-19

https://www.americanpatriotdaily.com/latest/rush-limbaugh-called-out-dr-fauci-with-one-question-that-no-one-could-believe/

It seems to me that most of the old guys are terminal with this virus, if they catch it.   The U.S. is sustaining about 500 deaths per day at this time and mostly of old fossils like me.  But to protect me and my age group the economic shut down could easily kill the economy for the whole nation.   There is not going to be any quick and easy solution.   Prayer, of course would help.   But to get the economy going again might mean to set up virus free zones where old folks could move to like an Island with really good virus controls.  Eventually there will be a medication to help our immune system get the victory over Covid-19 like all of the other viruses that are around us all the time.  But until that day,  us old folks are looking down the gun barrel when we leave home and go shopping and it is not going to get better.  And it is obvious that the economy can not be frozen for long without a 2nd Great Depression.  In the year 1932, when I was born, FDR closed the banks.  A $1,000 burial police cost .25 cents per week.  My dad sold them and made .10 cents per sale.  I still have mine that he bought for me.   We lived on my great grandfather’s farm so were OK.  But there was little or no money available even if you had a plush bank account.  Gold at that time was $32. per ounce.  And dollar bills could be exchanged for gold.

We were almost already at a train wreck with our economy before this virus attack.   Seems the train is now off the tracks but yet to land.  When it lands,  seems to me, that there will be a great devastation.   So do what you can to get as self contained and as much off the grid as you can.  Riots are already starting in the mainland and police protection is nearly non existent in some areas.

We may be starting into the birth pains of the Jesus prophesy in Matt. 24-25,  Mark 13,  Luke 21,   I have taken the liberty of attaching a paper that I put together on the subject.  We are surely living in the days of the last church in Rev. 3 where Jesus is not even welcome in HIS own Church.   And we are headed towards Chapter’s 4 & 5  with John.  From Chapter 6 through 19 for 7 years is great tribulation and the Church of Christ Jesus is no longer on planet earth.  Have fun looking ahead at the great and precious promises of GOD.   God loves us and went away to provide a Holy Place for us to live.  HE has left us with a choice.  If we would really like to make HIM truly our LORD and live with HIM in righteousness,  that can happen.   Love the Hawaiian Kingdom motto:   “The Life of the Land is perpetuated in righteousness.”   

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

If seeking more, read my book, a free link: “Keys To The Kingdom”  easy link to find on our homepage:   www.Trinity-Aloha.org

ALOHA FAMILY & FRIENDS,  Beloved of God,   John 3:16

RAIN,    “WORTH CONSIDERING,   4/30/20,     From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture   (Across my emails this morning from Texas.)
“…Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock…”   (Matthew 7:24, NIV)

Still Standing after the Storm
The Scripture says, “Your Father sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” Being a person of faith doesn’t exempt you from difficulties. Jesus told a parable about a wise man who built his house on a rock. This man honored God. Another man foolishly built his house on the sand. He didn’t honor God. Then the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on the houses of both the just and the unjust. But after the storm was over, the house built on the rock was still standing. The house built on the sand was completely ruined.

You may get knocked down and go through some dark, stormy times, but that’s just a part of life. It rains on everybody. The difference is that when you honor God, when you stay in faith, you have God’s promise that when the storm clears, you won’t be the victim; you’ll be the victor. You’ll still be standing.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that my life can be built on the rock that You are, and I can live to honor You. Thank You for Your promise that no matter what comes my way, when the storm is over, I’ll still be standing. I believe that You will bring me through. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s thoughts:
Interesting word, RAIN,   In the song by Michael W. Smith it is a prayer for the Holy Spirit for God to bring us into HIS Kingdom of Righteousness and change our lives to be in HIS image as the “LATTER RAIN” Joel 2:23, James 5:7  (The last great harvest before Rapture.)
Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghHfnXPp2AA

Again RAIN is a metaphor to show God’s love and faithfulness in Matt. 5:45 “That ye may be (become) the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise o
n the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.”

And in the subject RAIN scripture in context is considered as destructive and as a warning to build on HIM,    Matt. 7:24-27   “Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

So in one context rain is good and the Holy Spiri, in another God’s love is for everyone and yet another a warning to build on HIM or get washed away by it, Isa. 28:25-18, “Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death,  and with hell are we at agreement;  when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us:  for we have made lies our refuge,  and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:  16 therefore thus saith the Lord God,  Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone,  a precious corner stone, a sure foundation:  he that believeth shall not make haste.  17 Judgment also will I lay to the line,  and righteousness to the plummet:  and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies,  and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.  18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled,  and your agreement with hell shall not stand;  when the overflowing scourge shall pass through,  then ye shall be trodden down by it.   (A wake up call for Calvinists.)

Consider this scripture with several different translations,  freewill is the heart of it.

So again, Content without Context is Pretext.

So again always find the context for understanding the true meaning of a scripture concerning God’s Truth.  And with all of the lies that are in the spiritual and political arena today this is doubly important.  Paul mentioned this in his remarks in Eph:4:11-16.  The only sure ROCK (Foundation) that I know of is Christ Jesus.  His words are LIFE and TRUTH, He is the only sure foundation.  He is the Way, Truth  & Light.

As for us in Kealia during this down time, we are doing fine.   Have some plumbing to complete for a bathroom in the shop.   Then we will be looking to get the sheet rock done in the bathroom and make it usable.   Also have some carpentry work to do along with getting rid of a bunch of stuff that is taking up room and is no longer need.  Also have a lot of books to try to find a home for?  And looking for  help with the yard once a week to keep it from returning to being Jungle.

It has been beautiful weather here in Kealia about 75 degree days and 65 nights with humidity in the 50-60’s lawn growing like crazy.  More bananas, papayas, kabota squash than we know what to do with.  But as yet all of the parks and places to go are shut down Very few cars on he roads.  But it will probably lighten up a lot by the end of the month.   But I feel that a second wave may be on the way when the door is opened again, sorry to say that so take care to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit in what you do.

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

Brief News:
America’s top health official in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic dampened hopes of a full reopening of the U.S. economy as he expects many more cases of the virus disease COVID-19 as a second wave.   A principal United Nations agency warns that nearly half of the world’s working population may lose jobs and incomes as the coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate lives and economies. The International Labour Organization (ILO) said some 1.6 billion people are in “immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed” by the economic impact of the virus outbreak and related measures. worthybrief@worthynetwork.com