MEMORIAL DAY 2020

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ALOHA FAMILY & FRIENDS, Beloved in Christ Jesus,  John 3:16-18 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

SIN & INDULGENCE

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

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

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

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

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

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

But Jesus was very well aware that HIS message would cause division.   And HE taught , “how can two walk together except they be agreed and that a divided house can not stand.”  Peter even picked up on it in teaching that God would not even answer the prayers of married couples who were in discord with each other.  1 Pet.3:7 this chapter should be a core teaching for all who are married.  “In the same way you married men should live considerately with [your wives], with an [c] intelligent recognition [of the marriage relation], honoring the woman as [physically] the weaker, but [realizing that you] are joint heirs of the grace (God’s unmerited favor) of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered and cut off. [Otherwise you cannot pray effectively.]” Matthew 18:15,   records the words of Jesus as to how to deal with the sins of a brother.  15 If your brother wrongs you, go and show him his fault, between you and him privately. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.  16 But if he does not listen, take along with you one or two others, so that every word may be confirmed and upheld by the testimony of two or three witnesses.  17 If he pays no attention to them [refusing to listen and obey], tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a pagan and a tax collector.  Many churches in the past did this with excellent results in the past, when accurate.   Paul writes also about it in 1 Cor.6:2    “2 Do you not know that the saints (the believers) will [one day] judge and govern the world? And if the world [itself] is to be judged and ruled by you, are you unworthy and incompetent to try [such petty matters] of the smallest courts of justice?  3 Do you not know also that we [Christians] are to judge the [very] angels and pronounce opinion between right and wrong [for them]? How much more then [as to] matters pertaining to this world and of this life only!  4 If then you do have such cases of everyday life to decide, why do you appoint [as judges to lay them before] those who [from the standpoint] of the church count for least and are without standing?

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

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

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

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

VICTORY

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ALOHA FAMILY & FRIENDS,  Beloved of God and me.   John 3:16-18,   12:24-26 &  17:20-22

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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EAGLES OF GOD

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ALOHA FAMILY & FRIENDS,  Beloved of God, John 3:16-18,  12:24-26,  17:20-22

EAGLES OF GOD,    “WORTH CONSIDERING”    5/22/19     From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture   (In my e-mails this morning from Texas.)
“…But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint…”  (Isa. 40:31, NKJV)

Rise above the Challenges
In today’s Scripture, it compares a believer to an eagle. It’s interesting how an eagle handles challenges such as a crow. When the eagle is out flying, the crow will come up right behind it and pester it, doing things to annoy it. Although the eagle is much bigger, it can’t maneuver as fast. Instead of getting upset and trying to fight with the crow, it simply spreads out its seven-foot wingspan, catches the winds and rises higher and higher. The eagle can fly at heights the crow cannot.  We all have some crows in life—people who try to pester you into conflict, situations that tempt you to lose your peace and get upset. The good news is, you’re an eagle. You can go up higher. You can fly where crows can’t fly. But if you stay down at their level, get upset with every crow, get involved in battles that don’t matter, those are distractions. They’ll keep you from your destiny.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for Your promise that I can wait upon You to renew my strength and enable me to rise up with wings above the challenges that come against me. Help me to walk in peace and not allow others and situations to get me involved in battles that don’t matter. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
       
Ken’s Thoughts,
Really a great word today, My daughter, Kristy, wrote a song concerning Eagle Wings, that I really enjoy.  It reminds me that I can fly like the Eagle with Heart Faith.  And of course Heart Faith come by hearing (having on open mind) and hearing by the Word of God.  I have a CD player in my Truck and when driving I usually have a New Testament CD playing with Alexander Scorby reading.  Seems I retain a lot more of what I hear than what I read.  And so at any time needed it seems my mind can bring up the related scripture.  Then I use Bible Gateway or a Strong’s Concordance to find it.    This Scripture today bring to mind a whole section of scripture from Romans 8:36   about who we are, by faith, as we are in Christ Jesus.

Who shall ever separate us from Christ’s love? Shall suffering and affliction and tribulation? Or calamity and distress? Or persecution or hunger or destitution or peril or sword?   36 Even as it is written, For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we are regarded and counted as sheep for the slaughter.  37 Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors [m]and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us.  38 For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things [n]impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers,  39 Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.  It goes without saying that in our free will we can always decide to change directions.

Of course, being “IN” Christ means to have put on Christ and to be found in HIM as LORD.  It is not a “Get Out of Jail” FREE card.  It means to have actually repented for past sins that you have been shown by the Holy Spirit in your life and also being open to finding even more sins during your Sanctification to be made into the image and likeness of Christ Jesus.    So back to 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.  9 But you are not living the life of the flesh, you are living the life of the Spirit, if the [Holy] Spirit of God [really] dwells within you [directs and controls you]. But if anyone does not possess the [Holy] Spirit of Christ, he is none of His [he does not belong to Christ, is not truly a child of God].  10 But if Christ lives in you, [then although] your [natural] body is dead by reason of sin and guilt, the spirit is alive because of [the] righteousness [that He imputes to you].  11 And if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, [then] He Who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also restore to life your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you.  12 So then, brethren, we are debtors, but not to the flesh [we are not obligated to our carnal nature], to live [a life ruled by the standards set up by the dictates] of the flesh.  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.   AMP   Also consider:   John 12:24-26

Yours, IN HIS great Love and woderful Grace & Mercy,   Ken<><   www.Trinity-Aloha.org

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


Globalism’s Perfect Storm:   wtp@compass.org    Compass International, Inc.

FAUCETS:  Shortly after WWI, Lawrence of Arabia was entertaining some of his Arab friends in Paris. He showed them the sights of the city: the Arc d’Triomph, the Louvre, the Champs Elysees. It was a remarkable irony to Lawrence that these amazing sights were not what most impressed his Arab friends — but rather the bathtub faucet of their hotel room. They were completely astonished that someone could turn a handle…and get all the water he wanted.  As they were preparing to leave Paris, Lawrence found his foreign friends in the bathroom with wrenches trying to disconnect the faucet.  They said, “It is very dry in Arabia. What we need are faucets. If we have them, we will have all the water we want.” Lawrence had to explain that the water did not come from the faucets, but rather from the water supply to which they were connected. It doesn’t matter if you have a faucet — if you’re not connected to the water supply!  As we approach the Jewish festival of Shavuot otherwise known as the day of Pentecost, we’re reminded of how God endued those in the Upper Room with power from on high! They waited – and waited – and waited, for the promised coming of the Holy Spirit. They didn’t go forth proclaiming the gospel UNTIL they were filled with power from on high. I believe as they were in prayer in the upper room, God was revealing different sins in their lives that He wanted them to deal with, so that He could fill them to overflowing. The Lord did not want these saints just to be faucets — but rather, conduits of his power!  Let’s spend time today making sure all the obstructions are cleared — so that we can be the spirit-filled saints God has called us to be in these last days! There’s so much work to be done — but let’s be sure we’re doing the work, fully endued with power from on high!   worthybrief@worthynetwork.com

RESTORATION

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

RESTORATION      “WORTH CONSIDERING”   5/19/20   From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture     (Across my emails this morning from Texas.)
“…I will give them back everything they’ve lost. The last word is, I will have mercy on them…”   (Jeremiah 33:26, MSG)

Balancing Your Books
In accounting, the term balancing the books means making up for a loss. If an account has a deficit, when you balance the books, you have to first take all the losses, all the deficits, and total them up. Then you know how much you need to add to balance it. When the books are balanced, nobody can tell there’s ever been a loss.  In the same way, God has promised that He will balance the books of our lives. We all go through things that put us at a deficit—a rough childhood, the loss of a loved one, something that doesn’t make sense. If nothing changed, we would be out of balance. Life is not always fair, but God is fair. You may go through seasons when you’re out of balance, but God is going to settle your case. He will add up all the losses, the disappointments, and the heartaches, and He will pay you back.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You have seen the hurts in my life, and You feel my pain. I may be unbalanced right now, but thank You that You have promised to balance my books. I believe that You already have a way to settle my case and pay me back. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts:
As I now look over my life at my age, the above is a true fact.  What ever falls through the cracks, as your life really belongs to the LORD,  is never lost.  Several times in my life, meaning well, and thinking I was in the Spirit, I was wrong.  And I bombed out really badly financially and emotionally.  But I look back now and have to search to remember what happened or the names of those involved with the loss.   So it is a waste of time to kick yourself again and again while going down the road of life.   Mark it off, have a nice funeral for the loss and start a brand new day from where you are and what doors are open for you in the LORD.   There is a scripture in the Old Testament that I truly remember during those times: It comes out of the trials of Job 2:24.  “And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.  25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.  26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you”: and my people shall never be ashamed.   Job is the oldest historical writing that we have in our Bible.  It is the story of God allowing Job to go through a gut wrenching time in order to help Job get rid of his fear.  The key verse for the whole 42 chapters is found in chapter 3:25-26.   
Now here are the thoughts of a man who has been totally blessed by GOD in every dimension yet in total fear of what was not happening.   So FINALLY, God had to allow Job to totally face all of his fears in order to have the victory over them.   Job, (While healthy, rich and lots of heirs.):  “Who wait for death, but it does not come,  And dig (search) for death more [diligently] than for hidden treasures,  22 Who rejoice exceedingly,  And rejoice when they find the grave?  23 “Why is the light of day given to a man whose way is hidden,  And whom God has hedged in?  24  “For my groaning  comes at the sight of my food,  And my cries [of despair] are poured out like water.  25  “For the thing which I greatly fear comes upon me,   And that of which I am afraid has come upon me.  26 “I am not at ease, nor am I quiet,  And I am not at rest, and yet trouble still comes [upon me].”

Job was fearful for his children, health and wealth but not his wife?  And all he was fearful of losing, God allowed lucifer to remove.  And as Job came to himself and dumped the fear, all was restored in abundance.   So fear is actually faith,  only going backwards.  What ever you maintain a fear of, can and will come home to haunt you.  You will bring it to pass.  It is a bit humerus for me that nothing ever happened to Job’s wife even though she suggested, “Why don’t you just curse God and die?”  So the enemy was even able to use her for his efforts to subvert Job’s GOD connection.  A great story about why we sometime fall into big pot holes and then blame GOD. Which even Job did not do even after all he went through.   He lost all his kids, his wealth and his health and in none of this did he get upset with God.   God never tests us, but he allows our testing when we are not walking in faith and righteousness.  We are all subject to the pain of experience when we depart from God’s truth and love and get into our own pride and rebellion and try to be the master of our own destiny.    Our Creator is very very patient with us and just waits till we get over it and come back to HIM and allow HIM to rule over us for our good.  He has a good plan for each of us that we need to find and walk out for HIS glory and our JOY.  Of course at death where ever we are becomes final.  Whether in darkness or in light, the test is over.

Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.  7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.  8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;  2 Tim. 1:6-8

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

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

FAITH OF THE HEART

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

FAITH OF THE HEART,   “WORTH CONSIDERING” 5/18/20   From Ken<><
   
Today’s Scripture         (Found in my emails this morning from Texas.)
“…In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked.He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed…”  (Acts 14:8–9, NIV)

Faith Gets God’s Attention
We all have difficulties and reasons to be sour, but we can’t let those things talk us out of what God wants to do. In today’s Scripture, Paul could see an expectancy on this man’s expression that he had the faith to be healed. Paul stopped his message and said, “Stand up!” The man jumped up and began to walk for the first time.  The question is, can your faith be seen like this man’s was? Can anybody notice that you’re expecting to go to a new level? Are you talking like it’s going to happen, thinking like it’s going to happen, acting like it’s going to happen? There should be an expectancy that you’re ready to be healed, ready to be free, ready to go to a new level. “What I’ve believed God will do for me could happen today!” When your faith can be seen in your attitude, in your expressions, in how you talk, that’s what gets God’s attention.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that I walk by faith and not by sight. Thank You that Your power can turn impossible situations around, open the right door, and bring an abundance of unexpected favor. I am living with a sense of expectancy that You will do great things. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts:
Great teaching today, Every day is a new growing experience in faith for me as for you.  I have never been 87 before with only a few months to go, LORD willing, 88.  My drivers lic. also comes up for renewal before then.  Last time passed, 2 yrs. ago, without glasses.  This time I better take them?  But then where is my faith…. Growing Room.  My mind is always saying to me that I am really getting old and slow.  But then my heart in faith reminds me of Abraham and Moses and that they really did not get off the runway till they were 80?  So who do I tell to shut up?  It is up to me what I decide to believe.  Now I fully realize I have no claim to becoming an Abraham or a Moses.  But as to being a Ken, what really does my Creator have in mind for me and how do I find out and go for it?   And it can be very difficult at time in dying to my old Adamic nature to the lusts of the flesh, lust of the eyes and the pride of life as Jesus calls us to do.

Jesus Taught:  John 12:24-26.
“I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest.  25 Anyone who loves his life loses it, but anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. [Whoever has no love for, no concern for, no regard for his life here on earth, but despises it, preserves his life forever and ever.]  26 If anyone serves Me, he must continue to follow Me [[a]to cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying] and wherever I am, there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

Now take 5, hang 10 and read the scripture again asking the Holy Spirit to make it really real for you, OK!!!   Be really good to get a red line words of Christ Jesus Bible and also read again and again.  MORE ON THIS:   “This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.  9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.  10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: Matt.15:8-10.    “ He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.  Jn.14:21   “And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.  3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.  4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.  1 Jn.  “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.  1 John 5:3   “Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.  Rev.22:13

So this idea of making up our own concepts of good and bad in self righteousness is really trash and bogus and could make us miss the boat.   It is faith alone that saves, but saving faith will also submit to the commandments of God.   If I make Jesus Lord, than HE IS LORD, and not me.  I am commanded to search out all of HIS commandments and keep them if I have really made Christ Jesus my LORD, otherwise it is pure hypocrisy or acting.  As God has for men and/or women an exceptional plan for your life, you need to take what ever time out that is needed to find out what that plan is and do it with you whole heart.

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

In the True Church of Christ Jesus there is Love, Truth, Unity & Power,
if not, go somewhere else.  2 Tim.3:5


There are Christians in North Korea but congregations are typically made up of two or three people from the same family, Fox News reports. The North Korean church exists, but it has had to go deeply underground: under the Kim Jong Un regime, believers – and their families may face the death penalty or detention if their faith is discovered.  As Iran seems the ultimate of Islam. So is N. Korea the ultimate of atheistic socialism.  Both basically constitute slavery, both are being guided by fear and deceit in their manuals.  The Revelation of Jesus in Rev.6:6 indicates that the whole world will be under total slavery by the middle of the great tribulation. “Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.”  Rev.13..It would appear that 666 could be a computer 3×6 digit bar code which would allow the total control of every souls on planet earth as to buying and selling or owning anything.  The Total Subjication of all humanity.  We have an electronic insert today like a grain of rice that buried under the skin could be read by an electronic reader for buying and selling.  It is already beginning to happen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchip_implant_(human)

Of course the Bible teaches that the Church of Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit will be gone during the Great Tribulation of GOD’S WRATH.   (due to the rejecton of Christ Jesus and HIS message.)   So hope to see you on board and you miss this impending horrible painful mess on earth.  It could easily happen in this generation the way things look now.

Worth Considedring

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Aloha Arnold, How you doing?  What happening in your part of the world?   We are rather locked down so doing more time on my web ministry.  Just sent a note earlier about our little mini farm in Kealia.
As to the link for WORTH CONSIDERING,   I see you did some more refining on it but it is still difficult to find subjects of interest and then go from there to another subject?   Unless I am not using it properly???   Which does happen now at my age more then I want to admit.
So if I want to go from C to W and back to F it seems like i must back out of that page and start all over in opening to a different page?
Would it be possible to make a single page directory or index page with 3 or 4 word columns of alphabetized subjects really close together where a person could find their subject and read what they want and then have it return back to the index page for the next search or subject of interest?  Same subjects could be tied together as that is happening more now as the subject may come up several times.   I am sure you will have a better answer than I do to better surf these files.  Getting to be a large book it would seem.  Do you feel it is worth the effort?   Are we getting much action?
Are you going to get to Hawaii any time soon?   After the house arrest, of course. Be Blessed in your day,   Ken<><

PERSECUTIONS

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

PERSECUTION:     “WORTH CONSIDERING”   5/15/20      Fom Ken<><

Scripture:   (Across my desk this morning from Texas.)
“…Whoever wants to embrace life and see the day fill up with good, here’s what you do: Say nothing evil or hurtful…”  (1 Peter 3:10, MSG)

Sealed Lips
Our mouth gets us into more trouble than just about anything else. You can’t go around telling people off, saying hurtful things, and expect to step into the fullness of what God has for you. Many times, it’s not big things that are keeping us from God’s best; it’s not some big sin or big mistake. It’s the small things. The apostle Peter said that if you want to enjoy life and see good things, say nothing evil or hurtful. How much higher would we go if we didn’t have to have the last word or have to be right, but just quietly keep honoring God, being respectful, staying on the high road?  When David faced a lot of opposition and had plenty of opportunities to lose his cool and tell people off, he prayed a great prayer in Psalm 141: “Take control of what I say, O Lord, and keep my lips sealed.” Make that your prayer every morning.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that I can embrace life and see my days filled with good by taking control of what I say. I choose in advance to watch my words carefully today. I ask You to help me keep my lips sealed when I’m tempted to complain and argue. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts,
But how do you share he Gospel of Good News without causing a few bumps in the road?  Many, so called, Christians refuse to share the Gospel as it causes division and persecution.  In fact, they are so embarrassed and fearful that they delegate that message of Good News to others.    And then sit in judgment on them when the Cain’s, Balaam’s & Korah’s strongly object, Jude 11.   Please take time to re-read the little letter of Jude, also a son of Mary.

So when you hold a sign up on the side of a freeway, warning that the bridge over the canyon is out, many will hate you for disturbing their ride.  And they will not even slow down to take a look.  Jesus warned us that HIS message of TRUTH would cause persecution and division.  So sealed lips do not work in being obedient to sharing the Good News in Love.   So a few scriptures from Paul on Persecution.   “Persecutions, sufferings—such as occurred to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra, persecutions I endured, but out of them all the Lord delivered me.  12 Indeed all who delight in piety and are determined to live a devoted and godly life in Christ Jesus will meet with persecution [will be made to suffer because of their religious stand].  13 But wicked men and imposters will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and leading astray others and being deceived and led astray themselves.  2 Tim. 3:11 And again from Jesus:   “And they have no real root in themselves, and so they endure for a little while; then when trouble or persecution arises on account of the Word, they immediately are offended (become displeased, indignant, resentful) and they stumble and fall away.  Jesus also mentioned:   “Whoever denies and disowns Me before men, I also will deny and disown him before My Father Who is in heaven.  34 Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.  35 For I have come to part asunder a man from his father, and a daughter from her mother, and a [a]newly married wife from her mother-in-law—  36 And a man’s foes will be they of his own household.  37 He who loves [and [b]takes more pleasure in] father or mother more than [in] Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves [and takes more pleasure in] son or daughter more than [in] Me is not worthy of Me;  In other word, Sharing the Gospel even at home is going to cause persecution and divisions and Jesus is clearly teaching here that we are to follow no other example but HIS.  As HE taught in Matt. 12:25 “And knowing their thoughts, He said to them, Any kingdom that is divided against itself is being brought to desolation and laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will last or continue to stand.  Also Mark 3:25, “And if a house is divided (split into factions and rebelling) against itself, that house will not be able to last.”  So in actuality, agreeing to disagree only wastes time.  It is better to walk in HIS Truth and live alone than to live in a divided home with contention and division and persecution.   In unity God’s power is relesed: Lev. 26:8  Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.  Deut. 32:30 How could one have chased a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had delivered them up?  We find the same thought in John 17:22: “ 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: In fact the whole chapter is a prayer for us and our unity, especially beginning at verse 20.  Neither for these alone do I pray [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for all those who will ever come to believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Me through their word and teaching,  21 That they all may be one, [just] as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me.  22 I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one:  23 I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me.  24 Father, I desire that they also whom You have entrusted to Me [as Your gift to Me] may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory, which You have given Me [Your love gift to Me]; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

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

“I am convinced that many evangelicals are not truly and soundly converted… When they read the Sermon on the Mount or the teaching passages of the epistles that tell them how to live or the doctrinal passages that tell how they can live, they are unaffected. The Spirit who wrote them is not witnessing in their hearts because they have not been born of the Spirit.” – A W Tozer.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the United States may face a prolonged economic downturn, and new unemployment numbers out Thursday morning seem to reinforce his prediction. The latest stats reveal nearly 3 million more Americans filed for jobless aid –coronavirus-related layoffs now reaching 36 million.  Nearly 40% of lower-income Americans lost work as the coronavirus pandemic began its assault on the U.S. economy, according to the Federal Reserve.  worthybrief@worthynetwork.com

Prepper Link:   If we really are headed into Matt.24, Mark 13 and Luke 21 you may need it.
https://www.omahaoutdoors.com/blog/prepare-for-a-pandemic-food-firearms-gear/

MIDDLE OF THE ROAD

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

MIDDLE OF THE ROAD,   “WORTH CONSIDERING” 5/14/20 From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture   (Found in my e-mails this morning from Texas.}
“…Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord…”  (1 Corinthians 15:58, NKJV)

Be Steadfast and Immovable
To “be steadfast and immovable” is a powerful choice we need to make. “I am not going to be moved by my circumstances. I’m not going to let what others say about me steal my joy. I’m not going to live worried about my finances. I’m going to do my best and trust God to do what I can’t do. I have the grace from God to handle anything that comes my way.”  As long as you’re allowing circumstances to determine your peace and joy, your life is going to be like a roller coaster ride that’s based on what goes your way. That’s surface living. God is saying, “You have to go down deeper in your faith.” Rather than try to use your faith to control your circumstances, use your faith to control yourself in the midst of those circumstances. When you stay in peace, that’s a place of power. You know that no weapon formed against you will prosper.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for Your peace and joy as I put my trust in You. Help me to be steadfast and consistent, unmoved by the ups and downs of life. I believe You have given me the grace to handle anything that comes my way today. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts: 
So here we are called to be EXCEPTIONAL….  How many steadfast people in Christ Jesus do you know at this time?  Probably don’t even need two hands to count them on.  Actually the prophetic disposition of our generation as being wishy washy is all through Holy Scripture.  Let’s take a look and the end time church that we happen to be living in.   “And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Laodicea write: “These are the words of the Amen, the trusty and faithful and true Witness, the Origin and Beginning and Author of God’s creation:  15 I know your [record of] works and what you are doing; you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot!  16 So, because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of My mouth! 17 For you say, I am rich; I have prospered and grown wealthy, and I am in need of nothing; and you do not realize and understand that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.  18 Therefore I counsel you to purchase from Me gold refined and tested by fire, that you may be [truly] wealthy, and white clothes to clothe you and to keep the shame of your nudity from being seen, and salve to put on your eyes, that you may see.  19 Those whom I [dearly and tenderly] love, I tell their faults and convict and convince and reprove and chasten [I discipline and instruct them]. So be enthusiastic and in earnest and burning with zeal and repent [changing your mind and attitude].  20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears and listens to and heeds My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will eat with him, and he [will eat] with Me.  21 He who overcomes (is victorious), I will grant him to sit beside Me on My throne, as I Myself overcame (was victorious) and sat down beside My Father on His throne.  22 He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).  Rev.3:14-22,   And notice that Jesus is outside this Church knocking to get in.   And this is supposed to be HIS church.     Whooo !!!

And take a look at Paul’s prophesy: “But understand this, that in the last days will come (set in) perilous times of great stress and trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear].  2 For people will be lovers of self and [utterly] self-centered, lovers of money and aroused by an inordinate [greedy] desire for wealth, proud and arrogant and contemptuous boasters. They will be abusive (blasphemous, scoffing), disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane.  3 [They will be] without natural [human] affection (callous and inhuman), relentless (admitting of no truce or appeasement); [they will be] slanderers (false accusers, troublemakers), intemperate and loose in morals and conduct, uncontrolled and fierce, haters of good.  4 [They will be] treacherous [betrayers], rash, [and] inflated with self-conceit. [They will be] lovers of sensual pleasures and vain amusements more than and rather than lovers of God.  5 For [although] they hold a form of piety (true religion), they deny and reject and are strangers to the power of it [their conduct belies the genuineness of their profession]. Avoid [all] such people [turn away from them].  2 Tim.3

So it is obvious that if you really want to spend eternity in God’s Heaven you are going to have to allow the HOLY SPIRIT to give you God’s Grace and help you to become an exceptional Christian.  You are going to end up really being like Jesus if you allow the Holy Spirit do the work HE was assigned to do with you.  Mediocracy will not make the cut.  Driving in the middle of the road will only end in a car wreck.  John teaches beautifully what Jesus said: “ I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest.  25 Anyone who loves his life loses it, but anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. [Whoever has no love for, no concern for, no regard for his life here on earth, but despises it, preserves his life forever and ever.]  26 If anyone serves Me, he must continue to follow Me [[a]to cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying] and wherever I am, there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.”   John 12:24-26

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

Proverbs 27:19 As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man. 

An Hawaiian Blessing:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxQ0RnKjrzY&feature=youtu.be

A House resolution from Illinois Democrat Rep. Bobby Rush that would put Big Government in charge of tracking citizens’ movements as they relate to COVID-19 mitigation efforts — even sending health bureaucrats to “individuals’ residences,” “as necessary,” as the legislation states — has a most apt number: H.R.6666.

Prepper Link:   If we really are headed into Matt.24, Mark 13 and Luke 21 you may need it.
https://www.omahaoutdoors.com/blog/prepare-for-a-pandemic-food-firearms-gear/

REPENTENCE

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

REPENTANCE,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”    5/13/20,    From Ken<><

Today’s Scripture   (Across my desk today from a church in Texas.)
“…The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!…” (John 1:29, NKJV)

The Lamb of God
In the Old Testament, the only way to have forgiveness for sins was to sacrifice an animal. Every year on the Day of Atonement, the high priest would offer a sacrifice for his sins and the sins of all the people. If the sacrifice met all the requirements, their sins would be taken away, and they would be covered until the next year’s Day of Atonement sacrifice. This was an ongoing process of temporary forgiveness.  Jesus is the Lamb of God who actually takes away our sin. Now we can live with the confidence that all our sins—past, present, and future—have not just been covered, but they have been washed away by the power of His blood and death on the cross. We have an everlasting release. The price has already been paid, and you are forgiven. Don’t go around feeling guilty, condemned, trying to pay God back for your mistakes. Receive His forgiveness, receive His mercy, receive His love.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that I am forgiven, thank You that I am redeemed by the blood of Your Son, Jesus. Thank You that the price for my sins has been paid once and for all. I receive Your love and forgiveness and refuse to live under guilt and condemnation. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts,
Repent, a word study on repent:    [Search domain en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repentance] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repentance    Meaning:   Repentance is the activity of reviewing one’s actions and feeling contrition or regret for past wrongs, which is accompanied by commitment to and actual actions that show and prove a change for the better. In Judaism and Christianity it is often defined as an action, turning away from self-serving activities and turning to God, to walk in His ways.

As to concerning past sins if with true repentance, forgiveness is a slam dunk and done in Christ Jesus,  Isa.53.  As for the present sins, with true repentance and change also God’s Gift is forgiveness is available.  As to the future, the potential is there but we also need to be aware of sowing and reaping.  That if we sow weeds, we grow weeds as James teaches us: “But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.”  Death here is a warning that the Christians could still miss heaven.   Please notice it is written to Christians.  John also covers it very nicely: “ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. 1 John 1:8:10 And please note there is the little conditional word “IF” which is used here 3 times.   Which means “IF” you do this then GOD will do that.  Which also means that our active free will is totally involved in our forgiveness.  And to get a better understanding of Repentance, Paul gives us some understanding in his letter to the Corinthian Church:   “ Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.”  2 Cor. 7:9-11.   And in other words, true repentance carries the understanding that you totally commit your will to not go their again.  You have a new beginning in that area of excess like temper and a whole host of sins that we have learned the lie about to feel OK.  After the second time I painfully broke a bone in my right hand fighting, I never got into another fight.  I hated being teased but I also learned not to fight about it.  (early teens, hormone storms.)  So as we are really sincere about walking with Jesus we have to learn to repent from the ground up and change that way about how we live, completely. It is like the time that I tasted a very small Hawaiian red pepper.  That was it, never again.  While in the Army my vocabulary was mostly profanity.  When I became a Christian, I knew that it had to go, but what an effort to get my heart use to using new adjectives.   Bit my tongue a lot of time, especially having dinner with mom….  Whew!!!  But years later after working on it I had this happen.  I was running to do something and caught the center of my right knee cap on my bull dozer tread of my T340 cat.  It did not move and it tossed me backwards in pain.  But to my great surprise, I said very loudly, PRAISE THE LORD ! And I said to myself, “Where did that come from???”  And I realize that my heart had finally and totally shut the barn door on my profanity.  Then I followed with “Thank you Jesus” and the pain went totally away and I was on the go again.   But to me that is where true godly repentance take us.  And that is the kind of repentance that the Holy Bible shares with us.  Notice in the Revelation that the prophesy notes that those under judgment would would not Repent.  Rev. 2:21, 9:20, 9:21, 16:9 & 16:11   A touch of Mozart (1787) in black opera of where non-repentance goes: Their kind of thinking, but profoundly accurate.
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Go our Creator God expect us to repent of anything not like Jesus.  I have attached a list of the characteristics of Christ Jesus so you can make a personal report card and see how you are doing, incomplete of course.  For John teaches us from Jesus: “ And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.”  1 John 4:16 -18 Be sure to digest this for the really deep meanings as there is much there between the lines.
 
Yours, in HIS great Love and wonderful grace and mercy,    Ken<><   www.Trinity-Aloha.org

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