ALOHA FAMILY AND FRIENDS

RESURRECTION SUNDAY,  1st day of the week

Tom and Kuulei O’Dowd,  Long time friends of mine from Bogart,  Georgia sent this along for tomorrow and I felt to send it along.  Hope you really enjoy your “House Church” interactive 1 Cor. 14:23 family/friends fellowship tomorrow.  BLESSINGS TOM FOR YOUR WITNESS O:-)


Actually the Church of Christ Jsus is never empty and Biblically the Church is really 2 or 3+ souls enjoying fellowship with each other in the Holy Spirit at any time and in any place.   I have even enjoyed having church in the middle of Home Depot at times with a spontaneous small gathering in the Spirit with other true believers.  One really heavy duty young man who works at Home Depot wants to have church when ever he sees me in Home Depot.   So enjoy your day at home and have church with your family. In the New Testament you will find you are in good company with the mention of about 11 house churches.    Make it a time to really research what the Early House Church was like as a forum and not as a theater.  Make this a time of remembering HIS resurrection victory over death, hell and the grave for us.   And that as totally human in all points as we are except for the Adamic sin nature HE was able to have total victory for Himself and for us in HIS Resurrection.  That HE made the way for us.  HE opened the doors wide for us to be able to join HIM>  Use my book, if you like: www.Trinity-Aloha.org   goto:   “Keys To The Kingdom.”  Early Church

I have recently been spending time considering Christ Jesus as the Son of Man.  It has been a great study.  Jesus as the second Adam was absolutely limited to the resources that we have available to us today including God’s Grace.  In HIS Resurrection it was absolutely demonstrated that God, The Father, totally accepted the efforts of Christ Jesus to set us free.  Isa. 53.     In Adam we were born spiritually dead,  not our fault.  And we were also born with the nature of Adam of pride and rebellion to be the servants of sin and die as Adam..   But then the man, Christ Jesus came with full authority and commitment to reverse the curse and restore us to the potential of being like HIM.  So God our Creator is now holding up a big sign,  “Whosoever will, may come and drink of the waters of life freely.”  Rev.22  So our Creator God can now set before us life and death and has given us a life time in which to choose.  Tomorrow, is another 1st day of the week but set aside to consider what we have , by way of the Victory and Resurrection of Christ Jesus.   His death and resurrection was certified by all 12 of his disciples.    Eleven of HIS disciples died as Martyrs to blood certify the truth of this fact.  As to John, we don’t know historically how he died.   But in secular history the story goes that they tried to boil him but he would not boil so in fear they exiled him to the island of Patmos.  It was there that John transcribed The Book of The Revelation of Christ Jesus.   There is no better witness that one who will die for what he believes.  John was also a part of that witness.  So we have more than enough witnesses to know that Jesus Christ was victorious in HIS Resurrection and HIS mission on earth.

So now we should dig deep this time of the year in remembering HIS great love for us.   So how are we doing.  Are we really walking in HIS Commandments or just faking it.   Do we even know and keep HIS commandments at all, as LORD?   Or are we just doing our duty to observe this time of the year and grade our own report cards with grade averaging on the sliding scale?   Not one word in the New Testament about the CHURCH being a building????   it is US !!!!!  And we are the only Jesus that the world will ever see at this time in history.   Eph. 4:11-16.    

¹¹ And [His gifts to the church were varied and] He Himself appointed some as apostles [special messengers, representatives], some as prophets [who speak a new message from God to the people], some as evangelists [who spread the good news of salvation], and some as pastors and teachers [to shepherd and guide and instruct], ¹² [and He did this] to fully equip and perfect the saints (God’s people) for works of service, to build up the body of Christ [the church]; ¹³ until we all reach oneness in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, [growing spiritually] to become a mature believer, reaching to the measure of the fullness of Christ [manifesting His spiritual completeness and exercising our spiritual gifts in unity]. ¹⁴ So that we are no longer children [spiritually immature], tossed back and forth [like ships on a stormy sea] and carried about by every wind of [shifting] doctrine, by the cunning and trickery of [unscrupulous] men, by the deceitful scheming of people ready to do anything [for personal profit]. ¹⁵ But speaking the truth in love [in all things—both our speech and our lives expressing His truth], let us grow up in all things into Him [following His example] who is the Head—Christ. ¹⁶ From Him the whole body [the church, in all its various parts], joined and knitted firmly together by what every joint supplies, when each part is working properly, causes the body to grow and mature, building itself up ^[a] in [unselfish] love.   1 Cor. 13,  use to sing it when ever we came together….

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Have a wonderful “House Church” day tomorrow  May it be the first of many,   Ken<><

2020’s Prophetic Calendar        Seems to me there may be a good bit of truth in this message,  we will see…..  
But there does seem to be a bit too many “I” in the whole thing?    Ken<><

We all learned the three R’s in elementary school. Recently, the Holy Spirit taught me three spiritually significant R’s concerning the calendar for 2020. I shared my prophetic dream on Sid Roth’s It’s Supernatural on April 6, 2020.

I share the prophetic calendar with you in hopes it will provide guidance as you follow the Spirit of God:

—The first four months of 2020 (January-April):

Repentance: deep sorrow and contrition for sin.

—The second four months of 2020 (May-August):

Recovery: to return to a state of health, mind and strength.

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—The last four months of 2020 (September-December):

Recompense: compensation or reward for loss or suffering.

The following are 10 prayerful observations I have made:

1. I believe the above timeline God recently showed me with the three R’s will mark much of what we will see take place in the United States in 2020.

2. I believe the COVID-19 death count being projected by the medical community simply does not add up. It is inflated and has a fear mongering agenda that we must refuse to submit to. Yes, people are dying and we need to take this seriously, but there is a narrative at play here. See more below!

3. I believe the medical community is intentionally adding numbers to the death count prediction to make themselves not look so “off.” (There is more exposure and evidence coming here to prove this.)

4. I believe the lockdowns will not hold in many states as the curve is already flattening and in some places was just inaccurate. The spirit of fear and a liberal agenda will try to stretch out the lockdowns as long as possible in order to crash the economy and make Trump look bad. Depending on which state you live in, the agenda there will determine how long you are in lockdown. Do not be surprised by April 30 and shortly thereafter that large parts of the economy are back up and running. Do not be surprised that in some states where and if the lockdowns are extended that rioting and looting take place.

5. I believe Donald Trump felt it necessary to partner with the medical community and their false projections knowing and believing that he would come out of this pandemic looking like a war hero. I don’t think he ever truly believed that hundreds of thousands of Americans would die due to COVID-19 nor would we be on lockdown for months. He did what he had to and if the timeline God showed me is accurate, I would predict going into the 2020 reelection that with the economy booming and numbers soaring he will win by a landslide.

6. I believe and have given numerous prophetic warnings concerning Donald Trump that some of the great dangers moving forward is pride and arrogance. God has raised him up and anointed him for such a time as this, but he must remember who it is who put breath in his lungs!

7. I believe Donald Trump and many nations are going to turn on China in the months ahead. There will be bombshell reports and exposure that will cause an uproar heard around the nations. Trump is going to strike deals and build bridges never thought possible in the history of America.

8. I do not believe that mandatory vaccinations and microchips are coming in the near future. While there has been quite a bit of prophetic exposure and narratives swirling around, I’m convinced this one is more conspiracy theory rather than accurate prophetic prediction.

9. I believe that God has not forgotten about the children—both those aborted in the womb and those being sex-trafficked. The invitation still sits upon heaven’s altar for a generation to rise up and see abortion outlawed and the sex slave trade industry destroyed.

10. I believe that a majority of the mainstream global church will return back to “normal” as in the days of Noah. However, God is looking for a remnant to build “arks of His presence” in preparation for future shaking. Noah took care of his “household” and God is looking for churches and ministries to focus on healthy marriage and family like never before. Living rooms and dining room tables will be some of the primarily vehicles God uses for His glory in the last days.

For more, go to: jeremiahjohnson.tv.

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

STUFF:      “WORTH CONSIDERING”     5/8/20

Today’s Scripture     (Across my emails this morning from Texas.)
“…But godliness with contentment is great gain.”  (1 Tim. 6:6, NIV)

Always Be Your Best
After David had been anointed to be the next king of Israel, he spent years taking care of his father’s sheep. David could have thought, God, what am I doing stuck with a bunch of sheep? But David knew that God was in control, so he just kept going to work with a good attitude, grateful for where he was. Because he was content in the shepherds’ fields, he made it to the throne. He passed that test. But if you’re not content in the season you’re in, even if your dreams do come to pass, you won’t be satisfied. Discontentment will follow you everywhere you go.  You have to train your mind to be thankful and satisfied with where God has you right now. Be content whether you have a lot or not. Content whether your children are in diapers or in college. Content whether you’re in maintenance or management. Pass the tests on your way to the throne.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that I can come to You with thanksgiving for all the circumstances in my life. Help me to always see the good and to be grateful for what I have now. I choose to enjoy the season I am in and not just endure it. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts,
Long ago I remember a TV interview between a lovely lady and J. Paul Getty, then the richest man in the U.S. and perhaps world.   They had be going through acres and acres of climate controlled warehouse space protecting the antiques from around the world that Mr. Getty had been collecting.      On the steps as she was leaving Mr. Getty, she had just one more question.  She asked him, “Mr Getty, Just how much will it take to make you happy?”   And he gently smiled and replied, “Just a little bit more.”   Like the old joke, “He who dies with the most toys, wins.”

In the Holy Scriptures we find Jesus teaching on these thoughts.   And He said to them, Guard yourselves and keep free from all covetousness (the immoderate desire for wealth, the greedy longing to have more); for a man’s life does not consist in and is not derived from possessing [a] overflowing abundance or that which is [b] over and above his needs.  Luke 12:15 AMPC

Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!] Heb. 13:5

It is not until the middle of the Great Tribulation that the victory over the whole kingdom is won.   The seventh angel then blew [his] trumpet, and there were mighty voices in heaven, shouting, The dominion (kingdom, sovereignty, rule) of the world has now come into the possession and become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ (the Messiah), and He shall reign forever and ever (for the eternities of the eternities)!  Rev. 11:15.  So really, You can only keep what you send ahead.  So we will be on the stuff and things battle field until then and then we will be wondering why we gave stuff any consideration or time at all.  

But there is a balance here.            (Maggie asked me for some story time,  Aloha Maggie.)
 I remember, long ago preaching to a large assembly on Matt.5:39-44 and was really in the Spirit and having a great time.   About that time I also had a 1968 Chevy Van that I converted into a camper and was using it every day for the family and ministry.   So that Monday morning after the Sat. Fellowship this youthful hippy kid, no shirt, long hair, long time between baths sauntered up to me.  And said, Pastor or Kahu?  “I really enjoyed your message on Sat. evening.  Did you really mean all of that stuff.”  Of course, it is God’s Word, I needed to back it up and said, “Yes, Every Word…”   And he quickly changed the subject to my van which was right there.  And he started giving me the story that he was homeless and no wheels and having a very difficult time surviving. “   And he ended it up by saying” and God told me that I could have your Chevy Van if I came and asked you for it, like the coat you were  preaching about.”   About that time all of the alarms went off in my head, “This kid is after MY! Van, LORD!!!!   So I prayed for a moment silently and then ask him to excuse me, I needed to go pray.   So I went out alone on the West side of the Old Stone (topless, so called, no roof) Church and began to offer up one of those “HELP” kind of prayers….  Knowing that I had squarely been had or caught with my good preaching of the LORD’s TRUTH.   So I not as much got the words out of my mouth and the word of the Lord came to me in my heart, simply, lovingly “Whose Van is it?”   And I quickly thought, O’ O’, there goes the Van.  And I said, LORD, you know that I belong to you and everything I have belongs to you, It is your Van!”   He very quickly answered, “GOOD, don’t give it to him.”   I could have been pushed over with a straw.   So I returned to the Kid and said, “Well I went and talked to my boss, and HE said not to give it to you.”  “Seem you boss and my Boss are not the same.”   He quickly turned around and took off south down Alii Dr.  I look back and think?  “I wonder, if I has said, it was mine, if the outcome would have been different.  With the rich young ruler, Jesus told him to give it all away.  But with the Rich man Joseph, HE only asked to borrow his tomb for 3 days.

So our primary focus as a Christian is to get so we can clearly know the voice of the Holy Spirit in our heart better than any of the other voices.  In the Bible each tread of truth can be woven together to make a fine filter of God’s Word so that the Word of God becomes our Kingdom constitution to keep the junk out and our road map clean to the Celestial City.  So in life as we are guided by the Logos (Scriptures) and with the Rhema (Anointing) so we can stay out of trouble and in the Joy & peace of the LORD and grow into becoming like Jesus.  We have been invited to join in on a pilgrimage of leaving being the children of Adam to becoming the Children of God.  Sounds a lot better to me than the antique collecting of J Paul Getty.  Read The Revelation chapters 21 & 22  What an invitation!!!!

Be in prayer for us, YWAM closed down due to Covin-19 and sent everyone home.   But one young man Jonathan from Southern India got stranded so we took him in.  Last week he came down with a very bad sore throat so we took him in for the test, know tomorrow or Friday.  If positive all 5 of us would be totally quarantined for 2 weeks.   And for 3 of us it could be critical.
   
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

FREEWILL,    “WORTH CONSIDERING”   4/6/20   from Ken<><

Today’s Scripture  (1 Peter 2:9, NIV)    (Found in my email this morning.)
“…But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

Be Uncommon
We are living in a day where it’s acceptable to compromise standards, to take the easy way out and not have integrity, to do what everybody else is doing, to go where everybody else goes, to think like everyone else thinks. It’s common. Complainers and compromisers are a dime a dozen. It’s normal. But God did not create you to be common.

God is looking for uncommon people. People who have uncommon faith, who believe for things that seem impossible. People who have uncommon commitment, who do the right thing when it’s hard. People who have an uncommon attitude that’s positive when everyone else is negative. People who have uncommon integrity, who do not give in to temptation but do what they know is best. When you make this decision to not fit in, to not do what everyone else is doing, but to be uncommon, you will see uncommon favor, uncommon strength, uncommon friendships, uncommon increase. God rewards uncommon.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for setting me apart to be Your special possession, to be one of Your chosen ones, to be uncommon. Thank You that I don’t have to let society squeeze me into its mold. I want my life to stand out as one who brings You praise. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts,
Great word today, each one of us is uniquely designed with gifts for a creative purpose in the foreknowledge and predestination of God.  All that is needed is for us to set our freewill in humility and obedience in wanting to hear HIS voice and learn how to become obedient.  As the children of Adam we were born spiritually dead and we can also choose to remain dead in sins and trespasses if we want to.  To change from being a child of Adam to being a child of God is a life long decision but the sooner we make that decision the more time we can have to help others find their way as well.  There is an open door that our loving Creator has set before us to explore HIS Kingdom and how real faith in love works.  To learn to love as God loves requires absolute freewill as love is always a choice.  Therefore even our salvation is an eternal choice for us.  The choice to either live in the light with God or the darkness without God.

And remember, fear is faith going backwards so don’t get caught up in the virus fear all around us.  Be careful and wise but not fearful.  God has not given us the spirit of fear but of power, love and a calm, well balanced and disciplined mind.  2 Tim. 1:7…  AMP

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

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

LOVE/HATE,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”   4/3/20     Ken Smith,   www.Trinity-Aloha.org
     
Today’s Scripture     (In my emails this morning.)
“…Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”  (Luke 6:27–28, NIV)

Why Bless Those Who Hurt You?
It’s easy to be good to people who are good to us. But what about when someone does something deliberately to hurt you? It’s easy to get bitter, hold a grudge, talk bad about them, and think about how you can get even with them.

Why would Jesus say that we should bless and do good to those who hurt us when they don’t deserve it? Because you’re not blessing them for their sake, but for your sake. The mercy and kindness you show others is the mercy God’s going to show you. If you’re bitter and angry, you’ll get stuck. Life is too short to go through it with bitterness poisoning your life. If you’ll let go of the hurt they inflicted and live out of a place of forgiveness, out of a place of wholeness, you’ll not only feel better, but that’s what allows the Creator of the universe to go to work and take you higher.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for all the mercy and forgiveness and protection You have shown me when I’ve done wrong. Help me to do good and bless those who have done me wrong. I am leaving them in Your hands and believing that You are taking me to new levels. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts,
This is a tough idea to go with.  In our Adamic nature, our thoughts, are eye for eye and tooth for tooth.   And of course the end of that concept is that no one can see or eat.  Action and reaction.  One time I had the opportunity to meet and talk with Pat Morita who played Miyagi in The Karate Kid and especially I remember his humility.  One of the favorite lines I remember was “No be there” concerning dealing with aggression.  Basically that is what happens to us as a Christian when we are more concerned about the souls of others and bringing them to Christ than we are about our selves.   By faith, real faith, we begin the transition of really living in HIS KINGDOM of righteousness while we are still living in this temporary body.  

Jesus was being nailed to the Cross and was more concerned about the souls of those driving the spikes into HIS feet that HE was about the pain that I am sure was intense.   He was hanging and dying on the cross and HE was more concerned that John take the responsibility for HIS mother.   And in HIS suffering he even was gracious in providing the way of salvation to a thief beside HIM.  Obviously HE, by faith, was already in a totally different world.  HIS seven last words were profound.   And from HIS birth through HIS life and death HE became our example.   He came to give us the example of how to live in the Spirit under all circumstances and conditions.   For the scriptures tell us that though being the Son of Man he was able, through the Spirit, to have a complete victory over sin.  And HE also gives us an example that we too, in following HIS example, can learn how to have absolute victory over sin as HE did.  That HE has set us free in HIM and given us the Holy Spirit to give us the same power that HE did if we will make room for HIM.  That means a total house cleaning from the darkness and to invite the Holy Spirit to fill every cell of our body as well as the thoughts of our mind and heart.  

John, the apostle closest to Christ Jesus had this to say about it:  
“And this is the message [the message of [g] promise] which we have heard from Him and now are reporting to you: God is Light, and there is no darkness in Him at all [[h] no, not in any way].  6 [So] if we say we are partakers together and enjoy fellowship with Him when we live and move and are walking about in darkness, we are [both] speaking falsely and do not live and practice the Truth [which the Gospel presents].  7 But if we [really] are living and walking in the Light, as He [Himself] is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses (removes) us from all sin and guilt [keeps us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations].  8 If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude and lead ourselves astray, and the Truth [which the Gospel presents] is not in us [does not dwell in our hearts].  9 If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just (true to His own nature and promises) and will forgive our sins [dismiss our lawlessness] and [continuously] cleanse us from all unrighteousness [everything not in conformity to His will in purpose, thought, and action].  10 If we say (claim) we have not sinned, we contradict His Word and make Him out to be false and a liar, and His Word is not in us [the divine message of the Gospel is not in our hearts].  1John1:6-9….  And everyone who has this hope [resting] on Him cleanses (purifies) himself just as He is pure (chaste, undefiled, guiltless).  4 Everyone who commits (practices) sin is guilty of lawlessness; for [that is what] sin is, lawlessness (the breaking, violating of God’s law by transgression or neglect—being unrestrained and unregulated by His commands and His will).  5 You know that He appeared in visible form and became Man to take away [upon Himself] sins, and in Him there is no sin [[d]essentially and forever].  6 No one who abides in Him [who lives and remains [e]in communion with and in obedience to Him—deliberately, knowingly, and [f]habitually] commits (practices) sin. No one who [habitually] sins has either seen or known Him [recognized, perceived, or understood Him, or has had an experiential acquaintance with Him].  7 [g] Boys (lads), let no one deceive and lead you astray. He who practices righteousness [who is upright, conforming to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action, living a consistently conscientious life] is righteous, even as He is righteous.  8 [But] he who commits sin [who practices evildoing] is of the devil [takes his character from the evil one], for the devil has sinned (violated the divine law) from the beginning. The reason the Son of God was made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil [has done].  9 No one born (begotten) of God [deliberately, knowingly, and [h]habitually] practices sin, for God’s nature abides in him [His principle of life, the divine sperm, remains permanently within him]; and he cannot practice sinning because he is born (begotten) of God.  10 By this it is made clear who take their nature from God and are His children and who take their nature from the devil and are his children: no one who does not practice righteousness [who does not conform to God’s will in purpose, thought, and action] is of God; neither is anyone who does not love his brother (his fellow [I] believer in Christ).  1 John 3:3-   AMP

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“All I can say is I look for perpetual conflicts and struggles in this life, and I hope for no other peace, only a cross, while on this side of eternity.”  -George Whitefield
“God give me a deep humility, a well-guided zeal, a burning love and a single eye, and then let men or devils do their worst.” -George Whitefield
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He may squeeze the sweetness out of us.”  – Oswald Chambers
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“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven.”  C.S. Lewis