ETERNAL VISION

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

ETERNAL  VISION   “WORTH CONSIDERING”  3/20/20   by Ken Smith

Today’s Scripture (Across my emails this morning.)
“The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”  (Luke 18:27, NKJV)

Give Birth to What God Put in You
Psalm 7 says the ungodly “are pregnant with trouble and give birth to lies.” The good news is, that’s not you. You are the righteous. You’re not pregnant with trouble, with bad breaks, sickness, lack, or depression. You are pregnant with favor, with talent, with victory. All through the day, keep saying, “Lord, thank You that I’m pregnant with Your promises. I believe conception has occurred.” Perhaps your dream looks impossible. It’s been a long time, you gave it your best effort, and it didn’t work out; but deep down, you can’t help it—something keeps kicking, telling you that it’s still on the way. In God’s perfect timing, when everything is ready, you’re going to give birth.

Quit telling yourself that you can never get ahead, that you don’t have enough of this, enough of that. You are pregnant with success, pregnant with ideas, pregnant with your destiny. You’re going to give birth to what God put in you.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that I can put away any worries and discouragements. Thank You that in Your perfect timing, when everything is ready, even what looks to be impossible will be possible with You. I believe that what You’ve started in my life You will finish. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts:
It has always been my understanding that some of the gifting we have comes at conception with the creation of our eternal soul.  Good stuff and bad stuff can also come from our family generations before us.  Sometimes, through faith we need to sever the bad stuff.  And some times even need a healing with something. 

But then when we are conceived and birthed we become our own best or worst by the free will we have been given.  So we can spend our allotted time on earth either destructive or creative, it is up to us.  And it does not matter at all what our early family situation is whether rich or poor.   Joseph is a great story in the Bible about this.  Joseph was especially loved by his father which meant special treatment for him.  Seems there might have been a serious obedient factor in the relationship.  When my kids were obedient I would bless them.    So seems he had good character development but then was special.  It is a great story to really absorb as Joseph’s gifts and ministries float to the surface in spite of really negative situations.  And in the end he ends up saving his whole family from starvation.  And all that in spite of being sold into slavery,   And also being cast into prison due to a false witness.  So the story shows how that as Joseph did not allow his circumstances to control his gifts and abilities he was, by God’s Grace, able to make good out of the evil that had come upon him.   So it seems Joseph never allowed bitterness to obsess and change his life style.  So being free of those threads he could not be broken and destroyed by his jealous brothers.  And was available to receive God’s blessings which are reserved for the obedient.

The Holy Bible also teaches us that for a lack of vision the people perish.  And by the great and precious promises we are made to be partakers of God’s Divine nature.   So what are the great and precious promises.  And what is it that help change us into being made in the Image and Likeness of God?  That is God’s vision for us if we agree,

Jesus said something that challenged me when I became a Christian in 1955 in Long Beach.  And I would like you to take these scriptures and really ponder and eat them and place them in your heart of hearts.  They have been a real source of change for me over the years.  You might call them a life verse.  John 12:24-26 AMP     I also added 27-28 for context as we see that it was not at all easy for Jesus to do.   But HE was set on a vision and purpose, how about you?  Is your purpose earthly & temporal or eternal with God?  Jesus gives us a very positive example here.  He obviously had the long view eternal vision that we need to have to change into HIS light speed.

24 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.  27 Now My soul is troubled and distressed, and what shall I say? Father, save Me from this hour [of trial and agony]? But it was for this very purpose that I have come to this hour [that I might undergo it].  28 [Rather, I will say,] Father, glorify (honor and extol) Your [own] name! Then there came a voice out of heaven saying, I have already glorified it, and I will glorify it again.

Be Blessed in your day,  
Yours in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy,   Ken<><
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VOICE OF GOD

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VOICE OF GOD     “WORTH CONSIDERING”     3/19/20   by Ken Smith

Today’s Scripture    (Across my desk this morning.)
“…The LORD will make you the head, not the tail……”  (Deuteronomy 28:13, NIV)

Take Off Any Negative Label
People constantly put labels on us, telling us what we can and cannot become, what we do or don’t have. People will label you “not good enough, too slow, addict, average.” Many times, these labels are not in agreement with what God says about us; but if we don’t know any better, we’ll wear them like they’re the truth. If we keep them on long enough, they’ll become so ingrained in our thinking that we’ll become what people have said rather than what God has said—“you are strong, talented, valuable, more than a conqueror.”

Are there labels holding you back today? The only power a label has over you is the power you give it. If you remove it, quit thinking about it, quit acting like it’s the truth, that label will have no effect on you. If you’re going to rise to the next level, you have to put on God labels. To live better, you need to think better.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that I do not have to live according to what others have said I can and cannot become. Thank You that the negative labels they have placed on me hold no power over my destiny. I declare that You alone determine my destiny. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts,
Much care must be taken with this concept so that we really know for sure that the voice of God
in love, humility and obedience is what we are hearing.

Abraham was so sure of God voice that he was willing to offer up his only son.

Moses was so sure of God’s voice that he turned down being the Pharaoh of Egypt.

Joshua was so sure of God’s voice that he made his way around mocking Jericho 7 times.

So read chapter 11 of Hebrews, a whole chapter on the effects of the real faith of Biblical Saints.

So it does take time to learn to hear the voice of God above our own thoughts, the thoughts of others and the counterfeit voices of demons.  When I got the controls after signing up for the internet, the control for the TV seemed to have about 2,000 possibilities.  Tried it out a few times and have not been back now for over a year to try to figure it all out.  So how do we tell God’s Voice and HIS Truth from all of the lies that we are buried in each day.  We get to know the fiction by learning to know the Truth.  Christ Jesus said that we would come to know the Truth and that the Truth would set us free.

I was talking to a good friend the other day whose truth is rather unpredictable and emotional.  It seems that his truth was what he feels it should be.   But he has no use for reading nor listening to the Holy Scriptures for himself.  So he has become a collection of the many church sermons and Bible studies that he has attended..   Many of us have grown up that same way and never really taken the New Testament and dissected it for ourselves.  Let me pass along some of the scriptures on the subject.   In Eph. 4:11-16 we find these concerns:  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.

In Tim. 3:1-8 we find this same message, again by Paul, but with more prophetic details for today.

In Jude 10-13 we find these words:  But these men revile (scoff and sneer at) anything they do not happen to be acquainted with and do not understand; and whatever they do understand physically [that which they know by mere instinct], like irrational beasts—by these they corrupt themselves and are destroyed (perish).  11 Woe to them! For they have run riotously in the way of Cain, and have abandoned themselves for the sake of gain [it offers them, following] the error of Balaam, and have perished in rebellion [like that] of Korah!  12 These are hidden reefs (elements of danger) in your love feasts, where they boldly feast sumptuously [carousing together in your midst], without scruples providing for themselves [alone]. They are clouds without water, swept along by the winds; trees, without fruit at the late autumn gathering time—twice (doubly) dead, [lifeless and] plucked up by the roots;  13 Wild waves of the sea, flinging up the foam of their own shame and disgrace; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of eternal darkness has been reserved forever.  So the only true source of clean Holy Truth can only be confirmed by your Holy Bible on a personal basis.  And this is how we can be assured that we are hearing the voice of God.

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

There is but one Church of Christ Jesus,
All who truly Love & Obey HIM are members.

PURITY OF HEART

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

PURITY,    “WORTH CONSIDERING”   3/18/20   By Ken Smith

 Today’s Scripture   (Across my emails today.)
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” (Matthew 5:8, NIV)

Be Pure in Heart
When Jesus said “pure in heart,” the word pure in the original language is where we get our word catharsis, which means “cleansing, releasing, purifying.” After surgery, the doctor may put in a catheter, which is from the same root word. It’s a tube that drains out the impurities in the body—the infection, the toxins, the waste. The doctor knows that these contaminates will come naturally. He’s not alarmed unless they’re not released and flushed out.

God is saying that you’re going to be blessed when you learn to release the impurities of life, emptying out all the things that will infect you. Bitterness, guilt, worry, doubt, and self-pity are impurities that will come, but you have to let them go and flush them out or they will contaminate your spirit and poison you. But they can’t hurt you if they just pass through. If you let them go, God will fill your life with good things.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that I can have a pure heart today. Thank You that I can release any worries, any doubts, any guilt, and bitterness, and flush them out of my life. Help me to forgive whatever needs forgiving and let go of the past. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Notes by Ken,
Of all of the battles that I have fought, for me, this was/is a tough one to win.  Regardless of what I watch, read or hear seems to be full of immorality,   Some young unmarried couples at Costco in the safe 100 yard Virus line +/- needed to go find a room or become converted.  Unclean is now everywhere in our world in everything to try to sell it.  Even our schools have very explicate sex education prior to the time when it is needed or even considered by kids as a question.

As you may know, Temptation in it’s self is not sin.   Jesus was tempted in all point as we are, yet without sin.  It is only after temptation has conceived and is allowed to become an oppression, obsession or possession that it becomes a sin.  Usually temptation is easily defeated if we just are firm in no.  Of course if you get into talking with it or dancing with it you can also easily miss the Victory that our Creator has also given us.  Lust  when it conceives bring separation from GOD just as it did with Adam.  All of a sudden, Adam knew he was necked and spiritually dead.  Read John 3.  And so we were all born spiritually dead and we all became obedient to the lusts of the flesh, lust of the eyes and pride of life.  The N.T. teaches that in Adam we all died but in Christ Jesus we shall be made alive, (having God’s kind of life.)  So it took no time at all from our birth to find our comfort zone in and with the things of this world.  Roman 7 & 8 covers this very well.  This then tells us to get sanctified or made holy.  Some believe that  this happen when we become a Christian by making Christ Jesus Savior and Lord.  Personally I have come to see that our conversion is only the 1st step in our gaining God’s favor and the beginning of the process of being Saved.  That once the foundation is laid with Christ Jesus as LORD  that then have the time to build on our eternal house that we will find waiting for us in the resurrection if we endure to the end.”  Of course this is only made possible by tapping into the promises of God.  In fact the Bible tells us very clearly that it is in believing the Great and Precious Promises of God that we get to assimilate the character of God.  The heavenly father’s original vision was to make us into HIS image and likeness.  And Christ Jesus was/is the 1st to be born in HIS image and likeness. That Jesus came as a human, son of man, to show us the way to HIS eternal kingdom and that it can be done through HIM, that He will help us,   if we really  want to live with HIM as HE would love to live with us.

As for all the fear running around today about the virus.  Kenneth Copland had this to say about it:   “Fear is faith. It is faith in death, in the coronavirus: in its ability to hurt or kill us,”  The Bible teaches that we shouldn’t  fear.  That your job is not your source; Jesus is.  As far as obeying the government’s orders to quarantine, Copeland says we need to follow them.  “What did Jesus say? He put Caesar first, Render unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar.” We have a good president, he has a good staff, and we follow their lead. Faith people obey the law. ” So just relax, and watch your heart faith victory happen. If you get quarantined at home, go home and take a rest. Get out your Scriptures.”  Copeland says we need to be confident in our belief  that God is in control and will protect us.  “Fear tolerated is faith contaminated,” Copeland says. “If I’m going to tolerate that fear, like ‘I get sick or laid off, what if I get this thing?’— so you spending time thinking about the problem, it is not the answer.    If you’re born again, find a deep heart faith in God, and walk it out.  ( Look for the Scriptures on Health and Healing in the “Keys To The Kingdom” link on our home page.) 

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

 There is but one Church of Christ Jesus,
All who truly Love & Obey HIM are members.

WORDS

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

WORDS     “WORTH CONSIDERING”    3/17/20   by Ken Smith

Today’s Scripture   (In my email this morning.)
“…You are snared by the words of your mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth…”
(Proverbs 6:2, NKJV)

Don’t Be Snared by Your Words
To be snared means “to be trapped.” Your words can trap you. What you say can cause you to stumble and keep you from your potential. You’re not snared by what you think. Negative thoughts come to us all. But when you speak them out, you give them life. If you say, “I’ll never get back in shape,” it becomes more difficult. If you say, “I’m not that talented. I don’t have a good personality,” that is calling in mediocrity. It’s setting the limits for your life. When negative thoughts come, the key is to never verbalize them. That thought will die stillborn if you don’t speak it.  In the tough times, it’s very tempting to vent your frustrations. When you continually talk about the problem, you’re making it bigger. Turn it around and talk about the promise. Let your report be: “God is supplying all my needs. It may look impossible on paper, but with God, all things are possible.”

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that I do not have to keep being snared by the words of my mouth. I choose to not focus on or talk about negative circumstances and problems but on Your faithful promises. Help me to keep speaking the right things. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts:
So much in the Bible concerned about what we say.  In the Amplified 142 verses mentions our tongue.  One that is very profound is found in Proverbs 18:20-23, “A man’s [moral] self shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; and with the consequence of his words he must be satisfied [whether good or evil].  21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life].  22 He who finds a [true] wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord

A wise man scales the city walls of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.  23 He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from troubles. 24 The proud and haughty man—Scoffer is his name—deals and acts with overbearing pride.  Prov.21:23

Of course in the New Testament James (a son of Mary and Joseph) had a lot to teach us about our words:   “Not many [of you] should become teachers (self-constituted censors and reprovers of others), my brethren, for you know that we [teachers] will be judged by a higher standard and with greater severity [than other people; thus we assume the greater accountability and the more condemnation]. For we all often stumble and fall and offend in many things. And if anyone does not offend in speech [never says the wrong things], he is a fully developed character and a perfect man, able to control his whole body and to curb his entire nature. If we set bits in the horses’ mouths to make them obey us, we can turn their whole bodies about”. …James 3

Another O.T. Scripture that includes what we say is very applicable:   “These six things the Lord hates, indeed, seven are an abomination to Him:  17 A proud look [the spirit that makes one overestimate himself and underestimate others], a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,  18 A heart that manufactures wicked thoughts and plans, feet that are swift in running to evil,  19 A false witness who breathes out lies [even under oath], and he who sows discord among his brethren.  20 My son, keep your father’s [God-given] commandment and forsake not the law of [God] your mother [taught you]  21 Bind them continually upon your heart and tie them about your neck.  22 When you go, they [the words of your parents’ God] shall lead you; when you sleep, they shall keep you; and when you waken, they shall talk with you.  23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the whole teaching [of the law] is light, and reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

This verse always reminds me of a humorous joke I heard long ago.  In a very vocal Southern Church the Preacher was having a good time reminding his congregation of the Holiness of God and HIS Commandments.  And as he was going through the big 10 there was a section of matronly church women on the front pew supporting him, very loudly with “Amen’s & Praise the Lords and such.”  Then he got into the 7th of the deadly sins and was doing just fine till the last one.  At that point one lady leaned over to the other and said, “He’s done preaching now and gone to meddling.”  We often try to make our negative remarks look somewhat spiritual, a little sugar on the poison.  In both 1979 and 2001, slander destroyed two really beautiful ministries that I know about.  One has been restored but the damage done by the words and the discord of gossip was profound.

On the positive side:  3 O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.
4 I sought (inquired of) the Lord and required Him [of necessity and on the authority of His Word], and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.  5 They looked to Him and were radiant; their faces shall never blush for shame or be confused.   Psalm 34:3-5

Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.  20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.  21 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!  Psalm 107:19-21    With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.  11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.  12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes.  Psalm 199:10-12   Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.  105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.  106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. Psalm 119:104-106    Notice the humility…… the quest for obedience.  This is Christian….  It is no wonder that God deeply loved David.

This was one of the initial memory verses in the Navigator Pack that I memorized when I became a Christian in 1955.  goto:   Navigators USA on google.  Exceptional foundations for a new Christian.

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

There is but one Church of Christ Jesus,
All who truly Love & Obey HIM are members.

ANGER

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ANGER    “WORTH CONSIDERING”   3//16/20   By Ken Smith

Today’s Scripture  (In my ebox this morning.)
“…Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city…”(Proverbs 16:32, ESV)

Rule Your Spirit
Today’s Scripture tells us to rule our own spirit. It doesn’t say to rule somebody else’s spirit or to rule your circumstances. You can’t control what other people think or say about you or the negative circumstances around you. If you’re dealing with a sickness or your finances are low, your attempts to control it will only lead to frustration, worry, and discouragement. Part of ruling your spirit is to not let that poison get in you. Ships don’t sink because there’s water around them; they sink if they let the water get in them.

Another part of ruling your spirit is to not believe the enemy’s constant whispers, “You blew it. God’s never going to bless you.” God’s mercy is bigger than any mistake. Your mistakes didn’t cancel God’s plan, and He’s not finished with you. You may have fallen down, but your attitude should be, “I’m not staying down. God will get me to where I’m supposed to be.”

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for Your strength and mercy in times of difficulty. I can’t control what others say or do or control negative circumstances around me, but I can rule my spirit. I believe that You will make a way for me and get me to where I’m supposed to be. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts,
As I consider the Holy Scriptures I see that there is constructive anger and destructive anger.  We see very quickly as we read our Bible that God has the ability to get angry, very angry.  Even Jesus was angry at times.  We can get very angry when we know about some child abuse even as God is angry when children are abused.  So there is a righteous anger that is not sin but is constructive.

But the anger we feel some of the time is negative and project hate rather than healing.  And many times is experienced due to the light exposing the darkness like with Cain and Able where due to Cain’s jealousy and pride he literally killed his brother to put the light out. Darkness hates Light.

In my study of the subject I found an interesting thought that some professional wrote where it was stated that 5 minutes of serious anger can effectively shut down an immune system for the whole day.  That one of the primary results of anger or unresolved conflicts is sickness.  So lets take a look at some of the scriptures in the New Testament.

First one to come to my mind is the Lord’s Supper:  For anyone who eats and drinks without discriminating and recognizing with due appreciation that [it is Christ’s] body, eats and drinks a sentence (a verdict of judgment) upon himself.  30 That [careless and unworthy participation] is the reason many of you are weak and sickly, and quite enough of you have fallen into the sleep of death.  31 For if we searchingly examined ourselves [detecting our shortcomings and recognizing our own condition], we should not be judged and penalty decreed [by the divine judgment].

James teaches us the following:  Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.  14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:  15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.  James 5:13-15   So please notice that sickness can be, (but not always,) the result of sin.  Bitterness, Unforgiveness, Anger, Resentments can all cause all kinds of sickness.  So if you get sick it is good to check out these areas of possibilities for the cause.  Of course it can also be due to other issues as well.   But sickness never comes from God, God does not want us to be sick.  Jesus came expressly to help us find our way to health and wholeness.  The warranty we have is 120 healthy years of life as shared and experienced by Moses, Gen 6:3 but we have to do the proper maintenance. 

The outline of prayer that Jesus gave HIS disciples to consider has a very important line of thought in it.     “Pray, therefore, like this: Our Father Who is in heaven, hallowed (kept holy) be Your name.  10 Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.  11 Give us this day our daily bread.  12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven ([e] left, remitted, and let go of the debts, and have [f] given up resentment against) our debtors.  13 And lead (bring) us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.  14 For if you forgive people their trespasses [their [g]reckless and willful sins, [h] leaving them, letting them go, and [I] giving up resentment], your heavenly Father will also forgive you.  15 But if you do not forgive others their trespasses [their [j]reckless and willful sins, [k] leaving them, letting them go, and [l] giving up resentment], neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses.  Matt.6:9-15…

As Christ Jesus left us HE sent the Holy Spirit to give us the gifts that HE had while here and they are listed for us to receive as follows: “To one is given in and through the [Holy] Spirit [the power to speak] a message of wisdom, and to another [the power to express] a word of knowledge and understanding according to the same [Holy] Spirit;  9 To another [[a]wonder-working] faith by the same [Holy] Spirit, to another the extraordinary powers of healing by the one Spirit;  10 To another the working of miracles, to another prophetic insight ([b]the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose); to another the ability to discern and distinguish between [the utterances of true] spirits [and false ones], to another various kinds of [unknown] tongues, to another the ability to interpret [such] tongues.  1 Cor. 12:8-10.  And these nine much needed gifts of the Holy Spirit and are in much need today.  It is past time for the Church of Christ Jesus to come together in real loving unity in God’s truth and learn how to receive and give these gifts of the Holy Spirit.  In the Early Church these gifts were very much in action as follows: “More and more there were being added to the Lord those who believed [those who acknowledged Jesus as their Lord and Savior and devoted themselves to Him joined and gathered with them], crowds both of men and of women,  15 So that they [even] kept carrying out the sick into the streets and placing them on couches and sleeping pads, [in the hope] that as Peter passed by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.  16 And the people gathered also from the towns and hamlets around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those troubled with foul spirits, and they were all cured.”  Acts 5:14-16.  AMP

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


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FEAR

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FEAR.    “WORTH CONSIDERING”   3/13/20, by Ken Smith
    
Today’s Scripture   (Across my desk this morning.)
“He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.”  Ps. 40:2-3

Be a Pit Praiser
When God sees you praising Him in the pit, praising Him in the storm, praising Him in the loss, that’s what He calls “a sacrifice of praise.” He knows it’s not easy and you feel like quitting. When you praise Him in the pit, that moves Him in a greater way. It’s one thing to be grateful when things are going your way, but when you have a song of praise in your heart when every circumstance says you should be depressed, get ready for God to show out in your life. David said in today’s Scripture that praise brings you out of the pit. Praise when it’s sunny, and praise when it’s rainy. Praise when business is up, and praise when it’s down. David said in Psalm 34, “I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise will continually be in my mouth.” God is looking for some pit praisers, people who praise no matter what happens.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that the pits I find myself in are only temporary stops along the way to my final destination. Thank You that I can offer You a sacrifice of praise because You hold victory in store for the upright. I believe that You’ll get me to where I’m supposed to be. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Notes:
In this the story of Job comes to mind.  He was a perfect man before God who loved good but hated evil and yet God let lucifer sift him as wheat in destroying his children, his wealth and his health.  Many look at this story and go away with many questions. 

So what was the key for that story being retained for so many thousands of years?  It is the oldest story written down that found it way into our Bible.  The key is found in Job 3:25-26.

“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].”

So we see here that Job with the blessings of God was greatly fearful of loosing them.  Even to the point of offering sin offerings for his children just in case that they may have sinned.  So it appears that it came to a point of where the only way to deal with Job’s fear was to allow him to loose it all.

In Job 1:21 when the house fell on his many boys Job still knew to worship God and not to throw a big pity party but to maintain his trust in saying:  20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.  22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

But out of this experience Job began to have heart faith instead of head faith and to let go of his fear. So we turn to Job 42:  Then Job answered the Lord and said,  2  “I know that You can do all things,  And that no thought or purpose of Yours can be restrained.  3“[You said to me] ‘Who is this that darkens and obscures counsel [by words] without knowledge?’Therefore [I now see] I have [rashly] uttered that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. 4 ‘Hear, please, and I will speak;I will ask You, and You instruct [and answer] me.’  5 “I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear, But now my [spiritual] eye sees You.  6 “Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]  And I repent in dust and ashes.”

And as the story ends.  Job 42:10-15,   “God Restores Job’s Fortunes
10 The Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. 11 Then all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him over all the [distressing] adversities that the Lord had brought on him. And each one gave him a piece of money, and each a ring of gold. 12 And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. 13 He had seven sons and three daughters. 14 And he called the name of the first [daughter] Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch. 15 In all the land there were found no women so fair as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

But now Job was able to enjoy God’s Blessings without fear.  Fear is our enemy.  Fear is faith going backwards What we fear is what we will be bringing to pass in our lives.

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. 19 We love him, because he first loved us. 1 John 4: 17-19

So where did fear come from?  6 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.  2 Tim.1:6-8

Yours in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy,  
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ANOINTING OF GOD

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GOD’S ANOINTING,   WORTH CONSIDERING    3/12/20 by Ken Smith<><

Today’s Scripture
“…But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth…”
(1 John 2:20, NIV)

You Have an Anointing
We don’t have to go through life doing everything on our own, trying to accomplish our dreams in our own ability, trying to overcome challenges in our own strength, our own intellect, and our own hard work. We have an advantage. God has placed His anointing on you. The anointing is a divine empowerment. It enables you to do what you could not do on your own. It will cause you to accomplish dreams even though you don’t have the talent. It will help you overcome obstacles that looked insurmountable.

The anointing is only activated where there is faith. Instead of complaining about how something is not going to work out, turn that around and start declaring, “I am anointed. I am equipped. I am empowered. I am well able.” When you have this attitude of faith and are speaking words of victory, you are stirring up your anointing. That’s when you’ll go places that you couldn’t go on your own.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You have placed Your anointing on me to enable me to do what I cannot do on my own and to accomplish my dreams. I believe and declare that I am equipped and empowered to go where I’ve never been and do what I’ve never done. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Notes,
Sounds really easy as most of us have a pretty very good idea of “what would Jesus do,” in most any situation.  The difficulty is that the powers of darkness can make the lies of death seem so good and so necessary to our flesh that like Eve we easily get deceived.   God was walking with Adam and Eve in the cool of the evening each day to give them instructions on how to subdue the earth and to replenish it.  And this was before the fall and the curse.  So why didn’t Adam and Eve wait a day and talk to God in the evening about the temptation and the commandment.  But Eve got caught up in the lies in wanting what was offered as the (real truth.)  On the back side of that was to catch GOD in being a supposed liar.  And once you get into making the truth to be a lie and the lie to being the truth you can be manipulated to do most anything.  And Adam was not about to go anywhere except with Eve.  So Paul call’s Adam out as not being deceived but as being in pride and rebellion.

So Eve was tempted by lucifer that the fruit was best in the garden, it could make her wise and even better, to even become like GOD.  And those 3 temptations can be found on our walk in just about any day.  Jesus went through the same temptations during his 40 day fast.  The lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and pride of life.  But if you take a breath and look at God’s Heaven as your ultimate destiny and think about what you can send ahead as a gift to GOD our Creator.  Then in the words of an old hymn it will make the lies of this world become dim and ineffective.  God has told us in the Holy Scriptures that HE has our back, that all our needs are there, ready for us if we will but trust HIM.

So to be anointed and blessed of God.  First we need to believe in HIM in our heart of hearts and that HE has a desire and the ability to rewards those who come through Christ Jesus to HIM.  But don’t expect to be anointed of God in disobedience.   Of course “the god of this world,”  lucifer is also into blessing (temporarily) those who will submit to him as well.  So those who really want to eat the forbidden fruits of this world, and there are many, may easily do so.  Every time we spend time before the worlds publicity we are encourage to be this or that or to get this or that to keep us in our comfort zone, what ever that may be.  We are encouraged to honor our flesh and to do all we can to keep our Adamic nature alive and in freedom to do whatever the lie of the moment may happen to be until our time on earth is used up, wasted, and is gone.

Paul writes about the flesh in this manner:   “We know that the Law is spiritual, but I am a creature of the flesh [worldly, self-reliant—carnal and un-spiritual ], sold into slavery to sin [and serving under its control]. 15 For I do not understand my own actions [I am baffled and bewildered by them]. I do not practice what I want to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate [and yielding to my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity]. 16 Now if I habitually do what I do not want to do, [that means] I agree with the Law, confessing that it is good (morally excellent). 17 So now [if that is the case, then] it is no longer I who do it [the disobedient thing which I despise], but the sin [nature] which lives in me. 18 For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity]. For the willingness [to do good] is present in me, but the doing of good is not. 19 For the good that I want to do, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. 20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not want to do, I am no longer the one doing it [that is, it is not me that acts], but the sin [nature] which lives in me.  21 So I find it to be the law [of my inner self], that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. 22 For I joyfully delight in the law of God in my inner self [with my new nature], 23 but I see a different law and rule of action in the members of my body [in its appetites and desires], waging war against the law of my mind and subduing me and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is within my members. 24 Wretched and miserable man that I am! Who will [rescue me and] set me free from this body of death [this corrupt, mortal existence]? 25 Thanks be to God [for my deliverance] through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind serve the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness, my sinful capacity—I serve] the law of sin.  Rom. 7:14-25   So each of us is in this battle between the Flesh and the Spirit.  And in Paul in the next chapter teaches us how to have the victory, if interested.  And in that victory we can become anointed of God, supernaturally.  And we can learn do the same things that Jesus did upon the earth in unity with others who also have gained the same victory.  So.. “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. Eph.4:15-16. 

Yours, in HIS great love and Wonderful Grace and mercy.  
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HEALING, THE REAL FAITH

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HEALING, THE REAL FAITH,   3/11/20,    From Ken Smith
   
Today’s Scripture    (In my e-mails this morning.)
“…Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road…”  (Mark 10:52, NIV)

You Have to Want It
A blind beggar named Bartimaeus heard all the commotion of a great crowd following Jesus and began shouting, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” The people around him told him to be quiet, but the more they rebuked him and told him to be quiet, the louder he shouted. All of a sudden, Jesus stopped, commanded him to be called, and healed him.

How badly do you want the dreams God put in your heart and the promises He’s spoken to you? Badly enough to outlast people who are trying to talk you out of it, badly enough to overlook some insults, badly enough to do the right thing when the wrong thing is happening? Do you want it badly enough to keep pursuing it when all the circumstances say it’s not going to happen? There should be something you are believing for about which you are relentless. You aren’t moved by how impossible it looks.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for the dreams You put in my heart and for the promises You’ve spoken. If I have to believe my whole life for their fulfillment, I’m going keep believing. I’m not going to settle for less than. I’m going to keep pursuing what You put in my heart. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Notes…
The subject of healing and deliverance is very important to us as many of us are sick and many in the Church today are in much need of deliverance.   Much by accident and by learning what not to do I am now at a place where the following is true for me. 

So for me a spiritual base of heart faith, unity and worship is the primary road and the supernatural.  So a small group of dedicated saints who are of one mind and one spirit in the heart faith of the Word of God can begin to walk in the supernatural.   That means a basket has also been built in which to catch the ripe fruit that is sure to come.  It was the supernatural that brought the multitudes to Christ Jesus and to the Early Church.  God’s power was a profound experience in the Early Church.  And the experience of HIS loving power brought many to true repentance and the born from above, new life, experience.  But today, due to the lack of unity in God’s Holy Truth we see very little of the supernatural.   And when the Holy Spirit does heal someone we tend to absorb that bit of supernatural into our traditions so that those events become very unique and rare.  So let’s spend some time with the Bible on this subject.  Some healings are difficult due to un-broken soul ties from the past.  A good note on this from Derek Prince to  read: As as his efforts are very clean. https://healingdeliverance.net/biblicalhealinganddeliveranceministry/healing-and-deliverance-ministry/   

So #1 on the list is that Word of God is True and that Faith comes by hearing the Word of God as in Rom.10:17.   So as doctors instruct their patience so does God’s Word instruct us concerning our healing.  In Ps. 107:20.  The Bible tells us that HE sent HIS Word and healed them. Ps.107:20 and the gift of healing is also noted in 1 Cor.12:28.  So with the exhortation from Ex. 15:16 we start:   “If you will diligently listen and pay attention to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and listen to His commandments, and keep [foremost in your thoughts and actively obey] all His precepts and statutes, then I will not put on you any of the diseases which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am the [a] Lord who heals you.”  So we find that disobedience can bring sickness and obedience can help the cure.  So there is a need to take inventory concerning our life style in comparison to the moral and ethical system as supported by the New Testament.  If we study the New Testament, in context we will come to a fuller diagnosis and often sickness may be intertwined with demons (Duet 28:1-14 & Matt. 4:24) But all healing is a matter of our heart faith which is very different then just knowing or head faith.  Heart Faith is to know that what you do/pray will be heard and acted on by God.  It is like the heart beat or breathing it is not something that you think about to do.  It is acting in the Holy Spirit like speaking in tongues as part of the empowering or baptism of the Holy Spirit. It is our voice but HIS Grace/Power.   There can be no doubt and still be heart faith.  Our salvation come to us that way, The baptism of the Holy Spirit comes that way and so Healing comes the same way as per Heb. 11…  Jesus quoted Isa.61 when HE began HIS Ministry:  The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, “Because the Lord has anointed and commissioned me To bring good news to the humble and afflicted;  He has sent me to bind up [the wounds of] the brokenhearted,  To proclaim release [from confinement and condemnation] to the [physical and spiritual] captives  And freedom to prisoners,  2   To proclaim [a] the favorable year of the Lord, [b] And the day of vengeance and retribution of our God, To comfort all who mourn,…”  And that is exactly what HE did and what we are supposed to learn how to do as well as found in John 14:12.   “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, anyone who believes in Me [as LORD & SAVIOR] will also do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these [in extent and outreach], because I am going to the Father.”

So in seeking to know about sickness and deliverance there is a need to really know the Word of God and to apply it as Jesus did and as we come together in worship,  humility, truth, love, holiness and obedience we will again see HIS Church filled with power as in Acts 5:12-17.  “At the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders (attesting miracles) were continually taking place among the people. And by common consent they all met together [at the temple] in [the covered porch called] Solomon’s portico. 13 But none of the rest [of the people, the non-believers] dared to associate with them; however, the people were holding them in high esteem and were speaking highly of them. 14 More and more believers in the Lord, crowds of men and women, were constantly being added to their number, 15 to such an extent that they even carried their sick out into the streets and put them on cots and sleeping pads, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on one of them [with healing power]. 16 And the people from the towns in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing the sick and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.” 

Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy,   Ken<><  
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TIME & PREDESTINATION

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TIME DIMENSION OF GOD, “WORTH CONSIDERING” 3/10/20, by Ken Smith
    
Today’s Scripture (In my email this morning.)
“…He will take you upstairs to a large room that is already set up. That is where you should prepare our meal…”  (Luke 22:12, NLT)

You’re All Set Up
In Luke 22, Jesus told Peter and John to go into Jerusalem and make arrangements for what is now known as the Last Supper. He gave them the exact details—the right person to meet, the right time, the right house—and everything fell precisely into place. They didn’t have to persuade the owner of the house to help. No, he was expecting them. The room was “already set up.”

When God laid out the plan for your life, He set up everything you need to fulfill your destiny—every good break, every person, every solution. Before you had that problem you think will never turn around, He had already set up the answer. You don’t have to try to manipulate people or convince someone to be good to you. The desires that God put in your heart may seem far out, but if you’ll stay in faith and keep honoring God, you’re going to come into what God has already set up
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A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for the blessings You’ve already set up. Thank You for the favor, the promotion, the healing, and the good breaks that You’ve already ordained to come across my path. I believe that You are directing my steps and orchestrating everything around me. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s notes,
It is not like you are predestined and are nothing but a robot.   But the Absolute Foreknowledge in God’s Eternal timeless dimension is difficult for us to grasp.  In eternity before the first bit of God’s power/energy became matter/atoms HE was able to see whatever HE did then as a final result in our time and HIS.  He could count the number of hairs on our head then as today.  He could see me typing this note to you.  He could see and know your reaction to HIS truth.  Also he could set in motion what would be needed to support you in answer to your prayers prior to you even sending them up to HIM.  God never needs to change HIS mind as HE knows exactly what you will do with your free will.  That is why in HIS dimension HE could love HIS elect prior to them even being born.  And HE could tell HIS prophets what the future would look like.  There is over 2,000 prophesies  in the Old Testament,  I am told.  Of which 80% of them have already been fulfilled.

So from God’s point of view the plans are secure to the smallest detain and now the building is being built over a period of it seems of 7,000 years of our time of which 6,000 years has already been accomplished including the 1st Advent of Christ Jesus, Son of God, Son of Man, the 2nd Adam to make possible the restoration from Adam’s pride, rebellion and the contamination in our world.  Of course for us to experience that restoration we must set our free will to agree to it.  Otherwise we will not be included in the future Kingdom of God in Righteousness.  Our needed decision to experience the restoration is clearly set out to us in the writings of the Prophets and Apostles of God and of course, Christ Jesus, in the Holy Scriptures.

In the words of Christ Jesus we find that our Spiritual potential died in Adam’s rebellion and we were born Spiritually dead.  (John 3).    And that there is a need for us to be born of the Spirit of God a to become eternal with God.  In the resurrection of Christ Jesus the first thing that HE did was to see to it that HIS disciples received that gift of the Holy Spirit to be born from above.  “ And when He said this, He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.  John 20:22.    Remember in in the createion of Adam that God, (The Word) did the same thing with Adam.  “then the Lord God [a]formed [that is, created the body of ] man from the [b] dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit]. Gen.2:7.   So Christ Jesus, now as the Word of God, restored the potential of the Spiritual LIFE of man that had been lost to the human race in the disobedience of Adam.    So now we have the possibility of being restored in having an Eternal Spiritual Life restored through our obedience in making Christ Jesus LORD as found in Romans 10:9-10    “…because if you acknowledge and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord [recognizing His power, authority, and majesty as God], and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart a person believes [in Christ as Savior] resulting in his justification [that is, being made righteous—being freed of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God]; and with the mouth he acknowledges and confesses [his faith openly], resulting in and confirming [his] salvation.”   

Our Creator’s ultimate goal as found in the beginning:   “  Gen. 1:26,   Then God said, “Let Us (Father, Word, Holy Spirit ) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth.”   God’s original  vision in our creation has not changed and for those who will find the humility & obedience to agree to make Christ Jesus LORD there is an open door to the restoration of the opportunity to be conformed to the image and likeness of God as did Jesus.  Jesus  was the first man to make it through into God’s Eternal Dimension to become GOD/Man and HE now also makes the way open for us through HIM to be born from above and become sanctified in HIM to find also our place in that same  Eternal Kingdom of God as HIS eternal family.  This is why we are going though this very short time of testing in this unique dimension of time.  It is so we can choose to stay with Adam as lord or decide to be joined to Christ Jesus as LORD.  Presently,  in your own hands alone is your personal destiny of living for eternity in light or darkness before your death in this temporary dimension of time.  After death your decision is eternal.

Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful Grace and Mercy,
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MEDIOCRITY

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MEDIOCRITY     “WORTH CONSIDERING” 3/9/20,   by Ken Smith
     
Today’s Scripture
“…Become wise by walking with the wise; hang out with fools and watch your life fall to pieces…”  (Proverbs 13:20, MSG)

Who Are You Walking With?
It’s not only important how we spend our time, but with whom we spend it. The only thing that’s keeping some people from a new level of their destiny is wrong friendships. You may have to prune off some relationships that are not adding value to your life. Don’t hang around people who are not going anywhere, who have no goals or dreams, who compromise and take the easy way out. If you tolerate mediocrity, it will rub off on you. If you hang out with jealous, critical, unhappy people, you will end up jealous, critical, and unhappy. You cannot become who God created you to be hanging out with them.

Take a look at your friends. If your friends are winners, leaders, givers, and successful, if they have integrity and a spirit of excellence and are positive and motivated, those good qualities are going to rub off on you. Invest your time with them. They’re making you better.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for the friends in my life who sharpen me, inspire me, encourage me, and push me forward. Help me to know if there are relationships that I need to prune and friendships that I need to be careful about. I want to walk with the right people. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts,
There is an old saying, “You become like the people you associate with.”  So even in the wisdom of this world that truth is well known.   One of the best lines in the film “Amadeus” was when Salieri said of himself that he was the Patron Saint of Mediocrity.   I am not suggesting that you need to see the film as it is rather an adult film but Mr. Abrahams portrayal of mediocrity was exceptional.  However our Creator God has destined us to be created in HIS IMAGE & LIKENESS if we will allow it.  And in Christ we are instructed that we are more than conquers if we love and obey HIM. (Rom.8) That if we will “hang out” with HIM we will become like HIM and be exceptional.  And it is much easier swimming up stream with others who are going in the same direction.   To float downstream is to end up in a swamp with a bunch of really mean critters.

So in what way do we know what is mediocrity?  It means to settle some where in between heaven and hell in spiritual terms.   In the Bible in  Rev.3:14  we find the Laodicean Church marked with this judgment by Christ Jesus.  The mark of the 7th and last type of church listed in the prophesy and it is called lukewarm.  Many feel it is the church of our day at the end of the age of the gentiles.

“So because you are lukewarm (spiritually useless), and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth [rejecting you with disgust].”  Rev. 3:16

But Christ Jesus comes to that church and is still knocking to get in as HE is outside the door and not allowed to come into HIS own church!!!   Rev. 3:20-22

So the challenge is for us to identify with the humanity of Christ Jesus and though in Human Form HE was able to overcome.  And not only that but HE encourages us to be an over comer also by HIS grace so we can sit beside HIM in HIS kingdom and beside our Heavenly Father. “Behold, I stand at the door [of the church] and continually knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him (restore him), and he with Me. 21 He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God], I will grant to him [the privilege] to sit beside Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down beside My Father on His throne. 22 He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches.”  Rev.3:20-22.   “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors and gain an overwhelming victory through Him who loved us [so much that He died for us].  Rom.8:37.

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

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Christian Persecution:
The 5 yr. sentences of nine Iranian Christian converts were upheld after a judge who has become notorious for persecuting prisoners of conscience barred them from using their own lawyers.    Thousands of saints suffered intense persecution in ages past, and thousands are still being persecuted today (126,000 martyrs last year alone), they prepare(d) the way for the salvation of millions of others. Since Yeshua said “Greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends.”    worthybrief@worthynetwork.com