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

HEART OBEDIENCE    “Worth Considering”   2/5/20   (Across my desk this morning.)

Today’s Scripture
“…And have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth…” Rev.5:10

See Yourself as Royalty
Today’s Scripture talks about how God has made us to be kings and priests to Him. You need to start seeing yourself as royalty. Start carrying yourself as royalty. Not in arrogance, thinking that you’re better than others, but in humility, be proud of who God made you to be. You are not better than anyone else, but you are not less than anyone else. Understand that when your heavenly Father breathed His life into you and sent you to earth, you didn’t come as ordinary. He put a crown of honor on your head. Now start thinking as royalty, talking as royalty, dressing as royalty, walking as royalty, and acting as royalty.

When you start seeing yourself as royalty, you will never be intimidated again. You don’t have to be the most talented, the most educated, or the most successful to feel good about yourself. You are crowned not by people but by Almighty God.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You have made me the way I am and crowned me with favor to be royalty. Thank You that You see me as royalty even when I’ve failed. I declare that I am becoming more and more like who You say I am. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts”
As the above has been taken from Rev.5:10, to my understanding the timing of this event would be after the Church of Christ Jesus has been taken into the clouds of the air at the call of God’s trumpet as was John in Rev.4.1 and is with Christ Jesus in Heaven.   Here John is taken into the Heavens to view the future.  Christ Jesus prophesied about this event:   “Now as they were listening to these things, He proceeded to tell a parable, because He was approaching Jerusalem and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to be brought to light and shown forth immediately. “He therefore said, A certain nobleman went into a distant country to obtain for himself a kingdom and then to return. 13 Calling ten of his [own] bond servants, he gave them ten minas [each equal to about one hundred days’ wages or nearly twenty dollars] and said to them, [c]Buy and sell with these [d]while I go and then return.  14 But his citizens detested him and sent an embassy after him to say, We do not want this man to become ruler over us.  15 When he returned after having received the kingdom, he ordered these bond servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know how much each one had made by [e]buying and selling.  16 The first one came before him, and he said, Lord, your mina has made ten [additional] minas.  17 And he said to him, Well done, excellent bond servant! Because you have been faithful and trustworthy in a very little [thing], you shall have authority over ten cities.  Luke 19:11-17.”  This kind of authority was not given while we are still in a time of testing or it would be disastrous due to our weaknesses in the area of pride.  Spiritual Pride seems to be running rampant today with some Church Clergy.   Even to the point of being prideful of their humility in giving their own interpretation of the Truth of the Word of God in order to create a dependent membership in their denomination.  I was put on notice by the leadership of the church across the street that they had a progressive interpretation of the Holy Scriptures.  Of course it means that some forms of sin more acceptable to God then others and the Word of God is edited to be meaningless with some forms of sins that they felt were reasonable.  In Isa. 28 we are clearly told that this kind of effort will not hold up in the final judgment.  And basically I am beginning to see a great deal of this kind of personal interpretation in the church today.  It is like personal interpretations of the Holy Scriptures is now in vogue.  One man even teaches that there is no structure of authority required in the church today at all.  That it is up to each individual soul to only be accountable to the Holy Spirit.  But what if they have no maturity to hear the Holy Spirit above all of the other voices of life.  What if they don’t really know the Word of God in order to have a righteous filter?  What if they confuse their own emotions as being the Truth of God?  Where do they go for help?

GOD, our Creator is putting together a loving righteous kingdom where we are told that then we will be HIS rod of iron (Rev.2:26-27,  12:5), and then we will be kings, priests and ambassadors to bring peace.  Adam going his own way was why we are being caught up in this condemned Adamic world.  Love, Faith, Humility and Obedience are among the traits that we are to learn to bail us out.  But to learn I must have much practice?  And how can I be tested if there are no teachers and no testing?  Faith comes by Hearing and Hearing by the word of God.  How can I know what I hear is from God unless I have learned to hear HIS voice and am obedient to what I hear.  Elders are given of God to watch for our souls and for our perfection exactly as Paul teaches in the Holy Scriptures Eph.5:11, and Paul also prophesies in these last days there will be many lies and much rebellion and a lack of power.  2 Tim.3:1-17 and Jude 4-13.  You should stop now, get your Bible and read these Holy Scriptures for the security of your own soul.  These are clear warnings to stay very close to the Word of God, the Holy Bible and to those who watch for our souls that God has sent to help us grow into being like Jesus, 1 John 4:17.  We are in a time of testing to learn GOD’S VERY Truth which will surely set us and others free in HIS KINGDOM, but only in HIS KINGDOM.  If we walk in the light as HE is in the light we will have fellowship with other of light and HIS blood will cleanse us and will keep us clean, John 17:20-26.

So if we are to learn to be Kings and Priests in the resurrection then that means there is a great deal we need to learn as Jesus did on earth and as is recorded in Hebrews: “In the days of His flesh [Jesus] offered up definite, special petitions [for that which He not only wanted [a]but needed] and supplications with strong crying and tears to Him Who was [always] able to save Him [out] from death, and He was heard because of His reverence toward God [His godly fear, His piety, [b] in that He shrank from the horrors of separation from the bright presence of the Father].  8 Although He was a Son, He learned [active, special] obedience through what He suffered.  9 And, [His completed experience] making Him perfectly [equipped], He became the Author and Source of eternal salvation to all those who give heed and obey Him,” 5:7-9 Jesus taught: “Whoever then breaks or does away with or relaxes one of the least [important] of these commandments and teaches men so shall be called least [important] in the kingdom of heaven, but he who practices them and teaches others to do so shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.  Matt.5:19″  
    

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

GOSPEL, MESSAGE OF HOPE:     “WORTH CONSIDERING” 2/3/20  (Across my desk this morning.)

Today’s Scripture
“…Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy…”  (Psalm 107:2, NKJV)

Say So
Words have creative power. When you speak something out, you give life to what you’re saying. For instance, it’s important to believe that you’re blessed. But when you say, “I am blessed,” that’s when blessings come looking for you. Today’s Scripture doesn’t say, “Let the redeemed think so, or believe so, or hope so.” That’s all good, but you have to take it one step further and say so. If you’re going to go to the next level, overcome an obstacle, or break an addiction, you have to start declaring it.

When God created the worlds, nothing happened until He spoke. He said, “Let there be light,” and light came. His thoughts didn’t set it into motion; His words set it into motion. It’s the same principle today. You can have big dreams, stand on God’s promises, but not see anything change until you speak. When you speak, good breaks, promotion, and ideas will track you down.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that when You created the worlds, You didn’t just think or believe them into being. You spoke them into being. I believe that I am to speak out words that are true to the faith in my heart, and that when I say so, You will act. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts:
Not long after I was baptized in the Holy Spirit I was in Costa Mesa at the “House of Miracles” 1968,  and I had my first experience in demonic deliverance, One in which I absolute knew nothing of what to do.  One demon came to the surface and in a snide very condemning voice said to me, “Who do you think you are, anyway.”  It rather set me back, inside I cried “LORD” and without even thinking out of my mouth came the words, “I AM a blood washed son of the living GOD, Now get out of there.”  And he left.  But there were many more and the stronger one were only evicting the weaker demons.  And by that time the whole house full of people were trying to help.  Many more demons left but  I was bunt out by 3 AM as I did not know the difference between my soul energy and faith.  So a lot of the effort had no power as it was just me pushing instead of the Holy Spirit.  And so left and went back to Lonny’s apt.  to go to sleep.  Chuck Smith took over the next shift in the morning and I am not sure where it went from there.  But like Joel is teaching here what we truly believe in our heart and confess with our month God will give grace to help come into being.  It is our faith and HIS grace or Power  that gets Kingdom stuff done.  And faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.  Rom. 10:17,  Heb. 11:1

But even today I tend to waffle a bit and have good days and bad day.  It is difficult on the bad day when things and emotions are under the attack of the enemy to “Keep the Faith, once delivered” But getting a bit stronger as I age.    Actually I was taught that the verse quoted above (Ps. 107:2) has more to do with sharing the Gospel.  That each of us who are in Christ are to become a link between the Holy Spirit and the lost world concerning the Good News that God loves us and that Christ Jesus has made it possible for us to be restored to HIM and to become HIS forever family for eternity.  Most Christians that I have met have not yet learned how to do that.  Or don’t want to accept the responsibility.   So they have made a doctrine that GOD will SAVE some and NOT OTHERS so that it is a done deal with HIM.  Like we are a bunch of robots with no freewill or choice in the matter.  But there are hundreds of conditional scriptures in the Bible that say otherwise and that the Gospel has been given to God’s Faithful for sharing HIS love.  The proof of the Gospel is in the world seeing the Children of God being transformed into HIS image and likeness.  And when they see us walking in the Light as HE is in the light then we draw those who like the light into making Christ Jesus their LORD as well. 

Eph.4:11-16, (Please study carefully this portion of scripture.) 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. 

The [Holy] Spirit and the bride (the church, the true Christians) say, Come! And let him who is listening say, Come! And let everyone come who is thirsty [who is painfully conscious of his need [d]of those things by which the soul is refreshed, supported, and strengthened]; and whoever [earnestly] desires to do it, let him come, take, appropriate, and drink the water of Life without cost.  Rev. 22:17 AMP
                                               
Notice here that Christ Jesus tells us clearly that the Gospel is shared to the world by the Holy Spirit through the Bride and all who listen, John 17:20.  So some could be lost because we, The Bride, the Children of Light were just too busy or fearful to share the light that we have?  Remember the LORD said that we should bare much fruit if we abide in HIM.  And also that every tree that did not bare fruit would be cut down and tossed into the fire.   And already the ax is lying at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire, Matt 3:10.

God’s preferred way to speak to the lost is through HIS people and HIS prophets in both the old and new Testaments.  In fact,  read what GOD told Ezekiel 3:18: “If I say to the wicked, You shall surely die, and you do not give him warning or speak to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked way, to save his life, the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand.”

So it is possible that our LORD may say that to us as well and have those of us who refused to share the Gospel take part of the final JUDGMENT?   Could we also become responsible for some soul being lost?  And be shown that fact upon their judgment.  Could they be calling out to us in the end, their final judgment,   “You were my good friend??  Why did you not share your life, the Gospel, with me?”

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

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China persecutes believers ‘even after death’    China is cracking down on Christian weddings and funerals, meaning that believers are ‘persecuted even after death,’ according to one villager in Henan province whose family was forced by the government to hold a secular funeral for his believing father.  Franklin Graham says he’s still ‘looking forward’ to preaching the Gospel in the UK despite multiple cancellations, Franklin Graham is determined to press ahead with his UK preaching tour this summer despite multiple venues pulling out.   

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

OBEDIENCE,   WORTH CONSIDERING,   1/30/20    (Across my desk this morning.)

Today’s Scripture
“…if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God…all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you…”  (Deuteronomy 28:1–2, NKJV)

The Commanded Blessing
When you honor God with your life, keeping Him in first place, He puts something on you called a “commanded blessing.” The commanded blessing is like a magnet. It attracts the right people, good breaks, contracts, ideas, resources, and influence. You don’t have to go after these things, trying to make something happen in your own strength, your own talent, hoping that life works out. All you have to do is keep honoring God, and the right people will find you. The right opportunities will come across your path. The favor, the wisdom, and the vindication will track you down.

Out of nowhere, a good break comes. Suddenly, your health improves. Out of the blue, you’re able to pay your house off. Unexpectedly, a dream comes to pass. That’s not a coincidence. That’s the commanded blessing on your life. Why? You’ve become a magnet for God’s goodness.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for the power of Your commanded blessing. Thank You for Your promise that as I honor You, blessings are headed my way, tracking me down and overtaking me. I believe that I have become a magnet for Your goodness. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts,
Finally, after a year of writing these notes, we get to the core of all the issues, Obedience.   In Adam’s disobedience all hell was let loose upon this earth with all it’s lies.   But in our true & loving obedience to Christ Jesus we have the potential of a new beginning in righteousness.  So when we make Christ Jesus LORD, as a True Christian (and yes there are fakes.)  we start on the road to learning HIS TRUTH so we can also learn Obedience.   Each of us that has named the name of Christ Jesus has voluntarily entered into a loving school of obedience.  If you are not in a school to learn HIS WORD and are leaning to be Obedient to HIS word you should better check out if you are in the right class room or not.  The carnal nature want’s total freedom from any and all authority.  The New Testament is a textbook of learning in humility how to come under GOD’S authority in love.   If you are a loose cannon on the deck you can only expect to put a hole in the bottom of your boat and go for a swim.  There is a Divine order of authority in the Kingdom of God, Children are to obey their parents, wives their husbands, husbands the word of God and the Elders, Elders the Holy Spirit, The Holy Spirit to obey Jesus and Jesus to obey the Heavenly Father.  And you will find this order all the way through the New Testament without exception.  So if you have no real place of learning obedience it may be that you are not in the right class room.  And of course out of obedience to the Will of God, comes HIS BLESSINGS.   So let’s spend a little time  with the scriptures that support this concept.  Of course it would be difficult to obey the Commandments of our LORD, Christ Jesus if you did not know what HE wants you to be obedient as to what to do.  So knowing HIS vision for you is imperative. So to start with, Obedience is not top down through fear, it is from the bottom up through love & choice.  GOD never uses fear or manipulation or bribes to change us into obedience.  We can only become obedient because we lean to love and trust God and really want to have HIS blessings in our life.

So let’s start with Children.   And  HE said, Truly I say to you, unless you repent (change, turn about) and become like little children [trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving], you can never enter the kingdom of heaven [at all]. Matt. 18:3.  And he will [himself] go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn back the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient and incredulous and unpersuadable to the wisdom of the upright [which is the knowledge and holy love of the will of God]—in order to make ready for the Lord a people [perfectly] prepared [in spirit, adjusted and disposed and placed in the right moral state]. Luke 1:17.    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 unscrupulous men, [gamblers engaged] in every shifting form of trickery in inventing errors to mislead.  Eph.4:14.   Children, obey your parents in the Lord [as His representatives], for this is just and right. Eph.6:1.   Fathers, do not irritate and provoke your children to anger [do not exasperate them to resentment], but rear them [tenderly] in the training and discipline and the counsel and admonition of the Lord. Eph.6:4.   Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord. Col.3:20.
 
Wives:  In like manner, you married women, be submissive to your own husbands [subordinate yourselves as being secondary to and dependent on them, and adapt yourselves to them], so that even if any do not obey the Word [of God], they may be won over not by discussion but by the [godly] lives of their wives, When they observe the pure and modest way in which you conduct yourselves, together with your reverence [for your husband; you are to feel for him all that reverence includes: to respect, defer to, revere him—to honor, esteem, appreciate, prize, and, in the human sense, to adore him, that is, to admire, praise, be devoted to, deeply love, and enjoy your husband]. Let not yours be the [merely] external adorning with [elaborate] interweaving and knotting of the hair, the wearing of jewelry, or changes of clothes; 1 Peter 3.  Wives, be subject (be submissive and adapt yourselves) to your own husbands as [a service] to the Lord.  Eph.5:22.   As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands.  Eph 5:24   Wives, be subject to your husbands [subordinate and adapt yourselves to them], as is right and fitting and your proper duty in the Lord. Col 3:18.   You [are like] unfaithful wives [having illicit love affairs with the world and breaking your marriage vow to God]! Do you not know that being the world’s friend is being God’s enemy? So whoever chooses to be a friend of the world takes his stand as an enemy of God..  James 4:4

Husbands:  In the same way you married men should live considerately with [your wives], with an 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.]
1 Pet.3:7.   Therefore be imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father]. And walk in love, [esteeming and delighting in one another] as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, a slain offering and sacrifice to God [for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance. But immorality (sexual vice) and all impurity [of lustful, rich, wasteful living] or greediness must not even be named among you, as is fitting and proper among saints (God’s consecrated people) Eph 5   Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her, Eph.5:25.   Husbands, love your wives [be affectionate and sympathetic with them] and do not be harsh or bitter or resentful toward them.  Col 3:19.   More on obedience later…  Elders, Holy Spirit, Jesus,  Father but you know that this is supposed to be true already.  Only some Elders are really not Elders at all but are counterfeits.  So we will share more later on how to know these counterfeits.

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

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

VISIONS,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”   1/27/20        (Note across my desk today from Joel.)

Today’s Scripture
“For still the vision awaits its appointed time…If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay…”  (Habakkuk 2:3, ESV)

Right on Time
None of us like to go through waiting periods, but we all have things we’re waiting on—a dream to come to pass, our health to improve, to meet the right person. We know God put the promise in our heart, but we wonder why it’s taking so long to happen. The Scripture says there’s an appointed time, which means any other time is the wrong time. If you don’t understand that God will always be right on time, the waiting periods will cause you to be frustrated. But you can only receive the promise within God’s timing. He knows when you’re ready, when to open the door, when to turn it around. If it’s not happening yet, be mature enough to say with David, “God, my times are in Your hands.”  Now do your part and trust Him. Wait for the God who created the universe to unfold His plan for your life.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You know what I need and have an appointed time set to get it to me. I choose to stop stressing out over what I don’t have, knowing it will be here down to the very second of when I really need it. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts,
With Christ Jesus, His vision was perfect and of the Holy Spirit and what HE prayed for in John 17, I am sure will come to pass as in the Divine plan of creating HIS Heavenly Family.   But with us as the children of Adam being drawn by the Holy Spirit to become the children of God there is an intense battle and the lusts of the flesh, lusts of the flesh and pride of life can try to take God’s Glory and use it for our earthly glory.  Especially in Church Leadership I have seen many that were working on building their own ivory towers rather than GOD’S Kingdom.  So I am not sure that as even a young Christian seeking to grow into a Holy Man that the path is without pot holes.  Personally, in my ministry from 1968, I have been tripped up on not a few.  It is a real challenge to walk in humility and obedience when all around you think that you are God’s man of the hour  & power.  That is the reason that the Holy Spirit set up the Eldership of the Church of Christ Jesus with level authority to be guided by each other and the Holy Spirit.   And then ordained deacons to take care of the financial needs as per the direction of the Holy Spirit through the Elders.

Personally I have not seen this structure in existence from the 1st Century in Acts 15.  And the church has been faltering and dividing from that time on.  So we have a tendency to hurry and make decisions that are not of the Holy Spirit and then blame GOD when it does not work.   The Holy Spirit gave a prophetical example of how to come into the presence of God in the Old Testament Tabernacle of Moses and with the fulfilling of it in the New Testament in Acts 2:41-47 and 5:15.   I have not seen this come to pass in my life time.   So vain traditions can take us away from the Kingdom and the Power of God.  So if we make our vain traditions our comfort zone we will never see Eph. 4:11-16 come to pass in seeing the LORD among us doing exactly what he did on earth in the Gospels.

So make sure that your vision is of the Holy Spirit before you get 100% behind it as if it is not of the Holy Spirit you will be disappointed and probably blame God for your train wreck.  

We have many “Good Christian Traditions Today” which did not come from God, the Holy Spirit, Jesus or the Bible.   If I were to go through them on a piece of paper you would just toss the note and that would be the end of it.  Never the less, to do the same thing over and over and expect a different outcome is one of the definitions of insanity.   And yet we do this and get totally bored in the process.  We then start church hopping or just stay home and do something more profitable or enjoyable and cost less money.

I will leave you with two sacred cows to deal with in our traditional “church.”.   Tithing is not once commanded in the New Testament.   It is an Old Testament principle.  In the New Testament God is requesting that we put 100% of who we are and what we have been given to be under HIS direction.  It is a total sell out and not just 10% as in the Old Testament.  But it is between HIM and US and no one else.

Luke 6:38 [Full Chapter]
Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over [with no space left for more]. For with the standard of measurement you use [when you do good to others], it will be measured to you in return.”

2 Corinthians 9:7   Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

Matthew 6:3 [Full Chapter]
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

And the Early Church was a Forum not a Theater.   If Evangelism or Teaching OK for Theater
forum,  noun
pl. fo·rums, also fo·ra
a. The public square or marketplace of an ancient Roman city that was the assembly place for judicial activity and public business.
b. A public meeting place for open discussion.
c. A medium for open discussion or voicing of ideas, such as a newspaper, a radio or television program, or a website.
A public meeting or presentation involving a discussion usually among experts and often including audience participation.
a. An area of legal authority; a jurisdiction.
b. A court of law or tribunal.

1 Cor. 14: 23-40 Is Paul’s teaching about a forum type New Testament church gathering:    

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

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

FREEWILL,    “WORTH CONSIDERING”   1/23/20,  (Across the internet today.)

Today’s Scripture
“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path…”  (Psalm 119:105, NIV)

Step-by-Step
God has a detailed plan for your life. He knows your final destination and the best way to get you there, but God doesn’t show you the details. The Scripture says His Word is a lamp for your feet. A lamp implies you have enough light to see the life path in front of you, but not for the next fifty years. If you trust Him and take that next step into the unknown, not knowing the outcome, He’ll lead you step-by-step into your destiny.

The question is, will you be bold and take the next step that God gives you with the light you have? The unknown is where miracles happen, where you discover abilities you never knew you had, and where you’ll accomplish more than you ever dreamed. If you have the courage to do what you know He’s asking you to do, He has the provision, the favor, and all that you need to go to the next level.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that what lies ahead and is unknown to me is well known to You. I choose to rely on Your strength and Your Word that guides me step-by-step. I trust that You will go before me and take me to the next level. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts:
It is like a diamond in the rough, when created it has a vast potential.  But we have the rights through free will as to what it will be upon completion.  Each time we take a turn in the road that is away from the light, it chips the original stone a bit.  But if we give our stone to the Holy Spirit He will make the most beautiful stone possible from what HE has been given to work with.  In God’s infinite foreknowledge HE does know exactly where we will end up and what we will be looking like.   And those who have chosen HIS light HE has already fitted us precisely into HIS ultimate design.  But the key is to realize that we have the choices to make in light to be the most that is possible to be from where we start.  Love can not exist without free will.  God is LOVE so how can HE make us into HIS image and likeness unless we allow HIM to.

So in your choices each day, some reflect HIS light and some do not, the choices are yours to do as you please.  Your choices in light will be used by God to bring joy to you and to HIM both now and for Eternity.  But the choices in darkness will be chips off of your diamond and gone.  And if darkness has been your basic choice, you will be allowed to live eternally in the darkness.

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

Political response to a note on FaceBook today directed to me…. Felt to pass it along ???    His comment that got me started was that our Nation was a Secular Democracy……    Many have been taught that….

Actually, xxxxxxx, We began as a Christian Republic with a 1st Amendment of the new government to not regulate religion at all either one way or the other. In other words, the govt. was not to make any laws at all concerning religion. Many had come to this country for freedom of religion but not freedom from religion. The secular socialists humanist atheists have cornered much of our educational system now and in such a way to keep religion out of govt. and education.

Atheism is also considered a religion as is Islam and teachers should be able to openly discuss all knowledge in a class room from a truth point of view.   And our govt. leadership should be able to be open and transparent about their faith without persecution. Anti religious laws now seems to be blotting out most of the moral virtues in govt. Promises without fulfillment and lies without consequences seem the order of the day.   Most seem to be activated by the Greed of Power and Money. The Bible teaches this in a Prophesy by Apostle Paul in 2 Tim.3, about 2000 yrs. ago: His prophesy was that the darkness will get darker and the light will get lighter until the Creator removes the light and brings the darkness into judgment. The little book of Jude is also good on this subject. And I for one am very glad that we are not governed by a secular democracy or it would be a lot worse than it is now.