When a boy of about 10 in Kentucky I was sent to a summer camp at Booneburough Kentucky to have an out door experience of camping and learn about Daniel Boone who was the frontersman who led a group of settlers through the Cumberland Gap and established Fort Boonesborough  Although the old fort had been restored where we stayed I don’t remember much about that.  But they took a bunch of us boys out to the cave where Daniel had shot the Bear or Baar in Kentucky talk.  And of course with the tall tails he become our hero and we took on his identity for a while.  It was a difficult thing to do, to kill a bear with the one shot from a Kentucky mussel loader.  And if you did not get the baar dead, you would probable be dead trying.   In telling the story they turned off the Lights in the cave and one of the Camp Leaders pretended to be a bear.   Still a vivid memory.  One year for Halloween my mother made me a devil costume complete with tail, bad  idea, cried most of the night at the party trying to get my tail back from the other kids, bad identity.   Next year my mother made me an Uncle Sam suit, complete with hat, that was a good identity and I ended up leading and marching in the parade on July 4th through the State Capital of Frankfort, KY from the new Capital building to the old.   What a day that was…   Seems we all pick up some kind of identity in life.   I was an Oregon red neck logger for a while,   An assessor for Lane County Or. for a while.   A successful general contractor for a while.   Kahu Ken, for a while.   All with my Celtic, Nordic, German roots back to the War of Independence.   I have one kid who has a very strong identity as a Marine.   Another as a Nurse and another as a Gospel Entertainer.  But our Creator God has another Identity in mind for us all.   Jesus got top drawer, our Heavenly Father would like us to be like Him.

Apostle John taught this.   “So when Jesus had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered what He had said. And they believed and trusted in and relied on the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.   Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in His name [identifying themselves with Him] after seeing His signs (attesting miracles) which He was doing.  But Jesus, for His part, did not entrust Himself to them, because He knew all people [and understood the [a] superficiality and fickleness of human nature], John 2:22-24

Apostle Paul taught;  “And this I pray, that your love may abound more and more [displaying itself in greater depth] in real knowledge and in practical insight, 10 so that you may learn to recognize and treasure what is excellent [identifying the best, and distinguishing moral differences], and that you may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ [actually living lives that lead others away from sin]; 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God [so that His glory may be both revealed and recognized].  Phil. 1:9-11

As most so called  big churches today preach what will keep the membership of a congregation going in support of the buildings,  property and minister, much of what is preached has been edited so as to not hurt anyone’s feelings.   I know of one big financially successful ministry that only teaches and supports a positive Gospel message.   The little church across the street from me even teaches an all inclusive,  “Progressive Gospel.”  The Truth of God comes to us in Love, Holiness and Power as a balance that draws us up into the identity of Christ Jesus as LORD.   If there is no love, it is a false gospel as God is LOVE.   If there is no Holiness, then God is not there either.   And if there is no power, Apostle Paul teaches us to go someplace else, 2 Tim.3:5 as it is only a form of godliness.  Jesus came to us in all of the above,   Love, Holiness & Power to draw us up unto HIM.

In Romans 13:11-12, Apostle Paul, reminds us,   “Do this, knowing that this is a critical time. It is already the hour for you to awaken from your sleep [of spiritual complacency]; for our salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed [in Christ]. 12 The night [this present evil age] is almost gone and the day [of Christ’s return] is almost here. So let us fling away the works of darkness and put on the [full] armor of light. 13 Let us conduct ourselves properly and honorably as in the [light of] day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and irresponsibility, not in quarreling and jealousy.”   (It is certainly much closer now than then.)

And in Col.3:1,   “Therefore if you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, sharing in His resurrection from the dead], keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [the heavenly things], not on things that are on the earth [which have only temporal value]. 3 For you died [to this world], and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God.”

Apostle John puts it this way:   “We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him. 17 In this [union and fellowship with Him], love is completed and perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him]; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love [dread does not exist]. But perfect (complete, full-grown) love drives out fear, because fear involves [the expectation of divine] punishment, so the one who is afraid [of God’s judgment] is not perfected in love [has not grown into a sufficient understanding of God’s love].”    John 4:16-18.

So it is up to us to decide to change our identity or citizenship in this world into an identity of being in Christ Jesus as LORD (Master, Boss.)    As we come into humility to serve rather than to be served and to find deep submission and obedience to God’s Commandments.  And as we do this then God’s Power will help us find our way to HIM.  But our Creator God is not going to allow the pride, rebellion and destruction that is now in this world loose into the next.    HIS eternal Kingdom of LIGHT and RIGHTEOUSNESS that Christ is now building for us will be a place of PEACE.

Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful Grace and Mercy,   Ken<><   www.OhanaChurch.Life

In the Bible the word Commandments is used directly 168 time and indirectly much more.

Jesus taught:   “1If you ask Me anything in My name [as My representative], I will do it. “If you [really] love Me, you will keep and obey My commandments.  And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another [a] Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby), to be with you forever—   The person who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him [I will make Myself real to him].”  If you keep My commandments and obey My teaching, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

So of the about one thousand commandments that Jesus gave us to do, how are you doing?  Of course this also includes what the Holy Spirit gave to the apostles to share with us as well.

One of the ones that got hold of me early in my early Christian walk was: “And these things give in charge, (as a commandment) that they may be blameless.  But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.  1 Tim. 5:7-9,   I ended up with 8 kids, this one got me going early in the morning and up late at night to make sure that I covered all of the bases for my big family.   We never missed a meal, kept warm all winter and never an unpaid bill as it was a good partnership in the LORD and HE did keep His end.   “But my God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Phil.  4:19.  So if your not covering your bases, something is wrong in the Commandment area.

Making Jesus LORD, Master/Boss is the process of Sanctification (to make holy) many of us thought that when we made Jesus our Savior, we had it made.   But actually that was only the beginning of the walk on the straight and narrow road to being changed to be like Jesus.   “ 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.  1 John 4:17.   Even at 90 now, most every day, I take inventory to see if I got off the straight and narrow way and need to repent and ask forgiveness for thoughts and deeds that were not like Jesus.  Of course I am walking close to eternity now,  that makes it a bit easier..

Jesus warned us: “Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.   Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?   And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.   Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:” Matt.7:20-24

So being a Christian is more than even keeping the Commandments of Christ Jesus but also entering into a real spiritual relationship with HIM like the Holy Spirit was taking to me this morning and I was trying to remember it all, but had to say, to HIM, you got to help me later when I need to write this down as I can not remember it all.  My little container is overflowing.

In Considering Commandments we are also considering Truth and Obedience.   We have a built in resistance to change.   Our ego/pride factor that we got from Adam is still in good working order.   So the concept of repenting and change goes against our very nature.  And even if it is good for us.    “or they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.  Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.  Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; Heb. 12:10-12.    By this we know [without any doubt] that we love the children of God: [expressing that love] when we love God and obey His commandments. 3 For the [true] love of God is this: that we habitually keep His commandments and remain focused on His precepts. And His commandments and His precepts are not difficult [to obey]. 4 For [a] everyone born of God is victorious and overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has conquered and overcome the world—our [continuing, persistent] faith [in Jesus the Son of God].  1John 5:3   “ And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.”  1 Jn. 1:6

In Matt. 6 Christ Jesus our LORD gives us a lot of HIS commandments including a sample of how to pray.   “Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread.   And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.   And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.  For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:  But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”   Be a good idea to brush up on the Holy Commandments that we are to follow if we really have made Christ Jesus or LORD.   It is a real relationship through the Holy Spirit, it is not just a piece of paper on the wall that looks official.   Our Creator God of making a family to which you have been invited in love.  But He also wants a house of loving unity and righteousness.   He will not allow those who have abused this world to bring their trash into HIS world.   All trash and those who love to make trash will all end up at the dump for eternity.    Yours, In HIS great LOVE.   Ken<><   www.OhanaChurch.Life

I get these QUORA questions in my email just about every day now,  this was a good one.
QUORA 1/28/23   What are two principles in ecologism that reject each other?   ANSWER:
Atheism/Evolution  /  God/Creation….  As a Bible Christian I believe that the world was created to do exactly what is is doing and that the resources will last as long as needed to complete the vision for the purpose of the creation.  So I have no concern about ecologism.  From a Biblical perspective we were created in a temporary time dimension with a temporary body for the purpose of giving our eternal souls an opportunity to learn to use our freewill in a positive and loving manor.  We need to learn to live with our Creator as a family and to become like HIM.  And in 7,000 yrs that temporary dimension will close.  From Adam we are about 6,000 years into the process like a 7 day week of 1,000 years.  In the process our Creator will have given us every opportunity to seek, knock and ask for HIS help in finding HIS needed grace to make the jump to His light speed.  Most are not interested as Jesus taught that only a few would find the WAY…  Only the those who seek and find the way will be given a new eternal body for their eternal souls.  The Creator will have no use for those who in pride and rebellion have turned this temporary time world in to dump heap.  And there is no second chance on the other side of death.  That is what the prophets of GOD say to me in the Holy Scriptures.   Ken<><

In Hebrews, the writer (Paul, I think) shares with us:   “Although He was a Son [who had never been disobedient to the Father], He learned [active, special] obedience through what He suffered.” Heb. 5:8 and again, “Then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will.” [And so] He does away with the first [covenant as a means of atoning for sin based on animal sacrifices] so that He may inaugurate and establish the second [covenant by means of obedience].  Heb. 10:9
And share about the obedience of Abraham in Heb. 11:10 and of Moses in Heb 11:26.   So we see that Faith, Humility and Obedience as being a major part of our Sanctification process of being made in the image and likeness of God, Gen.1:26.   So our will is either a part of the problem or part of the cure.   And as for me personally, even when I deeply know the Truth I also deeply need the help of the Grace (power) of God in the Holy Spirit to get the changes done.   Paul really nails it in Romans 8, the whole chapter but especially Rom. 8:10-18,   “If Christ lives in you, though your [natural] body is dead because of sin, your spirit is alive because of righteousness [which He provides]. 11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.  12 So then, [a] brothers and sisters, we have an obligation, but not to our flesh [our human nature, our worldliness, our sinful capacity], to live according to the [impulses of the] flesh [our nature without the Holy Spirit]— 13 for if you are living according to the [impulses of the] flesh, you are going to die. But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live forever. 14 For all who are allowing themselves to be led by the Spirit of God are children of God. 15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading again to fear [of God’s judgment], but you have received the Spirit of adoption as children [the Spirit producing adoption] by which we [joyfully] cry, “[b] Abba! Father!” 16 The Spirit Himself testifies and confirms together with our spirit [assuring us] that we [believers] are children of God. 17 And if [we are His] children, [then we are His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His spiritual blessing and inheritance], if indeed we share in His suffering so that we may also share in His glory.  18 For I consider [from the standpoint of faith] that the sufferings of the present life are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us!”

According to Jesus, our placement in eternal life is based upon believing in God’s Truth. God’s Truth is everywhere, Romans 1:17–22. Isaiah 28: 9–20 tells us that God’s Truth is line upon line and precept upon precept. So in order find and know God’s Truth we need to search through HIS prophets, in context and grow in HIS truth and become sanctified and like HIM. The big problem is not in finding HIS truth but in avoiding the lies and the poisons of this world. So pure faith is a growth in God’s Truth in humility and obedience. But if you find God’s Truth and don’t walk it out you may become stuck in the mud of this world so badly that you could easily miss the next. God is creating an eternal family that loves HIM and each other and that wants to be like HIM. All others, need not apply. Interested? Read John, Acts & Romans, especially Romans 10:9–10 in the Amplified Bible

Quora, Question:   What is the predestination controversy?   
Some folks believe they are the way they are as God made them that way,  like homosexuals and as do many Christians.  But they edit out the word foreknowledge in Romans 8:29.  In other words,  from GOD’S dimension HE foreknew the future before it happened in our dimension.  HE knew that I would be writing this note at this time before the first bit of HIS energy became an atom.  But all through the Bible man is totally responsible in Free Will for his actions and will be judged accordingly.  It is obvious that we were not created to be a bunch of robots and what kind of a family would that make.  And True Love would not even exist as love must have Free Will to be valid.  And Revelation 22:14–23 would be invalid if we were predestined without God’s foreknowledge only confirming our personal decisions.  If alive, you have the right to decide to live in God’s Light in Christ Jesus with a new body or deepest darkness for eternity without a body.  Your soul is eternal either way.  To not believe in the Bible is also a personal choice.  As for me,  I believe it to be valid for faith and practice.

Quora Question:    What is the best way to respond to someone who says they will never waver in their faith, no matter what happens?   Good, if built on stone, but if on sand it will wash away when God’s flood of Truth find it.  Isa. 28: 9–20,  Matthew 7:24–26,  1 Cor.3:11–15.  Even many so called Christians are living on sand as they have a selected emotional truths for themselves as a “Progressive Gospel” and their faith is built on an edited edition of God’s truth.  Our Creator God is seeking to invest HIS Love, Holiness & Power into our lives if we are truly the disciples of Christ Jesus.  St. Paul tells us that if there is no power,  we are building on sand,  2 Tim.3:5.   But it is up to us to want God’s Truth and to seek God’s help in securing it for our lives.  Romans 1:18-20

Are you righteous? If you are truly a believer in the Lord, then you HAVE received His gift of righteousness! Righteousness is a gift we receive when we come into saving faith. Righteousness is not something we earn, but rather it’s a gift to be received from our Messiah! According to this passage, you have received the gift of righteousness through Him. Not because we have kept the “law” or lived a holy life. It can’t be bought with money, or earned through self-effort, or by doing “religious” works. It’s a gift!   And in His free gift of righteousness, we have right standing with God! When you walk in His righteousness and make Jesus your LORD (Master), then you can approach His throne boldly – expecting the Lord to answer! The devil would love to bring up your sins and keep you bound thinking you can’t come to the Lord, however the Scripture is clear, “if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS!” [1 John 1:9]    Don’t let the enemy bind you in sin – but claim fresh and anew today His gift of righteousness, approach His throne with boldness, and expect the Lord to answer – because you are walking in His gift of righteousness!

Your family in the Lord with much agape love,
From:  George Baltimore, Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;        1/16/23 <b94ae97bb66e693a4850359ec.0f484aa80e.20230116101446.97c157f546.acd93a9f@mail129.sea71.mcsv.net&gt;    (World  news from a Christian view point.)    More concerning “Blackout Day.”
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Ken’s Notes: The understanding of God’s gift of righteousness  brought me into salvation  4/28/55 as being guided through 1 Cor.3:11-15 with Floyd  Ayers when I was at 23 working in the Eng. Dept. of the City of Long Beach in Long Beach, CA. and supporting a wife and 1 & ½ kids.  The truth of that message totally changed my life, which deeply needed changing.  But the predestination concept can make  us into robots.  Our Creator’s absolute foreknowledge needs to also  be considered in the equation. (Rom.8:29.)  Love can not exist outside of free will.  Our loving Creator God has invited us to join HIM in HIS eternal Kingdom as HIS elect, ( Rev. 22:17)  , if we are up for it,  and are willing to repent and to make the needed changes to become like HIM,  Rom. 8:13.)   So predestination is totally illogical,  how could a just and loving God ever judge for doing what was programed by HIM to do?  Atheism is also illogical as you must know all about everything we were to KNOW that something does not exist.  Our eternal soul, at the present time,  is locked into a temporary body in a temporary time dimension and we only know about in part,  1 Cor. 13:12.  Our Creator is not going to allow the puss of rebellion and pride on earth loose to mess up the rest of HIS creation.  Look what pride and rebellion has done to this planet.

Hindrances To Revival
We cannot emphasize too strongly our conviction that all hindrances to revival in the Church are due to sin! The appalling fact is that every sin found without the Church is found also within the Church although perhaps to a lesser degree.   It is sin in individual Church members, whether at home or on the foreign field, which grieves and quenches the Holy Spirit! I imagine that we would lose much of our self-righteousness if we were to find that pride, jealousy, envy, greed, bad temper, backbiting, gossip, talebearing, and all their kindred are just as heinous in God’s sight as the so-called grosser sins.     All sin in the believer, of whatever kind, mars the redemptive work of Christ. The filth and blood guiltiness of the churches can only be swept away by the Spirit of Judgment, and the Spirit of Burning.     In view of the prominence that is given to confession of sin in this article, perhaps I ought to make plain my own views on the subject.   We have a strong feeling that sins committed before conversion are under the blood of God’s Son and never should be confessed.  To do so is to bring dishonor upon Christ’s Calvary sacrifice.     We believe that as regards secret sin, that is sin which is only known to the individual soul and God, to confess it at the private altar is, as a rule, sufficient to ensure pardon and cleansing. Yet there are times when secret acknowledgment of secret sin is not sufficient and public confession is the only way to secure relief…   As to sin against an individual, the Scriptures are quite plain.  “Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift” (Matt. 5:22,24).     It is vain for us to pray while conscious that we have injured another. Let us first make amends to the injured one before we dare approach God at either private or public altar.   I am confident revival would break out in most churches if this was done. Then again, as regards public sins, experience has shown us that those can only be swept away by public confession.  True, this amounts to crucifixion; but by our willful disobedience,  we have put the Lord of Glory to open shame, and it is the price we must be willing to pay if we are to see revival sweeping through our churches.  ~Jonathan Goforth.

So if we really want to see the Holy Spirit bring a full revival it will need to start some where.  Why not with you?   Like to experience God’s supernatural Joy?  Then we are going to need to go by HIS rules and commandments for it to happen.  The Holy Spirit can not confirm traditional lies of vanity, hypocrisy nor lies of any kind and bring a powerful revival into existence as it would only end in becoming a basket of rotten fruit in no time at all.  Sometimes sin is obvious and sometimes sin is traditional vanity (pride) and not clearly seen.   Sometimes it is just being stupid and untrained.   But sin always ends in pain.   It never deliverers the Love, Joy & Peace as promised.  We are being given the opportunity to get ready to jump to light speed and to live with our Creator.  But we need to be willing to make Jesus LORD and change to become like HIM, it is up to us.  But the decision that we make while on earth is eternal to live in Light with our Creator or to live in absolute darkness for eternity as an eternal soul without a body.  Think about it, no body for eternity but with a perfect recording of every thing done or said and opportunities lost to replay for eternity. As for me,  I want to enjoy a full on God Powerful, Holy Spirit Revival one more time prior to graduating.

Much of the life of faith is learning to abide in love and peace within our paradoxical existence, and Yeshua gave us His Holy Spirit to make it possible. He also offered us a pile of “paradoxical” advice exhorting us to behave or respond opposite to human nature. You want to be great in the Kingdom? Become a servant to all. An enemy strikes your left cheek? Turn to him the right one. Overcome evil with good. There are many of these if you look for them, and they begin to describe a lifestyle which distinguishes a true believer in ever increasing uniqueness.

This passage in Hebrews reveals that Melchizedek blessed Abraham, according to this principle: the lesser is blessed by the greater. Given the greatness of Abraham, we might be surprised to discover the dimension of Melchizedek’s status. His name means “My King is Righteousness”, suggesting that he is a type of Messiah, and quite (paradoxically) qualified to bless the father of faith.

This paradoxical life, perplexing, frustrating, tempting, tormenting as it is, incites most of us to react badly in one way or another, producing endless cycles of revenge, hatred, retribution, and remorse. But God, who is the greatest of all, blesses us who are “lesser”. And He also invites us to the greatness of blessing…our neighbors, our children, even our enemies. The temptation of paradox is overcome by the opportunity to bless. It’s a way of God whose life and heart are full of blessing. If we desire to be like Him, increasing in stature and overcoming evil, we’ll seek the Spirit’s power to bless others.  Our life, the life of faith, is pervaded by paradox. Life faces us with apparently irreconcilable conditions and realities which we struggle to understand and integrate, sometimes throughout an entire lifetime. The Lord himself exemplifies this reality in his dual identity as the express image of God and a fully human male, who suffered the worst consequences of sin…without deserving them. We live daily within the paradox of God’s perfect holiness and our fundamental human imperfection, needing constantly to accept His grace as we strive toward His perfection.

Much of the life of faith is learning to abide in love and peace within our paradoxical existence, and Yeshua gave us His Holy Spirit to make it possible. He also offered us a pile of “paradoxical” advice exhorting us to behave or respond opposite to human nature. You want to be great in the Kingdom? Become a servant to all. An enemy strikes your left cheek? Turn to him the right one. Overcome evil with good. There are many of these if you look for them, and they begin to describe a lifestyle which distinguishes a true believer in ever increasing uniqueness.

This passage in Hebrews reveals that Melchizedek blessed Abraham, according to this principle: the lesser is blessed by the greater. Given the greatness of Abraham, we might be surprised to discover the dimension of Melchizedek’s status. His name means “My King is Righteousness”, suggesting that he is a type of Messiah, and quite (paradoxically) qualified to bless the father of faith.

This paradoxical life, perplexing, frustrating, tempting, tormenting as it is, incites most of us to react badly in one way or another, producing endless cycles of revenge, hatred, retribution, and remorse. But God, who is the greatest of all, blesses us who are “lesser”. And He also invites us to the greatness of blessing…our neighbors, our children, even our enemies. The temptation of paradox is overcome by the opportunity to bless. It’s a way of God whose life and heart are full of blessing. If we desire to be like Him, increasing in stature and overcoming evil, we’ll seek the Spirit’s power to bless others.

Ken’s remarks,
George said it so well that I don’t think I could have said it any better.   Personally, every day I am leaning on God’s wonderful loving securing grace.   I am so prone to react to things in the flesh.  And need to remember, “Except for the grace of God, there go I.”   One of my great grand children now living with me, the 3 yr. old by the name of “Rain” gives me the most need of God’s Grace.  She knows exactly how to rain on my parade.    She will test me at every opportunity to match her will with mine.  I have yet to spank her, though I have permission, as I know that I will be binding her a bunch and don’t want to break her.  I remember spanking a puppy once and it destroyed her.  She was never the same after that.  And I also know that to spare the rod is to hate the child.  But then a Great Grand Child?   Really don’t want to end in a negative outcome.   You know the saying, “Troublesome two’s and Terrible Three’s”.  Well that is the idea, and then she comes over and gives me a big hug…  And we start all over.   Her little brother Noah, not one yet, when he sees me come crawling at 90+MPH to climb up my leg and sit only my lap and try to eat my suspenders.   It is like I am back in the 1960’s again with my 7 kinds getting to learn more about God’s Grace of what I should have learned back then.

So I would suspect that if you are at a place where God has told you to do something and you have yet to do it that you will be recycling on that same spot, over and over,  until you learn what God has for you to learn there by HIS grace.   HE is absolutely committed to teaching you to learn to walk in the HOLY Spirit.  Rom. 8:13, “.for if you are living according to the [impulses of the] flesh, you are going to die. But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live forever.  14 For all who are allowing themselves to be led by the Spirit of God are sons (children) of God.