ALOHA FAMILY & FRIENDS,   Beloved of God,    John 17  Read whole chapter.

FAITH OF DANIEL,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”  1/13/20,   (Across my desk this morning.)

Today’s Scripture

“…Not a scratch was found on him, for he had trusted in his God.”  (Daniel 6:23, NLT)

He’s Got This

In Daniel 6 is the story of how the enemies of Daniel conspired to get him arrested and thrown into the lions’ den for refusing to stop worshipping God. Daniel’s attitude was, “God has me in the palms of His hands. He controls the lions.” He stayed in peace. Everyone else expected the hungry lions to tear Daniel apart, but God supernaturally closed the mouths of the lions. He made Daniel unappetizing! God never promised that we wouldn’t have difficulties, but He did promise that He would give us strength for every challenge and take what was meant for harm and use it for our advantage. You may have a good reason to worry about something, but there’s a simple phrase you have to get down in your spirit: God’s got this. He already has a solution. Live out of a place of peace and trust. It’s just a matter of time before you see things turn around in your favor.

A Prayer for Today

“Father, thank You for Your promise that You can take the things that are meant to harm me and use them for my good. I receive this word and choose to remain at rest, knowing You’ve got this. I declare that there is no God like You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

Ken’s Thoughts:
Daniel was/is a uniquely single minded and devoted man like Moses, Abraham Jesus and John.  But were they given more talents and blessings than are available to us,  I don’t think so.  My feeling is that any one of us may have that same potential.  The problem is that we also have a steady diet of the world, flesh and devil coming at us all the time.  And we are lied to by the enemy so much that we begin to believe the lies.  Our fist impression about good or bad is usually the best one.   But then we still listen and after the sales pitch buy into it like Eve.  In the beginning she had it wired, in fact,  she even added “Not to Touch” which is not in the original statement of God.  But the rational of lucifer was so eloquent that it got her attention to the fruit as really good to eat, (that fruit was better tasting than any thing else.)   Wonderful looking,   Could make you as wise as God Himself.  And after all, God really does not love you as HE is keeping the best for HIMSELF.  And even today we find that false advertising has not changed much.  We are bombarded every day with,  looks good, tastes good, make you look sharp.  You got to take care of yourself, GOD really does not care,  Look at the mess of the world.   And little do we realize that we are the one’s who have created the mess.  We have a free well and it is what it is because of the lies of false publicity that we obey most are broke and the world is a mess.  The average family now has about $10,000. in credit card debt. with a monthly interest tag of $125.+   Which is about what is left over from the months wages after paying off all of the things needed to survive.   And for many that leaves -0- or less for unknowns.  And many things bought have by then even ceased to exist.   It is easy for me to say no,  as I was brought up in the Great Depression when the nation went bankrupt in 1929 and the banks went on a holiday in 1932.   The same conditions exist today for a bigger bankruptcy in the U.S.   Can it get worse, yes.  Can you survive????

So is it possible for us to become unique like Daniel,  YES.   Christ Jesus has paved the way for us to elect to become like HIM and has given us the power of faith to do so by HIS grace.  John 17:18-26  This is the original intent of our Creator God.   He wants to help us to change into HIS image and likeness,  like Jesus.  The problem is in having us trade or comfortable lazy Adamic nature for the nature of God.  We really have been brain washed by the enemy that it can not happen.  We are told it is not possible.  We are told that it would not be any fun.  We are told that we would loose all of our friends.  We are sold a bill of goods that GOD is not trustworthy but is a ripe off artist.  And you know the line………….. But Jesus prayed for us: 

Just as You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the   world.¹⁹ And so for their sake and on their behalf I sanctify (dedicate, consecrate) Myself, that they als  o may be sanctified (dedicated, consecrated, made holy) in the Truth.²⁰ Neither for these alone do I pray [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for all those who will ever come to believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Me through their word and teaching,²¹ That they all may be one, [just] as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me.²² I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one:²³ I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me.²⁴ Father, I desire that they also whom You have entrusted to Me [as Your gift to Me] may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory, which You have given Me [Your love gift to Me]; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.²⁵ O just and righteous Father, although the world has not known You and has failed to recognize You and has never acknowledged You, I have known You [continually]; and these men understand and know that You have sent Me.²⁶ I have made Your Name known to them and revealed Your character and Your very ^[a]Self, and I will continue to make [You] known, that the love which You have bestowed upon Me may be in them [felt in their hearts] and that I [Myself] may be in them.  John 17:18-26     ^{(Will God answer this prayer?)    You bet that HE will as HE always did.}

And we know (understand, recognize, are conscious of, by observation and by experience) and believe (adhere to and put faith in and rely on) the love God cherishes for us. God is love, and he who dwells and continues in love dwells and continues in God, and God dwells and continues in him.¹⁷ In this [union and communion with Him] love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for 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 full-grown (complete, perfect) love ^[a]turns fear out of doors and expels every trace of terror! For fear ^[b]brings with it the thought of punishment, and [so] he who is afraid has not reached the full maturity of love [is not yet grown into love’s complete perfection]. 1 John 4:16-18

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

Christian News  (Except for God’s Grace this could happen here.)
Muslim herdsmen kill a dozen more Christians in Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 13 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria on Wednesday, Jan. 8, adding to a body count that has seen scores of Christian farmers murdered by the pastoralists in the last few years.
Grave of martyred pastor destroyed in Iran
The grave of an Assemblies of God pastor from Mashad, Iran–the same town in which Soleimani replacement Brig. Gen. Esmail Qaani rose through the ranks–was destroyed this past December by the Iranian regime.

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

FAITH THAT IS REAL, WORKS,,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”   1/9/20,  (Across my desk today.)

Today’s Scripture

“He who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” Heb.11:6

What’s in Your Picture Frame?

The greatest key to living a life filled with God’s blessings and favor is to keep God first place in your life. When you make it your highest priority to please Him, you can expect to live a blessed, fulfilled life. Notice who God rewards. Not people who half-heartedly seek Him or who only seek Him when they have a problem. God rewards people who diligently seek Him. Psalm 34:10 adds, “Those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.” When you seek God daily with your whole heart, you won’t be able to outrun the good things of God. God has a reward that’s just waiting to be released to you, but you have to meet the demands of the reward. God makes it so easy: “If you will just seek Me—if you will get up in the morning and thank Me, read My Word, and make an effort to please Me—I will give you the reward.”

A Prayer for Today

“Father, thank You that I can come to You by faith, knowing that as I seek You, You will reward me. Thank You for the blessings and favor that are mine as I keep You first place in my life. I believe that I will lack no good thing. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

My Thoughts:
The whole of God’s Creation is made and held together by faith.  Like Hebrews 11 teaches us that “FAITH” is both substance and evidence. Our Creator God is in the process of trying to teach us how faith really works.  But often we say we believe in God,  (Intelligent design,)  but in our efforts and life we totally ignore HIM and what HE has given us to find in HIM.  And even when we know exactly what HE wants of us, we go and find something else to do.  So basically at most we usually have a touch of head understanding but not Heart Faith and that really does not work. And then we blame God when our buildings fall apart.

Of course the head is the gateway to the heart.  Truth in, truth out,  Junk in,  junk out.  As a person really thinks in their heart of hearts that is who they really are.  We are instructed that true faith comes by ingesting the Word of God.   So where is your comfort zone.  There is an old song called “Charity” that says,  “Love sings, when Jesus prevails.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgHXvOzqPMQ   When Jesus prevails in your life do you feel like singing?  1 Cor. 13 is a great chapter on the nature of God for us to consider along with the 11th Chapter of the Book of Hebrews.  So every day, we are encouraged to keep the Holy Spirit in the primary place of helping us in deciding what to do with the day.  The enemy and our friends and even our family will come with other things for us to do.  And if we go with our emotions or our flesh the time is wasted.  

Here are a few scriptures to consider for your time:   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.5:1-3,   “Therefore He says, Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine (make day dawn) upon you and give you light.¹⁵ Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and witless, but as wise (sensible, intelligent people),¹⁶ Making the very most of the time [buying up each opportunity], because the days are evil.  Eph.5:14-16.   Furthermore, brethren, we beg and admonish you in [virtue of our union with] the Lord Jesus, that [you follow the instructions which] you learned from us about how you ought to walk so as to please and gratify God, as indeed you are doing, [and] that you do so even more and more abundantly [attaining yet greater perfection in living this life].  ² For you know what charges and precepts we gave you [^[b]on the authority and by the inspiration of] the Lord Jesus.  ³ For this is the will of God, that you should be consecrated (separated and set apart for pure and holy living): that you should abstain and shrink from all sexual vice,  1 Thess. 4:1-3  

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

GOD’S PLANS FOR YOU,  “WORTH CONSIDERING”   1/7/20,  (Across my desk today.)

Today’s Scripture

“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago…”    (Ephesians 2:10, NLT)

Fully Loaded

When God created you, He put in you everything you need to fulfill your destiny. God is precise. He’s intentional down to the smallest detail, and when He laid out the plan for your life, He studied it carefully. He thought about what you would need, and what it would take to get you there, then He matched you with your world. He gave you the talent you need, the creativity, the strength. You’re the right size, and you have the right looks, the right personality, and the right family. Now don’t go around feeling shortchanged, as though somehow you’re lacking, you didn’t get enough, or you can’t do what others can do. You are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race that’s been designed for you. Be who God created you to be. You have something to offer the world that nobody else has. Let your gifts shine. You are an original masterpiece.

A Prayer for Today

“Father, thank You that You created me as a masterpiece down to the smallest detail of what I would need to fulfill Your plan for my life. Thank You that I am fully loaded for the race that’s been designed for me. I declare that I am Your original creation. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

My Thoughts:
Yes, The above is very true.  But the problem is that your family, friends, folks at work & church may not tuned into what God has given you.  They are, many times, tuned into what the enemy wants to bring of your life in his jealous rage against GOD and HIS Creation.  Pride and Envy will do this every time.  Lucifer’s Remarks as recorded are very telling as to attitude.  Isaiah 14:12:    How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!¹³ For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:¹⁴ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.*¹⁵ Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.¹⁶ They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;  And also in Ezekiel 28 was given to write this:The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,  ² Son of man, say,  Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,¹² Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.¹³ Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.¹⁴ Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.¹⁵ Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.¹⁶ By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.¹⁷ Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.¹⁸ Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

So make note of the attitudes that God does not like and take them to Jesus to be dealt with.   Only Children in Love, Humility and Obedience make it into the Kingdom of God to be HIS family.  God’s purpose and vision is by HIS grace to help us to want to and become like Jesus.  Jesus is the first born among many.  And we have been invited.  But getting ready to attend the Marriage Feast of the Lamb of God does take some prep work for us to do.  And who is the fire in verse 18,  HIS True Church.

*  Think about it,  these verses state that the lucifer felt he knew more that God does.  This is exactly what we do when we take scripture out of context and twist it to support what our flesh wants to do.  We use the Name of GOD in vain to support our vanity.  And we break one of the big 10.  The Bible interprets the Bible,  it is not a matter of personal or progressive interpretation.

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

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ALOHA FAMILY & FRIENDS,  Beloved of God,   Revelation 22

DNA OF GOD,    “WORTH CONSIDERING”   1/3/20,   (Across my desk today.)

Today’s Scripture

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here”  2 Cor. 5:17

Who’s Your Father?

A while ago there was an advertisement for DNA testing that asked the question, “Who’s the father?” They can take your DNA, and out of the billions of people on earth, the chances of your DNA matching someone who’s not your family are so small that it’s inconceivable. In a similar way, when you gave your life to Christ, the Scripture talks about how you became a new creation. You were born into a new family. Imagine that somehow they could take a sample DNA from your heavenly Father, then a sample DNA from you, and run all the tests. The good news is that it would come back a perfect match. Proven beyond all doubt, you are God’s child. You have His spiritual DNA. Don’t you dare go around thinking that you’re average. Your Father created worlds. You come from a royal bloodline. There’s nothing too much for you. You can accomplish your dreams.

A Prayer for Today

“Father, thank You for being my Father and breathing Your life into me. Help me to quit believing the lies that say I’ve reached my limits. I believe and declare that I am a child of the Most High God, and I’m stepping up to the next level. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

My Thoughts:
Humanity was all in Adam in the Creation of Adam.  In the Bible, Adam is listed as a son of God. Lk.3:38.    But Adam renounced that citizenship and choose to be adopted by the fallen angle lucifer, the god of this world.   And Adam took us with him into pride, rebellion and darkness.  You see, in Adam the Creator had also placed a freewill because that is part of GOD’S DNA.  Only with freewill can love exist.  And so for the past 6,000 years of world history, at the core,  it has been about the souls of mankind in giving each of us an opportunity to reverse that original decision of Adam.    Every step of the way has been a decision for humanity between the Light and the Darkness.  Every day you and I are in the valley of decisions as to following Adam or Jesus.   Christ Jesus was the fist to totally break open that Adamic DNA and make it possible for us to totally go for the LIGHT.   He became the 2nd Adam.  And HIS Victory in life and death has given us the opportunity to also restore our original DNA.  We can now change our citizenship from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light as we still have a free will.  We can decide to LOVE God or love our Adamic nature.   We can be king of our life and walk in darkness or we can make Christ Jesus the king of our lives and walk in light.  A decision of this kind only takes seconds to make but then then it has to be reinforced as long as we live. That is why it is so important to know the Holy Scriptures as it is our guide book.   So to be in Christ means a total change of life direction.  So if anyone be in Christ (for real) they obviously will be a new creation and the old things will be passing away and all things will becoming new.  GOD’s original vision was to create us in HIS IMAGE & LIKENESS.  That has never changed.  So how are you doing?  Our Creator really wants to heal and restore your DNA to be able to perfectly live with HIM for eternity.  But is is up to you.

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

worthybrief@worthynetwork.com      Christian News
Earliest Christian church in sub-Saharan Africa discovered in Ethiopia
Researchers have discovered what is thought to be the oldest church in sub-Saharan Africa in Ethiopia, allowing scholars to now reliably date the spread of Christianity to the continent to the Constantinian era.
Christians in India dragged to jail and charged with illegal medicine for healing prayers
Christians in central India accused of illegally practicing medicine spent Christmas Eve and Christmas in jail, later discovering that the charges against them applied to prayers for healing in which they had engaged.
Chinese Christians on the mainland punished for Hong Kong protests
Officials in China are extremely threatened by the involvement of Christians in recent mass protests in Hong Kong, with many churches on the mainland pinned for supposed extremism in recent months for their association with Christians in the Special Administrative Region.
Trump admin condemns imprisonment of Chinese pastor Wang Yi, calls for his release: ‘We are alarmed’   The Trump administration has condemned the imprisonment of Wang Yi, pastor of one of China’s best-known unregistered house churches, calling it another example of ‘Beijing’s intensification of repression of Chinese Christians and members of other religious groups.’

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

TOMORROW,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”   1/1/2020  (Across my desk today.)

Today’s Scripture

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland…”   (Isaiah 43:18–19, NIV)

New Beginnings

We’ve all had negative things happen to us. People did us wrong, the company let us go, someone was rude to us. It’s easy to go through life carrying offenses, trapped in self-pity, blaming ourselves and others. Because we’re always looking back, reliving the negative, we end up carrying around emotional baggage that weighs us down. One of the best things you can learn to do is drop it. Whether it happened twenty years ago or twenty minutes ago, don’t carry negative baggage from yesterday into today. Now do your part and let it go. Past hurts occurred once. Don’t let them continue to hurt you by always thinking about them. As long as you’re dwelling on the past, you’re going to miss “the new things” God wants to do. You need to be looking forward to new beginnings. But God will not release new opportunities as long as you’re reliving old hurts and old failures.

A Prayer for Today

“Father, thank You that I can be free from all the negative baggage that comes from carrying past offenses, guilt, and blame. Help me to treat the past as the past, that it’s over. I look forward to the new things You’re doing in my life. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

My Thoughts:
Immediately my mind went to the anointed words of Paul:   “Not that I have already obtained it [this goal of being Christlike] or have already been made perfect, but I actively press on ^[a] so that I may take hold of that [perfection] for which Christ Jesus took hold of me and made me His own. ^13 [b]Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have made it my own yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I press on toward the goal to win the [heavenly] prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.  Phil.3:12-14…     It is so very obvious that, if allowed, the things of the past can greatly impact and limit our future.  Every day, can be a new beginning if we have the faith to allow for it.  it is in the LORD’s Hands to bring judgment and to redeem us from destruction as in the Psalms 103:4-6:  “⁴ Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;⁵ Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.⁶ The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

So it would seem that we need to treat each and every soul….. with God’s Love as we are HIS ambassadors.  As  for many the only Jesus they will ever see is the one that they can clearly see in US.   We need to leave behind our old attitudes and hurts if we want GOD”S Favor and Blessings and to be used by HIM.  As He must treat us  in the very same way that we treat others.  Sowing and Reaping It is a supernatural spiritual law of this Universe that the Creator want’s us to learn about that law.  In Him, there is always  balance and reciprocity.  Like in Adam we all die so to in Christ Jesus we shall all be made alive.   In Adam we let lucifer in and in Christ Jesus we (HIS Church)  get to boot him out.  The wages of sin is death but the gift of GOD is eternal life through Christ Jesus our LORD.  Forgiveness is absolutely necessary for us to find the balance in GOD’s great love for us.  Otherwise we get plugged up and run in circles drounding in our own juice.  We get to thinking about past stuff that we can never fix,  And to the point that nothing else can get through. Study through the little books of James and Jude…   Be Blessed in your day,   Ken<><   www.Trinity-Aloha.org

Christian News        (This is headed our way unless we have a U.S. Revival.)
Iranian Christians, charged with “Zionism,” sent to Evin prison, have their bail multiplied for requesting a lawyer  Nine Iranian Christians who had converted from Islam were sentenced to a total of 45 years in prison for “acting against national security” and “promoting Zionism,” as Iran’s Revolutionary court denied the requests of those who asked for lawyers and transferred them to the country’s worst prison.
Translation of ISIS video threatens Christians of the world for killing of al-Baghdadi
A translation from a 56-second video released by the Amaq ISIS news outlet showing the beheading and execution of 11 Christians in Nigeria over the Christmas holiday was provided by the Washington-based SITE Intelligence Group in recent days.    worthybrief@worthynetwork.com