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ACROSS MY DESK,  REALLY A PROFOUND THOUGHT.   

 LIKE TO BUILD BRIDGES OR BLOW THEM UP?

PRAYING FOR YOUR ENEMIES OR HOPING THEY WILL GET THEIRS?

CONCERNED ABOUT THE SOULS OF THE LOST OR IS THAT SOME ONE ELSE’S JOB?

EVER BEEN A GOOD SAMARITAN WITH SOME ONE WHO COULD NOT PAY YOU BACK?

LIVING ON EARTH LIKE IT WILL LAST FOREVER,  OR BUILDING FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD?

IF YOU GOT ARRESTED AS A CHRISTIAN, WOULD THERE BE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CONVICT YOU?

 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.  11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?  12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?  13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?  Luke 11:10-13….  John 3:16-21,  John 8   Good Study…

Be Blessed in your day,   Ken<><

DREAMS & VISIONS

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ALOHA FAMILY AND FRIENDS,  Beloved of God,   John 3:16,  Rom. 10:9-10

DREAMS & VISIONS,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”   7/18/19,   (Across my desk this morning.)

Today’s Scripture
His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life…”(2 Peter 1:3, NIV)

It is Finished
It’s easy to get stuck in life thinking you’ve reached your limits. But God wouldn’t have given you a dream without giving you the ability to accomplish it. You have everything you need. Many times the problem is that it’s buried inside. It’s hidden treasure. You have gifts and talents that you’ve not tapped into yet. There is potential that is waiting to be released. When God laid out the plan for your life, He deposited in you the skill, the wisdom, the creativity; everything you need to fulfill your destiny. Now here’s the key: it’s not what you have in you that matters; it’s what you get out. If you’re going to reach your highest potential, you have to tap into that hidden treasure. Now the challenge is, “don’t die with the treasure still on the inside.” You have something to offer this world that nobody else can offer. You are unique, one of a kind. You are anointed to be you. Be confident in who God made you to be, knowing that you have what it takes to step into the fullness of your destiny.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for Your faithfulness in my life. I thank You that You will complete what You’ve started in my life. Today I choose to put my trust in You knowing that a shift is coming. I declare that Your will be done in every area of my life in Jesus’ name! Amen!”

My Comments:
The first thoughts that come to mind go back to Proverbs:  18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.  In other words,  our vision or lack of vision controls our action but four vision also must include the Truth  of God, for us,  as found in the New Testament. 

When I was a kid in school in the 1st grade I found that I was rather good looking and that the girls were very interested.  I made friends with two twin blond curly haired girls that were beautiful and remember walking around at recess holding hands with both.  Their boy admirers took offense and beat me up.  And then,  worse, all the kids began to call me “cannot” rather that Kenneth.  That drastically effected my feelings about myself and rather turned me into an introvert.  We have all had situations like that.  I even see it in marriages today where one spouse tries to keep the other in tow and under control with condemnation.  Never a positive word less they should get out from under control and become dangerous to the status quo. 

But the LORD is not like that.  His vision for us to to help us to become like Jesus.  The word is “like” not the “same as.”  We are all unique and designed for different purposes.  If we find out from the HOLY SPIRIT what we were designed for and get HIS vision firmly in our heart, we will be happy campers.  And if we find the right life partner with the same vision it makes us 5 times stronger than only being by ourselves.

So how do we get to where our vision is alive and from God from where we are now.  It is simple,  it is through child like humility and obedience in ingesting the Word of God and allowing the authority that GOD has blessed to assist us.  Godly authority truly watches for our souls to be found in Christ Jesus and connected to HIM.  God Authority is into Kingdom Building and not Empire Building.   It is simple but not easy.  Our Adamic nature does not die easily.   It take a good strong vision from God and the power of the Holy Spirit to be able to take our Adamic lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and pride of life and throw them into a casket and nail the lid shut.  Of course, in the resurrection, this Adamic nature will finally and totally be separated from us to never rule over us again,  ever.  Romans 6 –  8  …  But for our life time, it is a daily battle and an exercise of our freewill.  And only with a strong vision for HIS KINGDOM come, can we make it.  “What does not kill you, only makes you stronger.”  The Church that is finally “Raptured” will be powerful.  Rev. 12:11….  and a perfect match for Christ Jesus as LORD.

Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy,   Ken<><
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PROPHESY

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Aloha Dear Saints of God, 
I Received the following in my mail this morning and thought that Friday evaning we might spend some time on Biblical Prophesy,  (Eschatology)  if that would be of interest to you.  Of course we are open to any and all questions at any time.   Frankly,  from GOD’s point of view I believe we may  still a separate Kingdom that is occupied.  If true, this prophesy may not include Hawaii.  But we still need a very strong Holy Spirit Revival of Righteousness in Hawaii to avoid a major judgment.   Puna may just be a foretaste of what is ahead if we do not wise up and become Spiritually sensitive.  “The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness.”   is a very valid observation by the former Alii of Hawaii. 

Hawaiian History,  a quick read:  http://trinity-aloha.org/history_trinity/history/index.htm
Learning what happened in 1819 is a must.   Hawaii is the uttermost part of the earth from Jerusalem.

And it has been a peaceful week.  Sue has gone off to a conference in Florida yesterday, and will be gone for about 3 week.   But I do have some help staying with me so not home alone.  Hope to see you tomorrow evening…. about 6.      Yours, in HIS great love,  Ken<>< 
 ( Have attached my notes on The Revelation,  if interested.)

FALL OF BABYLON – a VISION 

by Darren Smith (1 Jun 09).    The Lord kept me up most of the night bringing a word for me to   share and to share now. Many times I wait until I have prayed over   what I hear in my spirit, but I can't wait to send this word out.            Last night while praying before I went to bed, The Lord gave me a   vision that really rattled me. In the vision I saw this land split into   four parts with each one under its own flag. Each region had terrible  destruction and many people were dead. As I looked over the   destruction I was crying and the Lord asked me, "Why are you   crying over the fall of Babylon? As a matter of fact, why have you   been praying for the healing of Babylon?"    In this vision I didn't have an answer and the Lord opened a scroll   and started reading off the indictments against our country, but   before each one he clearly called the USA Babylon.            The list was long and to the point, with such points as the killing   of several generations of unborn children. Beside this charge He   added that these babies had been sacrificed to the god of self. The   list also included greed, idolatry, pride, fornication, and many others,   so many I could not even read them all.       As I looked at the list of charges I was overwhelmed and broken   by the fact that we live every day in a nation that is so far removed   from God and in total opposition to the Kingdom of God, yet we are   comfortable here. We have become just like Lot living in Sodom,   the prosperity that the nation offers us has blinded us from the evil   that rules this land. We complain about how bad it is but still stay  attached to it with every ounce of strength we have.            The Lord told me to look at the nation as He sees it, not through   my eyes but through His. I could not look too long before I had to   agree and repent of loving Babylon. Once I repented the Lord told   me to prepare for the fall as time is running out. I must preach the   Gospel of The Kingdom not the Gospel of America...     Civil unrest will become common place in large cities first but will   spill over into the rural areas as well... Natural disasters will stretch   the resources of the nation to the breaking point and the government   will use this to take freedom away...     In this vision there was a great wasteland that appeared to be in   the center of the nation where everything was wiped out and I saw   masses of people wandering without direction. They were dirty and   ragged, almost dead and there was no relief in sight.  Most of you   reading this think I'm crazy I'm sure, but I must be faithful to share   what I'm given to share.            The Lord told me to cry from the mountain tops to repent and seek   the Lord now!! We don't have any more time to seek after the things   of this world... We must stop living like we have all the time in the   world. We must stop crying over the fall of Babylon and press   into the Kingdom.    MODERATOR:  Andrew Strom,  PO Box 69-091,  Glendene,  Auckland 0645,  New Zealand.

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GOODNESS

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

GOODNESS,    “WORTH CONSIDERING”    (Across my desk this morning.)

Today’s Scripture
…He sends forth [rains], and they overwhelm the land or transform it.” (Job 12:15, AMPC)

A Flood is Coming
Sometimes on the news, the weatherperson will announce that we’re under a Flash Flood Warning. That means conditions are ripe for possible flooding. Water could get out of its normal boundaries. It could overflow and increase in such a way that drainage and bayous are overwhelmed. Just like that weather person, I’m here to announce that you’re under a Flash Flood Warning today. Conditions are just right. You’ve honored God. You’ve been faithful. You’ve passed the test. Now God is saying, “There’s about to be a flood of My goodness, a flood of new opportunity, a flood of healing, a flood of goodness that breaks to where you are overwhelmed with My favor. It’s beyond your expectations. It puts you into overflow.” Today, get ready! Get your expectancy up. Be on the lookout for His goodness because a flood of favor is coming your way. When God opens up the floodgates of His divine power, nothing can stop it!

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for flooding me with Your goodness, favor and mercy. I set my heart and mind on You today, and I’m ready to receive every blessing You have in store for me in Jesus’ name. Amen.”

My Thoughts:
We all like to be blessed like at a birthday or Christmas when we were young.   And still today I get blessed when the LORD sets the signals so I pass through without stopping.  One  time I went through 9 green lights in a row with all my turns.  Or I get the #1 parking spot right in front of the store.  I especially hate strife and stress so it is a great day when peace prevails and the tools I need are easy to find.   

So how do we enter in to the blessed space with GOD?   We enter in by finding and keeping HIS commandments which are given for our blessings.  Really,  GOD,  wants to bless us.  Paul puts it this way in Rom.8 32   He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?  33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.  34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.  35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?  36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.  37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.  38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Reading the chapters of Romans 6, 7 & 8,  would be a good idea if needing a blessing today.  You see the choice is ours.  If we really ingest Rom. 8:10-14 we will find the “Keys To The Kingdom”10   And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.  11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.  12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.  13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify ( put to death) the deeds of the body, ye shall live.  14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

So GOD especially blesses those who walk with HIM through the HOLY SPIRIT.   And this is totally different than walking in the lusts of the flesh, lust of the eyes and pride of life that is normal in this world.  Our life time is a time of testing as to where we really want to live for eternity.  If we choose to live in GOD’s Kingdom of Light and Righteousness there is Blessing.   If we choose to honor this world’s system with it’s wants, desires and lies there is poverty of spirit and ultimately a rejection by GOD and the loss of living with HIM and all that HE has created. 

Soon the testing will be complete and all of God’s Elect will have been gathered.  Then the earth will be totally cursed and trashed for 7 years for rejecting GOD’s Salvation in Christ Jesus.  After this clean up all of the promises that GOD gave to Abraham will come to pass for a 1,000 years.  Then will come a brand new heaven and earth of righteousness.  I like the Hawaiian motto of the kings,  “The Life Of The Land is Perpetuated In Righteousness.”

So want to be blessed,  Seek GOD and find out what HE has designed for you to be and do and do it with all your heart.

“There is but one Church (people) of Christ Jesus and all who love and obey HIM are members.”

Yours in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy,   Ken<><    www.Trinity-Aloha.org
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Galatians 5:22

STRENGTH & JOY

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ALOHA FAMILY AND FRIENDS,  Beloved of God,   John 3:16,  12:24-25,  17:20:26,  Eph. 4:11-16

STRENGTH & JOY,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”   7/16/19,  (Across my desk this morning.)

Today’s Scripture
Honor and majesty are [found] in His presence; strength and joy are [found] in His sanctuary.”
(1 Chronicles 16:27, AMPC)

Where Strength and Joy are Found
Do you need more strength and joy in your life? The Scripture tells us that in God’s presence there is fullness of joy, fullness of peace, fullness of victory—the most abundant and complete! That’s where you’re refreshed and restored. And when you have His joy, you have His supernatural strength. There’s nothing that can come against you when you are filled with the strength and joy of the Lord. Notice this verse says that strength and joy are found in His sanctuary. One translation says they are found “where He is.” And do you know “where He is?” His Spirit is alive in every believer, and in His Word, He promises that He inhabits, or manifests, in the praises of His people. That means when you begin to praise and worship God, either corporately in a church setting or privately in your personal time, God is there. You are in His sanctuary. Anytime you feel depleted or overwhelmed, just begin to sing a song of praise to Him. Declare His goodness and faithfulness. Draw near to Him, and He will draw near to you. He’ll fill you with His joy and strength so that you can live as an overcomer all the days of your life!

A Prayer for Today
“Father, I bless You today. I thank You for Your goodness in my life. Thank You for filling me with Your strength and joy. I praise and worship You today in Jesus’ name. Amen.”

My Thoughts:
There are a lot of verses in the Bible concerning Joy,  seems the LORD want to teach us to be full of JOY.
Paul say’s it this way:  10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;  11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;  12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:  Col.1: 

So Joy is connected to obedience, bearing fruit and learning the Word of God…  Then we can overcome with a Romans 8 victory enjoy God’s invitation to go to heaven as saints in light….  Nehemiah put it this way:  ” Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” chapter 8.  So it would seem that the LORD wants us to be happy and share what HE give us.  Matthew writes that the LORD want’s to be able to say to you at the judgment,  “…Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy LORD.  25:21.

So what the problem?  Why are most of us so unhappy?  Seems to me that we miss the Joy of the LORD because the enemy ties our shoe strings together with a bunch of his lies and we believe them and trip all over ourselves.  Think about it.  How much time to we spend in getting things and protecting things that we really don’t need.   We truly have a serious problem in knowing the difference between needs and wants don’t we?   And we get excited about going and doing and return home to wonder why in the world we did that.  Like waking up from a night’s binge to wonder where the money went and what we did with the time.  Or to think we we were the life of a party when really our conversation was only about elevating ourselves with many I’s. 

It is past time to realize that the enemy’s lies steal our Joy which is our strength.  It is time to sort the lies from God’s Truth.  To stop being fearful of missing out on the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and pride of life that passes away.  Paul writes to Timothy,  “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.  2 Tim.1:7.  We need to hang 10,  take 5 and sit down and figure it out.  We need to toss those time stealers that give us no return in the Eternal Kingdom of God.  We need to find out what God says about things rather than making things up and saying GOD said it,
when HE didn’t.   Isaiah 28:5-20 is a good selection of Scripture to see how this works out.

Yours,  in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy,  Ken<><
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STRIFE

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ALOHA FAMILY AND FRIENDS,   Beloved of GOD,   John 3:16

STRIFE,      “WORTH CONSIDERING”    7/15/19,   (Across my desk this morning,  exceptional.)

Today’s Scripture
Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.”
(Proverbs 17:14, NIV)

Stay Above Strife
Too often, people fall into the trap of strife. Someone says something that rubs you the wrong way, and before you know it, there is tension, quarreling and division. The Scripture tells us that strife opens the door to “every evil work.” It’s the enemy’s greatest trap to keep people from living in victory. But you don’t have to fall into the trap of strife, you can rise above it. Today’s verse says that you can simply drop the matter before it turns into something bigger than it needs to be. You don’t have to sink down to somebody’s level and argue with them and try to prove that you’re right. You weren’t put on this earth to correct everybody around you.

If you are going to be all that God’s called you to be, you have to learn to stay above strife. Instead of letting disagreements pull your relationships apart, look for common ground to draw you closer to the people in your life. Look for peace. Look for ways to be a blessing. Stay above strife so you can enjoy your relationships and experience the blessing He has for you!

A Prayer for Today
“Heavenly Father, I choose to stay above strife. I choose to honor You by seeking peace in my relationships. Empower me to walk in love and be an example of Your light everywhere I go in Jesus’ name. Amen.”

My Thoughts:
When I read the above I immediately remembered the verse in Prov.16:7,   When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.  And what Christ Jesus taught in Matt.18:15,   If your brother wrongs you, go and show him his fault, between you and him privately. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.  But it does not stop there….  The whole teaching of the Lord concerns maintaining the Unity of the Faith, in the Bond of Peace.

Obviously, gaining unity will depend upon many factors including our primary viewpoint of why we are here,  where did we come from and where are we going.  If we are secured in that larger dimension of eternity then much in this world will seem rather unimportant except for what facilitates eternal life with our loving Creator.  Our life time on earth is but a speck in relationship to eternity and eternal values.   But for us, if this time experience is only of our earthly vision then we are going to be self centered, egocentric and selfish.  Our little ego will not allow us to be wrong, even when we know that we are wrong. 

So the way up, is the way down as concerns peace and begins with humility (having ears) as a little child and with obedience.  Even Christ Jesus learned obedience through the things that HE suffered and was made perfect in that way.  Heb.5:8-9.   So much of the strife that we experience can be totally avoided if we maintain the loving long view that we are created as eternal souls and a hundred years from now, none of this will matter at all.  Our main energy flow will then go towards becoming ready to experience GOD’s light speed and our Creator’s plans for us in eternity.  We will then see our earthly experience as only a life time opportunity to find and experience being with our Creator for eternity,  Rev. 21    Or we can use up our short existence in time to build our own little temporal castle and be excluded from the light of God’s plans for those who love and obey HIM.  The Holy Scriptures are very clear.   Either we submit it GOD’s authority to rule over us and live in light for eternity or we spend our eternity in the blackness of darkness alone for eternity, Jude 13.  Hope you choose wisely.    Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy,  Ken<><  

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WORDS

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Words   7/11/19     (If you know other scriptures on witnessing, please send them in.)   Ken<><

Matt. 28:19-20,  Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:  20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Mark 16:15,  And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

John 17:20,  Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

Acts 1:8,  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

2 Tim.2:2,   And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.    

Heb. 12:1,   Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Psalm 71:23,  My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

Pwalm 107:2,  Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

Isa. 44:23,  Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.

Isa.. 52:9,   Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

Matt.12:37,  For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Mark 8:38,  If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”

Rev.1:3,   Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.

POWER

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

POWER,   “WORTH CONSIDERING”   7/13/19,   (Across my desk this morning.)

Today’s Scripture
…and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power.”  (Ephesians 1:19, NKJV)

The Greatness of His Power
Paul prayed that we would understand the exceeding greatness of God’s power for those who believe. Notice the power is only activated when we believe. That means right now the Creator of the universe is just waiting to release healing, restoration, favor, promotion and abundance. The only catch is that we have to believe.

I think about Mary, the mother of Christ. When she was a teenager, the angel appeared to her and said, “You’re going to have a child without knowing a man, and He will be the Son of God.” Her first thought was, “That’s impossible. That’s never happened before. That defies the laws of nature.” She said to the angel, “How can this be?” He answered back, “The Spirit of the Lord will come on you and cause it to happen.”

I love the way Mary responded. She didn’t argue with him. She didn’t try to talk herself out of it. She simply said, “Be it unto me even as you have said.” That’s the way we need to be to activate God’s power in our lives.

A Prayer for Today
“Heavenly Father, thank You for exceeding greatness of Your power. Help me to see, to know, to recognize Your hand at work in my life. I choose to believe and open the door for You to have Your way in every area of my life in Jesus’ name. Amen.”

My Thoughts:
One of the last things that Jesus said to HIS disciples was concerning power.  That HE knew that we would need HIS power to get the work done on earth that HE would appoint HIS Church to do.  In Acts 1:8,  “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost (Spirit) is come upon you:  and ye sall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”  (Which, by the way, is Hawaii.  We are at the uttermost distance possible from Jerusalem.)

So consider that these guy were already saved in the Upper Room some 40 days or so past.  So like Paul’s question in Acts 19:2,  “…Have ye received the Holy Ghost (Spirit)  since ye believed?”    In Luke Christ Jesus tells us that this gift of power is for GOD’s Children,  Luke 11:13,  “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children:  how much more shall your heavenly Father give the holy Spirit to them that ask HIM?

Of course you don’t give a kid a loaded gun until you are sure he will use it wisely so there is also a learning curve and an obedience factor.   But once given, the Spirit of the prophet is subject to the prophet, 1 Cor.14:32 but then the Holy Spirit may also be restrained by our lack of faith.  And of course, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of GOD.  Hebrews, chapter 11 is a good faith builder.  So as noted below, when the Holy Spirit is in charge and has us supporting HIM great things begin to happen like the 3,000 men saved on Pentecost.  Now it seems we preach 3,000 sermons and not one gets saved.  So if nothing is happening, it is because the Holy Spirit is not in charge.  God has limited Himself in our affairs to only do what we will allow HIM to do.  HE totally honors our freewill,  faith level and our comfort zone.  This is because only by allowing freewill to be totally free can we learn how to love HIM, ourselves and each other.  Love can not exist outside of freewill.

So if you are attending a powerless gathering Paul writes to Timothy in 1 Tim.3:5,  go some place where they are trying to learn how to walk in the Power of the Holy Spirit.  Of course you need to clean house if you are going to have the Holy Spirit be comfortable in your home.  And you are going to need to accept the change to become more like Jesus Christ as that is HIS vision for you.  And you are going to need to get rid of the squatters living in the attic and basement and allow the Holy Spirit to completely fill your house.  You will need to give the Holy Spirit all of the Keys that belong to all of the doors in your house.   You have been told by the enemy that you have a very small house.  God wants us to know that you have a very big house with lots of room for everything he wants us to learn to do.  We are not special, but we are unique so we need each other and to learn how all of the living stones (Eph.4:11-16) go together so that the world can experience Christ Jesus today.  And we will find joy in the presence of our Creator as did David and Jesus.  Yes Jesus is also a man like us as well.

Written quickly this morning,  may have typo’s….  Yours in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy,   Ken<><   www.Trinity-Aloha.org
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More GREAT QUOTES  -Sermonindex.net    "If you have no wish to bring others to heaven, you are not going  there yourself."  -C.H. Spurgeon    "Earn all you can, save all you can, and then give all you can."  -C.H. Spurgeon    "Aspire to be something more than the mass of church members.   Lift up your cry to God and beseech him to fire you with a nobler   ambition than that which possesses the common Christian-that   you may be found faithful unto God at the last, and may win many   crowns for your Lord and Master, Christ."  -C.H. Spurgeon    "An unholy church! it is useless to the world, and of no esteem   among men. It is an abomination, hell´s laughter, heaven´s   abhorrence. The worst evils which have ever come upon the world   have been brought upon her by an unholy church."  -C.H. Spurgeon    "Isn't it staggering when you think that one sermon on the day   of Pentecost produced 3000 people? And we had some cities   yesterday where 3000 sermons were preached and nobody was   saved. And it doesn't even faze us."  -Leonard Ravenhill    "Can we go too fast in saving souls? If anyone still wants a reply,  let him ask the lost souls in Hell."  -William Booth    "There is nothing little in God."  -C.H. Spurgeon    "In the New Testament church it says they were all amazed -   And now in our churches everybody wants to be amused."  -Leonard Ravenhill.    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    For world news in BRIEF each day:   worthybrief@worthynetwork.com

GOD’S GRACE

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ALOHA FAMILY AND FRIENDS,  Beloved of GOD,  John 3:16    GOD'S GRACE,   "WORTH CONSIDERING"  7/11/19  (Across my desk this morning.)    Today’s Scripture  For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them; but it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, because You favored them."  (Psalm 44:3, NKJV)    The Gracious Hand of God  Have you ever thought about the fact that the victories you saw in your past weren’t just your own doing? When you made it through a difficult time, when you received an unexpected break, when things turned around for no reason, it was because God favored you. You wouldn’t be where you are if the gracious hand of God was not on your life!    Now you may not have as much education as somebody else. But that’s okay. You have an advantage. You have this favor factor. Maybe you don’t come from the most influential family. That’s all right. God’s favor can take you where you cannot go on your own. Deep down you have to know there is something about you that is indefinable. It can’t be measured, can’t be put on paper, and can’t be explained. Other people won’t be able to figure it out. All they know is that you have it. There is something about you they like, something that causes you to succeed. That’s the gracious hand of God.    Today, let this truth sink down deeply into your heart. Don’t be discouraged by what you can see; be encouraged by what you can’t see! Put your shoulders back and go out with faith and confidence knowing that His gracious hand is upon you!    A Prayer for Today  "For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them; but it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, because You favored them."    My Thoughts:  This morning as I set down to write on this the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart and said, "I keep telling you of God's "lOVE" for you as with every soul, but you don't really hear ME."  And I thought about it and said,  "But I do love GOD."  And then I thought, but not how the Holy Spirit is saying it.  When He speaks,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           it is clear....  when I say it it goes though my remaining past filters of rejection, pride, sin and unresolved conflicts. So I get the message that I still have some trash to dump before I can really experience the deep love of God.  And His clear love is what brings me into repentance and loving faith.  We already have all of HIS LOVE and GRACE in Christ Jesus.  But we need to dump our junk in order to make room for GOD's LOVE to penetrate and to fully experience it. This has helped me today to want to "clean to the corners" with the blood of the lamb.      There is so much of Adam's fallen nature shared with us that needs to be converted back to what GOD originally designed for us to be. GOD's original vision was to make us in HIS own image and likeness.  And HE never changes HIS mind.  But it is up to us now as to whether we want to change to be like HIM or not?  Love in Jesus,  Ken<><  O:-)    FROM the PRAYER CLOSET to THE LION'S DEN  by David Wilkerson    The Bible shows a pattern in the lives of all God´s people. In case   after case, when God began to fulfill his promises, the roof seemed to cave in.    Think of Daniel, a handsome, gifted young man who was chosen   to serve in the king´s palace (see Daniel 1:3-6). He pledged   himself to a life of holiness and separation from the world and   was promoted because of his excellence. "Then this Daniel   distinguished himself .... Because an excellent spirit was in him;   and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm"   (Daniel 6:3). But devious men became jealous and devised a   plan to destroy Daniel, resulting in his being thrown into a den   of lions. God intervened and delivered his servant by shutting   the mouths of the lions!    Think of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, three exceptional   young men who were brought to the king´s palace, where they   were made leaders in the government. However, when the king   commanded that everyone bow before his false god, they refused   and were immediately bound and thrown into the fiery furnace   that was prepared for them. All seemed lost until the Son of God   showed up in the fire and delivered them!    And think of Elijah. God gave him a glorious promise of a spiritual   awakening in the land, of an outpouring of abundant rain, and a   new day of victory for God´s people. Wicked Ahab and Jezebel   were to be overthrown and peace was to rule over the realm. But   Jezebel threatened Elijah´s life, the prophets of God were killed,   and the land continued in wickedness and drought. Elijah felt   alone and confused before the promise was fulfilled. Read this   account in 1 Kings 18 and 19.    Do not be deterred by adverse, confusing circumstances in your   life. One does not go from the prayer closet directly to some   mountaintop victory. You may have to go to the lions´ den, or the   fiery furnace, or the valley of confusion. But do not despair! God   is sovereign and the Shepherd is still leading. Your suffering and   confusion will give way to a faith that will never fail - a faith that   has been tried, as gold, in the fire of adversity.    ~Source-    http://world.convio.net/site/R?i=G4lBsEhH42a2lDzQymOq8A    "Speak,  only if it improves upon the silence."   Gandhi    Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy,  Ken<><   www.Trinity-Aloha.org  We are in the process of rebuilding all of our old web files so that they may be seen on the smaller hand held phones and tablets.  The cost is $2,000.  Like to help? Let us know.

CONFIDENCE (FAITH)

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ALOHA FAMILY & FRIENDS,  Beloved of God,  John 3:16,  12:24-26,  17:20-26,  Eph.4:11-16

CONFIDENCE  (FAITH),    “WORTH CONSIDERING”  7/10/19,   (Across my desk this morning.)

Today’s Scripture
Do not throw away your confidence (FAITH), which has a great reward…”(Hebrews 10:35, NASB)

It Has a Great Reward
Have you been praying and believing for something that seems like it’s taking a lot longer than you thought? Many times people can miss God’s best simply because they give up before they see their answer come. Don’t let that be you! Be encouraged today; your answer is closer than you think! If it seems as though things are getting more difficult, remember, when the intensity heats up, that means you are closer to your victory. It always seems darkest just before the dawn appears.

Remember, you serve a faithful God, and He’s working behind the scenes on your behalf. Don’t cast away your confidence today because your reward is coming. And just like a new mother forgets about her labor pain when she is finally holding her newborn, you’ll forget about your struggle when you are holding on to your promise.

While you are waiting, keep an attitude of faith and expectancy. Wake up every morning and say out loud, “I’ve come too far to give up now. My due season is coming. I will reap my harvest.” Stay in faith and look for His hand of blessing because He has promised you victory (Rom.8), and your reward is coming!

A Prayer for Today
“Father in heaven, today I stand believing that You are working behind the scenes on my behalf. Give me Your strength to continue believing until I see Your promises fulfilled in my life in Jesus’ name. Amen.”(Heb.11)

My Thoughts:
There is a bunch of folks believing in a doctrine that,  “Once Saved, Always Saved”   Which from a certain point of view is true.  No one can remove you from God’s LOVE and SALVATION, except you.  Calvin, in his doctrine, ignored all of the “CONDITIONAL” scriptures and only built his doctrine on the scriptures that have to do with God’s DIMENSION in eternity.  He left out all of the “conditional” scriptures like that above that instruct us in our temporary”dimension of time.”  The above subject scripture indicates that you can throw away your faith.  So how is that done?  Simple by letting the world, flesh and the devil seep into to your heart and crowd out  GOD’s Truth from your heart. Paul covers this very quickly in Rom.11:20-21 and many other places in the New Testament.

So the above admonition is great to always keep on the front burner of your life and to remember that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of GOD.  I have ran in to so many prideful Christians that have forgotten humility and obedience and have no ears anymore to be challenged or corrected.  Only Children of heart get into the Kingdom of God.  Matt.18:3,  And Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.   So the Confidence or Faith is not in ourselves but in us having confidence or faith in HIM and what HE did for us on the cross.  Spiritual pride is very destructive and deceiving and can remove our confidence in HIM.  We will not know for sure that we are really saved until we finish our life or course.  Apostle Paul carefully lays this out to Timothy in 2 Tim.4:5-8,   “But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.  6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure (death) is at hand.  7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:  8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.”

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Yours, in HIS great love and wonderful grace and mercy,   Ken<><  O:-)
“THERE IS BUT ONE CHURCH OF CHRIST JESUS AND ALL WHO LOVE AND OBEY HIM ARE MEMBERS.”