Receive Grace
You are approved by Almighty God! When He created you in His image, He stepped back and stamped His “Made by Almighty God” approval on you. You are the apple of His eye, and His favor surrounds you like a shield. You did not choose God, but He chose you and He is pleased with you—His most precious creation. Notice that verse doesn’t say that God approves you as long as you don’t have any faults or as long as you don’t make any mistakes. No, God approves you unconditionally. No matter how many weaknesses you may think you have today, no matter how many times you fall, you’ve got to get right back up again and hold your head high. Don’t allow the enemy to bring strife into your life by deceiving you into thinking that you are not “good enough.” Stand strong in your thoughts about yourself, knowing that not only have you been chosen, but you are approved by Almighty God.

A Prayer for Today
“Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your promise of grace in my life. Thank You for unmerited favor and empowering me through Your Word. I receive Your grace right now and invite Your love to flow through me today. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.”

My Comments:
Simply, in this verse, Jer.1:5,  God is speaking to Jeremiah and telling him that in HIS dimension of time less Eternity and through HIS Foreknowledge,  Rom.8:29 that God saw Jeremiah’s life even before the creation of the universe and consecrated and confirmed him in what God knew that he would do.  This God also did the same with Christ Jesus and all of the Elect,  past, present and future.  And all of this was based upon what God knew before it came to pass.  Before the fist energy went into making the first atom GOD know the ultimate detailed results in creating HIS ETERNAL KINGDOM FAMILY.  The Architect with the plans prior to the completion of the building.

Matt.7:21-23:   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.  ²² 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?  ²³ And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

James 2:16-18:   And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

¹⁷ Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.  ¹⁸ Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.  ¹⁹ Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

Any questions, get back to me.   Love to all in Christ Jesus,  Ken<><

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ALOHA FAMILY AND FRIENDS,  Beloved of God…

WORTH CONSIDERING   3/21/19  (This is possible one of the most profound teaching from Joel Osteen.)

Today’s Scripture
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”  (Proverbs 4:23, NIV)

Guard Your Heart
Your eyes, ears and mouth are all gateways to your heart. What you watch and listen to goes into your heart whether you realize it or not. Similar to a computer, what you allow into your heart programs your thinking and words, which ultimately determines the direction of your life. Indeed, your thoughts determine actions, attitude and self-image. You can guard your heart by being extremely careful about what you watch and listen to. But beyond that, you have to guard your heart against bitterness and bad attitudes. The Bible says that out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. That means your words show where your heart is. Take inventory today of what you are saying, watching and listening to. As you guard your heart and mind, the springs of life within in you will flow freely, and you will live in the abundance the Lord has in store for you.

A Prayer for Today
“Heavenly Father, today I submit my mind and heart to You. I choose to guard my heart and ask that You guide and direct my everyday choices. Purify me by Your spirit so that life will flow from me in every area. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.”

My Comments:
All that has been created in the universe is the product of faith.  The Bible teaches that all of the atoms are held together by the WORD of GOD’s FAITH.  And  that The Great Creator is seeking to teach us how to become in HIS IMAGE,  Gen.1:27.   So Real Faith is how we enter into HIS dimension of eternity.  This is the application of HEART FAITH,  Rom. 10:9-10.  In fact in Heb.11:1,  Paul teaches us that faith is both substance and evidence.  So if you want to move into God’s Dimension of Eternity to light speed you will have to come into a deep, deep understanding of how that faith works from the heart.  Fact is,  I am still learning on this one.

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

ALOHA FAMILY AND FRIENDS,  Beloved of God:   John 3:16,   12:24-26,  17:20-26

Today’s Scripture
“…For I alone am God! I am God, and there is none like me. Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish.”  Isa. 46:9-10
(Isaiah 46:9–10, NLT)

Trust God’s Wisdom
Many people pray very boldly for things that never come to pass; it’s only later that they realize what a blessing it was that God did not answer their prayer! It’s easy to look at our current situation and wonder why that relationship didn’t work out, why the promotion went to someone else, or why the business deal fell through. We can only see one moment at a time, but God knows how today’s situations will impact us tomorrow, next week, or even ten years from now! Sometimes the best thing that can happen to you is the exact opposite of what you want to happen at the time. God knows the end from the beginning, and He always has the sequence of events in your life in perfect order. Stay in faith and trust that just as God opens doors, He also closes doors because He has something better in store for you. You’re about to see new growth, new talents, new opportunities.

A Prayer for Today
“God, I’m so glad that You have the infinite wisdom to take perfect care of me. Give me the ability to rest in Your wisdom and not rely on my own. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.”

My Comments:   Ken<><
OK, so folks who can not tell the difference between GOD, our own voices or the enemy are getting a lot of  NO’S,  I would expect that.  So a lot of time goes up in wasted UN-anointed prayer time that does not work and in fact is in a wrong direction.   And then it seems that the blame goes on GOD for us being hard of hearing and listening to the wrong voices.  So seems to me that if our prayers are not being answered then we need to better find the will of God so we can be in good unity with HIM.  Jesus prayed for us to find this out in John 17.  Take a bit of time and study HIS prayer.  It is a prayer that will totally come to pass even the versus 20-26 Unity part which seems so unlikely. 

So let’s take a moment to consider just a few verses on what Jesus teaches concerning Prayer:
Matt. 21:13,  …”It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Matt.21:22, …”And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.”
Luke 22:45, …”And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow.”

And further what the disciple learned from Jesus about prayer.
Acts 2:42, …”And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.”
Acts 6:4,…”But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.”
Rom.10:1, …”For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
Rom>12:12,…”Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.”
Eph.6:18, …”Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.”

This is really a great study with many many other scriptures to consider.  So, personally, 1st I feel that there is personal prayer and unified prayer.  The Word tells us to take time to be private and personal so that you can be flat footed honest.  And also to pray with and for each other.  2nd,  Prayer is simply talking to GOD and giving HIM space to talk to you.  So 3,  You need to get to know HIS voice,  HE already knows yours and what you call HIM in your comfort zone is not important.  But that you can know what to pray for, comes from HIM. 

I watched the War Room again concerning prayer with some friends and I liked the idea of pasting the requests upon the wall with an empty box in the beginning to be able to check when the prayer was answered.  What a faith builder.  The room idea was nice but not essential.  A 3 x 5 note pad in the pocket could do the same thing anywhere.  And it is amazing once you walk through that door of Holy Spirit Initiated Prayer how comfortable it gets to just talk to God all day long.  When I am alone driving,  for me that is a good time for me to pray and some times I get into Worship and singing in the Spirit and have a great time.  Much to much of a private person to do so otherwise unless the Holy Spirit kicks me out of my comfort zone.  I have been  toying with putting a Jesus sticker <>< on the back of my truck.  But some one might just call 911.  But can still drive OK, if you are concerned.  Of course could miss my next turn.

1  John 5:13-15, puts it this way

¹³ These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.  ¹⁴ And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:  ¹⁵ And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

So our Creator God is very interested for you and me to learn to know HIS voice and HIS will.  And within that blessing to ask and receive.  And it is not a form, written words from a book, a marathon, traditions, positions or anything external at all.   Answered Prayer simple comes out of HIS great love for them who LOVE and OBEY Christ Jesus as LORD and SAVIOR and then learn to talk to HIM from the heart in loving faith. Also HE has a wonderful sense of humor.  Cracked me up today over something that we were talking together about but it was personal….  I could sense HIM laughing as well.   Yours, in HIS great love,  Ken<><   www.Trinity-Aloha.org

(There is a link in www.Trinity-Aloha.org  to all of the previous “Worth Considerings.”)

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Many years ago, the Lord told me that for me, self-promotion was illegal. I’ve wrestled with the implications of that word from Him ever since. For the sake of profitability for the publishers who produce my books, I’m required to do some promotion of my own, but there are limits. I’ve pondered what the apostle Paul had to say in Philippians 3:8 when he spoke of all that he had given up. He wrote: “Yes, certainly, I count everything as loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have forfeited the loss of all things and count them as rubbish that I may gain Christ.”

“Rubbish” in the original Greek is actually a rather strong profanity that illustrates the depth of what the apostle wanted to communicate about the wonder of really knowing and experiencing Jesus. For this, he would pay any price.

In light of this, and after suffering some very painful losses of my own, I’ve come to the following conclusion in the form of a question: How many of us in Christian leadership are focused on building our careers at the expense of a focus on intimacy with our Lord? How many of us raise and spend large sums of money to promote and build large ministry organizations with all the glitz and glamour, but fail to promote a very simple focus on Jesus? How accessible to the average believer have we actually made intimacy with Jesus? How many barriers have we unwittingly erected by serving the star system based on the image of the spiritual hero on the platform or the television show?

I saw in a vision during prayer the hand of God grasping the trunk of a tree and shaking it with such power that a rain of debris was falling from it. The Lord Himself interpreted it: “The day is coming when I will shake out the dead limbs and the dried fruit, leaders who lead where I have not led and prophets who speak the profane, watered-down messages of peace when there is no peace. I have hovered over My people lightly. I am about to descend in storm and great shaking. Some will fall. Others will rise. Some who were unknown are about to be known. I am making a tall tower to proclaim My truth. All men will see and be vexed at My outpouring of grace and love. You will be surprised at the fall of many, but I have preserved My servants for such a day as this. A day of release, a day of mercy. Where mercy exists, the power will fall, and My name will be known. The leadership tree is mine to prune, and a pruning is about to unfold, not in judgment, but for increase. Some have already faded away, but I am bringing more. More will fade away and more will come, rising in the brightness of My shining.”

A great shift is coming in the body of Christ, a shaking-out of the tree of leadership. Great ministries that have garnered the attention of the church and the world but failed in humble focus on the heart of Jesus, will fall in days to come. In their place will emerge a new breed immersed in the Father’s love, obsessed with Jesus. While they don’t seek or care for the spotlight or the stage, they will be placed in the spotlight and stand on the stage precisely because they neither seek nor need these things for themselves.

In Matthew 19:12 Jesus made a troubling statement. “For there are some eunuchs who have been so from birth, there are some eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are some eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it.” Ancient kings employed eunuchs to guard their harems because eunuchs would be immune to the temptation to attract the attention of the king’s women to themselves. They would guard the harem and keep it pure for the sake of the king. God seeks spiritual eunuchs in our day who will care for the bride of Christ for the sake of the King of kings, our groom, and will not sample her affections for themselves.

In the same way that the apostle Paul suffered the loss of all things for the sake of knowing Jesus and sharing in everything that Jesus is, God seeks now for humble and broken servants and mouthpieces who have nothing left to lose. They’ll be given great ministries with broad impact precisely because they don’t need great ministries with broad impact. Their singular desire will be to see the name of Jesus lifted up—not their own—and the bride of Christ in love with Him. These will deliver a pure word, and these will have God as their promoter. Our Lord is looking for friends, not handlers. The genuine, not the show. The heart, not the performance.

Hello Ken I would like to ask your help in starting a prayer chain for my wife. She was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia this week. She will be admitted Monday for treatment. Any and all prayers welcome.   Shane Johnson