Monthly Archives: October 2015

2 Thessalonians

Stand, Hold & Proclaim

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Traditions.

Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary reads that traditions may be good or bad, true or false. [source] We agree. We have experienced the good, the bad, the true and the false. He goes on to reference Scripture. The very Scripture I am about to address here.

15 Therefore, brothers, stand firm; and hold to the traditions you were taught by us, whether we spoke them or wrote them in a letter. [source]

Today’s culture war demands that we Christians forsake our traditions. Long held traditions that have defined home, family, life, death, and eternity.  Verse 15 gives me strength; it’s a strong tower for me to run to for support; it’s a holy, loving command from our GOD. The GOD who breathed His traditions (doctrines) to His 40 Penman over a span of thousands of years.  Click HERE and HERE for more details. 

We dare not succumb in this war on GOD.

Let us Stand, hold and proclaim TOGETHER. 

Until Next Time ~ ~ ~ Kathie
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While We Can

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A few words. The same words. Again and again they present themselves for my consideration. They challenge me. They interest me. And they beg to be shared.

While you can flood your world with every word exalting JESUS (YESHUA) that you can. Tell your friends. Urge your friends to do the same (the reason for this post). With whatever media within your sphere of influence saturate it with all things honoring the LORD. Saturate your world with His Truth in all the ways available to you. While you can, flood your world with Scripture, Messages of hope and laughter and goodness and kindness, Songs and Music that Honors The LORD, Hero Stories, Blog posts encouraging holy living, forgiveness, mercy, grace, ALL things to tell your world that GOD is and He is good! While we can, Folks. While we can make Him known! 

For Now ~ ~ ~ Kathie
Christian Living, The Loft

Praying ‘n’ The Loft

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House of Prayer. That’s what JESUS said the Temple (for us Church) was to be. He was quoting from Isaiah 56:7.

Isaiah 56:7 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

7 I will bring them to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”

House of Prayer. A place where people gather and pray. Together. But you know what? We are the CHURCH. So any two or more can gather anywhere in HIS NAME and HE will be present with them. HE said so. See Matthew 18:20. (HE is present when even one prays :) but for the purposes of this piece, I am speaking of a gathering of at least one more.)

The Loft: A weekly Hangout and Link Up for Christian bloggersGraphic by Kerry Messer 

Today’s LOFT subject is prayer.
A matter of thought that has been rolling around in my heart/mind for a few years as the MAIN practice that would change the world, beginning with our Local Congregations of The Body of Christ – The Church.
Real prayer. I mean gathering for the expressed and practiced purpose of praying. Aloud. Together. For the Church. For the Lost. For the Nation. For the World. For one another.

Many Churches still have Prayer Meeting on Wednesday night. I attended one last night. We gathered, we fellow-shipped, we shared prayer requests, a prayer was offered, the Pastor spoke, another prayer was offered, we fellow-shipped a little more and we went home. I am grateful for those prayer meetings, but such prayer meetings will not change a local assembly of believers, or a community, or city, or state, nation or world. It will take more.

I was privileged about a decade and half ago to be a part of a very special group of prayer-s. It was a season of struggle and deep sorrow for me and yet then and now a most treasured juncture. Memories to this day are precious and honored.  We were 20 to 25 strong, gathering each Sunday evening. We fellow-shipped (for an hour or so) at various homes over a meal, sometimes a big spread, other times just sandwiches, chips and dessert; and then we prayed. Individually all around the room, one after the other we poured out our hearts before GOD and each other. It was a safe group. A group GOD had called together. To my knowledge there was nary a betrayal of confidence, even to this day.  We’d meet around 5:00 in the early evening and reluctantly break to go home around 9:00 that night.

Those prayer gatherings, that communion, that power in prayer I have not known in recent years — but I want to. I believe it is the answer to our ails. I believe if we are to see revival; if we are to see an awakening in the Christian Church it will take praying together all over Christendom.

 And so it is for this I pray. Sometimes in my ‘war room’, sometimes written in my prayer journal, sometimes on this computer screen, sometimes walking about, sometimes with others, praying for more others to join in. 

Until Next Time ~ ~ ~ Kathie