Op-Ed by Tonja Condray Klein©09/17/2023

Yep… we’re still here after 09/17/2023! I’m actually thankful since I still feel a calling on my life, saw many souls be saved or rededicated at the Disciple concert in Beavercreek at Today Church, and THEY were WHY we hadn’t left yet since those souls were meant to be saved in this Grace Dispensation BEFORE the Rapture happens. We just don’t know WHEN that last soul will be saved, but THAT should be WHY EACH and EVERY person who loves Jesus Christ should be doing EVERY THING WE SHOULD! The new Disciple album “Skeleton Psalms” is so gripping, convicting, inspiring, energizing, and everything each person needs to be thinking about in this life to see there is SO MUCH MORE FOR any person to understand the AMAZING GRACE that Jesus Christ wants to give to EVERY SINGLE PERSON!

I don’t know where my path is going. I don’t know who my path will intersect with for God Almighty’s plans. I don’t even know if any of the Disciple members I gave my two books to Kevin to share with them have read them or my CD that had my songs has been listened to either. What I do know is that their music and ministry has been a part of my heart ever since I first heard “God of Elijah” so many years ago. “Radical” is my newer favorite that I was up on my feet for and basically jumping, throwing my hands up in the air, and yelling the lyrics with complete abandon. I know some don’t like their style, but I’m telling you right now that I haven’t felt as at peace in years as I did at that concert! I sat on the floor when not standing to watch the groups, and even songs’ music I didn’t even know resonated all through me.

I saw so many older people than even my fifty-one years and Ken’s fifty-five there, and then there were families with little kids wearing protective ear muffs but jamming for Jesus while the parents lifted hands and praised God too. If some of the ‘regular’ churches would get that kind of excitement in their services then we really WOULD have GLOBAL REVIVAL! I sang with the songs I knew and felt the power of the Holy Spirit as people were honest with themselves in front of each other. THAT is what the ‘regular’ churches are missing… HONESTY! Be REAL with each other, act as a healing family, and STOP being a bunch of self-righteous fools! We need to CLEAN HOUSE but LOOK AT YOU first BEFORE condemning someone else. God Almighty knows I have enough flaws that I try to not judge but uplift others.

Kevin shared so much last night that I had to re-examine how I handle certain things in my own life. THAT is the POWER of being REAL with other people who NEED JESUS! NONE of US are perfect, and some of us struggle with as much or even more than those in ministry. THAT is the whole point of coming together – to share, to learn, to love, and to surrender to be empowered again. Christianity is NOT a once and done thing. It is a DAILY thing! Picking up the cross to follow Jesus is a LIFETIME thing. Fighting our own demons that keep trying to interfere with our lives and testimony is another kind of BATTLE that some will lose at times and have to go back to the cross to lay it down another time. It’s so hard for some people to understand that this is an ONGOING situation. NONE of us are RESTORED completely YET.

Whenever and whatever I write ALWAYS extends to ME. I struggle with a lot of things I SHOULD NOT at this point in my Christian life, but the enemy KNOWS our weaknesses and uses them against us EVERY SINGLE TIME we step out to follow the path God Almighty has laid out for us to meet the people we need to intersect with for their or our own good. I don’t know any of the people I met last night, but I gave my website info to one man, and I hope he’ll share with someone that my books or songs can reach. I’m not sure if my Eirinth 3 SEEKING THE LIGHT will be out even by Christmas 2024, but I’m trying to work on some new songs. That is HARD without Ron Short to play instruments and be the male vocalist. Ron is in Heaven now, but I miss him and am still trying to go forward. It’s not easy but I’m trying.

So, no Rosh Hashanah Rapture. Still, I had an awesome time at the Disciple concert and feel energized to get on with my own songs. I also need to finish the outline for the new Historic Paranormal Thriller that I’m writing based on a dream Ken had. It came out of the blue (or fog of Ken talking in his sleep!), so I’ll see where THAT leads me too. Each and every one of us has gifts given for YOU to use for Jesus Christ. You have to ask yourself what you love to do and if that focus can lead them closer to finding Jesus Christ or encourage them in their relationship with Him already. Despite how long we’ve been saved, we each need some encouragement, and that’s what church is SUPPOSED to be about too. With Ken’s knees issue, I’m still bound at home, but we’re trying to get that situation resolved. I’M STILL PRAYING!

I get frustrated at those in church that judge others than I do at those that struggle with past addictions, lifestyles, or things like anger reactions that become mentally programmed responses. THIS is where the church needs to focus on the HEALING of each other. Praying together, reading the Word together, listening to anointed music together. Do you SEE the most important thing? TOGETHER! I don’t have a church anymore because of Ken’s situation and Mom is still ill too, so it’s difficult to do the TOGETHER part. I try to listen to ministers I trust and read emails from them. I LOVE the people I went to church with for the past 41 years and am friends with many on Facebook still. Technology has some down sides, but at least it makes it easier to KEEP IN TOUCH than it used to be! Sunday made me realize how much.

Sometimes we need in-person collective worship and interactions to keep each of us in the right frame of mind and spiritual awareness of Truth when we hear it so we can apply it to our own life. This has been a problem with church since about 1985. We had a resurgence of the Holy Spirit back then but after the initial awakening it fizzled out, but why? How did corporate mindset take over the leadership of churches? THAT is a MAJOR issue that has STOPPED the flow. We need to kick the corporate brainwashing fools to the curb and CALL OUT TO GOD ALMIGHTY TO REFILL OUR CHURCHES WITH HIM! Allow the Holy Spirit INTO your churches! STOP BEING AFRAID! How can you fear the ONE sent to be OUR COMFORTOR? It makes NO sense! Disruptive behavior is NOT the same as a MOVE OF GOD!

So, here we are post Rosh Hashanah 2023. Jesus Christ could come back at any time, but many believe there will be GLOBAL REVIVAL first that we still haven’t seen yet. Do you not know WHY? You should already now. LET GOD MOVE THROUGH PEOPLE WITH HIS HOLY SPIRIT! It is NOT some sham. It is NOT something evil. Anyone who says that the work of God Almighty is from the devil was stated BY JESUS CHRIST as being the unpardonable sin. You don’t have to speak in tongues or dance in the Holy Spirit, but you better NOT be talking against a real Gift used or you will pay the consequences now or at the judgement seat of Christ. People in the world need to experience the real Power of the One True Living God, especially since ‘super heroes’ have become their icons. Jesus Christ is THE Super Hero!

Sooner than any of us might think, Jesus Christ WILL return in the clouds to take out His believers, both Jews and Gentiles. When Jesus Christ comes back to set His feet on the Earth again, THEN the Power of His Deity will be shown to ALL. I’d really love for more people to come to know Jesus Christ as Savior instead of as Reigning King who returns as a conquering Lord against the false king in Jerusalem the anti-Christ. Facing our LOVING SAVIOR will be BETTER than seeing Him for the first time like the Christians and Jewish believers have known all along. I’d rather serve God Almighty of Creation who died to save my soul than God Almighty of Creation I refused to even consider as God at all. That’s just something I want everyone reading this to think about. You still have time to KNOW JESUS. Find Him a prayer away…

“Father God Almighty of Creation, I come to you in the name of Jesus Christ. I believe He is Your Only Son and died for me on Calvary for my sin. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior, Lord, King, and God Almighty the Son and ask for Him to come into my heart to re-establish my connection to the Creator. I repent of my sin and ask for help to begin with this new life He is giving to me by Grace and through Faith in His shed blood on Calvary’s cross. Give Your Gifts as You wish and help me to be the person I was always meant to be. In the name of Jesus Christ I pray, Amen!” You can read the Bible for free online at blueletterbible.org in various translations but I suggest NLT even though I prefer King James. As long as you try to understand the Lord will give you the ability. SEEK HIM! He’s been seeking YOU since before birth!