By Tonja Condray Klein©06/14/2025
One of the greatest issues I have with the so-called Christian churches in 2025 is that they seem to be DEAD. I was saved when I was eight years old, baptized in the Holy Spirit with evidence of Speaking in other Tongues at thirteen, and began teaching children when I was fourteen. I will be 53 on September 1st this year, and I’ve been out of church for seven years now since my mother and husband both got sick and were in the hospital at same time. Mom Vada passed in 2024 after battling cancer since 2018 and finally decided to just move to Heaven to escape her 93 years and receive peace. My husband Ken is currently fighting non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis and trying to get to an acceptable BMI to get his knee replaced since he can barely walk and still needs to get on the liver transplant list as soon as he can after knee replaced.
I’m still in remission with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, PRAISE YESHUA JESUS, but I AM TIRED ALL THE TIME NO MATTER HOW MUCH SLEEP I GET. What is my point? I would be in church IF it was worth the extra time and energy I’ve always used to minister in song or teach youth group for most of the past forty years of my life! I’ve been praying for the Revival to happen, reading books for research for my Christian outreach book, watching church services on cable, and listening to music to keep from getting completely overwhelmed… oh, wait, I’ve been completely overwhelmed for the past seven years! Why? Because the kind of church I used to go to when I was thirteen had POWER there! I’d go and get Supernaturally Revived EVERY SERVICE! The Holy Spirit worked Yahweh’s miracles in 1987!
HE STILL CAN! He just needs a place where people are willing to LET HIM! Where are you, people of God? Are you ALL now part of Laodicea? Is there NO REAL FULL GOSPEL BELIEVERS?!? I’d WALK to a church that allows Yahweh’s Holy Spirit to EMPOWER His People EVERY TIME the church doors opened! I MISS THAT! I’VE KNOWN THAT! I WAS PART OF IT! It was NOT some religious indoctrination… THIS WAS GOD SHOWING UP SUPERNATURALLY! The closest I’ve known that feeling again was at the last Disciple concert in Dayton, Ohio. All ages were there, and even though the music was NOT what ‘religious’ people would approve of, the POWER OF GOD WAS THERE! People got saved and rededicated their lives. Some might have even gotten healed and delivered too.
I keep listening to Disciple, Petra, White Heart, Stryper, and so many other Christian groups that had invigorated my Gen-X generation of believers. WHAT HAPPENED TO US? We were to be the next leaders in churches, but it looks like we walked away and never came back or came back religious but not reinvigorated. WE FAILED! Gen-Y Millennials seem to miss the longing, and Gen-Z is unknown right now. So what does it mean? How about Gen-X needs to be revived and begin turning the church ALL THE WAY AROUND! A Complete 180 with RESTORATION, REVITALIZATION, AND RE-ENERGIZING BY THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT! We NEED to follow the songs of Disciple to get us on the right mindset that God Almighty Yahweh can use by Faith in Yeshua Jesus and Power of His Holy Spirit NOW!
“‘Til the day I die. ‘‘Til day I die. ‘Till the day I die I’ll be a Radical. It’s easy to find one that will compromise but it’s not easy to find one that’s willing to stand. The road to hell is wide, but to heaven it’s a One Way, One Truth, One Life. That’s why we’re not ashamed of the name of Jesus, and we don’t care if the whole world sees us. From our chains He has set us free, and I could never repay what He has given to me. I’ve been radically loved. I’ve been radically changed. By His Grace I have been radically saved, and I’ll live my life no other way ‘Til the day I die. With my heart with my soul, ‘Til the day I die I’ll be a Radical. With my blood with my bones, ‘Til the day I die I’ll be a Radical. It’s easy to find someone that’s willing to die, but it’s not easy find someone that’s willing to live I want to walk in his footsteps even if the world hates me, Be ready to love and not afraid to forgive Never ashamed of the name of Jesus And yeah we want the whole world to see us See He’s burning in our hearts Offering mercy with outstretched arms. I’ve been radically loved. I’ve been radically changed. By His Grace I have been radically saved, and I’ll live my life no other way ‘Til the day I die. With my heart, with my soul, ‘Til the day I die I’ll be a Radical! With my blood, with my bones, ‘Til the day I die I’ll be a Radical. To my friends, to my foes, ‘Til the day I die I’ll be a Radical, with my heart, with my soul, ‘Til the day I die I’ll be a Radical. Not just my mouth but let my hands speak the glory of God, Not just my mouth but let my hands speak the glory of God, Not just my mouth but let my hands speak the glory of God, Not just my mouth but let my hands speak the glory of God. ‘Til the day I die! With my heart, with my soul, ‘Til the day I die I’ll be a Radical! With my blood, with my bones, ‘Til the day I die I’ll be a Radical. To my friends, to my foes, ‘Til the day I die I’ll be a Radical. With my heart, with my soul, ‘Til the day I die I’ll be a Radical!” by RADICAL by Disciple©2014.
The FULL GOSPEL church USED to be EXCITING! Yes, I wore dresses when I got older to fit in better even though I am a jeans and tee-shirt girl, but I would even wear HOSE with a DRESS to church if I KNEW the Holy Spirit was welcomed and visited every service. THAT WAS how it was back then. IT CAN BE AGAIN even in just jeans! We need some RADICAL offerings of praise and worship to let the Spirit reach even the weirdest among those there. God is NOT a one-type cookie-cutter Messiah. Yeshua Jesus wants Jews, Gentiles, Arabs, Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, and all other type of human beings lost in those other religions that will only bring death and destruction in the end. Those in the others can ALL be saved, delivered, healed, restored, and filled with God’s Power IF THEY WILL ACCEPT JESUS!
It’s not that hard to let Him surround you with His Glory by Grace and through Faith in the sacrificial offering of the blood of Yeshua Jesus the Savior of the World and Messiah of Israel. We are ALL grafted in the Vine of the believers in the Creator God Almighty Yahweh that wants everyone WHO WILL BELIEVE IN HIS PROMISES! Even though I’ve been out of church and dealing with all of this sickness, I STILL BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF GOD! If I can believe after ALL I’VE BEEN THOUGH, then why can’t YOU simply ask Yeshua Jesus to be YOUR SAVIOR by repenting of your sins and believing His blood paid the price for it all. Read Romans 8:38-39, Romans 10:9-10, Ephesians 6:10-20, and then all of Romans, Ephesians, 1&2 Corinthians, 1&2 Thessalonians, Daniel, Ezekiel, Psalms, and Revelations.
We are entering the Last Days spoken of in many of the scriptures I listed. Read Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John for more about how Yeshua Jesus Christ lived, died, and rose again for all of humanity IF EACH WILL BELIEVE. It is a Personal Relationship with God Almighty by Grace through His Son and with the help of the Holy Spirit as our Comforter and Revealer of Truth in the Word of God once we READ IT WITH A BURNING HEART FOR SALVATION OF ALL! I might get upset and even angry at times over what some people say and do in 2025, but as the Christian Holy Bible says, “We wrestle not against flesh and blood…”, so we need to pray for those who are being used by evil to do evil things and share the Love of Yeshua Jesus as much as possible even if we REALLY want to smack people most of the time.
I have anger issues I wrestle with like Paul had his ‘thorn in the flesh’ as mentioned in his writings, so I won’t act like I have it all together since it’s not about me. This is ALL about HIM! I just want to see REVIVAL begin and be one PART OF IT! We’re still dealing with Ken’s physical issues, and I haven’t written on my Eirinth Book 3, SEEKING THE LIGHT in a while now because of all this sickness and feeling so beaten down… Yet, I was inspired listening to the songs by Disciple today and decided this opinion editorial was NEEDED by SOMEONE in the church or even SOMEONE now upset with the church to help them get with Yeshua Jesus and then start Revival even in unexpected places! We can’t wait for celebrity ministers to act. Some of them are false and don’t care. WE NEED TO TAKE IT TO THE STREETS!