tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post1817304270433733470..comments2024-03-27T14:26:25.469-07:00Comments on Saved by Grace: What to Wear?Laurie Colletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10676088158113572565noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-36508759813681399662011-11-04T18:12:46.479-07:002011-11-04T18:12:46.479-07:00Hi Joan! You're very welcome, and thanks for v...Hi Joan! You're very welcome, and thanks for visiting!<br /><br />May you have a blessed week!<br />LaurieLaurie Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10676088158113572565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-80351775289262581592011-11-04T17:45:09.372-07:002011-11-04T17:45:09.372-07:00Hi Laurie - just wanted to say thank you for shari...Hi Laurie - just wanted to say thank you for sharing this week at the Grace Cafe.<br /><br />Many blessings,<br />JoanJoan Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16430939897829160498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-47210973373419582572011-11-04T17:30:32.361-07:002011-11-04T17:30:32.361-07:00Hi Ngina, Thanks so much for visiting and commenti...Hi Ngina, Thanks so much for visiting and commenting! It is interesting to get your viewpoint, coming recently from Kenya. I enjoyed your blog post on this and am now following your blog! I hope you'll consider following Saved by Grace also!<br />May God bless you richly!<br />LaurieLaurie Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10676088158113572565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-55038609515052287942011-11-04T16:38:09.772-07:002011-11-04T16:38:09.772-07:00Hi Laurie,
Lovely blog...my first time here..i ha...Hi Laurie,<br /><br />Lovely blog...my first time here..i have found your link from faithful bloggers :)<br /><br />I am just new to America and have been amazed by how big haloween is here. The more surprising thing though has been the "debate" amongst Christians - whether or not they should celebrate it. Where I come from (Kenya, Africa), its a non-issue - Christians do not celebrate haloween. Majority of the population does not either. <br /><br />I did a post on this on my blog:)<br /><br />thanks and God blessNginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803770045053871084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-56514761116691046822011-11-03T11:22:51.291-07:002011-11-03T11:22:51.291-07:00Hi Tracy, Thanks as always for your thoughtful com...Hi Tracy, Thanks as always for your thoughtful comment. May all we do be to honor Him and bring Him glory.<br />Thanks also for hosting Winsome Wednesday. I'll be back!<br />Love in Him,<br />LaurieLaurie Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10676088158113572565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-78874160416399079362011-11-03T11:12:54.818-07:002011-11-03T11:12:54.818-07:00Hi Laurie - I'm glad you tackled this topic. ...Hi Laurie - I'm glad you tackled this topic. You covered many bases and I'm glad that at the end of it all, the point is made that what would Jesus have us 'wear' or do? Whatever it is, it should bring honour to Him and not anything or anyone else.<br />God bless<br />And Laurie - thank you for linking with me on Winsome Wednesday. I appreciate it and would love to see you there again next week <br />TracyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-76386463247006912592011-11-02T09:44:21.253-07:002011-11-02T09:44:21.253-07:00Thanks, Peggy and Rina, for visiting and for your ...Thanks, Peggy and Rina, for visiting and for your thoughtful comments! Praise God for His giving us His armor to protect us and His righteousness to clothe and beautify us every day.<br /><br />May God bless you and your ministries!<br />LaurieLaurie Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10676088158113572565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-25823090932550798262011-11-02T01:40:35.394-07:002011-11-02T01:40:35.394-07:00We can't hide anything from God. Everything is...We can't hide anything from God. Everything is open before Him. So to try to wear masks will not profit us at all. But to be clothed with humility and to live in holiness, walking after the Spirit and not after the flesh - this is what's pleasing to Him.<br /><br />Halloween costumes and masks about evil and death and the like and celebrations thereof have no part in a true Christian. Thank you for discussing this.<br /><br />RinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-92049466795157307642011-11-01T21:37:53.110-07:002011-11-01T21:37:53.110-07:00this is a really really good post. i was really b...this is a really really good post. i was really blessed by your insights about how we should dress and how it is not only at halloween that satan is prowling around. yes, i'm wearing that armor!peggy aplSEEDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10768955822621326694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-52717918288187605382011-11-01T20:12:53.607-07:002011-11-01T20:12:53.607-07:00Hi Joan! You're very welcome, and thanks so mu...Hi Joan! You're very welcome, and thanks so much for following and for your comment! Praise God that He so lovingly yet powerfully equipped us with the armor we need for spiritual warfare.<br />May God richly bless you and your ministry.Laurie Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10676088158113572565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-70436581493468873832011-11-01T19:47:43.459-07:002011-11-01T19:47:43.459-07:00Dear Charlotte, Thanks as always for your thoughtf...Dear Charlotte, Thanks as always for your thoughtful comment. I think that is one of Satan's strategies -- encouraging people to make light of him and his demons, trivializing him by portraying him as a cartoon character with horns and a tail so they won't take him seriously and recognize him for the deadly threat that he is.<br />God's blessings to you!Laurie Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10676088158113572565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-84109018855756473872011-11-01T19:21:41.654-07:002011-11-01T19:21:41.654-07:00Hi Laurie:
Thanks for visiting (and following) Re...Hi Laurie:<br /><br />Thanks for visiting (and following) Reflections of His Grace. I am pleased to follow your blog, also.<br /><br />You have made some very good points - often we Christians put on masks. (I'm guilty of doing it all too often.) But you are right - what we should put on is the armor of God. We do have a very real enemy who would like nothing more than to devour us.<br /><br />Many blessings,<br />JoanJoan Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16430939897829160498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-19775091560023827542011-11-01T14:36:09.892-07:002011-11-01T14:36:09.892-07:00I can remember when I was younger that when people...I can remember when I was younger that when people criticized Halloween I thought it was just silly. The older I get and the more I see that goes on at Halloween the more convinced I am that it is not a good thing for Christians to be involved in. I'm glad you shared how it can be turned into a good thing. I am not at all comfortable with dressing up as witches, devils, etc. I have the feeling that Halloween is Satan's favorite holiday. <br />Thank you for sharing your insight.<br />Blessings,<br />CharlotteCharlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533075034458645148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-44725523464714031242011-11-01T13:35:02.514-07:002011-11-01T13:35:02.514-07:00Hi Deb,
You're very welcome, and thanks so mu...Hi Deb, <br />You're very welcome, and thanks so much for the kind words, great comment, and for following! I'm glad Halloween is over for this year and that we have Thanksgiving and Christmas to look forward to.<br />May you have a blessed week in Him!Laurie Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10676088158113572565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-38868588108211347852011-11-01T13:17:26.751-07:002011-11-01T13:17:26.751-07:00Thanks for following me at Jeremiah 29:11....I'...Thanks for following me at Jeremiah 29:11....I'm your newest follower, too. This is a great post. Halloween isn't one of my favorite holidays, as I mentioned yesterday. I know that most of us don't celebrate the real meaning behind it...but as a CHRISTian, it's difficult not to realize that's really what we are buying into!!! HOPE you have a great week!Breathing In Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302608654931936520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-2763094209752327922011-10-31T14:05:48.449-07:002011-10-31T14:05:48.449-07:00Great point, Ian! Halloween could be as much of a ...Great point, Ian! Halloween could be as much of a witness opportunity as Christmas and Easter, and could reach a different group of lost souls altogether. May God give you open doors to witness tonight!Laurie Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10676088158113572565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-228187438230707592011-10-31T14:02:23.568-07:002011-10-31T14:02:23.568-07:00Thanks, Frank, for your comment. There is nothing ...Thanks, Frank, for your comment. There is nothing that can be hid from God, even if we successfully hide our true self from others.Laurie Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10676088158113572565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-65593508789982226852011-10-31T13:23:51.384-07:002011-10-31T13:23:51.384-07:00Halloween seems to have become a commercialized ce...Halloween seems to have become a commercialized celebration of death and occultism; which is in vogue any day of the week as awalk through the local video store would tell you.<br />This holiday is an excellent chance to witness for a Christ when many have their thoughts focused, for real or jokingly, on all things supernatural. A silly conversation about ghosts might give us the chance to speak of God's Son and the gift of salvation. I've had it happen before. Halloween might just be an excellent "open door."Ian Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027275808408069964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-90243509082410049632011-10-31T12:50:03.891-07:002011-10-31T12:50:03.891-07:00Excellent post. God looks beyond the facade and se...Excellent post. God looks beyond the facade and sees the real person.Frank Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07155126596496270174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-13875261137714183752011-10-31T09:55:53.344-07:002011-10-31T09:55:53.344-07:00Thanks so much, RCUBEs, for following and for your...Thanks so much, RCUBEs, for following and for your comment! Nice to meet you too! God will bless you richly for your prayer and for your desire to do only what would honor Him. May we all follow your example!<br />Love in Christ,<br />LaurieLaurie Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10676088158113572565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-72732763410350174552011-10-30T21:52:40.372-07:002011-10-30T21:52:40.372-07:00I've been having problems visiting blogs and l...I've been having problems visiting blogs and leaving comments. I just want to thank you for coming by and encouraging me. Nice to meet you.<br /><br />As my family and I accepted the Lord, so grateful that with the help of the Spirit and His gift of discernment, this holiday was the one to go among the first when we prayed to purge what would never please Him. How can anyone fool the Lord with any mask? Great reminder that He sees through our hearts. God bless.RCUBEshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03726426726039665564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-16438772954304396152011-10-30T19:38:36.694-07:002011-10-30T19:38:36.694-07:00Thanks, Whidbey Woman! I appreciate the positive f...Thanks, Whidbey Woman! I appreciate the positive feedback. May you have a blessed week!Laurie Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10676088158113572565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-29473202789403483352011-10-30T19:32:41.400-07:002011-10-30T19:32:41.400-07:00Excellent post!!! You gave us a lot to think about...Excellent post!!! You gave us a lot to think about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-84316215024463533022011-10-30T11:06:19.978-07:002011-10-30T11:06:19.978-07:00Dear A Joyful Noise, Thanks for your comment! May ...Dear A Joyful Noise, Thanks for your comment! May Jesus be visible in all believers! Physical safety on Halloween is important, guarding our homes against intruders, and equally so in the spiritual realm (evil influences on TV and the Internet, ungodly friends, substance use, etc.).<br /><br />Dear Saleslady371, Thanks! You might also want to check out my September blog post that covers the armor of God in more detail:<br />http://savedbygracebiblestudy.blogspot.com/2011/09/are-you-suited-up.html<br /><br />God's blessings to you both!Laurie Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10676088158113572565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901842915517693862.post-34985336045326903912011-10-29T20:50:50.268-07:002011-10-29T20:50:50.268-07:00Great suggestion of wearing the armor on Halloween...Great suggestion of wearing the armor on Halloween. I'm stealing that one!!!!!Saleslady371https://www.blogger.com/profile/15962608799409882219noreply@blogger.com