Welcome to Koinonia with Kathy!

Good Morning and Welcome to My Blog

Grab a cup of coffee and pull up a chair for fellowship in faith and friendship as we share with each other matters of the heart.

Some of you probably understand how it is to think of doing something for a while and you keep putting it off for one reason or another whether it's lack of time, insecurity, or reaching beyond your comfort zone. This is true of me because for the last year I've considered blogging and finally decided in January to create my blog.

After giving some thought about what to share first, this morning I simply decided to talk about koinonia. Koinonia is a Greek word meaning fellowship or communion with God or with fellow Christians, a close intimate relationship with each other because of our relationship with Christ.

Christian koinonia is established first by our relationship with our Lord Jesus. Our Christian friendships and relationships deepen because we share Him and because we share the Word of God. 

To have the relationships, the friendships, the fellowships that the Lord wants us to have, we must return to our first Love. To Christ. To deepen our relationship with Him!  We cannot love our husbands, our wives, our children, or anyone as we should love them if our relationship with the Lord Jesus is lacking.

First John 4:19 says, "We love because He first loved us."  Let's make sure that our relationship with Jesus is first in our lives. Then we will receive God's favor and our earthly relationships will thrive!

Lord Jesus, help us not to put anyone or anything else before You. Help us to love You and cherish our relationship with You first of all. Lord, it is because You loved us first that we can love anyone. Heavenly Father, help us return to You, our First Love.

Love to each of you, my friends.