Archive for September, 2008
My daily reading recently included the story of Elisha and his servant. The king of Aram was at war with Israel, but whenever he plotted an attack, God revealed the plans to the prophet Elisha, who in turn told the king of Israel. Understandably, this made the king of Aram quite upset. Eventually he read more
Some time ago, as we were praying over Glory to the King Ministries International and the Apostolic Network, the Lord gave us a word that He wanted to release over the Network an anointing of a martyr heart. He gave us the Scripture from Revelation& read more
Have you ever noticed how, even though our friendships may be filled with fun and laughter, we grow closest to those with whom we have walked through difficulties? Suffering, whether our own or that of someone close to us, has the ability to strip away all the trivialities and focus on the things read more
We have been doing some cleaning up around the hall where we meet for church. An old Scout hall, it has been sadly neglected for a long time, and what were once garden beds are very much overgrown weed patches. Unfortunately, predominant among the weeds is blackberry.
Blackberry is a particularly ag read more
Stress – it’s the buzz word of our modern society. It seems everyone suffers from it, from the busy executive working 70 hour weeks to the housewife coping with the demands of children and husband to the student overpressured by homework and exams. Many of our modern diseases are, if not caused, read more
Recently a team of scientists decided to test the power of prayer in relation to healing the sick. They took a group of sick people and divided it in two. One half of the group would receive prayer, the other would not, and neither group would know whether they were the receivers or the non-receiver read more
Often people ask me, “How do I get into spiritual warfare?” The truth is, if you are a Christian you are in spiritual warfare whether you like it or not. The only choice you have is whether you stand in that battle as a victorious warrior for Christ, or whether you fall helpless and defe read more