by Anne Hamilton | Oct 26, 2022 | abuse, Prayer
Heavenly Father, there are moments—brief and fleeting—when I sense I’m in prison but the bars are hidden from me. For just a short time, I see the cage for what it is and I realise how comfortable it’s been made. My fetters are invisible and I’m chained by habits of...
by Anne Hamilton | Oct 14, 2022 | abuse, guardians, Thresholds
In his book, Rising to the Call, Os Guinness describes the seductive look-alike to a champion devoted to God. He calls it the ideal of Faustian striving. All through world literature until recently, there were powerful warnings that ‘those who transgress boundaries in...
by Anne Hamilton | Oct 10, 2022 | abuse, guardians
In the last session, we looked briefly at the misappropriation of authority by overstepping a boundary and, instead of upholding the word and the will of God, we exercise our own word and will. However, that’s not the only way Belial can influence us with regard to...
by Anne Hamilton | Sep 30, 2022 | abuse, guardians, Thresholds
One of the shortest books in Scripture is the epistle of Jude, tucked in just before Revelation. Although Jude doesn’t mention Belial by name, there’s little doubt this is the entity he’s focussed on. After all, he quotes from the Book of Enoch and explicitly mentions...
by Anne Hamilton | Sep 23, 2022 | abuse, guardians, Thresholds
Belial has captured the heart and soul of many churches. When abuse is exposed, all too often the hierarchy and membership side with the perpetrator, not the wounded. Instead of due diligence to discover whether there is indeed a tormenting cancer in their midst, they...
by Anne Hamilton | Sep 16, 2022 | abuse, Thresholds
Decades ago, I was trying to decide whether or not to go to a conference overseas. I remember asking God about it and hearing His reply, ‘Do whatever you like.’ I can’t ever remember being as flash-burn angry with Him as I was at that moment. I had asked for His...
