by Anne Hamilton | Apr 24, 2024 | faithline, repentance
In the very last chapter of the first book of Kings, King Jehoshaphat of Judah is drowning in a pickle jar and desperately trying to find a way to squirm out. He’s gone on a state visit to Samaria, visiting his daughter-in-law’s parents, Ahab and Jezebel. He’s...
by Anne Hamilton | Apr 2, 2024 | Covenant, faithline, guardians, repentance
Anyone well-acquainted with a healing ministry or prayer counselling will be aware of the importance of forgiveness and repentance in both the life of an individual and in their bloodline. When there are repeated issues that afflict one generation after another after...
by Anne Hamilton | Dec 25, 2022 | abuse, Prayer, repentance
Abba Father, Lord and Holy One of heaven, I’m sorry. I see in the lives of David, Abraham and Elijah that complicity starts with doing nothing. It begins with realising others are being abused and with choosing to step back, deciding to not intervene, resolving to...
by Anne Hamilton | Jul 18, 2022 | guardians, repentance, Thresholds
Of all the mysteries surrounding Leviathan, and there are many, one of the strangest involves a very specific curse. On several occasions, I’ve met up with people who, for no apparent reason, seem to have suffered reprisal as long as they can remember. An absurdly...
by Anne Hamilton | Apr 21, 2022 | guardians, Prayer, repentance, Testing, Thresholds
There’s much more I could add to the topic of Python I’ve spoken about in the previous sessions, but I want to foreshadow what happens when the spirit of constriction realises it’s on the verge of defeat. It has several moves still left in its playbook but one of the...
by Anne Hamilton | Mar 23, 2022 | guardians, repentance, Testing, Thresholds
Jesus spent forty days in the wilderness, fasting and praying. At the end of the time, the devil came to tempt Him. If we gather together all the clues about timing scattered through the gospels, it’s apparent that Jesus was baptised at Bethany-beyond-the-Jordan on...