by Anne Hamilton | Oct 4, 2024 | faithline, Moses, Testing
Last session, we delved into the need for repair to Moses’ mantle. Right on the threshold of entering the Promised Land, he’d ignored God’s instructions about drawing water from a rock and hit it instead of speaking to it. On the surface, it looks like a trivial act...
by Anne Hamilton | Sep 27, 2024 | faithline, mantle, Moses, Nicodemus, Testing
When I initially realised that the first and last chapters of John’s gospel are about the passing of Elijah’s mantle, I was surprised and delighted. When I later realised that the second and second-last chapters were about the passing of Joseph’s mantle, I was...
by Anne Hamilton | Jul 10, 2024 | faithline, Joseph, LIlith, Testing, Thresholds
No one is good—except God alone. It’s worth reminding ourselves of these words of Jesus on a regular basis. We tend to live in a kind of bipolar mindset when it comes to this statement. On the one hand we have no trouble affirming Paul’s similar sentiment in Romans...
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 | Apr 5, 2022 | Covenant, False Refuges, guardians, Testing, Thresholds
Psalm 91 is a great proclamation of faith in God’s covenantal protection for those who take refuge in Him. But as mentioned in the last session, for many believers across the millennia, even up to the present day, there has been a temptation to turn it into a magic...
by Anne Hamilton | Mar 30, 2022 | guardians, Testing, Thresholds
Another reason we can be sure Python is involved in the temptation of Jesus is because the devil quotes Psalm 91. Ironically, in that era, this psalm was used as a protective talisman to keep the devil away. Did I say, ‘in that era’? No, it’s not a bygone thing:...
