by Anne Hamilton | Jul 10, 2024 | faithline, 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:...
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...
by Anne Hamilton | Mar 11, 2022 | False Refuges, guardians, Testing, Thresholds
The consistency of symbolism surrounding the spirit of Python is remarkable. There are few concepts that can cross cultural divides virtually intact. However, the common experience of the ancient world—whether it was Greek or Jew—was such that Python was associated...
