by Anne Hamilton | Mar 23, 2023 | guardians, Thresholds, wasting
When I was young, I loved the Anne of Green Gables series by LM Montgomery. Whenever my mother would catch me staring into space and asked me what I was doing, I’d quote from one of the books, ‘Sometimes I sits and thinks and sometimes I just sits.’ That wasn’t it...
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 18, 2022 | guardians, Prayer, Thresholds
Abba Father, as I’ve read and listened to these tactics of the spirit of Python over the past few sessions, I realise how very many of them I’ve fallen for. I’ve been duped by the counterfeits; tempted by the baits; taken—and been taken by—the lures; frustrated by the...
