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The Zigzag Ways of God’s Blessing

Anita Mathias — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 12:33:05 +0000

Joseph had a rarefied spiritual gift: God spoke to him through his dreams, and he could interpret the dreams of others. In the night, which belongs to the Lord, he sees his sheaf stand upright while his brother’s sheaves bow to it. He sees the sun and moon and eleven stars bow to him. He […]

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In which God Multiplies Our Creativity, Our Time and Our Talents

Anita Mathias — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 10:25:23 +0000

Image Credit I have no difficulty in believing the Gospel accounts of healings, but the feeding of the 5000 leaves me dazzled. Now how exactly did that happen? However, it’s easier to believe it than to believe that Matthew, Mark, and John, eyewitnesses, were deliberately lying. So, though my rational mind boggles, yes, I believe it […]

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See What God is Blessing and Join it (Bono)

Anita Mathias — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:23:36 +0000

I used to pray the way Bono says he did: In countless ways, big and small, I was always seeking the Lord’s blessing. I’d be saying, “Look, I’ve got a new song…Would you look out [for it]. I have a family; I’m going away on tour — please look after them. I have this […]

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In Which We Give All to Get All

Anita Mathias — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:32:01 +0000

So Jacob has an amazing vision of a stairway between heaven and earth, and angels ascending and descending on it. And at the top was the Lord, who promises him the land, fruitfulness, blessing, protection, his presence and his favour. The context? Jacob is fleeing the brother whom he had effectively disinherited and deprived of […]

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I Will Not Let You Go Unless You Bless Me

Anita Mathias — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 12:02:25 +0000

Jacob and the Angel by Sir Jacob Epstein, 1940–1941 I saw you in the middle of the night, in the middle of my failure. For twenty years had I striven with my foes, seven years of hard work for Rachel… but I was deceitfully given Leah, whom I did not want. Another seven for Rachel. […]

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Rich Christians and World Poverty. How much should we give?

Anita Mathias — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:19:00 +0000

So there is unbelievable poverty in the world. But most of us who live in the West have enough to satisfy all our needs and many of our wants. And, often, the disparity gnaws at us. How much should we give away? We feel sad about the suffering of the poor. But we live in […]

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In which sowing goodness leads to a more abundant harvest that we could have imagined

Anita Mathias — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:27:00 +0000

In late 2006, we planted bare rooted twigs in our orchard–cherries, and plums, yellow, red, and purple. This week we have harvested hundreds of plums off these bare rooted twigs that cost less than a pound each. And in the years to come, God willing, those twigs, which grew from a single seed, will give us […]

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How to be Blessed

Anita Mathias — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:18:00 +0000

The Humming Bird in Nicaragua is an emblem of blessing. Blessing is what we all want, God’s incredible multiplying, exponential blessing on our lives. And one way we get it is through the principles outlined in Scripture: give and you shall receive, sow and you shall reap. Being a blessing wherever we can be. […]

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