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The Power of Christ’s Resurrection. For Us. Today

Anita Mathias — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 19:32:50 +0000

The dawn after the worst day, Mary Magdalene and her friend Mary had seen Jesus, whom they deeply loved— A radiant, beautiful, strong young man Tortured, mocked, and judicially murdered. But as they visit the tomb, they encounter Jesus, Very much alive. Chairete, he says, Rejoice. And then, the very first sentence the risen […]

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Peaceful at Pentecost

Anita Mathias — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 22:16:48 +0000

Pentecost–the coming of the Spirit to a frightened and fearful huddle. It is one of my favourite Christian feasts, so hopeful… The Spirit comes not because we are worthy, often not even because we have asked him to, but because he is good, and kind, and desires to bless. He comes in his own way, […]

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On a Double Portion of the Anointing, and a Secret History with the Lord

Anita Mathias — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 08:44:31 +0000

When Elijah was about to be taken up to heaven, he asks his acolyte Elisha, “What can I do for you?” And Elisha, with simple and ambitious faith, asks “Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” (2 Kings 2:9). And so he does. For the asking, so to say. For the asking took faith, which […]

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Comfort Eating, Emotional Eating, Compulsive Eating: Goodbye to All That

Anita Mathias — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:26:23 +0000

Continued from In which I seek healing, and the healer says, Rise, take up your pallet, and walk. So for ten days now, I have not had sugar or white flour (deciding to cut just these two things from my diet for starters) and have not eaten when I have not been hungry. And I […]

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At the Cwmbran Outpouring, I am Healed as the Healer says, “Rise, Take up your Pallet & Walk” (Part 1 of 2)

Anita Mathias — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:53:18 +0000

Oddly enough, given that I am middle-aged, this is a period of steady change as I invite Jesus to turn his laser-sharp eyes on area after area of my life (ouch!). Orderly housekeeping which used to be an issue bit of a disaster has been resolved (because Roy is now a part-time house-husband, in […]

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“One Way to Find God” : A Guest Post by Penelope Swithinbank

Anita Mathias — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:43:24 +0000

I am honoured to host this guest post from Penelope Swithinbank. I will be joining her on her pilgrimage along the Via Francigena in Tuscany in September. Might you come too? ONE WAY TO FIND GOD BY PENELOPE SWITHINBANK Complete wholeness – of stillness and silence. As in the absence of interruption or invasion by […]

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The Spirit of the Lord Hovering over the World

Anita Mathias — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:37:20 +0000

Image Credit Life is not a race. And reading the Bible is not a race. It is more important that we are transformed by it than that we read it in a year. Or blog through it in a year. So while this year, I have, again, kept up with “listening to the Bible in […]

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We Need Scripture to Help us Make Decisions. But we need the Spirit too. We need Jesus

Anita Mathias — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:25:37 +0000

Beyond the sacred page I seek Thee, Lord; My spirit pants for Thee, O living Word! Mary Lathbury, 1877 39 You study[c]the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life, (John 5:39) Jesus says to the Pharisees. […]

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Rolling with the Pentecostals. And Listening to Heidi Baker

Anita Mathias — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:14:00 +0000

Englishness and Pentecostalism: Can you think of more antithetical things?So watching the English version of Pentecostalism or Charismatic-ness always amuses me. It’s like the watching the English morph into Americans–or Nigerians.I am spending six days at the Pentecostal River Camp in Gloucestershire. * * * I came to RiverCamp with some Brennan Manning and John Eldredge books to […]

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