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The Secret of Accessing God’s Power in our Daily Lives

Anita Mathias — Fri, 30 May 2014 11:53:14 +0000

The phoenix, which rose out of the ashes of his old body, is a symbol of Christ in traditional iconography. It could also be a symbol of the power of prayer. Numerous times in my life, when I have been stuck, prayer–-intense, deep, desperate prayer–-has changed my circumstances. Has reversed the plot. It is, in […]

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On Absolute Surrender. Killing “Isaac” for God’s Fullest Blessing.

Anita Mathias — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:20:02 +0000

The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time 16 and said, “I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession […]

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The Will of God Always Leads Us to a Larger Place

Anita Mathias — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:49:53 +0000

As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him. (Matthew 4 18-20) So the fishers of […]

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Loose Change in God’s pocket; a puppet on a string, or? What’s your metaphor for your relationship with God?

Anita Mathias — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 22:31:04 +0000

I was listening to a Vineyard CD of Songs of Surrender, and reflected on how I have been indirectly blessed by John Wimber, a man I’ve never met. Through Vineyard music; through his wife Carol’s moving biography of him The Way it Was; through the Toronto Blessing, which was launched in a Vineyard church, now called […]

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On the Goodness and Mercy of God. On the writing of “Isn’t He?” by John Wimber

Anita Mathias — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:02:00 +0000

Here’s a wonderful story from Carol Wimber’s book, “The Way it Was.” “Right away the Jesus Songs started coming, like a stream of sweet water. I call them airport songs because God gave them to John on his way to or from the airport. “Isn’t He?” (which keeps food on my table from the royalties) was another […]

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