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On Not Despising Deliverance

Anita Mathias — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 20:17:48 +0000

“Do not despise prophecy,” the Apostle Paul says, somewhat surprisingly. Why would we despise it? Because we tend to suspect what we do not understand? Or because prophecy can attract fools, charlatans, the unstable, and conmen seeking to gain power over others—as well as, of course, those who can genuinely tune into God? I no […]

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In which I am Surprised by “Prophetic Words” (from the Glasgow Prophetic Centre at David’s Tent Worship Festival)

Anita Mathias — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:25:23 +0000

People from the Glasgow Prophetic Centre were offering “prophetic words” at David’s Tent: An Adventure in Worship, a 72 hour worship festival I went to in August. I signed up for a 15 minute slot. I am “prophetic” with a very small p. Prophecy, as Paul writes, is a spiritual gift, a little-understood one, though […]

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Prayers are Prophecies: The Transcript of your Prayers becomes your Life’s Script

Anita Mathias — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:03:16 +0000

I am reading Mark Batterson’s The Circle Maker, a brilliant book on prayer and am already praying more, and praying better: one test of a good book on prayer. Here’s an excerpt from the first chapter: Bold prayers honour God and God honours bold prayers. God is offended by anything less than your biggest dreams […]

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What You Know Can Set Someone Free (A Guest Post By Shelly Miller)

Anita Mathias — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 08:45:47 +0000

I first met Shelly Miller of Redemption’s Beauty through her much-needed Sisterhood of the Sabbath. She’s on my blog today with another necessary challenge. Welcome, Shelly! As I step over the threshold from my garage to the side yard, holding a full trash bag in my hand, the sound of something rustling in the leaves […]

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Listening to Isabel Allum in London. Chasing the Wild Goose of the Holy Spirit. Part II

Anita Mathias — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:08:00 +0000

For most of my adult life, I’ve been guided by this thought of Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Why go to drink from other men’s wells, when you can stay home, and be in touch with the internal ocean.”So I avoid listening to speakers on the importance of reading the Bible, of loving your spouse or kids, […]

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In Which God sends Ravens and Meat in the Wilderness

Anita Mathias — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:11:00 +0000

Sermon on Elijah at St. Aldate’s (1 Kings 17) A mixture of the sermon notes and my thoughts Elijah Fed by Ravens 1Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbea in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at […]

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When Forgiveness Unleashes the River of Creativity

Anita Mathias — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:43:00 +0000

About four years ago, I attended a prophetic training day at a large Anglican Charismatic Church in Oxford. I was taken aback when Rachel, the self-described “prophetess” leading it, asked us to give the person next to us “a word from God.” I do hear from God, all the time, in images and directives, but […]

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