by David Macmillan WingspanPrayer | May 9, 2019 | Blog
It happened years ago, but it’s etched in my memory. I peddled through the waking market area to the church’s small meeting room on the edge of town. The pedicab outside meant Mr Praise was already there. We started praying. Our focus: the provincial town that had...
by David Macmillan WingspanPrayer | Apr 25, 2019 | Blog
In the post, Venture beyond the shoreline I wrote about shaping our asking to match the extraordinary answers needed; asking “for the big and impossible when those are the kinds of answers needed to make a difference.” Someone asked: How big is our asking license? Are...
by David Macmillan WingspanPrayer | Mar 27, 2019 | Blog
Our prayer license carries the signature of Christ and we honour him by growing in it. Packing away the prayer license for any reason – choosing to no longer pray – is uncommon. Less uncommon is the habit of under-using it. Under-use could refer to too little prayer,...
by David Macmillan WingspanPrayer | Mar 13, 2019 | Blog
Asking and answers are part of the prayer life norm. Use of our ask-license honours the Father, and he enjoys answering. Sometimes, however, the prayer mystery includes ’no answer’. The celebration of a dozen answers can be forgotten in the disappointment of one major...
by David Macmillan WingspanPrayer | Mar 1, 2019 | Blog
I’m sure we would find facing a crisis easier if we had a 100% guarantee that, when we prayed, God’s help would come immediately. But I doubt that any of us would want to depend on a God who disabled his perfect wisdom, and gave us full control rights over his power...
