by David Macmillan WingspanPrayer | Sep 3, 2020 | Blog
The Father, Son and Spirit aren’t living in separate rooms, absorbed in their own agendas. They are perfectly one, and their conversation about Glory is pure joy beyond anything we can imagine. That’s the joy we’ve been brought into! And prayer is the Lord’s...
by David Macmillan WingspanPrayer | Aug 19, 2020 | Blog
The advantage of a familiar Bible verse is that we can repeat it easily, without much thought. The downside is that we can repeat it easily, without much thought! By using it as the nucleus of a prayer conversation piece we avoid mechanical repetition, and can enjoy...
by David Macmillan WingspanPrayer | Aug 6, 2020 | Blog
Pray continually – given to train us, or tease us? Is 1Thes 5:17 a great idea, but not doable; an unreachable standard? This short phrase is sidelined by some, but is a life passion for others. Some handle it by pasting regularly over the continually. Many simply drop...
by David Macmillan WingspanPrayer | Jul 23, 2020 | Blog
God is always close-up, but it can sometimes feel like we’re praying from a distance. True, it’s not about how we feel; it’s about faith. But that doesn’t mean we have to settle for prayer as a remote faith routine. Prayer is close-up conversation, enjoyable for us...
by David Macmillan WingspanPrayer | Jul 9, 2020 | Blog
Forgiveness did more than free us from the old; it freed us for the new: close-up enjoyment of God. He didn’t wave his scepter over us like a magical wand to change our status from sinner to forgiven. The high cost plan was Christ! We were “overwhelmed” by sin, but...
by David Macmillan WingspanPrayer | Jun 25, 2020 | Blog
An earlier post (The Seeker) left Siddhartha sitting in the shade of a pipal fig tree, determined to stay there until he got answers. He had an ‘awakening’ that launched him on a new path and gave him a global profile as the Buddha (‘awakened one’). Awakened under a...
