by David Macmillan WingspanPrayer | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
The list of things that people ask God for is long and diverse. But no request carries the same lasting impact as this one: asking for a spirit of prayer. Not for more prayer in general, but for a deeper, expanding prayer-hunger for his Glory. This post touches on...
by David Macmillan WingspanPrayer | Dec 2, 2021 | Blog
Siam became Thailand in 1939, Land of the Free, as a permanent acclaim for not being colonized by Europe. But true freedom is about more than what we are not. It’s the liberty to become like Christ (2Cor 3:17-18). If that is to be the transformation carried in the...
by David Macmillan WingspanPrayer | Nov 18, 2021 | Blog
We know that to PRAISE is to exalt the Lord’s Glory. We extol who he is and what he is like, and we applaud his works that draw attention to that. We also know that to REJOICE is to celebrate the Lord’s Glory. We express joy in who he is and in what he has done (and...
by David Macmillan WingspanPrayer | Nov 3, 2021 | Blog
The Lord points us to two ‘feeders’ for pray continually living: always thankful and always joyful (1 Thes 5:16-18). The second has its source in the Lord’s own joy. That includes his joy about us. God is singing over us, and draws us into the celebration! In my...
by David Macmillan WingspanPrayer | Oct 20, 2021 | Blog
Rejoice always. Really? We ask the same question when we read pray continually or always give thanks: Is it doable? And yet we know God doesn’t tell us to do without empowering us for the doing. So the bigger question is: how do we do always joyful? Pray continually...
by David Macmillan WingspanPrayer | Oct 7, 2021 | Blog
Our “new creation” life is radically different from our old one. One of the big changes is the new freedom to “put on” a heart of gratitude…..to be an always thankful person. My earlier post, Sacrifice of Thanks, mentions that the spirit of thankfulness is bigger than...
