Sacrifice of Thanks

Saying thanks to the Lord for his good gifts is right, but is only one part of the spirit of thankfulness. The larger part is the celebration that HE IS GOOD. This level of thanks doesn’t always start with a happy dance, as when something good has happened. It might...

Pray in the Rain (10)

Our prayer licence in Christ permits declaring in prayer. It can be spontaneous, but it’s the prepared ones that shape and strengthen us most in using declarations. This Pray in the Rain post should be read in tandem with the earlier one explaining the ‘runway’ for...

Pray in the Rain (9)

The Pray in the Rain prayer type we’re going to aim for is ‘declaration’, an authoritative announcement that lines up with God’s desire to break through stubborn resistance.  It might seem as if the route we’re taking is heading in a different direction, but our...

Pray in the Rain (8)

Trouble and its assistant, bad news, appear in different shapes and strengths, and show up regularly. If inner rest could be bottled and sold, it would be a global winner. But we need much more than a survival tonic. We need a supernatural, inner well-being beyond...

Pray in the Rain (7)

The past two Pray in the Rain posts have been about ASKING, and the importance of advocating answers that agree with the Lord. This post fits the same prayer type, but is different from ‘ordinary’ asking. How is intercession different? As with all prayer, there’s an...

Pray in the Rain (6)

The previous Pray in the Rain post was about ASKING for God’s help. In the anchor scripture (2 Chron 14:11), Asa advocated the answer needed by giving God reasons, viz. trust in him, his honour, their covenant relationship and his unmatched power. God’s answer was...