In the long running parody TV series Get Smart, Agent 86 is tasked with thwarting KAOS, an international organization of evil. Can there be any better parody of the Christian’s life today? On this Shabbat, the world is in KAOS. Much of it governed by...
And we are sure of this, that he will listen to us whenever we ask him for anything in line with his will. And if we really know he is listening when we talk to him and make our requests, then we can be sure that he will answer us. 1 John 5:14-15 TLB Prayer is a...
Pray not simply on the basis of intercession, but for redemption. Not for someone to simply be “patched up,” but to be carried completely through into contact with the very life of God. To become identified with Christ. Put yourself in God’s place,...
Strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf. Romans 15:30 ESV Could persistent, seemingly unanswered, prayer be a means of grace in your life? In the lives of others? Augustine (also “Augustine of Hippo” and “Saint Augustine”)...
For we are not fighting against human beings but against the wicked spiritual forces in the heavenly world, the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark age. Ephesians 6:12 GNT In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul reminds us of the spiritual warfare that...