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Prayer and War II: You don’t need to pursuade God!

So praying specifically for a situation is not about convincing God, because God is already convinced and was probably the one that stirred you to pray!  But it is about getting the Kingdom through the resistance put in place by the Satan, the god of this world.  The struggle, as portrayed in the bible, appears [...]

Prayer and Warfare in Daniel 9

In Daniel 9 we see that Israel have been held captive for 70 years by the Babylonians.  Daniel understands that the scriptures say that they will be held captive for 70 years, and upon realising that the 70 years is complete what does Daniel do?  Daniel sits down and does nothing – after all it [...]

So just who is in charge?

2008 Note: In 2002 St Toms began working through the warfare perspective.  It came as a reaction, I think, to the prevalent Calvinism that seems to have embedded itself in Pentecostal theology. On Sunday Mike talked in huddle saying “God is not in charge”.  This really knocked me sideways for a few days. God being [...]

  

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