Dr. Alaine reminds us that as the bride of Christ, as we are called in the Bible, we are behind enemy lines. There is a spiritual battle raging. She gives three perspectives on spiritual warfare and defines the difference between wicked spirit possession and wicked spirit oppression. https://helpingthosewithdid.buzzsprout.com/1917881/11038806-the-bride-in-combat-boots-pt-1
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Pitfalls to Avoid in Ministry
One of the pitfalls to being a “Barnabas” is that our hidden objective is to meet a need in our own lives — Look over this list and see if you identify with any of the false beliefs here. • Not being spiritually healthy or emotionally mature ourselves. Belief: If we minister, God will love Read More
A Mother’s Sorrow
(A possible perspective of a mother on her little girl’s abuse by the father) You probably hate me. I know I do. Everything is so upside down. . not the way it was supposed to be. Nobody is to know. I have to be sure of that. Nobody knows . . . but I do. Read More
Finishing Well
Finishing well. . . I’ve been asking the Lord what that looks like. Recently a friend and fellow minister announced his ministry’s 25th year anniversary. He got me to thinking. For those of us who have been “in the trenches” just as Paul says, we have “fought wild beasts at Ephesus” so to speak as Read More
Prayer: Optional or Vital in Our Ministries?
Prayer. I’ve been thinking this morning about how easy it is, on the surface, to have prayer as a core of our ministries to the shattered. But I came to a point in LDM where I had to ask myself, “Is prayer REALLY the core of our ministry?” I remember positive answers to prayer. Like Read More
