By Keiko Chibana-Shinn | Rediscovering Prayer Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord‘s hand double for all her sins. Is. 40:1-2 The kindness of our God leads us to repentance. Jesus […]
By Keiko Shinn | Rediscovering Prayer I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who
By Keiko Shinn | Rediscovering Prayer From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger. Ps. 8:2 It’s a powerful statement to say “life and death lie in the power of the tongue.” (Pro. 18:21) However, before we even speak,
Our God is a God of restoration. Restoration is the act of repayment. With God, it means repayment with interest. God will cause the enemy to pay back what he stole from us. This could be in relationships, finances, health, businesses, and more. Proverbs 6:31 says, “But when he is found, he must repay seven
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Prophecy refers to hearing God and releasing that word to others. Prophecy can be given by someone who is considered a prophet, but also by any believer who operates in the gift of prophecy. Prophecy reveals God’s heart, it is not foretelling the future. There are prophetic words that are spoken that God has determined
A stronghold in the mind is a structure that holds or maintains a belief system. In military terms, a stronghold can be a bunker or a fortress. A stronghold can be difficult to penetrate because it is heavily fortified and protected. A stronghold in the mind is also heavily fortified and not easily penetrable. A
By Keiko Shinn | Rediscovering Prayer You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the Lord his God until the Lord put his enemies under his feet. But now the Lord my God has given me rest on
Warfare prayer is a strategy God has given us to defeat our spiritual enemies. Spiritual enemies are those that are not human, or flesh and blood, but those that reside in the spiritual, unseen realm. Ephesians 6:12 says that we do not wrestle with flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against
How often have we prayed for more strength? Life can be challenging at times, affecting our physical, emotional, and spiritual strength. But there is good news. When we belong to God, He has promised to be our strength. Exodus 15:2 tells us, “The Lord is my strength and my song, and He has become my
When God created man in His image, He declared the blessing over His creation. God gave man authority over the earth, commanding him to be fruitful and multiply, or increase. From the very beginning, God’s mandate for man was to produce and increase. This is the very nature of God. Even God’s creation was designed
Holy Spirit is the third person of the Godhead, or simply He is the part of Godhead that is with us here on earth. When Jesus was getting ready to return to heaven after His death and resurrection, He told His followers in John 14:26, “But the helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will
This season is a celebration of the death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Because of His sacrifice, we live in the eternal hope of everlasting life and freedom in Christ. Glory be to Jesus who, out of love, laid down His life so that we would be raised to life in