Chronicles of a Watchman by Dr. James P. Norman Jr.

Last Sunday, the Lord had put on my heart to call a 30-Day prayer focus for revival. We are on day four as of today. I thought it would be appropriate to revisit some notes I had from some time ago about asking and receiving answer to prayer... Grounds for Asking and Receiving The true ground for prayer and its answer is to be born again and have the right relationship to God. Only true, saved men have the right to ask and receive anything that they want from God.  Sinners who rebel and refuse to surrender their lives to God and become reconciled to Him have no true ground of approach to God. They have no foundation for their faith. God, many times in His mercy, helps sinners and hears their cry of despair, but He is not obligated to do for them what He has promised until they obey Him. It is merely because He wants to prove to the sinner His love and mercy even though he is a rebel. Paul said, the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance and God commande...

Have you ever wondered why your church experience doesn't seem to embrace the full implication of Jesus’ death, burial and reassertion of salvation? Are you looking for the manifestation of faith and power in your life? Over the years of study and teaching, I have accumulated a wealth of old and new material which has inspired me to speak more openly and everywhere I go. My philosophical and critical point of view has also evolved. In time past, I would say maybe my audience would experience significant life changes as they hear the Word of God. However, I now realize that personal change wasn't up to me. While I still hold fast to many of the old doctrines and codes, I interpret them in light of more in depth revelation as needs arise. I expound on them more clearly and more deeply than ever before. I seem to have reached a fundamental truth which casts new light upon the sub-level and letting the Holy Spirit take my place. Him in me, and me in Him (John 15). This t...