A Touch Of Daily Wisdom

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2008-07-29T11:28:00.000-07:00

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Thanks and God Bless,

Annagail

WYSIWYG

2008-07-29T10:41:00.000-07:00

When I first learned the spreadsheet program Lotus 1-2-3, I remember it having a part called WYSIWYG, meaning what you see is what you get.

That’s is true in our lives too. If we see ourselves sick, no matter how many Scriptures we quote or how many preachers lay hands on us, we will still be sick.

Why? Because that’s the picture we have of ourselves inside us.

The image we have of ourselves on the inside is the picture that will manifest on the outside. If we see ourselves sick, we will be sick. If we see ourselves well, we will be well.

An angel of the Lord visited Mary, a young woman who was engaged to be married, to tell her that she would conceive a child by the Holy Spirit.

Mary had a choice: she could believe what God said through the angel, or she could believe her natural circumstances.

What did she do? “And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her” (Luke 1:38).

She took to heart what the angel said and let the image of that word rise up in her.

That’s what we need to do. We must choose to believe what God says about us and let it seep deep into our spirits. Then it will rise up and paint a new picture of how we see ourselves.

Remember what you see is what you get. You will speak according to how you see yourself on the inside. And Jesus tells us in Mark 11:23 that we can have whatever we say.

I encourage you to change the picture inside you by daring to believe what God says you are.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, “Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour.” If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Who Are Identifying With?

2008-07-28T10:26:00.000-07:00

What are you identifying with?

How many times have you said “my sickness”? How many times have you said “my debt”? “My problem”?

When you say these things, you are identifying with your problems. You are owning them.

If the Word is true, and we know it is, then Jesus said in John 10:10, “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”

James stated that every good and perfect gift is from above (James 1:17).

The author of your problems, your sickness, your money trouble is not God. It is satan. When you identify with those problems, you are agreeing with the devil.

The power of agreement (Matthew 18:19) is so strong that if you agree with the devil, you will solidify those problems in your life.

However, God says that you and your problems are not one in the same. He says that you are seated in heavenly places. He says you are a king and a priest and have authority over your problems. If you agree with what God says, then you will solidify your victory instead of your defeat.

Who are you identifying with?

Choose to be on the winning team. Choose to identify with God and what He says about you.

- Annagail Lynes

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You Have Enough Faith

2008-07-27T11:08:00.000-07:00

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: - Acts 10:34 (KJV).

I have started reading "Ever Increasing Faith" by Smith Wigglesworth. As I read the testimonies of others who were healed under his ministry, faith arose in my heart.

I know that what God has done for others, He is willing and able to do for me.

God is not respecter of persons (Acts 10:34). He is a respecter of faith. If you have faith, if you believe in God and His ability to do for you what He did for Abraham, for the lady with the issue of blood, for Smith Wigglesworth, Joyce Meyer, Oral Roberts and the other great men and women of faith, then He will do it.

We all think that these people are special that God won't do for us what He did for them. Oh no! That is a lie from the very pit of hell. We have all been given the same measure of faith (Romans 12:3). The more we use it, the bigger it grows. But if we have faith as small as a grain of mustard seed, we can have whatever we say if we don't doubt in our hearts (Mark 11:23).

If we have all been given faith the same measure of faith, then you have faith at least the grain of a mustard seed.

Whatever it is in your life that is hindering, speak to it. Command it to go. Expect it to do so. It may not be as quick a result as when Jesus cursed the fig tree (Matthew 21:19-21), but it will happen for you, if you believe and don't doubt in your heart.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

In God We Trust

2008-07-26T11:19:00.000-07:00

What are you believing God for? Is it a new house? A new car? Healing? Salvation for your family? What is it that you are believing Him for?

In my own life, I have a list of things that I have been believing Him for. I have confessed the Word over them. I have begged God for them. I have commanded them to come. And yet they haven’t shown up in my life.

I have been trying to make things happen in my life through my own efforts.

God has been dealing me with about trusting Him as my Source, but recently that call has been louder. It has become “trust God in everything.”

For me, God usually aligns everything to tell me the same message. Not only did He start speaking this to my spirit, but I would come into the room when a preacher would say “trust God for everything.” Over and over, I heard the same message both in my spirit and through preaching.

I don’t know if you are like me, but I have trouble relinquishing control of the things around me. I feel downright irresponsible if I don’t try to juggle everything in my sphere of influence.

You can imagine how I felt about trusting God in everything and for everything. After all, I am not Smiths Wigglesworth and George Mueller who made this a lifestyle, but I made a decision to obey God.

In Proverbs 3:5, which says, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; ” the word trust is the transliterated word, batach. Batach means to have confidence, to be bold, to be secure.

In order to trust God, we have to be confident and secure in knowing that He will come through for us as He has promised us through Jesus’ finished work on the cross. We have to know that His plans are never to harm us but to prosper us (Jeremiah 29:11).

As scary as it might seem to trust Someone else with the problems and concerns in our lives, if we ever want to live the God kind of life, then we have to trust Him in and for everything.

Even when you don’t understanding what He is doing in your life, learn to say, like I’m learning to, “Lord, I don’t know what you are doing, but I trust You.”

- Annagail Lynes

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Just Claim It

2008-07-25T11:20:00.000-07:00

I saw the Supernanny re-run that aired on Wednesday. In her conference with the parents, she said one interesting truth.

She told the parents, “Don’t fight for the position you already have. Just claim it.”

She, of course, spoke of their position as the parents. However this truth applies to us as Believers as well.

We are kings and priests (Revelation 1:6, Revelation 5:10). Jesus gave us authority over this Earth (Luke 10:19). We have the authority. We have been given the position.

Instead we are begging and pleading with God to do what He has given us the authority to do.

We are trying to fight for our healing. We are trying to fight for our prosperity. We are trying to fight for the things God has already given us when Jesus cried, “It is finished” on the cross (John 19:30).

We need to claim what is already ours.

The word claim, according to the American Heritage® Dictionary, means to
demand, ask for, or take as one’s own or one’s due, to state to be true, especially when open to question; assert or maintain.

We have to take our rights in Christ as our own. We don’t fight for our rights. We already have them. Instead we use the authority that we have as children of God to enforce those rights in our lives.

For example, let’s say a police person, who has a badge and the authority that goes with it, sees a car who is speeding. When he pulls the driver over, he doesn’t beg and plead for the driver to stop speeding. Instead he writes the driver a ticket.

We should be like that police officer and know what authority we have been given in Christ. Then we need to enforce that authority in our lives and not settle for less than what God’s Word says we can have.

- Annagail Lynes

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The Complete Exchange

2008-07-24T11:45:00.000-07:00

But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. - Isaiah 53:4-5 (NKJV).

In this Scripture, it is clear that Isaiah is speaking of a future event, of Jesus’ crucifixion. The only way he could know of this future event is if God told him.

This verse states that the chastisement for our peace was upon Him.

That word peace here is the transliterated Hebrew word Shalowm, which means completeness, soundness, welfare, peace. That includes safety, soundness (in body), welfare, health, prosperity, peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment, friendship.

He took our punishment in His body on the cross, so that we can have completeness in our spirits, minds, bodies, finances and in our relationships.

He took our punishment and God’s wrath for our sins on Himself. He took the effects of the curse on Himself. He did it so we can exchange our sins, our sicknesses, our pain, our sorrow, our mental distress, our bad relationships and financial problems for completeness, for peace.

How wonderful is He that He did this for us?

- Annagail Lynes

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Worry Isn't Just A Thinking Thing

2008-07-23T10:22:00.001-07:00

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest - Matthew 11:28

I remember listening to Joel Osteen’s sister, April Simmons, and her husband on a Christian talk show years ago. They knew that God wanted them to believe for a piece of property for their church that Johnson and Johnson owned.

She made a statement that stayed with me. She said that she doubted in her head, but she refused to speak it out.

It is when we speak out our doubts that we get into trouble.

Jesus says in Matthew 6:31, “So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’”

We worry when we say what we fear.

Jesus tells us to, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28).”

That word rest is the Greek transliterated word, anapauo. What does that word mean? It means to keep quiet, of calm and patient expectation.

I believe that we need to keep our mouths shut and not speak out those things that we fear.

Jesus charges us in Mark 11:23 that we can have what we say. If we don’t want what we fear to come to pass, then we need to zip our lips.

Speak the Word of God only and the things in your life will begin to heal.

- Annagail Lynes

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What Is Tattooed On Your Mind?

2008-07-22T10:49:00.000-07:00

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. - Proverbs 23:7a (NKJV).

A man walked by a tattoo shop. He spotted the tattoo "Born To Lose" in the window. He wondered who would put that tattoo on their body. He decided to go inside. He asked the owner of the shop, "People buy this tattoo, ‘Born To Lose'?"

The owner, an Asian man who spoke broken English replied, "‘Born To Lose.' Yes, many people ask for ‘Born To Lose.'"

The man, perplexed, questioned the owner, "Why would people tattoo ‘Born To Lose' on their body?"

The owner answered, "Before ‘Born To Lose' tattooed on body, tattooed on mind."

What have you tattooed on your mind? Does your tattoo say "Born To Lose"? Does it say "Loser"? Does it say "Failure"? Does it say "Not Good Enough"? "Unloved"?

Whatever we have tattooed on our minds is what happens in our lives. We fulfill whatever that tattoo says.

Isn't it time to change the tattoo to what God says about you? That you are a king and a priest? That you are loved by God? That you are special? The apple of God's eye? That you are the head and not the tail? Above and not beneath.

Remember you will fulfill whatever is tattooed on your mind, so make it a good one. Tattoo what God says about you on your mind. Then what you already are in Christ will manifest in your life.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

What You Can’t Yet See

2008-07-21T10:46:00.000-07:00

That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, - Ephesians 5:26 (KJV).

The other day I heard from a preacher say that thorns are actually dehydrated leaves. He said that if one keeps their roses well-hydrated that the thorns can return to their original state.

If this is true, we are like those thorns.

Without enough feeding on the Word, we become a shriveled up stick that is only good for irritating people.

If, though, we saturate ourselves in the Word of God through Bible study, listening to solid, Biblical teaching and reading Bible-based books, we too can return to our original state.

We have to be washed in the Word, keeping it as the final authority in our lives. When we receive a bad report, we should go to the Word. What does the Word say about our problem?

Stand on the Word in your time of crisis because it is the only Report that will get you through any situation. It is the only Report that will change what you see into what you can’t see yet.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

The Best Protection

2008-07-20T09:53:00.000-07:00

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel. - Hebrews 11:28 (NIV).

I remember hearing about this man who God told to plead the blood of Jesus over the spiritual door posts of his town. When he did, the Tsunami of 2004 bypassed his town.

I recalled the story in the Bible of the first Passover. God told the Israelites to kill a lamb and spread the blood of that lamb on their door posts. What happened when they obeyed? Their firstborn children didn't die.

The firstborn children of the households who didn't have the blood on their doors died.

Now Jesus is our Passover lamb. His blood was shed for us. Instead of pleading the blood of a lamb on our door posts, we can plead the blood of Jesus over our spiritual door posts, our family members, our things. And Jesus' blood will protect whatever we plead it over.

I plead it over my doors, my windows, my body, the car...anything I want God to protect. My mom's friend has even pleaded the blood of a guinea pig during a black-out.

Plead the blood of Jesus. It is the best protection you will ever have.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

2008-07-19T10:03:00.000-07:00

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. - John 1:17 (KJV).

Grace. What is the definition of grace? Some call it unmerited favor. Some call it God doing through you what you cannot do through yourself, but the truth is that grace is not an it. Grace is a Person. Grace is Jesus. Jesus is Grace.

Jesus died for us. He didn't have to be mocked, beaten, spit upon and nailed to a cross, but He did. He didn't have to take the full punishment of our sins on the cross, but He did. Why? Because He loves us. He took our place because He loves us.

He knew that we couldn't do anything right on our own.. That's why His shed blood puts us in right standing with God.

Not only does His shed blood make us righteous. It cleanses us, sanctifies us, justifies us, protects us and makes every spiritual and physical blessing ours for the taking.

In other religions, it is good works that earn us our blessings. With God, though, our good works, our righteousness, are as filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6).

We cannot earn our blessings through our good works. They are gifts through the shed blood of Jesus.

When Jesus cried, "It is finished," He meant everything we would ever need or want had been taken care of at the cross. Everything. Without exception. Even those problems we created by our own doing.

Now that's grace.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

What Do You See?

2008-07-18T12:09:00.000-07:00

But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our message? - Romans 10:16 (NIV).

These days I hear some (not all of them) ministers who report the news of the bad economy, the war in the Iraq, the oil crisis as if they were a part of the secular media. They seem to accept the bad report that media has given us.

Never do I hear these ministers saying, “This is what is happening, but this is what the Lord says...”

It’s like the spies that Moses sent into the land of Canaan. Only two spies believed the report of the Lord over what they saw with their natural eyes. The others believed what their natural eyes told them.

Which are you? Are you a Joshua and Caleb who saw things from God’s perspective? Or are you like the other spies who accepted what they saw in the natural?

We all need to take what we see in the natural and compare it with the promises of God. If it doesn’t line up, then we choose to believe God’s report over what we see with our physical eyes.

When we do, the outward circumstances will eventually line up with the Truth of the Word of God.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Do You Want To Use A Lifeline?

2008-07-17T10:07:00.000-07:00

For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh. - Proverbs 4:22 (NKJV).

This Scripture is referring to the Words of God. They are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

I remember many times when I suffered with stomach viruses, sinus problems and other illnesses. I suffered, quoting the Word, if I remembered.

However, when I finally put on my Healing Scriptures CD by Kenneth Hagin, the symptoms seemed to disappear more rapidly.

I also had trouble walking at one time because I have high arches. I would quote Isaiah 40:31, But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint., in order to walk any distance. And the moment I did, my walking improved. Now I walk with no trouble at all.

God taught me to pray a prayer over my things and loved ones long time ago. One day, some friends came over to our place. As soon as they walked in, they smelled gas. It turned out we had been living with a gas leak for a long time and didn’t know it. Neither were we harmed.

For me, there is no question that the Word of God, whether it be the written Word in the Bible or out of His mouth, works! Use it for yourself and watch how it will your lifeline in times of trouble.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

2008-07-16T11:07:00.000-07:00

"Then the sons are exempt," Jesus said to him. "But so that we may not offend them, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four_drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours." - Matthew 17:27 (NIV)

Jesus paid the taxes of him and Peter with a coin in a fish’s mouth.

How many of us actually expect God to do this for us?

When we ask Him to meet our financial needs, we expect someone to come to the door with a check for us. Maybe we expect money to come in the mail. We expect God to meet our need in a natural way.

According to the Bible, though, Jesus didn’t do things naturally. No, He took water and turned it into wine. He took mud and put on a blind man’s eyes. He walked on the water.

If Jesus didn’t do things naturally in the Bible, what makes us think He will always do things naturally now?

Expect God to do the unexpected in your life today!

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Are You Having A Crisis Of Confidence?

2008-07-15T10:22:00.000-07:00

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. - I John 5:14-15 (KJV).

Yesterday I listened to the 700 Club, and a financial expert talked about how we are having a "crisis of confidence" in our economy.

I thought to myself, "That's what a lack of faith is. A crisis of confidence."

Faith is the confidence that something is going to happen.

We can either have confidence that the Word of God is going to change our situation. Or we can have confidence that things are going to get worse.

We are all going through a "crisis of confidence." What will we believe?

Will we have confidence in what God says? That we are healed, saved and delivered? Even when things look bleak?

Or will we have confidence in our circumstances? Our bills piling up? Our pains and aches?

Choose to have confidence in God and His Word over what you see with your natural eyes.

Though the storms rage around you, remember to keep your eyes on Jesus and put your confidence in Him and His finished work on the cross.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

How Much More?

2008-07-14T10:07:00.000-07:00

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: - Hebrews 11:39 (KJV).

For the longest time, I didn't "get" this verse.

I didn't understand why God would say that the heroes of faith didn't obtain the promise when obviously Abraham and Sarah obtained their promised son, Isaac.

Now I don't believe that God is referring to their individual promises.

I believe He was referring to the promise of Jesus, our better Covenant. Jesus didn't come to Earth during their lifetime.

God had to count them as righteous, looking forward in time to what Jesus would do on the Cross for them.

They had confidence in God (faith) to obtain their individual promises under the Old Covenant of Law.

How much should more we, now that we have the New Covenant of Grace through the shed blood of Jesus, be able to have confidence in God? How much more should we obtain the things God has promised us?

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Forever Settled!

2008-07-13T10:03:00.000-07:00

Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven. - Psalm 119:89 (NKJV).

God’s Word is forever settled in Heaven. The Bible tells us in the Amplified version of the Bible, “Your will be done --held hold and revered—on earth as it is in heaven (Luke 11:2).

What is God’s will in heaven? No sickness. No pain. No sorrow. No poverty. No condemnation.

That is His will on Earth too.

How many of you have spoke the Word, prayed, thanked God, praised Him, and yet the deadline for your miracle still passed without a word or action on God’s part?

Many times we just decide that God must not be in the miracle business any more...or at least not for us.

No, God’s Word, His promises, are forever settled in Heaven. They are ours through the shed blood of Jesus, but we do everything but the one thing that is necessary for our blessings to flow.

We don’t guard our hearts (John 14:27). The blessings are flowing to us all the time because of the shed blood of Jesus. It is like water flowing through a hose.

If we clamp down on the middle of the hose with our hands, we restrict the water. Is the water still flowing?
Yes, but we are restricting it from flowing to us.

That is what allowing ourselves to be troubled, afraid, agitated, disturbed, fearful, intimated, cowardly and unsettled does to our blessing flow. The blessings are flowing, but we are restricting them by not guarding our heart.

Next time you have a problem and are tempted to worry, quote John 14:27, “Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Lord, I Need Your Help!

2008-07-12T10:47:00.000-07:00

Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. - Psalm 63:7 (NIV).

The Lord is our help.

Have you ever heard the old saying, "God helps those who help themselves"?

I dare you to find it in the Bible because it isn't there.

In fact, God helps those who recognize that they are too weak, too incapable, too worry-ridden, to handle the problems in their lives. God helps those who need Him.

Most of us try to do it on our own, especially if we are at fault, but God wants us to hand all our problems over to Him and let Him handle them.

We need to let go of our problems, release them to God and recognize that we can do nothing without Him.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Blacked-Out Goggles

2008-07-11T11:38:00.000-07:00

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. - Hebrews 12:2 (NIV).

The other day I listened to an Olympic swimmer who is forty-one and has qualified to return to the Olympics.

When asked why she thought she beat out people decades younger than her, she, of course, cited her work-out routine and diet..

I heard her say something interesting. Early on, one of her coaches blacked out the sides of her goggles, so she couldn't see the other swimmers. She could only focus on her own performance.

As Believers, we need to blackout the sides of our spiritual goggles as well. Then we will not pay attention to Sally next door's walk with God or our Aunt Maddy's two towns over.

We must focus on Jesus and Him alone because He is the only One who died for our sins and finished the work of redemption, healing, salvation, deliverance and total life prosperity on the cross.

Keep your eyes focused on Him and the finished work of the cross, and you will win the race every time.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Receive First, Then Give

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God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground." - Genesis 1:28

We are to be fruitful and multiply.

We must receive from God--His love, His mercy, His grace, His blessings--before we can be fruitful and be a blessing on this Earth.

Do you remember the story about how Jesus wanted to wash Peter's feet (John 13)? Peter refused.

"Jesus answered, 'Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.'" (John 13:8).

Peter had to receive from Jesus before he could do great works for the Lord.

What about Jacob? On his way to Laban's house, he told the Lord, "If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear so that I return safely to my father's house, then the LORD will be my God and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God's house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth" (Genesis 28:20-22).

Jacob received from the Lord, then gave back to Him ten percent. Not out of obligation. Out of love.

We must receive from God, so we can give to others and God out of abundance. Not out of obligation. Out of love.

Jesus is happy when we receive all He died to give us.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Would You Lay Down Your Life?

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For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. - Romans 5:7 (KJV).

Would you lay down your life for another? For your spouse? Your kids? Your best friend? Maybe a sibling? Or parent? How about a perfect stranger?

A perfect Stranger went to the Cross and willingly laid down His life for us. We didn't know Him. We weren't even born yet. He went nevertheless for every murderer, for every liar, for every thief, for every self-righteous person and every one in between.

Now if He willingly laid down His life so we might live, why are most of us just waiting to die? Why aren't we living the abundant life that He promised us?

Why aren't we fulfilling our purpose? Helping others? Being all God called us to be?

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

The Road Map To Your Life

2008-07-08T12:22:00.000-07:00

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. - Genesis 17:5 (KJV).

When my mother went into labor with me, she had toxemia. She had convulsions on the delivery table. My Mom and I almost died.

In the quietness of her hospital room, after the delivery, she heard God speak to her as clear as day. He said, "Her name is Annagail."

I believe that our names are a roadmap for our lives. A roadmap to who we are supposed to be.

In my name, for instance, Anna means Grace, Gracious, Mericiful and Gail means Joy Of The Father, My father’s joy.

When God changed Abram's name to Abraham, He changed the direction of Abraham's life.

Now he was Abraham--father of many nations.

Every time his friends and family called him Abraham, they were calling him the father of many nations.

The more he heard his name and the more he spoke his name, the more he believed that he was the father of many nations. He could then see it in his heart.

Whatever the dream we have from God, we need to speak it until we believe it. Speak it until we see it in our hearts. Then like Abraham, we will receive what God promised us.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

God Owns It All

2008-07-07T10:48:00.000-07:00

The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; - Psalm 24:1 (NIV).

Two weeks ago, a friend of mine reminded of this Scripture: The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world and all who live in it!

We sometimes forget that we don't own this earth or the things or people in it. God does.

He cares for everything and everyone on the Earth. The sparrows. The fish. Even the creeping things. And of course, us.

What concerns us, concerns Him. Just like the birds, fish and creeping things, we are to trust Him with every aspect of our lives.

God's will is never to harm us and is always best for us. His plans are always far larger than we can imagine or think.

Let's spend time in God's presence, just letting Him love on us, trusting to meet our needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

We Have A Guarantee!

2008-07-06T09:57:00.000-07:00

But Abram said, "O Sovereign LORD, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?" - Genesis 15:8 (NIV).

How many of us are like Abraham? How many of us want a guarantee that we will gain possession of the promises?

We do have a guarantee! Jesus' death on the Cross. His shed blood is our guarantee that we will receive all that God promises us in His Word.

All we have to do is believe it. When we believe it, we speak it. Then we receive it.

Jesus' blood is our guarantee that we will receive if we just believe in Jesus and His blood.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Simple Or Difficult?

2008-07-05T11:15:00.000-07:00

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.- 2 Corinthians 11:3 (KJV).

Paul feared in this Scripture that the devil had deceived the early church as he did Eve. Paul feared that they might move away from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Just like the early church, in my opinion, we have moved away from the simplicity that is in Christ.

We are now taught that we must earn our blessings, that we need to be "perfect" in our attitudes, our thinking and our actions to be blessed.

All of which negates what Jesus did at the cross.

Jesus met the conditions for every promise. He did all the work for us.

When we try to work to earn our blessings, we are not living under the grace of the New Covenant.

According to Romans 10:9-10, we receive Christ by speaking and believing. It is the same principle for everything else in the Christian walk. We receive by speaking and believing.

Remember if it is a struggle, then it is not grace.

Receive all that God has for you by faith, so you can be a blessing to others. You can't give what you have not received.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Where Did You Leave It?

2008-07-04T11:15:00.000-07:00

I replied, “But my work seems so useless! I have spent my strength for nothing and to no purpose. Yet I leave it all in the Lord’s hand; I will trust God for my reward.” - Isaiah 49:4 (NLT).

Last night, all of a sudden, I heard thunder, then I saw the flashes of lightening.

A few minutes afterward, the downpour of rain flooded the sidewalks, yards and streets. The first storm of the summer had arrived with a vengeance.

The lights kept going on and off several times before they went off completely .

In July, with the heat as hot as it is in Phoenix, I hated the thought of spending a whole night without fans or air conditioning. I am spoiled that way.

In the middle of the two hour wait for them to come back on, I heard God speak to my spirit, "What can you do about the lights? Can you climb the pole and fix them yourself?"

Of course not.

Then He said something to the effect of, "You cannot fix the other problems in your life either. All you can do is rest."

I always want to be doing something about my problems because that is what I have been taught to do.

Our works, though, are usually useless and tire us out in the process.

It is more effective to leave the problems in God's hands and rest in His promises that He will take care of us and never let us be moved.

- Annagail Lynes

Happy Fourth Of July To Those Living In The USA!

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

When I Can't, You Can

2008-07-03T10:43:00.000-07:00

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. - John 5:30 (KJV).

By myself I can do nothing. Just like Jesus, we cannot do anything on our own.

Isaiah 64:6 tells us that our righteous, our works, are as filthy rags.

As a kid, whenever something appeared to difficult, I would say "I can't."

My Mom would counter with, "Can't never could do anything."

However, over the years, I learned that "I can't, but You can, Lord" is the best phrase to use when approaching God.

You are essentially saying, "This is too big for me to handle, but I know You are big enough to handle it, Lord."

When we surrender our problems to Him and let not our hearts be troubled over it (John 14:27), we will see God work miracles on our behalf We will see the salvation of the Lord (Exodus 14:13).

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Will You Rejoice?

2008-07-02T10:51:00.000-07:00

The ransomed of the LORD will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away. - Isaiah 51:11 (NIV).

We were the ransomed of the Lord. The devil held us as hostages after Adam and Ever sinned.

Jesus went to the cross and paid our ransom, so that we can sing, shout and have everlasting joy.

It is when we rejoice at what Jesus has done for us, even in the midst of trials like Paul and Silas did in the jail, that our sorrow is replaced with gladness and joy.

We must learn to rejoice in the middle of our trials that it is finished. Jesus finished the work at the cross.

Christ paid for it all--our sins, our sicknesses, our poverty, our sorrow, our pain and so much more.

To try to get God to give us what He already paid for us to have is like saying Jesus' sacrifice for us was not enough, and it was.

It was a complete sacrifice. A perfect sacrifice. The only sacrifice we will ever need.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Is He Real To You?

2008-07-01T11:34:00.000-07:00

Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, - I Peter 1:8 (NIV).

Many unbelievers cannot understand how we can believe in a God we do not see. Although no one in this generation has seen Allah, Mohammed or Gandhi either in the flesh.

I may not have seen God, but I know Him, and I learn more from Him every day. Not about Him. From Him.

I have experienced His love, His mercy, His grace. I have heard Him speak to me. I have seen things He has told me come to pass.

Have you experience Him? Do you want to? Then ask Him to make Himself real to you today.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

What Is Failing In Your Life?

2008-06-30T10:48:00.000-07:00

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. - Habakkuk 3:17-18 (KJV).

Even when things are going bad in our lives, like the person in these Scriptures with the fig tree not blossoming and the vines not budding, we still need to rejoice in our Lord.

Trouble is not from God. We live in this world, so we will have trouble. However Jesus tells us to be of good cheer because He overcame the world (John 16:33).

And where does Christ live now? In us (Colossians 1:27).

When we rejoice in the Lord in the midst of our trouble, we are trusting God to be faithful and bring us through the difficulty.

God doesn't bring the trouble, but if we let Him, He can use it as an opportunity to springboard us to bigger and better things.

He can use what the devil meant for evil and turn it around for our good (Romans 8:28).

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Do You Know God?

2008-06-29T09:59:00.000-07:00

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. - Proverbs 22:6 (KJV).

Raised in a Christian home, I attended church every Sunday until I turned fifteen or sixteen. At that point, I wanted no more of church or God.

I periodically checked in with God when I encountered trouble, but I kept telling myself I would worry about God later.

At twenty-three, I went through a rough patch. The people I thought would always be in my life weren't. My health finally showed signs of wear from all my years of worry (I joke that I was born worrying). And the job I thought I could always count on failed me.

I realized that I needed God. I turned back to Him after a near-death experience. For me, I knew I had been spared for a reason. So I turned to Him for good.

My mother trained me in the way of God, and later on, I returned to Him.

I left Him because I had been taught that He was a mean, judgmental God. Now I know Him as Daddy, as Saviour, as love, peace and joy.

And knowing He loves me makes all the difference. It makes any situation or trial I face that much more bearable.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Listening To God’s Instruction?

2008-06-28T10:01:00.000-07:00

He who obeys instructions guards his life, but he who is contemptuous of his ways will die. - Proverbs 19:16 (NIV).

Many times we are so busy, trying to fulfill the laws in the Bible, trying to work out our own salvation.

We tend to neglect the instructions from God through our spirit. These instructions are the instructions that will bring life if we follow them.

It is when we listen to God speak to us that He will tell us how to avoid danger or how to land that big account.

God's instructions bring us life, and we need God to lead us and guide us during our day.

Listen and obey what God is speaking to your spirit.

Taking the time to ask God to guide you and lead you every morning will help you avoid some dangerous situations.

Isn't that worth the two seconds out of your morning to pray for His guidance?

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Do You Have A Rope Of Hope?

2008-06-27T10:58:00.001-07:00

And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. - Romans 5:5

The word hope here in Romans 5:5 is the Greek transliterated word elpis, which is used for the word hope as well as rope.

I have been learning to turn things over to God. When I let Him help me with those things that concern me, I notice I have more of that Bible hope, which is a confident expectation of good happening, that doesn't disappoint.

All of us can use a lot more of that kind of hope. God’s hope is just the rope we need to pull us out of our pools of despair.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Who Loves You?

2008-06-26T10:21:00.000-07:00

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8: 37-39 (KJV).

We are more than conquerors through Christ. Not on our own but through Christ.

Nothing can separate us from the love of God. Absolutely nothing.

I believe that it is the belief that God loves us that causes us to be more than conquerors. It is when we get the revelation deep on the inside of us that we become all that God created us to be...or at least start on the journey toward it.

God loves you. Believe it. Speak it. Know it.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Who Are You Afraid Of?

2008-06-25T09:55:00.000-07:00

I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; - Isaiah 51:12 (KJV).

God comforts us in times of trouble. He is with us and loves us so much that He wants to share in every area of our lives. He wants to share in our ups, downs, joys, sorrows. He wants to help us every step of the way. He is a very hands-on God.

If God is for us, why should we be afraid of what mortal humans can do to us?

Far too many times, our focus is on humans and what they are doing to upset us--coming over too often, not mowing their yards, not training their kids and so forth.

We instead need to focus our attention on God. Whatever we focus on is the direction our lives will take.

Go toward God. Focus on Him and the finished work of Jesus at the Cross. Remember God is the Best Friend we can have. With Him on our side, who needs anybody else?

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Are You Being Protected?

2008-06-24T10:14:00.000-07:00

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under is wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. - Psalm 91:4-6 (KJV).

God does not want us to be afraid of anything. He covers and protects us when we trust Him.

I have heard wonderful stories about people who have prayed the 91st Psalm over their lives, their families and their towns every day and how they escaped trouble.

One, in particular, prayed the 91st Psalm over his town at God's Word. His town was spared in the 2004 Tsunami.

I've also heard countless stories of soldiers who prayed it over themselves and their units in Iraq and not one of them was harmed.

I pray the 91st Psalm every day over my family and I. I've seen us avoid near collisions, be safe in storms and come through situations that other people wouldn't have. And those are only the things I have seen. God only knows how many other things we have been diverted from

If this chapter, which is under the Old Covenant, works this well, imagine how much more God will protect us and keep us under the New Covenant. The key is to take God at His Word.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Are You Using The Keys?

2008-06-23T11:19:00.000-07:00

And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. - Matthew 16:19 (KJV).

The keys to the Kingdom are left in our hands. The hands of people who don't know how to use them or don't know what they are for.

Instead of worrying about what to bind in heaven, let's think about it this way: whatever is not acceptable in Heaven should not be acceptable on Earth, such as sickness, disease, poverty, condemnation and all the other things that Jesus died to give us.

Remember what is prayed in the prayer that Jesus taught His disciples? On Earth as it is in Heaven (Luke 11:2).

So whatever is not acceptable in Heaven is not acceptable here on Earth. These are the things we are to bind here on Earth because Jesus has give us the authority to do so.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Is Anything Too Hard For Him?

2008-06-22T10:00:00.000-07:00

Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? - Jeremiah 32:27 (KJV).

Yesterday, I listened to God speak to my spirit as I do every day. I have been going through some challenges within the last few weeks, which He began to address.

He asked me, “Is anything too hard for Me?”

Nothing is too hard for Him. Nothing.

He can meet all my needs and all the needs of the entire galaxy and still not be depleted of resources. Isn’t that wonderful to know?

The key is to think big. Ask big and expect the God of more-than-enough to do more-than-enough for you. He is just waiting for you to ask Him.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Is He At Work In You?

2008-06-21T10:50:00.000-07:00

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: - Philippians 1:6 (KJV).

When it seems as if all is going wrong and that your dream will never come to pass, remember that God has begun a good work in you, and He will continue to work on it until the day of Christ.

That is good news because if we know that God began the good work in us, then we know it cannot be left unfinished, uncompleted. Unlike us, God always finishes what He starts.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Are You Manifesting Grace?

2008-06-20T11:07:00.000-07:00

When he arrived and saw what grace (favor) God was bestowing upon them, he was full of joy; and he continuously exhorted (warned, urged, and encouraged) them all to cleave unto and remain faithful to and devoted to the Lord with [resolute and steady] purpose of heart. - Acts 11: 23 (AMP)

When Barnabas arrived in Antioch, he saw the evidence of God's grace on the people. Can you say the same about your life?

Can people see the evidence of God's grace in everything you do? Is His undeserved, unmerited favor all over you? Are you doing things that are too big for you to accomplish on your own in the natural?

Remember if it's hard and a lot of work, then you are not tapping into God's grace. His grace, just like His yoke, is easy and light, and it points people who see it in manifested in your life to your God.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Do You Feel Peace?

2008-06-19T10:57:00.000-07:00

And the world passes away and disappears, and with it the forbidden cravings (the passionate desires, the lust) of it; but he who does the will of God and carries out His purposes in his life abides (remains) forever. - 1 John 2:17 (AMP).

Have you ever heard of the desire test?

That's where you think something is from God, so you pray about it. If your desire to do that thing becomes stronger, or you feel peace about it, then the desire is from God. If the desire wanes, it isn’t.

God's desires, His Will, for us will never pass away, but ours will.

We have to follow the advice in the book of Colossians (3:15 AMP) and let peace be our umpire.

If we pray and feel peace, that is God leading us to do that thing. If we feel an absence of peace, that is God leading us against it.

Pay attention to peace, or lack of it, every time you pray.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Why Are You Here?

2008-06-18T10:10:00.000-07:00

[The purpose is] that through the church the complicated, many-sided wisdom of God in all its infinite variety and innumerable aspects might now be made known to the angelic rulers and authorities (principalities and powers) in the heavenly sphere. This is in accordance with the terms of the eternal and timeless purpose which He has realized and carried into effect in [the person of] Christ Jesus our Lord. - Ephesians 3: 10-11 (AMP).

God had an eternal purpose when He sent Jesus to this Earth to die for us. We are going to Heaven when we die because we have accepted Christ.

However, most of us don't understand the correlation between our earthly purpose and our eternal one.

We are not here to bide time. We are here to fulfill God's plan to reconcile others to Himself through our individual God-given purposes.

Until we fulfill them, God's plan will be delayed, including the coming of our Lord. We cannot go to Heaven until our work on Earth is through.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Are You Living The King's Kid Life?

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For He foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted (revealed) as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the purpose of His will [because it pleased Him and was His kind intent]. - Ephesians 1: 5 (AMP).

God predestined us to be His children. Isn't it wonderful to think that God thought of you before the foundation of the world? That He chose you to be His child? He didn't have to, but He did. He didn't have to send His Son to die for you, but He did. God loves you so much that He destined you to be His child, entitled to the rights and privileges that come from being a King's kid.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Are Your Thoughts Established?

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Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. - Proverbs 16:3

When we commit our works to the Lord, He will establish our thoughts.

Frankly, when I have a problem, my mind can dwell on it. My mind can reason it out until I am sick to my stomach.

Our works, in essence, are anything we can do about the problem.

When we commit these works to God, He causes our thoughts to become agreeable with His thoughts. Then our plans succeed.

We, myself included, need to spend less time worrying about the bills, our purpose and the problems in our lives. Instead we should commit them to God, and let Him handle them. He is better at it than we are anyway.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Do You Believe?

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Accordingly God also, in His desire to show more convincingly and beyond doubt to those who were to inherit the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose and plan, intervened (mediated) with an oath. - Hebrews 6: 17 (AMP).

God confirmed his unchanging purpose to His heirs with an oath.

Who are His heirs? If you have accepted Christ, then you are an heir of God.

What is an oath? An oath is where you take a pledge in front of witnesses.

God made a covenant with Jesus that is stronger than a vow or pledge. His covenant is with Jesus. Neither of them will ever break the covenant.

Now that we are in Christ, nothing can stop us from receiving the benefits of that covenant...except our unbelief.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Do You Have The Mind Of Christ?

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For who has known or understood the mind (the counsels and purposes) of the Lord so as to guide and instruct Him and give Him knowledge? But we have the mind of Christ (the Messiah) and do hold the thoughts (feelings and purposes) of His heart. - 1 Corinthians 2: 16 (AMP).

We have the mind of Christ. If we try to do everything in our own strength, figuring everything out in our own mind, we are going to be solely disappointed.

We, humans, only use ten percent of our brains whereas God uses one-hundred percent of His. Imagine having access to His brain twenty-four/seven.

We actually do have that access because as the righteous, as those who are in Christ, we have the mind of Christ.

Declare it today and every day: "I have the mind of Christ." Don't doubt it. Just believe it.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Are You Wasting Your Time?

2008-06-13T11:08:00.000-07:00

Declaring the end and the result from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure and purpose.- Isaiah 46: 10 (AMP).

God knows the beginning from the end. The times that have come, that are here and that are yet to be.

He knew my Great Great Aunt Minnie, my Great Grandmother Bessie, my Grandfather Ray and my Dad before He knew me.

He had a purpose for us all. Our plans won't stand, but His plans will.

The best thing to do is yield to His plans, then you won't waste a lot of time on plans that aren't blessed and won't stand the test of time.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

The Conditions Of The Covenant

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I the Lord have called You [the Messiah] for a righteous purpose and in righteousness; I will take You by the hand and will keep You; I will give You for a covenant to the people [Israel], for a light to the nations [Gentiles]. - Isaiah 42: 6 (AMP).

The Lord has called us into righteousness. He took our hands and has made a covenant that is no longer between Him and His people.

Instead now He has cut the covenant with His Son, who shed His blood for the forgiveness of our sins. When we accept Christ, we are now engrafted into that covenant.

Why? Because while on Earth and at the Cross, Jesus fulfilled the requirements of the covenant for us. He shed His blood for us.

Not only did God fulfill His part of the covenant, but He send Jesus to fulfill the other part as well.

Based on this, there is absolutely no reason why you cannot inherit all the promises of God. None.

Except the deception that you are not good enough, that you have not fulfilled your part. All of that is deception perpetrated by the enemy.

Jesus fulfilled all the conditions so all the promises are yeah and amen (II Corinthians 1:20).

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Are You Choosing The Wise Things?

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Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and witless, but as wise (sensible, intelligent people). - Ephesians 5: 15 (AMP).

Choose to be wise Choose the wise things of God over those things which are temporal and will not matter in the afterlife.

Focus on those things that have eternal consequences, such as what God has called you to do. The rest of your concerns--how to pay the bills, deal with your kids or work-related issues--leave them in God's hands.

Focus on what God called you to do...and let Him focus on everything else that concerns you.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Are You Worrying Or Declaring?

2008-06-10T11:16:00.000-07:00

Grace and spiritual blessing be to you and [soul] peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah), who gave (yielded) Himself up [to atone] for our sins [and to save and sanctify us], in order to rescue and deliver us from this present wicked ge and world order, in accordance with the will and purpose and plan of our God and Father. - Galatians 1: 3-4 (AMP).

Jesus gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age.

We are in an evil age. There is no doubt about it. The courts are holding up what is wrong and calling it right. We are in this world, but we are not of this world.

We are seated in Heavenly places because we are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. We are kings and priests, but instead of taking our rightful places and living out our purpose, we act like the world, worrying and toiling to make ends meet when we are supposed to be speaking what God says about our situations.

We are supposed to be declaring that we are rich (2 Corinthians 8:9) and that our needs are supplied (Philippians 4:19). Not in Heaven but here on earth (Matthew 6:10)...as God promised.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Are Your Plans Honest And Reliable?

2008-06-09T10:45:00.000-07:00

The thoughts and purposes of the [consistently] righteous are honest and reliable, but the counsels and designs of the wicked are treacherous. - Proverbs 12: 5

The plans of the righteous are honest and reliable. Who are the righteous? We who have accepted Christ.

Why would our plans be honest and reliable? Because the more time we spend with God--letting Him love on us, just being in His presence, being conscious of what Jesus did for us--His desires become our desires.

The Bible says in Psalm 37:4 to delight ourselves in the Lord and He will give us the desires of our hearts.

Why? Because the more we spend time with God, the more His desires become our desires. Then our will and His are the same, and He can give us whatever we desire.

This is why when we are righteous, in right standing with God, and know what that truly means, our plans are indeed honest and reliable.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Where Are You Focused?

2008-06-08T11:37:00.000-07:00

Let your eyes look right on [with fixed purpose], and let your gaze be straight before you. - Proverbs 4: 25

We are to keep our eyes focused in front of us on our future, our purpose. Many times we will become distracted by money issues, people problems and what is going on in the media.

These are all distractions to keep your eyes focused on the storms of life instead of on the One who stops the storms.

Keep your eyes on Jesus. Focus on what He has done for you on the cross and what your purpose is on the Earth. Then you will move in that direction.

Though the storms rage, focus on the One who can help because as much as you try, you cannot stop the storms yourself. Only Jesus can.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Are You Being Judged?

2008-06-07T12:00:00.000-07:00

I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time [appointed] for every matter and purpose and for every work. - Ecclesiastes 3: 17 (AMP).

God will bring to judgment both the righteous and the wicked.

Isn't it wonderful to know that we, as Believers, will never be judged by God again.

Why? God punished Jesus on the Cross for all our sins. God judged Jesus for them, so He wouldn't have to judge us for them. That's the benefit of the new covenant!

Jesus' shed blood forgives us, heals us, delivers us, protects us, redeems us and so much more.

Now we don't have to focus on being judged by God. Instead we are free to focus on the assignment God has for our lives.

Isn't God so wonderful?

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Are You A Great Beauty?

2008-06-06T11:45:00.000-07:00

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men's hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. - Ecclesiastes 3: 11 (AMP).

God makes everything beautiful in its time. I don't count myself a great beauty or as the smartest person in the world, but just like all of you, I am beautiful to God.

In His time, He will bring His purpose for me to fruition as He will with you. Then we will be beautiful in our time by meeting the needs of those God called us to help. Not only will we be beautiful to God but those we help as well.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Is Everything A "Go"?

2008-06-05T10:55:00.000-07:00

To everything there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven. - Ecclesiastes 3: १

There is a time for everything. Even a time for us to marry, have children, be born and start our purpose.

Some of us are what they use to term late bloomers. We marry later, have kids later, and yes, even start our purpose later.

But God has everything under control. He is executing His plan at just the right moment when conditions are all a "go." What is late to us is right on time to God.

Whether you are a late bloomer or an early one, we are all called for such a time as this.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Are You And God Partners?

2008-06-04T11:54:00.000-07:00

I cry out to God Most High, to God, who fulfills {his purpose} for me. - Psalm 57:2 (NIV).

When we cry out to God, when we seek Him, He will fulfill His purpose in us. Only His plans will stand. Not ours. Only with His help can we accomplish anything in our lives because we can do nothing on our own (John 15:5). When we partner with God and let Him work through us, we can accomplish anything (Luke 1:37).

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Will You Do It For Me?

2008-06-03T11:10:00.000-07:00

You have proved my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and find nothing [no evil purpose in me]; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. -
Psalm 17: 3 (AMP).

It is a nice thought to think that we can just purpose our mouths not to sin. However, I find it impossible.

The more I tried to control my mouth and thoughts, the more I sinned in my words and thinking.

We try, we sin, we feel condemned. We try, we sin, we feel condemned. We are in a vicious cycle that we cannot undo on our own.

This pattern is destructive to our purpose. So what do we do? We call on God to help us.

Recently, I have learned to say something like, "God, I can't control my thoughts or words, but I know You can. Lord, control my thoughts and words for me."

Then I trust that He heard me and will. That's grace. God doing for us what we cannot do for ourselves.

My pastor did this a few years ago with his temper. Within weeks, his temper no longer control him.

I do this with whatever worries me...and I have seen a real improvement in those situations. Hallelujah!

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Do You Take Him At His Word?

2008-06-02T11:16:00.000-07:00

Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. - Romans 10: 4 (NIV).

This Scripture says, "Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes."

Do you believe that Jesus died for all your sins? That God raised Him from the dead? Do you take Him at His Word about salvation?

Then why not when He says you are righteous through the shed blood of Jesus? Why are you still trying to earn salvation and righteousness? We are righteous through Jesus' shed blood.

God has a wonderful purpose in store for us who believe Him and take Him at His Word. One tailored for each of us individually. We just need to believe Him.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Who Needs Jesus?

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For this is My Father's will and His purpose, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in and cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] at the last day. - John 6: 40 (AMP).

If we believe in what Jesus did for us on the cross, we have eternal life. We know that our eternal salvation is secure. It is our mission to make sure others have the opportunity to make Jesus their Saviour as well.

Can you think of people in your life that need God? Can you think of creative ways to spread the Gospel to people you haven’t met yet?

People need Jesus, and you may be the only glimpse of Him that they ever see on this Earth.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Who Needs You?

2008-05-31T10:37:00.000-07:00

For I have come down from heaven not to do My own will and purpose but to do the will and purpose of Him Who sent Me. - John 6: 38

God sent Jesus to this earth to take all our sins, to heal all our diseases, to redeem us from destruction while being crucified to a cross.

If Jesus was sent to Earth on a mission, it stands to reason that we were too. God tells us that He has a purpose for us in Jeremiah 29:11 and Jeremiah 1:5.

Just as Jesus did, we are to focus on why we were sent to Earth. Too many times we are focused on how to pay bills and the other cares of this world when God promised to supply all our needs if we just believe.

It is imperative that we seek God on why He sent us to Earth. Ask Him to help you fulfill your purpose and trust the rest to God. There is someone out there who needs to hear what you have to say.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Are You Overflowing?

2008-05-30T11:13:00.000-07:00

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: - Philippians 2: 5

We need to be of the same mind as Christ. As He is so are we to be on this Earth. He is healthy, prosperous, peaceful, generous and a blessing to everyone He meets. Jesus received from the Father everything He needed to accomplish His mission, and the overflow spilled over onto the people around Him.

We need to be so full of Jesus by keeping our eyes on Him and what He did for us on the cross. When we receive all He has provided for us, the overflow will spill onto those around us too.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Is Everything Going As Planned?

2008-05-29T10:19:00.000-07:00

O LORD, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, for You have done wonderful things, even purposes planned of old [and fulfilled] in faithfulness and truth. - Isaiah 25: 1

God planned things long ago. We often see Him as a last-minute God, but He planned for our victory long ago. He planned to execute it at just the right moment (in His timing not ours). He even planned our existence from the beginning of time. He knew our names, what we would look like, what He created us to do while here on Earth. I suspect that Jesus, while on the cross, might have gone over all our names in His head to remind Himself of why He had to die...for you, me and everyone who has ever lived or will live. Just as God planned for Jesus to die and be raised for us, He planned for all our needs to be met...if we just believe.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Have You Messed Up God’s Plan?

2008-05-28T11:11:00.000-07:00

The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought and planned, so shall it come to pass, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand. - Isaiah 14: 24

What God has planned will happen. It will stand as God purposed.

It is comforting to know that God has everything under control. As much as we mess up the plans God has for our lives, God's plans will stand. They will come to pass.

Many of the people in the Bible tried to mess up God's plan, such as Abraham and Sarah.

They tried to conceive the child God promised them through Sarah's maidservant, Hagar. Only the child Abraham conceived with Hagar was not the promised child.

God's plans stood firm. Eventually the promised child, Isaac, arrived through Sarah.

Take heart if you think you've messed up God's plan because God knows what He is doing. And what He purposed for your life will come to pass.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Will You Let God Work Through You?

2008-05-27T10:52:00.000-07:00

But for this very purpose have I let you live, that I might show you My power, and that My name may be declared throughout all the earth. - Exodus 9: 16

I like this Scripture. It tells me that even though what I am going through may look dark and not a part of His Ultimate Plan that God has raised me up for a special purpose. Just like Moses, Gideon and all the other great men and women of faith, God wants to show His power through us so people will proclaim His Name. May you and I let God work through us today.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

What Does God Dream About You?

2008-05-26T11:07:00.000-07:00

Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within
us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that
we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or
dreams]. - Ephesians 3: 20 (AMP).

God's plans for your life are always greater than your plans. If you can dream them, they aren't big enough for our God. God is into doing exceeedingly, abundantly above all we can ask, think or dream. Beyond our wildest dreams. I wonder what God dreams about you. Why don't you ask Him today?

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Who Is On Your Counsel?

2008-05-25T10:04:00.000-07:00

Purposes and plans are established by counsel; and [only] with good advice make or
carry on war. - Proverbs 20: 18 (AMP).

Sometimes what we think is a good idea is actually not feasible. This is why we need to keep a counsel of trustworthy friends around to bounce ideas off. Friends who will tell us the truth no matter what.

However, the ultimate decision is not theirs. The ultimate final answer should come from your Best Friend, God.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Who Are You Showing The Light To?

2008-05-24T10:22:00.000-07:00

And God purposed that through (by the service, the intervention of) Him [the Son] all things should be completely reconciled back to Himself, whether on earth or in heaven, as through Him, [the Father] made peace by means of the blood of His cross. - Colossians 1: 20 (AMP)

This is our mission in life...to help reconcile people to what Jesus did for them...and us...on the cross. If we are not called to them, it is not our job to go to foreign lands. Instead we can be an influence in the lives of those we see on a daily basis. We can let God work through us to let His love and light shine to others every day.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

What Can God Do With You?

2008-05-23T09:58:00.000-07:00

Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails. - Proverbs 19:21 (NIV).

Many are the plans in our hearts. When we are younger, we might flip-flop on what we want to be like I did. A teacher. A lawyer. A doctor. But the Lord's plans always prevail when we yield our lives to Him.

I wanted to be a school teacher. God wanted me to teach His Word through writing. Although I was on the right track, wanting to teach, God knew how to make better use of the gifts He gave me.

If you yield to God, imagine what He could with your life.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Whose Plans Will You Choose?

2008-05-22T10:14:00.000-07:00

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. -- Proverbs 15:22 (NIV).

Our plans fail for lack of counsel. There is only one Adviser you need—God. When you ask Him what His plans are for you, those plans are already blessed and a part of your purpose, your destiny. Many times we come to God with our plans and ask Him to bless them. We do things opposite of God’s Will and expect Him to bless those things. Next time you come to God with your plans, stop and ask Him what His plans are for you instead. Remember His plans are already blessed.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

2008-05-21T10:48:00.000-07:00

For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. - Jeremiah 29:11

I had been going through a time in my life of great problems in my health. I almost died, and the recovery afterward included many infections.

For me, the near-death experience compounded the functioning anxiety disorder I lived with most of my life. I lived in constant torment physically, mentally and emotionally.

No matter what meeting I went to, who I had lay hands on me, the fear, the anxiety and the pain still remained.

Then I found Jeremiah 29:11, but the members of my church saw Jeremiah 29:11 as a warm fuzzy thought but not as God intended us to live.

Since then, God taught me something very important. Without purpose, people die from their illnesses. Without purpose, people don't succeed. Without purpose, people struggle.

In order for us to get through this life the way God intended, we must seek God concerning the reason He created us. Seek Him about it today.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Are You Righteous?

2008-05-20T10:03:00.000-07:00

Blessings crown the head of the righteous, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked. - Proverbs 10:6 (NIV).

We are righteous because of Jesus' shed blood. We are right with God not because of us but because of Jesus.

According to this Scripture, blessings crown the head of the righteous.

Why don't we see more blessings in our lives if this is so? Because we doubt that we truly are the righteous.

We know in our heads, but we still condemn ourselves. We go over a laundry list of reasons why we cannot be righteous when righteousness has nothing to do with us but with Jesus.

I invite you to go around, as I will be doing, and confess "I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus" (II Corinthians 5:21) every spare moment you have until you know that you know that you know you are righteous through Jesus' shed blood.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Are You Convicted?

2008-05-19T11:18:00.000-07:00

And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; - John 16:8-10 (KJV).

If we are unsaved, we are convicted of sin because we do not know God. Once we are Born-Again, we know that God already punished and judged His Son Jesus for all our sins. God, being a righteous God, cannot judge the same crime twice.

Now we are convicted of righteousness, meaning that God wants us to focus on what is right with us through the blood of Jesus rather than what is wrong with us. God’s love and Jesus’ blood are greater than our addictions or sin.

If we focus on God’s love and who we are through the blood of Jesus, the sin and the evil strongholds in our lives will melt away.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Anguishing Over The Cup

2008-05-18T10:54:00.001-07:00

And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. - Matthew 26:39 (KJV).

On a smaller scale, have you ever wished that God hadn’t asked you to do something? Did you ever anguish over it? Maybe to the point of being sick to your stomach with worry? The key is to do what Jesus did and commit yourself to the Will of God no matter what and to do it, fear and all.

Imagine if Jesus didn’t go to the Cross. We would all be going to hell. Aren’t you glad He submitted to God’s Will for His life and went to the cross to take the judgment and punishment for our sins? And that He rose from the dead? I know I am.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Wisdom Is A Person

2008-05-17T10:17:00.000-07:00

Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: that wisdom preserves the life of its possessor. - Ecclesiastes 7:12 (NIV).

Wisdom is a shelter that preserves the life of its possessor. Why is that? Because, for us, wisdom is not just knowledge and perception. It is the Person of Jesus Christ. When Christ died and rose for us, we became righteous through Jesus’ shed blood. And it is when we know who we are in Christ and what He has died to give us that Jesus’ blood protects us and preserves our lives. In Christ, our spirits, the real us, will never die. As long as we accept Christ, we will forever remain in the shelter of our wisdom, Jesus.

- Annagail Lynes

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Failure? God’s Will?

2008-05-16T10:49:00.000-07:00

Cast your burden on the Lord [releasing the weight of it] and He will sustain you; He will never allow the [consistently] righteous to be moved (made to slip, fall, or fail). - Psalm 55:22 (AMP)

Like many Believers today, I have started businesses and projects and when they failed, I thought it was God’s will. One of those erroneous teachings I was taught in church.

But according to this Scripture, if we release the weight of our burdens onto the Lord, He will never allow us, the righteous through Jesus’ shed blood, to be moved, to slip, fall or fail.

God doesn’t want us to fail. In fact, every thing we put our hand to is supposed to prosper (Deuteronomy 28:8).

Why isn’t it? Because, according to this Scripture, we don’t release the weight of our burden to God।

- Annagail ल्य्नेस

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100% Of The Time

2008-05-15T10:12:00.000-07:00

This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. - Isaiah 48:17 (NIV)

We all think that we know what is best for us. We think we know where we are going and how to arrive there. When we take our paths, though, how many times do we stumble and fail? 70%? 80%? 90%?

Instead we should allow the Lord to teach us what is best for us and direct us in the way we should go. Then we would succeed 100% of the time.

- Annagail Lynes
http://www.annagaillynes.net

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Come To Daddy

2008-05-14T10:10:00.001-07:00

You are God's child. He is your Father.

Most people see God as a dictator, waiting to pounce on them when they do wrong.

Instead He loves you enough that when Jesus died, God put the judgment and the punishment of all your sins--past, present and future--on Jesus.

God wants to have a relationship with you where there is nothing standing between you and Him. He wants to have one where you can come to Him no matter what and be loved on by Him.

Jesus tore down every barrier on the Cross, so now you don't have to come to God as creation to Creator, you can now come to Him as child to Daddy.

- Annagail Lynes

http://www.annagaillynes.net

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Righteousness. Peace. Joy.

2008-05-13T09:38:00.000-07:00

For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. - Romans 14:17 (KJV).

Righteousness. Peace. Joy. I think that God wanted them in this particular order because if you don’t know you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, you will never have true, lasting peace. And without righteousness and peace, there is nothing to be joyful about.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Lesson Learned

2008-05-12T10:47:00.000-07:00

One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. - Psalm 27:4

One lesson I have learned is that most of us, even I am guilty of this, seek what we can receive from God. We seek the things. God wants to give us divine healing, money enough to pay our bills and have enough to help others and the paid-off house and car. However, the way to receive those added benefits is to seek God. We need to spend time with Him, sitting in His presence, letting Him love on us. When we do, He will add to us all that we need and more.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

For His Name's Sake

2008-05-11T10:12:00.000-07:00

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name! Deliver us, forgive us, and purge away our sins for Your name's sake. - Psalm 79:9 (AMP)

Why would God deliver us and forgive us for His Name's sake? Most of us think that He delivers and forgives us for our sake.

However He does it for His sake as well. If He didn't deliver and forgive us, He would be eternally separated from us, the creations He loves so much.

This way, by giving us a choice to accept what Jesus did for us, He won't be separated from all His creations. Only the ones who don't accept Christ. He doesn't want them to perish. His heart aches because they must be separated from Him, but He rejoices over us that will be eternally safe with Him.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

God Calls Failures

2008-05-10T13:04:00.000-07:00

For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence. - 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 KJV

In the last few days, I heard a well-known female preacher say that God doesn't call us when we are failures but when we are successes.

I disagree with this wholeheartedly.

Joseph was in prison when God called him into his destiny.

Ruth was poor and just trying to get by when God called her into the lineage of Jesus.

Boaz's mother, Rahab, was a prostitute when God called her help the Hebrew spies.

Gideon was the weakest of the smallest clan of Israel when God called him to deliver God’s people.

Paul was killing Believers when God called Him to preach the Gospel.

God calls the ordinary, the failures, the least among their brethren to be mighty warriors for God. He does it to confound the wise and encourage the rest of us.

If you are breathing, no matter what you have or haven't done, God has called you to be mighty for the Him.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

What Is God Doing In Your Life?

2008-05-09T10:25:00.000-07:00

This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD. - Jeremiah 9:23, 24 (NIV).

We boast of many things in this life. We boast of how much money we have in the bank, how many hours we work in a week, how strong we are, what our kids and spouse have achieved.

How many times do we boast about what the Lord is doing in our lives? About His continual mercy toward us? About the kindness He has poured out on us that we neither deserve nor have earned?

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Transformation In The Land

2008-05-08T10:18:00.000-07:00

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. --2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV)

We are already forgiven of all our sins through the shed blood of Jesus, but in order for our land--be it Singapore, Ghana, Madrid or the United States--to be healed, we still need to direct the eyes of the people on who Jesus is. Only when the focus is on Jesus will there be a real transformation in the land.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

No Human Effort Required

2008-05-07T11:00:00.000-07:00

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. --Romans 12:12 (NIV)

Pain and affliction come to us all--male, female, saved, unsaved, rich, poor--as a result of living in this world. There is a difference, though, in experiencing the pain on the outside and letting the pain get inside of us.

We are children of the Most High God, and we have His promises that He will deliver us, that He will help us, that we are more than conquerors.

Instead of wallowing in our pain, instead of letting it define us, we need to think of it not as an obstacle but as an opportunity. An opportunity for our God, the One we claim to trust, to work on our behalf.

We should give the problem to Him and let Him take care of it. No human effort alone is required.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

The Promise Killer

2008-05-06T11:14:00.000-07:00

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked of him. --1 John 5:14-15 (NIV)

When we ask of God, according to His Will, which is the Bible, we can have the confidence in knowing God hears us.

If we keep believing that God heard us, it doesn’t matter if it takes five minutes, five years or five decades, it will be done for us as we believe.

When God says He will do it, He will do it guaranteed. God never says “no” when we pray according to His Will, believing.

It is us who don’t wait long enough for the answer, believing that He will come through.

Doubt is the ultimate killer of the promises of God. So when in doubt, we should fill up on the Word of God. We must continually feed on the promises of God until we starve our doubt.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Turning Chaos Into Calm

2008-05-05T10:46:00.000-07:00

Wisdom makes one wise man more powerful than ten rulers in a city.- Ecclesiastes 7:19 (NIV).

Wisdom. Proverbs tells us that wisdom is the principal thing (Proverbs 4:7). This Scripture says it makes us more powerful than ten rulers in a city.

Let’s say you have ten wisdom-challenged rulers governing a city. These people decide on rules that make no sense, such as that bills could only be paid on the second Tuesday of every seventh month of the year and that snow boots could not be worn in the city limits when it snows three months out of the year.

The rules would put the city into chaos, but if the people elect a wise ruler, that person could begin to untangle the entire mess, just as Solomon did, when the two women came to him, arguing over who has the real mother of the infant.

Wisdom, when given from God, can change everything and turn chaos into calm.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Enables You To Enjoy

2008-05-04T11:13:00.000-07:00

Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work—this is a gift of God. - Ecclesiastes 5:19 (NIV).

According to this Scripture, when God gives us wealth, possession and jobs, He enables us to enjoy them.

Isn’t it funny that some people search all their lives for wealth and possessions and then when they have them, they don’t enjoy them?

Wealth, jobs and possessions mean nothing unless we enjoy them.

If a person is depressed, he could have all the money and possessions his heart desires, but he won’t enjoy any of them.

It is God’s gift for us to enjoy what He gives us--our jobs, our money and things. However, we must never forget who gave them to us or worship them over Him.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Without Faith

2008-05-03T10:57:00.000-07:00

Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. --Hebrews 11:6 (NIV)

Without faith, it is impossible to please God. Without faith, it is also impossible to believe God. Faith is putting our belief, our trust, in something or someone whether it be good or bad.

Are we going to believe in God’s report of our needs being met? Or the devil’s report of lack and scarcity? The choice is ours.

However when we put our belief in God, He will reward us. He guarantees it in His Word.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

A Place Of Love

2008-05-02T11:01:00.000-07:00

Speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. --Ephesians 4:15 (NIV)

Many times we, me included, like to speak the truth of God’s Word to others, but we do it in a mean, judgmental way. But that is not God’s way.

God’s way is to love the people out of their sin, their addictions, their wrong thinking. The truth we speak, although God’s Word, must be done from a place of love. It will never be accepted otherwise.

We should ask God to let His love flow through us to others. Then the truth will make them free.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Our High Priest

2008-05-01T10:39:00.000-07:00

I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. --Job 19:25 (NIV)

I know my Redeemer lives. Other people’s gods are dead. Our isn’t.

Jesus died, yes, but He also rose from the dead. Then instead of dying again, He ascended into Heaven.

He is not dead. In fact, He is at the right hand of the Father, making intercession for us. He is our High Priest.

What does a high priest do? In the Old Testament, he used to remove all the unnecessary parts of a person’s offering before he presented it to God.

Jesus does the same thing for us with our prayers. He takes out all the imperfect parts before offering them to God. Therefore our prayers are perfect when they reach God the Father.

Doesn’t that make you glad that Jesus is alive and on our side?

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Most Like Christ

2008-04-30T11:35:00.000-07:00

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death -- even death on a cross! --Philippians 2:5-8 (NIV)

We are to be like Jesus. In His very loving nature, He served others--meeting their needs and comforting them. It is when we serve and help meet the needs of others--saved and unsaved--that we are most like Christ.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

The Cake No One Ate

2008-04-29T10:42:00.000-07:00

A sociologist traveled to Hawaii. He found himself hungry at what would have been 9 am his time, 3 am Hawaii time. Searching for somewhere to eat, he came across a bar. The bartender served him coffee and a donut.

While he ate, in walked some very loud women who worked as prostitutes.

One of the women, Agnes, said, “Tomorrow’s my birthday.”

One of the other women countered, “So what? You want me to bake you a cake?”

Agnes told her, “Don’t be mean. No one has ever baked me a cake or thrown me a party.”

The sociologist asked the bartender, “Do they come in here every night?”

“Every night like clockwork,” answered the bartender.

“Why don’t we throw Agnes a party tomorrow night,” proposed the sociologist.

The bartender with the help of his wife and the sociologist threw Agnes a party with balloons, streamers and a banner that read, “Happy Birthday, Agnes.”

When Agnes walked in the next night and the men presented her with the cake, she expressed, “No one has ever baked me a cake. I don’t want to eat it. I want to save it.”

She took her cake and left her party.

The sociologist took the opportunity to preach the Gospel about how God loved us so much that while we were yet in our sin, Christ took the judgment for our sins on the Cross.

Many accepted Christ that night.

God loves us even when we are in our addictions, pride and arrogance. And He still calls us His own.

The church is not the four walls that we attend every Sunday. We are the church. As such, we must reach out to those in need--sinner and saved alike. Wherever we do, we can be the church--the place of solace and comfort--for someone who desperately needs God.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

His Righteousness Goes Before You

2008-04-28T10:39:00.000-07:00

Righteousness goes before him and prepares the way for his steps. - Psalm 85:13 (NIV)

You are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, if you have accepted Christ and what He did for you by taking the judgment of all of your sins on Himself.

It is His righteousness that goes before you and prepares your way. God knows what you will encounter in your walk with Him because He can see the past, present and future.

If you listen to Him, He will instruct you on where to go and what to avoid. Listen to Him and obey. Then you will encounter less obstacles along the way.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Our Ultimate Protection

2008-04-27T11:52:00.000-07:00

I used to be fearful about everything--the car being stolen in the store parking lot, the house being robbed, people in my family dying, the phone ringing at strange hours of the night, eating. Anything and everything caused me fear.

I used to do certain rituals every time I would leave the house, leave the car in a parking lot, eat or go to sleep. I had convinced myself that if I didn't do the same ritual the same way each time, bad things would happen.

Then God taught me to plead the Blood of Jesus over everything because of its protective powers. Instead of doing my rituals, I only do one thing. I plead the Blood over what I wanted protected.

One time I rode in a car with my Mom and her now-former boyfriend. We drove down a road I traveled every day when I heard the Spirit of God tell me to plead the blood over the car. I did, and a few seconds later, a car slammed into an utility pole right behind us.

I know that I know that I know that he would have hit us if I had not obeyed God.

Jesus' shed blood protects us and all that concerns us. The children of Israel put the blood of a lamb on their door posts. In the same way, we have to plead the Blood of Jesus, the Lamb of God, over everything we are concerned about--from our finances to our kids--because the Blood of Jesus is our Ultimate Protection.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

The Mysteries Of Christ

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When you read this you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ.- Ephesians 3:4 (AMP)

When we read the Word of God, with the Holy Spirit as our Teacher, we are able to understand more of the mysteries of Christ. Without the Holy Spirit, we wouldn’t understand them. With Him, who understands God inside and out, He can and will teach us the mysteries of the Word, giving greater revelation into what God said. All we have to do is ask Him to.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Inside Of You

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And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. - Romans 8: 10 -11.

Christ lives in you, if you have accepted Christ. He is your redemption, your sanctification, your healing, your prosperity. Everything you need. He lives inside you, so you have 24/7 access to everything Christ died for you to have. All you have to do is believe it and receive it.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Succeed Every Time

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You have trusted in your wickedness and have said, 'No one sees me.' Your wisdom and knowledge mislead you when you say to yourself, 'I am, and there is none besides me.' - Isaiah 47:10 (NIV).

Everyone of us has trusted in our own efforts, our own wisdom and knowledge, to get us the big promotion, to build our businesses, to obtain the blessings that are freely ours.

When we trust in our own judgment, in what we think we know, we have a false sense of security. Our efforts will always lead us astray. From God rather than toward Him.

We should ask God for His advice, His plan and purpose, in every situation. His plans are always blessed, so when we do things God’s way, we succeed every time.

- Annagail Lynes

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

People Versus God

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What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? - Romans 8:31 (KJV)

Many times God will tell me to write something in an article or in a blog that is controversial and strong. I have been tempted many times to water the message down because I know that most Believers don’t believe that way. Even though it is Biblical sound.

Deep down I feared what people would think. However when I have a choice between pleasing people and doing God’s will, I’ve learned to obey God. Not that I always make the right choice. It isn’t always easy or popular, but it is always worth the temporary discomfort.

Your Sister In Christ,

Annagail

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.

Don't Die Before Your Time

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I’ve heard that Solomon never attained long life. I know that he only served as king of Israel for forty years, the same amount of time that his father served as king...and that was without God’s special gift of wisdom.

In Proverbs 3:16, we discover that wisdom has long life in her right hand and riches and honor in her left.

However, in I Kings 3:14, God told Solomon if he followed God’s ways, God would give him long life.

If we read the account of Solomon’s life, we realize that Solomon taxed his people severely and turned away from God.

As we know, Jesus came to fulfill the conditions of the law for us, to fulfill man’s part of the covenant with God. He did this so that we could receive all the benefits of the salvation package. After accepting Christ, we now dwell in the shadow of the Almighty and are entitled to the benefits in Psalm 91, including living until we are satisfied (Psalm 91:16).

If we don’t keep our eyes focused on Jesus and His wisdom (not ours), though, we will never know what Jesus died for us to have. In fact, if we don’t keep our eyes on Jesus and do what He tells us to do, we might die before our time. So keep your eyes on Jesus.

Your Sister In Christ,

Annagail

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Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? Do you believe Jesus died to pay the price for your sin? That He was raised from the dead? Then just pray aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of all my sins. Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour." If you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth, you are Born-again. Let us know if you prayed this prayer.