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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------------------- 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.
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 ------------------- 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 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 ------------------- 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 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 ------------------- 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.
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 ------------------- 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 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 ------------------- 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.
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 ------------------- 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.
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 ------------------- 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.
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! ------------------- 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.
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