But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. - Galatians 5:18.

If we are led by the Spirit of God, we are not under the law.  This can be said another way.  If we are not being led by the Spirit of God, then we are striving to meet the conditions of the law.  The conditions that Jesus already fulfilled for us.  Instead we need to be led by the Spirit of God within us.  He will lead us to the right place at the right time to avoid calamity, to avoid trouble, to meet a person who needs God.  When the Spirit of God is in control of our lives, we will find that life has more meaning and is a lot more exciting.

Talk to you in 2008!

- 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.

But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons. - Galatians 4:4-5 (NIV).

You know, I don’t think it gets any clearer than this.  Jesus was born under the law to redeem those under the law, which was you and me before we accepted Christ, that we might receive the full rights of sons.

We, as Believers, are entitled to receive the full rights as children of God.  Jesus died so that we might be God’s children, a part of God’s family.  God gave His only Son so that He might receive us as His children.

Think about all the others brothers and sisters we have.  Those who are in Heaven.  Those on this Earth.  Those who are yet to be born.

We are a part of a mighty army of God able to defeat any foe with our Father 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.

You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. - Galatians 5:4 (NIV).

When we try to justify ourselves by the law, even after we are saved, we alienate ourselves from Christ.  Why?  Because we are not focusing on what Jesus did for us.  Instead we are focusing on what it is that we must do to be justified in the sight of God.  Christ already paved the way for us to be justified in the sight of God, to be in right standing with God, through His shed blood.  When we focus on what Christ did, we experience 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.

The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace. - Psalm 29:11 (NIV).

Isn’t that wonderful to know that God gives us strength and blesses us with peace?  He gives strength and peace to us as presents without any expectation of us returning the gifts.  When a person gives a gift with no expectation of the other person reciprocating that is the most loving gift.  It is what Jesus did for us on the Cross.  Jesus died for our sins without expectations of return.  He gave us the choice to receive His gift or not.

- 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 I will pour water on him who is thirsty, And floods on the dry ground; I will pour My Spirit on your descendants, And My blessing on your offspring; They will spring up among the grass Like willows by the watercourses.’  - Isaiah 44:3-4 (NKJV).

I live in Phoenix, Arizona, so I know what dry ground is.  Even here, though, when we receive a lot of rain as we have several times in the last month, the ground becomes saturated with water.  Many times the water will overflow onto the streets and sidewalks.  Imagine that is the same thing God does with the dry places in our lives.  He floods them with His blessings.  When He does, there is so many blessings in our lives that they overflow to the our offspring.

- 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.

“You alone are the Lord. You made the skies and the heavens and all the stars. You made the earth and the seas and everything in them. You preserve them all, and the angels of heaven worship you. - Nehemiah 9:6 (NLT).

God is God.  He will not change into the devil.  He will not change into a mere human being.  He will not change His mind.  His Word is the final authority on a subject, whether we believe it or not.  He created the earth, and everything in it.  We are a part of the everything in it. In this Scripture, He promises to preserve the earth and everything in it.  We can be grateful that God is mindful of everything we do and say and that He is always working to preserve 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.

What does Psalm 23 mean to you? That the Lord is your Shepherd?  That He makes you to lie down in green pastures?

For me, it means that the Lord is my Protector, my Comforter, my Leader.  That’s what a shepherd does.  He protects.  He comforts.  He leads.

When a wolf comes after me, He goes after it.  He chases the wolf away.

He makes me to lie down in green pastures.  He wants what is best for me.  He doesn’t let me rest in dead, brown, withered, old pastures.  No, He provides me with His best.

He leads me beside still waters because in Him, I am at peace.  He doesn’t want me to worry, to fret, to be afraid, because He is there to protect me.

He restores my soul.  I don’t have to deal with my mind, will and emotions on my own.  He restores them.   All I have to do is cooperate.

He leads me.  He directs me.  He orders my steps.  He knows where I am going and how to get me there safely.  Even when I am in my darkest hours, He is with me.  He comforts me.  With Him, I have nothing to fear.

In the presence of my enemies, He prepares a table for me.  He anoints my head with oil.  My cup runs over.  He blesses me in the midst of my enemies.  He anoints me and blesses me not because I deserve it but because I am His child and He loves me.

He loves me so much that He makes sure that goodness and mercy are hunting me down and pursuing me all the days of my life.  He made the way for me to dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

My God is so good to me.  He loves me, protects me and watches over me.  He makes sure that I am taken care of.  That is how sweet my God is!

Now what does Psalm 23 mean to 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.

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. - John 15:7 (NIV).

According to this Scripture, if we remain in God’s Word, if we let His Word be our ultimate authority, we can ask whatever we wish.  Why will it be given to us?  Because if God’s Word is in us, we will not ask for anything that is not according to His Will.

- 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.

But you will not leave in haste or go in flight; for the LORD will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard. - Isaiah 52:12 (NIV).

Every morning I listen to what God wants to tell me for the day…and lately, He has been saying that He has every thing under control, that He has every thing covered.  This Scripture agrees because it says that not only does He go before us, He also watches our backs.  He protects us from unexpected attacks that we cannot see.  How awesome is our God that He cares enough to protect us from sneak attacks of the enemy?

- 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 I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. - Galatians 1:12.

Have you ever had a revelation of Jesus Christ?

Some of us who grew up in church heard about Jesus’ birth, death and resurrection.  We could quote you the stories backward and forward, but to us, they were just stories.

It wasn’t until I met Jesus for myself, it wasn’t until I had a revelation of Jesus, that I understood who Jesus is and why He died for me.

What about you?  Is He real in your life?  If not, ask Jesus to reveal Himself 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.

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? - Matthew 6:27 (NIV).

I am a recovering worrier. It is only by the grace and help of my God that I have started to let go of some of those things that I tried to control in the past.

Most people who worry are trying to control some aspect of their lives because the root cause of worry is fear. God’s love, His perfect love, is the only antidote to fear. Not our love but His.

We must believe in His love, His unfailing love, for us. That is the only way that our fears will subside.

- 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.

Your opinion of me is nice, but it isn’t necessary.

For many years, I had been obsessed with what people thought of me.

Growing up, I used to exaggerate the events of my life to make myself sound more exciting. The problem is that eventually people find out what kind of person you really are.

Now, I am to the point in my life that I am too old to worry about what anyone thinks of me or the way I live my life.

The only opinion I care about is my Heavenly Father’s. Everyone else’s opinions are not relevant.

In school, if a certain group liked something or someone, I conformed my thoughts, my beliefs, to their way of thinking.

There’s only one Person I will conform my thoughts and beliefs to now. Can you guess who? Yes, my Lord.

People can conformed to what is “Politically Correct.” People can conformed to latest fad in Christianity. People can conformed to the beliefs of the political leaders. That is their choice, and I respect that.

However, it is not my choice. I will only conform to the thoughts, feelings and purposes of my God. In the end, it is God I will stand before on Judgment Day not the media, not the political leaders, not even the celebrity of the week.

In light of that, to me, the opinions of everyone one else seem trivial.

Let me leave you will this thought: Who are you trying to impress? God or people?

- 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.

And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. - 1 Thessalonians 3:12-13.

The Lord makes us to increase and abound in love one toward another.  The Lord does it!  The Lord establishes our hearts unblameable in holiness before God.  Again these Scriptures say that the Lord does the work.

Most of us are trying to change ourselves in our own strength, but the truth is that it is the Lord that does the work.  All we must be is yielded vessels.  We must cooperate with Him and trust that He knows what He is doing.  God isn’t worried, so why should we 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.

“I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase” (1 Corinthians 3:6).

God gives us increase.  It isn’t our jobs because they can fail us.  It isn’t our bank account because it can dwindle.  Only God can increase us.  Only God gives us promotion.  He is the only One who can truly move us from our present level to the next level and then the one after that.  It is our job to allow Him to.

Many times, we try to make the puzzle pieces of our lives fit together.  We mess things up in our own lives.  Then we want God to straighten out our messes.  Wouldn’t it be better for us to just let God increase us in His way in His 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.

“My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up” - Psalm 5:3.

To start our days, we need to connect with our God.  That’s the only way to make it through our days victoriously.  It’s imperative that we pray every morning, that we keep our eyes focused on our Lord.  When we take our eyes off of Jesus, like Peter, we start to sink.  If we keep our eyes on our Lord, we will never sink. He will never allow us to fall.

- 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.

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.  The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. - Proverbs 4:18-19.

Every day, whether we realize it or not, we are being guided carefully by our God.  He is guiding us along the path that we should go.  He is instructing our spirits and ordering our steps.  The same cannot be said for the children of darkness.  We should be grateful every day that God is on our side and is directing us, even when the path looks contrary to our promise.

- 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.

Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.” - John 8:10-11 (NIV).

This woman, who had been caught in the very act of adultery, didn’t receive condemnation from Jesus.  And this was before Jesus died.

Jesus has been judged for all our sins–past, present and future.  Our sins have been paid for.  Therefore there is no need for us to live under condemnation.  Now, we can live, just like the adulteress woman, without condemnation.

Next time the devil tries to bring up your past sins, you point him to the Cross where Jesus paid for all your sins.

Jesus shed His blood so that you might be in right-standing with God through Him (II Corinthians 5:21).  When we continue to live under condemnation, we are not accepting Jesus’ free gift in full.

- 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.

“Let each of you esteem and look upon and be concerned for not [merely] his own interests, but also each for the interests of others” (Philippians 2:4, AMP).

Today on the news, I heard about a set of parents who taught their four-year-old to think of all the other children who wouldn’t be receiving toys on Christmas.  In response to this, the child started raising money for toys for underprivileged children.

Can you imagine what would happen if we, as adults, would take this child’s lead and think of others rather than ourselves?

- 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.

But I said, “I have labored to no purpose; I have spent my strength in vain and for nothing. Yet what is due me is in the LORD’s hand, and my reward is with my God.” - Isaiah 49:4 (NIV).

How many times have you felt that you have labored to no purpose?  That you have spent your strength in vain?  For nothing?  Yet God sees everything we have done for Him.  He sees every time we have been kind to someone, encouraged someone, gave to someone unselfishly, shared the Gospel and so forth.  God is our Rewarder.  Not man.  Thank God, He is because man is not as generous as our 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.

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” - John 8:12.

Jesus is the light of the world.  And because we have accepted Christ, we are in Christ.  We are to be as Christ is in this earth.  If Jesus is the light of the world, then we are to be a light to the people on this earth.  We are to show them the love of God through our words and actions.  When people see us, do people want what we have?  If the answer is no, then we need to work with God concerning 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.

…for he is the living God, and steadfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.  He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in the heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions - Daniel 6: 25-2.

Even when we are in the pit, surrounded by so many lions that we feel their breath hot on our necks, God still sees us.  He still knows where we are.  And if we stay close to Him, if we believe in Him and His promises, He will deliver us.  He will rescue us.  He will even work signs and wonders on our behalf in order to deliver us from the mouths of those hungry, angry lions.

- 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.