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It’s no wonder the devil tries to get glory for the very day God Himself has ordained “set-apart” for Himself. This day, October 31, is a day when the Lord chose a man by the name of Martin Luther to bring about a divine reformation in the church and the saving of countless lives by encountering the true gospel. 

Today is not the devil’s day. Today is the anniversary of the rediscovery of the doctrine of justification by faith – that is, salvation by grace alone (Gal. 2:21) through faith alone in Christ alone. 

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Do you believe He desires you? Do you believe He longs to hear your voice and waits for you to come to Him so He can be all you need? Do you believe when you doubt He is faithful?

Do you trust when you have nothing to give, He gives all He is? Are you confident that when you have no confidence, He is your confident expectation of good? Have you been told that it’s not about your doing but His “done” that causes you to experience His grace? Have you received the good news that declares when you are unlovable, Perfect Love pursues you all the more?

Do you know it’s your weakness; your being able to accomplish nothing in your own effort that attracts His resurrection power? Have you been reminded the pressure is off to perform and you can cease from your moral striving because you are clothed in His spotless, unearned, glorious robe of righteousness? 

Beloved, what if today, you focused not on yourself; not on what you think you need to do or what you’ve failed to do, but on Jesus only; your true identity. Choose to fix the eyes of your heart on the truth that you are His desire. He simply loves being with you. And He’ll do all the rest.

Resting in His Love,

Annalee Reyes

The Word says “Hope deferred or unrelenting disappointment leaves you heartsick…BUT…when the desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.” (Proverbs‬ ‭13:12‬ ‭MSG, AMPC).

I know many of you have been in a long season of tough stuff where it seems as though there’s no breakthrough or change in sight. I know there are things you’ve been trusting in the Lord for you feel will never come to pass. And I know that in the disappointments, hard-pressing and oppression it has felt as though hope is nowhere to be found.

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When Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River, as He rose up out of the water, the Holy Spirit came upon Him and He heard His Father’s voice say, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I AM well pleased” (Matt. 3:13).At this point in Jesus‘s life, He had not yet done one miracle. He had done nothing for His Father and He had done no ministry.

Jesus was born fully Man and fully God. Yet, leaving His throne for you, He emptied Himself of His deity to rely solely on His Father by the power of the Holy Spirit. Although He was completely sinless, He still lived in all humanness like us; understanding struggle, weakness and testing. Beloved, He’s not out of touch with our earthly reality. He understands fully what you go through and experience entirely. His suffering was your suffering so you could be healed and made whole.

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“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to Me. Get away with Me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest…Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with Me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11:28-30‬ ‭MSG‬‬

When I first started writing years ago, it came out of a place of me fully enjoying the Lord and His love for me and I in turn was so excited to share that freedom. But there came a time when my writing, as well as doing other things, no longer came out of a flow, but rather I was forcing everything because I felt like I had to or “I should.”

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“You and I, just as Jesus, have been given Father’s stamp of approval long before we ever accomplished anything in this life. You are His beloved, so, be loved.” ~ Leif Hetland

I think the greatest way to honor fathers on Father’s Day is to remind them to become children again. The role of a father is indispensable, vital and crucial to a child. And if it’s healthy, that role depicts a tiny grain of sand, a glimpse if you will, as to what God’s heart is like towards His children.

A child, on the other hand, gets to freely receive. He gets to romp and play, live loved, explore and make mistakes in the joy of knowing his father’s joy over him. It’s for that reason, my heart yearns to remind every father reading this of the pride and joy his Heavenly Daddy has for him…simply because he is. 

A dad’s “job” on this earth is tough. He has numerous responsibilities; from providing for his family to caring for his home while guiding and spending time with his children. His hats are many. And rarely does a father get the recognition he deserves.

However, there is a love, honor and recognition that comes from Father God that is not based on anything you do. It’s an approval, affirmation and acceptance apart from your performance or accomplishments. It is not withdrawn when you fail. It is not held back in your weaknesses, addictions and disappointments.

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YOU are not an orphan. YOU are not a slave. YOU have not been abandoned. YOU are not an employee of God. YOU, precious one, are HIS beloved son, beloved daughter. 

Don’t live today in guilt or condemnation believing you have to strive to make something happen or perform for His approval and blessings. 

You are drenched in His perfect love and clothed in His spotless robe of righteousness. (His FREE gift to you simply by believing). 

Have a heavy heart? Tell your Daddy God! Have a request? Tell your Papa and believe it’s already yours. Just need to be held and revived? Be still in your Father’s tender presence and let Jesus serve YOU! 

Under grace, you are no longer bound by that religious spirit that makes you feel like you’re not doing enough. You have been given a new identity in THE SON who did enough at the cross; the identity of the beloved by the Spirit of sonship. 

You can exhale “duty” today and inhale His peace as you enjoy your full acceptance in Abba’s (Abba; Aramaic for intimate Father) embrace. Jesus, who put religion out of business, is always after real relationship with you as you are. 

“And you did not receive the “spirit of religious duty,” leading you back into the fear of never being good enough. But you have received the “Spirit of full acceptance,” enfolding you into the family of God. And you will never feel orphaned, for as HE rises up within us, our spirits join Him in saying the words of tender affection, “Beloved Father!…
“For the Holy Spirit makes God’s fatherhood real to us as He whispers into our innermost being, “You are God’s beloved child!”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:15‬ ,16 TPT

Open your heart and hands, and receive His tangible love that transforms as you declare in simple trust: “Abba, I am your beloved. I belong to You.”

Resting In His Love,

Annalee Reyes

The keys of authority over every form of death that kept you down, that tries to keep you down, was gifted to the prince of lies by the first Adam (man) in the first garden.

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But while in the garden tomb, The Second Adam, (The Son of Man) took back the keys of the dominion of the realm of death and hell. By entering into death Himself, Jesus, annihilated the effects of the accuser who once held that power. (Hebrews 2:14).

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At noon, the brightest hour of the day when the sun is directly overhead, the world became black with complete darkness for three hours (Mark 15:33) the day the Son of God, Love’s True Light, absorbed the entirety of humanity’s curses. 

It was within those final three hours, the principalities and powers of darkness that separated us from His Presence were upon His soul as Jesus Himself became our sin and everything that is a result of sin: judgment, punishment, guilt, condemnation, shame, sicknesses, diseases, even death itself. 

He was disconnected from the Father, so we could be forever one with Him in His resurrection. He took our place, so we could take His. 

Becoming a man of sorrows, He was acquainted with the deepest grief, pain and sickness. No one in all human history has suffered to the extent Jesus suffered for His children on this day 2,000+ years ago. Marred beyond recognition, He did it for you.

Even before His arrest in the garden of Gethsemane; Jesus began His suffering for you, redeeming you. He was in such agony of spirit that His sweat fell to the ground as drops of blood (Luke 22:44). He knows about stress beloved; He took yours to give you peace. 

He knows what’s on your mind. He wore the crown of thorns so you could have a sound mind, crowned in His glory and honor as His royal child. And He knows your troubled heart. Because that’s what He died of. On the cross, his heart burst open. He died of a broken heart to make yours whole.

There’s nothing He wouldn’t do for you because He’s already done it all for you. “It Is Finished.”

Good Friday is a Good Father. This is how much your Papa loves you beloved. It was His very will to crush His Son and cause Him to suffer so you could come home to His heart and be held, healed and blessed (Isaiah 53:10). 

Daddy God Who was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself to get His kids back, spared nothing to free you from curse and death to release the flood tide of Grace over your life.

On that cross, midday became midnight so you could live in His love-light no matter how dark your days may feel. The Passover Lamb has been slain and roasted. His perfection passed on to you. Freely partake of His perfect love for you.

Thank you Jesus.

Happy Good Friday! Happy Passover!

Resting In His Love,

Annalee Reyes

As a teen, I never had a problem with acne. It wasn’t until I was an adult, married and raising a family, that this monster surfaced in my life. 

Adult acne; really?! Ugh! It was the one thing that became a real stronghold for me for many years. I’m being vulnerable here when I say it made me want to hide. I felt less than beautiful on many occasions as well as insecure and self-conscious. And introspection is the worst thing. Because when we are focused on self, we aren’t focused on Jesus, Who is our real self. 

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