Rest In His Love – Promises and Prophecy

“The Father said, ‘My child, you are always with Me by My side. Everything I have is yours to enjoy.’”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭15:31‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Ahhhh. You don’t have to strive or pretend or try to put your best foot forward with the Lord in order to receive from Him. Actually, all that strife (dead works) hinders your heart from receiving all that He’s continually pouring out.

Your Father delights in giving to you as you are. He’s not interested in you trying to impress Him. He’s already well pleased with the imperfect you, His beloved. He is pleased with His Son’s impressive sacrifice that made you righteous in His sight, qualifing you for His intimacy, healing, provision, protection and more.

It doesn’t matter how small or seemingly insignificant your concern, need or desire. If it concerns you, it concerns Jesus. If it matters to you, it matters to Him.

His giving has nothing to do with your doing or lack of it. His giving is based on what Jesus has done, complete and perfect. Now In Him, you are found complete, lacking nothing. You may not feel complete, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s true (Col. 2:10).

And because, in Him, you live and function and have your identity (Acts 17:28 TPT), your Abba sees you covered in His favor, honor and glory. That’s why even when you feel you are at your worst, you can believe what you are asking Him for is already a finished work…then you will see it.

Just talk to Him about all that’s on your heart. Speak out what you want to see; what’s already yours. You will hear your words and they will become faith for you to believe while in the wait; while He is moving, healing and preparing… working every detail of your life out for good because of your trust in Him.

He is not just able, He is willing. So willing, that He suffered your afflictions, giving up His life for you so He could give you Heaven’s quality of life overflowing in your soul, relationships, family, work…and most importantly, in your unhindered union with Him.

In and of ourselves, we deserve nothing. But in Christ and because HE deserves it all, we as His children, are heirs of His limitless blessings! He wants you to come to Him as you are; a negative charge (your weaknesses and failures) coming to a positive charge (His strength and faithfulness)… And then bam! 💥…  You will see His explosive love manifest beyond what you can imagine!

Relax, child of God, and trust in His passion for you. Let go of all you think is being demanded of you and simply and freely receive and enjoy the supply that’s already yours by the blood of Jesus that shouts nothing but “Grace! Grace!” (Zech. 4:7).

“This is the reason I urge you to boldly believe for whatever you ask for in prayer—be convinced that you have received it and it will be yours.”
‭‭Mark‬ ‭11:24‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Resting In His Love,

Annalee Reyes

I recently had the privilege of hosting and leading an intimate women’s group using Tullian Tchividjian’s masterpiece “One Way Love.” Each week these beautiful women and I grew in being vulnerable and real with each other and with Jesus.

Each week we fed and feasted on the truth of the gospel; the truth that our identity is found in Jesus alone and in all He did for us. That we are free to ditch pretending and performing for God and others. That living by rules and “shoulds” is demanding and exhausting. That it’s all about our Father’s inexhaustible one way love for us (especially when we think are least lovable).

That it’s all about knowing Jesus and receiving His grace as we are because He became our curse at the cross so we would become the recipient of His righteousness and resurrection life.

We need the true gospel every moment, every day like we need oxygen. We need to hear over and over again that it IS finished. And that now you have an endless supply of new beginnings. That you are free to find rest in HIS perfect sacrifice; to find rest in being known and sought after as you are. That you can give up trying to force anything to happen but by His Spirit He does it all.

This is the good news for a tired church and a tired world. The good news of a good good Father Who gave up His Beloved Son to take our place so we could take His as the beloved…to have a real relationship with a real God who really really really pursues you every second of your life! In your hurt, in your pain, in your confusion and in your weariness, He meets you there to be with you there.

And there, He becomes your hope, healing, peace and abundance. This is the gospel. Grace upon Grace. Trust and take it.

Resting In His Love,

Annalee Reyes

“And by His one perfect sacrifice He made us perfectly holy and complete for all time!…And then He says, “I will not ever again remember their sins and lawless deeds!” So if our sins have been forgiven and forgotten, why would we ever need to offer another sacrifice for sin?”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭10:14, 17-18‬ ‭TPT‬‬

No matter how much you think this can’t be true…it is! Beloved, you are FORGIVEN. FORGIVEN. FORGIVEN. The mistakes and failures you can’t forget, your Father can’t remember! And won’t! EVER! Your entire lifetime of sin has already been dealt with at the cross!

The blood of Jesus-His liquid love-is far greater than your biggest offense! In His sight you are perfected forever! This is your confidence! You can run straight to Him no matter what you’ve done or what you’re going through…and be met by Perfect Love!

No more offering sacrifices of performance to please Him. No more wallowing in guilt. No more confession speeches. Just a ‘thank you’ will do. Especially in the midst of your messing up – ‘Thank you Daddy God for making me a new creation in Christ; beautiful and righteous in your sight!”

This is grace! This is the gospel! This is your freedom, believer! Got an addiction? A problem? Confess your righteousness, not your wrong-doing. And watch how Jesus takes care of it for you, through you.

So today, when you feel like you haven’t done enough or the accuser whispers in your ear, ‘look what you just did,’ …

Fuh-get-about-it! And go to your Father to receive the the favor you don’t deserve but get anyway because of Jesus! And live!

What though the vile accuser roar, Of sins that I have done; I know them well, and thousands more; My God, He knoweth none…My sin is cast into the sea. Of God’s forgotten memory. No more to haunt accusingly. For Christ has lived and died for me.”(His Be The Victor’s Name, hymn)

Resting In His Love,

Annalee Reyes

“Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.” 1 Kings 18:41

Have you been hard-pressed on all sides during what seems like a never-ending season of drought? Perhaps you’ve been weathering a desert storm that seems it will never let up. Have you been wondering when you’ll see the winds of change? I believe the Lord wants to bring a Word of encouragement to you (His beloved) as He prepares you for His downpour of blessings.

God wants you to see more of His Son. When you see Jesus, you see the Father; His heart, His nature, His grace…His love for you. At the beginning of this year (2018), just after the Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl, I wrote an article about having Eagle Vision; an enlightening of your heart, flooded with the revelation of the Person Jesus and what He did for you in His death, burial and resurrection.

Continue reading “I Hear The Sound”

“But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5

The Prince of Peace reminds you, you don’t have to bow to the thoughts waging war in your mind, to the fear pursuing to paralyze you, to the symptoms working diligently to debilitate you.

For HE, The Prince of Peace, the Victor of the violent cross, the Resurrected One who is living in you is far greater than the one who is in the world.

HE has bequeathed to you His very Shalom (His rest, tranquility, wholeness, health, prosperity and exemption from internal havoc) so that in the midst of life’s chaos, your trust in His Presence on the inside can actually transform the atmosphere on the outside.

Remember, your Papa knows what you need. So choose to place it all in the hands of His Perfect Love; the hands that paid for your provision. And see how those hands fill you with His plenty in His perfect time.

“The only hope for enduring peace is Jesus Christ…In the midst of ALL circumstances, God’s grace, PEACE and joy are there.” ~ Billy Graham

Resting In His Love,

Annalee Reyes

Continue reading “hand in HAND”

“He heals the wounds of every shattered heart.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭147:3‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Whatever shape your heart is in, Jesus wants it. All the pieces. Every shattered fragment; the shards of your pain, the particles of your rejection, the slivers of regret, the chunks of anger and doubt, the remnant of hope. Whatever you’ve got. He wants you right where you are.

It’s the only place His grace superabounds and His Love is transformationally experienced. He is the only One who can make your heart whole.

When you don’t come to Him in your pain, it will remain. But if, in your desperation and despair, you bring it to Him, you open the door of your heart for the Healer to come in and move in your ruins; to touch every place with His Presence. His love will penetrate there, His Spirit will move into the deepest of your darkness to heal and illuminate there…to hold you and love you back into Life. 

Continue reading “He Wants And Heals Every Part Of Your Heart”

“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.

Continue reading “The Father’s heart for fathers”

“…the fullness of Him Who fills all in all [for in that body lives the full measure of Him Who makes everything complete, and Who fills everything everywhere with Himself].” Ephesians‬ ‭1:23‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

Where do you feel empty today? Lacking? In need of understanding, acceptance and unconditional love? Are you going through something and you feel no one gets it? Do you feel rejected by someone you love or someone at work whom you feel should be respecting you or giving you recognition? Is there a gaping hole in your heart too painful to really share from losing someone dear? Or from a relationship that seems to have died?

Beloved, there is only One who knows your heart, completely and intricately. There is only One who knows every tear you’ve shed, every hurt you’ve hidden, every moment you’ve felt forsaken. And only The One, Jesus (your only source for real life) can fill  those places with redeeming unconditional love, healing and restoration.

Continue reading “He Fills All in All”

“Deep calls to deep at the [thundering] sound of Your waterfalls; All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.” ‭‭PSALM‬ ‭42:7‬ ‭AMP‬‬