MaryAnn's Blog (38)

My ways are not your ways. My perfect timing seems slow to you because of your spirit of impatience. Some of My most precious gifts are unrecognized by you because of your blind ingratitude. Many a lovely experience can come to you and not be received because of your insensitivity at that particular moment.



Angels have knocked at your door and been turned away as beggars because you were dull of perception. Could the truth be revealed, you would view with awe and astonishment the… Continue

My child, know that I am guiding and leading. Nothing can be amiss as long as your heart is right with Me. I am in full control of all that touches your life when you are in tune with Me.



Lay every care at My feet. Give Me every heartache and every concern. I will make your way clear, so that you will not stumble nor be turned to a false way.



There has been no time when you have needed Me as deeply as you need Me now.



Psalm 37:23 The Lord directs the steps of… Continue

Give Him your full adoration. His grace toward you extends through the channel of your love, and is activated by your desire to receive. Enter upon each day with the quiet knowing: Christ is in this day because Christ is in Me.



You can go nowhere without finding Him, because wherever you go, you take Him with you, and He goes before and follows after.



Psalm 23

The LORD is my shepherd;

I have all I need.

He lets me rest in green meadows;

He leads me… Continue

There is a way of the Spirit unknown to the natural mind. No barrier can keep you from finding His best for you except an unyielding will. As long as it is your sincere desire to know and to do the will of God, He will guide and direct you in all sorts of surprising ways.



His desire to bless you goes infinitely beyond your own personal effort to secure His blessing.



There is always peace in His presence. Do not disturb this by anxiety about what is in store for tomorrow.… Continue

All you do for Me in ministering to others is part of My own working within you; for in every case, whenever you bless another, you bring an injection of new life and vitality into your own spirit and personality.



Your character is that which I shape from the broken fragments of all your testings; therefore, accept the trials with a grateful heart. I will use ALL things to bring you into conformity to My image if you will but bless all and trust Me. (by: Frances J.… Continue

If you set up barriers through pride or self-defense, you hinder the progress of your soul. Be as a little child and stay open to the flow of My life in you: so shall you be spared many a bitter disappointment and much weary striving. Only in this way can you keep your balance and poise. Thus shall your perfecting be accomplished.



Nothing you could ever do for Me can be more important than this -- the perfecting of your own soul.



Hebrews 13: 20-21 Now may the God of Peace… Continue

FASTING AND PRAYER (Excerpt from Elizabeth Alves, book, ‘The Mighty Warrior’.



Fasting—our cutting edge—is most often done in secret and coupled with prayer. More than just abstaining from food, it is an act of self-denial for higher purposes. It is important to check your motives and heart attitudes with the Lord before you determine to pray with fasting.

(Matthew 6:16-18)



Notice that Jesus did not say 'if' you fast, but 'when' you fast, so He expected Christians to… Continue

Give Me all: your body, mind and spirit. Hold nothing back for yourself. Speak to Me often and much. The more you do so, the more I can help you. Full confession brings full forgiveness. True humility opens the door to divine aid. Genuine repentance activates My grace.



1 John 1:9, 10 But if we confess our sins to Him, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that His… Continue

Understanding comes not by outer observation but by inner revelation. I Myself will teach you I Myself will open to you many mysteries. Fret not, neither set a limit as to what you may attain. I will communicate with you more and more, and at a deeper level of understanding, as you seek Me in the hidden places of your soul.



1 Cor. 2:10-14 But it was to us that God revealed these things by His Spirit. For His Spirit searches out everything and shows us God's deep secrets. No one can… Continue

There is a flow of divine life, and as you enter into it, you shall find victory. If you long to see your own personal wishes overcome by the will and purposes of God, let your heart be at rest. For this union of your spirit with My Spirit and of your will and My will shall come as simply and easily as rain falling, if you can learn this one secret, that is, how to lose yourself in the flow of My life as I live within you.



John 17:23 I am in them and you are in me. May they… Continue

You have been acting as though you supposed you had to stand alone, in your own strength. You have experienced My help innumerable places and situations. Why should you think that now, in this place, you must stand alone? No, you can never stand alone anywhere. You cannot solve any problem while you hold it in your own hands. Commit it to Me.



Commit THIS to Me. COMMIT it to ME. It is the only way. Your thoughts will deceive you, and your heart is a rebel. Fears assail and doubts… Continue

There is no alternative for faith. You have need of testings to develop your character. There is no other way. Avoidance of stress genders weakness. Accept the trials of life as they come, and look for the good in each. Only in this way can you advance and grow in stature.



Only through much self-discipline and self-denial can you gain the victory. Undergirding you are My promises, and in them you shall find strength. Look not within yourself, for of yourself you can bring forth no… Continue

You need not search for answers to the many mysteries of life, but only trust and follow Me in the simplicity of obedience. Understanding will come to you as you walk in obedience.

Make Me your goal, and wisdom shall be given each day as needed. Do not try to reverse the order.

Job 28:28

Borrow nothing of tomorrow's trouble. By anticipating evil you may create the same. Project blessing, and blessing will come to you.

Leave every anxiety at the foot of the cross. I have not exhausted My resources in helping you. Your faith is flagging. Back to the Word and strengthen your soul with heavenly manna.

I will keep you and bless you, and you shall bear My words of comfort to others.

Matthew 6:34a

There is a way that you must go because of faithfulness to Me. All you do, let it be as unto Me. Never do anything as pleasing men, but do all for Me and for My glory. Thus, and only thus, can your heart be kept at peace, and only in this way can you honour Me and bring forth fruit.



My Name is as perfume. Let it ever be upon your lips. Speak of Me often, and all other relationships shall be hallowed.



The integrity of your own heart is your most sacred charge. Guard this… Continue

The night is dark and growing darker. This is why you must not go alone. This is why you have need to stand together, to pray together, to encourage each other and to be in communication with those like-minded. you need to be in contact with as many as possible of these, My 'peculiar people'. Think not that you are overextending yourself. You have not even begun to enter into what I have for you by way of associations and Holy Spirit fellowship.



Be not hindered. You are being held by… Continue

My child, look deeply within your heart, and much will be revealed. You are dull of hearing, having heard so much. I have other ways of dealing. Many things will become clear to you as you look into your innermost being. It is a storehouse of wisdom. Fear it not, for it is a deep pool of divine life because I Myself reside there.



I will teach you in symbols as you learn to see in the Spirit. You shall discover many treasures that have been stored and forgotten and lie waiting to be… Continue

I asked God for strength, that I might achieve,

I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey . . .

I asked for health, that I might do greater things,

I was given infirmity, that I might do better things . . .

I asked for riches, that I might be happy,

I was given poverty, that I might be wise . . .

I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men,

I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God . . .

I asked for all things, that I… Continue