Many years ago, God told me something that has stood the test of time throughout my life and ministry. He said, “Lynne, I can change anything about you. I can change your circumstances. I can change your mind. I can change your personality and the way you feel about things. I can change your relationships. I can change anything if you will give Me one thing.”

“What is that, Lord?” I asked.

“Time,” He answered, “time in My presence.”Continue reading

Moses was a man of destiny. He was commissioned by God to take God’s people out of Egypt and into the Promised Land. Moses had been given the Word of God and he knew the will of God, yet he knew those things alone—as wonderful as they are—weren’t enough. So he said to the Lord:

…See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me…Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee…And (God) said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. And he (Moses) said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated…from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. (Exodus 33:12-16)Continue reading