About

Hello my friends!  I am Annamarie Strawhand author, mentor, faith leader,  biblical teacher and TV host.   About 8 years ago,  I heard God tell me loudly in my spirit – “Annamarie, Teach My People How To Be Victorious In What I Called Them To Be!”  I replied,  “Yes Lord, how do you want me to do this?”
Then the Holy Spirit led me on a journey of faith discovery – He clearly showed me that many people are truly not aware of the goodness of God, many do not have the faith that they will ever become what they hope to be!  Many are lost, afraid and don’t realize that God truly WANTS us each to achieve our dreams! He wants us to see and experience how much pleasure it gives HIM when we are walking in our true purpose! Which is our dreams, goals and gifts – put into us by God Himself!  So I am setting out to teach and activate what God has asked me to do!
My gift is to help you discover your gifts, strengthen your faith, activate your purpose and accelerate your dreams. Helping you become all you are destined to be! HOW to see the open doors God has in front of you! Teaching you how to activate the divine connections and finances that God has waiting for you to make your goals happen at full speed!

After 35 years working as a professional coach and consultant in motorsports,  I have helped many race car drivers, auto racing teams and businesses succeed. I have been a corporate sponsorship and career development expert – giving personalized strategies to my clients who have successfully attracted thousands upon thousands of dollars in sponsorships over the years so they can reach their career goals quickly – moving them up the ladder to to top levels of the sport,  including NASCAR and IndyCar.

 

I started applying prayer and faith activation of God’s word and promises into my coaching strategies, working with my motorsports clients in helping them believe to achieve their goals – the results were astounding!  I am excited to tell you we had miracles of receiving significant financial backing and opportunities towards their racing goals almost immediately and from people they just met!  These ‘faith strategies” also resulted in corporate sponsors coming out of seemingly no-where and also huge opportunities coming into the lives of my clients very, very quickly. Soon I was praying and activating the word of God with most of my clients, their faith in God was building and they were seeing big breakthroughs!
As a woman of faith, and along my own walk in my purpose – I have learned that God is our true personal “sponsor” for each one of us with our goals and dreams – and even to build and finance our businesses.  I am now mentoring and teaching all people of all walks of life, not just racing  – but those individuals who have a deep desire to become what you truly want to BE and DO!
My teachings show you that when your faith is activated and accelerated by carrying out a specific step by step biblical strategy, you can step into your life’s purpose faster and bigger than you ever expected!  I wrote a book, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit with strategies that I learned while working in motorsports and how it can be applied to being victorious with your purpose and calling for God!  The book, Faith At Full Speed – Your High Horsepower Manual To Success took me three years to write and I learned to self-publish!  I asked Father God to take this book and that it would bless and activate and accelerate many of you to fulfilling all God has called you to do!
I am passionate about the Goodness of God and I want to help you see God’s goodness activated in your life, business and career!  I hope you will also join me for inspiration, motivation, Christian faith based teaching and prayer. Along with our weekly livestreams on Faith Lane TV.

Romans 8:28

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

God has a great purpose for all of us  – His purpose is in your heart and needs to become a reality!  Your dreams are put there by God to prosper you for your good – bigger and better than you can ever imagine – let’s make it happen!
Annamarie’s Testimony: 
I always felt a strong desire inside me that I was meant to do something more, something bigger. I kept trying to do it my way, without consulting God or the Bible.  I was a “Christian”  (I had received Jesus as my Lord and Savor when I was 19)  but I did not have a true relationship with Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit.  I was able to have some guidance when I was working in NASCAR with chaplains Jackie and Ron Pegram when I lived in North Carolina.  I began to learn the Bible with Miss Jackie and I was given a scripture of Jeremiah 29:11 on a slip of paper at one of her NASCAR ladies Bible meetings –  I believed it and I decided to hang on to it.
In 2008 my husband, daughter and I moved to Virginia.  We did not attend a church and I was not sure on if we should raise our daughter Catholic or Baptist (I was raised Catholic, my husband was raised Baptist) so we just did not go to church at all.  I had no Biblical guidance, and was slipping away from Jesus and the Bible even further.  As I reached my 50’s things were getting harder and more stressful for me personally.  I got involved with some businesses  in motorsports and people unknowingly who had evil intentions against me and my family and we suffered.  My life’s work was being stolen by people who wanted to take advantage of my knowledge, contacts and experience in motorsports.  My husband had been the main provider of the family as a plumbing contractor, and right before we moved to Virginia, he had an accident at work that caused him injuries that kept him from being able to physically do plumbing.  My daughter was struggling with bullies in school.  I wanted success in my life and family and I was feeling depleted, like a plucked chicken spiritually. I could not really be a good wife or mom or provider financially.  We were blessed with a home here in Virginia that my husband inherited from his family, but we still had bills to pay and it was tough.  I felt out of place and I had no Christian mentors in Virginia.  I felt alone and was looking for answers. Exhausted and lost, I started looking into “new age” stuff for ‘peace and success’ for about a year, but something just was not right.  One night I had a dream. I was in pitch black and I saw a light in the distance, it was Jesus, I wanted to go to Him, but something very evil and wicked was holding me back, covering my mouth. Finally I broke free and cried out to Jesus!  He came to me in a bursting light and rescued me! I woke up in a sweat. It was very real.  I was terrified.
That morning in 2013 I realized I never wanted to be without Jesus ever again.  I got on my knees and prayed that I would never backslide away from Him ever again and serve Him the rest of my life.   I began a journey back to Him and I asked God to be my Father, and Jesus to be my Lord and Savior. I surrendered all to Him. I invited the Holy Spirit to work in me and show me the way.  My Mom was Catholic and I tried going back that way but the Holy Spirit guided me to leave the Catholic church and give all my Catholic stuff away to the local catholic church.  While I was in the parking lot of that Catholic church – as soon as I gave my box of rosaries and saint statues to the gardener – I sat in my truck and an intense spiritual heat like a fire came upon me – I could not move – could not even drive – I was overcome in the Holy Spirit – I realized I was receiving the baptism of the Holy Ghost!  After that I was on fire for Jesus – all I wanted was HIM 24-7.  I was HUNGRY for the word of God  I bought my first King James Bible and began to read it and consult the Holy Spirit for revelation. I began to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit stronger and clearer. My motorsports business began to thrive and I started sharing my faith with my race car drivers.  My motorsports business grew exponentially and I was not getting taken advantage of anymore!  God was with me and I knew all I needed was His Word and Promises to succeed!  I was getting doors opened that were beyond my expectations!  I trusted God for every step.  I began to have peace in my spirit and my family saw the huge difference in me.  We began to pray together at home. We started talking about going to church and choosing a church.  In 2015 we then decided as a family to get baptized by water and join the local Baptist Church.  The pastor there was very helpful and supportive of me when I began to feel the call to ministry and mentored me.   Since then, God has sent amazing people, miracles and the realization of my true purpose in life.  The call to ministry became stronger and stronger.  I loved my race drivers and I did not want to leave them.  In 2016 the Holy Spirit said it was time for me to give away my race car driver coaching practice and enter full time ministry.  The name of my ministry would be Faith Lane Ministries and I would write a book called Faith At Full Speed – using my experiences in racing to teach God’s people how to be victorious in their divine purpose for His Kingdom.   This was the most difficult thing I had to ever do was give away a successful business and start a ministry when I had no ministry experience.  I told my Husband and he thought I was crazy.  I prayed that the Holy Spirit would help my husband Mike understand and bring us together for this ministry.  I obeyed God and started the ministry full time in May of 2017 – giving away my racing business to a trusted friend in motorsports.  My husband and I had no income other than his disability.  I am here to tell you we have a FAITHFUL FATHER GOD.  Soon, my husband came fully by my side in the ministry with the help of the Holy Spirit leading him. I began to do videos on Facebook and Youtube.  I was led by the Holy Spirit to start doing daily live videos, as He said: “Annamarie show up for ME every day and let ME speak through you.”  So I did and HE spoke!  I am so grateful to the HOLY SPIRIT!
It’s still a journey of faith and growth for me. I know I can fully depend on Jesus. I talk to my Heavenly Father every day and since then I have had dreams where Jesus is there and I am close to Him, talking with Him and He is pleased with me. No more darkness! Evil is defeated in my life in Jesus name! PRAISE GOD!

You have to come to the end of yourself – that is where God Begins.

My loving Father showed His heart to me. He gave me a warning dream.  He wanted me to come to Him and He wanted to use me for His Kingdom and Light and I was allowing the enemy to hold me back in the darkness. I literally ‘saw the light” of Jesus! He came for me! He picked me up and took me by the hand into places I once thought impossible. Now, I don’t want to have a day without Him in my life and I am excited to share the GOOD NEWS and be obedient in the calling and purposes He has designed for me. LIFE IS GOOD!! My family, my clients and I have experienced many miracles since that day!  Thank You Father God, Thank You Lord Jesus, Thank You Holy Spirt!! Your loving and devoted daughter, Annamarie
Personal:
Annamarie lives in the southern area of Virginia Beach, Virginia in the back country – in the Creeds region once known as “Princess Anne County” with her husband of 24 years, Michael Strawhand. They have a 22 year old daughter Landry Leigh.   Annamarie and Landry saved a rescue horse named Pongo which was a healing miracle for Landry,  who had to overcome being severely bullied in school.  The true story of Pongo the Rescue Horse is available here. Annamarie loves to share encouragement with her followers from her personal life including the family pets and (Pongo) in the videos too!
The Strawhand’s are members of Oak Grove Baptist Church in Virginia Beach, VA and are growing a Holy Spirit filled prophetic ministry out of their home office and recording studio called Faith Lane Ministries.  Annamarie and Michael also own a Christian Publishing and Media Company – Faith Lane Media, LLC.
You can read about Annamarie and Michael’s vision for the Ministry here.