This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis [ts@godspeak.net]

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                     No More Power Over You

	"There is therefore now no condemnation to those who 
	are in Christ Jesus." -- Romans 8:1 
                    
Child of Mine, I have told you that I love you with an everlasting 
love, so then why do you doubt it? Why are you trying to earn My love 
when it has already been given to you so freely? Why do you struggle 
with guilt and condemnation when I have already broken it's power 
over you?

Do not allow rejection, guilt or condemnation to reign over you. You 
cannot disqualify yourself from My love, because you are not the one 
who made yourself accepted in the beloved. You have been covered with 
the blood of My Son, and it is His act of atonement has been counted 
to you as righteousness. Do you think that you have more power than 
He does? Of course you don't! So then, why do you think you can undo 
something that He accomplished for you on Calvary?

Do not allow the enemy of your soul to mire you down in guilt and
shame, for My Son has already cleansed you from them. Do not allow 
the evil one to talk you into disqualifying yourself from the many 
blessings that I have for you here on this earth--the ones that are
activated by faith in My goodness. 

The devil is your enemy and he desires to harm you. He is also a
a liar and a thief, and he wants to steal all of the good gifts and 
many blessings that I have ordained for you. He wants to heap false 
guilt and condemnation on you in their place, but he does not have 
power over you in these areas unless you give it to him.

Remember that the blood of My Son has covered your sins; and sin has
no more power to separate you from Me. You have entered into covenant 
with Me and I have adopted you into My family. You have entered into 
a love relationship with Me, and will abide with Me for all eternity.

Do not doubt My love for you, for it is based on My faithfulness and 
not on your own. I am the God of all truth, and I do not lie. Indeed, 
when I tell you something, you can count on it, for I always keep My 
word. And I tell you that the blood of My Son has already made atonement 
for your sins and your shortcomings, and you are no longer separated 
from My great love for you.  

I am faithful and true and I do not change. That is why My love for you 
cannot fail, and that is why condemnation has no more power over you.