This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis (ts@godspeak.org)

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                         The Gift Of Life


I give the gift of life and vitality to those who love Me and obey Me 
with a willing heart.  I speak words of blessing and prosperity to them. I 
make a way before them and I actively clear all obstacles from out of 
their path.  I release health and healing over them. I take care of them,
and I prosper them as they seek Me and keep My ways.

Child, choose to obey Me and honor Me in all you do.  Then I will give 
you the gifts of abundant life and peace and joy and contement.  I will 
cause you to grow strong and mature, and I will make you secure in Me.  I 
will place a greater measure of My anointing on your life, and I will cause 
you to excel in all that I have given you to do.

Do not look to your circumstances, for they may tell you that I am not 
keeping My promises to you.  But I am a God who keeps My promises and who 
performs My word.  If you will keep your part, you can rest assured that 
I will also keep Mine.  Yes, there are times when the floods come and 
times when the fires of adversity burn around My dear ones. That is part 
of the growth process.  I have given you the gift of abundant life in the 
midst of any trial or hardship, so that it will not be able to rob you of 
your joy.  Yes, I have placed My peace and joy deep within you, and I have 
given you the ability to let not your heart be troubled in your seasons 
of testing and difficult growth.

Child, My plans for you are good; they are for your health and for your 
future.  I have chosen life for you and life abundantly. I have set you
free from the oppresser and I have removed the chains of bondage from you.
I have set you free and I have placed My Spirit within you.  I have given
you all that you need to walk in faith, hope, peace and joy.  I have 
fully provided for you, and I will continue to take care of you.

Child of Mine, I want you to learn to trust Me and I want you to begin to
take Me at My word.  Do not think that I will condemn you or abandon you,
for those things come from your enemy the devil. That is not how I treat
My own.  The blood of My Son avails for you, making you holy before My 
sight based solely on what He has done on your behalf.  You cannot earn
it nor can you disqualify yourself from it. Your forgiveness and your
purity rest in what He has done for you. All I ask of you is that you
honor and obey Me with all of your heart, for that is how you demonstrate 
your love to Me.

Have I not been faithful so far?  I want you to learn to trust Me with all 
of your heart.  I want you to believe Me when I speak to you and trust the 
promises that I have made to you.  Child, you may not be able to trust 
yourself, you may not be able to depend on your own ability, for those 
things are human and flawed.  But I am the God of all truth, I do not give
My word unless I intend to keep it.  I do not make empty promises and I 
do not grow fickle and change My mind without cause.  I have proimsed you 
life through My Son.  My intent is for that life to be full and abundant, 
dripping with the peace and joy that comes only from My Spirit.  My plans 
for you are good, so trust Me in them.

Child, I have given you the gift of abundant life, and I want you to receive 
it by faith -- embrace it and make it yours.  Purpose in your heart to obey 
Me, love Me with all of your being, trust Me and know that I will take 
exceedingly good care of you, for I am your Father God. I love you dearly.