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

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                       Be Encouraged


Be encouraged, child of Mine, for I care greatly for you and I have
wonderful plans in store for you. I am the God of all hope and the God of
all encouragement; so dare to place your hope in Me and you will not be
disappointed.  Allow your heart to be encouraged as you eagerly anticipate
the good things that I have in store for you because you are My own.  I am
a God who loves to give good gifts to His children; to those who are
committed to obey Me because they love Me. That is why I go out of My way
to place good things in your path, little one.  I go out of My way to 
refresh you and to and delight your spirit.

Child of Mine, I have put My Holy Spirit within you to encourage you.  This
is how you can know with assurance that I will never leave you alone nor
abandon you.  My Spirit's presence within you is a sign to you that I will
am always watching over you to take care of you. I have a great care for
you because you are My own. I know what you need and I am the God who
provides all that you need.  So put your hope in Me and be encouraged.

Child, know that My plans for you are good and know that I am well able to
accomplish these good things in your life.  My desire for you is peace and
hope and joy.  I have an abundance of good things in store for you -- both
in this life and in the life to come.

The enemy of your souls seeks to discourage you. He will do what he can to
get your eyes off of Me and on to a myriad of problems.  He wants to
overwhelm you and to frighten you. He wants to make your heart sad. So do
not spend your time and energy listening to him and his lies.  Instead fix
your eyes expectantly on Me, the author and source of all good things.  Yes,
I do have good things in store for you.  So allow My strength and joy to 
flow through you, to life you up and to cause your faith to grow.  As you 
hope in Me, your faith grows; and as your faith grows, you will be able to 
walk in higher levels of My power and anointing,  and you will see more and 
more of My glory come into your circumstances.

There is no reason to fear My plans for you. They will bring you delight 
and happiness, for they are what you were created to do. You will know 
fulfillment and satisfaction as you do with Me what I have planned for you 
to do since before the dawn of time.  I have seen you and known you before 
you were formed in your mother's womb.  I have a plan in store for you that 
is custom-built and tailored to who I have created you to be.  And these
plans will bring you much delight and joy.

Draw into Me and wait upon Me, and your spirit will grow in Me.  Then you 
will begin to see what I am doing and you will be able do it with Me. This 
is what I have created you for -- a hope and a destiny.  I have created you 
for good things and as you walk out your purpose, you will know a joy that 
is unspeakable.

There will be a deep settling in your spirit, an assuredness that you were
created for a purpose and a knowledge that you are indeed fulfilling that
purpose   And out of that will spring forth a well of joy and delight.  You
will find strength when others would grow weary, for I will sustain you.
You will find a melody in your heart, for I will cause your spirit to sing
and I will refresh you in ways that you cannot imagine.

Look to the future, child of mine, and see My good plans for you.  Be
encouraged, child of Mine, for they are good.