This word is submitted by Nancy Smith (bntesmith@ohiohills.com)

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The River of Life

My people, the thief has come to steal, kill, and destroy...and yet I have given you a cloak or mantle of my favor! I have thrown it about your shoulders and it is because you have trusted in My Son in whom I delight.

So delight yourselves in that favor, come and praise Me in wild abandonment and throw off those vestiges of pride and people pleasing Do not look to the left or to the right. Focus upon My Face and come as children once again to splash in the river of life. Let Joy be your portion. Let Hope rise afresh in Your hearts. My delight is to see you partaking of this new wave of My blessing....for you are a blessed people.

Evan as Joseph wore a coat of many colors, I have bestowed upon you many colors, which are the gifts of My Spirit. But keep your focus on the fact that I have given you FAVOR rather than the gifts that I have given you. You will find that in doing so, you will be more free than ever before to be who I created you to be and nothing can holding you back from all the blessings I have for you when you delight yourself in the River of Life.