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Date: Nov 22, 2002

This word is submitted by Dennis Drewlo (revival-fire@prodigy.net)

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                            Put Away Your Idols

I am calling you to put away your idols.  Now is the time to put away those 
things that have come between you and the Altar. Now is the time to put 
away those things that keep you from getting serious. Now is the time to 
put away those things that keep you from getting right with Me and with
others. Destroy every Golden Calf that comes before your relationship with
Me.

Now is the time to put away pride and thoughts of entitlement. Humble
yourselves before Me and I will bring you to a high place that I desire 
for you. Keep yourselves under authority and covering where there is 
safety that you will need for the storms in the days ahead.

Now is the time to put away selfish ambition. Put away all desire to build
your own kingdom, your own ministry, even your own life. Put away your
desire for wealth and I will prosper you beyond all you can ask or even
think.  Now is the time to put away competition and division and endeavor 
to work for unity and the bond of peace.  Now is the time to put away all 
distractions, lay aside every weight and sin and focus on the race before 
you and the prize at the end.  Trap the little foxes that spoil the vine 
so that nothing can steal the fruit that I desire to come forth through 
you.

Now is the time to put away frustration and striving. Enter into the rest
that I have for you, for where there is strife there is confusion and every
evil work. Come before me and I will give you rest.  Now is the time to 
put away judgment and move in mercy. Put away all judgmental thoughts and 
clothe yourselves in mercy.  Move in humility and grace.  Put away every 
critical spirit. 

I am asking for your time. I am asking for your talents. I am asking for
your treasure. What do you spend your time on?  Where do you use your 
God-given abilities? How do you spend your money?  Put away your desire 
for possessions and do not let them possess you, for I am your provider 
and I will meet all your needs.  I am asking for your thoughts.  My desire 
is to be the first thing you think of when you rise in the morning and 
the last thing you think of before you go to sleep.

The lost are waiting for you to put Me first so that I can use you to reach
them. Have I not said, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all
your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength?"  Have I not said
to love your neighbor as yourself?  The lost are not only waiting for it,
they are counting on it.   They are waiting for you to put away your
idols.