This word is submitted by Don Froess [dfroess@telus.net]

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                          Freedom

My child, take heart and do not be discouraged, for where you are now
you soon will no longer be. This is your season, your transition stage,
for I am leading you in your exodus from your bondage of past hurts and
rejection into your inherited freedom.

Allow Me, My child, to press, tread and crush you so you may become a
vessel for noble purposes as this is your destiny. My child your Egypt
is to be in the background, for it is My desire for you to keep moving
forward into the promises I have given you.

Do not fear or believe the lies the enemy is telling you saying that I
do not speak the truth, for I am not a man that I should lie and all My
promises are yes and amen in Christ Jesus.  Arise in your faith, beloved,
and embrace the promises even if they seem to be at a distance, for at
the appointed time I will open wide the gates, swing open the doors and
crack open the windows of Heaven and pour out My blessings upon those
who persevere.

My child it is for freedom that I have set you free, but it is a process
and a journey and it takes a willingness in trusting and believing, for
you walk by faith and not by sight. I have a future and a hope for you,
for I have heard your cries, and your prayers have ascended to My
throne room. It is the desire of My heart to answer your prayers and to
give you the desires of your heart and to set My glory upon you.

But first you must allow Me to continue to apply My balm of Gilead to
your soul and spirit so you may become a wineskin that will not burst
when I pour out my Spirit upon this earth. In other words, you must
decrease so that it is possible for Me to increase.  The time is coming
where you will no longer drink the sour wine of religion and rituals,
but you will be filled with the new wine of My Holy Spirit.

My child, now is the time to be very encouraged, for though in the past
you have ridden the rapids of turbulent waters, I am now leading you into
green pastures beside the still waters and you shall hear My voice as the
deep calls out to deep.