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Date: Dec 17, 2007

This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis [ts@godspeak.net]

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                       A Time For Victory

Christmas is coming soon. It is the time when people give gifts to 
each other because of the gift that I gave to all mankind. That gift 
was both to give of Myself, and to give life. Anyone who accepts Me 
as their Lord receives life from Me.

When you made Me your Lord, dear one, My gift of My life began to 
course through you. It continues to do so, even at this moment, for 
I have rescued you from death. Yes, I have already given you victory, 
even though you aren't walking in the fullness of it. I have made you 
truly alive in Me.

One of the signs of life is growth. When you become alive in Me, you
also begin to grow in Me. That is why I am taking you, step by step, 
into a place of overcoming and maturity. I am transforming you to into 
My image and I am conforming you to My nature. In other words, I am 
at work in your life to make you more like Me. I am causing you to 
grow and mature, so that your character becomes more like My own.

Yes, dear one, there will come a time when you are perfected and 
complete in every way, and sin will have no more rule over you. But 
that will not come in this life. It will come when I give you your 
new eternal bodies, which are free from the corruption of sin. 

However, I am at work in you, right here and right now. I am working
to give you victory over the thing that besets you the most. It 
doesn't have to beset you any longer, because I want to set you free 
from it. I am not talking about setting you free some day in the
far distant future. That freedom can start for you right now. My 
"Christmas gift" to you this year is to set you free from that area 
of oppression and short coming. I want you to start to trust Me in 
this. Lean on My strength and watch how I will give you victory in 
this area. 

Yes, dear one, I know that this problem area has been a big struggle 
for you recently. It has become like a towering obstacle that seems 
impossible to overcome. That is because I have brought it to the 
forefront of your life to made you keenly aware of it. I want you to 
be willing to deal with it; that is the reason that you are struggling 
with it more right now. I did not make you aware of it to condemn you 
for it; and I have no intention of rejecting you. I will not disqualify
you or push you away. My intention is to give you victory over it, so 
that it won't be a stumbling block to you any longer.

Don't let this thing defeat you for even one more day. Reach up and
take My strength; watch and see how I will give you victory over this.
I will set you free from it, if you allow Me to. I am not talking
about freedom in some far distant future time, but now. Your freedom
can begin right away. The total victory might not come all at once, but
I will cause you to make substantial head-way against it, starting
right now. In a short time, I will transform this "unsurpassable
mountain" into a small hill that you can easily conquer. I will help
you to overcome this problem area in your life; I am here with you
right now to empower you to overcome it.

Will you receive this gift from Me dear one? It will give you a 
greater measure of My victory and glory; and it will cause your life 
to be more abundant. This is what I would like to give you as My 
"Christmas present" this year--will you receive it from Me?