This word is submitted by Lin Lee [lin@lee-family.me.uk]

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              Royal Robes and Kingdom Authority

Many of God's people are conscious of their sin and feel they should be
clothing themselves in sackcloth and ashes, that they deserve only rags, 
and that because of the burden of sin they carry they cannot receive the
blessings God has for them, even after they have confessed and repented 
of their sin. But God says...

"My Son has paid the price for your sin. If you confess your sins and 
truly repent before Me, then your sin is covered by the anointing of 
the blood of Jesus. Do not fear the blood that was shed for you, it 
obliterates your sin and brings healing and wholeness into your life. 
Allow yourself to be anointed by the blood of Jesus; trade your filthy 
rags for the Royal robes I have for you. 

"So many of My people come to Me dressed in clothes of mourning. They 
confess their sin, they bring Me all that is wrong in their lives; but 
then they walk away, still heartbroken. They feel that they do not 
deserve the anointing that I long to pour out on them, that they are 
somehow disqualified from My blessings. Even if they see the purple robes 
I hold out to them, they do not accept that they are worthy to receive 
them, or they believe that these robes are to be held in reserve for 
when they become "good enough" to wear them.

"My children, My dear and precious children, I desire that you would 
not only accept those royal robes, but that you would allow Me to 
dress you in them. I want you to truly know that it is your right, 
your inheritance, to wear them. When you do that, you will be clothed 
in kingdom power and authority, able to carry out the work I have 
called you to.

"Do you believe you are serving Me but seeing no results? Do you feel
powerless and hopeless, working from a place of exhaustion but keeping 
going although you are not strong enough? Clothe yourselves with My 
grace, wisdom and authority. All authority in heaven and on earth was 
given to Jesus, and through Him to all those who follow Him. Why do you 
walk around as downtrodden paupers when I have given you authority and 
riches? 

"So many of you have cried yourselves into a spiritual sleep, mourning 
over your sinfulness, but you have only grasped half the picture!  Yes 
I desire that you come to Me in true repentance for your sin; but not 
in order that I might scold you or keep you as beggars or slaves--NO!  
I desire that you repent, in order that I may bring healing to your 
lives, that I may restore you as royal sons. Do you think that the 
father of the prodigal son threw the party for one night he returned, 
then sent his son back to feeding the pigs or living as a slave in his 
household? No! of course he didn't--his son was fully restored. He had 
full authority and rights in his father's household.

"Wake up from your slumbers, My children. See that I have clothed you 
in royal robes; I have given you kingdom authority to move and live and 
serve as My children. You are not called to live as slaves, but as 
freed men, as kings and princes in this world. Do Not allow the enemy 
to whisper in your ears, as he is doing even now, telling you that this 
is not for you. Don't listen when he tells you that you deserve to be no 
more than slaves, for that is not his call to make. It is Mine; and I 
declare you free from sin, royal sons. I declare you worthy to move in 
kingdom power and authority as children of the Living God. So awake and 
arise."