This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis (ts@godspeak.org)

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                             Worship Me

Child of Mine, come worship before Me in purity and holiness.  Lay
aside the distractions of your life and come before Me and focus your
attention on Me.  Come to Me as you are, but come with an open heart. 
Allow My Spirit to search your spirit, to convict your heart of any 
area that you need to adjust to better conform to My standard and My 
way.  Be quick to repent before Me when I show you things that 
displease Me and I will be as quick to forgive you for them. And I
will cleanse you and break their power over you.

And as you worship before Me, I will change your heart.  I will bring 
healing to those areas of woundedness that effect you and interfere 
with who I have defined you to be and who I have called you to be.
And as you worship before Me, I will expose and break off the lies
of the enemy that hold you back from the destiny that I have prepared
for you.  I will break off the hindrances and binds of the enemy,
and I will break off the power of oppression off of you.

Child of Mine, I am calling you to come and worship Me in the purity
of My holiness. I am calling you to come into My very presence and
submit to My examination and My transformation -- for as you come into 
My presence I do convict and transform, that you might resemble Me 
more closely.  As you look upon Me and become aware of who I am, you 
will become aware of areas in your own life that are in conflict with 
that.  Do not pull back in fear or run away when that happens.  Instead, 
let My presence and My Spirit change you that these areas of your life 
begin to line up more closely with Who I am.

Allow Me to expand your hearts, to increase your love, to increase 
your understanding.  Purpose in your heart to obey Me, for I will not 
receive worship from the rebellious ones.  Have I not said that the sin 
of rebellion and disobedience is like witchcraft to Me?  It is a fowl 
stench in My nostrils and I will not receive worship that comes from
disobedient and rebellious hearts.  So commit your way to Me and 
purpose to obey Me and to serve Me with all of your being. Then come
before My presence and allow My holiness and My glory to change your
very being.  Allow My Spirit to transform you as you come before Me in 
worship.  

And you will be received when you come before Me this way.  Your past
failures and inadequacies are nothing before Me.  They do not matter 
to Me.  What matters is that you come before Me in Spirit and in Truth
and that you have set your heart to worship and obey Me.  That is a
sweet fragrance to Me and a sweet sound to My ears.  That is worship
that I seek and worship that I accept.  And as you come before Me, I
will transform you that you might bear My image and My character.

Child, come before Me with a pure heart and worship Me.  For I desire 
your worship and I love your praises.  And as you bless Me in this 
manner, then I will also bless you.  I will show Myself to you.  I will 
fill you with My Spirit and with My anointing and I will increase the 
measure of spiritual gifts within you.  And I will comfort you and I
will give you My peace.   And I will assign angels to watch over you
and to guard you in your ways.  

So come, child of Mine.  Come before Me and worship Me.