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

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                     A Season Of Rapid Growth

Child, this is going to be a time and a season of rapid growth for you.
I am calling you to come deeper in Me and to know Me better, that I might
reveal more of Myself to you.

In past times, many of My own could get by with only a minimum level of
maturity.  But I am about to require a much higher level of maturity from
My people, for they must display My character and emulate My nature. This
present season is a season of preparation for what is coming, and it will
not last that much longer. Now is the time and season to allow My Spirit
to work within you to heal your wounds, to transform your nature and to
cause you to mature in Me. Do not resist Me in this, but submit and allow
Me to help you grow.

I want you to grow in your knowledge of My word.  I also want you to press
into Me and come to know Me much better: to experience My goodness, to
allow Me to build your faith and cause it to be strong. I want you to hear
My voice clearly and I want you to see what I am doing.  I also want your
priorities to change so that they better line up with Mine.  Things will
soon begin to move very fast, and those who are not prepared will not be
able to keep up.  Child, I do not want to leave you behind, so cooperate
with Me in this season of rapid growth.

You must learn to put aside your carnal nature. If you do not, then the
enemy of your souls will use it against you to destroy you, for I am about
deploy you for My plans and purposes. That is why all bitterness, offense,
and unforgiveness must go; My people must be motivated by My love just as
My Son Jesus was when He walked on this earth.  All self-serving and
self-promotion must go, I will cast aside and leave behind those who pursue
their own plans/purposes instead of pursuing Mine.  My people must learn
to work together in unity--all backbiting, gossip, murmuring, criticism
and slander must be set aside. There is not place for division in what I
am about to do.

I am now requiring higher levels of holiness and obedience from My people.
I am about to shine My light through My own, and I need pure vessels to
carry My presence to the ends of the earth.  I require a people who are
wholly committed to do with Me what I am doing, that I might work My glory
in their midst.  Yes, I am about to separate the light from the dark, and I
am removing all mixture from My people.

I do not want you to be afraid of what lays ahead. That is why I am taking
the time to prepare you now for what I will do. I am causing you to grow
and mature in Me, so that you may be fully prepared for all that will come.
I am revealing Myself to My people in greater and greater measure.  I am
causing My children to experience My goodness and My nearness, in order 
that they might become fully secure in My great love for them.  If I allow 
you to see My glory before you are secure in My love, My holiness would 
terrify you. I do not want you to be terrified child, and that is why I am 
causing you to grow and mature. That is why I am revealing more of Myself 
to My own.  That is why I have put you in this season of rapid growth and 
maturity.

Child of Mine, I am polishing you like one polishes a gem, that you might
better reflect My glory. I am removing any blemishes, so that you might more
perfectly reflect My beauty.  I am causing your very nature to change, that
it might be more like My own nature.  I want the world to see Me when they
look at you.  So do not be afraid; do not resist Me in this. As you open
your heart to My will and as you are transformed by My spirit, I will show
you My glory and I will place My anointing upon you and I will cause you to
shine brightly for Me.