This word is submitted by Deb Okereke (HealingFire@shaw.ca)

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                        Raise Up My Standard


"My Children, you will at times fall short of the standard of righteousness
I have set, you will miss the mark, you won't always hit the bullseyes but
do not fall into condemnation for I see your heart, and I know how earnestly
you strive to hit the mark, and how you grieve when you come up short.
Though a righteous man fall 7 times, yet he rises again, he picks himself up
again to get back on the course. He dusts himself off, and he starts moving
again on that straight and narrow path, and a great cloud of witnesses
cheers mightily as they see the perseverance and the victories after each
struggle, there is no ignominous defeat in My Kingdom, every one of you is a
victor, not one of you have I called to be a victim, so rise up with fresh
courage for new battles, rise up in My strength and in My might. For I have
indeed called you to be overcomers, to be more than conquerors. Raise up My
standard, raise it high that all may see and glorify  My Father in heaven."


(Psa 5:12)  "For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them
with your favor as with a shield."