This word is submitted by Israel Froess [1appleofmyeye@telus.net]

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                        Are You Ready?

My child, be careful and do not allow your heart to be weighed down 
with the things of this world and the anxieties of life, for the 
kingdom of God is near. Do you not know that you yourself are My temple 
and that My Spirit lives in you? Therefore allow My Spirit of fire to 
continue to cleanse and to test the quality of your work.

Though you are distressed, child, you have a baptism to undergo, for 
it is time to be dressed and ready for service and to keep your lamp 
burning. Your calling is high, therefore begin to live a life worth 
such a calling and to be holy just as I am holy, because without 
holiness you will not see Me. Don't choose to be friend of the world, 
or you will be My enemy. Instead, humble yourself under My mighty hand 
and I will exalt you in due time.

Child, your carnal mind cannot understand My ways or My thoughts, for 
only the Holy Spirit knows the thoughts of Mine. Yet I have chosen not 
to hide things from you. Do not become wise in your own thinking because 
My foolishness is wiser than man's wisdom, and I the thoughts of man 
are futile to Me. Do not be fearful or worried of the things you have 
suffered or will suffer, for just as My Son Jesus had to suffer to learn 
obedience, so shall it be the same with you. For now is the time to no 
longer touch, taste or handle the basic principles of this world, 
because you have died with Christ to them.

My child, in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lived in bodily 
form--and you have been given fullness in Christ. Therefore do not 
delay any longer in making yourself ready, for My Son is coming at an 
hour you do not expect. I have told you these things now ahead of time, 
so that when it does happen, you will believe. For from he who has been 
given much, much will be required and from he who has been entrusted 
much, much more will be asked. Therefore in all this and as the eyes 
of your understanding have been enlightened prepare yourself and prepare 
the way of the Lord, so that all mankind will see My salvation.

    "It will be good for those servants whose master finds them 
     ready, even if he comes in the second or third watch of the 
     night." --Luke 12:38