This word is submitted by Fred Jungeman (fwj1@uneedspeed.net)

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                          Trust Me

Child of Mine, if you want more of Me in your life, then you must give Me
more of your life!"  Do you want to be defined in terms of a title that
describes what you do?  Or would you prefer to be defined in terms of your 
relationship with Me?  This is what I desire for you  -- I desire for you to 
be defined as My friend.

Do you understand what friendship with God is?  The type of friend that I am 
looking for is the one who lays down their life for Me.  There are different 
kinds of friends, but there is no greater friend than one who lays down their 
life for their friend.  The greater degree that you completely lay down your 
life to Me, the more intimate your friendship with Me will be.

You can not give Me more than I will give you back.  I desire for My joy to 
grow in you, but you must lay down your life as My bond-slave first.  You
must surrender all your rights to Me, before you can be the kind of friend 
I am talking about here.   

You used to be a slave to sin, then I set you free.  Now I ask you to lay 
down your life to be My bond-slave, and through that you become My friend.  
Most of My children have very little understanding of what that really means.  
Very few have really dared to trust Me in this.   But if you will trust Me
this way, you will live with joy so indescribable, love unspeakable, and 
power immeasurable.  And a quiet overcoming peace will flow from you 
everywhere you go.

It is your choice, will you really trust Me?"    

It will look at times like you may die, or loose everything as the enemy 
attempts to turn you away from this course. You will learn to trust Me no 
matter what or how things may appear.  You will learn to see what can not 
be seen in order to follow Me here. I am in no way saying this will be easy --
it will not be.  But it will be more than worth it.  Any loss you incur in 
this path I will repay you 100 fold.  And I will make then enemy of your 
soul repay you seven fold in addition to that.  

You must learn what it really means to trust Me.