This word is submitted by David Apel (apelexc@mcmsys.com)

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                   Behold the Soldier Before You

For I am calling many of you to step forward in these days and you did 
not even know that I would call you let alone call you to the place I 
have for you. For there are many that shall stand before the enemy in 
these days. They shall stand as generals when they didn't even think 
they were worthy of private. But I see you and I know your heart and I 
shall lift you up to the place I desire. 

For you have seen many things in your heart and often you didn't even 
know it was me. You thought it was your own desires, but it was truly me. 
So step forward. I call you and stand in the place I have planned for you. 
For many have traveled a great distance and feel weary from the travels 
and you know in your heart that you are not weary for no reason. You know 
you are tired from the battles and yet you do not see and do not understand 
why you have been in the battles you have faced. And you do not understand 
why Satan seems to have singled you out. Why he has put so much effort in 
your destruction. 

I tell you for sure, it is because he has seen the crown on your head and 
the sword in your hand and he has heard the words from your mouth and they 
were not small words. They were words of war and victory. You have fought 
when you were weary and did not feel like entering the battle, but I brought 
the battle to you so that you would not stand on the sidelines and fall 
asleep. I brought the battle to you so you could learn his ways, the ways of 
the enemy. So that then you could lift up the sword I gave you and you could 
fight and liberate those around you. So know this, and never forget, you are 
in the battle and I have chosen you and it is no small thing that I have 
chosen you.  For you are a victor. You are a conqueror and you are not least 
in my family. For you are a person of valor and great strength. Look in the 
mirror of my word and behold the soldier that you see.