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

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                 My Encouragement To You

Comfort ye My people. Speak words of encouragement to them. Build them
up and strengthen them.  Too many have been speaking harsh words, 
condemning words, even words of judgments I have not pronounced upon 
My own.  When I walked on this earth, I did not break the bruised reed.
So why do some of My servants claim to speak for Me, then they heap hot 
coals of condemnation upon the weak and weary? This is not My way. 
Have I not proclaimed that there is no condemnation for those are in 
Me, for those who walk in My ways? Yes, I have proclaimed this in
My written word.  So why is condemnation being proclaimed in My name?

My words to My own are not words of condemnation but words of life.

Some of My own are weak and tormented. Some of My own are unable to stand
firm and they fear that I will come and snuff out their feeble wicks. But
that is not My way. Just as I did not break the bruised reed when I walked 
on this earth, neither will I break you.  Come to Me, little one, do not 
run away from Me in fear.  Instead, come to Me and I will strengthen that 
which is weak. I will build up that which is feeble.  I will enhance that 
which is incapable.  If you run to Me at this time, I will embrace you and
I will help you.  I will not be put off by your failures or by your 
shortcomings.  I will not reject you; I will help you.  I will not condemn 
you.  Instead, I will place My hand upon you and guide you into the path 
of My victory.  I will strengthen you and I will teach you how to walk in 
My ways.  I will make you an overcomer.  I will increase your ability to 
sense My presence and to hear My voice, and I will speak clearly to you.  
I will tell you what way to walk in.  

Do not assume that I have come to condemn you for your failures and
shortcomings. Rather, I have come to help you overcome them, providing you
are willing to submit to Me and to do things My way.  I have not come to 
criticize you, but to transform you.  I have a great love for you and I
desire for you to succeed. Will you allow Me to help you?

One day all mankind will stand before My judgment throne and I will speak
rightly into each life. Even at that time, My shed blood will be a 
protection and a shield for those who have fallen short; for My blood 
covers an abundance of sins for the repentant heart. At that time, all 
that is hidden will be revealed and all that falls short will be clearly 
known.  At that time, there will also be rewards for those who have served 
Me faithfully, for those who have overcome and who have been transformed.  

That is the time of your final judgment and evaluation.  It is not a 
judgment unto salvation, for you are already saved and sealed by My blood 
and by My Spirit.  But it is an evaluation that will determine your 
eternal standing in Me. That day will surely come, but it is not today.

Do not wait until that day to allow Me to examine your heart and to 
expose your shortcomings.  Rather, come to know Me and know that I am 
working with you to transform you. Know that you will not be caught short 
on that day.  Work with Me and know that I will work in you to make you 
an overcomer.  I desire that you allow Me to expose and correct your 
weaknesses, that you allow Me to strengthen you and build you up.  As you 
submit these areas of weakness and failure to Me, you shall be transformed 
in them.  You shall walk in My victory.  The failures of the past will have 
no power over you.  That is what I desire for you.  I have not come to 
condemn you, but to transform you, to strengthen you and to enable you to 
walk into the fullness of your destiny. So do not fear Me and do not run 
away from Me. 

My words to you are not words of condemnation but words of life and of hope.
Receive My words and speak My words to others.  Comfort and strengthen one 
another, build one another up in Me. Submit your hearts to Me and watch how 
I will transform you into victors, into overcomers.  Know that I am with 
you and My desire for you is that you succeed in Me.