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

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                          Draw Closer

Draw close to Me, child, for I desire to reveal more of Myself to you. I
am calling you to a place of intimacy with Me, where you might linger in
My presence and be transformed by it.  My hand is upon you for good and
I am ever with you, even in those times where you are too busy to linger
before Me.  But child, I want you to make it a priority to spend some 
additional time with Me these next few weeks, for I desire to bring you
into a closer walk with Me. I desire to show you a bit more of what I am
like, that you might know Me more accurately.  I want you to know Me for
Who I am; I want you to experience My goodness and to see My glory. This
can only happen as you spend time with Me and stay before Me.

Child, this will be a transformation experience for you. It is not possible 
to linger in My presence, to spend time before My throne, and not to be 
changed by this.  For as you see more of Me, it affects more of you.  My 
nature begins to permeate your nature and I work My image and My character
in you.  I make you to be more like Me as you spend time in My presence.
Even your very desires will begin to change, so that they better line up
with Mine.

Linger before My throne, child.  Not only will you be transformed, you 
will also be anointed and more thoroughly equipped for what I have called
you to do.  In past times, My children have looked to Me for this anointing 
or for that spiritual gift.  But I say to you, that time is past and I
am doing a new thing. Instead of giving you anointings for this or that, 
I am asking you to carry My presence more strongly with you by being in a 
place of deep intimacy with Me.  And My presence will anoint for whatever 
task is before you or whatever needs to be done.  

You will not be limited to only a few areas, as with the previous anointing.  
Rather you will be a carrier of My presence and you will be fully equipped 
for all things.  You will not need this spiritual gift or that mantle or  
some particular anointing.  Instead you will have Me with you, My presence 
radiating from you.  That will be so much more than any single gifting or 
anointing.  For you will indeed be able to do all things through Me. 
Nothing will be off-limits to you as you see what I am doing and begin to 
do it with Me.

A greater power than you can possibly imagine will be released to you 
from that place of intimacy.  You will not need a healing anointing to lay
hands on the sick and see them recover, for I will be with you and My 
very nature is to heal.  You will not need a prophetic gifting to speak
My words of life, for you shall hear My voice clearly and I will whisper
in your ear all that I want you to say.  

The gifts were given with love, child. And I still give them to My body 
today.  But now I am doing an even better thing -- I am calling you into 
My presence and I am revealing Myself to My own in greater measure that 
they might be carriers of My glory. I am not just giving good gifts to 
My body, I am giving more of Myself and more of My presence.  And when 
you have Me, you also have everything that I carry and all that I give 
to My body, the church. You are fully equipped and you are fully enabled 
for all that I call you to do.  So come into My presence, child, and 
linger before Me. 

Come to know Me as I desire to reveal Myself more fully to you. Experience 
My nearness and be filled afresh with My spirit.  Draw near, press close, 
look to Me eagerly, for I desire to give you good things.  And what better 
thing could I give you than Myself?  That is what I am doing in this 
season. I am pouring out more of Myself, revealing more of Myself, and 
allowing My ones to more tangibly carry My presence with them.  But this 
only comes from a place of intimacy, child. The only way you can tap into 
this new thing that I am doing is to draw close to Me. Come know and be 
known.  Come before Me and press into deeper intimacy with Me.