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Date: May 25, 2009

This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis [ts@godspeak.net]

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                             Believe 

    "'Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the Lord 
    of hosts." -- Zechariah 4:6

I have said to you: "It is not by might, nor by power, but by My 
Spirit...." And yet, so many of My people have tried to move in their 
own might instead of in Mine. Then they give up when their own power 
is not enough to get the task done, because they are looking to their 
natural resources instead of to My unlimited ones. 

Then the enemy of their soul comes in and tells them that they are weak 
and ineffective. The devil uses this strategy over and over again 
against My elect.

So, dear one, do not believe him when he does this to you. He is trying 
to get you to disqualify yourself, so that you will no longer be a vessel
of My glory. He knows that I long to work through you to accomplish My 
purposes and to advance My kingdom on this earth. He also knows that I 
will not disqualify you from the destiny that I have prepared for you; 
and that is why he works so hard to try to get you to disqualify 
yourself.

Child of Mine, I never asked you to be strong in your own strength. I 
never asked you to be limited to only the resources that you have at 
hand. No, that was never My intention, nor will it be in the future. I 
will always provide all that you need from My riches in glory and from 
My unlimited power and authority.

I have called you, and I have put My name upon you. I have put My Spirit
within you and, through Him, I have enabled you to do all things. All I
ask is that you believe that what I have told you is true. Did not My 
Son say that any who believe in Him would be empowered to do the same 
works that He did? [John 14:12-14]

If you believe in Him, then you know that He cannot lie any more than 
I can. So what He said must be true, and you can count on it. But you 
must understand that this empowerment does not come from your own 
ability and it does not come from your resources. It does not even come 
from your worthiness, but from what He has already accomplished for 
you on Calvary.

You cannot disqualify yourself from His promise because it is not up to 
you, nor has it ever been. Rather, it is My plan for My own, and it is 
implemented through My Spirit, Who resides in you. 

It does not matter how "worthy" or "capable" you may or may not feel.
You are not weak, for I am not weak, and I am with you. So lay aside 
the cloak of disbelief; put off the disqualification that you took up 
when you believed the lies of the enemy. Trust that I really mean what 
I said in My word--both the written one, and the prophetic ones that 
I have personally spoken over you through My modern day prophets. Know 
that I am indeed able to empower My own.

I do not require unusually strong or gifted vessels--I merely require 
obedient hearts who are willing to believe that I have told them, and 
who are willing to step out in faith and obey. I am the God of all 
power, so I do not need your strength or your resources in order to 
accomplish My purpose. I am fully able to do all that I desire to do.

I am looking for willing and yielded vessels through whom I can
accomplish My purposes. I want you to be one of those vessels. Yes, 
dear one, I desire to glorify My name through you. If you are willing 
and obedient, then I am able to anoint and I am able to empower. I am 
calling you to simply step up to Me and say, "Lord Here I am. I believe
You,  I take you at Your word, and I present Myself to You, that You 
might work your glory through Me."

If you will say this to Me and truly mean it, then you will watch and 
see how I am able to glorify My name through My own. What I have said 
in My word is true indeed, those who believe in My Son will be 
empowered to do the same works He did, and even greater ones. And you 
are one who believes in My son, for you are called by His name and My 
Spirit resides in you. That means you are included in this promise. 

Do not allow the enemy of your soul to talk you out of receiving the 
promise that I have made to you, and do not allow him to confuse you.
Do not let him make you believe that you have somehow disqualified 
yourself from My promise; for I am truth and I cannot lie. The only 
qualification that I have asked of you was to believe in My Son, and 
you have already met that qualification.

But now I ask one more thing of you: begin to takes little steps of 
obedience as I lay things on your heart. Watch and see what I will do 
through you because you believe in My Son.