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Date: June 16, 2003

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

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                My Power Is To Accomplish My Purposes


   "'Not by might, not by power, but by My Spirit' says the Lord."

Child of Mine, true power does not come from anything that you can muster
up from within yourself.  True power comes from My Spirit living within 
you and leading and guiding you, then enabling you to do with Me what I 
am doing.  Power is released to perform My will and to accomplish My 
purposes, and not for any other reason.

There are ones who desire to move in demonstrations of My power so that
they might build their own kingdom.  There are ones who desire to be 
lifted up and honored before man.  Some of these started out well with 
pure motivation that allowed them to move in My power and anointing.  But 
then their agendas changed and My purposes stopped being their highest 
priority.  It is true that My giftings and callings are without repentance, 
yet those who replace My agenda with their own agenda will soon be left 
behind -- for I am about to raise the level.  

What you have seen up to this day has been but a small trickle of 
what I desire to release in and through My church.  I am about to release
a season of harvest and I am looking for workers who will be directed by 
My spirit and who will honor My agenda and advance My kingdom.  

I say to you that the day is soon coming where true power will be returned 
to My true and faithful servants.  The businessman will pray for a 
cancer-ridden co-worker and see him healed.  Mothers will lay hands on their 
sick children and see them recover instantly.  The evangelist will proclaim 
the kingdom with signs and wonders following.  The high school student will 
take a stand of faith and see the school rules change so that My name might 
be glorified there.  The college student will rebuke demons so that 
alcoholics will instantly be freed and returned to their right mind.  The 
traveler will calm the storm so that they can arrive on time to the place 
I send them to.  My people will do the same things My Son did when He 
walked on the face of the earth, for I am about to win the lost with 
demonstrations of My power and of My anointing released through My people. 

These demonstrations of power will come from My Spirit to accomplish My
purposes. They will be released upon any of My people who are willing to
set aside their own agendas and take up My agenda.  I am looking for the
ones who do only what they see Me doing.  I am looking for the ones who 
are committed to obeying Me without question when I give them a command 
or direction.  These are the ones I will release My power upon.  They must
not be looking to glorify their own name, for I will cause My name to be 
glorified through them.  All glory must be given to Me as I release My 
power.  And only one name must be lifted up: the name of My Son.

Those who will flow with My Spirit are the ones who I will empower to
do with Me what I am doing.  I am not looking for the mighty, I am looking
for the obedient.  I am not looking for the powerful, but for those who
will allow Me to change and transform them to resemble My Son.  I am not
looking for those who have great material resources, but for those who
have great faith -- a faith that is willing to obey Me and a faith that
is willing to do with Me what I am doing.  

That is what I am looking for.  Will you be one of these?  Will you allow
Me to direct you and to lead and guide you. Will you allow Me to replace
your agenda with My own?  Will you lay down your own plans for accomplishment
or greatness so that My purposes may be accomplished through you?  Will you
work with Me to bring glory and honor to My name?  Will you allow My spirit 
to anoint and empower you so that My kingdom might be advanced through you?
For it is not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit that these things
will happen.  And I will only release this measure of My Spirit and of My
anointing and empowering on those who are obedient and whose hearts are 
set before Me.  Will you be one of these, My child?