This word is submitted by Yolanda Ballard [roarnworship@live.com]

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                        No Matter What, Rejoice

  This is the day the Lord has made, and I will rejoice and be glad 
  in it. 

Remember that whatever you are going through, I am there with you 
going through it with you. I have escaped the transgressions of life 
with victory so that you can do the same. I have carried the pain 
and torment so that you don't have to bear it. Cast all your cares 
upon Me, for I alone care for you in a way that no one else can.  So 
depend upon Me, trust Me, talk to Me in a way that you need to, in an 
open and honest way, because I understand.

I have been through it all, and I know how it feels to be rejected and
betrayed by those close to you. I know how it feels to have friends 
who leave you when they are needed the most. I know how it feels when
everything you trusted in the most lets you down. Remember that I went
to the Cross for you when you never even knew Me or loved Me. I gave My
life for you so that you would be free.

So when you go through the hard times, remember that I've been there 
and done that so that you would already have the victory over it, if 
you would only claim My victory as your own. I overcame the world, and 
I have prepared a place for you, a glorious place, a place in glory. 

Glorify My name in every situation. Cast your care upon Me and rejoice
for surely this is the day I have made, and surely you will rejoice in
it!