This word is submitted by Steven Bliss (godsfire@ameritech.net)

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                          Push Through


	Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I 
	told no one what my God had put in my heart to do for 
	Jerusalem. No beast was with me except the one I rode. Then 
	I said to them, "You see the bad situation we are in -- how 
	Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire. 
	Come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no 
	longer be a disgrace." 

	Then I told them of the hand of my God which was upon me for 
	good, and also the words that the king had spoken to me. And 
	they said, "Let us rise up and build!" So they strengthened 
	their hands for the good work. 	 -- Nehemiah 2: 12, 18 (AMP)


Push through.  It is not time to give up, but to push through to Me.
The pain and resistance are real.  Push through them and receive the 
reward of knowing Me.  Receive the healing that comes from being with 
Me in the heavenly places.  Push through the sorrow, My heart is for 
you.  Push through.

Stir the fire, stir the ashes away and reach down deep.  There is a 
warmth from Me that will never die.  So fan those embers to re-ignite 
the fire.  The time to be passive is now past. Now is the time. I am 
coming.  So awaken your hearts to My ways. Open your eyes to look for Me.
Stir forth the passions deep within you. I am speaking to you.  Renew 
your ways in Me.  Explore the dreams I have placed within you and see if 
I will not fulfill them.

Are you willing to pay the price? I am coming.  Push through and renew 
your strength in Me and not the ways of your past.  Stand for Me. Speak 
forth My truth.  Bring life into your heart that life may burn true.  
Turn your ways to Me.  Look for Me and I will be found. I am in your home; 
I am your night dreams.  I am riding in the clouds of the storms.  

Be not afraid, but recognize Me and My ways.  Meditate upon My word that 
revelation can come.  I will deposit My wisdom that riches may multiply 
to redeem the lost.  Expect Me to work in your behalf.  Stir the fire that 
I may burn brightly.  I want to do more.  Are you willing to be consumed 
with Me?