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

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              My Power Accomplishs My Purpose


Child of Mine, I have a plan and I have a purpose.  I have a destiny
for your life and I will empower you to fulfill it, if you are willing.
I have a plan and a destiny for each of My children.  Likewise, I have
a plan and a destiny for each church.  And I have a plan and a destiny
for each city, for each nation and for each people group. Yet, so many 
people choose to resist My plan, thinking they have "liberty" to do their 
own thing. But I say to you, that "liberty" is nothing more than the 
bondage and oppression of the devil over their lives.   I came to set 
people free from that bondage, but they must be willing to receive My 
deliverance.

Likewise, I have sent My Holy Spirit to empower My people to accomplish
My purposes, and to advance My kingdom.  My power is not for any one
individual to be lifted up, but for the name of My Son to be lifted up.
So many of My children desire My power for the wrong reasons.  They
desire to be "great" by having a great ministry.  Or they desire the
admiration and respect of others.  Or they desire comfort and financial
gain.  But I do not release My anointing for these purposes.  I only 
release My anointing to accomplish My purposes.

Child of Mine, it is a good thing to desire to move with me in My power.
It is a good thing to desire to see the sick healed, the captives set
free, the oppression and bondages of the devil broken off of people. But
I say to you, that must not be your goal if you are to move with Me in 
My explosive power.  Your goal must be that My name be glorified, that 
My kingdom advance and that My good news is demonstrated to those who
have not yet entered into a personal relationship with Me.  You must 
desire that My purposes be accomplished, and you must work diligently
with Me towards that end.

If you desire to move with Me in My power, you must be willing to lay down
your agenda and take up Mine.  I may choose to send you to the unlovable,
to those with desperate need.  Will you go?  I may call you away from the
comforts of your life to send you to a third world nation.  Are you willing
to go where I send you?  I may ask you to lay aside your personal wealth to
take a meager salary.  I may send you out to the nations and require that
you support yourself there, just as I required Paul to be a tent-maker.  
And adversity and enemy resistance may beset you -- for when I advance My 
kingdom, I tear down Satan's kingdom. I take ground from Him as I gain 
ground for My kingdom.  And Satan mobilizes his forces to defend his 
territory, to resist what I am doing.  So, if you would join with Me 
to accomplish My purposes, I promise you that your enemy the devil will
resist you, just as he resisted My servant Paul.   You will have adversity
and hardship and difficulties beyond what you would have if you are not
actively working with Me to advance My kingdom and fulfill My purposes.

Now that you know all this, are you sure that you still want My power?  
You will encounter resistance and hardship. You cannot use it for your 
own purposes, but only for Mine. Your name must not be glorified, for I 
must receive all of the glory.  Do you still want to move with Me in My 
power and in My anointing?

If you do, I will fill you with My spirit and I will teach you of Myself.
I will thrust you into the destiny that I have prepared for you, and I
will anoint you for what I have called you to do.  You will be empowered
to do with Me what I am doing.  You will see Me glorify My name through
you.  You will be allowed to do the same works that My Son did when He
walked on this earth.  I will heal the sick.  I will cast out demons.
I will raise the dead.  I will change weather patterns.  I will multiply
food and provide supernaturally.  I will glorify My name through you
if you will commit to be My obedient servant and if you are dedicated to 
accomplishing ONLY My purposes and glorifying ONLY My name.

Do you still want to move with Me in My power, now that you know what it
entails?