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Date: August 20, 2009

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

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              My Love Makes You Grow

Dear one, there are areas of weakness and immaturity in your life.
I have not become disgusted with you because of these things, and
they have not caused Me to stopped loving you. In fact, just the
opposite--I love you too much to leave you in that state. Let Me
put it another way: I do not stop loving you because of your
shortcomings and character flaws; however I do insist that you grow
and mature out of them.

Little one, it is because of My great love for you that I insist you
grow and mature. I want you to become more like Me--to begin manifest
My own character and reflect My nature.

I don't want you to be stuck in the bondage and oppression of the
enemy. No, I love you too much to leave you in that condition. And that
means that, at times, I will make you deal with issues that you would
rather ignore. It means that I will make you face an area of sin and
rebellion in your life, so that you might put it under My lordship.

If you are quick to submit, I will be quick to help you in these areas.
But if you choose to resist Me, then I will be forced to chastise you.
Should that happen, I will not punish you out of anger or rage; but out
of love, and out of a sincere desire to see you grow out of this thing
that is so harmful to you.

Dear one, My great love for you demands that you grown and mature in
Me. It demands that you let go of all unforgiveness and bitterness, and
that you allow Me to heal you of your hurts and woundedness. It demands
that you learn to walk in holiness and in purity. That way the enemy
will not have strongholds that he can hold over you. He will not have
things on you that he can use to hold you back, or to control and
torment you. I want you to grow  and mature so that you are free from
all of the oppression that your enemy, the devil, would like to heap 
upon you.  

I want you to grow up in Me and to be free. Then you can draw even closer
to Me, and so that we can walk in deeper levels of intimacy together.
That is why My love for you compels Me to assure that you grow and
mature in Me, and that you develop more and more of My character in your
own life.