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

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                           Let Go Of The Past


Child of Mine, I am calling you forward and I am calling you onward.
Do not be hindered by the failures of the past.  They are behind you
and have no more power over you.  Do not be hindered by the hurts of
the past, for I am your healing and in Me you are able to overcome
all.  Do not be hindered by the treasures of the past, rather fix your
eyes on the Great Prize and move forward to obtain it.  I am the Pearl
of great price.  It will cost you all to obtain the fullness of My
plans and purposes for you.  You must let go of the material things that
you treasure, you must let go of the past, you must let go of failed
relationships and you must let go of the mindsets that hinder you and
hold you back.  You must let go of resentment, of unforgiveness, of
bitterness and of any attitudes that would separate you from Me.

I am demanding all of you.  I require that you give yourself to Me
without reservation.  I require control of all of your resources and I
fully expect your unquestioning obedience.  If I tell you to give of
your resources to care for one of My little ones,  I expect you to 
obey Me.  Do not hold to your treasures so tightly that you loose your
ability to make Me Lord.  Prepare and consecrate your heart to obey
Me, for I have a good plan for you and in Me you will find fullness of joy.

I say to you that I am more than all that I require you to let go of.
And I say to you that as you embrace My call on your life and My plans
for you, you will come into a sense of fulfillment.  You will have a new
empowerment, for My Spirit is upon you to enable you to do well all that
I have given you to do.

I am asking you to empty yourself of the things that hinder, that I may
fill you with My Spirit.  I am asking you to let go of the things of the
flesh and to learn to embrace the things of the Spirit.  I am asking you
to let go of the past failures and embrace My future successes.  I am
asking you to let go of the things that corrupt that you may embrace
My purity.  

I am asking you to let go of your own abilities and resources and to 
learn to trust in Mine.  For I desire to fully equip you, I desire to put 
My anointing upon you and My empowerment within you, and to raise you up 
as My witnesses and as a carrier of My presence.   I desire to pour My 
giftings within you, and to release My power through you, that the sick 
may be healed and that the dead may be raised and that the bound and
oppressed of the enemy may be set free, and that all men may come to Me
and receive Me as their Lord.  I have called you as My witness, and I 
intend to fill you with all that you need to be effective in all that I 
give you to do.

Child of Mine, empty yourself of the things of this world that are within 
you, that I may fill you with Myself.  Let go of the past, of all that 
hinders your walk with Me, of all that prevents you from doing with Me 
the things that I am doing to advance My kingdom.  Allow Me to refine you, 
to purify you, to fill you with My spirit and My power and My anointing.
Let go of your past and embrace with Me the future that I have prepared 
for you.