This word is submitted by Wendy Logan (logan2220@bellsouth.net)

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                     Time Of Pressing

The season of summer is coming. The heat is on, not in the natural but in 
the spirit. The enemy is rising against My people. Many are growing weary. 
Many are becoming hopeless. My people need to press into Me even more. Many 
are feeling like a ceiling of the enemy is pressing on them. Tell them to 
raise up their hands in praise Me. In with this their hands raised they are 
stopping the enemy from coming any closer. 

Some of My people are crying, complaining, and wasting their breath when 
they could be using that time in praise. Can you imagine what would happen
if you would praise Me every time you wanted to complain? Think of the 
breakthroughs that would take place! Tell My people this before the time 
of trouble comes, for in times of trial and testing many don't want to hear 
My words. They are more content to listen to the lies of the enemy, but only 
truth will set people free. My truth (written and spoken) is what brings 
people through this time of pressing. 

Lift you hands and raise the roof; the roof the enemy has sent out against 
My people. The longer you can keep your hands raised holding up this roof 
of destruction, the stronger you will become. The more people that reach 
up and hold up this roof of destruction, the lighter the load will be for 
all. When you feel you can't hold it up anymore, I will come and remove 
this roof. 

This is like the pressing down of olives, the more you press into the olives, 
the more oil you will get from them. Know I allow the enemy to press not to 
see you fail, but so you will see who I am. What the enemy used for evil, I 
will use for good.