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

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                              Come Closer

Child of Mine, I am calling you to walk closer to Me than you have done
before.  This means you are going to have to reevaluate your priorities
and you will need to give Me a larger portion of your leisure time.  You
will need to change your schedule around so that you can spend quality
time with Me each day.

Child, we must have that daily time together, and it must be quality time.
I want you to come to Me when you are fresh and alert, not when you are
tired and exhausted and unable to concentrate on the things that I want
to show you.  I want you to seek Me for My will for the day and I want you
to grow in your knowledge of Me.  We can't build a closer and deeper
relationship together if you do not spend time with Me.

I want to show more of Myself to you, I want to teach you more of what My
nature and character are like.  I want you to get an idea of just how
big and how capable I am.  I want you to understand how much love I have
for you.  I want you to experience Me, to know Who I am so that you can
begin to trust Me at the level that I need you to trust Me at.

I want to talk to you about the things that are going on in your life, and
I want to show you what My will is regarding them.  I want to strengthen
you and I want to transform your heart and your desires to be more like
Mine. I want to walk with you throughout your day, and I want you to invite
Me into it.  I want you to recognize My voice when I am speaking to you, and
I want you fully committed to obey the things I tell you to do.

I want you to spend time in My presence and to get to know My ways better
and better.  You have to invest yourself into our relationship, it cannot
be one sided. I have already given of Myself to you, and now I am asking
you to give yourself to Me.  I want to build a closer and deeper relationship
with you--I desire that we be dear friends.  I want you to experience more
of Me, I want to show you more and more of My glory.  I want to release a
greater measure of supernatural experiences to you.  I want to bring you
before My throne in Heaven more often, to give you visions of Myself and
to allow you to come tangibly into My presence.  I also want to surround you
with My love and I want to radiate My glory upon you.

Child you are the apple of My eye, and I love you dearly.  That is why I
am willing to give so much of Myself to you. That is why I am willing to
include you in what I am doing, and to allow you to participate in it with
Me. That is why I am willing to place My Spirit within you and to place My
anointing upon you.  That is why I allow you to reflect My glory to those
around you.  I don't want you to just have head knowledge about Me--I want
you to experience Me with every fiber of your being.  And to do that,
we must spend time together. You must seek Me and come into My presence.
You must linger before My throne so you can get to know Me better.
Child, are you willing?