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

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                        The Power Of My Word

Child of Mine, I want you to know and understand the power of My word.
My word does not go out from Me void, nor does it return to Me void.
It is sent to accomplish specific things in your life, and it is able
to do them if only you will heed it. Yes, My intent is for My word to
be a powerful force for good in your life.

Have I not told you that faith comes from hearing, and hearing from
the word of God?*  My word has always been intended to cause your faith
to grow and flourish. Even from the earliest days, I set monuments and
observances in place to remind My people of My mighty works. Why did I
do this? It was because I wanted to make it easier for them to have
faith in Me.

I established the annual Passover to remind My people of how I delivered
them from their oppressors with a mighty hand and a great demonstration
of My power. When My people crossed the Jordan to enter their promised
land, did I not have each tribe take a stone from the dry path I made in
the midst of the raging river? I instructed them to build a monument from
those stones to remind them of the mighty miracle that I did for them.

I want My people to remember My mighty words, so that their faith might
remain strong! I want them to know My character and My faithfulness,
so that they can trust fully in Me. I want them to know My power and
I want them to know My love. I have put all of these things into My
word, so that My people might know what I expect of them and how they
can please Me.

One of the primary reasons that I have given My word to you is to remind
you of Who I am and of what I have done. Believe what I have said in
Hebrews 13:8, that I am the same yesterday, today and forever. I don't
change and I don't loose My power, nor do I loose My willingness to help
My people and to work on their behalf. I want you to expect Me to do for
you the same things that I have done for My people through the ages. That
is why I have documented them in My written word--so that you might know
and believe.

Child of Mine, I have given you My word, but you must read it and become
familiar with it. I want you to mediate on it, for it will show you how
to draw closer to Me. I want you to memorize portions of it and hide it
in your heart, for it will be your strength and stability when the enemy
of your soul attacks you with waves of doubt or deception. I want you to
set your hope and expectations on Me, the God of the Bible. I have revealed
Myself to you in My word. I have shown you what I can do and how mighty
I am. I have shown you what pleases Me and what I require of you, and I
have shown you how I want to glorify My name through My people.

I want you to believe what I have told you in My word. Let it become
your standard by which you judge reality, and by which you evaluate all
things. I have told you that I want you to do the same works that My
Son did when He walked this earth, and even greater miracle than He
performed.** Believe that it is true and begin to apply it to your life.
Start to walk in My power and My anointing, just as My word says you
should.

Don't just read My words as though they have no power--don't allow them
to go in one eye and out the other. Apply them to your life, begin to do
the things that My words tells you to do. Learn what I am like from
reading My word, then call upon My name and truly expect Me to move
mightily on your behalf.

Child of Mine, I want your faith to increase and I you to know and
understand the power of My word in your life.


*Romans 10:17
** John 14:12-14