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Date: Aug 29, 2005


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

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                          Dare To Believe


Child, one of your greatest problems is that you don't always believe Me and 
you do not always take Me at My word.  You have read so many of the promises 
in My word and thought to yourself, "That is not for me" or "This is not for 
today" or "He doesn't really mean that."   

Child, I am the God of Truth -- I say what I mean and I mean what I say.
I am the God who cannot lie and I do not change. If I have given a promise, 
then I have every intention of fulfilling it, and I also have the ability to
fulfill it.  I am the God of all power, and no man can stay My hand and no 
force can prevent My promises from coming to pass.  Yet there is one thing 
that can stop them.

My children, many of My promises are conditional -- they depend on you and 
on your response to Me.  They are of the nature "If you will do this, then I 
will do that..." They require something from you.  If you will do your part, 
then I will surely do My part.  But if you fail to uphold your end, then 
neither will I uphold Mine.

I have spelled some of these out for you very clearly, such as: "If My people 
will humble themselves and pray, then I will hear from heaven and I will 
heal your land."** Such promises make your part clear, and show explicitly 
what I require of you to receive the promise from My hand.  And if you will
do what I ask of you, you will see the promise come to pass on your behalf.

Others of My promises are a bit more subtle, but true none the less.  Look 
at what My Son said in the gospel of John:*** "Whoever believes in Me, the 
works that I do, he shall also, and even greater works than these will he 
do."  The condition is in the promise: simply to believe, to take Me at 
My word, to have faith that I mean and will do what I say.  This same 
condition applies to so many of My proimses -- you must have faith that I
mean what I say.  You must dare to believe.

Child, persistent faith is the key that will unlock the promises I have
made to you.  I often do not give you a time frame, and after a very short
delay you become frustrated and decide that I am not going to keep My word 
to you. Then you give up and you stop believing.  But child, I want you to 
press through in faith.  Know deep within your innermost spirit that I am 
good and I am faithful and I am able.  Know that He who promised you will 
deliver, and stand firm in that knowledge. Persist in the face of doubtful 
circumstances.  Know that I am the God of all truth Who always keeps My word.  
Trust Me and dare to believe, then you will surely receive that which I 
have promised you.

Stand firm, child of Mine, and dare to believe.


**  2 Chronicles 7:14
*** John 14:12