This word is submitted by Jane Larsen (jlarsen65@hotmail.com)

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                           Prayer

When dark forces come against you, fight them in prayer.  When the way seems
long and you are weary, do not give up, wrestle in prayer.  Ask.  Ask and
you shall receive.  There is nothing I will withhold from those who ask, and
there is nothing that I cannot change for those who seek it.  Do not walk
with your head bent low for then you will not see what I am doing in front
of you.  I am working all things to the good.  Though the way may seem hard
and the walk may seem long and slow, everything will change in but a moment.
Seek Me in prayer.

Seek Me first.  Whether it is a small thing or a big thing, My hand can move
across it.  I can change it.  I can turn what the enemy meant for bad, into
good.  Seek Me in prayer.  Wrestle in prayer.  Hold on to that which is
good, which is delightful, hold on to My promises and plant them in your
heart.  The enemy will run from you as My promises take root and your feet,
your thoughts, your spirit, your mind, are planted firmly in Me.

Do not be distracted.  Do not look to the left or the right, for I am the
one beside you making your way through this desert.  You do not understand
it now.  You cannot.  For it is on the earth you live, but you will come
through it because you have stood firm in Me and sought Me in prayer.  You
reach Me when you pray.  My ears are hearing your cries, your laughter, your
petitions.  Day and night I am working in your favor, My precious one.
Seek Me always.  Come to Me first.

Nothing can harm you for am I not with you?  Holding your hand and making
the way before you is your Mighty God.  Remember Me.  When you are scared,
when you are ill, when you struggle with temptations, when all doors are
closing around you, just come to Me.  There is a reason.  You do not need to
understand it, you just need to stand firm in Me and trust that I will
deliver you.  I will and I can.