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         As I have brought weakness to your shepherds, so do I bring weakness upon you, for I will not let you operate any longer in the arm of your own might. Instead you must operate in the power of My might, in the power of prayer, in the power of quietness, and in the power of communion with Me.
         What must you do to accomplish this? You must take time in quietness--listening to Me. You must take time in feeding--feeding on My Words. You must take time in asking--asking for My help. You must take time in seeking--seeking My direction. You must take time in listening to My voice.
         You must continue to do the work that I will show you that you must do. But you can no longer do this work without the power of My Spirit, and the power of My Spirit can only be received in communion with Me.
         Do not fight it. Do not resist it. Just yield. Just yield to Me. Yield by stopping. Yield by looking. Yield by listening. Yield by putting up your antennas and carefully tuning in to My Spirit in faith, in quietness and in confidence, knowing that as you tune in to Me, you shall receive that which I have for you. And that which I have for you will work and will strengthen you and empower you, and it will push you and move you and guide you. By this you shall surely know that it is the power and might of God that leads you and that brings forth victory.
         It will cause you to praise Me even more! It will cause you to seek Me even more! It will be a continual cycle of you seeking, Me answering, and you praising. The more you see these victories and the answers to your prayers and the empowerment of My Spirit, the more you will praise Me, and the more you will ask of Me, and the more I will do for you; and the more you will seek Me and the more you will praise Me and the more I will do for you! It will continue rolling and rolling and rolling, ever gaining momentum and gaining praise and gaining victories and gaining miracles.
         So shall your strength grow, your faith grow, your in-tuneness grow, and so shall My power and might within you grow. So shall you be the children of David, empowered by the Spirit and the might of God! So shall you have faith to do the exploits and the mighty things that I will call upon you to do in the Last Days.
         This is the beginning, and you must learn these things now! Take the humbling and take the step of faith. Do it now, that you may begin the cycle of the empowerment of God! (ML #3014).



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