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         I have ordained you for this job, and I have called you to the work that I have sent you to do. I have given you the gifts, the wisdom, and the ability, but these are nothing without My power and My love. The gifts of God become a hindrance when they are not used in the Spirit of God, when they are not used in love, for it is a false usage of the power that I have given you.
         Lean not to your own understanding. Always and constantly seek Me for My answers and for My wisdom. Think not to do things in your own wisdom or in the natural, but always seek Me. And listen! Listen to those around you. Listen to those involved. Listen to the voice of the sheep. Prayerfully counsel with them, and prayerfully bring their petitions and their suggestions before Me. Lean not to your own understanding. For your abilities and your capabilities become your downfall if you do not use them according to My plan and My will, but in your own wisdom.
         I have made you capable. I have made you able. I have poured many gifts upon you. Use them in conjunction with My Spirit and with prayer and with seeking Me, so you may do these things in the power of God and not through the mind of man.
         The gifts and calling of God are without repentance, and these that I have poured upon you are many. As you use them according to My Spirit, touched by My Spirit, these gifts are greatly used of Me (ML #3043).



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