"So many of My children are going through difficult times over the last few months.  Some have been facing difficult times for years and you felt you were facing it all well but then, over the last six weeks, you have had one thing after another hit you and now, you've been brought low and the enemy is snapping at your heels like a rabid cur dog, which is his real nature. 


Here, I must explain to you just how much the enemy of your soul hates you.  He despises you with a hatred that goes deeper than you can imagine with your earthly ways of thought.  He hates Me but cannot touch Me, so the next 'best' thing to him is to go after My children, who have been made in My Image.  By striking at you, again, My Image, in his mind he is striking at Me.  If he makes you sick and disfigures you, to him, he is disfiguring Me. 


You must also understand the enemy is unlike Me in so many ways, one of which being he is not omnipresent.  Believe Me when I say to you that he can cause you enough problems without your attributing more power to him than he actually has.  Many of My Children speak of being 'tempted of the devil' but I say to you, most of My children have never encountered the enemy but rather, have been harassed by one of his minions, of which there are many.  The enemy is after larger prizes than most of My children.  He seeks after kings and presidents, heads of state and lawless kingpins and will, at times, finds himself attracted to one of My children who have sold themselves completely out to Me; I speak the Truth when I say there are not many of My children who have done this.  They may give Me a part of themselves and maybe even most but giving all is a conscious decision, one usually made over a period of time of failure, as one sees how fruitless life can be without being totally surrendered to Me.  Truly, Beloved, you can do nothing apart from Me.  I AM here, waiting, for your surrender to Me, whenever you decide it's time to truly experience real life, for unless you give Me your whole self, you will have never truly lived...but when you surrender your will to Me totally, and give your whole life to Me, then, Beloved, you will see what I want you to have- a life filled with My Love and Power to pass on to others.  Truly, this life you live is not about you; it has never been about you but rather, about giving yourself to Me so I can place people, and even animals, in your path to whom you can minister LIFE in the Spirit.  You will experience no greater joy than to live the LIFE I give you.  Again, I say...you cannot experience a greater joy than to surrender the life you live totally to Me.  As always, the choice is entirely up to you but I will give you a strong hint- choose LIFE.