Be Encouraged This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis   Be encouraged, child of Mine, for I care greatly for you and I have wonderful plans in store for you. I am the God of all hope and the God of all encouragement; so dare to place your hope in Me and you will not be disappointed.  Allow your heart to be encouraged as you eagerly anticipate the good things that I have in store for you because you are My own.  I am a God who loves to give good gifts to His children; to those who are committed to obey Me because they love Me. That is why I go out of My way to place good things in your path, little one.  I go out of My way to refresh you and to and delight your spirit. Child of Mine, I have put My Holy Spirit within you to encourage you.  This is how you can know with assurance that I will never leave you alone nor abandon you.  My Spirit's presence within you is a sign to you that I will am always watching over you to take care of you. I have a great care for you because you are My own. I know what you need and I am the God who provides all that you need.  So put your hope in Me and be encouraged. Child, know that My plans for you are good and know that I am well able to accomplish these good things in your life.  My desire for you is peace and hope and joy.  I have an abundance of good things in store for you -- both in this life and in the life to come. The enemy of your souls seeks to discourage you. He will do what he can to get your eyes off of Me and on to a myriad of problems.  He wants to overwhelm you and to frighten you. He wants to make your heart sad. So do not spend your time and energy listening to him and his lies.  Instead fix your eyes expectantly on Me, the author and source of all good things.  Yes, I do have good things in store for you.  So allow My strength and joy to flow through you, to life you up and to cause your faith to grow.  As you hope in Me, your faith grows; and as your faith grows, you will be able to walk in higher levels of My power and anointing,  and you will see more and more of My glory come into your circumstances. There is no reason to fear My plans for you. They will bring you delight and happiness, for they are what you were created to do. You will know fulfillment and satisfaction as you do with Me what I have planned for you to do since before the dawn of time.  I have seen you and known you before you were formed in your mother's womb.  I have a plan in store for you that is custom-built and tailored to who I have created you to be.  And these plans will bring you much delight and joy. Draw into Me and wait upon Me, and your spirit will grow in Me.  Then you will begin to see what I am doing and you will be able do it with Me. This is what I have created you for -- a hope and a destiny.  I have created you for good things and as you walk out your purpose, you will know a joy that is unspeakable. There will be a deep settling in your spirit, an assuredness that you were created for a purpose and a knowledge that you are indeed fulfilling that purpose   And out of that will spring forth a well of joy and delight.  You will find strength when others would grow weary, for I will sustain you. You will find a melody in your heart, for I will cause your spirit to sing and I will refresh you in ways that you cannot imagine. Look to the future, child of mine, and see My good plans for you.  Be encouraged, child of Mine, for they are good.