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         Did you not ask for more faith? Be not alarmed therefore at My answer. Fear not that I allow Satan to put on the pressure, for otherwise, how would your faith be tested? If the pressure were not there, you would not be able to avail yourself of the faith that I am able to give. If the tests did not come, your faith would not grow. If the trials were not there, the great grace that I have put within you would go undiscovered. If not for the squeezing and the crushing of the flower, the sweet perfume would not be brought forth. It is through the fierce storms and raging gales that I am able to root the mighty oak firmly in the soil.
         Did you not ask for more power in your life? How would I be able to produce My full power through you if the pressure were not applied? It is in the turning and the grinding of the wheels of trial that friction is produced, so I am able to release My power in greatest force. It is through this turning, this pressure, this rubbing, this friction in your life that the electrical current of My power is ignited and comes through in its strongest force.
         It is through these tests that I will show My hand strong to pull you up. Only as Satan fields his strongest forces against you are you able to know the strongest grip of My right hand as I pull you up out of the pit which he is trying to cast you into. It is only through strong opposition that you are able to avail yourself of My greatest show of force and power in your life.
         Look to the Heavens. Are not My planets and celestial bodies kept in orbit through opposing forces? So am I able to keep you in the orbit of My will even through these forces that would seek to oppose you.
         My strongest display of power is wrought through this opposition in your life. For as you lean on Me to bring you through these very tests that try you, wings are born out of weights.
         You must not try to escape the pressure. I am able to help you harness the pressure. I am able to channel the pressure so that it will produce My power through you. This you do through the power of prayer. Through prayer and claiming My promises and leaning on and upholding each other you are able to rise above it all. Therefore channel the pressure! Through your prayer power, I am able to harness the pressure as I generate the electrical current of My power in you.
         When you ask for more power, fear not the pressure that must be applied to produce such power! Only channel the pressure and continue on in faith. Be glad and rejoice for the surge of power that will come as a result of such pressure.



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