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TRUE MINISTRIES CHURCH

MAINTAININGA PURE HEART

Things are happening! Things are exploding!! Its almost like you cant keep up with the things

that God is doing right now. Things are moving rapidly. Things are intense! In every area. Oneof the things the Spirit shared with me this morning was to make sure that you maintain a pure

heart. Maintaining a pure heart is what will keep Gods presence. Many times you dont even

realize when your heart has become hardened. There are areas where you can begin to testyourself and tell where your heart has become hardened. Number one is rebellion. Are you

rebellious? Well then your heart is hard. And you dont even realize it. You may think well I

want to do the things of GodI want to do this and I want to do that. But the heart is hard.

Why? Because what you are saying is not what you are doing. The Spirit said to me thismorning that he wanted to share some things of maintaining a pure heart. Its so important! God

is pouring out his Spirit big time. Big time! The only way to maintain his presence is to keep

your heart from becoming hardened. One of the things He shared with me a few minutes ago

was that some just come to get the wordbut Im telling you, come to get the Spirit! Because ifyou are not coming to get the Spirit, the word isnt going to work. You can hear the word all day

long, study the word, and still do the wrong thing. Why? Because its not by might, nor bypower, but by my Spiritand its important to understand that. You are not here to get the word,

you are here to get the Spirit! Once you get the Spirit, then you can get the word. Because the

Spirit is going to digest the word. Thats how it becomes the sword of the Spirit. Remember

Jesus was Spirit before he became flesh. He was the word ahead of time but he was still Spirit,wasnt heHe was God! So what he did was he came into the world. The Holy Spirit

impregnated Maryso Jesus Father was the Spirit. Then he put on flesh, which was the word.

So its the Spirit first and then the word. If you are building on the word it will crumble.Because the Spirit is what gives you strength and then you build with the word. The Spirit is the

foundation of your life. That means your relationship with the Lord, in the Spirit, is yourfoundation. People go to bible schools and bible colleges and seminaryThey go to all of thesethings and learn knowledge but they cant practice it because they dont have the Spirit. Thats

why God is pouring out his Spirit right now! Because there are a lot of his children out there that

know the word, but they are not doing the right thing! Now he is pouring out his Spirit to get theSpirit in them so that they can do the things that God has told them to do. So its an honor and

blessingthink about how many have been leftthink about how many people you know that

are not in Gods will. But they knew God. And then they walked away. Thats why God is

drawing allmen unto him. Everywhere. Thats why the anointing is here. Thats why there isthe pouring out of the Spirit all over. Why? Because he is bringing them! You are going to

have that spirit of religion thats going to say, I dont need the Spirit. Ive got the word. Thats

where the bible says the Spirit brings life and the letter kills you. Why? Because you cant obeyit, so its going to kill you. Its those who do the will of God. Why wait until your last breath to

accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and repent? Why not do it now!! Why wait until

you go home to get judged. Let God judge you right now! Today! Stand in front of him and lethim judge you. And lets get started! God doesnt lie! He wants you to walk in the

supernatural. Not in the natural. You dont belong here. You dont belong in this realm! This

is not our home! Dont make it your homedont get comfortable in this place! You dont

belong here. I dont belong hereand I thank God we are going home soon!

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PSALM 24:1-6

The earth is the LORDs, and all its fullnessThat means he is the owner. The world and those

who dwell therein. For He has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the waters.

Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His holy place? Or His holy

presence. He who has clean hands Now this means touch. What you have touched. This

doesnt just mean physically. It means spiritually. What you have come in agreement with.What did you touch spiritually? That has caused your hands not to be clean? Of course you

know there is a physical touch also. He who has clean hands and a pure heartWhy? Because

what you touch will either defile your heart or keep it clean. Who has not lifted up his soul to an

idol, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive blessing from the LORDAre you receiving

blessing from the Lord? Praise God! That means you are in position. He shall receive blessingfrom the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is Jacob, the generation

of those who seek Him, who seek Your face. Who seek him! That means to go after him.Remember we talked about this before. There are many people who try to find God in the word

instead of finding God personally. You find Godyourself! You go to himpersonally. Then he

will bring you to the word. To confirm. The word goes out as the seed. You can go out and

preach and plant a seed. Right. For salvation. When someone accepts Jesus Christ as Lord andSavior the next move is to get filled with the Holy Ghost. So that the Mentor can teach them the

word! Many people read the word and dont even understand it. Its not truth, its justknowledge then. Then they are not freeand they are constantly being deceived.

2 CORINTHIANS 6:16-18

Now I didnt tell you not to read your word. In fact, were using the word right now. Now whatdoes clean hands mean? What you touch. Where? Spiritually. And where is that? Your

thoughts! How about what you touch with your eyes? How about what you touch with your

ears? Can that defile your heart? YES!! I want to share something about your heart. Your heartis the character of your spirit. Thats why the bible says out of your mouth speaks your heart.

That lets you know whether your spirit is contaminated or not. In verse 16,And what agreementhas the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: I

will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Therefore Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what isunclean, and I will receive you. I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and

daughters, says the LORD Almighty. So he says something very profoundits awesome! He

says what agreementin other words, what have you come into agreement with. What have you

touched? What have you touched in your thoughts? What have you touched with your eyes?

What have you come into agreement with? Did the enemy tell you, Oh this is never going to

work. And you said, Okay. Did he tell you that you couldnt do something? Did you agree that

you couldntwhen the bible says you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.

When the bible says He who is in me is greater than he who is in the world and says Im morethan a conqueror! He is placing his image in you when you come into agreement with it. Then

you become a slave to him. Then we fight and wonder whats going on. Why am I doing what

Im doing? Because you have come into agreement with the voice of the stranger. By coming inagreement with the voice of the stranger you have touched something unclean. You saw

something you should not have. Driving around you cant help it. The lust of the world is all

around. So everything you see hereno matter whatwhether you turn on the television or turn

on anythingyou can be driving down the road to get milk and there is a naked person trying to

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sell a cow! Its ridiculous. satan is the ruler of this world. He is always trying to get you to

agree with what his image is. So what we do then is we receive the inheritance from him, the

end result of which is death and destruction. Remember the devil comes to steal, kill anddestroy. So when you touch and agree with him he has legal access to come and steal, to come

and kill and to come and destroy. You are allowing it!! God says, My people are destroyed for

lack of knowledge. Why? Because you dont know how to fight. You are playing religion.Religion wont save you! You have to take out the Holy Ghost bazooka! You cannot out run the

devil. You must turn around and fight him face to face. Or else he will take dominion in your

house, in your heart and in your mind. So right now God is saying, Who can dwell in my

presence? He who has clean hands and a pure heart. We must maintain a pure heart. In other

words, we cannot allow it to be hardened. We must maintain the purity of heart.

JAMES 4:1-8

Now if you believe God is speaking to you, He is! Dont deny it. Take it and use it. Remember

the Lord said that he is going to expose the devils tactics. The devil moves from one thing to

another to get us to try and do stuff. But Im telling you the Holy Spirit is one step ahead every

time. The bible tells us that the Spirit tells us all things and guides us into all truth. So if you aretruly listening you are ahead of the devil. You are supposed to be ahead of the devil. James 4:1,Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for

pleasure that war in your members? You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and

cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. You ask and donot receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. Wow. There is

that fight within you. You can try and convince yourself but God knows your heart. Lord

bless me with that million bucks and Ill give you some of it!! We try and convince ourselves.Im doing the right thingGod knows my heart. Yes he does!! And he is trying to expose it to

you. But in the mind we are always trying to convince ourselves. Thats the voice of thestranger always trying to convince you that youre okay. That you are a good person. But the

bible tells us that our own righteousness is nothing but filthy rags. We are not alright! None of

us is alright! The only place we are right is in Him! Other than that we are a bunch ofboneheads! So in order to maintain right, we have to be in Himto be right. So where do these

fights come from? Within! It says in verse 4,Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not knowthat friendship with the world is enmity with God? So when you touch and agree with the worldyou become a friend of it. Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an

enemy of God. Not that God is your enemyyou are His! Why? Because he cant trust you.

Every time he tries to get something to you, the devil steals it ahead of time because you are out

of position. Thats why the Spirit is being poured out all overyou may not even understandwhy you are here today. And you dont have to. The important thing is that you are. God is

trying to get something to you, not take something from you. He is trying to get something to

youin every area! It doesnt matter how old you are. He doesnt look at age. He doesnt lookat how young or how old. He looks at you as the image of his childand how much he loves

you and wants to bless you. He wants to get you armed up, filled up until you are a walking

grenade against the kingdom of darkness. Not a self-destructive one. Okay, verse 5, Or do you

think that the Scripture says in vain, The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously? But He

gives more grace. Which means favormore of Gods plan to prosper. He gives more of these

things. Therefore He says: God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Now let me

share with you, one of the great enemies against a pure heart is pride. P.R.I.D.E. Personal

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reverence into a deadly end. Its a killer. Most people dont even know when they are involved

in pride. You fight pride every day. With every decision you make, pride is there. Remember

pride protects self. Fear protects pride. Anger protects fear. What does Jesus say? If you wantto be his disciple you must first deny yourself. So if you cant deny yourself it means you are

coming into agreement with something. In other words, there is something unclean. Your

hearts not pure. Why? Because its promoting rebellion. A hardened heart is being promoted.Why? Because there is rebellion towards things. Look how he explains this. Go to verse 7,

Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. In other words, if you cant

submit to God, you cant resist the devil. There are people trying to kick the devil out of theirhouse and he doesnt have to go. Why? Because there has not been submission to God yet.

When you submit to God, then the devil will go. You cant try to command the devil to leave

your house, because hes coming right back! You move him out to the front door and he will

move to the back! You will kick him out of one room and he will go to another room. Youcannot remove the powers of darkness from you until you submit to God. There are people

spiritually fightinggoing crazy If they would just submit they would find that the powers of

darkness would flee. And they will stop killing, stealing and destroying. He says,Draw near to

God and He will draw near to you. That means submit. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; andpurify your hearts, you double-minded. Why? Because you are agreeing with the world. You

are double-minded. You are unstable. God is trying to get us into this position. So if you feelconvicted today, thats good! But dont let guilt beat you up. What you do is you repent and get

in position. Thats what its about. Your Daddy loves you!

PSALM 51:10-13

We are going to expose the enemy. How many of you want to be blessed! Well you have to

walk in Gods presence. Thats where its happening. Heres brother Davidlook how he cries

out. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me

away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. He got revelation! David

knew about maintaining a pure heart! Even though he made mistakes, he was repentant. Of

course, every mistake he made he had to reap. He did some reaping! But there was somethinghe realizedhe cried,Dont take your presence from me! Dont take your Holy Spirit from me!

Please help me maintain! Keep in me a clean heart and a steadfast spiritLord please! I needyour help! I cant do it on my own. But I know that my relationship with you is what is going to

maintain a pure heart. Keep me as the apple of your eye! Dont let me go anywhere Lord. My

hope is in you. My strength is in you. When you go to God every day in this arena, you are

focusing on him and nothing else. You dont go to Him and sayLord I need this. You go to

Him and say,Lord I need YOU! Because when you have Him you have everything. The Lord isyour shepherd, you shall not want. Those who are in wantis because they are not in position. If

you are in wantit is because you are not in position. Because he does exceedingly abundantly

above all you could ever ask or think and he has come to bring life and life more abundantly.Now its not going to come all at once. Why? Because he is going to use it to train you. Its

time for training. Its not time for preaching. Its time for training. We are in a war and are

under the Commander and Chief of the Lords army. You are in the military and you aresoldiers and its time to start acting like them. Psalm 51, go to verse 12,Restore to me the joy of

Your salvation, and uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Yourways, and sinners shall be converted to You. This is powerful! Hes saying,Keep my heart pure

Lord!And a steadfast spirit! Why? Because the joy will be constantly be maintained. God will

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give you the ability to teach. He will give you wisdom. He did it in Exodus. The Spirit gave

him the ability to teach and he gave them the ability to build with wisdom. And he will do that

with you! Then you can convert othersIn other words, you will bring them into Godspresence and let God kill them and you dont have to any longer. You will be a conductor in

Gods orchestra.

EZEKIEL 18:30-32

Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the LordGOD. Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin.

Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new

heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure inthe death of one who dies, says the Lord GOD. Therefore turn and live! So its a good time

to repent. That means turn away. Learn. Turn and learnand live. Why? So you can maintainthe presence of God. Because thats what is happening right now. Maintaining the presence of

God.

EXODUS 35:4-9; 21And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thingwhich the LORD commanded, saying: Take from among you an offering to the LORD.

Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and

bronze; blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats hair; ram skins dyed red, badgerskins, and acacia wood; oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet

incense; onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate. Now Im notgoing to pass around a bucketbut what is he saying? A willing heart. It must start with a

willingness. There must be the beginning of a willingness to want to get a pure heart. To want

to get right with God. There must be a willingness. Go to verse 21, Then everyone came whose

heart was stirred, and everyone whose spirit was willing, and they brought the LORDs offering

for the work of the tabernacle of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments. So there

was a willing spirit. In other words, if there was a willing heart, there is a willing spirit. Why?Because the heart is the character of your Spirit. You will know whether you are contaminated

or not. So they were bringing an offering and Im not here to talk about offerings today but

since it has been mentioned . If you are not a tither, you cant be blessed. You are a self-blesser and it wont last. Tithing protects your money. Offering increases it. Thats all I have to

say about that. So the first thing we must do is be disciplined to maintain a what? Pure heart. In

other words, discipline bypasses discernment. Why does it bypass discernment? Because you

must be in the Spirit to be able to discern. If you are not in the Spirit, you cant discern.Discipline is what assists us when you are not in the Spirit. So that you are going to do it, no

matter what! By being disciplined, you would be able to get in the Spirit. But if you are not

disciplinedThe military, they get disciplined, dont they. Theyre disciplined. They disciplinethemselves to do what they have to do every morning and whatever. They have to go through

stuff. They go through boot camp and whatever. They are disciplinedand believe me most of

them are not in the Spirit! At least in the carnal military. In the Lords military, you have to bein the Spirit. So there is a discipline first. The first thing that must happen in your life is you

must be disciplined. Disciplined to what? Do what you are supposed to do. Whether you feel it

or you dont. Discipline has nothing to do with what you feel. You get up in the morning, you

go shower, you make your coffee, you brush your teeth, you get something to eat, you get ready

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you are disciplined! You are disciplined every morning to do the same routine to get things

going. You dont even think about it, you just get up and do it. Hopefully, you are getting up

and praying firstbefore you are feeding your flesh. So discipline is the first thing, by what? Awilling heart and a willing spirit.

HEBREWS 3:12-19Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the

living God; but exhort one another daily, while it is called Today, lest any of you be hardenedthrough the deceitfulness of sin. For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the

beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, while it is said: Today, if you will hear His

voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion. For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed,was it not all who came out of Egypt[that means world] led by Moses? Now with whom was He

angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? And

to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? So we

see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. So their heart was hardened. It promoted

rebellion and it also promoted unbelief. It caused rebellion, unbelief, anxiousness, mistrust, fear,

and they didnt enter the promised land. Where do you think we are at right now? Why do youthink God is pouring out his spirit? The scripture right now is about the ten virgins. Thats what

is happening right nowits manifesting. Those who are filled with the oilwhy? Because thebridegroom is coming for the bride. Five of the virgins were wise and five were idiots. The five

that were not right said to the five wise, Let us buy some of your oil. And they said, No. Noyou have to get it yourself. Why? Because time is too short now. Thats why God is drawing all

men unto him in a powerful, powerful way! Its not a time to play games. It is a time to beserious like you have never been before. Because the end result is standing before Him. If you

knew there was only a year left, what would you do? Would you be more concerned about your

job and some of the other stuff. No. You had better start thinking that way because I doubt thereis much time left. I doubt it. All the prophetic has been fulfilled, a couple of things are left. Its

time. If we have seven years left, thats wonderful. I said if. But there is not much time left.

We are in the latter days. Dont be afraid because we are in the latter days because you dontbelong here anyway. This is not your home. You are spirit. And you are an offspring of the

anointed one and his anointing. You dont belong here! So quit trying to fight to stay here. Quit

trying to fight for your life. Surrender your life and let God establish it. Its a lot easier. So thefirst thing to be maintained is discipline. The second thing is to be grateful and thankful. To be

grateful and thankful! So you must discipline yourself to be grateful and thankful no matter

what. If you maintain being grateful and thankful you wont be in want. You will shut the door

to the devil. If you are grumbling and complaining you are in wantand youre not grateful.And if you are finding things are messed up, then you have touched and agreed with something

and you must search it out and start breaking things and learning. You must learn. But you must

maintain an attitude of gratitude and gratefulness no matter what. If you find yourself grumblingand complaining because you cant do this and you want to do thatDIE. Quickly. Come out

of it. Quit fighting like you own something. You dont own anything. Its all His. This is

where we must come out of the world. This is where we must maintain that attitude of gratitude.Thank you Lord! Thank you! Its all yours. And whatever you choose to give me I thank you

and I will give praise to you. I will maintain praise and an attitude of gratitude and thankfulness.

Why? It takes the focus off of you and your circumstancesand especially your complaining.

If you will judge yourself and look at whats coming out of your mouthimagine if you wrote

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down everything thats coming out of your mouth that day and put it up therewhoo! You will

find out where your heart is at. You will find out whether it has been hardened. How many

times have you told God, Thats it, Im done! Why? Because you didnt get what you wanted.Quit comparing yourself to anybody. Stop it. Dont compare yourself to anybody. God is

comparing you to Him. Dont worry about somebody getting blessed and dont be envious of

those being blessed. Be grateful and thankful where you are at. And know that there is more.Just stay in line. So the first one is be disciplined. The second one is be grateful and thankful.

EPHESIANS 5:18-19

And do not be drunk with wine in which is dissipation but be filled with the Spirit. He said be

filled with the Holy Spirit. Its not about being drunk with carnal wine. Its about being filled

with the Spirit of God. In verse 19, what happensSpeaking to one another in psalms and

hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord. Giving thanks

always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ submitting to one

another in the fear of God. This is powerful! So you must be spiritually positioned so that

worship is constantly running in you. So that you are constantly worshiping the Lord.

Hallelujah. Thank you Lord. Wherever I goHallelujah! Why? Im making contact with theother side. Praise you Lord! Thank you! The bible says acknowledge Him in all of your ways

and he will guide your path. Commit to him your works and he will establish your steps.Speaking psalms, submitting to one another in the fear of God. Gods presence will always bring

reverence to Him. Fear. Every time. So that you will depart from evil. So that you wont touch

unclean things. You will think twice about doing something stupid. But when you come in

agreement. When you touch and agree with somethingthe enemy already has access to you.And the bible says we are to make no place for the devil. So the third thing is the position of

worship promotes humility. As you are a worshiper, you become humble. Not prideful.

Humility will nullify pride. You wont try to figure it out, you will learn how to wait on God tobring it to you. You wont go ahead of God. You wont be anxious. You will wait. You will

trust. You will surrender.

HEBREWS 10:24-25

And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking theassembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so

much the more as you see the Day approaching. Wow! Dont forsake to assemble. Why?

Because it causes accountability. If you are not accountable, you are not responsible.

Individuals that are not willing to be accountable are not responsible. If you cant be

accountable to man, you cant be accountable to God. Thats a deception. People say that theywill be accountable to God and yet they cant be accountable for assemblingbecause thats

what the bible says to do. Assemble. Why? Because thats where your help is at. You go to the

house of God. But the house of God doesnt become the house of God until Gods childrencome in the house. Then its the house of God. Other than that this is just a shelter. Now its

the house of God. Why? Because Gods children are here. The angels are all around. They are

working on your behalf right nowand you have a legion of angels. There are protectingangels. Angels trying to meet your needs. They have to wait until you get positioned before

they can move. Because the command comes from the Lord. When you get in position, God

starts commanding themGo! He holds you with one hand and kicks the devil with the other

hand but you have got to get in position where he can hold you. Thats called positioning. You

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have to get in position so he can hold you and then the other hand swings and slaps the devil,

moves the angels on your behalfThe next thing you know, the job you have been waiting for

doesnt come through because another one better does. Something else happens. So the fourththing is the assembling of the saints which brings accountability.

3 JOHN 2-4Beloved, I pray that you may prosperDoes God want you to prosper? Yes! In all thingsNot

just material. It does no good to prosper materially if you cant use it spirituallyor use it for

the kingdom of God. Thefirstarea he wants you to prosper in is spiritually. But he does wantyou to prosper materially also. Why? So you can help build the kingdom of Godbuild

orphanages, rescue peopleget the Word out! Feed, clothe and shelter. Open up discipleship

houses, whatever it is. Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just

as your soul prospers. Prosperity in the spirit is going to bring health to you. Your soul is yourmind, will and emotions. So those things must prosperin other words, line up with the will of

God, which allows the flow of the anointing. The flow of blessings to come. For I rejoicedgreatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. Why? Because truth sets youfree, doesnt it. So now they are prospering because they have lined up according to the spirit of

God and according to the will of God. So you are to know the truth and walk by it. In otherwords, you must have a desire to learn. Never think that you have learned enough. The moment

you think you have learned enough, you have fallen. The more you learn about the things of

Godrevelation and rhemathe more you realize how big he is. And how much you dont

know. When you get to a point where you think you know and you know enough, you are introuble. We must have a constant desire to always want to learn. A childs heart is always

willing to learn and quick to forgive. The fifth thing is to always have a desire to learn.

HEBREWS 12:5-11

And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, do not despisethe chastening of the LORD, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by HimSo if you feelthat todayif you feel chastened by the Lord today and you feel rebuked by the Lord, its cause

he loves you. For whom the LORD loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom Hereceives. If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there

whom a father does not chasten? But if you are without chastening, of which all have become

partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. Furthermore, we have had human fathers whocorrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the

Father of spirits and live? For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them,

but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness. Now no chastening seems to be

joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit ofrighteousness to those who have been trained by it. So your chastening is going to train you.You are being trained right now by the chastening of the Lord. What happens though, is that as

God chastens individuals, they run! Thats it, Im not taking it anymore! Im done! Impacking! Im leaving! I, I, I Thats it, Im finding another church! They hop from church tochurch to church to church. And every time they get chastened, they run. See you cant outrun

the chastening of the Lord either. You cant out run the devil and you cant out run the

chastening of the Lord. You must turn around and fight the devil and you must turn around and

submit to God. Submit! And resist the devil! So receive the chastening of the Lord with joy.

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Thank you Lord! David said ithe said,Lord though you slay me, I will still praise you! Dont

run from Gods chastening.

EPHESIANS 5:8-17

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the

fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable tothe Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.

Let me share something with you, stop hanging around with those who are unruly. What does a

child of God have to do with a child of the devil. If you know someone that is claiming to be abeliever and they are not walking right, dont hang with them! Why? Bad company corrupts

good habits. You are to hang around with those who have a pure heart after God. And have nofellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. Expose them! It blows

my mind how peoplebecause they are caught up soulishlythat they hang around with thosethat are committing fornicationdrunkardssaying, Oh they are my good friend! No, they are

an enemy to God! And if they are Gods enemy they are yours. Why? Because they are a friend

of the world. If you are a friend of the world, you are an enemy of God. Gods not the enemy,

youre His enemy! You are to come out from among them. You are to expose the garbage. Andyou do it in love. Im sorry man, we were friends but I cant hang with you. No, Im not goingto come over and watch football at your house while you drink and think Im going to make it.

While youre living with this girl and this girl is living with you and you want me to come out

and fellowship with youno, no, no! Thats not going to happen! Or you want me to bless you

while you are in fornication. Or youre living with somebody or whatever and you want the

blessings of the Lord. Let me tell you it will be stolen immediately. You are not to havefellowshipwhy? Because you are to maintain a pure heart! I dont care what the devil has

convinced you with, you are either obedient to this word or you are not. You are either obedient

or you are not. There is no gray area. Its either light or darkness. One or the other. Lets readthat one more time verse 11,And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but

rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them insecret. But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes

manifest is light. Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.

See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because thedays are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. So theseventh thing is to have no fellowship with darkness. None. If someone is not right with God,

they are darkness.

Maintaining a pure heart. Thats where we are at. The enemy wants to defile your heart.

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NOTES: Maintaining a Pure Heart

Maintaining a pure heart is what will keep Gods presence.

There are areas where you can begin to test yourself and tell where your heart has become

hardened. Number one is rebellion. Are you rebellious? Well then your heart is hard.Submission to authority on every level. Anything less is rebellion. Not wearing a

seatbelt is rebellion. Something as small as not putting your grocery cart back where the

store asks that it be returned to is indicative of rebellion. The enemy only needs a crack.A little leaven. If I am not under authority I will have no authority. If I have no authority

I cant take dominion. And then will have no victory. Its rebellion in the heart. Am I

obedient/submitting to authority even when no one is looking. Am I doing what my boss

has asked even when he is not aroundeven when he would not know one way oranother? Am I submitted to the authority God has placed me under. Am I doing things

my way or the way I have been asked to do something? Jesus was completely and totally

submitted to the Father on every level He did what he saw the Father do. He walked in

perfect obedience and because he walked in perfect obedience and submission to theFather, he walked in perfect power, authority, having dominion over everything. If

I am not submitting or rebellious on any level that means self is too much alive. Mywants/desires to do things my way is too alive. I must be dead to selfcompletely

submitting to the God and the authority he has placed me under.

The only way to maintain his presence is to keep your heart from becoming hardened.

The Spirit is the foundation of your life. That means your relationship with the Lord, in the

Spirit, is your foundation.

Your heart is the character of your spirit. Thats why the bible says out of your mouth speaks

your heart. That lets you know whether your spirit is contaminated or not.What comes out of my mouth defines me. Spirit = breath what I speak matters. It is

one of the fruits from the garden of my heart. What I have sown in my heart allowed in

my gatesthe seed that I have allowed to take root in my heart will determine whatcomes out of my mouth.

Did he tell you that you couldnt do something? Did you agree that you couldntwhen the

bible says you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you. When the bible says Hewho is in me is greater than he who is in the world and says Im more than a conqueror! He is

placing his image in you when you come into agreement with it. Then you become a slave to

him. Then we fight and wonder whats going on. Why am I doing what Im doing? Because

you have come into agreement with the voice of the stranger.

I must operate in the belief system of the new man only. What defines me is only who

and what Christ says I am and have in Him. Nothing else. I must replace all corruptibleseeds with who I AM in Christ. I cant get lazy in examining my thoughts or my

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So when you touch and agree with him he has legal access to come and steal, to come and

kill and to come and destroy. You are allowing it!! God says,My people are destroyed for

lack of knowledge. Why? Because you dont know how to fight. You are playing religion.

Religion wont save you! You have to take out the Holy Ghost bazooka! You cannot out

run the devil. You must turn around and fight him face to face. Or else he will take

dominion in your house, in your heart and in your mind.

The bible tells us that the Spirit tells us all things and guides us into all truth. So if you are truly

listening you are ahead of the devil.But I wont hear correctly unless I am clean. I wont be able to even if I try. I must be

clean and sanctified to hear and discern correctly.

Now let me share with you, one of the great enemies against a pure heart is pride. P.R.I.D.E.

Personal reverence into a deadly end. Its a killer. Most people dont even know when they

are involved in pride. You fight pride every day. With every decision you make, pride is there.

Remember pride protects self. Fear protects pride. Anger protects fear.

Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. In other words, if you cant submit to God, you cant

resist the devil. There are people trying to kick the devil out of their house and he doesnt haveto go. Why? Because there has not been submission to God yet.

YOU CANNOT REMOVE THE POWERS OF DARKNESS FROM YOU

UNTIL YOU SUBMIT TO GOD.

When you go to God every day in this arena, you are focusing on HIM and nothing else. You

dont go to Him and sayLord I need this. You go to Him and say,Lord I need YOU! Becausewhen you have Him you have everything. The Lord is your shepherd, you shall not want. Those

who are in wantis because they are not in position.Focus and attention must be on God never on man or the pastor/teacher. God mustalways be the focus NOTHING in between. Otherwise, idolatrybecause we magnifywhat we focus on. there is no manipulation in a pure heart. there is no control in a pure

heart. there is never a manpleasing spirit in a pure heart. Because in a pure heart are

no idols. At the base of manipulation, control and a manpleasing spirit is always fear.

Where there is fear - there will be idols. fear of losing someone or something.

Sometimes this is so deeply rooted and camouflaged so well that the presence of thesedemons take precedence of the hosts actual character. The person is so convinced that

the familiar spirits are actually who they are and they think its just part of their

personality and they are unable to separate themselves long enough to even examine what

is really motivating them. The host begins to justify and reason away thought patterns,emotional attachments and behavior that are actually the fruit of whats really operating.

The demons operating in the host use the tremendous fear that is so carefully

masked, making the host capable of just about anything so as not to lose the position

it thinks it has in the heart of the idol it looks to in lieu of God . the host thinks they

look to God, but the fruit being produced tells a different story. the focus being on the

man/or idol and not on God. There is no pure heart in one who allows a manpleasingspirit, manipulation and control to operate within them. He who has clean hands and a

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pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully. Ignorance is

no excuse. we are to constantly examine who and what is motivating our spirit at all

times. There must be nothing in between me and God. What is motivating me even now.

the host needs a lot of prayer - prayer for the host to want deliverance. because the only

way to truly be free is if they really want to be free as these demons are so strong. butthen again, if confronted and they say they desire freedom, what is the motive -- free to

please God and have nothing before Him - or free to please man? if it is to be free to

please man - the motive is still not pure. the host needs prayer. my motive is a desire fortruth and for my own sight to remain clear. with the sight comes a responsibility with

what I am given to see. I must separate the person from the demon continually. Blessing

the person and being polite to the person, doesnt mean I am blind to, condone or in any

way pet the evil operating within them. There is no idolatry in a pure heart. A pure

heart does not manage demons of any kind, disguised in any way.

Discipline bypasses discernment. Why does it bypass discernment? Because you must be in the

Spirit to be able to discern. If you are not in the Spirit, you cant discern. Discipline is whatassists us when you are not in the Spirit. So that you are going to do it, no matter what! By

being disciplined, you would be able to get in the Spirit.

Dont forsake to assemble. Why? Because it causes accountability. If you are not accountable,

you are not responsible. Individuals that are not willing to be accountable are not

responsible. If you cant be accountable to man, you cant be accountable to God. Thats adeception. People say that they will be accountable to God and yet they cant be accountable for

assemblingbecause thats what the bible says to do. Assemble. Why? Because thats where

your help is at. You go to the house of God. But the house of God doesnt become the house ofGod until Gods children come in the house. Then its the house of God. Other than that this is

just a shelter. Now its the house of God. Why? Because Gods children are here.

In other words, you must have a desire to learn. Never think that you have learned enough.

The moment you think you have learned enough, you have fallen. The more you learn about the

things of Godrevelation and rhemathe more you realize how big he is. And how much youdont know.

A teachable spirit is humble. A humble spirit is always teachable.

You cant out run the devil and you cant out run the chastening of the Lord. You must turnaround and fight the devil and you must turn around and submit to God. Submit! And resist the

devil! So receive the chastening of the Lord with joy.

Stand/endure. No matter what.

Bad company corrupts good habits. You are to hang around with those who have a pure heart

after God. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.

SANCTIFICATION.

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To maintain a pure heart

1. Must be disciplined;

2. Must be grateful and thankful continually;3. Must maintain an arena of constant worship this position of worship promotes

humility. As you are a worshiper, you become humble.

4. Must not forsake to assemble which brings accountability.5. Must always have a desire to learn.

6. Must not run from the chastening of the Lord.

7. Must have no fellowship with darkness.

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