Heart-training Core classes: Group 7

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1 moving truth from your head to your heart -1- Heart-training Core classes: Group 7 Share these pages with friends: Barry Hall 2014 Contents Page 2 I CAN Enter and Stand Before the Lord by Receiving the Kingdom of Heaven, HERE Page 13 Turning away from Spiritual Pride (about the presence of God) Page 14 Turning away from Ministry as Idolatry Page 20 Being to the Praise of His Glory (Meaning, motivation, and energy.) Page 24 Healing and the Miraculous Introduction: What is Heart-training? Heart-training is a collection of statements that when you listen to yourself saying them, it helps you to believe, love, and feed on (receive from) God. Heart-training is to the deeper Christian life as practice drills are to sports and music. Heart-training removes obstacles and builds a highway for God to come to you more easily. Why should I use Heart-training? Rather than receiving from earthly sources, you will learn to receive and enjoy the tangible presence of God because Heart-training aims directly at helping you change deeply rooted ways of thinking from works to grace. God designed all people with needs. And human behavior is driven by these needs. The world calls it a need for self-esteem. The Bible calls it a thirst for God. Over the years we learn habit patterns of thinking about how we believe we can best fill our needs. And much what we have learned to believe is hurtful and damaging. The Bible says...we...receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (Gal 3:14). And,...it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all... (Rom. 4:16). So we have to believe we are receiving the presence of God by His grace or it will be difficult to experience Him tangibly. Jesus explained the problem when He said, How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God? (John 5:44). So, how can we correct this problem?...repent and believe... (Mark 1:15). Heart-training helps you repent from having to earn and achieve earthly glory, to receiving the presence of God s glory by faith in His grace. The Bible says,...as he thinks within himself, so he is... (Pro 23:7);...the heart of man reflects man. (Pro. 27:19). And Jesus said,...they were thinking in their heart... (Luke 9:47). Science knows today that our heart has transmitters and receptors that process information similar to our brain only a lot fewer of them. So our heart learns slowly, with much repetition, and best also, where emotion accompanies what is being learned. Your heart can learn new ways of thinking. It MUST. But you have to become the teacher and your own heart has to become your best student. Heart-training is the most effective tool I know for doing that. How should I use the Heart-training? Speak the statements out loud and focus on listening to what you are saying. But please note that the speed of processing thought is MUCH slower with your heart. So when you say these statements you have to go slowly or it won t work. You also have to pause between the statements to give your heart time to agree and receive it as truth. There has to be a lot of repetition because the patterns of thinking you have now, were learned by life experiences over the course of many years. And, to be most effective, it helps greatly if you use joy in your tone of voice as you read the statements. Note that Heart-training is divided into 2 main sections core classes and electives. Like getting a degree at college, the core classes are needed first. The elective section deals with specific areas of sin. (Note: The order you do the core classes may need to be altered. Try to do the sections as they are presented, but if you are having trouble getting your heart to hear it, you may do better to go forward and come back later.)

2 I CAN Enter and Stand Before the Lord by Receiving the Kingdom of Heaven, HERE 2 Barry Hall I don t have to work at it until I deserve the Holy Spirit somehow. God is not selfish like people. He doesn t hold back Even when I ask for forgiveness, God gives me more of His Spirit as He washes me clean. Heart, let yourself believe the truth. God is my friend! I can ALWAYS receive more of the Holy Spirit......Heart, don t wait until you think you deserve to enter and stand before God. Put the right clothes on by trusting that Christ is in you AND by believing that God is washing your body as you trust that you are entering to come before Him. Then feast on the presence of God here and now. Believe it heart;...we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus...let us draw near...in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean...and our bodies washed with pure water (Heb. 10:19, 22). Heart, my God is a fountain of the Holy Spirit. And because of His grace, God draws near when I draw near to Him (James 4:8). Heart, God is my friend! Believe that...we...receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (Gal 3:14);...it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all... (Rom. 4:16)....Heart, think of God as my friend! Turn away from fear about whether God is able or willing to quench my spiritual thirst. The truth is that God has promised to be God to me HERE! Anything else is idolatry. God has made an...everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants... (Gen. 17:7; and also Gal. 3:29). So, believe that God IS always ready to draw near because He never stops being a fountain that graciously gushes His glorious presence. BELIEVE you have drawn near to the fountain of God, and He WILL draw near to you......heart, believe and love that because Christ IS my savior, I have the acceptance of God. And, Jesus...Christ... died...so that He might bring us to God... (1Pet 3:18);...through Him we... have... access...to the Father (Eph. 2:18)....we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him (Eph. 3:12). It also says to Draw near to God and He will draw near to [me]... (James 4:8). So,...have confidence to enter the holy place... (Heb. 10:19); Heart,...seek first His kingdom and His righteousness... (Matt. 6:33). Believe that...we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken... (Heb. 12:28). So, it is right to believe that God is here, that heaven is all around me, and that the demonic realm is under my physical feet. Hear it again,...we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him (Eph. 3:12). The finished work of Christ paid for it all... God s word is true. I should be confident that he who takes refuge in Me...will possess My holy mountain (Isa. 57:13). By taking refuge IN Him, by my trusting the presence of God as my refuge, God says that I possess His Kingdom here. So, I draw near to God by receiving His Kingdom all around me here. Heart, believe that the Kingdom of heaven is HERE because I have made the presence of the Lord my strong refuge. By faith I,...set the Lord continually before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. (Psa. 16:8). Heart, rejoice your way into BELIEVING the truth. God does come to me and He brings heaven all around me HERE. God says that "My dwelling place...will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people" (Ezek. 37:27); And, I will also walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people (Lev. 26:12);...Behold...God...He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them'" (Rev. 21:3); Heart, God keeps saying the same thing and God is your friend;...god said, "I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people (2Cor 6:16). (pause to believe!) Heart, be confident about coming before the Father HERE because I enter by receiving the kingdom here,...through Him we...have our access in one Spirit to the Father (Eph. 2:18); And, Jesus said...no one comes to the Father but through Me (John 14:6); therefore, I will let myself...have confidence to enter the holy place... (Heb. 10:19). And, since...we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe (Heb. 12:28). (pause to love and enjoy the truth!)

3 I CAN Enter and Stand Before the Lord by Receiving the Kingdom of Heaven, HERE 3 Jesus...has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father... (Rev. 1:6). So I am a priest and I am commanded, and able, to stand before the Lord here because the Bible says,...do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before Him, to minister to Him, and to be His ministers... (2 Chron. 29:11). So heart, be confident about standing HERE before the Lord because...the Lord said to Moses,...Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb... (Exo. 17:5,6). And also because, Elijah said, As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand... (1 Kings 18:15). And Elisha said, As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look at you nor see you. (2 Kings 3:14). And,...the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully accomplished... (2Ti 4:17).

4 I CAN Enter and Stand Before the Lord by Receiving the Kingdom of Heaven, HERE 4 By getting my heart to believe, I am removing obstacles of fear and disbelief about God s presence....i don't need to find reasons to think highly of myself before I can come to God. Drawing near to God isn t about faith in me! It is...access through faith in Him (Eph. 3:12). So heart, believe the goodness and the grace of God for your being able to receive His presence freely and in abundance! I am trusting Christ as my savior AND I am trusting Him to wash my body as I draw near (Heb. 10:19, 22). So when I come to God, He does not reject me and He won t throw me out (John 6:37)! Heart, humble yourself into faith because God Himself is my righteousness. The Holy Spirit in me and the Living God with me is my goodness. So think of God as your friend, because He IS......Heart, I don t have to settle for things the way they always have been. Be confident that God wants to fill my thirsty desires with His presence. Anything else is idolatry so of course God wants to be God to me here. I can draw near and stay before the Lord because...the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord God my refuge... (Psa. 73:28). And heart, the God of the armies of heaven is my friend... (enjoy believing it!)...repentance means to change my heart-level thinking so it stays in agreement with truth about the kingdom of God. By doing that, I have a strong guarantee that I CAN experience God s presence freely. God wants to be God to me by His presence with me as my refuge, my strength, and my glory. Anything else is idolatry. So, by repentance with joy, I trade my having to earn earthly glory for the presence of God given freely to me by His grace. I trade my having to praise myself in order to feed my neediness. And I turn my praise toward my God who are close to me here. By trading my human glory for His, it frees me to rest into believing I am near to the fountain of God. And since God is my friend, I am able to open up and receive God as my glory, just like I would normally receive glory from earthly things:...repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord (Acts 3:19)....sin doesn t have power when I am surrounded by the throne room and I don t let my inner being reach toward earthly things. Instead of sin, I find the reassurance and soothing I need from the closeness of the Holy Spirit touching me all around. Heart, instead of the world touching you, turn and love, enjoy the closeness of the kingdom of heaven and the angels that are around you here, right now. Lord I love that I can feed on You in a way that relates to what I am feeding myself with on a human level; human beauty for the closeness and touch of Your greater beauty, human power for the closeness and the greatness of Your power. Human kindness and acceptance for the substance of Your kindness, acceptance, and approval touching me here... Heart,...we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus...draw near...in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean and our bodies washed with pure water. (Heb. 10:19, 22). So right now, I am being confident about entering by the blood of Jesus. I am trusting that I am entering before the Lord and as I come, I am trusting that He is washing my heart and my body with His presence (Heb. 10:19, 22). I am trusting God to draw near to me because...he who comes to God must believe...that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. (Heb. 11:6). Heart, the Holy Spirit is present because of the power of the radiance that thunders onto me from the fountain of God. And God is my glory because He shines in all directions....i set my heart to find refuge with my whole body inside the kingdom of heaven, trusting that it has come all around me HERE. IT IS WRITTEN, he who takes refuge in Me...will possess My holy mountain. (Isa. 57:13). And yes, there are examples in the Bible of people going into heaven during visions, but I thank you Lord that for everyday, practical abiding, I don t have to ascend into heaven in order to bring you down here!...the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' (that is, to bring Christ down) (Rom. 10:6).

5 I CAN Enter and Stand Before the Lord by Receiving the Kingdom of Heaven, HERE 5...when I come to God, He does not reject me and He won t throw me out (John 6:37)! I have trusted Christ as my savior AND I am trusting Him to wash my body as I draw near (Heb. 10:19, 22)... (pause to love the truth!)...god commanded me to abide in Him. I am absolutely confident that God will be true to His word and let me drink of the Holy Spirit: God says,...i will pour out water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring and My blessing on your descendants; and they will spring up among the grass like poplars by streams of water (Isa. 44:3,4). (pause to feel reassured by it!)...i received Christ by faith for salvation. I walk in Him by receiving God s presence through faith even now:...as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, (Col. 2:6 ). He saved us...by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, (Titus 3:5); So God cleansed me with the Holy Spirit for salvation, and I am to walk in His continual cleansing even now....walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light... (1 John 1:7); I can walk in Him because...god is Light... (1 John 1:5). IT IS WRITTEN that I should...be diligent to enter [God s] rest... (Heb. 4:11). So, I rest into a confident faith about entering, staying before the Lord, and I am believing the kingdom of God to be all around me here. It also says to...cling to Him. (Deut. 13:4). So I cling to the kingdom of heaven around me here, by resting the weight of my entire being, like I were holding a coat onto me in a wind storm, by letting the pockets support the weight of my hands and arms. And, (Your Name),...do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before Him, to minister to Him, and to be His ministers... (2 Chron. 29:11)... (pause to enjoy the kingdom of heaven all around you here! I have set the Lord continually before me and angels are all around!)...repentance means to change my heart-level thinking so it stays in agreement with truth about the kingdom of God. Doing that, is my strong guarantee that I CAN experiencing God s presence. By repentance with joy, I trade my having to earn earthly glory in order to feed my neediness; I also am able to rest into believing so strongly that it frees me to trust that I am near to the fountain of God; and, I am able to open up and receive God as my glory, just like I would normally receive from earthly things:...repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord (Acts 3:19)....I am confident enough to rest into receiving God s presence here:...having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear. (Acts 2:33). And, He never stops pouring forth because our God is always a fountain. It is TRUE that,...we...receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (Gal 3:14). (so, believe with confidence!)...i am confident about coming before the God who is the commander of the armies of heaven. My soul rests into staying before Him:...draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need (Heb. 4:16);...we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus...draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean and our bodies washed with pure water. (Heb. 10:19, 22). (pause to hear, believe, and love the truth!) There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace...to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness...the zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this (Isa. 9:7);...righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne (Psa. 97:2);...a river of the water of life...coming from the throne of God... (Rev. 22:1); But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream (Amo. 5:24). I set my heart to love staying before the Lord of hosts! (pause to believe, and love the God who is close!)

6 I CAN Enter and Stand Before the Lord by Receiving the Kingdom of Heaven, HERE 6... (Your name), it is the nearness of the Holy Spirit by God s radiance upon me that......is my glory... (pause to enjoy confidence and reassurance from trusting that God s presence is here!)...is my significance... (pause to let yourself feel confidence and be reassure by God s presence!)...is my reassurance... (pause to let yourself feel confidence and be reassure by God s presence!)...is my thrill and pleasure... (pause to let yourself feel confidence and be reassure by God s presence!)...is my righteousness... (pause to let yourself feel confidence and be reassure by God s presence!)...is my adequacy for ministry... (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!)...is my security.. (pause to enjoy confidence and reassurance from trusting that God s presence is here!)...is my protection... (pause to let yourself feel confidence and be reassure by God s presence!)...is my defense... (pause to let yourself feel confidence and be reassure by God s presence!)...is my justice... (pause to enjoy confidence and reassurance from trusting that God s presence is here!)...jesus commanded that I should,...seek first His kingdom and His righteousness... (Matt. 6:33). The Bible explains that when I Draw near to God...He will draw near to [me] (James 4:8). When I come to God, He does not reject me and He won t throw me out (John 6:37)! I have trusted Christ as my savior and I am trusting Him to wash my body as I draw near (Heb. 10:19, 22). Therefore I...have confidence to enter the holy place... (Heb. 10:19); and that...through Him we...have our access in one Spirit to the Father (Eph. 2:18). Lord I love that the Kingdom of God is HERE because my strong refuge is the presence of God and he who takes refuge in Me...will possess My holy mountain (Isa. 57:13). (pause to let yourself enjoy and be reassured that Jesus and the Father are before me here, angels are all around!)...i love that I can so confidently believe that You are before me just as Your word describes it: the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God...a figure with the appearance of a man...and there was a radiance around Him. As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance... (Ezek. 1:1 and 26,27). By faith in the strength of the radiance around God, I am believing that God is shining His presence onto me here. The Holy Spirit is INTENSELY present because of the power of the radiance that thunders onto me from the fountain of God.....there was a rainbow around the throne... (Rev. 4:3);...a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God... (Rev. 22:1); and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal... (Rev. 4:6)....the sea was for the priests to wash in. (2 Chron. 4:6; see also Exo. 30:21); and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father... (Revelation 1:6)....[at] the door of the house...water was flowing from under the threshold...water reaching the ankles. (Ezek. 47:1,3);...He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean... (John 13:10) IT IS WRITTEN,...we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus...let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. (Heb. 10:19 and 22). (pause to hear and believe it) keep yourselves in the love of God... (Jude 1:21).. (pause to thank the Lord that you CAN do this because He is always a fountain of His living-love. Let your heart hear it, believe it, and love the God who you are believing is close!)...god is love, and the one who abides in love, abides in God and God abides in him (1 John 4:16)....abide in My love. (John 15:9). May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. (Psa. 33:22 NIV). You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. (Deut. 6:5). 'For as the waistband clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole household of Israel and...of Judah cling to Me,' declares the Lord, 'that they might be for Me a people, for renown, for praise and for glory; but they did not listen.' (Jer. 13:11).

7 I CAN Enter and Stand Before the Lord by Receiving the Kingdom of Heaven, HERE 7...Even though I don t understand it, when I trust that I am drawing near to God I am also trusting You to carry me into the throne room HERE: Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that hovers over its young, He spread His wings and caught them, He carried them on His pinions. The Lord alone guided him, and there was no foreign god with him. He made him ride on the high places of the earth, and he ate the produce of the field; and He made him suck honey from the rock, and oil from the flinty rock, (Deut. 32:11-13)....I am secure and confident about experiencing God because I am determined to make His presence my safe refuge of power and strength: I am confident because How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; and You give them to drink of the river of Your delights. For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light (Psa. 36:7-9). I delight my heart into staying before the Lord of hosts. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy dwelling places of the Most High (Psa 46:9). Heart, God has made you the city of God, one of His holy dwelling places of the Most High. IT IS WRITTEN that I should...be diligent to enter [God s] rest... (Heb. 4:11). So, I rest into a confident faith about entering, staying before the Lord, and I am believing the kingdom of God to be all around me here. It also says to...cling to Him. (Deut. 13:4). So I cling to the kingdom of God around me here, by resting the weight of my entire being, like I were holding a coat onto me in a wind storm, by letting the pockets support the weight of my hands and arms. And, (Your Name),...do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before Him, to minister to Him, and to be His ministers... (2 Chron. 29:11). And I am believing that the Holy Spirit is INTENSELY present because of the power of the radiance that thunders onto me from the fountain of God... (pause to enjoy the kingdom of heaven all around you here! Heart, God is here, angels are all around!)...i am determined to please God. Therefore, I have to drop my self-protection and allow myself to believe that God will me with His presence:...without faith it is impossible to please Him for he who comes to God must believe...that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. (Heb. 11:6). And, it is my thrill and my delight that the Bible is true when it says, Draw near to God and He will draw near to you... (Ja. 4:8); And Jesus said, I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. (John 14:18)....I submit to the truth; I rest into believing that God brings the kingdom here because,...the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: Do not say in your heart, Who will ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down)... (Rom. 10:6-8). My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God... (Ezek. 37:27); I will also walk among you and be your God... (Lev. 26:12). (pause to believe, and love the God who is close!)...i am confident about experiencing God because God Himself has promised that My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people. (Ezek. 37:27); Heart, hear and believe that God has promised with an...everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants... (Gen. 17:7; and also Gal. 3:29)...I am convinced and confident that the kingdom of God is here:...the tabernacle of God is among men... (Rev. 21:3). God is here and angels are all around me! (pause to believe and love God!)...Heart, let yourself be delighted about drinking from God because He is...the fountain of living water, even the Lord. (Jer. 17:13)....come to the waters...delight yourself in abundance. (Isa. 55:1,2). (pause to believe, and love the God who is close!)

8 I CAN Enter and Stand Before the Lord by Receiving the Kingdom of Heaven, HERE 8...I am confident that I don t have to be afraid because Your grace won t let You hold back! I am absolutely sure because IT IS WRITTEN: Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and delight yourself in abundance. (Isa. 55:1,2). (pause to feel reassured by it!)...i am listening to myself when I declare the word of God that says,...all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you. (Mark 11:24). I turn my heart to believe that I can rest inside God. (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)...i am confident about the promise that I can...walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light... (1 John 1:7). And, IT IS WRITTEN that...he wraps himself in light as with a garment; (Psa. 104:1,2 NIV). So, I trust that I am near and I rest into being open enough to let myself be wrapped in Your Light:...God is Light... (1 John 1:5). (pause to enjoy confidence from the closeness of God s power and glory!)...i delight that I can be confident about receiving the presence of God. God wants to pour Himself onto me because IT IS WRITTEN:...Break up your fallow ground...seek the Lord until He comes to rain righteousness on you. (Hos. 10:12). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)...jesus...christ... died...so that He might bring us to God... (1Pet 3:18). I set my heart to trust God as my righteousness, and His touching me as cleansing for my body. By faith I remove any obstacles of fear or disbelief about my being able to enter freely. Heart, let yourself believe and love that I have trusted Christ as my savior AND I am trusting Him to wash my body as I draw near (Heb. 10:19, 22)....the Lord is [my] righteousness (Jer. 33:16), because Jesus lives in me AND because God washes my body holy as I draw near! So,...draw near...in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean...and our bodies washed with pure water (Heb. 10:19 and 22). And, (Your Name),...do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before Him, to minister to Him, and to be His ministers... (2 Chron. 29:11)... (pause to enjoy the kingdom of heaven all around you here! Angels are here!)...i am fully convinced and confident that I can drink enough of God s presence for Him to become my strong refuge:...the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; and You give them to drink of the river of Your delights. For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light. (Psa. 36:7-9). (pause to hear, believe, and love the truth!)...i set my heart to enjoy abiding in the presence of God. I can be confident about being able to experience the presence of God all day long because IT IS WRITTEN that...they walk in the light of Your countenance. In Your name they rejoice all the day, and by Your righteousness they are exalted. For You are the glory of their strength... (Psa. 89:15-17). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)...i turn and I open my heart to God. I...Ascribe greatness to our God! (Deut. 32:3): There is more glory in being here with the Lord than in anything else I could see, touch, hear, taste, or long for: O Lord, I love the habitation of Your house and the place where Your glory dwells. (Psa. 26:8). (pause to believe it)...i am confident about experiencing Your presence intensely because IT IS WRITTEN: I will fill the soul of the priests with abundance, and My people will be satisfied with My goodness, declares the Lord. (Jer. 31:14; see also Exo. 31:18-23). Lord, I love that You are the God of the armies of heaven! (pause to love the truth!)

9 I CAN Enter and Stand Before the Lord by Receiving the Kingdom of Heaven, HERE 9...I don't have to quench my thirst by what I work for and achieve: God is not selfish like people. He doesn t hold back... (pause to let yourself feel confidence and be reassure by God s presence!)...i humble myself from believing I have to deserve the Holy Spirit somehow: God has made a way for me... (pause to enjoy confidence and reassurance from trusting that God s presence is here!)...my humanity doesn't need to have glory in order to receive God s presence: God is always a fountain. He is always gracious to those who will draw near... (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!)...i don't have to be afraid of not having done enough to deserve God s grace: God has made a covenant to be with us... (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!) IT IS WRITTEN that I should...be diligent to enter [God s] rest... (Heb. 4:11). So, I rest into a confident faith about entering, staying before the Lord, and I am believing the kingdom of God to be all around me here. It also says to...cling to Him. (Deut. 13:4). So I cling to the kingdom of God around me here, by resting the weight of my entire being, like I were holding a coat onto me in a wind storm, by letting the pockets support the weight of my hands and arms. And, (Your Name),...do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before Him, to minister to Him, and to be His ministers... (2 Chron. 29:11). And I am believing that the Holy Spirit is INTENSELY present because of the power of the radiance that thunders onto me from the fountain of God......I will not fear because my faith is in Jesus. He paid the price and made the way for me to enter and stay before the Father: Jesus said...no one comes to the Father but through Me (John 14:6);...we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him (Eph. 3:12);...through Him we...have our access in one Spirit to the Father. (Eph. 2:18). And, the Kingdom of God is HERE because my refuge of power is the presence of God and he who takes refuge in Me...will possess My holy mountain (Isa. 57:13). (pause to love it)...i don t have to understand it but I am determined to trust God to carry me near to Himself; Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that hovers over its young, He spread His wings and caught them, He carried them on His pinions. The Lord alone guided him, And there was no foreign god with him. He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he ate the produce of the field; And He made him suck honey from the rock, And oil from the flinty rock, (Deut. 32:11-13). (pause to hear, believe, and love the truth!)...i am listening when I say this and I submit into believing that these verses apply directly to me: Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do something new, now it will spring forth...i will even make a roadway in the wilderness, rivers in the desert..to give drink to My chosen people. The people whom I formed for Myself, will declare My praise. (Isa. 43:18-21)....I am confident enough to let myself open up and receive the radiance around God:...you will rejoice in the Lord, you will glory in the Holy One of Israel. The afflicted and needy are seeking water, but there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst; I, the Lord, will answer them Myself, as the God of Israel I will not forsake them. I will open rivers on the bare heights and springs in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water and the dry land fountains of water. (Isa. 41:16-18); And, IT IS WRITTEN that...i will pour out water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring and My blessing on your descendants; and they will spring up among the grass like poplars by streams of water (Isa. 44:3,4). (pause to believe and love the God who is close!)

10 I CAN Enter and Stand Before the Lord by Receiving the Kingdom of Heaven, HERE 10...I am fully convinced about my being able to trade earthly glories for the glory of God s presence. It is a simple trade because IT IS WRITTEN that I should...glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh, (Phil. 3:3); Glory in His holy name; let the heart of those who seek the Lord be glad. (1 Chron. 16:10)....the nations will bless themselves in Him, and in Him they will glory. (Jer. 4:2)....I love that I don t have to be afraid to draw near:...the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. (John 6:37);...none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned. (Psa. 34:22); Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom. (Luke 12:32); And,...the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power (1Co 4:20);...come to the waters...delight yourself in abundance. (Isa. 55:1,2). (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!)...i am confident that I don t have to be afraid because Your grace won t let You hold back! I am absolutely sure because IT IS WRITTEN: Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy...without money and without cost. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me...delight yourself in abundance. (Isa. 55:1,2). (pause to enjoy confidence and reassurance from trusting that God s presence is here!)...i am confident in the truth of the Bible that I can enter and rest before the Lord. I am trusting that I am in the radiance of God and I am opening up to Him. Heart believe it because,...all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you. (Mark 11:24)....Jesus...Christ... died...so that He might bring us to God... (1Pet 3:18). I set my heart to trust God as my righteousness, and His touching me as cleansing for my body. By faith I remove any obstacles of fear or disbelief about my being able to enter freely. Heart, let yourself believe and love that I have trusted Christ as my savior AND I am trusting Him to wash my body as I draw near (Heb. 10:19, 22)....the Lord is [my] righteousness (Jer. 33:16), because Jesus lives in me AND because God washes my body holy as I draw near! So,...draw near...in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean...and our bodies washed with pure water (Heb. 10:19 and 22). And,...do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before Him, to minister to Him, and to be His ministers... (2 Chron. 29:11)... (pause to remember that it is by faith that I set the Lord continually before me! The kingdom of God is here!)...i am confident that God s word is true! Let us go into His dwelling place; let us worship at His footstool. (Psa. 132:7). Heart, be thrilled to stand before the Lord of hosts! (pause to love the truth!)...i am confident about standing before God because, Heaven is My throne and the earth is my footstool... (Isa. 66:1);...the earth...is the footstool of His feet... (Mat. 5:35). Heart, the Lord of hosts is here!...the kingdom of God is here because I am commanded: Exalt the Lord our God and worship at His footstool... (Psa. 99:5). The Kingdom of God is HERE because my refuge of strength is the presence of God and he who takes refuge in Me...will possess My holy mountain (Isa. 57:13). (pause to enjoy it!)...i submit to the truth; I rest into believing that God brings the kingdom here because,...the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: Do not say in your heart, Who will ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down)... (Rom. 10:6-8). My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God... (Ezek. 37:27); I will also walk among you and be your God... (Lev. 26:12). (pause to believe, and love the God who is close!)

11 I CAN Enter and Stand Before the Lord by Receiving the Kingdom of Heaven, HERE 11...I don t have to agree with the disbelief of religious people around me. Heart hear that one! It is right to live by faith in God. Lord God, I love that I can so freely draw near and drink... (pause to believe it)...i can ignore pressure from religious people who want to protect themselves by making me feel like I shouldn t go outside their religious boundaries... (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!)...i don t have to agree with religious people who glorify their spirituality and make the presence of God a thing others should try to achieve. Lord God, I love that I can trust I am before You and it happens......i can reject pressure from religious people who want to set themselves above me by boasting how special they are... (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!)...i repent of trying to decide if I deserve to enter. Jesus died so that...through Him we...have our access in one Spirit to the Father (Eph. 2:18). I repent of trying to decide if I deserve the presence of God. Instead of that, I set my heart to rest into believing where it says, Draw near to God and He will draw near to you... (James 4:8)... (let yourself feel confidence and be reassure by God s presence!)...i am confident about my access before God because my faith is in Jesus. He paid the price and made the way for me to enter and stay before the Father: Jesus said...no one comes to the Father but through Me (John 14:6);...we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him (Eph. 3:12);...through Him we...have our access in one Spirit to the Father. (Eph. 2:18). (pause to hear, believe, and love the truth!)...i love that I can drink because of drawing near to the radiance around You Lord Jesus: the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God...on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a man...and there was a radiance around Him. As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance... (Ezek. 1:1 and 26b,27a);...and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance (Rev. 4:3). (pause to hear and love it)...i am convinced enough to rest into opening up to receive the presence of God:...we...receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (Gal 3:14);...it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all... (Rom. 4:16). (pause to feel confidence from it!)...i am confident about being able to receive enough of God s presence for me to be His dwelling place:...you...are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit. (Eph. 2:22). (pause to believe it)...i am confident that God will give me enough of the Spirit for Him to become my strength: Thus says the Lord, Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind and makes flesh his strength, and whose heart turns away from the Lord. For he will be like a bush in the desert...but will live in stony wastes in the wilderness... Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose trust is the Lord. For he will be like a tree planted by the water, that extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes; but its leaves will be green, and it will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit. (Jer. 17:5-8; see also Isa. 12:2,3). (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!)...i am determined to please God. Therefore, I MUST believe that God will reward me with His presence. If I refuse to believe it then it isn t pleasing to God:...without faith it is impossible to please Him for he who comes to God must believe...that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. (Heb. 11:6).

12 I CAN Enter and Stand Before the Lord by Receiving the Kingdom of Heaven, HERE 12...I am confident about my access being by grace because,...did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? (Gal. 3:2,3). But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace. (Rom. 11:6). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)...i am confident and secure about God because I can playfully...receive the kingdom of God like a child... (Luke 18:17);...the children of men take refuge...you give them to drink of the river of Your delights. For with You is the fountain of life... (Psa. 36:7-9);...His Son...He is the radiance of [the Father s] glory... (Heb. 1:2,3; radiance = outshining, like a light gives off light or effulgence, like the mouth of a river gives water);...the fountain of living water, even the Lord. (Jer. 17:13). (pause to hear, believe, and love the truth!)...i confidently trust that I am entering and am before God. I rest inside the radiance around Him and I open myself to God. It is my right to drink freely from God because...on...the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water. But this He spoke of the Spirit... (John 7:37-39); I, the Lord, am your God...Open your mouth wide and I will fill it. (Psa. 81:10). There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy dwelling places of the Most High (Psa 46:9). And heart, God has made you the city of God, one of His holy dwelling places of the Most High. IT IS WRITTEN that I should...be diligent to enter [God s] rest... (Heb. 4:11). So, I rest into a confident faith about entering, staying before the Lord, and I am believing the kingdom of God to be all around me here. It also says to...cling to Him. (Deut. 13:4). So I cling to the kingdom of God around me here, by resting the weight of my entire being, like I were holding a coat onto me in a wind storm, by letting the pockets support the weight of my hands and arms. And, (Your Name),...do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before Him, to minister to Him, and to be His ministers... (2 Chron. 29:11). And I am believing that the Holy Spirit is INTENSELY present because of the power of the radiance that thunders onto me from the fountain of God... (pause to enjoy the kingdom of heaven all around you here! Heart, God is here, angels are all around!)...i am listening as I say, I...have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus...[I will] draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean and our bodies washed with pure water. (Heb. 10:19, 22). (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!)...heart, let yourself believe that I am near to the fountain of God and that God is here. By faith in the strength of the radiance around God, I am believing that God is shining His presence onto me here. And, His Spirit is INTENSELY present because of the power of the radiance that thunders from the fountain of God......I love that I don t have to be afraid to draw near:...the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. (John 6:37);...none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned. (Psa. 34:22); Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom. (Luke 12:32); And,...the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power (1Co 4:20); So,...come to the waters...delight yourself in abundance. (Isa. 55:1,2). (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!)...i love that God has promised to be God to me! It is an...everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants... (Gen. 17:7; and also Gal. 3:29). So, I rest into receiving God s presence because IT IS WRITTEN: Draw near to God and He will draw near to you... (James 4:8); And,...I will come to you. (John 14:18). (pause to believe and love the God who is close!)

13 Turning Away from Spiritual Pride 13 Caution: They transformed the beauty of His ornaments into pride... (Ezek. 7:20) (One of these...) Barry Hall rejoice in the truth that I don t have to look at the presence of God around me and turn it into subtle forms of self-directed praise... (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!)...heart, rejoice that after spiritual victories, I don t have to turn my eyes back toward myself and feed on my human glory. My eyes are on You Lord. I love that You are with me here... (pause to believe it)...heart, rejoice in the truth that I don t use the power of God or signs and wonders as reason for human pride... (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!)...heart, rejoice in the truth that I don t have to turn and exalt myself because of God s righteousness is with me; and I repent of exalting myself because God s love is upon me. Instead of that, I set my heart to feed myself by receiving more of Your presence Lord... (pause to believe and love the God who is close!)...heart, rejoice that I don t have to take the protection of God and turn it into human pride. I will trust God. I set my eyes to keep looking dependently at You Lord... (pause to feel confidence from it!)...heart, rejoice in the truth that I don t have to praise myself because...god...gives strength and power to the people... (Psa. 68:35). (pause to let yourself feel confidence and be reassured by God s presence!)...heart, rejoice that I don t have to exalt myself with internal praise because of God being with me......heart, rejoice that I can turn my heart from wanting to take the demonstration of God s power and use it as an endorsement from God that I turn into self-directed praise... (pause to hear and love the truth!)...heart, rejoice that I don t have to take the majesty of God around me and turn it into human pride. I love that the Kingdom of God is here and that I can keep my eyes on You Lord and not on myself... (And then this...)...heart, rejoice to turn from and die to self-directed praise even attitudes of self-praise for little reasons. Lord, I praise You because You are God not me. You are a better refuge and strength... (pause to let yourself feel confidence from trusting that God s presence is all around you here!) (And then one of these...)...put on the armor of light...put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts. (Rom. 13:12 and 14);...clothe yourselves with humility... (1 Peter 5:5) (pause to feel reassured by it!)...instead of praise toward myself, I will...ascribe greatness to our God! (Deut. 32:3); My soul shall make its boast in the Lord... (Psa. 34:2); With my whole being I will,...praise God in His sanctuary... (Psa. 150:1). Heart, love that I can humble myself by receiving God s presence and resting in Him. Lord, You are my God...I exalt you. (Psa. 118:28 NIV); Heart hear this: He is your praise... (Deut. 10:21); Rather than praise toward myself, I will...continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God... (Heb. 13:15); From the rising of the sun to its setting The name of the Lord is to be praised. (Psa. 113:3); Rather than myself Lord, I will be glad...in You...O most High. (Psa. 9:2);...My lips will praise You. (Psa. 63:3);...I will...praise You yet more and more. (Psa. 71:14);...I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all the gods. (Psa. 135:5); I will live, to the end that...[i] would be to the praise of His glory. (Eph. 1:12). (pause to feel reassured by it!)

14 Turning Away from Ministry as Idolatry 14 (One of these...) (Pick one of the words or phrases from inside the brackets) Barry Hall (Your name), I delight that [my adequacy], [my glory], [my reassurance], [my security], [the justification of my value], [my eternal significance]......is not from the backing I get from leaders or the people in the church. I repent of resentment toward them when they don t understand... (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!)...is not from how many people look to me for direction and spiritual guidance. I repent of trying to elevate my value before them. I set my heart to stay before You Lord and drink from You Lord like a sponge......is not from pride because of the spiritual power that God gives. I repent of exalting or honoring myself as the healer. I set my heart to stay open and to keep on receiving Your Presence Lord......is not from my ministry at all! When I stand before the Lord of hosts and He is before me here, all ministry becomes something that Jesus is doing because He is here. By this, all the ministry belongs to the Lord, and not to me at all... (pause to let yourself feel confidence because of the truth!)...is not from how well I minister to people or from whether or not I am allowed to minister to people. God is the one who saves not me. I turn from pride in myself as the savior. Jesus Christ is the messiah not me... (pause to let yourself feel confidence and be reassured by God s presence!)...is not from the importance that church people place on my ministry. I repent of pushing to impress them in order to gain a place of greater authority or ministry......is not from the results I get in helping people grow in the Lord. I repent of feeding myself with how well I help them to grow. I grab my soul and I turn it from faith in me because God causes the growth......is not from the people or the church leaders wanting to listen to me. I turn my heart from setting my hope on people... (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!) (And then this...)...i reject ministry as a way to feed my pride. My fruit comes from God I will feed on Him and not on results from me. God is their Shepherd, their Savior. I will lead them to You Lord and not to myself. The ministry that happens is because God is with me and HE is doing His ministry... (And then one of these...) When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You. In God, whose word I praise, in God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me? (Psa. 56:3,4). Guard my soul...for I take refuge in You. (Psa. 25:20) Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul. (Psa. 54:4)....it is Heaven that rules. (Dan. 4:26). (let yourself feel confidence from the closeness of God s power and glory!) Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. (1 Cor. 16:13). Be strong and let your heart take courage...hope in the Lord (Psa. 31:24). Heart hear this!...the Lord has chosen you to stand before Him, to minister to Him, and to be His ministers... (2 Chron. 29:11); So, Draw near to God and He will draw near to you... (James 4:8) I...have boldness and confident access through faith in Him (Eph. 3:12). for through Him we...have our access in one Spirit to the Father. (Eph. 2:18) I have set the Lord continually before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken...my heart is glad and my glory rejoices; my flesh also will dwell securely. (Psa. 16:8,9).