Prepare Your Heart

I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.

(Jeremiah 17:10) NKJV

Preparing our hearts doesn’t involve special diets or exercise, it comes down to taking two simple steps: believing in Jesus Christ, and confessing our sins. The sanctification we receive from faith in Jesus makes us a holy vessel in which the Holy Spirit takes up residence. We’re indwelt by the Spirit of God.

Evil or demonic spirits can’t possess a body which is indwelt by the Holy Spirit. The name of Jesus Christ is the power over evil spirits.

And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

(Acts 16:16-18) NKJV

The cleansing we receive from having faith in Jesus Christ and through the presence of the Holy Spirit means that we’re born again. That’s the beginning of our new life in Christ. Then we can allow the Lord to search our hearts and teach us his will for our lives.

A Clean Heart – Navigation

Section	Title	Scripture
1	A Clean Heart	Psalms 51:10-12
	Into the Heart	John 13:27
	Spiritual Possession	Luke 7:21
2	Heart Condition	Jeremiah 11:8
	Out of the Heart	Matthew 15:19
	A Pure Heart	Matthew 5:8
3	Prepare Your Heart	Jeremiah 17:10
	Sinners Shall be Converted	Psalms 51:13
	Salvation	Romans 10:9-10

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