Beauty For Ashes Ministry

[EP 2] Developing The Hidden Man Of The Heart

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[Sermon Note] Developing the Hidden Man of the Heart

1 Peter 3:3-4

Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel— rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

Inside the heart of hidden man

We are safe and protected by all kinds of harm in the heart of God

Today we are looking at the word heart

1 Samuel 16:7 KJV

But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

God looks at our heart

Before we are born again, our heart is wicked

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Jeremiah 31:33

But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel;

After those days, saith the LORD,

I will put my law in their inward parts,

and write it in their hearts;

and will be their God,

and they shall be my people.

People had to look at the law and follow the law before Christ died for us.

Heart spirit soul and body connect

We can now serve God, ℓσνє God, fellowship with God from our heart

We will desire the same desire of God in the new creation

Ezekiel 36:26

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

HEART

Inner man

The middle part

The midst of spirit soul and body

This heart is the centre of our whole being.

A new spirit and a renewed heart

Spirit is like the wind. The wind blow we can’t see but we can see the effect of wind

Spirit is the breath of heaven

Inside this spirit has courage, patience. The spirit will depart at death and go to heaven to be with Jesus forever

Spirit is eternal.

Energy of life

Within our Body-

Spirit

Soul

Spirit and soul is inside this body

Heart

The main part related to the inner life is neither the spirit nor the soul but the HEART.

The heart links and connects our soul

The relationship between us and God does not depend primarily on our spirit or our soul but on our heart

The heart is neither the spirit nor the soul, nor is it separate from the spirit or the soul.

The heart is a composition of the 3 parts of the soul and one of the functions of the spirit: the MIND, WILL and EMOTION plus the CONSCIENCE.

The heart is almost a composition of the spirit and the soul, but not exactly.

We start our relationship with God first from the heart.

The heart controls these things, so the heart is the guard to the being.

Romans 10:10

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Is the heart that believes

The heart now can believe

When we believe Jesus the Son of God who died for us, we believe with our heart

The spirit becomes born again

Kardia – heart

The heart also can think

The heart has thoughts and passion

The heart is where the passion, desires, appetites, affections

When we say we ℓσνє food, people, it is from our hearts

The seat of the intelligence is from our heart

Is the link between the spirit, the new born again.

The HEART is like an Entrance to fellowship with God

To enter into a building, we need to go through an entrance

For God to get into us, He first go through our hearts

Once the heart believes, it is like an entrance

Now God can come into our whole being

Ezekiel 36:26

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

At our conversion, He gave us a new heart

Before He can touch our spirit, He touches our hearts first

God deals with the heart

God deals with the mind

The heart- 4 parts: the mind, will, emotion, and conscience.

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Repentance – change of mind

Changing the mind from sinner to Jesus has come, and He made me a son in Christ. No more worthless

At the point of receiving the Lord, the first thing is to repent.

Change this mind

When we ask someone if he or she wanna receive Jesus, it is important to share the gospel

2 Corinthians 4:4

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

The god of this age has blinded not the will, emotion, or conscience but the thoughts, the mind

The devil blinded the people mind

The blinding starts from mind

2 Corinthians 4:5

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.

The whole conversion starts from mind

Conversion is not about saying the sinners prayers

The person has to believe from the heart

Conversion only God knows.

No one can see. Only God can see the heart. The inward

The Lord can touch the heart

The connection to the mind and the spirit

The light goes into the heart

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Example

Camera

Lens – mind

Film – heart

The object person before the camera – Christ

Light – God

The light from the figure (Christ) comes to the film (our heart) first through the lens (our mind)

Cover over the lens – satan

The satan needs to be removed. He lies to the mind.

The power is in the gospel

The one who removed cover from the lens is gospel

The light goes into our film which is the heart

The moment you believe, righteousness is imparted into you

The new spirit becomes born again

Now you can fellowship with God

There is a part of the heart

How we respond how we relate to man

This heart can make decision

This heart activate all the affections, compassions. We make decision from this heart which is the link to the spirit and the soul

Luke 6:45

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

Between the spirit and the soul is the heart

The treasure will come out from this heart. From the passion. From the affection

The good man – the spirit

Treasure of the heart

Link the spirit with the soul and we can express ourselves

The heart is part of the spirit man but not fully

Conscience is part of the heart

ℓσνє needs to be expressed

Express from the heart

Everything deposited into the new spirit man will flow out through the heart

Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all diligence,

For out of it spring the issues of life.

A spring !

There is something we need to really guard is our hearts

Issues – flow out

Good things inside, will flow out good

Flow life

Whatever comes out is life

Guard our affection

Guard our desires

God sees David as man after His heart

That time they did not have a new spirit. But they had hearts. God sees their hearts

God looked into their hearts and chose them

David took care of God’s creation sheep

He fought with the lion to protect the sheep

The heart is desire and passion of God

Now we can have compassion

Before we are born again, our compassion is low

Romans 5:5

Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

The life of Jesus

Chay – means green, flowing, new life

Zoe life that God gives us in Christ Jesus

Water us refreshes us

Full of life

Proverbs 4:23 MSG

Keep vigilant watch over your heart;

that’s where life starts.

this is where life starts

Proverbs 4:23 TPT

So above all, guard the affections of your heart, for they affect all that you are.

Pay attention to the welfare of your innermost being, for from there flows the wellspring of life.

Worship – kissing Jesus

He loves us the most in this life

No one would ℓσνє us like Jesus

He is the Only One who never leave us nor forsake us

Guard your heart

Protect your heart

Feed our spirit

Take care and don’t let our heart affected

The spirit man is hidden inside this heart

The life of God

Wellspring of life

Jesus came and take away our sins

When you speak you ℓσνє them from the heart

Jesus has soft heart but not run down by people.

The peaceful and the quiet meek spirit

The spirit the heart the soul and the mind

Everything God has, will flow from His heart to ours

The meek and gentle spirit

We are drawn to Jesus bedside of His spirit

[EP 1] Jesus You Are Beautiful

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[Sermon Note] Jesus You Are Beautiful

Preached by Pastor Stephanie

The Lord gave this name to this ministry.

The people here are most beautiful of all

The beauty of Jesus flows through Jesus

It is really awesome. The people are 5 stars. He gave us the best. He gave us His Son Jesus Christ.

If not for Jesus we won’t be here.

All our lives have no meaning until we have Jesus

Our lives is all because of Jesus

He is the One who is the most beautiful of all

Isaiah 61:1

“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me,

Because the LORD has anointed Me

To preach good tidings to the poor;

He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,

To proclaim liberty to the captives,

And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

How this name Beauty For Ashes come about.

The Lord asked –

What do you want in this ministry?

I want lives that were messy before and who were hopeless, and felt no purpose, lost, i just want their lives to taste Jesus and have their lives transformed and to fulfil the purpose and meanings in this world

The finished work of the cross, because of what Jesus has done, we can carry on this mission

1st part of Jesus ministry, we are poor in spirit when we don’t have Jesus.

2nd part of Jesus ministry is to heal the broken hearted

To proclaim liberty to the captive

To open the prison to those who are bound

Prisoner in our mind and spirit before Jesus came to set us free

Jesus’ ministry to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. It is the year of favour

Every year. Not only one year.

Isaiah 61:2

To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD,

And the day of vengeance of our God;

To comfort all who mourn,

Jesus called Holy Spirit the Comforter

Luke 4:16-17

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

(Matt. 13:54–58; Mark 6:1–6)

So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:

Luke 4:18

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

To bring healing and restoration

Healing not only physical, but our mind as well. And heal of broken heart

Healing brings back to wholeness

Heal – iaomai

To make whole

Our hearts are so easily broken. Jesus make us whole again

Broken – break in pieces

The paint of been broken cause people to shiver

Jesus has redeemed us from broken heart

The heart is the center of everything

Passion, desire, appetites, affections, purposes, endeavours of the understanding.

We are created in the image of God

We were capable of ℓσνє before Adam fall

No one is born in this world without purpose

The purpose was revealed in Genesis.

Let us make man. His purpose is for us to enjoy in this earth. He never meant for children to cry and in pain.

Those who are in Him don’t have to cry. His redemption is much more glorious than creation.

Jesus redeemed and changed everything even more beautiful.

We have purpose and endeavours in our lives

All is God’s purpose. Without God it is distorted.

We are redeemed in Christ, all our dreams are no longer selfish.

This new heart has God’s purpose inside.

Understanding of God’s will, God’s life. The fruit of the Holy Spirit.

We bear the fruit because we are born again.

God created us and put all the sensibilities, affections, emotions in our hearts but our hearts are broken. He came to heal

Blind – spiritual blind. Totally black. Condition of man who is in complete blindness. Not even a ray of light.

People who said they cannot see God

When we can’t see God we miss out the most beautiful of the Universe.

Jesus came to do deliverance and liberty

Aphesis – remission of sins

Release from bondage or imprisonment

Forgiveness or pardon of sins

To a prisoner the word pardon means a lot. Royal pardon.

It means everything to the prisoner. Now they have liberty. Freedom!

We were all bound under sins. We were slaves of sin.

Thru His blood we see a royal pardon in the spiritual

We can now walk free!

Revelation of forgiveness of sin

A bird in the cage. Stay too long the bird don’t know how to come out

Fly out and soar into the sky of freedom

Complete pardon. Complete forgiveness of sin

Remission of sin

Letting go as if you have not committed any sin.

No more stay in the cage

Acts 13:38

Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:

A prisoner wants to hear – you are free!

We were all prisoner of sin, guilt, we want to hear our sins are forgiven

We have been given royal pardon

In the eyes of God He don’t see our sins!

This is Good news!

The door is open by Jesus. He takes us out and say fly.

This is the full ministry of Christ

To first understand the forgiveness of sin

And to see us free

Whoever believe in Him, remission of sins. The complete pardon of sin!

When we are able to bring forth truth, the complete letting go of sins as if it is never there at all

It takes eternity to thank God

The Holy Spirit came to confirm

Acts 10:42-44

And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead. To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins.”

The Holy Spirit Falls on the Gentiles

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word.

Holy Spirit comes and give direction

Assurance of ℓσνє. The tangible of anointing.

The Holy Spirit appears. The work of healing. The work of opening blind eyes

Isaiah 61:3 AMPC

To grant [consolation and joy] to those who mourn in Zion—to give them an ornament (a garland or diadem) of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment [expressive] of praise instead of a heavy, burdened, and failing spirit—that they may be called oaks of righteousness [lofty, strong, and magnificent, distinguished for uprightness, justice, and right standing with God], the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.

Jesus feel the pain His people are still suffering

Don’t stay in the cage as a believer

Full gospel. The wonderful news !

Rejoice! Don’t cry anymore!

A crown has been placed on the head of the people who is the Ms Universe

The identity has been changed.

This beauty and ornament is put on us when we receive Christ

The beauty of Jesus onto us

We wear the crown of Jesus

Ashes is something burnt. Worthlessness

Beauty – head-dress

Embellishment is to make something more beautiful

We were all plain. Jesus put jewels upon us.

Diadem – a jewell crown – symbol of sovereignty

Inward. The spirit man needs to be born again

Ashes – worthlessness

Fire of God is the burning of His ℓσνє

The destructive fire cause worthlessness

All our lives before Jesus came in are valueless In sin

In our own sins before Christ we don’t deserve heaven

From worth nothing to become so valuable in Christ

Apart from Him we are worthless

In our lives have we gone through messy lives?

Walk with Him and He always turn around everything for our good

See the beauty for ashes that God has done for us.

We can minister but not by our strength, by His Holy Spirit

1 Peter 3:3-4

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

Hidden Man of the heart

Secret to beauty is the hidden man of the heart

We are recreated by Christ Jesus

The most beautiful thing the Lord has given to us is the hidden man of the heart

The only thing never be corruptible is the hidden man of the heart

The heart can be transmitted out through the spiritual eyes

Whatever is seen is temporary. Whatever is not seen is eternal

Jesus is humble. Never exalting self.

He created us humble to boast about Jesus

We are beautiful because of Jesus

Great price means valuable

Hidden man of the heart receive value, priceless. So valuable in the eyes of God

Our heart cannot be beautiful without the cross

Each one of us so beautiful because of the cross

1 Peter 3:3-4 AMP

Your adornment must not be merely external—with interweaving and elaborate knotting of the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or [being superficially preoccupied with] dressing in expensive clothes; 4 but let it be [the inner beauty of] the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality and unfading charm of a gentle and peaceful spirit, [one that is calm and self-controlled, not overanxious, but serene and spiritually mature] which is very precious in the sight of God.

Gentle and peaceful spirit

One that is calm, self control

1 Peter 3:4 (NIV)

Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.

Inner man becomes more and more beautiful

Unfading beauty

Inner beauty. The heart will never fade away

1 Peter 3:4 CEV

4 Be beautiful in your heart by being gentle and quiet. This kind of beauty will last, and God considers it very special.

Psalms 91:1

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High

shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Where is this secret place?

Totally safe

Secret – hiding place. We are covered

We are in His heart

Our heart in His heart

Our spirit is hidden inside God’s spirit

We are in God’s heart

We are no more ashes

We are in His heart means we are worthy

We know we are most valuable

We are covered by Jesus Himself

He is covering us. The hiding place

The hidden man. We are protected

See our value in Him

Jesus sees us as valuable. He will do everything to protect us

In the heart of our God

Colossians 3:3

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

See things from His perspective

Colossians 3:1-3

HE IS YOUR LIFE

So if you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective.

Your old life is dead. Your new life, which is your real life—even though invisible to spectators—is with Christ in God. He is your life.

Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of us.

Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ – that’s where the action is.

Look around Christ

See things from His perspective and not from man’s perspective

Holy Spirit is in everyone of us. Let Him guide us

Your old life is dead. Your new life, which is your real life – even though invisible to spectators – is with Christ in God. He is your life.

Colossians 3:4

When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

Be content with obscurity, like Christ

Amos 9:13-15

“Yes indeed, it won’t be long now.” GOD’s Decree.

“Things are going to happen so fast your head will swim, one thing fast on the heels of the other. You won’t be able to keep up. Everything will be happening at once—and everywhere you look, blessings! Blessings like wine pouring off the mountains and hills. I’ll make everything right again for my people Israel:

“They’ll rebuild their ruined cities.

They’ll plant vineyards and drink good wine.

They’ll work their gardens and eat fresh vegetables.

And I’ll plant them, plant them on their own land.

They’ll never again be uprooted from the land I’ve given them.”

GOD, your God, says so.

Every steps we step foot on is ours

Everywhere we look, blessings!

God will make everything right again for His children in Beauty For Ashes

We will rebuild our ruined cities

We will plant vineyards and drink good wine.

We will work our gardens and eat fresh vegetables.

And God will plant us, plant us on our own land.

We will never again be uprooted from the land God has given us. God,

Our God, says so.

A land fill with milk and honey