Preparing Our Hearts Through Repentance, Pruning, Holiness, & Baptism Of The Holy Spirit - Leidi Dussan

As we continue in this season of Advent we discuss the critical act of true repentence before the Lord as a way of preparing our hearts for the coming of Jesus. 
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​I just want to say that as lady comes this season today being the theme of preparation, but preparation is a spiritual term. Okay, so not a it's not just physical preparation. It's the spiritual preparation. And I love the fact that prophecy is is in parentheses as that theme, because there is a prophetic call to prepare for the second coming of Jesus. And this is a, this is something that's kind of part of the warp and woof of our lives already. It's in the fabric of our DNA and makeup as a spiritual family. So it's not a new topic. But a lot of people who listen to us on the teaching library, it is a new topic. And even as we shared this week, we were sharing at the men's sabbatical. And you know that pretty much whatever I teach on, it almost always comes out because it's a life message that I believe not only for me, I believe it's a life message for us, as a people as a spiritual family and calling to many nations to speak this message and preparing the final generation. So this week of Advent, is really hitting some key tones, if you will, in the spirit on where we are. So just saying that I wanted to put that out there, lady, I'm going to ask you to come on up, and we'll adjust the mic. But Beth had asked lady to share something, she had some really powerful things. And I really, I'll tell you, this lady, we ought to get you Sharon more. Because every time you share, it's powerful. And I really deeply appreciate your ministry, I appreciate your you listen to the Lord, you are always listening. Every time I talk to you, you have been interacting with him and listening. And that's powerful, because it's one thing to just kind of pray and obey God. But it's another thing to enter in and to be in this deep fellowship, where you know that scripture being instant, in season and out of season, what I believe that really means is that you're so connected to the Lord, that you may not know exactly what the word of the Lord is in the moment, but you got some pretty good ideas, because you've been talking to him and listening to him. And so she's going to just share with us for the second week of Advent, and then we'll go into the teaching time after that. So good morning, everybody. Thank you so much, Miss Beth and Buster for giving me the opportunity to cheer once again. It's a pleasure for me always. And it just feel my heart even to to hear your words, Pastor encouraged me so much. Especially because sometimes it's like I always ask the Lord, well, what is my, my work, Laura, why you want me to do and I love to hear. That's true. I love to hear him. I love to hear his voice. It's like, I will never move without hearing his voice. It doesn't matter what he can send even signs to me. And I will say I will move. I need your voice. So I love that. So I'm just gonna start saying they miss bed gave me to like, you know, brew, for instance of the the word that she wants me to go deep. And that's the lore about these words. And he was about mark one, one through four in Matthew A. A through 12. And I don't know, it's just, it was good. And he was fun doing in asking the Lord about these words. And something that he led me so much he was in two translations. One of them were the New Living Translation. And the other one was the passion translation, which I have been so much in the last weeks going through the passion translation in sometimes, you know, I have never been before that so much like now, but now I understand why. And I do believe it's about the word passion. It's about being passionate about the word of the Lord. It's about being in law with his word is about just in the law. We're just putting me in this way and I'm gonna share it because I do believe it's a new way to communicate with him. but also to receive from him. And something that he has been highlighting so much about the way that I have been like, you know, being in his presence and receiving this word, especially this word that I'm going to share. Today, it was coming from a place of intimacy. And Lucy has shared with us about, you know, being in the secret place. But something that the Laura highlights so much about, it was about not just going into the secret place, but being in a place of intimacy. And he just brought to me this picture about marriage. And I was like, Well, Lord, this sounds a little bit, you know, like, so intimate, like, you know, but the Lord was saying, what happened without wife and husband just go into this place of intimacy, that he just so much love. Sometimes you don't even need words, you we just seen through the eyes of your husband, and your wife. And words are not even needed sometimes. Because there is deep, deep intimacy. And I just felt that the Lord was inviting me to invite him into this place, like, I just wanted you to work me into that place of intimacy with you, because I'm here, he's already waiting in that place. It can be your bed, you know, in any place, we're just going into that place of intimacy with Him in receiving His love. So I just gonna leave it there. So the first part that I want to share is about a in Matthew, yes, a. Matthew 20. Verse eight, I'm going to leave first refers in the New Living Translation, it sets pro by the way you leave that you have repent of your sins, and turn to God. Don't just say to each other, we're safe. So we are descendants of Abraham. That means nothing. For I tell you, God can create children, Avraham from this bearish stance, even now, the acts of Gods Jasmine is poise, ready to severe the rules of the trees? Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and chop into the fire. And this is John talking John of the Baptist. And he says, A baptize with water. Those who repent of their sins and turn to God, when someone is coming soon, who is greater than I am, so much greater than I am worthy even to be he says, lave and carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit with fire. And he's ready to sit, separate the chaff from the wheat with His winnowing fork, then he will clean up the threshing area gathering the wheat into his burn, but burning the chaff with never ending fire. And something that I just love even about this translation is the way that es starts he said you must prove your repentance. And sometimes we say I don't have to prove anything. But he's saying you must prove yourself. And I do believe when we repent about something. I used to say this to my kids. Well, you can say that you are sorry, you did something wrong. But the best way they you prove to me that you really are repent. It's about your act, the day the way that you will do things next time, because we can say many things with our words. But sometimes x is what he prove that we really are sorry that we really repent. And it's a good way to prove the Stein hears about the law. Law. Yes, we I have be baptized, I went into the block the word I say Yes, Laura, I receive you for an leaving in a way where I'm proving my repentance. And I do believe here when it says which are the fruits they are right now. It's about those fruits, the fruits that are coming after I went baptized in water. Because by faith, we went to the water and they say I want to be baptized. No, because I repent. Well, that's a good part. But I do really believe that the Lord is saying prove yourself and it's just to prove to us sometimes we will say I You just have to prove to God, no, we have to prove to others and the way that we treat them, and the way that we love them in the way that we extend grace to others, and even to ourselves, because we are no perfect. We're human, we may fail many times, many times. But the good way is to prove that, Okay, Lord, what is the way that I can bear fruit in this in showing improvement, not just to you, but to my husband, to my children, to my friends, to everybody. So that's one part. And the other part they I just got some it might get my attention. It says that he he has the x, I will ask him for that word. What is the x? Because I have never heard that word before. And it's funny, it says like, Archer, you know, and I want to say, Oh, wow, you know, and you'd say that he has been asked, ready? How down? What is not bearing fruit? And when I was just even asking the Lord, oh, wow, you're ready, it's not that you're gonna do it, now you're ready to do it. You know, like, I even the whole, I, I love to do this. And I'm gonna tell you this my way to receive from them because it's here. And I just don't go and read our I love to ask questions. So I was asking the Lord will, Laura, I know maybe you hear people, we may say that you are saying this about the people that it's a steal in the world, but I do believe it is not. And the Lord spoke this to me when he say, which are the areas that you are not bearing fruit, but you want to invite me in to use this axe encoded out of your trait. And something that he got, also my attention was because he says that these parts that he's gonna cut down, are gonna go into that never ending fire. It means is gonna be burned forever. So I really just leave this here. And I invite you to ask the Lord, Lord, what are the parts of my tree that are supposed to be burned fruit, and I need your X ray now to come to cut it down and put it in the ending fire. When I know it's not going to come back, it's not going to come back. And that's also a good way to just even to myself, Oh, well, it does in the end didn't find a means. Again, it's not going to come back. So I can no go back to there. Because it's gonna be anxious. You know. So that was something that, you know, you went to so so deep in, as we know that this is our way of preparation. And I know it has to be with admin has pastoral was saying, and about being prepared for the coming of Jesus more than what we already know what happened, you know, we already know it. Yes, it's good to remember because I do believe this is also a time to remember. And the Lord will bring remembers in the way that in the ways that he has been faithful to us. You know, in the past until today, until even this morning that we just wake up. He has been faithful every day every second, and he will remember who he has been cheeses in our lives until this moment. But the good and important thing here s looking forward, as pastor would say. And I do believe this is one of them. We really need to look forward and look, Lord, what are these places? Because I need to be prepared. I need to prepare to see Jesus, I need to be paper Lord. And when I last night I was just again going through this. I was by myself because my husband was working which is good. Let me tell you when he wasn't like there, he was a good time for me to receive many things from the Lord. I would say Lord, like I want to be ready. And I really felt the presence of the Lord. I just fell on my knees as the song was saying this morning. And I said Laurie, remove free move things from me because I want to be ready. I want to be ready for you. I want to prove myself before you because at the end I say other thing we as parents or children are watching us Even when you think they are not, but they are watching you. And we need to prove also to them who is Jesus in our life, that He is real, that he's the real deal more than anything else. So I'm gonna read also the passion translation because I say that I love this translation too. It looks so. So similar, but he has some words that I just love it. And it says you must prove your repentance by change life. And don't presume you can get away with merely saying to yourself, we are Abraham's descent. For I tell you, God can awaken these stones to become sons of Abraham. But the x or x i don't know I'm sorry, is now ready to cut down the tree. Or they're buried roots. Every fruitfulness ruling ruling tree will be chopping down in trying to the fire. Those who repent. Look at this. Those who repent are baptize with water. But there is coming a min after me who is more powerful than I've been i. In fact, I'm not even worthy. And nope, to pick up his sandals. This is my favorite part. He would submerge you into union with the Holy Spirit and His holiness in with raging fire. And this is the other part. Because then when I read this prayer, I was like, Oh, well, I don't want to just to surrender Lord, I knew I don't just want to go into my knees. I want to be submerge in union with you. Where your holy spirit's gonna come? And is the holiness of Jesus burning app, everything that is no, free him. You know, so I just, I was just oh my goodness, Lord, I love this. You and I were just wow, why is beautiful is so beautiful. So then I'm gonna go to mark one through one, four. And we're gonna start with the New Living Translation too. And it says, this is the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, he began just as the Prophet Isa had written, look, I am sending a messenger ahead of you, and He will prepare your way. He Saba boys shouting in the wilderness, Prepare the way for the Lord is coming. Clear the rod for him. This messenger was John the Baptist. He was in the wilderness in preach, that people should be baptized to show that they have repent for their sins in turn to God to be forgiven. And I love this part too. And they're gonna tell you why. I was asking the Lord, he said that he sent a messenger, you know, and again, I tell you that I go to I love to us I go to dig deep in the world. And I went and I look for the word messenger, you know. And in the Greek translation, it says there is the word. Let me tell you that I have here. LPS. I know. Sorry. Is there were an Angelo's? Yes, something. But these were a speaks about not just supernatural creatures that we know are the ones who are in heaven. And we know that as angels. But it says that it can also be used as human people. So we are missing yours. You know? So I was like, Oh, well, so angels. We think the angels are just this figure of holiness, you know, and they weren't who preceded us and all of that. But he's saying they're also that's what he actually is being a messenger. That's why even joked about this was a messenger. So it means we have part of them because we're messengers of God. You know, so, I love also when he says, and he would prefer your way, he was speaking about the boy of Jesus. It he said they anytime that his boys will be like shouting in the wilderness. And it is a part that I was like, Okay. I have never asked this question before the Jesus but I ask why in the wilderness when John the Baptist was put in the place of wilderness because most of the time we don't like to even the place. We think wilderness has a place of something dry. You know, it's like for us, like you say we learn so that I don't want to go there. I don't like the place. But I went, and I even study even this word, too. And I was so amazed. What about what it means this word? Because this word, it is called, in Greek immense to be MMOs. I don't know how it's great. So I don't know. I'm just sorry. But it means a dancer, this will lay waste place. This it can be a person that is the sir. Abandon desolate, barren, solitary. So I was saying like, Okay, John, about as was in a wilderness place. But I do believe Jesus on the Lord's team hindered to prefer the way because what that is with the places where Jesus is needed? Where do you need Jesus the most? When you are solitary, when you're bury when you are needed, when you feel abandoned? And I get asked this question, and I say, Lord, I'm sorry. Because sometimes we look to serve the Lord. And we look for places that are uncomfortable for us. When the real thing is, where our Lord, the places that you want to send me, when there is there are certain places the needs, who is Jesus in the place. And sometimes it can be broken places, bury blocking places, because I'm not seeing here anywhere that is saying something good. It's everything desert, you know, that's the true, it's nothing good about it. But that's a theme. So I say, Lord, so why I have never before ask you this question, what is a barren place that you're calling me to go and give life. And again, it just as the Holy Spirit yourself, because again, this is the play of the future, from now on. We need to look for the desert places, the wilderness places where the Lord is calling us to go in prepared the way for the second coming of Jesus. Now we have something in advance. And I gotta tell you, this, people in the past, they didn't have the Holy Spirit. They didn't know how Jesus will be. They were just waiting for him knowing anything. They didn't know anything. But now in the second comment, and this is the beautiful part of it. We know who Jesus is. Now we know how he looks like. Now we know why he wants it. And now we have the Holy Spirit. So we have everything to go to the wilderness places to bring cheeses and prepare this way. For His Second Coming. I also want to say this word thy is also part of, of the wilderness place. Because he says the I'm gonna even read it. And I took this from the I hope Bible that is the you know, of the Translate Easy, easy, ironically, also where God richly grants His presence and provision for those seeking him. Look at that, can you believe like, Lord, that's the beautiful part of the wilderness place. He's in that place looking for you, for me, for others, ready to show him himself as strong in place of difficult moments, so he can bring light in life to us. Also, it says that he was they joke about this was gonna be that he will be calling or shouting or, you know, just proclaiming the Word of the Lord. And I also went and looked for this word calling, shouting, I say Laura, okay, what is the deep meaning of this word? And I love this part when it says it's an intense feeling. It's a very emotional term. So when we say he was calling charting, it came from a place of intense feeling. So it means John was feeling so deep, they call of God to go and look for those people. It wasn't just that he know he had a call. No, it's saying, he has the intense feeling inside of him. It was an emotional place where he wants the Lord to be manifest in CO people into repentance. So, I don't know, I know it's so much but I just I just pray that you're getting it, you know, because it's really, really, really, really, really good. Also, in the past, he says, The the Lord with baptizes, with fire, and the Holy Spirit, and I found something really interesting. Because even when he says that John word prepper, the way I went, and I look into some commentaries about this, and we think that way as a role, or a place that we're supposed to go, but it says that it's about our hearts. So that was the part where it just, I was on done. Because I say oh away. So it's not just even bringing people in to repentance. Because what I need to prepare for me and for them, it's our hearts. It's our hearts. And look it I don't know if you have seen on this or hear this before bohart in India for you in Greek meaning the means or wheel, or emotions, or desires. And he said that he were baptized us into the fire. So it means his fire. That's what we need this fire. Because he if he wants our hearts, we need or we'll or emotions or desires completely been his. Nothing at all of us is just him. And I'm just gonna tell you this. I just felt so strong last night. I have prayed for the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I was baptized by the Holy Spirit. And look at this. I was baptized not even in a church. I was doing my bed one day, just organize. Justin Sebastian were so little they were in school. And just something hit me. In that room. Jeffrey was in the bath training for the army. I wasn't even praying. I even was in here and worship music. I was alone. And something just hidden me. And I do remember being on the floor crying, and crying and crying. And I would see my life as a movie. It was saying Jesus, and instead of feeling I love there was credit than me. I have spirits faith, because you knew that before I already passed through a really hard season. But I wasn't baptized by the Holy Spirit. And let me tell you that signs down moment on I was completely a different person. A different person that desires all my heart change completely. As like the things that I used to like, I do like it anymore. I was so hunger, I were just to hear the Lord I want to I want to read the Word of the Lord even when I didn't know anything. I was like I want to read it but everything started making sense for me. But now or even this week, I understood why he was his fire going into the deepest Oh my heart that is not just my heart as human thing that it just upon him that is beating us giving you life. That's not true. Is or is our will our emotions, my desires, complete taken by him. So now I will be ready. I will be ready to prepare the way because my hair was already ready. And that moment he said now you're ready. So now let me go and start making your children ready. My husband ready and now he can be ready for all this too. So I just want to leave you with this. And I do believe is The Lord is inviting us to ask more than ever, for a baptism of the Holy Spirit, to ask for his fire to come, and to prepare our hearts. He doesn't want anything else. You will say, Oh, I'm waiting to, I used to say that like, because I have to recognize, like, I wanna go to the world. I want to go and fly to nations. But when you know, he doesn't even just wonder, He wants your heart. He wants my heart. That's the wind that I'm preparing. Because at the end, when I'm gonna be in front of him, one day, I'm gonna look into his eyes, and he's gonna look to me. And that's all that matters is the love. In my heart, my eyes were completely just seeking Him. If there's nothing else that's not nothing matters, nothing, nothing, nothing. So I just pray that we just can ask and it started just desiring the baptism of the Holy Spirit, you might say, well, I already receive it, me to pray one more. Want more, I want more. I want so much fire. That even when sometimes struggling with my husband, because that's what the heart does, is not gonna affect me anymore. I will keep looking Geoffrey with so much love. Because it's the heart of the Lord inside of me. You know, so I just pray and I just want to pray for sorrow to close this time. So, Lord, I just want to thank you, Jesus, thank You for Your word. Thank you for who you are. Thank you for your Holy Spirit. Lord, thank You for Your presence. Lord, Lord, I just even thank you that we now we have you. Then now even you are not just the Messiah that would come the first time. But we know the Messiah. We know who the Savior is. We know who just shoe it is. We know who the Redeemer is Father God, that I just pray that will end we will embrace you. We will embrace who you are Lord, and Lord we would just desire your fire. Lord, I even pray for the X father got rain now today over all of us. And we say Lord, remove called down these things for us there's is no or not even given fruit to You, Jesus. In Lord, prepare our hearts. Let us prepare our hearts for you. Teach us holy spirit to prepare the hearts of the people that you have trust to us, to receive you the second time floor. So Jesus I just pray and I bless every person that is going to even hear this Father God the day it will be a deep cry out Father God for your Baptist for your Fire Lord Jesus, let us decide your Fire Lord Jesus and Lord I just pray Father God that even this is even the word of your testimony that you are the guy that you're the cheeses that you promised that the above to sale fire Father God, we come into people for their families houses are gonna be burning for you cheeses. So den Father God, one would become a nation, Lord, and nations would be ready, ready for the second coming of Jesus Lord, Father, let us just surrender our hearts Jesus let you take the place of the sire will emotions Lord, that we will meet be so touched by you Jesus, nothing when mother nor even that hard in places Father God, you say in the world, you will have tribulation, but you have overcome the world or Jesus? Because you are just Sure. 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