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Volume 3 The Keeping Power for the Mind

by Ernest Angley

The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall

keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus
(Philippians 4:7). Since the decline of the Early Church, most of
God's people have not understood how to find peace for the
mind. Many, in fact, have come to the conclusion that peace of
mind was an impossibility. They were just grateful for the peace
in their souls. But in this final hour, the Lord wants His Children
to have great peace in their minds as well as in their souls.
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Jesus became the bridge between us and God, making
reconciliation. But another bridge was needed, that between the
soul and mind. The soul and mind are very different. The mind Topics: Your Mind
travels fast, changing from one thought to another in a flash.
Many things fill the mind. Duties, responsibilities have a space in
the mind, but not in the soul.

The soul of a born-again Christian is the keeper of the greatness of God, storing it up, a reservoir
filled at all times by the Lord. God's blessings flow into the soul. As you let the Holy Spirit bridge
the gulf between soul and mind, He flows the love and peace of God from your soul into your mind
daily.

Many search for the peace of God anywhere but within. Looking for heaven to send peace, they
don't realize that Calvary has already brought more peace than they could ever need, and placed it
in their souls. God puts His peace and joy of salvation into the souls of each of His Children, but all
too often these benefits remain unused. Like a person with millions of dollars in the bank who
starves to death because the money is never withdrawn and used, the mind often is starving for the
things of God when all the time they are in the soul. Not using the greatness of God in the soul
makes life seem dreary, breeds depression and oppression. In this hour, God wants His people to
be the happiest people on planet Earth.

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The soul feeds the mind. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh (Matthew
12:34). A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things:
and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things (verse 35). For the
Child of God, the soul is a treasure house holding the blessings of God, a place to store your most
valuable possessions. Salvation is in your soul, the love of God, peace, joy of the Lord and all the
fruits of the Spirit. The Child of God treasures the things of God.

But the soul can also be the treasure house for evil. A devil-possessed person has nothing good in
the soul to draw from. Demons not only have the mind, but also the soul. Jesus said an evil man
out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. Evil treasures, destructive things in the
soul enter the mind and evil is the result.

Man with his evil heart and mind has left God out of his plan. An empty shell, man without God
has nothing in the soul that is good, only continual evil. The soul lacks that which will really satisfy;
it has no life only death. Like a desert that produces no fruit, the lost soul produces no happiness,
nothing of value. All the unsaved person has is what is in the mind; the soul is a pauper, missing
out on God's blessings.

Men, women, boys and girls hug evil treasures to their bosoms day after day, year after year until
they finally die lost. Never having really lived, they never tasted true life, for there is no life outside
God. People claim to have life, to live it to its fullest, but without God, they are empty shells
experiencing a living death right here on Earth and facing a future in hell.

On the other hand, Children of God have let the enemy cheat them many, many times as they
sought help from vain sources. Not knowing their help was within, they kept trying to see heaven
with the eyes of self. When you are in great distress and trouble you can rarely see all the way to
heaven. It's imperative to know that you have God right inside of you, that Jesus and the Holy
Spirit dwell there and you can draw from all the treasures of heaven. You are within reach of
drawing. The soul of each born-again Child of God carries the goodness, mercy of God, the power
of Calvary and Pentecost. That's the reason the Bible says that the just will live by faith.

Never check your salvation by your feelings; use faith. Checking your salvation by your feelings
requires using your mind. Mind-searching what feelings mean, mind-searching for your salvation
can bring many false conclusions. Faith goes to the source of supply: the soul, your innermost
being. The answer registers at once, but you can only truly go into your soul by using the faith of
God.

What is contained in the soul of everyone who receives salvation? Jesus, God the Father, God the
Holy Ghost. Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world (I John 4:4). Although

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the Spirit of God is in your soul, He operates through the mind. The mind is the great tool that the
Spirit manifests Himself through. If the soul is sanctified, the mind is sanctified. A holy soul
means a holy mind. You can't have an ungodly mind and a holy soul; you can't have an ungodly
soul and a holy mind. The godly mind and godly soul go together, and the ungodly mind and the
ungodly soul go together.

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he (Proverbs 23:7). Not as a man thinketh in his mind,
but in his heart determines how he operates. Doubt or fear in your heart influences your mind,
your words, your actions. That's the reason it's a necessity to have your heart always full of the
greatness of God so it can spill over into the mind. Man, woman needed help. They were victims of
Satan. But Jesus came so that people could have new hearts and minds for God to live in, new
hearts and minds fit for heaven to move into, new holy hearts, holy minds, holy as heaven itself.

The treasures of heaven are yours when you become born new. But if you have only signed a
church membership, or been baptized in water without true repentance, you don't have the
treasures of heaven in your soul to draw from. You're trying to claim salvation by mental assent
alone, by your feelings or by the words of misguided people.

Search beyond man's opinions. Go to the Word of God. Salvation is of the heart. From the heart
the confession must come. Confess salvation with your mouth, and believe it in your heart. If
thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that
God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man
believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation
(Romans 10:9,10). The soul must believe; believing for salvation with the mind alone will not bring
salvation to the soul. In other words, the person remains a sinner and will not spend his eternity in
heaven. The soul is the part of you that is eternal; it can never die. Neither is there such a thing as
"soul sleep" after death.

Consider what you feed your soul. Rather than feeding the mind destructive thoughts, feed it the
Word of God. Let the Word in your soul flood into your mind.

When you do not use the Word of God in your soul, you are limited to using what is in the mind.
The mind can select the right food for the stomach, or the proper clothes to wear, but it cannot
reason out the Word of God. Through His Holy Word, the Lord tells us that my thoughts are not
your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are
higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than
your thoughts (Isaiah 55:8,9). For strength to overcome the devil beyond the thoughts of the
mind, you need to go into the soul. But if God's overcoming power is not in the soul, you will be
defeated. You cannot be an overcomer unless the Lord is in the soul. Without the Lord possessing

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the soul, you have no overcoming power and strength, nothing with which to trample the devil
underfoot, and you become a victim of Lucifer. As long as you are not free from sin, you can't
trample devils underfoot. One devil cannot cast out another devil. The only defense the unsaved
have against him is the mind of self-control. You can't live the victorious life when you are not free
from sin.

Jesus was accused of having a devil in Him, but His response was: Every kingdom divided
against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself
shall not stand: And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall
then his kingdom stand? And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your
children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. But if I cast out devils by
the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. Or else how can one
enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong
man? and then he will spoil his house. He that is not with me is against me; and he
that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. Wherefore I say unto you, All manner
of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy
Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosever speaketh a word against the Son
of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it
shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come (Matthew
12:25-32). Jesus let them know that identifying the Holy Ghost in Him as the devil was blasphemy.

The unforgivable sin is blasphemy against the Holy Ghost. When one has blasphemed the Holy
Ghost, the Spirit lifts from that life forever. No more will that one feel the draw of the Holy Spirit.
We must be careful what we say.

But for the born again, much is offered. I Corinthians 2:16, For who hath known the mind of
the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. The mind of
Christ—what a promise! How can you have the mind of Christ without Christ being in your soul?
It's impossible. To have the mind of Christ there must first be a takeover of the soul by the Lord.
The mind cannot yield to the Lord unless Jesus is in the heart.

Hearts that beat in rhythm with God's heart, in harmony and unity with the Holy Ghost are made
possible because of Jesus. How marvelous to have that connection! Every true Child of God has
that connection, but some don't recognize it.

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be
pitiful, be courteous (I Peter 3:8). Again, how can people be of one mind? By all having Jesus
in their hearts. Not one mind in the human, but one mind in Christ with His Spirit in the heart. He
then gives us His thoughts, feeds us words to say.

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Jesus told the disciples that when they were brought before their persecutors to take no thought
beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be
given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost
(Mark 13:11). Depend on the Holy Spirit. You have His knowledge in your soul. He will give you
what to say in the hour of trial. Recognize your dependence on God. The alternative is to be in the
bondage of Lucifer.

You're either free or in bondage. You may vacillate between thinking you are free and thinking you
are bound: that's mind work. If you are saved, never pass up that which is in your heart.

Search your heart with the Spirit of God. The Lord knows what is in your heart; only through Him
can you know, too. Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my
thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way
everlasting (Psalm 139:23,24). God must search the heart because the heart is deceitful
above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the
heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to
the fruit of his doings (Jeremiah 17:9,10). Ask God to search your heart to see if what you think
is there is really there. The Holy Spirit will bear witness if your spirit is cleansed, if all is well in
that soul, if you have made the Lord an Eden in your soul.

God made an Eden, a beautiful, blessed place, so glorious that the Lord Himself would leave
heaven to come down. The souls of you who have been born again present a glorious Eden for the
Lord to dwell in. You have taken in so much of His grace, power, peace and love that He lives
inside you all the time. Jesus promised, Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the
world (Matthew 28:20). He didn't promise to be with you only in mind, but in personal living
reality. The Lord is here to walk with you all the way, calling on His people to do a great work in
this final hour.

We don't have time to struggle with the things of the world, fighting fear, frustration, oppression,
depression and despair. Glorious hope dwells inside those looking for Jesus to come, glorious hope
in the treasure house of the soul. Rejoice over the hour of Rapture when our Lord will appear in
midair! Look up, redemption draweth nigh!

You will not be able to hide as much of the Word as you need in your mind. It must be in your
soul. Everyday living may crowd in on the mind until the Scripture is pushed aside, but never can
the Word be crowded out of the soul of a born again Christian. The shock of losing a loved one may

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bring such grief that your mind can't think clearly; but the Word is in your soul. That cry of the
Holy Spirit from the soul is saying, Child, you'll see your loved one again! Child, don't be as one
who has no hope. When the Lord comes He will bring your loved one with Him. God's faith
rolling in from the soul begins to soften a little of the sorrow of the mind, brushing aside, for a time,
some of the torment.

Each day learn to yield your mind more and more to the storehouse of treasures in the soul. What
valuable treasures they are! More valuable than all the silver and gold in the world. The soul holds
God's strength, power and greatness; through Calvary it is done.

After that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise (Ephesians 1:13).
Your soul has a seal the devil cannot break when you are a true believer in Christ's atonement.
Only willful sin can break that seal of the Holy Spirit upon your soul. It's the seal of the blood of
Jesus. Thank God for Calvary! Thank God that we are blood-washed, blood-bought and on our
way to heaven!

Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and
peace shall be with you (II Corinthians 13:11). Your mind tells you instantly that you can't be
perfect. But that which is in your soul is perfect, for it is of God, sealed with the Holy Spirit. Your
soul carries God's plan for you. The treasure of it is in your soul, not your mind. Although evil
thoughts may enter the mind, you have the power to draw on the resources of your soul at once
before those thoughts are put into action. Where did those thoughts come from? Perhaps your
childhood, from past experiences or from self. Self is the playground of the devil. Your mind alone
will not deny self. That's why we must draw on the love of God to take us out of our self-love: deny
self. The love of God will cast the devil down, bar his access to your mind.

The treasure house of the soul possesses the fruits of the Spirit, and one of those fruits is
self-control, supernatural self-control, but you must draw on it. Miraculous is the way you can
draw on the treasure of the soul! Jesus said, I am come that they might have life, and that
they might have it more abundantly (John 10:10). Many are wealthy and don't know it,
depressed when they should be rejoicing.

When you are born new, you have the treasures of heaven, the treasures of Almighty God in your
soul, an Eden greater than Adam's. Fruit in the first Eden was just for the body and it came from
the earth. Your fruit comes from the Almighty; it's eternal, beyond price. People long for
something to keep them happy, to give them peace and strength beyond the human, power over all
the powers of darkness, power that takes away fear and sheds light into the darkest night. If you
have the treasure house of God in your soul, you have that power.

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Do you have the treasure of Calvary? Have you knelt at the Cross? Have you carried away the gift
of redemption, the greatest treasure that God has ever offered mankind? I have, but for a time in
my youth I was reluctant to embrace that treasure. I thought salvation would make me miserable,
that it meant going to my death. I was, but the dying was different than I had imagined: I died out
to self. Self had wanted desperately to live. I was just eighteen, and full of life. I thought the world
offered everything I wanted—peace, joy, fun. I had never felt I needed to live for God in order to
have happiness. When I came out of bed in the morning, everyone in the house knew I was awake.
I had a lot of laughter. Mom would prophesy over me: Young man, you're going to get a whipping
before the sun goes down. She was always right.

I heard Christians testify as though the devil almost had them: they were depressed, fearful and
begging for prayer. I was much happier than they sounded; in fact, I wasn't even conscious of the
devil. I loved dancing and the world's music. I didn't know what God's music really meant. I was
having a good time—until the Lord started dealing with me.

I thought God was doing me a grave injustice by putting me under conviction for my sins. He
wouldn't leave me alone. Everywhere I went I felt like someone was looking over my shoulder
saying, What if the Lord would come when you're in a place like this? I would go somewhere else.
What if the Lord would come while you're here? that voice would whisper. Night and day the
Lord was after me. What if you don't wake up in the morning? Just as I was about to go to sleep,
that thought would bring me wide awake: What if I don't wake up? I'll be in hell! The Lord wanted
me to know where I'd be if I died. I was filled with such fear that I thought God would drop me
into hell just anytime, and so I made a covenant with Him. I bargained with God because I couldn't
get away from Him. God, I said, if you'll leave me alone for a week, let me do anything I want, I'll
get saved. I planned a lifetime of fun in one week.

God had done His part: He didn't bother me at all that week. He let me go anywhere, do anything I
wanted. Not one time did that voice say, What if the Lord would come when you are in a place like
this? Not one night when I placed my head on the pillow did He say, What if you never wake up?

I didn't want that week to ever end. Had I been able to have stopped the clock, I would still be in
that week. If anyone ever hated to see Saturday night come to an end it was me. On Sunday, I had
an appointment with God, and not enough sense to be happy about it. I didn't have the mind of
Christ. There was no treasure house in my soul. But I was sincere about my promise. I placed my
life on the line when I made that covenant with God. I knew I had to get saved on Sunday night, or
that was the end of me.

Oh, the human mind! The evil in my soul was feeding my mind; I was drawing from that evil as
well as from all that was around me. Hugging the world to me, I loved it; to me it was life. I felt
that after I was saved I would never laugh again, that by the time I got through with all the "thou
shalt not's" in the Bible I would be dead. That's the kind of mind I had without God. I didn't know

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what living really was. When you feed the mind from an evil soul, the devil is the chef. He was
making me think I would have no life after salvation. I was so convinced, I couldn't have felt any
worse had I been on my way to the electric chair. It was the end of Ernest Angley—the end of the
old creature. I didn't know the Lord was about to make my cup run over with joy—I didn't see any
cup.

That Sunday night I kept my promise. Forcing myself, I staggered down to the altar. It was the
longest aisle I ever walked. People seemed to swim before my eyes. They said later that I looked
like a drunken person. Under great conviction, I fell at the altar, into the arms of God. He saved
me and poured great joy like a tub of honey over me.

Never has there been a person reared in salvation more shocked to receive it. All those Sunday
School teachers, all the preachers, all the family prayers never prepared me for what salvation was
really like. Salvation was in their souls and I hadn't understood what they carried. I thought I
would have to live above desire for the things of the world, but that desire was suddenly gone. The
world meant nothing to me now.

When the Lord took over my soul, I withheld nothing. He cleaned it up and moved in. Jesus made
the difference, and the Holy Spirit filled me to the brim. My mind was now being fed not by the
devil, but by the Lord.

For about six weeks after the Lord took me over I was like one in a trance. Salvation is not like this
for everyone, but the Lord wanted to show me what it meant to be saved. I had found a different
life, a glorious life. The Lord was with me night and day and I just wanted to be with Him. I lived
for the services at church. In-between times I just wanted to be shut away with God. The Bible had
become my love book. I yearned to learn everything I could that God had said to me in His Holy
Word.

The Holy Spirit called me to preach. Oh God, I said, I can't preach—but I will. Holding me in His
arms of love, the Lord dealt with me night and day, lifting me into a heavenly place. I was willing to
do whatever He wanted whether I thought I could or not. Lord, I said, I'll preach, but I don't know
how.

Out of the thousands and thousands of sermons I had sat through growing up, I couldn't remember
one. Where would I ever get my first sermon! I didn't understand how God would preach through
me. Then one night only days after I received the baptism in the Holy Spirit, I was called on to read
scripture in a cottage prayer meeting in place of the person originally scheduled to read it. I had
planned to read a particular passage, but as I stood up a voice seemed to say Look up. When I did,
I went into a cloud of glory from my waist up. The Holy Spirit took me to a different scripture from

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the one I had in mind, the one of Paul and Silas in prison. After I sat down the Lord told me that
was my first sermon. I've been preaching ever since.

The Lord can take you over if you let Him. Some people don't draw on the treasures of God in the
soul; they let the mind interfere. They listen to others. Friends and loved ones worry them to
distraction. They become nervous wrecks because loved ones prefer sin to God. If people don't
want to serve God, it's their decision. God gave man free choice. Your responsibility is to live the
Christ life before them. You love their souls, not their wicked ways. When the opportunity comes
to lead them to the Lord, be ready.

My brother and I shared a room, ran around together, but when I received salvation, it was
separating time. I didn't want to go anywhere at all with him. I let him go his way and I went
mine. I didn't criticize him; he didn't criticize me. I prayed in our room whether he was there or
not. If I wanted to pray aloud I did. I felt at liberty; I was with God. I had left the world, given my
mind over to Jesus, and other people didn't bother me, what they were saying, how they
persecuted. It didn't matter that I lost friends; I didn't miss them at all.

My mind was completely different, and I needed to be around different people, God's people,
people who loved Jesus the way I loved Him. Changed completely, I wasn't the same person. I
needed people with the mind of Jesus like the Lord had given to me, a mind to serve God, a mind
of courage, strength and peace in the Holy Ghost. Let this mind be in you, which was also in
Christ Jesus (Philippians 2:5).

The Lord took me to the Word of God, pointed out to me each thing that made up the mind of
Jesus. He had given me His mind, and I needed to know what made it up.

Great joy was mine, a joy that came from my soul. I was drawing from my soul the joy of the Word
of God, and pouring it into my system. Whenever I had a few moments I spent them with the Word
of God. I carried part of the Bible with me. I didn't' care who saw me reading it. If they wanted to
talk about Jesus, I talked about Jesus. It didn't matter whether they believed or not. Looking them
straight in the eye, I told them the truth. I had a mind to serve the Lord, a mind to be a witness for
Him. Leaving sin behind, I was en route to glory and happy about it.

I'd sing choruses that blessed me, and the Holy Spirit would take me over and sing in different
tongues and languages. My soul was filled with songs that glorified the Lord. He thrilled me
beyond words. I spent much time with Him, a most precious, sacred, holy time with the Holy Spirit
speaking and the Lord talking to me, letting me know that I was to carry His Gospel, His love and
power to the people.

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How wonderful to have all the ingredients in one's soul that made up the mind of Jesus, and to
have the Holy Spirit flow all those wonderful things from the soul to the mind! The treasures of
heaven keep the mind of Jesus operating in the yielded Children of God. Only through the
treasures of heaven can it be done. When you begin to draw on other sources, you fail to draw on
the Word of God, on your salvation, the way you should.

Think again what is in your soul. You who have received salvation have Calvary there. You who
have been baptized in the Holy Spirit—the Upper Room experience—have the nine fruits of the
Holy Spirit to draw from. The happiness of God is in the treasure house of your soul. Money can't
buy that kind of treasure.

The soul is never locked away from you. Draw from its storehouse any time. God's provisions are
unbelievable and yet real, great and wonderful. Out of the good treasure of the soul you can draw,
you can find what you need day or night. You don't have to go outside; go inside the treasure chest:
your soul.

Some people just can't conceive that God can give happiness—remember, I once had that kind of
mind. When they find God's great happiness, they will discover what life really is.

The bright shining promises of God have the life of heaven in them. In that treasure house, God's
promises are carefully placed year after year. Nothing compares to that glorious store of God's
treasures.

Traveling through the country, Jesus came to the site of Jacob's well. Being weary, He sat down.
While He rested, there cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her,
Give me to drink. Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou,
being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no
dealings with the Samaritans. Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the
gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have
asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. The woman saith unto him,
Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou
that living water? Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this
water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him
shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water
springing up into everlasting life (John 4:7,9-11,13,14). People looking at us think we have
nothing to draw with either, but we have the Holy Ghost to draw the water of life flowing in our
souls. Rejoice in the fact!

From the treasure house we take the beautiful promise of the soon coming of Jesus, and it fills our

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hearts with gladness. No need to explain to those who don't want to believe—be happy in the
promises of your Lord; it's a testimony that will reach souls who otherwise could never be reached.

Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by
me (John 14:6). Walking the shores of Galilee, Jesus taught the truth. Do you want to know the
truth about heaven, about yourself, about what you can have?

If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed (John 8:36). You who are
born again: Aren't you glad He set you free? Aren't you glad you dropped your nets at the Lord's
command? You decided you wanted that joy, peace, and so you turned to follow the Lord. When
you used the mind of Jesus, those nets helped you to be a fisher of men, bringing in the lost.

Joy and peace abound in the Kingdom of the Lord, and the Lord gives His blessings abundantly.
Why let the enemy rob you any longer? Why, as a Child of God, will you look elsewhere for the
peace you need when you have it right inside? Why search for joy when it flourishes in your soul?
If the storm rages all around, churning the waters into a boil, you, like Jesus, can be at peace.
Why? You have the same treasure of heaven inside that He had, the treasures of heaven. And he
said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? (Mark 4:40).

What kind of mind do you have? What are you feeding it? What treasures do you have in your
soul? Think of everything that belongs to you through the Word of God. What have you taken from
the Word with your mind and delivered to your soul so the soul could feed it back to the mind?
The mind lifts God's promises out of His Word, puts them into the soul and then the soul feeds the
mind the gracious treasures of heaven.

In this final hour the Bride will be filled with joy because of her storehouse of treasures. The Bride
of Christ in this final hour is to be a happy Bride, contented, strong. She will not walk in
oppression, depression, fear, frustration and despair. The world will see her looking forth as the
morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners
(Song Of Solomon 6:10). The Bride will walk with such faith and power it will sound like mighty
armies ready for war. She will be ready, wearing the whole armor of God. The Bride will be the
delight of her Groom Jesus, and He will be her delight. Filled not with the treasures of this world,
her soul will be filled with the treasures of heaven.

In Genesis 24 we read of Rebekah, a type of the Bride; the servant, Eliezer, a type of the Holy
Ghost. As Eliezer was a servant sent after a bride, the Holy Ghost has come as a servant for the
Bride of Christ. Waiting, waiting for the bride, Rebekah, by the well of salvation, Eliezer had rare
and beautiful gifts for her, treasures from Abraham who is a type of God the Father. How thrilled
she must have been when she was given the best that Father Abraham had sent from the Groom

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Isaac!

With great joy the Bride of Christ today can sing about the soon coming of her Groom Jesus. Yet
some haven't drawn from the treasure of the soul; God's promises are not reality to them. They
want to stay on the Earth forever. But those who are ready long for the Rapture to take place, for
Jesus to come. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which
sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the
Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not
prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with
a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in
Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the
Lord (I Thessalonians 4:14-17). The way of the grave is cruel, but Jesus came, conquered death,
hell and the grave. Because of it we can be changed in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, caught
away to be with the Lord forever. In this final hour, "Rapture ground just ahead" should be ever in
our minds.

What is the soul feeding your mind? Bad thoughts? God has a remedy for them. I told you part of
my personal story, how God turned me around. Some of you are running away from God the way I
was. I knew better, and perhaps you do, too. I wanted to wait to get saved until I was about
ninety-four or so. I thought all the pleasure was in sin. That isn't true. Why don't you come home
before it's too late? This could be your last chance to make the decision of where you will spend
eternity.

You who are without God, pray this prayer with me now: Oh, God: Save my soul. Forgive me of
my sins. I'm sorry, Lord, that I sinned against you. But I've come home. I'm going to serve you,
Lord, the rest of my life. I believe the blood of Jesus washes away all of my sins, all of my sins.
Come on in, Jesus! Come into my heart!

If you meant that prayer, He has come. Start reading your Bible, pray. Bible fasting will help you.

Do you need a healing? In time of sickness you find among your treasures the faith needed for
healing. Don't ask the opinions of others; go to the treasure chest. Open it up and use God's gifts.
Bring out the promises of God: I am the Lord that healeth thee (Exodus 15:26). With God all
things are possible (Matthew 19:26). God's promises are a part of you when you take them from
the Bible and place them in your heart; they take on the life of God. God's promises have the same

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strength as when Jesus spoke them, the same power, same greatness. Place His promises in your
soul through the Holy Spirit. They're treasures. It's wonderful to speak from the treasure house of
your soul! The treasures of heaven are freely given to you.

You who are sick and afflicted, let the Holy Spirit feed your mind and soul so you can accept God's
miracles of healing in all faith believing. It's hard to tell how many have been healed through this
Jesus ministry. This is His ministry. I am not a healer; I never feel that way at all. I know better.
God is the healer. I am His believer. The Bible says that He sent his word, and healed them
(Psalm 107:20). He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are
healed (Isaiah 53:5).

Lord: Here they are, the diabetics, the cancer victims, the heart patients, the crippled, the blind,
the retarded. Whatever their disease or affliction, I bring them all to you, dear Jesus, because you
are the healer. Heal them! Heal! Heal, in the holy, holy name of Jesus!

The healing power is flowing, going into sick bodies. You can keep that power with you and watch
yourself get well. It's the promise of our Lord. He keeps His promises; but He said if you doubt, if
you let your faith waver, to not think you will receive anything from Him. Don't let your faith
waver. Use His faith and His Spirit. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the
tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye
were healed (I Peter 2:24).

The Lord is seeking to give you the joy and happiness the Early Church knew. The Lord has taken
me into all of this, teaching me what they had and how it worked. I found it by giving everything to
God, by living right in His presence in fastings, prayers and dedications to Him.

I've been amazed how the Lord has spent so much time with me to teach me what He wants you to
have. Down through the years I've had to fast my way through to the deepness of God. It's hard to
tell how many fasts of forty days it took before I learned how to give my mind over to the Spirit just
like I give my hand to a person, to be able to turn my mind over.

Now the Lord is bringing you in. You must understand how to give your mind over like that. God
doesn't have the time with you that He spent with me. Again and again, the Lord is letting you
know that you are endtime people; your time is limited. The Early Church came into the reality of
the mind of Christ on the day of Pentecost—quickly. The converts stepped right on into that reality
because there was such a pouring out of the Spirit. Now it's a pouring of the Spirit again, and you,
too, can step into the mind of Christ.

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When I received salvation, altar workers would spend much time praying just one person through
to the Holy Ghost. They would pray until an early morning hour. Many received the Holy Ghost
after midnight. Those seeking the Holy Ghost had to be determined, had to want the Holy Ghost. I
never heard of anyone being taught to speak in tongues at will. One by one people were prayed
through to the Holy Ghost, and what rejoicing went up! The saints of God were jubilant to see the
real baptism from heaven.

Some ministers on television today talk about a prayer tongue, claiming they can speak in tongues
whenever they want. It's a trick of the devil to try to destroy the real baptism in the Holy Ghost.
God isn't allowing it. He has a people who are receiving the real Holy Ghost. They don't try to
control the Holy Ghost, the Holy Ghost controls them just like He controlled the Early Church.
They are edified, blessed, lifted up in a most gracious way.

We're endtime people, I say again. Let God open your ears and eyes, take you over the way He took
over the Early Church.

Dare to be different. Because Daniel dared to be different God used him in a great way. The Lord
is soon coming, and He wants to use you. Take a lesson from the life of Daniel. Close all doors of
the world behind you and don't look back. If you have failed God in the past decide right now to
never fail Him again. Go all the way with Him. Please Him the rest of the journey. Carry the
glorious promise of Jesus' soon appearing in your heart. Keep it there to draw on. It will steer you
away, for example, from worldly music, from rock so you won't be swept downstream to the
Tribulation Period. The Bride will sing the songs of Zion. The Bride will make music to God,
rejoicing in her spirit, music that the Lord will listen to. Be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to
yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in
your heart to the Lord (Ephesians 5:18,19).

I rejoice that we have entered the time of the pouring-out of the Holy Spirit! I have lived through
the time of desolation when the Spirit wasn't raining down like it is today. Now we're standing in
the rain of the Spirit, and we belong to Him. Give yourself to the Lord; you don't own yourself
anymore. For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in
your spirit, which are God's (I Corinthians 6:20). Jesus bought us. We belong to Him.

Thus saith the Lord: I have brought you to this great hour. I am giving my servant that which I
want you to have. Accept it. Believe it, and it will work for you in this your last hour.

You must have my power and my strength and my greatness to do the work that I have for you to
do. You must not fail me. I cannot use you unless you take my instructions and abide by what I
tell you, saith the Lord.

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If you will bathe in my anointing daily—and as you bathe in my anointing, my Word will come to
life, all of it, and my promises will take on all the power and strength of your Lord. You will not
be weak, but you will be strong in my holy name. You will go forth in the power of my Spirit.
That means in the Spirit of my love, in the Spirit of my grace, in the Spirit of my goodness, in the
Spirit of my compassion, in the Spirit of my mercy, in the Spirit of my wisdom, in the Spirit of my
knowledge.

You will do great and wonderful works for me, saith the Lord. I will open the eyes of those who
want to see, and they will behold my works, and they will come to me, saith the Lord. The day is
far spent, and I say to my people: Hurry, my people! Reach out and embrace all that I am giving
you. Eat, eat, eat, eat my Word. Eat my instructions and let them become a part of you. They
will be your strength. They will be your greatness, and no power will be able to defeat you.

You will find my great joy and my great happiness just like my servant told you. I instructed him
so that he could instruct you—and it's thus saith the Lord. Oh, draw, draw, draw, draw from my
wells of salvation. You have all that you need, everything. Ye are complete, saith the Lord. You
have everything that's needed for the journey. Draw, draw, draw on me. I have everything that
you need. I will be everything daily that you need. I will supply that which is needed at all times.
You need not be afraid. You need not be troubled. You need not be afraid of that hour when your
Lord will appear because my miraculous power that works in you will do the work, saith the
Lord. My people will be changed, they will be changed in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye,
caught up to meet their Lord in the air, saith the Lord.

Let His miracle greatness flow over you, bathe in it. Fill your soul to the brim with it, nothing
doubting. Only believe, saith the Lord. Let the soul feed the mind with the greatness of God.

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