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From the heart comes a great force. Jesus made a statement about the effect of sourcing from the
heart. When you speak from the heart, there is life. When you sing from the heart, there is life. When
you act from the heart, there are results. "The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the
evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil" (Matthew 12:35). If you are evil your songs carry that
evil in them. Remember, an evil man will say a good word, but evil will still ooze out! Fire burns, there
is no coldness in its nature APEL Truth.083
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MARK 7:18-19
18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from
without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
19 BECAUSE IT ENTERETH NOT INTO HIS HEART, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all
meats?
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Do you see that? It defiles if it enters the heart! It does not defile if it does not enter the heart. In
addition, notice what the next verse says, "And He said, that which cometh out of the man, that defileth the
man" (v24 AV). In addition, it defiles if it comes from the heart. That is the perversion Satan
distributes through his agents there should be more life distributed by God's singers and musicians
than through Satan's system.
TWO WAYS OF DEFILEMENT
A heart can be defiled in two ways. Please remember this because it has a huge impact on the power
of your singing.
Inward Defilement the first way of defiling your heart (which is in your spirit), is
perversion entering your heart. When a thought enters your heart, it is not yet sin, but it is
potential sin. You must remove it immediately, if you do not, it ossifies into evil and starts
to contaminate you heart, when that part of you heart becomes weak from contamination,
your will can no longer be influenced by your heart.
Outward Defilement the second way of defiling your heart is perversion brewed out of
your heart. These are things that you devise and act on willingly. Action gives life to faith, or
fear or sin. When a thought enters your heart, you must root it out immediately. If you do
not, it ferments and contaminates the rest of your being when it becomes part of your will,
then actions, and then death. It is like cancer: one cancerous cell must be removed before it
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Remember that the more you sing an evil song, the more it defiles you, because it is coming out of
you, and it will defile whoever it goes into as well.
POURING OUT THE MUSIC
One of the concepts in the Bible I like is the pouring out of what is in your heart. Assuming of course
that your heart is full of the Living Word, full of the life of God, and His Spirit.
PSALMS 62:8
Trust in him at all times; ye people, POUR OUT YOUR HEART BEFORE him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
REFILLING THE CONTAINER
When you pour something out of a container, the container is usually full you have to be full
before you can be poured out. Continued outpouring from your heart will eventually drain you unless
you refill APEL Truth.084 You see, for a Spirit-filled believer, there is no such thing as writer's block.
There is always an abundant endless supply of new and living songs. The Bible tells you how to be
full.
EPHESIANS 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; BUT BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT;
When you drink wine, you become drunk and full of wine, and wine becomes your controller, it
determines what you do and how you do it. The same applies here, when you drink of the Spirit of
God, you become full of Him and you become controlled by Him. And whatever comes out of you is
from Him. This is what Jesus meant when He said, "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth
nothing: THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK UNTO YOU, THEY ARE SPIRIT, AND THEY ARE LIFE" (John
6:63 AV).
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GIVING LIFE TO YOUR WORDS
Can you say that? The words that I sing to you they are spirit, THEY ARE LIFE? This is the only way
your music will give life because only the Spirit gives life. Remember, IT IS THE SPIRIT THAT
GIVES LIFE!
Where does the music that gives life come from? Where does this river flow from? Even in the Old
Testament, Solomon understood the concept of life and from where it flowed.
PROVERBS 4:23 (RSV)
Keep your heart with all vigilance; FOR FROM IT FLOW THE SPRINGS OF LIFE.
From your heart! The springs of life come from your heart! But you will have to keep your heart with
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ALL VIGILANCE guard your heart against evil. This is a really important matter. You must guard
your heart. "But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word,
keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience" (Luke 8:15 AV). Notice a good and honest heart is the way to
bringing forth fruit GOOD FRUIT!
JOHN 7:38
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
You have to believe in Him. Out of your belly (spirit) WILL FLOW RIVERS OF LIVING WATER.
Living water gives life that is what music is all about. Once you have completed your training, you
can always measure yourself with this yardstick, if your singing gives life, you know you are on the
right track. If it does not, your singing is empty and needs to be filled with life. "Is any among you
afflicted? Let him pray. Is any merry? Let him SING psalms" (James 5:13 AV). Notice it did not say "Let
him go to the doctor." While it is perfectly in order to see a doctor, the Scripture says that he must pray,
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