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How Purity Affects the Pathway of the Spirit
Brian Guerin

Brian Guerin (birth year unknown–present). Brian Guerin is an American pastor, author, and founder of Bridal Glory International and Ascend Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Raised in a non-religious home, he became a Christian in college after a profound spiritual experience he described as a divine encounter with a falcon, which ignited his pursuit of intimacy with God. Guerin serves as the senior leader of Ascend Church, where his preaching emphasizes a deep relationship with Jesus, the power of God’s presence, and preparing believers for Christ’s return. He founded Ascend Academy, a ministry school, and travels globally, speaking at conferences and on platforms like TBN and GOD-TV, often highlighting signs, wonders, and prophetic insights. His books, including God of Wonders: Experiencing God’s Voice Through Signs, Wonders, and Miracles, To Know Him: Discovering Experiential Intimacy with God, The Altar: Preparing for the Return of Jesus Christ, and Divine Encounter, focus on spiritual growth and encountering God. Known for sermons like “Mary’s at His Feet” and “The Secret Place,” he encourages distraction-free prayer and devotion, drawing from Scriptures like Luke 10:41–42 and Matthew 6:6. Guerin’s ministry seeks to draw the Church into closeness with Christ, which he calls the “highest prize in life.” He said, “Your heart can burn, and you still not know Him.”
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Brian Guerin emphasizes the critical role of purity in experiencing a powerful move of the Holy Spirit. He shares personal anecdotes from his early evangelism days and highlights the importance of living a life free from sin to unlock spiritual gifts and blessings. Guerin encourages the congregation to pursue righteousness and maintain a close relationship with God, as purity is essential for the Holy Spirit to flow freely in their lives. He also discusses the significance of prophetic dreams and visions, urging believers to be open to God's voice and guidance. Ultimately, he calls for a collective commitment to purity as a pathway to greater spiritual empowerment.
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Anybody want to guess my password on my iPad? Test your prophetic skills. In Bible college, we used to really go for it. We'd be like, just hit the streets. I mean, when you're that low and just, you know, success in God, you just don't have nothing to lose anyway. So you just go for it. And we just go up to people and, you know, you try and just figure out their names and, and miss it every time. And just act like, you know, they're never going to see you again anyway, so you just go for it. Have you ever heard this story that the buddy I used to street preach with, trying to cast out devils? Okay, I gotta tell you, not enough hands went up. This is, this is a lot of fun. So I'm, I got born again. I'm from Louisiana, Baton Rouge, the age of 20, 1998, September. I live in Atlanta now, but we've only moved there about a year. So I'm still figuring out the area. So you got to figure, I was steeped in sin, felonies, the whole bit. And Jesus found me, wrecked my world at the age of 20. I was like, what have I been doing my whole life? He's everything. I mean, his presence, I said, oh my goodness, you know, and so I jumped in early on and ran with a couple of buddies and we're all just radical and didn't know a whole lot, but we just knew we loved Jesus. And we found it in the Bible. We kind of just went for it, you know, I would encourage you to still do that. But sometimes there's usually not a lot of wisdom early on in some of these areas. And so we would go out to this kind of four-way street at Louisiana State University, LSU. You've ever heard of that college? It's a big, yeah. So it was the perfect like buffet for evangelism because any block direction you went, like you could go one direction. It was like the drug hood, like ghetto. That was my favorite block guy. I knew some of them from the world back in there. And then the grunge punk fraternity boys in one block, you go either way. So a buddy of mine, we're out there preaching, thank the Lord, I was a block over. But this guy, I like to call him is, he thought he was like Elijah reincarnate. This guy thought he was just, you know what I mean, going for it, miracles. And we had just been saved a month or two. And so we hadn't seen devils cast out yet. So he's like, man, I just have to, I'm going to see devils cast out, you know? And so the only biblical precedent we had for this was in the Bible where, you know, Jesus says, what is your name? So the demon possessed guy, and he says, legions, do you all know that passage? Yeah. So I kid you not, this happened. Don't do this in evangelism unless an angel tells you. So my buddy goes up to this guy. He's like, he just swears he has a demon. He just looks at him and looks him dead in the face. He goes, what is your name? Guys like, uh, Phil, he's like, no, no, he's just really trying to conjure up these demons. He's like, no, no, no. What is trying to talk to the devils in this guy? You know, God probably didn't, wouldn't even devil possessed at all. Uh, what is your name? The guy's like, Phil, bro, you're weirding me out and just took off. And I just killed our street credibility for street preachers that night. But I want to encourage you guys just to go for it. You can make mistakes and all that. Um, but anyway, so I, uh, had a couple of dreams last night and, and that was so powerful. A lot of stuff you were just hitting and worship and just everything as well with what, uh, Alex shared, but a crystal clear dream that I was awakened out of it, like three Oh, something so real, um, that there's a real, um, substance of fear, uh, coming at some of you in here in a real, real way. But what was beautiful was I could see through it in the dream. I won't bog down the service with the details and the symbols, but it was all smoke and mirrors from the enemy. And you need to know that I saw it crystal clear in the dream. I could see through his schemes and plans. It seemed to you so real, the voice that was coming behind this fear. It's a real substance. It's been bothering some of you guys that we're going to pray later. Maybe Alex, you can jump in and help me. We're going to come around and just go for it because the anointing breaks the yoke. I can talk to you till, you know, I'm blue in the face, but the Holy ghost, when he sweeps in Emerson was just laying, we were, were we, uh, Indiana. Yeah. Laying hands on people. It was awesome. Outside tent revival bodies, just flying out in the grass by lightning bugs fly by. It was awesome. And, um, but the anointing breaks the yoke. We were just in Maine and, uh, um, I love fresh things God's doing in this, this precious man had come out of the army scene a lot. And he had a PSTD, whatever it is. Yeah. He couldn't sleep at night. He was hearing voices on stuff, laid hands on him or something. The pastor was instantly set for even sleeping like a baby. And, uh, yeah, come on Jesus. Uh, but the anointing breaks the yoke. It's the power of the spirit of God. The laying on of hands is vital. Listen to me. You don't want to come off of that. Um, he can still move, but it's all over scripture. There's a transference of giftings impartation happens. Paul says to Timothy, don't neglect the gift that was deposited by the laying on of hands through prophecy, um, sendings commissionings happen and things like this. Oh yeah. Before I forget my daughter, son and daughter stands, Zoe and Judah. He'd give them a hand. Aren't they beautiful and handsome. Um, so proud of them. But, uh, my daughter during worship, uh, got a word of knowledge on somebody's right ankle. Is there anybody here that your right ankle, you need healing or pain? Okay. Uh, okay. Two people. Um, and then Judah saw some things, but I want to encourage you. The laying on of hands breaks the yoke. And there was a real fear I could sense on people, but you didn't know it was all smoking. There's no substance to it. So whatever this fear is, it's been really binding you up and, and just fear really paralyzes people in a powerful way. And the enemy, just as much as the Holy spirit, the word of God brings faith, the enemy brings fear. Just like Alex mentioned, that shield of faith can block those darts of the enemy. And sometimes those darts are fear. Psalm 91, you see arrows that fly by day. Often they're just simple as fear and there's no substance really behind them. But the fear itself is so powerful. If you let it land and stick in your soul, it'll paralyze you. And some of you have been hindered and I saw it play out though. And it's just smoke and mirrors. You guys get that lingo, right? Meaning there's nothing to it. You're going to be paralyzed as long as you believe it and watch nothing ever happened that is behind the fear. So be free tonight. And, uh, and then another one, the, um, I could see, and this is what I want to talk on briefly. I've been sensing the Lord on it, but especially when I see it in the dream, I could see that, um, uh, a new level of purity was going to come, not only in this house, but to individuals. I know many of you have come from all over and when this new level of purity is yielded to a powerful move of the Holy spirit was going to come a move of the spirit. I could see it in a dream. Again, I won't bog you down with the symbols, but the Bible says out of your belly will flow rivers regarding the Holy spirit. But there was a level of purity needed to unlock this move of the spirit. Does that make sense to some of you guys? And so corporately, this house individuals who that will land with, um, another one, this dream, I know that this I'll share the, the, um, the symbols, but I know, you know, you guys get prophetic symbols, all of you in here, most of you are do dreams and all that kind of, Oh, not so much. Okay. I'm glad you told me the leader. So anyway, I'll give a little biblical precedent for you. See in Jeremiah one 11, Jeremiah was a seer prophet. The Lord said, what do you see? And I'm glad you mentioned that. I was like, uh, I went to an assemblies of God, Bible college, fire, Holy ghost, miracles, and I'm still for all of it, but we didn't have a lot of a grid for the prophetic, which means to foresee and foreknow and foretell Joel two 28 says in the last days, how many of you in here believe we're in the last days? See, that's awesome. I don't see anybody debating that right now. No, but no camps Baptist Methodist. It doesn't matter. Everybody knows. Listen to me. That'll tell you something right there. It takes no rocket scientists to figure out what kind of hour we're in the last generation. And in those last days, they kicked off the top popped off an ax to, but we're deep into it. Now the Bible says, enjoy prophesied in those last days that you and I are in the Holy spirit is going to happen again tonight. I just want to start hunger. Just be a slight bit hungry for it. Listen to me. It's a dangerous spot to be in because God, God will come. His eyes run to and fro chronicle says throughout the earth, looking for hearts that are fully after her, after him. If your heart's not hungry, he'll, he'll pass you up. But if you're hungry, he'll possess you and things will change. Listen to me. Anyway, Joel two 28 in the last days, I'll pour out my spirit upon all flesh. I'm going to give you a flesh in here. Whoa, a lot of robots. Anyway, all flesh he'll pour spirit out upon. And the Bible says from that you see dreams, visions, and prophecy. This is the main stream of God's voice. And if there was people in the last hour, I won't go too much, but there's a lot of biblical precedent for it, for the church to see eyes, to see dreams and visions is big. And so in this prophetic kind of realm, a lot of what Alex's book is on as well. You see pictures that God will speak through symbols and want to encourage you after we pray, even corporately, if you're hungry, the Holy spirit, you can be filled and God will start to speak to you through dreams. You'll be in prayer and start to see visual realms, pictures. That's God's voice. You say, well, why don't you just tell me plain? I don't know. I wish you would trust me. Proverbs says it's God's glory to conceal a matter and it's your glory as Kings to search it out. Jesus always spoke in parables. He does this. I don't know. I'm like, man, just say it plain. Like the other, the other morning I went into a prophetic vision that was a breakdown to tell me to go into this fast. We have coming up and it's like, just tell me, you know, but, uh, act chapter 10, verse 10, the Bible says, Peter was on the rooftop, hungry and in prayer. And he went into, he fell into a trance. The Greek for that is ecstasy, meaning your conscience is pushed aside. We get a little mystical brother. This is just Bible. I would encourage, man, I'm telling you in this day, like this isn't an hour to tiptoe around. You can, if you want, I'm good. We need some Bible believing, wholehearted, Holy ghost filled. You know what I'm saying? And yeah, and I mean, go, this is the hour to go all in. Trust me. You say, well, I don't really like that. All that surrounds that world, that world. We'll just read it in here. It's in here. The delivery is going to change from person to person, but the fullness of this book, I want to encourage you. Don't come off of it right now. Dive in and go all in. So anyway, Peter's hungry and in prayer, he goes into a trance, just simply meaning his conscience pushed aside. And he goes into a vision. A sheet comes down three times out of heaven filled. This is what I mentioned earlier, filled with pigs and unclean animals, a lot of bacon. I love bacon and, uh, comes up, up and down three times. The Lord says, rise and eat. Peter's like, no way I'm not going to eat anything unclean. The Jews are like, that's not kosher. And, uh, the Bible even says Peter spokesman on the day of Pentecost ran with Jesus as tight as you can for three straight years, amount of transfiguration, saw Moses and Elijah, all of it. Saw Jesus's face light up like a light bulb. And even Peter comes out of this vision that says he pondered as to what the vision might have meant, meaning he didn't know spokesman on the day of Pentecost. He ponders. So sometimes God's going to speak to you and you have to ponder. You have to steward. It's your glory to search it out. I just see too many people that get a prophetic word or a dream and just say, well, oh, cool. That was God. He may be spoken. They don't dive in. And first Corinthians four, one Paul says, we're to regard ourselves as stewards of the mysteries of God. And you want to be people that are digging deep in the world right now, right now, hungry and stewarding God's voice. And that's how these things unlock. But anyway, the sheet three times unclean animals. And finally the Holy spirit, what happens is these three Gentiles come and Peter says, go with them. That's them. That's the three sheets that came down. It's Gentiles. They're unclean in your eyes, but I want to fill them with the Holy spirit. And it's like, man, God, just tell me the Gentiles need the Holy ghost. Like why are we doing sheets and pigs? And you know what I mean? But it shows you how God speaks Solomon, uh, dream. He was the wisest man to ever step foot on the earth. He got his wisdom in a dream. I'm telling you tonight, God can come in a dream and flip your world upside down. One dream. Solomon was an ordinary man, man. I feel presence right there. I don't, I don't know. Uh, I don't know what, uh, ordinary man, one dream. God steps in, flipped everything upside. Why is this demand that we love Proverbs Solomon? He would have never stepped in through that threshold. Had that God not come in a dream and spoke to him. We don't realize that it says he woke up and it was but a dream. First Kings chapter three. I believe Solomon was like, that was crazy. Wow. That'd be awesome. And he didn't know it was the pot. You know, there are dreams where God can come. No way. The lights are all, how are you doing? You got to come speak at some point. Are you here tomorrow morning too? Oh my goodness. We've got a powerhouse. Another one up in here. Cynthia love her dearly. Oh my, you better get seatbelts for tomorrow morning. But anyway, um, but Solomon, you know what I'm saying? He, this dream, you can have a dream where God will step in it tonight and encounter you and flip your destiny upside down. Really? I want to stir hunger and, uh, and so then after that, I believe Solomon was like, man, you know, I don't, you know, that just, that was cool. I don't know that much happened. Then two mothers come up with a child. Do y'all remember that story? And they, they have one child and they said, no, it's mine. And they're fighting, arguing. So one's obviously lying. One's not in the wisdom that's now imparted unto Solomon comes in a moment. He says, Oh, that's easy. Kill the child. And instantly the true mother comes forward. She says, no, no, no. Give her the baby. And then he knew from the wisdom of God. And so that, uh, Jesus as a baby was protected through dreams. Every time his father, an angel would come actually in a dream and tell them where to take Jesus. When angels get involved, typically the stakes are greater. This is just, you won't see dreams where it's like, was it a sheet or pigs or seven years or five? It usually angels will come when it really, when the stakes are higher, I've noticed that she'll notice an angel came in a dream. It was like, we can't miss this one or misinterpret or diagnose what's going on here. But, um, I just want to stir your faith. Jeremiah one 11 that I've told you guys about, um, God asked Jeremiah says, what did you see? He said, I saw an almond branch. These are prophetic pictures. He didn't say I saw, I saw an almond branch blowing in the wind. That would be a vision. They're mobile. They're visionary, like a movie. Like you see me up here. That was the sheet coming down three times, things like this, but a picture, he said, I see an almond branch. Well, almonds are the first trees to sprout in Israel every spring, meaning rapid. God said, you've seen correctly. I'm watching over my word to a performer to fulfill it. And basically that almond branch was prophetic for a rapid fulfillment of God's promises. And so you'll see pictures, things like this. And, um, anyway, it's all throughout the word. Just want to encourage you guys that dig deep, be open to it. And, um, God's got a sense of humor. I'm going to just, we just go for it. Is that okay? Like, yeah. Uh, I'll tell you a fun, a funny one. I'm reminded of pictures when this first started happening. Um, there was these months where I started, I was sneezing and things like this. This is God cares too about the small things and the big. And I was like, God, what is going on? I was driving me nuts. I was sneezing. I thought maybe I was eating something. I was allergic to it. I don't know what it was. And so I, um, waited on the Lord one morning and begin to just pray strictly on that. I was like, man, whatever it is, I'll just tweak it. This is driving me crazy. My eyes are itching. I was sneezing. I shouldn't know, but it just didn't. And so I'm waiting on the Lord. It's made, you know, step on some of some religious toes, but you just, when you start seeing the word, first off, just go, go around some of the heavenly realms. You've got creatures with four heads up there, nearest the throne of the God that you and I serve six wings. Don't let them open them. Then you've got eyes looking at you. This I'm just saying is that it's all the same book we all adhere to. So, uh, but I'm waiting in stillness in a prophetic picture. Just like Jeremiah saw, I see of all things, I'm asking God, what is going on? This is driving me nuts. I'm sneezing things like this. It was just a season. It didn't really happen anymore. And I see of all things, this prophetic picture of this boxer. If you guys ever heard of Floyd Mayweather, the, uh, boxer, I see his face crystal clear. And I know the spirit now I'm years into it. I know the difference between like a soulless visual. Like it'd be like, if I told you guys right now to imagine a purple elephant, you could kind of visualize one in your soul. That's the soul. Well, the spirit, it brings a different frequency to it. So I'm like, what I'm about to go on some warfare, some battle. Like, what was that about? And the Holy spirit was a, it was a word play that he was telling me it was the Mayweather while I was sneezing and things like this, it was his last name. So I was like, Oh, it was just the pollen in the air. You know, he's like genius. Get back to your word, man. Just stop worrying about it next month. It'll pass. And it did. And, um, so he's fun like this too. He's not religious. And you say, well, where did he, you know, where in the Bible did he, did he show boxers to people? It's like, they had no boxers back then. You know, I've had them speak through crazy wonders and things through, you know, certain electronic ways. I won't go there, but everybody's, you know, you can hear like, where's that in the Bible? It's like, they didn't have iPhones back in the body. I mean, he speaks to the current time and how he does it. Most importantly, though, you want to love Jesus wholeheartedly and desire all of who he is. And you want his eyes finding you in the earth because you're very hungry because he will, he will skip people. Not that he doesn't love you any less, but he looks for hunger. Um, Oh, what time we're watching kind of, Oh, okay. Gotcha. Um, so this other one, this was what I saw in this dream. It was a rain boot, like a rain booth that you were in rainy weather with an egg in it. And I could hear people talking over it. It was a very important thing in the stream last night that I know is for in here this weekend, you guys. And, um, so I looked up North Carolina, sure enough, the raining months, the rainy months, or this summer, the summer, I didn't know that. But an egg speaks of something with somebody's call. It's in the incubation stage. That's going to birth and hatch this summer. And I want to pray into that because it's very significant. There's some of you that, you know, God's got something in you. And when we don't have it confirmed by the prophetic, often it can stay dormant, but there's something with the summer months. That's very important to God that he wants to release birth hatch. I don't know who it is, but I could tell you, uh, we're talking over it. I could see it on the, it was basically the next room over. I was looking into the situation and there's something to do with a hatching, a new birthing of something regarding destiny and call in these summer months. So, um, let's jump into the purity and then we'll make room for the spirit. Yep. Awesome. I want to read some verses to you guys. Cause again, the, the dream, the other one spoke of purity being needed for a move of the Holy spirit. And, uh, I get it. Trust me that everything, you know, Jesus has done it all. Our righteousness is in him and this, that, and the other, but I want to bring some verses to you that I believe will counterbalance a lot of that. That depends on us. And it's very important to live pure. And, uh, anytime you see a breakthrough or stepping over into a new realm and destiny purity always precedes it. Always check it. Old Testament through the new always. Joshua is like, look tomorrow, boys, God's going to do great wonders amongst us. We're going to cross the Jordan, but today purify yourselves because tomorrow the Lord will do great wonders amongst you. And especially again, it's a, it's a biblical precedent. It's definitely on the Lord's heart for this time and hour. But when I see it in a dream too, it's, it takes it to another level. And, um, anytime, I mean, I was just reading again in Exodus, Moses, before God came to meet them, he says, look, purify yourself. So it was just in Genesis 35, you know, that basically was a Jacob telling them, look, purify yourselves, get rid of your pagan idols and things like this. But tonight I just want to hit new Testament because a lot of times we go into the super grace dispensation with the new Testament and it gets a little sloppy and it's still God's goodness, his love, his mercy, but he's calling us higher. You guys know what I'm saying? And, um, I just want to encourage you in a loving way. His loving kindness leads us to repentance, but when purity comes, the river of the Holy spirit can come more powerfully. It can flow in your life. And you know, and you want this, trust me, if you may not be that familiar with it, you want Jesus would never step foot on the earth until John the Baptist was sent. The only man to full run Jesus Christ before he stepped foot on the earth was John the Baptist. His only message was repentance, purify purity. He comes again in the spirit of Elijah before Jesus returns again in revelation. I'm telling you, Jesus has wanted to step into our lives as a move of the spirit that wants to hit this house, but the purity, uh, and I'm right here with you. I'm always leaning in as well. Um, but a few to hopefully balance it. Listen to this. Um, we're gonna go through a lot of verses, but I have them on my iPad that way, you know, you don't have to wait for me to turn pages. James 1 27 watches religion. That is pure and undefiled before God. The father is this to visit orphans and widows. We all love that one. Do it. That's, that's God. But listen to this last one and to keep yourself unstained from the world, pure religion before God, keeping yourself unstained from the world and listen to what's highlighted there. Keep yourself. No Jesus. If he just wants to do it here, I'll just love him. It'll be fine. You know what I mean? His grace. He just, he's so loving a good knob. No, he's not. He walks the highway of holiness. It's a narrow path and listen, keep the, keep the foxes if you want, and you will go nowhere in destiny. I'm not trying to be hard on you. I'm just telling you, I don't need, you don't need a prophetic word for that. And especially now I can feel the standard of the Lord in a good way. Loving. Please don't take this heavy at all, but he's just, he's done with the games. He wants a purified bride, full of power, reflecting Jesus Christ in the earth right now and fearless man. And listen, you want to, you want to be bold, be righteous. The Bible says that the, the righteous are bold as a lion where there's unrighteousness. Boldness is far away. It's unattainable. It's not near. Righteousness and boldness are best friends. Okay. First Timothy 5 22. Paul's writing to Timothy. He says, do, do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure. Are you guys seeing the, the reliance upon our part? There's a cooperation with God. First Timothy 6 11. But as for you, oh man of God, flee these things talking. I could back up and show you, but basically the ways of this world pursue righteousness. You have to pursue righteousness. This is new Testament. A lot of us are like, well, we have the righteousness in Christ. We do. But also you see over and over and again from these heavyweights like Paul, there's a yielding, uh, doing away with a turning Hebrews one night. Listen, it's also in Psalm 45 seven about Jesus Christ. It says, because Jesus loved righteousness and hated wickedness though, that's the prerequisite that was set in place. And because it was, he loved righteousness, hated wickedness. And because of that, God, his God, the father anointed him with the oil of joy that catapulted him above his companions and peers. So if you want the anointing, you want joy and things like this first, what has to be in place is loving righteousness, hating wickedness. You know, um, Matthew six 33 seek first his kingdom and his righteousness. There's a seeking of righteousness. Are you guys tracking with me? It doesn't just fall in your lap. There's, there's a choice is being made right now in a cutting out of the fat. That's not pleasing to the Holy spirit. And again, not a, uh, a condemning thing at all, not a half to just a freedom. Like, oh my goodness, the freedom is on the narrow path. The broad path leads to destruction and this will make room. I'm telling you for the Holy spirit to blow through this place, how you sustain it is high, high level intimacy, obviously. And I'm going to go there, but also, um, we can shock a lock all day long, but we keep our foxes and it just won't work. You see this cooperation here. Um, yeah, pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness, which is, um, been on this one for a while. Second Timothy chapter two verses 19 through 22, which is Paul writes, God's firm foundation stands bearing the seal. The Lord knows though, who those who are his, or they put them up here or no, let's see. You're looking at the screen. Um, and let everyone who names the Lord depart from iniquity. Some versions say those who know that they are the Lord must turn away from evil. It doesn't say you turn away from evil to then know the Lord, those that are the Lords, you understand you're already in him. You turn from evil. Uh, now in a great house, there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use some for dishonorable. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself, other versions say, Paul writes to Timothy says, listen, the only prerequisite for being a special utensil for God's use is keeping yourself pure. Are you guys tracking with me? I know this isn't a whoo, shut them down type message, but I'm telling you without it, you ain't going nowhere. I'm telling you, listen, man, it excites me. I'm like, just, I was telling my kids the other day, just like, come on, man. We want to live a life that's so pleasing to the Holy spirit and everything. He's here. He's in me. I want him possessing me at all times. The immersion. I love that. Listen up. You know what the true original definition of baptism means? How many want to be baptized in the Holy spirit? And if you don't, you do, you just don't know you do. I'm teething. But, um, the Bible says Jesus was, he's the highest model and he was fully at all times possessed by the Holy spirit. There's not just a once in for all you see an ax to an installment in a possessing of the Holy spirit. You see acts for a greater outpouring and blessing increase. And so it's a continual filling, but the original, um, definition breakdown for the word baptism is baptismal. It's the same for pickling pickles, completely immerse such every fiber of your being basically at once was a cucumber. Now it's fully not one fiber of its being is not absorbed by the Holy spirit and the Bible also says wherever the Holy spirit is, there's complete Liberty, meaning the more full you are of him, the fullness of freedom you walk in. Are you guys tracking with me? Healing false ideologies, mental bondages, rejection, all that stuff that can't stay. Um, but as we live a life yielded to the Holy spirit, we're more welcoming of him. And just want to encourage you guys, you know, and I know God will share with you what it may be as, as the days increase. And even tonight, some things that just aren't pleasing, you know, um, Paul writes, some things are permissible, but not beneficial. Even say, well, and that's another loophole we all pull, you know? Well, but it's, it's allowed. I mean, I can debate it and why even debate it if it's even close, why, what for, if it's possibly under the context of those sins that so easily entangle you that Hebrews writes about, I'm good. I'm getting it. We don't need that in this hour. We need to run fast, hard, and focused. And especially this younger generation. Don't play with it, man. Whatever you got to do, get vigilant, man. Cut off, delete accounts, block people, friends, really? Well, you kind of went off the deep end. Yeah, I did. And I'm going deeper. You know what I mean? I mean, tell your friends, really, that's what happened to me. I was, I ran tight with this crew of guys. We even, anyway, I won't go there, but we were real, real tight. And, and I got so over into Jesus. I just, you know, sometimes the Lord pulls you out of wickedness because he needs to, to not walk on the path of the wicked. He's preparing you. They thought I lost my mind. And I normally don't go here, but I can feel that right now. Some of you young people that there's people, even listen to me, they're foxes. Well, but I'm reaching them. Now let me read this other one to you. Well, I'm getting ahead of myself, but basically the Bible is clear. It says, you know, to win souls, but don't let the world taint you. I just read it in James 1 27, to remain unstained from the world. So if you're not having influence on them, then they're having influence on you. And if they're not going to getting pulled into light, look, it's, it's not inconsiderate, not loving. We win the loss. We go for it, but you hold the standard and you keep going higher. You know what I mean? And, um, oh, this is another one. Revelation 19 7. Watch this. Let us rejoice and exalt. Give him glory for the marriage of the lamb has come and his bride has made herself ready. Now that's works brother. It's all done by Jesus. I'm righteous in him. Oh, you are. Listen to me. If that verse wasn't in there and by his grace, I'd be helpless. But also there's this over and over and over again, new covenant cooperation of us making ourself ready. Listen to the Holy Spirit's like a dove he's powerhouse, but he's also very gentle and he'll just stay alongside you as you want to hang on to your foxes as long as you want. And he's not going to get in the way you can quench him easy. The Bible says quench not the Holy Spirit. He can lift as quick as he came. And we want to be a people that are so welcoming of him and a certain things. You know, the Bible says also who may ascend the hill of God. I'm going back to old Testament on you, but it's all Jesus. Uh, he that has clean hands and a pure heart. So even the purity of heart motives, slandering one another gossip, what we listen to, what we watch has to be really cleansed. And by his grace, he'll do it. But watch the river current of the Holy Spirit break out in your life with such so much more power. Does that make sense to you guys? Yeah, we just want it to land. I know this isn't like a shout me down, but watch another one. Uh, uh, second Timothy three 16 watches. All scripture is breathed out by God. God breathes spirit, breathe and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. You hear there's a training inside of righteousness. It's like if we were already there because that's how the Lord sees us. And he does listen to balance it. Hebrews 10, 14, this is beautiful just to kind of let it all hit home here. Um, Hebrews 10, 14. I remember when I read it and it really sank in, I was like, Paul, that's gotta be a typo man. Um, but it read every version you want. Paul basically says this in Hebrews 10, 14, he says, Jesus by his blood has forever made perfect those that are being made holy. Isn't that wild? Like watch, watch this other version. This is English standard for by a single offering. Jesus has perfected for all time. Those who are being sanctified, meaning there's a purity though, that keeps happening as we yield unto him. While yes, from the new covenant stance of under his blood, we're perfect. But are you guys tracking with me? There's been a blurry, um, delivery on that for quite a while now. And it's, it's causing a camp to, to veer off. Ooh, what was that? Motorcycle or something. That's awesome. But just want to encourage you guys. He's so he's loving. He's kind. I think one of my time maybe, um, but he's forever made perfect those that are being made holy. And there's a company he's looking for right now in a purified bride that the Holy Spirit can come on in a full way. The Holy Spirit doesn't want to walk alongside you. He wants to possess you. But when little foxes are there, Hebrews 12, I think says throw off for you to, it doesn't say Jesus is going to, it doesn't say the Holy Spirit is going to, it says for you to me to throw off those sins that so easily entangle us, meaning you're running a race, the race of salvation and destiny. And those sins, they're like a ball on a chain around our ankle. They'll slow you down and you can miss windows of destiny. That guy's trying to call you into, uh, into, sorry. So I just want to encourage you guys. We'll pray here in a second and, um, that the Holy Spirit will have a fresh new way to move through us, uh, in purity. Listen to me. I can give you the shakalaka and prophetic words and all this, but put it, we're not living pure and loving Jesus wholeheartedly right now. And ain't nothing gonna stick. I'm telling you the enemies like, Oh, I know that kind, super gifted, super talented, man can preach the house down. I mean, I also tell you, we, we, we travel and preach and you, you see certain anyway, but there's gifts in, in all this stuff. But even Jesus said in Matthew 7 22, that many will come to him on that day of eternity. Many, not a few, many number one. And they'll say to him, Lord, Lord, meaning in their mindset, he was their Lord. This is what they fully believed. They said, did we not cast out devils in your name, prophesy in your name and do many mighty exploits in your name. This is Matthew 7 22. These are the red letters. I know I don't always like these passages, but they're in there and you got to preach them too. And I like them though. Cause it's all Jesus, but it's Jesus said, they'll come to me. Listen to me. This is not, he didn't say this might happen. This is going to happen. Prophesy in your name. He didn't say we tried to prophesy. They were doing this stuff, flowing in gifts, uh, casting out devils, many mighty exploits like that resume right there. If you weren't discerning with the spirit intimacy, you would look at them and be like, Whoa, top 10 preachers of the day, many mighty exploits. Jesus stepped back, scanned them for a little bit. He said, I'm sorry, boys. I don't know you. I don't even know you on that day. And that word know that Jesus uses is a deep intimate. It's the same word. No, that Mary used when she says, I didn't know Joseph intimately to become pregnant with Jesus. I'm still a virgin, but it's a deep, intimate word. And that's where he was saying it. So it shows you intimacy with him as everything. The enemy's like, man, bring on the gifted ones, just no purity, no intimacy. I can pick them off somewhere along the way. I know that kind. I'll find them down the road a little bit, let them shine for a little bit and I'll find them. And there'll be a weak link and I'll come at them. And it's just, you know, it's not worth it. Listen to me. I'd much rather want a run with. I love that you mentioned that character. Um, people that walk in true humility, character, purity, integrity, the gifts will come. Listen, the anointing will come. Jesus does all of that, but a people that'll live pure reflect him. Well, the enemy's like, no, stop them now, you know? And so, um, so I want to encourage you guys in that. If you want to stand, we'll get ready to pray. Welcome the Holy spirit. Eight 18, Deuteronomy eight 18. I love that. I love that. When it says God gives you the power to get wealth decree that up in this house, man, um, chandeliers. I love this joint. That's awesome. That was there really is building. It's super cool. So just want to encourage you guys that God's loving kind, but you know where I'm coming from is just, again, I saw it in a dream that when this purity heightens the flow of the spirit, destiny can really unlock. Like you've never seen. I'll never forget. I was under this powerful preacher. He's still, you know, in ministry today, really powerful. I was blessed to be mentored under him for quite some time. And he initially was a youth pastor of over a thousand, this mega church and this whole bit. And man was filled with authority. People don't know this, but because he's such a powerful teacher and preacher, but he's very prophetic. And he'd tell us things behind, behind the scenes. And, um, and he would come into the sanctuary before youth service, about a thousand fire breathing youth. This guy was a gunner and he could feel a river of the spirit. He's very prophetic and sensitive to the, to the move of the spirit and, um, tight with like Rodney and some of those guys. And so he'd come into the sanctuary and he could feel a river deep way above his waist in the sanctuary before anybody would get there ready. The Holy spirit, ready to move and touch the house. And then he said, the youth would start trickling in and he'd feel the river go lower and lower and lower because the Holy spirit doesn't mix his oil and water with sin. And in those entanglements, he wants to possess you. He's the, you know, I'm not saying salvation is on the line, but he'd feel that river gets so low down to his ankles and it would diminish the move of the Holy spirit. And I'm reminded of this because the dream last night specifically showed a fresh move of the spirit tied into purity, a new move. And it was with the bellies flowing out of the bellies. And, uh, sometimes it's the smallest shifts. Listen to me. A lot of you like, well, man, I didn't like murder anybody, you know, I'm not drinking alcohol or whatever it may be. Um, but you know, that's a touchy subject, but I'm kind of like, man, why get near the fence line of stuff? Like why Bible says, avoid even the appearance of evil. You don't understand like, man, if it's even questionable and you got to debate, not what for there's people watching and like, you know what I mean? Really? I'll say, get way over here. Legalistic brother. We'll watch the Holy ghost flow stronger over here. You know what I mean? And, and watch the, the quality of his presence come in the secret. Watch the clarity of his voice amp up because he resides on that, which he is. You know what I'm saying? It's beautiful, man. I can feel it. You can just step through that doorway easier. He's like, yeah, I'd love you the same. I always have never did any less, but I don't mix with that stuff because it's hindering you. And it's not in my world. I'm enthroned on justice and righteousness. And I just don't, I don't do well with that. It's counter flow of who I am. I'm perfect love, which cast out all fear. You know, he's perfect and pure and Holy. And, um, but I want to encourage you guys. He's, he's loving, filled with kindness, mercy. His loving kindness is what leads to repentance. The Bible says the first Corinthians 13 love keeps the record of wrongs, you know? So, um, I've been bringing this one up lately that I love. There's a general from one generation ago named Roland Buck. You can look them up if you want. I'm powerful. What started out to be a pastor and, uh, love the smoke and, and, uh, but he went into this encounter where the angelic realm got real prevalent and revelation experience with God. Well, he gets taken to heaven and he's, he's graced to see books open on generals, lives, Abraham, David, Samson, guys like this. And he starts reading through and he's like, Lord, where's, where's all the details that you met left out. Like when Abraham lied about Sarah, Samson fell David in, in the, the, the shortcomings of their lives. This is in heaven. This should be encouraging to you. It is to me. It's all failed so many times. How many produced a bunch of ishmael's before like, this will definitely be God. You know, it's like he was nowhere in it. He says back, he's like, yeah, great try. And, uh, so I get it. Um, but he looks through the books. He goes, where are they? And God says, what do you mean? I don't, I don't keep records of Rome there. He doesn't love keeps no record of Rome. And you say, well, I don't know, you know, uh, but the Bible says also he removes your sin as far as from the East is to the West. If you're reading Hebrews 11, Paul of, of fame, basically of faith, you see all the generals in it through the new covenant lens. It reflects them all as flawless because of he's forever made perfect. Those that are being made holy Sarah's in there. It doesn't record when she laughs and doubts. It just credits her as righteous. Abraham, righteous Samson's in there. David read it. Hebrews 11, when you get a chance, none of their shortcomings are in there. Thank God he put them in there for, we can learn from, and I don't understand grace and mercy, but I just want to encourage you guys. He's loving, kind. I don't want this to be heavy, but I do know from the dream last night that God's calling us higher and, uh, and it's needed now more than ever. So you guys get the point. Awesome. Just focus on the Lord. We're going to pray real quick. Yeah. How many of you want prayer? Also, if you can raise your hand. Okay, good. I'm probably just going to come through. And if I get near you and you don't want to just slap me or something, Alex, you might help me. And, um, yeah, maybe you pastor Sergio or yeah. Thank you Lord. So just look to heaven. I'll pray corporately. Sometimes it's unlocked. Something, um, did this last weekend actually. And, uh, just repeat after me. Sometimes it's super easy and I want to encourage you after we pray. It's, it's super easy that the supernatural empowerment of grace is upon you. It's here now. And you just turn away from those things. They fall off and you never go back. So just say this after me, Lord Jesus, I love you. You're everything to me. Even now, I pray you'd wash me in your blood. Make me new come Holy spirit in a fresh new way. I reject those little foxes. I throw away those sins that so easily entangle and I step up to the highway of holiness in your precious name. Amen. Awesome. See, I want to encourage you guys. Is it, is anybody not going to be back tomorrow morning? Oh, wow. Everybody's pretty much coming back to you. Oh, what's up, dude? How are you, man? Good to see you again, dude. Okay. Well, you don't need, I was just going to encourage you. You're not going to be back tomorrow. Okay. Um, yeah, I just want to encourage you to begin to devour the word. I mean, like never before, I'll probably highlight it again in the morning, but right now more than ever, we need people just jumping into the word, hungering for the Bible, not coming off of it. And, uh, you're getting deep and rooted into the Bible. We say, well, that's kind of elementary. I know that, but are we doing it really? I mean, every day start wearing the business prophet, I respect dearly. He literally wears the print off of his pages. You guys ever heard of a man named Bobby Connor? Connor is a powerful prophet. Well, if you listen to him, it's awesome. He, uh, we've got to be people of the word, man. That's what I love about Alex. Did you hear him? His scriptures come rolling out of it. I was, it's just in you, that which is in you comes out and I'm similar in my style. Sometimes I'll actually take the time to sit there and quote verses like this, but, um, I get it because people have said, I've heard about, about him. Like he never turns open the Bible, but his friend, Paul Keith is also a powerful man of God recorded one time. How many verses he averages quoting every sermon. Every time he preaches, it's like 72. Yeah. I was preaching in Norway once. I didn't know this and encouraged me though, but the, I didn't know the head, it was that head TV station, vision Norway, the biggest television network in Norway, Christian. And, uh, I didn't know the head was watching. That was my first time preaching over there. And he was counting or whatever. They were used to like movement of the Holy spirit. And it was powerful. We have some powerful meetings, but they didn't know I was big into the word and they counted. It was right around there, 80, something like that versus which I didn't know. It encouraged me, but all that being said, Bobby will rub the print off of the pages, memorizing the word. Listen to me, young kids, go deep, man, cut the other stuff out of your schedule, go deep, deep in the word. I've been telling my kids this go deep man, old Testament, Proverbs, Psalms, fall in love with the word again. Well, it's kind of boring to me. Then read more really how you get hungry. And the things of the spirit is you eat more, you know, in the, in the world, you get full, the more you eat, but in the spirit, you start to devour, man, check out different versions that bless you. I personally am gravitate to the new living translation. It reads, I comprehend it better, but I love all of the other ones. I'll devour ESV ASV. Like when I really camp out on something, I'll go through all the versions and I'll go to Greek Hebrew and just really meditate, chew on it. The word meditate means like a cow chews on its cut. You ever seen them? They never stopped chewing. They just chew it, regurgitate it, chew it back up. And so, you know, we want to be people deeply rooted in the word right now and get the audio Bible, anyway, I'll beat this thing. Tell it to me, talk about it, but fall in love with the word. The Bible says that Psalm 119, that your word is what keeps me from sinning. You want to stay pure. You stay in his word and in prayer and intimacy. So it's awesome. 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How Purity Affects the Pathway of the Spirit
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Brian Guerin (birth year unknown–present). Brian Guerin is an American pastor, author, and founder of Bridal Glory International and Ascend Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Raised in a non-religious home, he became a Christian in college after a profound spiritual experience he described as a divine encounter with a falcon, which ignited his pursuit of intimacy with God. Guerin serves as the senior leader of Ascend Church, where his preaching emphasizes a deep relationship with Jesus, the power of God’s presence, and preparing believers for Christ’s return. He founded Ascend Academy, a ministry school, and travels globally, speaking at conferences and on platforms like TBN and GOD-TV, often highlighting signs, wonders, and prophetic insights. His books, including God of Wonders: Experiencing God’s Voice Through Signs, Wonders, and Miracles, To Know Him: Discovering Experiential Intimacy with God, The Altar: Preparing for the Return of Jesus Christ, and Divine Encounter, focus on spiritual growth and encountering God. Known for sermons like “Mary’s at His Feet” and “The Secret Place,” he encourages distraction-free prayer and devotion, drawing from Scriptures like Luke 10:41–42 and Matthew 6:6. Guerin’s ministry seeks to draw the Church into closeness with Christ, which he calls the “highest prize in life.” He said, “Your heart can burn, and you still not know Him.”