Soul Cleanse: Day 5

August 27th, 2025

Today’s Psalms:

Psalm 25:

8Good and upright is the LORD; Therefore He instructs sinners in the way. [9] He leads the humble in justice, And He teaches the humble His way. [10] All the paths of the LORD are lovingkindness and goodness and truth and faithfulness To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

Psalm 29:

1 Ascribe to the LORD, O sons of the mighty, Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

[2] Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; Worship the LORD in the beauty and majesty of His holiness [as the creator and source of holiness].

[3] The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders; The LORD is over many waters.

[4] The voice of the LORD is powerful; The voice of the LORD is full of majesty. [5] The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; Yes, the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

[6] He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, And Sirion (Mount Hermon) like a young, wild ox.

[7] The voice of the LORD rakes flames of fire (lightning).

[8] The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; The LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

[9] The voice of the LORD makes the doe labor and give birth And strips the forests bare; And in His temple all are saying, “Glory!”

[10] The LORD sat as King at the flood; Yes, the LORD sits as King forever.

[11] The LORD will give [unyielding and impenetrable] strength to His people; The LORD will bless His people with peace.

Soul Cleanse: Day 4

August 26th, 2025

Today’s Psalms:

Psalm 19:

1 The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And the expanse [of heaven] is declaring the work of His hands.

[2] Day after day pours forth speech, And night after night reveals knowledge.

[3] There is no speech, nor are there [spoken] words [from the stars]; Their voice is not heard.

[4] Yet their voice [in quiet evidence] has gone out through all the earth, Their words to the end of the world. In them and in the heavens He has made a tent for the sun,

[5] Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber; It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.

[6] The sun’s rising is from one end of the heavens, And its circuit to the other end of them; And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

[7] The law of the LORD is perfect (flawless), restoring and refreshing the soul; The statutes of the LORD are reliable and trustworthy, making wise the simple.

[8] The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

[9] The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the LORD are true, they are righteous altogether.

[10] They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.

[11] Moreover, by them Your servant is warned [reminded, illuminated, and instructed]; In keeping them there is great reward.

Psalm 24:

1 The earth is the LORD’S, and the fullness of it, The world, and those who dwell in it.

[2] For He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the streams and the rivers.

[3] Who may ascend onto the mountain of the LORD? And who may stand in His holy place?

[4] He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to what is false, Nor has sworn [oaths] deceitfully.

[5] He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, And righteousness from the God of his salvation.

[6] This is the generation (description) of those who diligently seek Him and require Him as their greatest need, Who seek Your face, even [as did] Jacob. Selah. [7] Lift up your heads, O gates, And be lifted up, ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in.

[8] Who is the King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, The LORD mighty in battle.

[9] Lift up your heads, O gates, And lift them up, ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in.

[10] Who is [He then] this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory [who rules over all creation with His heavenly armies]. Selah.

Soul Cleanse: Day 3

August 25th, 2025

Today’s Psalms:

Psalm 11

3 If the foundations [of a godly society] are destroyed, What can the righteous do?” [4] The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD’S throne is in heaven. His eyes see, His eyelids test the children of men.

[5] The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked, And His soul hates the [malevolent] one who loves violence.

[6] Upon the wicked (godless) He will rain coals of fire; Fire and brimstone and a dreadful scorching wind will be the portion of their cup [of doom].

[7] For the LORD is [absolutely] righteous, He loves righteousness (virtue, morality, justice); The upright shall see His face.

Psalm 18:

1 I love you, LORD; you are my strength.

[2] The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety.

[3] I called on the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and he saved me from my enemies.

[4] The ropes of death entangled me; floods of destruction swept over me.

[5] The grave wrapped its ropes around me; death laid a trap in my path.

[6] But in my distress I cried out to the LORD; yes, I prayed to my God for help. He heard me from his sanctuary; my cry to him reached his ears.

[7] Then the earth quaked and trembled. The foundations of the mountains shook; they quaked because of his anger.

[8] Smoke poured from his nostrils; fierce flames leaped from his mouth. Glowing coals blazed forth from him.

[9] He opened the heavens and came down; dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.

[10] Mounted on a mighty angelic being, he flew, soaring on the wings of the wind.

[11] He shrouded himself in darkness, veiling his approach with dark rain clouds. [12] Thick clouds shielded the brightness around him and rained down hail and burning coals.

[13] The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded amid the hail and burning coals.

[14] He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies; great bolts of lightning flashed, and they were confused.

[15] Then at your command, O LORD, at the blast of your breath, the bottom of the sea could be seen, and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.

[16] He reached down from heaven and rescued me; he drew me out of deep waters.

[17] He rescued me from my powerful enemies, from those who hated me and were too strong for me.

[18] They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress, but the LORD supported me.

[19] He led me to a place of safety; he rescued me because he delights in me.

[20] The LORD rewarded me for doing right; he restored me because of my innocence.

[21] For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I have not turned from my God to follow evil.

[22] I have followed all his regulations; I have never abandoned his decrees.

[23] I am blameless before God; I have kept myself from sin.

[24] The LORD rewarded me for doing right. He has seen my innocence.

[25] To the faithful you show yourself faithful; to those with integrity you show integrity.

[26] To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

[27] You rescue the humble, but you humiliate the proud.

[28] You light a lamp for me. The LORD, my God, lights up my darkness.

[29] In your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any wall.

[30] God’s way is perfect. All the LORD’s promises prove true. He is a shield for all who look to him for protection.

[31] For who is God except the LORD? Who but our God is a solid rock?

[32] God arms me with strength, and he makes my way perfect. [33] He makes me as surefooted as a deer, enabling me to stand on mountain heights.

[34] He trains my hands for battle; he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow. [35] You have given me your shield of victory. Your right hand supports me; your help has made me great.

[36] You have made a wide path for my feet to keep them from slipping.

Soul Cleanse: Day 2

August 24th, 2025

Today’s Psalms:

Psalm 9:

1 I will give thanks and praise the LORD, with all my heart; I will tell aloud all Your wonders and marvelous deeds.

[2] I will rejoice and exult in you; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. [3] When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish before You.

[4] For You have maintained my right and my cause; You have sat on the throne judging righteously.

[5] You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked and unrepentant; You have wiped out their name forever and ever.

[6] The enemy has been cut off and has vanished in everlasting ruins, You have uprooted their cities; The very memory of them has perished.

[7] But the LORD will remain and sit enthroned forever; He has prepared and established His throne for judgment.

[8] And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the nations with fairness (equity).

[9] The LORD also will be a refuge and a stronghold for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble;

[10] And those who know Your name [who have experienced Your precious mercy] will put their confident trust in You, For You, O LORD, have not abandoned those who seek You.

[11] Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; Declare among the peoples His [great and wondrous] deeds.

Psalm 10:

16 The LORD is King forever and ever; The nations will perish from His land. [17] O LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble and oppressed; You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear to hear,

[18] To vindicate and obtain justice for the fatherless and the oppressed, So that man who is of the earth will no longer terrify them.

Soul Cleanse: Day 1

August 23rd, 2025

Before we begin, pray the following:

Reference: Ephesians 1:17-20, 2:6 TPT

I pray that the Father of glory, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, would impart to me the riches of the Spirit of Wisdom and the Spirit of revelation to know him through my deepening intimacy with Him.

I pray that the light of God will illuminate the eyes of my imagination, flooding me with light, until you experience the full revelation of the hope of His calling—that is, the wealth of God’s glorious inheritances that He finds in us, His Holy ones!

I pray that I will continually experience the immeasurable greatness of God’s power made available to me through faith. Then my life will be an advertisement of this immense power as it works through me! This is the mighty power that was released when God raised Christ from the dead and exalted Him to the place of highest honor and supreme authority in the Heavenly realm, and He raised me up with Christ the exalted One, and I ascended with Him into the glorious perfection and authority of the Heavenly realm, for I am now co-seated as one with Christ!

AMEN

Reference: Ephesians 3:16-20 TPT

I pray that He would unveil within me the unlimited riches of His glory and favor until supernatural strength floods my innermost being with His Divine might and explosive power. Then, by constantly using my faith, the life of Christ will be released deep inside me, and the resting place of His Love will become the very source and root of my life.

Then I will be empowered to discover what every Holy one experiences—the great magnitude of the astonishing love of Christ in all Its dimensions. How deeply intimate and far-reaching is His Love! How enduring and inclusive It is! Endless Love beyond measurement that transcends my understanding—this extravagant Love pours into me until I am filled to overflowing with the fullness of God!

20 I will never doubt God’s mighty power to work in me and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than my greatest request, my most unbelievable dream, and exceed my wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for His miraculous power constantly energizes me.

AMEN

Day 1 Psalms:

Psalm 8:1-2 TPT

YAHWEH, our Sovereign God, your glory streams from the heavens above, filling the earth with the majesty of your name! People everywhere see your splendor. [2] You have built a stronghold by the songs of children. Strength rises up with the chorus of infants. This kind of praise has power to shut satan’s mouth. Childlike worship will silence the madness of those who oppose you.

Psalm 8:3-9 AMP

When I see and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have established, [4] What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him? [5] Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You have crowned him with glory and honor. [6] You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, [7] All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field, [8] The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas. [9] O LORD, our Lord, How majestic and glorious and excellent is Your name in all the earth!

Ascending Into His Presence

August 22nd, 2025

How close to do want to be to Our Heavenly Father?

Should THE LORD be required to come to you or should you go to HIM?  When we go and surrender before HIM, we honor and exalt HIM as our Master.

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 13:

22 And when GOD had removed Saul, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own Heart, who will do all My will.’

In other Words, ‘I have found in David, son of Jesse, a man who always pursues My Heart and will accomplish all that I have destined him to do.’

David was the author of seventy-five Psalms out of one hundred fifty.  He definitely proved that he was a man after GOD’S own Heart.  Many of the Psalms are intended to cleanse our souls so that we too will be seen as those who are after HIS Heart.

I too am after HIS own Heart, and I trust you are to.  Who is able to ascend into HIS Presence? 

David provides a key as he recorded by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 24:

3 Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His Holy place?

4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul unto vanity (what is false), to an idol (or deception), Nor sworn deceitfully.

5 He shall receive blessing from the LORD, And righteousness from the God of his salvation.

And Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 5:

8 “Blessed [anticipating God’s Presence, spiritually mature] are the pure in heart [the soul: those with integrity, moral courage, and Godly character], for they will see God. AMP

The issue is not with the heart of a believer, it is with the soul.  How do we cleanse our soul from the vanity of the world?  We do it by cleansing it with The Word. As our soul is cleansed, we are able to ascend into FATHER’S Presence.

David was well aware of the issue associated with the soul.

David recorded by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 42:

11 Why are you in despair, O my soul? Why have you become restless and disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and My God.

We are to praise HIM, not petition HIM.  There are many Psalms that do exactly that.  As we exalt HIM with HIS Word of praise and worship, our souls will be cleansed of all impurities.  At the same time, we must restrict ourselves from the world’s point of view.  Their view will infiltrate our soul with vanity that works against the cleansing.

How long will it take to cleanse my soul?  Will I commit to 30 days of transformational prayer where I simply praise and worship FATHER for Who HE is?  Absolutely!  Will you?  What will it hurt?

Felix Alpern wrote a book “A Rabbi’s Journey to Heaven” where he was shown how to cleanse the soul.  I will follow what he was shown for the next 30 days.  Each day I will provide you with a Psalm or Psalms to read and meditate on throughout the day. 

Resist other reading materials and only focus on what the Psalms declare.  Not only read but also speak aloud what the Psalms convey.  Your soul needs to hear your voice.

When is the best time to begin this daily process?

David recorded by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 63:

1 O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.

For the next 30 days leading up to the fall feast days, let us pursue Our Heavenly Father with praise and worship, ascending upward into His Presence.

Cleansing Our Soul

August 21st, 2025

Our soul yearns for GOD!

As our soul becomes satisfied by the cleansing of HIS Word, we are enabled to move closer in our relationship with GOD.  We must cleanse our soul through HIS Word.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 62:

1 Truly my soul silently waits for God; From Him comes my salvation.

2 He only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.

And in Psalm 63:

1 O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.

2 So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.

3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.

4 Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your Name.

5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.

We are to praise or celebrate, often with words and/or singing. It signifies giving honor and commendation to God. The term praise is closely related to the concept of worship and expressing adoration through spoken or musical means. 

It is recorded by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Chronicles chapter 5:

3 Therefore all the men of Israel assembled with the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month.

This was at the time of the fall feasts in late September.  The first feast, Feast of Trumpets in 2025, will be observed from sunset on September 22nd to sunset on September 24th.

11 And it came to pass when the priests came out of the Most Holy Place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without keeping to their divisions),

12 and the Levites who were the singers, all those of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, stood at the east end of the altar, clothed in white linen, having cymbals, stringed instruments and harps, and with them one hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets-

13 indeed it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying: “For He is good, For His mercy endures forever,” that the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud,

14 so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

Music ministers to the soul: either positive or negative.  The world’s music ultimately leads toward decline and destruction.  Ture praise and worship music exalts GOD for WHO HE is and what HE does.

The following is one such song that exalts Our Heavenly Father:

Two Types Of Prayer

August 20th, 2025

There are two types of prayer: transactional and transformational!

Jesus often prayed at night and alone.  What did He pray?  Was He constantly petitioning THE FATHER for some need?  Or, was He exalting HIS FATHER in all areas bringing forth FATHER’S Presence for instructions required for upcoming encounters?

A transactional prayer is a petition that primarily focuses on my needs.  It emphasizes “I”, “me”, or “mine”.  A transformational prayer emphasizes Who HE is and exalts HIM.  It focuses on the magnification and enlargement of OUR HEAVENLY FATHER in our life.  This type of prayer is centered around worshipping HIM.

True worship transforms us over time.  It feeds our soul with Heavenly food that will sustain us in every situation.  It changes our mindset, our perspective.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 42:

11 Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.

Our soul is where the battle resides.  What we feed our soul will determine our mindset resulting in words and actions reflecting that mindset.

Prayer is understood as communication with God, a two-way conversation involving both speaking to God and listening for His response. It’s not just about asking for things; it’s about building a relationship with God, expressing praise, seeking forgiveness, and offering thanks. Prayer is seen as essential for Christian life, a way to align one’s heart and will with God’s Will. 

How do I develop a closer relationship with FATHER?

Jesus spoke in John chapter 14:

10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The Words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father Who dwells in Me does the works.

11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.

12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.

Jesus was and is in constant communion with Our Heavenly Father.  How do I get to that level of maturity?

Enoch walked with GOD and then was translated.  What was his secret?  Moses recorded by The Holy Spirit in Genesis chapter 4:

26 After many years Seth had a son named Enoch. During his lifetime, people began to worship YAHWEH and pray to Him.

Enoch worshipped YAHWEH and communed with HIM.  Enoch worshipped HIM for Who HE is and causes to be.  Be assured, FATHER desires to commune with you and me.

In chapter 5:

23-24 Enoch and God walked together as intimate friends; then God took him to Himself, and he was seen no more. The life span of Enoch was three hundred and sixty-five years.

The name “Enoch” means dedicated from the root meaning to train up, to dedicate.  Enoch worshipped GOD and that resulted in an intimate relationship with HIM.  That is what I am seeking, and I trust that you are too!

It is recorded by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 73:

28 But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, That I may declare all Your works.

We draw near to HIM through worship and declaring HIS works with our lips.  Our soul hears such declarations and is fed and cleansed with HIS Word.  Confessing Who HE is with our lips, brings our soul into alignment with our spirit.  The result will be an intimate walk with GOD.  Worshipping HIM is the key!

Walking In Freedom

August 19th, 2025

Wherever The Holy Spirit demonstrates the Lordship of Jesus Christ, freedom is the evidence!

THE LORD is always working towards us being free; free from sin, free from sickness, free from bondage…  We were all designed to have creative expression on the earth, to be unique thinkers.  Free people think creatively!

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Zechariah chapter 1:

18 Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were four horns.

19 And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” So he answered me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

20 Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen.

21 And I said, “What are these coming to do?” So he said, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one could lift up his head; but the craftsmen are coming to terrify them, to cast out the horns of the nations that lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

The number four represents worldwide, and the four horns are worldwide enemies of Christ.  However, THE LORD raises up craftsmen to cast out and terrify the enemy.  A craftsman is a person with a master’s level understanding of not only how to do a certain type of work, but also a great appreciation of why and for whom they’re doing it.

It is recorded by The Holy Spirit in Daniel chapter 1:

17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all understanding and Wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

FATHER raises up His Sons and Daughters to overtake the wiles of the devil in every area… worldwide.  The adversary attempts to hold people in bondage, and The Holy Spirit sets the captives free.

We are not to be bound with regret, worry about today, or fear the future, we have not fully embraced the Lordship of Jesus Christ over all the earth.  If the enemy can tie me to the failures or disappointments of the past, and make me fearful of tomorrow, he has undercut my creativity… the way I approach life.

The uniqueness of a Divine moment is being untethered by yesterday and the fear of tomorrow.

Regret is very similar to unforgiveness because they both tie us to the past.  Regret is a mismanagement of yesterday’s actions, an improper management of the effects of yesterday.  Fear of what might happen is my mismanagement of tomorrow.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 8:

31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My Word, you are My disciples indeed.

32 And you shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free.”

We are invited to discover Truth and then discover THE GOD of that Truth.  When we abide in HIS Word, repentance eliminates regret and is no longer considered.  As well, the Truth sets us free from the fear of the future.  Freedom is the product of Truth realized.  Truth realized is the ultimate adventure!

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 3:

16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,

17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in Love,

18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height-

19 to know the Love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

20 Now to Him Who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for His miraculous power constantly energizes you.

When you and I walk in His miraculous power, we are totally free from the world’s grasp.

Produce Good Works

August 18th, 2025

We are to produce good works!

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Corinthians chapter 14:

1 Pursue Love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

2 For he who speaks in a Tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the Spirit he speaks mysteries.

3 But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men.

4 He who speaks in a Tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.

5 I wish you all spoke with Tongues, but even more that you prophesied; for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification.

Revelation doesn’t impart; it invites.  When we receive revelation, we have a responsibility to seek the Face of GOD regarding that revelation.  The revelation has a goal to ultimately build up the ekklesia and establish the Kingdom of GOD on the earth.

FATHER is THE GOD WHO transforms, to be known by men.  We are intended to know HIS ways and the world will respond by seeing HIS acts through us.  When they see those acts, they will marvel and be amazed.  Why?  They will realize that they have lived in the world of inferior and we have introduced them to the superior.

Our pursuit of Spiritual gifts is essential to spreading The Gospel.  Those gifts provide credibility to our message.  Otherwise, people will simply hear another theology.

When you know the Truth, it’s experiential knowledge of the Truth that sets a person free.  Every Commandment THE LORD gives us leads to freedom.  There are no Commandments that are punishment, nor do they restrict us from Life.  They restrict us from the things that kill, steal, and destroy.

When THE LORD speaks to us, HE’S setting boundaries for our behavior so that we will experience HIM more fully and know what true freedom is.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Corinthians chapter 3:

15 So until now, whenever the Old Testament is being read, the same blinding comes over their hearts.

16 But the moment one turns to the Lord with an open heart, the veil is lifted and they see.

17 Now, the “Lord” I’m referring to is the Holy Spirit, and wherever He is Lord, there is freedom.

18 We can all draw close to Him with the veil removed from our faces. And with no veil we all become like mirrors who brightly reflect the glory of the Lord Jesus. We are being transfigured into His very Image as we move from one brighter level of glory to another. And this glorious transfiguration comes from the Lord, Who is the Spirit.

What does it mean for HIM to be Lord over us?  It is when we surrender to HIM and walk in obedience to what The Holy Spirit directs us to say and do.

In Ephesians chapter 2:

2 You once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,

3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

4 But God, Who is rich in mercy, because of His great Love with which He loved us,

5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the Heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace (enablement) in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

We are intended to fulfill good works that GOD prepared us for beforehand.  Pursue HIS gifts that you may fulfill HIS Will and produce good works.