Posted: 03/28/2008 at 1:24pm | IP Logged

Embracing Spirit Life

By Ron McGatlin

Where we were is not where we are. Where we are is not where we are going.

Where we have been is living in a man-based, greed and lust-driven fallen world.

Where we are going is to a God-based, righteousness and peaceful redeemed world.

Where we are now is in a process of moving through a long and sometimes turbulent journey from the old world toward the fresh new redeemed world.

In the last two articles, the Spirit was clearly speaking to us to get up and move because if we stay sitting where we are we will die. Our potentially fatal flaw will destroy our nations unless we embrace a different foundational way of life.

I believe that the Spirit is speaking now for us to grab hold of the strength, power, and wisdom to change the course of the world.

Meeting in homes and doing "church stuff" differently is not going to do it. Electing a different political party is not going to change the world. Paying less or more taxes and borrowing more money at less interest rate is not going to save us. Realistically there is nothing natural man can do to change the course of the downward spiral of our nations and the world. Even the best things natural man can figure out to fix our failing world are foolishness. Natural man simply cannot understand where we are and what is really happening, much less find a solution. While claiming to be wise, modern natural man’s thinking has become futile and darkened.

Rom 1:21-22: For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools

1 Cor 2:14-15: But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.

By the Spirit, wisdom and power will come forth to supernaturally change the very foundation of life on our planet.

God is calling forth a holy remnant of people to abandon lofty pride, humble themselves, and turn from the ways of their fathers unto the ways of the heavenly Father by the Spirit. The greatest harvest ever on earth is waiting for a holy people to arise and shine forth the glory of God into every facet of life on earth by the Spirit. God will work with and through His holy people young and old to supernaturally change the course of our nations and the world. In the Spirit, we can do all things. The love, power, and glory of God who set all creation in place flows through the Spirit of Christ.

Some of you stiff-necked people of God need to fall on your face before Him and cry out day and night until the Spirit comes upon you and takes over your darkened minds and fills them with the supernatural reality of the mind of Christ.

Others who have been for a long time on your face before Him and received an abundance of Holy Spirit life need to stand to your feet and move in the Spirit to do the mighty works that God has shown you by the Spirit. Walk out in the Spirit what is heard and seen by the Spirit.

Some of you who have been playing in the sand box frolicking in Fathers Love need to get up, get real, and stop playing. Lay down your toys and pick up your tools. Every tool in your hand will now become a POWER tool empowered by the Holy Spirit. All things are possible if we believe. Childishness in our responses to God does not please God. Childlikeness in our faith and trust does please God.

People, we are again in a brand new day. A day of great power and light that will quickly turn the night to day and call forth a world of foolish people from the darkness to the light. Look up to the high places of God and worship and believe. For many of you this will be your last call. The last opportunity to give up your immature past and move into the God-desired destiny for your life to be consumed in pouring out the love and the wisdom of God into whatever work you are called.

The term revival seems too weak to describe the mighty power of God that will be released on earth by His holy remnant of Spirit walkers. It is a smashing crashing crescendo of power and glory of God pouring out upon the wicked and purifying the holy.

It is a pure and pleasant peace filled with joy and flooded with His glory. It is great light and great darkness at the same time. The most extreme times in recorded history is soon upon us.

Isa 60:1-2: Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the LORD will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you.

Forget the past. Lay aside your selfish plans for your future. The glory of God is coming, and nothing else matters. This is beyond radical and beyond our imaginations. Absolute peace in a time of great noise upon the earth. Men’s hearts failing for fear and perfect peace in the storms of change.

God is Holy. The castles of lofty pride built by evil, foolish men will not be allowed to stand. The towers of lofty religion and prideful man will crumble to powder. Nothing of the lofty pride of man shall remain and the pure holy fire shall devour the stubble of man’s wicked foolishness.

Isa 2:11-18: The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. For the day of the LORD of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up; And it shall be brought low; Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, And upon all the oaks of Bashan; Upon all the high mountains, And upon all the hills that are lifted up; Upon every high tower, And upon every fortified wall; Upon all the ships of Tarshish, And upon all the beautiful sloops. The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; The LORD alone will be exalted in that day, But the idols He shall utterly abolish.

Isa 5:15: People shall be brought down, Each man shall be humbled, And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.

Isa 26:5-6: For He brings down those who dwell on high, The lofty city; He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He brings it down to the dust. The foot shall tread it down; The feet of the poor And the steps of the needy."

Wood, hay and stubble will not survive the fire, but the jewels of God shall shine forth reflecting the glory of God. There shall be peace on earth and goodwill toward man. The death and resurrection of Jesus was not in vain for the whole earth shall be filled with the Glory of God.

1 Cor 3:11-13: For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, each one's work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one's work, of what sort it is.

Mal 4:1: "For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up," Says the LORD of hosts, "That will leave them neither root nor branch.

Mal 4:2-3: But to you who fear My name The Son of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves. You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do this," Says the LORD of hosts.

Mal 3:17 "They shall be Mine," says the LORD of hosts, "On the day that I make them My jewels. And I will spare them As a man spares his own son who serves him."

Let the weak now say, I am strong. Arise and become mighty sons of God and prepare; for the destiny of the world is before you. It is for this you came into the world. All who have come before and have given their lives in search of God’s city are calling for the mature sons to arise and ride with the Mighty LORD into the redeemed world of the kingdom of Heaven on earth. The powers of heaven and the heavenly host are with those who humbly stand and with a mighty shout launch the great return of the fullness of the Body and Bride of Christ fitly joined to the Head, Christ Jesus, the King in Heaven and Earth. Glory to His name! He is worthy of all glory. Hallelujah! Glory to His great name!

Keep on pursuing love.
It never fails.

Ron McGatlin

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basileia@earthlink.net

Posted: 03/28/2008 at 4:04pm | IP Logged

"Some of you who have been playing in the sand box frolicking in Fathers Love need to get up, get real, and stop playing. Lay down your toys and pick up your tools. Every tool in your hand will now become a POWER tool empowered by the Holy Spirit. All things are possible if we believe. Childishness in our responses to God does not please God. Childlikeness in our faith and trust does please God."

Posted: 03/29/2008 at 1:08am | IP Logged

Ron McGatlin wrote: Let the weak now say, I am strong. Arise and become mighty sons of God and prepare; for the destiny of the world is before you. It is for this you came into the world. All who have come before and have given their lives in search of God’s city are calling for the mature sons to arise and ride with the Mighty LORD into the redeemed world of the kingdom of Heaven on earth. The powers of heaven and the heavenly host are with those who humbly stand and with a mighty shout launch the great return of the fullness of the Body and Bride of Christ fitly joined to the Head Christ Jesus the King in Heaven and Earth. Glory to His name! He is worthy of all glory. Hallelujah! Glory to His great name

amen amen amen Hallelujah!

Let the Redeemed of the Lord say so! SHOUT!

Posted: 03/29/2008 at 5:21am | IP Logged

Truth Spoken !

Thanks Ron!

Blessings,

Beverly Miller

Posted: 03/30/2008 at 2:44pm | IP Logged

Thanks to everyone for your comments.

God is calling forth a holy remnant of people to abandon lofty pride, humble themselves, and turn from the ways of their fathers unto the ways of the heavenly Father by the Spirit. The greatest harvest ever on earth is waiting for a holy people to arise and shine forth the glory of God into every facet of life on earth by the Spirit. God will work with and through His holy people young and old to supernaturally change the course of our nations and the world. In the Spirit, we can do all things.

Ron

Posted: 03/30/2008 at 2:57pm | IP Logged

YES!!!!!

Posted: 03/30/2008 at 11:32pm | IP Logged

Hi Ron and hello everyone

Once again Ron -TRUTH! i am so overwhelmed by how the Holy Spirit is leading us step by step - all He was waiting for was for us to come to a place of obedience.

We have been holding workshops for Christian leaders in South Africa since December 2007 - God gave us LIVE TRUTH! - as the banner to do this under and we are facilitating the process whereby we can learn to hear God together (the workshop is the VOICE OF TRUTH)  and then obey Him by living out what we hear. At our workshop in Cape Town on the 24th March, Babsie Burke a prophetic voice to the church in South Africa for over 30 years, heard the Holy Spirit say: WHERE I AM, THERE YOU ARE ALSO - NOW!  

My son, Francis, who was in the meeting heard God say to us that we needed to return to the place where we first surrendered to Him, the place of our first love. A wall in me broke at this workshop Ron, when i acknowledged how we have grieved the heart of the Father and the precious Holy Spirit and Jesus our King, when after we have entered His holy presence, in the secret place, sat on His lap, felt His everlasting arms hold us and heard His whisper in our ears , like Eve in the garden we echo Hath God said? when we say to one another, this is what I heard, what do you think? I realised that we were still elevating our voice above His voice - part unbelief, part pride -  i repented and we committed ourselves to refusing to live this way any more.

One of the topics at the workshop was the THE NEW CREATION

where we considered the following:

WHERE DOES THE NEW CREATION LIVE?

HOW DOES THE NEW CREATION WORSHIP?

WHAT DOES THE NEW CREATION SAY?

HOW DOES THE NEW CREATION LIVE?

Posted: 03/31/2008 at 8:13pm | IP Logged

Amen!!!! Prema.

As a new creation we are SPIRIT WALKERS.

Ron

Posted: 04/01/2008 at 4:38pm | IP Logged

THE NEW CREATION MAN SPEAKS LIFE

YES PREMA!!!! AMEN!!!!

Posted: 09/01/2008 at 10:36am | IP Logged

bringing this forward..

Posted: 09/01/2008 at 11:06am | IP Logged

Ron spoke by the spirit of the Lord, and I give Glory to God!

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Posted: 03/30/2008 at 2:44pm | IP Logged Thanks to everyone for your comments. God is calling forth a holy remnant of people to abandon lofty pride, humble themselves, and turn from the ways of their fathers unto the ways of the heavenly Father by the Spirit. The greatest harvest ever on earth is waiting for a holy people to arise and shine forth the glory of God into every facet of life on earth by the Spirit. God will work with and through His holy people young and old to supernaturally change the course of our nations and the world. In the Spirit, we can do all things. Ron

I hafta say yes and Amen here! I really do believe this!Not claiming I"ve arrived at this but I do sense the Lord working this in and through us, for me i do hear God say humble yourself...the flesh is ego...I heard once ego stands for exit God out! For me I feel compelled to humble my self before God and man in this hour, seems to me I"m seeing how much ego has been in the way, and I really want a change, and its been a lil painfull a true call for change...and to be transformed by his power and love?We as the Body of Christ are being brought into a higher place...His standard and His way...the only way!

Posted: 09/01/2008 at 11:18am | IP Logged

Ron , yesterday while in worship in a Russian Full Gospel church I witnessed an angel with his hands full of the leaves for the healing of the nations I sensed the Holy Spirit was conveying to me , and that as we realize all the promises from Jesus for the overcomer as stepping stones higher in Jesus that he speaks of in the book of  Revelation it is then as we receive this promise that they come alive in us !

1 John 5:5
Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

 Revelation 2:7
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
Revelation 2:11
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.

Revelation 2:17
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it.
Revelation 2:26
To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations—

Revelation 3:5
He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels.
Revelation 3:12
Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name.
Revelation 3:21
To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne

Revelation 21:7
He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

Posted: 09/08/2008 at 3:43am | IP Logged

Jeff,

This issue of overcoming as you have highlighted in the letters to the churches in Revelation is what I'm currently being pointing to.  We need clear and full understanding of the warnings given in these letters and what they mean to us as individuals.

I've got a bit of insight into some of it but nowhere near enough yet.  Any insight from anyone would be appreciated.

Love Mandy