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Worldwide Kingdom Awakening News and Views
Published by Ron & Barbara McGatlin - Basileia Publishing
In This Issue
1. Wind of the Spirit - The Breath of God
2. AWAKENING
3. Top News Headlines
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1. Wind of the Spirit - The Breath of God
By Ron McGatlin
A fresh shift in intensity of the awareness of the wind of the Spirit of God is occurring. This wave of intensification began to impact some people in different places about three weeks ago. With me and some around me, it was preceded by a sense of God-given dissatisfaction with the status quo.
Wherever a few people who are hungry for the reality of the manifest presence of God come together in unity with expectant hearts, the wind of Holy Spirit is stirring with increased life. Hearts are excited with intensified life and increased awareness in the spiritual realm.
The wind of the Holy Spirit appears to be gaining strength like an Atlantic hurricane advancing over warm water. A mighty outpouring of the Spirit of God promises to make landfall. The winds are already blowing causing a deeper and stronger resolve to abandon the cares of this world to catch the wind and be lifted like an eagle to greater heights of spiritual life in Christ Jesus.
The updraft wind of the Spirit is bringing increased awareness of the manifest presence of God increasing life within and among His people. Strong life-changing spiritual dreams, visions, and revelations are occurring changing the hearts of people in preparation to receive this next level of spiritual growth and maturity.
Past hindrances are dissolving.
Many Christians have been steered away from the greater life of Christ manifesting more fully by the Holy Spirit in their lives. Erroneous religious teachings and reports of significant abuses and failures have hardened their hearts regarding the fullness of the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Hearts are being circumcised. Flesh is being cut away. The spiritual life of power and wisdom is empowering people to cast off religious rocks and break up the hardened ground of their hearts.
There is a refreshing wind of the true baptism of the Holy Spirit with power beginning to flow. Many who have resisted the promise of the Father to be baptized (fully immersed and saturated) in the Holy Spirit are going to seek and receive a greater level of love, peace, power, and joy in the Holy Spirit. Increased dissatisfaction with religious systems that fail to bring real life along with oppression from eroding life conditions will cause many to turn to God with their whole hearts and receive a greater reality of the life of Christ by the Holy Spirit.
Many others who in the past have known and walked in the power and love of the baptism of the Holy Spirit have lost the fire of the intense life of Christ Jesus that once flowed in their hearts and out to others. God is not going to just restore them to the place where they once were. God desires to take His people to a higher place of life in Him, full of glory and characterized by the pure holy life of Christ Jesus. God will pour out to those who diligently seek Him with their whole hearts.
This outpouring is not only intense; it is also broad. Whether two or three people or many thousands are gathered, the presence and life of Christ Jesus can be poured out by the Holy Spirit. This outpouring of the Spirit will be greater than those of the recent past. It is not greater because God is doing something different. It is greater because there are more humble, pure-hearted, holy people desperate to receive it. This is an outpouring that stems from and moves into the reality of the kingdom of God. It will be led by Christ Jesus in millions of ordinary people.
Though the move of God may have ebb and flow, it will never end and will culminate in the fullness of the reality of the kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven.
The breath of God will flow supernatural power and strength into ordinary people with pure hearts. The sons of God will no longer be short of the breath of God. This is already coming forth and will eventually explode on the scene of earth like green grass in warm springtime. The great fields of grass will mature into a great harvest of seed in preparation for the coming harsh winter season in which the Spirit will increase and not decrease though buried under the cold barrenness of winter. The grass-roots spiritual outpouring will only grow stronger in the dark season
God breathe into us Your fire of holiness, love, and power!
Pray and seek Him with your whole heart, with all the strength you have. Gather in homes, work places, or wherever with a few desperate people that you are spiritually close to, and cry out to God to give you a new heart that will more fully flow the life of Christ Jesus by the Holy Spirit in power and love. Christ Jesus will baptize you or re-submerge you in the Holy Spirit and fire to flow the intimate and powerful reality of the mighty Wind of God, Christ Jesus.
The breath of God greatly strengthens the Body.
Keep on pursuing love. It never fails
and His kingdom never ends.
Ron McGatlin
archive.openheaven.com
basileia@earthlink.net
2. AWAKENING
By Kriston Couchey
RELEASE TO ANOTHER LEVEL
Two weeks ago Father spoke to me and said, "Release to another level!". During a time of intense corporate worship that weekend, something changed regarding the focus and the intensity of my spirit. To describe in human terms the shift in the realm of the spirit, it could be called a greater "awakening" to spiritual realities. It was as if a door had opened that allowed us to go to another level. A shift has occurred that is bringing a further removal of the veil between the natural and the spiritual. We are at the brink of the greatest awakening the slumbering church has ever seen. Father is awakening His church to her purposeand destiny. A door has been opened to go on to another level of spiritual awareness for all who are full of Holy Spirit, positioned in their proper spiritual place in obedience, and matured enough to hear His voice.
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. ~Paul~ Creations groanings are bringing an awakening of His people into a greater dimension of His Spirit. This awakening is not simply a spiritual experience Father is bringing to the body, but it is part of the changing of who we are. We are being changed INTO HIS IMAGE as we behold Him, be it in worship or the Word Himself bringing revelation of the person of Jesus Christ. It is the awakening of God's sons.
WHERE WE ARE GOING
I had a significant dream last night that gave me the perspective of the Lord on what has been happening. I struggled with the right term to describe what Father bringing to the church until I had this dream. In my dream I was receiving medical treatment for a disease and was going into surgery. I woke up 20 years later after being in a coma and unaware of what was happening. The first thing that happened in my waking was my eyes were opened to see and comprehend what was transpiring around me. I progressed from there until I was able to move my body and walk. Then I was being educated about what was really happening around me while I was in a coma. It was a process of awakening. We are being woken up to spiritual realities that we have not been conscious of because of the sickness of sin that has caused a spiritual coma.Spiritual awakening brings consciousness of our heavenly Father, heavenly realities, and the ability to navigate more accurately in the realm of the spirit. Father is now waking the church from her slumber.
I had a very similar and powerful dream in which I had a head injury that left me mentally incompetent and needing to be cared for by others. After several years, something in my damaged brain was healed and came to my full senses in the middle of a street and and began to "remember who I was". After this awakening, I began progressively functioning in a way that would lead to my being fully restored to what I once was. As I pondered this dream, Father spoke to me that my dream represented "the church".
But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shines more and more unto the perfect day. ~Solomon~ The dawn has already come. We have seen the progressive work of the Spirit of God restoring to the church what was lost in the garden of Eden. Full consciousness and functioning is being restored to the body in this hour, and the church is going to walk into the perfect day awake, aware, and overcoming all that has come against her.
PREPARED FOR ACTION
Father has a purpose in our awakening to spiritual realities. He is raising up sons in His image to rule and reign with Christ on the earth. There is a battle going on in the realm of the spirit, the door has opened for His sons to enter a new level, a flow of divine revelation and spiritual awareness from the Holy Spirit is upon us. The way is cleared for a greater and more intimate manifestation of the goodness and mercy of Father to us and through us. Deep darkness covers the earth. But Father has prepared a remedy for the darkness; it is we who are His sons that are awakening to our purpose and destiny. That destiny is to manifest the kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven.
In His Love
Kriston Couchey
http://my.opera.com/Boanerges/blog/
3. Top News Headlines
Pakistan: Christian’s plight critical. --a call to pray for the church in Pakistan - 8/19/2010
Islamic intolerance is mounting unchecked across Pakistan as the Islamic fundamentalism emanating from mosques and madrassas cultivates hatred. As chaos and lawlessness proliferate, the situation for Christians deteriorates. The frequency of Christian girls being raped is escalating, and Muslims increasingly are rejecting having Christians live amongst them. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33801&a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
Pakistan Floods: A Disaster of Epic Proportions - 20 mllion plus people affected - 8/19/2010
There is an adjustment to be made as you step off the plane and take in the enormity of the damage and human suffering. Compounding the suffering is the sharp increase of local prices for food and supplies, and growing shortages. Factories are closing because of damages and reports of very limited gas supply. Logistical and systemic breakdowns are the next big hurdle. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33802&a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
Disastrous flooding in Pakistan creates dire conditions for surviving families - 8/18/2010
For three days, they crammed together on the rooftop of the school with more than 100 people, exposed to the elements and waiting to be rescued — or at least for something to eat. Unrelenting rains have worsened flood conditions in areas where millions are affected and resources are running critically low. Landslides are hampering efforts to provide food to millions. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33796&a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
Glory in Karu, Nigeria! - 8/18/2010
Tonight – the first night of this campaign – more than 110,000 people poured onto the crusade field. When I gave the invitation for salvation they responded in huge numbers surrendering their lives to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. After the prayer for the sick, the glory of the Lord rested on that dusty field in a powerful way and miracles began to break out everywhere! Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33797&a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
Major First Amendment and Pro-Life Victory in Washington, D.C. - 8/18/2010
"We thank God for this important victory for free speech, public prayer and the First Amendment. The City of Washington, D.C. got it right when they reversed their tragic decision to arrest American citizens for simply praying on a public sidewalk." Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney was arrested on June 8 for simply praying and reading from the Bible on a public sidewalk. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33795&a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
Muslim Cleric Calls for Jihad, Coptic Christians Attacked in Egypt - 8/18/2010
On Friday, August 13, 2010, an Imam called during Muslim Friday prayers for "Jihad" against Christians living there. As a result the Christians living in the village were assaulted over two consecutive days. Eleven Copts were hospitalized and many Coptic youths were arrested. Security forces took the Christian victims and kept them at the station in spite of their wounds. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33794&a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
Developers of Ground Zero Mosque Only Own Half the Property - 8/16/2010
New Yorkers want to know why they weren't told the truth about the Ground Zero mosque. Representative Peter King says the developers seem to be "operating under false pretenses." It turns out half the land is owned by Con Ed, an electric utility. Any sale proposal would have to go before the Public Service Commission. So far, the project has raised $200 in donations. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33776&a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
Scientists Link Faith and Liver Transplant Survival - 8/16/2010
Research in Italy shows 93.5 per cent of religious worshippers were still alive four years after their operation, while only 79.5 per cent of their non-religious counterparts survived. The statistics suggest the mortality rate for a patient who does not believe in God is three times higher than for those who do. That's 20.5 per cent compared to 6.6 per cent. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33775&a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
Barna Studies Report on Changing Faith in America - 8/16/2010
One out of eight adults is an ex-Christian. The Barna Group defines this as someone who was Protestant or Catholic in childhood, but is now atheist, agnostic or something else. Those converting to Christianity from another childhood faith or lack of faith, account for three percent of the population. Most conversions take place during the teenage years or young adulthood. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33774&a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
Obama Insinuates Himself into NY Zoning Case, Families of 911 Victims Aghast - 8/15/2010
Barack Obama declared his support for the 911 mosque, surrounded by Muslims preparing to celebrate their holy month of Ramadan. Gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio is opposing the project. He says it's a question of safety and security. New York City already has over 100 mosques. A spokeman for the plan says organizers hope to attract federal, state and local dollars. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33750&a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
Sears Ignores Calls to Stop Selling Porn - 8/13/2010
What was once known as Sears, Roebuck and Company captured business headlines in 2005 by merging with K-Mart. Now the "family" retailer is making news again as it tries to woo another market segment - the connoisseurs of soft porn. And judging from the company's response to a recent action alert, the big shots don't care what you think. One group is considering a boycott. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33727&a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
Schuller Family Takes 50 Percent Pay Cut at Crystal Cathedral - 8/13/2010
Don't expect to see Robert Schuller, his wife, Arvella, five of their children and their spouses at the Unemployment Office anytime soon. The pay cut is just for the next two months. But you may see some of Schuller's 100 or more former staff at the Unemployment Office. Also a number of contract musicians haven't been paid since January. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33728&a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
Shopping Mall's Religious Speech Restrictions Overturned - 8/14/2010
The case arose after a youth pastor was arrested for striking up casual conversations with shoppers about their faith. It happened in Roseville, California. A judge has just determined that Galleria Malls' rules against Christian speech are unconstitutional. The court indicates youth pastor Matthew Snatchko would be able to collect damages and attorney fees. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33736&a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
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