Posted: 08/26/2011 at 8:54am | IP Logged

Worldwide Kingdom Awakening News and Views

Published by Ron & Barbara McGatlin - Basileia Publishing

In This Edition
1. Embracing Our Identity - Video
2. Kingdom Business and God's Universal Laws
3. Top News Headlines



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1. Embracing Our Identity - Video

By Kriston Couchey

EMBRACING OUR IDENTITY - Vblog 8  -  http://vimeo.com/28089777

"Do you really believe that Christ is in you and you in Him?"

For Additional Biblical Teaching Material on This Subject, Go Here:  http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=37601&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1

2. KINGDOM BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION

Part 5 - Kingdom Business and God's Universal Laws

(For Parts 1-4 Go Here: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=37290&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1)

Alignment with God's Universal Laws causes a peaceful flow of successful life as we flow with the order and empowerment of God. 

         God has established unchanging laws that govern all of His creation.

         The Effects of these laws are predictable, do not vary, and are the same for everyone.

         Only God, Who made the Laws, can change or overrule them.

Misalignment with God's Universal Laws cause a stressful, difficult struggle as one attempts to succeed while hindered by much disorder and destruction apart from the flow of God.

Moving in the same direction as the flow of God's universal design produces good life. Moving across or against the lines of God's flow brings great disorder as strong forces of God's universal laws attempt to realign us with the direction of His flow of life.

All productive or successful kingdom business must function in alignment and in harmony with God's design of universal laws that govern all creation.

Intelligent men study the effects of the universal laws and refer to them as laws of science or nature. Laws less understood by man may be referred to as mysteries or mystery laws.   

Secular education is the study of the effects of the universal laws. These studies are called physics, biology, botany, chemistry, psychology, etc. Men combine and arrange this knowledge into logical systems of study to accomplish specific goals or works. These systems of study may be called business administration, engineering, agriculture, medicine, electronics, etc. 

Our every endeavor must be aligned with and in accord with these spiritual/natural laws of creation or it will result in failure. Being aligned with universal laws and in accord with God's plan assures godly production in all areas of our kingdom business experience. 

The effects of universal laws are obvious; but, the laws, themselves, are spirit and cannot be seen. They originate in God, Who is Spirit, and emanate from Him as spiritual energy and design. In John 3:8, Jesus compares spiritual things to wind. You can hear and see its effects, but you cannot see the wind or tell where it comes from or where it goes.

All true science researched to its deepest origin disappears into the spiritual and can be investigated no further by natural means. It becomes a mystery and can be understood only by spiritual revelation from God. Things that appear supernatural may be very natural according to the mystery or spiritual laws.

Universal laws were spoken forth by and continue to emanate from the Spirit, Almighty God. All creation came into being and continues to exist by the intelligent design and released power of the one Spirit, triune God. 

(Hebrews 11:3, Colossians 1:16-19, Hebrews 1:2-3) 

Christ Jesus is the Head of all kingdom business.

God, unlike natural man, has perfect understanding of all His universal laws. In Christ we have the potential to hear and obey the Spirit of God. Walking in the Spirit can produce a life fully in alignment with the universal laws.

Biblical and direct spiritual instructions from God are not for the purpose of limiting His children's enjoyment or to prevent us from gaining wealth. On the contrary, His rules are keys for our real success in life. God's instructions will bring us into alignment with the universal laws and enable us to be productive in life. A life of obedience to God is a very exciting and prosperous adventure and is characterized by inner peace, real joy, and the fruits of righteousness.

Joshua 1:7: Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.   

By the gifts and leadership of the Holy Spirit, we can receive the revelation of Christ Jesus and His kingdom principles, which will align us with universal laws and produce supernatural/natural success in our lives.  

Ephesians 1:17-19: ....that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the workings of His mighty power.  

Receiving Jesus' revelation of the kingdom of God can bring us practical keys of spiritual wisdom. These keys and principles can help us determine every situation in such a way that it will bring us into alignment with universal law that leads to an abundant, victorious, overcoming life. Few men, if any, have fully tapped into the revelation of kingdom living. However, all who have come close discover that all things are becoming possible to them and that victory is their normal way of life. They also become aware that they are misunderstood and misjudged by those who are not yet hearing and applying kingdom wisdom. 

Universal Reciprocity

We are to lay up treasures in heaven, not on earth. But where does Scripture say that we must die and go to heaven before we can access them?

We are being used of God in the business of ruling and reigning on earth with Him. We are God's earthly managers bringing forth His will on earth as it is in heaven. God's universal laws govern the working arrangement between God and His earthly managers. As good managers of God's assets we are instructed to lay up treasures in heaven by faithfully and obediently managing our lives and all He has put into our hands. We are clearly instructed not to gather treasures on earth for ourselves.

Matthew 6:19-20: Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal.

We can think of our laying up treasure in heaven as making deposits into the "bank of heaven."

Meeting needs of mankind and the world around us makes a deposit in our account in the universal bank in heaven.

We are God's possession and all that is in our hands belongs to Him. Our personal accounts in heaven are His riches reserved for us. When we have need, God supplies all our need according to His riches in glory.

Philippians 4:17: Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that abounds to your account.

Matthew 19:21: Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."

1 Peter 1:4: ...to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you.

Phil 4:19: And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

One universal law is sowing and reaping.

In recent history, this major kingdom principle has been seriously misrepresented by religious institutions to help them garner larger offerings from their followers. The law of sowing and reaping is a universal law that is much bigger than giving offerings to receive a return.

In the realm of physics, this law may be expressed as the law of cause and effect. Isaac Newton said, "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."  In the realm of finance, one might refer to it as the law of investment and return. A bible teacher might express it as giving and receiving. The farmer would speak of planting and harvesting. In any case, the law always involves a costly sowing process. We must take what we have and plant it. We may desire to consume it, but we know there will be no harvest if we do not plant.

Psalm 126:5-6: Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Galatians 6:7-l0: Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

We will reap what we sow, if we do not lose heart. We must patiently wait and remain until harvest time. All sowing requires a period of natural growth before harvest. If we, for any reason, lose heart and leave or quit before the harvest time, we will miss the harvest. It may be wasted or another may gather the harvest we planted. Man does not decide when it is harvest time; the crop does. We must be available and ready to put in the sickle immediately when the harvest time comes.

No one can reap until someone has sown. To look for a harvest without sowing means that we are looking to receive from what someone else has sown. This is like borrowing and must be paid back. The account books will be balanced. To continue to borrow (seeking to reap without sowing) will put us further and further in debt and into the bondage of lack. It�s much the same as if we continued to borrow money from a natural bank, but made no payments. We are given an original inheritance in our account but if we never use it to do good, we make no deposits and our inheritance will be depleted.

We are to sow (doing good) to all, but especially to those of the household of faith. The more we can do to really meet the needs of God's people and all mankind, the more we will reap.

Helping to provide food for people by farming, processing, or distributing, is sowing. Using what we have to manufacture and distribute or otherwise provide clothing, clean water, adequate housing, transportation, medical services, and so on are forms of meeting needs. Mankind's greatest need is to be rightly related to God. Preaching and teaching the Word of God, bringing forth the ministry of Jesus by the Holy Spirit to save, heal and deliver is a major area of meeting human needs. The more we do to establish systems or provide resources to accomplish these things, the more we will reap.

(2 Corinthians 9:6-12)

Hebrews 6:10: For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Becoming Better Kingdom Business Managers

Who can meet more needs for mankind, the skilled or the unskilled, the diligent or the slothful, those with Godly wisdom or the unwise, the one who cares for others or the one who cares only for himself, the one who receives wise counsel or the one who listens only to himself, the one empowered by Holy Spirit or the one with only natural strength, the one who labors or the one who talks idly?

The one who meets more needs is making more deposits and subsequently will reap more from the Universal Bank of Heaven.

It is not necessary that men know the good we do. The return does not depend on men. It depends on God and His accounting and reward system in Heaven. We will be rewarded openly for using that which we have to meet the needs of others in secret. Prayer and fasting makes a deposit in the Bank of Heaven. Anything that meets human need, especially the needs of the brethren, makes a deposit.

(Matthew 6:1-4, 6, 17-18)

Jesus said that when we give to the brethren, we give to Him. We give to God by giving to others. Our gift to an organization is a gift to God only if the organization is meeting people's needs in accordance with God's instruction.

The amount of return is based on the net value produced. It costs something to maintain our life and any system of endeavor. The net product is what is left of the value we added after subtracting the value that we consumed or used.

There is positive and negative sowing. If we do good to one person but take away from another, the value we added to mankind is lessened by the amount of negative we sowed. The net value added to mankind is our deposit in the Bank of Heaven. If we have not been giving to God by adding value to mankind but have been consuming all God has placed into our hands, we have been robbing the bank of heaven.

The tithe was God's instruction in the old covenant law that does not transcend into the kingdom. In the new covenant, we and all that we have belong to God. We are to administer it according to His instruction.

Doing kingdom business is serving.

There is no room in kingdom business for greed and covetous practices such as have perverted the ways of people, including many Christians, in past centuries. Failure and depletion of available provision will result from the disobedience of keeping back for ourselves what God has given us to invest in meeting needs, which is the business of kingdom management.

In kingdom business our lives are about serving God by meeting needs of mankind, especially His people, and the world around us, according to His instruction and by His empowerment. We are to be hearing and obeying God's desire and direction as to how and where we give or serve. In so doing, our treasures are stored in heaven to be drawn upon as needed to provide for meeting more needs in obedience to God's direction through the Holy Spirit.

Keep on pursuing Love. Love never fails
and His kingdom never ends.

Ron McGatlin

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3. Top News Headlines 

My Hope Haiti Counts 77,000 Decisions for Christ - 8/25/2011
"In most countries, when we come and say we want to put evangelistic programs on television, they say, 'that's impossible,' " But then, praying begins in earnest. Negotiations start taking place. And God begins to move. "Somehow the doors open," "God moves in miraculous ways." "In the end we see thousands of people come to Christ.' All this is God's work." Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=37596&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1


Crisis can't shred church bonds - 8/22/2011
The famine may be crippling. The Muslim voice may be strong. Fleeing refugees may crowd the borders. But the evangelistic churches in Ethiopia are linked in unity and strength like never before. "It's one of the few places in the world where almost all evangelical churches are cooperating and encouraging one another." "The Gospel is going forward in refugee camps." Read On:  http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=37574&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1 


Refugees cling to life at Dadaab - 8/22/2011
Families walk for weeks to reach the camp, often entering with fewer children than when they left. Dadaab is the largest refugee camp in the world. Camps like it are meant to be temporary. But Somalia, in particular, has been the very model for a failed state for so long, that Dadaab has remained open for two decades to take in desperate Somalis. The camp is overflowing. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=37573&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1


Signs of the Times: Ezekiel’s Prophecies Set to Unfold? Gog and Magog Soon? - 8/22/2011
"Turkey was a friend of Israel for much of the last six decades,""It's a democracy, it's a moderate Muslim country, it's a NATO ally and a friend of the United States, and yet all of that is changing right now," Turkey - once a close ally of Israel and the West - is now openly courting the likes of the Iranian President , Syrian President and Russia's Vladmir Putin. Read On:  http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=37575&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1 
 

A tribal chief is bringing Jesus to his people - 8/25/2011
"I quickly realized that I wasn't okay - I was sinking!" I called out, praying in the way I learned as a boy, and nothing happened. Then I remembered how that teacher prayed in Jesus' name, and I thought, "I have nothing to lose; I'm about to drown." So I cried out "Jesus, save me!" Then I blacked out. When I woke up again, I was back on the boat. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=37598&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1


News From British Isles, Ireland and Europe - 8/25/2011
PM says ‘families matter’ in post-riot ‘fight back’ - Sisters of teen mums more likely to have babies young - Ex-Spice Girl speaks out against child sexualisation. - Equality body’s U-turn on religious liberty - Religion 'no longer fits in with modern day life' - France: Feels like teen spirit - Latvia: Pastor in former USSR utilises internet - & More. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=37597&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1


Australia, in Solidarity With Israel, Won't Attend UN's Durban III Conference - 8/25/2011
Following the lead of the U.S., Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, Israel, and the Czech Republic, Australia's Prime Minister has announced that her country will also not attend the September Durban III conference at the "Conference on Racism." It is expected to be exploited by enemies of Israel, and Australia anticipates that it will devolve into unacceptable anti-Semitism. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=37599&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1


Libya, Christians in Tripoli gathered for a prayer meeting. - 8/25/2011
"The word from Tripoli today, from our country coordinator there, is that things are very positive and upbeat. Believers get together at noon hour every day to pray. They pray for their country. They pray for the future of the church, and they encourage one another." "Today a group of Christians from Tripoli shared with me that they are doing well." Read On:  http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=37600&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1 


British politicians and church leaders concerned over nation’s moral decline - 8/19/2011
Prime Minister David Cameron announced this week , tackling the "broken society" is back at the top of his agenda following the recent riots. He said that politicians had been unwilling to talk about rights and wrongs, but "moral neutrality" would not "cut it anymore", and "the slow-motion moral collapse of our country these past few generations" must be confronted. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=37555&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1


Missionary Kids Silent No More about Abuse - 8/19/2011
U.S. missionaries have been spreading the gospel overseas since The Great Awakening. But now, a dark chapter in U.S. missions history is unfolding. In recent years, four mission agencies have investigated their own employees for charges of child abuse in the field. Two more investigations are pending and more may be coming. Reports have come from more than 20 denominations. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=37553&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1


Police Credit Miraculous Turn-Around in Drug War to Prayer - 8/19/2011
The Sheriff's Department believes there is a connection between prayer and meth lab busts since community prayer services began several months ago. "We have seen a 600 percent increase in drug arrests, specifically with meth, since we have had the prayer vigil...we have used every tool that we could to slow down the drug problem here, and prayers have been the answer." Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=37549&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1


Muslim Mobs Burn Pentecostal Church Meeting Place - 8/19/2011
Islamists were behind the burning of three homes used as churches on Sumatra Island’s Riau Province this month. About 100 people on motorcycles arrived at 11 p.m. on Aug. 1, throwing stones, threatening church members with knives and ultimately pouring gasoline and setting it on fire. A number of church members were inside painting at the time, but there were no casualties. Read On:  http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=37546&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1


Christian Worshippers Brutally Beaten in Vietnam - 8/19/2011
A violent attack against indigenous minority Christians in the central highlands of Vietnam has left 16 men and women severely injured and one man still under arrest. To be sure, the systematic persecution of Degar Montagnard Christians continues, with this brutal attack as proof of the regime’s purposeful policing, harassment, and aggressive oppression. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=37547&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1


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