1. Be Strong and Very Courageous

By Ron McGatlin

An explosion of God's love and empowerment awaits those who arise from the tomb of fear and doubt.

Bold as a lion is the son that knows his Father's love and blessing.

Even in times of great turmoil and swift judgments falling upon a wayward world the love of our Heavenly Father will not forsake us.  

What the enemy of God means for evil will serve to purify and make holy the people of God.

As biblical historical times are evident upon our world we are awakening from a frivolous time of disconnection from the reality of God and Truth.

GOD HAS NOT CHANGED. The patterns of life recorded in the written word of God and demonstrated throughout world history are again taking place in our world today. As God dealt with Israel in the Old Testament, so is He dealing with the "Israel of God" (His people throughout the world) today (Gal 6:15-16).

Some Christian teachers today take issue with the word remnant and would erase the concept of a hidden glorious remnant of surviving people of God. Yet God clearly demonstrated cleansing judgment of His chosen people (Israel) in biblical history. In every case there were those that escaped and remained among the living. God spoke clearly through Isaiah of the glory being hidden beneath the protective covering of a cloud and smoke by day and a flaming fire by night.  

Isaiah 4:2-6: In that day the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious; and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing for those of Israel who have escaped.

3 And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy - everyone who is recorded among the living in Jerusalem.

4 When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning,

5 then the Lord will create above every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and above her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a covering.

6 And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the daytime from the heat, for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain.

The glory of God is the covering for the holy people of God who have been crucified with Christ Jesus, redeemed by His blood, and are alive by the resurrected life of Christ within by the Holy Spirit. These are the holy seed for the planting of the kingdom of God in the renewed world beyond the worldwide dissolving of everything that is not of God.

Dear friends, you do not have to understand or believe everything the prophets are speaking and writing to get to heaven when you pass from this life.

However, those who are given ears to hear and eyes to see cannot ignore the call of God to move in great strength and courage to stand and bring forth the reality of the love, righteousness, peace and joy of the Lord unto the people of God with ears to hear.

It is time to boldly step into the calling and purpose of our lives.

There has never been a more opportune time to step from the limited and sometimes confusing life of ordinary into the extraordinary of God. We are no longer the product of our past struggles and misgivings of mixtures of carnality and religious disappointments. Our lives are not now and never were truly about ourselves and our needs. God has gifted us with mighty power of His pure holy love to be a strategic and significant carrier of His life into the world. Nothing is too large or too difficult for God in us to accomplish in this life. The door to great service in bringing the resources and abundance of the Spirit of God to His people is open before us to step into this day.

Throw off all the past disappointments of relationships and turn fully to the love and joy of the Lord in the presence of God continuously. Do not be entrapped again in the entanglements of man-made religion or self-driven ambition. Reach upward and set your mind's eye upon the love and joy of heaven's fullness of the glory of God.

Humility is the first step into holy boldness.

God gives grace empowerment to the humble. No one is more humble than he that has experienced the true presence of the glory of God.

We find our place of service in this world as we find rest in the glory of His presence.

Seek first the kingdom of God and all these things shall be added to you.

Much love and blessings,

Ron McGatlin
archive.openheaven.com
basilleia@earthlink.net





2. Kingdom Reality Is Upon Us

by Tage Mathisen

Recently, Dana and I had an amazing encounter with the Lord. In short, He came as the Ancient of days into our peaceful place of rest in the night. Both Dana and I encountered "The Fear of the Lord". Dana was awakened by His face just over hers in the middle of the night. So in the dark He came into our room, and she screamed out, and then I was awakened and screamed out to, wondering what was going on. We both could feel a heavy presence of "fear" but this was different from evil fear, it was like a covering of cool balm was put over us and we could sense a strong presence in the room. Suddenly it seemed like this "fear" went into our stomach area.

Truly we have cried out to Him to encounter Him. But what we encountered that night was both frightening and amazing in so many ways.

I asked Dana what she saw and she told me that she saw a face that just looked at her, and his hair was like white wool, like sheep hair. Then the Lord spoke to Dana and He said: "What you saw was reality, and reality scared you!"

In a dream I had just before we entered 2015, the Lord showed me as He came through a veil that we could not see in the natural and that He will come through the "veil of our own understanding" to show us His true reality. His reality is far more real than what we perceive as reality.You can read the word here: http://1soul1nation.blogspot.com/2015/01/prophetic-word-for- 2015-black-tornados.html?q=black+clouds

The fear of the Lord

Proverbs 9:10: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

The Lord is revealing Himself to us in new ways. He is opening up for the reality of His Kingdom. In many ways a new era has come upon us. He is ushering in a reality of Himself and His Kingdom. As the encounter we had with Him was different from anything we have ever encountered before, so is His Kingdom era different from the previous. In fact it is so different that many will be "frightened". By saying that I know that there will be a "rude" awakening for many, but for some it will be like a fresh breeze coming towards them as they see everything come into place and order, and everything make perfect sense. This is what has begun to happen to Dana and I. We see now that all the pieces are coming together in perfect order, bringing peace and harmony.

I will tell you right now that the fear of the Lord is real. We felt we received an impartation that night of the beginning of His wisdom and understanding. What I find interesting in this, is that from Isaiah 11:2 it clearly tells us that the Spirit of wisdom and understanding are paired, and that the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord are paired. They are part of the lamp stand that has 7 lamps. The other pair is The spirit of counsel and might (strength) and the seventh is the Spirit of the Lord.

Jesus walked on the earth as He demonstrated the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. Today He is ushering us into the reality of this, and we are beginning to see the dawn of this epoch of His Kingdom.

The Divine Kingdom

The Lord has given me many dreams the last years in which He shows me that His Kingdom is like a mountain. Every time He instructs me to go up to the top of the mountain. Like Moses was taken up, He is now calling for those who have ears to hear and eyes to see to come up to Him to the top of the mountain to receive a glorious impartation of divine instructions that will give wisdom and revelatory understanding of His Kingdom. It will be so clear that it will become reality. His reality will super impose on what we call reality. He is answering our prayers: "Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. 10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. 13 And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Matthew 6:9-13

As we embark with Him on this new adventure, He will steadfastly lead us and we will walk from strength to strength, and glory to glory.

Anyone that has been up on some of the highest mountain tops in the world, knows that they need oxygen to survive. What the Lord is saying to me is that we will learn to breath again, like new born babies, because He is teaching us how to live in this new reality of Him and His Kingdom. In His reality everything is flowing out of His pure holy love for us and as we breath in His love we will be changed. This is far more excellent than the oxygen you need to be on the highest of mountain tops. This is an impartation of what created all things. In this atmosphere no evil can exist, it it too pure, too much light and too much love. Perfect love casts out all fear.

I see Jesus when He walked the earth and the demons screamed out to Him as only His presence brought them to the surface. It was as in Luke 4:33 Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice, 34 saying, "Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are "the Holy One of God!" 35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!" And when the demon had thrown him in their midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him.

Get ready to see true Kingdom authority come forth in and through you. The Kingdom of God is a here and now paradigm. Huge changes are now coming forth and we must keep trusting in Him and allow His Kingdom to come and allow His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven!"

Much love and grace

Tage and Dana Mathisen
www.1soul1nation.com




3. News Headlines


Netanyahu Speech: 'Israel Will Stand, Even If Alone' - Entire Speech Video Link> - 3/4/2015
Addressing members of both houses of Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured the world Tuesday that even if his country has to stand alone in the face of the Iranian nuclear threat, "Israel will stand." He was interrupted by applause some 40 times. "The greatest danger facing our world is the marriage of militant Islam with nuclear weapons."


Christian Forgiveness Trumps ISIS' Hate and Evil: Coptic Christians Remember ISIS Victims as Martyrs, while Top Leader Forgives Terror Group - 3/4/2015
"We don't forgive the act because the act is heinous. But we do forgive the killers from the depths of our hearts." The 21 Egyptian Christians who were beheaded by ISIS in Libya will be honored as martyrs and saints by the Coptic Church. "ISIS gave us more than we asked when they didn't edit out the part where they declared their faith and called upon Jesus Christ."


ISIS Has Begun Executing Captured Christians in Advertised "Mass Killing of Infidels" - 3/4/2015
This, in spite of the fact that the Islamic terror group reportedly released about 19 hostages after they paid the "non-muslim tax" required by ISIS. Islamic State militants have executed at least 15 Christians who were captured in villages in northeastern Syria since [last] Monday. Altogether, including civilians, as many as 350 Christians from the area have been captured.


Mental health emerges as new crisis for Syrian refugees - 3/4/2015
Four years ago, Syrians gathered to protest for an end to corruption and for greater freedom. Soon Syria was in the grip of a full-scale war between the Alawites, Sunni, and Shia groups and the Islamic State terror group. Since then, an estimated 220,000 people have died. More than three million others have become refugees. �Over 12 million Syrian people are in need,"


Russian Christians fearful after assassination - 3/4/2015
Thousands of Russians filled the streets over the weekend protesting the assassination of Boris Nemtsov, 55. He was an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin. He was killed near a highly visible location near the Kremlin, and hidden behind a service vehicle. The shooting has ignited fear from many Russians who oppose Putin�s policies. Russian Christians are fearful.


ISIS Terrorists Announce their Next Target: Pope Francis - 3/4/2015
But the Pontiff says he will not change his mission of "closeness to the people." ISIS seems intent on carrying out more attacks against Christians, this time targeting the Pope and the Vatican. Commander Domenico Giani, head of the Vatican police force, said that Islamic State (ISIS) threats against Pope Francis are "real" and not just media propaganda.


Missionary unknowingly adopts baby with HIV; God brings miraculous healing - 3/4/2015
Rolyn adopted the baby and gave her a new name, Zoe Elise, which means "life consecrated to God." Then she was startled by even more shocking news. Zoe tested positive for HIV. After Rolyn�s neighbors discovered that Zoe was HIV positive, they refused to babysit or help Rolyn in any way. Rolyn carried Zoe everywhere, because no one would watch her.


Soldier of Karen people became soldier of Christ - 3/4/2015
God miraculously protected him in his battle against the Burmese government, but still he refused to turn from his sinful ways. �Before I received Christ my life was meaningless." Even though he felt God�s miraculous protection, he refused to turn his life over to the lordship of Jesus. He was raised in a Christian family, but he didn�'t know Jesus personally.


Texas brawler and addict hated God, ran from Him, until a final surrender - 3/4/2015
Roman fell to his knees, and everything went black. "This time I'm dead for sure," he thought. But the emergency room again resuscitated him. The knife had missed his heart by an inch-and-a-half. By age 25, he was living under a freeway overpass and participating in cage fighting. Today, Roman pastors the Door Church in McAllen, Texas.


News From British Isles, Ireland, Europe and Worldwide - 3/5/2015
M&S backtracks on banning "Christ" - Egypt's Christian martyrs are witnessing to the nation - Under fire Christian school fights back on BBC Radio 4 - Discrimination against Christians "ignored" across Europe - Nigeria: Boko Haram beheadings echoes IS - Syria: Update on situation in north-east - Laos: Pastors in prison for praying for the sick - Global: Racism and equality. - More>