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1. The Eternal River Our Present Reality
2. The Empowering Of God Dependency
3. News Headlines

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1. The Eternal River Our Present Reality

By Ron McGatlin

God desires that you and I enter and sustain a flow of eternity in the fluid stream of temporal life. A temporal life without God’s eternal purpose at its core is an empty life. It is the eternal that gives temporal life meaning and purpose.

There are two ways that you and I can easily miss the eternal purpose of God in our present reality. One is to focus our lives on temporal life. The other is to focus our lives on future eternal life. God said to set our minds on things above. He did not say to focus on things in the future. Selah.

The eternal kingdom of God was and is and shall be. The “was” and the “shall be” are important to us. However, the “is” or the now is by far the most important, urgent and significant to you and I while we are alive on earth. The Lord’s focus and purpose in us is to flow the eternal kingdom of God into temporal life now on earth.

Eternal life is a Spirit substance that can be likened to an everlasting building. It has a solid and forever stable foundation that cannot be moved or changed. And it has a superstructure of stones fit together perfectly. The Spirit building of eternal life cannot be shaken. It is forever sure and stable. It will stand through all storms, floods, and earthquakes forever.

Our present reality in this life emanates from the eternal to flow through the moving river of time to accomplish its eternal purpose and eventually return back to the eternal from which it came. Every child of God has an eternal mission from heaven in our temporal life on earth.

There is great purpose in our ever-moving life journey on earth. However, there is also strong opposition to the eternal purpose of this fluid life that is moving through time on earth.

Every unredeemed natural person born of the linage of Adam bobbles about through life carried to and fro by every natural wind or current without connection to their potential eternal purpose in life.

Every redeemed spiritual person born of the linage of the last Adam, Christ Jesus, is potentially reconnected to their eternal purpose in this life. They no longer are tossed about to and fro by every wind and current of the river of life. They are given a course to navigate and are continually updated with instruction for navigating through the river of this life that brings them into the goal or finished purpose of their life in the river of time.

The core of our present daily life reality is the eternal substance of eternal purpose prepared for us and implanted into our DNA at our conception. There is a God-given plan and purpose for your life and mine in Christ Jesus.

We were all equipped with gifts from conception to carry out our God-given eternal purpose in this life. These gifts are thought of as natural gifts or talents. However, until we are fully redeemed by the work of Christ through the Holy Spirit, we may not truly know and walk in our eternal purpose. Therefore, we may not fully develop our natural gifts, or we may use them for some other purpose apart from God’s plan.

Only when we are fully connected into Christ Jesus by the Holy Spirit are we fully connected to our eternal purpose. The supernatural Spirit gifts and anointing are then released to us and in us to accomplish our eternal purpose in this life. We are fully connected to our eternal purpose and to open heaven connections of communication and empowerment directly from the throne to fulfill our eternal purpose in this life.

Our Unique Eternal Purpose

The purpose for the life of each of God’s children will be uniquely fitted to him or her and to the plan and purpose of God’s kingdom on earth. Our individual purpose for life is tied to and a part of God’s eternal purpose for mankind. God’s purpose for mankind involves a place called Heaven and a place called Planet Earth. It involves a King and His kingdom from heaven ruling and reigning on earth.

Our purpose in this river of life on earth is greater than getting back to heaven after we die and leave this life, though that is a very vital need. If our purpose was to successfully leave this life, then what was the purpose of coming into this life?

Some might say it is to serve others or to get them saved and discipled, and that also is a very vital need. However, God’s ultimate purpose for mankind is more than getting others born again and discipling them. If this was the ultimate eternal purpose for mankind, then what would be the purpose for those we discipled. That would be like training a mighty army for the purpose of them training others. The army must have a purpose beyond recruiting and training more soldiers. Otherwise, for what are we training?

The purpose for mankind and therefore our lives involves establishing the kingdom of heaven on earth. Not only does the eternal purpose for mankind involve the kingdom of heaven on earth, it and all things on earth and heaven involves the GLORY of God.

The whole earth and the celestial heavens proclaim the GLORY of God! The glory light of God sings out and shouts forth the awesome GLORY of God Almighty and Christ Jesus creator and Lord of all. The beauties of the holiness of God’s perfect LOVE in and through our lives shines forth the glory of God to all creation.

The darkness of the enemy occupation of portions of Planet Earth with his false kingdom of darkness is to be overcome by the light of the glory of God in you and me and all of His people on Planet Earth. We are a latter part of a long chain of maturing set-apart sons and daughters who are here to be a part of redeeming and restoring this world to the full Glory of God.

King Jesus has already defeated the darkness and now lives in His people by the Holy Spirit to bring forth the glory of God in the fullness of the kingdom of heaven on earth. The enemy and all of his powers of darkness have no power to do their dirty work on earth except that which is released to them by mankind.

The dominion mandate given to Adam is fully restored in Christ Jesus. Christ Jesus abiding in man by the Holy Ghost has full authority to completely destroy the works of the enemy and fully restore God’s design and purpose for all of Planet Earth and mankind.

Conversely man apart from Christ Jesus will be led by spirits of darkness to release the powers of darkness upon the earth. A portion of our purpose on earth is to bind and destroy the works of darkness by releasing the pure holy light of the Love of God into the world, thus redeeming and restoring mankind and the world into the glorious kingdom of God from heaven on earth.

All things are possible to those who believe. We are more than conquerors through Him who loved us and gave Himself for us. If we have faith and doubt not, we can speak to a mountain to be moved from here to there and it shall be done. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. Yet, the greatest asset of Christ in us is His LOVE. Without LOVE our temporal life on earth and all our gifts and faith are useless and vain. Faith works by LOVE.

The hidden mystery is Christ in us, the hope of GLORY.

Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Ron McGatlin
archive.openheaven.com




2. The Empowering Of God Dependency

By Clay Sikes

The greatest level of God’s Power is released, individually and corporately, in those who have found (their) Divine Appointment upon earth – their ultimate purpose, revealing God’s greatest glory. When this is found, Heaven’s Power comes to earth as it would operate in heaven, releasing an ‘enabling’ much greater than previously known or understood. Those who have found this ‘power source’ have found new life (John 10:10).

For those in transition, it is to be understood that discomfort is the initial phase in any new appointment. When we first transition from depending upon self to complete and utter dependence upon God, we are in a spiritual no-man’s land. This is by design, as ‘The Kingdom’ is released in direct proportion to ‘our God dependence.’ Great dependence eventually reveals great Kingdom evidence. What is God after? Our testimony; our “overcoming testimony” – Revelation 12:11. The most ardent citizens of the Kingdom on earth are overcomers – those whose life is filled with daily encounters with God.

Empowered testimony glorifies God, and ultimately that is the donation of our life. It is NEVER the duration of our life that matters, but rather the donation.

Complete and total God dependency is the power source of continuing Kingdom evidence in one’s life. My best is my worse before God. Why? It is the place of lease dependency. Kingdom cycles and Kingdom evidence are strictly tied to our complete and utter dependence upon God. In fact, there is a great dichotomy to be mentioned here – the world’s system versus the Kingdom of God. Both compete for our affections daily, if not hourly. One produces death as the other produces life.

The World’s system is described and characterized by man’s complete and utter dependence upon man (most often self), as the Kingdom’s methodology is described by man’s complete and utter dependence upon God. In business, man looks to banks instead of God for needed resources. In ministry, pastors look to congregations, the sick look to doctors, the sad look to pills: In any area we “LOOK TO MAN,” in that area are we still bound to the world. I am not saying God does not use doctors, givers, medications, and many other sources of needed assistance – He does without question, but the matter is in who you ‘look to’ for these needs; God or man!

We have transitioned from the staleness of the Church Age into the excitement of The Kingdom Age. In order to enjoy the benefits of this great new spiritual age, we need to grasp the differing characteristics between two eras of appointed spiritual history. The Kingdom era, by its very design, is a time in which the Father is being glorified in the earth. He is, in unprecedented fashion, revealing Himself to the nations.

Our call today is in becoming His Kingdom ambassadors on earth – all in, living in complete dependence upon Him. The evidence of our dependency is peace in spite of circumstance, power in spite of weakness, ability in spite of training. To God be the glory! Let Him be glorified in the earth through those who have surrendered their life for His.

Put me in coach!

Clay Sikes
www.lighthouseprophecy.org




3. News Headlines


MUST WATCH: Ben Carson Goes Toe-to-Toe with "The View" Hosts, as He Defends the Pro-Life Movement - 10/7/2015
"We are killing babies all over the place. I've spent my entire career trying to preserve life... operating all night long sometimes on premature babies... There is no way you're going to convince me that they're not important, that they're just a mass of cells." -Dr. Ben Carson. The rapid-fire questions continued, and Carson seemed unfazed, calmly stating his position.


Classmate Saved Pastor's Daughter with His Last Breath - 10/7/2015
Pastor Randy Scroggins is talking about his daughter's survival and the man who saved her life during the mass shooting in Oregon in which nine were shot dead after being asked about their faith. Lacey heard a shot close to her and realized Anspach, had been shot and bleeding. "I felt his body as it moved over mine." Lacey played dead.


Doctor: 'Right to Die' Ends Medicine as We Know It - 10/7/2015
California Gov. Jerry Brown, recently signed a "right to die" measure, is receiving backlash from some leaders in the medical and religious communities. It legalizes premature suicide and puts terminally ill patients at risk for coerced death, and could jeopardize the lives of the disabled and elderly. How are doctors responding click play to watch.


This Chinese Rehab Is Changing Addicts' Destiny - 10/7/2015
The Chinese government revealed that drug use has now spread into 90 percent of the country. Residents of one Chinese province are relying on prayer to help addicts kick the habit. "We rely only on God, on His mighty power, to change lives." A routine of prayer. A routine of worship. "You are the one I rely on," a group of Chinese sing.


ISIS’s First Step: Conquer Rome, Defeat Christianity - 10/7/2015
Muhammed prophesied that the two great Roman cities would be conquered: Constantinople and Rome. Constantinople is now Istanbul, a Muslim city. Phase one to take Rome may be flooding Europe with ISIS fighters under the cover of the current refugee crisis. "They're talking about sympathizers from within, and influx of people from outside."


A 50-state tour with an urgent call: Pray. Vote. Engage. Franklin Graham - 10/7/2015
Our nation is in trouble, and Jesus Christ is the only hope. In January 2016, we will launch the Decision America Tour. With a stop in each state—including yours—we will proclaim the Good News and call our nation to God, to pray for His forgiveness and blessing and to ask for the liberty and freedom to continue to proclaim His Name until He returns.


Smugglers Caught with Nuke Material Meant for ISIS - 10/7/2015
Nuclear smugglers in Eastern Europe have been caught trying to sell radioactive material to Islamic State terrorists. Intense police videos show the smugglers being caught in several sting operations in Moldova, a small country to the west of Ukraine. Materials that could have been used to create a nuclear "dirty bomb."


Leading African Pastor Escapes Death Amidst Renewed Violence - 10/7/2015
One of the top three religious leaders in the Central African Republic (CAR), has escaped an assassination attempt. Muslim youths left the 3rd district and poured into the 5th district, brandishing automatic weapons, machetes, and raiding and destroying properties. They entered the Elim Church compound.


Winter approaches, rebel aid ban ill-timed for Ukraine - Added to challenges of displacement is the oncoming winter - 10/7/2015
The refugee waves flooding into Europe are coming at a time when they will face hardship on top of hardship. Few refugees left home in July thinking about winter coats. Ukraine: The rebel-controlled areas kicked out all humanitarian aid organizations that were actively feeding over 120,000 people with winter just round the corner.


Guns and Mental Illness: Should Christians Arm Themselves? - 10/7/2015
Tennessee Lt. Governor has encouraged Christians to arm themselves after the shooting rampage at Umpqua Community College in Oregon last week left nine people dead. According to witnesses, the shooter had asked the victims if they were Christians before killing them. How should Christians respond to the debate on gun control after mass shooting incidents like this?


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