The Antidote of Heaven by Ryan Wyatt

Ryan Wyatt: "The Antidote of Heaven"
The Living, Breathing, Supernatural Church!
Prepare yourself! We are in times of great change! A generation is arising, and is even already on the scene, that is no longer settling for "Sunday Morning Christianity." Please know and understand that I love the Church, the real Church. However, "church" as we know it, is about to dramatically change.
We are going from "attending church" and catering to "Sunday Morning Christianity," and we are moving into "being the Church"— mighty, supernatural army filled with power and equipped to offensively advance and establish the Kingdom of God throughout the earth!
We need to understand that when we received salvation and were born-again, we did not join a social club or world religion called Christianity. We were regenerated and inhabited by a supernatural God who came to mingle with our spirit and transform us into a new creature with a heavenly natureóthe very DNA of God now residing in us!
The real Church is not a building, denomination or club. The real Church is a living, breathing, supernatural, heavenly, new-creation entity which carries and manifests the very Kingdom of God on this earth.
In the same way God inhabited a box called, "the ark," in the Old Testament, He now inhabits a people waiting to display His Glory through those who will only believe. You are not just a container or holding chamber where God resides. You actually have the very DNA, or nature, of God in you. In the same way apples bring forth apples, and oranges bring forth oranges, God brings forth sons and daughters at their moment of salvation! You are a gateway– portal–where Heaven invades earth.
The Church for decades, and even centuries, has been having an identity crisis, and is now receiving a Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of God. As a Church, we are beginning to awaken and realize we do have an identity and a purpose that far supersedes just "doing church," and we are beginning to realize that we are the very Body of Jesus Christ on this earth. The very same presence and power that Jesus manifested in His single human body, He will now manifest through His corporate Body, the Church. An army is arising and it is time!
The Eternal Purpose and Mystery
Jesus is intensely serious about receiving His inheritance, and His inheritance is tied up in us fulfilling our destiny as Believers. Jesus Christ's inheritance can be found in Ephesians 3:8-11.
Jesus shed His Blood to purchase for Himself a Bride. However, there is more to this story than just a wedding. This Bride (that's you by the way) is being raised up as the weapon of God in His hand to enforce the victory that has already been accomplished over His enemy, and display the triumph of Jesus Christ to all demonic powers. The Church has a destiny and a purpose to actually display the very glory and victory of God to the principalities, cosmic powers, and evil spiritual forces in heavenly places.
This means that the Church is not to be postured in a spectator position, but rather an offensive position. For too long, the Church has been consumed with a rapture mentality of, "just hang on until Jesus comes and then He will rescue us out of this mess." This mentality simply does not line up with Scripture, and this generation is awakening to the reality of our high calling and eternal purpose as an army of God with a mandate to enforce the victory Jesus won by His shed Blood.
Heaven's Antidote
I am sure you all have noticed that the state and well-being of the world is rapidly declining. Ever since Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden there has been a demonic curse and demonic government ruling over this planet, and satan, our enemy, has assumed the title of, "god of this world."
However, you need to know that satan's power only resides in our ignorance. When we, as the Church, are ignorant of our identity and calling as Heaven's representatives and enforcers, then the devil remains in a place and position of power.
Satan cringed in fear when Jesus came on the scene as the "Last Adam" (see 1 Corinthians 15:45) because he was aware of the fact that Jesus knew who He was, and that Jesus was clear about His mandate to rule and reign over the powers of darkness, and to deliver every tribe, tongue and nation from demonic oppression and bondage.
Jesus, as the "Last Adam," was simply fulfilling the mandate the "First Adam" dropped. Everywhere Jesus went He was on a mission to demonstrate and display the glory and superiority of God over the works of the devil. Did you know the Bible says that Jesus was the "firstborn among many brethren?"
Jesus was the first of a new prototype in the earth. He came to birth a "New Breed" of people who would be inhabited and born of God, and to pick up and carry on the mantle and mandate of Heaven first entrusted to Adam.
Just as a doctor gives an antidote to a patient whose body is filled with poison, so the Church is the heavenly antidote for the demonic curse that fills the earth! For so long, the Church has been content to let the world descend into total chaos, while hoping and praying that Jesus will come and rapture us out of this mess.
However, the heart of this generation is beginning to beat to the same tune as the heartbeat of God. We are waking-up to realize we are the answer and the antidote, and are assigned on this earth with a mandate to destroy the works of the devil–to bring Heaven to earth on a daily basis!
I have a vision of seeing authentic supernatural Christianity expressed on the earth through the Church–the Body of Christ. God has ordained that His Glory be displayed through a people totally devoted and in love with Him. This generation must be equipped and trained to live in such a place of intimacy and fellowship with the Lord–where His Glory truly does abide upon us through miracles, signs, and wonders.
Jesus Christ was sent and lived His life as a prototype of what is possible and available for each one of us as Believers. Jesus lived His day-to-day life out of the intimate voice of God, and carried His Kingdomóthe supernatural realm of Heavenóon the earth with miracles, signs and wonders following Him. The cry of Heaven in these end-times is to see a remnant of people recklessly abandoned and in love with their God, who through intimacy, destroy the works of the devil, and bring the realm of Heaven to earth daily.
The Government of God is Here!
For many decades the Lord has been restoring truth to the Church which was lost during the dark ages. We have now come to a "fullness of time juncture," and are entering into a season where the sound of the roar of the Lion of Judah is being heard, with an army of Believers arising out of apathy and complacency, standing to attention, ready to receive marching orders from the King of kings. It's time for the Church to cease our wilderness wanderings and cross over into our intended destiny and promised land.
Prophetically speaking, our promised land represents the government of God. From the very beginning, God intended Adam to have dominion, rule, and to subdue and fill the earth with His glory. The Church has wandered in the wilderness without purpose, just as Israel did, but now it is time to pick up the mandate Adam dropped and establish and advance the Kingdom of God throughout the earth.
Isaiah 9:6 says that Jesus was sent to this earth to bring back the government of God, and He carried this Heavenly government upon His shoulders. It goes on to say, "Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end..." (Isaiah 9:7). Guess what? You, as a born-again Believer, are the increase of the government of God in this world.
The Scripture goes on to say that, "...The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this" (Isaiah 9:7). Great zeal is being poured out from Heaven upon this generation in this hour. The army of Believers on this earth is coming into alignment with the army of the host of Heaven. An army is arising to destroy the works of the devil and release the glory of our God in this land!
An alarm is being trumpeted from Heaven, "Choose this day whom you will serve." Many in the Body of Christ have already chosen to serve God, but the burning question is now, "Who will arise with burning passion and pick up the mandate of Heaven to ADVANCE the Kingdom today?"
Ryan Wyatt
Abiding Glory Ministries

The Vision, by Pete Greig

http://journal.plasticmind.com/savior/the-vision/

Vision Video

This is the second video update I have ever done. I love it because I was able to use all photos from trips I have been on, taken either by me or by a team member during the time I was there. (The only one that isnt is the one of the Ugandan Children - that white lady is my good friend Hiedi, and, while I was in Uganda with her for the rest of the photos, that one was taken another time)

I really believe that an encounter with Jesus can change people's lives. I believe we have to commit to it for the long haul, commit our lives to serving and giving and encouraging and giving some more. I am not flipant when I say we have a chance to see things change if we are willing to say yes to our part of the call. My part is to go, to express and encourage. Your part may be similar, or it may be to give, fund, pray and help on behalf of one on the field. Either way, I encourage you to take on that role whole-heartedly, all the while praying for wisdom to truly do your part.

TOGETHER we see change.

Darcie

Falling into Summer - Fall 08 Support Letter

Greetings!
While the last couple of years have been a whirlwind of travel and various experiences, it has been clear there was a God ordained work going on in my heart. The process has led to this: South Africa.
For the first time, YWAM Muizenberg is partnering with Africom Ministries to offer a course focusing on field journalism. I have recently been accepted as one of only 15 projected students that will learn, work and serve throughout East Africa for the first half of 2009.
Especially recently, I have become more and more convinced that being a great journalist and writer is an essential part of my calling. I long to be able to communicate the truth of the Kingdom of God, encourage believers and help to change the lives of those in most desperate need. This school and outreach will very practically help me gain experience writing, researching, publishing and serving the ministries and people of East Africa – an experience I suspect will lead to many open doors of traveling and writing on behalf of those working for God’s Kingdom. Over the last year, ministering to the African nations and helping them find ways to rise up and take their places as worshippers and leaders has been a cry of my heart. I cannot tell you how many times I have met God while praying for the people of Sudan or Rwanda or any other African nation. Their calling is sure and important. I am convinced that struggles with disease, poverty, lack of education, etc. can all be brought to the King of Kings and we will see redemption at work. I look forward to being a missionary in this field personally and by writing on their behalf over the months I am able to serve there.
As with all YWAM adventures, this time is Africa is fully funded by supporters like you, who believe in reaching every domain of society and expressing God through all forms of media and art. I am asking for you to consider being a supporter during this time in two ways:
By prayerfully giving so that all costs are covered and I can continue to serve faithfully.
By praying regularly for me and my needs (sent via email) and the communities we will be touching with the Love of God.
Total expenses amount to over $8500.00 for the 6 month time frame I expect to be gone. I believe a large portion of this amount can be raised before hand, allowing freedom of travel and ministry. Raising the finances before I leave is what I am praying for, personally saving for, and asking you to be a part of.
Please send financial support to: Darcie Nolan, 5458 Majestic Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80919.
Thank you so much for your support as we continue to see the world freed to glorify God.
For His Glory,

NOW is the time for the Church

Last night, as I drove home pondering the effect of the elections, the simplest phrase rang through my Spirit:

"Now is the time for the church."

I thought of how God's very body has been leaning on the government, believing a society of morals and Truth could be sustained by implementing laws and procedures that enforced our stance on Life, Family, the Economy and Foreign Affairs.

It is not our governments role to sustain the value of human life. It is not our governments role to oversee the needs of the people. It is ours. It is time for the body of Christ to get down on its hands and kees with the poor - to give hope to individuals struggling with finances, to show a pregnant mother the love and encouragement she needs to raise her child, and to come up with the very solutions for our troops AND the people of the countries they are in.

Regardless of whether you are celebrating the elections, discouraged by their outcome, or entirely indifferent, as the Body of Christ our role remains the same: to love God and love our neighbor. Perhaps, the best way to do that is not to fight within the governmental halls for laws, but to serve, to give, and to do it because of Christ in us, THE very HOPE of Glory.

I met a young man recently who asked me if I was a Christian one day. I told him I was and he said, "So then does your Church like gay people?"

How was I to answer? Deep in my heart I was screaming, "Yes! Of course! You, too, are a child of God!" But how would he be treated in the halls of a church? Would those words become poison as he wasn't accepted or loved through His relationship with God?

Another woman asked me about voting recently. As I shared my stance on abortion particularly she, too, asked if I was a Christian. When I said yes she responded, "Oh, yeah, abortion is a big issue for you guys." I would like to say her voice communicated some endearing sentiment, but it very cleary did not. The tension was thick.

In each of these situations I longed to share with them the love of God, pure, unhindered, without favoritism or exception. I longed to have them feel God in their hearts. I longed to tell them that they would not be rejected, left, forsaken by God or His people.

Today is the day for the Church to live out what Christ showed us is love and justice. To help the poor. To feed the hungry. To stand with the oppressed. To show the world that the closer we get to apathy and the further we get from Truth, the worse off we will be.

Dan Haseltine, founder of Blood:Water Mission, when talking about the work in Africa, said, "Transforming a community from a hopeless land of funerals into a place of hope and life is hard work, and it's work that cannot happen without real people making coices that reflect a worldview informed by the life of Jesus Christ."

I think we could say, "Transforming our community from a land of apathy and selfishness into a place of life will be hard work, but it is work that will happen as we live reflecting the life of Jesus Christ."

Today the world remains in His fingertips unable to ever be removed. I pray this next four years will be ones of deep love and commitment by Christ's followers towards those in desperate need of love.