Holy Spirit Reformation

This is a prophetic Word by Ron McGatlin that was sent to me via Vision Advancement Strategies Int. email list. Ron is expressing that the Spirit of God is brooding to enact a paradigm shift in the world beginning with His Holy Church.
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Holy Spirit Reformation
Ron McGatlin
www.openheaven.com

.... 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' Says the LORD of hosts. (Zech 4:6)

The Spirit that brooded over the formless and void earth to bring forth order to the chaos and cause every living thing to be - the same Spirit that raised Christ Jesus from the dead is the power source of the paradigm shift that is forming the kingdom of God way. This task not only seems impossible, it is impossible for even the mightiest men and the greatest minds to accomplish. Looking from the natural there seems no way to accomplish this noble venture. Even the most talented revolutionist could not implement a plan to so substantially change the course of church history and eventually the world.

The Spirit of God is brooding over and moving upon the chaos of the world, beginning with the church. Spiritual reformation of the Holy Spirit is creating a reordered ekklesia after the image of God. What could not be done by any form of human effort and earthly wisdom is being done by the creationary power of God flowing through the Holy Spirit. A major shifting is happening in the hearts of men and women transforming them from self based and worldly natured Christians into humble God focused spiritual beings on fire and alive with the love of God - a people so in love with God that nothing else is even a close second priority in their lives - a people fully at peace.

Even while those of the religious ordered churches who are not yet making the shift continue to debate the role of the Holy Spirit, He is changing the hearts of multitudes. The supernatural power of God flowing by the Holy Spirit through changed hearts will impact the world in every area of its existence. And even while the ungodly of the world are sinking into levels of depravity unthinkable less than 50 years ago, the Holy Spirit is forming clean pure hearts washed in the blood of Jesus and the water of the Word by the life giving Holy Spirit.

Out of dead religion and the chaotic depraved world the Holy Spirit is again raising Christ from the dead. The Body of Christ is arising, the dry bones are coming together, the Holy Spirit is breathing the SPIRIT OF CHRIST into a people that are alive from the dead. Death has no hold on them, there is no fear in them, they have already experienced death and by the power of God through the HOLY SPIRIT have overcome it. The love of God is their life. For them to live is Christ and death has no sting and no victory over them. The stones that were rejected by the world and by much of the institutional church have become corner stones of the work of God. They are laid firmly on the foundation of Christ through the Holy Spirit living within them and flowing out of them to those who will receive Him. The Word of God is powerful and alive in their mouths as they are sent to the ends of the earth with the true gospel of the kingdom of God. The love of God is shed abroad in their hearts by the Holy Spirit.

The kingdom minded God focused people cannot be restrained by religious form nor held captive by traditions of men and doctrines of demons. They will not be conformed to the ways of the world but are living sacrifices. They have suffered death and now are experiencing resurrection life by the Holy Spirit.

God has sought for a people, a nation of sons. He has sent supernatural spiritual outpourings and powerful awakenings in past centuries and recent decades seeking many sons to rule and reign with Him. These powerful events usually begin with a small group of kingdom minded, God focused, "raised from the dead", Holy Spirit saturated people crying out to God in earnest prayer. Most often the move ends as it becomes institutionalized by religion. What began under the direct headship of Christ through the Holy Spirit fades and dies under the headship of a religious system. A Holy Spirit outpouring will not be sustained in an institutional framework.

Perhaps the most exciting news of this season is the return of the fresh potential of small groups saturated in the Holy Spirit similar to the first century church. Directly connected to the Head through the Holy Spirit without the limitations of the non biblical framework of institutional religious systems, the multitude of small groups have the potential of spawning and sustaining indefinitely a powerful Holy Spirit outpouring.

Spiritual outpourings that begin in small groups under the headship of Christ sustained by the Holy Spirit flowing through the hearts of purified humble people can continue and can spread. If possible, the move will eventually be expressed in large open air gatherings in fields, stadiums and in arenas or any venue available. But the move will only be sustained by multitudes of relationally based groups where Christ is truly head and the Holy Spirit has free reign to move through all the people of God. Perhaps the greatest and surely the largest and most intense continuing move of God in the world is flowing through multitudes of small groups forced underground by persecution in China.

In outpourings of revival in small groups, many gifted servants will come forth among the people to enrich one another with the ministry of Christ flowing by the Holy Spirit. Many untitled apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds, and teachers will be free and available to flow within and among the multitude of autonomous groups networked by relationship through the Holy Spirit. Resources will be available to support the move instead of making a few high profile ministers or ministries rich.

The prophets are speaking in this season and one of the common threads for 2006 is a supernatural Spirit powered move of God. Some local fellowships are being touched and facing deep internal shifting by the Holy Spirit. Some leaders are being pulled back into some level of isolation for transformation alone with God and seem to have little or no strength to make anything happen. Yet God is moving among His people touching and breaking hearts reducing mental and emotional strength to mush and filling their souls with endless measures of love.

Are the desperate cries of the spiritually starving, wilderness wandering souls for JESUS! ---JESUS! --- JESUS! now being answered? We've cried out for more, more of Him. Is the cry now shifting to "Jesus have more, more of us?"

2 Tim 2:12: If we endure, We shall also reign with Him.

Rev 5:9-10: ....You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth."