ISSUE 20 | JULY 2018
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02 | THE GATEKEEPERS
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“Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah.” Psalm 24:7-10 The Bible tells us that Jacob was a trickster. He was fleeing from his brother, whom he had just tricked again, when he came upon a desolate place. He was alone and desperate, but it was in that place of desolation that God said to him, “I am about to take you into a realm that you have never known before!” It was there that Jacob had a dream where he saw angels ascending and descending. He said, “God was in this place, and I did not know it! This is an awesome place!” There is a powerful truth in this text. Jacob suddenly became aware of the awesomeness of God. It could be said that there are many of us who come to the house of God, and we worship and hear the Word; yet, we have not had an awesome experience with God in years. The sobering thought is that Jacob realized that the glory of God was being made manifest and he was totally unaware of God’s presence. He declares “God was in this place, and I did not know it!” There have been moments in my life where God has changed my entire perspective of who He is, and His glory has taken me to a whole new place in Christ. I can take you to places and moments where God revealed Himself to me, and I was never the same. Oh, how we need to experience
the awesomeness of His presence! Jacob concluded, “This is the gate of Heaven.” You can have a life-changing experience in God’s presence, and when you do, you will understand this: His presence is the gate of Heaven! When you tear down all the lights, the media, and our buildings, all you have left is the actual presence of God. There is nothing that can replace His presence! There have been moments in my life where the fire of God fell on me, that if I even start talking about it, I step into that same glory. That is because when God touches your life, that is an eternal moment! Friend, when you really encounter the presence of God, you cannot possibly ever be the same again! God wants to take the Church into realms of His presence that we have never been in before. I want to enter into His gates! I have been in some awesome places, but I know that the purpose of our lives is to pursue Him so that we might be changed from glory to glory in Christ. The word of God declares, “The Lord loves the gates of Zion, More than all the dwellings of Jacob.” Psalm 87:2 God loves the gates of Zion because they represent the Kingdom of God! He said, “I love the gates of my Church!” Whenever you read about gates in the Bible, it means access. There is access to the presence of God through the Church. When Paul spoke of the Church as the Temple, he did not mean buildings made by men, but the people of God filled
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with the Holy Spirit. God is not just with us, He is in us. The same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead is living on the inside of us! There is access into the grace and mercy of God by the blood of Jesus. We can enter the gates of His presence! That is why the devil fights you. He does not want you to have access. The Bible says that when Jesus Christ returns, He will come through the Eastern Gate of Jerusalem. Right now, the Eastern Gate has been blocked up to keep the Messiah from returning. But let me tell you, no one will stop the access of the King of Glory when He returns! He is coming through the gate as the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, and the Lion of the tribe of Judah!
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“Open to me the gates of righteousness; I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the Lord. This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous will enter through it.” Psalm 118:19-20 God has given us a key! If you want to enter into the presence of God, you have to bring Him something. Now I know why the psalmist said, “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise (Psalm 100:4).”
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Your miracle is in your mouth! God is saying, “If you bring me thanks, I will open up the gates! If you will praise me, I will open up the gates!” That is why you must give God radical praise. God inhabits the praises of His people. If God inhabits your praise, then the more you praise Him, the more room you give Him to work! David said, “Your praise shall continually be in my mouth!” You see, God creates through sound. God didn’t think, “Let there be light”; He spoke it! And when He spoke, the Spirit of God was hovering, ready to perform the Word that had been spoken. The power of God is available in your life when you praise! God is about to step into the sound that is rising up out of you right now. He wants to inhabit your praise! He wants to open up the gates! May we step into this next season in God declaring His praises out of our mouths, and as we do, we will see Him open up the gates to greater realms of His presence than we have ever known before!
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section of the building, which is where the School of Evangelism will be held. This will also allow us to host prayer initiatives, conferences, and special events for our Covenant Partners.
We feel such a burden to start hosting Schools of Evangelism and preparing young men and women to go out into the harvest fields and preach the Gospel! We want to see an exponential harvest. The harvest is so great, there is no possible way we can reach the masses on our own. We want to equip young evangelists to take the message of Jesus Christ to the nations. We are not interested in building our own legacy, but in propagating the legacy of the Gospel! We have come to a crucial place where we need your help to make that happen. We have held a lease on the STN Worldwide Headquarters in Apopka, Florida, for the past two years, but the time has come for us to make the final purchase. That will allow us to renovate the warehouse
The fact is that in order to make this happen, we must believe God for $1.9 million dollars. This will cause us to be able to have no mortgage payment, allowing us to pour more of our funds straight into our Gospel Campaigns. It will allow us to turn the warehouse into an auditorium, which will give us the training ground we need for the School of Evangelism. We want to declare the wonders of the Lord to the next generation. We want to impart the legacy of all God has imparted to this ministry. If the Holy Spirit leads you to join with us for this project, we would be so honored. You can give toward this project by visiting our website at www.shakethenations.com/give. Thank you for helping us to build a kingdom legacy for the sake of the Gospel!
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e believe that the book of Acts lays out what God desires to be the blueprint of the Church. It is our standard for what we should see happening anywhere the Holy Spirit is present. That is why we are passionate about spreading the Gospel. The Early Church was persecuted, ostracized, punished, and chased out of cities; yet, they let nothing stop them from preaching the Risen Christ and the power of His Holy Spirit. We want to be like them. We want to take the unchanging truth of the Gospel to the ends of the earth, and we want you to be a part of this timeless mission. By becoming a Covenant Partner, your faithful prayer and monthly financial support will make it possible
for us to take the Gospel to places that you may never get to visit. Won’t you join with us? If you would like to become a Covenant Partner, a Business 100 Partner, or a Church 100 Partner, please visit our website at www.shakethenations.com/partners. Thank you for sending us to the nations!
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08 | LEGACY UNITED KINGDOM 2018
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e have just returned from our Legacy Conference in the United Kingdom, which we held in West Bromwich. What a mighty time we had in the Holy Ghost! We are still receiving testimonies, and we can’t wait to share them all with you. A lady came who had one leg shorter than the other. As we prayed, her leg grew out three and a half inches! There was also a nine-year-old girl who had a damaged auditory nerve with ninety percent hearing loss, but the Lord totally restored her hearing in the services. Glyn Barrett, Jon Colyer, Steve Uppal, and Evangelist Nathan all brought timely words from God, while Lindell Cooley, Jon Colyer, and the CfAN worship team led us in awesome worship. There was such rich teaching on carrying the Gospel in the UK. It is our passion to see God raise up an army of Holy Ghost empowered warriors carrying the message of Christ to those who need it most! But more than anything else, we experienced such an indescribable glory in the Legacy Conference. From the very first night, there was such a tangible sense of God’s presence. The intensity was overwhelming, and God ministered directly to hearts and lives. We are so excited about what God is doing in the UK! God launched us from this nation, and it will forever be a part of our heritage. We believe that He is once again doing a new thing. Be sure to come to next year’s Legacy Conference. We hope to see you there!
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WRITTEN BY: STEVE UPPAL ‘‘Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth Has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.’ ’’ Matthew 28:18–20
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his Scripture has been ignored by the majority of believers. It is difficult to misunderstand, because it is so straightforward. We need to give these words of Jesus priority in our lives. They were some of the last words Jesus spoke before He left the earth, so they are important. They were not only spoken to the disciples of Jesus’ day, but to every believer who professes faith in Jesus Christ. This is it: . All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me [Jesus]. . Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, . Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, . Teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. . And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
This is for all believers, not just for those in ministry. It is the reason we have been left on the earth after being saved. Our primary purpose is not to pray or worship, or study the Bible, or even to go to church, but it is to reach everyone in every nation with the good news of Jesus Christ. Millions are going to an eternity without Jesus, and unless we tell them about this great salvation, they will be lost. There is no greater work to be involved in.
GOD LOVES THE LOST
‘‘For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.’’ John 3:16 God still loves the world! His heart beats for those who don’t know Him. He loved the world enough to send His one and only Son to die for them, and He then entrusted the message of salvation to His Church, to you and to me. Will you personally accept the Great Commission of Jesus? Will you make it your responsibility? Do you love the lost like He does? Will you give your life to reach those around you who are blindly headed for hell? May God deliver us from our selfish, inward-looking ways. This end-time army will have the heart of the Father for those they are surrounded by, a heart that burns with passion for the lost. These warriors will weep for the lost and go to them with the words of salvation. They will rejoice
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over one who receives Christ more than in great wealth. They will advance the Kingdom of God wherever they go.
EARLY KINGDOM ADVANCERS
‘‘After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. He told them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.’’’ Luke 10:1–3 Even Jesus did not try to do the job alone. He sent out others to work with Him advancing the Kingdom. They preached the good news and challenged people to repent. They healed the sick and cast out demons. They were destroying all the works of the enemy and establishing the Kingdom of God. We have this same calling upon our lives!
THE ULTIMATE KINGDOM ADVANCER
‘‘ . . . how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.’’ Acts 10:38 ‘‘ . . . The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.’’ 1 John 3:8
Jesus is our greatest example, and we see that He spent His earthly life destroying the works of the enemy and advancing the Kingdom of God. You need to do the same works that Jesus did. You are now His disciple, called to take His message to the ends of the earth. The reason that you are here is to destroy the works of the enemy in your family, city, and nation. You are here to establish the Kingdom of God. You are destined to bring light into dark situations and to give hope to the hopeless. God created you to give courage to the discouraged and life to those who are dead. A whole army of Kingdom Advancers is already marching through our world doing the work of Jesus. I encourage you to join them. Move from passivity and conformity to righteous, bold action for the Kingdom. This is what you were born for.
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ur Gospel Campaign in El Salvador was an awesome experience in the presence of the Lord! Since returning home, we have seen news reports stating that there has not been a Gospel outreach like this in El Salvador in nearly forty years. We also received word that there has not been this level of unity and cooperation among the denominations in many years. This is what the Gospel is all about. When everyone comes together, the Kingdom is advanced! We were so honored to be a part of this. Over the course of the two-day campaign, we saw God fill the national football stadium with hungry souls, and thousands of people came to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. People were literally running to the altars
to repent, as the Holy Spirit swept through the stadium. God’s power was intensely evident across the two days, as He poured out miracles, including deaf ears opening, blind eyes opening, and the lame beginning to walk. One very poignant miracle was when the Assembly of God Vice President’s daughter was healed. She had a cancerous growth, but in the meetings, it literally shriveled up and died. She had had this for six years and was in constant pain, but our God set her free! When the presence of Jesus comes, it does not matter if you are in a church or a stadium; the impossible becomes possible! One of the things that has encouraged us about the El Salvador Gospel Campaign is that we have received
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awesome reports of what God has been doing after the fact. We have been hearing wonderful testimonies that every church that was involved in the campaign has been experiencing healings, miracles, and salvations ever since the event. That is the power of the full Gospel at work. It has never been about one single event; but it is about the Church being set on fire and empowered to win the lost in their nation. Someone once said, “When the tide rises, it lifts all boats.� When churches and ministries come together in unity for the sake of the Gospel, you can be sure that God is going to kiss those efforts with His presence. In fact, Psalm 133 tells us that where there is unity, God commands His blessing! If you have never joined us for one of our Gospel Campaigns, we would love to invite you to be a part of our prayer team. Come and experience the power of God firsthand as you pray for the sick, lead the lost to Christ, and reach out to the poor through humanitarian projects. We absolutely love taking our Covenant Partners and friends with us as we minister to the nations. Perhaps you are a pastor or ministry leader, and you would like to take a group from your church on a Gospel Campaign. Every team member we have taken with us has testified that God marked their lives in an extraordinary way. We are looking forward to our next Gospel Campaign in El Salvador. Praise God for all the great things He has done!
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WRITTEN BY: LYDIA S. MARROW
Recently, I was watching a video on the internet where a lady who had a thirteen-foot Amazonian python was giving it a bubble bath. I sat in astonishment as I watched this woman treat a predator as though it were a pet. She was totally oblivious to the danger that this snake presented, because she thought she was in control of the situation. As I thought about what I was watching, I realized that we cannot afford to treat a predator as though it is a pet. None of us have the right to have a pet sin. None of us have the right to allow the voice of the enemy to come into our lives through deception. We have to take a stand! “It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave-girl having a spirit of divination met us, who was
bringing her masters much profit by fortune-telling. Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, ‘These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.’ She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, ‘I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!’ And it came out at that very moment.” Acts 16:16-18 The Greek word that is used for “divination” is actually where we get our word, “python.” This is describing the deceptive power of the enemy. He wants to wrap himself around your life and begin to squeeze. He wants to constrict the flow of the breath of God in your life. He wants to present things to you that will appeal to your fleshly desires. He wants you to pursue your own interests instead
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of seeking first the Kingdom of God. It’s no accident that the first tactic the enemy used in the Garden of Eden was deception. One of the greatest needs we are facing in the Body of Christ is for discernment. We have been led astray by the “snake voices” for far too long. We have been seduced by things that looked and sounded good, but were not from God. We need to cry out for discernment! Malachi 3:18 says, “So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.” We can only walk in real discernment by knowing the person of the Holy Spirit. In John 16:13, Jesus said, “But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.” When the real Holy Ghost shows up, the message is always Jesus Christ. The trademark
of the Holy Spirit is the truth about Jesus Christ! This is how we separate truth from error. The enemy always tries to get us to look away from Jesus, while the Holy Spirit will always point directly to Jesus. This is why I love to pray this simple prayer: “Holy Spirit, make Jesus obvious in my life.” He loves to use our lives as an amplifier for the truth about Jesus. Allow Him to do it in every area of your life, not just at church.
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18 | INSIDE SHAKE THE NATIONS
Meet Mauricio Canales, the newest member of our Shake The Nations USA team! He will be our Partner Relations Manager and our Gospel Campaign Coordinator for Latin America. Here is his story:
originally from El Salvador. Janet and I got saved on the same day, got baptized on the same day, and six months after getting saved, we got married. We’ve been married for nineteen years.
Jesus commissioned His disciples to go into the world with the Gospel (Mark 16:15). As His disciples, we must live a life of obedience. If God tells you to go, you don’t question Him; you simply obey His Word.
I met Nathan Morris when he came to the youth conference at the church I served at in Dallas, Texas. Immediately after interpreting Nathan, he asked if I would interpret him in Latin America. Since then, I have interpreted Nathan Morris throughout Latin America.
This is why I am joining STN. I’m obeying God’s calling; and that is to know Him, love Him, and follow His destiny. This journey with Jesus would not be the same without my beautiful wife, Janet, and two children, Leanna and Micah. Janet is originally from Mexico, while I am
I would have never imagined I would be in front of thousands of people interpreting Evangelist Nathan Morris. I’m full of expectancy for what God will do in this new chapter of my life with STN. It is an honor and a privilege to join this family.
Austin Armstrong has served both as a media intern and as a part time employee of Shake The Nations Ministries. His commitment to helping us spread the Gospel through social media has helped us to reach thousands with the message of Christ. I was really wanting to put time into building God‘s kingdom somewhere, and when the opportunity came up to become an intern at Shake The Nations, I felt in my heart that it was exactly where I was supposed to be. I learned how to be closer to God in my daily walk, and to bring diligence and discipline in my work. I can honestly say that it has changed my life in a major way. I know it will change yours as well!
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