Infusion Magazine | March 2018 |Issue 19

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0 2 | METAMORPHOSIS PT. II

“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” | II CORINTHIANS 3:18

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From The Desk of Evangelist Nathan Morris In the last issue of Infusion Magazine,

That separates us from every other organization. You can

I dealt with Part 1 of, “A Magnificent

listen to motivational speakers, life classes, and inspirational

Metamorphosis.” The Bible teaches that

talks that have nothing to do with God. But what separates

through the power of Christ in us, we will be

the Church is the power of the death and resurrection

transformed from glory to glory. The Greek word for transformed is the word, “metamorphoo”. This is

of our Lord Jesus Christ. We are saved by the blood of the Lamb!

where we get the word “metamorphosis”. It means, “A change of the form or nature of a thing or

Christ said in John 12:24, “Most assuredly, I say to you,

person into a completely different one, by

unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies,

natural or supernatural means.”

it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.”

He was about to be the seed that died, so that in His

There is a powerful truth in God’s Word that I want you to see: without the foundation,

resurrected form, every nation, tribe, and tongue would be able to come to salvation.

you cannot build. You cannot see your harvest without foundational truth and revelation.

When a seed falls into the ground, it changes shape, and has

There is a metamorphosis that must take place

a radical change in appearance and character. The same is

that will revolutionize your faith. Foundational

true when we die to ourselves. We all must become the seed

truth produces spiritual awakening! That is why

that Jesus spoke of.

we must stand strong on the firm foundation of the Word of God. We cannot afford to compromise our faith.

Is it possible that what God wants to do in your life will require a metamorphosis? In order for you to move into the fullness of God’s plan, this will demand a greater sacrifice,

There comes a time when we have to move from learned

but you will bear much fruit.

responses, and step into a supernatural encounter with the Holy Spirit. We cannot afford to raise up a generation

My friend, I pray that as you walk into your next season, you

that is all principle, but no power; all grace, but no truth.

will die to your flesh. Let the seed fall into the ground and

John 1:14b declares, “We beheld the wonder of His glory,

die, because as you do, you will experience this magnificent

the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”

metamorphosis that will lead to a mighty harvest. May we be changed from glory to glory into His image. Amen.

You cannot approach God with reasoning. God is not reasoned; He is revealed! God reveals Himself so that you might be saved. This is your initial metamorphosis, when God makes you a new creation in Christ. Because Jesus Christ shed His blood, we who were sinners are now called the righteousness of God!

“FOUNDATIONAL TRUTH PRODUCES SPIRITUAL AWAKENING!”

0 4 | HOPE OF ALL NATIONS

WRITTEN BY: RACHEL MORRIS

O

ur Hope of All Nations team has just returned

where these children live. Just outside the city, we visited

from our third visit to the nation of Honduras.

a village that required our team to walk up a steep clay

With over sixty percent of the nation’s population

hillside to arrive at what we would call shacks. These house-

living under the poverty line, Honduras is the second

like structures were unlike anything I have seen before.

poorest country in Central America. The average yearly

They were made out of random debris and far too small

income for a family is approximately $4000 USD. I tell you

to house the average family, with no bathroom or running

these statistics to help paint a picture for you of what life

water. I was told that five people were sharing one mattress

is like for the people living there.

that was literally covered with personal belongings and laid directly on the ground. My mind struggled to comprehend

The purpose of our trip was to host our very first

such living conditions.

“Hope Day” in the capital city, Tegucigalpa. For this day, we were expecting 1500 children to join us for a large

Just before we left this village, our team decided to visit

outdoor event where we were providing them with

one last “casa” house. This time it was a middle-aged woman

a fun-filled day of clowns, games, food, face paint, bounce

who greeted us. As we walked into the one room structure

houses, toys, and most importantly, presenting them

that was her home, the pastor with us began to share the

with the Gospel message. The event was a great success

Gospel with her. Our team prayed fervently as this woman

and we ended up exceeding the expected attendance.

made a decision to receive Jesus Christ into her heart.

Our team will never forget the looks on the children’s faces as they received their toys.

As the pastor and I walked back down the steep hill, we both stopped as the presence of the Lord came over us

What truly broke my heart was to see some of the homes

and we wept together. At that moment, I believe something

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“YOU WILL NEVER KNOW THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST UNTIL YOU KNOW THE EMPTINESS OF EVERYTHING BUT CHRIST.” -Charles Spurgeon

was birthed in our hearts and there was a divine connection that took place.

You see, we serve a God who would bring our team all the way to a foreign land and have us visit one last house, in order to reach one precious lady! She may have never had an opportunity to attend a church service, but she was saved by a sovereign God who would bring us to her doorstep so she could encounter Him that day.

What a mighty God we serve!

This is why Hope of All Nations is so important. It is about getting beyond the walls of a church building to reach people where they are with the HOPE of the Gospel.

My heart has been stirred and my passion for this work has intensified in an even greater way.

Thank you for being a part of this journey with us!

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WRITTEN BY: LYDIA S. MARROW In the book of Acts, we see the building blocks of the early

will be made evident. We know that when the Church prays

church begin to take shape. The foundation that they built

for God to pour out His Spirit, Heaven responds, and this

spread the Gospel to the known world like wildfire.

is what attracts the lost to come to Christ. More importantly,

They took the message of the Jewish Carpenter who

Jesus Christ said, “Without Me, you can do nothing.”

was the Messiah to people groups who did not even

That is why we would like to encourage you to join

know anything about the Messiah. Quite literally,

our Shake The Nations Prayer Network, either as a church

they changed the world.

prayer group or individually. When you sign up, we send out monthly prayer directives to help you pray specifically

One of the clearest dynamics in the early church is this:

for our team. You will know where we are going and what

they prayed, and then they preached the Gospel

we are asking God to do in each region.

with boldness. In fact, you could easily say that the early Christians did absolutely nothing outside of a prayer

We know that we cannot fulfill the mandate God has given

covering. If they thought it was that important to prioritize

us without the prayers of the saints. Join us today, and help

prayer, should we not do the same?

us seek God for a mighty harvest!

At Shake The Nations, we understand that the stronger the prayer covering we have, the more the power of God

“The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.”

James 5:16b

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10 | DO WE UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY OF THE HOUR?

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Matthew 25:1, 5 : “Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.”

This scripture talks about ten virgins who slept while waiting for the bridegroom. It seems to me that today’s church is in a slumber. Have we lost the urgency of this hour?

Things are happening all around us in the natural, like hurricanes, tornados, and earthquakes; but things are also happening in the spiritual realm.

Urgency is defined as “The state of requiring swift action.”

If something is important to us, we will act on it instantly.

If we believe that Jesus is coming soon, should we not have an urgency to tell people about Him? 1 Chronicles 12:32: “And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.”

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The smallest tribe of Israel understood the times

The book of Acts is full of stories about people sharing

and influenced Israel into making David the king.

the Gospel with the weight of the hour upon them, believing

They heard what God was saying.

that at any moment the Lord could return. They brought the Gospel to the entire known world in a short period of time.

We are told to have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church; but He has already told us

Revelation 22:12 : “And, behold, I come quickly;

what to do. Matthew 28:19 and Mark 16:15 tell us

and my reward is with me, to give every man according

to go into all the world and make disciples of all nations,

as his work shall be.”

and then these signs shall follow.

If we only viewed the world through television, we would When Noah was commissioned by God to build

never evangelize, because our worldview would be set by

an ark, there was an urgency in him; not only in the start,

the wrong standard. The only way to get a burden for souls is

but to keep building for 120 years without any evidence

to be influenced by Jesus. We need to see the world the way

of the coming rain. There was an urgency in him to tell

He does, and we must maintain that burden until He returns.

people that they needed to get into the safety of the ark.

When David Livingstone was working in Africa, some friends It’s with this sense of urgency that I write about

wrote, “We would like to send other men to you. Have you

the time we are living in. We must share with others

found a good road into your area yet?” Livingstone wrote

their need to get into the ark, which is Jesus Christ.

back, “If you have men who will only come if they know

We must take every opportunity to share His love

there is a good road, I don’t want them. I want men who

with those who have not yet encountered Him.

will come if there is no road at all.”

12 | PANAMA GOSPEL CAMPAIGN

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January, Shake The Nations Ministries went

of God as he told us that his daughter had just awakened

to the nation of Panama for a Gospel Campaign.

and pointed to her mother. What a mighty God we serve!

We were undone, as thousands upon thousands

Our God is not limited by distance!

of people filled the national football stadium to hear the good news about Jesus Christ! It was breathtaking

Through these meetings, we believe that God has opened

to see the power of God sweep across that stadium,

a door to Panama. Evangelist Nathan has already been

as the people cried out for God to touch their lives.

invited back later this year to meet with the President of

We also took a stadium in another area of Panama,

Panama and to once again preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

and it was filled with thousands of hungry souls.

Panama is so ripe for a mighty move of the Holy Spirit, We saw so many powerful miracles in Panama, but one

and we were honored to lift up the name of Jesus Christ

of the most amazing moments was when a father came

in that nation. Pray with us that as we return, God will give

up onto the stage. He was not responding to a word

us great favor, and that He will shake the very foundations

of knowledge, but he was just so desperate for a miracle

of Panama for His glory!

that he came up anyway. His daughter was lying in a coma at the hospital, and he came because he believed that God could touch her from that stadium. Evangelist Nathan prayed for her, and within moments, the father came back up on the stage. He was trembling and shaking under the power

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14 | TESTIMONY: NOREEN’S STORY

Born and raised in East London, I faced many cultural

In January 2013, (my now husband) David attended

challenges in my upbringing. My parents were both

a Shake The Nations event. He was so blessed

believers, and although we regularly attended church

by the ministry that he decided to gift me with

as a family, I was never introduced to Jesus as a real person.

Lydia’s Album, “Oh What My Eyes Have Seen”.

I knew little if anything about Lydia’s worship or Shake

In the year 2000, I had a supernatural encounter

The Nations. When I first played the album, the presence

with God in my bedroom which changed my life forever.

of God flooded my room instantly, and I wept.

Although my family had encountered Jesus,

From then on, my siblings and I would come together

there were still cultural roots embedded in the way

in our living room and worship Jesus with Lydia’s music

we did life. Eventually, this restricted me from the freedom

in the background. The lyrics were straight from the heart,

to fellowship with other believers from different

always taking us to an intimate place with the Lord.

churches and communities.

Heaven crashed into our world.

My siblings became my closest friends. We sought

When I look back, I realize what a breakthrough this was.

the Lord together in our living room, because

I so desperately desired to be in meetings with other

that is all we had. Our living room had become

believers worshipping Jesus, but He met me right where

our place of worship. We were so hungry for the Lord!

I was. I wouldn’t replace those moments with Him

His feet became our home.

for anything else. Jesus really is enough!

My favorites on the album up until today are “I Love Your Presence” and “Celebrate Your Faithfulness”.

His presence is everything. Today, I celebrate the goodness and faithfulness of God. My family have come into a new place with the Lord. God never fails. He has been so faithful!

To God be all the glory!

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