GATEWAY RESTORATION NETWORK
"…seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper…" Jeremiah 29:7 "...like Abraham, we seek a city whose foundations are built by the Lord..." (Hebrews 11:10) (NIV).
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Transformation in the Larger Context of the Kingdom of God
Discipling
the Nations - seven influential sectors of society
Calling
the Nation Back to God
The
Nations Called: Theology of the Nations and Their Redemption - trilogy
of books about God's heart to redeem cities and nations - by Pieter Bos
"...Violence shall no longer be heard in your land, neither wasting nor destruction within your borders; but you shall call your walls Salvation, and your GATES Praise - Isaiah 60:18 (NIV)
Do You Have a Heart Desire to See the Gateway / Whalley Region of Surrey (BC) Transformed by the Love and Power of the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ?
GOD LOVES GATEWAY / WHALLEY and desires to reveal His love in the homes, streets and marketplace of this region and beyond!
Do you long to see God's intended plans for this region coming into being?
If so, it is our desire that this site will help to encourage you in those directions as you prayerfully seek the leading of the Holy Spirit step by step.
God has created a Body which has many parts and which He has graciously gifted in many ways - ALL of which are needed to accomplish His purposes in our lives, cities, nations and beyond. As we work TOGETHER by the power of His Spirit, He is able to accomplish FAR ABOVE what we have ASKED or IMAGINED! Indeed, may His Kingdom come and HIS will be done on earth as it is in heaven...
It is our desire that this web site will help to assist in seeing the Body working TOGETHER to see His purposes accomplish in this region in this crucial time of history!
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An Introduction to the KINGDOM OF GOD - the larger context for seeing cities and nations restored
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See info on the spiritual significance of gates, GATEWAYS, gatekeepers, etc. - click on the link
Isaiah 62:10
Pass through, pass through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Build
up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Raise a banner for the nations.
Jeremiah 7:2
"Stand at the gate of the LORD's house and there proclaim this message:
" 'Hear the word of the LORD , all you people of Judah who come through
these gates to worship the LORD .
Psalm 147:12 Extol
the LORD , O Jerusalem; praise
your God, O Zion, 13 for he strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses
your people within you. 14 He grants peace to your borders
and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
Ezekiel 40:3
He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze;
he was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in
his hand. Ezekiel 40:8
Then he measured the portico of the gateway
Micah 2:13
One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through
the gate and go out. Their king will pass through before them, the LORD at
their head."
John 10:3
The watchman opens the gate for him, and the
sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
John 10:7
Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth,
I am the gate for the sheep.
John 10:9
I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.[
10:9 Or kept safe] He will come in and go out, and find pasture.
Hebrews 13:12
And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to
make the people holy through his own blood.
Jeremiah 22:2
'Hear the word of the LORD , O king of Judah, you who sit on David's throne-you,
your officials and your people who come through these gates.
Revelation 22:14
"Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right
to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city
Deuteronomy 6:1-9
"1 These are the commands, decrees and laws the
LORD your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are
crossing the Jordan to possess, 2 so that you, your children and their children
after them may fear the LORD your God as long as you live by keeping all his
decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life.
3 Hear, O Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and
that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just
as the LORD , the God of your fathers, promised you. 4 Hear, O Israel: The
LORD our God, the LORD is one. [a] 5 Love the LORD your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments
that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children.
Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when
you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and
bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses
and on your gates. "
ISAIAH 61
...they will rebuild the ancient ruins that have been devastated for generations...
"....Your Kingdom come, Your will be done ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN..." Matthew
Job 22 - New International Version - from BibleGateway
21 "Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you.
22 Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent 24 and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines, 25 then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you.
26 Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God. 27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
28 What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.
29 When men are brought low and you
say, 'Lift them up!' then
he will save the
downcast. 30 He will deliver
even one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness
of your hands."