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Seeing Through Heaven's Eyes with Leif Hetland, Jack Taylor, and John Gabriel Arends

It is time for an upgrade—an upgrade in the way we see the world, in the way we look at problems, and in the way we see ourselves. Only when we see the way heaven does can we expect to experience it working through our lives. We are excited to have two spiritual fathers, Leif Hetland and Jack Taylor, imparting to us. Both of them are seeing heaven invade earth through their lives, and it is with great joy that we welcome them back to our family at The River. More info »



From the Desk of Pastor Paul Arends

"The fact that we are walking through what might seem to be the "valley of the shadow of death" is actually an indication that we are right on schedule with God's training in our lives for a promotion. Ultimately, it is what you are looking at that determines where you end up and what happens. If I am looking at heavenly realities of unfailing love and power on my behalf, at the Kingdom, I will see something greater than my circumstances and know the outcome in advance." [More on The River Blog »»]



Read 'Champions of God' by John Gabriel Arends

“I love the story of the Apostle Paul—how he was transformed from being Saul, the worst of sinners, to Paul, a champion of the Kingdom. What led to this transformation? He had an open-heaven encounter with Jesus that literally knocked him off his feet. In that experience, Saul saw Jesus, the light of the world, with his own eyes. Yet there is still one more thing that Saul possessed that I believe enabled him to become one of the most influential champions of God, someone who rocked world history.” [Read more on John's blog »»]





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