Dear Friends,
Last week Nita Johnson shared the next installment in Union. "Union: Be ye Holy!" is a message to be listened to again and again. Where we are in our walk with the Lord is critical for the survival of the Church in this hour. Many want to know the future. The question most asked of our office: "what is God telling Nita about what's coming to America?" The second: "What is coming to other nations?" The truth is, what the Church needs to know is how to prepare ourselves for the next season in our nation. When we properly prepare our hearts before the Lord and entered into a deeper relationship with Him - a oneness with Him - we can endure whatever comes our way because we do so in His strength and not our own.
The things that God placed on her heart over the last few days carry a great weight of prophetic revelation as well as information on the path to follow in order to live and walk in His presence and His safety.
This Friday, Nita will speak at Bethel Chapel at 7 pm, with worship beginning at 6 pm. You can join in person, online through our live stream page, or by phone. This series has been life-changing, and I encourage you to prepare your heart and join us for the next installment.
The World for Jesus Ministries will sponsor "Whom My Soul Loves". Artem Shatalov, our worship director, spearheads this function of our ministry to the youth. Adam Shephard will deliver a potent message drawing the young adults to the deeper things of God. The last event was incredibly powerful bringing both young and old into His presence. This Saturday, February 22nd, is our next youth night, and we have the privilege of having this event at Harvest Church in Everett, WA where we can broadcast "Whom My Soul Loves IV" live through the World for Jesus Livestream page! Please join us, this Saturday night 7-9 pm PST, in support of this unprecedented outreach to the youth!
Blessings & love,
Ricci _________________________________________________
12 Pillars of God
“Fear of God”
Part - C
By
Nita Johnson
Transcription of New Orleans Teaching
From last week...
If you long to walk in the place where you know Him face to face, heart to heart, and can stand before Him without falling in His presence, you must have the fear of the Lord. If you want to be like Moses, who knew His ways, you must have the fear of the Lord—it’s the only way your soul can bear these higher levels. It is a gift from God, your Father; a foundational gift meant to enable you to have what your heart desires and what He longs to give you. Every truth that He can impart to your heart and implant in your soul develops and strengthens you. These levels cause you to grow in nobility and valor. It causes you to be able to stand before the saints of heaven and the angels of the Lord. Most importantly, it enables you to stand before God Himself. The fear of the Lord lifts you up out of the mundane and into the high things of the kingdom.
The fear of the Lord; does that mean you live in constant fear of retribution for every little wrong thing you do? No. That is what you live in with your parents on this earth; it's an earthly fear. The same holds true if you do something wrong on the job. You will likely experience this standing in front of your boss trembling, wondering if you’re about to be fired for the mistake you just made.
The Fear of God is not that kind of fear; it is the beauty of the reverential awe of the glory of His holiness. When you have the fear of the Lord you want to stand in the presence of His purity, and desire this so badly you refuse to sin against it. In fact, you don’t want to touch anything that would cause you not to be able to inherit that pure presence. You don’t want to offend His noble heart or the beauty of His love. You don't want to risk offending the glory of His holiness because you love Him so much and couldn’t bear the hurt your heart would feel if you hurt Him.
Why was Jesus able to bear up under the constant storms against Him twenty-four seven, every day of His life? Even more importantly, you can look at the Scriptures and as yourself how could He maintain such a good attitude with all the wars going on around Him. That isn’t the most important element, however. The most important lesson, is that He lived before God without ever sinning, even one time. Why was He able to do that? And just as important; He was a carrier of the highest mysteries of the kingdom, living in constant fellowship and intimacy in the high places of God. While He shared many of these mysteries with His disciples, it was such a small percentage to what He knew—He was a carrier. Do you know what that means; to be a carrier of those high mysteries? Paul talked about mysteries that were illegal to speak about on this earth and Jesus was full of those mysteries. How could He bear it? Because no one ever walked in the fear of the Lord as He did. The fear of the Lord substantiates your soul. The fear of the Lord gives you a place to stand by God. Pray for the fear of the Lord.
Do you have habits you can’t seem to break or are there things about your personality and character that you want to change but can’t get the victory? Get the fear of the Lord; fast for it, ask for it, keep pleading until He gives it. You may think you already have the fear of the Lord, but consider this: you can’t sin easily if you have the fear of the Lord. In fact, it is devastating to sin—even the smallest sin— if you have the fear of the Lord. You will endure anything to walk in love because He commands it—if you walk in the fear of the Lord. I’m not talking about the fear you are taught in the pew. The Bible will teach you how to fear God. I’m not talking about sitting in a sermon and learning what it is you are and are not to do; that is almost protocol. I’m talking about God imparting to your own heart His fear of the Lord. I’m talking about God giving you something in your heart that is a part of Himself; He does it, and when He does, everything changes.
Deut. 6: 1-9 NOW THIS is the instruction, the laws, and the precepts which the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land to which you go to possess it, That you may [reverently] fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son's son, and keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. Hear therefore, O Israel, and be watchful to do them, that it may be well with you and that you may increase exceedingly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord [the only Lord]. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being and with all your might. And these words which I am commanding you this day shall be [first] in your [own] minds and hearts; [then] You shall whet and sharpen them so as to make them penetrate, and teach and impress them diligently upon the [minds and] hearts of your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up. And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets (forehead bands) between your eyes. And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
And may I go one step further? You must also get the law engraved upon your heart; but where does it all start? It begins with the fear of the Lord; it enables you to be what He called you to be. Without it you are like a man with rubber legs, conquering one area then falling to the next. Without the fear of the Lord, when you get to just a moderate storm, you are screaming and wailing because you don’t have the strength to stand. Why? Because you don’t have the iron of God, that comes with the fear of the Lord, to hold you up in the midst of the storm. It is your strength in the storm. Why do you fear the storms? Because you fear man and that is because you don’t fear God. You fear what man can and will do to you. Without the fear of God, you fear what circumstances can promote and provoke. When you have the fear of God as Moses, Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah and John the Beloved walked in, it becomes iron in your bones, and you can withstand any wind, no matter how great they become. The winds are blowing, getting stronger and coming again and again because we are at the end of time. If anyone tells you any different, they do not understand the seasons of God. It’s going to get harder and harder. How do you stand? The fear of God! Pray for it, fast for it and plead until God imparts it in your heart and then believe everything will change.
To be continued next week...
In His Amazing Love,
Nita Johnson
Taken from our 7-10-2010 Service
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CedarWood Int'l
The CedarWood Pantry served a grand total of 10,927 people in 2015! This is thanks to those of you who contribute to this effort, Pastor Matthew & Su of Bethel Chapel for allowing us to rent so much of their facility for our CedarWood programs, our amazing volunteers and of course, our CW team for making this possible!
Monday February 22nd 1-2:30pm
Location: Bethel Chapel
23010 66th Ave W
Seattle, WA 98043
Here are some pressing needs our CedarWood department has:
- Coats - Area Appropriate. Heavy Rain and Snow
- Shoes
- Blankets - All sizes
- Sleeping bags for the homeless
- Volunteers
- Diapers (Size 3 & up) & baby wipes
- Baby Food & Formula
- $5-$20 Gift cards for Gas for our volunteers who transport the food to and from the Pantry
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The need is great and our numbers are increasing every week. Please pray that our volunteer base will increase as well!
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