Dear friends,

Thank you for joining us on our corporate intercession last week. It was a powerful time of prayer. The dedication we have seen in the intercessors over the years has been incredible, but this year in particular, has been truly amazing. Thank you for not giving up on this Nation when she needs you most. It is through the collective prayers of His saints, that laws change, mountains move, and lives are saved! Our thanks to each of you who set aside the time to join us every week for corporate intercession.

I’d like to remind you of our Cedarwood Matching Grant. This is an opportunity to double a gift given by a precious intercessor. Her heart, much like ours, is to see needs met, plain and simple. This is the commission of our Lord upon not only this ministry, but the Church. When we took the step of faith to launch this arm of our ministry, admittedly, it was a struggle for me. I was concerned about the amount of labor, the volunteers we’d need, the space a venture like this would require, not to mention – the food and all that that entails: shelves, refrigerators, freezers, containers, ice chests during summer-time transportation, and so on!

In my semi-panicked state, the Lord led me to read the book of Acts. As I read through this powerful book, the original plan of the Lord for the Church jumped off the pages at me. I knew beyond a doubt that this was what we needed to do – confirming what the Lord had already told Mom.

2000 years ago, as the Church was born, they knew that their future was in the Lord. If there was a need they could go to the Church, not man, or the world. This is where we should be today. Caring for the needs of those who need a helping hand. This was the directive of our Lord then, and it still stands today. When an individual can come to our pantry and receive not just a brick of cheese and butter along with a loaf of bread, but organic fruits and vegetables, beef, chicken, lamb, eggs, whole grain breads, formula, diapers, a coat and shoes for their children or a dress for a job interview followed by a hug, an offer of prayer, and often, one that will lead to eternal life… then we see before our eyes, the fulfillment of His directive in the book of Acts.

As I prayed further, this question began to settle in my spirit and to be honest, it hasn’t left me: if people can come to rely on the Church to help meet their needs during a time of peace, when crisis comes, will they not be more inclined to turn to the Lord? The desire to see people turn to the Lord continues to drive me forward, and that is why I will always make requests on behalf of CedarWood.

We are so grateful to those who donate food and clothing and we are equally grateful for those who contribute to the funding we need to cover the cost of additional food, rent, wages, and so on. We are half-way to meeting this Matching Grant – if you’d like to contribute to this effort, please go to the donations page of our website and enter your contribution in M_2015. Thank you for joining us in this effort!

Blessings & love,

The glory, the weightiness, and the beauty of his holiness literally shines like a translucent light. There is no light on earth which compares to it. The lightest light that you can possibly imagine does not shine with the same brilliance as His holiness. The reason for this is because of His matchless purity. The Manifested Sons of God will come forth looking like Jesus in the beauty of holiness. They will be so refined that they will shine. Have you ever wondered what Moses really looked like when the glory flashed from him? (Ex 34:29, 30) The Bible uses the word “shone,” but it flashed. I saw him when he was transfigured in that way, and I know how the glory flashed from his face. It flashed forth light from his face that went down the length of his body and nearly covered his feet. It was not like a cloud of light, but flashing light with brilliance.

If you asked someone in the Church if that could happen today, most people would say, “That will never happen again. That was Moses.” But it is going to happen again. The reason it happened to Moses was because the presence of God transfigured him. The light that shone from his face shone throughout his entire being. It is going to happen. There will be those who will be so transfigured in the Church that their face will shine with light. Some will shine with the same brilliance as Moses, while others will shine to a lesser degree. Light will shine from their hands in the place where the Lord was crucified. They are going to have a phenomenal gifting for healings and miracles. They will walk in such humility, grandeur, and meekness that the Church will call them the “Crucified Ones.” They will walk in that humility and meekness because they have been crucified of the sinful self, and the nature, character, and Spirit of Christ will dominate them completely.

You can go there, but you have to challenge yourself. You can walk in this place, but you must challenge your faith. What I am giving to you is unbelievably wonderful. You must challenge the boundaries of your faith. You must learn to believe bigger of God than you have ever sought to believe of Him before. You must desire it enough to die to self. When the Bible says not to do thus and so, do not do it. Do not give an excuse. If you hold on to that sinful self, you will not be transfigured.

There are groups of people who are soon coming to the Church who will be so endowed with the power and glory of God that they will shake kingdoms where they walk. Longstanding strongholds will topple at their presence. Their word will be the authority in that kingdom, and what they say will transpire because of the authority that rests upon them. The authority that rests upon them will do so because they have been glorified inwardly. I will share more about this in a few weeks.

Don't you get tired of living for the world? Do you ever think that maybe you are not supposed to live for the world? The very breath of your life is calling you to live in the heavenlies yet while on this earth. As hard as it is to conform to the principles that are in the Bible, He wants us to conform to them. They are given to us to conform to so that we can be transfigured. He does not want us to stay small in our faith or nobility. He wants us to walk in the grandeur of the Son.

The biggest problem that the Church has is that we really like ourselves too much. When it comes time to be convicted so we can change, we do not like to let Him convict us. We do not like to admit that we have weaknesses. It is that very mentality that keeps us trapped away from the majesty of what He is getting ready to do. Throw it away. The Bible says that the heart is deceitfully wicked above all things. (Jer 17:9) You have to quit trusting it, protecting it, and justifying it. “In my flesh dwells no good thing.” (Rom 7:18) When we read that, we say, “Ugh. Now, let me think about Sally.” In my flesh dwells no good thing.

I want all things low. We want to match the rudiments of the world. The internet shows you pictures of the nobles of Europe and the way they dress as though you are supposed to start cherishing that and wanting to do it yourself. They want your eyes off the glory that is supposed to cover you. They want you to desire and respect what has no place in the eyes of God. It does not matter how you dress. What matters is whether or not God is clothing you. Are you clothed with His holiness, His righteousness, and His purity?

God has to shake what we will not shake. Will you let Him? Will we fight the good fight of faith against our own flesh and soul? He is going to be shaking the earth, but He is also going to be shaking His Church because somewhere in all that rubble, there is a beautiful Bride. He wants to bring her forth and glorify her in these last days. But there is a fire that we must walk through, and there is a shaking we must endure. Jesus said, “When the Son of man comes, shall He find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8) Will He? Will you stand and not pull back while He is purifying you? Are you willing for the transformation? 

To be continued next week! 

In His Amazing Love,

Nita (LaFond) Johnson