Dear Friends,
God is so good! His mercy endures forever, and His loving-kindness remains steadfast. I have an amazing praise report. Last week, we received a precious gift for our CedarWood Department; the funds to purchase a much needed, dedicated box truck for our food collection! I cried tears of joy and relief over this precious gift. We are looking for a truck now and know that God already has it lined up for us!
This precious sister may not realize how timely her gift was. A couple weeks ago we had to rent a vehicle to collect a donation. With the growth of CedarWood, this would only increase and could affect our ability to receive a donation. We also have upcoming holiday meals to prepare for and transporting 100 turkeys, isn't as easy as it sounds! In the future, we will move forward with the growth of CedarWood in our very own vehicle to transport supplies and collect donations! Praise God! Thank you for praying for our needs so faithfully. I know God is answering your prayers!
Our CedarWood department is moving into holiday mode. Last year, we provided all the ingredients for complete Thanksgiving meals to 99 families. This meal includes everything from cranberry sauce to turkey. If you would like to contribute to this effort, you can do so using the donations page of our website (CedarWood) or by sending a check or money order to our office. Make sure you indicate "Thanksgiving Meal" in the memo portion of your check. Remember to check the sidebar for our current CedarWood needs.
Our CedarWood Pantry is open to everyone in the area. We don't have income or proof of residency requirements. A need is a need, and the Lord led us here to help meet those needs. Each week we have the privilege to serve the people of Seattle area, and they feel our love and care for them. Over time, this love has opened the door of their hearts to receive the Lord as their Savior. We are so grateful to our team for their willingness to serve each week, and we also thank you, your gifts help pave the way for us to have our CedarWood Pantry open and stocked every Monday!
Blessings & love,
Ricci
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THE WORD OF THE LORD FOR AMERICA, Session Il
Part A
By
Nita Johnson
Seattle
Thank-you, Lord. Thank You for your beautiful and powerful presence in this night of incredible worship. It’s hard to stop when You are here like this. Thank-you for the nearness of Your presence, and thank You for helping me to deliver what You want me to deliver tonight, in Your precious name. Amen.
Wow, that was really powerful. Do you feel the same? That was wonderfully powerful! It was powerful, and it was beautiful. I was hearing Pastor Matt over here, just worshiping the Lord like a little child. The thought entered my mind that we need the African American people to teach us how to truly worship Jesus as they are so free. We also appreciate Pastor Matt allowing us to have the services in his church.
That was just beautiful. I especially like that song: From You are all things, to You are all things—“Worthy of It All.” I want to share with you a vision I had that goes with that song. Oh boy, I could hardly stand it. I just wanted to be on my face tonight. Did you guys feel like that as well? I mean, the Spirit was just gripping my heart so hard I could not bear it. I kept crying. “You are worthy of it all.” See? I don’t even have to sing it—just say it and He sweeps through me again!.
I had a vision a short time ago—maybe—I think it’s been less than two weeks. In this vision, I saw the “Army of Light”, and the Army of Light was the intercessors. They were marching along with their swords held high. Their swords were like laser beam swords. They were swords of light. And they kept singing, “You are worthy of it all. O Lord our God. You are worthy of it all.” And the thing that they were praising Him for was that God had delivered America. And not one intercessor took the glory; it was all to Him. And I asked the Lord, “What is this army? This is so beautiful.” They kept repeatedly singing those words with their swords held high. He replied, “This is the Army of Light—they are My intercessors in the earth.” What a compliment?
Back to the chair, as I was sitting there, the Lord spoke to me and said to me that He wants me to have a service again August 7th. So I want to invite you to our next Divine dinner on the 7th of August, whether you are online, or whether you are here. Again, it will be prophetic. Jesus has much to say and a little time to say it.
His support to enable me to meet with you like this is simply amazing. Elizabeth can tell you. I spend my days and nights in bed. When I’m home, I can’t stand up ten minutes. I don’t have the strength to do any more than that. However, when I’m here, apparently I can stand for an hour and a half if necessary. It is amazing! I won’t even go into the details of just how miraculous it is that I can be here when He says to meet with you. It lets me know how important it is to Him that He has a mouthpiece to say what He wants to say through me. So He just nudges me out of bed. You think I’m kidding—He nudges me out of bed. Tells me, “Go do!” So, I’ve quit asking Him if He’s sure that I have the strength because it doesn’t matter where I am at home. It only matters that I get up in faith and let Him sustain me here. And I know your hunger for truth is what makes Him do it. He wants to satisfy your heart.
Several intercessors called our office the last time I spoke and told us that they were listening to our message and some messages from another prophet who was speaking right around the same time. Their final analysis was that it was to them it was amazing how much of what we spoke was similar. So God is coagulating the prophetic word into one so that we can be sure that it is Him that is talking. Praise God?
Now what I have to say to you tonight is both good and—I guess it’s all good because it comes from the Lover of our soul. May I share an experience with you? This is about the goodness of God, which is going to shock you. The Church does not teach a complete picture about His goodness. Many teachers leave out a very important part. They keep the comfortable part. However, I dare say probably most people do not understand that the severity of God fits into the category of His goodness as well.
I had come home from Israel. Before I got sick, I used to go over there many times a year and spend weeks in prayer for Israel. It was like going home, as much to me as coming home to America, partially because of my Jewish roots and partially because I spent so much time there praying. After this particular visit I came home to the states, after having many visitations from the Lord in Israel. All of them pertained to, you might say, His chastening of Israel and how it fit into the category of His goodness. He even took me to hell. (Isn’t that wonderful?) I’ve been to hell many times, and believe me, it is never fun. It’s horrible. This time however, I was going to meet the many Jewish people that were locked in the cages in hell because they had rejected Messiah. So—many visitations of different sorts—trying to teach me that God is in the division of the land of Israel. He is in it because He loves my people so much that He’s going to take away every prop until they turn their eyes upon Jesus. We as Christians can handle that, right? We can accept this truth. So came to me in many different ways each visit saying the same thing, in different ways.
I returned home, and the very night that I returned home, I was in my bed, praying when I had an experience. God took me up into Himself. He took me up into—I don’t know how to say this. He took me up into Himself, and in being in Himself, I was in the realm of the Spirit. There was no ending to this place. I was in God! That is all I know to say. I wasn’t just in the realm of the Spirit; I was in God. God is every place, He is transcendent! Right? There isn’t any place He isn’t. I learned it that night in a very practical way. What happened first of all, was, He said to me, (He’s really a drama King when He needs to be.). He is, and I’m not being irreverent. He knows how to make drama. No Hollywood director has ever—can even come close to Him when He wants to dramatize a serious point.
So He sent forth His Word to me. And the words He sent forth was, “It is the goodness of God that divides the land of Israel!” When He said that, those words entered into my being, and my spirit expanded to the point that it felt like it was going to burst like a balloon. Every cell in my body felt like they were being stretched beyond their ability to sustain. My flesh felt like it was going to burst like a balloon. It was frightening. Apparently He didn’t feel like He’d made His point yet. So, He said it again—He sent forth His word into me, saying, “It is My goodness that divides the land of Israel!” This time, I was just sent into oblivion. It was at that time that I was sent up into the Spirit, and I was in, not just the world of the Spirit, but I was in God. God—who is ever present. There is no age He is not present in every moment. Now I was up there in God, but I’m not just up there in God. I am flying. I am being shot from one place to another as He keeps saying the same thing. Every time He says it, it’s like a laser beam or like a divine cannonball that shoots into me—shoots light through every part of my being—until I am stretched beyond comprehension. I mean, it was painful. (That’s another thing—not all of God’s experiences are fun.) Yet, He keeps saying the same thing over and over again. Every time He does I am shot someplace else in God.
I was taken clear back to the beginning of time. I was taken to the time that Noah built his ark. I saw the deep breaking up—the fountains of the deep--breaking up. I could hear them breaking up, I saw—it was like being in an Imax Theater where it is surround sound? Everything was greatly amplified. Well, that’s what it was like! I watched the fountains of the deep break open. I hovered in the air stunned as the water rose up out of the fountains helping to cause the great flood, when the Lord said it again: “As in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the again! Again He uttered, “It is My goodness that divides the land of Israel!” Now if you’ve had an experience like that, how many people can come and convince you that you’re wrong? I have been toe to toe with Jewish friends in the land, and they don’t like what I have to say at all. But, it is His goodness. It is His love that divides the land of Israel Why? Because I’m telling you the truth—the Jewish people in the land consider that to be the day of rest, and as long as they have their land untouched, they’re not looking for a Messiah. So He has to touch the golden cow.
To be continued next week...
