Welcome to 2014, a New Year for our Lord!
It is with hearts full of joy that we express how grateful we are for
each one of you who has stood with us. Many of you have given both time
and resources, making the effort to pray with us this past year. Your
faithfulness stands as a testament to both your mature commitment to the
Lord and your love for WFJM. We thank God for you and we love you.
In 2013, we won many victories through
intercessory prayer. After coming together in homes, Gatherings, and
through technology, we have grown into a tightly joined and well-trained
group of prayer warriors. This is Joel’s Army, which is expanding in
both numbers and nations. At the Gathering Of the Eagles, we experienced
both God’s glorious unity in prayer as well as some intensely
hard-fought conflicts in which the Lord granted us victory. Each of you
who has prayed, fasted, and believed in the release of God’s blessings
for both the church and the nations of the World will not be
disappointed. He has heard and is answering our prayers. As Nita so
often reminds us, do not look to the media for reports of what God is
doing behind the scenes, but look to His Spirit to distinguish His
guiding hand through the chaos of these times. Although the days ahead
will be challenging, this team prays for you daily and hopes that
you will remain hidden in the secret place of the Most High.
In 2014 we will take even higher ground in
prayer as we continue to focus upon turning America and the nations
away from the New World Order and bring them back to God. With God’s
help, we will see our assignment through, as He “will go down with you
to Egypt,” where “Jacob blessed Pharaoh,” and He “will also surely bring
you up again…for I will there make of you a great nation.” (Gen. 46:
3,4; Gen 47:7,10) It is only through his help that we can save the
nations of the world.
Intercessors prayed with renewed passion and increased authority on both the Sunday
Night “Path of Fire Division” East and West coast Prayer Calls on
January 5th, so grateful to be reconnected again by phone conference.
Join us this week as we resume our regular WFJM schedule, with all of us
refreshed after the New York GOE and holiday times spent with our
families.
Please note the following scheduling changes which begin this week, January 6, 2014, and extend through the March 10 – 14, 2014 DC GOE. In place of live services at Bethel Chapel in Seattle, which have previously been live-streamed on Thursday and Friday evenings, these corporate prayer meetings will move to Phone Conference format and new times as noted below. The following weekly schedule begins now:
Sunday Path of Fire Division Interactive Prayer Calls
5:50p.m. – 8 p.m. EST AND PST (Choose Either/Both)
Wednesday Morning Corporate Prayer Call
10:30a.m. – 12:00 PST
Thursday Evening Corporate Prayer Call
5:50 p.m. – 8 p.m. PST
Friday Evening Corporate Prayer Call
5:50 p.m. – 8 p.m. PST
Blessings,
WFJM Team
Below is the final installment of "Hunger for God is Not Enough", I pray that it blesses you.
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HUNGER FOR GOD IS NOT ENOUGH
Part "F"
By
Nita Johnson
Seattle
Psalm 119:1 Amp. Blessed (happy,
fortunate, to be envied) are the undefiled (the upright, truly sincere,
and blameless) in the way [of the revealed will of God], who walk (order
their conduct and conversation) in the law of the Lord (the whole of
God's revealed will).
This is a coveted place. This has to be
the heart to the first step. Your heart has to be stout and enduring
because you are going to go through the fire. If you walk away from the
fire, you lose everything. So you do not want to do that, do you? Jesus
will help you.
One time, I thought that maybe I could not
make it to that place in Him. I thought, “Maybe I'm just wanting too
much. Maybe I'm too sure of myself. Maybe I can't do it. Maybe I can't
get to that place in Him. Maybe I'm too small and too weak.” I told Him,
“You know how much I love You. You know how much I want You, but I feel
so weak. I feel like I don't know how to go on. I feel like I don't
have the strength to go through the battles.”
Suddenly, He appeared right in front of
me. He said, “Nita, take My hand.” He said it like He was in a hurry. I
said, “What?” He said, “Take My hand.” So I took His hand. He helped me
up, and we started walking at a brisk pace. He said, “Follow me.” I
said, “Okay, Lord. Just hold my hand because You're walking pretty
fast.” He said, “Don't let go!” I said, “I won't, Lord.” He repeated,
“Don't let go. Just follow Me.” I replied, “I will, Lord. You're walking
pretty fast, so hold onto my hand pretty tight!” He exclaimed, “Don't
let go!” I said, “I won't, Lord!” He said, “I know that the trials can
be tough. I know that the seasons can be hard, but I will give you
strength, and I will give you grace. I will hold your hand as long as
you keep moving forward.” It is amazing how much stronger you feel when
you are holding onto His hand!
Then I realized that what He was trying to
tell me was, “You have let go of My hand, and that is why you're
feeling weak. Hold My hand, and I'll get you there.” Isn't that
wonderful? He is wonderful to walk and run with, except you really have
to hold tight because He runs pretty fast. He is so fun. Just take hold
of His hand.
Lord, what is man that You are so mindful
of us? There is a love we cannot comprehend, though we try. You are so
tender and caring, but sometimes You are also very strong, and You will
say things to us we do not want to hear. We are so weak. Much of our
weakness comes out of a lack of understanding of how we should be and
how to get there. Lord, no one knows better than You that sometimes we
just want to cling, not to You, but to the things of which we do not
want to let go. We do not realize what we are sacrificing in those
decisions.
We need more of Your grace, Lord Jesus.
You once told me that grace is the one request to which You will never
say no, no matter how many times we ask for it. You will always say yes.
So I pray for grace. We need the grace that is bestowed by Your Spirit
and which comes through the study of Your Word. We need more of Your
grace, and less of us. We are just not sure how much of us we can give
up. Help us there as well, Lord. Help us to understand that the word
“all” is all-encompassing. We must give up all if we are going to have
You. It is not that You want our kids, our husbands, or our wives. It is
not that kind of thing. You want us to let go of all that is within us.
I am seeing a vision. A gardener is
working to prepare the soil in a particular area. I thought He was going
to plant something in the soil, but He was so careful about this soil.
He made sure that it was watered properly and that it had the right food
and sun. He was very attentive.
Suddenly, up, out of the surface, a cedar
tree broke loose. It went up into the sky so fast and so high that it
was amazing. It was so beautiful, Lord. As You stood and looked at it,
You were so pleased. You were kind enough to do the interior work
underneath so that when You brought the cedar forth to be of value to
the world, it was already beautiful.
You are so wonderful, Lord. You understand
our weakened frames, and it makes us love You more. Give us the grace
not to run, but to endure. Give us the grace to be faithful, Lord, for
Your glory's sake. Thank You, Jesus. We are not here to glorify
ourselves, Lord. We are here to bring You glory because You are so good
and so great. May we live to please You, Jesus. In Your precious name.
Amen.
In His Love,
Nita Johnson |
