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We are in a divine Governmental Shift

nateandchristy2018

We are in a divine Governmental Shift

It is the time of the Ekklesia

Two weeks ago, the Holy Spirit woke me up with the overwhelming sense that a shift was taking place in the spirit. In my heart, I heard, “A governmental handover is taking place within the body of Christ.” Had it not been for the journey I have walked this last year, I probably would not have understood the weightiness behind this statement. However, every single day for the past twelve months, the Holy Spirit has highlighted three sequences of specific numbers to me. I had not previously seen these sequences so frequently before but you know it’s no longer a coincidence when these numbers appear to you in the most bizarre ways possible. It started at the beginning of the Hebrew year of 5778 and it increased as we moved into 2018. I began seeing #144 everywhere, from suddenly being ‘awoken’ at 1:44am almost nightly, receiving bills with the sum total of $144, to receiving packages from addresses with the number #144. Whatever way it happened, the Holy Spirit made sure I would see it daily, and naturally, I began seeking Him as to why.

Then, for the past six months and just as frequently as I was seeing #144, I began tosee #1212 and #414. I have held back releasing this revelation until I felt Himsay ‘NOW’ and I believe that time is ‘NOW.’ I can promise you this; I did notintend to align this with the midterm elections in the U.S… the timing ofeverything has been all in His hands. In this yearlong search, I began to pullapart scripture. Every scripture I could find that was associated with #144,#1212 and #414 and I have thoroughly studied each verse meticulously, from thefront of the bible to the back. Only in the last few weeks did it all finally‘click’ together when I heard that statement in the early hours of the morningand the profound message became clear. I want to take you on a journey throughscripture (though I will only share some of the strategic verses for the sakeof space) for what God is saying to us in this very strategic hour in history.

APOSTOLIC GOVERNMENT BRINGS UNITY

The number 12 is significant to God. There are 12 tribes of Israel, 12 apostles, 12months in a year, 12 gates, 12 pearls, 12 foundations, 12 fruits, 12 wells at Elim… the list goes on. Interestingly, 12 multiplied by 12 equals 144. Twelve speaks of the perfect governmental rule, divine organization and apostolic fullness.144 is the increased multiplication of divine governmental rule. Over the past generations, the body of Christ has in many ways lived in oppression under the god of this world’s governmental rule… I certainly believe portions of the Ekklesia have been moving in divine apostolic government, and I don’t intend to imply that we should not be serving and honouring our Nation’s governments, but rather, I am referring to the demonic rulings of the enemy that has kept the church at large in silent oppression. The wider body of Christ has been silent on major issues, afraid to take her rightful reign as the Bride of Christ, which has therefore advanced the oppression of the enemy as She has been enslaved to both the politically correct and religious spirits. The Father is gathering His children, His bride, His ekklesia in this very moment. He is assembling us together as ONE, not in factions so that we would hold the mantle of Apostolic Government in all of its fullness. Notice in this verse below, that while there were multiple ‘tribes’, they were numbered together as one larger body representing their Father’s household. The divine governmental rule will establish unity within the body of Christ.

These were the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with theleaders of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers’ household.

Numbers 1:44

THE EKKLESIA IS RISING

All throughout the Old Testament, we witness how the Israelites were opposed by various enemies; Pharaoh, the Philistines and the Chaldeans to name a few. Each and every enemy was overtaken as the people of God resisted the oppression, rose up in defiance and took their rightful place of authority together. Whenever they sought the word of the Lord and acted in response they always witnessed a mighty turnaround miracle. In recent months, it is not difficult to notice that opposition and persecution against the body of Christ have severely increased. However, the enemy always overplays his hand and it is easy to recognize that he is running in fear of the Ekklesia rising into their full apostolic governmental rule. However now is not the time to rest easy and back down for as we continue to stand in our authority, it will be a sign and a wonder to the Nations, revealing Jesus through His gloriously reigning bride.

His father and mother did not know that it was of the Lord, and that He was seeking an occasion [to take action] against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.

Judges 14:4

I will harden (make stubborn, defiant) Pharaoh’s heart, so that he will pursue them; and I will be glorified and honoured through Pharaoh and all his army, and shall know [without any doubt] and acknowledge that I am the Lord.”And they did so.
Exodus 14:4

TAKING BACK THE HIGH PLACES

Of the many verses that stood out to me, this verse caught my attention. 2 Kings 14:4says ‘However, the high places were not removed; the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.’ High places in the scripture are in reference to worship or idols. Ezekiel 14:4 also speaks of removing the idols of the heart. An idol can be anything in our lives that take the place of adoration and affection for the Father. It could be an obvious one like wealth, position, fear of money, the approval of man, influence and success, even doing the work of ministry has the ability to consume a heart more than Him. If anything consumes your heart in the place of the Father, now is the time it needs to be surrendered and removed. I don’t want to communicate this in a fearful or judgmental way, but rather, an encouragement that if something is taking His place in your life, surrender it because He wants to consume your heart entirely. He wants to take back the high places of the earth through you and I as fully yielded vessels.

This next verse is part of an interesting story whereby Jonathan, the son of Saul, pursues an entire garrison of Philistines. Alongside his armour bearer, the two courageously ambush the army of soldiers and send them running in terror inevery direction. 1 Samuel 14:4 tells of the moment at which Jonathon snuck upon them, it says; Between the passes by which Jonathan sought to cross over toget to the Philistine garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side and arocky crag on the other side; one [crag] was named Bozez, and the other, Seneh.

Picture two protruding rock formations, one on either side of Jonathon as he and his armour bearer passed through them to ambush their enemy. On one side of him, the rocky crag named Bozez means mud or bog, and the one on the other side, Seneh, means ‘Thorn Bush’ or ‘High.’ Jonathan needed to pass through the mud, thethorn bush and the high place in order to overtake the enemy. A birthing comes through pain, and this story becomes a picture of the modern-day church that has been passing through the mud of division, the thorns of persecution and the surrendering of our own high places, and there, we come out on the other side backed by our Armorbearer, Jesus to take down the garrisons before us. It’stime to give Him our high places and take back the high places of the earththat He may be glorified above all other names.

In that day His feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives, which lies before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in half from the east to the west by a very large valley, and half of the mountain will move toward the north and half of it toward the south.
Zechariah 14:4

WORSHIP IS OUR INSTRUMENT OF WAR

I cannot emphasize enough just how powerful our worship to the King is in this moment of time. Not only does it remove the high places in our own lives so that He may rule and reign alone, but it removes the high places of the earth. As we worship in unity, it creates a vacuum of suction whereby He responds inmagnitude, power and justice. The story that surrounds the following verse is an intriguing one that I don’t have the space to cover, but I will mention that the picture of this woman wisely bowing her face before the King brought forththe truth to be spoken and an invitation into reconciliation.

When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she bowed with her face to the ground and lay herself down, and said, “Help, O king.”

2 Samuel 14:4

Tekoa means Trumpet, an instrument that unites people and it can also mean ‘pitchinga tent.’ Our worship is sent out like a trumpet of war that actually brings forth unity, truth and an invitation of reconciliation from the hearts of the lost to Jesus. Our dependence upon His help is what moves the hand and heart of God to respond to His people and ‘Pitch His tent’ of glory within us and amongst us. Another awe-inspiring example of worship is Psalm 144. It is the Psalm that David wrote right before he faced Goliath. Worship enables us to slay the Goliaths of our own day. It grounds us on the strength of who He is and reinforces ‘not by might, not by power, but my Spirit.’ (Zechariah 4:6).

Blessed be the Lord, my Rock and my great strength, Who trains my hands for war And my fingers for battle;

Psalm 144:1

SEND FORTH THE RAIN

The earth has been groaning and the people within it have been in spiritual and even natural drought… “The ground is cracked because there has been no rain on the land; The farmers are distressed, And they have covered their heads [inshame]. Jeremiah 14:4

I hearthe Spirit of God responding to their cries and saying to you and I, “CALLFORTH THE RAIN!” It is the time of the LATTER RAIN HARVEST, and the sons anddaughters are awakening from their slumber, arising into their governmentalKingdom authority.

They are responding to the enemy; ‘that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say, “How the oppressor has ceased [his insolence], And how the fury has ceased!
Isaiah 14:4

I can hear the rain on the horizon, it is coming in a thunderous force… get your umbrellas ready ;)

WE ARE BIRTHING A NEW SOUND

The new sound of GLORY is birthing forth within the Bride in this very hour. It is anamplifying and viral sound that will catch and spread fast from one to another.Just as Elizabeth’s baby leapt in her womb at the sound of Mary, the one whocarried Jesus in her womb, so too will His Spirit LEAP from the ones who carryHim and cause others to become aware of what they carry.

‘For behold, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.’
Luke 1:44

The Spirit of God is causing wombs to LEAP in this very moment, SONGS will CARRY far and wide, the Apostolic rule of His government is overtaking and possessing what is RIGHTFULLY HIS in a rapid and fast MOVEMENT of His Spirit. The awakening breath of God is STIRRING up the baby within your womb, it is awakening those who have been asleep. You are at the threshold of delivery, though all may look dark to you right now, you are about to birth NEW and UNEXPECTED moves of His Spirit through your life. New ministries and movements will come forth from this time of birthing and I see righteous justice prevailing over long-withstanding injustices like abortion and sex trafficking.

This is a unique sound from heaven that is trumpeting forth into the earth, through you and I. Those who are undefiled by the idols of this world, those who have joined themselves to the Lamb are releasing a new song. Though I don’t fully have the revelation of the 144,000 in the scripture below (so please don’t send me corrective emails ha), I do believe that it points to the Bride of Jesus operating in the fullness of divine government.

No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed free from the earth. These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins, and they join themselves to the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed, purchased from humanity and brought forth as the first-fruits for God and the Lamb.
Revelation 14:4

THE SHIFT IS UPON US

As with every prophetic word, this is an invitation. I believe there is a divine SHIFT taking place in the spirit that is making way for us as His bride to step into the mantle of Apostolic Government completely and fully, but it does remain a choice.
I wanted to lastly highlight the number #414 that I have also been seeing, and it points us to Esther 4:14:

‘For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?’

This is a time for the Bride of Christ to take her place, to stand in the fullness of her God-given authority, to give Jesus everything He paid for with our lives. God has brought you to the Kingdom for this very moment, this very hour, but you need to release your sound, you need to use your voice. Take action, take the leap of faith, pray with perseverance, unite with your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, and let us together watch as the handover of Kingdom government is given into our hands to rule and reign with … so that the world might see Him in us.

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12

-Word by Christy Johnston

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THIS WEEK DANCE UPON YOUR INJUSTICE!

By Nate Johnston • June 17, 2025

I have a prophetic word for you that I believe is a powerful prophetic key and instruction for those who’ve been dealing with areas of injustice and warfare delaying breakthrough. I believe this word is going to break things open in the spirit, things that have been hanging over you, looming over you, and warring against you from every side for such a long period of time. This whole past weekend I’ve felt an agitation in my spirit that I normally only feel when I am pushed or pressed into a corner in my life but I knew it was intercessory. I knew it was an indicator of sorts that I was picking up on something taking place in the spirit. At first it felt like I was brooding over America, over California, and over the state of the nation and the heart of the church in America. Then it shifted and I found myself praying over Australia and the nations feeling the injustices taking place in so many ways. But no matter how much I prayed this burden lingered so I began to really ask the Lord, “What am I sensing? What am I feeling?” Then suddenly I went into a vision. I saw what I knew to be from 2 Samuel 6 where David danced as the ark was brought back to its rightful place. But what I saw in the vision felt not just dancing as a worship or celebration but more militant. It felt like a fight in the spirit of a taking back of ground. It was fierce and potent and I could feel the anointing coming off of it like it was a divine readjustment and a coming back into alignment with heaven’s order. This shifted the way I saw this historical and prophetic moment. It was worship yes, but it was a spiritual turning point unto national restoration - the return of God’s tangible presence to the heart of the nation after a long absence. It was not some hippy dance of a king that was happy to see a treasured artifact come back to its proper resting place, it was spontaneous, passionate, and unashamed yet It was also politically and spiritually declaring Gods kingship above all. As if David was physically declaring victory over injustice, corruption, and spiritual darkness. Wow! And so I said, “Lord, what am I seeing?” And I heard, “It’s the dancing upon injustice.” Instantly it clicked that this is what is taking place right now. It’s happening in the nation of America and it’s happening in the nations of the Earth. There is a divine shift taking place where God is actually asking the Body of Christ to step into an intercessory place to see a divine reversal of the robbery and injustices that have been occurring. God is bringing things back into order. He’s turning the hearts of nations and He’s turning things around. Then I heard the Lord say “I’m turning back the clock over the nation of America.” I saw a clock begin to tick backward then faster, and faster, and faster. And I knew it was connected to the dance. The dance of intercession reversed the clock. It was the intercession that actually turned back the clock of time, turned back the enemy’s hand that had laid waste and ruin upon the nations. Then I saw it on a micro level where individuals all around the Earth began feeling this agitation as something started shifting, and then I heard it again “It’s time to dance upon injustice!” And right now, so many of us are feeling this agitation. We’re feeling pushback. We’re feeling discontent. We’re feeling frustration in our spirit. But I want to tell you is that this frustration is actually the Lord leading you to dance upon injustices in your nation, in your city, in your region but even now in your own life. You have to understand, we’ve been in a cycle of time where injustices have mounted up. They’ve piled up. And what happens when injustices and robberies and warfare pile up over time? It’s like it blots out the sun and you’re unable to see what God is doing anymore. Hope deferred sets in. Constant robbery makes you weary, because you’ve been putting out fires in your own strength just to keep clearing the way enough to survive. Eventually, you no longer see what God is doing. You no longer remember Him as the Justice-Giver (Isaiah 30:18), as the One who redeems your life from destruction (Psalm 103:4), as the Judge who slams down the gavel in your favor (Psalm 7:11). But let me tell you something - right now, we’re in a moment where the Lord is saying “The key in this moment is to dance upon injustice. And won’t I do it? Won’t I shift all of these things around? Won’t I turn back the clock!even in your own life?” That is what the Lord is saying over you! So right now I’m breaking off the hope deferred, and the weariness of the fight in the mighty name of Jesus! Let the frustration you’ve been feeling this week turn into a dance. Let it turn into intercession. I want to encourage you this week - fight back in the spirit. Fight back not with your head, not with your soul, not with your mind but with your spirit. Begin to dance upon injustice and in the face of the mocking situations in your life you will say what David said: “I will become even more undignified than this” 2 Samuel 6:22 I believe therein lies the key for us as the Church this week - Don’t hold back. Dance upon injustice. Be more undignified Church. PUSH BACK THE DARKNESS! DEFY THE SPIRIT OF THIS AGE! PICK UP YOUR AUTHORITY AGAIN! This is also a governmental decree for us. We must shift. We must come out of our caves. We must come out of timidity. We must stop trying to pander to the culture of this world and to those who don’t understand spiritual things, spiritual realities, and spiritual mechanics. We must call things as they are. The world Is severely blinded. They don’t see what you do. And much of the church are also very influenced by the enemy, blinded, milk fed, and have no discernment. But regardless you must push through. This week, as you dance upon injustice, it’s going to break off the fear of man that’s been keeping you caged and muzzled. It’s going to unleash the prophetic voice that God has given you in this hour that has been silenced. Now watch as God turns back the clock. This week I’m praying that the funds that you’ve been needing to move ahead will come. That the things God has prepared for you to inherit, you will step into. That the doors that need to open will swing wide. That the cases held up in courtrooms spiritually and naturally must be released this week. God is bringing finality to situations in your life that have been in limbo. He’s finalizing and bringing closure to those financial situations, to those relational situations, to those health situations. Suddenly, solutions will come. God is clearing the debris and clearing the overheads of your life. If you believe it, this week begin to dance. Begin to pray. Begin to decree. Begin to prophesy. Break out of that place of timidity, fear, and feeling depleted and defeated because the Lord say “Dance upon injustice and watch Me do the work.”

THE RISE OF THE HEALERS

By Nate Johnston • June 13, 2025

I believe we are in a window of time right now where God is turning the institutional church back into a hospital again. Just this sentence alone feels like a deep branding upon my heart because I’ve seen it in dreams increasing over the last year - a wounded and battered church and a bound world, but who will restore them? Recently, the Lord spoke to me through a personal experience. I had to go to the dentist for some intense tooth pain, and after visiting two different places neither would fix the issue. I knew there was something prophetic in it. Then the Lord said to me, “Many of my sick, broken, and demonized have been coming into churches, but they are not being delivered or set free.” Ah...there it was. But right now, God is raising up the healers again In a time when the earth more than ever before needs to see the rise of a healing church, a hospital church. Right now God is flipping the script on many ministries and institutions that have been focused on everything but the basics. We have not been doing what Luke 4:18-19 or Matthew 10:8-10 commands us to do. We have not been cleansing the lepers or healing the sick. We’ve drifted from the core of the great commission. The enemy has led us into side paths that do not transform people’s lives. But God is placing a fresh compassion on the Church and is renewing our love for people that sets people free. “When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick” — Matthew 4:14 If the enemy can make us love ministry more than we love people, if he can trap us in the idolatry of ministry we will fall out of love with the very ones we’re called to serve. Ouch! Yes, we will stop loving people, even though we’re still doing ministry technically but we have lost our true love that enables the power of God to come. And I’m not talking about a love that coddles people in their sin, tolerates demons, or keeps people brainwashed and yoked to false ideologies and fractured identities. I’m talking about the kind of love that walks hand in hand with truth, that drives out demons, and that stands at the crossroads and warns, “That’s not the way!” We need the kind of love that speaks straight and delivers people. Jesus walked in that kind of love. It was compassion that moved Him to perform great miracles. That’s what’s been missing in the Church. We’ve lost our compassion for people. We’ve lost our genuine love. We’re doing ministry for stats, KPIs, content, and reputation. Churches are trying to fill seats, recruit members, and collect tithes while people walk into our buildings bound, broken, addicted, demonized, and they are not being set free. But right now that is changing. The boardroom is being converted to an ER again! As we were leaving Pirate’s Cove on Saturday, the most powerful part of the day was still to come. Just after 6 p.m as the tide was in, a girl came up crying. Her friend asked if I could pray for her, and I did. As I prayed, I could tell she was under serious oppression, and for a few minutes, nothing shifted. But I refused to leave her the way she came. I asked the Lord what was happening. Instantly, I saw her life like a book. I saw shame and pain from the situations she’d walked through. Then I felt the intense love of the Father for her, and He said to me, “Tell her she is pure.” As soon as I said those words, she began to cough uncontrollably until the unclean spirit left. Then she asked to be baptized right there at Pirate’s Cove. It was a victory moment for her, but it was also a marking moment for me. I couldn’t understand at first why it impacted me so deeply. I’ve seen situations like this many times before. I never take them for granted, but this one felt profound. I realized later that it was God speaking loudly through this encounter. Right now, something fresh is happening around the earth. God is showing up in power. The Church is shaking off her chains and becoming who she was always meant to be. There’s an uprising - a movement leaving behind Christianity as usual. But it’s something much holier than we’ve seen before, and we’ll miss it if we’re not paying attention. God is after the broken and the lost. He’s leaving the ninety-nine for the one. He’s flipping the enemy’s lies and calling what was tainted, pure again. Lou Engle once asked, “What if California was the adulterous woman Jesus redeemed?” That day, as I prophesied, I heard myself say, “What if California is the woman at the well, waiting for a church to call her clean?” We have cursed our cities, our states, and our nations as though they are too far gone. But they are only one word away from redemption if the Church would only see God’s heart in the middle of the chaos. This is a time where we must walk in powerful truth and real love. Without both, the Church fails. Weak Christianity is afraid of offending people, so it keeps them bound in the name of kindness. Truth alone might drive out demons, but without love, it doesn’t draw the broken into intimacy with God. We are standing on the edge of something monumental, a move of God that is raw, wild, unpolished, and simple. As it says in Luke 4:18 - 19, “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” The days of the hospital church have begun. The days of power are returning. And the days of God’s love driving out darkness are here again. This is our call, to speak what the enemy has called unclean and declare it pure. That is our mandate. Now, let me speak directly to the healers. You know who you are. You know that God has marked you for miracles, signs, and wonders. You’ve known that you’re called to be His healing hands in this moment. But you’ve felt disqualified. You look at your life and feel broken. You’ve fallen. You still need healing. You feel like something inside of you is tainted or poisoned by the last few years of hard battle. You’ve been heavy in your soul, discouraged, and weary. That has been the enemy’s strategy all along, to wear down the healers. To bombard the ones called to bring true deliverance. And because of that, we’ve seen the rise of false deliverance ministries, false healers, counterfeit prophets, and wolves in sheep’s clothing. They’ve stepped into a vacuum because the real healers have been under attack and haven’t yet risen up. But I believe that this moment is a call to the healers to rise again. It’s time to step back into your calling. I had a vision of someone’s legs and I knew this was a prophetic picture of the healers. They were twisted and deformed and decommissioned. And the Lord said to me, “Speak strength to their legs. Speak strength to their backs. Speak strength to their bones.” Suddenly, in the vision, the legs straightened out and they were standing to their feet! I declare the same over you - that every part of your life that has felt out of place, twisted, wounded, or weary, let it be healed and realigned with the hope and truth of God. Healers, rise up. Get your strength back. Get your compassion back. Be healed and take your place. It is time to walk again in the power of God and the compassion of Jesus. So now, in the name of Jesus, I speak to every healer, every deliverer, every voice and vessel who has been marked by God for miracles, but has felt crushed under the weight of shame, warfare, disappointment, or disqualification. I declare over you - this is your resurrection moment. Where the enemy has tainted you, twisted your story, and tried to convince you that you are unclean or unworthy, I now declare by the blood of Jesus that you are being made clean. The stain of the past, the trauma, the compromise, and the confusion is being washed off of you in this moment. I speak a cleansing over your mind, your body, your heart, and your history. The blood still speaks a better word over you. Let every accusation from hell be silenced right now. I call your mantle out of the ashes. I call your voice back from the silence. I declare strength to your bones, fire to your belly, and clarity to your mind. Every dormant gift, every silenced word, every dream buried under discouragement come back to life now in Jesus’ name. Today as you read this you are not just being healed, you are being reinstated. You will no longer walk with a limp from old wounds. What the enemy meant for evil, God is now turning for your good. This is your commissioning moment. So rise, healers! Lay your hands on the sick, cleanse the lepers, deliver the bound, and set the captives free!

THIS WEEK DANCE UPON YOUR INJUSTICE!

By Nate Johnston • June 17, 2025

THE RISE OF THE HEALERS

By Nate Johnston • June 13, 2025

STUCK IN LAST SEASON’S BATTLE BONDAGE? HE WILL NOT LEAVE YOU BEHIND!

By Nate Johnston • June 10, 2025

As I stood on the rocks at Pirates Cove yesterday, watching hundreds of people being baptized, I was overwhelmed by what I was seeing. History yet again was being written. I thanked God for the hunger that was present that day and the day before when we gathered - the countless people encountering the presence and power of God. Clearly, God is moving right now on the earth in a new and fresh way. But as I stood there, these words suddenly rose in my spirit - “He leaves no one behind” It rocked me thinking about the seasons in my life when I felt lonely, abandoned, and lost when people around me were experiencing the opposite. It’s easy in moments of heartache, hope deferred, and deep brokenness to feel like you’re the only one going through it. It’s easy to feel like others are advancing and thriving while you’re still stuck, and still broken. But I believe God wants to encourage those who feel stuck this week, those who feel left behind in the past seasons battle and battle weariness and bondage. Those who feel unable to move forward because of pain from the past and the wounds it inflicted. God is not going to leave you behind! I’m reminded of the man who sat by the Pool of Bethesda because he couldn’t walk. “One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years… Then Jesus said to him, ‘Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.’ At once the man was cured” — John 5:1-9 That pool was surrounded by people who were sick, lame, and broken down, all hoping to be the one who got their fresh start. And right now in the midst of revival fires beginning to burn and something fresh that God is doing, many still feel stuck. David said it well in the psalms; “How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?” — Psalm 13:1 And like David many are saying; God, I don’t feel like I’ve moved anywhere. Nothing has shifted for me. I’m still dealing with the same situations, the same lack, the same health problems, the same relational and family issues. God, have You forgotten me?” But just like the man at the Pool of Bethesda, God did not leave him behind. Jesus went to him directly, healed him, and gave him a new beginning. Think of the woman at the well. “A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, ‘Will you give me a drink?’— John 4:4-7 She felt judged, abandoned, and lonely yet Jesus met her in that very place. He leaves no one behind. So I prophesy over you this week - You are going to have encounters with Jesus, where He reveals His heart to you in the very place you feel stuck. You’re going to experience the breakthrough power of God in your life, power that will shift you out of pain, brokenness, and those continual cycles of dysfunction, addiction, and torment. The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners.” Isaiah 61:1 And right now many are carrying the spiritual bondage from past seasons and it feels like a massive blockage in the road but they just don’t know how to get rid of it. It’s heavy, it’s like a poison that won’t seem to flush from your system. It’s got its roots in deep but it’s no match for the power of God. In a moment the Holy Spirit can take an axe to those obstacles. Right now as I’m writing this I see them in the spirit like bricks cemented in but the Lord is right now shaking them loose! They must go! Every demonic spirit hanging around you trying to keep you tethered to bondage leave now in Jesus name! Shame go! Unclean spirits leave! As we were leaving the gathering on Saturday (the day before Pentecost Sunday), I met an amazing woman of God. I got to witness her encounter Jesus in a powerful way. We saw God completely set her free from a demonic assignment that had been following her around. Then, I got to take part in her baptism there at the famous Pirates Cove. I could feel it - she had felt a little left behind. I hadn’t prayed for her that day. Yet just as we were walking out, God ordained that moment. It was her time. I felt the loving compassion of God so strongly because I’ve been in those moments. Moments when I felt forgotten. When it felt like no one saw me. But friend He sees you. You are not left behind. I imagine the day when the believers were in the upper room. They came out speaking in tongues. Yes, some mocked them. But imagine if you were one of the 500 originally there and the enemy lied to you, and you left the room too soon. You would have missed it. “God, I’ve faithfully served You… and I missed it?” Ouch… that is it right there. So many people feel like that right now. But the Lord wants you to know - You are seen. You are not forgotten. He will not leave you behind. Right now, He is rescuing you from the grip of that past season and ushering you into a new one even as you read these words. I command every chain, every tie to your past that’s held you back to break NOW in the mighty name of Jesus. And I pray that ALL yokes break off your life, and that the Holy Spirit fills your heart and cup anew in Jesus’ name. Now watch this week as God reveals himself to you in a new way. Through dreams. God kisses. Signs of His goodness. Your old chapter has ended. It’s time to step into the new.

ARE YOU AT A THRESHOLD OF FAITH?

By Nate Johnston • June 6, 2025

I have some encouragement for the pioneers. Over the last few weeks, I’ve kept hearing this language - that we are at thresholds of faith. What is a threshold? A threshold is defined as: the point of entering or beginning something new. So, what is a threshold of faith? A threshold of faith is a place you come to when you can no longer keep operating or living within the confines of your previous limitations. God is leading you into a significant breakthrough in that area to expand you and prepare you for what’s coming. Thresholds of faith at first feel like pressure. They feel emotionally triggering. They feel like the enemy is warring against your mind. It can feel even feel like a rollercoaster of soul highs and lows as God brings precious things to the surface to free you and lighten you. Why? Because God is pulling you higher, and the enemy is trying to keep you lower. God is calling you to fly like an eagle, while the enemy wants to keep you grounded with the turkeys. In this calling we go from glory to glory with God (2 Corinthians 3:18). So He’s always leading us into greater levels of truth about who we are and about our calling as sons and daughters, as leaders, and as fathers and mothers. There are always deeper dimensions of capacity, anointing, character, and fruit that we are meant to walk in. So we go through thresholds of faith not because something is wrong or because things are falling apart, but because we’ve asked Him for more. This pressure is the very thing we’ve been praying for. But we often forget - before breakthrough comes, God upgrades our internal operating system. If He brings us into breakthrough without transformation, we’ll crash and burn. The issue is that In this consumer-Christian culture we’ve inherited, we want our circumstances to change, but we often resist the internal transformation required. We avoid deliverance. We avoid healing. We avoid conviction. We avoid the refining fire. We want the goods without the fire. We want the promise without the pruning. But it doesn’t work like that. Right now, the Lord is trying to pull us higher, but there’s been a battle. There’s been tension. And there are moments where everything around you feels like it’s in ruins. Promises haven’t come to pass and God didn’t come through. That’s where the fight is because it feels too late, like it’s the eleventh hour and so how can you trust God again when your last promise didn’t come to pass? By faith even Sarah herself received the ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.” - Hebrews 11:11 Sarah’s breakthrough looked impossible. She was past the point of fruitfulness. But God was working internally. She had to shift her focus to His ability, not her own. She had to stop striving and simply trust His miracle-working power. That’s how you know you’re at a threshold - you feel barren. You feel like nothing is working. And yet, God is asking you to believe again. To dream again. To step forward into something you don’t even have faith for yet. He’s not asking for perfect faith. He’s asking for a yes. Thresholds often feel like the most broken, most vulnerable, most disqualified place you’ve ever been. And that’s exactly where God chooses to expand you. Not when everything’s in order. Not when you feel strong. It’s when you feel empty, unworthy, and unprepared that He calls you into the new. As I was praying about this, I kept hearing the word “Jordan” and I instantly knew what the Lord was showing me. In the Bible, the Jordan River represents thresholds of calling, identity, and breakthrough. Joshua 3:17 – The Israelites crossed the Jordan into the Promised Land. 2 Kings 2:8 – Elijah struck the Jordan before being taken up. 2 Kings 2:14 – Elisha crossed back with a double portion. Matthew 3:13 – Jesus was baptized in the Jordan, then led into the wilderness. Genesis 32:22 – Jacob crossed the brook Jabbok (connected to the Jordan), leaving behind his old identity and life. I believe we are at the Jordan right now with our foot about to step in. Oh not deeper waters! It’s scary. What if I can’t swim? What if I trip? That’s what we feel in this moment. I’ve felt it in my own life where God is stretching me and I know it’s for my benefit. But in the natural, it looks like warfare, mental attack, depletion and robbery, failure, closed doors, confusion, and feeling out of your depth. Why? Because God is revealing the places you’ve placed your trust, your identity in and is revealing where you leant on your hustle, your gifting, and your own strength. Those things can’t sustain you anymore. And at the same time, the enemy is trying to discourage you, to make you give up right at the point of the threshold. He wants you to break right before your breakthrough. But God is asking you: Will you trust Me in this moment? Will you believe even when it doesn’t look like it’s working? A few months ago, I was in that exact place surrounded by doubt and pressure. And I heard the Lord whisper “The only way to survive this season is to stay at My feet. Stay in My presence.” That’s the key to crossing the threshold. Not knowledge. Not connections. Not hustle. Just surrender. So I prophesy this over you now - Just as Caleb and Joshua lingered in the tent and came out with a different spirit, so will you. You will cross the threshold with new eyes, new ears, and a new heart. Even now, God is breaking off the old operating system. He is breaking off the pain and reproach of your past. “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” - Joshua 5:9 The shame, the failure, the false labels they are being cut away. You are being recommissioned. This threshold of faith is the breakthrough you’ve been praying for and it’s time to step over in Jesus name!