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THE ERA OF FAMILY & NATIONS, THE WHOLE BRIDE, & THE RISING OF A HOLY ARMY

nateandchristy2018

THE ERA OF FAMILY & NATIONS, THE WHOLE BRIDE, & THE RISING OF A HOLY ARMY

THE ERA OF FAMILY & NATIONS, THE WHOLE BRIDE, & THE RISING OF A HOLY ARMY

There are some words God gives that are words for months, or even seasons, and others that are more. Words that you carry with you because you were branded by them and you know they won’t just be something you pour out for a season but for a lifetime. The word I’m about to share feels personal to me, and I’ve been processing it and wrestling it, and while part of a much larger conversation and deeper revelation I feel this is a word for the hour to the church because He is readying his bride for incredible and crucial days to come. Get ready church, God is getting us into shape because our greatest days are truly ahead of us!

A NEW ERA & A CALL HIGHER

Two words that have been burning in my spirit for months now is FAMILY & NATIONS as God has been downloading the most glorious heavenly blueprints of the churches “Isaiah 60” era in action. It has caused a new hunger and passion to rise up in me for what God showed me is coming. God kept saying to me that this is the time of family and nations as if they were the same entity. I think we as the body of Christ have always put family on one spectrum and the call to nations on the other but He was saying to me to stitch them back together where religion tore them apart. This is an hour of FAMILY & NATIONS and God is both breathing fresh upon families and the family of God (the church), bringing maturity, healing, and authenticity back, and He is also igniting the call of the ECCLESIA to the NATIONS!

In my heart this call is the one and the same. Imagine if the same presence and glory that we experience around the kitchen table gets released to the nations and affects whole cities? What if the conversations with our kids to God at bedtime become prayers that spark global movements? What if the nights of laying on our backs in the lounge rooms and church floors worshiping become the revival that sends the lost to their knees?

There is a commissioning happening right now but there is also a deep preparation-taking place to ready us for the days ahead. That’s what all the warfare and opposition you have faced has been over! This is the commodity that is worth so much and this is why you as a child of God, a royal priesthood and holy nation, royalty, and heir of nations have been in the battle of your life and the greatest preparation season we have known!

God is calling the lost home, the orphan home, the exiles home, the outcasts home, and He has been bringing great reformation to the family of God to accomodate them. The harvest will need a home to belong to! But equally God has been arming the ecclesia, readying the troops, and calling us higher from a local “metron” mindset to a global one. From discipling communities to preparing to disciple and influence nations.

This is not just the hour of the family unit but also the hour of unity in the churches where God is healing divides and causing the family of God to come together which will unleash a blessing so we will see the nations come to Jesus!

THE RULING SWORD & THE RENDING SWORD

A month ago I was in worship in my room when I went into a vision and saw myself holding a sword out as you would do in battle. Instantly I thought “Wow this is the reigning sword for the nations!” and I felt the power and authority in it. This was the ruling sword God was placing in the hands of the church to bring nations into alignment and see injustices fall. But then I watched as in the vision the sword began to turn anti-clockwise towards me until the point was pressed up against my heart. Suddenly I felt like the fire of heaven was hot on me and God began speaking” Will this generation be a lover of themselves or will they be a people set apart unto me?” “Who will be my Holy ones, my separated ones? Who will defy the culture of today and stand apart? Who will choose my mountain over the mountain of man's achievements? Who will be my Holy ones?”

After this night I truly haven’t been the same since. This deep cry of the Lord's desire this generation was revealed as plain as day. God wants to use this generation for great governmental and cultural change, walking in power and miracles, signs, and wonders, but first He is looking for a people who will say yes to the RENDING sword of Holiness. Those who will choose to make themselves low so he could be made great.

“Rend your heart and not your garments and return to the Lord!” Joel 2:13

So let the cry of this hour be “God rend our hearts! Have your way in us!”

THE GREATER GLORY & THE WHOLE BRIDE

Two weeks ago I was in church when I had an encounter that was unlike any other I have ever had. I had my eyes closed when I saw in a vision the king of glory walking through the middle aisle of the building. It was the King in all of His majesty and glory. The train of His robe was filling the temple and it was majestic, and for a moment I was just in awe and wonder over what I was seeing. His presence was so thick and weighty. Then my awe and wonder began to turn to this incredible fear of the Lord and reverence that I haven’t experienced like that before. I could barely breathe. It was more than I could handle.

I remember similar moments back in 2007 and 2008 when I was working for Pastor Benny Hinn and the Glory of God was so thick and weighty and the reverential fear of the Lord was so intense in the room you didn’t want to move a finger and all you could do was weep in his presence. This was like that. As I was kneeling on the floor all I could do was sing “Holy, holy”, I kept hearing these two passages of scripture resounding in my spirit;

“In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke” Isaiah 6:1-4

“And to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless” Ephesians 5:27

I went home that night and I was a mess, and felt the cry of the Fathers heart to see a WHOLE bride, a spotless bride, one that was not in bondage to this world and one that was deeply and madly in love with the bridegroom, not the things of this world. Since that night I have been experiencing the reverential fear of the Lord on a daily basis and daily hearing the song “I’m coming back to the heart of worship” as God right now calls us back to a deeper place of intimacy and shedding of the war wounds and the contaminants of the past. I knew what I experienced that night was a holy moment but it was also a declaration over the season that God was coming in might and power and glory to ready us for the days to come where we need to be whole.

God is bringing great deliverance to the house of God right now because we can’t keep being the broken, battered, down and out bride, beat up by the enemy and more experienced with defeat than in victory. No, that’s changing in Jesus name!

THE SHAKING AND THE RISING

“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the Lord Almighty. ‘The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace,’ declares the Lord Almighty.” Haggai 2:6-9

Many have been prophesying for a while now that this is a greater glory season in the same way this is a new wine season. But in the same way the new wine ruptures the old wineskin, the greater glory not only causes us to arise and shine as Gods glorious church but it reveals the lesser glory we have been building upon. His greater glory in this season is coming to reveal faulty foundations and give us strong foundations for us to build upon in the days to come. Just like the verse above says “the doorposts and thresholds shook”, God is shaking, shaking, shaking all that needs to be shaken so that all that remains is what is beneficial for us as His bride to see His kingdom done on earth as it is in heaven! It’s a tall order if you are comfortable and complacent but right now God is releasing the invitation and stirring up his church to abandon the safety of the shore and choose Him at all costs.

We have to divorce our love with self, with this world, even with our consumerist Christianity and worship of celebrities. We can’t keep making golden calves out of people. God wants to be our only love and focus and He is calling us to leave the burning ship of religion behind for the greater glory - for the KING of glory. But this shaking is only causing a TSUNAMI OF GLORY to fill your life as you have allowed God access and full abandon to the process. The same goes for the nations; there has been a shaking but His Glory is flooding the earth in a way we have not seen before. It’s a shaking that has caused false or weak structures to fall, a major changing of the guard, and the restoration of the simplicity and power of the gospel, but the fruit is that the nations are beginning to the taste of the majesty of Jesus!

The greatest export of this shaking season is the refinement of Gold, the purity, and the rising of an army of holy lovers, a whole and free bride, and an ecclesia with fire in their eyes with their eyes set on their inheritance. NONE of the shaking has gone to waste but has only produced in you the fruit you are about to see. This is a new era, and you can either be bedazzled and distracted by the chaos of the shaking or you can fix your eyes on Jesus and celebrate what He is doing in the earth. It’s time for the greater glory!

RISE UP HOLY ONES, RISE UP MIGHTY ARMY, RISE UP FAMILY OF GOD, THIS IS YOUR HOUR OF COMMISSIONING! THIS IS YOUR ERA TO ARISE & SHINE!

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YOU ARE DETOXING THE POISON OF THE PAST

By Nate Johnston • April 17, 2025
So many people in the body of Christ right now are dealing with poison... Not physical poison - soul poison. The kind that seeps in from old wounds, betrayals, disappointment, spiritual abuse, and prolonged warfare. The kind you don’t always see, but you feel it—in your relationships, your perception, and even your intimacy with the Lord. It’s the poison of the past, and for many, it’s leaking into the present. And they don’t even know how to deal with it. How to name it. How to heal it. It’s showing up in a thousand ways: -As a critical spirit, constantly scanning for fault. -As sabotage, tearing others down to feel safe. -As hopelessness, blocking vision and prophetic clarity. -As a shut door to the secret place, keeping you from encountering God. And for some, it’s even affecting their physical health, their energy, their joy, because poison doesn’t just live in your mind. It lives in your nervous system, your habits, your perspective, and your spirit. THE WITCHCRAFT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING This is something the Church rarely talks about: Christian witchcraft. Yes it exists in the Church, in leadership, in prophetic circles, even among those closest to us. In 2018, Christy and I were in a season of major momentum. Our ministry was exploding. We were seeing crazy transformation, breakthrough, and open doors everywhere. But behind the scenes, our lives were under siege. Our marriage. Our kids. Our finances. Everything was getting hit and we had no idea why. Until one night, the Lord revealed in a dream: “There are two open doors - two people in your life who are speaking against you.” It stunned me so I took spiritual inventory, but I couldn’t see it clearly until months later. And then one day, while I was silently wrestling with confusion and spiritual heaviness, a spider dropped from a tree I’d never seen before and bit me on the head. I brushed it off. Treated the bite. But days later, the poison was under my skin literally causing my glands to swell and made me really unwell. Antibiotics didn’t work. Nothing worked. It took months to heal, and even when the skin began to recover, the Lord showed me that the real poison was deeper. Both in the spirit and in the natural, I was dealing with venom. The two people God warned me about? One was a family member who was actively opposing our marriage behind the scenes. The other was a ministry friend, someone I had trusted who was subtly operating in control, manipulation, and soul ties disguised as covenant. Even after confronting those situations and closing the doors, the side effects of their witchcraft remained. I was dealing with soul toxins that no amount of medicine could bypass. It took a long journey of forgiveness, deliverance, and allowing the Holy Spirit to do surgery in my soul. Because when you allow unholy words, curses, and accusations to enter unchecked, they don’t just bounce off. They land. And if they’re not discerned, they begin to infect. VENOM IS SPREADING THROUGH THE BODY Right now, I believe this is what we’re seeing happen across the Church. People who are carrying poison from past betrayal, leadership abuse, family dysfunction, and unresolved offense are now projecting that venom onto others. It’s not just offense, it’s accusation. It’s not just criticism, it’s a demonic assignment to wound and divide. It’s masquerading as “discernment,” but it’s really the voice of the accuser speaking through unhealed pain. This poison is moving through prophetic camps and leadership spaces like a spiritual epidemic, leaving people divided, mistrusting, and spiritually exhausted. We’ve mistaken venom for discernment. We’ve elevated trauma-born narratives as truth. And in doing so, we’ve become toxic carriers, spreading spiritual poison to others instead of healing. GOD IS DETOXING THE BRIDE But here’s the good news: God is detoxing His people. He’s detoxing us from the spiritual poison of the past - from betrayal, witchcraft, manipulation, self-righteousness, fear, shame, and abuse. Why? Because you can’t see clearly, prophesy clearly, or love freely when your soul is sick. Before God can release a move of pure fire, He’s purging the contaminated wells in His people. And I believe this detox is not punishment—it’s preparation. THIS IS YOUR INVITATION And let me be clear, this is not a word of condemnation. It’s a word of freedom. Because it’s not easy carrying poison—especially when you don’t even know how to get it out. And that’s the question I’ve been hearing a lot lately: “I recognize the poison is there… but how do I get it out?” It requires a deep detox. A cleansing of the words that wounded, the curses that lingered, and a fresh reminder of who God says you are. If you’ve been feeling off… If you’ve been battling unexplained spiritual fog, emotional reactivity, mistrust, or disconnection from God’s presence—this might be your moment to pause and ask: “Have I ingested poison? Am I still carrying venom?” Let the Holy Spirit show you where it entered, and how to let it go. Because God doesn’t want you carrying residue from what bit you in a past season. He’s healing your soul so you can move forward clean, clear, and commissioned. The detox has already begun. Let Him finish what He started. How to Break Witchcraft & Extract the Poison 1.⁠ ⁠Identify the Entry Points Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal where the poison entered—through people, words, wounds, or unholy alignments. 2.⁠ ⁠Break Agreements & Renounce Out loud, renounce every lie, soul tie, and word curse. Cancel the enemy’s assignment in Jesus’ name. 3.⁠ ⁠Forgive & Release Unforgiveness holds the poison in place. Forgive fully. Repent for any venom you’ve projected. 4.⁠ ⁠Cleanse with the Blood Invite the blood of Jesus to cleanse your soul, mind, and body. Declare: “I’m no longer a carrier of poison.” 5.⁠ ⁠Shut the Doors Remove toxic connections, reset your prophetic diet, and cleanse your atmosphere. Return to the secret place. 6.⁠ ⁠Prophesy a Reset Declare: “My voice is clean. My heart is whole. My discernment is restored.” -This isn’t just deliverance. -This is a prophetic detox. -You’re not just getting free, you’re reclaiming authority to set others free. As James 3:8 reminds us: The tongue is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.” But with heaven’s detox, that poison is being flushed out, and your voice is being purified for such a time as this. 

THE CALL TO THE WAVE-RIDERS Prophetic Flow from The Gathering OC – 04/11/25

By Nate Johnston • April 15, 2025
“Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.” —Psalm 42:7 As I was praying before the gathering, I kept hearing the words, “Deep calls unto deep.” Then I heard it again, “Deeper still.” I sensed the Lord was stirring a fresh hunger in His people. A call to the ones who’ve longed for more. A beckoning to come deeper into the waters of encounter and intimacy where few are willing to go. Then I was taken into a vision. I saw a great wave forming, and behind it, hundreds of people were positioned, waiting for the right moment to move. In my spirit I felt it, “The wave is coming.” the wave of awakening IS FORMING There is a mighty outpouring prepared to crash upon the shores of the earth. A prophesied move of God’s Spirit that will awaken the nations. This is the wave that is swelling in the distance. Then, I heard the voice of the Lord thunder, “Where are My wave-riders?” “Where are the ones who will leave the shore and come out into the deep? Where are the ones who will forsake comfort, tradition, and control to follow My glory? Where are the ones who will chase My presence above popularity, platform, or predictable programs?” For there are many who have chosen to stay grounded, content on the shoreline, tethered to control and comfort. But I am calling the brave. I am calling the pioneers. I am calling the forerunners who were born for this moment, to ride the wave of My presence into the unknown. And yes, it may feel unsettling. You may even doubt yourself: “Can I do this? Do I have the strength? Will I get it right?” But hear Me, says the Lord, You are My wave-rider. You were born for this. Everything you’ve walked through has led you to this moment. You were not created to sit in the shallows, you were made for the depths. You will ride the wave of My presence, and in doing so, you will model something sacred to a generation who has forgotten what My presence feels like. As you ride, others will see. They will remember. And they too will venture out into the deep. For the days of intellectual Christianity are over. The days of knowing about Me are giving way to those who will truly know Me. And you can only know Me in the deep. You can only know Me in the wild places where control must be surrendered. But there, I will meet you. And there, you will find that though it feels uncomfortable, you are not alone. You have the Comforter. I am leading you into deeper waters. Back to first love. Back to the place of holy encounter. I am leading you out of worldly lovers and calling you back to Myself. For I am calling forth My wave-riders in this hour. But if you are not yielded, you will miss the moment. If you are not dead to the old thing, you will hesitate when the wave rises. Where are those who are fully surrendered? I am searching the earth for a people who will lay down their lives again, Not out of duty, but desire. A people who long for the marriage of eternity. Who will be betrothed to Me again? Who will divorce the world and its empty promises? Who will lose their lives to find them in Me? Who will rise from under the yokes of religion and culture and be Mine again? Who will consecrate themselves afresh? For the orphans shall become sons and daughters. And the sons and daughters shall become mothers and fathers, Releasing the cry of adoption over the land. Tonight, I am marking My wave-riders. Branding them with fire. Setting them apart in the deep. Step into the new rhythm. Step into My rest. There is a fresh flow. Leave the stagnant waters behind. The old flow will not sustain you for where I’m taking you. Then the Lord spoke again; “The Church has lost her rings.” She has forgotten her covenant with Me. But I am restoring the marriage. California is being married again. America is being remarried. The nations are being called back into covenant. This is a marriage moment. A moment of divine consecration. But it runs deeper than before. For I am looking for My lovers. “And I will betroth you to Me forever. I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and justice, In steadfast love and mercy. I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, And you shall know the Lord.” — Hosea 2:19 “Let us rejoice and exult and give Him the glory, For the marriage of the Lamb has come, And His Bride has made herself ready.” — Revelation 19:7 The wedding song has gone out. The flute is playing once again. The days of the dirge are over. The funeral song has ended. A new day has dawned I am inviting you to the marriage feast. Who will respond? Who will come? Who will leave their other lovers behind? Then I heard it loud and clear - “OVERFLOW.” As you lean into what feels uncomfortable, As you step into the unknown, You will find My wave crashing into every dry and broken place in your life. You will feel the surge of My Spirit again. And the Lord says: As you lean into My presence, I will do what you cannot do. I will restore what you cannot fix. I will bring you out of depletion and back into overflow. You were born for this wave. Now ride it. 

YOU ARE DETOXING THE POISON OF THE PAST

By Nate Johnston • April 17, 2025
So many people in the body of Christ right now are dealing with poison... Not physical poison - soul poison. The kind that seeps in from old wounds, betrayals, disappointment, spiritual abuse, and prolonged warfare. The kind you don’t always see, but you feel it—in your relationships, your perception, and even your intimacy with the Lord. It’s the poison of the past, and for many, it’s leaking into the present. And they don’t even know how to deal with it. How to name it. How to heal it. It’s showing up in a thousand ways: -As a critical spirit, constantly scanning for fault. -As sabotage, tearing others down to feel safe. -As hopelessness, blocking vision and prophetic clarity. -As a shut door to the secret place, keeping you from encountering God. And for some, it’s even affecting their physical health, their energy, their joy, because poison doesn’t just live in your mind. It lives in your nervous system, your habits, your perspective, and your spirit. THE WITCHCRAFT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING This is something the Church rarely talks about: Christian witchcraft. Yes it exists in the Church, in leadership, in prophetic circles, even among those closest to us. In 2018, Christy and I were in a season of major momentum. Our ministry was exploding. We were seeing crazy transformation, breakthrough, and open doors everywhere. But behind the scenes, our lives were under siege. Our marriage. Our kids. Our finances. Everything was getting hit and we had no idea why. Until one night, the Lord revealed in a dream: “There are two open doors - two people in your life who are speaking against you.” It stunned me so I took spiritual inventory, but I couldn’t see it clearly until months later. And then one day, while I was silently wrestling with confusion and spiritual heaviness, a spider dropped from a tree I’d never seen before and bit me on the head. I brushed it off. Treated the bite. But days later, the poison was under my skin literally causing my glands to swell and made me really unwell. Antibiotics didn’t work. Nothing worked. It took months to heal, and even when the skin began to recover, the Lord showed me that the real poison was deeper. Both in the spirit and in the natural, I was dealing with venom. The two people God warned me about? One was a family member who was actively opposing our marriage behind the scenes. The other was a ministry friend, someone I had trusted who was subtly operating in control, manipulation, and soul ties disguised as covenant. Even after confronting those situations and closing the doors, the side effects of their witchcraft remained. I was dealing with soul toxins that no amount of medicine could bypass. It took a long journey of forgiveness, deliverance, and allowing the Holy Spirit to do surgery in my soul. Because when you allow unholy words, curses, and accusations to enter unchecked, they don’t just bounce off. They land. And if they’re not discerned, they begin to infect. VENOM IS SPREADING THROUGH THE BODY Right now, I believe this is what we’re seeing happen across the Church. People who are carrying poison from past betrayal, leadership abuse, family dysfunction, and unresolved offense are now projecting that venom onto others. It’s not just offense, it’s accusation. It’s not just criticism, it’s a demonic assignment to wound and divide. It’s masquerading as “discernment,” but it’s really the voice of the accuser speaking through unhealed pain. This poison is moving through prophetic camps and leadership spaces like a spiritual epidemic, leaving people divided, mistrusting, and spiritually exhausted. We’ve mistaken venom for discernment. We’ve elevated trauma-born narratives as truth. And in doing so, we’ve become toxic carriers, spreading spiritual poison to others instead of healing. GOD IS DETOXING THE BRIDE But here’s the good news: God is detoxing His people. He’s detoxing us from the spiritual poison of the past - from betrayal, witchcraft, manipulation, self-righteousness, fear, shame, and abuse. Why? Because you can’t see clearly, prophesy clearly, or love freely when your soul is sick. Before God can release a move of pure fire, He’s purging the contaminated wells in His people. And I believe this detox is not punishment—it’s preparation. THIS IS YOUR INVITATION And let me be clear, this is not a word of condemnation. It’s a word of freedom. Because it’s not easy carrying poison—especially when you don’t even know how to get it out. And that’s the question I’ve been hearing a lot lately: “I recognize the poison is there… but how do I get it out?” It requires a deep detox. A cleansing of the words that wounded, the curses that lingered, and a fresh reminder of who God says you are. If you’ve been feeling off… If you’ve been battling unexplained spiritual fog, emotional reactivity, mistrust, or disconnection from God’s presence—this might be your moment to pause and ask: “Have I ingested poison? Am I still carrying venom?” Let the Holy Spirit show you where it entered, and how to let it go. Because God doesn’t want you carrying residue from what bit you in a past season. He’s healing your soul so you can move forward clean, clear, and commissioned. The detox has already begun. Let Him finish what He started. How to Break Witchcraft & Extract the Poison 1.⁠ ⁠Identify the Entry Points Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal where the poison entered—through people, words, wounds, or unholy alignments. 2.⁠ ⁠Break Agreements & Renounce Out loud, renounce every lie, soul tie, and word curse. Cancel the enemy’s assignment in Jesus’ name. 3.⁠ ⁠Forgive & Release Unforgiveness holds the poison in place. Forgive fully. Repent for any venom you’ve projected. 4.⁠ ⁠Cleanse with the Blood Invite the blood of Jesus to cleanse your soul, mind, and body. Declare: “I’m no longer a carrier of poison.” 5.⁠ ⁠Shut the Doors Remove toxic connections, reset your prophetic diet, and cleanse your atmosphere. Return to the secret place. 6.⁠ ⁠Prophesy a Reset Declare: “My voice is clean. My heart is whole. My discernment is restored.” -This isn’t just deliverance. -This is a prophetic detox. -You’re not just getting free, you’re reclaiming authority to set others free. As James 3:8 reminds us: The tongue is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.” But with heaven’s detox, that poison is being flushed out, and your voice is being purified for such a time as this. 

THE CALL TO THE WAVE-RIDERS Prophetic Flow from The Gathering OC – 04/11/25

By Nate Johnston • April 15, 2025
“Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.” —Psalm 42:7 As I was praying before the gathering, I kept hearing the words, “Deep calls unto deep.” Then I heard it again, “Deeper still.” I sensed the Lord was stirring a fresh hunger in His people. A call to the ones who’ve longed for more. A beckoning to come deeper into the waters of encounter and intimacy where few are willing to go. Then I was taken into a vision. I saw a great wave forming, and behind it, hundreds of people were positioned, waiting for the right moment to move. In my spirit I felt it, “The wave is coming.” the wave of awakening IS FORMING There is a mighty outpouring prepared to crash upon the shores of the earth. A prophesied move of God’s Spirit that will awaken the nations. This is the wave that is swelling in the distance. Then, I heard the voice of the Lord thunder, “Where are My wave-riders?” “Where are the ones who will leave the shore and come out into the deep? Where are the ones who will forsake comfort, tradition, and control to follow My glory? Where are the ones who will chase My presence above popularity, platform, or predictable programs?” For there are many who have chosen to stay grounded, content on the shoreline, tethered to control and comfort. But I am calling the brave. I am calling the pioneers. I am calling the forerunners who were born for this moment, to ride the wave of My presence into the unknown. And yes, it may feel unsettling. You may even doubt yourself: “Can I do this? Do I have the strength? Will I get it right?” But hear Me, says the Lord, You are My wave-rider. You were born for this. Everything you’ve walked through has led you to this moment. You were not created to sit in the shallows, you were made for the depths. You will ride the wave of My presence, and in doing so, you will model something sacred to a generation who has forgotten what My presence feels like. As you ride, others will see. They will remember. And they too will venture out into the deep. For the days of intellectual Christianity are over. The days of knowing about Me are giving way to those who will truly know Me. And you can only know Me in the deep. You can only know Me in the wild places where control must be surrendered. But there, I will meet you. And there, you will find that though it feels uncomfortable, you are not alone. You have the Comforter. I am leading you into deeper waters. Back to first love. Back to the place of holy encounter. I am leading you out of worldly lovers and calling you back to Myself. For I am calling forth My wave-riders in this hour. But if you are not yielded, you will miss the moment. If you are not dead to the old thing, you will hesitate when the wave rises. Where are those who are fully surrendered? I am searching the earth for a people who will lay down their lives again, Not out of duty, but desire. A people who long for the marriage of eternity. Who will be betrothed to Me again? Who will divorce the world and its empty promises? Who will lose their lives to find them in Me? Who will rise from under the yokes of religion and culture and be Mine again? Who will consecrate themselves afresh? For the orphans shall become sons and daughters. And the sons and daughters shall become mothers and fathers, Releasing the cry of adoption over the land. Tonight, I am marking My wave-riders. Branding them with fire. Setting them apart in the deep. Step into the new rhythm. Step into My rest. There is a fresh flow. Leave the stagnant waters behind. The old flow will not sustain you for where I’m taking you. Then the Lord spoke again; “The Church has lost her rings.” She has forgotten her covenant with Me. But I am restoring the marriage. California is being married again. America is being remarried. The nations are being called back into covenant. This is a marriage moment. A moment of divine consecration. But it runs deeper than before. For I am looking for My lovers. “And I will betroth you to Me forever. I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and justice, In steadfast love and mercy. I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, And you shall know the Lord.” — Hosea 2:19 “Let us rejoice and exult and give Him the glory, For the marriage of the Lamb has come, And His Bride has made herself ready.” — Revelation 19:7 The wedding song has gone out. The flute is playing once again. The days of the dirge are over. The funeral song has ended. A new day has dawned I am inviting you to the marriage feast. Who will respond? Who will come? Who will leave their other lovers behind? Then I heard it loud and clear - “OVERFLOW.” As you lean into what feels uncomfortable, As you step into the unknown, You will find My wave crashing into every dry and broken place in your life. You will feel the surge of My Spirit again. And the Lord says: As you lean into My presence, I will do what you cannot do. I will restore what you cannot fix. I will bring you out of depletion and back into overflow. You were born for this wave. Now ride it. 

CROSSOVER SPECIALISTS – LEAVING FIGHT OR FLIGHT

By Nate Johnston • April 15, 2025
I walked outside to prophesy into the voice recorder on my phone and the scripture that came out of my mouth was from Isaiah 10:29: “They go over the pass and say, ‘We will camp overnight at Geba.’ Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.” As soon as I said those words, a magnitude 5.2 earthquake began to shake Southern California from a place called Julian, California. I believe what I am about to share is a now word for the body of Christ for the crossover specialists, those being called to transition into a new era in the midst of much shaking in both the Church and the world. The shaking is the sign that we’re crossing A few days ago, someone asked me, “How do we cross into the new when many people are unwilling or unable to go with us?” My response was: We need to lead them gently, with tact and honor, but also with urgency, knowing the time is now. But also knowing that it is God that leads us, and uses shaking to disrupt comforts and systems that are no longer aligned with His Spirit. He breaks our reliance on man-made methods and outdated identities. He exposes what no longer works. He leads us to new shores. But for this word, I want to highlight something specific that we are moving out of... We are leaving the fight-or-flight mindset. We are leaving bondage. We are leaving constant warfare awareness. Isaiah 10:27 says: “In that day their burden will be lifted from your shoulders, their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be broken because you have grown so fat.” This passage is about Israel in bondage. God was calling a remnant to rise up and cross over into freedom and deliverance. This wasn’t just a physical relocation, it was deliverance from oppression. When God led Israel out of Egypt, it wasn’t just about a new destination. It was about being set free from slavery. When Joshua led the people into the Promised Land, it was about leaving the wilderness behind. And it’s happening again right now in our generation. When God calls us to cross over, it always exposes what we’ve tolerated: dysfunction, disobedience, demonic ideologies, addictions, oppression, and bondage. In the Church today, we see it loud and clear. We’ve tolerated selfish empires, the Ahab spirit, the Jezebel spirit, and the spirit of religion just to name a few. These forces have kept the body yoked to structures that no longer carry the wine. It’s like being at the wedding in Cana—the wine has run out but we’re still worshiping the empty jars that contained it. All the while Jesus is present, ready to pour out the new wine, but many are too loyal to the old to receive it. This is what the Jezebel spirit, the unhusbanded spirit, does in tandem with religious control. It keeps us bound to what once held glory but no longer does. Right now, God is confronting these areas. He is exposing what we’ve worshiped, what we’ve allowed, what we’ve built outside of Him. So this word is for the crossover specialist...those who are feeling the friction and pressure of transition and are not only crossing over personally but feel called to be the bridge over for others. Let me speak to you personally: You are crossing out of dysfunction. That’s why everything feels stirred up. God is surfacing areas of compromise in your own life, showing you places where you’ve created Ishmaels or pursued Jonah callings. He’s doing it in you, and through you, and He’s doing it in the Church. That’s why there’s so much shaking. That’s why so much is being revealed. Thats why people are desperate and broken, because God is exposing the snake. And yes, He wants to deliver you, but He also wants to shift you into the purpose behind it. Here’s what we’re crossing out of: Constant defense mode. You’re not meant to spend your whole life just surviving warfare. Yes, Nehemiah had to defend the wall for a time but if he had stayed in fight mode, he would never have finished building it. We are moving from reaction to construction. And God wants you to thrive. He wants you to enjoy the joy and wonder of what you’re called to do. When the old wine runs out, and we refuse to crossover, we lean on our flesh and begin to run on fumes. But when we crossover into the Spirit, we move in His strength, His flow, and His freedom. So how do we cross into this season effectively? Look at Isaiah 10:29 again. Geba and Ramah both mean high place. The key is the secret place, the high place with God. When the shaking comes, hide in Him. When things are unstable, cling to Him. It is in the secret place that He will heal, deliver, restore...this is where you will move across the chasm into promise. And from that place, you will also lead others. But as I end this word I feel to boldly declare something in alignment with the shaking and Isaiah 10:29; The high places of this world are shaking. Principalities are being evicted and displaced. As David crossed the threshold in the valley of Elah and confronted Goliath, he lost his ground. It came into the hands of Gods people and the battle was over. What if this crossover is more about kingdom conquest than we realize? What if God was leading us out of more strongholds and yokes personally and globally than we can see right now? California is shaking because it’s a declaration that the birth pangs are upon us and that the land is ripening. And the specialists for the hour are rising. Could it be you? I pray so... 

GOD IS HEALING YEARS OF MINISTRY HURT & TRAUMA!

By Nate Johnston • April 10, 2025
I had a chilling dream last night. In the dream, I was invited to a friend’s house. This friend, to me, represents someone who has been through deep spiritual abuse, someone constantly carrying that weight to the point where it now shows outwardly. This friend has a heart to serve God, is anointed, prophetic, and marked by the fingerprint of God. What the Lord has done in and through them is magnificent. And yet, the spirit of religion has always tried to bind them, tried to weigh them down, use them, and abuse them. In the dream, I was walking through what they said was their house. But it was cluttered, filled with photos, emblems, and items from different movements, events, eras, and seasons of their life. They led me on a tour, excitedly pointing out all the amazing things God had done. They spoke with joy, telling me about the different assignments they were part of, the things they were blessed to do, and what they laid down for Jesus. But beneath the surface of joy, I began to feel something trembling, something painful. Each memory, though it reflected serving God, carried layers of spiritual abuse, gaslighting, narcissism, and a deep sense of being put down, alienated, and isolated. I could feel it. The pain ran deep. The trauma had never been healed. The heart was never delivered. Suddenly I yelled out; “This is a museum of Christian hurt!” They looked back at me. “What did you say?” I repeated it: “This is a museum of Christian hurt. And it needs to be cleaned out!” They stared at me, shocked. And then they broke down. “Yes…yes, it is hurt.” I asked, “Why have you been ignoring it?” They replied, “Because we don’t want to dishonor. Because we don’t want to cast a stone. We don’t want to feel like all of it was in vain.” I said, “It wasn’t in vain. God called you. But man tried to mess it up. You’ve been carrying many seasons of hurt, and the Lord wants to clear it all out.” Then I heard myself say, “It’s time for the hoarding to stop. It’s time for the Lord to clear out the past seasons, redeem them, and start a new chapter in your life.” My friend fell to the floor, and cried, “Jesus, I surrender. I give you my past.” Instantly, things began to disappear off the walls. Light began to break through. And then I woke up. I believe this dream is speaking to many right now. There are believers, especially forerunners who have been carrying trauma, pain, and “Christian hurt.” They’re walking through and living inside a museum of shrines to the past. Yes, God moved. Yes, those seasons were sacred. But the pain wasn’t dealt with. And now, they’re depleted, spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and even physically because of all the soul clutter they’ve been carrying. God is trying to start something new, but they’re stuck in what was. The Lord is inviting them to let go, to clean house, and to be made whole. As I share this, I feel it so strongly, this is especially for God’s forerunners. The enemy has tried to take them out through religious service, twisting what was good into something that robbed them of life. But if this is you, hear the Lord saying today: Lay it all down at My feet. Give Me your museum of hurt, and I will turn it into a sanctuary for My glory. My glory will shine through your pain. The suffering you’ve endured will now become the testimony of My goodness.” Romans 8:18 “For I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.” I prophesy this over you today - You are shifting from trauma and pain back into wonder. The places in your life and heart that have endured heartache and abuse, God is turning them around in this hour. He is healing you. He is making you whole. And He will use you to bring healing and wholeness to others who have been through what you’ve been through in the name of Jesus!