Heather Johnston, Founder & President of JH Israel and the U.S Israel Education Association, Episode 136
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Heather Johnston is Founder and President of JH Israel and the U.S. Israel Education Association. Her 25-year involvement with the nation of Israel has afforded her a unique position to work dynamically inside the U.S.-Israel relationship as an educator and thought leader. Heather is an author and world-renowned speaker in biblical prophecy on the Jewish-Christian relationship and modern Israel. JH Israel supports Israel’s National Leadership Center in the city of Ariel. In 2010, Heather, in partnership with former Ariel Mayor Ron Nachman, built and established the National Leadership Center (NLC), which facilitates groundbreaking programs that have given more than 85,000 Israeli and Arab youth the opportunity to meet and participate in an unparalleled experiential learning adventure.
Heather is on The Wow Factor this week to share how she was inspired by her time at JH Ranch and how that experience led to her work at JH Israel and the National Leadership Center in Ariel. She describes some of the amazing programs available at the National Leadership Center and describes their goal of helping participants to learn about themselves through a lens of Biblical values and historical narratives. Heather also shares the premise behind her book Uncommon Favor and how she uses personal narrative to take the reader deeper and make crucial decisions about where they are in life.
“We find God at the center of everything.” - Heather Johnston
“When God's presence manifests, he comes to heal, he separates you out, and he summons you, and nothing else matters when that happens.” - Heather Johnston
“When the presence of the Lord comes into your life in a manifest dynamic way — He reorients your life, He removes what's worthless, He takes you into a place where you actually can know Him.” - Heather Johnston
This Week on The Wow Factor:
How Heather’s parents gave her the foundations for all of her future
How she was inspired by her time at JH Ranch and how that experience led to her work at JH Israel and the National Leadership Center in Ariel
What chutzpah means and why it truly takes chutzpah to pioneer and sustain a project
Why Heather feels it is so important to understand not only where the biblical roots of our Christian heritage are but to have a keen understanding of where we are in history
Heather’s experience of the needs of Jewish Ukrainians in the world today
Heather describes how Prime Minister Naftali Bennett played a dynamic role in helping Israel return to their spiritual identity and help high school students be able to relate to God and their heritage.
The importance of the ecclesia in worship and how it brings us together as disciples
Heather’s thoughts on what the people of Israel need today
Why Heather decided to produce a personal journal to go alongside her book and how she hopes it will help others understand what it means to be a modern-day disciple
Heather Johnston’s Words of Wisdom:
Authentic leadership has in mind that you're seeking the success of others rather than yourself, and to do that, we must put God at the center of everything.
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