February, 2022

Dear Freedom House Family,

The Father is equipping and preparing each of us for “A New View for YOU in 2022.”  What does that really mean?  The act of seeing or examining, inspecting, surveying, prospecting the near future, lookout, outlook, panorama, and perspective.  Much too often we are looking through our own lenses, and we get blinded with blurry vision that can lead to misinterpretation.

This year the Father is inviting us to look through His lenses and to see what He sees.  My friends, this year will be a NEW VIEW for YOU . . . IF you look through His lenses.

The Father said this is the year and season for the Zechariahs to arise and shine, for the shakings that will LEAD to awakenings. This is the Hebraic Year of 5782 which means “awaken.” Awaken into the new view.  Awaken into His promises of revival, reformation, and reorganization. This is also the year for the hidden things to be made manifest, the secret things to be exposed, the “real” agenda to be revealed and the move from visitation to habitation.  It’s having a new view, a new outlook for our new year—peering into what the Father sees in the supernatural down the way and not just seeing what is happening in the natural.

Who Was Zechariah?

Zechariah was a young man, a priest, and a prophet who emphasized great encouragement, hope, and reassurance to God’s people, the Israelites. The times that Zechariah was living in were very similar to our times right now!  God’s people were living in a place of fear and hopelessness, and in a sense of being forgotten and neglected by God’s promises.  Like the days of Zechariah, God’s people found themselves in a world of division, confusion, and devastation all around and where sin was so blatant, corruption so visible, and hatred so noticeable.

Henceforth, Zechariah comes with a great and wonderful message of hope, of encouragement, and of reminders of God’s promises. He also urges and exhorts a call to repentance and states very clearly what God spoke for his people to do  . . . “Return to me, and I will return to you.”

Beloved, I believe this is what God is calling each one of us to do in this year, in this season and in this hour—return to Him, return to His ways, return to His precepts.  For God’s ways are right and radiant, giving light to the eyes of our understanding and for right living so that we can see A New View for You in 2022.

Zechariah and the Promises of God

1. Return to me, declares the Lord Almighty and I will return to you. (1:3) – God is wooing us all to return back to Him and to be a light to the lost world all around us.  To be a people who can see from His perspective, from His watch tower and not to live in a place of fear and hopelessness, to separate ourselves unto God to be a holy people.

2. I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. (1:16) – God’s promise to restore us with great mercy and to rebuild the ruins within us and all around us.  His Presence will be manifested.

3. I myself will be a wall of fire around it – and I will be its glory within. (2:5) – His great protection will be a wall of fire – Yahweh Himself would provide security and His protection as well as His Presence.  The wall of fire will be released as His Shekinah Glory of the Lord.

4. Whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye. (2:8) – To know we are the “main” focus of God’s attention, the center of His universe for His love protects us, and to know we are in His watchful care.

5. Shout and be glad, O Daughter of Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you.  Be still before the Lord, all mankind because he has roused himself from his holy Dwelling.  (2:10-13) – Let’s begin to sing and rejoice because God is good and He will show His goodness along with His redemption, His restoration of His people.  We have been in captivity long enough.  Now is the time to shout to give Him glory.  For He comes to release execution and judge your adversaries in order to complete His deliverance and salvation.

6. Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit. (4:6) – The providence, authority, power, and energy of the Most High will be our true source.  No secular army, no human policy, and no government will get us out of trouble or hardship.  Our true source of guidance, our wisdom, and our assurance will only be by His Sovereign Spirit.

7. I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. The Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain.  (8:3) – God’s people will be transformed by the Presence of our Lord.  His Jerusalem and His people will be transformed into a place of truth and holiness.  His Presence will be so real that reformation will happen and take hold.

This is the Word of the Lord for 2022

A New View for You in 2022 means you will be looking at things from My perspective, My advantage point.  For I will arise, I will conquer, and I will defeat!  For My name will be heard throughout the land.  My name will be like hot coals upon their lips.  So, keep in prayer, and keep watch.  For I will suddenly arise in lightning speed.  For it only takes a second to change everything.  For I go by My standards, My timetable.  Mostly, I go by what I see down the road because I know the end from the beginning.

Rest assured and rest in My promise:  I have your back and have your best interest in My heart.  This year will be, “A New View for You in 2022” for I will walk with you every step of the way, and you will abide and dwell in the shelter of My heart.  I will release wings of safety and you will take flight in and of My Spirit to witness, to attest, and to certify that this year will be, “A New View for You” as you observe from My outlook center.

You will enter into and step into a new level of My Spirt and Glory for it will be, A New View for You:  new waves of My Heavenly sounds.  Sounds of Heaven will be heard far and wide, and many will be led by My Sounds of truth, love, and freedom.

This year will be a year of victory in Me and will look differently than victory in the world.  Be at rest in Me and continue to do your best, and I will absolutely do the rest.  Stay in My Presence of TRUST and do not let go of TRUST.  Don’t allow TRUST to slip away, no matter what you hear or what you see.

Trust, believe, and stand to know I AM—the Great I AM.  The Great I AM is releasing upon My people, upon My Church, and upon My nation for My Name’s Sake, which is—the Light of the World, the Bread of Life, The Good Shepherd, the Captain of Salvation, the Lord of Armies, The Great Deliver, and the Mighty and Just God.

Arise up all Zechariah’s and release My encouragement, My hope, and My Promises for I will rebuild, I will restore, and I will release My people back to a place of hope, life, and freedom.  There is revival in the air—breathe, believe, and see it for the sounds of My love flow from My house to your house.  For this year will be a new year that will set in new ways.  For your tents will be enlarged, your spheres of influence will be greater, and your ladders will go higher to touch My Presence.

You will have easier access to My Spirit.  Your ears will be sharpened to hear the piercing sound of My Spirit to walk in this new way, ways that point you to greater hope and greater triumph.  I will ROCK YOUR WORLD with showers of meteorites of love and shooting stars will rest upon you from My kingdom, for they will be My fireballs of love.  Bright, bold, and beautiful will be these fireballs of love resting upon you to light up your ways and to give you newer and deeper ways of My truth and revelation.

For your ears, eyes, and mouth will hear, see, and speak new words of My Spirit.  Lost artifacts will be released into your vision; things that seemed so buried and forgotten will be discovered and uncovered.  I am calling for great unity within My family, unity and harmony with husbands and wives to both be in step with Me, like riding a tandem bike, for speed and motion will all be in sync.  For I am calling the children, siblings, and neighbors and co-workers to walk in unity, harmony, and in one accord to love, honor, and respect one another.  This is the time to usher in great unity—to be in agreement with one another because Jesus Christ, My Son, is your common denominator.  Do not squabble and bicker over things that will cause division and dissension.  Stay in My Presence of love for My love is large and incredibly patient.  Remember My love will never traffic in shame and dishonor for My love is a safe place of shelter.  So, shelter in Me, My people, for My love is perfect.

God’s love is meteoric, His loyalty astronomic, His purposes titanic, his verdicts oceanic.  Yet in His largeness nothing gets lost; Not a man, not a mouse, slips through the cracks.

Psalm 36:5-6 (The Message)

 

Pray With Me,

Father, I desire to rise up and be counted among the Zechariahs at this time and season of my life, my family’s life, and for the times of our nation.  Help me, Lord, to release Your words, as I hear and see Your heart.  Help me, Lord, to stand in the gap for our families, for our churches, and for our nation. Lord, give me the gift of encouragement, Your gift of hope, and the sweet gift of trust.  Sweeten my words to those who are discouraged, disheartened, and dismayed and release those prophetic messages of Your promises here and now. Father, forgive me in any way that I have turned my back on You.  I want to return to You completely and entirely in all ways so that You can return to me in this hour, and we can see Your ”fireballs” of love bombing our lives and nation.

In Jesus’ name.  Amen and Amen!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

I always feel supported knowing that you are praying for Freedom House, for me and Tommy personally, for our counselees, and for the FHM School students.  It’s your generous financial gifts that undergird what God is doing through Freedom House not only in the US but around the world as we counsel folks near and far.  We couldn’t do this ministry without you behind us with your faithful donations and prayers.  We are eternally grateful.

YOU CAN DONATE NOW:

OR:

Send a check made out to “Freedom House Ministry” to Freedom House Ministry, c/o The Andersens, 652 THUNDERBIRD TRL, CAROL STREAM IL 60188-9262 

With My Burning Heart of Love & Thankfulness,

Mari Anne Andersen

Director, Freedom House Ministry

Dear Friends,

Hear these words from your Savior…

. . .  Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. 

He who believes in me will live . . .”  (john 11:25)

What a powerful statement of truth, power, and glory as well as a bountiful and abundant life on this side of the resurrection as well as our eternal life on the other side!  My loving challenge to each of YOU is not to just think about resurrection glory and power just during Easter but to ask the Holy Spirit to bring you into a “resurrection mentally.”

Living from the resurrection side of the cross here and now is to live out the call, purpose, and life God has destined for YOU before the foundations of the world, which is a life of hope, healing, freedom, peace, and a life of power all because of the Great I AM who gives resurrection life here and now.

Living from the resurrection side of the cross means: to live a life of honor to our Lord and Savior, to experience the places of true life in every area of our lives, and to experience real and lasting transformation here on this side of eternity.

Living from the resurrection side of the cross is stepping into our genuine and legitimate heritage as sons and daughters of the Most-High God.

Here at Freedom House, we believe inner healing involves both crucifixion and resurrection.  On the crucifixion side of the cross, we call to death old structures and practices which dishonor—those bitter root judgments, foundational lies, and inner-vows that keep us stuck in wrong patterns of thinking and doing.  Consequentially, on the resurrection and life side, we call to restoration and LIFE that which honors, such as your true personhood and the original design and joy that God created for you.

Once you have dealt with those old structures that dishonor God, your life, your heritage, along with your woundedness, you bring it all to death on the cross.  Then, Christ Jesus is right there to release you into blessing, honor, and healing which means:

1. He will call you and your personality into a place of honor and your natural bent of personality, identity, and destiny.
2. He will tell you who YOU are in Him.
3. He will restore both personal and generational blessings.
4. He will give YOU real power through His Holy Spirit.

You will learn to walk out the resurrection side of healing and love and  

“not return evil for evil but giving blessing instead; for YOU were called

for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing.” (1 Peter 3:9)

Living from the resurrection side of the cross here and now, in your lifetime, means Jesus Christ will enable YOU to become the person you were always meant to be.

In this newsletter, because of the cross and the resurrection, I wanted you to read some of our counselees’ testimonies in how they have begun living from the resurrection side of the cross and to see how transformation took place because of the Great, I AM – and His resurrection.

Bridget’s Testimony:
After a very difficult 2020, – the most difficult year of my life -, I knew we needed help that only God could give.  We live in the Far East, and friends had expressed their desire for us to receive counselling …, but I couldn’t see a way for that.  To find Freedom House’s website was a pure miracle.  As we read through the materials found there, our hearts resounded with a deep and settled “Yes”.  Through this online counselling, the Lord has been meeting us with His love.  He has shown us connections between roots and fruit so much more clearly than before.  We have felt great support as we continue to invite the Lord into our family to heal us deeply, and to cleanse and deliver our family lines.  Thank you, Freedom House!

Emmanuel’s Testimony:
We have been blessed by the ministry of Freedom House.  The change in our daughter has been pronounced.  Much healing has taken place and is taking place in our lives.  I get along much better with my wife now, and family/generational issues are being dealt with. As if to confirm the restoration that is taking place in our family, the Lord connected us with some nieces we have not been in contact with for a very long time and with another one we have never even met.  And we have been talking. We praise God for that. Prayers offered for us in faith by Mari Anne have also helped us locate misplaced important documents in our home soon after the prayers were offered. We thank God for all these answers to prayer and the blessings we are experiencing under the ministry of Freedom House. A very satisfied client in the Far East!

S & L’s Testimony:

My wife and I have been married for 11 years.  We have three boys who are 13, 10, and 8.  Two years ago we experienced a trauma that was unimaginable and unforgettable.  Through our trauma, we were both in brokenness and in what felt like unrepairable everlasting damage and pain with no escape in sight.  We are both Christians, we both believe in grace, and we both believe in redemption; however, leaning into those beliefs and relying on Christ in the midst of darkness is difficult, for us.  And the process of healing feels overwhelming.

Finding a place that is centered in Christ and in Biblical Truths has been a true lifeline. We needed someone who carried no bias to walk with us through our trauma and we knew it needed to be someone who would point us towards Christ. When I think of pointing someone towards Christ, I think of John the Baptist. He went to the wilderness and shouted for anyone who was listening, “Prepare the way for the Lord, make strait paths for Him!” (Matthew 3:3)

We truly believe that the hope and goal of Freedom House Ministries is to help us, as a couple seeking Christ together, make way for the Lord and to create strait paths for Him.  Our story is not one of Jesus intervening and the Holy Spirit fixing everything at once and we are healed in an instant.  We have been going to Freedom House for almost two years, and during that time, have been facing our individual and marital issues, which has been hard.  We have cried, we have fought, we have sinned, we have loved, we forgiven.  We are imperfect people who continue to miss the mark in new ways, and sometimes, in the same way.  I guess you could say, we are exactly the helpless needy people we read stories about in the Bible whom Jesus came to save.  We are thankful to have a place like Freedom House which stays beside us through our ups and downs and continues to point us towards Christ.  We truly believe finding ourselves in Freedom House Ministries was orchestrated by God. 

TR’s Testimony:

If I were to summarize the past year in one word, I would say “liberating. I had been in counselling with Freedom House Ministry years ago, and another life crisis brought me back to them, seeking some way to simply get through.  When I called, I was crushed—my marriage was shattered, my mind filled with confusion and despair.  Mari Anne spoke one sentence of freedom that carried me through to our first counselling session.  I could not have foreseen the changes God brought about in me.  We always start with prayer, setting the tone for fruitful discussion.  While not at the end of my journey, I feel I am the healthiest (spiritually, emotionally, mentally) I have ever been.  I thought I was going to address circumstances and issues, but God had something else in store.

Mari Anne keeps detailed notes of our sessions that provide fodder for future discussions. Through counseling with Mari Anne, I have reached a level of self-acceptance I wasn’t even aware I needed (which directly impacts my marriage and other relationships).  She has shared a wealth of resources in the form of teachings, book suggestions, research, and connecting me with others who have walked in similar circumstances.  Her counsel has always been biblically based, often with a specific scripture for what is being addressed.  At the end of each session, I have direction (sometimes a word, sometimes an assignment), and each meeting builds on the previous. The meetings are not always easy but are always productive.  What a blessing this has been.  I am overcoming fear, self-loathing, anxiety, grief, and other battles.  I look forward to the future, instead of dreading it.

Mari Anne has imparted stability, faith, hope, and bravery as she has graciously counselled me.  This has dramatically impacted me, and I feel that the day is coming where I can join the woman Jesus addressed in Matthew 9:22 – “Courage, daughter.  You took a risk of faith, and now you’re well.” (The Message) – TR

These are just a few examples of what God is doing in people’s lives, and He desires greatly to see areas of healing generated within you as well to live out your purpose and destiny on the resurrection side of the cross.

Updates & Praise Reports from Freedom House

1. Tommy and I will be going to Bloomington, IL throughout the Summer, teaching/ministering to a house-church. Great people who are so hungry.
2. Prayer/Intercessors Meetings are going great under our new Intercessory Team Leader.
3. Course 201 & 202 Schools to begin in September 2021 going through May 2022. Application deadline is August 18. Go to the freedomhouseministry.com website and choose the Schools link to read about Course 201 and Course 202.  You can find an application there for new, returning or auditing students.  More to come soon about the Schools.
4. Mari Anne’s meeting with Staff, Small Group Leaders over the summer to renew, recharge, and replenish before our Schools begin in September 2021.
5. Mari Anne’s teaching opportunities are opening more to churches and home groups.
6. Tommy’s counseling sessions are exploding and thriving with God’s healing touch.
7. Mari Anne even has prayer counseling sessions in India now!
8. Mari Anne started filming with her media managers, Noelle and Ali, and will soon be releasing weekly “Life-Lessons on the Road to Emmaus” on YouTube. Keep an eye out for the announcement.
9. A new release of God’s anointing and favor is resting upon FHM.
10. Tommy, I, and the family will be going on a vacation to Disneyland in May.
11. We celebrated 39 years of marriage on April 3^rd.

So many wonderful developments are taking place that we feel so blessed and so thrilled! The only words we can say are from our wedding song To God Be the Glory:

My Tribute by Andraé Crouch, Felix Roach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQmuSt7rSvs

How can I say thanks
For the things You have done for me?
Things so undeserved,
Yet You gave to prove Your love for me;

The voices of a million angels
Could not express my gratitude.
All that I am and ever hope to be,
I owe it all to Thee.

To God be the glory,
To God be the glory,
To God be the glory
For the things He has done.

Our Heartfelt Thanks to Each of You Who Support FHM

First, your prayers for us are being answered as we see God’s outpouring of blessings.  We couldn’t do what we do without your prayers undergirding us.  Secondly, your sacrificial and generous contributions to Freedom House make all that God is doing through our prayer counseling ministry, Zoom Events, YouTube teachings, and Schools possible.  Like this song, it’s hard for us to express our thanks to you for your generosity!

You can donate today:

OR:

Send a check made out to “Freedom House Ministry” to Freedom House Ministry, c/o The Andersens, 652 THUNDERBIRD TRL, CAROL STREAM IL 60188-9262 

With My Burning Heart of Love & Thankfulness,

Mari Anne Andersen

Director, Freedom House Ministry