Surely, Positively, and Most Definitely - Prophetic Word for 2018
Surely, Positively, and Most Definitely
S E E N IN 2018
To do justly, and to love kindness and mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8)
The Lord is great and is clothed with unlimited splendor and boundless majesty. Surely, positively, and most definitely, the Lord wraps Himself in your life as light and love that shines and stretches from His Heavens as a covering of love upon you. Surely, positively, and most definitely – YOU will be seen in 2018. Surely, in 2018, He will be releasing wings of His Spirit to carry and convey His thunderous awakening in and around your life.
I sense in 2018, the Lord is going to set things in motion that have been on hold, have been stuck, or have been in transition. You will be like an arrow in the hand of the Warrior, Jesus, ready to hit the target. You will be His arrow and will be propelled forth like lightening.
You are God’s divine blessing, and He crowns you with His success, His favor, and His rest in your being blessed. 2018 is the year that due diligence of your calling will be unleashed and unhindered to hit the mark of God’s glory.
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man, .... Are shot out with great strength; come with much force, and do execution, and do not return in vain; with which men defend themselves, and annoy their enemies; see Jeremiah 50:9.
For the Lord is going to set the record straight once and for all in your life – surely, positively, and most definitely – you will be seen in 2018.
Strength will be your inner and outer garment, beauty and glory will be your crown of royalty, and peace and rest will be your most prized possession—your ammunition of defeat to keep standing in the place of blessed assurance and assertion.
Surely is a word the Lord wants YOU to have branded in your heart for 2018. Surely is something important within your spirit for the Lord is confirming clearly, precisely and confidently that you will be seen in 2018. Whether it is the job promotion, whether it is validation that you have been speaking truth, and confirmation that what you heard from the Lord is yes and amen!
Surely means: definitely, positively, absolutely, certainly, confidently, assuredly, and completely.
Surely, the Lord is in this place with you
Surely, He shall make it good for you – His child
Surely, He heard your cry
Surely, He has seen your afflictions
Surely, He will be with you
Surely, He will show Himself faithful and true
Surely, He will recover the loss
Surely, His goodness and mercy shall chase you down
Surely, His strength will be your right hand guard
Surely, His love will be recovered
Surely, He shall deliver you and set you free
Surely, He knows that it shall be well with your soul
Surely, you are His sons and daughters
Surely, your land will flow with milk and honey
Surely, He will give possession of His inheritance
Surely, positively, and most definitely – seen in 2018.
As God sees us clearly, He is affirming, recognizing, encouraging, and confirming who we are so that we can have a heart that loves more. Then we too can see others as He sees us. We become healed “burden bearers” so we can speak up and rise up like the prophet Micah who was seen and heard by God.
In this new season of 2018, God is calling for the Micah’s: “to do justly, and to love kindness and mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8)
Micah was a man for justice in a time in Israel’s life where sin ran rampant with greed, corruption, and words of deception and confusion. It was a time of despising justice and honesty, a time when the nation turned their backs on God openly and arrogantly in order to pursue their own evil desires. Does this not sound vaguely familiar to our day in age?
Primarily, Micah proclaimed a message of God’s full character, which encompasses His mighty works and soars to the rich heights of God’s mercy. With Micah’s deep insight into God’s love and heart, he exposes the sins of society along with a clear disclosure of the character of the Sovereign One who will, through divine intervention, bring about both judgment on sinners and blessings on those who repent. He is driven to proclaim God’s Holy Word—not just part but the full counsel of God. Micah gave a balanced picture of both the justice and the love of God. Yes, God will indeed execute true justice on earth, and He will also pour out His mercy on all who truly follow Him.
God is calling YOU to stand in 2018 as Micah stood in his time and age to proclaim true justice and mercy through the greatest gift given—“repentance.” Heartfelt repentance is a gift from God. It is a constant reality of every true revival, both throughout culture and society but also personally with each individual. Since sin is the great separator between God and man, repentance is the great restorer. The Biblical message of repentance is the sword of the Spirit that brings salvation to the lost, maturity to the saints, and hope for a heaven sent revival. “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength” – Isaiah 30:15
God the Father is calling up the Micah’s in 2018 to walk in His justice, holiness and humbly before your Lord and God. Not to be influenced by our society and culture but to be the influencer of society and culture. Don’t let anything from your past define you. Like Micah put his hand to the plow and did not look back but moved forward instead with strength and determination to be obedient and faithful to God, you too can act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God.
“You don’t nurse your anger and don’t stay angry long, for mercy is your specialty. That’s what you love most, and compassion is on its way to us. You’ll stamp out our wrongdoing. You will sink our sins to the bottom of the ocean. You’ll stay true to your word to Father Jacob and continue the compassion you showed Grandfather Abraham – from long time ago.”
– Micah 6:19-20 (The Message)
In Closing, Please Pray With Me:
Father, thank You for Your compassion and not condemnation. Thank You for Your forgiveness, your gift of repentance, and Your forgetfulness of our sins. You are full of mercy and love. So we receive in 2018 Your mantle of mercy and love, Your mantle of goodness and greatness, and Your mantle of blessing and favor. Lord, remove the pebbles in our shoes that keep away the “irritations” and “hindrances” in walking humbly before You.
Father, we want to arise and shine in 2018 according to Your promises—surely, positively, and most definitely, we will be seen in 2018—no longer hidden, no longer in the back corner, and no longer a silent partner but a child of the Most High God expanding, increasing, and flourishing in who You called us to be as highly favored and blessed sharing Your heart of justice and love with the hurting and wounded to fulfill Micah 6:8.
Surely, Lord, You are with me, and surely Lord, Your strength will be my right-hand guard. Surely, Lord, Your love will recover me in all areas so I can be a Micah to my family, my community, and my society.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
- Mari Anne Andersen
Write Mari Anne with any thoughts, questions or comments you may have: marianne@freedomhouseministry.com
From Grave Clothes to White Robes
He has risen
He has risen and His glorious Light, Love and Truth surrounds you with His wonderful, majestic covenantal promises. The resurrection has changed everything: from grave clothes to white robes of righteousness. The Resurrection has changed everything in our lives as sons and daughters of the Most High God.
The Incomparable Christ rescued us and has drawn us to Himself from the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom WE have redemption (because of His sacrifice, resulting in) the forgiveness of our sins (and the cancellation of sins penalty).
- Colossians 1:13-14 (Amp)
What an astonishing and amazing rescue mission! Jesus apprehended death for His sons and daughters. Jesus the Nazarene, Jesus the Beloved Son, conquered, defeated, and triumphed over death—the grave could not hold him, death could not conquer Him. He rose up on the third day. This is overwhelming news of joy that we are dressed with clothes of salvation and draped in a robe of righteousness. The resurrection secured our victory over death and lifted us up from the grave into glory with Christ and we sit with Him in the heavenly realms. The resurrection changed everything: from grave clothes to white robes of righteousness.
In victory
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Resurrected One, declared heaven’s triumph and victory over the power of sin and death. This is our blessed assurance that we can have forgiveness from all our sins and that the cross was heaven’s triumph and victory. It was also Satan’s defeat, so the grave clothes of sin and death, isolation and loneliness, despair and shame were forever demolished. The Eternal One changed everything for us and it tells the world that the kingdom of God is ruled by the only true King of kings and Lord of lords.
For He is the first and the last, and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore.
- Revelation 1:17-18
The resurrection changed everything: from grave clothes to white robes.
Our Father, the giver of life, raised Jesus from the dead to certify and guarantee our forgiveness, to unchain us from the bondage of sin, and to deliver us from its power of death and hell. The risen Redeemer now guarantees that we are forgiven and free to reign and rule here and in the life to come wearing righteous robes of our justification and sanctification full of life, purity, dignity, hope, and fellowship. Now every sin and all its shame and pain are forever gone because they are buried in an empty tomb—the grave of God’s forgetfulness. He remembers our sin no more. Jesus, our Risen Savior, is alive. The resurrection changed everything: from the grave clothes to the white robes of righteousness.
That blessed assurance of Jesus’ resurrection can transform our lives in every way and in everyday. We can live empowered, sanctioned, and enabled lives because His love is upon us and He has delivered us and set us on high. He positions Himself as a strong tower from our enemies and He shelters us with songs of deliverance. Being His sons and daughters, God has sent forth the Spirit of His resurrected Son, Jesus, into our hearts to strengthen us, to help and uphold us with His right Hand of righteousness. We have God’s Spirit inside of us. The resurrection changed everything: from the grave clothes to the robes of righteousness.
This is good news
My friends, such good news! The resurrected Jesus, changed everything for us so we can be certain of a future of hope here and now as well of a future in heaven for all eternity dressed in white robes of righteousness:
they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.
- Revelation 3:4b
He is saying to you, my friends,
“Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”
- Matthew 25:34
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom.
- Luke 12:32
You are those who have stood by Me in My trials; and just as My Father has granted Me a kingdom, I grant you
- Luke 22:28-29
But just as it is written (in Scripture) Things which the eye has not seen and the ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him (who hold Him in affectionate reverence, who obey Him, and who gratefully recognize the benefits that He has bestowed).
- 1 Corinthians 2:9-10
And [I pray] that the eyes of your heart [the very center and core of your being] may be enlightened [flooded with light by the Holy Spirit], so that you will know and cherish the hope [the divine guarantee, the confident expectation] to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints (God’s people).
- Ephesians 1:18 (Amp)
HE HAS RISEN AND HIS RESURRECTION CHANGED EVERYTHING!
- Mari Anne Andersen
Write Mari Anne with any thoughts, questions or comments you may have: marianne@freedomhouseministry.com
Come and Step into Jordan
A few weeks ago I wrote an article titled “Stepping into Your Next Step” and was sharing with you that God the Father is calling each one of us to “step into” our next step: our next season, our next miracle, or our next unknown adventure in Him.
This message is a sequel to that article, and for those who are taking the time in reading this, please know God has something very endearing and appealing for you. He is asking YOU, His child, to trust Him in this next step of your life. You are standing on the banks of the Jordan and in this precise place you are purposely positioned in a holy place—a place of transition, a place of changeover, and a place of significance and importance. For this place, the Jordan River, is a place of new beginnings for YOU. How many of us would like to have some new beginnings in our life? I know I would. What would your new beginnings look like for you? Would it be new challenges, new experiences, or new opportunities? Or maybe your new beginnings mean a new job. Or it could be a new home, being debt free, a new community of believers, or getting physically healed and cleansed like Naaman in 2 Kings 5 in the Jordan.
Friends, please hear with your heart and listen with your spiritual ears. There is a shift that is happening in God’s people. The Father is saying this is the hour and the day for YOU to come into the Jordan and be washed and cleansed as well as healed. This is a time when the Father is inviting YOU, to begin a new journey of hope and healing by “stepping into” the Jordan River. Though there have been many disappointments and you have lost some of your zeal and passion, the Father is saying He wants to rekindle your heart and life and renew your first love once again. This is a time in your life for cleansing, healing and new life; the Jordan represents for you a place of healing, hope and new life. A place in which to connect with the true Messiah, a place to be baptized in His presence of love and new beginnings. A place where we will gain new understandings and new revelations of our God.
There is a purification that is happening among His people, among the churches and even in our government. God wants you and me to have our new life in the Promised Land (on this side of eternity) and to enter into that place of new beginnings.
For many, like the Israelites, it has seemed like you have been in the wilderness—a place where life is just difficult, struggles seem to be a steady diet. In this wilderness, it seems all we do is walk, walk, and walk never seemingly arriving at our destination. This wilderness experience brings confusion, temptation, and exhaustion, as well as deep sorrow. Listen up friends! This wilderness experience is coming to an end! This wilderness is no longer giving room for you to wander because you are at the banks of the Jordan, ready and willing to “step into” the Jordan and ready and willing to experience new beginnings. These new beginning will set your feet to dancing, will cause you to arise and shine, and will release you into the Promised Land.
Your Jordan is the boundary between your wilderness and your Promised Land. It is the obstacle standing between you and the Promised Land. Your promised land is in sight. You know what God’s promises are, what His truth is, and what He has spoken through His Spirit to you. However, we are often like the Israelites who, standing at the Jordan, saw a river in flood stage, overflowing its banks. There was no low water crossing in sight. They could not go around the river; there were no bridges, so they also could not go over it. The way was blocked. The river was impassable.
Yet God the Father is calling you, inviting you, and encouraging you to “step into” the water so that HE can act on your behalf. You may have many questions, like the Israelites, but the Father is saying that all your questions, doubts, and fears will be washed away as you “step into” the Jordan River. The water will not part until WE step out in faith and “step into” the water.
One step is all it took for the Israelites! As soon as their feet were dipped in the edge of the water, God acted—the flowing waters stood still, there was dry land, and all the people crossed over. With that one step, they followed the ark of God’s presence into the Jordan, and we can, too.
Joshua 3:11-13 – Just watch the sacred chest that belongs to the Lord, the ruler of the whole earth. As soon as the priests carrying the chest “step into” the Jordan, the water will stop flowing and pile up as if someone had built a dam across the river. (Translation – CEV)
Now this is your divine moment! Your next step into the Jordan will be a game changer for you. Don’t hesitate, don’t vacillate, and don’t fluctuate for this is the hour, this is the day, and this is the moment when He is saying . . .
Come and Step into your destiny
Step into your Promised Land
Step into your wholeness
Step into a higher realm of His glory
Step into the unknown
Step into awaited favor
Step into your miracle
Step into the fullness of life
Step into maturity
Step into intimacy
Step into dependency
Step into God’s supply
Step into your blessing
Step into your future
Step into your physical, emotional, and relational healing
Step into your Jordan with Jesus!
Freedom House would love to bless you in this season and time in your life. We would like to place your Jordan River in front of you so that you may take that next step into the river. Freedom House will be having a Prophetic Conference “Stepping into Prophetic Destiny with Joseph & Heather Zupetz from Z Ministries Thursday August 11thr through Saturday, August 13th 2016.
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Write Mari Anne Andersen with any thoughts, questions or comments you may have,
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