Auditing or Repeating FHM Schools
Time for Another Round
With autumn on the horizon, our thoughts migrate away from vacationing, picnicking, and sunbathing and move toward digging into something substantial so we can grow and mature in our personal, spiritual, and professional lives. You might be one of our former participants or graduates of Basic 1/Course 201 or Basic 2/Course 202 at Freedom House. Yet you find that some of the old wounds and the brokenness in your life are still festering or rearing their ugly heads. Maybe your professional work needs an added touch up with new, infused words from the Lord.
John Eldredge, our colleague in prayer ministry healing, says it quite clearly:
The human soul is a place of profound mysteries. … Do not be surprised or discouraged if you find that it takes more than one round of prayer. It didn’t take you a day to get into this mess. Sometimes you’ll have to pray again in a month, and then again in six months. Listen carefully: This doesn’t mean that “it didn’t work.” Quite often Christ comes back in our lives for a deeper work of healing. Even if you’re only eighteen, the sun has gone down a lot of times in your life; there’s a lot of past there. But if you’re fifty-eight, there’s a whole lot more past to your story. So be gracious, be patient; it doesn’t mean you’re blowing it if Christ brings it up again. It simply means it’s time for another round, and so you go back again through this exact process of repentance and deliverance and healing.
(From Free to Live. Bold added for emphasis.)
You might be the person that John is describing. We at Freedom House want to extend our invitation to you to revisit our prayer ministry courses for either your own personal healing or for your professional growth or for both. You can either audit or repeat our Courses 201 and 202. (These are the new titles of Basic 1 and 2 along with new lessons and new lectures.) Both Schools start Saturday, September 16, 2023.
COURSE 201 & 202 AUDIT/REPEAT REGISTRATION:
We have developed two short Applications to make it easier for you to apply. See which one is appropriate for you:
STUDENT APPLICATIONS to Audit Course 201 or 202 – You already completed the course and earned your Elijah House Certificate.
- Now you want to take the course again as a refresher for your personal healing and/or professional training.
- This would be an “audit.”
- The only requirement is attendance.
STUDENT APPLICATIONS to Repeat Course 201 or 202 – You did not complete the course and did not earn your Elijah House Certificate.
- Now you would like to earn your Elijah House Certificate and complete the course for your personal healing and/or professional training.
- This would be a “repeat.”
- You are required to do all incomplete homework and to attend all 8 Days; you could only miss one-full day.
All application forms must be received no later than the third Wednesday in August. An additional $35 fee will be assessed for late registration or late payment beginning on the third Thursday in August.
On Day 1 of the Schools, you will receive an updated spiral-bound Freedom House Student Booklet with valuable information about the overall course, the Elijah House graduation requirements, the homework assignments, plus additional supplementary documents on each Lesson to expand your learning. The fee of $25 is not included in the Student Costs. Therefore, you will need to plan to bring that amount either in cash or check on Day 1 to receive your Booklet.
COURSE 201 & 202 AUDIT OR REPEAT SCHOOL COSTS:
| SCHOOL COSTS | SINGLE STUDENT | MARRIED COUPLE |
| FACILITATOR FEE &
OVERHEAD EXPENSES |
$335.00 | $561.00 |
| COURSE MANUAL (incl. shipping) | $65.00 | $130.00 |
| PAYPAL PAYMENT FEE | $15.00 | $25.00 |
| LATE FEE | $35.00 | $35.00 |
ONLINE PAYPAL™ PAYMENT OPTIONS:
Using PayPal submit GRAND TOTAL OR MINIMUM DOWN PAYMENT (Single $150/Couple $200) using PayPal and submit Application by email to marianne@freedomhouseministry.com
QUESTIONS?
- Email Mari Anne at marianne@freedomhouseministry.com
- Phone: 708.656.3658
We do hope to see YOU at the Schools this school year for “another round” of God’s restorative grace, His divine deliverance from strongholds as we banish our enemies through the power of the Holy Spirit, and the healing balm that He pours into our woundedness and brokenness as only Jesus, our good Shepherd, can do.
Laughing Your Way to Healing Workshop - March 24, 2018
Freedom House Ministry is excited to host an afternoon of joy & laughter led by…
Mari Anne Andersen & Melliney Saltarelli
Saturday, March 24, 2018 – 12:30 to 4:30pm (Doors open at 12:00pm)
View & Share "Laughing Your Way to Healing" Event Flyer
Did you hear about why the cookie went to the hospital? Because he felt crummy!
Why did Johnny throw the clock out of the window? He wanted to see time fly!
What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta!
Do you know the answers to these questions?
- What happens to your blood vessels when you laugh? Is it good or bad for them?
- How does laughter affect your emotional brain health?
- What can laughter do for your struggle with stress and anxiety?
- Can laughter be a “food” for your body? If so, how?
- How can you increase your respiratory rate and oxygen consumption without paying a doctor’s bill?
- Isn’t the Bible an old, stuffy book that makes people feel condemned and sad?
- What can laughter do to fear? We all have it, and don’t know what to do with it!
- How can you stop wasting your life?
According to that adorable and hysterical comic Charlie Chaplin, you are wasting your life if you spend your days without laughter: “A day without laughter is a day wasted.”
Come and get the answers to these questions and many more. Find out how you can change “a day wasted” to a “day of investment” in your heart, emotional, and brain health!
The Bible is right! – A merry heart does good, like medicine Proverbs 17:22a
Join us as we learn the value of laughter from God’s perspective, from science’s perspective, and from medicine’s perspective.
Three aspects will be presented and experienced at this workshop:
- The Scriptural, scientific, and medical foundation for the importance of laughter in our lives.
- Handouts to use during the workshop and to take home for practice—to understand what happens to the brain, the heart, and the spirit when YOU laugh.
- Practice exercises that will equip you to laugh in the days to come, to respond in new ways to the events in your life, to empower you to see from God’s perspective, to have childlike faith to believe that with God all things are possible!
Beware!!! Laughter will be on the premises!
Location:
Kingsland Properties
25W560 Geneva Rd
Carol Stream, IL 60188
(0.2 miles west of Gary Ave on the north side of Geneva Rd. “Kingsland Properties” name is on the marquee in front. Looks like a one-story office building in front, but two-story in back. Just west of blue building. Set back from the road. Parking and entrance at the rear of the building.)
Cost & Registration:
- $40* per person $60* per couple
- Hors d'oeuvres & desserts served
- Free-will offering will be taken.
*PayPal fees will be applied.
To Register & Pay:
- By PayPal or Credit Card:
- By Check or Cash: Call or text Dorie 224-434-1200 or drlorden@att.net. Include names attending.
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
Fall Fun-Raiser 2017
We invite you to join us at Freedom House Ministry's Fall 2017 Fun-Raiser!
Comedy w/ Tracy DeGraaf
Our speaker for comedy night, Tracy DeGraaf, is well-known and speaks across the USA so you won’t want to miss out on a night of laughs and inspiration, while you are blessing FHM. We all need fun and laughter to cheer and feed our spirits. And who better to do that with than the FHM family?!
Tribute to Rose Marie
- RMB is our spiritual mother and just think how thrilled and encouraged she will be to see each one of you at this special event—something she has wanted FHM to do for a long time—have a Fun night.
- Will you make a special effort to come to bless RMB?
Download the updated event flyer
DATE: Saturday, November 18
TIME: 5:00pm
WHAT: Comedy Night
WHERE: Kingsland Properties (25W560 Geneva Rd, Carol Stream, IL 60188)
Tickets are $50 per person, which includes dinner & dessert, a chance to win door prizes, and a chance to bid on over 15 amazing silent auction items.
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Healing Our Children's Hearts Part 2 - April 29th, 2017
A Deeper Experience
Malachi 4:5,6
Freedom House Ministry is excited to host an afternoon of videos and Q&A and prayers featuring Mark & Maureen Sandford of Elijah House on Video.
Saturday, April 29, 2017 – 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Doors open at 12:30pm.
Light snacks included in registration cost.
Caring parents want to know…
- How can we stop the sowing and reaping of woundedness—the sins we have committed against and the hurts we have inflicted on our children—so that their bitter root judgments and inner vows will not produce emotional pain in their adult lives?
Learn how to reach and heal your children’s hearts in relation to…
- Emotions – How can I help my children express their true feelings so they don’t bury them alive and remain compliant or later in life they leak out through rebellion?
- Apologies – How do we apologize to our children for the ways we’ve hurt them without telling the entire sordid story of our past life? How do we help our children truly forgive us?
- Bitter Root Judgments & Expectancies – How do you gently explain when you see your children forming judgments and expectancies and help them discover the pain behind them? How do you explain to your adult children how they are suffering from bitter roots?
As our gift to you, receive an Elijah House DVD on “Apologies” & a folder of pertinent Freedom House teaching handouts and sample prayers! One each per couple or single registration.
Testimonials on Part 1:
“Healing Our Children’s Hearts” teaching is so important for younger and middle-aged parents to avoid wounding their children, and to also repair emotional damage already done. It’s really not too late! ~Ray L
I was inspired to be more proactive about caring for my children's heart. I would encourage all parents and grandparents to come to the April event to be ministered to by these loving and spirit-filled people and teachings. ~ Gloria L
“Healing Our Children's Hearts” really gave my husband and me hope. We didn't get saved until after our children were adults, so we made a lot of mistakes and felt hopeless. Mark gave very specific ways to still parent our children no matter how old they are. ~ Vickie F
Location:
Kingsland Properties, 25W560 Geneva Rd, Carol Stream, IL 60188
(0.2 miles west of Gary Ave on the north side of Geneva Rd set back from the road. Kingsland Properties name is on the sign in front. A one-story office building in front, but two-story in back. Parking and entrance at the rear of the building.)
Cost & Registration:
$35 couple; $25 single
- Payable at door by cash or check*. No credit.
- Mail check* to FHM.
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*Payment by check to Freedom House Ministry, 3217 S Scoville Ave, Berwyn, IL 60402-3546
RSVP to Dorie
224-434-1200 cell or 847-202-1684 home OR drlorden@att.net
Free-will offering will be received.
From Grave Clothes To White Robes - An Easter Prayer
From Grave Clothes to White Robes, an Easter Prayer by Mari Anne Andersen
Listen:
- Mari Anne Andersen
Write Mari Anne with any thoughts, questions or comments you may have: marianne@freedomhouseministry.com
Morning Prayers of Praise
Morning Prayers of Praise by Mari Anne Andersen
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- Mari Anne Andersen
Write Mari Anne with any thoughts, questions or comments you may have: marianne@freedomhouseministry.com
The Father’s Love for You (Prayer for Today)
Prayer for Today by Mari Anne Andersen
It’s a brand new day filled with the Father’s overflowing love for you. Experience His new mercies of love and strength accompanying you throughout this day.
Listen:
22-24 God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out,
his merciful love couldn’t have dried up.
They’re created new every morning.
How great your faithfulness!
I’m sticking with God (I say it over and over).
He’s all I’ve got left.Lamentations 3:22-24, The Message (MSG)
- Mari Anne Andersen
Write Mari Anne Andersen with any thoughts, questions or comments you may have: marianne@freedomhouseministry.net