2018 “The Year of Victory & Release from Bondage”
What’s been oppressing you all these
years? What’s been holding you back from your prophetic destiny in the Lord?
What dreams and desires have you simply let go of, because you believed that
it’s too late or that you are simply no longer qualified?
All throughout the bible, the Lord
does things in appointed times and seasons - To
everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven”
Ecclesiastes 3:1. In Leviticus He says:
"Speak to the Israelites and tell
them: These are my appointed times, the times of the LORD that you will
proclaim as sacred assemblies” Leviticus
23:2.
The number 18 in Hebrew has significant meaning in Jewish
tradition and how timely this is with our current year of 2018. Let's look further at the Hebrew meaning.
(Google Image of Chai)
According to Jewish custom, the
word "chai' translated from Hebrew to English means "life."
Within the Jewish faith, the word "chai" possesses both numerical and
symbolic meaning. The Hebrew word consists of two (2) letters in the alphabet
(image above): Chet (ח) and Yud (י). Together these letters form
"chai" which signifies life and represents being alive.
In Judaism, the word
"chai" is numerically significant and the number 18 is universally synonymous with this word. Numerically, the words
consists of the eighth (8th) and tenth (10th) letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Chet (ח) and Yud (י), adding up to eighteen the number 18, which is also the
word "Chai". Reference: Shiva.com
To further illustrate
the importance of the number 18, the Lord has been revealing to me in many ways
that this year is the appointed season where He is setting His Body free from
the things that have been oppressing us. This will be a supernatural
deliverance from our bondages and the things the have held us back from
enjoying His promises. As Jesus began his early ministry by reading the
following passage, so the church is about to step into her destiny and will do
the same miracles Jesus did!
"The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, for he has anointed me
to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will
be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free, and
that the time of the LORD's favor has come." Luke 4:18-19
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Freedom from Bondage - 2018 is a very significant
year for the Body of Christ. It is the year we are being released from our
bondages and infirmities to enter our prophetic destinies. We have been bent
over and crippled so to speak because of fear, lack, sickness and other
bondages. The church in this hour will once again stand up and RISE up to
praise God for His Glory and Faithfulness. We see this Hebrew number 18 again in Luke.
“On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching
in one of the synagogues, a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit
for eighteen (18) years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw
her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you
are set free from your infirmity.” Then he put his
hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God… Then
should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for
eighteen (18) long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?”
Luke 13: 10-16
We are currently in the
Hebrew year of jubilee (2017-18) which signifies a Sabbath. Just like Jesus
healed this lady who was demonically oppressed for 18 long years on the
Sabbath, so is the church (represented by the woman in this passage) will be
set free from what has bound her. Today, in this jubilee year of freedom, Jesus
is setting us free from everything that has held us back from our promise land
(His Promises). All we need to do is come to Him and believe and trust in His
word. This is the prophetic season to be set free from our crippling diseases
and infirmities that have held us back!
Things Are About To Get Good! – Church, this is our hour to
shine! It is time to dust of those hopes and dreams that we left in the valley of dry bones. The four winds are blowing and the mighty breath of God is moving upon us to renew us. It is time to let go of the fear, the disappointments, the hurts, and the
sicknesses that have had us crippled in the past so that together we can all enter our
destines!
As we are about to enter
our promise land of freedom, we must be in agreement and alignment with God in
order to be set free from the bondages (of the wilderness) that have kept us bound
in unbelief. To conquer our Jericho’s, we must first be willing to listen to
his voice by staying in His presence and be ready to obey. We must also desire
true freedom (Galatians 5:13). It’s important to know that we don’t fight our
way out in our own strength from the oppressions of bondage and sickness (this
represents the flesh trying to get free by its own efforts).
We start this
process of freedom with genuine repentance (which is turning away from the old
man and his ways). As we put on the new man and let go of any unbelief, we sow after the Spirit by trusting
and obeying His WORD. Just like the Israelites obeyed God and saw
the walls fall down outside of Jericho, we too will have this similar victory
in our life… “...Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit say’s the Lord Almighty” Zechariah
4:6
Age of Maturity - 18 also represents the age of
maturity from childhood to adulthood. When a child turns 18 he or she is no
longer under the legal supervision and authority of their parents. Likewise, in
this prophetic year we are being released from the things that have been unfaithfully
parenting us and holding us back from our destinies in Christ. Because of this,
it’s also our time to grow up. As Paul
put it best…”When
I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a
child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me” 1
Corinthians 13:11
By faith and trust, we put away the past fears, disappointments and childish ways in order to
move forward with new things that God has called us too. The Apostle Paul also expresses
this well… “Brothers
and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one
thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I
press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward
in Christ Jesus” Philippians 3:13-14
We may not be there yet,
however, in this prophetic year, we are entering our maturity in
Christ. Because of this, we must learn to let go of the old and fight with God’s promises. No land or
victory thereof was ever won by a passive people. Could you imagine watching
a baseball game where your favorite team never went up to bat?
Every time it was their turn to bat, they just gave it to the opposing team so
they could remain on the defensive. How could they ever score points and win? There
would be no opportunity for victory.
Well… it’s our time for Victory as the church, and we
are up to bat. Its guaranteed victory for us who don’t give up. In the past
we may have lost battles because of sin, disobedience or simply we may have been out of sync with Gods appointed season; however, in this 2018 prophetic season it will be different. This time
we will win as we fight not for Victory, but from Victory because our home plate is the finished works of the Cross.
“You were dead because of your sins and because you’re sinful
nature were not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for He
forgave all our sins. He canceled the record of the charges against us and took
it away by nailing it to the cross. In this way, He disarmed the spiritual
rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the
Cross”
Colossians 2:13-15
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The Cross - Our Victory! Our spiritual enemy has been fully disarmed and defeated at the Cross! It’s not about what we’ve done, it’s about what He’s done. We fight not from the flesh, we fight by believing and confessing what His word says’s over us daily (see Joshua 1:8… another 18!) The power is in the Word of God and as we read, mediate and diligently speak His promises over us, we are set free from our bondages so that we can enter our true destines in Christ Jesus. This is all accomplished through our Faith.
If you want true freedom in this prophetic season, consider making a list of what has been oppressing you all these years? It could be fear, doubt, worry, lack, sickness, lust, bitterness, unbelief, selfishness, generational sins and the like. Repent of any agreements and partnership with these things. Then ask God for His Love, Mercy and Forgiveness (See 1 John 1:19) giving you the power to walk in total freedom from these lies. Remember it’s by His grace alone, not our efforts; that we obtain freedom and remain free and it starts with trust and obedience to His word.
Confess the word of God over
yourself on a daily basis and praise Him for His faithfulness even before you
see the Victory. Strongholds are broken as we come in agreement with His truth.
Here are just a few to help you, but don’t give up or back down even if you
don’t see immediate results. Simply keep confessing these truths and others in
the scriptures until you achieve your personal victory. His WORD does not
return void and we succeed every time we know and obey the will of God. His
will is for us to simply agree with Him. This is YOUR TIME to enter your
prophetic destiny. Believe and receive your miracle for supernatural healing
& deliverance!
I AM free from Sin – “You have been set free from sin and have become
slaves to righteousness” Romans 6:18
I AM the Righteousness of God - “He made the one who did not
know sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God” 2 Corinthians
5:21
I AM no Longer a slave to fear - “For God hath not given us
the spirit of fear; but of power,
and of love, and of a sound mind” 2 Timothy 1:7
I AM Forgiven, Healed and
Redeemed – “He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. He redeems me from death and crowns me
with love and tender mercies” Psalm 103:3-4
God’s Promise to You!
“It is the same with my
WORD. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I
want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it. You will live in joy and
peace. The mountains and hills will burst into song, and the trees of the field
will clap their hands! Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow…
These events will bring great honor to the LORD's name; they will be an
everlasting sign of His Power and Love." Isaiah 55:11-13
