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Entering into 2017 - The Year to War for Breakthrough

Hebrews 4:12 – “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."

I believe it is important that we take time to pray and listen to what the Spirit is saying to the church for 2017. You may say, “I’m still looking for the fulfillment of last year’s promises.”  I believe that year’s promises overlap and we build on them. The lessons we learned last year become a foundation for where we are going in the coming new season.

We need prophetic direction because we are in what 2 Timothy 3:1 defines as “perilous times.”  In 1 Kings 22:7 King Jehoshaphat was in a tough place with two other kings.  The King made this statement. “Is there not still a prophet of the Lord here, that we may inquire of Him?” Like King Jehoshaphat and these two kings we are in a very difficult place.  We need to hear the word of the Lord.

God gives prophetic direction to position us to enter into our assignment.  Your place of assignment in this season will be the place where we draw our supply.  As we pray and spend time waiting in the presence of the Lord, He will give revelation about what we are experiencing and our future.

In Jeremiah 33:3 the Scriptures declare, “Call to Me, and I will answer  you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” As we pray and spend time waiting in His presence, He will give revelation about what we are experiencing and about our future.  Daniel 2:22 reads, “He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with Him.”

Prophetic ministry is for our edification, exhortation, and comfort (1 Corinthians 14:3).  The Apostle Paul gave these instructions concerning to Timothy on how to respond to prophetic ministry.  1 Timothy 1:18, “This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare.”

Over the past few weeks I have been hearing the following five things concerning the year we are entering.  Please examine these things and pray with me for greater insight.

 A Year of Warfare – One strong prophetic voice has declared the year as the “Year of the Clashing Swords.”  There will be war in the natural as well as the spiritual realm this year.  This year the sword of the Lord will come down into the earth. 

       A Year of the Watcher – One of the Hebrew words for angels translates as watcher.  There will be angelic activity this year.  When God initiates a new day there will be angelic activity.  God uses angels to carry out His plans on the earth. 
 
         A Year of Wealth – A key Scripture for this season is Deuteronomy 8:18. God desires to prosper His people this year. We need to ask God for strategies to prosper in this season.  God desires to bless you so you can bring resources into the kingdom of God.
 
         A Year of Breakthrough Worship – Malachi 2:3 reads, “The one who breaks open will come up before them; they will break out, pass through the gate, and go out by it; their king will pass before them, with the Lord at their head.” There will be powerful moves of the Spirit this year.  This year will be called a year of breakthrough. As we worship and listen for His instructions the Breaker will break into our circumstances and bring victory.
 
       A Year of a New Wineskin – God is bringing forth a new wineskin in this season.  Mark 2:22 reads, “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.”

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