Happy New Year 2015! My Annual Prophetic New Years Day post

I have this standing date...

I started this years ago, in the wee early hours of the brand new year.  The house is still festive from all the holiday fun but it's quiet... peaceful... a bit emptied out after all is unwrapped, and yet brimming with hope for what is still to come!  

So, as is the routine, I grab a cup of coffee, a blanket, my Bible and a journal, and I meet with God all cozied up on my couch on New Years Day.  It's just us two... (or 4, because Those Guys always travel in 3!)

I spend a little time praising Him, thanking Him and counting gifts and then I get down to the task at hand:  I reflect over the last year and how the prophetic word or phrase played out.  Next, I ask Him each year, on this - the first day, for a prophetic word or phrase as well as a book in the Bible that will be significant in the year to come.  He is faithful to meet me and to give me insight in reflecting back, and a glimpse into what lies ahead!


Last year the Phrase that I heard in my spirit was:
"The Maternal Heart of God" and the Book in the Bible was 1Corinthians, which makes sense because, as I said in the beginning of 2014, 1Corinthians simply reminds you of everything your mother taught you!

You can read that original post HERE and ponder for yourself how it showed up in your own life, as well as around the world... 

For me, well - I wasn't really sure what to expect with that phrase but oh my how I needed it - how we all needed it, in 2014!  For years now we have come in contact with the Father Heart of God, but last year we saw the Maternal Heart of God rising up and pouring out! 

A fierce, protective love... a nurturing, comforting love... a grace that holds close and hunkers down when instinct may say to cut and run!  From #BringBackOurGirls to #Ferguson to #BlackLivesMatter to ALL lives matter... from ISIS to the economy to health problems and one heavy, tragic loss after another... what we needed was a Mother's Heart to hold us... to rise up in Mama Bear style and to become that shelter that our hearts were all needing!  We need that still.

I believe in 2014, God began to pour this out in greater measures... allowing his Maternal Heart to be brought out into the light! For He cares for us with an intensity that speaks volumes... for truly we belong to Him and He is for us... with us... and coming after us!

I pray this new aspect of God continues to show up in and through us and that many will be drawn to Him, simply because of our own mothering heart that longs to draw them in and love on them... (whomever 'they' may be!)

So, without further ado... (again, why do I keep saying this?) 
This is what I heard for 2015:

--The Phrase: "New Discoveries"

As I began to stir this morning, I began to pray before even opening my eyes.

"Lord, what do you want to say? What do you want us to see, to look for, to release to others near and far in 2015?"

Immediately, I heard "New Discoveries"

...He said, "My Spirit, whom I sent to reveal all things, will reveal new discoveries, new ideas, new remedies and solutions. Open up to trying new things, to new ways of doing things! Do not stay so stuck in your ways! For as this year unfolds, my Spirit will reveal all truth and bring answers and aid. Through you who are willing, I will release the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven!"

Next, I prayed and asked for the Book in the Bible that would have significance this year and ever so clearly, I heard this:

--The Book:  Ecclesiastes

Really, Lord? "Are you sure?" I had the audacity to ask because, well - hello? The Phrase He gave was "new discoveries" and then this? The "nothing new under the sun... it's all vanity" book? Really?

But then it hit me...

Seek Wisdom - yes...
   But more importantly, Seek God!

Ecclesiastes reminds us to live life while it lasts, but to also enjoy it!

In our Western mindset, we put a lot of value on gaining knowledge and learning - but in all of our grasping, it's vanity if we do it on our own. But the Holy Spirit was sent to reveal all truth. He knows all things and the solutions and answers that we need often cannot be sought out and educated into us... they must truly be discovered!

No, there is nothing new under the sun...
 Not to the One who created it all.

To discover something is to find something unexpectedly... to become aware of something or to make known or visible.  To expose, display, divulge (a secret)... to be the first to find or observe (a place, substance, scientific phenomenon)... to be the first to recognize the potential.  To discover means to make known...

We seek it out, He leads and guides us...
We discover, He gets the glory!

To discover something new is to partner with the One who knows all truth and was sent to us as The Helper!  

What we need... He has, and He gives and He is standing before us this year with a twinkle in His eyes and His heart in His hand... "Come play with Me!" I can almost hear Him saying... "Come Abide and let's just see what new things we can discover!"  

What an Invitation!

    What an Adventure!

Let's welcome 2015 together... ring the bells, stir up hope... open your heart and your hands and your eyes to New Discoveries and determine that no matter what, we are all in with Him!  No, we know now that all of our striving will not pay off. There is nothing new under the sun and all that striving is Vanity. However, enjoying the life you are living right now, today - counting gifts and staying present... good food, good drink, hard work... those, the Preacher says in Eccl 2:24, are gifts from the hand of God.

Happy New Year!
Let us continue to:



P.S. No real surprise here, this prophetic phrase lends itself nicely to my OneWord for 2015! In fact, after spending time with the Lord this morning, I am even MORE excited to find Wonder all around!  To read about my OneWord365, click HERE and join the movement away from Resolutions, and into a changed life!