Shed, Rebuild, Reject Familiar Spirits and Don't Walk Backwards Through Thresholds You've Already Crossed - An Encouragement Going Into 2025

This morning while praying for a friend, the Lord began to speak to me both a warning as well as an encouragement for the Body of Christ leading into 2025.

The shedding of 2024.

I believe that a shedding, a culling of sorts, took place for many in 2024. I saw a picture of a calendar (2024) flipping quickly through the months while much of the fiery Bride was shedding old behaviors, thought processes, paradigms, throwing off old wine skins and ways of doing things, even dismantling the unsuitable armor and weapons that had been wrongly put on them. Some had been given daggers when they were created for swords, and some had settled for hiding behind shields when God had created them to pick up a buckler and push back on the enemy, but in these past 12 months they were shedding these old things. I then saw a season of healing and restoration of hearts – all which took place in the year 2024.

However, I also saw that although many of these people had culled and shed what God asked them to shed and thus began to heal and refocus, some of them had failed to take up responsibility to discover new weapons and rebuild their arsenals with what God had intended for them in 2025.

To give a clearer picture of this concept, God reminded me of when I worked with an image and styling consultant earlier this year. We had several goals, but one important personal goal for me was culling the old clothing that had been purchased with a poverty mentality, and then in turn purchasing pieces of value that would in turn place value upon my own calling. Sadly because of this, more than half of my summer wardrobe was removed from my closet. I am grateful to share, there were valuable lessons for me to learn regarding choosing nicer things for myself that highlight my value, my destiny, and so forth. In the process, lies were dismantled and I began to change my way of thinking regarding where I shopped, etc.

When I first met with this consultant, it was the start of the winter season here in Australia, so I was able to fully cull the summer clothing yet chose to ONLY replenish the winter and spring/autumn wardrobe. I then got lazy and just chose to not think about the summer clothing until “later.” Thus, when the hotter temperatures began to arrive in Australia in the last few months and we began to receive more invites to outdoors events, I realized that I was actually WITHOUT summer clothing and I felt a rush of panic for what I was going to wear!

I had failed to rebuild my wardrobe, and was left with stress and panic when the new season arrived. This nearly caused me to go BACK to old mindsets of just running to the “cheap stores” to buy something that I didn’t feel 100% confident in (but knew that I could save a few bucks on). God had spoken and did a massive inner work with me regarding a personal poverty and devaluing mentality which I had definitely shed during the year – and yet my failure to actually prepare for the new season of living as if I believed what God had said, caused me to stumble for a day or so and nearly walk backward through the threshold that I had just crossed earlier that year.

Beware the familiar spirits!

The Father also began showing me those who had shed pain, offense, mindsets, shame, betrayal and pride this past year (2024). I saw that as these people were crossing the kronos threshold into 2025, a legion of familiar spirits were unleashed to try and undo everything that God had done in them in 2024! Sadly, I felt the grief of the Father’s heart as people who had chosen in 2024 to unplug from the Matrix began plugging themselves in again because of these external familiar spirits. I saw these spirits sitting on people’s minds and chests, spewing lie after lie, just hoping that the ones being attacked would accept and agree with their lies.

Unfortunately, those who neglected to rebuild their arsenals were some of the first to be attacked by these familiar spirits because they were the most vulnerable.

Even in my own life, I felt the weight of these wretched liars on my chest!

I heard the Lord’s heartbeat, and I felt like He said the following:

1. “DON’T GO BACK! Don’t return to Egypt!”

2. “Keep shedding the old mantles. Let go of the old mindsets. Run from old alignments. Your old ways of ‘getting by’ need to be demolished. Old operating systems need to be destroyed.”

3. “Don’t go backwards through the thresholds you already crossed!”

The Lord then reminded me of His Kairos, appointed time. Though the kronos time may state that it is only days away from 2025, His Kairos time can make things happen in an instant if we believe and are obedient.

Those who have yet to rebuild their arsenals and wardrobes – NOW is the (Kairos) time.

Those who are beginning to wrestle these familiar spirits, and feel the desire to walk backwards through the already-crossed thresholds – NOW is the (Kairos) time to remember all that God has done in 2024!

With gratitude and submissive wonder, reflect on all that God did in 2024 (see Psalm 145 below).

Reject the lies. Speak the truth. Shed the SLIME of the enemy.

2025 is bigger than we know, and it's our responsibility to be big enough to remember what we have shed in 2024 in order to function in our original design in 2025.

• 2 Peter 2:22:  It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “A dog returns to its own vomit,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.”

  
  

•   1 Peter 5:8:  Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

  
  

•   Genesis 4:7:  If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.”

  
  

• Hebrews 12:1:  Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

  
  

•  Ephesians 4:1 (AMP):  So I, the prisoner for the Lord, appeal to you to live a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called [that is, to live a life that exhibits godly character, moral courage, personal integrity, and mature behavior—a life that expresses gratitude to God for your salvation],

  
  

• Psalm 145:1-12 (AMP): I will exalt You, my God, O King, And [with gratitude and submissive wonder] I will bless Your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless You and lovingly praise You; Yes, [with awe-inspired reverence] I will praise Your name forever and ever .Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised, And His greatness is [so vast and profound as to be] unsearchable [incomprehensible to man].One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty and remarkable acts. On the glorious splendor of Your majesty And on Your wonderful works, I will meditate. People will speak of the power of Your awesome acts, And [with gratitude and submissive wonder] I will tell of Your greatness. They will overflow [like a fountain] when they speak of Your great and abundant goodness And will sing joyfully of Your righteousness. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness. The Lord is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created].All Your works shall give thanks to You and praise You, O Lord, And Your godly ones will bless You. They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom And talk of Your power, To make known to the sons of men Your mighty acts And the glorious majesty of Your kingdom.

Abundant blessings,

Mandy