Title: Almighty God desires that you be fruitful.
“Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a well; His branches run over the wall.
The archers have bitterly grieved him, Shot at him and hated him.
But his bow remained in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob
(From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),
By the God of your father who will help you,
And by the Almighty who will bless you with blessings of heaven above,
Blessings of the deep that lies beneath,
Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.”Genesis 49:22-25 NKJV.
It is the desire of Almighty God that you may bear much fruit for God every day.
After acknowledging the risen Jesus Christ as Lord of your life to be born again,
you need to desire earnestly to be filled with the Holy Spirit,
to receive an abundant outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon your life by faith in the operation of God.
Let your desire empower you to receive and draw from God an abundant outpouring of His Spirit upon your life (Titus 3:6).
You need to desire and earnestly yearn for the empowerment of the Spirit of God upon your life.
Then you need a correct understanding of the word of God.
Point of Reflection:
The Lord Jesus Christ said in John 15:4-5:
“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,
unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him,
bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” NKJV.
As you bear much fruit for God, the Father is glorified. Abiding in Jesus Christ is abiding in His word.
You need the word of God to abide in you richly (Colossians 3:16) coupled by a desire for
the Holy Spirit to be poured upon you abundantly.
Jesus Christ said “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing.
The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.” John 6:63 NKJV.
To bear fruit for God you need to take a positive attitude to the word of God,
allow it to soak deep in you, memorise key scriptures.
Then desire the abundant out pouring of the Holy Spirit of God upon your life.
It is the Holy Spirit who gives life. The fruit of the Holy Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.
Against such there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23 NKJV.
When one exudes the fruit of the Holy Spirit in their lives, their lives will preach Jesus Christ to the world even
before they have opened their mouths to witness Jesus Christ.
The love of Jesus Christ in your heart will send you praying and interceding for salvation of souls,
praying the Lord of the harvest to send more labourers into His harvest.
His love will send you witnessing Jesus Christ at every opportunity, forwarding messages and
inviting people to join groups that disciple for Christ.
The key to all this is abiding in the word under the power of the Holy Spirit.
Do you desire to exude the fruit of the Holy Spirit?
Do you desire that God the Father be glorified in your life as you bear fruit for God?
Do you desire the abundant outpouring of the Holy Spirit of God upon your life?
Remember the fruit of the Holy Spirit accomplishes eternal things!
Witnessing Jesus Christ should be a way of life.
When you are ready-
Prayer for fruitfulness:
Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ, I thank you for sending your one and only Son to die so that I may be justified.
I open my heart to you Lord Jesus Christ and today I confess the risen Jesus Christ as Lord of my life.
Thank you for forgiveness of sin and the gift of eternal life and access into your presence.
I reject every working of the enemy satan and his demons upon my life.
I ask You Father God in the name of Jesus Christ to fill me with your Holy Spirit right now.
I ask for an abundant outpouring of your Holy Spirit upon my life and upon Planet Earth in the name of Jesus Christ.
Thank you Lord for your word, and today I commit myself to your word, to give myself wholly to it.
Thank you Lord that as I abide in your word and powered by your Holy Spirit I bear fruit for you.
In the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen
Additional resource:
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Year in Focus:
2025 The Year of the Overcomer.
His word says in 1 John 2:12-14:I write to you, little children,
Because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.
13 I write to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one.
I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father.
14 I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you,
And you have overcome the wicked one.
To overcome the wicked one you need the word of God to dwell in you richly, you need to know Him who
was from the beginning (to know God) and you need strong conviction regarding His promises to you. These are the three critical attributes of an overcomer.
He also says: Look among the nations and watch—Be utterly astounded!
For I will work a work in your days, which you would not believe, though it were told you. (Habakkuk 1:5)
Almighty God wants to work a work in our day, in your day, in the work of the Ministry and in your own life,
which you will not believe even if it is told you. For you to be a part of what He is doing, you need to acquire and grow in the three critical attributes of an overcomer.
He says further:
Then the Lord answered me and said:
“Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. (Habakkuk 2:2-3).
He says write the vision and make it plain upon tables that he may run who reads it.
As you enter another phase in your walk with God and as we enter a new phase in our calling as Planet Ministries, remember the vision is for an appointed time.
That time is nigh. Wait for it, it will not be late by one second. Remember Genesis 18:10-14; Genesis 21: 1-2 and Exodus 12:40-41.
a) What you need to know:
We are moving into a period of accomplishing the vision which Almighty God has set before us.
There is in the calendar of God something called the fullness of time.
The vision is for an appointed time and that time is nigh.
You need the knowledge of the Father and His essential attributes, a knowledge of the word of God- you need the word of God to dwell in you richly
(see also Colossians 3:16) and you also need strength of conviction.
As these three attributes increase in you, they will make you to become an overcomer of the wicked one.
b) What you need to understand (or have a revelation of):
1. There is in the calendar of God something called the fullness of time.
2. As we enter the fullness of time you need to continue waiting upon God.
3. You need a revelation of the essential attributes of God.
That He is good to you all the time. He is holy, that means He gets it right all the time ( Leviticus 11:44-45; His mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:23);
His loving kindness is better than life (Psalms 63:3), He is faithful (1 Thessalonians 5:24; Genesis 28:15; 1 Kings 8:56; Numbers 23:19-20; Isaiah 46:9-11),
He is righteous and He is just (Psalms 89:14). He promises to go before you. He says He will not fail you. (Joshua 1:5; Deuteronomy 31:6, 8;
1 Chronicles 28:20; Psalms 89:33-35).
c) What you need to do: Activities of 2025:
Run with the vision. Remember we are:
1. Witnessing the love of Jesus Christ and making disciples across the nations. (Matthew 28:18-20). Use every avenue available to you to send the message of the gospel.
2.We are praying and interceding to the God of the harvest to send labourers into the harvest. (Matthew 9:37-38; 1Timothy 2:1-5). Take time to pray.
3. We are faithful stewards of time, the mysteries of God and of substance. (Luke 12:42-44; Luke 16:10-12; 1 Corinthians 4:1-2; 1 Peter 4:10). Prayerfully examine your stewardship of time, mysteries
of God and substance.
4. We are light to the world- dispensing darkness- let your light so shine that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5:14-16).
5. We are salt, condiment to the earth to give flavour and fight the unsavoury works of the enemy satan ( Matthew 5:13).
6. We release the fragrance of the knowledge of Jesus Christ - God wants to diffuse through you the fragrance, perfume of the knowledge of Jesus Christ as you allow the fruit of the Holy Spirit to
manifest in your life. ( 2 Corinthians 14-15).
d) In all this remember to have your own personal agenda with God as you stand on His promises.
He says in John 16:24: Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
He says in John 15:7: If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
He says in John 14:13-14:
And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.
He also says in John 15:16: You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.
Remember, we have been given exceedingly great and precious promises that by these we may be partakers of divine nature. ( 2 Peter 1:4, John 16:24).
In this year of the overcomer, as you run with the vision, remember to have a personal prayer agenda with God.
Keep a prayer diary and tick things off, as He answers your prayers.
We love you as we invite you to be counted among the overcomers of the wicked one in 2025 and beyond.
As you run with the vision, we are praying for you and wish you a 2025 filled with the victory that comes from God.
In the service of Jesus Christ.
Apostle Dr Max and Joyce Matonhodze.
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