Title: Receive the light, the life and the overflowing grace.
“In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses,
but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”John 1:4-5, 16-17 NKJV.
Point of Reflection:
In Jesus Christ is the light-let it drive away any form of darkness in your life-the darkness from the enemy satan and his demons.
In the light is the life of God- let that life infuse into every part of your being- mind, intellect, emotions, will and conscience.
Let that life infuse into every part of your body and energise you, bring total soundness and healing because legally
every ailment in your body is there illegally because Jesus Christ paid for it through the pain He suffered.
Not only that, as you receive Jesus Christ, receive - from His fullness and abundance the grace that overflows.
Grace is His favour to you, which you did not deserve, unmerited favour born out of activity on the side of God.
The fullness of Jesus Christ brings you one grace after another, spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing,
favour upon favour and heaped gift upon heaped gift.
(John 1:17AMP).
You will live a fulfilled life, satisfied with who you are, what you are and what you have achieved.
You become an imparter of hope in other people's lives. Wow!
Let the light of Jesus Christ drive out any form of darkness in your life.
Glory be to God forevermore.
Do you desire to receive from the fullness of Jesus Christ?
When you are ready-
Prayer of faith:
Heavenly Father I thank you for Jesus Christ, in whom is the light of God and from whom I receive the life of God.
I acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord of my life today.
I set myself apart and consecrate myself for you Lord.
I reject, renounce and denounce every working and influence of the enemy satan and his demons upon my life in the name of Jesus Christ.
I ask you Father in the name of Jesus Christ to fill me with your Holy Spirit right now.
I receive the abundant outpouring of your Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ.
Thank you that from the fullness and abundance of Jesus Christ I receive overflowing grace, upon grace,
favour upon favour, spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and heaped gift upon heaped gift.
I release the abundant and overflowing grace upon grace, favour upon favour, spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing,
spiritual gift heaped upon spiritual gift arising from the abundance of Jesus Christ to my life, family and ministry.
I release the abundant and overflowing grace upon grace, favour upon favour, spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing,
spiritual gift heaped upon spiritual gift to each and every child of God across Planet Earth in the name of Jesus Christ.
Thank you Lord for the abundant outpouring of your Holy Spirit across Planet Earth in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
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With best wishes for the Year 2023, the year in which the Lord God is visiting His restless ones with an anointing that breaks the yoke of bondage of the enemy.
There is a big financial dimension to the victory for the restless ones in 2023. The yoke of poverty and financial struggles is being broken.
a) Things you need to know:
The year in which the restless ones rise up with the zeal of Almighty God to cause the spreading of the cities of Almighty God through prosperity.
Almighty God says: proclaim saying 'Thus saith the Lord of Hosts: "Iam zealous for Jerusalem with great zeal."' Zechariah 1:14
He also says: 'Thus says the Lord, "I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy; My house shall be built in it," says the Lord of Hosts,
"And a surveyor's line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem."' Zechariah 1:16. See also Zechariah 8:1-5, 12-13, 15, 21 and 23.
He goes further to say: "Again proclaim, saying, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts: "My cities shall again spread out through prosperity;
The Lord will again comfort Zion, And will again choose Jerusalem."' Zechariah 1:17.
He says: "Take the silver and gold, make an elaborate crown, and set it on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest." Zechariah 6:11.
Almighty God wants to put a crown of gold upon your head.
b) What you need to do:
1. In 2023, take away your measuring line. Do not limit what God can do for you and through you in the way you think, the way you speak and the way you act.
Do not limit the Holy One of Israel. ( Zechariah 1:1-5 )
In Psalms 78:41: His word says:Yes, again and again they tempted God,
And limited the Holy One of Israel.
Remember also Ephesians 3:20 says: He is able to do exceedingly abundantly, above all we think and ask, by the power at work within us.
2. Call with a strong conviction on the Almighty God for whom all things are possible, for whom nothing shall be impossible.
Remember His word says in Genesis 18:10-14:
10 And He said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.”
(Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.)
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
13 And the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’
14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”
See also Jeremiah 32:17-22, Jeremiah 32:26-27.
In Luke 1:34-38 we read:
34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”
35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you;
therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.
36 Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.
37 For with God nothing will be impossible.”
38 Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
See also Mark 10;27 and Matthew 19:26.
Remember the Holy Spirit comes upon you and the power of the Most High overshadows you- to make the will of Almighty God happen in your life and in the work of the Ministry.
In Jeremiah 32:19 -21 we read that our Almighty God is great in counsel and mighty in deeds and that He brought out His people Israel from the land of Egypt with signs and wonders,
with a strong hand, and an outstretched arm and with great terror and He gave them the land that flows with milk and honey- they came in and took possession of it.
Let Him give you His counsel, let Him show you His signs and wonders, go in and take possession.
c) What you need to understand (have a revelation of):
You need to understand the following things:
1. There is in the calendar of God something called the fullness of time.
In Genesis 21:1-2 we read: 1 And the LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as He had spoken.
2 For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
2. Almighty God fulfils His promises.
In Numbers 23:19-20 we read:
19 God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He said, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
20 Behold, I have received a command to bless;
He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
In Isaiah 46:9-11 we read:
9 Remember the former things of old,
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’
11 Calling a bird of prey from the east,
The man who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed I have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.
3. It has been done before-
Remember in her restlessness Rachael cried: Give me children or else I die (Genesis 30:1). God answered her prayer and she bore Joseph, who subsequently received
the portion of the first born of Israel.
In her restlessness, Hannah prayed for a male child and pledged to give him to the Lord all the days of her life. God answered her prayer and she bore Samuel,
a mighty prophet of God who was also a judge of Israel. (1 Samuel 1:11).
In her restlessness Mary Magdalene sought to find where they had laid the body of the Lord Jesus Christ and she refused to be comforted.
The Lord Jesus had to make an unscheduled visit to the tomb while on His way to the Father. The Lord Jesus Christ had to appear to Mary. (John 20:11-18).
We love you and continue to pray for you as you set yourself apart and consecrate yourself for the purposes of Almighty God on the Earth in our day.
Apostle Dr Max and Joyce Matonhodze.
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