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Title: Ask for the Holy Spirit.
“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish?
Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” Luke 11:9-13 NKJV.
Point of Reflection:
After believing on the Lord Jesus Christ and acknowledging Him as Lord of your life, you are made a child of God.
Your sin is forgiven, you are born again or regenerated,
You are adopted into God's household.
You are redeemed by Jesus Christ.
You are given eternal life.
This is the most privileged position of this life.
The next most significant event or experience anybody could have after that is being filled with the Holy Spirit.
It makes one to function as a child of God with power.
It changed the disciples and apostles of Jesus Christ from being weak, impotent, fearful, and carnal
individuals to being men of strong conviction, fearless, who could demonstrate the power of God with undeniable miracles.
Without the Holy Spirit the church is dead and with Him it is dynamic.
Without Him you are weak, with Him you have strong convictions.
The Holy Spirit activates the word of God within you, making it alive and real,
He guides, He teaches, He gives you the wisdom and counsel of God to apply to situations you encounter.
He gives you utterance. He is the Game Changer.
So then how do you get filled with the Holy Spirit?
First understand the Holy Spirit is given by the Father in the name of Jesus Christ. (John 14:26).
He is the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
So you need to have believed on the Lord Jesus Christ.
Secondly and as equally critical you need to set yourself apart, to consecrate yourself for God.
This is a declaration you make: I am yours Lord with all that I am and with all that I am not, I give my life to you.
In the process you need to reject, renounce and denounce every working and influence of satan and his demons in your life.
This is the other side of the same coin with consecration.
Renouncing satan and demons prevents you receiving counterfeits spirits of the enemy
which is what Jesus Christ referred to when He said "for bread give a stone", "for fish give a serpent", "for egg give a scorpion".
Scorpions at rest coil up to look like an egg yet they have a venomous sting.
These are things which look like but are not the real thing.
This is also a declaration you make: satan and your demons, I reject you in the name of Jesus Christ, you have nothing in me
and I have nothing in you from today I belong to Jesus Christ.
Thirdly you need to ask for the Holy Spirit with a seeking and knocking faith, desire and passion.
You need to hunger, thirst and yearn for the Holy Spirit. As His word says in Psalms 42:1-2"As a deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?(NKJV)
Let your soul pant for the Holy Spirit as a deer pants for the water brooks.
Thirst after the Holy Spirit.
That is why we read in John 37:37-39: On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Do you desire to be filled with the Holy Spirit?
When you are ready-
Prayer for the Holy Spirit:
Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ, I thank you for redemption through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross.
Today I acknowledge the risen Jesus Christ as Lord of my life.
I set myself apart and consecrate myself for you.
I reject, renounce and denounce every working and influence of the enemy satan and his demons upon my life.
I ask you Father in the name of Jesus Christ to fill me with your Holy Spirit right now.
I desire and seek to be filled by your Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ.
You say in your word, if we being evil know how to give good gifts to our children,
how much more will you Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to me when I ask you?
I believe multiplied a zillion times over.
I therefore receive the abundant outpouring of your Holy Spirit upon my life in the name of Jesus Christ.
Thank you Father for hearing me.
(At this point allow the Holy Spirit to manifest tongues through your mouth and take time to speak in other tongues).....
I remember my family today and ask you to fill them by your Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ.
I remember Planet Ministries and ask for the outpouring of your Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ.
I remember your children across Planet Earth and ask for the outpouring of your Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ.
Thank you Father for hearing me. In the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.
Additional resources:
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/understandingredemption
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/promises/characterstatureandachievement
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/youarewitnessestothesethings
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/yourcallingtointercede
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/righteousness
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.
Planetministries.org.uk