and brought into right relationship with God.
“But God shows and clearly proves His [own] love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners,
Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for us.
Therefore, since we are now justified (acquitted, made righteous, and brought into right relationship with God)
by Christ's blood, how much more [certain is it that] we shall be saved by Him
from the indignation and wrath of God.” Romans 5:8-9 AMP.
God is love. Love is kind. Love is in action, actions of love, actions of kindness.
Point of Reflection:
To comprehend God's love for you, His kindness to you, you need to take a step back a little.
Ask: What did He do for me? What were His actions of kindness to me?
Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the Annointed One, the I AM did not need to come down, suffer and die.
Remember He was God.
We were all guilty of sin, heading for perishing, without a relationship with God, in bondage to satan,
with disease of every kind, barreness and in poverty.
But God shows His kindness to us in that while we were in that situation He sacrificed His own Son,
to be found guilty so that like Barabbas we may walk free, we may be declared not guilty, we may be acquitted.
Not only that- but also that we may be made righteous, put in right standing with God.
That we may qualify to enter His presence.
That we may be given a relationship with God, and be called sons of God.
That we may become members of the household of God.
Glory be to God forevermore.
Remember also Jesus Christ did not have to suffer physical pain and anguish,
He suffered it so that we may receive our redemption.
He suffered pain, it was an act of kindness to you, so that you may not suffer disease.
The force by which He was whipped rebounds back to you multiplied as a force to heal. You need revelation of this.
Jesus Christ in an act of love and kindness carried your disease and infirmity whatever it might be.
He suffered poverty so that the enabling grace and power to make you have wealth may be released.
He wore a crown of thorns so that your needs may be met every day.
Jesus Christ in an act of love and kindness was beaten so that you can have peace.
He was hang on a tree, took the curse of the law,
so that you can receive the Holy Spirit and through Him receive the blessing of Abraham.
He defeated and disarmed satan and demons so that you can have victory over the enemy.
Do you desire to experience a deep understanding of the love of Jesus Christ?
Do you desire to experience the reality of His love for you?
Do you desire to experience the reality of the full package of His love for you?
When you are ready-
Prayer of acknowledgement:
Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ I thank you for choosing to suffer and die for my redemption.
Thank you that You wore a crown of thorns so that I may be redeemed from poverty and lack.
Thank you that You suffered pain so that I may be redeemed from disease and sickness.
You shed your own blood so that my sin may be forgiven by God.
I acknowledge the risen Jesus Christ as Lord of my life.
Because of You, Jesus Christ, I am acquitted.
Because of You, Jesus Christ I am in right standing and right relationship with God.
Because of You, Jesus Christ I am a member of God's own household.
Because of You, Jesus Christ I have received the gift of eternal life.
Because of You, Jesus Christ I am healed of every disease and sickness.
Because of You, Jesus Christ I have peace.
Because of You, Jesus Christ all my needs are met.
Because of You, Jesus Christ I receive the Holy Spirit.
Because of You, Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit I receive the blessing of Abraham.
I acknowledge your love for me in Jesus Christ.
Thank you God for your faithfulness.
In Jesus Christ's name 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:
With best wishes for the Year 2024, 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 2024. 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 2024, 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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