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Title: Find the pearl of great price.
"The kingdom of heaven is like something precious buried in a field,
which a man found and hid again;
then in his joy he goes and sells all he has and buys that field.
Again the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a dealer
in search of fine and precious pearls,
Who, on finding a single pearl of great price,
went and sold all he had and bought it.” Matthew 13:44-46 AMP.
Here the Lord Jesus Christ likens the kingdom of heaven to treasure buried in a field.
Notice in this parable the man buries it again in the same field,
goes away, sells everything he had and comes to buy that field.
There are three things here to learn.
1. The treasure gave him a joy unspeakable, exceeding great joy.
The kingdom of heaven brings us joy, peace and well-being.
It gives us completeness.
It brings us salvation- the sum total of everything Jesus Christ atoned for including
eternal life, physical and emotional well-being, victory over the enemy satan,
His provision, His righteousness, His guidance.
Secondly, notice the treasure was priceless-
the man did not go and sell some of his goods, he sold everything.
The treasure was worth giving everything he had.
Yes the kingdom of heaven is priceless-
you need to give it your whole heart, give it your all.
Whoever you are, whatever you have- it requires and demands your all, your whole heart.
It demands your full attention, whole-heartedness not half-hearted approach.
Thirdly - he bought the whole field, it is a package.
It has the very good and priceless and the sacrifices as well.
That is why the Lord Jesus Christ also said to His disciples in Matthew 16:24:
"If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”
Denying self and taking up your own cross means there are sacrifices
associated with being part of the kingdom of heaven.
We need to accept the sacrifices as well.
The sacrifice is summarized by-
you cease to live for yourself and begin to live for Jesus Christ,
you seek His will in all you do.
Seeking and allowing the will of God to be accomplished in your life is carrying His cross.
That's why Galatians 2:20 says "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live;
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:
and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,
who loved me, and gave himself for me.” (KJV).
That is why Lord Jesus taught us to pray and say "Your will be done" in Matthew 6:10.
He desires the best for you in every situation and
His grace, His unmerited favour is sufficient for you,
He is love and He is good.
He is righteous and He is holy.
He is just.
Because of these attributes your life is at its best when you do His will.
The Psalmist says “For the Lord God is a sun and shield:
the Lord will give grace and glory:
no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.” Psalms 84:11 KJV
Therefore child of God remember the kingdom of heaven brings you a completed joy of salvation package,
but you need to give it your whole heart and take the full package,
do not pick and choose the very good bits and leave the not so good bits.
Take the completed joy and the sacrifices that come with it.
Yes indeed find your pearl of great price,
sell everything you have and go buy it. That is the kingdom of heaven.
When you are ready-
Prayer of consecration:
Heavenly Father, I thank you for sending Jesus Christ to die for my redemption and to usher me into eternal life.
I acknowledge the risen Jesus Christ as Lord of my life today.
I set myself apart and consecrate myself for you.
I reject, renounce and denounce every working, every influence and every deception 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 and empower me with your Holy Spirit right now.
I receive the abundant outpouring of your Spirit upon my life in the name of Jesus Christ.
Lord Jesus I thank you for the sacrifice you made for me
so that I can know God and be part of the kingdom of heaven.
Thank you for the complete package of salvation.
I give my whole heart to you.
I deny self, and take up my cross to follow you.
In all I do Lord I will seek your will.
Thank you for the grace I need for every day.
In the name of Jesus Christ I pray. 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 waord 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 will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow 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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