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Title: Jesus Christ rewards you for keeping His word and confessing His name.
“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write;
These things saith he that is holy, he that is true,
he that hath the key of David,
he that openeth, and no man shutteth;
and shutteth, and no man openeth;
I know thy works: behold,
I have set before thee an open door,
and no man can shut it:
for thou hast a little strength,
and hast kept my word,
and hast not denied my name.” Revelation 3:7-8 KJV.
“Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men,
him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
But whosoever shall deny me before men,
him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 10:32-33 KJV.
Point of Reflection:
Jesus Christ gives assurance of victory to every child of God
that keeps and guards His word in their hearts
and is a witness of the power and salvation He gives.
He is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, (Revelations 1:8),
the Author and Finisher of our life and our faith. (Hebrews12:2).
He is the one who holds the key of David.
The key of David is the key of the kingdom of heaven,
the key to the ultimate seat of power and authority.
When He opens a door before you, no- one can shut it,
when He closes no-one can open.
As you keep His word-that is keep obeying His instructions,
keep obeying His word, including sharing the good news with others
as He gives you the opportunities to do so in love,
He makes a declaration to you:
"I have set before you an open door which no-man can shut."
Wow praise be to God. He goes further:
when you confess Him (Jesus Christ) before men,
He will also confess you before His Father in heaven.
His word goes further to say, “And ye are witnesses of these things.” Luke 24:48 KJV.
It is a great honour and a privilege
to be a witness of the power and saving grace of Jesus Christ.
However as you do that, in speech and sometimes in as simple a way as
forwarding a message to your friends and associates,
He promises:
1. To make your way continuously open,
to keep an open door before you which no-one can shut.
That speaks of doors of continued opportunities for you being kept open.
2. To confess your name before the Father in heaven and before His angels-
that opens for you God's favour and blessing upon your life.
3. To give and increase strength and grace in everything you do. Praise be to God.
As you meditate upon this word- ask yourself-
what has He spoken to me through His word?
What should I be doing for my God in accomplishing His purpose and mission for my life?
Remember-at the centre of His purpose and mission is salvation of souls.
So you could ask yourself- what am I doing to get souls into the kingdom of heaven?
Take some time to celebrate this word and to make declarations of faith.
When you are ready:
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, I thank you for sending Jesus Christ to suffer and die for my salvation
and for forgiveness of sin through His name.
I acknowledge the risen Jesus Christ as Lord of my life today.
Thank you that through Him I can know and be acquainted with you, the only true God.
I set myself apart and consecrate myself for you.
I reject, denounce and renounce every working, every influence and every deception
of the enemy satan and his demons 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, accept and embrace the abundant outpouring of your Spirit upon my life in the name of Jesus Christ.
Lord Jesus Christ, I thank you for the gift of the Holy Spirit which you give to those who believe in you.
Thank you that the Holy Spirit is the life giving Spirit and that whatever it touches will live.
Today I commit myself to accomplish your purpose and mission for my life.
I commit myself to salvation of souls
in this nation and across Planet Earth.
Thank you for setting before me an open door
which no-one can shut,
thank you for confessing my name before the Father
and the favour and grace it bestores upon me,
thank you Lord for increasing my strength
and multiplying your grace and peace upon my life.
In Jesus Christ name I pray. Amen.
Additional resources:
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/righteousness.
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/understandingsonship
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/promises/characterstatureandachievement
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/understandingredemption
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/turningyoursituationaround
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 an elaborate crown of gold and silver 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.
Planetministries.org.uk