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Title: Have a cry to know the God of Jesus Christ.
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge,
I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the
law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” Hosea 4:6 KJV.
“For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.” Proverbs 2:6 KJV.
“Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss
for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord:
for whom I have suffered the loss of all things,
and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness,
which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ,
the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him,
and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings,
being made conformable unto his death;” Philippians 3:8-10 KJV.
The greatest thing that can ever happen to anyone in this life is to know God in Jesus Christ.
It will only happen when Jesus Christ reveals Himself to you
because it is from His mouth that knowledge of God will come.
That is why Jesus Christ prayed in John 17:2-3:
"As thou hast given him power over all flesh,
that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God,
and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” (KJV).
Jesus Christ is the giver of eternal life
and eternal life is the knowledge of God - it is given by God Himself.
God opens Himself to people to know Him, He reveals Himself.
His word also says in Ephesians 2:8:
“For by grace are ye saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:” KJV.
The word grace signifies activity on the side of God which gives you advantage,
that action resulting in us receiving something we did not merit, deserve or work for.
The word of God further reveals the depth of importance of the knowledge of God
in Philippians 3:8-10- it teaches us to count
all the honors, accolades, riches of wealth, of education etc, as dung,
as rubbish in comparison to the excellence of the knowledge of Jesus Christ. Glory be to God.
Yearn to know God, yearn for Him to reveal Himself to you.
Make this the deepest cry of your heart and as you do- He is faithful.
He says you will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:13).
Take some time to ask Almighty God to reveal Himself to you in Jesus Christ
and to reveal the power of His resurrection to you.
When you are ready-
Prayer:
Father in heaven, I thank you for giving to me your Son Jesus Christ, that I may live through Him.
Today I acknowledge the risen Jesus Christ as Lord of my life.
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.
Thank you Lord for saving me and for making me a child of God.
Heavenly Father I thank you for the treasures of the knowledge of Jesus Christ.
I open my heart to seek you with all my heart.
Today I count everything else I have, to be rubbish
in comparison to the excellence of the knowledge of Jesus Christ,
that I may know you Lord Jesus and be found in you Lord
not having my own righteousness but that which is through the faith of Jesus Christ.
Thank you Lord for revealing yourself to me.
I present before you today, your people across Planet Earth and pray for them,
that they may know you the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
I ask for grace and mercy.
Move by your Holy Spirit Father across Planet Earth and raise men and women to labour in your harvest.
In Jesus Christ's 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:
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