"Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her,
that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned:
for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain;
O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength;
lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!” Isaiah 40:1-2, 9 KJV.
Point of Reflection:
The Lord Jesus Christ speaks peace to you.
He says “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God,
believe also in me.” John 14:1 KJV. (See also John 14:27, John 16:33)
He shed His own blood so that your sin may be forgiven,
the barrier between you and God was demolished,
you can enter the presence of God, in His presence there is joy forever more.
In His presence there is victory for you because He fought and conquered satan on your behalf.
He rose from the dead and conquered death on your behalf.
Because of Jesus Christ heaven says to you be comforted, your war is over, the battle is won.
The devil and his demons have no claim over you anymore because the full price of your redemption has been paid.
He disarmed, and defeated satan publicly on the cross
(“And having spoiled principalities and powers,
he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.” Colossians 2:15 KJV).
Through His death, Jesus Christ neutralized, dissolved, brought to nought,
him who had the power of death, satan so that you may be completely delivered
and set free from the bondage of fear of death ( Hebrews 2:14-15 AMP).
The reason the Son of God Jesus Christ was manifested was to destroy,
loosen, undo, dissolve the works the devil has done (1 John 3:8 AMP).
His word also says in John 16:8-11:
And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;
10 of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more;
11 of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
Jesus Christ judged and sentenced satan to the Lake of Fire for all eternity.
Almighty God is not angry with you anymore because He paid for your sin with the blood of His own Son Jesus Christ.
You can now enter into the very presence of Almighty God, the Holy of Holies
and enjoy fellowship on Almighty God's right hand.
Jesus was made sin for us so that you may become the righteousness of God (2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV).
Jesus brought us peace through the blood of His cross (Colossians 1:20 KJV).
You can now get up to the highest mountain and lift up your voice with strength
and declare the good news of what God in Jesus Christ did for you and mankind!
Why don't you take some time for thanksgiving?
When you are ready-
Prayer of thanksgiving:
My Father in the name of Jesus Christ, I thank you for the victory of the cross,
by which my sin is forgiven, and I have peace with God.
Today I acknowledge the risen Jesus Christ as my Lord.
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 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 in the name of Jesus Christ.
I receive the abundant outpouring of your Spirit upon my life in the name of Jesus Christ.
I thank you for victory over all the power of the enemy in Jesus Christ.
I thank you for my total and complete redemption through the blood of Jesus Christ.
Thank you that I was bought by the blood of Jesus Christ and satan and his demons have no claim over my life.
Thank you that I have peace with God through Jesus Christ.
Thank you that through Jesus Christ Almighty God is not angry with me anymore
but that I have been ushered into the Holy of Holies, approved by Almighty God.
I ask for the grace to go up my high mountain and speak to the cities of Planet Earth- behold your God!
In the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.
Additional resources:
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/righteousness.
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/understandingredemption
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/promises/characterstatureandachievement
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/understandingsonship
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 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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