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Title: You need to conquer and subdue substance.
“And Jesus answered and said,
Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house,
or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children,
or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time,
houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers,
and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.”Mark 10:29-30 KJV.
“Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,
and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.”Proverbs 3:9-10 KJV.
“Give, and it shall be given unto you;
good measure, pressed down, and shaken together,
and running over, shall men give into your bosom.
For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.”Luke 6:38 KJV.
Point of Reflection:
Giving opens the way for us to receive blessing, both spiritual blessing and financial.
Giving of substance (money, goods, gifts etc) gives one dominion over substance.
It makes you to be able to use substance for the glory of God
and in obedience to Almighty God.
You need to train yourself to give in faith.
Giving helps you to conquer money, to break the power of money from being an object of idolatry
to being, as it should be, something which God gives us to serve Him with and to enjoy (1Timothy 6:17).
When you give to God in obedience to His word
it is a godly thing to expect to receive back multiplied.
Hence His word says in 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 KJV:
"But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly;
and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart,
so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”
Your giving need to be purposeful and prayerfully planned.
Remember that giving is not limited to substance-
when you offer anything that gives value to another person-to the work of God or to servants of God
it is giving- it could be time, service, love, attention, encouragement etc.
How you respond to giving opportunities in the service of God determines your destiny.
This is a critical statement.
The earth is founded on the principle of seasons:
“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest,
and cold and heat, and summer and winter,
and day and night shall not cease.”Genesis 8:22 KJV.
There is a time to sow and a time to reap.
It is critical to understand the spiritual seasons as they unfold,
so that you make use of opportunities as they arise.
Every giving however has to be free will- never feel coerced to give.
Do not give grudgingly or of necessity (under pressure to meet a need),
but give purposefully, prayerfully and cheerfully.
Giving substance to the work of God is to do with being a faithful steward
and acknowledging Almighty God as your senior partner in every human endeavour.
Deuteronomy 8:18 says remember the Lord your God for it is He who gives you power to get wealth,
so that He may establish His covenant as it should be established in your day, in our day.
His word says:
“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye,
always having all sufficiency in all things,
may abound to every good work:”2 Corinthians 9:8 KJV.
This is the promise to those who give.
You need to cherish opportunities to give to Almighty God,
to His work and to the servants of God
you have been appointed to minister to financially.
Pray about your giving and let the Holy Spirit guide and direct your giving.
Your giving determines the level at which you will be able to operate financially.
His word says in 2 Corinthians 8:9:
"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor,
that ye through His poverty might be rich."
Jesus Christ was never poor spiritually-
this scripture is referring to physical poverty and lack.
Your giving has to be free will, with correct understanding of scripture,
and of faith not under coercion, harassment or grudgingly.
Take some time to ask for the grace to understand giving and the wisdom for financial success.
When you are ready-
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, I thank you for sending Jesus Christ to suffer and die for my redemption.
Today I acknowledge the risen Jesus Christ as Lord of my life.
I set myself apart and consecrate myself to serve 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 that Jesus Christ became poor,
so that through His poverty all my needs may be met.
I ask for the grace to honour you Father with my substance and the first fruit of my increase.
I pray for the grace and wisdom to be a faithful steward of substance you have entrusted to me.
I pray for your grace and your help in my giving to
support your servants and your work.
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:
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