GLORIOUS CHURCH DEDICATION SERVICE OF RCCG, DOMINION SANCTUARY, ACME IKEJA, LAGOS STATE (REGION 19 HEADQUARTERS)

THEME: DREAM-LIKE MIRACLES

MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

DATE: 15TH JULY, 2018

PRAYERS: Lift up your hands to the Most High God and begin to bless His Holy Name. He is the Lord Most High – King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Give Him all the Glory and Honour.

Tell Him that you appreciate Him and Love Him. Magnify His Holy Name. There is none like Him as ALL Power belongs to Him. He is the One that can do and undo – He can raise the dead, make the lame to walk and make the blind to see. He is worthy to be Praised and so Praise Him.

SONG: We give you all the Glory
We give you Honour (2ce)

OPENING PRAYER: Almighty God we give you all the Glory. Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, we give you all the Glory. Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace we give you all the Glory. Please accept our Worship in Jesus Name.

We thank you for ALL the Victory you have given to us in the “First Born Family”. We thank you for days of small beginnings. Thank you we are alive today to see this Glorious things. Thank you in advance for tomorrow. Thank you because we know that this is a New Beginning. Father, accept our thanks in Jesus Name.

My Father and my God, we are rededicating this place to you today and we are praying that like never before that this place will become a Miracle Center. We pray Lord God Almighty that from now on when they bring the dead here, the dead will rise up. When the poor comes here to worship, the poor will begin to Prosper. If the barren comes here to worship, immediately let them be Fruitful. If the sick just step in here, instantly let the sick be healed. Let captives be set free. Answer all prayers here by fire and let the Miracles begins right now even as we rededicate this place to you today in the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. In Jesus Name we pray … AMEN!

… Let someone shout Hallelujah … Hallelujah!

Shake hands with one or two people and tell him or her that neighbour I love you but today my Miracles will be bigger than yours.

… Please be seated, God bless you!

I want to greet all the Traditional Rulers specially thank you – God bless you for coming. And congratulations to all of us here this morning. Let’s give the choir too a round of applause as they sang very well. I want to greet the Governor too.

BIBLE TEXT: PSALMS 126: 1-3

1. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

2. Then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.

3. The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

That passage we just read is absolutely true of the “First Born Family”.

When God gave daddy the dream of the Model Parish; he spoke to three (3) boys. He told them what God told him and one (1) of them immediately told the others that he will not be part of it. The other two (2) didn’t quite say anything and they left. And then one of them later on was visited by God and he started the first Model Parish at Ladipo Oluwole (in Ikeja, Lagos State Nigeria).

And the Church grew very rapidly. In less than one (1) year, it became the biggest Parish in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) with membership of almost one thousand (1,000). And in those days, a Church with one thousand (1,000) members in Nigeria is a Mega Church.

But then the devil struck and the young man decided to go away. Then like you have been told, he left behind a congregation of about 12 to 15 people – the Ayanoluwa’s, General Mahmud and wife and about 2 or 3 other families.

The armful of the people left behind are all over the world today. Why? Because God turned around our captivity.

… And this morning, God is going to turn around the captivity of someone.

Now talking about our topic for today:

Miracle is a Divine Intervention in the affairs of men.

God rules the Universe with laws that we called “Natural Laws”. For example one of the Natural Law says that whatever goes up must come down. It is that Natural Law which we call the “Law of Gravity” that makes it impossible for you to walk on water because if you walk on water, Gravity will pull you down to the very bottom.

But in the book of Matthew 14: 22-32; when Jesus Christ needed to performed a Miracle for His Children in the boat in the middle of a sea when there was a storm; He suspended the Law of Gravity and not cancelled it and began to walk on the water to go and reach them. When Peter came out of the boat to come and meet Jesus Christ; as long as he kept his eyes on the One who suspended the Law of Gravity, he too was able to walk on the water. But the moment he took his eyes away from Him, he discovered that the Law of Gravity was still there as he began to sink.

Daddy prayer for someone here today is that God will suspend any Law necessary for Him to perform your Miracles in Jesus Name.

Now what do we call Dream?

A Dream is something that happens particularly when you are sleeping.

And unbelievable things happen in dreams including some impossible things.

In the book of Isaiah 29:8; He said when talking about dreams: a hungry man in a dream will dream and find himself eating. It is when he wakes up that he will know that it is a dream.

And there are some dreams that are just impossible to fulfill. For example if you dream that you are being coronated as the King of England. The elders call that kind of dream “Kuromo Dream” – Kuromo is one of the four (4) people that carry the planks that is used to convey the seat the white man sits on to convey them about in those days. Then one day he dreamt that he was the one sitting on the chair. And not just sitting on the chair, he saw that it was the white men that were now carrying the sticks to convey him.

But some dreams no matter how fantastic they may sound; will still come to pass. For example, the dream of Joseph – he has a dream that all his brothers and even his father and mother will come and bow to him. They all thought it was “Kuromo dream” but it came to pass.

Daddy has a Good News for someone here today, that the dream that God gave you – as fantastic as it may seems; after today it will come to pass.

Now, when we talk about Miracles, Miracles are in categories: we have what we call Miracles, Wonders, Signs, Great Miracles, Great Wonders, Superior Miracles, Special Miracles as we have in Acts 19: 11-12; God performed Special Miracles by the hands of Paul.

But at the top of them all is what we call “Dream-Like Miracle”

We will look at this “Dream-Like Miracles” in four (4) categories – Physical, Material, Social and Spiritual.

For example, in John 9: 1-7; it talks about a man born blind and be has been blind for 40 years. And then one morning, he woke up blind and then suddenly somebody grabbed him and began to rob muds on the place eyes was supposed to be. Who is this he asked? Then this man says go to the pool of Siloam and go and wash the eyes. For one reason or the other he obeyed; find his way to the pool and as he began to wash the mud off his eyes suddenly he began to see.

Daddy can assured you all that at least for one (1) Month afterwards, he thought it was a dream: is it true? Am I seeing? Is it a dream?

There are Miracles that long after they happened to you, you will be pitching yourself – am I dreaming? The Miracles that you want to tell the Almighty God please if this is a dream don’t let me wake up from it.

In the Name of the One who sent me; somebody here today will received a “Dream-Like Miracle”.

There are several other examples that we will quote – will mention the passage and you should go and read them up.

In 2 Kings 5: 1-14; there is a story of Naaman who had been a leper for years. Then suddenly, he came out of River Jordan and looked at himself: leprosy gone, no scars? Days after that he will wake up in the morning; look at himself and say am I dreaming?

In John 5: 2-9; there was this man who has been sick for 38 years and then had a visit from the Lord Jesus Christ. And then in an instant he was healed. Am sure that when he woke up the following morning and found himself at home and not by the pool side; he will say is this a dream? Is it true am now well?

It does not matter how long you have been sick. It does not matter the report of the doctor. Because you came here today, when you wake up tomorrow completely well; you are going to say – am I dreaming?

Take the case in 2 Kings 4: 1-4; it was the story of the widow who has been heavily in debt.

And if you have never been in debt, my prayers is that you will never be in debt.

But when you are in debt and you don’t have the money to pay, every morning when you wake up, you will feel weighed down because you can never say when the creditors will come and say we want our money.

This woman has been in debt for several years. Then one day the creditors came and said if you don’t pay by tomorrow your children will be sold to slavery. She ran to the Man of God and the Man of God told her to go home – borrow empty vessels, borrow not a few, shut the doors on yourself and children and begin to pour the oil.

Daddy put himself in the position of that woman when the doors were shut and they brought the vessels unto her and she began to pour the oil and the oil kept on flowing; one vessel full and then they brought another and it was filled up. She will say: Is this a dream? And God if it is a dream don’t let me wake up from it.

But it was not a dream. She woke up in the morning and not sure of where she will get the money to pay. Before evening, not only has she paid the debt; she never needed to borrow again.

Or the case in 1 Kings 17: 8-16; tells us the story of a woman with only one meal left. And the Man of God said don’t worry yourself that from now on, there will always be food in the house. But everyday she will wake up and there was plenty of food in the house. Is this a dream? For one year, two years; am I in a long dream?

There is somebody here today; before the end of this Month you will get a Financial Breakthrough and for the rest of your life you will think that you are dreaming.

When you read Genesis 21: 1-7; you have to get to understand the scheme of Sarah to understand what she is saying: she was 90 years old and her husband 99 years old. And someone came and said you will have a son. She said it was a joke: a 90 years old woman don’t get pregnant. But then she became pregnant.

Daddy is sure that when her stomach began to swell up, she must have asked herself: Is this a dream? And then the baby came out – am I still dreaming?

In Luke 1: 1-25; when Elizabeth another old woman became pregnant; the bible says she hid herself for five (5) Months. Do you know why? She wasn’t sure she was not dreaming. Let me say inside the house and enjoy this dream because if I come out and someone sees me and call me barren – they will terminate my dream. So she hid herself for five (5) Months enjoying the dream. But it was not a dream but a reality.

I have Good News for someone here today that they say can never never give birth; nine (9) Months from now when we are naming your baby you will say am I dreaming?

Daddy is standing here today to tell someone who says he can never be successful in whatever you do because you are here today; you will become such a success that for years to come you will think you are dreaming.

That kind of Miracles that for a long time to come as you are passing through this place and remember that this is the place that you came for this Miracles to take place: you will say Father thank you for this Miracles and thank you for the dream.

In Acts 3: 1-8; there was a lame man by the beautiful gate. And there was Peter and John passing by. And the man asked for money. Of course Peter was broke. But they recalled what Jesus Christ told them – that you shall receive Power when the Holy Ghost come upon you. And He said the Works He did we shall also do.

Let’s try and see because we have received the Power. So Peter went to the man and said: Silver nor Gold I have not but what I have I give to you – In the Name of Jesus rise up and walk! The man didn’t move initially. Embarrassed Peter said to John, everybody is looking at us. So he grabbed him by the hand. And suddenly, Power began to flow.

Daddy want to tell us the truth; days after Peter must have been wondering: is it me that I lay hands on the lame and he walked? Can that be true? Or am I dreaming?

Daddy wants to decree into the life of someone here today; in the Name that is above all names; not only will Miracles be happening for you; Miracles will be happening through you.

In the Name that is above all names those who have known you before; when Miracles begin to happen through you they will come and pay you visit.

In conclusion, when you go through the scriptures; you will find out that almost all those who got dream-like Miracles (many of them) almost without exception is either the people that invited God to visit them or God was passing by and they opened the door for Him to come in as was the case of Abraham in Genesis 18: 1-14.

Or in the case of the woman whose food kept on multiplying day-by-day; Elijah came and she said you are welcome to stay in the house.

Again and again, you will find out that all these people opened the door to the God who can performed Miracles.

Or they did something that made God to look down and said what will you want me (God) to do?

And God will say: I will do something no man has never seen before. Like in the case of Solomon in 2 Chronicles 1: 6-13. Here, Solomon offered a thousand burnt offering to God and God paid him a visit and made him an incredible promises. When Solomon woke up, he thought that it was a dream but it was a dream that came to pass – Solomon became the wisest man who ever lived apart from Jesus Christ. He became the riches man with people coming from all over the world to come and listen to him because God gave him a dream that come to pass.

When you study the scriptures, you will discover again and again that nothing goes for nothing. You want the kind of dream that others has not had before and then you want this dream to be turned into reality; you have a role to play.

There is somebody here today, God chooses this theme for you so that very soon after receiving your Miracles you will think that you are dreaming.

But if you are here expecting a Miracle; He does not give Miracles to strangers. So if you are yet to be a child of God; I will give you 2 minutes. I will pray for your Salvation, Jesus will come into your life and then you too can get a Dream-Like Miracle from the Almighty God. So I will count from 1 to 10 now. If you want to invite Him into your life, then come and surrender to Him now.

Let those of us who are saved already stretch forth our hands to these ones and intercede for them. Ask the Almighty God to save their soul.

Then those of you outside, ask Him to save your soul, have Mercy on you, dwell in you and make today another New Beginning for you.

GO PRAYS: My Father, I just want to thank you for these ones. Please receive them, forgive them their sins, let your Blood wash away their sins. As you receive them into your family, write their names in the Book of Life. Anytime they call on you, answer them by fire.

This is a Special Day; as they come to you for Miracles; let the Miracles be “Dream-Like Miracles”. A Miracle so big that for the rest of their life they will be saying: am I dreaming?

Anything they asked of you, do it for them even before the end of the day. In Jesus Name we pray!

PRAYER:

Preambles: How many of you believed that you will get your Miracles today? So rise up on your feet and shout Hallelujah.

Daddy don’t know the area(s) of your need(s) or the area(s) that God has given you a dream that you too know that will take a Miracle to occur?

Say Father, that Miracle that I need that will be like a dream; give it to me now urgently!

Thank you so much for reading.

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MOSES DURODOLA

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