THIRD NIGHT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN EMBASSY JERUSALEM (ICEJ): FEAST OF THE TABERNACLES 2018 IN JERUSALEM, ISRAEL

THEME: DARE TO DREAM SPEAKER: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

DATE: 25TH SEPTEMBER, 2018

Thank you Lord, Hallelujah. Glory be to God.

SONG: What a Mighty God we serve, Hallelujah (2ce)

Heaven and Earth Adore Him; even Angels bow before Him

What a Mighty God we serve.

OPENING PRAYERS:

So the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob; the Holy One of Israel, we worshipped you. We bow before you.

We thank you for this Special Gathering. And we are asking Lord that in the next few minutes in the lives of all those who are gathered here tonight and all those watching and reading all over the world; please do something new.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen!

… Let somebody shout Hallelujah. You may please be seated.

I want to start by thanking the Organisers of this wonderful celebrations. I salute your courage because it takes some lots of courage to invite a Pastor from Africa to come and preach to this Great Gathering. Glory be to God.

I have been asked to speak to the next Generations. In order words, my address is to the young ones. The older ones are however welcome to join us. They can pray for us because of their age. Their prayers to Heaven is like a “Local Cord” because they are very close to the Heaven.

… So we welcome the elders here.

Now my definition of a young one is anyone who is younger than I. And since am 76 years old; anyone younger than 76 years old is a young one.

… So let all the young ones shout Hallelujah!

BIBLE TEXT: DANIEL 3: 14-18

14. Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, is it true O Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

15. Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery and dulcimer and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

16. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego answered and said to the King, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.

17. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace and He will deliver us out of thine hand O King.

18. But if not, be it known unto thee O King that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

The theme for this Great Gathering is “DARE TO DREAM”.

The word “Dare” am sure you all understand is a challenge to you.

So the only word that needs a simple explanations is the word “Dream”.

What do we mean by the word “Dream” because there are all manners of dreams?

The bible says that there are some dreams that comes as a result of multiples of business. There are dreams that comes because you ate too much. There are dreams that disturbs your sleep and you call them nightmares.

The dream that we are however talking about tonight is the dream that is “Inspired by God”.

It is a dream God whispered into your ears saying my sons and daughters; you can be greater than this.

For example, Joseph when he was a young fellow like all of us had two (2) dreams in which God told him that you are going to be great; you will be the Leader of a Great Nation; you are going to be a Blessing to the world.

… That is the kind of dream that we are talking about now.

I have been asked to encourage you to listen to God and begin to dream “Great Dreams” that will make you leave this place knowing for sure that you are not created to be small.

The Purpose of God for your life is that you will be very Great

… If you believed that, let me hear you say Amen – Amen!

Now, why did I choose the text that we read?

When we asked you to “Dare to dream”, we are simply asking you to “Dare Believed” that God can do the Impossible.

Because the Bible says that with God, Nothing shall be Impossible – Luke 1:37.

And in Jeremiah 32:27; God Himself said that behold I am the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me?

So “Dare to Dream” means “Dare to Believe that with God, nothing shall be Impossible”.

For example, God can raise the dead!

I saw the beautiful presentations about our Crown. They showed us Miracles that can be performed by Technology. But do you noticed that they didn’t say anything about raising the dead?

Only God can raised the dead!

When you go into the Scriptures, you will see that He has raised the dead at several times.

There was a case of Jairus’ daughter that has just died – in Mark 5. Then the son of the widow of Nain who was on the way to be buried – in Luke 7. And then there is a big one about Lazarus who has been dead and buried for four (4) days but God brought him back to life.

Am saying all of these to let you know that He can raised “Dead Dreams” because there are some of you here that has some “Great Dreams” before but the dreams are dead now.

… In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ, before you leave here tonight, the “Dead Dreams” shall rise again.

Do you know the story of Moses? He knew that he was made to be a Deliverer. In Exodus chapter 2; he tried to do it on his own strength but failed. And then he became a fugitive for 40 years. At the age of 80 years, his dream of being a Deliverer was dead but then God came to him and say it is now my time: you can now go and bring my people out of Egypt.

I have Good News for someone here today, if there was once a time in your life when you have Great Dreams but the dream(s) have now been forgotten; because you came to this Feast or reading the text, that dream(s) shall rise again.

And then, God is not only able to raise the dead, He can also reverse the Irreversible.

He can do what you think can never be done because there are some of us who has Great Dreams but the circumstances in our lives have said to us there is no way this dream can happened.

But God can reverse the Irreversible. He told Abraham that you are going to be the “father of many Nations”. Initially, Abraham believed but when he has passed the age and nothing seems happening; when God spoke to him again that can you count the stars in Heaven as so shall be your children/seeds be. After several years and Abraham didn’t have a child and God still said to him: you will still be the “father of many Nations”; Abraham laughed and said God let us forget this joke.

But God is not a Joker. Whatever He says that He will do, He will do it.

It doesn’t matter how impossible that your dreams may appear to you now; the One who can make dry bones live again can still make your dreams come back to life.

Several years ago, when I was a little child, the Bishop came to our Village and I saw his beautiful dress. I told my mother that when I grow up, I will be a Bishop. But after I left home; I left the Church and became a very rotten young man. I was as removed from God as anybody can be.   But God did not forget my dream. One day, I heard a sermon: Jesus Christ saved my soul and today I have “Concentrated Bishops”.

I have Good News; what you think cannot be reversed, what you think cannot be changed will be reversed and changed in your favour in Jesus Name.

How do we know that a Dream is from God:

You will know it is from God when the Dream(s) is/are so big that it will take Only God to bring it to pass.

If your dream(s) is/are something that you can accomplished on your own then that dream is not from God. The Dream(s) must be so big that Only God can bring it to pass.

For example, there might be dreams that even the biggest Prophet may tell you “this is too hard”.

Do you remembered the story of Elisha? When Elijah was about to leave, he asked him what do you want young man. The young man said to him that he wanted a double portion of his spirit. Elijah said that it is a “Hard Thing”. It was hard for Elijah but it is not hard for God.

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego said to the king that the God we served is able to do “ALL THINGS”.

One day I had a little dream as i was praying to God. I was living in the slum in Lagos State (poorest part) in a one-room and so praying to God to build for me a small house. And God said: Don’t ask me for a house; I will build you a City. When I told my people, they laughed at me.

How will you know if your dream is from God?

… When people laughed at you.

If you tell them your dream(s), they must laughed at you. And then you will tell them: “Wait and See”.

Today, by the Grace of God; I have a little city – very little city that is just about 30,000 hectares and it is the fastest growing city in my country.

Whenever God gives you a dream and people begin to laugh at you; just tell them wait and see.

I will tell you one of my dreams quickly and then see how you will react. One of my dreams is that am going to the Moon.

Hehehe … a 76 years old man? You want to go to the Moon?

… I will say to you: “Wait and See”

If you pray hard and you stay in contact with me; when am going to the Moon, I will take you along with me

… Let somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

But then Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego said our God is the Almighty. But if not!

But you will say, what are you saying? You just told us that He is the Almighty and you are talking in doubt again!

What they are actually saying is this: God is the Almighty. He is also the “All Wise” and at times His Wisdom will limit His Mightiness. Occasionally, you may ask Him for something and He doesn’t give it to you.

Why? Because He has something better and something bigger for you.

Jesus Christ said in the Garden of Gethsemane: Father all things are possible for you; take this cup away from me. But not as I wish but your Wish be done. And God didn’t rescued Jesus Christ from the death – He allowed Him to die and then rise up again and then have a Name that is Above every other names.

The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 2: 7-8; it says that when we are talking of the Wisdom of God, the mystery, the kind of Wisdom that people in this world do not understand. It says that if they had known they won’t have crucified the Lord of Glory.

What am I trying to teach you: if you dream a Big Dream and the dream does not seems to be coming to pass; CONGRATULATIONS, because something bigger is going to come after that.

Several years ago, there was a Christian Camp in Nigeria – 40 hectares of land, a beautiful camp and they wanted to sell it for one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). I didn’t have the money and so I get my people together: we pray, remove our shoes. We said it is written that everywhere the sole of our feet has touched, to you have I given you. So, we prayed and God didn’t give us the land but gave it to someone else. We wept and cried: God your Words is forever settled. Why do you allow this to happen?

We didn’t know that He has a bigger Plan for us. Today, instead of 40 hectares, we have 30,000 hectares!

Dare to Dream. Make the dream very big and then see the Almighty God fulfill the dreams.

One of my dreams is that I want to raise at least one dead person per day.

You say that is a big dream … just wait and see.

What must I do so that my dreams may come to pass?

1. Believe God – Hebrew 11:6 says without Faith, it is impossible to Please God. So you must believe Him.

2. Don’t just dream, you must be ready to work hard. The same Hebrew 11:6 says that God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

… So you dream, you believed God and then you work hard!

3. Under no circumstances must you Displeased God because He is the Only One that can bring your dream(s) to pass.

You remembered the story of Joseph? When he landed in Portiphar’s house and as a slave he became the overseer. The wife of his Master tempted him and she said lie with me. Joseph said one thing: I cannot do this and offend God!

You must not offend God. No matter how impossible your dreams may appear; as long as you are in good rapport with the Holy One of Israel; the dream will surely come to pass.

But then, let me just tickle your mind a little as very soon we will pray.

Do you know one of the dreams God gave me way back in 1975 is that one day, I will have three (3) Private Jets. This is at a time that I have never seen the inside of an airplane. I told my friends and they all laughed at me.

Don’t limit the Holy One of Israel! You won’t die small. You are going to be great. There is Greatness in you because the One in you is Greater than the one in the world.

There is only one thing that I want you to do tonight. If you are still living in sin you need to give your life to God because if you are still living in sin, your dreams won’t come to pass. So I want you to come to God tonight; come to Jesus Christ and let us pray together so that He can save your souls and His Blood will wash away your sins.

Once your sins are gone, the sky won’t be the limit for you as Heaven will be your limit.

So in the next two (2) minutes before I pray for those who are sick and those who needed breakthrough, please come quickly so that I can pray for your Salvation first. No matter how big your dreams may be, if God is by your side the dream will come to pass.

For those of us that are already in front and those that are still on their way; Cry to God and say: Lord Jesus save my soul, let your blood wash away my sin. Every sin that can stand between me and the fulfilment of my dreams, let your blood wash away now.

And for the rest of us, let us stretch our hands to our brother and sister and pray for them. Let us intercede that God will forgive all their sins and give them a brand new beginning in Jesus Mighty Name.

GO PRAYS: And so my Father and my God, I want to thank you for all these people who has come forward today.

They have come to you Lord, please receive them, have Mercy on them, let your Blood washes away their sins, save their souls Oh Lord and received them into the family of God.

From now on, anytime they call on you answer them by fire.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen!

Stand on your feet now as we pray for two (2) minutes: Ask that God will give you a Big Dream – a dream so big that Only God can fulfill it. And that the dream will be fulfilled before next year. Dream a dream to raise the dead, do Mighty things for God and to be Mighty Tools in the Hands of God so that when you come for next year “Feast of the Tabernacle”, you will come with Testimonies.

CLOSING PRAYERS

Preambles: I want you to “Dare Believed” that before you go out of Israel, all your Problems will be over.

My Father and my God, I want to thank you because you are the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and there is nothing that you cannot do.

And so am committing everybody here tonight and those reading to your Hands; it does not matter the nature of their sickness or diseases before the end of this Program, heal them all in Jesus Name.

Whatever may be the Problems your children brought to Israel, don’t let them go back with the Problems in Jesus Name. Everyone in need of a breakthroughs give them breakthroughs tonight in Jesus Name.

My Father and my God because you have given me Big Dreams in the pass and you have fulfilled them; give these your children Big Dreams and fulfill  every of them so that by next year “Feast of the Tabernacle”; they will all return with Mighty Testimonies.

So let it be Oh Lord. In Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen!

Thank you so much for reading – GOD BLESS YOU!!!

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