March 2019 HGS – Day 3 – RECOVERING THE LOST GLORY – REVEREND JOE OLAIYA

(PRESIDENT, LIVING FAITH MINISTRIES, KADUNA)

DATE: 1ST MARCH 2019

BIBLE TEXT: PSALMS 8:4-8

Shall we rise to our feet to pray?

OPENING PRAYER:

Heavenly Father we give You thanks for tonight. Thank You for the Power of Your Word. Thank You for Your determination to bring us into Your GLORY. Father we exalt You tonight. Please receive our thanks in Jesus’ Name.

In the Name of Jesus, I command that eyes will be opened; ears will be opened; understanding will be opened. If there is one (1) soul here that is not yet destined for Glory, that we will recover that soul back to God.

Father I ask, give Power to Your Word; give understanding to Your people; grant us a willing and believing hearts. Grant each one of us willing and believing hearts and let there be a transformation. Let every shame, let every pain, let every disappointment, let every sorrow be swept off by the Power of the Blood of Jesus today.

Let Glory be given to God and let us become carriers of Your Glory. Thank You Heavenly Father. In Jesus Name we pray – Amen.

Let me hear you shout hallelujah – Hallelujah!

Shout Glory – GLORY!

Please be seated.

Tonight I will share with you on: “RECOVERING THE LOST GLORY”.

Say with me; “Recovering the Lost Glory” – RECOVERING THE LOST GLORY!

Recovering to stolen Glory! There are many people that love to serve the Lord, but they are not able to serve the Lord the way they want to serve the Lord because their Glory has been stolen – is LOST!

There are many people that love to honour God, but they cannot honour God as they desire because their Glory has been stolen or is lost.

In the very beginning when God made man, He CROWNED man with GLORY and HONOUR. So every man that is born in this life ought to be wearing a ‘Crown of Glory’.

But if you are not wearing one, as you are under the sound of my voice (or reading); by the end of this Night’s Meeting; “The Crown of Glory” will be BACK to your head.

BIBLE TEXT: PSALMS 8:4-8

4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 

5. For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 

6. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 

7. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 

8. The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

Every man that is born on earth has these four (4) Endowments:

1. You are an Offspring of God, made a little lower than God. But see where we are today; we are so FAR from God. That it is difficult to call so many of us ‘Children of God’.

2. He made every man to be Crowned with Glory – To have a Crown of Glory.

But look at the shame, the sorrow, the pain, many of us are carrying.

3. He made man to be the ‘King’ of the earth”.

You are born to be a King and a Ruler. But look at it today, man is being ruled by every other thing.

4. And finally, God made us to have Dominion.

But today, we do not see man OVER everything. We see EVERYTHING over man.

But the Good News is this: “Every Glory that has been stolen or lost shall be RECOVERED tonight!”

God told man in Genesis 2:17; you can freely eat of every other fruits in the garden. BUT, there is one (1) you must not eat.

There is a THIEF! Jesus Christ calls him the ‘thief’. His mission is to steal, to kill and to destroy – and he is to devil.

… The devil came and told the woman; “you don’t have to obey God”.

Every thought in your life; in your heart that encourages you to disobey God; I BANISH those thoughts today, in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

Many Christians are being persuaded: “It doesn’t matter; you can do it; it will be alright”.

That’s the devil’s voice encouraging you to deep your hands into sin.

…That is what Satan did to Eve!

He said, “you will become better than you are – this holiness is delaying your Progress

RIGHTEOUSNESS exalts Nation; how much more will it to an individual.

Every idea, every imagination, every wicked spirit of compromise that encourages you to sin, are REBUKED and DESTROYED in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

… But man disobeyed; we lost GLORY!

1. The first thing that happened, according to Genesis 3:4-8; after the lost of God is that death came in.

2. There was a lost of Glory and Dignity – nakedness came in, shame! Man began to run from Glory.

3. There was lost of Status; his position dropped.

4. And finally, there was lost of Fellowship.

He heard God coming into the Garden and he ran away.

There are many believers who are always dodging Service, Dodging prayers, dodging Hot Sermons!

There are many people who don’t want to come to where the Presence of God is very strong.

Why? SIN! It drives you away from the Presence of God.

There are so many people that Satan has stolen their Glory; stolen their life, afflicting them.

But your story will change today – Amen!

The Bible says: “The soul that sinneth, it shall die. That’s Ezekiel 18:4.

Romans 6:23 says: For the wages of sin is death.

But do you know Romans 3:23 says: “All of us have sinned and come short of the Glory of God”.

Meaning therefore that Satan brought sin primarily: to steal our Life, steal our Glory, steal our Glory, steal our Dominion and our Authority.

But everything Satan has stolen from you/ from me will be recovered tonight – Amen!

Let me hear a stronger Amen – AMEN!!!

If you are going to recover tonight, let me hear you shout three (3) powerful Amen – Amen! Amen!! Amen!!!

… So shall it be – Amen!

Job is a Typical Example, according to Job 1:1-3; he was a righteous man: God fearing, Holy, hardworking, disciplined, responsible, respectable, honourable, very, very rich, very prosperous, very happy. He had a family: one (1) wife, ten (10) children (seven (7) sons and three (3) daughters).

Then he was the RICHEST man in the entire Eastern Region.

He was serving God, to the point that Satan took note of him and accused him to God – of serving God because of the BENEFITS!

And God said, NO! He serves me because he knows it is his duty to serve me.

Anyway, Satan has his way and he strucked Job – This man lost ten (10) children in one day! He was a billionaire; he lost ALL his businesses in one day (Some to fire, some to thieves, some to strange destructions).

… And Satan waited for him to accuse God.

For those of you who are going through affliction and suffering and hardship. And you have not denied God; I have Good News for you – I say in the Name of Jesus, the Restorer; “there shall be a Turn Around for you – Amen!

The account of his LOSSES you can find in Job 1:13-22. And after that, Satan  afflicted him!

Whenever you are going through hardship and negatives; stop accusing God. Rather, in your hardship, just bow yourself and say; “Lord I will still Praise You”. And if there is anything wrong about my life, You will reveal it to me. And when You reveal it, I will turn around; but, I will not stop serving You!

… Job kept on serving God!

Then I discovered in Job 29; Job was looking back to his days of Glory.

Job  29:2 says: “Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;”

Everything I touched prospered, I had total security, I did not fear, no trouble surrounded me, I had more than enough. I was an Authority, people respected me; even the Chief of the Army listened to my instructions. Everywhere I turned, I was honoured.

He said, but look at it now, look at me now; the time I had with my children, they surrounded me. But now, nobody, nothing! All my friends have deserted me. People are mocking me.

See what Job said in Job 30:1; “But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.”

People who are not qualified to do the security job that my dogs are doing. Their fathers are not qualified; they are the ones mocking me.

I don’t know whether you have become an object of ridicule or mockery; but I want to assure you today, God will change your song – Amen!

He was a victim of affliction; incurable, unnamed, unknown sickness came upon Job.

In Job 30:16-17

16. And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 

17. My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

And in verse 30; “My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat”.

… He was mourning and crying!

But, I have Good News for you: Your crying is coming to an end now, now, NOW – Amen!

What Happened to Job? My Discovery:

1. Job was full of himself. As I went through the Book of Job (looking at the Notes, and the Studies); I found out that Job made over three hundred “I References to himself” – I, I, …. When he was talking of his suffering. It was all “I”.

I said, no wonder! Little did Job know that God was protecting him all these while. And the enemy slipped in.

My prayer is that; everywhere we have taken the Glory of God, and we have opened the door for the enemy to afflict and strike us, may the Mercy of God and the Blood of Jesus shut that door today! May we truly humble ourselves and return all the GLORY to God – Amen.

2. Job lived without Faith. He lived in Fear; he was plagued with fear, and he said the things I have greatly feared have come upon me (Job 3:25-26). He was not at ease, and yet trouble came!

But something happened; the Lord came to Job. Job was so sure of his righteousness, that he dared to challenge God – “Show me my sin, what I have done wrong”.

And after God spoke to him in Job 42; he continued his repentance.

Job  42:6 says: “Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

May God lead you to repentance tonight – Amen! May God open your eyes to see what you have done wrong tonight – Amen.

Stop saying; why me? Why me? Rather like Jacob said,: “Lord be Merciful to me”.

Jacob lost Joseph, then he lost Simeon, and now he is afraid that Benjamin would be taken away and he will never see him again.

Then he turned to God and said: God, please have Mercy on us. Let Benjamin return. Let Simeon return. But he could not pray for Joseph because he had been deceived that Joseph was dead.

But after the cry of Mercy, when Benjamin went; Benjamin saw Joseph, and Benjamin came back with Good News. Simeon came back too.

When God shows you Mercy, He turns your story around!

Do you hear what am saying? – “When God shows you Mercy, your story will Change.

Your story will change tonight! You will receive MERCY – Amen.

Job said, oh God I am vile, I am dirty. I see my arrogance; my stinking arrogance.

It is a proud man that does not recognize his failure. It is a proud man whom God fights against.

What is your pride? Satan is knocking your head and you don’t realise that something is wrong.

How did Satan get power to knock your head? Because you went outside; you stepped out!

Job stepped out. But God showed him Mercy.

Tonight, God will show you Mercy – Amen!

When Job returned to God, then God answered his prayers. God told Job to forgive his friends. Job forgave his friends, then God said; Job it is time for RESTORATION!

Do you know, poverty is shame; Wealth is Glory?

If you borrow money from a bank and you used to be rich. Then in your greed, you wanted to expand your wealth and you borrow money and you fail to pay back. The day they quit you from your Estate and take your houses, your cars. And you return to rent houses; you will know that poverty and shame are terrible!

But I know today, the God that delivered Job from extreme poverty and shame; He will deliver you today – Amen!

The Bible says, Job lost everything, including children. But when his story changed and his Glory came back; in Job  42:10 – “And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.”

Why? His friends that accused him and blackmailed him? But God said, “You MUST forgive them”.

Tonight, I have two (2) Assignments; you must forgive all those who have made your life bitter. And secondly, you must also seek forgiveness from God – for trespassing the Commandments of God.

Job  42:11 says: “Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and everyone an earring of gold.”

… And this is what the Bible says in Job 42:12 – “So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand (14,000) sheep, and six thousand (6,000) camels, and a thousand (1,000)  yoke of oxen, and a thousand (1,000) she asses.”

After the trial; he was healed, he was blessed, his marriage was restored, his children were restored.

I know that as at that time, his wife was too old to have more children. But God revived her womb.

Everyone here today (or reading), that has been carrying the shame of barrenness; today, my God will hear you.

Everyone here today, that your Glory was stolen; you lost your position, your job. You became a ridicule, a mockery and an object of sympathy. My God will turn your Story Around – Amen.

For that to happen, you need to take a step.

Do you know, it was Glory that Satan came to take from Jesus; when he tempted Him? And do you know it is your Glory that Jesus came to restore, when He came to earth? Do you know, it is because of your Glory that Jesus came on earth that He may restore your Glory? It was man’s Glory that Satan stole and when Jesus came, he wanted to steal it. But do you know that when Jesus the Son of the Living God was tempted, He refused to yield to sin?

But do you know that when Jesus Christ took over the sins of Adam in the Garden, the Glory dropped! Nobody could whip Jesus, nobody could lash Jesus, nobody could afflict Jesus. Nobody could ridicule Jesus until He took my sins and your sins from our father Adam; death died!

But thank God His Blood purged us and atoned for us. But after Jesus died, He went into hell, He fought the devil and ROSE from the dead. Because of you!

Now, you and I can returned to Glory. And tonight we will return – Amen!

If you must return to Glory you must be willing to seek for forgiveness and turn away from every sin; Don’t keep them anymore, don’t manage them anymore, don’t pretend about it. Job was a perfect, holy man. According to the records of God – “a Just man”.

But when God opened his eyes, he saw his dirtiness, he said: “I am vile”.

Stop querying God, if the devil is having his way over you. Something gave the devil the opportunity.

… It is nothing but SIN!

Even our Saviour could not be confronted by Satan until He took our sins. Our sins made Him powerless. But after His Blood was shed, He paid for that sin and He returned to Glory.

Tonight, Tonight; that same Blood will restore you to Glory – Amen!

… Rise to your feet, rise to your feet!

Say Father; I am ready to go back to Glory. I want to recover Glory tonight. All the Glory that have been stolen in any area of my life: the Glory of my marriage, the Glory of my labour, the Glory of my health, the Glory of my family, the Glory of my position; Father restore my Glory tonight.

Go ahead and pray for yourself.

… If God could restore Job, God will restore you today and NOW!

Thank you Father; in Jesus’ Name we pray – Amen.

While we are still standing; I want to give you opportunity to be forgiven.

Your heart tells you, you need to go and ask for forgiveness. Your heart tells you, you need to come back to God. Your heart tells you, you have wandered away. Your heart tells you, you are playing with sin and you need to go and give it up.

So, if you want to be forgiven tonight (and I encourage you to accept Mercy) Then begin to come out, because am going to pray with you and God will forgive you. And the Glory which Satan stole from your life, shall be restored.

So if you are coming; start coming now! You want to receive your Glory; you want to receive your lost Glory. Lost of Glory in your: Job, business, marriage, home, Ministry; start coming quickly to the Altar.

… Am going to count from one (1) to seven (7). And if you are coming, come quickly.

Tonight is a “Night of Restoration”. You will not go back with shame; you will not go back with sorrow. What the devil has stolen from you, you will recover everything. Wherever you are watching over the screen (or reading) begin to pray now.

Stand up to make sure that you are reconnecting with Glory. Because the time is moving fast. There is a Glory that God is restoring. Jesus came to bring us back into the Kingdom of Glory; and you are getting back to Glory tonight.

Keep coming, and be telling yourself: am going back to Glory. Am recovering my Glory. Surely as Job recovered his Glory, I will recover my Glory tonight. As Job recovered his Glory, his wealth, his children; recovered everything. I will recover everything.

Begin to pray and say Lord; take away the sins that has taken my Glory: Satan is a coward, he cannot snatch your Glory, he only did it because you accepted sin. Once you reject sin now, the Glory will come back. Oh God forgive me, have Mercy on me.

Say this prayer after me: My Lord and my God Thank You for Your Mercy. I accept Your opportunity to be restored to Glory. I am truly sorry for all my sins, forgive me oh Lord. I accept Jesus Christ Your only Begotten Son who shed His Blood for me, as my Lord and my Saviour. Let the Blood of Jesus wipe away my sin. I receive Forgiveness and Mercy in the Name of Jesus.

I believe Jesus Christ died for my sins and He rose again from the dead. I confess that Jesus is my Lord, from today. Therefore, I receive Eternal Life.

Now that I am forgiven (2ce); I receive my Glory. I recover all my lost Glory. My lost Joy, my lost Blessing, my lost Health, my lost Marriage, my lost Wealth, my lost Prosperity. I recover every lost Glory in the Name of Jesus – Amen!

Am going to pray with you now; I will pray for you. Now this Glory that is being restored today shall be permanent. So place your hand on your head as I pray.

PRAYER FOR SALVATION:

In the Name of Jesus, your sins are forgiven you. Every accusation against you, I cancel and wipe out with the Power of the Blood of Jesus. Satan keep quiet, stop accusing them. Stop holding their Glory. I command you, release everything you have stolen from their lives in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen.

Thank You Heavenly Father. In Jesus’ Name we pray – Amen.

While you are standing there, the Counselors are going to attend to you. And we we going to pray the second prayer.

Everyone here (or reading) that knows that you have been offended; you have some bitter pains in your heart. You have not forgiven. You will make it difficult for yourself to recover Glory.

Maybe the reason why you are still suffering is that out of everyone that you know there is somebody that offended you, you are yet to forgive.

Stand up where you are, am going to pray for you. I will lead you in this prayer; that you will be able to forgive those who have offended you.

If you are standing, say this prayer after me: My Lord and my God, I am willing to forgive. I have been offended, I have had pains; but I don’t want to keep suffering. I want my Glory to be restored. Today, I choose to forgive and I am willing to forgive those who had offended me. And I release them from the prison of my heart .

Mention the Names of those people you want to forgive, in your prayers. Then say: in the Name of Jesus, I release all those who have offended me and I forgive them. Thank You Father, in Jesus Name – Amen.

Now that you have forgiven, you are set to take your Glory back.

Can you stand to your feet everybody; we are going to pray a Powerful Recovery Prayer to recover our Glory; because Satan is an “Area Boy”. He is a rascal. Even when he has no case against you, he wanted to hold what belongs to you. But tonight we shall recover it – Amen.

Are you ready to pray? Now if you don’t have anything to recover, you can sit down and chat around. But if you know that you are not where you are supposed to be, then it is time to recover.

Say Father! Restore me to Glory. I am tired of stagnation, I am tired of shame, I am tired of mockery, I am tired of suffering. In the Name of Jesus, by the Power of the Blood of Jesus, I receive the Mercy of God and I recover all my lost Glory. Everything Satan stole from me, I recover in the Name of Jesus.

Go ahead (3ce); and begin to recover everything in your job, your projects, your contracts that were stopped, your payments that is held back, your promotion, your marriage, your children. Begin to recover everything. Pray! I recover everything (your head, leg, hands, strength).

In Jesus’ Name we pray – Amen! Let me hear another Amen – AMEN!

Every organ in your body that stopped functioning; because of this Recovery Prayer, they will start functioning. All Workshops and Businesses that have been closed down; because of this prayer they will wake up again, they will open up. All your payments that are held down; before one (1) week is over, your payments will be released – Amen.

I want to pray NOW! But before I pray, you will say wit me: Father, I open my hands to receive and I recover years that I have lost, Glory that I have lost, position that I have lost, anointing that I have lost, money that I have lost, joy that I have lost, love that I have lost.

As I receive these prayers and as I say Amen, let the Recovery begin now in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

… Am going to pray now.

CLOSING PRAYER:

In the Name of Jesus, I rebuke the devil that stole from you. I rebuke that thief right now. I rebuke the adversary for your sake. Satan get out of their ways, in the Name of Jesus.

I overthrow you by the Power of the Blood of Jesus. And I command that everything you stole from these children of God, return in the Name of Jesus. I release the Fire of the Holy Spirit to torment you.

It says that when a thief is caught, he shall pay back double fold. I command double Returns in the Name of Jesus. Surely as Job received double fold.

In the Name of Jesus, from now on, the enemy will not rob you again. You are back to Glory. Glory be to God. Your Crown of Glory is restored to you. And it shall be permanent in Jesus Name – Amen.

Let me hear three (3) Powerful Amen – Amen! Amen!! AMEN!!!

Thank you so much for staying all through to read.

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