PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE’S MINISTRATION AT RCCG CITY OF PALMS, ANTHONY VILLAGE, LAGOS – THEME :EMMANUEL

DATE: 9TH JUNE, 2019.

BIBLE TEXT: MATTHEW 1:22-23

1. Lift your hands to the Most High God and bless His Holy Name. Let us Worship the Most High God; the One who reigns forever. Let us Praise Him. Let us give Him all Glory, all Adoration, all Honour. Thank You Father!

In Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen.

1. Now, I want you to talk to God, and say Father; please visit me today. Go ahead, talk to the Almighty.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen.

SONG
Emmanuel, Emmanuel
Emmanuel
My Lord, Emanuel (Amen)

OPENING PRAYERS:
Father Almighty we want to bless Your Holy Name. King of kings and Lord of lords; the Lord Emmanuel, we Worship You.

Thank You because You are the Alpha and the Omega: You are the Beginning and the Ending. We want to Thank You because You are the I AM THAT I AM. You are the Unchangeable God. Accept our Worship in Jesus’ Name.

Today, Lord Emmanuel visit Your children. And in the lives of everyone of us, do something New. Wipe away our tears. Change our story to Glory. And from now on, help us to sing a New Song.

In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen!

Now let somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

Now shake hands with one (1) or two (2) people; say God morning, God bless you.

Well, like the Pastor said: the last time I was here, Mummy (GO) wasn’t here. Since she’s here now, I think she will probably want to say God bless you.

MUMMY GO GREETINGS:
Amen! Kindly be seated. Good morning Church! (Good morning Ma)

Daddy and Mummy Good morning. We are happy to see you in this Church today. Your joy will be full.

Today is the Day of Divine Visitation. And when the Holy Spirit visited the house of Cornelius; everybody in that family were blessed. And their race changed from the Gentiles to the race of the Jews.

And I pray that somebody’s race is going to be changed today – Amen.

Whatever you were before, that people have given you a bad appellation for; today, it’s going to change for better. Because as the Pastor said, if you sing that song again and personalise it: “MY COMFORTER HAS COME!’

My Time of change has come! And so shall it be for the Church – Amen. And you will remember today, and glorify God forever – Amen.

God bless you all – Amen!

… (DADDY GO CONTINUES)

Amen! Ok open your Bible to:

BIBLE TEXT: MATTHEW 1:22-23

22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,

23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

… Maybe you want to say: God with ME!

I want to thank the Almighty God for your former Pastor (who today, by the Grace of God is watching from Heaven). I know he is extremely happy, because he dragged me to come the last time. And now I have come on my own.

I will start by telling you a story. I don’t have much time (as usual) because I have to hurry up to somewhere else.

STORY:
In 1981, there was this young boy (some of you have heard about him before); his name is Moses. He was at the University of Lagos and then became a Christian. And we began to associate. He became so close to me, that anybody would think he was my firstborn.

Then he went on Youth Service. And while he was on Youth Service in the North; every Christian there knew him, and they all fell in love with him.

Then one (1) morning he went out to work. The wind blew and some sand entered into his nose. Before they could get him to the hospital, he was dead. And the Christians gathered together and said NO WAY! Lord, this one: You have to return to us.

They began to pray by 10.00am; when it was 2pm he came back!

He sat up on the bed (where they laid him) and said: I have come to bring you a message from the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ said: your noise is disturbing Him.

You are praying the wrong Prayers!

The Lord Jesus Christ said your Prayer should be to end up where he (Moses) has ended up. Not that he should come back to you. So stop praying wrong prayers. And then he laid back on the bed, and went away!

My Son, your Pastor is at a place we should all be Praying: Lord, when I leave this world, let me finish well. Let me be where the Saints are!

Not that we should be crying for the Saints to return to us. He’s rejoicing! And so, we should not be mourning.

You are here, somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
Where he is now, there’s no Power failure. There is no traffic jam. You don’t even have to struggle for anything at all. You want to travel, you just think of where you want to go; and you are there!

If you catch a glimpse of Heaven (which I have done, by God’s Grace) the only reason you won’t kill yourself is: if you kill yourself, you won’t go there (laughter).

I have tried to explain what Heaven is like. You don’t have adequate language to describe the place. No adequate language!

I gave an example to some of my children. I said the first time I went to America, I went in Summer. I went to Tulsa. And at that time, they said Tulsa was the third cleanest City in America. They wash the streets everyday. So if your food drops on the ground you can pick it up and eat; no problem. In the hotel where we stayed; there was a facet for iced water, hot water and ordinary water. They were in Summer, the sun didn’t set until 9.30pm.

The place was SO BEAUTIFUL. Oh! But then, it was time to come back home (laughter). And they got to Ikeja (in Nigeria) and they said: fasten your seatbelts. I looked out of the window and I saw Mushin. I said: oh God, am going back to “prison”.

… That’s a poor description of Heaven versus Earth.

My Prayer for everyone of you is that you would not miss Heaven – Amen!

So you should be saying; Thank God my Pastor made it. You should be rejoicing, not sorrowing. I know how painful it must have been.

Your Pastor was a unique man. It’s very difficult to find two (2) like him. Very, VERY DIFFICULT!

Oh, Pastors have died before in the Redeemed Christian Church of God. Everybody has his or her own appointed time. When your time comes, you go. But I have not seen a single Pastor that died in RCCG that was mourned all over the world – ALL OVER the world!
You want to know how great your Pastor was? My office is such a Special Office; that there should be no vacuum in that office for one (1) day. But since your Pastor died, we have not been able to appoint a replacement up till now.

You know why?

It’s difficult to find somebody like him!

He was great! Great in every aspect. So in memory of him; let me hear somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

The Almighty will comfort you (He has comforted me). Because I know you miss him; but I miss him the most. It’s very difficult to find another fellow like him.

Many a times I had to beg him to go and sleep. At 4.00am, you know, during the Special Programs, I will still be in my office working. And I will call him: go and sleep. He will say, but you are still here. I would say: ah, my own is different. Whereas some people, they look for the slightest opportunity to dodge and run away!

… He was faithful. That’s why people like that, they don’t stay long.

God said, this fellow shouldn’t stay with those who are suffering; come over to where they are rejoicing.

STORY:
Let me tell you a story (because it’s a very Special Day).
I will tell you the story of two (2) elderly people. I think the husband was about a hundred and ten (110) years, the wife was about a hundred and five (105) or something, when they died.

And they got to Heaven, an Angel was showing them round Heaven and finally they got to the Restaurant. And they said: this Restaurant is opened all the time. And you can come in here and eat as often as you want. And then, after they had showed them all manners of food, they took them to the ice cream section. And there were flavours of all types; cakes of all types.

And then the old man turned to whoever was leading them and said: at our age, we are not to eat all these. The fellow said to him: in Heaven we don’t count calories. And the man turned to the wife and said: you see yourself now. When we were on Earth: Don’t eat this, don’t eat that, because you didn’t want us to die young. If you had allowed us to eat all these, we would have arrived here sooner (Laughter).

Let somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

God is different from man. He has no Beginning. That’s why He has no end.

The Bible tells us in Hebrew 7:3 that He is: “Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a Priest continually.”

But man has a beginning. God said in Genesis 1:26: “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

So there was a time when man began. And anything that has a beginning must have? – AN END!

Which is Good News for those of you who are having problem now:

Your problems have a beginning; they will surely end today – Amen!

God is INVISIBLE, according to 1 Timothy 1:17: “Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.”

But man is visible. And the Bible makes it clear that whatever is visible is Temporal.

2 Corinthians 4:18 says: “While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.”

Anything that you can see, including the sun, the moon, the stars. Anything you can see with the Physical eyes is here for a while.

… But God is Invisible; we can’t see Him.

God is unlimited, but man is limited: God is unlimited in strength, He is unlimited in age, He is unlimited in everything.

Isaiah 40:28 says: “Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.”

He doesn’t sleep.

Why will He not sleep? It is because He doesn’t get tired, He doesn’t slumber – He is always the same!

But man is limited. Even the Giant killer (David) at a stage became faint.

… Man is limited, but God is not.

So the person you need more than anything else should be God – Not a Pastor, not the General Overseer.

Thank God for Pastors, thank God for General Overseers, thank God for the Evangelists, et cetera. But they are for now!

There is a God who is forever. And you know the Name of that God (that we serve) is EMMANUEL (God with us).

If only you can get EMMANUEL to be with you: then all your problems are over.

WHY? Because if God is with you; Sickness cannot last. John 5:2-9 tells us of a man who has been sick for thirty eight (38) years. The day EMANUEL paid Him a visit, He was healed.

And I want to decree to everyone of you who are here today (or reading now); since your sickness has a beginning, it will end today, in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

If God is with you, Poverty cannot last.

WHY? 1 Kings 17:8-16; tells us about the widow of Zarephath, who has only one (1) meal left. And then Emmanuel paid her a visit. And one (1) meal became a meal that kept on multiplying. As long as God was with her, she always had sufficient.

I believe that the Almighty brought me here today to tell somebody: Emmanuel wants to ABIDE with you. And your Poverty which has a beginning, will come to an END today – Amen!

When Emmanuel is with you, even Barrenness can’t stay. In 4 Kings 4:8-17; the Bible tells us about the Shunamite Woman. As long as Elisha was going and coming, she remained barren. But the moment she decided to build a house for the Man of God to be able to stay. As soon as she consecrated the place for EMMANUEL; it wasn’t long before a baby boy was born.

May I pray in the Name of Jesus Christ: that because Emmanuel is going to visit; He is going to abide with someone today, barrenness is going to become a stranger to you – Amen!

Bondage cannot stay when Emanuel is around. In Mark 1:23-27; the Bible tells us about a man with an unclean spirit; who has been going to Church (only God knows for how long). But he was in the synagogue. But when Emmanuel walked in, suddenly the demon could no longer keep quiet.

… Because the demon knew; alright, my time is over.

May I pray for someone today; that every evil forces that has been bothering you: whether since the day you were born, something inherited from your parents, whether it is in form of curses or evil covenants; In the Name of Jesus Christ they will leave you today – Amen!

And you know what? When Emmanuel comes to your house, Failure will come to an end. In Luke 5:1-7; the Bible tells us about Peter who had fished all night and caught nothing. Until the One whose Name is Emmanuel came. And from that day onward; Peter ceased to be a Failure.

It doesn’t matter how long you have failed, I am believing God that by next Sunday (16th of June 2019); somebody will testify here and say: I have started succeeding. And the moment you begin to succeed, you will never fail again.

And when your day has not yet come, even death cannot cannot stay when Emmanuel comes in. The Bible tells us about cases of several people who have died and then brought back to life.

We have a simple case in mark 5:34-43. It tells us about the daughter of Jairus. His daughter was dead, mourners were gathered, everybody was weeping, Emanuel came in. As soon as He came in, He chased out the mourners.

… Everything that is causing you sorrow, will end today – Amen!

And He uprooted what was causing the sorrow; by bringing that young lady back to life!

Every Good Thing in your life that has died; will come back to life today – Amen.

Now, if He comes to visit you, and He stays; if you don’t do anything that will chase Him out. If He comes to your Place and He settles down; it is not going to be long before the world hears about you.

Because in 2 Samuel 6:1-11; the Bible says the Ark of Covenant stayed in the house of Obededom for only three (3) Months. Within the three (3) Months, God blessed his household so much that the whole Nation heard about it.

And they began to say: we know Obedeodom, how come he is prospering so Mightily?

The News even got to the King – King David. And he said: ah, I think I know his secret – The Ark of the Covenant is in His house.

… And you know David; very clever man;

“I thought the Ark of the Covenant was going to kill him?” Instead of killing him, it has prospered him. I’m going to get the Ark. He said: Oga, I brought Him into your house, I’m taking Him out.

Now, there is nobody who is going to take God out of your house; and very, very soon your Nation will hear about you – Amen!

His Name is Emmanuel. He is the One we need. If He is with us, that’s all that mattered.

Pastors will come, Pastors will go! I thank God that they brought you a new Pastor. But you know us in the Redeemed Christian Church of God; if he stays long here, maybe he will stay for four (4) years. And then we will move him away!
But Jesus will not move away. He won’t go anywhere; He will still be there. And as long as you focus on Him; as long as you allow Emmanuel to abide with you; everything you touch will begin to prosper.

May I close by saying this; (oh, you say: you have finished?).

I have told you what you need to know (laughs!)

ALTAR CALL:

Do you know that Jesus is here today, knocking at the door; looking for someone that He will go home with? Looking for someone who will allow Him to Abide! He is looking for someone who will say: You are welcomed in my home.

I hope you are that one? I hope that you will make up your mind, that in the morning, in the noon time, in the evening, in the night; if anybody comes to my house: he or she will find Jesus Christ there.

The Almighty God is looking for someone who will say: even if I have been pretending in the past to be a Christian; am no longer going to pretend. I’m going to make You welcome in my home. Am going to make You welcome in my home, because in the morning I will sing to you; in the afternoon I will praise Your Name; even before I go to bed in the night, I will still be Praising You.

Just like we heard at the last Holy Ghost Service, I will say with all my heart: “I will bless the Lord at all times; and His Praise shall continually be in my mouth”

But there might be one (1) or two (2) people who have never invited Jesus Christ into their lives. If you are one of them, and you want to invite Him in; He is here today.

I will count from one (1) to five (5); if you want to surrender your life to Jesus Christ, come and stand before me. And I will Pray for your Salvation. And Jesus Christ will welcome you, into His Home.

Am counting now….

Thank You my Father! His Name is Emmanuel, you need Him; you need Him. You must have Him. Emmanuel is saying, come to Me, and I will abide with you forever. Hurry up!

Come to Emmanuel, He is the One who never changes; He never travels, He never falls asleep. And He is with you all the time. Hurry up! God bless you.

You are welcome. Emmanuel is calling you: He says come, I want to be with you, I want to stay with you all the time.

Hurry up! Anyone else?

Thank You Father, thank You Lord. Glory be to God. Hurry up if you know you are coming. This is your day, tomorrow might be to late. Thank You Father.

Ok, now those of you already infront (or reading now), or still on the way; talk to the Almighty God. Ask Him to have Mercy on you. Ask Him to save your soul. Promise Him: I will serve You from now on, just have Mercy on me oh Lord and save my soul.

Now, the rest of us let us stretch our hands to these our new brothers and sisters and intercede for them. Pray that the One who saved our souls will save their own souls also. Pray that He will forgive all their sins, and write their names in the “Book of Life”. Pray that the Lord will give them a brand New Beginning. Pray that the One whose Name is Emmanuel will receive them into His Family. Intercede for them for one (1) more minute.

Anyone else who still wants to come? You are not late yet. Just make sure you get here before I finish praying.

Thank You Father! In Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen.

PRAYER FOR SALVATION:

My Father and my God, I want to thank You for Your Words. Thank You for these Your children who have decided to surrender their lives unto you. Father remember Your Promise: That whosoever will come to You, you will in no wise cast out.

They have come to You now Father, please receive them in Jesus’ Name.

And am praying Lord that Your Blood will wash away their sins, that You would save their souls, and write their names in the “Book of Life”. Please receive them into the Family of God. And from now onwards; anytime they call on You, please answer them by Fire.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen!

Now, I want to rejoice with those of you who have come forward. I want to Promise you that from now on I will be praying for you. So am going to need your name, address and your Prayer request. And I Promise you I will be praying for you.

Congratulations! In a moment the Councilors will collect the information that I need, and then they will bring you back. But I want you to be part of the Prayers we are about to Pray now.

The rest of us, how many of you believe God is going to answer you today? – DMC Members believed!

… Stand on your feet and shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
PRAYER:

Only one (1) Prayer! You will pray it loud and clear:

Say Father; Emmanuel, ABIDE WITH ME.

Go ahead talk to the Almighty God: Emmanuel, for the rest of my life: ABIDE WITH ME!

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