MARCH 2018 SPECIAL HGS THANKSGIVING SERVICE

MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

TOPIC: THE SECRET OF PERMANENT VICTORY

DATE: 4TH MARCH, 2018

PRAYER: Lift up your hands to the Most High God and give Him all the Glory, Honour and Adoration. Praise Him because you slept and woke up well. Praise His Holy Name because of His Special Grace and that you are still in Him. He is worthy of our Praises.

Let somebody shout Halleluyah… Halleluyah!

BIBLE TEXT: PSALM 47: 1-3

1. O clap your hands all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

2. For the LORD most high is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth.

3. He shall subdue the people under us and the nations under our feet.

When we asked you to clap your hands and shout with a voice of triumph, it is because God wants to subdue the people under you.

Daddy has been teaching us that nothing goes for nothing. Nothing in life is free. Your Salvation is free because someone paid for it – Jesus Christ.

If you are enjoying Divine Healing and Health, it is because someone took the stripes. If your freedom from Satan and all his forces is free, it is because someone already died, went into the grave and paid all the sacrifice. If today you are rich, it is because someone was made poor so that you can be rich.

If there is anything free; please look closely as someone has already paid dearly for it.

Our bible text is the secret of Dominion and reigning supreme over your enemy as your enemies are put under your footstool.

… So clap your hands and shout Halleluyah!

It has always been said that your Attitude determines your Altitude in life. If you are grateful, you will go high but if however you are ungrateful, even though you are rising, you will soon crashed land.

Your gratitude determines your future.

African elders may not go to schools but their Philosophy is very solid. They normally said that when an hunter come home from a successful hunting and starts giving offerings; it is not because of the animal that he has killed but because of those animals yet in the bush. The hunter knows that a grateful person won’t ever come back home empty handed.

They said that when a child is grateful for what he/she receives today; such child will receive more in future.

Our African Elders says that anyone who refused to be grateful for what is done for him/her, then such a person is a robber.

… All these are our African Proverbs.

But when you go through the Scriptures, you will discovered that Ungrateful People never last long.

For example SAMSON – Daddy has taken enough time to study about Samson.

Samson is highly anointed and God likes him so much. When a whole Nation gathered to kill him; God empowered him to kill them. The enemies surrounded round him and lock up the gate. He simply went to the gate and uprooted the gate.

There is however a “BUT” in him – his eyes are always looking at a strange woman.

Then what was the problem that he ended up to die before his days and ended up dancing for his enemies and grinding for the same set of people that feared him before?

Do you know what I noticed?

Samson never say: “Thank you” to the Lord. Not even for a single time.

In Judges 14: 5-6; when the lion attacked him and he killed the lion with his bare hands… he never say Thank you to God.

In Judges 15: 14-15; when the Philistines shouted on him and he killed a thousand (1,000) with a jawbone. What did he say: he just boasted that he killed a thousand with a jawbone.

… Not for once did the simple word “Thank you” come from him.

For so many of us, we traveled many times and got back home safely. Yet we will not say “Thank you Lord”. On the way, we were on high speed but God help you to stop the car. But rather than saying “Thank you”; you are boasting that you are an International Driver.

We eat daily and forget that there were millions who have food but cannot eat them. Go to the hospitals and you will see so many wealthy people that cannot eat. But to you, God has given you appetite.

Many live in mansions, air conditioned rooms and have waterbeds to sleep on yet they cannot sleep. And for you that sleeps on the mat, even before you hit the ground… you are gone fast asleep. But you don’t know how to say “Thank you”?

Some people have hands that are useless and mouths that cannot speak.

… Can I hear someone shout Halleluyah!

On the other hand, Grateful People keep on soaring high.

Someone said to daddy not long ago that if you see what God is doing in RCCG and how things are getting better year in year out. You have not seen anything yet. The reason is because our trademark is “Let somebody shout Halleluyah’.

Someone told daddy that RCCG has arrived but he told the fellow that we have not even started and the fellow has not seen anything yet. Someone see our Auditorium and said Oh God Almighty this Auditorium is full.

… Hmmm…you have not seen anything yet. Daddy GO will tell us when we arrived because God has shown him before – daddy GO has seen an Auditorium the size of Ibadan. Where do we have that kind of land?

When God told us in 1981 that He would give us a city and He has done it.

… Let me tell you that your future will be alright.

Let’s take some examples:

1. David in 2 Samuel 6; 15-23. This shepherd boy when he was a King was dancing like a small boy. He was dancing such that his belly was exposed out of his garment. His wife then said that don’t he (David) knows that he is a King. Then David said to his wife who happened to be the daughter of an ex-king that I know who am dancing for. Your father never danced before God and so God took the throne from him to me.

David was recorded to have said: My heart is fixed within me and I will Praise the Lord because God knew that I have said it that I will bless God at all times and His Praises will continually be in my mouth – Psalm 34:1.

In Acts 13:22; God said that I have been searching, seeking and now found a man after my own heart (that’s David). And that was why I brought him from the bush to be a King. So when you see me (David) dancing just know that I have made up my mind and I will Praise God at all times and His Praises will continually be in my mouth.

2. Solomon – You may want to say: Like father like son.

In 2 Chronicles 1: 6-15; Solomon looked at himself and recalled how his parents met to produce him and now he is King. He said that I don’t understand you Lord but one thing that I will do is that I will show you how grateful I am. So he offered a thousand (1,000) offerings to God. Others looked at him as no one had ever done anything like this before. So he resolved that he will bless the LORD at all times.

Not only did God made him a king, he was blessed with silver and gold such that they were common place.

In 1 Kings 4: 21-24; even the enemies of Solomon brought gifts to him because God has subdued them and he has dominion. Do you know that Solomon never fought any war throughout his reign and he experienced peace on all sides round about him.

… Victory is Permanent for a Grateful Person.

There is one fellow here whose Victory will be Permanent. That person will be an incurable Praiser who is always Praising God.

In Conclusion, Gratitude is not by words of mouth alone. Your life must Praise Him.

In Genesis 39: 1-9; Joseph was taking to Egypt as a slave boy, the situation of things horrible. He arrived at the house of his master and not long afterwards, the God of Glory shone on the households and the master has no choice than to hand over the affairs of running the house to him and soon he become an Absolute Controller. Then his master’s wife said to him – you are handsome and so let us have some nice time together. Then Joseph said that: How can I do this kind of thing and offend God.

Grateful People are Holy People that don’t want to offend God.

So in case if there is anyone here that God has been good to but still not in Him yet? And you want to surrender to God now, please just come to the altar now.

Lift up your hands to the Almighty God and just Praise Him. It is by His Grace that you are around now and not in prison for offences that you did not commit. Praise Him as He is worthy of our Praises. Grateful People are always Praising God and Ungrateful People don’t Praise God for the Victory He gave them.

Thank you so much for reading. The hearts of Thanksgiving will never depart from our mouth.

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MOSES DURODOLA

Discovery Media Crew