JULY 2019 DIVINE ENCOUNTER SERVICE

THEME: SWIMMING IN GLORY – PART 7

TOPIC: “BORN TO BE GREAT”.

MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE

DATE: 1ST JULY, 2019

BIBLE TEXT: GENESIS 26:12-14

SONG:

You are Worthy to be Praised

You are Worthy to be Praised

My Redeemer

You are Worthy to be Praised.

OPENING PRAYER:

Father we Thank You for bringing us into the second half of this Year. Thank You for all the Miracles of the first half. Thank You in advanced for what You are going to do today. Glory be to Your Holy Name Lord. Accept our Thanks in Jesus’ Name.

My Father and my God, this is the seventh (7th) Month of the Year; Seven (7) stands for Perfection. Everything that pertains to Your children, Perfect today. Let us have a very SPECIAL DIVINE ENCOUNTER today.

And Lord God Almighty, even before this day is out, let everyone of us sing a New Song.

Thank You Almighty God; in Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

Let someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

Well, shake hands with one (1) or two (2) people, say: Good Morning, God bless you.

And then you may please be seated.

BIBLE TEXT: GENESIS 26:12-14

12. Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. 

13. And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: 

14. For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

Somebody here is going to be GREAT. You will be VERY GREAT.

And before you leave this world, you will become the ENVY of Nations.

As you know very well, this Month we are considering the THEME: “BORN TO BE GREAT”

There’s a link between Greatness and Prosperity. Everyone that the Bible says was Great, was also wealthy.

In Genesis 24:34-35; the servant of Abraham said: “Am Abraham’s servant, and God has blessed my Master very greatly and has made him great!”

And he began to talk about the things that God had done for him.

… It included WEALTH.

The Bible Text we have just read to you said, Isaac waxed GREAT, and he had possession of all manner of great things.

In 2 Kings 4:8-17; the Bible talks about a woman in Shunem; the Bible called her great.

She was wealthy enough even to be able to build a house for a Man of God.

There is somebody listening to me this morning (or reading now) who is going to become GREAT – Amen!

But in the case of Isaac, he was “BORN TO BE GREAT”.

Before he was born at all, his Greatness was already settled.

Because in Genesis 12:1-3; when God was blessing his father (Abraham); God had already said: Through his seed shall all the Nations of the earth be blessed.

… Greatness was already waiting for him, even before they conceived him.

And then in Genesis 22: 1-18; when God said that his father (Abraham) should sacrifice him (Isaac) to God; we learnt from the way Isaac was speaking to his father, that he was well brought up in the things of God – “Father I can see the wood, I can see the knife, I can see the fire; where is the LAMB for the offering?”

He knew that when you come to worship God, there must be an offering. He was well brought up!

And then God made a pronouncement on that day, when He said to Abraham: Now I know you feared Me. I swear, I will bless you.

Then God said: in Multiplying, I will multiply your seed.

So God announced that even your seed is going to be GREATER than you – Amen!

May I Prophesy to someone here today: No matter how Great you become, your children will be GREATER – Amen!

Isaac was BORN TO BE GREAT. Pronouncements were made about him concerning Greatness. But, you need to note: ISAAC WAS OBEDIENT TO GOD!

In Genesis 26:1-6; when he wanted to leave a particular place, God told him: DON’T MOVE, STAY!

And he obeyed God. It was in the land where God said, stay; that his blessings came.

… Everyone who obey God will automatically become Great.

And then the Bible said in Galatians 6:7: “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” 

Isaac was a CONSTANT SOWER!

He kept on sowing. Even in the time of famine, he sowed! And he harvested hundred (100) fold, he sowed more. And then, he harvested more, he sowed more!

No wonder the Bible said, he waxed great, and then grew, and then went forward. Until he became VERY GREAT.

And then his own son (Jacob) was also BORN TO BE GREAT!

In Romans 9:10-13; the Bible tells us that before he was born, God said: Jacob, I LOVE.

… There’s someone here today (reading now) without any doubt, God loves you.

Who is  that fellow? – THE DMC CREW MEMBERS.

Because, if He doesn’t love you, you will not be here (reading this message) today – 1st Day in July (2019) you are already in the Presence of God. There is no doubt about it: GOD LOVES YOU!

That’s what God said concerning Jacob. He said: I love him (even before he was born).

And then, it is not a surprise that there is a Promise of God. In Proverbs 13:22; the Bible says: “A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.”

And then when we saw Genesis 30:22-33; we saw the wealth of Laban (the original 419 man) transfered to Jacob.

You see, many of us wonder, how is it that God is going to Prosper me? How will I ever become the envy of a Nation?

I have Good News for you: “The wealth of the wicked shall be transferred to the Just” – Amen!

But then, notice also about Jacob in Genesis 28:10-22; he said to God: “Give me a breakthrough, and I will build a house for You”.

There are some of us who want to Prosper for our own personal enjoyment. There are some of us who want to Prosper so that the work of God can Progress. I can assure you that those us who would want to Prosper so that the work of God can Progress; your Prosperity begins today – Amen!

STORY

I have told you the story of a young man who came to me and said: daddy please pray for me, I want to be one (1) of the three (3) people who would be sponsoring the Convention. And I prayed for him.

The following week, he was terminated from his place of work. He came to me and said, daddy you prayed for me that I would Prosper and begin to sponsor the convention. Now, my appointment has been terminated. I laughed! How are you going to sponsor the Convention with a salary of a small boy? Do you know how much we spend? I said: God has closed a door so that He can open another!

I Prophesy to somebody here today (or reading now) every door of poverty in your life shall be closed; and then the door of Breakthrough shall be opened unto you – Amen!

In less than one (1) year, that boy came and fulfilled his Promise – Less than one (1) Year!

I decree to somebody here today (or reading); by this time next year, you will come to me and say: I will host the Convention. Whatever it will cost, I WILL PAY – Amen!

Let me give you just one (1) more example, so you can pray: Solomon was BORN TO BE GREAT.

Why? 2 Samuel 12:24, the Bible says: “And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.”

… God LOVED him!

The foundation for Greatness is “THE LOVE OF GOD”.

If God loves you, there is no limit to how high you can climb.

God loved Solomon; and Solomon responded. Because love begets love! Love is a two (2) way traffic!

I have said it before: “There’s no way I can smile at you and then you slap me” (unless you are mad!).

Love begets Love!

God Himself said so: “I love those who love Me; and those who seek Me early shall find me.”

You have come early to seek God; you will find Him today – Amen!

And what did Solomon do to show that he too loved the Lord?

1 Kings 3:3-4; the Bible says: “And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father. Only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the Great High Place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that Altar.”

He said: God, I know You love me; I will show You that I love You too.

And God said, fine! Let us see who will love the other, the more. And God pronounced a Blessing on him so mighty, that by the time we get to 2 Chronicles 7:5; the man who offered a thousand (1,000) burnt offering one day, was able to offer twenty two thousand (22,000) Oxen, plus a hundred and twenty thousand (120,000) sheep.

I know there is somebody here today (or reading) who is saying: God, if you can just give me a Breakthrough; I will build a Church for you.

I have Good News for that fellow: God has heard you – Amen!

And on the day that Church is dedicated, He will declare His Blessings on you – so that you can build a Church in every City of the world – Amen.

Believe me honestly, my brothers and my sisters; you are “BORN TO BE GREAT”.

… And GREAT you shall be – Amen!

The only fellow who is born Great, who could end up small is the one who after he or she has been born, refused to do the Will of God. And there are a few of them in the Bible:

One of them is CAIN. He was the first born of human kind. He was to be the GREATEST of all humans, apart from Adam and Eve.

But when it was time to give an offering to God, he just gave what he wanted; not what God would approve of. He ended up a vagabond.

… He was BORN TO BE GREAT; but he ended up badly!

So if you have been resisting the Invitation to surrender your life to Jesus Christ; it is the devil trying to say: yes, I know you are born to be Great. But am not going to let it happen.

ALTAR CALL:

You have to say No, to the devil today and come and surrender your life to Jesus Christ. Let Him save your soul. Because He loved you before you were born. Respond to His love.

Am going to count from one (1) to seven (7); before I say seven (7) come quickly. Come and surrender to Him, let Him save your soul, let Him wash away your sins with His Blood; and dramatic changes will begin.

So, if you want to give your life to Jesus, come now as I begin to count.

You are not here by accident; He brought you here because He loves you! He has loved you before you were born. And He brought you to this world to be Great. Don’t resist His love, come and surrender your life to Him.

You are born to be Great, come and surrender your life to Him.

Thank you very much!

Now, those of you who are already in the front and those of you who are on the way (or reading now) cry to Jesus Christ, ask Him to have Mercy on you; ask Him to save your soul; ask Him to forgive all your sins. Promise Him that from now on you will serve Him. Ask Him to be your Lord and Saviour.

And the rest of us let’s stretch our hands to our brothers and sisters in front and pray: that the One who saved our souls will save their own souls also.

Go ahead, let’s intercede for them.

And those of you who are on the way, just keep coming. Make sure you get here before I finish praying.

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

PRAYER FOR SALVATION

Father Almighty, we just want to bless Your Holy Name. We want to Thank You for loving us before we were born. We want to Thank You for Your Words this morning. Please accept our Thanks in Jesus’ Name.

Those who have come forward to surrender their lives to You today; Father please receive them, have Mercy on them,  Save their souls, let Your Blood wash away their sins. Please write their names in the “Book of Life”. Receive them into the Family of God. And I pray that from now on, any time they call on You: You will answer them by Fire.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen!

Now those of you in front I want to rejoice with you. Because from now on (by the Grace of God) I will be praying for you. So i need your names, your address and your prayers requests. And I Promise you, I will be Praying for you.

So if you turn to your left, you will see a man there with a Placard; please follow him. He will lead you to where some people are waiting. They will collect the information that I need, and then they will bring you back very quickly.

God bless you! You can begin to go now. Thank You Father!

… The way you clap will show how much you love Jesus.

Amen!

This morning you are going to Pray a very Special Prayer; You will take your offerings (it will be an offering that will show God how much you love Him).

Solomon loved the Lord, because he realized how much God loved him before he was born.

So you will take your offering, you will stand on your feet, you will lift the offering to Him; and you will say: Father I love you, because I know You loved me first; Let me become VERY GREAT.

Open your mouth and cry to the Lord: Father I know You love me specially, and I want You to know I love You too. Let me become VERY GREAT. Not ordinarily great; I want to become VERY GREAT! I want to be able to do MIGHTY THINGS for You Lord. Not ordinarily great; I want to become the envy of my Nation. Almighty God help me, among my people, let me become very Great. In my family let me become very Great; in the Church of God, let me become very Great. Let me become the envy of my Nation.

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

… So shall it be in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

The Bible says: God loves a Cheerful Giver. So as you go to the nearest basket to you,  you will dance cheerfully. And He will know that you really love Him.

Over to you BAND!

Amen! Now there are some people who wrote, asking for SPECIAL PRAYERS; and we asked them to come for the Divine Encounter. Such people can come forward to the Altar now, for their prayers. 

And then the rest of us; whatever we want God to do for us in the Month of July, let’s go ahead and ask the Almighty God. Just two (2) minutes; ask God for something Special that you want Him to do for you in the Month of July. So that by the end of this Month, it will already become a Testimony.

… So, talk to Him. You have two (2) minutes.

Thank You Father! Let’s begin to bring our Prayers to a close. In Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen!

FINAL PRAYERS

Almighty God, we want to bless Your Holy Name because we know You are the Almighty; and there is nothing too hard for You to do. Today as Your children have been crying unto You, answer them: Turn their sorrow to Joy; turn their weeping to Laughter; grant all their Requests; give them their Breakthrough today.

Everything that they say they want You to do for them in the Month of July: Father, do it today! Before these Your children get home, Lord let them have their Testimony.

And now Father, bless the Offering of Your children, sanctify it Lord and use it for Your Glory. And I pray that Your children who have given this morning, will never lack again.

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

Let me hear somebody shout Hallelujah – HALLELUJAH!

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