RCCG JULY 2019 HOLY GHOST SERVICE – THEME: SWIMMING IN GLORY – PART 7 (BORN TO BE GREAT): MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

DATE: 5TH JULY, 2019.

BIBLE TEXT: LUKE 1:26:33

Thank You Lord! Why don’t you lift your hands to the Most High God and begin to bless His Holy Name. Give Him Glory, give Him Honour, Give Him Adoration. You have seen the second (2nd) half of this Year: give Him Glory for January, for February, for March, for April, for May, for June. Bless His Holy Name for thus far He has helped you. The One who has brought you into the second (2nd) half of this Year is able to see you through the whole Year. Praise Him, Adore Him, Magnify His Holy Name. Praise the King of kings, the Lord of lords. Worship Him, Glorify His Holy Name. Praise Him from the bottom of your heart. Magnify His Holy Name. He’s worthy, He’s worthy to be Praised; He’s Worthy to be Praised!

Thank You Father. In Jesus Mighty Name we Worship – Amen.

SONG

Blessed by Thy Name
Blessed by Thy Name
Blessed by Thy Name Oh Lord (twice)

Mighty is Your Name
Mighty is Your Name
Mighty is Your Name
Oh Lord (twice)

Holy is Your Name
Holy is Your Name
Holy is Your Name
Oh Lord (twice)

Jesus is Your Name
Jesus is Your Name
Jesus is Your Name Oh Lord (twice)

OPENING PRAYERS:

King of kings and Lord of lords, the Ancient of Days. Our Helper, our Provider, our Healer, our Redeemer, our Joy, our Strength, our Friend, our Help, our Hope, our Future, our All in All. Our Greatness. Glory be to Your Holy Name.

Thank You for January Lord, Thank You for February, Thank You for March, Thank You for April, Thank You for May, Thank You for June, Thank You for JULY! Please accept our worship in Jesus’ Name.

Tonight, in a very, very Special way: visit Your children. Everything standing between us and Greatness, Father destroy tonight in Jesus’ Name. The Purpose for which You created us, fulfill tonight. All over the world where Your children are listening (or reading) now, my Father and my God, I pray that Your Holy Spirit will come down and do something New in all our lives. By the time the sun rises tomorrow; Father let everyone of us sing a New Song!

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

Let somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

Shake hands with one (1) or two (2) Ambassadors of Christ and say: Your Excellency, God will make you Great!

And then you may please be seated. God bless you! With the exception of those born in the Month of July.

PRAYER FOR JULY CELEBRANTS:

My Father and my God, I want to Thank You for Your children born in the seventh (7th) Month of the year. We all know that seven (7) is the Number for “Perfection”. And so Lord I decree concerning all these Your children: everything pertaining to them, make it perfect. Give them perfect Health, perfect Joy, perfect Success, perfect Anointing and perfect Greatness! Give them a New Beginning Lord; a New beginning of everything that is Glorious. Let is be well with them.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen!

… Children of July shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah! God bless you. You may be seated.

GO ANNOUNCES:

1. Next Month (August, 2019) is our Convention. And the Convention is from the 5th of August to the 11th of August, 2019. The THEME of the Convention is: “AND GOD SAID”.

Now, people have asked me: What kind of THEME is that? What was it that God said? Well, the first time God spoke, He said: Let there be light; and there was light! So you come to this Convention, darkness will leave you alone.

First time He spoke directly to man, He said: Be Blessed. You come to this Convention: You will be Blessed! He said: Be Fruitful. You come to this Convention; all your fruitless efforts will be over. He said: Multiply. You come to this Convention; your Addition will become Multiplication. He said: Have Dominion. You come for this Convention; physically you will have Dominion, materially you will have Dominion, Spiritually you will have Dominion.

Besides several other things, He said you will be Head, you will not be tail. You will be Above, you will not be beneath. He said every weapon formed against you, none of them shall prosper.

… I can go on, and on and on!

So you will discover: “AND GOD SAID” is a theme like none before.

This Year’s Convention is going to be a kind of Convention you have never seen before. It’s going to be a Mighty Prophetic Convention from Day No. 1 to the end.

He Said: weeping may endure for a night but Joy cometh in morning. You come for this Convention; you will never weep again.

So do don’t come to the Convention alone; bring yours friends, and come early. It’s going to be Powerful from day No. 1 to the end.

1. And because of the Convention, there will be no Holy Ghost Service in the first Friday in August. The Holy Ghost Service will be during the Convention (which will be on the 9th of August, 2019).

… Looking forward to seeing you at this extremely Glorious Convention between 5th and 11th August, 2019.

Glory be to God!

Now because I don’t know exactly how tonight is going to be, but I know it will be Gloriously, Beautifully. I better make sure that I clear the ground, so that I don’t forget anything before we start.

1. Let me just straight away pray for all of you who are Disciples: Those of you who have been in the School of Disciples before and those of you who are in the School of Disciples right now. So stand on your feet your ( Disciples Old or Present) let me pray for you straight away.

PRAYER FOR THOSE IN THE SCHOOL OF DISCIPLE (OLD OR PRESENT):

My Father and my God, You made a Promise concerning all Your Disciples.. You says the works that You did. They also will do. And greater works than these they shall do also.

I commit all Your Disciples into Your Hands; the Anointing to do Wonders, release unto them in Jesus’ Name. The Anointing to raise the dead, the Anointing to make the blind see, the Anointing to make the lame work, the Anointing to move mountains, the Anointing for Greatness, Father pour it upon them today.

From this moment onwards, when the devil sees any of these Your children; let the devil run, in Jesus’ Name. And let them serve You till the very end. And let them do Greater Works than You ever did.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen!

Now, let me hear a Disciple’s kind of Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

.. Now, Ok! Just one little thing more; one (1) or two (2);

1. Please don’t stop praying for Nigeria. Keep on crying to God for Mercy. I’m going to reveal a little secret to you, while you should continue asking God for Mercy: so that the shedding of innocent blood in this Country will come to an end.

You see, blood is a very Powerful thing – very, very Powerful.

The Bible says: the life of the animal is in the blood. So the blood is Powerful, and it speaks! It has a voice. So when you shed blood (when you shed innocent blood) the blood speaks from the earth. And there is something many people don’t know: when the ground of a Nation becomes saturated with the blood of the innocents; it will have to respond by producing a Plaque!

Well, I give you just one illustration; when the ground of Sierra Leone got saturated by the blood of the innocents, a Plaque came called EBOLA (I’m sure you would remember). Now, somebody then came and brought that Ebola to Nigeria. And he brought it at the time of our Convention (so you probably would remember). And people had already come in thousands from all over Africa. They were already in the Redemption Camp for the Minister’s Conference.

And all the Government around, they panicked. They wrote to me; what are we going to do? These (Ebola) people are here among your people. I ran to God, Daddy help me. What do I do? If there should be a single case of Ebola in the Camp during Convention; we are finished! Because it would then be carried to the whole world. Daddy told me one thing; and am telling you this so that you would know why we must PRAY:

Oh, He said no problem my son. I will stop the Ebola in Nigeria. He said because “the cup of Nigeria is not yet full”.

And so within two (2) weeks, Ebola vanished. Because at that time, the Cup of Nigeria is NOT YET FULL. That’s why I have been crying, I have been pleading with you for almost a year now:

Please pray that God would have Mercy on Nigeria, so that this blood shed shall end before our cup IS FULL. That’s WHY!

PRAYER:

I think we better stand and say, even if it’s only for two (2) minutes; let’s cry to the Almighty God and say: Father, in the Mighty Name of Jesus, stop this blood shed. Go ahead cry to the Almighty God.

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

… So shall it be in JESUS’ NAME – Amen!

So, keep praying for Mercy, keep praying for Divine Intervention.

1. I don’t want to comment to the happenings going on. They say: why don’t you want to talk? Why don’t you want to talk? But am under Authority. The Redeemed Christian Church of God belongs to CAN and we belong to PFN. And in CAN we have a President; in PFN we have a President. Whatever they have said, that is what I have said. That’s why I keep my mouth shut!

But I feel compelled to say some things: To those who are Young Upcoming Ministers of God. And everything I’m going to say is from the Bible. So if you want to criticize what I have said, you have to criticize the Bible.

1. It is written, there is nothing HID that will not come to the open Mark 4:22. It doesn’t matter how long! You think you have done something and it’s covered; that it will never come to the open? Then you can go and throw away your Bible. Because the One who said so; the One who said “there’s nothing hid that will not come to open” is the Truth Himself – Jesus Christ, the Harbinger of GRACE!

Because there are some of us who think that, somebody like me, they say we are old fashioned. I agree! I’m old fashioned. I’m old fashioned because Jesus Christ is Old Fashioned. He is the same Yesterday, Today and Forever. He hasn’t changed. God the Father is Old Fashioned; the same dress He has been wearing before the Foundation of the earth, is what He is still wearing today.

God is not fashionable; He only wears Light. Nothing hid; Nothing hid that will not be made manifest.

1. Sooner or later, according to Numbers 32:23; sooner or later your sin will find you out. It’s sure! That’s what the Bible says. Oh, if you have given your life to Jesus Christ, the Blood of Jesus will wash away all your sins. But after you gave your life to Jesus, you continue in sin under the guise of Grace? As the Lord lives: your sin will: FIND YOU OUT.
2. I’m advising the Young ones: the bible says you must abstain from every appearance of evil – 1 Thessalonians 5:22.

The Elders say, “they want to burn you, you rub yourself with oil and you sat near fire. You have made the job easy”. The Elders (African Elders) say “they are calling you a thief, and you are playing with the child of a goat” (I hope you understand?) The Elders say, “what you are not going to eat, don’t smell”.

… Avoid EVERY appearance of EVIL! Avoid it.

… Just one (1) more point, and then I will go to what we want to discuss today.

1. The Bible says, if the devil comes to you face to face (to fight you); it says, Stand and Fight! Resist the devil and he WILL FLEE from you! But according to 2 Timothy 2:22, it said “when you find yourself facing Youthful Lust (temptation) it says: don’t wait to fight, FLEE! You know the meaning of flee? FLEE means, run as a terror. When you see a Sister smiling at you in a “KOIKOI” way, RUN!!! Run as a terror. Don’t say “I’m a Great Man of God, I’m Highly Anointed” – Ask Samson!

I know you would say, he has come again. He is an Old Fashioned man. I agree! That’s what they called me when I said I will never have a Private Secretary who is a WOMAN. Ooh.

Private Secretary? Has to be a MAN! Because (listen to me my brothers) when a woman accuses you of something; nobody is going to listen to you – Nobody! They will listen to the woman. When you say where is witness? Sister will say; “do they invite people to such things?” When you say, Ah, how can it be me? Everybody will say: How come it is you that she has mentioned, of ALL the men?

I am Old Fashioned. But I was ordained in 1975 and I’m still surviving. It is better to be Old Fashioned and live, than to be modern and die!

Well, do I hear somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

I have have not said anything oh (Laughter!) Only the Bible has been speaking. Ah! Tell your neighbour: It’s going to be great tonight!

BIBLE TEXT: LUKE 1:26-33

… And while you are opening your Bibles, I want to give Glory to the Almighty God for my son who spoke before me. That was GREAT!

Well, let’s give the Lord a Mighty hand for that very beautiful Presentation. And I want you to give another big hand for the Choir; they did a great job tonight – Thank you Choir!

LUKE 1:26-33;

26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.

31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

32 He shall be GREAT, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be NO end.

My son who spoke before me has given you a very beautiful Presentation on the Lord Jesus Christ. I will only add just a little to what he has said.

PART ONE (1)

… But as usual, let us begin with those of us who might not yet be truly Born Again.

Long before your birth (every one of us) God had decreed Greatness for you. It’s a decree.

Like I said earlier on; when He was speaking in Genesis 1:28. The first time He spoke to our forefathers He said: be BLESSED, be FRUITFUL, MULTIPLY REPLENISH the earth, SUBDUE it and have DOMINION!

… You can’t be Greater than that.

And when God speaks; it is done!

Psalms 33:8-9 says: “Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

WHY? For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.” Because He is not a man that He should lie – Numbers 23:19.

So before we were born, God had decreed that we should be Great.

And according to Isaiah 55:10-11; He said His word will not return to Him void.

In Mark 13:31; He said: even if Heaven and Earth will pass away; His Words will not pass away.

So everyone born into this world, can go right back into the original pronouncement of God and claim GREATNESS!

However, not all people who were born Great become Great. You know, the Bible is full of several examples of those who were born Great, but they never became Great!

For example, Cain (Genesis 4:1-14); he was the firstborn of the human race. If anybody deserved to be Great, Cain deserved to be Great. But at the end of his life, he ended up a Vagabond!

… He was born to be Great, he ended up a Vagabond!

Another example are the children of Eli: Their father was a High Priest of the Most High God. And God had said (God Himself said) to Eli that his Household will forever be household of PRIESTS. But then, the children of Eli began to behave in a certain manner that caused the Almighty God (who speaks and it’s done) to say in 1 Samuel 2:30-36; He said: I said indeed (God said am the One who said so, I didn’t send a Prophet) to you Eli, that you and your father’s house shall stand before me forever. He said: but now I say, be it far from Me. He said, I change my mind!

… He said, I am the Almighty God; I am Sovereign. He said, I did not say that anymore!

May I pray for somebody here today (or reading); Every Good thing that God has Promised you, will not be CANCELED -Amen!

God went further to say to Eli; that anyone who is of the lineage of Eli will be going to Pastors to beg for bread (the ones who were supposed to be in Charge). Because God said; this who honour me, I will honour.

Let me give you another Example; check this man called Gehazi – One (1) of the biggest Losers in the world. He became the Private Secretary of Elisha. You know Elisha: he was an extremely Powerful Man of God (we would probably talk a little more about him later). Why? Because he got a double portion of the spirit of Elijah. And by Divine Arrangement, Ghazi ended up becoming his servant – in line to correct a double portion of the Spirit of Elisha! But he blew it! 2 Kings 5:20-27; He ended up becoming the Patron of set of Lepers!

Now let me take just one (1) more example; Judas Iscariot – that’s the No. 1 loser of the whole world. Acts 1:15-20; Peter said concerning Judas Iscariot, he said this man was with us. He obtained the same Ministry with us: he cast out demons, he performed Miracles but he ended up committing suicide.

What do all these people have in common?

SIN! That’s all.

You see, the Bible says in Isaiah 59:1-2; it said: “Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.”

Oh, take the example of the man who is called Joseph in Genesis 39 (you can read the story there). Joseph was born to be Great. God showed him while he was still young, that every member of his family will come and bow down to him. His brothers said it’s not going to happened. They said they will kill him, before it will happen. And God moved him from one (1) Test to the other. They sold him to slavery into the house of Portiphar. He was doing great in the house of Poriphar, then one day the wife of Portiphar looked at him and said: this boy, you are fine ooh! Come and lay with me.

… You know what Joseph said? How can I do this thing and sin against GOD! He said to the woman; Don’t truncate my destiny.

Listen to me those of you who are still living in sin: You are “BORN TO BE GREAT”. But you may never ever become Great unless you get rid of sin in your life. The beauty of it is that the Word of God says in 1 John 1:7. It says: But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from ALL sin” – ALL sins!

So when you come to Jesus, His Blood washes away your sins; then you are on your way to Greatness. But if you refuse to surrender your life to the Lord Jesus Christ, you continue in your sins. You will only be hearing of Greatness, you won’t get it.

STORY:

I will tell you story. I won’t mention names. If you put two (2) and two (2) you may get the answer. A Great (humanly speaking) man in Nigeria was doing a particular Project. And I was minding my own business (Small boy minding his own business). And God spoke to me and said: so, so, so wants to become so, so, so. It can only be if he would surrender his life to Me.

I said, what do you want me to. He said, Tell him. I won’t be able to tell him, I can’t reach him. He said, I know! Go through those who can reach him. I did, and they reached him; and they told him what I said. You know what he said? He said that will be very difficult. I said fine! I have done my assignment. He touched the goal, but he never got it. He saw the throne, but he never sat on it.

… Sin is an Insulator that can block your way to Greatness.

ALTAR CALL:

So, if you are here tonight (or reading) and you have not yet surrendered your life to Jesus Christ. And you want the Blood of Jesus Christ to wash away your sins so that your way to Greatness can be opened. Am going to count from one (1) to ten (10). Before I say ten (10) run and come and stand before me. I cry to the Almighty God for you; to wash away your sins and then your way to Greatness will be open.

I’m counting now….

You are “BORN TO BE GREAT!” But sin can block the way. But there is only one remedy to sin – the Blood of Jesus cleanses from all sin.

If you come to Him, He will wash you clean and your way to Greatness will be open. Amen!

Well, those of you who are already in front and those of you who are still on the way, cry to the Almighty God and say Lord Jesus save my soul, have Mercy on me, let Your blood wash away my sins. I will serve You for the rest of my life. Wash me clean Lord, become my Lord and my Saviour: Talk to Him in your own language.

And the rest of us please let’s stretch our hands to these our new brothers and sisters and intercede for them. Pray that the One who saved your soul would save their own souls also. Cry to God for them. Pray that the Blood of Jesus Christ would wash them clean. Intercede for them.

Those of you who might still be on the way, keep coming. Just make sure you get here before I finish praying – Come, you are not late yet. Keep coming, today is your Day of Salvation. Tomorrow might be too late. Come now! Let the Blood of Jesus Christ wash away your sins, and open the door to your Greatness.

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

PRAYER FOR SALVATION

My Father and my God, I just want to say Thank You for Your Word. I want to Thank You for all these people who have come forward to surrender their lives to You. Father please receive them in Jesus’ Name. Let Your Blood wipe away their sins. Save their souls. Write their names in the “Book of Life”. Receive them into the Family of God.

Father am praying that beginning from now, anytime they call on You: You will answer them by Fire.

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

Now those of you who have come forward, I want to rejoice with you. Because from now on by the Special Grace of God, I will be praying for you. So am going to need your names, your address and your prayers requests.

The Counselors will give you a Card, which I want you to fill very quickly. And then you return it to them. We will wait for you for two (2) to three (3) minutes to do that.

Congratulations!

PART TWO (2)

The man called Williams Shakespeare wrote in one (1) of his Plays. He said:

“Some are BORN Great, some ACHIEVE Greatness, and some have Greatness THRUST upon them”.

I repeat: Some are BORN Great, some ACHIEVE Greatness (that means they become Great as a result of their own effort) and some have Greatness THRUST upon them (they were not preparing for Greatness but circumstances took Greatness and Landed it on them).

… And you will find ALL these Categories in the Bible.

1. Let’s start with those WHO ARE BORN GREAT.

Jacob before he was born at all, in Romans 9:10-13; the Bible says when the mother was pregnant and there were twins in the womb – Two (2) children of the same mother, in the womb at the same time. They haven’t done good or bad; they were not yet born, but God had already said: the elder will serve the younger. He said because Jacob I love, Esau I hate.

When we talk of beimg BORN GREAT the Elders (the African Elders) they have a Proverb. They say the Elephant never gives birth to a Dwarf. They say the child of an Elephant will be like an Elephant. The day the child of an Elephant is born; it’s already bigger than a goat – BORN GREAT!

The day the child of a Lion is born, a King is born. Oh, it may look small when it is born, and you can even play with it (when the mother is not around). But a King is born!

Before Samson was born, in Judges 13:2-5; God had already said: a Deliverer is about to be born. By the time Solomon was born, in 2 Samuel 12:24-15, the Bible says, the moment Solomon landed this world; God loved him. So it’s no wonder that he ended up been Great. He was loved even before he landed.

And do you know the reason you have survived till this day?

That all the efforts of the enemies to kill you in your mother’s womb; kill you the moment you landed; kill you while you were in the Primary School, et cetera? The reason you have survived it all, is because God loves you. And because He loves you, the Bible says you are “More Than A CONQUEROR!”

… You are BORN to be GREAT!

1. And then he said some people ACHIEVE GREATNESS:

We can have one (1) or two (2) examples very quickly (I will try to be as brief as possible, because there is a lot to be said tonight).

Elijah wasn’t born great. In 1 Kings 17:1 the Bible says: And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead; they didn’t mention his father’s name. Because his father’s name didn’t mean anything. He was born a nobody.

But, before Elijah died, he became a terror to a King. Read 1 Kings 21:16-27. When King Ahab saw Elijah coming he said: you found me, my enemy? He said, I have found you. He was born a nobody, but several times he called down fire from Heaven.

… He ACHIEVED Greatness!

STORY

There was a Man of God (some of you would know him). When he was born, he was so sickly that at a stage his mother got fed up with him. And went and dropped him on a dung hill (if you want to die, stop giving me trouble). After three (3) days (as a baby) the mother went to find out – is he already dead? Has dogs finished him? And found that he was still breathing. Ok! So she took him back home.

Some of you don’t know whom am talking about. It’s late Bishop Benson Idahosa. He shook the world – the Gospel world. He shook the World for Jesus Christ.

… He ACHIEVED Greatness.

Oh you consider David. David was an unwanted child. You know his story; the day they wanted to anoint King in his father’s house, they didn’t even bring him forward. But a day came after he finished lions, finished Goliath, finished Bears. Long after he had died; a day came when Jesus was passing by. Bartimeus said: Jesus, Thou Son of DAVID, have Mercy on me.

… He ACHIEVED Greatness!

Let me decree to somebody here tonight (or reading) that in the Name that is above all other names: you WILL Achieve Greatness.

1. And then Shakespeare said; There are some who have Greatness THRUST UPON THEM. They weren’t looking for it. It was Greatness that pursued them and overtook them. Like the pervious two (2) examples;

Elisha was a Farmer. In 1 Kings 19:19-21; when all of a sudden, a Prophet was passing by and threw his Mantle upon him. Elisha wasn’t asking for Greatness. But Greatness was THRUSTED upon him. I’m talking about a man who became so Powerful that when a King wanted to arrest him, he sent a whole Army. The Army came, and Elisha arrested them – He ARRESTED the Army!

… You want to read about Elisha? Get my Book: “ARRESTING THE ARRESTERS” (It tells you the story about Elisha).

What about PETER: He is another example. He was a Fisherman.. He wanted to be was a Fisherman. But then one day, Jesus stepped into his boat and changed his story.

In the Name that is above every other names; Jesus will step into your boat tonight – Amen!

… He had Greatness THRUSTED upon him.

I wasn’t planning to be a Pastor.

PASTOR? If the day I got Born Again somebody told me I was going to become a Pastor, I could have backslide immediately; without any doubt at all! When my Father in the Lord finally told me (couple of years later) I was going to be Ordained a Pastor, my wife and I; we fasted for fourteen (14) days, praying to God that it will not happen – Fourteen (14) days!

… Who wanted to be a Pastor?

STORY

But then, I have told you the story that once upon a time I went to a Nation, and somehow I managed to see the President on a Monday morning. And he was supposed to see me for fifteen (15) minutes. Two (2) hours later we were still drinking tea. And someone asked who was having Meeting with the President on Monday morning. And they said, it’s a Pastor from Nigeria. He said, Pastor; he is not even a Bishop (laughter).

Let me decree to somebody again; You will be GREAT – Amen!

The Bible says when you become Born Again, all things change.

2 Corinthians 5:17 says: “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

You know the meaning of that? Even if you were not BORN GREAT before, the moment you surrendered your life to Jesus Christ, everything would change. You will become “BORN GREAT”.

Why? Because you have a new Father.

John 1:11-12; it says: “He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave He Power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His Name:”

The day you become Born Again, you have a new Father. Nobody may know your (earthly) father’s Name. But the moment you become a Child of God; and your New Father is called the Most High.

Psalms 91:1 says: “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.”

… Your Father is Higher that the?HIGHEST!

STORY

I have told you the story before of four (4) boys who were playing in the Presidential Lodge. And as usual, the boys began to boast about their fathers. And the son of the President said, my father is the greatest, he’s the Head of States. The second Boy said, but my father is greater than your father. He said how can that be? He said because my father is your father’s Physician; if he ask your father to stay in bed for one (1) week, your father will obey. The third Boy said, but my father is greater than your two fathers. They said how come? He said because my father is the Witch Doctor looking out for your fathers. He can KILL your fathers.

And the Fourth Boy (who’s father is a messenger) said, but my Father is the greatest of ALL. They looked at him and laughed. Everybody is talking, you too you are talking. He said, my Father, not only can He kill, He can make alive. They said, we know your father. He said, No! You don’t know my Father: am talking about my Father in Heaven. He can kill, He can make alive!

When you are Born Again, you become the child of the Most High God.

… Every Born Again child of God, let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

Like the man who spoke before me said, if you are Born Again, you bear His Name. When you name a child, you name him or her after his father. And so you can use that Name to clear obstacles.

PROPHECY

The Lord said there is someone here (or reading) who has been dreaming of coffins, recently. Coffins of different sizes (small, big, medium). And you are worried. Daddy ask me to tell you: the Coffins are not for you or your families. They are not for you!

Acts 11: 26 says that followers of Jesus Christ were called Christians in Antioch.

Christian means someone belonging to Christ.

You have your Father’s Name, you are a child of God. You can use that Name. And like the one who spoke before me said; it’s a Name that is above every other names. At the Name of Jesus, All knees must bow.

And like he told you, I have told you series of stories about how I used the Name of Jesus Christ: used it to cast out demons, et cetera.

STORY

I have told you the story of an American who wanted to come for our Convention. And decided to go via Kenya. He didn’t get the Visa of Nigeria before he got to Kenya. Went to the Embassy, and they sat him down for a long time. After hours, somebody at the Embassy came to him and said, where do you say you are going anyway? He said, I am going for a Convention. Which Convention? The Convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God. Which Redeemed are you talking about? Of Pastor Adeboye. Ah! Why didn’t you say that at the beginning? He said, wait! He went away, provided him with a big cup of tea. And brought him some sandwiches. And while he was eating, fifteen (15) minutes later, his Visa was ready.

… Because he mentioned a name (Pastor Adeboye).

Somebody who wants to be great, let me hear you shout Jesus – JESUS!

When you are Christian, the Blood of Jesus is flowing through you.

Because in John 15:5; He said; “I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”

It is the Blood that is flowing in the Vine that flows in the branches. And there is TREMENDOUS Power in the Blood of Jesus Christ.

It is the Blood, according to Revelation 12:10-11; it’s the Blood that guarantees you Victory over Satan.

So when you are Born Again, you have a New Father. And so, because you are a child of the Greatest, you must become Great.

And then, if you are a child of God, because of your real Father, it becomes easy for you to achieve Greatness.

Why? Because your Father is the Almighty.

In Jeremiah 32:27 He said, “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?”

In Luke 1:37; it says; “For with God nothing shall be impossible.”

If God is your Father, there is nothing you want to do that you cannot do.

Jesus Himself said in Mark 9:23: “if thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believes”

I pray in the Name that is above all names: from now on, no more impossibilities for you – Amen!

Your Father had been existing before Mountains.

That’s why He said in Mark 11:22-23; “And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.”

… Talking about Achieving Greatness; you can command Mountains to move.

PROPHECIES:

1. Oh, Thank You Father. I want to say Amen to this before I tell you; Because Daddy says, there is someone here tonight (or reading): He says if nobody else will help you, I WILL.
2. Oh, Thank You Daddy; I’m grateful Lord. The Lord asks me to tell somebody, He says: I have told you before, RELAX! The storms will soon be over.

Your Father’s dress healed the sick.

Mark 5:25-34; the woman with the issue of blood said: if I can just touch the helm of His garment (of your Daddy); she said I will be made whole. And she was made whole.

And so your own handkerchiefs can heal the sick also.

Acts 19:11-12 God Performed Special Miracles by the hands of Paul.

If He can do it through Paul, He can do it through you. You can Achieve Greatness.

I have never forgotten the Testimony of one of my daughters; whose friend had cancer of the breast. And she went there to the hospital. They were going to cut off the breast completely. She said no problem, let me drop this handkerchief on her before you take her for surgery. She cried to the Almighty God; You are a Miracle working God. This handkerchief is coming from Your son: perform a Miracle! They cut off the breast, within three (3) months, brand new ones grew.

That God is your God; He is no Respecter of Persons.

I have told you before, I said very soon you my children; everywhere you go, Miracles will begin to happen. Some of you thought it was a joke; that I was talking sweet. Until you read about that girl in Akure (Western Nigeria – Ondo State) about a Month or so ago. Who caused pandemonium in a whole Tltown, because she just went about healing the sick.

… Your Testimony will be Greater than that – Amen!

You know, in Mark 4:35-41; Your Dad decreed Peace.

When there was a storm, they woke up your Dad. He said what’s the trouble? Don’t you see the storm? We are about to drown. He said, Ok! Peace be still. And immediately everything was calmed.

And you know it is written in the Bible; Job 22:21-28. It said you too can decree a thing, and it will be established unto you!

In John 14:12, He said “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the Works that I do shall he do also; and Greater Works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.”

… It was Jesus who said so!

And just like my son who spoke before me said, the beauty of it is that wherever you go, you carry the Name of Jesus with you. You can’t forget the Name at home. Anywhere you are, the Name (JESUS) is there! So when you face a Mountain, you move it by using the Name.

And he told you stories about how he commanded the Plane not to move until he got in. When I heard the story I smiled. Maybe because you didn’t see me here (in the Auditorium) you didn’t know I was listening to everything.

STORY:

Because I have told you the story before; I went to Ghana years ago (several years ago). Finished what I was doing. My children escorted me to the Airport, and since I was coming to Nigeria (my car would be waiting to take me home). I emptied my pocket to give them all the money I had. They left!

Now, I went to sit down in the Waiting Room, and then they announced: that the Plane that was supposed to take us Nigeria will first of all take people to Sierra Leone, and then come back for us. I had no money on me and I was hungry.

There’s a different between beimg hungry and Fasting! Those of you who know me very well, no that when I Fast, I Fast; when I eat, I eat! I know some of you believe I don’t eat – It’s alright! Invite me to your house; prepare real good Pounded Yam with combination Okra soup. And put all manners of meat inside.

And in your Dining Room, you will see the Glory of God (laughter!) As a Mountain will become a Valley. I know, I may not have good money; but I have good appetite.

… Let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

Those of you who cannot eat, from tonight onward you will be able to eat in the Name of Jesus – Amen!

So I was hungry, I had no money. I made a decree: I said ALL the Senior Officials of the Ghanian Airways, you will have no rest until I leave this Place; in Jesus’ Name. Few Minutes later, everyone of them in the Senior Cadres came out:

Where are those going to Nigeria? We said, we are here. Has anybody given you something to eat? We said No! We have no food, except this Cake. At least Cake is better than Nothing! They sliced the Cake into pieces and gave everyone of us a slice and they gave us a bottle of Coke. Because I was hungry I did finished that in a jiffy. The Leader of the Team said to me, there is only one slice left, do you want it? I said Yes! He gave me that one slice.

And just as I was about to finished eating, they said: the Plane that was to go to Sierra Leone would go to Nigeria first. And I said, now you can rest.

Every obstruction to your Greatness I decree tonight, they be moved in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

Now, as for Greatness been THRUST UPON YOU; What you need to do is to read Acts 1:8.

It says that you will receive Power after the Holy Ghost is come upon you.

What is Power?

Power is the ability to do work. Power is the ability to achieve mighty things. Llike in Acts 8:5-8. It talks about a young boy called Stephen. He wasn’t thinking of Greatness. He just joined the Church, and then he became filled with the Holy Spirit. And they chose him to be an Usher (they call them Deacon now) – he was to distribute food (as an Usher). And then, situation came that moved him out of the city into Samaria. When he got there, Miracles began to happen.

In the Name that is above every other names, from tonight on; everywhere you go, Miracles will follow you – Amen!

So what am I trying to say? If you are a child of God; because your Father is Great, you are “BORN TO BE GREAT!”

You might be a little lion (like that beautiful song that the Choir rendered). But one day you are going to be like your Father – THE BIG LION.

So you must pursue Greatness vigorously; don’t settle for anything less.

Habakkuk 2:2 says: You are to run with a Vision. You must be willing to work hard, for Greatness. Proverbs 22:29. It says: ‘Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.”

You say, I can’t see Greatness around me. Eh, take the little you see and multiply it. Remember the story of the Talents? Matthew 25:

PROPHECIES:

1. Thank You Father! The Lord says there someone who has been pursuing something for a long time. He asks me to tell you: Before the end of this Year, you will say: “AT LAST”.

… At last, AT LAST! Almighty God please let that be all said concerning all of us at DMC MEDIACREW FAMILY.

1. Daddy asks me to explain something – you know the word “WONDERFUL” – It is a combination of two (2) words: WONDER and FULL. And in WONDER (like somebody defined it years ago). He said a WONDER is that which causes you to wonder! That is a very funny interpretation. But a WONDER is actually that which causes you to open your mouth without nothing to say.

“…A WONDER is that thing that causes you to say, AH!”

Daddy asks me to tell somebody, that very, very soon: a Miracle is coming your way that will cause you to say, AH!

Pursue Greatness vigorously.

Like the brother who spoke before me said: Be willing to Pay the Prize for Greatness! Refuse to die small.

I have shared this story with you before – of Esau, the day his father blessed his brother. The blessing that was meant for him went to his brother. When he came back, he said: Father, you said you have blessed this fellow who turned around and stole my blessing? Papa Isaac said YES (and he shall be blessed). He Ok, have you no reserve? Is there no Reserved Blessing?

The father said, ah! I have already made him your lord. Don’t you have anything at all: don’t you have a leftover blessing?

The father said, you are going to serve him. But all the same, when you are STRONG, you will break the yoke off your neck. He said, fine; That’s enough! And he ran with that remnant of blessing. He began to work vigorously; he refused to die small.

Years past, Jacob who ran away from home was coming back. And he sent a message to his brother (with all kinds of gifts). Go and tell my brother Esau, I am coming back home (hopefully with all these gifts he will look at me with Favour). And those people came back and they said, your brother is coming; and he is coming with four hundred (400) Bodyguards!

Ah, Jacob said, am finished. It was Jacob who had the BIG BLESSING. Esau got only a remnant. But the day Jacob heard that Esau was coming: it was Jacob who was trembling (not Esau).

I decree today, all those who think you will never become Great; will see you coming and they will tremble – Amen!

Esau came and said, what’s the meaning of all these goats and sheep? Jacob said, they are for you Sir. So that you can favour me. Esau said: I HAVE ENOUGH! Keep your own.

Everyone who thought you are going to come to them begging, in the Name that’s above every other names: you will tell the, I HAVE MORE THAN YOU – Amen!

… You must work for Greatness! You have to work hard; you must WORK HARD.

STORY:

I have told you my story again and again. One of these days, some of you will come and visit me at home (in my village) and you will see for yourself. I looked at my situation; my father was so poor, poor people called him POOR! And yet he had two (2) wives and many children. I looked at his farm, this farm that wasn’t enough to support my father? When he dies, they are going to divide it amongst us.

I made up my mind: I refuse to die in poverty; whatever it’s going to cost. And I new that the only way out was to study. If I can just study. I studied, I gained admission to Ilesha Grammar School (in Western Nigeria – Osun State). My mother, when the result came called me inside the room, and said you this boy, what are you trying to do? You want to expose us to ridicule? You know we have no money and you say you want go to Grammar School. She said, please my boy, Christmas is coming, I will buy you a good dress. Forget about this Grammar School.

I said, I don’t want Christmas dress, I want to go to School. She said, we have money. I said, you will find the money. I’m talking of 1955 (so you will know how young I must be). I told her I will not eat, until you pay my deposits. She thought I was joking. First day I didn’t eat anything. Second day I refused to eat. By the third day (since I happened to be the only son she had) between her and my father; they got the money for deposits.

And I kept on, by one method or the other, I finished Secondary School. And then gained admission into the University and then one School in Ondo State (Western Nigeria) said they will sponsor me to go and study. But they needed somebody for Mathematics. English was my best subject. But they said they don’t need English. They wanted somebody in Mathematics.

Ah, am good in Mathematics, too. So they said they will sponsor me for Mathematics, but after my school I will come back and serve them for five (5) years. I said, no problem. I graduated, I came back, started serving. But after two and half (2½) years I became restless: I’m getting old, I don’t want to stop with B.Sc. So I gained Admission for M.Sc. I begged them, let me go for my Masters. After Masters I will come back and finish my Bond. They didn’t believe me. I came to the University of Lagos, finished my Masters; ran back to go and serve them. Then I became an embarrassment to them, because I had a bigger degree than my Principal. They never thought I would come back! After another one and a half (1½) years; I said please, let me go and finish my Ph.D. I will come back. They said, GO! DON’T COME BACK (laughter).

You will be GREAT. But you must be willing to pay the prize.

I told you before, I was reading the Bible one day and I came across 1 Corinthians 12:31, where it says: “But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.”

Oh, so I’m allowed to be covetous when it comes to Spiritual Gifts?

Ah! I lifted my voice to the Almighty God, I said Father, I want double the portion of the Anointing of Elisha, plus double the Anointing of Peter, plus double the Anointing of Paul, plus double the Anointing of the Lord Jesus Christ when He was here. Add everything together and double it again!

And God said to me:

… And He will speak to you tonight – Amen!

He said, my son you have asked for a dangerous thing. If I give you what you are asking for, they won’t let you rest. I said, that’s a good problem. Just double the Anointing.

… Let me ask you tonight: How GREAT do you want to be? Ordinarily great? Very great? Extremely great? May God grant your requests – Amen!

I want to close with something I shared with those who came to the Holy Communion last night. I told them, I said, when there is a State Function and it is time for entertainment; they will ask some people – the Heads of State should go to a particular place. Then, maybe the Governors and so on, go to another place. And then maybe Commissioners will go to another place. And then they will say: All others (laughs), you stay where you are, we will give you something to carry home. I told them, I said when you go to some of these Functions; because some of you have never been invited

… But very soon, they will be Inviting you – Amen!

Then on your Invitation Cards, they put some Letters, so that when the time comes (to separate the Great from the Small) it will be easy. On some Invitation Cards they put Letter “C”. Some Letter “B”. And then on some they put Letter “A”. So when you get the Card with Later “A” you feel you are very important. Until you see a Card with Letters “AA” (laughs). Then you will see that “A” passes “A”. And at times you will see a card with Letters “AAA”.

… What kind of Card do you want? The one with Letters “AAA”.

Let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

Before you pray; because am convinced beyond all doubts, that God who gave me the Theme for tonight has something in store for you. PLEASE, when you become Great; DON’T FORGET GOD.

Because you are going to be GREAT!

There’s nothing the devil can do about it now. When you become Great; don’t forget God.

Solomon was born Great. He achieved Greatness; but at the end of his life he said, “Vanity upon vanity, ALL is vanity”.

King Saul (he wasn’t born Great) but he had Greatness thrust upon him. But when he became great, he forgot God, and ended up a Madman.

… It is the end that matters!

When you become Great, please don’t forget God.

PRAYER POINTS:

1. I want you to Thank the Almighty God for loving you, for saving your soul and bringing you into His Family.
2. Father, please don’t let me sell my birthright. Am BORN TO BE GREAT; don’t let me sell my Birthright of Greatness.
3. Father, please help me to achieve greatness that You planned for me: Everything I need to become Great, make available.
4. Father, please Anoint me mightily for Superior Greatness: Not ordinary Greatness; SUPERIOR GREATNESS.
5. Father, please when I do become glGreat Father, don’t let me disappoint You.
6. Father, let me end well.
7. Make your own Individual Requests.

… The Altar is opened, I’m going yo give you an opportunity for thirty (30) good minutes tonight. To cry to the Almighty God on these Prayer Points that I have listed for you.

… Talk to the LORD NOW!

Thank You Father, Glory be to Your Holy Name. In Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed.

GO DECREES:

In the Name that is above every other names; I hereby decree: You shall be GREAT! You shall be VERY GREAT! You will reach the top. Your children will be Greater than you. Physically you shall be Great; Materially you shall be Great; Spiritually you shall be Great. and you will finish well.

In your Greatness you will not disappoint God. Everything you need to be Extraordinarily Great, God will release to you. He will Anoint you for Greatness. And you will use your Greatness to serve God.

So shall it be. You won’t die Small. My God will answer your Prayers. You will sing a New Song. Every obstruction to your Greatness; God Himself will destroy.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen!

Well, let somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

God bless you!

You can go back to your seats. And then in the next few Minutes (10 – 15 minutes) am going to request that the Pastors will join you in Prayer of Agreement. Because the Bible says if two (2) of us shall agree as touching anything we ask on Earth, it shall be done by our Father in Heaven.

So am going to ask the Pastors to please line up (as we did last Month), you will lay hands on these people as a Sign of Agreement to God, that you have agreed with them: that THEY WILL BE GREAT!

… So the Pastors let’s move very quickly (God will strengthen you).

Mummy GO and the AGOs will help me lay hands on the people on the Altar. While the Pastors will lay hands on the people in the congregation. Please one of the AGOs will help attend to the people in the Choir.

… The Choir will be worshipping God to cause the Spirit of God to keep on moving.

Thank You Father! Well, if they haven’t lay hands on you, locate a Pastor close to you. We have to continue now.

THANKSGIVING

Is anyone here who has been blessed? Anyone who wants to say Thank You Jesus? Well, let’s take our Thanksgiving Offering very quickly.

Clearly there is a Link between Greatness and Prosperity. The Bible says God has blessed Abraham greatly: with Silver, with Gold, in Cattle. The Bible says Isaac waxes great, went forward, grew until he became very great. It says because he had, not only flocks of all kinds, the Bible says he even has stores of Servants. He had Servants so many, that they were being stored.

The Bible says the Shunemite Woman was a Great woman and she was wealthy.

You are going to be Wealthy also, in Jesus’ Name – Amen!

So you are going to lift your Offering to the Almighty God and say Father, in the Mighty Name of Jesus, let me become Great Materially. Go ahead, talk to the Almighty God: through this offering let me access “Material Greatness”. Let me have More Than Enough, so that I can lend to Nations. Let me become Great Materially also.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

So with Joy in our hearts, dancing (the dancing of great people); you dance to the nearest basket and drop your offering. And then we will say the closing prayer before you are on your way home.

… Over to you Band!

Thank You Lord!

Now, some people have asked, Convention is coming, everybody is going to be fed, by the Special Grace of God (no matter how many billions).

So they say, how can we contribute? Well, if you want to contribute towards the feeding you are free to. You can do it by cash, you can do it by kind. How much cash? Depends on your strength.. From a N100 to a hundred Billion.

… I thought somebody will say Amen to that – Amen!

You can send in Cows and Rice. You say how many cows do we need? Well, I think last Year we were able to manage with about a thousand (1,000) cows per day! So this Year we would be much more. You can send in Cows, Rice, Goats, Yam, Loaves of Bread, chicken, fish. And you can send in money!

… Let us pray!

FINAL BLESSING:

My Father and my God I want to Thank You very, very much for what You have done for us tonight. I know that the Greatness of Your children is now settled. Father, accept our thanks in Jesus’ Name.

Please, bless their offering, sanctify it and use it for Your Glory.

I pray that all these your children will be Mightily Great Materially. I pray that none of us will ever beg for money again.

And now, as you go, the Almighty God will go with you. He will keep you, He will protect you, He will defend you, He will promote you.

And by the time we meet again, your Testimonies will be many.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – AMEN!

Who got to biggest Miracle tonight? Then shout the biggest Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

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