Month: September 2019

  • EPISODE 1: THE WRONG REASONS FOR MARRIAGE

    EPISODE 1: THE WRONG REASONS FOR MARRIAGE

    Counselling Session With Dr Timi Oyebode At Bethel Institute of Biblical Research Singles Summit,Gbongan,Osun State, Nigeria

    … And I really need us to take note of this, please!

    1. Do not really marry because somebody got pregnant for you or because you got pregnant for somebody.

    In recent times, the reality of this has come so well. There os a young man, who the sister was sharing with us in a Program where we were recently: they are Born Again, they are Christians.

    In fact the Sister was saying that it’s God that wants to deal with him, for fornicating. Because that one time formication ended in the Lady coming to say she was pregnant.

    So just once, and the woman came and say she was pregnant. And he, of course being a responsible Brother, he was saying that the Sister said as at that time, she was saying ‘I don’t want to have children out of wedlock’.

    He doesn’t love this Girl, they have not prayed together – it’s just an error!

    That’s why the Sister kept saying because God wanted to catch you.

    He married the woman!

    This is ten (10) Years down the line, the Man’s life is shattered and they have DIVORCED.

    When she was now telling us, she said: Will it now have been better if he didn’t marry her? Than he marrying and having it on record that he is divorced?

    The same child he was trying to protect, that same child is going through the same pain of a “Separated Home!”

    Not only that child (because they had another child). So the two (2) children are going to suffer for the mistake he made.

    … It’s a long time ago that they used to say, she’s pregnant!

    I have one of my brothers too that the same story happened to him. He is committing Adultery; he has a Girl in his house that has a child for him. He would say, am not even attracted to her: she’s too dirty, too this!

    And he will tell you it’s the family that said because she was pregnant, he needed to marry her.

    A mistake does not mean that you should continue to make mistakes.

    And you see that pregnancy; whether it was a mistake by you or whoever; it was not God’s mistake!

    God wanted that child to come, so you don’t try to correct a mistake by making more mistakes.

    And I think that’s one place, especially for Pastors. They now cover up! That’s even the bad part.

    Because the Lady is pregnant, they quickly come to Church, and do wedding. And some of us are suspicious, why the rush?

    One of my girls asked me recently (there was a Wedding like that): Pastor, Mummy, was it not in April that we went for Pastor so, so Wedding? The wife’s stomach is like this…. I said, are you measuring her stomach? (Laughter!)

    A young Girl; although they will then tell us it’s premature Baby – We have heard!

    But who will suffer it, is it me? – You don’t need it!

    I have a couple that came to me years ago. I will never forget those couple (elderly couple) – husband and wife. The son said all his life (the son is about thirty five (35) Years old). The son said all is life, he has always seen his parent fight – All his life!

    And so when he heard about me, he decides that – I think you people need to come and meet this woman!

    The day they came, it was the wife that entered first. When she entered, she went out, the husband entered. She then followed him and said, ‘you see your life, it’s your child’s age mate that we are now coming to meet’. That was what she said!

    The man was telling me sorry, for bringing problem to me. I told him, no problem.

    And of course, that was the way it was! I had to tell the Holy Spirit, please give me wisdom. Holy Spirit something is wrong!

    They started fighting in my office there, they were exchanging words, they were abusing themselves (elderly couple). And then at some point I said, I need to know how you people met.

    How did you even meet, that you decided, you are the one that wants to marry this?

    Then both of them were silent; you talk!

    And that was how the history came out: they were both Leaders!

    The woman was the Head of Choir, she said she was Evangelist Bola Are’s friend. As in they were singing together, and Ministering.

    She said the Ministry that God gave to her, it was supposed to be bigger, if not more than Mama Bola Are.

    Immediately she said it, you know what the man said? He was CAC inclined and a young Pastor who just started Ministry. He said by now, he would have been a Big Known Name. He said ‘you are a witch, you truncated my Destiny’.

    The woman too said, you are a bad man, you are the one that took my Ministry away from me.

    They never talked about it all the Years they were married: They were preparing for their wedding, their wedding was three (3) Months to come. They were buying Aso Ebi, so the man said she should bring some Aso Ebi so that he will give his own family.

    The woman went there, the man has gone to work. He was not at home. She waited for him, by the time he came it was late. Ah! It will be too dark for you to be going now. Maybe you should just stay till tomorrow morning. She stayed overnight till the following morning.

    One month later, pregnancy! But you know the amazing thing, they didn’t know they were pregnant. That was where the shock was!

    They had Prayed, they thought God has forgiven them. So they continued with the plan of the wedding. Three (3) days to their wedding day, the Church said they should go and do a Pregnancy Test.

    Three (3) days to their wedding! And they had gone, the Test came out positive. And the Church canceled their wedding. Three (3) days to their wedding!

    And that was it! So she just had to pack her bags and pack in to the Guy’s house. They never talked about it again; nobody raised it, nobody talked about it. And they started giving birth to children. They have four (4) in all.

    But the children kept saying, all their lives, they see that their parents were always fighting.

    Because when you marry somebody because the person is pregnant for you, the bitterness and anger, God will not forgive you – because you are bitter against that person.

    So, is it not better you are taking care of your child as a Single Mother?

    Take it as a punishment for being careless, and raise that child with Love? And the man being responsible, sending money, or taking the child to your parents.

    One of our young Boys who did that recently, that is what his father did for him. He got admission to the University of Ilorin. The same Month a Girl came home to his mother that she is pregnant for him.

    Do you know what the father did?

    The father sent a message to him that he should come home – that there is an emergency. He got home, the father said, I can’t feed both of you. Sebi you now have a baby? I will take one – if am going to pay school fees for your baby, then you have to fend for yourself.

    He was in Unilorin, he has to go and cater for himself. In fact the first one (1) Year he had to defer his admission because he couldn’t raise money. And his father refused to give him money because he has started paying Antenatal for the Girl he impregnated.

    … Pregnancy is not synonymous to Marriage!

    1. Another one, Pressure of Age!

    There was a young Girl who was talking to me recently, and she said, eh, I want to get married.

    And I said, how old are you? She said twenty six (26) Years – you know that at that age I should the married.

    At twenty six (26)? She said, you know that is what the society believes:

    If you are twenty six (26) Years old and you are not married, there is a problem? – The pressure of Age!

    Who says? I know it’s peculiar to us the Yorubas.

    A typical Ibo Guy, forty (40) something, you’ll see them single. He is hustling – that is what they say.

    Let us not be put under Pressure, especially the Pressure of Age. God has different Timetable for everyone of us.

    So somebody married at the age of twenty one (21), does not mean compulsorily you too you have to marry at age twenty one (21) – If your own is thirty (30) or thirty five (35); so be it!

    Ah! By the time I’m thirty five (35) Years old; they will say am too old.

    Who says?

    I still remember one of my mum’s friends. As in saying my mum’s friend, which means I was matured then ( I was in secondary school) before that Aunty got married; and she still got married, and we still went for her wedding – Who says!

    Recently, we heard this woman sixty (6O) Years old; Bukola Osagie Claire – Sixty (60) years old.

    Although she was a widow; she has been married and her husband died and left her with children. You will even probably will know her – those of you who know Music very well. Simi’s mother! Simi, that girl, that Musician. Her Mother just got married at sixty (60).

    So who is talking about age and marriage? If God has told you you will get married, then so be it!

    1. Another one; The Quest to leave the house:

    My father is wicked, I need to get out of this house. So the first man that comes, you jump and follow.

    1. Religion, Revelation of Prophecies;

    Thank you Pastor (because he spoke excessively on that). And he told, you are the first Prophet after Jesus who is seeing something for you. They see things for you, when wahala starts, they will back out!

    One of my friends, that is her own situation: her Pastor encourage them, pushed them (she was quite young). The man was the head of choir. They pushed them, and they did the wedding – You are compatible, God brought you together.

    Years down the line when their problems started. Ten (10) time, by the time they were going for a divorce, the Pastor that said it on the Altar; came out Publicly on the Altar and said Bro Lagbaja and Sister Lagbaja are going for a Divorce. So they are dismembered from the Church. We don’t want anybody to have anything to do with them again!.

    The Lady was talking to me, she was crying. She said, can you imagine? And they were the one that were pushing her into the Marriage. When the trouble got there, they didn’t stand by her.

    1. Threats and Blackmail: in fact, me I don’t even use to talk more about that one.

    The one I talk about is Pity: You see you Sister that pities a brother: ‘I just feel for him, I pity his condition – the way he talks!’

    Ah! You pity and marry somebody? You use pity and marry somebody? Please no pity; be sure and be clear. No sentiments!

    1. Some people marry because of Joblessness – Financial Security. So that somebody else could help them.
    2. Some people marry because they want to give their parents grandchildren – So that my Mother will see and dance with her grandchild.

    Is your Mother and your own Destiny the same? If you her a grandchild, and she sees and dances with the grandchild, abi? And she finally now dies. And you now continue a Marriage of hell.

    I don’t know, maybe some of you do not know some of these things ongoing now. But so you know that Domestic Violence Rate has changed? – Most of the records we have now, is women beating their men. Yes!

    Recently, they created this Team where women are trained. A man told me, not quite long, you won’t believe it, but my wife is beating me.

    1. Some people get married because that is the next Agenda after School.

    … Now that you are done with School, so what next? – Marriage!

    Ah! When some other people are making great things with their lives.

    1. Some people go all out to get married, because somebody offered to take them Abroad.

    There is a Guy Abroad who is looking for a wife. And you, you are available – Opportunity! American here I come!

    I’m sure I said something: America is not Heaven – You need to get there once.

    Maybe when you get there, the excitement will die off. And you will realise Nigeria is better!

    America is not Heaven! They use it to deceive us and the Glamour are all lies. They have slums, they have villages, they have poor people, they are poor, they cannot eat. They have beggars, and when many of our people get there, they become beggars.

    And unfortunately, somebody marries you and take you there, the person is in control. He will seize your Passport. He will flog you and beat you. And there is nothing you can do. Because you are an illegal Immigrant.

    1. Some people get married, because everybody is getting married – All my friends have gotten married.

    Ok, anyway these are the CORE THINGS you should consider to now choose.

    So if you want to choose, we are talking about – doing any of these Reasons, DON’T get married.

    Extracts from the Counselling Session With Dr Timi Oyebode @ Bethel Institute of Biblical Research Singles Summit, Gbongan, Osun State Nigeria.

    … You can have Dr Timi in your location – Just talk to us!

  • Good Night our Daddy, Pastor Elijah Daramola

    Good Night our Daddy, Pastor Elijah Daramola

    The Discovery Media Crew Family commiserates with the Family of Pastor Elijah O. Daramola, Daddy GO, Governing Council and the entire RCCG Family on the Glorious exit of one the Generals in RCCG.

    Pastor Elijah Daramola, age 67 until his demise, was a member of the Governing Council of the Mission.

    He passed on to Glory in the early hours of Sunday September 22 2019 after a brief illness.

    Our daddy before the advent of Provinces, was State Pastor in Lagos State.

    Thereafter, he was made the Pastor in Charge of Region 10, FCT from where he moved to Southern Africa Region 2 based in South Africa.

    In 2018, he was transferred back to Nigeria and became the Assistant General Overseer supervising the South East and South – South Regions in addition to being the Pastor in Charge of Region 6 based in Enugu.

    Pastor Daramola is survived by his wife, Pastor Margaret Daramola and children.

    Burial Arrangements to be announced later.

    We pray that the Lord accept the repose of his soul.

    Good Night our daddy, Pastor Elijah Daramola – From the entire DMC Family

  • BE JOYFUL TO BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS

    BE JOYFUL TO BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS

    EDITORIAL NOTES: This short story as told by this Narrator will surely give you another Perspectives as to how you should react Joyfully when people around you keep on meeting you for Assistance in life to meet their Needs.

    … Happy Reading!

    Over twenty five (25) Years ago I was an unfulfilled young Manager working with one of the banks.

    I was angry with myself and with people around me as I felt cheated and felt used.

    I found out that am usually particularly upset towards the end of each Month after I get paid my salary interestingly.

    My deep frustrations stemmed from the fact that immediately after I received my salary; my friends and relations (Nuclear and Extended alike) would literally line up to collect all the money. Each had a Compelling Need bothering on problems necessitating urgent attention – Financial Needs equal to or more than what my salary may crop up with sometimes.

    These lasted for years unabated and i wondered when all these would really come to end so that I will be free and enjoy my money alone with my family.

    One night I wept until I slept off. And then I had a dream: God spoke to me. He said He has heard my cry. He said since I was tired of Helping Others; He will re-arrange things in my family and among my friends.

    Part of the re-arrangement process will involve transferring the Blessings He gave me to one of my unnamed brothers. After that I shall become one of those asking for Help from him.

    I woke up in the morning and began to roll on the floor. I prostrated before God; begging God to retain the status quo.

    I begged God not to turn me to a beggar. I begged God to send more people to ask for Help from me – I was broken at the stark reality of what it means to be a Giver and not a Receiver.

    That morning God reassured me that He had heard my New Prayers and He then revealed some more sparkling revelations to me which I will like to share with you as below:

    He told me that in each family and Nation He had made Provision for a JOSEPH.

    And that He even chooses the Joseph of each family and Nation even before they are born.

    And then He explained further to me that He usually blesses such Joseph SO THAT THROUGH THEM HE WILL BLESS THE REST OF THE FAMILY AND NATION

    He said peradventure if such Person does not cooperate with Him in carrying out this Divine Mandate; He takes away that Blessing from such and places it on another sibling of his.

    With this revelation I understood some issues surrounding me: I learnt to become a better Giver to relations – Doing this, I became more Fulfilled.

    … And this in the long run, Life made more meaningful to me afterwards.

    Hear this Friends: Every Blessings God gave you is for you and others – With even quite a larger proportion of it interestingly even meant for others.

    So, If you withhold such alone and use it alone you will soon feel a crack on the pipelines of Supply.

    Friends, do you find yourself in this shoes? You may be the Joseph of your family and Nation!

    At your leisure time, I will strongly admonish you to read through meditatively the Story of Joseph from Genesis Chapter 37 to Genesis Chapter 50 to grasp a better understanding of this Subject Matter: He became Great so that he would save his brothers, his father, the Nation of Egypt and in fact the whole world.

    So stop feeling bad in Helping others. Do it with all gladness of Heart knowing fully well that you were Chosen from birth for that Purpose.

    You are infact in doing that carrying out a “Divine Mandate” you did not labour to qualify for.

    Check this out: All you have if they are for you alone, God would not have given you that much and given your friends, brothers and sisters that less.

    Our God is smart a God. He knows what you exactly need. Be always glad to distribute to your siblings, close friends, relations and the poor around you.

    … You were raised up to lift them up – So learn from my mistakes.

    As from today, start enjoying life again like this Narrator. Stop lamenting lest you get God angry.

    Rejoice and Fulfill your Destiny Mandate.

    Do remain Blessed and you will soon share your Testimonies of your New Fulfilments in Life!

    The Truth of the matter is that: “every daily efforts that you failed to make use of will gradually erodes your position in life”. The Choice therefore is yours … SO PAY THE PRICE!

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Pastor Simon Aranonu.

    Yours Always

    MOSES DURODOLA

    CONVENER, DISCOVERY MEDIA CREW

  • FESTIVAL OF LIFE (Middle East Region) 2019 SERVICES AND SESSIONS – PDF Format

    FESTIVAL OF LIFE (Middle East Region) 2019 SERVICES AND SESSIONS – PDF Format

    Discovery Media crew brings to you the full text of The Middle East Region Year 2019 FESTIVAL OF LIFE SERVICES AND SESSIONS IN DUBAI, UAE.

    Kindly download the PDF format below.

    God bless you.

  • RCCG FESTIVAL OF LIFE IN THE MIDDLE EAST REGION (UAE)- SISTER’S SUMMIT/CONFERENCE – MINISTERING: PASTOR (MRS) FOLU ADEBOYE

    RCCG FESTIVAL OF LIFE IN THE MIDDLE EAST REGION (UAE)- SISTER’S SUMMIT/CONFERENCE – MINISTERING: PASTOR (MRS) FOLU ADEBOYE

    THEME: LET THE FIRE FALL

    SESSION TOPIC: WOMEN AS TEMPLE OF THE MOST HIGH GOD

    DATE: 14TH SEPTEMBER, 2019

    BIBLE TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 3: 16-17

    Shall we begin to Worship the One who can make us a Living Sanctuary.

    His Name is the Lord of Hosts: He is the King of Glory, He is the El-Shaddai, He is the Lord of Hosts. He is the Alpha and Omega, He is our Fortress, He is our Shield, He is our Governor, He is our Great Warrior in the Battle of Life.

    He is the King that is Coming back. What a Father we have in You? What a friend we have in You? What a Saviour we have in You?

    He has no Comparison: From Everlasting to Everlasting He is God. He Changeth Not. He is our God Forever.

    In Jesus Mighty Name we have Worship – Amen!

    OPENING PRAYER

    Our Father and our God. The King of kings and the Lord of lords. The Ever Faithful, the Ever sure Daddy we acknowledged Your Faithfulness towards us this Morning Lord.

    Thank You for yesterday (Friday), Thank You for Thursday, Thank You for every day of our Lives that we have spent. We are Grateful to You because we know that we are in the midst of a Great Revival in this Nation (Dubai).

    Thank You for the Souls that are saved yesterday. You have been Wonderful – we are Grateful.

    Thank God for being Faithful to us once again: For waking us up this morning. And Your Words says every morning is Your Mercy and Your Compassion can never fail. And great is Your Faithfulness.

    Therefore, we celebrate Your Faithfulness, we celebrate Your Compassion and we say Thank You Daddy in the Name of Jesus.

    We are here in Your Name. We invite You Formally that You should come down in Your Power, in Your Might and be with us this Meeting.

    And when Your Words is coming out expressly; Let there be Healings, let there be Restorations, let there be Purity, let there be Power.

    At the end of this Meeting, let us remain Grateful to You and have the Hope of Heaven more than ever before.

    In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

    Praise, Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

    Let us greet ourselves: at least five (5) people before you sit down – Amen.

    I believed that this is the first of its kind because the last time that I came here, it was not like this – We are not as many.

    And this time around, I think we have ceased the opportunity of attending the Holy Ghost Service last night for all those who came from other countries to come and join us in this Meeting.

    So, I want to congratulate all of us here as well as bring Greetings from Nigeria – If you are clapping, please clap very well.

    God is doing a New Thing in Nigeria. And am sure since He is not a Respecter of Person, He is going to extend His Words to us in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen.

    The Women’s Conference all over the world is going on well and by the Grace of God; every time I take the responsibility to send you what you should do as a Retreat by sending you Bible Study for the Retreat and even by sending to us things that you need to Pray about for the whole Year.

    Is there anyone among you who is Conversant with such among you?

    Ok, so it is so that we can be on the same Page. That is why we are doing all these things.

    So, I will be calling out all the Leaders among the Countries around here. I don’t know all the Countries in this Particular Region much.

    I only knew probably: Oman, Qatar, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Kuwait.

    Or maybe we should even call out all the names of the Countries so that we can acknowledged them.

    … Alright, from whichever Countries you came from; we want to say: Thank You and God Bless You as You have come.

    And like am trying to tell you that all over the Nations; the Women Forum has become very Strong and Powerful.

    And I believed that Your Region will not be an exception in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen.

    Once again, I salute all the Leaders of this Region, The Countries Coordinator Wives and all Parish Mothers in the House.

    … Please wave your hands and shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    God Bless You – Well Done!

    Now this morning, I have been asked to talk on the particular Topic which I believed that it is very appropriate to this our Time.

    … And the Topic is: “WOMEN AS TEMPLE OF THE MOST HIGH GOD.”

    Our Bible Text is: 1 Corinthians 3: 16-17.

    1. Know ye not that ye are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
    2. If any man defile the Temple, him shall God destroy; for the Temple of God is Holy, which Temple ye are.

    … And am going to follow about five (5) Outlines:

    1. What is the Literal Meaning of the Temple.
    2. The Temple as related to us – That is who we are.
    3. What is our Duty or Purpose as the Temple of the Living God?
    4. Repercussion of the Abuse of The Temple.
    5. The Rewards of the appropriate use of the Temple.
    6. WHAT IS THE LITERAL MEANING OF A TEMPLE?

    A Temple is an Edifice or a Place that is dedicated to the Service or Worship of a Deity.

    Formerly in the Old Religion, we have people who built Temples for The Lord – Solomon built one, Zerubbabel built one, Herod built one.

    And these are Temples are built by hands and it is for the Worship of the Almighty God. Nothing evil was brought inside. And even the way they designed the Outer Temple; it is from Column to Column.

    There is a Place called “The Holies of Holies” – Only the Priest alone can enter this Place.

    That is where the Priests do Intercession and make sure that he stands in the Gap between the People and God.

    … And only the Priest do that!

    And there is an “Outer Court” where they do sacrifices: Sacrifices of sin, Sacrifices for Thanksgiving and so forth and so forth.

    And that is what the Temple is supposed to be in the Literal meaning for the Temple.

    1. But the Temple is related to us now as Christian Women according to where we read in 1 Corinthians 3: 16-17.

    The Bible asked us a question or made a categorical statement about you and me – Know ye not that ye are the Temple of God?

    That is: Have you lost the understanding that you are the Temple of the Most High God?

    Have you lost the understanding that you are Sacred?

    Have you lost the understanding that you are Separate?

    You are in the House of Worship on your own; where Worship should be done constantly.

    And now He now said to continue that particular Verse is a question: And that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you.

    Which means that in every Temple, God expects His Spirit to dwell in it.

    And the Temple as related to us that is what we are here to discuss – “Know Ye Not?”

    So we are the Temple of the Most High God – The House of Worship of God.

    That is why we should not find it difficult to Worship God anywhere in the world – Worship everywhere.

    I love the Chinese Christians. I have met them several times and even the Koreans – Have been in the Korean Church. In 1985, I was there and after that I have been there about two (2) or three (3) times. Anywhere they are in the world if they are Christians we know. They don’t hide their Faith as they Worshipped God anywhere.

    … And this is what God is saying: Know ye Not that we are the Temples of the Living God?

    We are to Worship God constantly. It is not when we get to Church that we should Worship God only. It must be part and parcel of us as we breathe in. Worship should be a thing that is conversant and you know, part of our life.

    And as we are saying as regards us as Christian Women, we are the Temple of the Living God.

    The Bible tells us in John 4: 23-24 that Worship must be done in Spirit and in Truth.

    We should not Worship God with a lying tongue or a lying heart. It must come within, it must be true, it must be a sincere Worship – Not Eye Service, not the one you want to do things to intimidate others – You sing and your voice go loud than everybody (That is not Worship).

    … It must be done in the Spirit and in the Truth.

    We must be sincere in our Worship.

    When you see people really Worshipping God, it goes into the depth of their heart. They don’t care what is going on around them as they are lost completely in the Spirit.

    But today, what kind of Worship do we give?

    We have been brought back. God is reminding you and me – No ye Not that we are the Temples of the Living God?

    There are other women in the Nations who can Worship God. We have people who has made Worship their Profession. It doesn’t matter if they are in the Spirit or not but in the one that we are talking of this morning. It says that those ones Worship God in Spirit and in Truth.

    It is not that we are Worshipping God because we want them to see our new dresses or our new hair styles or how sonorous our voices are but that which is deep. When the Holy Spirit is supplying you the names of the Father that we have even never thought about before.

    Because that is what the Bible says that the Spirit helps our infirmities. That even when we are Worshipping God; it helps our groaning because it is the Holy Spirit that knows what we want to express than anybody else and it is the Spirit that will help our groaning.

    That is why you hear people Worshipping God most of the times; they burst out into tongues because the tongues is the Language God understands and confuses the devil.

    Brethren, it has come to a point now more than ever before that Women in the Lord should Worship God in Spirit and in the Truth because we are not ignorant of the Second (2nd) Coming of God – Jesus Christ is Coming very soon as the Signs are already around.

    And not only that one, since we are not ignorant; Knowledge is multiplied all around us.

    In the Past, it is only what they told our Grand Mothers who could not read or write but has a Bible. And they so much treasured this Bible that she wraps it inside her best cloth only to take it to Church on Sunday. And the grand child that will carry the Bible; God help you that if you allow it to fall. And when she gets to Church, she doesn’t know how to read but she will open it. And after the Service, carry it home again, wrap it with a Cloth and put it in a safe Place.

    … That was what women do then – Referencing the Lord.

    But now, we know more than they did. And if unto us the Secrets of the Kingdom of God is revealed to us, then we should not abuse it.

    Because Luke 12:48 tells us that to whom much is given, much is expected.

    So, we cannot say that: Oh, I will Worship God as they are doing in the Old. But it is deeper than that – In the Spirit and in the Truth.

    It is not when we are Worshipping God our hearts should be far from God. And yet we are in the Church and yet our lips are moving and we are shouting Hosanna.

    … We are doing all these things but what about our heart?

    Is it deep in the Worship or is it far away?

    I pray this morning that we as the Temple of the Living God will make our lives to be a “Life of Worship” in Spirit and in Truth in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    And the Bible tells us that even as we are Worshippers in Spirit and in Truth; it implies that at the same time the Spirit of God lives in us because we are the Temple of God.

    The Book of Isaiah 61:1-3 tells us a little about that.

    But I will just read a little of the portion of that because we are here to be reminded and to know that we are Temples of the Living God.

    And if in the Temple of the Living God, the Spirit of God is Living; then that Spirit must continually move us.

    Where there is the Spirit of God, the Bible says that there is Liberty. Then we should not abuse it.

    And when we know that we should not abuse the Liberty of God, then we should cherish it.

    In Isaiah 61:1; it reminded us that the Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed us to Preach Good Tidings to the Meek.

    It is not until you are ordained as Deaconess or as an Assistant Pastor or a Pastor that you have the Spirit of God Living in you. Every sincere child of God is born of the Spirit.

    … And having born of the Spirit, then the Spirit of God must live in you.

    Can I get an Amen to that – Amen!

    And then again, the Temple as related to us. That is we are supposed to be Holy – That is the work of the Temple.

    Nobody defecate in the Temple of God, nobody urinate there, nobody bring anything that is dirty there. And as a result the Bible tells us in 1 Peter 1: 15-16 that we should be Holy in all manner of conversation because our God is Holy.

    And because our God is Holy, we can see it in the Book of Revelation 4:8 that the four (4) Beast in Heaven without any rest: every moment, every seconds; they are shouting Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God Almighty.

    If you are calling on the Name of the Lord and you have not remembered that the Lord is Holy? Then you have not done anything because our God is Holy.

    So because He is Holy and we are His Temple, then we must be Holy.

    And the Bible reminds us in 1 John 4:4 (I love that Passage). It says: Ye are of God little children; Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.

    Brethren, that is a beautiful and Powerful description of us as children of the Most High. That somebody Greater than the world is in us.

    What else do we need when somebody that is Greater than the world is in us?

    We can command the world on any ground and in any way and the world must obey. That is the Power, that is the essence of allowing the Spirit of God to live in us. That is the essence of being the Temple of the Living God because the One that is in us is Greater than the one in the world.

    The Bible also tells us that the Seed of Unrighteousness is not in us, not dwelling in us.

    1 John 3:9 says whosoever is born of God does not commit sin; for a seed remaineth in him and it cannot sin because he is born of God.

    This is the Temple which we are.

    1. Therefore my Brethren and Sisters this morning; if that is the description of the Temple talking concerning us then that is our Purpose as the Temple of God.

    God does not create anything without a Purpose. The reason in the Bush He created the wind to blow, the water to flow, the Sun to give us Light during the Day, the Moon light during the night.

    Then as the Temple of the Living God, what is our Purpose on Earth?

    1. We must keep ourselves sanctified so that we can be Meet for the Master’s Use, we can be ready for the Master’s Use.

    And the Bible tells us that this Master’s Work is every Good Works.

    And when we look at 1 Timothy 2:10; Know ye that we are created for every Good Works as a Purpose.

    The Bible tells us from 1 Timothy 2:9 that: In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair or gold or perils or costly array.

    Or am i wasting my time? And I don’t want to come here to waste my time. We travelled for almost nine (9) hours to come to Dubai after last Sunday Service (8th September, 2019).

    Have been talking about all these things that we have joined ourselves to the world to do whatever they are doing.

    The pity of it is that as we are doing it, even though it is what is written in the Word that we are repeating here; yet many of us refused to adhere to the Word of God. We do not only do braiding, some of us paint our lips in red, some have blue and anyhow you are not of yourself – Ye are of God little children.

    … That is what the Bible calls us.

    1 John 4:4 where I read to you earlier says that we are of God and so cannot decide to use your Temple the way you like.

    And you to add more nails and you will even paint the nails with three (3) colours. If God wanted it like that, He should have created it like that and put so many colours on your nails.

    But He want to have a difference between us the Temple of the Living God and an hawk (bird).

    The hawk has the kind of nails on its leg so that it can pick Preys.

    … Which Prey do you want to pick?

    So, I am not ready to waste my time on that first (1st) Part of the Passage.

    What we are here for is to remind ourselves that we are the Temple of the Living God and that we have a Purpose in Life.

    The Temple has a Purpose for a Unique Kind of Intensive Relationship: Building Relationship with God in the Spirit – That is the Purpose of a Temple.

    The moment that the Temple of the Living God astray from that Major Purpose then it is not what it should be.

    And the Bible tells us that we as Women especially in 1 Timothy 2:10; but we become women professing Godliness with Good Works.

    Then let us ask ourselves: How many Good Works have we been doing?

    And the Bible tells us that we should do the Kind of Good Works that the People will see and Honour my Father in Heaven.

    Brethren, let us ask ourselves: That as our Purpose as the Temple; what is the Good Works that you and me are doing? Even in our homes, are we doing the Good Works in raising our children in the Way we should?

    Don’t we give some kind of laxity and exceptional for our children to be rotten?

    And we say that this is just their world; let us just allow them?

    … It is not their world but the World of God. We should know more than the world.

    I was correcting some people of recent. Now you say that they don’t like to see nude pictures and your children are wearing “Hot Pants”. They wear the dresses that has no strips or even “Spaghetti Strips” and you see them wearing such in Marriages now in Churches. The Bride dress is so much expose at the top that some times the breast will be coming off.

    Is that Life?

    What kind of Good Works are we doing in Churches?

    Women, what kind of Good Works are we doing in our Homes?

    Are we training theses children the Way they should go?

    Proverbs 22: 6 says: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

    Psalms 127:3 says: Lo, children are the Heritage of the LORD: and the Fruit of the womb is his reward.

    Are we Training the children in the Way they should go or are we saying ok you have come to live your life the way you like live it as you like?

    But let me tell you: Whenever you do that, remember 1 Samuel 3 – God in The Bible did tell Papa Eli that I have Proposed in my heart before that your whole family will be the “Generation of Priest”? But now far from it because you honour your children more than me. When you are to correct them, you did not correct them.

    And do you know that the whole family died in a day? – The 2 sons of Eli (Hophni and Phonehas). Papa Eli heard the News of their death and died. The wife too that was pregnant died too. The son born gave a bad name – Ichabod, the Glory has departed.

    Have you ever heard anyone who named his child Ichabod? – Nobody!

    May the Glory of God never depart from our lives in Jesus Name – Amen.

    Brethren, we have a Purpose for being the Temple of the Living God.

    … Good Works is the Number 1 Purpose.

    1. So if anyone of you here has been doing Bad Works, this is the Time to Repent. There is No Joy, No Godliness, No Glory in doing Bad Works

    Don’t join them in the Church to Rebel.

    If you have any suggestion, bring it out and let everybody hear you in the Meeting – No Murmuring.

    We are supposed to use this Temple so that we hear of the Good Works and Glorify our Father which is in Heaven.

    Matthew 5:16 says: Let your Light so shine before men, that they may see your Good Works and Glorify your Father which is in Heaven.

    The Bible says that we should be examples of Believers in Words.

    Don’t compare yourselves to so, so and so Assembly – this is what they do.

    We are not talking of anything they do in any Assembly, we are talking of what we should do as the Temple of the Living God – Period!

    Whatever they are doing in other Assemblies in America, Jamaica etc is not your Purpose of Living. The moment you are Born Again, you are supposed to live a Life of Holiness as the Temple of the Living God.

    So you must be examples to the whole world according to the Word of God in Conversation – 1 Timothy 4:12: “Let no man despise thy Youth; but be thou an example of the Believers in Word, in Conversation, in Charity, in Spirit, in Faith, in Purity.”

    I. In Conversation: This is the Most frequent area that is dealing with Women – Women can talk.

    Why are you wasting God’s Investment in your Life?

    Many of us has beautiful Voices, Good Expressions; you can become the Sunday School Teachers, we can lead Prayers, we can Sing, we can Teach People.

    Examples in Words. It is not Backbiting or Gossiping in the Church.

    Do you know what? – You are the one that will spread the News Out.

    Do you know what? – What do you know?

    When the Bible says that even if anybody is caught even in any form of sin; Galatians 6:1 says: “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are Spiritual, restore such an one in the Spirit of Meekness; considering thyself lest thou also be tempted.”

    Is that not in your own Bible? – Yes Ma!

    You should do Restoration, not that you should talk the Person away from the Church such that the Person will not be able to come to Church again – saying that everybody has heard.

    As a Woman in the Church, it is part of us – You just want such to be destroyed.

    Jesus Christ said in John 10:10 – “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have Life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”

    He said: I have come to do what? – Give Life!

    Women are we going to Change? Or are we going to continue with our Gossiping Life?

    After this Meeting as the Temple of the Living God, our Conversation must BUILD NOT TO DESTROY.

    Nobody is Perfect. We are all striving to be.

    … And God will make us to be – Amen!

    If anybody is found in a fault, let us restore the Person.

    So, if anybody offends or make a mistake; we should not kill the Person. We don’t want such Soul to go to Hell.

    So, it is our duty for us to do all we can to restore the Person.

    Shall we do Restoration Works Women? Or we will use our Conversation to throw someone to Hell? – NO Ma!

    In the Name of Jesus Christ, God will help us – Amen

    Brethren, we must remembered that anytime you try to Gossip or do any evil; don’t forget what the Bible says about your tongue. That it is a small fire that consume the whole body.

    The tongue can send anybody to Hell.

    So, when you are talking; remember that you are the Temple of the Living God. Everything Good, everything Holy; should come out of you and it is not anything that destroys another Person.

    Anything that we say must be Words of Grace that will build another Person, that will uphold the Person, that will be an encouragement.

    … Oh my Sister, that was beautiful today, the Preaching I really enjoyed it. Oh Lord will continue to Help you.

    If you know how to do it better, why don’t you go and do it?

    And even if you know how to do it better, we still need People who can do it better and better than you. The world is going to an end. Everyone of us is needed.

    Look at how many Women are in Dubai alone; talkless of all the Nations that you came from? – Women are needed all over the world.

    So, no matter the number of the Living Temple of God that we have today; it is not enough for the works ahead of us. We have a lot to do – Women Professing Good Works.

    This is the Time to Think about this is our Project for the Year.

    Women no longer sit in the Church and say you are Sluggish Vessel or Weaker Vessel.

    When it comes to picking the Blessings of God, you don’t say that you are the Weaker Vessel. Everybody will struggle to pick the Blessings of God.

    Then why don’t you pick responsibilities as a Temple of the Living God?

    Am suggesting that every Parish must have Women Project for the Year.

    If your Women Project for the Year is to raise ten (10) Teenagers or twenty (20) Youths and bring them up in the Church; Write it down, Pursue it and at the end of the Year, Celebrate them.

    That is what it should be.

    And if you have nothing to do – The work of your husband is not permitting you to work in the Country (like Dubai); then what do you do with your Time?

    Why don’t you have Women Groups: Have Women Prayer Meeting, Elderly Women Prayer Meeting?

    Why don’t you sit down and write books? – Be an Author?

    So many ideas has crossed your mind but you shaun it because you have not made use of yourself as a Good Temple.

    Because in the Temple of God, God Speaks.

    And He has been Speaking and you are just waving it off – You thought that it is not for you.

    By the Grace of God, God gave me one of the things He gave me to do – It is the African Missions.

    The day God spoke to me about it; He said Go across the Border!

    I was like to do what?

    For a whole week I could not sleep then I have to share it with my husband.

    Then the Border of Nigeria was closed. Daddy said the Border was closed now, what do you want to go and do?

    I said Daddy (God) said I should go across the Border.

    Finally, I went. We were bypassing the Border. We saw a man with motorcycle who took us through a route.

    Brethren, we have been Smugglers for Christ in the Past. If God said that I should go across the Border when the Border was closed then He should know why. And that was when He located The Redeemed Christian Church of God in the Border of West Coast. They were in the bush as none was in the City.

    And that was the report that I brought back. And that God was what God want me to see.

    And ok coming back, I have to be thinking: What do I do? Did I go for fun in the whole seventeen (17) days on the road? What was the Purpose?

    I started thinking what Next?

    Everything I had I sold by the Grace of God.

    The first Border was Ilase in Nigeria. What did I see there? I saw a Church that has been blown off by the wind and the People are no longer coming to Worship.

    Then did you see it for nothing? What did you want to do?

    So, the first assignment is to build that Church.

    After closing all my accounts and this and that; the next one was Ifoyin Itedo. This one they have built it to half – No roof on it – What next?

    Then God now said: Look for people who will help.

    And so on Sunday morning after the Sunday School Class because am a Sunday School Teacher then; I went round and I look for People who has not been involved with any work in the Church. I started tapping them – Please see me after the Service.

    And I shared my Vision with them. By the time you know it; they all jumped at it. They are the ones who Planted the first (1st) Outreach that we had.

    And then I called it West Coast Mission then.

    By the time we know it; everybody we join hands together until we finished the Church at Ifonyi Itedo. Now to Modoga, to Madungan – all in the West Coast of Africa.

    And finally, it led to African Mission. Now, we have Chapters in about seventeen (17) Countries in the world now.

    Next Month will be time for our Global Meeting. For the Past eight (8) years, we have been having Global Meeting in London. Representatives from America, Australia, Canada, London, Europe, Nigeria – Represented all over because we are not made to be Useless. The Temple of the Living God where God Speaks, where God directs; must have a Purpose for Living.

    And this is where we must listen to hear God. We are in His Temple now and God is Speaking.

    Is anybody writing down something that God wants her to do?

    … We have a Purpose in Conversations.

    II. Then in Charity – Matthew 25:35 says: While I was sick, you take care of me, when I was hungry, you gave me food while I was thirsty you game me water, while I was in Prison you visited me.

    He said Lord when did we see you and do all these things?

    Ah, He said: Once you have done it for any of these ones, you have done it for me.

    How many of you have a Feeding Ministry?

    You may not know it. The reason why the people of other Religions are very rich – They do what they call “SAKA”. I don’t know what to call it in English. That is they give what is for Ceaser to Ceaser. They give the poor whatever they can give.

    We are in Qatar the other time; we visited the house of one of the People in the land who help us to Plant a Church. By the time we got there; he roasted a whole ram in one big thing like this with rice and chicken – everything celebrations.

    And how many of us went and how many are we going to pick out of it?

    And she said that after we have left, they will do Packaging and give to the People around on the Street – those who cannot afford it.

    Brethren and you say that these are rich? How will they not be rich?

    When you Give; the Bible says that it is going to return to you more than an hundredfold.

    Charity, Women as the Temple of the Living God; we must Submit ourselves to Charity.

    It is not until you are rich and a millionaire that you can show Charity – Look at somebody who is a Woman in the Church; let her wear your dress; let her wear your shoes. Your own children changes shoes every three (3) Months and their own children is managing one tattered shoes with toes even coming out of it!

    … Look for someone you can Help in the Church.

    Charity begins from Home then to your neighbours.

    You said all these people are not accepting Jesus Christ – Ah!

    We have a neighbour sometimes in London where my son was living. And every morning when he is outside working on his garden.

    I will say: Oh Good Morning Mr Joseph; I love this, I love that. Oh, you are working hard on your Garden – Beautiful.

    One day, he said: Mrs Adeboye, will you like me to help you do your Garden?

    I was surprised because even though I was only making friends so that I can Preach the Gospel to him – He has Plans to do my Garden.

    And I said Mr Joseph that will be kind of you – Am grateful if you can do it.

    He said: Do you like this kind of Flower?

    I said: Whichever one you choose for me.

    By the time you know it, he became a friend and it was easy now to talk to him about the Lord.

    But if you say these People they won’t hear; who told you that they won’t hear?

    We are in the Hotel yesterday (Friday, 13th if September, 2019) coming out. One of them came and say please Pray for me in this job I don’t know why my Manager asked me to step aside. And my marriage is disturbed: my wife has gone away for two (2) Months and I don’t know where she is.

    I was just looking at him – Oh, Oh; so these people they have these kind of trouble?

    And how do they locate us that they can talk to us? – The Spirit of God

    There is no way that you can hide if you have the Spirit of God in you.

    III. In Spirit – We must be cleansed if you want to do Spiritual Works.

    2 Corinthians 7:1 says: Having therefore these Promises, dearly Beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the Flesh and Spirit, Perfecting Holiness in the Fear of God.

    Whatever that is in your life that is bad, go and deal with them when we leave this Conference. That is why it is a Fire Conference.

    We have forgotten that Jesus Christ can come any moment from now.

    Where we read in the Open Heavens this morning (Saturday, 14th September, 2019). It is talking to us from the Book of Thessalonians – Everybody must be Prepared any moment and anytime.

    He said that like a thief in the night, He will come.

    But if you have not done your homework while you were Born Again. God does not make any mistake.

    Why are you Born Again? – So that the Spirit can be in you and you can be in His Temple.

    So, you must remove ourselves from all Filthiness of the flesh.

    Then because the Bible tells us in John 6:63. It says that: The Spirit quickens the flesh profited nothing.

    And in Romans 8:8; the man of the flesh cannot do what? – Please God.

    … So we must as Temple of God, we must work in the Spirit.

    When you are working in the Spirit, flesh will have nothing to do with you. The People around you will see them with the eye of the Spirit – You won’t condemn them.

    You will say as Jesus Christ would say: If Jesus is here, what will He do in this matter?

    Your home will not suffer from any form of Divorce because you will want to work towards Peace.

    It is only the one in the flesh that will be boasting. She will be talking while her husband is talking. When the Bible says that we should be Submissive.

    We don’t want to hear that. It is already written. It is too late for you to change the Bible.

    You are not submissive, you are the one who will lose. Men always want People who will Submit.

    And when you Submit to them, you have a Greater Chance in everything they have than for you to be boasting – If you are a Graduate, am also a Graduate.

    … Yes, are you the first (1st) Graduate in the whole world?

    The moment that you a women and you are the Temple of the Living God, you are suppose to Humble ourselves under the Mighty Hands of God.

    And the Bible says that in Due Time, He will exalt us.

    IV. Brethren, as the Temple of the Living God, the next thing is that in Faith, we have works to do.

    Hebrew 11:6 says: Without Faith we cannot Please God.

    You walk into the Temple, you are the Temple. God is inside you and you know that there is God and yet you boycott the one inside you and then you don’t talk to God and depend on the One inside of you; then you depend on the devil – No other option: either God or the Devil!

    Remind yourself anytime you come to a Cross Road – Who is in Me?

    … Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. You cannot go to any other god.

    The Bible tells us that the sorrows of those who follow other gods shall be many.

    Today, many of us will go and follow other gods in secret. Anytime that we have trouble: Mummy where are you?

    And Mummy will say am in the Village, what is it that you want?

    Oh, please that man you used to talk about down the road on our street; go and meet him. Whatever he can do, this is the Problem that I have now.

    … You boycott the One that is in you. You are depending on the arm of the flesh. And the Bible says: Woe is the man who depends on the arm of the flesh when God can do the impossibility.

    Probably I will loan you my slang: Whatever God cannot do, I don’t struggle with anything.

    As kind as God has been to me, to make me see His Miracle in Child Bearing – after three (3) Caesarian Operation Sessions and now has two (2) again by the Grace of God by Natural Birth. If He has killed me, if He will kill me; who will query Him?

    So whatever you cannot do, it is not for me then why should I be struggling for it? The moment you struggle, the more you put yourselves into trouble.

    If it is two (2) clothes you have now, be Contented.

    1 Timothy 6:6 says: Godliness with Contentment is a Great Gain.

    Very soon, you are going to have more.

    But because some of us just want to go ahead of God, we don’t want God to go ahead of us.

    We run into trouble because we are not in the Spirit.

    The Spirit of God will be whispering to us on one side but we don’t want to listen. Things will not last forever (Laughs).

    When we became the General Overseer, we are Grounded to Zero – I mean to Zero. I was telling someone just some few days ago that when God asked us to start the work of the school and by the Grace of God, I have taught in the Secular for fifteen (15) years.

    And we started a School for RCCG. Thank God the School has grown through the hands of the Provincial Mummies to more than three hundred (300) Primary and Secondary Schools now – Hallelujah!

    And not only in Nigeria, other Nations has started. I know that some of our Churches in America who has started Schools. The West Coast Missions, many of them have Schools.

    But what am I trying to say: Times are not Permanent.

    Ecclesiastes 3:1 says that there is Time for everything.

    If today you are Grounded to Zero like we had and did when we came to Full Time Ministry with RCCG. We didn’t meet a kobo in the account of RCCG. We started a School, the whole money I have; we used it to buy a bus for the School. And I did not collect salaries for twelve (12) years so that even till today, am not on the Payroll of RCCG – you won’t believed it.

    But what God is doing for me, People who are earning Millions in a Month they cannot do it.

    Just because my Help comes from.God (4ce).

    Just release your Spirit, have Faith and if there is anything to do, He will supply the Means for it and He will make Provisions.

    Just go ahead, put your leg first forward. He is the One who will be doing the Pushing and He will be Supplying.

    Faith for us is Essential if you want to live a Holy Life. You have to be determined, have Faith in God that I know you will Help me. That I know I cannot but do these things.

    Father, help me am a Vessel in Your Hands, am a Temple of the Living God. I don’t want this Temple to be defiled again – I have defiled it before and it has not been Profitable for me.

    Many of us are suffering because of the things that are not Profitable and we are still doing them despite knowing that it is against the Wish of God. We continue to Gossip, Steal little little things, Quarrel in the house, you are wearing trouser with your husband at home and you are saying that No it cannot be done.

    And at the end of the day; you have sorrow, you weep, you don’t have Joy.

    Who is suffering? – You are the one suffering.

    Whereas if you allow your mind to be at rest, you will put laughter in your mouth. You give him (husband) all the support he needs; after he has moved up like that, he will raise you up too.

    When they asked everyone to submit their car; I gave my first (1st) car too. And when God provided a 504 car for my husband and he has used it for four (4) to five (5) years; he passed it over to me.

    .. I used to use “Passed to Me” cars. But now, things had changed.

    … Let us be in the Spirit and have Faith – Have Faith in God.

    The Bible tells us in Mark 9:23 that all things are possible for them that believe.

    V. You have to Uphold Purity – Be an example in Purity.

    Don’t do something different in the presence of your children, and go and do something different in the church! When you do that one, you are an Hypocrite.

    Don’t you know that God sees us in the secret? And God that sees us in the secret will reward us in the Open.

    Don’t be an Hypocrite in your Christian Race. Let God know who you are in the home and know who you are in the Church.

    Always remember Acts 5; don’t be the second (2nd) Sapphira! – Ananias and Sapphira did something different in the house and they went to the Church to camouflage. And the Holy Spirit fished them out.

    The two (2) of them died untimely death the same day! Am sure they didn’t know that day will be their end.

    Why should you die, when you can live (2ce)!

    So in Purity, Psalm 15:1-end; they that want to climb the Hill of the Lord. It says they must have clean hands, and a Pure.

    Let me read a portion of that one to us – Psalms 15:1-2 (the rest you can read when you have the time at home).

    1 Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy Holy hill?

    2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

    … Hmmmm! Brethren, a lot is there. That’s what God wants.

    In Purity – we cannot have a part in God without exercising Purity – It is very important!

    The Bible tells us in 1 Thessalonians 5:22; it says that: “we should abstain from all appearances of evil”.

    ABSTAIN! 1 Thessalonians 5:22; Abstain from all appearances – whatever that looks evil; that People will be querying, that ‘do you think this Woman is a Woman of God?’ Do she abstain Church? – Is she a Believer? I don’t think so!

    There was this thing that happened; some women were going for Conference in America – about six (6) of them. They went to the Embassy. The woman in charge had stamped about five (5) Passports.

    Then the sixth (6) person, the woman looked at her and said – are you one of them? She said Yes! She said NO, you don’t look like one of them. You are not going!

    And something of recent happened; we finished the Feast of Esther (that is one of the things that God has given us to do). That is why He said that if you are in the Temple of the Living God; you will be hearing God. And whatever He asks you to do, He will support you.

    This Feast of Esther is for the General Overseers’ Wives all over: Thank God we are now in about eighteen (18) Countries of the world.

    In the last Feast in Nigeria, which holds every February and The Women in Ministry. The Women were going back; four (4) of them were attacked by Kidnappers, between Jos and Kaduna. They ambushed them, they kept them.

    In their interview; they saw one (who was one of the women) probably going back from the Feast – she wanted to look nice and good. She retouched her hair, bought trousers, robbed lipstick, painted her finger, and everything.

    The kidnappers said, you, from the Feast? You are not one of the!

    Do you know they detained them? I was not there, the rest of them that were released told me on phone. Because immediately I heard, I have been Praying: Lord, you have to so something.

    Finally, they released her, but everybody had to Pay. The Church had to Pay for her release.

    They said, NO, she can’t be part of them. Coming from the Feast (from Redemption Camp)? You can’t be one of them. You don’t look like them. These other three (3) are not like you.

    ABSTAIN from all appearances of evil!

    Those of you who are still with one hand in the world, another one hand in the Lord. Ah! God is no Respecter of Persons. Don’t learn your lesson in a hard way. Come down from which height you have put yourself.

    Be for God, and let people know that you are of God.

    And am Praying this morning, that there will be a turn around for us – Amen!

    And even those of us who are Widows, the Word of God has no exception.

    Apart from that He is the God of the Widows; He did not say that you should be a Proustite in the Church. Or trying to make other people to stumble.

    A Widow is not what has never happened before. We have heard about the Son of the Prophet’s Widow – whose husband even went into debt before he died. But God paid her debts!

    Because everybody has a Purpose for Living; and there is time for everything in a man’s life.

    The Bible tells us in 1 Timothy 5:5-7; that Widows must be careful, so as to be blameless; they must be fervent in Prayer and trust in God.

    Being a Widow, you have to be hardworking, God is there to help you. But you must not because you are a Widow, now demoralise people, demoralise the Pastor – Trying to cheat, you know, put a stumbling stone on the way of other people. No way! This is very important.

    So, in 1 Peter 2:11; it says: “Abstain from ALL fleshly lust which war against your soul.”

    … Abstain all freshly lust, which war against your soul.

    When you know that the flesh is pushing you as a Widow; divert your attention; be engaged in other things!

    There are other things you can do.

    By the time you finished in the night and you are ready to sleep – you are weak and you are tired.

    I Pray for every Widow here today; God will settle you, in Jesus Name – Amen.

    Concerning our Flesh in Purity; Romans 12;1 even tells us that: ‘we should Present our bodies a Living Sacrifice. Because in the Temple, Sacrifices are made.

    And once you are now the Sacrifice, what else do you want (laughs)?

    A Sacrifice is something that is brought for Sacrifice – You can’t take it back!

    So, we should release ourselves, because we are Living Sacrifices.

    VI. Then, we must be ready to use our DIVINE PLACEMENT – This one is very important!

    Use your Divine Placement as a Temple to intercede for people.

    Do you know that Priests go into the Holies of holies to stand in the gap for People?

    How many People have you been interceding for in the Church?

    In our own time, when we have friends, we have Prayer Partners oooh! It’s not the friend that you go to the shop and buy the same dress ooh!

    We make friends for Divine Purposes.

    When I was younger, we were Catalyst. We made trouble in the Church for the devil. I had two (2) People that Prayed with me.

    One of them is still standing! I have had her now for almost thirty five (35) years. We still Pray together!

    When we see someone in trouble, we take the trouble over – we won’t tell her or him. We will Pray until that trouble is over. So when she is now Testifying, we will look at ourselves and laugh.

    Finally, we can congratulate him or her.

    … God knows who is Praying!

    Be ready to use your Divine Placement to Intercede for People; Witness to People, give Strength to the People, give Joy to People, give Deliverance to People. Through your Counsel, Comfort People.

    That is what is in Isaiah 61:1-3; says we should Preach, we should heal the broken hearted. It says:

    “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to Preach Good Tidings unto the Meek; he hath sent me to bind up the Brokenhearted, to proclaim Liberty to the Captives, and the opening of the Prison to them that are bound;”

    As the Living Temple of God, the Spirit of God is in us; “To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them Beauty for ashes, the oil of Joy for mourning, the garment of Praise for the Spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of Righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be Glorified.”

    Tell somebody whose health is already down, and say ‘you will make it, don’t worry my dear: let us Pray’. Join hands with her, you Pray together. “Are you going to the market? Okay I will follow you. I just want to get some things.”

    And you load her store, you pay for it: Eh! Sister Janet, this is too much! No oooh, it’s not every day I do it for you. God has Purpose it today! So am happy that we are together.

    … Garment of Praise for the Spirit of heaviness!

    Have you ever bought some groceries and send to that woman who has nothing? And you know her secret. Instead of standing in the gap for her, you jest about her.

    And yet you say you have the Spirit of God in you. And you are not covering other people’s shame? You are not Providing for the Needy!

    The Bible says we should Repair the Waste Cities; the Desolation of many Generations.

    This is where we are in this Region. Some of the Cities there are Wasted!

    That is why after leaving this Place, your Women in your Parishes, you must have a Project in the Year.

    If there are three (3) or four (4) Destitutes you want to bring to Church, you must make sure you settle them.

    We have a Place we call “Rehabilitation of Hope” in Nigeria – it is only God who did it.

    I didn’t know that it will be a big thing like this.

    We have the “Holistic Ministries” – Girls that are revived from Brothel and Hotels – No father for the children. They brought like thirteen (13) of them there!

    And we have been Training Them, because it is God who brought them and He is paying for them.

    And one thing I have seen over the years is that: “Where there is a Will, there is a Way!’

    … When God lays anything in your heart to do it – He will Provide!

    One day, the Administrator of ‘Rehabilitation of Hope’ wanted to go and withdraw money from the Bank. And the Banker said: Mummy’s Account has run to RED; minus four hundred thousand Naira (-N400,000).

    When they called me, I said it is good, that he should see it like that.

    Every month they go there to withdraw about five Million Naira (N5,000,000.00), for Administrative Work and for the feeding of about one hundred and fifty (150) Boys in the Rehabilitation of Hope;

    So they don’t know that Mummy can run into zero like that. They thought am stealing money – I don’t steal money. It’s when God Provides, I put there.

    So when the Administrator came and say: Mummy, we don’t know this is … Eeh! So you think I used to steal from Redeemed Purse?

    I don’t steal ooh – Whatever God Provides is what I put there oooh.

    I said, it is good that you can see it like that. Am happy, that you see it like that!

    Brethren, there are so many Places that are in Desolation around us. What are we thinking to build the Old Wastes? We see lives wasting away!

    I know that there are Towns around here they say anybody who wants to please themselves among men, they will run there in the weekend to go and please themselves.

    What are the efforts we have made to rehabilitate?

    And we are saying, Ah! That is what they do here oooh! – Are you happy?

    The Living Temple of the Living God; to see such things happening around you? – That is your Project.

    I will like to hear from you – from each country under you; the Projects they have embarked upon in their Parishes, for each Year.

    Most specially in this Mission, I am very interested. And I pray God will help you – Amen!

    You should rebuild the Old Waste: the Desolation of many Generations.

    Generations must not Perish where we are: The Temple of the Living God?

    If your Salary of the year, one (1) month Salary you want to dedicate to the Work of God, go and write it down.

    Let it be done! Let God know your hand is in the Temple.

    The Priest does not go to the Temple without Oil. He does not go to the Temple without wearing the Ephod.

    He does not go to the Temple with sin – because he wants to go and stand in the gap for other People.

    Hence, they normally put chains on the Priest’s feet: when they don’t see him coming back (the Priest has gone!) – We Pray he will go to Heaven.

    Then they will draw the chains – dead body!

    May we not be killed and May our lives be fulfilled in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen!

    Brethren, Old Waste must be rebuilt!

    Let us remember, in Luke 8; in our own time, even after we have saw that example, we still destroy the characters that are not even close to Mary Magdalen .

    The Bible tells us that the wife of Chuza and other certain women; what were they doing? – They were Treasurers for the Almighty God. And this Mary has been a witch before.

    … Let us learn from the time of Jesus.

    Whatever anybody must have been before; the moment he is Born Again, old things are passed away, behold all things are become New:

    … Whatever God has not condemn, don’t condemn it!

    If God does not condemn a woman; she said she has been Born Again. Yes! What is your problem again?

    When we started the Model Parish; you know Ebute Meta is used for Classical – everywhere, Ah! In those days if you put on Golden Wrist watch, you are on your way to hell.

    If your head gear is like this; those of us who are still young, your coming from the Society where, you know – the University Society. Our headgear these days was 4A, the highest in the hierarchy.

    And you come to Church with your headgear; Baba will tell you, your headgear did not allow the Person at the back to see.

    So suddenly, all the headgears we kept them. We vere all tying scarf to Church. You wear anything, you Tie scarf.

    … RCCG Church and God’s Compliance! Jesus’ Compliance! That’s what we are doing.

    So what am I trying to tell you this morning? Please whatever is in the Book of Isaiah 61:1-3 to 8; do it! The Spirit of God is in you.

    Repair the Desolate Place! If it is the Teenagers or Youths that are going into Desolation, try and revive them. Bring them back.

    Remember, and don’t condemn anybody again!

    If God can use Mary Magdalene then He can use anybody; He can use anybody!

    1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (our Text) is telling us that we must be prepared to go to Desolate Places.

    And Hosea 4:17; talks about Ephraim – ‘Ephraim has joined himself to the world!

    Don’t let us join ourselves to the world! God will not condemn us in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

    1. Then What will be our REWARDS.

    As Temples of the Living Lord? Ooh! They are many! The moment that you have God alone, should give you Settlement in your heart: Peace, Joy…

    I. In those days we celebrate Salvation:

    Song:

    I am rejoicing my name has be written,
    I am rejoicing that I am Born Again;

    You are singing that one and you are coming into Service; you are ready jumping and dancing. Ah! Just because your name has being written.

    … That Joy will last forever – Amen!

    That is is one of the Rewards!

    II. Then we will SHINE – Isaiah 60:1.

    You will SHINE forever because the Spirit of God is in you. And He has said everything you have to do, for those who will be this and that. That is what the Lord said – Build the Old Ways

    III. And you will have a Life of Fulfilment – a Life of Fulfilment.

    You will be happy you are not a Waste!

    Paul Apostle said in 2 Timothy 4:7, ooh! That he has finished his cause, he has fought the Good Fight of Faith.

    IV. Then FINALLY, Heaven Will Be Opened unto you: You will make Heaven; You will make Heaven!

    ALTAR CALL

    1. However this morning, probably there are some of us who have been tempted by the devil. We always receive this attack: anytime that we make up our mind to Serve God; am going to boycott Old Ways; You still find yourself coming back to the same thing!

    .. This morning God is going to Liberate you.

    The Bible tells us in Mark 1:13; that we shall be Overcomers, even when we are Tempted of the devil.

    And James 1:13 says let no man say that he is tempted God; God cannot tempt with evil. God does not tempt with evil!

    When we are tempted, it is through the lust of the flesh, as James 1:14 repeated it.

    So, God is able to see us through – through Temptation. God is able to see us through!

    2 Corinthians 10:13; because Temptation can lead to the ABUSE of the Temple. But when we are tempted, the Bible says ‘ RESIST the devil’. Run away from him!

    We still have Works to do, but GRACE is still there for us.

    2 Corinthians 9:8 says, “God will make Grace abound and abound to Good Works”.

    So, if you have already been drawn away by the enemy or by the flesh (this morning), I have Good News for you: God is here to rededicate the Temple, He is here to bring you back home. He is here to Sanctify you, He is here to make you a Vessel of Honour in His Hands.

    So, two (sets) of people we are going to Pray for this morning; and please I beg you in the Name of the Lord, don’t just seat down there and think ‘oh, they have been saying so’.

    The Spirit of God is in the House this morning, He will fish you out. And He did not bring you to this Meeting just to go away like that.

    So the first set of people (as we rise up) are the People who want to come out of the flesh. You have been battling with one problem or the other. And you want to come out of it. I want you to wave your hands to the Almighty God, for Help this morning.

    He is ready; He is ready to rededicate you.

    Wherever you are: you are in the House, you have some temptations from the flesh in one area or the other, and you want to rededicate yourself this morning. Just wave your hands to the Almighty God.

    … Wave your hands to Him; even as you have waved your hands to Him, I will Pray for you.

    But for those of us who have not been Born Again – because the moment you are not Born Again; you can’t even be in the Temple. You can’t live in the Temple; except you ask for forgiveness.

    If you want to be Born Again this morning, the Altar of God is open for you – and you are there, you want to come and say ‘God take my life to you’.

    Come forward, you are the first (1st) set of People am going to Pray for! Come forward now, this is the time.

    God has not wasted His Words upon your life. The Blood of Jesus has not been wasted on the Cross. Seize this opportunity this morning, come to Him and say ‘God, I want to be Yours, I want to be Born Again, I need You in my life!’

    … Please let us begin to clap for them as they come forward.

    As you come, just talk to Him and says ‘God, I want You to please take me over’. Take me over, I want to be Born Again!

    We are still waiting (2ce); wherever you are God is ready, He is ready for you. He says He will in no wise cast you out. If He can take Mary Magdalene back – somebody that everybody knows as a witch; and she became a Vessel for God?

    Please, come forward now, I want to Pray for you. Because this is not an ordinary day, it is a “Day of Mercy”. It is a “Day of Grace”. It is a “Day God is doing some Rehabilitation”; and it is a “Day God is taking over to Himself”.

    God bless you as you are coming! Please help us to clap for them, to encourage them.

    Thank You! Thank You Lord! Oh, Thank You Father.

    Those of you already in front, let us begin to Pray: Lord, I have come, take me as I am; have Mercy on me. Whatever is not of You in my life, let Your Blood FLUSH it away and wash me clean.

    The rest of us, let us stretch forth our hands towards them and ask God to PLEASE do the work of Salvation in their souls. That as from now on, they will walk in God, they will breathe in God. And God will be with them till the end of the Day.

    Let us begin to Pray for them; Pray for them from your heart: that the Lord that has saved your soul will save their own souls also.

    And He will EXCHANGE their hard hearts with a soft hearts – so much that God will be dwelling in them more than ever before.

    Thank You Jesus! Oh Lord God Almighty we bless You!

    In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

    PRAYER FOR SALVATION:

    Heavenly Father we THANK YOU. We give You Praise for Your Children that are here today. We know You don’t do anything without a Purpose. In this Meeting You knew that these ones are coming Home – they want to come back to their Maker.

    And Your Words says “whoever comes to You, You will in no wise cast them out’. Please Lord, draw them closer to Yourself. Lay Your Hands upon their lives; let the Blood of Jesus wash them and cleanse them!

    More than ever before Lord, let them begin to walk in You, talk in You, everything they do, in You! And in You alone, let them have their living – Direct their Path! Whichever way they have gone astray, Lord God Almighty, bring them back!

    Every traces of the enemies – the Devil; let it cease in their lives.

    Sanctify them, and make them Vessels of Honour indeed in Your Hands. And at the end of the day, let them reign eternally with You.

    In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

    Congratulations (repeatedly)! You will please follow the Counsellor.

    … Clap for them please. Amen!

    1. As many of us that want to rededicate their lives this morning; you know that you are living in the lust of the flesh; you have abused yourself as the Temple of the Living God. Grace of God is still available, you can rededicate this morning.

    … Everyone of us let us close our eyes;

    If you want to rededicate yourself just wave your hands to God. Tell Him – Father, I want to rededicate my life this morning. I want to be a sincere Temple of the Living God. I want to see Your Hands.

    Let God know that you are through, and you want to come back in Spirit and in Truth! This is not an hidden thing before God: He knew you before you came here; you can’t pretend before Him.

    If you are sincere; only those who are sincere He will rededicate by Himself. Mrs. Adeboye cannot rededicate anybody: so,

    if you want to be sincere with yourself, you want to rededicated and be a Full Measure of the Temple of the Living God, raise your hands up now, talk to God wherever you are:

    Father I have come back! I want to be a Vessel in Your Hands, I want to be the Apple of the eyes of the Most High God! Everything thing that happens in the Temple, let it begin to happen in me.

    Let there be Purity in my life, let there be Holy Conversation, let me do the Works of Charity, let me do everything that is Good; Good Works to my neighbour, to my husband, to my children, Good Works in the Church!

    Everything that is supposed to be in the Temple, of the Living God. Use me for Intercession: let me be able to break the Desolate, use me Lord Jehovah. Help me to build the Waste – the houses that are Already broken. Lord, help me to be garment of Praise, for the Spirit of heaviness.

    Begin to rededicate yourself now. Tell God you want to be His Temple, help me!

    Whichever way the devil had pushed you back, the flesh has taken over your life, tell God – as from now on, you will no longer look back (repeatedly)!

    God take me over, completely, let me be Yours for ever. Thine for EVER (repeatedly)! Every area where the lust of the flesh has possessed me; today, I am no longer for the flesh. Am no longer for the flesh!

    Take me over to Yourself; repossess me: Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. Be Greater in me more than any other thing. I have no other god! I have no other god than You. And I want to be Yours and Yours alone.

    Jehovah! Please turn our lives around completely, and make us Vessels of Honour in Your Hands.

    In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

    CLOSING PRAYER:

    Heavenly Father we Thank You! We give You Praise for this morning. We are Grateful to you for this Wonderful Meeting. Thank You for being in our midst, Thank You for Words of Life that has come out.

    And we Pray, Father Lord, it will not stop doing what You have sent It to do! It will not fall to Ordinary Ground.

    Everyone here this morning or reading, we Pray for rededication: rededicate us as Your Temple, don’t let our lives Waste away.

    please, in Your Power, in Your Might; You have placed on us Divinely, we don’t want to do any form of abuse of Your Placement again.

    All the ones we have done in the Past. Please forgive us! Jehovah forgive us!We are no longer ignorant; we have been reminded of that:

    “Don’t you know you are the Temple of the Living God?”

    Father Lord, this morning rededicate us in the NAME of Jesus!

    Use us for Your Glory – You used Mary Magdalene, You used those who followed You. And You called them ‘Certain Women’. Ah! Baba use us for Your Glory!

    More than ever before, anything that is the representing Lust of the Flesh: all those things that are dragging us away from you; let them cease in the Name of Jesus!

    The One that is Greater in us, anytime we have temptations around us, the Power and the Grace to resist the devil, GIVE to us, in the Name of Jesus!

    And anytime we hear from Your People; let them be operating as the Temple of the Living God:

    Let there be Testimonies in their homes, in their Places of work, in their neighbourhood, in the Churches, in the Countries.

    Let this be their Testimonies. Thank You for everything!

    If there is anybody who is sick in our midst this morning or reading now, we come together in one accord, and we say such Person shall be Healed in the Name of Jesus!

    Peradventure there is somebody who is eagerly waiting to Carry the Fruit of the womb, we Pray today You would open the womb of such Person.

    If there is anyone who is pregnant Lord, we pray Jehovah that You will deliver her safely!

    Those who have already attained the age of Marriage and they are not married, let their Wedding Bells begin to ring now!

    The Widows in our midst, please settle them; Father settle them!

    Those who want job and they and they are jobless; after this Meeting as the Temple of the Living God; please Lord give them profitable jobs in Jesus’ Name!

    Those whose homes are already going through Battles; You as the Lord of Host, Fight their Battles for them in Jesus’ Name.

    And all those who are thirsty and hunger after righteousness, those who are eager – they want to do something for You; even as You have been doing it for me, Jehovah effortlessly You have been doing it: Father I Pray Lord, You will do it for them, in the Name of Jesus!

    All the areas where they have to be Useful for you; begin to whisper it to their hearings. The Grace to Submit in whatever You say they should do, give to them in Jesus’ Name!

    And very soon, let it be known in this Nations and all over the world that RCCG Women, they are on TOP for Christ, in Jesus’ Name!

    Bless their homes, bless their marriages, bless their husbands, bless their children. Please, and bless our Nations.

    Thank You for everything! And when You shall appear in Glory – since You are coming like a thief in the Night; anytime You come, please Lord, make us ready; Ready to go with You!

    Thank You for everything. In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

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  • WHAT THE LAW SAYS ABOUT NEXT-OF-KIN IN NIGERIA.

    WHAT THE LAW SAYS ABOUT NEXT-OF-KIN IN NIGERIA.

    One Major thing that even though is bound to happen yet we don’t like talking about in this part of the world is death.

    … The Bible says that it is appointed unto a Man to die.

    What however that should be more of Interest to us is: What happens to the Estate of the Deceased upon transition to another realms beyond?

    Has the issue of nominating a Next-of-Kin adequately solve all those issues?

    We are poised by this to take out time to study what the Next-of-Kin stands for in the Position of Law and will like to share same with us.

    … Happy Expository on the Revelations:

    Are you among those who thinks that by giving a name to a Financial Institutions (bank for example) as Next-of-kin; you have chosen that person to automatically inherit your wealth in the event of your demise?

    In other words, do you think that by merely picking someone as your Next-of-Kin, you have made that person a beneficiary to your wealth or entitlement(s) in the event of your death?

    Let us attempt a little Legal Analysis based on two (2) factors:

    1. Whether the deceased has a Will (a document written by a deceased when he was alive that prescribes how his/her Property is to be shared when he/she dies).
    2. Whether the deceased dies without a Will.
    3. In Law, when a person dies leaving behind a Will, he is said to have died Testate.

    In such a circumstance, the issue of Next-of-Kin becomes useless.

    The reason is that the wealth of the deceased will simply be shared in line with the contents of the Will.

    1. The Position of the Law is still the same even where the deceased died without leaving a Will shockingly.

    The Position of the Law is that when a Person dies without a Will, the question as to who to inherit his wealth is determined by the Law itself. That is to say, the determination of the Beneficial of the Estate is determined by any of the following: Customary Law, Islamic Law, English Law or the Administration of Estates Law (or its equivalent Legislation).

    Not necessarily the Person whom the deceased mentioned in his bank or Place of work as Next-of-Kin.

    How then do we know the Law to be applied in sharing the Property of the deceased?

    The Law to be applicable in distributing the Estate of the deceased shall be determined by the Incidence of Marriage of the deceased.

    If a deceased contracted a Statutory Marriage, succession to his wealth will be effected in accordance with either the English law or the Administration of Estates Law (or the equivalent Legislation) – all depending on the jurisdiction.

    CASE STUDY: See Obuzez V. Obuzez (2007) 10 NWLR (Pt. 1043) 430.

    Under English Law and the Administration of Estate Laws of various State; the surviving spouse together with the children of the deceased inherit his Estate to the exclusion of every other person.

    The parents of the deceased takes next after the surviving spouse and children, followed by brothers and sisters of the full blood, brothers and sisters of half-blood, grandparents, aunties and uncles of full blood relation to the parents of the deceased etc.

    CASE STUDY: See Kekereogun & Ors v. Oshodi (1971) LPELR-1686(SC)

    This is subject however to contrary Provisions under the Administration of Estate Laws of various States.

    Where however the deceased contracted a Customary Marriage, then Customary Law will determine who will inherit the Property of the deceased.

    That is to say in the circumstance, heirs are those who are under Native Law and Custom entitled to inherit his Estate.

    For Muslims, Islamic law determines who is to inherit the deceased estate.

    Therefore, under the Nigerian Law of Intestate Succession, one cannot choose his/her heir under the pretext of Next-of-Kin – The Law imposes heirs on him.

    For example it is the surviving spouse and children of an intestate who married under the Act that are his heirs.

    SUMMARY OF THE SUBJECT MATTER

    In view of the foregoing, a Next-of-Kin may not necessarily benefit from the property or asset of the Deceased.

    What however the Selection of the Next-of-Kin stands for among many other things includes the following:

    1. Next-of-Kin is merely the first contact point if anything happens to you.
    2. He is someone empowered to make decisions for you in times of emergency or where you are not readily available or unable to make the decisions yourself.
    3. He is someone empowered to provide necessary information about you where needed such as confirming your identity.
    4. He is also someone positioned to make Medical Decisions such as providing consent for a medical procedure.
    5. At best, what a Next-of-Kin can do after the demise of the deceased is perhaps to ensure that necessary steps are taken towards obtaining Letter of Administration from the probate.

    It is therefore important that we established that the typical Nigerian’s Conception of the term, “Next-of-Kin” is therefore erroneous.

    The Conclusion of the matter therefore is that a Next-of-Kin can inherit the Estate of the Deceased only if he/she is Named in a Will as a beneficiary or by his status he/she is entitled by Law to inherit but not actually because he is named as the Next-of-Kin of the Deceased in a Bank or Place of work.

    SPECIAL APPRECIATION TO: Barrister Oladipupo Bodunrin for his great contributions on the Subject Matter.

    MOSES DURODOLA
    CONVENER, DISCOVERY MEDIA CREW

  • CONTENTMENT IS A GREAT GAIN

    CONTENTMENT IS A GREAT GAIN

    Many years ago I visited a multi millionaire elderly but frustrated friend. He was then in his late seventies. He sat recluse and deeply unhappy. He was living in a Private Estate of about 14 fully detached houses. He owned all the houses. Located strategically at the center of the Private Estate, was his opulent quasi Palace.

    He then told me never to make the mistake he made.

    My ears were itching to hear. He reeled them out in between sobs – Those 14 houses were built for his children. Most of the boys traveled overseas and never settled in Nigeria. The few that live in Nigeria never liked the houses and built their own houses. The rich man and his wife had arthritis and could not walk upstairs to their room in their own mansion. Both were then living in their Guest Room downstairs. Rodents and reptiles naturally took over many of those houses.

    Physically, I saw a rich man lamenting.

    He then advised me never to build big houses for myself or my children.

    … That was the advise!

    Hear me: Anything you acquired in excess will give you headache if not now but in the nearest future.

    Those who have a fleet of cars will have high maintenance budget for vehicles that are largely underutilized. They will have regular liaison with car mechanics.

    Those who have many houses will be occupied with many tenant related problems – Its either the roofs are falling off or the houses are due for repainting or some recalcitrant tenants have taken you to court. I forgot to mention land use charges .

    My friend what you need to be happy is not as much as you imagine.

    When you get to your mid fifties, you will suddenly observe that your house is too big for you.

    The reason is that the children are gradually leaving the house to either marry or move to their homes.

    You will suddenly notice that your 5 bedroom house has only two (2) inmates – You and your spouse. And you share one room anyway!!!

    One word summarizes this message: CONTENTMENT.

    Be content with what you have. Do not get involved in the rat race. Do not attempt to be like someone else.

    Who told you the Person you want to rival is “Truly Happy” in the real sense of it?

    Hear the Master Jesus Christ saying in Luke 12:15 — “A man’s life does not consist or depend on what he possesses.”

    Instead the WORD of life says: GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT is Great Gain (1 Timothy 6:6).

    Work with Wisdom. Do not sweat and labour and possibly hurt yourself for what you do not really need. Work hard for what you need and be content.

    This way, one will not regret in old age like my elderly friend.

    God bless you real good!

    COPIED FROM: PASTOR SIMEON ARANONU’S WALL

  • RCCG FESTIVAL OF LIFE IN THE MIDDLE EAST REGION (INTERNATIONAL MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE) DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATE (UAE)

    RCCG FESTIVAL OF LIFE IN THE MIDDLE EAST REGION (INTERNATIONAL MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE) DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATE (UAE)

    THEME: LET THE FIRE FALL

    MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE

    DATE: 12TH SEPTEMBER, 2019

    BIBLE TEXT: ISAIAH 6:1-8

    While you are opening your Bibles, I want to thank God for bringing us back to Dubai.

    ISAIAH 6:1-8

    1. In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
    2. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
    3. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
    4. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
    5. Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts ( pray that your eyes will see Him).
    6. Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
    7. And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
    8. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

    The first time I read this Passage after I became a Christian, I was a bit embarrassed because here is a man, Isaiah, who have been Prophesying.

    He is the one who said in Isaiah 1:19, for example: ‘If you are Willing and Obedient, you will eat the Good of the Land’.

    And then in verse 20, he said: ‘If you are disobedient, you are set for destruction’.

    This is a man who said in Isaiah 3:10-11: ‘Say ye to the Righteous, it shall be well with him; woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him’.

    Here, I find him having an encounter with The Consuming Fire. The kind of encounter I believe you will have today.

    And at the end of that Fire coming from Heaven to touch his lips, he heard God saying: ‘Who shall I send, who will go for me?’

    What have I been doing all along, am I not your Minister? Have you not been sending me?

    When you said I should tell the Righteous, ‘It shall be well with him’, did I hear somebody else other than God?

    So, many of us are here today not because we not Ministers of God but because I believe He wants to move us to the Next Level.

    So, this is not a regular Ministers’ Conference. This is not an expert coming to teach those who don’t know as much as himself – far from it.

    Many of you know much more than I do.

    There are people here who are conversant with Greek and Hebrew. The only Greek I know is Mathematical Greek.

    It has nothing to do with The Bible. So don’t see me as someone who has come to teach.

    That is one of the reasons why am seating down; this is a Family Gathering.

    And if you are not ready for some Dramatic Changes in your life, may I kindly ask that you just go home now and enjoy yourself.

    Because when God gave the topic for this Gathering: ‘Let the Fire fall’, I had a rough idea, He is about to do something.

    Are you ready to be shaken because what Isaiah said here when he saw the One he has been serving all this Years in all His splendor; he said ‘Woe is me, for I am undone’.

    The word UNDONE there, according to those who know the big Theology, is that I have been taken to pieces.

    You know when your engine needs a thorough repairing,the mechanics will take it to pieces.

    That is the word he used there: ‘I am undone’.

    God is showing me how rotten I am. I couldn’t understand how God would have been using a man that God knew had unclean lips to Prophecy all these Years.

    And then, at the end of the whole story when the Fire fell, then He puts him together again.

    He now said: ‘Okay sir, are you ready for Ministry?’ – ‘Who can I send now; who will go for me?’

    He said: ‘I thought I have been your servant since all these days but if you are still willing to send anyone, I am still here’.

    You see cold water is very useful.

    If one has a kettle of cold water, one can use it basically for two things: for washing and for drinking.

    In Genesis 18:1-4; when God paid Abraham a Visit, the first thing he offered God is water to wash His feet.

    And it comes to water for drinking, the Principal thing you need to know about cold water is that ‘thirst can kill’.

    In Judges 15:15-19, Samson has had a Great Victory. Those who came to kill him, he has killed a thousand of them and then, he became thirsty.

    And then, he said: ‘Lord, you have given me a Great Victory but there is an inner enemy now about to reduce that Victory to nothing’.

    Water is very, very crucial – Cold Water.

    That is why you will find that the Scientists keep searching the whole Universe, looking for somewhere, where there is water in case they need to relocate.

    Because we already have enough weapon to wipe out the current world – A thousand times over.

    And those who have the New Power, they realised this and say can we find a Place we can all run to when we are destroying this world and the Place must have water – Water!

    So we find that water is so crucial because according to Exodus 30:19-21; The Almighty God made it clear to Aaron and his sons – Ministers; that if they try to approach Him without being washed, hands and feet, they will die.

    So if you dare go to the Presence of The Almighty God without taking your bath, you are a dead man – It is God who said so.

    When we are talking about thirsty and drinking water; when you read John 19:28. There, it will amaze you that when the Lord hung on the cross, nails on His hands; nails on His feet; crown of thorn on His head, the only cry he cried was not I am in pain, not I am hungry. What did he say? – I thirst.

    That means the pain of thirst obliterated all other pains.

    … Cold water is very, very Useful.

    So it is great to be saved.

    If you are already washed in the Blood – 1 John 1:7 says: The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sins.

    … You have been Washed.

    Ephesians 5:25-27 tells us that Jesus Christ gave Himself for the Church that He may wash the Church. So that it will have no spot, no blemish.

    It is great to be saved and to be washed.

    And if there is anyone among us who is yet to be thoroughly washed in the Blood of the Lamb who is just pretending.

    He is christian by name but have never had that encounter. God has not wash him by the Blood of the Lamb, I pray they will be washed before they leave here.

    Salvation, the Cleansing Power, opens the door to several things. Once you have been washed clean, you have access to answered Prayers.

    Isaiah 59:1-2 made it clear, God is able to save; He is able to hear but if there is sin in your life, He won’t even hear.

    But after you have been washed, then your Prayers will be answered.

    Once you are saved, you have access to Healing -1 Peter 2:24. After your sins are gone, then you can claim ‘By His strife, I have been Healed’.

    When you have been saved, then you have access to DELIVERANCE from curses. You have access to ABRAHAMIC Blessings.

    According to Galatians 3:13-14: ‘Christ has redeemed us from the curses of the Law’.

    Because by the time they hung Him on the tree, His Blood was flowing for you and now, you can have access to the Blessings of Abraham.

    If you have been washed, you have access to VICTORY over Satan himself.

    Revelation 12:10-11.

    … Oh, I have assumed that everybody will be taking notes; some people think that they will remember all these things off hand. God have Mercy on you.

    Revelation 12:10-11 tells us that: We overcame Satan by the blood of the Lamb.

    … If you are washed, you have access to Victory over the devil.

    And probably, one of the Greatest Blessings of Salvation is that you have access to the holiest – Hebrews 10:19-22.

    You can go to the very Presence of God, Himself.

    As I was sharing with someone – my children, not too long ago, by the Grace of God and the Grace of God alone, I have had opportunities of visiting Heads of state.

    And they will invite you to come and give instructions to all his aides. And then, you still have to pass through gates after gates after gates after gates.

    On one occasion, I was visiting one Head of state, I won’t mention the Country. After I have passed through about seven (7) gates, I thank God that I can easily go into the Presence of Jesus Christ.

    I don’t have to pass through seven (7) gates to reach Him.

    By the Blood of the Lamb, the moment I go on my kneels and I say: ‘In the Name of Jesus’; am in the Presence of the Most High.

    Access to the holiest. I don’t have to please one Angel or the other before I can get to my Father Himself.

    So, cold water, because it washes, has tremendous influence; tremendous impact.

    However, hot water is far more useful.

    Men’s hearts are hard. As a matter of fact in Ezekiel 36:26, The Bible calls the heart of man ‘stony’: ‘I will take the heart of stones out of You’.

    So, you need hot water to deal with hard stuff.

    And am sure you must have wondered how it is that you will Preach and Preach and some people will just refuse to repent.

    Their hearts are hard.

    And you are dealing with hard hearts with cold water?

    The water needs to boil for it to deal with hard hearts.

    So you have your cold water in your kettle- You have the Word of God, you know all theology, you know all the whatever ‘ogies’ they call them and yet you are not winning souls because your water is cold.

    For the kettle of cold water to become a kettle of hot water, what do we need? – Fire!

    You are a very good students. You are learning far ahead.

    But there is still something more effective than hot water itself.

    When we talk about hot water, we say it can boil things but if you apply more heat to hot water, it becomes steam. Am sure you know that the first engine ever, is Steam Engine.

    There is something that does more than hot water and that is Fire itself.

    Of course you know that Fire can cook – You can boil your meat but you can also roast it. You can boil your yam; you can also roast it.

    Fire is a cooker. It tenderizes. It makes thing tender.

    For example, you consider John, the beloveth as one of those boys with very hard heart.

    When you consider Luke 9:51-56, Jesus Christ was on journey, He got to a Village of the Samaritans and said: ‘Please I want to spend a night in your Village’ and they said ‘No way’.

    You know what John said: ‘Let’s burn them up’ – Over their property, it tells you the kind of heart he had.

    But when the Fire fell on him, he was the one who said in 1 John 4:7: ‘Beloveth, let’s love one another’.

    … The heart of stone had become heart of flesh.

    But Fire doesn’t just deal with making your food tender, it kills germs.

    In the olden days before the discovery of sanitizers and others when a doctor wants to operate, he passes the operating knives through Fire because, even today when they say we have come with a particular sanitizer, they will say it will kill ninety-nine point something percent of germs. They leave at least something behind – Something that the sanitizer cannot deal with.

    There is no germ that Fire cannot take care of – Not one at all.

    Even the devil fears Fire because he knows that is where he is going to end.

    If Fire is so tough that, that is the punishment the Lord has reserved for an arch- angel, then you should know what Fire does.

    So Fire kills germs. Because if you don’t kill germs, germs will kill you.

    Acts 5:1-11, first time I read this passage after I became a Christian, again, I was a bit troubled – A man came to Church, he sold his land and brought a percentage to the Church. And then the man of God killed him; killed the wife too for conniving.

    Why are you killing a man over his property?

    And the explanation I got from my Daddy is that if you don’t kill a germ, the germ will kill you.

    Do you know your Church will grow if you have the ability to destroy agents to the devil masquerading in the Church as Member of the Choir – am not talking of our Choir.

    Lord, have Mercy.

    The Church must be purified. If it is to make Progress and you need Fire.

    That is why the Bible says in Malachi 3:2-3, Every son of Levi, every Minister, must be passed through Fire’.

    And not ordinary kind of Fire, the kind of Fire that the Purifier of Silver and Gold will use and that is Fire of a different category.

    Maybe one of these days, we will come and talk about categories of Fire because all Fire are not the same: There is Red Fire that is hot. But there is Blue Fire; that is hotter.

    Because Red Fire comes from firewood; Blue Fire comes from gas.

    And then, there is White Fire, that is the one that welders use.

    … But that is for another day.

    I think you need to Pray that I come back. You might not like it though, when I come back.

    Because we are Praying that Fire should fall.

    Fire has to start with those of you who are Ministers of God.

    Because many of us who we call Ministers of God, we are still jokers.

    Please, forgive me – am not being rude. This is a family Meeting.

    And there is an African Proverb, it says: ‘If two (2) children of the same mother enter into the room to discuss serious business and they come out smiling, they have not been telling each other the truth’.

    In other words, if it is my mother’s child and I, there is no diplomacy, we say it as it is.

    You are angry with me, no problem, just let all end up well. And you are all going to finish well.

    You are going to finish strong because, of what use is it if you say you are a Minister and you miss Heaven?

    What is the difference between you and someone who is not save?

    What is the use of saying you are getting some people to Heaven and you are not going, yourself?

    And we are living in a time when now, anything goes.

    That is not the way it should be.

    We are living in an age when people are now saying Grace! Grace!! Grace!!!; as if I don’t know what is Grace.

    If you are looking for an example of Grace, look at me. There is nothing in my life that qualifies me to be where I am today – Nothing but Grace.

    However, if you think Grace allows you to treat God like Father Christmas, you are dead. He is an Holy God.

    In the text I read to you, the Angels could have said ‘Mighty! Mighty!! Mighty!!! Lord God Almighty’.

    The angels could have said ‘Loving! Loving!! Loving!!! Lord God Almighty’ because He is love.

    What was it they were crying? – Holy!

    For you to begin your Ministry at all, you need to KISS Fire.

    And if you ask the Scientists, the doctors and those who know Anatomy, they will tell you the most sensitive part of the body are the lips.

    That is why people in love kiss.

    And it was the lips that was touched by Fire.

    God said ‘Okay, you want to be close to me now, how about a little kiss? And since am a Consuming Fire, kiss this Fire’.

    The Bible didn’t tell us how Isaiah must have screamed when the Fire touched his lips.

    Have you tried to drink tea accidentally not knowing it is that hot? Don’t you remember what the experience was?

    So to fulfill your Purpose on Earth. For you to be what God wants you to be; the Fire must fall.

    In Luke 5:1-11, The Lord had already told Peter: You will no longer catch fish, you will be catching men’.

    He had a call to Ministry when he was still fishing. But he didn’t win a single soul until the Day of Pentecost.

    Acts 2:1-41, the Fire fell, landed on the head of Peter, he preached a single sermon and won three thousand (3,000) souls.

    Can you imagine what will happen if everyone of you here will Preach one sermon and each time you Preach a sermon, you win a hundred (100) souls? – Am not talking about three thousand (3,000) souls now.

    If everybody here would, next Friday, not this one because this one, we are together but after this week, if next Friday, you all Preach a sermon each and each one wins a hundred (100) souls?

    … Ha! I will be back within a Year.

    Because the noise will spread. The whole world will know something is happening in UAE (United Arab Emirate)

    I mean, you know the rest of the story of Peter, he Performed a Miracle; Preached another sermon and won five thousand (5,000) souls and so on.

    I don’t want to waste time talking, I believed you already got the point. Am a Mathematician, I don’t know how to speak for long.

    And I would rather that you spend some time Praying than we will spend time talking.

    I have a big question to ask you and that question is: Do you really want the Fire to fall?

    Because if you want it to fall, you will ask for it.

    If God knows you mean it from the bottom of your heart, He will answer you because He said in Numbers 14:28: ‘As you speak in My ears, so will I do to you’.

    But I will be failing in my duty as a father if I don’t warn you.

    Any water that wants to become steam must be ready to reduce – Am sure you know that.

    You have applied Fire to the water and the water begins to boil and instead of stopping, you keep on applying the Fire and the water then begins to change to steam. The water that you started with will begin to reduce.

    Any wood that wants to become Fire must burn because every wood has the potential of becoming Fire.

    That is why wood is called Firewood. Inside every wood, is fire.

    That is why when you hear that there is Fire outbreak in some parts of the world and you just see the Fire increasing , increasing and increasing because every wood that they touch whether hot or cold, whether fresh or dry, If you apply fire to any wood, it will become fire.

    But the wood that changes to fire will reduce.

    And there are many of us who are on horses back now and we don’t want to come down.

    We are BIG people and then we want the Fire to fall. We want to burn so you must be ready for reduction.

    Am sure many of us here will love to have the experience that Isaiah had: You want to be in the Presence of The Most High God; you want to see Him in all His Glory – Beautiful Experience!

    Very humiliating because it will reduce you.

    I will tell you two stories. Am sure you must have been wondering no stories yet. I reserved them till the end. And the two stories are from my life, not they said. Some of the old ones probably heard them before.

    Story 1: In 1976, we went for a Conference in Kenya. It was a World Conference of Pentecostals – All the big names in Pentecostalism gathered in Kenya.

    Somehow, I got the information. I wasn’t invited but I got the information and I went and I was hungry for God like nobody’s business.

    So, I was there. And those big boys spoke.

    Finally, we had a final closing programme and they called the Programme Meditation. Somebody was playing with a guitar, singing songs and the rest of us were Praying in the spirit.

    It was an awesome Period. And I was there with, some of the people you know – Pastor Kumuyi, he was sitting by my side and another fellow was sitting on my side. And all of a sudden, I was transported to Heaven.

    I was in an Open vVsion as they would call it because I wasn’t sleeping. I found myself in a very huge room like a dome, very huge.

    There was someone far away sitting on the throne. Very far away; very difficult to describe; am trying my best.

    On my right were angels; huge things. If anybody tells you an angel is like a child with little wings – you are talking about the devil.

    Huge to the extent that each one of them could carry Aircraft 777 on their Palm – That will tell you how huge.

    … Millions of them on my right,; millions of them on my left.

    And they are not white o. It is just that there are no words to describe them.

    The closest I can get to describing them is when you put clear water in crystal glass.

    We don’t have the word for describing that type of colour.

    I was standing on what looks just like a Spot.

    When I turned to the right, the Angels moved back; when I turn to the left, the Angels moved back.

    Ah! Ha! And I saw someone on the throne there far away. Nobody said a word and all of a sudden, it occurred to me to take a look at myself.

    And I saw myself naked; absolutely naked, covered with all kinds of rubbish as if you have just pushed somebody out of the sewage system.

    So, I now saw why the Angels were moving away. I was already a Pastor. Nobody said a word and suddenly the vision vanished.

    I now said I see – Pastor, as dirty as anything.

    That is when I said to the Almighty God, next time that am coming back to this Throne Room; I won’t come dirty.

    So, if you discovered that there is hardly any sermon I Preach without talking about HOLINESS – now you have a rough idea.

    Do you want to have that kind of experience? Are you sure?

    And then, the second story because I told you if you want the Fire to fall, you must be ready to reduce.

    Story 2: Now, I had become General Overseer and I was approaching the age of forty (40). And on my table, there is this table plate where they write your name so that anybody coming will know who they are visiting.

    And on mine was written ‘Reverend Doctor E.A. Adeboye’, Bsc., Msc., PhD’. And I said later on, I wished they would have written ’empty barrel’.

    I was approaching the age of forty (40) when God spoke to me and He showed me a Vision.

    He drew two (2) graphs because I study mathematics so He knew I will understand.

    One of the graphs is what we call ‘The head-up parabola’ – The head is up and that is why we call it ‘head-up’. The other one is what we call ‘The head-down parabola’.

    At the Turning Point in each graph is the figure forty (40) because I was going to be forty (40) Years old.

    And He said to me: ‘Which one do you want?’

    He sent The Holy Spirit to Prepare me for that little Test – And I said I want the head-down Parabola.

    Why? – Because if you choose the head-up, it means you have reached your height. At the age of forty (40). The next thing is that you will be going down.

    If you choose the head-down, it means, at 40, you are at your lowest. And you can only keep on climbing.

    So He said to me ‘Okay, in that case, this table – something with all the Reverend, Dr, Bsc, Msc, PhD will have to go.

    Because all those degrees are for the University. You want to serve me, you must become zero.

    That is why I am Pastor today. That is why I am not Arch Bishop or Apostle.

    The one who is going to burn must say like John, the Baptist said: ‘He must Increase while I Decrease’.

    Are you really ready to Decrease that He might Increase?

    Because if you call for Fire this evening, Fire will fall. I can assure you of that.

    When Fire falls the way I know my Father will cause the Fire to fall, within one (1) week; you won’t recognise yourself.

    Almost all the Problems you can have in this Ministry is traceable to Pride.

    … It is only when you are Proud that you can be offended.

    ‘How can you do that to me?’

    I have told my Senior Pastors before at least those of them that I have the opportunity of teaching Years ago, the word ‘humility’ has the same root as the word ‘humus’.

    Humus means soil, black soil.

    To be humble means that you are on the floor for everybody to trample upon.

    And you know anything about the soil; whatever you do to the soil, it doesn’t complain.

    You dig it, you hammer it, you defecate on it; you urinate on it – Does it fight back?

    Now, why not? – Because he knows that sooner or later, he will swallow you.

    Are you ready to Pray?

    You will spend the first two (2) minutes calling on God to send down Fire. And the rest of the minutes, you just Pray in Spirit and see the Fire fall.

    Maybe I will give you at least fifteen (15) minutes to Pray.

    It might be a little longer depending on what God decides. But I believe I have already done my job.

    So if you want to Pray, it is up to you. You can Pray like a lady or Pray like a gentle man.

    It is okay but if you really want to Pray, you Pray like a Warrior; you Pray like lions and lionesses because a day like this comes only once in a life time.

    And I believe this is your time. So, it is over to you.

    Talk to the Almighty God. Cry out to Him and say; ‘Just let the Fire fall on me’….

    Thank You Father. In Jesus’ Mighty Name we Prayed – Amen.

    Please shall we just lift our hands to Heaven as I Pray with you.

    CLOSING PRAYER:

    Father, in the Mighty Name of Jesus. I thank You because I know from the Foundation of the world, You knew we are going to gather here today.

    You have heard the cry of Your children and You said in Your Words that if two (2) of us shall agree as touching anything we ask on Earth, it shall be done for us by our Father in Heaven.

    My Daddy and my God, I am in Agreement with these Your children. Let the Fire fall.

    Whatever it is going to cost, let the Fire fall.

    These are Your Ministers; these are Your workers in this Land. The work here cannot be done by Oratory, it requires Your Fire Power. Please Lord, let the Fire fall.

    You said in Your Words that You will Baptise us with the Holy Ghost and with Fire. Please Lord, that Baptism of Fire, in the life of everyone of us, do it again today.

    Let the Fire fall. And take all the Glory for it.

    In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

    Let someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    God bless you, you may please be seated.

    Thank You Father. We all know that we are Ministers of God and you don’t come to His Presence empty handed.

    So, I will hand over to whoever is going to take the Offering.

    I hope I will be seeing you again maybe during the Ordination Service later tonight.

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  • RCCG FESTIVAL OF LIFE IN THE MIDDLE EAST REGION (HOLY GHOST SERVICE) DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATE (UAE)

    RCCG FESTIVAL OF LIFE IN THE MIDDLE EAST REGION (HOLY GHOST SERVICE) DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATE (UAE)

    THEME: LET THE FIRE FALL

    MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE

    DATE: 13TH SEPTEMBER, 2019

    BIBLE TEXT: EXODUS 3:1-6

    1. Thank You Father! Shall we lift up our hands to the Most High God and bless His Name? Go ahead and Worship Him. Lift your voice to the Almighty God and just bless His Holy Name. Worship the King of kings, the Lord of lords; the Ancient of Days. Bless Him: Let Him Hear your voice. Give Him Glory, Give Him Honour, Give Him Adoration, Praise Him! He is worthy to be Praised, He is worthy to be Adored, He is worthy to be Magnified. Worship Him, Adore Him, Magnify His Holy Name; Praise the Almighty God. Give Him Glory, give Him Honour, give Him Adoration.

    Thank You Father! Blessed be Your Holy Name. In Jesus Mighty Name we Worship – Amen.

    1. I want you to lift your voice loud and clear and say Father: if You are visiting two (2) people here today, let me be one (1) of them. Open your mouth and cry to the Almighty God.

    In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

    1. I want you to pray one more prayer; say Father, don’t let me come in Vain. Open your mouth and cry to the Almighty God.

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

    SONG:

    What a Mighty God we serve (Hallelujah)
    What a Mighty God we serve (Hallelujah)
    Heaven and Earth Adore Him (even)
    Angels bow before Him
    What a Mighty God we serve.

    OPENING PRAYER:

    Almighty God, King of kings and Lord of lords. The Owner of the Earth and the Fullness thereof. The Unchangeable Changer, we Worship You! Please, accept our worship in Jesus’ Name.

    Today in the lives of ALL Your children gathered here (or reading) and those who are listening to us all over the world: Father please do something NEW; Do something Miraculous, do something Glorious.

    Please, Save Souls today, Heal the Sick today, Set the Captives free today!

    Before we leave here today, let everyone of us SING A NEW SONG! And Father, bless this Land;

    In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

    Let someone shout Hallelujah – HALLELUJAH!

    … That’s not a bad one for Dubai Hallelujah. But let me hear a Heavenly Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    I want you to shake hands with about two (2) or three (3) people and Prophesy to them and say: “The FIRE WILL FALL for you today” – Amen.

    And then let us put our hands together for the Almighty God; and then please be seated.

    I agree with the Pastor, that the choir is VERY GOOD; when he said ‘they are the best in the world’. I said: well, provided the world means Dubai.

    But they are very good; very good! Let’s give the Lord a big round of applause.

    I have been asked to let those of you in the Overflow: know that there are about a thousand of you; and every blessings going on here will reach you there too.

    Now, how many of you are attending the Festival of Life (we call it the Holy Ghost Service in Nigeria) Program for the first time? Let me see your hands? Oh, so many of them!

    Alright! You will get a First Time kind of Miracle in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

    Well, because you are so many, then I need to explain some things (before we continue); so that we can flow together on the same wave line;

    1. Whenever God wants to speak to a Group of people, He speaks to individuals. No matter how many the people; when He wants to talk, He will direct His Speech to someone.

    For example, in Revelation 3:20; it says: “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: If ANY MAN hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”

    He was talking to a whole Congregation, yet He was still saying “If ANY MAN”.

    So if as we continue tonight, and all of a sudden you hear: “There is someone here…” And at the end of the day the someone happens to be maybe a hundred (100) people; don’t think we made a mistake – that is the way God speaks!

    For example, there is someone here tonight (or reading); who will NEVER weep again – Amen!

    Where is that someone? – The DMC FAMILY!

    … Alright! God bless you.

    That is the first thing you need to know.

    1. The second (2nd) thing is that The Holy Ghost flows like a River.

    If you read John 7:37-38; you will understand that when the river is flowing and it is your turn to deep your bucket and bring out water. If at that moment you hesitate, the River won’t wait for you. It will just flow on.

    So if as we continue, God should speak about you in particular. And at that moment you are thinking of the rice you left at home or something. And then you hear somebody beside you say Amen! And you wake up and say, what did he say? By that time it will be too late.

    … So tell your neighbour: Please be attentive!

    1. Third (3rd) thing I need to let you know is that; in some Nations of the world, and I believe probably in Dubai; they have such Restaurants that they call; “Eat all you can”.

    I’m sure you have it around here. Now, when they say it is an “Eat all you can Restaurant”; everybody goes in, they pay the same amount and then you are free to eat until you are tired. They spread the Tables with all manners of goodies.

    Now, some people will go in there, and take just one little spoon of rice, and one little chicken.

    When I see such people, I always wonder: What are they doing here?

    Because, when I go to such a places, by the time I leave they would know somebody has visited.

    … And the way you are laughing means am not the only one here.

    Now, the reason am telling you that is because the Lord has Prepared a Table before you today. On the Table there is: Salvation, Healing, Deliverance, Miracles, Signs and Wonders.

    Now, how much of it do you want? – ALL!!

    1. Finally, when you go to the Scriptures, you will discovered that all those who got a Miracle from Jesus Christ got it by “FAITH”.

    He would ask you: Do you believe I can do it?

    If you say Yes! Then He will either say: Be it unto you according to your FAITH. Or your FAITH has made you whole.

    … I want to assure you that God is here tonight.

    How do I know? Because He said “where two (2) or three (3) are gathered together in my Name, I will be there!”

    Second (2nd) reason I know is that (with all humility) I brought Him with me. Now, I will explain what I mean by that.

    When He was calling me into Full Time Ministry (in 1981); He made me a Promise. He said wherever I go, He would come with me. So right now, the Headquarters of God is here (in Dubai).

    So the question now is: When exactly do you want your Miracle? – NOW!

    … The next time when I come? – No, NOW!

    Alright! Then let me hear you shout hallelujah – Hallelujah.

    So, now we are ready!

    BIBLE TEXT: EXODUS 3:1-6

    And while you you are opening your Bible; let me also let you know I will be calling on you to Pray again and again, as I preach along.

    This is not an ordinary Church Service. This is the Holy Ghost Service.

    And all things go in the Holy Ghost. So I will Preach a little, and also ask you to Pray!

    Now when I ask you to stand up and Pray, I will be talking only to the young ones. The Elders (and I think am seeing some here) can sit down and do their Prayers.

    You say, what happens if the Elders fall asleep?

    That is no problem. The Bible says that the old ones will dream dreams. And to dream, you will have to fall asleep first.

    Now, let me define the young ones?

    Anyone who is younger than I is young. Now, I am seventy seven (77) years old.

    So how many young ones are here?

    If you are Young, let me hear you shout hallelujah – Hallelujah.

    So all the old ones can sit down; when I say let us stand up and Pray. But 8jthe young ones must STAND.

    PROPHESY:

    Oh, Thank You Father!

    We have not even started, and Daddy asks me to tell you that The All Sufficient God is here tonight – Amen!

    EXODUS 3:1-6;

    1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the Priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the Mountain of God, even to Horeb.

    2 And the Angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of Fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with Fire, and the bush was not consumed.

    3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

    4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

    5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

    6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

    God is FIRE.

    Hebrew 12:29 says: “Our God us a Consuming Fire”.

    So when we say: “LET THE FIRE FALL”, it could mean: Let me have CONTACT with God.

    … “LET THE FIRE FALL” – Let the Consuming Fire come down and let me have CONTACT with God.

    He came down in the Bible Text I read to you (Exodus 3:1-6) and had CONTACT with a man called Moses.

    So when we say: “LET THE FIRE FALL” tonight; we are actually saying “Let somebody here have CONTACT with God”.

    I don’t know who that fellow is, but somebody is going to have CONTACT with the Almighty today – Amen.

    Now, man is made in the image of God.

    In Genesis 1:26-27; the Almighty God Himself said: “Come, let us make man in Our Own Image; in Our Own likeness.

    … So He made man in His Own Image – just like you and I.

    So when we talk about CONTACT therefore (with God); Just like man to man can have contact in Five (5) Basic Ways:

    1. Either EYE Contact – when you look at me, and I look at you.

    God can have Eye Contact with man eye to eye.

    For example, in John 9:1, the Bible says Jesus SAW a blind man; the man was born blind. The man couldn’t even see Him; but He saw him.

    And am believing that God will see somebody here tonight – Amen!

    1. And then there is EAR Contact: You can contact me, I can contact you by telephone.

    … That is EAR Contact!

    In 1 Kings 17:2-3; God contacted a man called Elijah by AIR. The Bible says the Word of the Lord came to Elijah saying: “This is what I want you to do”.

    Am believing God that before we finish tonight, somebody will HEAR from God – Amen!

    1. And then there could be MOUTH Contact.

    When two (2) people kiss, they are contacting mouth to mouth.

    And God said in Numbers 12:5-8; He said, when He wants to Speak to some Prophets, He will speak to them in Dreams; some in Visions.

    He said when He wants to speak to Moses, He speaks to him mouth to mouth.

    … Mouth to Mouth!

    1. And then there is of course, what we call BODY Contact.

    I mean, when I ask you to shake hands with one (1) or two (2) people, am asking you to have BODY Contact.

    For example in Matthew 8:1-3; a leper came to Jesus Christ and said: ‘I know You have the ability to make me clean (if You are willing). And Jesus stretched out His Hands and TOUCHED him.

    … It was Body CONTACT!

    And immediately the man was cleansed.

    1. And then there is NOSE Contact.

    In Genesis 2:7; the Bible says: ‘When God formed man from ordinary dust, He breathed into his nostrils.

    … He had put nostrils where the nostrils was supposed to be.

    And then from His Own NOSE, He breathed into the nostrils of the mud. And suddenly, the mud became a living soul.

    So when we say: “LET THE FIRE FALL”; we are asking that God will make Contact with somebody here tonight – either in one (1) of the five (5) Ways. Or in some cases, it might even be in more than one (1) Ways.

    It might be through EYE Contact, It might be through EAR Contact, it might be through MOUTH Contact, it might be through BODY Contact, it might be through NOSE Contact.

    … For somebody, it might be ALL of them rolled together.

    So we are going to pick them one (1) by one (1). Don’t worry I will be brief – but the brief will be INTENSE.

    I will really encourage you, when I ask you to Pray, please Pray. Because a moment like this comes only in a life’s time.

    When I came here last in 2016; the people didn’t know it is going to take this long before I would come. Because before then, I was coming every Year.

    Now, their Pastor (Pastor Boniface Okenwa) has been Prophesying: Ah! He will come again next Year. I just kept on saying Amen! Because tomorrow is in the Hands of God – I don’t know when next I will be here.

    But one thing is certain, we are together today!

    And if I were you, I will seize the opportunity and make the most of it.

    Do I hear an AMEN!

    1. Now let us start with EYE CONTACT:

    Now in Exodus 33:20; God said to Moses, “No man can see My Face and live”.

    We don’t want to die yet!

    Am not saying: ‘God come down, so that I can see You face to face’.

    No! That is not the kind of Eye Contact am asking for.

    If I can’t see You, all I want is “SEE ME” – You, just see me. That will be enough for me!

    Now, when God SEES someone, that fellow will never remain the same.

    What do we mean when we say “God SEES someone?”

    You know, when we say SEE – See has several meanings.

    For example, if I say: ‘I see you’ – am looking at you, you are looking at you me.

    And yet I can come to you and I say: ‘I want to see you’. Am already looking at you and I say: ‘I want to see you’.

    You know what that means? – “Can we have a Private Time together. Can you give me quality Personal Time?”

    And you have been trying to explain something for some time, and all of a sudden, I say: “I see!”

    You know what that means? – It means ‘Ah! At long last, I understand’.

    But the SEE that I want God to see me, and see you today, is to FOCUS attention on me or on you.

    For example, in John 5:5-7; the Bible tells us of somebody who had been sick, who had been lying down at a Pool called Bethesda, for a long time.

    And the Bible says: Jesus SAW a man who had been there, thirty eight (38) years.

    He FOCUSED attention on that man. And because He SAW that man – He focused His attention on that man – That man got healed!

    And the interesting thing is (if you read the story all the way to verse 9); as soon as Jesus Christ healed that one (1) fellow, He left the Place.

    He could have Healed all of them; but He Healed just one (1)!

    So there are many of us here today; ‘for God to SEE someone’ means: He will single out the fellow out of the crowd and say – Ah! This is the one who will receive a Miracle.

    Who is the fellow that God will see tonight? – The DMC FAMILY!

    Now, when He SEES somebody, the fellow would NEVER remain the same again.

    For example, in John 9:1-7, it talks about a blind man. This man was blind! This man was born blind.

    But Jesus SAW him; at the end of the story, the man who was born blind began to see! – The man didn’t remain the same!

    Later own, if you read verses 24 & 25; the Bible says some people called the man and they said: ‘Give Glory to God, this Jesus is a sinner’.

    The man said: whether He is a sinner or not, I don’t know. But one thing I know, ‘whereas I was blind, now I SEE’.

    I am trusting God for somebody here today; by the time this Service is over, you will be able to say “whereas I came in with Problems, now am going out without any Problems” – Amen.

    In Mark 2:1-12; the Bible says they brought a man; four (4) people brought a man to where Jesus was. And there was no room by the door, no room by the window. And those who brought him, climbed to the roof, they broke the roof, dropped down the man at the feet of Jesus.

    The Bible says: Jesus SAW their Faith. As soon as He saw their Faith, He took care of the Problem of the man: They carried in the man; the man walked out himself!

    Am believing God for someone here today or reading; you are not going to leave here the same way you came – Amen!

    Now, I will tell you a Story. Some people have heard the story before. But some of you are new, it will be a New Story to you too.

    There was this young man who was paralysed (completely paralysed). He heard that Miracles are happening at our Headquarters in Nigeria. So they carried him to the Place (we call it Redemption Camp, in Lagos – Nigeria).

    By the time they arrived (of course, the crowd is a little more than this one) and they had to travel quite a bit from the back to the Altar: and a lot of Miracles were already happening around the Altar by the time they came.

    So they told him: ‘Sir, we have brought you to Redemption Camp’; that is as far as we can go! You wait here – because we are also going for our own Miracles.

    And when they dropped him, the man looked up to God and said: ‘Oh God, You SEE me here’; they have dropped me. You SEE me!

    The moment he said that one; God spoke to me and said: “There is someone in the crowd who has just said: God SEE me here”. And God said, tell him – Yes, I have SEEN you!

    As soon as he heard the Word, something began to happen – He began to feel something in his feet. Before he knew it, he was standing, he was dancing.

    When the Program was over, his friends came, looking for him where they dropped him. They were looking for him, then he came from behind, tapped them at the shoulder and said: “Are you looking for me?”

    PRAYER: I want you to stand on your feet. Lift your voice to the Almighty God loud and clear and say: Father; Please SEE me today!

    Go ahead, cry to the Almighty God: Father please see me today, Focus Your Attention on me today!

    Thank You Jesus! In Jesus Mighty Name, we have Prayed – Amen.

    So shall it be in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

    Please be seated.

    1. And then we go to EAR CONTACT:

    And am going to be asking you to Pray later on and ask God “to please HEAR me today”.

    You see, because if I say we are talking about EAR Contact, and I want to hear Him; the Bible says in 1 Kings 19:9-12. It says: He speaks in Still Small Voice.

    So, suppose He speaks and I could not hear. Or in John 12:28-29; the Bible says there was a time He spoke to Jesus Christ and the people around thought it was Thunder.

    So He may be speaking, I may not hear, because He is speaking in a Small Voice. Or He may speak and I may think it is Thunder.

    So when we talk about EAR Contact today; what I am saying is that: I want Him to HEAR me.

    The Contact I want to make with Him is that He will hear me.

    When He HEARS somebody, dramatic things happen to that Person.

    For example, in Mark 10:46-52; the Bible says: He went to Jericho, there was a large crowd with Him.

    But there was this blind beggar by the wayside; he was there begging. Then he heard that Jesus was passing by. He began to cry. And the people around told him to ‘Shut up!’ You are not the kind of person that God will pay attention to!

    But he kept on crying until finally, Jesus heard him.

    … And the Almighty God will hear somebody here today – Amen!

    The moment Jesus heard him, several things changed:

    No. 1 – For example, he used to be living in darkness, and he was in darkness all his life. All of a sudden, Light came!

    No. 2 – All the enemies – those people who have been asking him to shut up), they suddenly became friends.

    They now came to him and said: ‘Be of Good Cheer, He is calling you’

    And may I decree to somebody today; if you have enemies who have been bothering you; before this day is over, they will become your friends – Amen!

    In Acts 16:25-34; the Bible tells us that Paul and Silas were put in Prison, and they were put in chains. And the Jailers were told ‘Watch over them, don’t let them escape; we are dealing with them tomorrow morning’.

    But then, they began to Praise God. As they Praised and sang Praises to God, God HEARD them. And because He heard them, there was an earthquake – Their chains were loosen and the prison doors were opened.

    But the most beautiful part of that story is that the very man that was supposed to keep them in Prison, became their servant – he washed their wounds, he prepared food for them.

    Am decreeing to somebody here right now or reading, as a result of the fact that you came; your enemies will become your servants – Amen.

    No. 3 – When He (Jesus) heard the cry of Bartimeus, Bartimeus had a Breakthrough at last.

    And if you read 1 Samuel 1:9-20; the Bible tells us of a woman who was barren. And she was married to a man who had two (2) wives. The other wife was very Fruitful;

    And that woman was giving this barren woman hell.

    But then, one day this woman came to Shiloh and began to cry unto God. By now, some of you would know her name (Hannah).

    … Suddenly, God HEARD; the Tide TURNED.

    God is going to hear somebody today – Amen!

    I remember one occasion; we had a Program like this, and we were rounding up. So I said, everybody should Pray – Cry into God!

    And I was crying unto God, myself (because I need Prayers). I don’t know about you.

    But I was Praying the way I was taught to Pray – You know, when I was a little child, they taught us that whenever you want to Pray, you close your eyes: we put our hands together, we closed our eyes and we Prayed!

    But now, I see people Praying with their eyes opened.

    … Maybe they want to see Jesus Christ passing by.

    And so, my eyes were closed; and I was Praying. And all of a sudden I heard God say: ‘Open your eyes’.

    I almost told Him ‘Lord, buy am Praying’. But He asked me to open my eyes. So I opened my eyes.

    And He pointed a woman to me in the crowd. The woman was weeping – drenched in tears! And the Lord said to me: Go and tell her: ‘Weep No More!’

    So I went down, I got to her, touched her. She opened her eyes. I said: My Daddy says: ‘Weep No More!’ Stop Weeping.

    And all of a sudden her eyes brightened. Because she knew at last ‘God has HEARD’.

    The Program ended; I went back to the stage, rounded up. And we left!

    A year later, somebody came, standing before me and said: ‘Sir, do you remember me?’

    I said ‘am sorry, how many people will I remember?

    She said: I was the Lady who was weeping and God sent you to go and tell ‘Stop Weeping’.

    She said; I have been married for so many Years. And I came that Meeting with a threat from the relatives of my husband, saying that if within a year I don’t give their son a child, they will drive me out of the family.

    She said: “That was why I was crying to God”.

    And when I looked at her, it was my turn to cry – This time the cry for joy. Because on the right hand, she was carrying a Baby; on the left hand, she was carrying a Baby.

    PRAYER: I want you to stand on your feet. I want you to lift your voice to the Almighty God and say: Father; Please HEAR me today!

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

    And so shall it be in Jesus’ Name – Amen!

    Please be seated.

    1. And then we are talking about CONTACT BY THE MOUTH.

    Definitely, it might be too ambitious to say, ‘Eh! God come down and give me a kiss’.

    But when we talk about Mouth Contact; we are actually saying He should Speak concerning me – Let Him say something about me.

    When you go through the Scriptures, the Bible says in Exodus 20:18-19; the children of Israel said to Moses: ‘You go and hear Him and come and tell us. Don’t let Him talk to us directly – we can’t stand that!

    Let Him talk to you – You are Special. And then you come back and tell us.

    So when we are talking about Mouth Contact, we are saying: “Let God send a Word of Prophecy concerning me”. Let Him send a Word that will be directly meant for me One Hundred percent (100%) created for me. So that when I hear it, I will know ‘At long last, I have made CONTACT with Him!

    And we know once God SPEAKS, it is done!

    For example, in 2 Kings 4:8-17; the Bible says there was this woman, a great woman who just decided to be Hospitable to a Man of God called Elisha.

    At first, Elisha was going there to eat. After sometime, the Lady decided to build him an apartment.
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    And one day, the Man of God was lying down in the apartment and The Spirit of God came to the Man of God and said: ‘You have been eating this woman’s food all these Years, you have not even asked, what is her problem?’

    So, the Man of God sent for the woman and said: ‘Woman, what can I do for you?’ The woman said, ‘I don’t need anything, am fine’.

    The Man of God felt something was missing so he called his servant and said…

    PROPHESY

    Thank You Father! Thank You Father!! The Lord said: ‘I will Cover this Meeting with my Healing Virtues like a blanket’.

    And He asked me to tell someone in particular. He said: ‘Both you and that fellow precious to you, will recover fully’.

    So Elisha said to his servant: ‘This woman, I want to help her but she said she doesn’t have Problem’.

    Oh the servant of the Man of God said, ‘Ah, she is barren and the husband is old’.

    The Man of God said: ‘That is wonderful, call her’. ‘She has money but I have something that money cannot buy’.

    And the Man of God said to her: ‘Within a Year, you will have a baby boy’.

    And the woman said, ‘Eh, eh, Man of God, please don’t deceive me. If you enjoy my food, just say Thank You and go’.

    But the Man of God didn’t repeat himself; because once He has SPOKEN, it is already done!

    Am speaking concerning somebody here today; whatever you need that will make your JOY FULL; receive it right now – Amen!

    In 1 Samuel 16:1-13; God Spoke to His Prophet – Samuel and said: ‘I want you to go to the house of Jesse. I have chosen one (1) of his sons to be a King’.

    And the Man of God came to the house of Jesse and Jesse began to bring forth his sons.

    In the meantime, the one that God had in mind was in the field – David, looking after the sheep.

    David didn’t know God had SPOKEN about him; but all of a sudden, he heard somebody calling him: ‘Hey, David, you are wanted at home’.

    ‘Why am I wanted?’

    ‘There is one old man who said they should go and bring you’.

    And they brought David, and he was Anointed King – He woke up a Shepherd boy, he went to bed a King.

    When you woke up this morning, you didn’t know how Special this day is going to be in your life. But if only God would speak concerning you, this day will be a day you will never forget – Amen.

    We were having a Service on December 31st of a particular Year and all of a sudden, God SPOKE and said: ‘There is somebody in the crowd who was having a problem paying his house rent’. And God said, ‘By the New Year, the fellow will become a landlord.

    … That was too big for anybody to swallow.

    We were talking in Lagos.

    There was one fellow there, he was a messenger. He was the only one who had enough Faith to say ‘Amen’ because he was having problem paying his rent.

    New Year came, he went to his office and saw the chairman of the company and went to greet him. He prostrated the way they do it in my tribe (Yoruba Tribe, in the Southern Part of Nigeria).

    ‘Ah Chairman, Happy New Year Sir.’

    And that one looked at him and said:

    ‘Messenger’, he said ‘Sir’: ‘Have I given you a Christmas Present?’

    He said ‘No sir’.

    ‘Have I given you a New Year Present?’

    He said ‘No sir’.

    The Chairman said ‘Well, Lagos State was selling some houses, I bid for one (1) and I won. And I don’t need it – Come and take the key’.

    That is why am asking you to please, have Faith tonight. Because when God speaks, you don’t need to begin to imagine how can it be.

    I have always told people our brains are too small to understand God. Don’t try to understand him, He is too big.

    I have a PhD in Mathematics and when I say that you say, look at this Great Mathematician.

    But if am among fellow Mathematicians and I say I have PhD in Mathematics, they will ask me: ‘What aspect of Mathematics – Pure or Applied?’ – I will say ‘Applied’.

    ‘What aspect of Applied Mathematics?’ – And I will say ‘Fluids Mechanic’.

    What aspect of Fluids Mechanic?’ – And I will say ‘Hydrodynamics’.

    ‘What aspect of Hydrodynamics?’ – And I say ‘Three Dimensional Motion’.

    And they will say ‘What aspect of Three Dimensional Motion?’ – And I will say ‘Nevi Eco Equation’.

    You see by the time they pin me down you will discovered that what I said I got PhD on is like the top of a pin.

    It will take a man a thousand (1,000) Years to study all Mathematics.

    And yet, there is God. He knows all Mathematics; all Physics; all Chemistry; all History; all Geography; all subjects.

    And so, now, you want to use your little brain to understand Him- Don’t try it.

    That is why He said: ‘The Just shall live by Faith’.

    Any way, so the Chairman gave this boy the key and gave him the address of the house. He was expecting one small bed room apartment. He got there, he saw a big house.

    ‘Can this be?’ But he put the key in the door and the door opened. He went upstair, he saw the rooms – ‘This is mine?’

    So the following day, he went to the chairman. This time, he didn’t just prostrate; he rolled to the right and left.

    And the Chairman said: ‘Oh by the way Messenger, is there any furniture in the house?’

    And the boy said: ‘There is none’.

    He said ‘Well, I change my furnitures every Christmas and the one I used last year, I don’t even know where to put it. So he called one of the drivers; he said ‘Go and take my furnitures of last Year to this boy’s house’.

    On December 31st, he was having a problem paying his house rent in one room. By the first week of the New Year, he was living in a Mansion, seating on the furniture of the Chairman.

    PRAYER:

    Stand on your feet and lift your voice to the Almighty God and say: Father; SPEAK concerning me today.

    Open your mouth and cry to the Almighty God.

    In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

    And so shall it be in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

    Please be seated!

    1. Then we want to talk now about BODY CONTACT:

    And by Body Contact, am saying, let God TOUCH me today. Because if He touches you, His Anointing will flow to you.

    And according to Isaiah 10:27, The Bible says ‘The anointing destroy yokes’.

    There are many of us who are struggling in life because there are yokes.

    Some of the yokes that we have been carrying from our Generations: Grandfather had been carrying yokes, pass it on to the children’s children. But when God touches you, His anointing destroys yokes.

    For example, like the instance I mentioned earlier on in Matthew 8:1-3. The Bible says: ‘A leper came to Him’. A leper at that time was an incurable person.

    And the moment Jesus touched him, the irreversible was reverse – The leprosy varnished.

    What Medicine could not done was done by just a single touch.

    When you read Luke 7:11-15, The Bible tells us that there was a widow who was going to bury her only son. You don’t have to be there to know that, that woman was in great sorrow.

    Jesus came, touched the coffin and that was the end of he problem.

    He just spoke a Word to the boy in the coffin, the boy jumped out. And the woman who was going to the burial ground turned round and was rejoicing.

    … Just a touch from Him!

    You also know the story for example in Mark 5:25-34 – It is the story about the woman with the Issue of blood. The Bible said she had suffered many things from many Physicians; going from one Doctor to another, instead of getting better, she got worse.

    When she had spent everything she had, she said: ‘All I need is a touch from The Almighty.

    If I can just touch the hem of His garments, I know my problems will be over’ – Just a TOUCH!

    Oh, how beautiful will it be if I can line everybody up and I begin to touch them one by one – How beautiful will it be!

    There is Someone who has an Everlasting Hands. He can touch you where you are now.

    We have a Programme which we normally do every December in Nigeria. We call it ‘Go-A-Fishing’. And we have various centres and my children will be Ministering in the various Centres. And then I will go round to just Supervise to make sure everything is in order.

    And I got to a certain town called ‘Warri’. Those of you who know Nigeria, you will know about the place (In Delta State, Nigeria). And as I was Ministering in Warri, I had what they call ‘an Open Vision’.

    Just standing like this and all of a sudden, I saw something like a Screen showing a picture and in the Screen, I saw a young boy who was born blind. And as I was watching, suddenly, his eyes opened.

    … Ah! I was much younger then. Am talking of way back in 1981 or so.

    I didn’t wait for God to complete the Show. I jumped and began to say: ‘Eh there is somebody here, God wants to open your eyes, come forward’. ‘He is a small boy, come’.

    Nobody moved. But I know what I saw so I said ‘Please, if you are the parent of the child and the child is not here, the child is at home, go and bring the child, I will wait after the Programme, go and bring the child’.

    Nobody moved. After the Programme, I waited for almost two (2) hours, nobody came. I was very sad because I knew what I saw.

    I was sad because I felt oh, I have lost a Miracle but I had to go to the next place. And the next place is a town called Akure (Ondo State, Nigeria) – a bit far away.

    By the time I arrived at the next Place, the Programme was already on. They had waited for me, somebody else was already Preaching, so I came in quietly and sat at the back.

    Just as I was settling down, I saw an elderly man getting up in the crowd holding a young boy in his hands and as I looked, I recognised the boy: ‘Ah, that is the boy I saw in my Vision.

    And the old man was leading the boy forward towards the Altar. And of course, the ushers, when they saw him going, the Preacher was still preaching, they saw an old man going forward towards the Preacher, quickly, they moved to stop.

    So, I began to run from the back before they can push him into the crowd. I don’t want to lose this Miracle again. I began to run.

    As I was running, the blind boy heard my footsteps and turned. And as he turned, his eyes opened.

    … Nobody Prayed for him; nobody touched him but GOD DID.

    PRAYER: Please stand on you feet and cry to The Almighty God and say: Father; please TOUCH me today.

    Open your mouth and cry unto Him….

    In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

    So shall it be in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

    Please, be seated.

    1. Finally, NOSE CONTACT.

    PROPHESIES:

    I want to say ‘Amen’ to this before I tell you. Occasionally, He says something so sweet, I want to claim it before I tell you.

    1. The Lord says there is someone here tonight, He said before the end of this Year, He will send a Destiny Helper to you – Thank You Father.

    Please, be seated!

    1. Daddy, still Speaking, He said there is someone here, He said you backslide. You were once a very Good Christian, then you backslide and Heaven closed over your business; over everything. He said because you came today, He will reopen the Heaven.

    Thank You Father!

    1. The Lord ask me to tell someone (I will love to claim this); He said three (3) words will leave your life forever. And the three (3) words are: Stagnation, Disappointment and Disgrace.

    I think you should put your hands together for The Almighty God for that.

    Thank You Father. Please be seated.

    Now, NOSE CONTACT:

    What do I mean by this. All I want God to do is I want Him to BREATHE on me.

    Because The Bible says in Exodus 15:8-10, that it was when He BREATHE on the Red Sea that the Red Sea OPENED.

    So if He Breathes on me, Ways will be Opened for me. There suddenly will be a Way where there was no Way before.

    When He Breathes on me according to Ezekiel 37:1-10; when He breathes, dry bones will begin to live again.

    If He breathes, opportunities that have been lost will be regained.

    If He Breathes, the Impossible will become Possible.

    … After all, He breathes on mud and mud became a living soul.

    If He would just breathe on me, I may be nothing now but the moment He breathes on me, I will become something very Precious.

    Am believing God that He will breathe on someone here today – Amen.

    I want to just tell you one more story. There is something in the body of a man, the doctors call it PSA.

    PSA is what they use to measure whether you have problem with Cancer or not.

    Am not a Medical Doctor, but you are okay if the PSA is less then 10. It may be much less.

    I don’t know; they know. But if they check your PSA and it is reading 20 plus, they say maybe there is Cancer somewhere.

    If they read your PSA and it reads 200, you already have Cancer, no doubt about that.

    If they read your PSA and it is reading 1000, you are already in soup.

    Well, I have this son of mine and I was visiting the Nation where he was. I got to the Airport, he usually will be there to receive me. He wasn’t there. So I asked ‘Where is my son?’ ‘Oh sorry Sir, your son is in the hospital, he is dying’.

    ‘Please can I pass by the hospital on the way to my hotel?’ So they took me to the hospital.

    In that hospital, they have a Special Room for people they know are hopeless cases – If they look at your case and there is no hope, they put you there.

    When they check the PSA of my son in that hospital, it was over 4000. So they just put him in that room with other hopeless cases.

    So I went in there. I asked: ‘Can I go and Pray?’

    ‘You can’t do anything since the situation is hopeless’.

    So I went in and I Prayed for my son.

    There were others there. I didn’t Pray for them because it is one of this Nations if you should Pray for somebody who didn’t ask you to Pray for him, he can sue you.

    So I just Pray for my son and I left.

    It was a Saturday. By the following Wednesday, they discharged my son. But the bigger beauty of the story was that everyone in the room was also discharged because the Wind of God blew through as we entered that room.

    PRAYER: Stand on your feet. Lift your voice to The Most High God and say: Father; BREATHE on me’….

    In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

    Before I CONCLUDE, could you just join hands together? You have been Praying for yourself.

    Join your hands and Pray for your neighbour and say: Father; BREATHE on my neighbour too.

    Go ahead and talk to The Almighty God….

    In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

    So shall it be in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

    Please be seated.

    We are about to round up now – Glory be to God!

    Very soon, we will be Praying the Most Important Prayer.

    But before we Pray that Prayer, I need to make an Appeal.

    You know when you say ‘LET THE FIRE FALL’, you need to understand that when the Fire falls, it is a Good Thing for those who are on the side of God.

    But it can be a very dangerous thing for those who are not on His side. Because it is Fire that fell on Sodom and Gomorrah and wiped out two (2) cities.

    If we say: ‘LET THE FIRE FALL’ (and it is going to fall) and you are not a child of God; you have not surrendered your life to Jesus Christ; you are still living in sin and you don’t want to repent; you don’t want to change your ways and the Fire fall, the result(s) will be terrible.

    … And God is a Consuming Fire!

    ALTAR CALL:

    Therefore if there is anyone here and you have not yet surrendered your life to Jesus Christ. Snd am not talking about just going I Church: I mean committed to Jesus Christ; washed in The Blood of the Lamb; doing His will; Obeying Him.

    If you are here and you are still living in sin, doing evil things: fornicating, committing adultery; stealing, pushing drugs and the Fire fall, you will regret it.

    But if you come to Jesus Christ now in repentance – Genuine Repentance. If you come to Him and say ‘Lord, I surrendered my life to you’. Everything you have done in the Past, He will forgive.

    The Bible says: The Blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all things.

    It doesn’t matter all the terrible things you have done in the Past; If you come, you surrendered to Him, I will Pray a simple Prayer, His Blood will wash away all your sins and everything will become New.

    The Bible says: ‘If any man be in Christ, he is a New Creature, old things are passed away behold, all things have become New’.

    If you come to Him, He will save your soul.

    I don’t need to tell you the kind of person I used to be. Those who know me, they will tell you.

    Now, those of you who have come forward, I want you to talk to Him in your own Language: Lord, I have come to surrender my life to you. Please have Mercy on me, save my Soul, forgive my sins; and I will serve You from now on.

    Go ahead talk to Him: Please Jesus have Mercy on me, save my Soul. I have come to surrender my life to you: Forgive all my sins. Be my Lord, be my Saviour. And I will serve you from now on.

    And the rest of us, please stretch your hands towards these wonderful people and interceded for them. Pray that the One who saved your own soul will save their own Souls also.

    Pray that the Almighty God will receive them into His Family today. Pray for them just for two (2) minutes; intercede for them.

    And if there is anyone who still wants to come, you are not late yet. Just be here before I finished Praying for Salvation.

    Ah! Thank You Father! In Jesus Mighty Name we Prayed – Amen.

    PRAYER FOR SALVATION:

    Saviour I want to say THANK YOU. Thank You for Your Words, Thank You for these people. Father please remember your Words, that ‘Whosoever come unto You, You will in no wise cast out’.

    They have come to You, please receive them in Jesus’ Name. Forgive their sins, save their Souls, let Your Blood wash them clean. Please write their names in the “Book of Life”. Receive them into the Family of God.

    And Father from now on, anytime they call on You; answer then by Fire. And please Lord, don’t let them backslide. Let them serve You till the end.

    In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

    Ah! Those of you in front, let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    I rejoice with you, because according to the Word of God; right now in Heaven, Jesus is dancing because of you. I rejoice with you because from now on, I will be Praying for you.

    So I will need your names, address, and Prayer requests. The Counsellors will collate and they will give me s copy I will take to my Headquarters.

    And I Promise you I will be Praying for you. You will soon be receiving Miracles you have not even asked for.

    So they are going to give you a Card, which I want you to fill as quickly as possible.

    … We will wait for you until you finish before we go further.

    The Musicians will be worshipping God, while you fill the Form.

    Congratulations!

    I think the rest of us should clap for the Almighty God!

    Now, you are going to ask God for three (3) things you want Him to do for you before Christmas Day:

    You are going to talk to Him on your own: You will tell Him exactly what you want Him to do for you – Three (3) Things!

    Don’t ask for small things; ask for very BIG things that only God can do! Things that when they happen, the whole world must know – ‘This must be God’.

    … Three (3) Things!

    Thank You Father, Thank You Jesus!

    Let us begin to bring our Prayers to a close.

    In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

    I want you now to stand; lift up your hands to the Almighty God.

    And in case you have Handkerchief that you want the Almighty God to Anoint you; you lift up the Handkerchiefs also, as am going to Pray for you now.

    Oh, Thank You Father!

    CLOSING PRAYER:

    Father in the Mighty Name of Jesus; All Sufficient God, THANK YOU.

    Thank You for visiting us like this. What a Great God You are! Please accept our Thanks in Jesus’ Name!

    Your Children have asked for three (3) Major Things; even right now, my Father and my God – Let Your FIRE FALL: turn every request to Testimonies.

    They have asked,
    Lord God Almighty that You would give them these Miracles before Christmas Day. My God am saying, give them these Miracles before the end of this Month.

    In order that they may know that You are The Controller of Time; before the end of this Month, Surprise everyone of them.

    I have asked them to ask for three (3) Things; but I know that one of Your Names is Jehovah El Shaddai – The God Who is More Than Enough.

    If there is something they should have asked for that they forgot, give them also.

    And every Piece of Clothes that they are lifting up to You, Father saturate them with Your Anointing. So that whenever each one is used, Miracles will happen also.

    And as they are leaving now, let Your Presence go with them. On their way, let there be Miracles; at home, let Miracles be waiting for them. Anytime I hear from them let it be Good News!

    FINAL BLESSING:

    The Almighty God will Bless you; He will Support you; He will Defend you; He will Promote you; He will Fight your Battle for you. And your Testimonies will be many, and you will serve God till the end. So shall it be!

    And in the Kingdom of God, none of you will be missing.

    In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

    … If you received that, let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    Let me see wave those handkerchiefs to the Most High God.

    … Oh, Glory be to God (2ce).

    Now, I want you to lay those handkerchiefs on your head and Prophesy to yourself for just two (2) minutes.

    Say: In the Mighty Name of Jesus (then you mention your name) and begin to say: Oh, it will be WELL with me!

    DMC FAMILY: It will be well with you; you are going to move from Glory to GLORY, from Success to SUCCESS. From now on, WAYS will open for you.

    The Almighty God will send HELP to you from the East, from the West, from the North, from the South.

    You will never have problem again. He will stand by you till the end.

    … Go on PROPHESY to yourself!

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  • RCCG FESTIVAL OF LIFE IN THE MIDDLE EAST REGION (ORDINATION SERVICE) DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATE (UAE)

    RCCG FESTIVAL OF LIFE IN THE MIDDLE EAST REGION (ORDINATION SERVICE) DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATE (UAE)

    THEME: LET THE FIRE FALL

    MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

    DATE: 12TH SEPTEMBER, 2019

    BIBLE TEXT: ISAIAH 61:1-3

    Thank You Lord; Thank You Father – Hallelujah!

    SONG:

    What a Mighty God we serve (Hallelujah)
    What a Mighty God we serve (Hallelujah)
    Heaven and Earth Adore Him (even)
    Angels bow before Him
    What a Mighty God we serve (What a Mighty God).

    OPENING PRAYER

    Almighty God, we bless Your Holy Name. Thank You for the Salvation of our souls. Thank You for Your children that You are Setting Apart for Yourself today. Thank You Lord God Almighty because we know, Your Anointing on them will never run dry. Please, accept our Worship in Jesus’ Name.

    Father, now that the Anointing is still fresh, we pray that every yoke will be destroyed; and everyone will leave here thoroughly blessed, in Jesus’ Name.

    And we are Thanking You in advanced for what You will do here tomorrow. Glory be to Your Holy Name.

    In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

    Let someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    Shake hands with one (1) or two (2) people, say: Good Evening, God bless you.

    And then you may please be seated.

    I want to say: Congratulations to the people who have been Ordained. I rejoice with you!

    I can never forget the day I was Ordained, in 1975. The Oil was so precious to me that for three (3) days I didn’t take my bath. Of course I didn’t know then that ‘no amount of water can wash away the Anointing’.

    So don’t follow my example! It is only sin that can wash the Anointing away; and not water and soap.

    Congratulations!

    And I want to congratulate those who are yet to be Ordained in advance: because your day will come soon – Amen!

    … I thought your Amen will be loud – AMEN!

    BIBLE TEXT: ISAIAH 61:1-3

    1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

    2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

    3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

    The Spirit of God is also equivalent to the Fire of God.

    Revelation 4:5 describes the Spirit of God as the Fire of God.

    In Matthew 3:11; it is written that Jesus Christ will Baptise us with Holy Ghost and with Fire.

    So when we are talking about Fire, we are talking about the Spirit of God; we are are talking about the Fire of God!

    So when we say “LET THE FIRE FALL”; We are actually saying – Let the Holy Spirit come down!

    So when He says “The Spirit of God is upon me”, He is actually saying: the FIRE of is upon me!

    So those who have been Ordained today because (as you read that passage forward) it says: The Spirit of God is upon me because He has ANOINTED me – When the Fire comes, it comes in form of ANOINTING.

    And so the ANOINTING came upon those who have been Anointed for a PURPOSE – GOD NEVER DOES ANYTHING WITHOUT A PURPOSE!

    And the Purpose for which these Brethren have been Anointed; and those who have been Anointed before them – the PURPOSE has been listed: they are Seven (7) of them.

    Basically. And I will go over them very briefly. This Sermon is not going to last for a long time.

    The greatest Sermon that was ever preached, was the Sermon on the Mount: It lasted for fifteen (15) Minutes!

    … So for a Sermon to be effective, it doesn’t have to last forever.

    So these Brethren have been ANOINTED:

    1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL.

    Acts 1:8 says: “But ye shall receive Power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye will be WITNESSES unto Me…”

    The Gospel is Good News! And they are to go now, like never before and tell the Good News.

    What is the Good News? – Jesus Saves!

    What is the Good News? – Jesus Heals!

    What is the Good News? – With Jesus all things are Possible!

    What is Good News? – If you ask anything in the Name of Jesus: it shall be done!

    … That is GOOD NEWS!

    Someone was complaining (one of these funny people) he said one thing he doesn’t like about me is that each time I Prophesy; I always Prophesy Good Things.

    He says eh! You Prophesy somebody will never die; you Prophesy somebody will never weep again (Laughter).

    I said, ah! You want me to Prophesy that somebody is going to die tomorrow?

    … No! Am sent to Proclaim the Good News!

    So I want to Prophesy to someone now, that: “It will be Well with you!”

    So these people are sent to spread out the Good News – to tell the people the Good News!

    You can’t fight someone who brings you Good News.

    So when you say: ‘Some people don’t want to hear the Gospel’ – that’s not true. Maybe you are not telling it the way it should be told.

    Because if you come to me and you say; you will go to hell”:

    That’s not Good News!

    You are supposed to tell me – God has made a Way out of hell.

    … That is Good News!

    That if I will give my life, Heaven is waiting for me; and there is hell to loose.

    1. They are to HEAL.

    In Acts 9:32-35; Peter said to Aeneas: “Aeneas, Christ has made thee Whole.”

    You say Ah! But Sir, am not the Healer?

    Who said you are the Healer?

    Jesus is the Healer!

    Suppose I lay hands on the sick and they don’t recover?

    Who told you they won’t recover?

    What if you lay hands on them and they recover?

    Why don’t you think along that line?

    I said so, too when I was young: “If I lay hands on the sick and they don’t recover; what am I going to do?

    The Lord made it clear to me: “Who told you, you are the Healer?

    You lay hands on them, and I will lay My Hands on your hands: and My Power will flow through your hands and would do the Healing.

    What if I lay hands on them and they die?

    He said well, why not? Dying is the Greatest Healing – dead people never fall sick again.

    What about the embarrassment on me, if I lay hands on them and they don’t recover?

    He said: When you lay hands on them and they recover; do you share the Glory?

    So if you lay hands on them and they don’t recover; why should you share the embarrassment?

    Why don’t you just leave these things to me?

    … You do your part, and let me do My part!

    So Brethren, will you be laying hands on the sick?

    Do you believe they will recover?

    … Your ‘Yes’ is very low!

    Because it will be to you, according to your Faith.

    So if you approach sickness with so much timidity – that the sickness itself will know; you don’t want it to leave!

    And when you just lay hands and say: “You are well in the Mighty Name of Jesus!”

    Leave the rest to GOD – He is the Great Physician!

    1. They are to SET CAPTIVES FREE:

    In Mark 16:17-18; He said “These Signs shall follow them that believe…”

    The first thing He said that they will do is that: “They will cast out demons”.

    “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils;”

    There is what we call the Law of Priority: “What is Most Important in a man’s heart, comes out of his mouth first”

    God said the first thing you would DO; even long before you lay hands on the sick is that: “You will cast out demons”.

    … He said so, IF YOU BELIEVE.

    But how do I know that the demons will go?

    How do you know they won’t GO?

    Demons will go, depending on the way you ask them – they LISTEN to your voice!

    From your voice they can dictate whether really they can go or. Not:

    “… In th-eee Naa-ame of Je-su-s, you demons I, I, I, co-co-mand you to g-oo” (Laughter!)

    (That must be a demon just going)

    I thought this kind of problems are only found in Nigeria (Laughs!) I have just been reminded that there are demons everywhere!

    I have said it before: ‘If someone is in the toilet, and the door is knocked (and you knock at the door). You can guess who is inside by the way he answers:

    If it is the Cleaner (in the house) and you knock at the door, and he doesn’t know whether it is the Landlord that is knocking; the voice will tremble – because she will be wondering maybe they have been looking for her and they didn’t know where she is. “Ye -eees!”

    If it is the Landlord that is inside, and you knock at the door; his voice will say “WHO’s disturbing me?”

    .. Do you understand what am saying?

    In the same manner, the devil can tel, from your Voice – Is it the Landlord speaking, or a Messenger?

    Is it somebody who KNOWS who he is in CHRIST that is commanding me to leave?

    I don’t approach demons and BEG them to LEAVE: I decree “IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, COME OUT!”

    …And the way I say it, will tell them, they have no choice!

    Let me hear you say: “From now on, demons will OBEY ME.”

    Yes! I saw the way you SAID IT – some said it with Force, some said it as if ‘the demon mustn’t hear me speaking’.

    … Say it again! “From now on, demons will OBEY ME.”

    So shall it be: You are to set CAPTIVES FREE.

    1. And then, they are TO COMFORT THOSE WHO ARE MOURNING.

    John 14:16; calls the Holy Spirit ‘THE COMFORTER ‘.

    If the Holy Spirit is in you; His Purpose is to Comfort those MOURN.

    To Comfort is different from, to Sympathize:

    Many at times when you sympathize, you make the burden BIGGER – “Eh, sorry oooh! Look at your problem. How can this happen to you now? And you are not the only fellow in Church!”

    Some people will even say: “you see, I said so!”

    You should look at the fellow and say: Listen my Brother, Listen my Sister, it is written: “Say ye to the Righteous, it shall be Well with him”.

    It doesn’t matter what is happening to you now; “Your tomorrow will be Alright!”

    … That is Comforting!

    It doesn’t matter what is happening my Brother, my Sister; God is still on the Throne!

    … And all things work together for Good to them that Love God;

    That is comforting! Not “eh, sorry ooh! NO. That is Sympathy!

    He asked you to COMFORT. You comfort them with the Word of the Almighty God.

    1. You are to GIVE THEM BEAUTY FOR ASHES.

    In Matthew 8:1-3; a leper came to Jesus Christ and said, I know you can make me clean (if You are Willing).

    He said: I am WILLING.

    He touched him and made Healed him.

    A leper is someone in ASHES. Someone with HIV or AIDS is in ASHES.

    You want to give Beauty for ASHES?

    Stand by them, cry to God with them – until the Problems are GONE.

    You give them Beauty for ASHES when you get the Mountains MOVED.

    And He is asking you as Pastors, you are to stand by your Congregations – You know, as Ministers of God; until their Problems are over!

    That is why you have to remain “FULLY PRAYED UP” all the time.

    Every Ministers of God must be like a battery that has been CHARGED.

    So that if you are going on the Way and you see somebody whose Battery is down; they can JUMP START!

    You know what we call “Jump Starting?”

    They put a wire to connect your battery to their battery, and then start their car – It goes on!

    You MUST BE PRAYED UP: You don’t have to wait until there is trouble before you PRAY.

    Keep Praying – keep your Battery Fully Charged.

    … So you can always give people BEAUTY FOR ASHES.

    1. And then He said, you are to give to people OIL OF JOY FOR MOURNING.

    In Acts 9:36-41; they invited Peter to the house of Dorcas. And all the widows, all the people there were weeping, saying: ‘Look at the one who has been taking care of us is DEAD.’

    The Bible says, he put all of them out! He went in; Prayed a simple Prayer. And presented the woman to them ALIVE:

    All of a sudden, mourning changed to REJOICING.

    Ministers of God, you NEED THIS ANOINTING for whatever is causing sorrow in the lives of the Congregation.

    It is not an easy thing to do; that’s why you need the Anointing.

    That is why you need the Constant Companionship of the MOST HIGH GOD.

    1. And then He said, GARMENT OF PRAISE FOR THE SPIRIT OF HEAVINESS.

    In Acts 3:1-8; there was this Lame Man by the Beautiful Gate. And he was looking for money. And Peter said: “Silver and Gold have I none; but what I have, I give unto you!’

    There are several people who said, what he wanted to give was ‘the Name of Jesus’. No, No, NO. He said “IN THE NAME OF JESUS”; what I have!

    What was it that he had? – ANOINTING.

    The Holy Spirit had just come upon him. He said “I have something now”.

    It is not the Peter of yesterday that you are seeing today – Things have CHANGED.

    Of course you know the story; the man didn’t move until Peter GRABBED him by the hand and Anointing flowed.

    Whether you like it or not; those of you who have been Ordained today, ‘it is not the Fellow who came in that is going out’ – Amen!

    If your friends treat you the way they were treating you before; they will suddenly realize they are touching Fire!

    It says clearly: “Touch not my Anointed, do my Prophets no harm”.

    … You are different now!

    1. And that Anointing is to HELP THOSE WHO ARE IN HEAVINESS – to now begin to bubble in PRAISE.

    When that man got up, the Bible says, he was Leaping, he was Jumping, he was Praising God.

    … Heaviness has changed to Praise!

    So He has Anointed you, not for joking.

    He has Anointed you, not for relaxing.

    Ordination is a call to WAR, it is a call to Battle!

    You don’t believe me – ask David. He had no Problems until he was Anointed.

    Then Lions came, then a Bear came, Goliath came! But the Anointing is there; to deal with whatever may come.

    … And the One Who has Anointed you will stand by you – Amen!

    Now, let me begin to CLOSE: The Fire of God is not an Ordinary Fire.

    According to Hebrew 12: 29;God is a CONSUMING Fire – Fire that CONSUMES.

    Ordinary Fire consumes, anyway! I mean; I pray that there will never be fire incident here!

    But if there is fire incident, suddenly you will realise that it begins to consume things.

    But the Fire of God is the Fire that can even LICK UP water.

    So when that Anointing comes on your head, you better make use of it appropriately. Or it becomes a Problem.

    In Jeremiah 20:9; Jeremiah said: “I won’t talk about Him; am not going to Preach the Gospel”.

    He said, suddenly I began to feel “Fire in my bones”.

    Oh! So you think they just poured Ordinary Oil on your head? If you don’t use it; it will become a Problem.

    You use it, ah! It will begin to flow, it will Multiply.

    It is just like a River – if you Dam a River (you don’t allow it to flow anymore); very soon, it will begin to STINK. As long as it is flowing freely; it will remain FRESH.

    And if you trace a River from the Source (downhill); you will discovered that as it goes farther away from its source. It becomes wider, deeper, bigger.

    But if you don’t use it; there will be problem – He gives you the Fire, so that it can be USED.

    Amos said, in Amos 3:8; He said: “The lion has roared, who will not fear? God has spoken, who will not Prophesy?”

    He says: “GO, and make USE of the ANOINTING”.

    And for those of you who might be here, who are friends of those who are being Ordained; you know your Day can come soon.

    It all begins with Salvation, you know?

    When you give your life to Jesus Christ. When you qualify, then one of these days the FIRE WILL FALL and you too who used to be an Ordinary Person will become somebody Mighty.

    I was a Mathematician; as I always say – God must have a big sense of humour to pick a Mathematician and turn him to a Pastor. Because Mathematics and Christianity are supposed to run in Parallel Line.

    Because, Christianity says: “if you Believe it, I will prove it”. Mathematics says: ‘if you Prove it, I will believe it’.

    … They are supposed to be Opposite!

    But my Father jumped the line, and grabbed a Mathematician; saved him, and Anointed him. And the world is yet to recover that Incident!

    He can do the same thing for you; even if you are a sinner now. If you will just surrender your life to Him, He will wash you clean with His Blood. And very, very soon He will Anoint you too.

    It might even be before the end of this week; because tomorrow (Friday, 13th of September, 2019) we are going to talk about: “LET THE FIRE FALL”.

    ALTAR CALL:

    So if you are here or reading now, and you have not yet given your life to Jesus Christ, you can begin the journey to Power, to Anointing, to doing Miracles, Signs and Wonders. You can begin the journey NOW.

    So in case there is anyone – you might be the only one fellow, that you have not yet surrendered your life to Jesus. And you want to do so: come and stand before me and I will Pray for your Salvation, and your journey to Greatness will begin!

    So if anybody like that is here, come now! Am going to count from one (1) to four (4); if by the time I say four (4) you are not already standing before me. I will assume that we are all saved. And then I will say the Closing Prayer; and we will continue the Program.

    So if you want to surrender your life to Jesus, come NOW. Am counting…

    God bless you (repeatedly)! Any other person, you better come now; let this day be your day of Salvation – Ok, Thank You!

    Now, those of you who have come forward, just talk to God in your own Language. Tell Him: I have come to surrender my life to you; have Mercy on me. Save my soul and I will serve you for the rest of my life.

    And the rest of us, let us stretch our hands to these our Brothers and Sisters, and intercede for them; and pray that the One Who saved our souls, will save their own souls also.

    Let us intercede for them: Let us pray that God will forgive all their sins and bring them into the Family of God. That God will give them a brand New Beginning today – that they may begin the journey into Greatness, today.

    Thank You Father!

    And if anybody still wants to come; you are not late yet. So you can still come, before I finish my Prayer – because am about to Pray for Salvation.

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

    PRAYER FOR SALVATION:

    Almighty God I want to say THANK YOU: Thank You from the bottom of my heart for Your Words. And Thank You for these Your children that have come to surrender their lives unto you.

    Please, receive them, forgive them, save their souls. Let Your Blood wash away their sins. Receive them into the Family of God. And give them a brand New Beginning.

    And Father am praying that from now on; anytime they call on You; You will answer them by FIRE.

    And I Pray that You will Anoint them also; so that very soon, they will become Mighty Ministers of God.

    In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

    Praise the Lord! Now, I want to rejoice with those of you who have come forward. I am going to shake your hands.

    Congratulations!

    I want to Promise you; from now on I will be Praying for you. And so I would need your names, your address, your prayer requests. The Counsellors would attend to you very quickly (they won’t take long). And then they will bring you back.

    Let us give the Lord a big round of applause (2ce)!

    Now, this is Very Special Day; whenever someone is Ordained, Heaven Pays attention.

    So on this occasion, am going to ask you, to call on God and ask for a VERY SPECIAL ORDINATION PRESENT – a Special Miracle from the Almighty God.

    The kind of Miracles He gives on very Special Occasions like this!

    So, go ahead and ask Him, and Say Oh Lord, give me a very Special Ordination Present; a Miracle to remember this Day by. So that whenever I remember this occasion – I have something Specific from God; something to show, for that Particular Day!

    EDITORIAL NOTE: A total of Twenty (20) People were Ordained into the Office of Deacon and Deaconess with the laying of Hands ably done by three of the Special Assistant to Daddy GO (SATGO) around there as led by Pastor Boniface Okenwa (SATGO in UAE).

    Likewise, a total of Five (5) People were Ordained as Assistant Pastors with the Pouring of Anointing Oil and Laying of Hands done by Mummy GO, Pastor (Mrs) Folu Adeboye.

    The Festival of Life Service of Friday, 13th of September, 2019 Promises to be Great as our Daddy, Pastor E.A ADEBOYE will Minister on the Theme: LET THE FIRE FALL with Special Focus of Having Intimacy with the Consuming Fire.

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