RCCG ANNUAL YOUTH CONVENTION 2019 – TOPIC: LEADING IN HIS POWER AND GLORY – MINISTERING: PASTOR JOHNSON FUNSHO ODESOLA
(ASSISTANT GENERAL OVERSEER (AGO) ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL AND PASTOR IN CHARGE OF RCCG REGION 1)
DAY 2 (EVENING) PLENARY SESSION 3
DATE: 1ST OCTOBER, 2019
TEXT: ACTS 20:17-24
SONGS:
- All the Glory must be to the Lord
For He is worthy of our praise
No man on Earth should give Glory to himself
All the Glory must be to the Lord. - We give You all the Glory
We give You Honour
We give You all the Glory
We give You Honour - What a Mighty God we serve
What a Mighty God we serve
Heaven and Earth Adore Him
Angels bow before Him
What a Mighty God we serve. - You are Worthy to be Praised
You are Worthy to be Praised
My Redeemer
You are Worthy to be Praised.
OPENING PRAYER:
The God of Glory, the God of Power, the Unchangeable Changer, the Ever Loving God; Ever Faithful God. The only Omnipotent, the Most Glorious I AM, we bow our heads tonight and we say THANK YOU:
For who You are, for calling us Your sons and daughters, Thank You Everlasting Father! You are worthy to be Praised, You are worthy to be Honoured. We are giving You now; Lord accept our thanks in the Name of Jesus.
You are the Ever Faithful God, we Thank You for this Great Convention of the Youth. Thank You for creating a window in our great Organisation, for the upcoming Leaders: Thank You oh God for empowering them to be able to do what they are doing. We say THANK YOU!
Thank You for the commencement of this particular Convention since the day before today. And we say Thank You!
Thank You for the blessing You have released already. Thank You for the ones You are releasing now, and those ones You would release later. To You be Glory Lord; to You be Honour; accept our Thanks in the Name of Jesus.
We Bless Your Name for the Leadership of our great Organization – our father and our Mummy. And the Youth Sector of the Redeemed Christian Church of God – that have put this Program together and supported generously.
We ask oh God, for our father and our mummy; and all the great Leaders of the Youths: Their strength will not be abated. God of Glory will add more values to their lives, in the Name of Jesus.
Lord, I have Prayed before I came to this pulpit – that I don’t want to misrepresent You. Lord, and You have given what to say!
And so Father, I Pray on this Altar, I will not do violent to Your word. What we need as Youths, to be able to move to the next level; what we need to be able to function maximally, what we need to be able to be at cutting edge; what we need to be able to become the Person we are Destined and we are Ordained to be, release unto us in the Name of Jesus!
And Father that no one, Oh GOD, Will be in this Program and will go back the same, in Jesus’ Name.
Lord, I don’t know anything; take possession of this mouth of clay. Anoint my head, my mouth, my heart! And that all the people who are here in this Hall and all those watching us on different platforms – on Television, on Internet, Radio or reading; that everyone of them will be empowered to Lead well, in the Name of Jesus.
Thank You our Father, we Worship and we Exalt You Lord. In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
And let someone say Amen (2ce) – Amen and Amen!
And please talk to your neighbour – ‘the Lord will Empower you to LEAD WELL in Jesus Name – Amen!’
And please take your seats!
Let me register my appreciation to my father in the Lord – Daddy E.A. Adeboye for giving us this Platform. I wouldn’t be able to come and speak without him giving us the Platform.
… The Lord will continue to keep him – Amen!
Now, I also salute the courage of our Mummy, Mummy GO – Mummy Folu Adeboye.
The Lord will continue to keep both of them; they will go from strength to strength; from Glory to Glory; from Anointing to Anointing; from Favour to Favour. Their strength will not be abated.
God of Glory and God of Favour will co continually favour them. Where others stop, they will continue; where others are denied, they will be accepted.
The Hands of God will lift them to the Next Level. Both of them will not suddenly disappear. The Light of God in their lives will shine continually – Amen!
And if you said Amen; get double blessing of that Prayer – Amen!
Let me salute our Leader; Pastor Peter Onah Amenkhienan (The AGO in charge of the Youth) for extending the Invitation to us. The Lord will bless him, in Jesus’ Name – Amen.
Our Leader here (incidentally, am also a Youth) Pastor Precious Akingbade and all his Excos. God bless you, in Jesus’ Name – Amen.
… Am still a loyal Disciple of the Youth Department; just command me, I will do the needful.
The Almighty God will bless you, in Jesus’ Name – Amen.
This TOPIC is one of the topics I struggle with – struggled with, to be able to know what God is saying to those of us who are in this Generation. Because it is possible to do all the Ah! To do all the woow! And still miss the MARK.
Because the Bible said about the life of the man called Elijah; there was thunder, there was earthquake. But in a stilled small gentle voice!
So, am going to look at that Topic the way God has put it in my heart; and I believe that, because I asked Him: “God, what are You saying to us?”
Incidentally, we are together (am also part of the Youth); we are together! Am also part of the Youths; we move in and out, we talk together, and we have got reasons to look at our faces.
So am going to read ACTS 20:17- 24; and am going to look at one KEY that will make any Leader, anyday.
… It is actually one if the main keys, if not The MAIN.
17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the Church.
18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all Seasons,
19 Serving the LORD with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
… The Lord bless the reading and the hearing of His Words in the Name of Jesus. – Amen!
I don’t like your Amen! The Amen of the Youth was Youthful. Say Amen now – Amen.
“LEADING IN HIS POWER AND GLORY”.
And Leading in His Power is a huge Topic, a huge thing!
Because God had saved everyone of us, we are Born Again so that we can be a Role Model – A Leader that usher people IN into the Kingdom. Someone that will take the Gospel from where Jesus left it and EXPAND it.
Jesus at a time said that, “as my Father hath sent me, send I you”.
When He was giving the Holy Ghost, that He Promised, in Acts 1:8; He told them: “when the Holy Ghost comes, you will be a Leader.
The Commissioning He gave them on Matthew 28 was towards this.
So what are we saying?
I want to concentrate on what is the MAIN KEY, to be able to Lead in His Power and Glory.
You know, as you study the Pages of the Bible (I have taken time to listen to what people are saying); I was glued to the television to hear what the people are saying. I read through your Booklet to see what has been written there.
So I will not go defining this, defining that; but am going to dwell on one particular MAIN KEY that will help us.
Because in Genesis 17:1; God said: Look, I AM solid, My Covenant is sure – what I said I will do, I will do! What I Prophesied and Promised you, I will do.
But you need to “walk before Me and be thou Perfect”.
KEY TO LEADING IN HIS POWER AND GLORY
Where we read to us (Acts 20:17-24); Paul demonstrated for us that the KEY ingredient to Lead in His Power and Glory is: COMMITMENT.
Am going to be dwelling on that for a while, and then take s few Diligent.
Because in the day we live, everybody wants to showcase how powerful they are: what grammar they can speak; how they can muggle words together. But they are WORDS; COMMITMENT may be little!
So to Lead in His Power and Glory, there must be something that we need to dwell on. And when we look at the Bible Text we read to us, Paul was so sharp and focused;
He was driven by a clear sense if Purpose, both in Life and on Ministry: and he pursued his Goal with Perseverance, and he finished his race.
So, COMMITMENT is: Taking the first step forward and pushing through the obstacles – You stretch the limit to make your Vision and Passion a reality.
… An action that moves you forward again and again!
Because you are sold out for the course of Leading others in His Power and Glory; you pick a small step with a deep conviction.
COMMITMENT is not just believing in the Saviour, but it is Living according to the Teaching and example of Jesus Christ – the Saviour and Lord!
It doesn’t end in taking the first step, you have to be convinced in moving forward.
In Judges 6:12; Gideon was an ordinary man, but God called him Mighty Warrior.
He called himself ordinary ‘I am the least’; but God addressed him as the Mighty Warrior.
… Many at times God sees more than you see in yourself.
I Pray for somebody in the House today or reading; that the ability of God will be stirred up to Lead well in the Name of Jesus – Amen.
And anyone that will lead in His Power and Glory; COMMITMENT is very, very important. Because “No one will follow anyone who is not Committed” – No one!
And God’s intention is to mature you, to have strength to be able to fulfill what you are called to fulfill.
I will look at that particular thing in three (3) ways; because when you are Committed, there are directions you need to go. There must be DEGREE, because commitment is in degrees (in grades). And you must demonstrate it.
When I look at those three (3) things, I will drop the Mic and all the great men and women of God will add all the flesh!
The questions I need to ask are:
- WHAT ARE YOU COMMITTED TO?
- WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS YOU ARE WILLING TO DIE FOR?
- WHAT IS THE THING YOU ARE WILLING TO GIVE EVERYTHING FOR?
- WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU WON’T STOP DOING?
… So under the 1st Heading:
1. COMMITMENT: In Maintaining Integrity
In 2 Peter 3:14; the Bible says: “Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in Peace, without spot, and blameless.”
And Integrity is a state of being Sound, Moral Principles, Uprightness, Honesty, Sincerity.
In the world that we live today, Integrity is not valued as the most important thing in life and business; but God desire us to strive towards Perfection everyday to be spotless.
And to maintain Integrity, you need to be Transparent; a person of Integrity is not claiming to have everything; they open themselves to correction.
You are Leading what you believe in; you speak what you think; you tell the Truth, even when it is tough.
All Leadership is built in Trust; and trust comes from having reputation for living out your word.
… So you need to be Committed in Integrity!
2. You need to be Committed – Forgive those who hurt you.
In Hebrews 12:14-15; “Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Looking diligently lest any man fail of the Grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;”
Anyone who will Lead in His Power and Glory, must learn to forgive those who hurt them.
You will be hurt in the Ministry; both intentionally and unintentionally. You will be hurt by those who recognise what you are doing and those who don’t.
Oh! You must be willing to forgive all those who hurt you; you must be willing to forgive those who want to pull you down.
… If you allow bitterness to build you, it will choke your heart for God, and your love for people.
There is a need for anyone who will Lead in His Power and Glory to forgive: anyone who has this spirit, according to Hebrews 4:11; you have entered into God’s rest: you learn how to handover everything to Him, who can do all things.
In 2 Chronicles 20:4; Jehoshaphat said: we don’t know what to do, but our eyes are on You!
So release those burdens to Him; forgive those who hurt you.
3. Committed to be a Blessing and an Encourager:
In Romans 14:19; “Let us therefore follow after the things which make for Peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.”
As a person Leading in His Power and Glory, you should build people around you; don’t tear them down. God has called you to be an Encourager – don’t pull them down
Take time to look beyond the problem and look at the potential.
In life you need to be a source of encouragement.
As that Leader who will Lead in His Power and Glory; you are a “Dispenser of Hope!”
That is what it means to Lead in His Power and Glory: you bring HOPE of Jesus unto hopeless situations. You help people who seems to be hopeless – you let them know that they can do it!
You must be a Voice of Encouragement among the community where you live in; among the Church; among the Group you belong.
4. You need to be Committed to be a Peacemaker:
Ephesians 4:3; “Endeavouring to keep the Unity of the Spirit in the bond of Peace.’
Leaders are called to make efforts to reduce conflicts!
Our society is filled with all kinds of conflicts, all kind of trauma. And Jesus said: “Blessed are the Peace Maker”.
How do you make Peace in such a fragmented society?
You have got to deal with different point of view – Perspective of those who think, the way you are looking at it.
Someone said: “You can’t walk hand in hand without seeing eye to eye, in every issues”.
God will not bless a divided Group, and a divided Home, a divided Nation, a divided family.
That means, one of the works you need to do, as a Leader that will Lead in His Power and Glory is to Promote Unity. And you must generate courage to Promote Unity in many different direction.
5. Committed to continue to Grow and Increase and Develop.
In 2 Peter 1:5-8; make every efforts to continue to grow and increase and develop.
He said: “And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Your lifestyle must be a lifestyle that is willing to learn. God is not looking for your ability, He is looking for your Availability.
God is looking for
FAT – I mean those who are Faithful, who are Available and Teachable!
Those who are willing to Grow, and they are Growing. They are always learning!
And this Convention is a time to sit down. It is an opportunity to learn some things that will add Values to your life.
To be able to Lead; Oh, we are the Leaders of tomorrow – NO! You are already a Leader.
Only our Annual Convention is one (1) week; and Youth Convention one (1) week. That shows how important you are – every other Group, they have a day.
That shows how important you are as a Leader.
But for you to Lead, you have to ADD something to your life – Always look for way to keep growing in your character, in your skill.
The very nature of leading others is tied to GROWTH – you need to GROW, to lead other people to Grow.
Take a regular look at yourself; where do you need to Grow? What do you need to learn? What is the best way to get to the Training you need? – Very, very KEY!
… That’s just DIRECTION.
Now let me move into the 2nd Aspect, which is: THE DEGREE OF YOUR COMMITMENT TO
LEAD IN HIS POWER AND GLORY.
Now, anyone who would lead in that realm; there are three (3) basic things that they need to put in place in their lives.
To measure our Commitment, we need to look at three (3) specific areas in our lives: our TIME, our RELATIONSHIP and our MONEY.
6. TIME – for many of us, the bulk of our time, we spend at work.
But what about your free time? And one of the things that bothers me is that, those of us in this Generation; you are bombarded with much more things that you don’t really need.
You have so many things that divert your attention. So many overloads that don’t allow you – Social Media is there, all kind of things is there!
Somebody said, ‘I don’t have time!’ What do you use your free time on?
If you are Committed to God, what percentage of time do you give to Him?
Percentage of time you give to Him in Worship; in Prayer and Reading the Word of God?
Go into the archives of your time – how many hours do you spend on Social Media? How many hours do you spend on your knees in Prayers? How much time to you give to the study of the Word of God?
That you are a Social Media Personality does not make you a Personality for God – Social Media, they take you up, they bring you down!
In Nigeria the other day, they brought a young man. They said he is the Youngest in Entrepreneur Millionaires; the same Social Media brought him down!
That you are a Social Media Personality, you vesiculate: dress well, putting on tie does not make you a Personality in the Kingdom.
Spend time with Your Maker!
Oh,am young – you are Growing! – Year is counting, hours are counting. You need to spend time with what matters!
7. Your RELATIONSHIP – it’s very important
How much time do you spend and invest in Relationship?
I know some are married, some are not married.
But you need time to develop relationship with: Friends, with your family, and you need time to develop Relationship with GOD.
- How much time do you spend with those who belong to you?
-. What specific things do you do together?
- Is there any conversation and activity that bring you closer?
Anyone you spend time WITH, also helps you to define what you are really COMMITTED to!
… So your TIME, your RELATIONSHIP; is very, very crucial.
8. MONEY – where do you spend your Money?
Where you spend your money reveals to us where your Area of Commitments are.
If you are Committed to God, how much of your MONEY goes to God?
If you are committed to certain course or issues, how much money do you give? If you are committed to those who are hungry and the needy, how much money do you actually give for that Purpose?
Where do you spend your MONEY? Where do you spend your TIME? What is your RELATIONSHIP in the Kingdom?
May I say to you: even Jesus after the euphorias of Miracles, Signs and Wonders, He would come apart and RECONNECT for strength with His Father!
And God has made available; you can be as HIGH as you want to be in the Lord; you can be as POWERFUL as you want to be in the Lord; you can be as GLORIOUS as you want to be in the Lord.
… Because He has these, so much!
This is why Commitment is very, very important. God created us, He saw us and called us Leaders! And we need to do something
HOW TO DEVELOP INTIMACY WITH CHRIST?
1. Through your DAILY PRAYERS.
Reflecting on the Bible. See to it that you don’t allow anything offence to come between you and somebody, or Christ.
Intimacy with Christ; you need to follow the example and the footsteps of Jesus.
We need to learn from the Scriptures and receive Guidance of how He wants us to Lead People.
You need to Spend time ALONE (on your Growth) seeking direction to be able to cross through your challenges about time.
So what we are saying is this: You need to develop your Commitment by your Intimacy with CHRIST – How can you say you love Him and you are not Intimate with Him?
How does it seems to you Sir/Ma, that in a whole day, you don’t Pray. A whole day, you don’t study the Bible. A whole day, you don’t share the Word of God with others. A whole day, you don’t lend a helping hand to somebody.
You need to demonstrate your Commitment by your Intimacy with Christ!
2. You need to demonstrate your Commitment by Passionate and Yieldedness to the Holy Spirit.
In Mark 1:35-39 and
Luke 4:43; Jesus lived His life and did everything He did with a clear sense of Purpose, and He was Spirit driven!
He was preoccupied with the Purpose for which His Father sent Him to the world. And He was so passionate about it – He gave it a top priority.
John 4:31-34; you need, I need to yield totally to the Holy Spirit.
When the Disciples received the Holy Spirit, and began their Ministry, we noticed that they followed the footsteps of their Master. They lived a focus and a Spirit driven life. They didn’t allow anything (including the good things in the Ministry) to distract them from the main thing, which was their Priority (Acts 2:32-4,1).
In Matthew 6:33 He said, “Seek ye first the kingdom.
It takes Yieldedness to the Holy Spirit to be able to ‘SEEK’ first the Priority of Kingdom. According to Matthew 6:33.
… So you demonstrate by Intimacy with Christ, demonstrate by Yieldedness to the Holy Spirit.
3. You demonstrate by Servanthood (as they call it) Leaders.
To learn of and follow Christ, it is important to follow Christ command.
An examples, in Matthew 20:26-28; Christ tells us, that first of all, we need to Lead in an attitude of Servanthood.
I think, we need to be different; especially the Youths of the Redeemed Christian Church of God: all these bogus profile about us, maybe we need to shelve it, and follow the example of our father.
… Anybody who cares to find out, let them find it out.
It has been a fashionable thing of late, to teach about these bogus and bogus things.
But we need to maintain Servant – Leader heart.
True Servant Leaders know their strength and their weaknesses. They surround themselves with those who compliment that ability and those who can upset their weaknesses.
Servant Leaders, they invest themselves in enabling order to do their best; they allow Team Work in the Ministry.
A Servant Leader does not imply abuse of others or abused by others. Or toleration or exploitation.
But a true Servant Leader is disciplined in all areas. You know that is your first responsibility to serve God and then others!
Servant Leaders MUST first, as Priority, please God. They are not just wolves followed by the leads to please others. In the days and age we live, where people want to serve the ways, they don’t do it!
Where people who want to be noticed – let God advertise you.
Where people are doing everything to ensure that they get to certain level. You have what it takes to get there.
One of the keys to a successful Leading in His Power and Glory is, TO LIVE FOR HIM:
Now look at it in 1Timothy 3:8-12; and Titus 1:5-9.
Now, I don’t have all the time; but it lists twenty four (24) Characteristics that you will be seeing in the one Leading in His Power and Glory.
Some of these include: Be of Good Behaviour, Not greedy for money, Not giving to wine or drinking, Not quick tempered but being self control. And a Responsible servant.
A responsible Leader who will Lead in His Power and Glory will hold the Words of God, and has Good Reputation outside the Church; and that quality must be evident in our lives. Especially those of us who are called to Lead.
Somebody may say No! I am not part of the Leadership.
May I say to you: Do you know the Book of 1 Peter 2:9? – You are a Royal Priesthood at birth.
When I say at birth: when I mean at birth (when you got Born Again) the Power of God comes to you to become a Leader. An automatic Leader!
So you are ONE – whether you have Title, or your Title is silenced. Whether they put the Title on you, or the one The Bible puts on you. You are a Leader; A Royal Priesthood.
And as a Leader, we need as much as possible to lead with Commitment; the Characters mentioned in this particular Passage.
HOW DO WE LEAD?
5. You need to TAKE RISK – Risk, very, very crucial! You need to take risk.
The concept of risk is a challenging one to people we lead. But you need to take risk. Take risk to dare those Assignments; challenge yourself with large goals!
Some of you have been called to go on Mission; to go for God. But you are afraid: How can I leave this better job?
But it is risky not to take a risk! They will call you names, but at the end of the day it pays off.
Some people looked at Paul; when the snake fastened teeth on him. They said, this man is a sinner. But after some time (that they were expecting he will soon die) but he didn’t die, they changed their minds.
People will always change their mind if you take risk.
When David took the risk to dare Goliath, they were mocking him. But when he eventually did it, he became a Celebrity.
What about if he didn’t take the risk?
And every one who will Lead in His Power and Glory (and that is the real sense of it); because He gives you Power that is beyond your ability.
You need to take risk: take risk for your Life; take risk for your Profession; take risk as a Leader.
And the next one in How to Demonstrate Commitment is what I call;
6 TEAM WORKER – And Jesus taught us this Model. We learnt that there is no place for Lone Ranger in the kingdom of God – All Leaders Leads in His Power and Glory.
And every Leader that will Lead in His Power and Glory, they must be a Team player, Team Builder.
They must be committed to the Team!
And of course they must be committed to Discipline of working with the Team, and making themselves useful to other members of the Team.
Sir, Prayerfully choose someone who will speak into your life, before you leave this Convention. You have stayed alone for long. You are suffering, your family is suffering – because nobody is there as a Team Mentor to able speak to you.
You keep changing your Word because you are not accountable to somebody – You say one thing today, tomorrow (another). That is why you dream to see Sisters in the same Church.
You saw Sister A, Sister B. Because nobody is part of your Team Mentor. And if you are not a Team worker, you will be carnal, you will be selfish and you will not be able to Lead in His Power and Glory.
There are Networks that you need to create: in the Church, in the Community where you live, that everyone can be accountable to another.
Some of the work of the Ministry are hidden, some are open. But they are all important to the health and vitality of the Church.
Still on Demonstration of Commitment, the next Point I need to make under that is:
COMMITMENT TO MAKING DISCIPLES:
In the Book of Matthew 28:19-20; now this is what the Master Himself says: the Word from the Beginning; the Word that became flesh; the Word that is the Truth and Life! (John 14:6, John 1:14)
This same Word, this is want He said in Matthew 28:19-20;
“Go ye therefore, and teach all Nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
This particular Passage is a very clear Command to reach out to people with love, a saving Grace message – to teach them to follow Christ.
Thank God for Miracle, Thank God for breakthrough, Thank God for Fire will fall, Thank God for Glorious delivery of Mighty Things.
But Sir, it is one thing to get the Miracle, it is another thing to maintain it. People who maintain their Miracles, maintain their lives!
In Acts 2:42; look at what the Bible says: “And they continued stedfastly in the Apostles’ Doctrine and Fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in Prayers.”
If the first Church in the Acts of the Apostle, they committed themselves to these things.
If the early Church Members were able to grow and mature – they are able to grow to majority. And they sent them to the Community.
The essence of our gathering together is to be empowered here and go and share to the world.
Paul, where we read to us, he said: they were telling me there will be affliction, there will be this. But I didn’t bother; I just want to do the Will of God.
And listen to this: In the world we live is a battle ground. But something has gone wrong before you came in; before I came in. Jesus said “in this world there will be tribulations; but be of good cheer, I have overcome!”.
Leading in His Power and Glory begins with God’s Calling. And that comes in two (2) parts:
- He gives you a desire to Serve Him;
- And, there is an element of character (and those gifts that qualify you to Serve.
And these are the things you need to develop.
There is an area of Prayers; there is an area of Personal Intention.
In the Book of Daniel 1:8; the Bible says, ‘But Daniel Purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the King’s meat,”
Three (3) Hebrews Boys were persuaded; but they said, No! We are willing to do the Will of God.
I came to challenge all of us who are Leaders; everyone of us here we are Leaders. Because He made us Royal Priesthood as we got Born Again if you are Born Again. If you are not Born Again, it is a time for you. If you were Born Again and you lost it, you can still come back to it.
But the KEY; In fact, it is the Key of this Commitment upon your life, to be able to do the impossible.
It is time for those of us who are Leaders in this Generation. You are not Leaders of tomorrow – You are already Leading and that is why you organized this:
You only invited those of us who are a little bit ahead of you. You told us what to speak about!
A Leader that instructs – so you are already Leading us.
Are you not the ones who gave the Topic to us?
So at any realm, our Leaders of tomorrow, you are the Leaders now!
And to be able to Lead well, that level of commitment must be there!
And you must increase the Tempo: Tempo of how it is done, so that while some of us are still here, we look at it and we are happy; that our Investment of God is not in vain!
Paul said: ‘am WILLING to go and make sure I finish – You will finish!
Am done with what I want to say; but tonight, those of you who want to COMMIT Specifically you won’t want to come to the Altar, I would just ask you to step out.
You will ask God: Lord, am tired of being at low level of life, I want to raise the Tempo of my Commitment. Lord, help me. Give me the GRACE; and am willing to take a New Diligent, and walk according to dictate of the Spirit of God!
Like I told you, I had done three (3) Messages to come with. And I asked God, ‘which one?’ And God said, this one!
I can easily come here and incite you; and say: shout – That’s good!
We know how to do that!
But there are Things you need for the time!
In your heart is hear. If you are sincere; because the greatest tragedy that any man could live, is to live in self deceit.
If you are sincere, and you wabt the Tempo of your Commitment – How Committed are YOU to the Lord? To this Organization that you belong? – I belong to the Youth of the Redeemed Christian Church of God!
Are there not things you are doing in the secret? Are you not speaking I will do this about this Church you belong you? Do you Project the Church properly the way it should be Projected?
The Ball is in your Court!
Rise up with me let us PRAY:
“Lord, help me – give me the Grace to be Committed”.
You have two (2) minutes; and after two (2) minutes I will ask people who want to RECOMMIT their lives to Him to just step out.
… You are not going to come to the Altar!
I will just say a Word of of Prayer over you and I will leave the Mic to our great Leader over here!
Please, this is a time to PRAY: the greatest Miracle that you can have; the greatest thing that God can deliver to your life is:
“GOD, give me the Grace to be able to INCREASE my Level of Commitment”
Please, if you have that, you will noticed that your fame will spread abroad. If you have that – every other things will work!
“Oh GOD, give me the Grace for Commitment”.
I like you to Pray Brothers; I like you to Pray Sisters. Just two (2) minutes – and your two (2) minutes is counting!
Leave everybody around who is looking. Just Pray: Oh God, Enough of paying lip service or lip services to the things of God. Enough of big, big words without any major Commitment.
Since you came to this Group, how many souls have you brought to Christ? What are you involved in? What have you done to improve and increase the kingdom? What have you done in your own right as a Leader, for people to notice you?
Oh God, from this Convention, of “HIS POWER AND GLORY”; Lord, give me the Grace to be Committed so that I can LEAD – in Your Power and in your Glory – Oh God help!
Only one (1) minute you have more; one (1) more minute!
Leave everybody around you now; face your yourself, it is your life: whether it rises or fall – It is your life.
Oh God, even me on this Altar, I commit my self to you; give me Grace to be Committed. Every area in my life where I have not given all.
Oh God; I ask for Your Grace tonight. Lord God Almighty, because I belong to this Group – part and parcel of this Group. I don’t want to disappoint you. I don’t want to disappoint the Leadership. I don’t want to disappoint, oh God: the Heavenly Leadership.
I don’t want to disappoint oh God, I don’t want to disappoint the Heavenly Call. I don’t want to disappoint Divinity – Help me!
… You have thirty (30) seconds to Pray: “Oh Lord help me!”
Let God distinguished your Voice! Oh yes our God. What a Great God. Thank you Father.
In Jesus Mighty Name we Pray – Amen!
… Say that AMEN in a way that it will be re-echoing – AMEN!
I want to Pray a short Prayer: If you want to RECOMMIT to become a Leader that Leads in His Power and Glory; just step out to the small Altar there (you don’t need to come to this one).
… So that you can go quickly back to your seats.
You may be the only one (it doesn’t matter). Just make sure that you step out quickly. I want to say a short Prayer over you. Thank you!
If you are doing it, please do! Because we need incurable Committed Leaders in our Generation.
The church has been on this level for long. And you need to Lead!
Thank you very much. God of Heaven will bless you. Thank You Father!
I like you to talk to God, yourself: Enough is enough of Lip Service. Enough is enough of Artificial life; Enough is enough of Shallowness.
Let me go into Deep Water of Commitment; and let me experience the Deep Water of the Holy Spirit. Let me experience the Deep Water of Your POWER. Let me experience the Deep Water of Your GLORY.
Am about to Pray now. If you are coming, come quickly. Thank you Sir, Thank you Ma.
And if there are sins in your life: you have some little, little foxes. Tell Him know about it.
This is where God Alter lives. The Podium am standing, is where our father in the Lord is standing (he only allows us to stand there). That is where God alter Destinies for better.
Thank you! God bless you. It shall be so, in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
PRAYER:
Lord, I stretch forth my hands towards these people who have stepped out if their siege. Lord, you know their hearts, you know their desires.
Father, I heard you clearly (on 3 occasions) to speak on what am talking about. And I Thank You oh God, that You have given me the courage to speak in this.
Everyone that has stepped out from where they are seated to the front here;
I Pray that the Grace for Commitment, as I stretch out my hands toward you;
… If your Amen is loud enough;
May the Lord deliver to you in the Name of JESUS!
Every shallowness and artificiality of nothingness in your life; may the Power of the Blood chase it out, in the Name of Jesus!
I ask that today, The Spirit of the Lord will carry out a Divine Operation over you; and you will live the rest of your life in the Spirit of Commitment. And it will manifest Physically, and it will showcase your Ministry in the Name of Jesus Christ!
Every little, little foxes that destroy vine in your life: known to you. Some of it cones unconsciously. Raise the standard of this Altar (where our father in the normally stand):
That today, those little, little foxes; they will loose their grip and go away in the Name of Jesus!
We declare over your lives, whatever obstacles, whether minor or major – that has stopped you from doing the needful; let it be cleared today, in the Name of Jesus Christ.
And everyone of us; who are there in our seats or on this Altar, the Grace for: Deep, Bogus, Progressive, Enlarged Commitment. released over us in the Name of Jesus Christ!
We don’t want to get to the end of our lives, and discover we haven’t fulfilled Purpose. We don’t want to miss the mark. We don’t want to have Title without Entitlement. We don’t want to have Title that bring pride – without the Spirit of Humility and Commitment.
Whatever is agitating with the fulfilment of Your GLORY, of Your POWER in our lives; Remove them tonight in the Name of Jesus Christ!
And I ask that when the Roll is call up in Heaven, all of us will be there to reign with Christ.
I declare that even before then, you will fulfil your Purpose on the Earth in the Name of Jesus Christ!
Am Praying for the Leadership of these Youths; from our father – the Leader (the AGO in charged) and all the Excos: move from Glory Glory! Move from Honour to Honour!
We Pray that in Life and Destiny; Consistently, Perpetually, Progressively, till the end if the day, you will remain RELEVANT.
And everyone of you that say AMEN; you will remain relevant!
We declare over our Daddy in the Lord, Pastor E.A. Adeboye and his wife Mummy Folu Adeboye; it is well with you!
Everyone that loves the Lord and loves the Youths – both within the Redeemed Christian Church of God and outside RCCG: wherever they are (whether they are reading or not) we declare that It is well with you in the Name of Jesus Christ!
May the Lord raise Helpers of Destiny for such, in the Name of Jesus Christ!
And those of you saying AMEN, get Helpers of Destiny!
Thank You Eternal Father; in Jesus Most Blessed Name we PRAY – Ameen!
… And let someone say AMEN – Amen!
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