RCCG NOVEMBER 2019 HOLY GHOST SERVICE – THEME: SWIMMING IN GLORY – PART 8 (A TASTE OF WATER) – TALK 2: BROTHER BABAFEMI ADEBAJO
(THE RCCF SERVING CORPERS PRESIDENT @ ZAMFARA STATE)
DATE: 1ST NOVEMBER, 2019
BIBLE TEXT: RUTH 1:1-6
SONG:
Spirit of God we welcome You,
Almighty God we welcome You
Spirit of Grace we welcome You
Almighty God we welcome You.
We welcome you, we welcome You
Almighty God we welcome You
Spirit of Truth, we welcome You
Almighty God we welcome You
(REPEATED)
OPENING PRAYER:
Wherever you are in this Auditorium or connecting to us from anywhere in the world: in one (1) minute, can you say a Prayer to the Lord?
And ask that the Spirit of the Lord Almighty will come and animate His Words in your heart. And that as the Words will come forth, it will come forth to impart Grace in your life in the Name of Jesus.
Can you cry to the Lord from wherever you are and say: Lord, we beckon on You – for the flesh can’t Profit nothing. It is Your Spirit that quickens!
And the Words that You speak; they are Spirit and they are Life! As Your Words would come alive to us this Night, oh God, AFRESH!
Thank You Holy Spirit! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Pray – Amen.
Let somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
If you know that tonight is your Night, can you jump up on your feet and shout a big Hallelujah to the Lord? – HALLELUJAH!
Praise the Lord!
Thank You! God bless you. And you may be seated.
Very quickly, I would like to appreciate our father in the Lord, Pastor E.A Adeboye – The President of the Christ Redeemer Ministry. And our Mother in Israel, who is also the Vice President in the Mission.
Father, Mother; we appreciate your tireless labour over us. We are grateful that you are ahead of us. We see a Light Shining on your head and we know that we can press on! Because we see that examples.
Our Prayers for you everyday is that – you will finish STRONG, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
Hallelujah!
The TOPIC we will be looking at this Second (2nd) Talk is: “A TASTE OF WATER”.
And we will be taking our Bible Text from RUTH 1:1-6.
1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
3And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
… May the Lord bless the reading of His word in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
Now very quickly, I want to focus first on that Word in Ruth 1:1 that says; “THERE WAS FAMINE IN THE LAND”
Now, according to the dictionary, we know that a Famine signifies a PERIOD OF EXTREME SHORTAGE OF FOOD in a Region.
A Famine could also mean a SEVERE SHORTAGE OR LACK of just about anything at all.
… Thank God we don’t have only the dictionary to go by.
Because when we thoroughly examine the scriptures, we would see that the Bible thoroughly begin to clearly delineate the characteristics that you see that will make you know that surely this is a time of Famine!
The Environmentalist may not see it; the Economist may not notice it. But when we go by what the Bible says that perhaps, there are some people here and there is a situation in your family (there is a famine).
But as we look at the Word of God tonight, can I Pray for somebody that, that situation will Turn Around tonight, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
HOW DO WE IDENTIFY FAMINE?
1. According to the Scriptures in 2 Kings 6:26-29; we see that People will do anything to survive in a time of Famine.
We see the story of two (2) women who both had children and then because of the Famine in the land, they decided that “Hey! We are going to kill your child today and eat. And by tomorrow we are going to kill my own child and eat also”.
The only reason we came to know about the story was because one of the women had killed her child, and the next day the other woman didn’t want to kill her own child.
It was not that she was remorseful that she eat her own child. But she wanted to eat of the child of the other person.
… In a time of Famine, people will do anything at all to survive!
Have you ever Wondered why Corruption is more abundant everywhere in our country?
It is a sign that there is Famine in our land!
You wonder why people will see the right path and they would rather turn their back and do something else also? It is a prove that there is Famine in the land!
… How do we identity Famine?
2. Every option during a time of famine looks IMPOSSIBLE!
If you turn to the next Chapter immediately after (2 Kings 7:4);
“If we say, We will enter into the City, then the famine is in the City, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.”
This was a discussion between some lepers. There was Famine in the land of Israel, there was no hope!
And they began to think to themselves that:
- If we go into the Country, we are going to die – because there is no food for us to eat;
- If we stay where we are, we are going to die – because there is no food for us to eat;
- If we go to the Army that have encamped around us; and if they want to kill us, they might even kill us. There is Hope in that place!
They were faced with three (3) IMPOSSIBLE CHOICES. And yet, they have to pick one.
… In the time of Famine, we are always surrounded by CHOICES that seem IMPOSSIBLE!
May be you are in a work Place where you are over due for Promotion and your Boss is saying, you wouldn’t get the Promotion except you compromise. It is a Sign that you are in a Famine in that work Place.
Because leaving the job is not an option; because you have a family with children. And there is nobody to feed them.
But Compromising is also not an option! Because you are a Christian.
… It is a sign that it is just a time of FAMINE!
3. In the time of Famine, MONEY FAILS.
Genesis 47:15b; “And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy Presence? for the money faileth.”
We want to eat, we want to buy corns, and we don’t have money and our money has lost its Purchasing Power!
The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 10:19b; “A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.”
Yet the Bible says in Ecclesiastes 7:12: “For Wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the Excellency of knowledge is, that Wisdom giveth life to them that have it.”
But in time of Famine; money looses it worth, it fails!
There are some People that have all the money. yet, for their health, money has failed – It cannot do anything.
They have gone to the hospital, they have spent and spent. And yet that situation doesn’t change.
… It is Sign that there is a Famine!
In such a case, in all these things, we see a common threat that: when there is Famine in the land, all the future looks blink. When there is Famine in the land, it feels easier to give up than to stay on God.
However, I am grateful the story doesn’t end in verse one (1) it continues to verse 6.
Can I Pray for somebody here tonight, that no matter how blink the situations looks, there would be a Turn Around in the Name of Jesus – Amen.
How am I sure that there would be a Turn Around?
Job 14:7-9;
7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Now, can I quickly say here that no matter the Famine in Bethlehem; going to Moab is never an option!
You must understand that the meaning of the word Bethlehem is ” HOUSE OF BREAD”.
So what was actually happening in Bethlehem Judah was that; they were in a Place where they supposed to have EXCESS OF BREAD. But there was no bread!
Perhaps, you are in a situation where People are looking up unto you; expecting that you should have something. But you have nothing to show for it. You have been working tirelessly but there is absolutely nothing to show for it.
It is not an option to leave Bethlehem for Moab; because one thing that happens if you leave Bethlehem for Moab is that: In Bethlehem, it may look like all Hope is about to be lost. But if you go to Moab, you will LOOSE everything!
Where am going to is this: For every believers “your ALLOCATION Is In A LOCATION!”
… And that Location is in Christ Jesus!
HOW DO I KNOW THIS?
Ephesians 1:3; “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all Spiritual Blessings in heavenly places in Christ:”
It is not an option for you to begin to compromised – because things are hard. It is not an option for you to begin to try to cut corners, because things look difficult.
As a Corps Member, when we go for Mobilization in the NYSC Camp Ground, we do see the new Corps Members and we begin to tell them to stay in the town (Zamfara State, Nigeria) for example.
And they do tell us that “OUR PARENT WANT US TO BE REDEPLOYED!”
That is Christian Parent! How are they redeploying? They do pay somebody. Christian Parents paying to get their child to redeployed.
Where is our Faith in God? Where is the Hope we have that if the Lord is Alive, our seed will be kept?
… It is not a time to COMPROMISE!
Now, Why do we need to HOLD ON TO HOPE?
1. Psalms 30:5b; “For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
It does not matter how long that situation has existed, a change is about to come – Amen!
It does not matter how long that situation has defiled a solution, tonight you will obtain a solution in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
… How do we need to hold on to Hope?
2. Proverbs 24:16: “For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.”
The truth is that, a knock Down is not a knock OUT! Except you refuse to stand again.
If in a Boxing Ring, you see them boxing themselves and one Person gives the other a blow and that Person falls; as long as you can stand up again, the Referee will still allow you to continue.
The devil might have knocked you down; but he will not have the final say over you, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
3. A man that has Hope cannot be put to Shame!
HOW DO I KNOW THIS?
Romans 5:5; “And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”
As long as a man can hold on to hope, the story must surely change.
I don’t know who is here that is about to be put to shame; Can I announce to you tonight that for your shame, you will receive DOUBLE GLORY, In the Name of Jesus – Amen!
You can’t give what you don’t have.
The Message we are called to Preach as Believers (the Gospel of PEACE) is a Gospel of HOPE!
We dwell in a time when it is easier to live in FEAR than to live in Faith!
When the News you hear everyday is enough to make you give up! We see people going into Depression, Committing Suicide.
People you saw yesterday and the next thing you are hearing is that the Person has killed himself. And you are wondering what’s really happening?
The message (as Believers) we are called to spread is a “Message of HOPE”. Because hope resides in just one Person; that is JESUS CHRIST.
Colossians 1:27 says:
“To whom God would make known what is the riches of the Glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the HOPE OF GLORY:”
If any man doesn’t have Christ, that man has no HOPE in this world or in the world to come. No hope!
And so as a believers you yourself must know that except you have Hope, you cannot give Hope! – I John 1:1-3.
… You cannot declare what you have not experienced; we are called as Witnesses!
The very word WITNESS subject to us that we must have been a Partaker of something for you to testify about it.
“That the man is ADMIRED by men doesn’t mean he is ACCEPTABLE to God”.
It comes as a shock to me many times when I see the things that People pursue: worthless, absolutely nothing to write home about in the world to come.
The Bible says: “Lay up for yourself Treasures in heaven”. But People want to lay up for themselves Treasures in this Earth that will pass away; that they will leave behind.
A man that doesn’t have God is a man that is going nowhere!
The Bible says; “If only in this world we have hope, we are of all men MOST miserable! “
If you are here tonight and you have not yet accepted Jesus as your Lord and Personal Saviour; I want you to get ready so that when our father in the Lord comes and make an Altar Call, you must be the first Person to run outside!
… Because, a man that doesn’t have Jesus Christ has nothing.
We can seek every other thing, but when things Count, that thing will count as nothing!
A man may have all the houses in this world; he may have all the cars, cash or the money, he may have all the connections. But what would happen to him after his death?
Our priorities need to be right. We need to come to the One Who is the SOURCE of all Hope! We need to come to the One Who is the Hope.
There are three (3) things that by laws abide: Love, Faith and Hope abide forever.
Now, HOW DO WE FIND HOPE?
This Passage shows us that there is water in the Lord and He offers it freely.
Jesus began to say in that Scripture (John 7:37):
“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.”
Any man that wants to have hope, must look up to the Lord. Because the Bible reveals to us in Romans 15:13;
“Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost”.
… Our God is the God of Hope!
The Bible says: Promotion comes neither from the East, nor the West nor from the South.
… He didn’t mention the NORTH. Hallelujah!
Do you know why He didn’t mention the NORTH?
Because the Mount of the Lord is on the side of the NORTH!
And when He says Promotion doesn’t come from the East, nor the West nor from the South. He is telling us that Promotion comes from the NORTH. Amen!
Did you know that Sailor’s at Sea, for them to find their directions they look toward the NORTH? They point their Compass toward the True NORTH.
As long as a man can set his focus on the True North; he would find direction in that North!
There is a song in Psalms 48:1-2 that says:
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be Praised;
In the city of our God, In the mountain of His Holiness.
Beautiful for situation,
The joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion, on the sides of the NORTH, The City of the Great King;
Is Mount Zion, on the sides of the NORTH, The City of the Great King!
… That is where the Lord resides – Hallelujah!
HOW DO YOU KEEP HOPE ALIVE?
I know there are some People that don’t even have any Hope! As I have said, that when the time of Altar Call comes, they should be the first to run out.
But for the Believers, that maybe the Message you heard was that: everything will be Rosy! And then since you believed, it seems nothing is working. How do you keep hope alive?
1. STAY PRAYING: Prayerlessness is the greatest declaration of Independence from God.
A man that refuses to Pray is simply telling God that “I think I can handle my life by myself and you don’t need to intervene!”
If a man will find hope, he must know that he must stay committed to the Ministry of Prayer. You cannot joke with it.
It is not something you do when you feel like and something you don’t do the next day. It is something we must PERPETUALLY do!
So Jesus speaking in the Book of Luke 18:8;
“I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?”
It says, when the Son of Man shall come to answer you, will He find Faith on Earth?
Because it takes Faith to stay praying. You must stay Praying!
2. YOU MUST STAY ON THE WORD.
There is a Song I love so much. It says:
The Word of the Lord will not fail,
Until Shiloh comes, Until Shiloh Comes Until Shiloh Comes.
See, as long as you have the Word of the Lord, the answer will surely comes!
Because the Word of the Lord that He sent forth; the Bible says it shall not return unto Him VOID.
When it seems that there is no hope, STAY in the WORD!
… The last point as I begin to CLOSE;
3. YOU MUST KNOW HOW TO ENGAGE THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Isaiah 28:11-12
11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Many of us are like People Prophesied in these Scriptures!
This was the first Place in the Bible where that thing called tongue was Prophesy. But like the People that were mentioned there, we will not hear.
… We must know how to ENGAGE!
And one very good tool that He has given us is the ability to PRAY IN OTHER TONGUE.
I can be going about my daily business and be busy and still muttering under my breath and be speaking in the Holy Spirit.
I can be taking care of children and I am still speaking in Tongue. It doesn’t affect me.
Because when you Pray in Tongue, the Bible says your mind is unfruitful.
I don’t even need to engage my mind on some point (if I cannot at that point) because I am doing something else.
… We must learn how to engage the Holy Spirit!
Now to CLOSE; Jesus said something significant in John 4:10:
“Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.”
The first Speaker has already shown us in 1John 7 that the Living water speaks of the Holy Spirit.
And James 4:2 says;
“Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.”
This Passage shows us that “we HAVE NOT, because we ask nothing”.
I don’t know how many People here tonight that are ready to ask the Lord to release the Living Water.
If you are one of those People, can you jump on your feet!
Now, the Prayer Points we are going to Pray first is from Genesis 21:19;
“And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. “
Our first encounter with the Holy Spirit was when we got saved (if you have been saved). So there is a deposit of the Holy Spirit on your inside – it’s how you have receive the Life of Christ into you
But the truth is that many of us don’t know whom we have believed. We don’t know whom we have received.
So in Genesis 21:19; we see a mother of Issachar crying to the Lord and the Lord did something significant, “He OPENED her eyes and she SAW!”
FATHER, OPEN MY EYES TO SEE THAT WHICH YOU HAVE PUT IN ME.
Can we raise that cry to the Lord in this Place tonight?
Open my eyes that I may see that which You have put in me.
Until you know the One that dwells in your inside, you will not experience His possibility!
But the Spirit of God that dwell on your Inside is a Spirit of Possibility.
.. The Bible says with God, nothing shall be IMPOSSIBLE!
Can you ask the Lord to open your eyes this Night that you may see?
That you may come to know that which He has put on your Inside. Open our eyes (6ce)!
For in Jesus Name we have PRAYED – Amen!
As we continue in this Service, I want you to keep Praying that Prayer, LORD YOU WILL OPEN MY EYES THIS NIGHT.
Isaiah 55:1 says; “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”
He said, come to Me and take water. You don’t need to have money, you just need to come.
And Jesus speaking to the woman in the Book of John 4 saying; “if you know whom it was that stood before you, you will ask Him to give you Living Water to drink.”
WHAT IS THE PRAYER POINT?
Father, tonight give me to drink of your LIVING WATERS. Tonight Lord, give me to drink of your Living Waters. Give me to drink that I may thirst no more. Give me to drink of the River of Living Water that we may Thirst no more.
Thank You Jesus! For in Jesus Name we have PRAYED – Amen!
CLOSING PRAYER:
Father, we Thank You for Your Word this Night, be thou exalted in the Name of Jesus!
Lord, You said in Revelation 21 that let him that will drink, let him come.
Tonight Lord, as individual, as a Church, as a Nation, we have come, we ask oh God that upon us oh God, you will open season of refreshing, in the Name of Jesus!
You will course the River and open Rivers of Living Water to proceed from Your Throne into every situations of our life, in the Name of Jesus!
From tonight oh Lord, let there be a definite change in every bad situations in the Mighty Name of Jesus.
For every Person experiencing something that look like famine, let that situation change for the better from tonight in the Name of Jesus!
Lord, in our lives, we ask that You will Glorify Yourself and you will Glorify Your Name.
Thank You Father because You are a God that answereth Prayer!
For in Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed!
Let somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!!!
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