2019 UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN CAMPUS HOLY GHOST RALLY – THEME: DIVINE ENCOUNTER – MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE

@ SPORTS FIELD, UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, OYO STATE – NIGERIA.

DATE: 19TH NOVEMBER, 2019

BIBLE TEXT: LUKE 7:11-15

1. Why don’t you lift your hands to the Most High God and bless His Holy Name? Give Him Glory, give Him Honour, give Him Adoration. Let Him hear Your voice! Magnify His Holy Name; Praise the Ancient of Days. Magnify His Holy Name, He is worthy to be Praised.

In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Worshipped – Amen!

2. Lift up your voice loud and clear and say: FATHER, in this multitude tonight, Please single me out for a Mighty Breakthrough! Go ahead 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 (we are serving Him).

OPENING PRAYER

King of kings and Lord of lords, the Ancient of Days, the Almighty! The One whose Name is Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

The Alpha, The Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, the One who Is, the One Who Was, the One Who is to Come; the Almighty, we worship You, accept our Worship in Jesus’ Name!

We Thank You for all You have done on this Campus in the Past, and what You will do tonight. We give You Glory, we give You honour in advance for the Mighty Breakthroughs You are going to give to us. Please, accept our Worship in Jesus’ Name!

Father, we Pray for University of Ibadan: every Lost Glory of this University will be fully Restored! Give this Campus Breakthrough that will make them to know the Beauty of the Lord.

Bless our Vice Chancellor, bless all the Principal Officers, bless the Academic Staff, bless the Non Academic Staff, bless every student of this Campus!

My Father and my God, I Pray beginning from today; each time we hear concerning the University of Ibadan, it will be Good News!

Do something New in the lives of everyone of us here tonight, and those who are listening to us (reading) all over the world. Give everyone of us Pleasant Surprises. At the end of it all, take all the Glory; and give us the Blessings!

In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

Let someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

Shake hands with about three (3) or four (4) People and say: ‘Good evening, God bless you Mightily’.

And then you may please be seated.

I want to go quickly to the Word of God tonight, because I believe God has something Special for someone. And I don’t want that blessing to be delayed.

So we go straight to LUKE 7:11-15;

As we go along tonight, I will be calling on you to stand up and Pray. I will want to encourage you that when I do so, you will Pray. And you will Pray with all your heart.

But when I ask you to stand up and Pray, am only talking to the young ones. The older ones can do their Praying sitting down.

As I have always said, if anybody ask: Supposed the Elders fall asleep?

That is no problem. The Bible says old men will dream dreams. And they need to fall asleep first, before they can dream.

Now, the young ones are all those younger than I. Am only seventy seven (77)! So if you are younger than seventy seven (77), you are young.

So all the young ones in the house shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

I don’t want to embarrass the older one; I would have said, let the old ones say ‘Amen” (laughs!)

…. They are not too many of them. Glory be to God!

LUKE 7:11-15;

11 And it came to pass the day after, that He went into a city called Nain; and many of His Disciples went with Him, and much People.

12 Now when He came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much People of the city was with her.

13 And when the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.

14 And He came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And He said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.

15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And He delivered him to his mother.

Tonight we want to talk on “DIVINE ENCOUNTER”.

We want to continue from where we stopped this morning.

And by the way; I think we should give a big round of applause for the man who gave the First Talk. It was really a wonderful job!

And another round of applause for the Choir; they did a nice job also. Glory be to God – Hallelujah!

As I tried to define (for those of us who were there in the morning) what we mean by DIVINE ENCOUNTER.

If we put it in the lay man’s language – in the language that the market woman would understand;

It is a meeting that has an impact, a meeting that can never be forgotten”.

And am Praying for someone here, that for the rest of your life, you will never forget tonight – Amen!

And in the Text I read for you (Luke 7:11-15), we have a very classical example – there were Two (2) Groups:

In the first Group was a woman who was: a widow, there was a dead boy that was going to be buried, there was weeping, there was sorrow, there was a very lonely woman; a widow who has lost her husband and now had lost her only son. There was a young man whose destiny had been abruptly terminated.

… That was one (1) Group!

And then there was another Group coming in the other direction. In that second (2nd) Group: there was Someone called JESUS. There was Someone who was God incarnate; Someone who said Ask till your Joy be full. Someone who said My Name is the Resurrection and the Life. Someone who said I will never leave you, I will never forsake you.

… And when a Collision took place, everything changed!

There is someone here tonight with a load of Problems: Problems so many you cannot even tell it all – you are coming in one direction!

In the other direction, there is Someone who has the solution to ALL Problems.

And the two (2) of you are about to have a Head on Collision.

That is why I believe that by the end of tonight, somebody will sing a New Song – Amen!

If you are that one, let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

Am just going to talk very briefly; I will just mention about FIVE (5) POINTS very quickly, and then we Pray. And by the Grace of God, we shall see what we shall see!

1. When LIGHT collides with death, RESURRECTION must take place.

In John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Nobody remained dead in His Presence; except the appointed time of the fellow had come!

Because it is written in Hebrew 9:27: “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the Judgment:”

When the appointed time comes, there is nothing anybody can do about that.

Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead (after four (4) days in grave). But he still died, when his appointed time came!

And so in the Name that’s above every other names I decree right now; that every Plan to take you out of this world before your time, shall FAIL – Amen.

In Mark 5:35-43; the Bible tells us of a young girl that had just died: and Jesus came into her house and brought her back to life.

In John 11:39-44, that I just referred to; Lazarus had been buried for four (4) days. But because his Appointed Time had not yet come – as soon as the One who is the Resurrection and the Life got in there, He brought him back to life!

I have told the Story before of a young man who was getting married in one of our Churches.

They have reached the stage of Signing the Marriage Register in the Vestry. The husband had signed, they have given the pen to the wife to sign.

And all of a sudden, the husband heard a voice (he was the only one who heard) and he answered!

… And the elders here would tell you what that one means.

As soon as he answered, he dropped down and died, in the Vestry, on the day of his wedding.

And of course, there was pandemonium; and everybody began to pray for over thirty (30) minutes.

And the People in the Congregation who were expecting the Groom ad the Bride to dance out, were wondering, what are they signing?

And then, the most Senior Pastor in the Group remembered that I said something earlier on that: When Prayer seems to fail, try PRAISE!

And so he told the People – stop Praying, begin to PRAISE the Almighty God.

And then he ran to the Congregation, and said: go on Praising God, we will join you very soon. And the brethren began to PRAISE God:

You are the Almighty, You are the Resurrection and the Life, ALL Power belongs to You, there is nothing You cannot do. You can reversed the irreversible…

They kept on Praising God; and all of a sudden, the fellow who had been on the ground for more than thirty (30) minutes, sneezed! And opened his eyes, and said: What am I doing on the floor? They said, when you get up, we shall tell you.

I want you to stand on your feet! The first Prayer you are going to Pray tonight is; you are just going to PRAISE GOD, like you have never done before. I want you to begin to call Him by His Names:

I want to Worship Him on your own, because there are certain things the devil has stolen from you that must be restored tonight. PRAISE Him like you have never done before, and even Prayers that He has never answered before, suddenly He will begin to answer!

Thank You Father! Glory be to Your Holy Name. In Jesus’ Mighty Name we Worshipped – Amen!

So shall it be in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

Please be seated.

2. The second (2nd) thing that I want to bring to your attention very quickly is that: When the SOURCE OF JOY collides with sorrow, WEEPING MUST COME TO AN END.

The widow was coming, weeping. I mean, when you are talking about sorrow, you can hardly describe her sorrow.

She used to know Joy: she remembered the day she got married, that was a day of Joy for her. She remembered the day she has her first son; that was a great day for her.

But then, all of a sudden, the Tide turned, the husband died. And they comforted her: look at your son, hold unto him – he is the representative of your husband. But now, the son is dead!

… You can hardly imagine her sorrow.

But as she was going, there comes Someone in Whose Presence there is fullness of Joy!

According to Psalms 16:11; “Thou wilt shew me the Path of life: in thy Presence is Fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are Pleasures for evermore.”

And when the Fullness of JOY collides with sorrow; weeping must come to an end!

When Jesus Christ was born, in Luke 2: 8-11; the Angels announced His birth by saying: I bring you Good Tidings of Great Joy!

… The One who is the Source of GREAT Joy collided with someone drowning in sorrow.

In Matthew 2:1-11; the Bible tells us that when the Wise Men finally located where Jesus was; they rejoiced with exceeding Great Joy!

Joy exceedingly Great! That one is about to happen with someone tonight – Amen!

In John 16:24; the same Jesus said: “Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my Name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your Joy may be Full.”

In Mark 5:35-43; the Bible tells us that when He got to the house of Jairus, and He saw a lot of People who were weeping (who were mourning); He drove them out!

In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ, mourners will never gather in your house again – Amen!

… I will tell you a story before your second Prayer;

A couple had a son, an only son! The son was Fourteen (14) years old. Because they had tried again and again (after that boy) to have another and they couldn’t. And then one day, that only son went to school, had an accident and died!

When I heard about it, my heart went out to them. I said please bring them, let us cry to God together. I cried to God and I said: Lord, within a year (this people have been trusting God for fourteen (14) years); I Prayed, Lord within a year, make them Fruitful again.

That Month, the woman conceived. When she delivered, she gave birth to triplet – two (2) Boys and a girl.

I saw them only last week. And when I look at those beautiful things (two (2) Boys in place of 1) plus one (1) Girl; my heart leapt for Joy!

Stand on your feet, cry to the Almighty God, and say: Father, for the rest of my life, don’t let me weep again! Go ahead talk to the Almighty God:

Collide with everything causing me sorrow. Oh Source of Joy, don’t let me know sorrow again. In Your own Miraculous way, uproot everything causing me sorrow tonight.

If I ever weep again in the Future, let me weep for Joy, but never again for sorrow. Please Lord God Almighty, beginning from this moment, everything causing me sorrow, wipe it away.

Thank You Father; in Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

So shall it be in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

Please be seated.

3. When the One who is called the ALL IN ALL collides with somebody who is a Nobody; LONELINESS must come to an end.

Loneliness is a very terrible thing!

And I have discovered that it is possible to be in the midst of a huge crowd and be lonely – no friends, no one cares!

As a matter of fact, most of the People who commit suicide do so because they just felt alone and abandoned.

But when the One who is called the ALL IN ALL collides with somebody who is a completely abandoned, loneliness comes to an end!

In Ephesians 1:22-23; the Bible describes Jesus Christ as the Fullness that fills all in all.

In Colossians 1:19, it says “For it pleased the Father that in Him should all Fulness dwell;”

In Colossians 2:9, the Bible says: “For in Him dwelleth all the Fulness of the Godhead bodily.”

So when in Hebrews 13:5 the Bible says: “For He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”

… You can be sure, loneliness will no longer be your portion.

In Psalms 121:5; the Bible says: He is as intimate with you as your shadow.

Some of us are young, so you might not yet have experienced been disappointed.

There is nothing as terrible as somebody you relied on, disappointing you.

There is nothing as Painful as when you discovered that the one you thought is your friend is actually working for your enemies.

It can be frustrating when you think somebody you can rely upon in the day of trouble is actually working for your destruction.

… It can be painful to be lonely!

Some of us who are a little older, they will understand what am talking about: But there is Someone who says, “I will never leave you, I will never forsake you”.

One day the Lord was explaining to me in Colossians 1:17; “Christ IN YOU!”

He said son, it is impossible for a pregnant woman to put aside the baby; even when she is going to the toilet.

When she is going to the toilet, she will never leave the Baby. Even when she goes to bed, she sleeps with the Baby.

She can’t say: ‘Look Baby, am tired, you come out for sometime, I want to sleep very well tonight. Tomorrow morning, I pick you up again’.

He said: “I AM in you – There is no way the two (2) of us can be separated!”

If you are one of those People rejoicing because Christ is in you; inseparably yours – let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

I have told the story before of three (3) Fishes (fishes because they are of different species) who were living in an ocean.

And they were been tormented by one (1) huge Shark and a Baby Shark – always running after little fishes to eat them up.

So one day, the three (3) Fishes called a Meeting (a Prayer Meeting) and said, Lord, please come down, we want to talk to You.

… So you know they must be very Special Fishes indeed!

So the Lord came down. He said, what do you want? The first one said: I want EYES all over my body. And the Lord said, why do you want eyes all over your body?

It said: so I can see Sharks, long before they see me. So I can escape. Okay! You are sure that is what you want? – Right!

What about you? The second one said: I want a pair or Powerful wings, so that whenever these Sharks are pursuing me, I will fly – so I will escape. Okay!

So the Lord turned to the third fish and said: what do you want? The third one said, “All I want is that wherever I go, You will go with me. And the Lord said, Fine! And He left.

As soon as He left, all the scales over the body of the first fish became EYES, beautiful eyes! The second one developed Powerful WINGS; the third one remained ordinary, just like before.

As soon as the Sharks began hunting, and they spotted the fish with many eyes – Ah! What a beautiful fish! And they began to pursue that fish. And because it had so many eyes, it saw on the beach, a little pool of water.

So it swam towards the beach; made one big leapt, and landed into that little Pool of water. And began to laugh at the Shark. ‘Come and get me, if you can!’

But soon, the sun rose, the little Pool of water dried up and the fish with many eyes perished.

When the Sharks found that they couldn’t get the fish with many eyes, they turned. And they saw the second fish with Powerful wings. They moved towards it. And it said: I have seen you, things are different now: I can fly!

So it flew out of the Ocean, and began to laugh at the Sharks. And shortly after that, an Eagle was passing overhead; and looked down and saw;

Lord, You sre this good! I have always wanted to eat fish, but I can’t swim. Now You have brought one to me in my Domain? So the second fish became a dinner for the Eagles.

And then the young Shark said to the mother; there is another fish there. It is not even running away from us. Let us go and get it! And the Mother Shark said to the Baby Shark: Are you blind? Can’t you see that wherever this one is going, there is the Shadow of a Man following it?

You go near that fish, the Man whose Shadow you see, would kill you!

… The Bible says the Lord is your shadow on your right hand!

Stand on your feet and lift up your hands to the Almighty God and say: Father, let my Encounter with You tonight be forever! Open your mouth and cry unto Him.

Thank You Father! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

So shall it be in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

Please be seated.

PROPHESIES:

1. The Lord says there is Someone here, He asked me to tell you: in your family, NO MORE TRAGEDY.
2. Thank You Father! Whoever this one is, I rejoice with you; because the Lord says there is someone here tonight – He said you will not be lazy again. Because I will CRUSH the Spirit of Laziness out of your life!

… Thank You FATHER!

4. When the One who dwells in Heaven collides with the one who dwells on Earth; REPROACH WILL BE REMOVED.

When the One who dwells in Heaven collides with the one who dwells on Earth, whatever reproach may be in the life of the one who dwells on Earth will disappear!

In Psalms 115:1-3, David said: “Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give Glory, for thy Mercy, and for thy Truth’s sake. Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? But our God is in the Heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath Pleased.”

You know, there is one thing about God – the Almighty God (the One who dwells in the Heavens); the Bible says in Him there is no variableness; there is no shadow of turning. There is no impurity with Him at all – no reproach in God, at all!

The Bible says when God gives you any gift, the gift He gives would be Perfect Gift!

When you read 2 Kings 5:2-14; the Bible tells us of a great man called Naaman. Everything about him was good, except for one thing: he was successful, he was famous, he was rich.

But, he was a leper! That BUT spoilt everything!

There are many of us; maybe some of us are here (not all of us); who have everything we want, but there is something left that is not allowing your Joy to be full: there is something that people would say, ‘but you call yourself a Christian, how come this?’

But in the Name that is above every other names, before this night is over, that reproach in your life will disappear – Amen.

Naaman had an encounter with God, and his reproach disappeared!

In 2 Kings 4:8-17; there was this Great Woman of Shunem; rich, influential, in contact with the mighty. But, she was barren. Until she had an Encounter with God, and the barrenness disappeared.

And then when you read Genesis 16:1-14; you will see what happened when Sarah discovered that she couldn’t have a child. She made Arrangement with the husband (Abraham) to go in to the housemaid.

As soon as the housemaid became pregnant, she began to mock her Mistress.

But Sarah had an Encounter with God, and all of a sudden, Sarah began to Laugh!

Genesis 21:6-7, she said, God has made me to Laugh, and all who hear will laugh with me.

In the Name that is above every other names, all those who are mocking you now will come and bow down to your God – Amen!

I remember a story that I believe will illustrate this….

PROPHESY

Oh! Thank You Father. The Lord asked me to tell someone. He said: you have had an Encounter with the devil, and you have discovered the difference. But you are afraid to come out. Daddy asked me to tell you, come out, I will take care!

… Whoever that fellow is, I believe you wll note.

You will remember (those of you who are old enough to remember); there was this World Cup Match between Russia and Nigeria.

At the beginning of the Game, the Nigerian Team gathered together and they PRAYED. The Russian Team were looking at them: what are they doing? Praying to God!

And the Game began; four (4) Goals against Nigeria. Then the Russians began to tout them: but you Prayed, where is your God now? You Prayer People! Where is that God?

I was minding my own business; I wasn’t paying too much attention. But my children were glued to the Television. And they turned to me and said: Daddy, you see what these People are doing: aren’t you going to do something?

I was going to tell them that my Anointing is not for Football. But because they MOCKED my God, I got up, I went out of the room and I began to PRAY.

Five (5) minutes later, I heard GOAL! Some minutes later, I heard GOAL! Soon I heard GOAL! And then A GOAL!!!!

Stand on your feet and lift up your voice and say: Father, everything that is mocking You in my life, CRUSH tonight! Open your mouth, cry to the Almighty God.

Thank You Father! Glory be to Your Holy Name. In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

So shall it be in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

Please be seated.

….we are almost CLOSING!

5. When the Author of Destiny collides with Truncated Destiny; DESTINY IS RESTORED.

I mean, this young man hasn’t even lived his life, and now he is dead!

And yet God has a Plan for this Boy.

I mean, we are reading about him today. But the One who Originated Destiny came upon the scene and turned the Tide.

You know, in John 1:1-3;

PROPHESIES:

1. Thank You Father! I want to say Amen to this one, before I tell you. Ah! Glory be to God!

Daddy says there is someone here, He says: you will TASTE MY POWER AFRESH! And He says: from now on, you will become a CARRIER OF MY POWER.

2. Thank You Father! Ah! Daddy wants me to tell you a story;

When I was a Lecturer at the University of Lagos, I couldn’t keep my mouth shut. So after I have finished teaching Mathematics, as my students move from one class to another; I will walk with them, Preaching Jesus!

One day, one of the Lady students who happened to be a daughter of a Prominent someone of another Faith, confronted me and said:

“Sir, you are paid to teach Mathematics; teach Mathematics and keep your mouth shut!”

I said, yes Ma!

All the Lord asked me to do is Preach; He didn’t ask me to force you to accept. And He says: if you go to a Place – Preach! If they don’t accept you, don’t fight, just shake off the dust of your feet, and go!

… So when she said: Shut Up! I said: Yes Ma!

But one day, I was sitting in my office. And the students had gathered in my class – because they knew I won’t be late (so they always come on time).

So this girl took a look at her body, and suddenly she saw some writing that looked Arabic under her skin. So she yelled, and then the other students came:

What is the Problem? She showed them. And one of the students said; Ah! They have gotten you! She said, what do you mean, ‘they have gotten you?’ He said – there is one new Society now, whenever they capture somebody, they write under their skin.

And once they write under their skin, anything they ask you to do (including killing your mother) you would do it!

So she began to scream!

And funny enough, in her agony, she suddenly remembered me.

I was just about getting ready to come to my Class, when she came.

What is the Problem?

Ah! You have to help me, they have gotten me!

I said: Sister, I am paid to TEACH MATHEMATICS (Laughter!) My students are waiting.

… And then decide whether to shut my mouth, or open it!

She refused to leave my office, but I left all the same. Before I returned, everything you call “Acada” had gone! Because she was rolling on the ground crying.

So I said to her, now I know Somebody who can erase whatever the enemy has written on you. But will you surrender to Him?

In a case like that, you don’t have to Preach long! She gave her life to Jesus! I Prayed a short Prayer, and she left.

Those of you who know the University of Lagos, there was what we called the Main Campus and the College of Education (on another side).

She left! She was living in the College of Education Section. On the way, she kept on glancing, the writing was still there.

But when she got to her room, and she took the key to open the door: she glanced, and the writing had gone!

The Lord wants me to tell someone here tonight (that is the reason why He asked me to tell you the story): Every mark of the enemies on you, goes tonight – Amen!

You may not believe it, but there are Certain People, everywhere they go, because the enemies has put a mark on them (that might not even be visible to ordinary eye). Anywhere they go, they just find that People keep hating them, for no reason at all.

… Because the enemies will be transferring them from one Person to another.

But every mark of the enemies on the life of everyone of you tonight, is GONE in Jesus’ Name – Amen!

Okay! So we were in John 1:1-13; the Bible says: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”

That means Somebody created you!

And Revelation 4:11 says: He created you for His Pleasure! Everything He created was to bring Him pleasure.

And so in Jeremiah 1:4-5, He said: “Then the Word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a Prophet unto the Nations.”

You are not an accident! You didn’t come into the this world by accident. God had a reason for sending you here. And the reason was to bring him Joy.

In fact He said it Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of Peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”

But occasionally, when somebody gets into the world and the enemies sees the star – can see a little bit of the Future, then they gang up against the Fellow, to truncate their destiny.

A Classical Example you would find in Mark 5:2-20. You know the story very well. It is the story of that man who was so loaded with demons; everybody has written him off, he himself had written himself off. He was living in the graveyard.

Then he met the One who was the Author or his destiny. And he woke up a madman, before the day was out, he was an Evangelist: Because the original Plan of God for him was to be an Evangelist.

… But the devil knew that and turned him to a madman!

I have Good News for somebody here today, every Plan of the enemies to truncate your destiny, shall FAIL – Amen.

I have seen truncated destiny before. I have told some of my children before: when I was at Ilesha Grammar School in the 1950s (that seems to be ages ago!)

There was a madman that sat by the gate of Ilesha Grammar School (True story!) And anytime we wanted to learn History (real history); we buy a keg of palm wine and take it to him.

After he has taken a cup or two (2), he would say: what History do you want? English, European, American? From what time to what time?

WHY? – He was a Professor of History until the enemies tampered with his brain.

I Pray for everyone of you today; any attempt of the enemy to truncate your destiny shall FAIL – Amen.

But then, there is a positive one! My children were always distributing Tracts in Prison. Several years ago, they went and distributed my Tracts in Ilorin Prison. And there was this boy, hardened criminal. I mean, hardened; the parents have forgotten about him completely. And he was so hard that even the Prison Guards respect him.

So he constantly gets Indian hemp supplied by the Guards. And so whenever they gave him Tracts (because he knows they are coming, they will bring Tracts). So he used the Tracts to wrap Indian hemp.

But one day, he got one of my Tracts, and something said to him; before you smoke this one, read it. By the time he finished reading the Tracts, he was on his knees crying to God for Salvation. God saved him, transformed his life.

So I got a Letter from the Prison, telling me about the Transformation. Soon the Prison Guards recommended him for Parole; so they set him free.

As soon as they set him free, he came straight to me. We sent him to Bible College. Today, he is an Elder in the Redeemed Christian Church of God.

Stand on your feet! Lift your voice to the Almighty God and say: Father, because of today’s Encounter, fulfill your Purpose in my life. Please Pray that Prayer – that is a very, very Crucial Prayer.

PROPHESY:

I will love to say Amen to this one, too. Because the Lord said concerning someone today, He said, before the end of the Year, you would sing: JESUS You are a Wonder!

When we talk about a Divine Encounter; a head on collision between Divinity and Humanity.

Because of the day God made man, because He gave man a Freewill. It is possible for man to say to God, or you might see God coming; the Almighty God can stretch out His Hands and say come, let us have an Encounter. You can say, my schedule is so tight!

He said in Matthew 11:28-30: “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Revelation 3:20 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.”

You can say: mind Your business, who asked You to knock? He will not violet your Will. He will allow you to decide. He won’t force Himself on you.

I have seen it again and again. I have told the story before; I was sitting on my desk at the University of Lagos. I was about to write a Paper. I have spelt out the Questions I want to answer. I have spelt out the Methodology to use; the kind of the Analysis.

And all of a sudden, God said: son, write to Chief so, so and so. Tell him I love him, that in spite of everything he has done, I love him. And I will save his soul. That if he wants to know more he should send for you.

I said, yes Lord!

Quickly, I wrote. But after I had finished writing, I said: I have heard the name “Chief so, so, so” before. But I don’t know his address. How do I get the Letter to him? He said, just write his Name, Chief so, so, so House, so, so, so Town. And Post!

And am talking of those days when if you write a Letter, it will take weeks before it arrived the destination. But because the Angel of the Lord was with it, it arrived in days.

I was sitting in my office the third (3rd) day when somebody came in. The man sent his driver to me: Tell the Man of God to wait for me in his Office; I will be in his office by 12 Noon next day – I was glad!

Because I wrote in the Letter; if you think this is from an hungry Prophet looking for food, throw the Letter away. But if you believe this is from God, send for me!

He said: am not sending for you, I will come myself. So he came! And I explained to him: I have never seen this kind of love before. How singling you out. I don’t know you, but He knows you, and He is doing this for you.

Would you please surrender your life to Jesus Christ? He said: I will think about it. I said okay! I can’t force you. And he left.

Two (2) years; every two (2) weeks I kept on going to visit him.

I mean, as soon as I arrived, Ah! My friend the Pastor has come! He would drop whatever he is doing, he would take me to his bedroom. And am telling you: the bedroom is about a quarter of this field (not much exaggeration). You could play at least Volley Ball in his bedroom.

He would take me to his room, we would sit down there. I will explain again and again. And he would say: I will think about it!

After two (2) years, he had Massive Stroke. The kind that would knock somebody out completely.

Just before he was lapsing into unconsciousness, he called somebody: send for Pastor Adeboye. And then he became unconscious. And they sent for me. And I ran: Give him more chance, send him back to me, let me explain one more time.

In less than one (1) hour, he was completely whole, back to normal.
There was no sign of the Stroke left.

So I said: Chief, God has given you an opportunity that is never given to anybody else. That I know God has been sending me to you again and again for two (2) years.

Will you please now surrender your life to Jesus Christ?

You know what he said? I will think about it!

I never visited him again.

As a matter of fact, the next thing I heard, he was dead!

God wants to have an encounter with you tonight, He will not force you. It is up to you to say Lord, I surrender.

ALTAR CALL:

So if you want to surrender your life to Jesus Christ; if you want to say bye bye to a life of sin, please come.

Am going to count from one (1) to ten (10). Before I say ten (10), if you want to give your life to Jesus, come and stand before me. And I mean those who mean business. You don’t want to have anything to do with a life of sin anymore. You want the Almighty God to save your soul. You really mean Salvation.

… Am counting now! Tomorrow may be too late!

Thank you to those of you who are clapping; your hands will never be EMPTY. These people are taking the very, very important decision of their life.

Now those of you who are still on the way – keep coming! Those of you who are already in the front – cry to God and say: Father, Please save my soul, forgive all my sins, let Your Blood wash away my sins; everything that will hinder my Prayers.

Tell Him: I surrender to you today, I am not to joke, take over Saviour; have Mercy on me! I will serve You from now on, I will do Your Will. Just have Mercy on me. Be my Lord, be my Saviour. And I will serve You for the rest of my life.

The rest of us, please let us stretch our hands toward these our new brothers and sisters; and intercede for them that the One who saved our souls, will save their own souls also. Let us Pray that the Almighty God will have Mercy on them. Intercede for them Brethren, for another two (2) minutes.

Those of you who are still on the way, please come quickly, hurry up now. God is waiting to save your souls.

And as you are coming please PRAY! Ask Him to have Mercy on you, ask Him to save your souls,

Those of you who are still on the way, hurry up! But I must Pray now. And make sure you get here before I finish Praying.

Thank You Father! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

PRAYER OF SALVATION

Almighty God, I just want to say: THANK YOU. Thank You for Your Words. Thank You for all these Your children who have come to surrender their lives to You.

Father remember Your Promise ‘that whosoever will come unto You, You will in no wise cast out’.

They have come to You now Father, please receive them in Jesus’ Name!

Save their souls, let Your Blood wash away their sins, write their names in the “BOOK OF LIFE”. Give them a brand New Beginning, receive them into the Family of God.

And Lord God Almighty from now on, anytime they cry unto You, answer them by FIRE! And Please Lord, don’t let them ever backslide.

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

Let everybody in front shout Hallelujah!

I rejoice with you. Because from now on, by the Grace of God, I will be Praying for you. That is the Promise of a Man of God.

So am going to need your name, your address and your Prayer requests.

The Counsellors will give you a Form, please fill them correctly and you will return to them.

Congratulations! Thank You Choir. God Bless you. Oh! Glory be to God.

Before I Pray for us generally, I believe the Lord is saying there are some of us, you are in a Battle with the Power of darkness and He wants to set you free tonight.

If you are one of such People, if you know you have been struggling with some demonic forces one way or the other. If you would kindly come forward there are Men of God here, we will lay hands on you and together we will cry to God for your Deliverance.

Thank You men of God. Your Anointing will never run dry – Amen.

Daddy is saying that there is someone here who should have come our for Deliverance, who has not. Because he happens to be an Officer in the Secret Society. If you miss it tonight, I regret, to say, nobody would be able to save you from their hands.

Daddy asks all of us to stand up and begin to Pray for our Divine Encounter.

Let us lift our hands and tell God where you need an Encounter. Explain to Him: Physical, Mental, Marital, Financial, Spiritual – Talk to God.

I want to CLOSE now, if you miss this chance, you have yourself to blame.

Thank You Father! Lord please attend to all of them. Please set all of them free (male and female). You called them out because You wanted to set them free. Please rescue then Permanently from Satan. Don’t let them go back.

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

FINAL BLESSING

My Father and my God I just want to THANK YOU for Your Faithfulness, Thank You for Your Generosity, Thank You for reaching out and for bringing out all these Officers in the camp of Satan. Thank You because I know You will transfer them to Officers in Your Army. Father, accept my Thanks in Jesus’ Name.

I decree Freedom to them. They will never be bound again. The enemies will not be able to come near them. You will build Your WALL OF FIRE around them.

Lord God Almighty, deal with anyone who tries to harm them!

As for all Your children Lord, who have been asking You for DIVINE ENCOUNTER in one area or the other of their lives; Father, grant their requests. Before the Sun rises tomorrow let everybody here sing a New Song.

Let us sing Song of VICTORY and a Song of JOY. Lord God Almighty a Song of BREAKTHROUGH.

My Father and my God, ALL these hands lifted up to You (lift your hands to Him); Father all these hands that are lifted up to You, ANOINT THEM. Wherever they go let them carry Your POWER. Whatever they touch let it PROSPER: when they lay hands on the sick let the sick recover. When they command demons, let demons Flee.

From this moment onward ALL these Your children when they cry to You answer by FIRE!

And I Pray that through these Your people You will bring REVIVAL to our Land.

THANK YOU Almighty God!

When Your children will be going, let them go with Your Presence. Don’t let us ever know sorrow again. And in Your kingdom don’t let any of us be missing.

Thank You Almighty God, in Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – AMEN!

Oh put your hands together for the Almighty God.

God bless you! You may be seated.

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