Month: December 2019

  • RCCG 2019 HOLY GHOST CONGRESS – DAY 2 (EVENING SESSION) – ZONAL PRESENTATION 4 (SOUTH SOUTH PRESENTATION) – TOPIC: THE GREAT TURNAROUND – MINISTERING: DEACON PAUL ARAWIYE

    RCCG 2019 HOLY GHOST CONGRESS – DAY 2 (EVENING SESSION) – ZONAL PRESENTATION 4 (SOUTH SOUTH PRESENTATION) – TOPIC: THE GREAT TURNAROUND – MINISTERING: DEACON PAUL ARAWIYE

    CONGRESS THEME: “A GREAT TURNAROUND”

    DATE: 10TH DECEMBER, 2019

    Can we rise and lift our hands to worship the King of Glory, bless His Name and give Him Glory.

    SONG

    You are the Mighty God
    You are the Great I am
    Hallelujah
    Hallelujah

    OPENING PRAYER

    King of kings, Lord of lords, Ancient of Days, the I am that I am. The One who is Greater than the greatest, You are Bigger than the biggest, You are Higher than the highest, You are Better than the best.

    You are the Son of God, You are the Lamb of God – The same yesterday, today and forever more. Alpha and Omega, Beginning and the Ending. You sit in the Heaven and make Earth Your footstool.

    The One that can cause a Great Turnaround. We give You all the Glory and Praise tonight for how You have began with us in the Day Two (2) of this Congress.

    Father please accept our thanks in the Name of Jesus.

    Holy Ghost, our Teacher, Mentor and Helper, we ask that You take Charge at this moment, Minister to every heart hearing us all over the world.

    Lord everyone of us shall indeed experience the Great Turnaround.

    Thank You Lord because we know having call upon You more than we desire You will grant to us tonight. For in Jesus’ Unchallengeable Name I have Prayed – Amen.

    Great Turnaround is when someone who has been going backward go forward and from downward to upward.

    The Great Turnaround is specific and it can only come from God.

    No man can take the Glory of Turnaround in Your life. It touches every aspect of your life and People connected to you.

    ANTECEDENTS OF A GREAT TURNAROUND

    Read Genesis1, Genesis 18, 2 Kings 5, Acts 13:9, 2 Kings 4:1-6

    KEYS TO EXPERIENCING THE GREAT TURNAROUND IN YOUR LIFE

    1.Live in the fear of God – Proverbs 19:23

    You shall be satisfied as you live in the fear of God.

    2. Maintain Spiritual Sensitivity – Mark 10:46-52

    3.Dare your fear – 2Kings 4:1-6

    FEAR means: Forgetting Everything And Run Away.

    Read 2 Kings 4:1-6

    4.Confess your Faith – Proverbs 18:21

    5.Live in the secret of God – Acts 4:13

    The secret you access determines the change you enjoy – Daniel 11:13, Hosea 4:6.

    How much of God’s secret do you know and carry in your heart?

    6.Refuse to Give Up. Refuse to say it is finished.

    7.Maintain a Spiritual Covering – Hosea 12:13

    8.Be a Soul Winner – Daniel 12:3

    WHO IS QUALIFIED FOR A GREAT TURN AROUND

    1.Someone that acknowledges the Sovereigntynity and the Almightiness of God – Mark 10:46-52

    2.Those who answered the Call of the Master.

    You must answer the Call of the Master if you desire the Great Turnaround.

    CLOSING PRAYER

    Lord God of Heaven, we acknowledge Your Sovereignty.

    We know no man can do these except You and we have come before You tonight ready to receive from You. Help us to have Your fear consistently. Help us to maintain our Spiritual Sensitivity. Lord cause us to dare our fear, cause us to confess our Faith, help us to live in Your secret and refuse to give up.

    In Jesus Unchallengeable Name we have Prayed.

    Mighty King of Glory we thank You for tonight, thank You for what You have began even from first message till now, Lord our hearts are ready for the Great experience of Turnaround.

    By Your Spirit we will experience the Great Turnaround all over the world.

    For in Jesus Unchallengeable Name we have Prayed – Amen.

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  • RCCG 2019 HOLY GHOST CONGRESS – DAY 2 (EVENING SESSION) – ZONAL PRESENTATION 2 (SOUTH WEST PRESENTATION) – TOPIC: A GREAT TURNAROUND – MINISTERING: PASTOR DAVID OPEBI

    RCCG 2019 HOLY GHOST CONGRESS – DAY 2 (EVENING SESSION) – ZONAL PRESENTATION 2 (SOUTH WEST PRESENTATION) – TOPIC: A GREAT TURNAROUND – MINISTERING: PASTOR DAVID OPEBI

    CONGRESS THEME: “A GREAT TURNAROUND”

    DATE: 10TH DECEMBER, 2019

    BIBLE TEXT: GENESIS 1:1-3

    Pray that there shall be a Great Turnaround in your life in the Name of Jesus, starting from tonight, you will have song of Joy, Celebration and Testimonies.

    SONG
    Talo dabi re (Who is like You)
    Iwo loba awon Oba (You are the King of Kings)
    Talo dabi re (Who is like You)
    Iwo la to bi ju (You are the Greatest)
    Mo wole ni wa ju re (I knee down before You)
    Moyin o logo o (I Glorify You)
    Moke Hosannah (I shout Hossana)

    OPENING PRAYERS

    Our Father in the Name that is above every other names. We celebrate You – We give You Glory Honour and Adoration.

    What a Mighty God You are. We thank You for this very Unique and Divine Encounter. We thank You that Lord in Your Infinite Mercy, You have decided that tonight that everyone under the sound of my voice will experience a Great Turnaround.

    Thank You for this Jesus.

    In the Name that is above every other names, everyone under the sound of my voice will experience a Great Turnaround.

    I surrender this clay lips of mine, speak through me in the Name of Jesus. Let it be evidence in every lives that tonight is their lives.

    Thank You everlasting Father. In Jesus, mighty Name we have Prayed.

    BIBLE TEXT: Genesis 1:1-3

    1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

    2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

    3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light

    Tonight is a Special Night because I bring Good News.

    There is a Time and Season for everything that God does – 1Samuel 2:6-9

    Tonight is your Night. Light is coming your way

    Great is an intensity considerably above average.

    Turnaround is unexpected change that results in favourable situation.

    God has been in the business of turning things around; He has been turing situation, people and circumstances around.

    He controls Time and Season. Everything obeys His commandments because He controls Time and Season.

    Tonight is your Night – Ecclesiates 3:1

    He makes everything beautiful in His own Time.

    Daniel 2:21, He changes the Time and Season.

    1 Samuel 2:6-9 says He lifts beggars from dunghill and make them sit with Princes.

    Your status will change tonight.

    Read Revelation 1:8

    God will show Himself as the Almighty in impossible cases tonight

    Read Psalm 24:1-2

    He can orchestrate the Totality of the Universe to ensure that your Night of Great Turnaround begins now.

    He will do it for you in the Name of Jesus.

    Our God reverses the irreversible – Ezekiel 37:1-10

    Dry bones shall rise again.

    Hopeless case shall receive a Turnaround in the Name of Jesus.

    Your Great Turnaround is sure tonight. Psalm 95:3 Great God does great things.

    2 Corinthians 6:2

    Be revoute in your spirit that your testimony is now.

    WHO CAN EXPERIENCE A GREAT TURNAROUND?

    1.INDIVIDUALS:

    I. Joseph Genesis – 41: 42

    II. Jabez – 1 chronicles 4:9-10

    III. Mad man of Gadarenes – Mark 5:1-2

    IV. Lazarus – John 11:43-44

    The Power of resurrection will bring back to live dead situations.

    1. FAMILIES

    I. The widow and her son – 2Kings 4:1-7

    II. Abraham and Sarah -Genesis 17:1-19

    There shall be a Great Turnaround to family situation that is asking where is your God.

    1. ENVIRONMENT –
      Exodus 15:22-25
    2. NATION – Exodus 3:7-10

    Your Nation shall experience a Great Turnaround

    1. MINISTRIES

    In Luke 22:57-60, Peter denied Jesus.

    In Acts 2:41, three thousand (3000) Souls were delivered when he Preached.

    In Acts 4:4, five thousand (5000) Souls were added.

    There shall be a Great Turnaround in your Ministries – Amen.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF A CANDIDATE READY FOR A GREAT TURNAROUND.

    1.Those that are tired and not quiet about their situations – Jabez in 1Chronicles 4:9-10.

    2.People that are full of expectation, thirsty and hungry for change – Mark 10:46-56.

    Tonight is my night – Proverb 23:18

    Tonight is my night, your great turn around start now.

    3.True Worshipers – John 4:24

    PRAYERS

    1. Father, according to Your Words, i agreed with this neighbour of mine that tonight in every aspect of life, let him experience a Great Turnaround.
    2. Father tonight is my night, let me experience a Great Turnaround.

    OPENING PRAYER

    My Father and my own God, thank You for Your Words that has gone forth. Your Words has propelled faith, increase determination, and everyone is hungry and thirsty for change.

    I combine my Faith with everyone here that in the Name that is above every names, let tonight be their Night of Great Turnaround.

    As we continue, let the Miracle continue, let the healing continue, let the prison door be opened, let the blind see, the deaf hear, the lame walk, the unsaved be saved.

    Thank You because it is so.

    In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

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  • THE GENEALOGIES ACCOUNT OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST

    THE GENEALOGIES ACCOUNT OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST

    I have never read of anyone in the Bible with two (2) different Genealogies except Jesus Christ.

    There are two (2) Genealogies Account of the birth of Jesus Christ:

    1. One is in Matthew Chapter 1.
    2. The other is in Luke Chapter 3.

    Both are the same: Starting from Abraham to David in both Accounts.

    The only difference however lies in the way the Lineage was traced from David to Jesus Christ:

    1. Matthew Account goes through David’s son Solomon
    2. Luke Account goes though David’s son Nathan

    David had at least nineteen (19) sons including Nathan and Solomon – 1 Chronicles 3:5.

    Nathan was older but Solomon became king

    Matthew’s Lineage through Solomon is said to be the Royal Line that shows those who sat or should have sat on David’s throne.

    Luke’s Lineage through Nathan is a Biological Line that simply shows descent from David’s loins

    Also interestingly: Solomon’s Line goes down to Jacob as the father of Joseph -Matthew 1:16. While Nathan’s Line goes down to Heli as the father of Joseph -Luke 3:23.

    Now, we know Joseph cannot have had two (2) fathers and that Heli is not the same Person as Jacob.

    But one thing for sure is that both of Jesus’ Parents were descended from David. But Bible scholars tell us that Heli was Joseph’s father-in-law.

    So that Matthew is actually the Genealogy of Joseph while Luke is the Genealogy of Mary.

    Joseph came from David through Solomon down to Jacob, his father –
    A Biological and a Royal descent.

    Mary also came from David through Nathan down to Heli – A Biological descent.

    Joseph was the son of Jacob and the son-in-law of Heli

    So why does the Bible include both Genealogies?

    The answer lies in one man in Joseph’s Royal line called Jeconiah or Jeconias or Jehoiakim.

    These three (3) names refer to the same Person as we have in Matthew 1:11, 1 Chronicles 3:16 and 2 Chronicles 36:8

    Jeconias was the last king before Judah went into exile. God cursed Jeconias.

    The account of the curse can be found in Jeremiah 22:30:

    This is what the Lord says: “Record this man as childless, a man who will not be successful in his lifetime. None of his descendants will succeed in sitting on the throne of David or ruling again in Judah. (MSG)

    … Nothing will ever come of his life. He is the end of the line – The last of the kings.

    Truly, Matthew declares that there were fourteen (14) Generations from Abraham to David, fourteen (14) from David to the carrying away to Exile, and fourteen (14) from exile to Christ – Matthew 1:17.

    More significantly, that man was cursed and his descendants forbidden from ruling on David’s Throne.

    Yet, the Messiah had to be not just the descendant of David but the Rightful Heir to the throne of David – Matthew 22:42

    But there was now a Problem with the Royal Line – Joseph’s line.

    None of the descendants of Jechonias could rule on David’s throne.

    Had Jesus been born of that line, he would have been from an accursed line whose descendants were declared ineligible to rule and therefore unfit to be the Messiah.

    But Jesus did not descend Biologically from Joseph.

    He was conceived without a human father – Born of the Holy Spirit by the virgin Mary (who was descended from David) and therefore became the Seed of David according to the flesh from an Uncursed Line.

    The line that had no curse on it – Nathan’s line, produced Heli and the Virgin Mary with her Son Jesus Christ.

    The line that had a curse on it – Solomon’s line, Jeconiah’s line produced Joseph through Jacob.

    So Jesus was born of His mother’s line which had no curse on it but had no claim to the throne of David.

    And He had a foster father who had a claim to the throne but could not sit on it.

    But, the moment Joseph took the unborn Child under His foster care and adopted Him, he transferred to Jesus Christ the title that had come down to him through his Royal Ancestor Solomon.

    … So Jesus was born the Legal Messiah, the Royal Messiah, the Uncursed Messiah and so the True Messiah.

    Therefore Jesus Christ remains the “Only Possible Messiah”.

    None of Jesus’ half-brothers – The children of Joseph and Mary could lay such a claim because the curse on the Royal Line from which they were Biologically descended would have precluded them from sitting on David’s throne

    No other Person could ever have fulfilled these conditions except Jesus Christ.

    He is the Seed of Abraham, and the Seed of David -Matthew 1:1

    NB: This is a Scholastic view and School of Thought first put forward by two (2) Bible Scholars of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Bernard Weiss and James Orr, and which was first read about fifteen (15) Years ago in James Montgomery Boices’s book on Apologetics “Standing On The Rock”.

    Ebele UzoPeters

    RESEARCH WORK BY

    MOSES DURODOLA
    CONVENER, DISCOVERY MEDIA CREW

  • RCCG 2019 HOLY GHOST CONGRESS – DAY 3 (MORNING) TOPIC: GOD REWARDS THE DILIGENT – MINISTERING: PASTOR STEPHEN RATHOD

    RCCG 2019 HOLY GHOST CONGRESS – DAY 3 (MORNING) TOPIC: GOD REWARDS THE DILIGENT – MINISTERING: PASTOR STEPHEN RATHOD

    (THE PRESIDING PASTOR OF COVENANT FAMILY CHURCH, TULSA OKLAHOMA, USA)

    CONGRESS THEME: “THE GREAT TURNAROUND”

    DATE: 11TH DECEMBER, 2019

    TEXT: HEBREWS 11:5-6

    Would you all please stand? Let me Pray before we bring the Word of the Living God.

    … Would you all stand, wherever you are sitting?

    OPENING PRAYER

    Father Lord in Jesus Name, Thank You for this day, Your tender Mercies are renewed this morning, Great is Thy Faithfulness.

    Father Lord we bless You, the Word of the Living God will come forth this morning, Faith will arise in our hearts and we will seek You like we have never sought You before.

    Thank You Father Lord; in Jesus’ Name – Amen!

    Go ahead and have your seat. God bless you!

    My Subject this morning is: “GOD REWARDS THE DILIGENT” – not man, but GOD!

    In order for you to be BLESSED today and the rest of your life; you must SEEK the Lord DILIGENTLY.

    My Scripture comes from HEBREWS 11:5-6;

    5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

    6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

    … As believers, we are fond of not reading the whole Scriptures. But verse 5 is the foundation for verse 6!

    But listen to this, verse 5 talks about a man called ENOCH – Enoch WALKED with God and he had a Testimony: not from man but from God!

    … God Himself said that Enoch PLEASED him!

    And the way God REWARDED Enoch, I will let you know in a few minutes.

    What does it mean by: “ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD?”

    … By FAITH Enoch walked with God!

    Anytime He calls a man or a woman to follow Him, God always says: “Walk before me and be ye Perfect; or be ye Holy!”

    When God calls you, He wants you to walk with Him; Enoch walked with God!

    In Genesis 17:1; God called Abraham again. The Bible says: “And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou Perfect.”

    My Message this morning is: “GOD REWARDS those who WALK with Him”.

    Let me hear those who are walking with God shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    … By FAITH Enoch walked with God!

    You will find the account of Enoch in Genesis 5:24 – “And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”

    So this morning, let me talk to you on: HOW TO WALK WITH GOD LIKE ENOCH WALKED.

    2 Corinthians 5:7 say: “For we walk by faith, not by sight”.

    WHAT DOES FAITH MEAN?

    Faith means you are taking God at His Word: you live like, you walk like, you think like His Word – what God says is nothing but the Truth.

    The Word of God is Truth! You take His Words, apply it to your life and you WALK WITH GOD.

    Amos 3:3 says: “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?”

    So in order for you to walk with God, you must AGREE with God!

    Let me say this; God does not have to agree with you. In order for you to walk with God, you MUST AGREE with the Lord!

    Psalms 23; we all know that Scripture – “The Lord is MY Shepherd… ”

    … So is He is
    MY Shepherd, I MUST WALK where He LEADS ME!

    You cannot walk with God unless you are HEARING His voice: As a Sheep you must learn to HEAR the voice of God so you can walk with Him.

    WALKING WITH GOD – Let me define it in one word: When you walk with God

    1.God is the CENTRE of your life (2ce)!

    … he that comes to God must Believe!

    In order for you to walk with God – for God to REWARD you; you must COME to God! Then SEEK Him DILIGENTLY (all the time). Not on Sundays, not during this Congress.

    … But SEEK him all the time!

    That is because only the DILIGENT walk with God.

    He who comes to God MUST BELIEVE (it is not an option)! You must believe that HE IS.

    The One who REWARDS you is NOW: not ‘I WAS’, not ‘I WILL BE’. But He is “I AM THAT I AM”.

    How many of you believe today (this morning) that God is NOW? he is the Rewarder of those who SEEK HIM.

    Enoch walked with God!

    If you go back to Genesis 5:24; the Bible says: Enoch lived three hundred and sixty five (365) Years – he WALKED with God ALL of his life!

    My Question is: “Are we going to WALK with God ALL of our life? – Enoch Walked with God!

    … Walking with God (like I said) means He is the CENTRE of your life!

    2. You Walk by FAITH – meaning you BELIEVE what God says is TRUE!

    You BELIEVE the Word of God, you RECEIVE the Word of God, you OBEY the Word of God.

    … If you are willing and obedient, then God will Reward you!

    Walking by FAITH is walking in Holiness – In The Redeemed Christian Church of God, the Scripture upon which the Church is based on is;

    Hebrews 13:8 – “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.”

    In other words, you must believe; you must know that God does not change. God is HOLY, and God does not Change!

    So when you are walking with God, you walk in Holiness. Meaning you walk in Integrity.

    … Walking with God means God is the Centre of your life; it means you are walking by Faith – you believe God, you believe His Words!

    3. Walking with God means you are living a life of INTEGRITY.

    … Meaning you are the SAME, all the time; like Father like son! God is HOLY, so we MUST be Holy!

    So for you to walk with God; your private life and your public life MUST be the same! There should be no difference in the way you live in the Church or when you are at home or when you go to work.

    … Your life should be THE SAME!

    Walking with God! The Bible says Enoch walked for three hundred and sixty five (365) Years with God – That means it is an ongoing process.

    Walking with God is an everyday thing! Every single day! It is not an Event!

    Thank God for the Redeemed Christian Church of God. We have Holy Ghost Services every Month; we have the Convention; we have our Holy Ghost Congress.

    So let us not walk with God only during those Special Events; you must CONSTANTLY – every single day, walk with the Lord! It is a lifestyle, it is not an Event!

    What do we mean by Walking with God?

    Ephesians 4:1 says; “Therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,”

    4. We must Walk WORTHY of our CALLING.

    Whatever your CALLING is, you must walk worthy of your Calling/Vocation; it is a LIFESTYLE.

    Romans 1:17 says: “As it is written, The Just shall live by Faith.”

    Same quotation is found in Habakkuk 2:4: “But the Just shall live by his Faith.”

    Again, let us go back to our Bible Text: “But without Faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.”

    Those who diligently seek Him are walking like Enoch walked! For three hundred and sixty five (365) Uears; Enoch walked with God – all of his life.

    The Question is: HOW ARE WE WALKING?

    The Bible says in 1Thessalonians 5:17 – “Pray without ceasing”.

    So when we say we are Walking by Faith (we are walking Diligently): we are saying that we are PRAYING.

    … We are to walk every single day, all the time – PRAYING!

    Psalms 34:1 says: “I will bless the LORD at all times: his Praise shall continually be in my mouth.”

    God blesses those who are walking with Him, those who are seeking Him diligently, those who are Praying everyday – who are blessing Him.

    On Monday Night, Daddy GO told us that our God is a PERSONAL GOD. Our God is “My God”. Jehovah is “My God”. Jesus is “My God”.

    … Not “OUR God”. So I must Bless Him PERSONALLY!

    Not only when I come to Church and Men of God ask us to stand and Praise God; and Worship Him. It is not like that!

    Another Question (thank God for the young men who are worshiping God here); by my Question is:
    When the Service is over, do you Worship God? Do you Praise God?

    … Or you only do it while you are in the Sanctuary?

    God is a Rewarder of those who DILIGENTLY seek Him! I will Bless the Lord, I will Honour Him, I will Worship Him ALL the time!

    Walking in Faith, Agreeing with God, God is the Center of your life, walking in Holiness, walking in Integrity (no compromise):

    … That is the man who is walking Worthy of his CALLING.

    When we talk about walking with God, the Bible says in 1John 1:7 – “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have Fellowship one with another, and the Blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.”

    1.So when you are walking with God; when you are seeking Him diligently – You are Walking in the LIGHT.

    David said in Psalms 119:105: “Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my Path.”

    So when you are walking with God, you are walking in the Light of the Word of God; you are not walking in darkness.

    2. When you are walking with God, you are NOT PROUD; you are not Arrogant.

    Daddy GO mentioned last night that he used to interpret for PA Akindayomi. But when he was asked to interpret for someone else, he did not like it. But then he learnt, according to Micah 6:8;

    “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”

    … All those who walk with God are Walking in HUMILITY.

    Let’s go back to our Text; Hebrew 11:5: “By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this Testimony, that he Pleased God.”

    Let me establish the fact that why I am using the example of ENOCH; Enoch walked with God for three hundred and sixty five (365) Years (no compromise). Then God REWARDED Him!

    This is very important; When you are walking with the WORD (of God) you cannot WALK with the World!

    Meaning “you cannot walk in the world without the WORD of God”.

    The Bible says in Romans 12:2: “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

    In other words; in order for you to be rewarded by God, you must walk, not as the world walks!

    Daniel chapters 3 and 6 we read about Daniel and the three (3) young men: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. They were slaves in a foreign Country.

    They changed their garments, they changed their language. But one thing they did not change was their Relationship with the Lord – their WALK with God!

    The reason God bless them; Lions and Fire did not have Power over them because they did not walk in the way of the world; the way of the heathen, the way of their system!

    … But they walked with the WORD of God; with the Lord Himself.

    Galatians 6:14 the Bible says: “But God forbid that I should Glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.”

    … You cannot walk with GOD and the WORLD at the same time!

    Deuteronomy 6:5 says: “And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”

    Then 1John 2:15-17 says: “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.”

    Because if you love the world, you are an ENEMY of God! And God DOES NOT reward His Enemies.

    … God REWARDS those who SEEK Him DILIGENTLY; God rewards those who walk with Him ALL the time!

    Apostle Paul said in Galatians 2:20: “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”

    In other words, for you to walk with God; you must live a CRUCIFIED LIFE!

    Jesus said you want to follow ME? Carry your Cross DAILY and follow ME.

    … Carry your cross!

    WHAT IS YOUR CROSS?

    Your Cross is the CALL of God in your life; you carry it daily – no compromise!

    To walk with the Lord, for God to Reward those who Diligently seek Him; those who Agreed with the Lord, those who agree with His Words, those who walk in Holiness, those who walk in Integrity, those whose Private and Public life is the same, those who walk ALL of their lives by the Word of God.

    … THESE are the ones God WILL Reward!

    A couple of Scriptures: in Romans 6:4: “Therefore we are buried with Him by Baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the Glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in Newness of life.”

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

    So you MUST Live like a Born Again Child of God.

    Apostle Paul said: “The old man was crucified; but today, I am living the New Life”.

    Galatians 5:16 says: “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”

    Those who are seeking God diligently are the People who are Walking in THE SPIRIT; who are LED. by the Spirit of God.

    Jesus said in John 6:63: “It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit, and they are life.”

    So when we say: “Walk in the Spirit” we are saying Walk in the WORD of God!

    Alright? First Portion is over!

    “… for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”

    We said, to seek God diligently; to walk with God all the days of your life; Now, let me talk to you about the Rewards!

    THE REWARDS OF WALKING WITH GOD

    I know during this week of the GREAT TURNAROUND, you will hear: God will Bless you, God will Heal you, God will Deliver you, God will give you a House, God will give you a Job. God will do all these things. That’s good!

    … But that is NOT the Rewards we are talking about.

    Let me talk to you about the REWARDS!

    And I am Praying for everyone today, that this will be your Reward – Amen.

    Numbers 14:24 says: “But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.”

    It talks about Caleb.

    Listen to this, you heard about Caleb, the last time you heard about Caleb was: “Let us go now and possess the land”.

    Oh God! For forty (40) Years; please listen to me – for forty (40) years, he walked with God (in the desert). We didn’t hear a single word about Caleb. For forty (40) years, we didn’t hear a single word about Caleb. But he kept on walking, he kept on WALKING!

    But the Bible says, multitudes died every single day, but Caleb kept on Walking.

    Now what was the REWARD OF CALEB?

    Caleb’s Reward was – God said, I AM PLEASED with Caleb!

    That should be my ULTIMATE reward on Earth!

    God who said: I will Reward you, will be PLEASED with my life; then He will Testify “I AM Pleased with you”.

    You can go to Matthew 25:23 and read what the Bible said to the Servants who were diligent about what God gave them.

    Again I PRAY: you will hear this from the Lord. The Reward that I am talking about is NOT from man!

    The ULTIMATE REWARD is: God will be Pleased with my walk, and then He will reward me with:

    Matthew 25:23, “His lord said unto him, Well done, Good and Faithful servant; thou hast been Faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”

    My last two (2) Statements before I Pray for you.

    Enoch Walked with God and then he WENT with God.

    …Enoch Walked with God, Enoch WENT with God!

    I Pray that you will Walk with God, so that when your time comes, you can go HOME with Him, in Jesus’ Name!

    My LAST Statement (Preachers, Ministers, NEVER forget this Statement):

    “How you LIVE will determine how you will LEAVE.”

    Enoch LIVED (WALKED), Enoch was the first man to be Raptured!

    Everybody stand up please! Go on, stand up. Am going to Pray for you.

    Listen to this now: “By Faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he Pleased God.”

    Am talking about Enoch, the Bible says: “And Enoch had a Testimony”.

    Listen to me; we heard Awesome Message last Night – by our father in the Lord, about TESTIMONIES.

    But do you understand that the Greatest Testimony is not what you say about yourself? The Greatest Testimony will be “WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT YOU”.

    … That’s is the Greatest Testimony!

    The Bible says; And Enoch walked with God for three hundred and sixty (365) Years, he was not. For God took him.

    Because God Testified of Enoch: “YOU PLEASE ME!”

    … Let me Pray for you today.

    CLOSING PRAYER

    May God Help you; that you live a Holy life; that you live a life of no Compromise; you live a life of Integrity and you will walk with God!

    … Let me say something;

    You know I live in America. Some Preachers in America (I will be talking about this more, tomorrow Night).

    But listen to me: Preachers in America, they say the next event is, the Lord will send His Saints. But
    1 Thessalonians 4:16 says:

    “For the Lord himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be CAUGHT UP together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”

    Listen to this, and they say, ALL the Christians will be caught up!

    I beg to be different!Enoch walked with God; that is why he was caught up!

    So when the Rapture comes; I Oray that you will be walking with God. I Pray you won’t be sleeping, you will not be committing sin.

    I Pray that God, when He comes back, seeing you walking with Him, that He will say: “COME HOME (repeated)!”

    And when I go to the Lord God Almighty; when I stand before God, God will say: “Well done, thou Good and Faithful servant; enter into the Joy of the Lord!”

    … Everybody lift your hands; am going to Pray only one Prayer.

    May God help you to walk with Him. May God help you to live Holy. May God help you not to compromise.

    May God help you to live in such a way that when you go, He will be Pleased with you and HE WILL REWARD YOU.

    And your Reward is not here, your Reward is NOT here, your Reward IS NOT HERE.

    Bible says your Reward is waiting for you; my Reward for me!

    When you come to this Congress, don’t focus on Material things (yes, it is good). But FOCUS ON YOUR ETERNAL REWARD.

    The Reward is: GOD WILL BE PLEASED WITH ME.

    May God help you; May I see you in Heaven, may I SEE YOU IN HEAVEN.

    May you never fall, may you never stumble,. may you never backslide.

    But may you MAKE HEAVEN YOUR HOME.

    In Jesus’ Name –
    AMEN!

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  • THE AKWA-IBOM CHRISTMAS CAROLS FESTIVAL 2019, UYO – AKWA IBOM STATE – MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE – CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TOPIC: ONLY GOD

    THE AKWA-IBOM CHRISTMAS CAROLS FESTIVAL 2019, UYO – AKWA IBOM STATE – MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE – CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TOPIC: ONLY GOD

    DATE: 20TH DECEMBER, 2019.

    BIBLE TEXT: ISAIAH 7::14

    Thank You Lord.

    Well let somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    GENERAL PRAYERS

    1. Will you please lift your hands to the Most High God and begin to bless His Holy Name.

    Give Him Glory, give Him Honour. Let Him hear your voice, let Him hear you worshipping Him. We are here because of Him, so Praise Him. Give Him Glory, Honour and Adoration. Praise the King of kings and the Lord of lords. Worship Him, Adore Him. Bless His Holy Name. He is worthy to be Praised, Adored and Magnified.

    In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have worshiped – Amen.

    1. I want you to lift your voice to the Almighty God loud and clear and say Father, prove yourself tonight.

    Go ahead, talk to the Almighty God. Let Him hear you.

    You are the God that can do all things in my life tonight. Please, prove yourself.

    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 – Hallelujah

    Repeat!

    OPENING PRAYERS

    Almighty God, the King of kings and the Lord of lords, the One who reigns forever, the One who can do and undo – we worship You, we magnify Your Holy Name.

    Thank You for bringing us together again this Year, thank You for what You have done for this State particularly this Year – We thank You for the Victories and we thank You for answered Prayers. Father, accept our thanks in Jesus’ Name.

    Tonight as Your children have gathered together to worship You, i Pray that no one will leave here without a Miracle.

    I Pray Lord God Almighty that all Your children who have gathered here tonight will go home singing a New Song.

    Father, bless our Governor, bless his family and bless Akwa Ibom State.

    Lord God Almighty, all those who wish this State well; let it be well with them.

    Whoever might be an enemy of this State; I am asking tonight that, that enemy will not see the New Year.

    I am Praying Lord God Almighty for all Your children that are gathered here that whatever the enemies may try, they will enter the New Year with Joy, they will spend the New Year with Joy and that their Joy will be Permanent.

    Lord I Pray that as a result of our gathering tonight, lives will be transformed, Souls will be saved, the Sick will be healed, Captives will be set free.

    And at the end of it all, please take all the Glory, and give us the Blessings.

    In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

    Well let someone shout a big Hallelujah – Hallelujah.

    Please shake hands with two (2) or three (3) People and tell them: I will see you in the New Year!

    Then put your hands together to the Almighty God – Your Excellency, my brothers and sisters.

    BIBLE TEXT: Isaiah 7: 14

    “Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a Sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call His Name Immanuel.”

    The theme of this wonderful celebrations and it has been wonderful thus far.

    … I think you should put your hands together to all those who has Performed thus far – They are really, really Glorious

    The theme is: “ONLY GOD”

    God is different from man in many ways:

    1.He is the Creator who was not created.

    2.He is Eternal.

    3.He is Immortal – Meaning He will never die.

    4.He is Invisible – You can’t see Him but He can see you.

    1. He is The Only Wise God – Daniel 2:22 tells us that if anybody says he has wisdom, he got it from God.

    6.He is the Almighty – Oh, there are men and women who are Mighty but Only God is the Almighty.

    7.He is the Most High – The Bible says that He is Higher than the highest.

    No matter how high you are, He is Higher than you still.

    8.He is the Only One who can bring something out of nothing – He can bring water out of the rock.

    Which is why I can Prophesy to someone straightaway that though you can be here today by bus; by Next Year you will come with your own car – Amen.

    You don’t know how?

    Don’t worry, we are talking about a God who can bring water out of the Rock.

    1. He is the Only One who can do the Impossible – The One who can Reverse the Irreversible.

    The Bible tells is in the Book of Ezekiel 37:1-10. That when the Spirit of God took a Man of God, a Man of Great Faith to a Valley Full of bones. And the bones are not just dry but very dry.

    And God asked the Man of God, can these bones live?

    The Man of God said Only You can tell – This is beyond me.

    And am standing on that Word alone to everyone here today that: Every opportunities that you have lost shall be brought back to you – Amen.

    2.When we talk of the Almighty, the One who is never tired, the One who never sleeps and the One who never slumbers – We are talking about the One who stands alone – THE ONLY GOD!

    We are talking of a God that is UNIQUE. A God that no one at all is like Him.

    I’m going to talk to you for some few minutes about how this Mighty God is. So that you can know for the rest of your life that there is Only One God and He is the Almighty God!

    And if He is your God, then you got it very quickly.

    Let us look at some of the things that you can associate with this God:

    1. When He is SEATED, He is in CONTROL.

    In Isaiah 66:1; it says: Heaven is my Throne, the Earth is my Footstool.

    So when He is sitting down on His Throne in Heaven, everything that is going on in the Earth is under His Feet – even the Enemies that are waging war against you, they are under His Feet.

    He doesn’t have to move at all to have Control over your life – He just speaks and it is done.

    All He has to say is: Let there be Light! – And darkness vanishes.

    Which is why am Prophesying to someone here today that: Before the Sun rises tomorrow, all the forces of darkness in your life would have disappeared – Amen.

    When we say that the Earth is His Footstool – He has the Earth under His Feet; you know that all He has to do is to MOVE His Legs APART slightly and the ground will open its mouth and swallow His Enemies.

    We have example in Numbers 16 – you can read the whole Chapter.

    You can see some People gang up against the Elect of God and God just told the ground to open its mouth and swallow them.

    When He decides to kill, He doesn’t waste time killing first and burying later – He can do the two (2) together

    So am saying today that the sickness in your body will disappear into the ground – Amen. And then those who says that you won’t reach your Goal, the ground will open its mouth and swallow them – Amen.

    If you want God to do that for you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    2.What happens now when He Stands?

    When He is Sitting Down, He is in Control. When He STANDS, the Bible says according to Psalms 68:1-3 – When God arises His Enemies are scattered.

    The Bible says those who stay will Melt as Wax melts when it comes in contact with Fire.

    We have an example in Judges 15:1-end.

    Some External Enemies reported Samson to Internal Enemies.

    The Internal Enemies went to where Samson was and three thousand (3,000) Internal Enemies went to bind just one man.

    Now, they brought him and handed him over to the External Enemies.

    All the times that they are binding Samson, God said nothing. All the times that they are bringing Samson down to the External Enemies, God said nothing.

    But the moment the External Enemies began to rejoice, God now arose.

    The moment He STANDS, those who are wise among the External Enemies fled. Those who are slow – just like a thousand (1,000) of them lost their lives.

    I decree tonight that for someone here; God will arise – Amen.

    And when He arises all your Enemies will scatter – Amen.

    We say when He is Sitting, He is in Control, when He is Standing, His Enemies are scattered.

    3. What happens when He is Walking Past?

    If He is Walking Past, Miracles are distributed.

    For example in Mark 5:25-34, the Bible says that Jesus was going somewhere – to someone house. But then, there was a woman who has been sick for twelve (12) Years and she heard that the Almighty God is Passing by.

    And she came from behind – not even infront of Him and said if I can just touch the Hem of His Garment.

    She touched the Hem of the Garment and was made completely whole.

    There is another example in John 9:1-7.

    Again He was just Walking Past and then He saw a man who was born blind. And He just took a look at him because People are already discussing about him – Why was he blind? Was it because of his mother’s sin or father’s sin or maybe he sinned before even he was born?

    Before the end of the story, the man who was born blind began to see.

    In Matthew 8:1-3, again He was just on His own journey; minding His Own Business and a leper came and got a Healing.

    When He is Passing by, He distributes Miracles.

    I have Good News for someone here today that Jesus is about to Pass by your side. I Pray that you will catch your own Miracle(s) – Amen.

    You probably must have heard me share the Testimony before because I believed that it is going to be relevant to somebody in particular.

    I was travelling to Ilesha (A town in Osun State, Nigeria) and on my way, I have to pass through a town called Ile Ife (Another town in Osun State, Nigeria).

    As I was driving past, I saw one of my daughter standing by her car – in a very deep sorrow. So deep a sorrow that she doesn’t even know what is going on around her.

    So, I told my driver to stop because I thought maybe there is something wrong with her car – maybe we could help.

    I then walked up to her. She was so deep in sorrow that she didn’t even see me until I arrived by her side.

    Hello, what is wrong with you? Why are you looking so sad?

    Oh, daddy I have two (2) daughters and believing God for a son.

    And she is now Pregnant and around eight (8) Months. The doctors said the child has died and they are going to Evacuate it.

    Oh, I say maybe that is why God asked me to pass by here. So, I lay my hands on her and said in the Mighty Name of Jesus, I decree that you jump back to Life.

    I decree to someone today: Everything in your Life that is dead will jump back to Life – Amen.

    Let your Amen be louder – AMEN!

    So when He is sitting, He is in Control, when He rises, His Enemies are scattered, when He walks Past as He is walking past Uyo (Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria) this Evening; Miracles are distributed.

    4. And when He VISITS, Ground-Shaking Miracles happened.

    The Bible is full of examples: In Acts 16:25-34; the Bible tells us that at midnight Paul and Silas began to Praise God just as you are doing this evening.

    And God who is always looking for People who will Praise and Worship Him says there is a Service going on in the Prison, let me pay them a Visit.

    The Bible says that when He arrived, there was an Earthquake – All the Prison doors opened, compelled the yokes binding the People to be loosened, turned their Number one (1) enemy – The Jailer to their servant and several other things.

    I believed God is going to Visit somebody’s home today – Amen.

    When He does, every Prison door that has been shut against you will be opened – Amen. Every yokes that the enemies has bound you with will be destroyed – Amen.

    And the Good News is that even your enemies will become your servants – Amen.

    Another example is in Luke 5:1-7.

    It talked about a man called Peter who has fished all night and caught nothing.

    And then this Almighty paid him a Visit.

    The man who has worked all night with nothing to show for it; the moment he has this “Great Visitor of Joy”; his failure became overwhelming success.

    I Pray in the Name that is above every other names that there is somebody here tonight who will never fail again – Amen.

    Maybe I should just tell you one story.

    I was visiting a group of eminent Personalities in one part of Lagos. Once a Year, they invite me to come and conduct Bible Study for them.

    There that night I spoke about the Almighty God – How Powerful He is et cetera, et cetera.

    Usually, Mighty Men think that they are so mighty to be compared to God. But that night I think I shook them a little off by showing them that no matter how mighty they are, they still go to bed but there is a God who never sleeps.

    I told them that I know that all their houses and buildings are surrounded by high walls with barb wires so that we are not sure if there is a difference between the Mighty and the Prisoners.

    And I told them that with all that witches and wizards can still come in without knocking the door.

    And I told them that there is a God who can say to the devil you can’t touch this one – so they listened very well.

    At the end of the Service, one young man – I don’t know how he managed to be there because it is a Gathering of very hefty men and women.

    But he got there and at the end of the Service, he came to me and say sir, have never heard anybody spoke about God like this before so I want to give you a Gift.

    I took the Gift and said to him: God Bless You, next time it will be more.

    And he was surprised because he gave me ten thousand dollars ($10,000); so he left my Presence feeling offended – What kind of greedy man is this? – Saying next time it will be more.

    But the following Year, we were in the same Meeting and I Preached again talking about Emmanuel (Where we are going to next moment).

    When we finished, he came to me again and said sir last Year when you Prayed that next Year it will be more I was upset with you. But last Year I have ten (10) Petrol Stations, now I have one hundred and ten (110) and I have come to give you another Gift.

    What he gave me this second (2nd) time is none of your Business.

    But because God is going to Visit someone here tonight, by this time Next Year, you will be much more Greater than you are – Amen.

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

    5. This brings me to Number five (5) which is the Cross of the matter today.

    When He STAYS.
    When He stays, which is the Meaning of Emmanuel – God With Us.

    When He Stays then unbelievable things begin to happen.

    In 2 Samuel 6:9-12, the Bible says that the Ark of the Covenant – Representing the Almighty God stayed in the house of Obededom for just few Months. And then God Prospered this man so mightily that the whole Nation heard about it.

    Who was Obededom before God paid him a Visit?

    Oh, he was a Nobody.

    The King was taking the Ark to the City, an accident occurred and the King says alright I cannot take the Ark with me because it is so dangerous.

    Let us take it to the house of this man – If he can die, let him die.

    But God entered into the house of Obededom, stayed there for three (3). Obededom Prospered him within the three (3) Months so much so that he became the talk of a Nation.

    I have Good News for someone here tonight because God is going to come and stay in your house; very soon Nigeria will hear about you – Amen.

    That is not all – If He abides in your house, no matter how great you are before, you will be much more Greater.

    For example, in 2 Kings 4:8-17, the Bible talks about a woman. The Bible says the woman was Great – Great woman of Shumen

    And if the Bible says the woman was Great, then that fellow must be Great because God doesn’t waste Words.

    She was Great and then invited the Man of God. The Man of God ate, enjoyed the food and kept coming back. She decided to build a Residence for the Man of God to come and stay.

    On one occasion, the Man of God was staying in that house and it just occurred to him: How can I repay this woman?

    And told the servants to ask the woman what can we do for you?

    The woman said I don’t need anything.

    You want me to introduce you the King? – I know the King!

    You want me to introduce you to the Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces so that you can get some Contracts? – She No, No, No. I don’t need as I am Great.

    But it was discovered that as Great as she was, she was barren.

    And then because God was dwelling in her house, an end come to her barrenness and her Greatness becomes complete.

    May I Prophesy to someone tonight, in this Awesome Presence of the Almighty God that every Great ones here tonight will become Greater – Amen.

    And may I tell those of you that has been considered barren, by this time Next Year, in the Name of the God who sent me; get ready for your twins – Amen.

    Not only that, if He is dwelling with you and death came knocking at the door; He who is also called “The Resurrection and The Life” will go and open the door.

    And when death sees Him, it will say am sorry sir!

    I don’t know you who are here, may I decree to someone here: From this day onwards, death won’t come near your house – Amen.

    Let me tell you just one story and I will close. Some of you once heard it: I once had a Program in Port Harcourt (Rivers State, Nigeria) several years ago. And as I was getting ready to leave; I heard God say to me loud and clear: Son, you are going to stay in the house of So and So.

    So and So wasn’t a Member of my Church at least at that time. Why should I go to his house?

    But I have to obey my Commander In Chief – So I say Yes Lord!

    So, one way or the other; I contacted the Man – Am coming to stay in your house by the Order of the Most High. And he began to scream for Joy.

    I got to his house, he prepared a very beautiful room for me to stay and then he has some very lovely children. The eldest of them, a boy looks like a Puppy – Handsome, Looking thing. And so we became friends quickly.

    I was there for a Crusade that will last for some days.

    I think it was the 2nd or 3rd Day of the Crusade and as I was going for the Crusade, the children were coming from school. But my friend wasn’t among them.

    So, I asked the father: What happened to my friend?

    Oh, your friend is dying.

    Ah, what do you mean?

    Well, he went to School and somebody in the School gave him poison. Now he is in the hospital dying.

    … And I hears God saying: That is why I asked you to go and stay there.

    So, I asked them – Please can I pass by the hospital on the way to the Stadium?

    They took me there. The boy was in a “Special Room”. The Air conditioner was blowing full blast, he was absolutely naked but sweating profusely.

    I stood by the Head of the bed, the father at the Feet of the bed, the doctors stood behind the father.

    So, I looked at the doctors (the father couldn’t see them) and the doctors shook their head to say: No Way!

    I lay my hands on the boy’s head and Pray a simple Prayer.

    I went for the Crusade. As I was returning, my boy came home – Discharged, Completely Whole.

    In the Name that is above every other names; I hereby decree, if any of you here today has an appointment with death, that appointment is cancelled – Amen.

    This Almighty God is in Control when He is Sitting, scatters His Enemies just by Standing, distributes Miracles when He is Walking by, give you all manners of Ground – Shaking Miracles when He is Visiting and abiding with you.

    But in conclusion: What happens when He decides to leave you?

    What happens when He departs – He has been living with you before, doing all manners of Miracles and then through your Action(s) you chase Him out?

    The result(s) can be a Calamity.

    For example: In Judges 16:18-21; this God who had been dwelling with Samson so mightily that Samson could tear a Lion as if it is an ordinary small goat with bare hands.

    So Mightily such that Samson could uproot the gate of a City and carry it on his shoulder to the Top of a Hill.

    So Mightily that he can use a jaw bone of an Ass to kill a thousand (1,000).

    When God departed from him (Samson), he became helpless in the hands of his Enemies – The Enemies took him and pluck out his eyes, put him in chains.

    And the one who used to be a Champion became someone who is now grinding corn in Prison.

    If He is already dwelling in you, don’t let Him leave.

    If you used to know Him and for one reason or the other, you have backslidden, you must beg Him to come back.

    What happens if He comes to your door knocking: Saying I want you to come in and you say No I have no room for you here – He will go away.

    But if He goes away, the results can be very terrible.

    Now, in Revelation 3:20; it says: Behold I stand by the door and I knock. If any hears my voice and he will open; then He said I will come in.

    I want to dwell, I want to eat with the Fellow, I want to have Fellowship with that Person.

    Do you know that God is here in Uyo tonight?

    You ask me how do I know?

    I know because He said that where two (2) or three (3) People are gathered in my Name; I will be there.

    … We are more than two (2) and three (3) here.

    How do I know?

    I know with all Humility that I brought Him with me. I am not here by accident.

    At my age, I just don’t go anywhere. I go only to where He has asked me to go – He said that I must be in Uyo tonight.

    And He Promised me when He was Calling me to Ministry that: Son, wherever you go, I will go with you.

    I used to tell those when are close to me that wherever I go; I can assured you that the Headquarters of God is there.

    … So, He is here tonight and He is knocking at the heart of someone saying: Let me come in, take over your Life, take over your heart, be the One Controlling the affairs of your Life, your Enemies becomes His Enemies so that He can deal with them the way you cannot do.

    He is knocking. Will you open the door for Him to come in?

    Because if you say No, leave me alone. He will say that is alright.

    But when you go through the Scriptures, there is someone like that: In Hosea 4:17, He says Ephraim has joined himself to idols, leave him alone.

    Bit then He quickly said in the Book of Hosea 5:19 – He said that Ephraim shall be Desolate.

    If He knocks at the Door of your Heart and you refused to open, He will leave you alone but the result(s) will be Desolation.

    ALTAR CALL

    So, my Brethren: brothers and sisters; if you have not really open your hearts to Jesus and you want to do so tonight – No joking tonight; you really, really want to hand over your Lives to Him. Am going to ask you to come and stand before me so that I can Pray for the Salvation of your Soul. So that the One that is called Emmanuel will begin to dwell in you.

    If you used to know Him and you are backslidden and you want to return to Fellowship with Him; you too can come too so that I can Pray with you for your Restoration.

    Am going to count from one (1) to ten (10). By the time I said ten (10) and you are not standing somewhere infront of me here. Come before me now.

    Thanks you those of you who are clapping. You are clapping for Emmanuel. He will abide with you – Keep Clapping, your hands will never wither.

    As you come, begin to cry to Him: Asking Him to save your Soul. Tell Him that you want to surrender to Him now. You want Him to take over your Hearts, your Life, your Business, take over everything. That your Enemies will become His Enemies.

    Thank You Father, Glory be to God.

    In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

    Those of you infront once again cry to Him, Say: Lord have Mercy on me. Save my Soul and be the Controller of my Life and I will serve You for the rest of my Life. Just forgive my sin.

    And the rest of us, could we please just stretch forty your hands to these our new brothers and sisters and intercede for them for just one minute.

    Pray that the One who saves your Soul will save theirs also. Pray for them, intercede for them.

    And that God will give them Genuine Salvation – Pray for them.

    And those of us on the way, you have to hurry up now and get here before I finished Praying because am about to Pray now.

    This is your Night of Salvation.

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

    PRAYER FOR SALVATION

    Saviour, I want to bless Your Holy Name. I want to give You Glory and Honour for Your Words that has gone forth and I want to thank You for these Your children that have come to surrender their lives to You.

    Please receive them, save their Souls, write their names in the Book of Life, let them become Part of Your Family.

    And from now on, anytime they call on You answer them by Fire.

    And I Pray that they will never backslide.

    Thank You Almighty God.

    Father, In a moment I’m going to ask everybody here to ask You for Christmas Present.

    Please, whatever they ask You, before Christmas Day deliver it unto them. No matter how hard their requests may be, before Christmas Day, deliver it unto them.

    The Kind of Miracles that People will say: ONLY GOD could have done this, Father please Perform for them in Jess Name.

    Thank You my Father and my God.

    In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – AMEN!

    Now those of you who are infront here, let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    Am rejoicing with you because from now on, I will be Praying for you Personally.

    So am going to need your name, your address, your Pryer Request. The Counsellors will attend to you in a moment and I can assure you that I will be Praying for you.

    But I want you to stay where you are for now they will give you a Card.

    Now the rest of us before I handover the Microphone, I have told the Almighty God that anything you ask God for tonight before Christmas, He should give it to you.

    So, am going to ask everybody if you need a Miracle that Only God can give. I will ask you for the next two (2) Minutes to tell the Almighty God exactly what you want Him to do for you before Christmas Day.

    Just go ahead for two (2) Minutes tell the Almighty God and He will grant Your request!

    Thank you so much for staying all through to read.

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  • NUGGET FROM REVEREND SAM ADEYEMI’S TEACHING: “WHETHER YOU ARE CONSCIOUS OF IT OR NOT; SOMEONE IS LOOKING AT YOU”

    NUGGET FROM REVEREND SAM ADEYEMI’S TEACHING: “WHETHER YOU ARE CONSCIOUS OF IT OR NOT; SOMEONE IS LOOKING AT YOU”

    THE DMC MOTIVATIONAL CORNER

    Usually, when am speaking on LEADERSHIP, if it is the first time am speaking to a crowd, I try to illustrate Leadership;

    I get someone from the crowd to come stand behind me. Then I ask the Group:

    If we stand there for twelve (12) hours -we just stand STILL. And after twelve (12) hours, you ask me: What are you doing to her?

    And I say: I am LEADING her!

    So I ask the People: “Would that be an ACCURATE description?

    They say, NO!

    I ask WHY?

    They say: Because you are NOT Moving.

    I say then, Thank You!

    “… Where there is no MOVEMENT, there is no LEADERSHIP”.

    Because in moving from Point A to B, you realise it is smooth on Paper. But it is not smooth in real life.

    Am I right? – YES SIR!

    You meet Obstacles, you have to overcome Challenges. You have Limitations: they may be Financial, they may be Relational – okay?

    You have to deal with People, okay?

    You lack this, you lack THAT!

    You have disadvantages: may be a Physical handicap, may be Social, may be Financial, may be in terms of your …. They may be Educational – Okay?

    So, but the good thing is that we have CAPACITY to overcome those Challenges; to overcome those Limitations!

    Now something happens when you overcome some of those Challenges and you MOVE.

    “WHETHER YOU ARE CONSCIOUS OF IT OR NOT: SOMEONE IS LOOKING AT YOU”

    … And somebody is being INSPIRED!

    WHY? – Something tells other People that – “If you CAN DO IT; they CAN do it, TOO!”

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    Reverend Sam ADEYEMI is the Senior Pastor, Daystar Christian Centre.

    He is also the President of Success Power International, an NGO that among others things specializes in Organizing Financial, Leadership and Motivational Seminars and is President of Daystar Leadership Academy, a leadership School for Business Owners and Ministers of the Gospel.

    DISCOVERY MEDIA CREW … REACHING OUT TO THE WORLD THROUGH THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL!

    Yours Always

    MOSES DURODOLA
    CONVENER, DISCOVERY MEDIA CREW

  • NUGGET FROM REVEREND SAM ADEYEMI’S TEACHING: “THE CHURCH, WHEN IT WAS SET UP BY JESUS.”

    NUGGET FROM REVEREND SAM ADEYEMI’S TEACHING: “THE CHURCH, WHEN IT WAS SET UP BY JESUS.”

    THE DMC MOTIVATIONAL CORNER

    You read in Old Testament, you have an idea what the Anointing is supposed to do – Practically!

    You look at Joseph, and a pagan King looks at him and says: “Can we find such a one as this is: A man in whom the Spirit of God is?” – Genesis 41:38.

    Not because Joseph is Speaking in Tongues, but because he is SOLVING Problems at an unusual Level. – Ah, AH!

    Daniel, they can’t do without him: they don’t like him, they are Conspiring against him. But they CANNOT do Without him: Because he has Holy Spirit!

    … So he is SEEING things they cannot see. That’s STRATEGY!

    We pulled all of those Powerful Gifts; all those Powerful Abilities, we pulled them and concentrated them; DOCILE them in the Church!

    Pulled away from Politics, Pulled away from Businesses, Pulled away from the Entertainment Industries; we have been having Fantastic Times in Church!

    “The SALT is in the Salt Bottle; the food that needs it is going TASTELESS.”

    … It’s time to ENGAGE!

    Like I said, I have only a few minutes. But I will draw your attention to one (1) Important DIMENSION:

    “You cannot take on what is going on around here, without taking on the CULTURE.”

    The reason why it is difficult to change is because it is working at a CULTURAL LEVEL.

    You need to question your own Assumptions; question your own Beliefs – Do they line up with the BIBLE?

    “The CHURCH, when it was set up by Jesus, was set up to be a COUNTER – CULTURAL FORCE”.

    … That’s why the Church was a THREAT!

    Why are we not a THREAT? Because we FLOW with the Culture!

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    Reverend Sam ADEYEMI is the Senior Pastor, Daystar Christian Centre.

    He is also the President of Success Power International, an NGO that among others things specializes in Organizing Financial, Leadership and Motivational Seminars and is President of Daystar Leadership Academy, a leadership School for Business Owners and Ministers of the Gospel.

    DISCOVERY MEDIA CREW … REACHING OUT TO THE WORLD THROUGH THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL!

    Yours Always

    MOSES DURODOLA
    CONVENER, DISCOVERY MEDIA CREW

  • NUGGET FROM REVEREND SAM ADEYEMI’S TEACHING: “THE SHEPHERD KING”

    NUGGET FROM REVEREND SAM ADEYEMI’S TEACHING: “THE SHEPHERD KING”

    THE DMC MOTIVATIONAL CORNER

    The Big Question on my mind is: Why would God describe us as Sheep?

    … Because He could have used some other animals.

    You know, I would prefer to be the Lion: Courageous, Strong, Royal, with a Powerful roar that sends fear into the hearts of other animals.

    Or may be the Eagle: Soaring High, Running into storms and Riding them to amazing heights! The incredible Power of Vision and all that.

    But well, God in His Wisdom decided that in describing His Relationship with us, He would describe us as Sheep.

    So when you hear Sheep, what comes to your mind? What Qualities? What Attributes?

    If you want to describe the Sheep, how would you describe it?

    … MUMU! In our local language – A DUMB!

    You have seen animals use the Circus Show and you know how well People can TRAIN Animals.

    You have seen Leopards or Tigers, you have seen Lions, you have seen Elephants, you have seen Dogs, you have seen Horses in Races.

    But you never see the Sheep.

    WHY? … It CANNOT be TRAINED!

    It is not as smart enough to learn anything or to do anything sophisticated. It doesn’t even have the Power to defend itself!

    It cannot fight: no horns, no claws, no fangs to bite.

    AH! So the question again – So why is it this Sheep that God decided to use to describe us?

    GOD in His Wisdom wants us to know that the Sheep has ALL those QUALITIES; but the STRENGTH of the Sheep is in the SHEPHERD!”

    When you look at the equation very well; you will find out and realised that the Strength of the Sheep lies in the Shepherd.

    The capacity for direction and defense of the Sheep lies in the Shepherd according to Jeremiah 50:6.

    Because we are Sheep therefore, we crave for Leadership.

    The Sheep is very susceptible to deception and there is a lot of deception in our world today.

    … By the time you get what you want; will you want what you get?

    God wants to be our Shepherd and our King.

    One thing so sure is that: Our days of anxiety and going in the wrong directions are over.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

    Reverend Sam ADEYEMI is the Senior Pastor, Daystar Christian Centre.

    He is also the President of Success Power International, an NGO that among others things specializes in Organizing Financial, Leadership and Motivational Seminars and is President of Daystar Leadership Academy, a leadership School for Business Owners and Ministers of the Gospel.

    DISCOVERY MEDIA CREW … REACHING OUT TO THE WORLD THROUGH THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL!

    Yours Always

    MOSES DURODOLA
    CONVENER, DISCOVERY MEDIA CREW

  • RCCG 2019 HOLY GHOST CONGRESS – DAY 4 EVENING: SPECIAL PRAYER AND TALK 1: THE FAMILY – MINISTERING: REV. DR. MERCY EZEKIEL

    RCCG 2019 HOLY GHOST CONGRESS – DAY 4 EVENING: SPECIAL PRAYER AND TALK 1: THE FAMILY – MINISTERING: REV. DR. MERCY EZEKIEL

    (WIFE OF THE GENERAL OVERSEER OF CHRISTIAN PENTECOSTAL MISSION INTERNATIONAL)

    CONGRESS THEME: “THE GREAT TURNAROUND”

    BIBLE TEXT: GENESIS 2:21-25

    DATE: 12TH DECEMBER, 2019

    Let’s celebrate God!

    Please do it well.

    Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

    If you have a family, your Hallelujah should be higher.

    If you know you are here tonight, hearing the sound of my voice and you know you didn’t come from a tree or forest, you came from a family. please stand up and appreciate somebody from your side. Tell him: I come from a family; My family is a Beautiful Family. If you want to know my family tell him here I am!

    “My family is an outstanding family, and that is why am outstanding.”

    Say neighbour, good evening. And the Lord of Heaven will bless you – Amen.

    If you are the Person to be blessed, shout the loudest Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    If you are here tonight and you are hearing the sound of my voice or reading now and you know that this Year things will TURN AROUND for you next Year, shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    As you are standing there, hold your neighbour (don’t be tired of standing) the Lord of Host will give you Great Turnarounds in 2020 – Amen.

    Say neighbour: Your hands will never dry up – Amen!

    Say neighbour: If you know that you know that in 2020, things you couldn’t do before you will start doing it, shout the loudest Amen – AMEN!

    OPENING PRAYER

    Father we want to THANK YOU for this Great Turnaround of the Families; for this Great Turnaround for Nigeria; for this Great Turnaround of Countries, of Businesses!

    Thank You Lord for the Great Turnaround of Lives of our Youths, of our children, of our husbands, of our wives, we lift your Name High!

    Your Name is above every other names, we bless you Daddy. Accept our Praises Father with Thanksgiving!

    … In Jesus’ Precious Name we Pray – Amen!

    … That Amen na your own!

    Take your seat, We will soon Pray.

    Tonight, “THE FAMILY”.

    The number one (1) Family, when we look at Genesis 2; the number one (1) family we have here is Adam and Eve.

    And if you look into your Bible in that Place, you will notice that the Lord God of Host touched Adam.

    Am looking at Genesis 2:21-25; “And the Lord cause a deep sleep to fall on Adam…”

    Everybody say, he slept – HE SLEPT!

    Every man must SLEEP to get a wife. If you don’t sleep you can’t get a wife.

    So all the men, it is time to sleep if you want to get a wife because God will give you a good wife.

    “… And he took out of his ribs and close out instead thereof”.

    He had to close that Place up – where He got it from, so that the woman will not come out of that Place again.

    He closed it PERMANENTLY, so that the women will enjoy their husbands and their children.

    I Prophesy; as many that are hearing the sound of my voice, anything the devil open this Year, God will close it up.

    I want you to know that the Lord has opened the Redeemed Christian Church of God for Blessings. The lord has opened it and what He has opened, He has opened. No one can close it.

    So I want to appreciate the Man of God, my Father – the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God.

    … If you don’t celebrate him, you will not be celebrated!

    The Man of God, Anointed packaged, sent to us: go ahead and celebrate him!

    Every door the enemies open to my father in the Lord is CLOSED – Amen.

    What about my Mum?

    A beautiful woman, an outstanding woman, a Glorious woman, a woman of tender heart, a woman of loving heart.

    … Celebrate my own mother, celebrate my own father.

    Is that all you can do, did I ask you to stop?

    Glory be to God – Amen!

    Look at neighbour. Say neighbour: As you see me so, 2020, the Lord has decided to ENLARGE me and my TURNAROUND has started – Amen!

    Say, neighbour: As you see me so, nothing will stop me. I will get to where am going – Amen!

    Say neighbour: I don’t know about you oooh! As for me I will get to where am going – Amen.

    …. If you believe that jump up and shoot Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    Like I was saying: Adam and Eve was the first family that came into existence as a man, and Adam couldn’t do without a woman.

    When God created the animals and Adam was with the animals, they were not responding, there was no compassion, there was no affection.

    And I perceive in my heart he would have told the Lord: “This People NO FIT ME.

    Give me the one wey go fit me: The one wey go fit talk with, the one wey fit give me something to eat – to take care of me”

    And suddenly, He decided to cause a DEEP sleep in that man called Adam and then proceeded Eve.

    Every Eve in your life will not be a trouble to you – I’m speaking to the Men!

    … If you are a man shout Amen – Amen!

    When I say your Eve will not put you into trouble, you jump up and shout Amen!

    Your eve will not put you into trouble! (You are not getting it yet) You might look at me and say am still a Boy – am a Youth.

    You at going to meet Eve some day, somewhere!

    I Prophesy to you that the Eve God will give to you will never put you into trouble – Amen. She will never destroy your life – Amen! She will never destroy your Vision – Amen! She will never tie you down – Amen!

    … The LOUDER your AMEN, the BIGGER your Blessings are!

    And when Eve came, this man called Adam now said: “This is the bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh, she shall be called woman because she was taken from me.”

    Genesis 2:24 says: “Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife and they twain shall be one flesh.”

    I Prophesy to your family: your family will no longer suffer scattering – Amen. Your family will not suffer division – Amen. There will be Unity in your family – Amen. The Peace of God will speak in your family – Amen. The Grace of God will Protect your family – Amen.

    And that Grace will affect your children children – Amen. That Grace will speak for you till your fifth (5th) Generation – Amen.

    If you know that to your fifth (5th) Generation you will enjoy the Grace of God, jump up and shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    Then the last verse (Genesis 2:25) says: “And they were both naked the man and the wife and they were not ashamed.”

    … Great Turnaround!

    Look at me, you will not be Ashamed this Year – Amen! Your shame shall be crucified – Amen!

    If you know you will not be ashamed please stand up now; if you know you will not be ashamed can we stand up?

    … If you know you will BE ASHAMED, please sit down!

    Are you there? If you know that shame will never knock at your door, shout a louder Amen – AMEN!

    Even if there is nakedness, God will cover your nakedness – Amen. I say God will COVER your nakedness – Amen!

    God will cover your shame; He will cover your disgrace, He will cover EVERYTHING about you – Amen!

    I don’t know who is saying a Louder AMEN. I want to Prophesy to you that: Any sickness that will bring shame to your life will die this Year – Amen! It shall not enter into 2020 with you – Amen.

    If you know that shame will die in your life shout a louder Amen – Amen!

    If you know that disgrace will not follow you shout the loudest Amen – Amen!

    If you know that you know that your battle is over, shout the loudest Amen – Amen!

    I don’t like your Amen.

    Shout it Louder!

    Let your neighbour look at you and say na you alone dey hear? Shout the loudest Amen – Amen!

    Your Glory will not die in your hands – Amen!

    Your favour will not die in your hands – Amen!

    Your tomorrow will not die in your hands – Amen!

    Your future will not die in your hands – Amen!

    Things will not die in your hands – Amen!

    The Power of God will not die in your hands – Amen!

    … Say a Louder Amen – AMEN!

    The Bright and Morning Star, Jesus Christ is coming to visit somebody. And that Person is you – Amen!

    He will visit your family and your family is going to experience a Great Turnaround – Amen.

    If you know that you are that Person, this Year that we are; you will not end this Year with sorrow – Amen.

    Shout Praise the Lord – Praise the Lord!

    If you know that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever and He will not allow you to use shame to end this year – shout the loudest Amen – AMEN!

    … You will end this Year well – Amen.

    I Prophesy to somebody hearing the sound of my voice, you will end this Year well – Amen.

    Remember that it is your family that we are talking about: Your children will not die in your hands – Amen.

    I don’t know if you have a hand. Look at your hands, Prophesy to those hands.

    Look at those hands, say: Father, in the Name of Jesus Christ: I will not bury my children with these my hands – Amen. My children will not die in my hands – Amen.

    I come against you foul spirit, you Agent of darkness, hear the Words of God, my children will live, they will not die – Amen.

    Say it again; my children will live, they will not die – Amen.

    My children will live, I will not die, as they are living I will live, I will not die. I will see the end of this Year – Amen. This year will not see my end – Amen.

    Every evil Prophesy shall not stand, it shall not prevail – Amen.

    Wherever they have Prophesied every evil; whether I know them or I don’t know them, Holy Ghost fire pursue them out of my life. Holy Ghost fire, pursue them! Jesus! Jesus!! Pursue them!!! – Amen.

    Go ahead, pursue them – Amen!

    You are not doing it, remember this is your life. We are talking about your children, your wife.

    Youth, open your mouth and do it to the Glory of God.

    You might not understand what you are doing, but the Power of Resurrection is in this Place. You will not go home with that sickness, that sickness they know you with as a family, that sickness must die – Amen.

    With that sickness they know your family; which nobody marries you. They know your family, nobody gives birth. It shall die this year – Amen!

    We are Praying for your family, your family will change – Amen.

    There will be a Great Turnaround in your Family – Amen.

    There will be a Great Turnaround in your Marriage – Amen.

    There will be a Great Turnaround in your Business – Amen.

    There will be a Great Turnaround in your Health – Amen.

    In whatever you are doing, there will be a Great Turnaround – Amen.

    … Go ahead and say: A Great Turnaround -A GREAT TURNAROUND!

    Use your mouth – your mouth is there: A Great Turnaround!

    You are not doing it. I know you love yourself, you love your family.

    Somebody is Prophesying; you will enjoy this Season – Amen.

    When others are begging, your family will NEVER beg – Amen.

    Your family will NOT beg – Amen!

    I Prophesy to every evil Foundation in your family, I command the evil Foundation to be rooted out – Amen.

    That evil Foundation shall no more speak in your family; shall no longer Prosper in your family – Amen.

    That evil Foundation shall no more stand in your family – Amen.

    That thing that they know your family with, I command it to DIE – Amen.

    In Jesus’ Name we PRAY – AMEN.

    Glory be to God!

    We are going to shout JESUS, when I say one (1) – Because He is going to heal a lot of People this night.

    Something Miraculous will happen this night! There are Angels here, there are Angels that have come to Minister to us.

    At the end of this Program, you are going to have a New Story – Amen.

    Nobody will tell your story, you will be the one to tell your story – Amen.

    … Somebody is not saying Amen!

    After this Program your Story will change, your Testimony will change. Somebody will hear your Testimony – Amen.

    When I Shout number one (1), you will shout JESUS! (Until I stop) Because the Mighty Power of God is going to move in your midst:

    Everything that has delayed you will let you go – Amen.

    Spirit of delay is over in your family – Amen!

    Spirit of lack is over in your family – Amen.

    Spirit of begging is over in your family – Amen.

    I came with a New Story to let you know that the old story is dead – Amen.

    That old story in your family is a dead one – Amen.

    I beg everybody to shout that loudest amen – Amen.

    I stand in the Name that is above every other names that every dead Story is over in your life – Amen.

    No more evil story – Amen.

    Your story that make you sad or make you cry; is over – Amen.

    From today Joy will overtake you, dancing will overtake you, Praises will overtake you, Gladness will overtake you – Amen

    … Joy!, Joy!!, JOY!!!

    I want to Prophesy to somebody: That sickness that you have, after now go and test it you will know that that sickness is dead – Amen.

    That Womb that couldn’t carry a baby; after this Meeting you will go and get pregnant – Amen.

    That man that couldn’t marry, after this Program you will marry – Amen!

    That sister that has been suffering, nobody wants to marry you, by the end of this Year, you should go marry – Amen!

    Now when I say one, you will shout JESUS, till I say Ten (10)!!! – Jesus!!!

    Go ahead, something is happening: The Power of God is in this Place, the anointing to deliver is here. The anointing to bless, the anointing to set free, the anointing for Promotion, the anointing for Great Turnaround, the anointing to bless your family, to lift your family, to fight for your family, to deliver your family, to set your family on high – Amen.

    Go ahead and Shout Jesus – JESUS!!!!

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  • SUNDAY SERVICE WITH DR. TIMI OYEBODE @   RCCG (FOUNTAIN OF LIFE CHAPEL) 34/36, OLUWALOGBON STREET, KETU, LAGOS NIGERIA

    SUNDAY SERVICE WITH DR. TIMI OYEBODE @ RCCG (FOUNTAIN OF LIFE CHAPEL) 34/36, OLUWALOGBON STREET, KETU, LAGOS NIGERIA

    TOPIC: CRISIS: HEALING FROM TRAUMA, ABUSE AND ADDICTION

    DATE: 20th OCTOBER, 2019

    BIBLE TEXT: 2 SAMUEL 13:1-29

    Thank You Jesus!

    OPENING PRAYER:

    And so Father, we just want to say THANK YOU! Receive our Praises because only You deserves our worship; only You deserve the Honour. And only You deserve the Adoration.

    We give it to You this morning, with our hands lifted up; and You have said, if You be lifted up on high, You will draw men to yourself.

    Thank You because this is the Season of Migration, as you draw men to yourself ! Thank You for today’s Service – Dominion Service. Thank You because it’s a Season of Dominion; a Season of Victory. Thank You because You are here with us.

    Thank You Holy Spirit; we love You so much, Sweet Holy Spirit. And we are Grateful for this Encounter with you. We ask that You will take Preeminence over this Teaching Session.

    Even as we go through the the Question and Answer also, You will give us wisdom that supersedes all human understanding; in Jesus’ Name.

    We give You all the Honour! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

    Somebody shout a big Hallelujah! Shout a very big Hallelujah to the King of kings, the Lord of lords, the One who is the Soon Coming King!

    Praise the Lord! – Amen.

    Please, let’s have our seats in the Presence of God; let’s sit Majestically as children of the Most High God! We are sons and daughters of the Great Father and He is here with us today.

    I have often times being called: “The Missionary of Healing”.

    The reason basically is because God gave me a mandate, years back – to take His Gospel of Healing to the Church (specifically, to His children).

    And at that time, I began to wonder: What really does He mean by HEALING? Is it Physically? And He told me specifically, He said – “EMOTIONAL HEALING”.

    When it comes to any area of our life; whether Marital, whether Health, whether Finance, whether Job (workplace), Ministry. Whatever area you are in, God is interested in your Wellness in that area.

    I remember a couple of years down; I think precisely 2001/2002, I had a dream. And in that dream, I saw a crowd of people: it was like a Warfront- battle ground.

    But this War was holding in a Field, where there are grasses (tall grasses). And I saw, like two (2) opponents firing at each other.

    And so when one side dodged, the other side will get up and will fire! And then when they fire, they will go down again; this other side here will get up and fire back!

    And I was looking at this Drama for a while in my dream. And then suddenly, I noticed that at some Point, something absurd of them who were getting up…… You know they were dodging; and then they will shoot back at the enemy.

    And some of them, as they were getting up; they had something around their head. It was like their head was double. So I moved closer to see, “What was it?” And I noticed that it was actually, children.

    As they were dodging from their enemy’s bullets; they picked up kids (children) and hung on their head. And so they are getting up to shoot at their enemies using the children as a shield.

    In case their enemies shoot back, who does it hit? – The CHILDREN!

    … DO you understand?

    So they used the children like a Shield to Protect themselves.

    And immediately, in that dream (this was a night dream); I was screaming, I was shouting. I kept saying: If you want to harm yourself, go ahead, but spare these young ones. Leave these children out of your battles.

    … But they were not listening!

    Obviously, they weren’t even aware that somebody was talking. And I got worked out and emotional about this. But then – I thought I could jump into the middle.

    So I thought, jumping into the middle of the battle and screaming will make them hear me. But still, they didn’t hear me; the bullets were going on, by passing me.

    Then I realised that, for real, they didn’t even see me, nor hear me. And at that point, someone dragged my hand; and this person took me from the battle field. And on and on I was lamenting to this person that: “What is going on?” He said: it’s a battle!

    ‘Yes I know However, why do the young ones have to be involved in this battle?’ And he said to me: you cannot stop the Battle nor the manner in which the warriors fight their wars. But this is what you can do;

    “Anyone wounded in that Battle, you go and take that wounded person, take them to this Place I’m showing you and get their wounds healed.”

    And in that dream, He led me to a flowing River and He showed me.

    He said: “Take the water from this River and wash the blood off that wounded person.”

    And there was a tree just by that River, He said: “Plug the leaves, He showed me the leaves, He said – squeeze the water on the leaf, on the wound of the injured ones and they would be healed”.

    And I don’t know the exact date, but I remembered, I had that dream, it was 2001/2002.

    It has has been a long time. But as the year comes on and on, the clarity of that dream became clearer and clearer.

    My Vision, my Assignment and the Purpose why am here with you this morning is because: some of us are those children, at some point or the other used as a bait or defence on the battlefield. We have been wounded, we have been injured. And right now, you are even crying, and we are as good as helpless.

    But the Lord has heard your cry; He has sent me down to let you know that He is still God. And that He was there in that battle. Whatever battle your life had to go through; He says, He is still God! He has been there, and He is still there! And He wants to heal you.

    … But you need to allow Him!

    Talking about Battles, talking about wounds; but what is my interest is ‘Trauma!’ And over the years, I have had to explain repeatedly that –

    In fact, some of us were traumatized; like when we didn’t know. Because peradventure it happened to you when you were a child.

    And most of this Inner wound that we face itself, now as adults: actually happened to us when we were quite young; when we didn’t have control over what was happening.

    … When the “Adults” in your life (at that time) were using you as a defence!

    … Trauma is inner wounds, inner wounds – DEEP wounds!

    You are the only one that knows those days, that you would sit up in your room and you don’t know who to talk to; but you are just crying.

    And anybody sees you outside later; Sister so, so and so, how are you? I am fine! Oh, Brother this, how are you? Oh, am great!

    .. But you know deep down, you are not fine. You know deep down, you are not great!

    The inner wounds that has no comparison; because you can’t even compare it to anything tangible. You are the one that knows it.

    … And that is what we call “TRAUMA”.

    While what we call “ABUSE” is when we are misused.

    … Unfortunately, many of us have been misused.

    Am going to show you all of these, I am talking about, from the Scriptures so that it won’t be, oh! She’s just talking!

    But it’s amazing what could have happened in our lifetime, based on other People’s decision; based on things we saw. And we have to live and walk with the repercussion from it.

    And you know what, also? Because it’s amazing! And this is one of the reasons I appreciate the Church; every time I have to step and stand on the Altar of God and talk. Every Church that is opened to let us talk about Addiction and the struggle of Members.

    Because the reality is that it is sad the way we see Christians struggle with these things: that we think should be with the world, but they are there in the Church!

    How many of us have seen the video or heard about the Pastor who was sleeping with another Person’s wife? How many of us? – Oh! Many of us did. Interesting!

    Even if you didn’t see that one, you probably have heard of some other things. Worse things that you probably wouldn’t want to talk about.

    You probably have heard; oh there is this Person, oh the things he did are so terrible, you won’t believe he is a Christian – Yes or No?

    But then, you wonder sometimes if this Person is a Believer. If this Person is a Believer (in any capacity) then why are they doing these things?

    What makes them not to have Power over their body to be able to say NO?

    What makes it so difficult for us to be able to trade off some of these our Personal struggles – which we call- “ADDICTION?”

    To drain up your lusting for masturbation; what makes it difficult for you to stop and STOP?

    What makes it difficult for you not to tell lies anymore? What makes it so difficult for you to look at that Boy; to look at that Lady, and take your eyes off?

    What makes it importantly, that you need to do sex every other day – every single day?

    Sometimes you don’t want to do it; but you just find yourself keep doing it – as if it is a marathon. It is ADDICTION!

    Usually, the way it plays out is this: when you have been wounded, possibly as a child (sometimes). However, we have some trauma that comes in as an Adult!

    For example, if you enter into a wrong marriage or you have a terrible experience at work. You have this kind of Boss that just keeps looking down on you. You have situations around you that you just can’t control.

    … It will give you TRAUMA, even as Adult!

    Also, experiences that give TRAUMA include: Accidents (things that you didn’t plan for). Okay? Unexpected painful or shocking experiences give you TRAUMA.

    What am saying is: there is a circle of whatever struggle of Addiction that you are going through. And that circle goes this way; from Trauma (which could be by Abuse or painful/shocking experiences) to Addiction (based on to the fact that the Nobody would stay in the Place of pain for so long! When you are uncomfortable, you will likely look for something to ease that pain off. And usually, that thing you look for (to ease off) – that is ADDICTION!

    For example your loins; oh! It’s burning seriously – the erection is so much! The only thing for you to do at that moment is to have sex with someone.

    When you do that, that becomes like ‘Ease off”; a relieve to that pain!

    Continuously doing of that behaviour is what we call – ADDICTION. That behaviour itself was meant to help you suppress a thing!

    And it is amazing how many times we have struggled as Christians with some of these behaviours. But we can’t even speak about it.

    And am going to show you in the Scriptures:

    2 SAMUEL 13: 1-29

    If you are with your Bible, please open with me. Because we are going to do a quick study. It is a story that we are all familiar with:

    … The Story of TAMAR AND AMNON.

    You know the Story? Okay! Well, I want to look at the story from another angle today.

    I believe that, so far what you have always heard about that story was on a brother who raped his sister (his half sister). Right? – Okay!

    And this Boy must be a very terrible Bad Boy. Yes! And of course, Tamar was a victim; right?

    But this is what am going to show you this morning; the fact that Tamar wasn’t the only VICTIM in that story!

    … There were so many VICTIMS in that story; including Amnon himself!

    So 2 SAMUEL 13:1-29 (PLEASE READ).

    Keep this information, “AFTER THIS…” Some other Translation says, “After a while”.

    That means that before Amnon, before this story; and if you go ahead to check the other story, you will see that it is the story of David and Bathseba (you remember the story?) That happened before this Chapter.

    So the Bible is telling us that after David and Bathsheba’s incident had happened; this then happened!

    Also Absalom – if you are a good Bible Student; you probably would have read that Absalom was a very handsome young man. Okay?

    In fact, history says: at a time, he was the most handsome!

    Now, it is not surprising, his sister (Tamar) was beautiful, too – You get it now?

    And possibly, if he was very handsome, you can imagine how the sister would look, she would have been amazing. Because, imagine Absalom was a woman; they called him the most handsome man! It tells you Tamar must had been a very beautiful sister.

    … But then, something goes wrong!

    Am going to pick some points specifically and I will want you to take note of those words.

    AMNON, the son of David; TAMAR, the daughter of David. They were siblings! But (of course, they were not of the same mother) – they were half siblings!

    … But they were still of the same Blood relation.

    If you go to Leviticus 18; you will see how God gave them instructions about sexual relationships; especially among family members.

    And one of the strong ones that came out was: “Never sleep with your father’s daughter or your father’s son”.

    In fact, the repercussion was that, that Person should be cast out or the Person could even be killed.

    But Amnon had this “LOVE”; now look at that word ‘Love!” They could have written for us that Amnon “LUSTED” after her. But it wasn’t written that way – They said, Amnon “LOVED” her.

    … Are you getting my POINT? He “LOVED” her!

    Meaning that some times, if you look at this word; when we talk about falling in love, and situations that happen to us about the feelings of love.

    You hear so many people say: I just have this feeling for her; or I just have this feeling for him!

    It wasn’t something Planned. Falling in love is not something Planned; it just happens! – Right?

    You don’t just wake up in a day and say: this is what happens – see, am going to just fall in love today. You just meet somebody and the Chemistry happens!

    And then you say: Yes! I fell in love. And then by the end of the day, you are at home and you are smiling to yourself on your bed.

    Unfortunately, if you look at it very well: You and I that are here today, ask yourself – “how many times have you fallen in love with the wrong Person?”

    Oh! Is it the first Person you fell in love with (in your life) that you married? – Ask yourself!

    Because I want you to put yourself, and begin to see how Amnon (the way that guy really was): he fell in love with the wrong Person – he had serious strong feelings!

    And this is one of the reasons I always say: When I talk to Teenagers and Young People, I always tell them: “The DANGERS of Falling in Love”.

    … Because this is an encounter that you cannot actually control.

    But Amnon fell in LOVE! And what did he do? The Bible says he was so distressed. He was so longing for her that he became sick!

    Now, because she was a Virgin! Obviously, Amnon before that time has been having sexual relationships. Obviously, that wasn’t his first time with a woman.

    But this was particularly difficult; because she was a Virgin! There were so many conditions that were making it a bit more difficult.

    … But when the Bible told us again, it said: “Amnon fell sick”.

    Now this is what I say; and when I explain it to People, I ask you: “When you are down with Physical malaria – when you feel distress in your body, what happens to you?”

    Are you the one that controls the fever? Are you the one that controls the fact that your hand cannot move? Are you the one that controls the fact that at that moment, your legs cannot move?

    The same way we fall sick Physically, the same way we fall sick Emotionally.

    If you can feel distressed in your Physical body; to the point that you cannot control what is going on Physically; the same way you can feel distressed Mentally!

    … The same way you can get to that point Amnon got to!

    Amnon got sick Emotionally; Amnon put himself in a situation that weakened him. He couldn’t control it!

    And many times we find ourselves putting up with such situations – circumstances you can’t control. And your Emotions are dead sick!

    AND WHAT HAPPENED TO AMNON NEXT?

    The Bible said, he was so sick that it was so critical!

    Some of us, the sickness we have been struggling with, is so critical that the hospital you have been going to, and Doctors, cannot find anything.

    You have been going to them yesterday; and today you are also going to the hospital. Because what is wrong with you is not Physical.

    What is wrong with you is an EMOTIONAL Pain! And you need to get Mental strength; the same way we get Physical strength – to be able to deal with that pain.

    So they went on; Jonadab (who was his cousin) – Jonadab was not only Amnon’s cousin; Jonadab was also Tamar’s cousin – Remember?

    You remember the Story? Because we are told that he is Amnon cousin. Remember, Amnon’s cousin, was also Tamar’s cousin. He was a strong man, crafty; almost like a snake. And he was quick to see!

    Now, this is where the problem lies; especially when we have EMOTIONAL challenges.

    It is always painful that People who are of the same Faith; People who are right thinking; People who are good in their heart: they don’t see our pain.

    … I hope you understand!

    Now, you can’t even understand why somebody who is in the Church; who is growing and then suddenly has some Emotional issues.

    And then People of the world are the ones helping them; when People of the same Faith do not!

    Am sure Jonadab was not the only cousin that Amnon had!

    Remember this; Amnon was the first son of David. He was the Crown Prince. He was the guy that was going to become King, after David – if all had done well.

    Probably you have not read that part of the Story. Oh! He had everything in his command; everything! He had everything! Am sure he had several friends, too.

    But the bad ones were the ones that came to check on him; and said ‘you are looking so down – oh! You are looking so distress’.

    Probably the Good ones just saw him and moved away: and he told this guy his problem!
    Actually…

    “Nobody will enter into your mind to know what you are going through, except you speak out!”

    So Amnon has told Jonadab, he had said it out – Oh, I have this longing, ‘I LOVE’ Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.

    And then Jonadab was saying to him; “Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I Pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.”

    … I always emphasis the Power of our Sight!

    When Tamar sat there baking this cake for her brother; the brother sat down (remember that he was not sick – he was pretending to be ill).

    So he sat down on the bed watching her; admiring her. Looking DEEP (Visual Pornography)! Taking time and looking, watching, nodding. The desire keeps lingering.

    When you are in a stage of Mental or Emotional distress, the worst thing you can do for yourself again is to go Visual.

    The more you see, the stronger your struggles will come. The more you see!

    And so, Amnon had sat there waiting! For people who make cake, you probably will know how long it will take that girl to have baked that cake that day! And she was there baking it.

    And after she was done, she kept feeding him. The guy said: No, No, No! I don’t want to eat. She kept pleading and begged. And then he said: if you want me to eat, let everybody step out!

    You know she was a Princess, also! So she had servants; she had People who were on her Service.

    Everybody stepped out! Now, this is where you see the servants also as victims.

    “The Place of accountability is the Place of you being responsible to other People; being able to give account of yourself and for others”.

    Well, in any way, Amnon, a Crown Prince. And at that time, nobody would have contended with him. And Amnon had asked that they should step out. They stepped out.

    And he had drawn his sister to himself, and has struggled with her. And the sister had begged him, had said to him: oh No! Don’t do this; you are my brother!

    Oh, No! You know how many times your mind has struggled with the fact that you know you shouldn’t do something.

    But you kept on struggling; But the force was just too strong for you to stop.

    Don’t do this, you are my brother! Oh what will the world say? Oh, you are going to bring shame to me! She said, have Mercy upon me. She even went further to say, what will People say about you? They will call you a fool! They will say so many things about you!

    But that time, the guy was sick. The guy was Mentally sick! And so he couldn’t reason properly anymore!

    … And that is what am telling you: That Amnon was a VICTIM there too!

    And I will tell you what made Amnon a Victim also! Because his father (king David just two (2) chapters before had seen a woman (Bathsheba) grabbed her; took her, possess her. He was a full grown man!

    What happened? There was this young son Amnon, who witnessed his father’s taking of a woman with his power; and this is what I say to Parent, that sometimes you do things (your children see) and you say ‘it doesn’t matter. They are watching you!

    And so it’s not surprising that Amnon could take, possess what does not rightly belong to him. Because his father just did!

    This same reason is why I usually do a ‘Family Tree tracing’ for issues people bring into Counselling… the principle of family of origin, is to trace family history or pattern with regards to the problem.

    Is there any other Person in your family who had this struggle? Is there any other Person in your family who had had these challenges?

    Lo and behold they start thinking: Yes! Actually, my Dad had an affair. Yes! My Mum had an affair.

    … And you wonder why you are struggling sexually?

    There is an history!

    You saw it as a child. And when you saw it as a child; remember that dream I said I had. The impact of your childhood is liviing you out even as an adult. Bright out your life!

    But then, let us simply go on; so that we go into the Core again.

    Amnon had done what he wanted to do – he had raped her! And I say to us at some point, that there were some People in the room there he had asked them to excuse, Right?

    One of the servants, probably Amnon’s bodyguard or his own PA, could have said something to him. As the event was presenting itself, obviously you should know probably that those servants knew what Amnon want to do. Do you agree?

    You don’t take a Princess, you don’t stay alone with a Princess in a room. It’s not done (at that time). And you have asked her to Cook for you, she has done the cooking. And then you are saying to everybody ‘please step out!’

    Many times, we also have experienced that. You know of a young girl in your neighbourhood.

    … Am speaking to adults and parents now!

    You know of somebody, and they are saying ‘that girl is just wayward!’

    Oh! You know that even the guy calling this girl to come over; you know what they want to do. But you just carry your eyes away!

    Oh, many times I have asked many guys; oh were you ever aware of a lady who was raped? And then I get this answer: oh No! Maybe after it has happened.

    But the truth is this, sometimes I have gotten this kind of answers too; that, yes! We saw her, but she is not my business.

    Probably there were People in your life too, that acted as if ‘it’s not their business’; and they left! They didn’t help you.

    Imagine if one of them had stood up for Tamar at that time. Even if they could not help her (they couldn’t beat up the Prince). You know of course, saying NO to a Prince is more like death, as at that time!

    But, they could have done something, when he told them to step out. Even Tamar’s servant, they could have run to call for help. But they all did as if they didn’t know what was going on.

    Sometimes when you think you are helpless (you can’t help somebody else); you can still do something!

    That is why like I said, this Topic we are having this morning concerns us all. Everybody should pick their own. Whatever it is God is speaking to you in this area, this morning: pay attention to it!

    And so, he had raped her. And immediately after, in 2 Samuel 13:15 – “Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.”

    Sometimes, the PAIN of the Abuse is so painful that you are even upset with yourself for what you have done. But rather than stop it, you do more than you had bargained for.

    I keep saying, that when you use a lie; a Lie covers another lie; one wrong covers another wrong. Until you are able to sincerely look at yourself and say: No! What I did was wrong. Then, you will get help.

    Until you are truthful to yourself, then help will come your way.

    But then, this has gone on! So she had said to him: “you know this evil of sending me away is worst than what you have even done to me”.

    But he could not listen to her! He called his servants who attend to him. That means he could call them; that’s what I just told us now. That means probably the servants were just behind the door.

    So they heard the noise! They heard how Tamar was screaming and shouting. Because if he could just stay in the room and say, Come! And they heard him (and they responded).

    And he said to them “take this woman out of here!” And lock the door behind her.

    Of course, they did that! And of course, Tamar had left. But this Guy, who thinks he is ok; and I have to tell you this morning, that he was also a Victim, for the fact that he had Mental illness. Beyond that also, the fact that he had foundational issues!

    Witnessing his father taking over another woman that wasn’t his! And so he was repeating a CIRCLE of Family Abuse!

    And indeed, it didn’t stop there! If you go down with the story, you will see that Tamar left, screaming and crying, and going out. She tore her clothes; she was ready to say to the whole World, “this is what have happened to me”.

    She had probably met her brother, Absalom. And told him what has happened to her. And Absalom has said to her: you know what, keep quiet.

    The same way we have People told us to keep quiet about Pains! The same way we have heard people say; don’t talk, don’t say it out!

    He had said to her “keep quiet”. But the Bible said it; if you check 2 Samuel 13:21; “But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.”

    The only thing he did about it is that he was angry. He didn’t do anything about it!

    Sometimes we expect that people should act for you, but they failed you. David didn’t do anything!

    If you are a father, can you as a father, hear your daughter being raped. Will you fold your hands? Will you just sit down? And it is not just rape!

    That Generation is different from our own. At that time, a young Lady who is raped; who is not a virgin, can never be married. And that is why if you check the next verse, it says:

    “So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.”

    It means that she was still in the King’s Arena (that’s a Place for women) permanently for the rest of her life; without a child, and without a husband.

    This is something someone has done to your daughter. We would expect that you would at least react. Yes! He was angry. The Bible told us he was angry, yet, he didn’t do anything about it.

    Amnon was a son he so much loved, remember?

    How people have failed you too? I don’t know how many people you have looked up to, to fight for you. Instead, they didn’t do that.

    I don’t know what is it that you have looked up to, but didn’t have. But whatever fall on this path;I have come to say to you, this would have done deep wounds in your heart – the same way it did for Amnon and Tamar.

    As I go on with the rest of the Story; we see Absalom plotting in his heart to deal with his brother (Amnon). And he had gone on ahead, to deal with his brother.

    Absalom also became a victim of that situation.

    And that is what I always say to us: every time there is a bit of an issue or perversion; you are not the only one that’s suffering!

    That same thing you are doing, and you feel that you are having fun at that moment; a lot of other People are suffering for it! Your children are suffering, your wife, your husband, your siblings!

    Absalom suffered for this event, greatly. Because; Absalom was a handsome youthful man, who probably would have become a King.

    Even when you make a decision; so imagine now, their mother had three (3) children. That is what the Bible recorded. She had Absalom, Tamar and the other guy!

    The first son, who was the handsome one, became a murderer; because Absalom killed his brother. And as a Murderer he had to run a way from the Town.

    That was why he was not in Town for a long time – for about three (3) years! He lost his Position, he lost his Power, because of what happened.

    And yet I am saying to you: that all of these would have been prevented, if David their father had lived a Presentable lifestyle to show them.

    I have not come to make any excuse for anybody. I have not come to say to you that: Oh! Whatever it is you are doing, that People led you into it.

    *But I have come to say to you that the error Amnon made was the fact that
    1)He saw pervasion with his father
    2)He did not talk to the right person

    Amnon did not get help for his lust or desire – that is strong Desire he was struggling with.

    … Amnon could not get help; he allowed his Pride, and that led to his destruction.

    And this is why I have come to say to you – I don’t know what your own journey is; I had my own fair share of journey, too!

    And I have always said this; I will let you know that our JOURNEYS differ! But there is only one major thing, the enemy has made many of us to hear often- that yours is worse!

    And he has focused from your childhood to attack you; trying to make sure that he succeeds. Trying to make sure that you will have behavioral challenges.

    Oh, he made you that person who is always angry; every little thing, you get angry. You are like a time bomb – that he has just prepared you and put that habit inside of you.

    But now that habit come on you suddenly; so many things went wrong!

    Now, you can correct them; now you can take life afresh; now you can begin to say: “let me take back my life”.

    I made that decision, and that is why am standing in front of you today. I probably would not be here, if I didn’t make that decision. I was abused at the age of seven (7) as a young child, in my parent’s house – My parents were Ministers (Pastors).

    And of course, many of my Abusers; because that was the beginning of Abuse that went on and on! And many of them were also People of the Faith. And of course it got to a point, I made a decision that it wasn’t possible anymore!

    I didn’t want to be a Christian, I didn’t want to live this FAKE life. I didn’t want to be just like them because I felt it was so fake! And so I left the Church. I left, and I began to do my own stuff.

    When I say I left the Church; I mean I left the Faith. But I was still attending Church (years back) you get me? Like many of us do. And I went, seating for Sunday Services. And sometimes even the Person Ministering, you are just doing like this: “Abeg finish, let us go!”.

    And then, when you are gone, you go back to your old lifestyles; because your Path is not connecting anymore! That was my state for several years.

    But at some point, I even began to try other Religion. What was I looking for? INNER PEACE and Healing for my Inner Wounds.

    Some of us do same! Of course, mine went on and gravitated to behavioral challenges that even my parents were not aware of. Oh, Sexual Problem: Big Time!

    But at some point, I knew it was either I find help or I Self Destroy! What that means is that, the way in which you are going: it is either you get help or you destroy yourself.

    And let me say this to you; because it is not about you! Maybe you think you are so important. Oh No! It is not about you; it is about Generations that are supposed to come out of you.

    Because when you Self Destroy, your children will also Self Destroy! And the Circle keeps on going like that.

    Oh! You just have this longing; you just feel like you cannot help it. Go check that! You will Excel, be a mighty man in so many things. And yet your Joy is gone; your Peace is gone!

    I told someone recently, I said three (3) things the devil take away from you with Sexual struggles, in particular are:

    1. Your peace- it takes away your Sanity – Your Peace. You keep having a constant fear of being discovered.
    2. Your health- It takes away your Health. Oh! Maybe you don’t know that some of the challenges you have health wise goes down to sexual intercourse you had.

    3.Your Wealth- that’s the 3rd thing, he takes from you. You keep spending so much to maintain or access this behavior

    A recent research in 2019 told us that every man a woman sleeps with; he drops his DNA inside of her. And as the DNA drops at the back of the ear, behind the eyes, behind the nose, and it goes on to the bloodstream.

    … Every single man, you ever had sex with!

    Oh, some people have said: Oh! It is all these Spiritual People that come up with their own gimmicks to scare people!

    I didn’t come up with this! It’s a proven research work.

    I went through my own struggles Until He in His Mercy decided to have Mercy on me.

    And it is the same I have brought His Mercy to you today. Because there are issues; there are challenges really!

    But I have come to say to you, that you can make a decision. You don’t have to be, and end like Amnon. Amnon had challenges – Amnon had seen his father does it! Amnon had longings! Amnon also had a choice… but he chose wrong!

    We have longings, we have desires; but we CAN BE IN CONTROL!

    And these are the QUICK NINE (9) RECOVERY STEPS I usually recommend, everywhere.

    I call it: BIBLICAL STEPS TO RECOVERY:

    1. ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE WOUNDED:

    Say it to somebody; the Bible says: “Confess your sins one to another”. You need to say it to somebody:

    ABUSE thrives in Secrecy! Behavioral Struggles thrives in secrecy!

    There is a Book I wrote; you can get it Online or even YouTube. Called: “SEX – EYES WIDE SHUT”. It is all about sexual struggles. Am talking about how Christians can be able to overcome these things.

    But you need to first of all acknowledge that you are wounded. See! No one will help you, if you don’t say ‘I am down, Come and help me!’

    If you keep falling, keep behaving like you are okay; they give you responsibilities in Church and you are still mounting the Altar. And you are still Preaching and doing all sought. Everybody thinks you are fine!

    But you need to acknowledge first that you are not fine – something is wrong!

    1. TRACE THE SOURCE OF YOUR PAIN:

    The source of your Trauma; where did it start from? I just told you that of Amnon; his struggles started from his father.

    TRACE yours on what you are going through. Yours might not even be sexual. Yours might be Anger problem. Trace it: who else has that Anger History in your family.

    Oh maybe yours could be alcohol; TRACE it! Did you live with somebody who was an Alcoholic?

    Oh, maybe yours is even Beating your Wife. Oh, or yours is disobedience. Always quarrelling with your Husband. TRACE it!

    Healing starts from you! You probably learnt it somewhere!

    1. SEEK COUNSELLING; SEEK HELP!

    I explain oftentimes that the Place of Professional Counselling is just a Place where you have your Body, your Spirit and your Soul.

    Your Body is been attended to by Medical Doctors; Your Spirit is been attended to by Pastors; Your Soul (that is your Mind); the Place of your emotions oftentimes is neglected. Because you think you can MANAGE by yourself.

    Professional Counsellors help out! Some have been concerned about going to Psychologists who are not Christians. But there are many now, Professional Counsellors who are Christians; who would guide you, using Scriptures.

    Or even if they don’t go Biblical with you; they use Principles that are Scriptural. You understand what I mean! They are not going to be opening Bible for you, but they are going to Guide you and help your through Recovery.

    … But you need to SEEK HELP!

    So a lot of time when we are saying: you don’t know what we are going through; I don’t know where to run to. Now, there is HELP AVAILABLE!

    1. KNOW YOUR PERSONAL TRIGGERS:

    What are the things you see, that spurs you up? Amnon’s Trigger was his sight. And he sat there, sitting down watching the woman. Is Pornography your own Trigger?

    What is your Trigger? Is it sight? Is it Sound! Some of us, is what you hear! And that is why I keep saying that as Believers, you need to watch what you listen to: the Music you listen to; the Jokes, you listen to.

    Smell! For some of us, it is Smell – odour. You just perceived something and you will be sick. I mean having to work with those Addiction Clients – those who usually are faced with one form of Addiction and all of that. One of the strong addictions that work for them is Smell.

    In recent times, you must probably have heard of how People are using their urine; using all sorts, as an Addictive Measures. Smell!

    So find out yours! There was a time I found myself addicted, a kind of to Garlic. I used the sense Principle to check that; where is it coming from? I just had to chew Garlic! But then I realized there was a time I had to stay in a Place where there were loads of odour. And perceiving that strongly, overtime, gave me a strong craving for searching it out!

    … If you TRACE it; you will FIND it!

    We cannot deal with a problem on surface; It has a root! Do you get my point?

    1. COMMIT TO JOURNALING:

    Also, the Bible says in Isaiah 30:8; it says: “WRITE DOWN”.

    There is a Principle of writing. If you put down your journey of struggles and whatever emotional thing you are going through down; you will discovered that you will recover faster and better!

    … WRITE it down!

    1. IDENTIFY YOUR NEGATIVE THOUGHTS AND SELF SABOTAGING STATEMENTS:

    You are not your struggle! Stop saying ‘I am an angry man!’ You are not your struggle! Oh, ‘I can’t do without women’. You are not your struggle! STOP calling yourself what you are not!

    It is just like when we say to you; you don’t have to say ‘I am sick!’ Do not possess; do not take it. Oh, rather; that is why I often use this word; I recommend it to my Client to rather say:

    “I struggle with taking drugs; marijuana”.

    Don’t tell me ‘Am a drug addict’.

    Do you understand what am saying?

    “I struggle with: Lust, Formication”; don’t say to me ‘I fornicate’. You are NOT that behaviour! So check out your own negative thoughts. Track your thoughts!

    I usually explain also by saying; “Think about what you are thinking about!” If you find yourself thinking about something, can you take a minute to ponder about that thing you are thinking about?

    … So that you will be sure that you are thinking in the right lines you really want to think!

    1. ACCOUNTABILITY:

    Remember I told us about Jonadab (the bad friend). Who are your friends? Who are your Accountability Partners?

    I have a young boy who is struggling with Drug Addiction. Okay? And in recent time he was working really; his recovery was amazing!

    You know why? Because he kept saying: ‘Now we are getting better (repeatedly); I have gone a Month without it. I have done this! And then he is about resume back to School.

    And then he ran back to me and said: Doctor, Ma, am afraid to go to School. And I said ‘what is the problem?’ And he said; because in School, all my friends take it! And so, because all my friends take it, am not sure I will be able to continue this journey of Recovery!

    Accountability! Who are the people around you? Who do you report yourself to? Who do you tell your struggle?

    Remember, you keep it underneath to yourself; you are going to still feel hurt. But then, it hurts more, if you tell the Wrong Person!

    So you need to find the right Person to begin to use as your Accountability Partner.

    1. FORGIVE YOURSELF!

    Some of us have struggled with things that you can’t fix. You say, Oh, if I have not made this mistake, if I had not made this decision. You blame yourself! Must of you do.

    Because if you don’t forgive yourself, it becomes difficult to move on.

    Forgive your Abusers: the People who didn’t do what they were supposed to do for you – Just like the servants or bystanders of Tamar. People who were supposed to come and rescue her; but they didn’t rescue her!

    People that were supposed to support you, that didn’t do. The role that your father played in your life; that you know that if not for my father, well, I would have been a better Person today.

    Let Go! He didn’t know at that moment. He didn’t know better. If he had known at that moment that what he did would make you a terrible person; he probably wouldn’t have done it. But he didn’t know better!

    Maybe that was the best level of parenting that he had. You need to let go!

    Oh! You felt your mother abandoned you and left you alone! And that is why your life didn’t go well. That is why you are in this struggles; that is why things changed for you – It is time you let her go.

    Because the more you hold on to these People that hurt you, or maybe People who didn’t do what they were supposed to do in your life; the more you are holding yourself down.

    And of course, FORGIVE GOD!

    A lot of you might be in my category; for many years that I held God in grudges, I kept saying: He doesn’t like me.

    I believed so much that God didn’t like me. And I kept saying it. “You don’t like me, me too, I don’t like You!” And so, we were leaving as far apart.

    Why? Because I kept thinking: Where was God when I needed Him? Oh! I remember several nights I will Pray in my room, I will sit down, I would I Pray; I would say, God if You just exist, make sure this man does not come tonight.

    I would do so many things; I would beg. But No! He comes over! And of course, he was full of the Word, he would quote Scriptures. But God seem not to listen to me at that time.

    … And so I decided, He was my enemy!

    In fact, I usually use that Scriptures that says “Jacob I love, Esau I hate”. So I used to say, I believe God chose some People already, He hated some. And obviously, I am one of them.

    But I didn’t know, that our Father is ever loving; just always waiting.

    And that brings us to the last point: Everything He allow us go through is for a Purpose.

    1. USE YOUR PAIN FOR A PURPOSE

    Everything! If God allowed you to go through a difficult childhood, when you were hungry, when your parents didn’t care for you. Ordinary school, you couldn’t even meet up. Ordinary WAEC, they couldn’t pay! In fact, they couldn’t help you. There is a PURPOSE.

    If God allowed you to be raped; oh, you were abused, oh you were a victim. Whatever it is; it’s crazy. It sounds so crazy; but the truth is – there is a reason why it happened!

    And when you find a Reason for your Pain; you have conquered that Pain!

    But I found the reason of my Pain; for the issues I went through for several years of my life.

    But sincerely, when you master your Pain, and you think about why God allowed it. This is what I keep telling my Clients. Even if you are still cracking your head, why did God make me go through all these?

    I have been jobless for a long time, oh my children are not even in school. Why am I experiencing all these? And then somebody is saying to me this morning:

    Why am I experiencing all these? My parents did not pay my school fees. Am in the University, the Lecturer wants to sleep with me. One man wants to sleep with me. Why am I experiencing all these?

    The reason you are going through all of that, use this morning and find out all of that. But there is always one Universal reason: everyone of us, especially those who are of the household of God.

    God wants you to use that same event for someone else! It’s never about you! You are even blessed; it is even an honour that He chose you to go through that Path.

    Jesus had to go through the Cross; but it’s never about Jesus. It was for the Salvation of you and I.

    Your PAIN, whatever you are going through, it is not because of you; it is because of somebody else. And you need to go through that thing, so that you will find out much later,

    And when you have found that Person after all, you can say to that Person: if I have gone through this, you are not going to go through it also.

    You find out that people who are giving out Scholars now had problems with School Fees. They made up their mind they are going to help People go are going through the same thing.

    Whatever your own struggle is, if it is sexual, you are going through that is ,for a Purpose… discover your pain’s purpose and use it.

    Now, you have discovered your Purpose; reach out to others. Say am going to talk to young Boys about masturbation. Am going to talk to young Boys about lust.

    The more you do it, the more you CONQUER – Hallelujah!

    Thank You Lord Jesus!

    EDITORIAL NOTES

    … What a Great Session with our Counsellor – Dr Timi – A Great Counsellor of People that has experienced Trauma, Abuse, Marriage Counsellor etc.

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    Also you can get to invite her to your Churches, Seminars and Conference if you reach out to us @ DMC!

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