We warmly welcome you all once again to the Year of our Lord 2020 AD from the Stable of The Discovery Media Crew Motivational Corner.
We are kicking off this Year to learn some valuable things about our children – The Heritage of the Lord in our care.
… We do wish you all Happy Days ahead together in Jesus Name – Amen!
Moses Durodola
Who is a Minor?
According to the Black’s Law Dictionary 7th Edition defines a Minor as a person who has not reached full legal age, a child or juvenile- Also termed infant.
While the dictionary defines a Child as at Common law, a Person who has not reached the age of 14, though the age now varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
A juvenile is a Person who has not reached the age (usually 18) at which one should treated as an adult by the criminal justice system.
The Child Rights Act 2003 defines a child as a Person under the age of 18 years and also defines age of majority as the age at which a Person attains the age of 18 years.
The Section 29(4) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as Amended) defines a child as full of age when the child attains age of 18 years and above.
There is no generally acceptable age bracket for a child in our laws. It varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction to determine the age of a child.
2. Can an infant/child institute an action in a Court of Law?
As a general rule, Persons who are infants cannot sue or be sued in Person as they lack the legal capacity to sue and be sued.
However, an infant may therefore sue through his Next Friend and may defend his Next Friend and may defend an action by his Guardian ad litem as provided in our rules of Court.
The Next Friend or Guardian ad litem is preferably a relation of the infant as seen in case of Badejo v. Federal Ministry of Education, where Dr. Badejo sued (as ‘Next friend’) on behalf of his daughter, challenging results of common entrance examinations into Federal Government College (Queens College, Yaba Lagos & Federal Government College Ijanikin Lagos)
3. Illegitimate’ children
Section 42(2) 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as Amended) and Section 10 of the Child Rights Act 2003 have removed the disability attached to illegitimacy of a child in Nigeria.
Irrespective of the fact that a child was born out of wedlock in Nigeria the law as prohibited any form of stigma against such child in Nigeria.
Section 10 of the Child Rights Act provides:
(I) A child shall not be subjected to any form of discrimination merely by reason of his belonging to a particular Community or Ethnic Group or by reason of his place of origin, sex, religion or political opinion.
(II) No child shall be subjected to any disability or deprivation merely by reason of the circumstances of his birth.
4. Custody in Matrimonial Causes.
The Court always considers welfare of the child(ren) of separating/divorcing Parent which is very paramount whenever the Court’s grants divorce.
Often times the Court consider the following below:
(i) The age of the Child(ren): The Court consider the age of the child(ren) concern before granting custody.
(ii) Health condition: If any of the child has any health challenge the Court often times grant either of the separating/divorcing parents who will take adequate care of such child.
(iii) Education: The Court also considers the education of the child. Where the child will be given qualitative education is also paramount.
… We appreciate the great insights from our friend, Barrister Oladipupo Abodunrin for his great inputs on this.
DISCOVERY MEDIA CREW … REACHING OUT TO THE WORLD THROUGH THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL!
The word “Epiphany” is also referred to as Theophany, Denha, Little Christmas or Three King’s Day.
It is a Christian Feast Day that celebrates the revelation of God’s incarnate as Jesus Christ.
It comes from the Greek’s word for manifestation or appearance.
For many Christians, “Epiphany” refers to the manifestation of the “Divine Nature” of Jesus Christ and it is marked by a Feast.
In many Western Christian Churches, the eve of the Feast is celebrated as a “Twelfth Night”.
It is marked twelve (12) days after Christmas on the 6th of January for those Christian sect that marks Christmas on the 25th of December (or 19th of January for some Orthodox Churches who have their own Christmas on the 7th of January).
.. And it is a time when Christians remembers the “Wise Men” (sometimes called the Three Kings) who visited baby Jesus Christ and gave him Gifts.
… Research Updates by yours truly: Discovery Media Crew, DMC always ensuring to enlightened us and bringing the Power of the Gospel much more closer to us!
(PASTOR IN CHARGE OF AREA, RCCG SHOWERS OF BLESSING, RIVERS PROVINCE 3 PORT HARCOURT – NIGERIA)
DATE: 3RD JANUARY, 2020
BIBLE TEXT: GENESIS 1:1-3
If you are alive in the house and you know that you are going to the higher ground and you are excited in your spirit that whether the devil likes it or not you are going to breakthrough throughout the year; can you JUMP on your feet and shout Hallelujah – HALLELUJAH?
… Choristers please, take your stand!
Now listen, every time there is a Shout, there is a Testimony; so your Shouting is directly proportional to your Testimony!
So every man, every woman, every boy, every girl who can shout in the house; who is excited in the spirit, it is time for your Testimony. SHOUT HALLELUJAH – HALLELUJAH!
Now listen, I have come to discover that shouting is also directly proportional to Breakthrough – In 2 Chronicles 20:20, they thought they had gotten over Jehoshaphat. But the Bible tells me that when they started Singing and Celebrating, the enemies started killing themselves.
There is somebody in the house tonight, as you lift up your voice, as you shout Hallelujah – ALL your enemies are in for the Greatest SHOCK.
… come on, Shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
Now listen to me sons and daughters of the Living God; I am here to tell you that Shouting is also directly proportional to the pulling down of Strongholds!
The Bible tells me concerning Jericho, it says that the People went around the Wall of Jericho, and at the seventh (7th) time, they SHOUTED – that Wall came crumbling down!
There is somebody in the house tonight, as you are shouting, the walls of Jericho in your life are crumbling: Lift up your voice and SHOUT!!!!
Listen! The Bible says in Genesis 1:3, it says: “AND GOD SAID”.
The question I have for you: If God is saying, “What are you SAYING?
Help me look at your neighbour and say: “What are you saying?”
…. Because our God SPEAKS; He expects us also to speak!
Now this is what we are going to do in the next one and half (1½) minutes; I don’t know what you call the Names of the Lord. You are going to help me find a Partner, and this is what you are going to say.
Now listen to me you are going to be mentioning the Names of the Lord: if you call Jesus Jehovah Shalom – there will be Peace in your house! If you call Jesus Jehovah Rapha – there will be Healing in your house!
So you are going to find a Partner, for one and half (1½) minutes; and when I say PRAISE the Lord! You shout HALLELUJAH; and you will begin to Prophesy to that Person. You will begin to call the Names of Jesus: He is the King of kings, He is the Lord of lords.
… So that is what you are going to do!
Are you ready to Shout Hallelujah? Now, this Hallelujah we are going to shout is what I call a “Shakekelistic Hallelujah”;
When you SHOUT it, if peradventure there is any Demon in your life; as you are shouting it, the Demons are Disappearing!
if peradventure there is any Sickness in your life; as you are shouting it, that sickness is Disappearing!
if peradventure there is anything hiding in your body, as you are shouting it, they are Disappearing!
So when I say PRAISE the Lord, you will SHAKE your body very well, and then you begin to SHOUT! and after shouting, you begin to mention the Names of Jesus.
Are you ready to shout? Somebody SHOUT HALLELUJAH – HALLELUJAH!!!!
He is the King of kings, the Lord of lords, the Healer, our Sustainer, our Light, our Help in Ages Past, our Hope for Years to come!
… Choir help me sing;
SONG:
E ho iho Ayo si Oluwa (Shout a shout of Joy to Go) Tori Oluwa ti o Tobi ni (Because He is a Big God) Titobi Re o ko la kawe o (His Greatness is incomparable) Kabiyesi O Baba (The King our Father)
(e ho!) – Sound
OPENING PRAYER
Apata Ayeraye (The Rock of Ages), Oba to ni gbogbo ipekun aye (The God that holds the whole Universe), Oba to ngbani (The God that saves), Oba to nla ni (The God that makes someone) Oba to n tu ni sile (The God that Delivers) Erujeje oko Farao (The Tormentor of King Pharaoh) Baba wa, Olorun wa (Our Father, Our God), Aseyiowu ti ki se ohun ibaje (The One that does as He pleases and don’t do bad things) Olorun gbogbo aye (The God of the whole Universe)
We Worship You, we Glorify You, we Celebrate You, we Honour You, we Bow before Your Presence, we Exalt Your Name!
We call You the Original Kabiyesi (King); we say You are Worthy of our Praises, You are Worthy to be Celebrated, You are Worthy to be Magnified, You are Worthy to be Lifted up. THANK You Heavenly Father!
Lord, let it not be my word: even as I share briefly tonight, SPEAK to Your People. Let there be Liberation, let Your Name be Glorified.
… And the Church of God will say? – AMEN!!!
Help me congratulate somebody and say: Welcome to Testimony!
You may be seated (if you want).
Now, before I proceed, I must acknowledge my Daddy and my Mummy in the Lord; for this great opportunity.
And I must say: Daddy and Mummy, I really appreciate you. May your days be long on Earth, in the Name of Jesus!
Even if people are not saying Amen: May your Glory continue to SHINE, Mummy and Daddy.
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.
God’s Word never falls to the ground. God’s word is too potent to go without fulfilling its purpose.
WHAT IS LIGHT?
1John1:5, Paul was talking and he said: “This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.”
… Somebody say: at all, AT ALL!
He said, GOD IS LIGHT; in Him there is no darkness AT ALL!
James 1:17 says: “ALL Good Gift and every Perfect Gift is from Above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”
That tells me straight, that the closest definition of Light; the best definition we can ever give to Light, as far as am concerned is: GOD IS LIGHT – Light is GOD!
For somebody who can say Amen very well (even on their seat) in every situation of your life, Light shall appear, in the Name Jesus – Amen!
What does the Bible mean: “LET THERE BE LIGHT?”
It means everything hidden must come to Manifestation. Everything anybody has done in the secret.
Isaiah 54:17 says: “No weapon that is formed against thee shall Prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in Judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.”
WHY? – Because when they were making the weapon, God was there! When they were planning it, God was there! The ingredients they used, God saw it – so in everything they were planning, God was THERE!
And so the Bible says: “No weapon that is formed against thee shall Prosper;” Because God knows the secret, the DEEP things of the world (Daniel 2:22).
Now you must begin to understand that whoever is doing anything in darkness (in the secret), because God knows everything; before this Month is over, their SECRETS will be OUT – Amen!
EH! Somebody did not get me. I said: before this Month is over, their SECRETS will be OUT – AMEN!!!!
So even if they manufactured the Weapon in India; even if they manufactured the Weapon in Uganda; even if they manufactured the Weapon in Ijebu Ode; whatever place they manufactured the Weapons;
… Help me look at your neighbour and say: “NO WEAPON!”
Whatever time they manufactured the Weapons; whatever Ingredients they used in manufacturing the Weapons, because Daniel 2:22 says:
“He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.”
So whatever that have been done in organizing the Weapon; look at your neighbour again and shout: Neighbour, “NO WEAPON!”
I tell you, the enemy is in deep trouble tonight – Amen!
So can I announce to you; whether it was done in your village, whether it was done in the water; whether it was orchestrated even underneath the earth:
Let someone who can jump up on their feet and shout Hallelujah (as if they believe it); I Prophesy to your life, I Prophesy to your home – every Weapon fashioned against you, they shall FAIL, in the Name of JESUS – Amen!
… Look at your neighbour again and say: “NO WEAPON!”
So when the Bible says: LET THERE BE LIGHT; WHAT WAS IT SAYING?
… LIGHT is a very Special Thing!
It is saying, Let Something SPECIAL HAPPEN.
Now, I don’t know what Special thing you want to happen in your life; because we are serving a Special God, who dwells in Light, and He has said; “Let there be Light!”
… And He has DEMONSTRATED it from His words.
So I have come to say to you, whatever you are trusting God for; Luke 1:37 says: “For with God nothing shall be impossible.”
… So God is the One that turns impossibility around!
So for somebody who can say Amen (on their seat), every Special thing you are trusting God for, Receive NOW, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
Because Light is Special, and you are in Christ; the Bible says: “In Him we live, in Him we move and in Him we have our being.”
So it also means we are Special. Therefore, I have come to give you a New Name. Your new name is now GSB – God’s Special Baby.
Zechariah 2:8, it says: “You are the apple of God’s eye” – you are Special to God, you are Unique to God; you are not like any other person!
… Look at your neighbour and say: “I AM SPECIAL” you know!
So when God said: “Let there be Light”; what was Her saying?
He is saying – Let something Special Happen!
… And you are a very Special Person!
2. Very quickly, when God said “Let there be Light”, He is saying: I have come to ENDOW your life.
… I have come to DECORATE your life!
And that is why this evening, I am going to give you a New Name.
… This is not a Political Party – it’s not PDP, it’s not APC.
I call it SEB!
Look at your neighbour and say SEB – Specially Endowed Beauty!
Psalms 139:14, it says: “I will Praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.”
So when God is saying: Let there be Light, He is saying: Let there be Special Endowment!
Come on! Everyone who looks at you and say you are ugly is challenging God: which one have they created?
My Yoruba Teacher (in those days) told us a story. And he said, God (Olodumare) had a deputy, they called him Orisha Nla (The great small god).
He said Olisha Nla (The great small god) was in charge of moulding People.
And so Orisha Nla (The great small god) had the responsibility of moulding People.
So Orisha Nla (The great small god) will put some People in the oven. And after a while, because he was always drinking. He will quickly go and remove it. At times he would forget and sleep off.
By the time he removed it, they would have turned ‘Black’. He said that is why some People are Black!
And so growing up, I was taught the Word of God. I knew the Word of God. But the Yoruba Teacher’s word kept ringing in my ear. So whenever I saw Black people, I will say; “Ah! Orisha Nla (The great small god)!
But then I came across Psalms 139:14 – “I will Praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:”
… I was created by the LIGHT OF GOD!
And the Bible says: “And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not” (John 1:5 ).
So help me look at your neighbour and say: “You are Specially Endowed with the Beauty of God!” So you are a Specially Endowed Beauty!
… I thought you are going to Celebrate Jesus!
3. So when God said: Let there be Light, He is saying: “Let there be Manifestation in the Glory I have instituted in the life of man.”
What does that mean?
Romans 8:11 says: “But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”
Now listen very well; “Light is needed by Green Plants to manufacture their food”.
My Biology Teacher (way back then) taught me, he said: “Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants….
… I thought somebody was going to be reciting with me. Oh! You didn’t have Biology Teacher (laughs)?
He said: “Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants Manufacture their own food”.
And then we talked about Light!
So for there to be Manifestation of God’s Glory in human life also, you need LIGHT.
Turn to your neighbour also and say, you need Light!
If green plants understand the fact that they need Light, how much more you.
… Somebody say: I NEED LIGHT!
So according to Roman 8:11 (quoted above), what Light does is that it Energizes!
So am going to give you another name this evening. And that is because the Light of God Energizes!
It is called EKF – Energized Kinetic Force.
When Light comes, a Potential Energy is turned to a Kinetic Energy.
The Bible says the Hand of the Lord was upon Elijah, and he outran a man that was on a horse!
Can I Prophesy quickly to twenty (20) people; as you shout Amen with Fire three (3) times; Let the Fire of God Ignite and Energize your life, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
So you are not only GSB – God’s Special Baby; SEB – Specially Endowed Baby. You are also EKF – Energized Kinetic Force. Come on, Celebrate!
4. Let there be Light is saying: “Let GRACE come into Manifestation.”
Titus 2:11, it says: “For the GRACE of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,”
Because you carry Grace, let me give you your No. 4 name quickly; you are what I call GIG – God’s Investment of Grace.
1 Peter 5:10 says: “But the God of all Grace, who hath called us unto his eternal Glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you Perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”
So when God is saying, Let there be Light, He is saying: there is going to be Perfection, there is going to be Establishment, there is going to be Strengthening and there is going to be Settlement!
Help me announce to your neighbour, and say: My Time of Divine Settlement is NOW!
… LIFT your hands, even as you are seated;
As I stand on this Holy Altar, EVERYTHING threatening your body, threatening your soul, threatening any part of your body; whatever ailment or problem it may be called – it doesn’t matter how long;
… For somebody who can say Amen three (3) times with Fire;
I challenge it and I decree, every sickness OUT, in the Name of Jesus – Amen! The devil is a big loser.
That blind man, after Jesus touched and asked him, What do you see? He said, “I see men walking as trees”.
There are some People here, your Vision is not clear. I decree, because the Bible tells us, Jesus took him to the gate of the City and gave him a second (2nd) touch.
… Some People here, what you need is God’s second touch.
I decree, the second touch you need, receive it NOW, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
As I CLOSE; WHAT DOES LIGHT BRING?
Listen, 1 Peter 2:9 says: “But ye are a chosen Generation, a Royal Priesthood, an Holy Nation, a Peculiar People; that ye should shew forth the Praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:”
One day I was asking some of our Congregation: I said: How do you call a man who has one Title?
If a King confers a Title in a man, what will they start calling him? – CHIEF! Right?
What of if he gets double Titles, what do you call him? – DOUBLE CHIEF!, what of three (3) Titles, what will you call that man? – HIGH CHIEF!
What if he gets four (4) Titles? There is no Name!
Now listen to what God says, He gave you FOUR (4) TITLES. And the four (4) Titles are with MANTLES.
He calls you PRAC:
Peculiar Person.
Royal Priest.
A Holy Nation.
Chosen Generation!
So when Daddy GO asked us to address ourselves as “His Excellency”, Daddy was on Point!
So help me to address your neighbour – Your Excellency Sir and Ma’am!
… Come on, Celebrate Jesus!
Can you stand on your feet quickly?
We are Praying now. Shall we stand? God bless you!
Holy Spirit we Worship You. Thank You for Your Words tonight. Thank You for Your Words!
Light is coming (repeatedly), I see that PAIN disappearing. – It is gone now!
Check it. Thank You Holy Spirit.
The occasion for the Demotion of Vashti was the same occasion for the Promotion of Esther!
Lift your two (2) hands to God and say; My Father, my FATHER!
… somebody is not shouting with annoyance!
Say my Father, my FATHER! By the reason of the occasion of tonight; Let there be Promotion, Let there be Celebration, Let there be Testimony, Let there be Joy, Let there be Elevation.
… Lift your voice and cry to God, quickly.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
I am going to ask you to shout one more Hallelujah. But before you shout the final Hallelujah; I just feel within my spirit to give you one more name.
Like I said, I am not a Politician, I have never applied to be a Politician.
I call it GGP – God’s Good Project.
Genesis 1:31, it says: “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”
So you are God’s Good Project. Help me look at your neighbour again and say: you are God’s Good Project!
Excuse me Sir, Oh! I feel so strong to release one more!
Philippians 1:6, it says: “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:”
You are GUP – God’s Unabandoned Project.
God will not abandon you – Amen
Finally, you will be ready to shout three (3) Hallelujah. Anywhere I minister, I make them to shout these three (3) Hallelujah.
1.It’s called “Jumpopolistic Hallelujah” – as you are shouting it you will be jumping up.
Are you ready to shout?
… Somebody SHOUT HALLELUJAH – HALLELUJAH!
2.It is what I call a “Rababalistic Hallelujah” – as you shout the Hallelujah, you will be Rababa (Turning) before God.
Are you ready to shout?
. . Somebody SHOUT HALLELUJAH – HALLELUJAH!!
3.The third (3rd) one is what I call a “Shakekelistic Hallelujah” – where did I derive this Hallelujah from?
They thought Apostle Paul was going to die, when a snake came out of nowhere and surrounded his hand. But something interesting happened – He SHOOK the beast into the Fire!
If there is anything inside your life, as you are shouting this Hallelujah, wherever it started from, there will be an end Amen.
So tell your neighbour – give me space, give me SPACE!
So as you are shouting the Hallelujah, you will SHAKE your body very well.
. . Somebody SHOUT HALLELUJAH + HALLELUJAH!!
Thank you so much for staying all through to read.
To read other Messages on the Coverage of DMC MediaCrew so far this Year and beyond; kindly visit our Website: http://discoverymediacrew.com.
Follow us on Twitter: @discoverymediac
Send a Friend Request on Facebook to DMC MediaCrew.
Like our FB Page: Discovery Media
Join us on WhatsApp:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/E9Z2KuRj5AAFxNrvbC936l
Join us on Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/NzzPckuGazKYFxZZFkt9fg
Follow Us on Instagram: Discoverymediacrew
Watch and Follow Us on YouTube: Discovery Media Crew
For Enquiries, 📧 Us on: info@discoverymediacrew.com
And I can assure you that you will be glad you did as it will avail you first hand access to comprehensive reports on the various Messages of Pastor E.A Adeboye and other Men of God!
It is outrightly wrong and a sin we frowned at it for anyone to consciously remove the original source of the work that does not emanate for him or her!
Discovery Media Crew … Reaching out to the World through the Power of the Gospel!!!
COMPILATIONS BY:
MOSES DURODOLA, TITILAYOMI AJAYI AND TOPE BABALOLA
(SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO G.O RCCG, CSR, PASTOR IN CHARGE REGION 20 AND RCCG CITY OF DAVID PARISH)
DATE: 5TH JANUARY, 2020
Praise the Lord – Praise the Name of the Lord.
Can we clap for Jesus – Hallelujah!
SONG
Oh Lord my God How Excellent is Your Name In all the Earth How Excellent is Your Name
Ka to da aye (Before we created the world) Leyin ti wa (You have been in existence) Ka to da orun (Before we created the Heavens) Leyin ti joba (You have been a King) Olorun Baba, Olorun Omo, Olorun Emi Mimo (God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit)
Oh Lord my God How Excellent is Your Name In all the Earth How Excellent is Your Name
OPENING PRAYER
Eternal Rock of Ages we bless Your Holy Name. King of Kings we adore You. Ancient of Days we bow before You. The Sovereign Lord we adore You. The One who is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End we adore You.
We exalt Your Holy Name, we bless Your Holy Name. We Magnify Your Holy Name King of Glory – Our gathering is unto You.
Father, we Pray that in the few minutes, You show up, You speak to us, You encourage us, You bless us, You deliver us, You heal us, Transform our lives for the better.
At the end of this Ministrations, Father we Pray that everyone of us will have our Personal Testimonies and Your Name will be Glorified.
Take all the Glory Lord, take all the Honour Lord.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Praise the Name of the Lord – Hallelujah!
Let us clap for Jesus – Hallelujah!
Please be seated.
SALUTATIONS
I salute the first family of Lagos State – Our Governor, Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu (BOS) and our First Lady and the lovely sweetheart of our Governor and his Choco Milo – Dr (Mrs) Ibijoke Sanwoolu.
I salute also our Deputy Governor, Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat and his wife and sweetheart and Sugar Banana, Mrs Oluremi Hamzat.
I salute also, the Members of the Cabinet of the Lagos State Government: I salute the House of Assembly, all the Past Governors and their wives that are Present.
Our Lord Spiritual, Our Lord Temporal, the Lord Bishops that are here and the General Overseers of various Ministries and also to our Traditional Rulers.
I salute all Lagosians and Invited Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen.
I like to first say: Happy New Year and may this New Year be Full of Joy, be Full of Victories, be Full of Answered Prayers and the Fulfillment of Dreams, Prophesies and Visions in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen.
Apart from the fact that this Year is Year 2020, 21st Edition of Past Editions – Meaning that God will Perfect all that concerns you.
Also, this Year is a Leap Year and we remember the story in Acts Chapter 3 – Of the lame man after he was healed.
The Bible says that he started walking, leaping, jumping and Praising the Lord.
I Prophesied into your Life that this Year God will give you Miracles that will cause you to walk, to jump, to shoot Hallelujah and Praise the Lord in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
Praise the Name of the Lord – Hallelujah.
I bring you greetings from our father, the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church, Pastor E.A Adeboye and his lovely honey suku, Pastor (Mrs) Folu Adeboye; who are unavoidably absent and have sent me to represent them at this Thanksgiving Service.
My Prayer is that, that which the Lord has Prepared to do in your life, He will do in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
The Bible Text is taking from Psalms 50:23.
And the Amplified Version reads thus: He who offers Sacrifice of Praise and Thanksgiving honours Me and to him who orders his ways rightly I will show the Salvation of God.
The New Living Translation says: But Giving Thanks is a Sacrifice that truly honours Me. If you keep My Path I will reveal to you this Salvation of God.
May the Lord bless the reading and hearing of His Words in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
Over twenty (20) Years ago, a father and a son met over the affairs of Lagos State – They are both Visionaries and Dreamers.
The father had experienced God who sent him to the wilderness where there were wild animals, witches, wizards and a den of robbers outside Lagos State and He (God) said that he (father) should leave his Comfort Zone in Lagos State and go and dwell there because God Promised him that He was going to build him a City.
The son was duly saddled with the affairs of Lagos State. And he yearned to make Lagos State Number 1 in our Country – “A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE” and he wanted to leave a Sustainable Legacies.
Both of them knew that having served but no Vision makes them being blind – That being the function of the eyes which only perceives the things that were while Vision is a function of the Mind and see things as they could be.
The father knew that the Spiritual controls the Physical and he advice the son and said: Son, the only thing that could guaranteed the Sustainable Success of our State (Lagos State) was to Honour God with a Yearly Thanksgiving Service for the State on the first Sunday of the first Month of the Year.
Because the Bible says even though Paul plants and Apollo waters; it is only God that can giveh Increase.
The father is Pastor E.A Adeboye and the son is our Leader: Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu.
People of God, as our Governor said; this is how this Annual Thanksgiving Service was established.
And I thank God that it has been sustained by all successive Administrations of our Illustrious State.
The Bible says in Proverbs 22:28. It says: Remove not the Ancient Landmarks which thy fathers has set.
Some might be wondering why you are having a Thanksgiving Service at the beginning of the Year and not at the end of the Year after God had done Great and Mighty things?
It is more convenient for us to have it in December to thank God for all He has done in the last Year because you don’t throw a Party when you are just Matriculating in the University. You wait till when you have Graduated: When all things has been done well, when you have finished very well.
Well the reason why they choose to have it in January – At the beginning of the Year is not far fetch. They are just tapping from the Wisdom of the Heavens as seen in Luke 2: 13-14.
When Jesus Christ was born and the Angels came to bring the Good News to the Shepherds. The Bible said that suddenly a Host of Angels started Praising God saying; Glory to God in the Highest and on Earth Peace, God’s Will to all men.
And you might be asking: Why were they celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ? He came for a job, an assignment.
Will it not make sense for them to wait for Him to go to the Cross, die, go to Hell, deliver all the Captives and Rise Up on the third (3rd) Day?
That would have been the Perfect Time to celebrate because they could have said: Mission Accomplished.
But the Ways of Heaven are different from our Ways.
Philippians 1:6 says: Being confident of this very thing that He that has begun a Good Work in you will surely Perfect it in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
People of God, the Message Version of that Scripture (Philippians 1:6) says: There he never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this Great Work in you will keep at it and bring it to a Flourishing Finish in the Name of Jesus.
So, we are confident that because we have laid a Solid Foundation of Thanksgiving, Lagos State is established on God. And because what you see in Lagos is the work of God
We are confident that He that has begun these Great Works in this Year 2020 is more than able to Finish it and Perfect it in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
Praise the Name of the Lord – Hallelujah!
So, we don’t have to wait till the End of the Year – We are confident that God who is the Author will Finish it well in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
And I made bold to declare to our Governor and the Cabinet and all the Supporters of this Government that we will finish Well and we will finish Strong in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
Praise the Name of the Lord – Hallelujah!
Because if we start the Year on any endeavour by laying the Right Spiritual Foundations; it is given that the End will be Glorious because He that started it, will surely finish it in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
So, we are here to Thank God knowing that this Year will be Glorious in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
And He is telling us in Isaiah 3:10. He says: Say ye to the Righteous, it shall be well with him in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
Every crooked ways has been made straight.
The Bible says in Isaiah 46:10 – The Amplified Version, it says: We have a God who declares the end results from the beginning.
God knows how this Year will end. And I know that it will end Gloriously in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
Praise the Name of the Lord – Hallelujah!
Our God is in Control of our State and at the end of it all, we will Testify in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
Imagine, People came to your house to watch a Football Match between Manchester United and Enugu Rangers.
And you the owner of the house you are telling them that I know that Enugu Rangers will beat Manchester United 4-0.
Of course, they will shout and say: What do you know? Don’t you know Manchester United? Don’t you know all the laurels that they have put in their hands?
But while they were jumping up during the game; you just sit down quietly, sipping your Coca Cola.
At the end of it all, low and behold Enugu Rangers gives Manchester United 4-0.
Your friends will be surprised. They will say how come you know? How come that you are cool and not jumping up? You are just sipping your Coke?
You will tell them: Well I have seen the Match before and it is a Replay.
I dare tell you that your Life is a Replay. All the things you want God to do for us is a Replay.
The Bible says in Psalms 139:16 – The NIT Version.
It says: You saw me before I was born and everyday of my Life has already been written in Your Book before I was born.
So, God is telling us that as long as you have put a Solid Foundation, all is well and there is nothing to be afraid and anxious about.
And all the Prayers that has been said here God has answered by Fire in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
So, tell your neighbour that it is well in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
And God is in Control in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
People of God, we need to understand that Thanksgiving is a “Master Key”
Psalms 100:4; the Message Version it says: Enter with Password Thank You; make yourself at home talking Praise. Thank Him, Worship Him.
Without a Password, you cannot have access to the Presence of God; you cannot have access to the Blessings of God; you cannot have access to Gates of Year 2020 or any Year.
That is why the wisdom of the Elders says that we need a Password so that the Gates of the Blessings of God, the Gates that contains the Vault of God and everything you want God to do for this Year.
… You need a Password to be able to open that Gate.
And the Bible says that the Password is Thanksgiving!
So, once you thank God first as you are doing; we are sure that every Gate, every Doors of Blessings will be opened in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
People of God, Psalms 50:23 says: When you Thank God, God is honoured and He is Glorified and He shows you His Salvation and Deliverance.
Once you thank God and you make Him Happy; you exalt His Name, Miracles, Signs and Wonders; Success in all our endeavours is sure to follow.
1 Samuel 2:30; God says Give and Honour, I will Honour.
The Bible says in 1 Thessalonians 5:18: In everything give Thanks for this is the Will of God concerning you.
Thanksgiving is the Password that opens the Vault containing all the Blessings of God for the New Year.
It moves God to act on our behalf and we have examples in the Scriptures where Thanksgiving open doors.
One of the hardest or greatest feat that Jesus Christ had to do – one of the Greatest Miracles that He did is in John 11: 41-42
He has raised People that has been recently dead – People that has been dead say for three (3) days but not four (4) days (it has not happened before).
Because on the forth (4th) Day, the doctors tells us that the body becomes blotted; the eyes are plucked out; worms has started eating the Person.
So, when Jesus Christ get to the tomb of Lazarus; what did He do?
He used the Password. He said: Father, I thank You that You have heard me.
And the only thing He did after that was to call upon the name of Lazarus and something unprecedented happened in Israel that day.
People of God, all the worms that had eaten Lazarus up they had to vomit.
I”m Prophesying into your Life that as we thank God today; everything that has limited your Progress, everything that has eaten up your Destiny today they must vomit in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
Praise the Name of the Lord – Hallelujah!
This 2nd example can be seen in John 6:2.
The Bible says that a great Multitude follow Jesus. And here they were hungry and He asked in Verse 9 that what do you have to give them?
They said five (5) loaves of bread and two (2) small fishes – We are talking of four thousand (4,000) or five thousand (5,000) People (we are talking of a Great Multitude).
And the Disciples said this is not enough. What can we do with these little?
The Natural thing is to start murmuring, but in Verse 11 He (Jesus) took what is not enough and gave Thanks and He distributed it.
At the end of it all, there are twelve (12) baskets left.
… What is not enough became More Than Enough!
I Prophesy into your Life that as we have used the Password today, that all the inadequacies in your Life, in our State will end in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
That God will bless you beyond your Expectations and He will give you Extra in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
That Lesson is what we have to Thank God for where you are: Stop murmuring, Thank God, Count Your Blessings and name them one by one and it will surprise you what God has done.
It is the oldest trick of Satan – God gave Adam and Eve all the trees in the field to eat but he make sure that they will focus on that one that He said don’t touch.
The enemies want to Magnify your Inadequacies but today he has failed in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
Another example is in Luke 17: 16-19.
You know the story: He healed some lepers – ten (10) lepers. But only one came back to say Thank You. And because that leper came back to say Thank You in Verse 16 of that Scripture; Jesus Christ pronounced Wholeness – He said: You are now Whole.
What does that mean?
All the nine (9) lepers are healed but they will still have patches. But this man that use the Password, that used the Master Key; when you see him: No traces of sickness, no traces of Poverty, no traces of failure.
And I Prophesied into your Life that as you use this Password of Thanksgiving God today; at the end of this Service no traces of sickness in your body, no traces of stagnation, no more failure in your lives, in the lives of your children in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
No more Stagnation and Poverty will be a thing of end and past in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
People of God, I like us to also refer to what happened to Paul and Silas in Acts 16; 25-26.
Pail and Silas, they were in Jail. They should be murmuring because they ate doing God’s Work, they haven’t done anything wrong and at midnight they started Praying and Singing Praises to God – Thanking God.
And the Bible says that the Prisoners heard them and suddenly there was a “Great Earthquake” so that the foundation of the Prison was shaken.
And immediately, all doors were opened and everyone bonds were loosed.
I Prophesy into your Life that as you begin to Thank God and Praise Him today; there will be an Earthquake that will swallow all the remaining enemies of our State in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
Everything that has bolted you, stagnated you, all the impossibilities of your Life; God will release you today in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
All those things that has limited you and limited our State will be flung open in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
Praise the Name of the Lord – Hallelujah!
People of God, our daddy Pastor E.A Adeboye shared a story with us of his mother.
He said that his father was very Poor indeed that for the first eighteen (18) Years of his Life; he never wore shoes.
He was such Poor that even the Poor People knew that his father was Poor. So, getting School fees was a tall order.
But his mother knew how to use the Password and anytime she goes to her husband (the father of our General Overseer) for School fees. She won’t come and say give me school fees; she will start thanking him, Praising him.
She will tell him that your father was a great hunter, he killed more Elephants than all his Peers – of course that was not so.
She will say: Ha, you are a Currency Controller_ you are the Chairman of many Companies. Look at all your landed Properties, it is greater than everyone else.
His father will be tapping his leg and say: O se (Thank You).
He will say continue because his head will be swelling. He is being Magnified because they are Thanking and Praising him.
At the end of it all; he will ask what do you want me to do for you.
She will Praise him again that when you go anywhere; everybody wants to be your friend.
After, the Praising of him; he will go into his closet and bring out the school fees for our father in the Lord.
People of God, when you Praise God; it Glorifies Him, it Honours Him, He loves it, He appreciates it and the Bible says in Isaiah 66:1 – It says that Heaven is His Throne and the Earth His Footstool.
As you have been Thanking and Praising God; I can imagine God sitting in Heaven and tapping His Foot.
And as He is tapping His Foot; all those that have build pits for us they will fall into it – Amen.
His Foot tapping will cause an Earthquake that will swallow all our enemies in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
And as you continue to Praise and Thank Him; His Head will begin to swell up, He is Magnified. He said that He created us to show forth His Praises.
… What He eats is Glory and Praise.
As you Praise Him, He said that He will show His Salvation.
That is why the Bible says: Suddenly He will arise.
The Bible says: Let God arise and let all His enemies be scattered.
I Prophesy into your Life that as we continue to use this Password in this State; not only will God be tapping His Feet, He will arise and all our enemies will be scattered never to regroup in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
Say Father, in the Name of Jesus Christ; arise for my course – Scatter all my enemies. Speak confusion into their midst. They will not be able to regroup in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
… So shall it be in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
No wonder our Governor refers to Psalms 34:1.
David said: I will bless the Lord at all times. His Praise shall continually be in my mouth.
In Good times, I will bless Him.
Its the Password that brings down the Presence of the Lord.
In sickness, in Health, in times of Joy, in times of Sorrow, in bad times and in Good times, in the Day and in the Night – I will be extravagant with my Praise.
It is an intentional thing that it really doesn’t matter what is going on in my life; I will make up my mind that I would bless the Name of the Lord.
Because once you bless the Lord, once you Thank God; it Glorifies Him and He shows you His Salvation and Deliverance.
My Prayer is that that will be our lifestyle from today in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
People of God; Thanksgiving is the Secret of the Success of this State (Lagos State).
You can see that Lagos State is Nigeria.
Our Contributions to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of this Nation is huge.
If anything happens to Lagos State, it happens to Nigeria.
Indeed in 2017; analysis has it that Lagos State is the fifth (5th) Largest City in Africa.
Lagos State is the “Center of Excellence” – It is Number one (1) in Nigeria.
…Thanksgiving is the Secret of the Success of Lagos State.
And we know that each successive Government has improved on the data.
From twenty (20) Years ago, every Governor has improved on the work of the former Governor because it is a “Spiritual Truisim”.
The Bible says that the Glory of the Latter House will always be Greater than the former!
I will like to tell our Visionary Governor that this Government will be the best yet in Lagos State in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
Because the Glory of the Latter House must always be Greater than that of the Former.
And as we look towards the “Horizon of Possibilities” and sail towards the Places others fear to go; we say that God has given you a “Divine Preview” of coming Attractions as expressed in the six (6) Pillars of our Developmental Agenda that you called THEMES – Traffic Management and Transportation, Health and Environmental, Education and Technology, Making Lagos State 21st Century State, Security and Governance.
It is Preview of what God has started to do – Potholes are being fixed and there are many other things happening in Lagos State.
And the Prayer that is in that Acronym called THEMES will be established through you and your Deputy Governor in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
So, we are saying: Continue to dream big, innovate, enlarge your Tents and limits. The God who has called you to a realm of Unlimited Potentials and Possibilities and the same God that has started with you will finish well with you in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.
People of God, maybe you are here and you don’t know what to Thank God for? I just want to give you a Statistics.
It is an old Statistics and am sure it has been improved on:
6,316 People died every hour.
We have been here for hours, so just calculate it – That is before Terrorism and others.
151,600 People died per day.
55,000,000 People died in a Year.
If you don’t have any reason to thank God for; thank God for the Mercy of God, for Preserving you even to see this Year because God said that I will have Mercy on whosoever I want to have Mercy on and Compassion on whosoever I want to have Compassion on.
… It is only the Living that can Praise the Lord.
SONG
Alaye ni o ma yin o (Only the Living will Praise You) Alaye ni o ma yin o (Only the Living will Praise You) Alaye ni o ma yin (Only the Living will Praise You) Alaye ni o ma yin o (Only the Living will Praise You) Bi emi ti se loni Oluwa (As am doing Today Lord).
As I end, we need to realised that God is a Holy God. His eyes cannot behold sin.
Isaiah 1:15 says that when you spread your hands up to Pray as a sinner; He says that I will hide my eyes from you. When you make many Prayers I cannot hear you because your hands are full of blood.
In Isaiah 3:10; it says: Say to the Righteous it shall be well with you.
But in Verse 11 it says: Say it to the sinner, it shall be ill with them.
ILL means calamily, death, destruction is their Portion – So try and change today. And you can’t use the Password.
The Bible says that He (God) is angry with the sinners everyday. Their Prayers are an abomination to Him (No Access to that God). Unless you surrender their lives to Jesus Christ, there cannot be a guarantee of a Glorious Ending.
As I end, I will tell you a story of a rich man and his son: This rich man is an Art Collector and has a lot of Masters – Very expensive Paintings and his son himself always go to the Gallery to go and appreciate these Paintings.
Then his son went to war as a Soldier in the America Army. After some time, he was killed and there was a friend that was with him.
He said that the last Wish of the son was that he should draw a picture of him and give it to his father.
That friend drew the picture of him holding a gun and he died and the friend took it to the father.
When the father learnt about the death, he stopped going to the Gallery; the only Picture he loved was that of his son.
And they called for an Auction that they wanted to Auction all the Great Works.
Of course the Place pack full of People that wants to buy.
Then the Auction said that the first (1st) Auction will be the Action of his son picture.
Nobody wanted that Painting – It was a Soldier that drew it but it was very dear to the heart of the old man.
So, they started calling 10,000 – Nobody put up hand; 5,000 – Nobody put up hand. When they get to 1,000; there was a boy that knew the boy and said well let me buy the Painting and keep it because it will remind me of his son.
They said: Going, Going – GONE!
They gave the Painting to him and then announced that the Auction is over.
Everybody shouted how? Why? How can the Auction be over? I came here for the big, big Paintings.
They said sorry, it is over because the Owner said that he that buys the son (takes the son) takes the other Paintings.
What are we saying here: He that accepts Jesus Christ as his or her Personal Lord and Saviour has access to all the Blessings that we are believing God for.
So, I want to encourage you tonight that please accept Jesus Christ as your Personal Lord and Saviour. He is the Only Way you can be have access to the Blessings of God.
There is no other Name given under Heaven that we can be saved.
Jesus Christ is the main issue.
The Entrance of Jesus Christ to the world has been recognized as the Turning Point of History – This is why our Calendar refers to AD and BC.
So, today is 2020 (AD) in the Year of our Lord.
B.C.” stands for the English phrase “Before Christ”.
While “A.D.” stands confusingly for a Latin phrase: anno domini (In the Year of the Lord — The Year Jesus was born) – So, don’t be fool on the main issues.
The Bible says in Habbakuk 2:14 – For the Earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the Glory of the LORD as water covers the sea.
ALTAR CALL
I want to make an appeal to you today that if you are a sinner; there is no guarantee that you will see the end of this Year. No matter the Prayers, you belong to Satan. But today, you can surrender to Jesus Christ.
As you can see the Governor and the wife Praising God so that the Gates can be opened and the Salvation, the Blessings, the Agenda can be established.
But if you are here, you don’t know Him (God) as your Personal Lord and Saviour; then no Prayer that you can Pray can get an answer. You will just become a Pawn in the hands of the enemies.
As all eyes are closed, you are here, you want to surrender your Life to Jesus Christ, you don’t know Jesus Christ as your Personal Lord and Saviour; if you die today – I Pray you won’t die, you are going to spend Eternity in Hell.
Even if you have lived to one hundred (100) Years, then is that compared to thousands of Years you will spend burning in Hell.
Jesus Christ came for sinners and He is making that appeal to you now.
So, if you are here, you want to accept Jesus Christ; just lift up your hands and the Usher will give you a Card.
Pastor Adeboye wants them (the Convert Card Details) and will Specially Pray on them.
As you received the Card and surrender your Life to Jesus Christ, your Life will never be the same again.
Now Repeat this after me: Lord Jesus I come to you right now. Your Words says all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God.
I’m a sinner, please forgive me my sins. I plead the Blood of Jesus to wash me clean of all my sins. Change my heart from disobedient heart to obedient heart. Save me with Your Holy Spirit.
I’m happy to obey you. Write my names in the Book of Life and grant me this Access ti the Blessings of God and I will live my Life for You all the days that I live on Earth.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
CLOSING PRAYERS
Heavenly Father we want to Thank You. We bless Your Holy Name, we give You all the Glory and Adoration.
We Thank You for speaking to us, we Thank You for Spiritual Foundations laid in this State that is working for us.
Father, we Pray that everyday of our lives, we will have cause to Thank You in Jesus Mighty Name.
Father, we Pray that the Door to your Kingdom will always be open once we Thank You. It will never be Access Denied in Jesus Mighty Name.
And all of us that are here; that by next Year Thanksgiving, we will be here with all our Testimonies.
Let it be well with our State, let it be well with our Governor, his wife, the Deputy Governor and his wife and all the Prayers that they have said here answer by Fire.
Let Your Name be Glorified. Let everything you have done be Permanent.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!!!
Thank you so much for staying all through to read.
To read other Messages on the Coverage of DMC MediaCrew so far this Year and beyond; kindly visit our Website: http://discoverymediacrew.com.
Follow us on Twitter: @discoverymediac
Send a Friend Request on Facebook to DMC MediaCrew.
Like our FB Page: Discovery Media
Join us on WhatsApp:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/E9Z2KuRj5AAFxNrvbC936l
Join us on Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/NzzPckuGazKYFxZZFkt9fg
Follow Us on Instagram: Discoverymediacrew
Watch and Follow Us on YouTube: Discovery Media Crew
For Enquiries, email Us on: info@discoverymediacrew.com
And I can assure you that you will be glad you did as it will avail you first hand access to comprehensive reports on the various Messages of Pastor E.A Adeboye and other Men of God!
It is outrightly wrong and a sin we frowned at it for anyone to consciously remove the original source of the work that does not emanate for him or her!
Discovery Media Crew … Reaching out to the World through the Power of the Gospel!!!
COMPILATIONS BY:
MOSES DURODOLA, TITILAYOMI AJAYI AND TOPE BABALOLA
1.Well, let’s lift our hands to the Most High God and begin to Bless His Holy Name: Let’s give God Glory, let’s give Him Honour, let’s give Him Adoration, for bringing us into the New Year, and bringing us here for a Divine Encounter with Him.
Let’s Bless His Holy Name. Let’s give Him Glory, let’s give Him Adoration. Blessed be Your Name Oh Lord! Thank You (3ce) Father! Glory be to Your Holy Name. Thank You Lord!
… In Jesus’ Mighty Name we Worship – Amen!
2. Now lift you voice to Him and say: Father, on this first Monday of a New Year; on this first Monday in a New Decade – let me have a VERY SPECIAL ENCOUNTER with You.
Go ahead, talk to the Almighty God: Lord this is the first Monday of a New Year, it’s the first Monday of a New Decade. Let me have a very, very SPECIAL ENCOUNTER with You today, Lord!
Thank You Father! Glory be to Your Holy Name, Lord. Because I know that this very first Monday You will give me a Very Special Encounter with You.
Thank You Almighty! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
SONG:
We give You all the Glory We give You Honour; We give You all the Glory We give You Honour (Amen!)
OPENING PRAYER
Alpha and Omega; we give You all the Glory. The Beginning and the Ending; we give You all the Honour. The One who can do ANYTHING; we Worship You today. The Source of ALL Blessing; we bow before You. Please, accept our Worship in Jesus’ Name.
On this first Monday of a New Year, the first Monday of a New Decade; Father, give us a Very SPECIAL DIVINE ENCOUNTER. An Encounter that will make ALL our need becomes very, very little in Your eyes – Lord give us that Encounter today, in Jesus’ Name.
Thank You Almighty God, in Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Let someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
Well, look for two (2) or three (3) people you have not see this Year yet, and say: “Happy New Year” to them.
Amen! And then you may please be seated.
LUKE 5:1-7;
1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.
This morning, I want you to lift your voice to God LOUD and CLEAR and say FATHER; let Your Light Shine on my FINANCES.
… Say it again – FATHER; let Your Light Shine on my FINANCES!
This is the story you know very, very well: Peter fished ALL NIGHT, caught nothing! Jesus came in – Preached, and asked him to LAUNCH into the DEEP.
… He did and he caught so much fish – he needed someone to help him carry them!
I have made that Prophecy before, am going to make it again today; that there is somebody here, one day when you are taking your money to the Bank you will need HELP – Amen!
I know it is difficult to believe; but I made that Prophecy before to one fellow several years ago – who was a very Poor Tailor. Who came to me and said – Daddy, I have no money, but I’m a good Tailor. You buy the cloth, and I will make your dress.
I said, okay my son! One day when you take your money to the Bank, the Bank Manager will call you and say: What kind of job are you doing?
He couldn’t believe it! But a day came, Nigeria was traveling for the Olympics and one way or the other, they chose him to sew the dress for everybody going.
When they paid him, and he took the money to the Bank; the Bank Manager called him and said: What kind of job do you say you are doing?
I decree today, on this first Monday of a New Decade, one day, when you take your money to the Bank, the Bank Manager will call you and say: What kind of job are you doing?
If you receive that, let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
You are going to be Praying quite a few PRAYERS this morning:
The first Prayer is based on the fact that when Jesus came to that water, there were two (2) Boats – and He chose the one that belonged to Peter.
… So that is going to be the Foundation for your First Prayer:
“GOD CHOOSE ME FOR ABUNDANT BREAKTHROUGH” – because there were two (2) Boats, and he chose one (1)!
And Matthew 22:14 says: “Many are called but few are chosen”.
Psalms 115:3 says: “Our God is in the Heavens, and He does as He? PLEASES!”
He is the One who decides who to choose.
When you cry to Him this morning that He would choose you, May He grant your request, in Jesus’ Name – Amen!
2. Your Prayer No. 2 (and I hope you are noting them down) – because I’m going to give you time to PRAY this morning. This day is very crucial!
It is that the one He chose became a VESSEL unto HONOUR;
He chose Peter’s boat – He used Peter’s Boat to Preach. No. 1 – That is. Enough! The Boat became a Vessel unto Honour.
But the Owner of the Boat himself is somebody we are all talking about today: He was an Ordinary Fisherman; everywhere you go in the world today, you hear of Peter’s Cathedral, Peter’s Basilica, Peter this, Peter that!
… Because Jesus CHOSE him, he became a Vessel unto Honour!
When you read Numbers 13:25-30; you would notice that when the spies that Moses sent out came back to report; the Bible tells us that ten (10) brought Bad report, two (2) brought Good reports;
… The two (2) were Caleb and Joshua!
If you read that section, it was Caleb who said to the people; let’s go up at once and we can take the land.
Joshua didn’t say a word that night.
Why? – Because Joshua was the one that Moses would send to go and fight! So he knew what was involved in fighting.
It was only in the second day, in Numbers 14:1-8 that Joshua now joined Caleb to say, Oh, let us go, we can take the land – Two (2) of them!
God preserved the two (2) of them (Caleb and Joshua), they got to the Promised Land.
But God CHOSE Joshua to become the Leader of the Nation Joshua 1:1-3.
Why Joshua?
Caleb Was The first one to say, Let’s go! Joshua kept quiet the first time – he didn’t join the ten (10), but he didn’t say a word the first night. He spoke only on the second night.
… But God decides who is going to be chosen!
Before you will even begin to Pray at all; Lift your voice to God and say FATHER; Chose me and Turn me to a Vessel unto Honour!
3. No. 3 Prayer Point: When finally Jesus finished the Preaching and said to Peter, “Launch into the Deep”, Peter said something:
“Only at Thy WORD will I do what You are asking me to do!”
Your Prayer No. 3 is going to be: LORD, let Your WORD be my GUIDE.
Why? – Because Psalms 119:23 says;
“Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.”
Jesus Christ says Pay your Tithes: If Your word oh God is going to be my Guide, I will Pay my Tithes.
In Proverbs 3:9-10, Your Word says am to Honour You with my First Fruit. If You say so, I will do so.
Because according to 1Samuel 2:30; if I Honour You, You will honour me in return.
… Let Your Word be my GUIDE!
4. But the Prayer No. 4 – the Biggest of them all, is that Jesus first of all said to Peter: “Launch into the Deep!”
What exactly does that mean – FINANCIALLY SPEAKING?
The Word of God says, he who sows sparingly will reap sparingly; he who sows Bountifully will reap Bountifully!
… BOUNTIFULLY is talking about the Deep!
Oh! There are a lot of Rich people in the world; few are Wealthy; fewer are Prosperous; very, very few are FLOURISHING.
Launch me into the deep; I don’t want to be ordinary or among those who are just Rich. I don’t want to be among those who are just Wealthy. I don’t want to be among those who are just Prosperous.
… I want to FLOURISH!
I will tell you a story, and I will release you to Pray.
It is a story you have heard before.
What happened?
How did God Launch me into the Deep? Because He has done it for me!
… And He is going to do it for you, in Jesus’ Name – Amen!
I told you that years ago, I went to America to attend Kenneth Hagin’s Camp Meeting (my first time), and they wanted to Raise Money for their Bible College
And a man got up and asked that his wife should join him. The wife joined him (they whispered). And then he asked for permission to speak, and they gave him the Microphone.
And he said to all of us – about seventeen thousand (17,000) People, he said: Brothers and Sisters, I beg you, give generously today.
He said, because everything all of you will give (the total of what everybody will give) that is what I WILL GIVE.
… We all thought, Ah! This man is in trouble now.
Those who didn’t want to give before, because we want to get him into trouble, we Gave!
When we finished giving, he said they should add everything – he wanted everything counted before we go.
They counted, everything came to three and half Million Dollar ($3,500,000.00).
We said,: ‘You are finished!’
They gave him the Microphone, he said: Brethren, is that all you can Do?
So I said, this man knows something that I don’t know. As soon as we finished the Service I went to him:
“Sir, what is your SECRET? Tell me, I want to know your secret; I want to be able to stand up one day among thousands of People, and say “EVERYTHING you give, that is what I will give!”
Oh! He said ‘SIMPLE’: He started a business with Five Hundred Dollars ($500) five (5) years ago. And he told God: “This is Your Business, not mine. I will keep 10%, You keep 90%. If You like Prosper the Business.
He said, my friend, five (5) years ago, I started with Five Hundred ($500) Dollar. Now, I have Turnover of Fifty (50) Million Dollars.
… He said: I know what am doing!
I am not saying I’m paying ninety percent (90%) yet – I will get there one day!
But from that day onward, I never paid ten percent (10%) anymore – because I want to Launch into the Deep!
I want to be where it will be possible for me to say: During the Convention; when everybody is gathered. I want to be able to stand up and say: All of you, today every Offering you give, let me have the TOTAL – so I can give the same.
… Launch me into the DEEP! – That will be your Prayer No. 4.
Prayer No. 1 – Choose me for Abundant Breakthrough;
Prayer No. 2 – Turn me to a Vessel unto Honour;
Prayer No. 3 – Let Your Word be my Guide;
Prayer No. 4 – Launch me into the Deep!
But how can you be asking Him to do great things for you when you have not accepted the ORIGINAL INVITATION?
The Original Invitation is: “Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest”.
That is the Original Invitation: “Surrender your life to Me, and I will take over your burden”. That is the Original Invitation.
Before you can ask Him to do bigger things; first of all accept the Original Invitation.
ALTAR CALL
So if you are here, and you want to give your life to Jesus Christ, you must RUN! Because the rest of us, we want to Pray – this is not a day for joking!
So if you want to come, you come very, very quickly.
I’m going to count only one (1) to five (5); if you are not already standing before me by the time I say five (5) – the rest of us would continue. Then the choice is yours.
… Am counting now!
Okay! Those of you who have come forward and those of you who might still be on the way, talk to Jesus Christ. Tell Him – I have come to accept Your Invitation; save my soul, and am Yours forever. Forgive my sins, and I will serve You for the rest of my life.
… Go ahead, talk to the Almighty God!
And the rest of us, let us stretch our hands towards these People and intercede for them. And Pray that the One who saved our souls would save their own souls also!
Let us talk to the Almighty God for them; that God will forgive them, that His Blood will wash away their sins. That He would give them a Brand New Beginning. That He would accept them into the Family of God. Please intercede for them!
Anyone else who wants to come? Hurry up, because I want to Pray for Salvation now.
Thank You Father! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
PRAYER FOR SALVATION
Saviour, I want to Bless Your Holy Name for Your Word. I want to Thank You for these People that have come forward to surrender their lives to You.
Please, receive them in Jesus’ Name; have Mercy on them, in Jesus’ Name!
Let Your Blood wash away their sins; save their souls, write their names in the “Book of Life”; receive them into the Family of God, Oh Lord!
And from now on anytime they call on You, please answer them by FIRE!
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Now I want to rejoice with those of you who have come forward; because from now on (by the Grace of God) I will be Praying for you.
So I will need your name, address and Prayer request.
If you turn to your left, you will see a man there with a Placard; follow him, he will take you to where some Pastors are waiting. They will collect the information that I need, and then they will bring you back very quickly.
God Bless you! You can begin to go now!
Let us begin to give the Lord a very big round of applause. Remember, it is Jesus you are clapping for!
Thank You Father (2ce). Amen!
Now, remember that whatever happens this Year will determine what will happen in the next ten (10) Years.
Whatever happens this Monday will determine what will happen in all the other Mondays – for the next ten (10) years.
So Pray this Prayer as if your very life depends on it.
Stand on your feet and shout a very BIG HALLELUJAH to God – HALLELUJAH!
PRAYER POINTS
Lift you voice to the Almighty God and say Father; Choose me!
Open your mouth and Pray now: You chose Peter, You chose Joshua, You chose Samuel. Almighty God please choose me.
You chose David – Jesse had many children, You chose David. David had many children, You chose Solomon. Choose me Lord! I know “many are called, but few are chosen.” Almighty God choose me!
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
2. Then you lift your voice to Him and say Father; Turn me to a Mighty Vessel unto Honour.
Go ahead, talk to the Almighty God; Turn me to a Mighty Vessel unto Honour. We are talking about Peter now – more than two (2) thousand Years after he died. Lord turn me to a Mighty Vessel unto Honour (2ce).
A very Mighty Vessel unto Honour! That is what I want to be. I want to be a very Mighty Vessel unto Honour to You Lord, to my family, in Your Church and all over the world! Make me a Mighty Vessel unto Honour Lord.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
3. And then you say Father; Your Word is Light, let Your Word be my Guide.
Go ahead, talk to the Almighty God: Your Word is Light, let Your Word be my Guide. Whatever Your Word says to do, let me be able to do it! Let Your Word be my Guide. Let me be able to do what Your Word says I should do;
When Your Word says “GIVE” let me be able to give. When Your Word says “Pay your Tithe”, let me be able to pay my Tithes. When Your Word says “Honour me with your First Fruit”; let me do whatever Your Word says Lord. Let Your Word be my Guide (3ce)! Throughout this Decade, let Your Word be my GUIDE.
Thank You Father! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
4. And then with all your heart say Father; LAUNCH me into the DEEP.
Go ahead, talk to the Almighty God: Launch me into the Deep. I don’t want to be Ordinarily Rich. I don’t want to be just Wealthy. Oh Lord God Almighty, I don’t want to be Just Prosperous. I want to FLOURISH. Launch me into the Deep!
Thank You Father! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
While we still remain in an attitude of Prayer, let us take our Offering. Let it be the offering that will show God that we are beginning to move into the Deep.
Very quickly, let’s give our offering: make it bigger than you have ever given – to show God, Yes, you are ready to be Launched into the Deep.
And then Lift it up to the Almighty God and cry loud and clear: Father, send Your LIGHT into my FINANCES.
Open your mouth and cry unto Him: Send Your Light Lord! Let there be Light in my Finances. Bring my Finances out of Darkness, so that very soon, the whole world will hear about me – Financially speaking. Let Your Light Shine into my Finances!
Thank You Father! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
… And so shall it be, in Jesus’ Name – Amen!
With Joy in your heart; because God loves a Cheerful Giver – let us Dance to the nearest Basket and drop our Offering, before we Pray.
… Over to you band!
SPECIAL DIVINE ENCOUNTER PRAYER.
Now, there are some People who wrote Letters, asking for SPECIAL PRAYERS. And we said: if they come to Divine Encounter, we would Pray for them.
If you are one of such People, come forward now so that we can Pray for you.
As a matter of fact, I think all of us need SPECIAL PRAYERS today.
… Eh! So all of you come forward!
So go ahead and spend two (2) minutes; telling God what you want Him to do for you SPECIALLY, this Year.
Tell Him, tell Him what you want Him to do for you. Go ahead, talk to Him about it.
Thank You Father! And let us begin to bring our Prayers to a close.
… In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
CLOSING PRAYERS / DECREES
In the NAME that is above every other names; that NAME that ANSWERS PRAYERS: God will CHOOSE you for BREAKTHROUGH!
He will TURN everyone of you to VESSELS unto HONOUR!
God will PROSPER you so MIGHTILY that the world will hear about you!
Beginning from right now; God will LAUNCH you into the DEEP!
Very soon, in God’s own Miraculous Way; you will be so PROSPEROUS that you will single handedly BUILD Auditoriums for God!
All the REQUESTS of your heart, before the end of this Month; shall become TESTIMONIES!
You will NEVER Lack again; you will NEVER borrow again; you will be LENDING to Nations.
It shall be WELL with you!
And you will not Spend on Sickness; you will not spend for the Devil. You will ONLY SPEND for GOD. And you will have MORE THAN SUFFICIENT.
… So shall it BE!
And God will BLESS your offering; He will Sanctify it; He will use it for His GLORY.
In this very Year, You will have a hundred (100) fold RETURNS!
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have PRAYED – AMEN!
If you receive it, SHOUT A BIG HALLELUJAH –
HALLELUJAH!!!!
Thank you so much for staying all through to read.
To read other Messages on the Coverage of DMC MediaCrew so far this Year and beyond; kindly visit our Website: http://discoverymediacrew.com.
Follow us on Twitter: @discoverymediac
Send a Friend Request on Facebook to DMC MediaCrew.
Like our FB Page: Discovery Media
Join us on WhatsApp:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/E9Z2KuRj5AAFxNrvbC936l
Join us on Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/NzzPckuGazKYFxZZFkt9fg
Follow Us on Instagram: Discoverymediacrew
Watch and Follow Us on YouTube: Discovery Media Crew
For Enquiries, email Us on: info@discoverymediacrew.com
And I can assure you that you will be glad you did as it will avail you first hand access to comprehensive reports on the various Messages of Pastor E.A Adeboye and other Men of God!
It is outrightly wrong and a sin we frowned at it for anyone to consciously remove the original source of the work that does not emanate for him or her!
Discovery Media Crew … Reaching out to the World through the Power of the Gospel!!!
COMPILATIONS BY:
MOSES DURODOLA, TITILAYOMI AJAYI AND TOPE BABALOLA
I once told you the Testimony of one of our Sister. She had “Cancer of the Voice Box”.
The ” Voice Box” is what we used to speak.
Then the doctors said that there is only one way to spare her life – That is by cutting away the “Voice Box” and that is what you used to speak.
So, they performed the operation at The University Teaching Hospital (UCH) Ibadan (Affiliated to the Premier University of Ibadan in Oyo State Nigeria).
Very difficult decision but it has to be taken.
I went there and Prayed with her on the Hospital bed and I told her that I have a God who can reverse the irreversible.
For once a while, when she wants to speak or communicate; she will write or send a text.
Then one day I travelled and I came back. As I was coming out of the car, I saw a woman rolling on the floor. I turned to look at her and she said: Ha, it is me daddy – I can speak again.
Your own “Voice Box” is still there. Will you open your mouth and Praise the Almighty God? Will you give Him Glory and Adoration and Praise the King of Kings and bless the Lord of Lords and bless the Unchangeable Changer?
Will you give Him Glory, will you give Him Honour, will you give Him Adoration because you can speak – Your “Voice Box” is there?
The Lord God Almighty has made it possible in His Infinite Mercy to be able to speak again – Glorify His Holy Name.
Go ahead, Praise Him today – We are here to Praise the Almighty God. We are thanking Him for everything He has ever done for us particularly throughout last Year.
Give Him Glory, give Him Honour, give Him Adoration. Bless the Ancient of Days and the King of Kings. He is worthy to be Praised, He is worthy to be Adored, He is worthy to be Magnified.
Thank You Lord. Blessed be Your Holy Name. Thank You Ancient of Days – We give You Glory, we give You Honour, we give You Adoration.
Thank You, we just want to say Thank You – Thank You Lord, Thank You Father – In Jesus Mighty Name we worshipped – Amen.
SONG
We give You all the Glory
We give You Honour
We give You all the Glory
We give You Honour (Jesus)
Repeat…
OPENING PRAYER.
The Ancient of Days we give You the Glory; Alpha and Omega, we give You Honour; Our Saviour, our Healer, our Provider, our Defender, our Promoter, our Hope of Glory, our All in All – We give You All the Glory. Please accept our worship in Jesus Name.
Thank You for Year 2019; thank You that inspite of everything that the devil Planned, we survived it. Thank You that we are here again this Year. Please accept our worship in Jesus Name.
My Father and my God, we are here just to say Thank You today and we know that if we thank You enough, You will do Greater Things. The Grace to be Grateful like never before; Father please give us.
The ability Lord God Almighty to Sing, to Praise, to Dance, to Glorify Your Name please don’t take it away from us.
And all those People who may be listening to us all over the world or reading now even from all the Social Media Handles of DMC; please Lord even before we finished this Service or reading the Full Text of the Message; open their mouths.
And those who cannot hear, please open their ears. Those who cannot see, open their eyes. Those the doctors said there is “Nothing More” they can do for them; Please Lord today reverse the irreversible.
As we Praise You today (And by Extension all throughout Year 2020); “Fearful Blessings” Father pour it upon us.
And to our children who has been Faithful throughout Last Year in the Payment of their Tithe and the Giving of their Offerings; this Year (2020) embarrass them with Your Blessings.
Rebuke devourers for their sakes.
Let this Year be a “Year of Success” for them.
Thank You my Father and my God.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Let somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah
Happy New Year to everyone of you!
BIBLE TEXT: PSALMS 34: 1-4
I will bless the LORD at all times; His Praise shall continually be in my mouth.
My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
O Magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His Name together.
I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
If God had ever heard your Prayers shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
… WHY SHOULD WE THANK GOD?
1. Reason Number 1 is because God commands it.
1 Thessalonians 5:18; it says: In everything give Thanks because this is the Will of God concerning you.
In Colossians 3:17; the Bible says: Whatever you do in words or deeds do it in the Name of Jesus Christ Giving Thanks.
… Whatever you do, Give Thanks!
A. If you are eating give Thanks – Why?
I. There are those who wants to eat and they have nothing to eat.
II. There are those that can eat a lot but sickness won’t allow them to eat it.
III. And I’m sure that you have heard of those who died on the Dining Table before.
In case you don’t know, I can give you several examples that sat down to eat, took one morsel and got choked to death.
You have been eating throughout last Year (2019); you didn’t choked, the food went down correctly
IV. And like I said to those of us who are in the Holy Ghost Service; that there are some of us we don’t have money but we can eat.
… If you are one of such People; will you shout Hallelujah with me? – Hallelujah!
I have a friend, one of the richest People Nigeria had ever known.
By the time he died; he had two hundred and fify six Million Dollars ($256,000,000) in Australia, not to talk of America – In far away Australia, $256,000,00.
The only food he could eat was Milk despite all that money.
I don’t have $256,000,000 anywhere but don’t believed those who says Pastor Adeboye doesn’t eat. If you want to see what Pastor Adeboye could do: Invite me to your house for lunch and make sure that there is plenty of Pounded Yam, plenty of Chicken, of fish and right there in your sitting room – You don’t have to go to any Church; you will see the Glory of God right there.
Those of you who can eat anything let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
B. That you can sleep, you should Thank God for that.
Whether you believed it or not; there are People who has plenty money, who have Beautiful Houses that they can’t sleep.
I have told you the story of a man who has fourteen (14) houses in Ibadan (Oyo State – Nigeria); came to me and say: Sir. I was told that if you Pray for me, I will be able to sleep because he has not been able to sleep for Years.
He said: Pray for me so that I can sleep and you can take all the fourteen (14) houses.
I say Jesus will heal you but I don’t want those fourteen (14) houses because I want to be able to sleep.
There are some of us who can sleep standing.
Anybody like that here? Let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
In everything you do; God commands that you should Give Thanks.
And then in Philippians 4: 6-7; He says: Be careful for nothing (Meaning don’t worry) but in all things; with Prayers and Supplications plus Thanksgiving, you just make your request known to God.
Everyone who knows how to say Thank You will get their Prayers Answered – That is what God said.
2. Reason Number 2 is that you have Good Reasons on your own as an Individual to Give Thanks.
I. One of the reason is that you are still breathing.
Psalms 150:6 says: Let all things that has breadth Praise the Lord.
As long as you are still breathing, they can’t bury you.
I told you the story of one man who went for Festival of Life in Abuja from Kaduna. And they are coming back and had an accident. And he was in a Coma for a long time but he was still breathing.
He happened to be a Christian, once a while he will come to the surface and shout Jesus and then go back into coma.
And then after a long while; again he will come back again and shout Jesus.
And the People saw him, this fellow has been in coma for a long time but because he is still breathing; they couldn’t bury him.
Then one day he shouted Jesus and then open his eyes.
Everyone of you that People thought there is no Hope; this Year, God will surprise them – Amen.
Because the Bible says that as long as you are still alive; there is Hope for you.
Ecclesiastes 9:4 says even a living dog is better than a dead lion.
If they call you a dog and you are still alive – say Thank You very much. I agree that I’m a dog but I’m still alive.
Because when there is Life, there is Hope.
And then when you read Genesis 18: 1-14, you will discover that as long as you are still alive, a day may come when the Almighty God will change Prophesies to a Decree.
For twenty five (25) Years, God was Promising Abraham and Sarah that you will have children. Then a Year came when God paid them a Visit and He didn’t say one day you will have a child; He said, nine (9) Months from now the child will come.
He changed all the Prophesies to a Decree.
And I’m standing on this Altar to say that: Every Prophesies that you have received up till this moment, this day; they will become a Decree – Amen.
Because when you read Isaiah 61: 1-3; the Bible talked about a Year – It called it The Acceptable Year of the Lord.
When I read that Passage and I was wondering what exactly does that mean?
The Lord showed me for the woman with the issue of Blood in Mark 5: 25-34; you know the story: Her Acceptable Year came after twelve (12) Years.
In Luke 13: 11-17; for the woman who was bent double: Her Acceptable Year came after eighteen (18) Years.
In John 5: 2-9; for the man who was by the Pool of Bethesda: His Acceptable Year came after thirty eight (38) Years.
For the man in John 9: 1-7 – The man who was born blind: His Acceptable Year came after forty (40) Years.
For every man, there is an Acceptable Year.
I have a feeling deep within me that this might be the Acceptable Year for somebody – Amen.
3. Why should I thank God – Number 3 is because of Divine Mercy..
Lamentation 3: 22-23 says: It is of the Mercy of the Lord that we are not consumed. He renewed His Mercy everyday, every morning.
He will look at us and said: I will be Merciful for another day – That is why we are still surviving.
It will interest you to know according to Romans 9: 15-18 that it is not everybody who got the Mercy.
He said: I will show Mercy for whom I will show Mercy.
I just happened to be one of them – Same as the entire DMC Family Members.
Is there anybody here who has received Mercy from the Lord? – Yes, The DMC Members.
I was telling my wife the other day and said that there are Songs that comes directly from God.
And do you know one of such Songs:
Modupe mo ri Anu gba (I give thanks that I obtained Mercy) Modupe mo ri Anu gba (I give thanks that I obtained Mercy) Tori ki se gbogbo eniyan lori Anu gba (Because it is not everybody that obtains Mercy).
… If you have ever received the Mercy from the Lord let Him hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
THEN. WHY MUST I THANK GOD FOR HIS MERCY?
Because in that Romans 9: 1-18; it tells us that it is not of his Will nor of him that runs but it is of the Lord that shows Mercy.
It is not of him that is able, it is not because of your ability, your wisdom, your connections; it is just because of thee Mercy of God that you are where you are.
Each time I read that Passage, I always remember an incident that happened when am at the University of Nigeria Nsukka way back in the 1960s – I think this one was in 1965.
There was this girl in our Team – in the University Team; she was the fastest thing alive at that time. I mean she can run.
So, when we are leaving Nsukka (University of Nigeria) for Ibadan (University of Ibadan) for the first Nigeria University Games and we are already counting Medals – For this girl, we will get Gold no doubt about that.
But we came to Ibadan and it was time to run: On your mark, Set, Go.
Immediately, she was gone. I mean in those days it was one hundred (100) Yards. Not long we began to use metres.
Within a short period of time; she has left others behind with a gap of about ten (10) Yards.
And then just about another ten (10) Yards to the Finishing Line; she fell, got up and fell; she got up again and fell. And then she began to crawl towards the Finishing Line.
In the meantime, the Person that should have been 2nd came 1st; the one that should have been 3rd came 2nd and the one who should have had no Medal came 3rd.
It is not because you are Clever, it is not because you are Able, it is not because you are Wise; you are where you are today because of the Mercy of God!
If you appreciate the Mercy of God will you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah?
And then Psalms 124: 1-8 tells us that if it has not been God on our side, what shall we be saying now?
Oh, I said when men rose up against us, they would have swallowed us up.
You think you have no enemies; you must be joking – If you are succeeding you have enemies, if you are a failure you have enemies.
If you don’t believed me ask Bartimaeus – He was an ordinary beggar by the roadside begging. And then he heard that Jesus Christ was passing by and he was crying to Jesus Christ for Mercy – To Jesus Christ not the crowd.
Then the crowd showed him that day that he had enemies – They told him to shut up.
They wanted to block his way – The way of a beggar into Deliverance.
You don’t know how many enemies you have? – Enemies from your father’s house, from your mother’s house, from the In-law side, from the Place of work.
There are People who hate you just for the way you walk. Not that you offended them; they just don’t like the way you walk – they say maybe you swagger.
Whether the enemies likes it or not; you will swagger the more – Amen.
Why? – Because the Lord is on your side!
If you know that the Lord is on your side, let me hear you shout another Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
I can go on and on but you know that they are always Timing me on occasions like this.
So, the issue is not even why should I Praise God?
… The issue is: How should I Praise God?
2 Samuel 6: 12-19; gives an example of how to Praise God.
This example I took from David – The man who wrote the Bible Text that I read to you – Psalms 34: 1-4.
The man who said that I will Praise the Lord at all times; His Praise shall continually be on my mouth.
He gave us an Illustration: There was this occasion that he was taking the Ark of Covenant into Jerusalem. And then somewhere along the line, there was an accident and somebody died because of the Ark of Covenant. So he said ha, i didn’t know that this Ark can be this dangerous so he looked for one man called Obededom and said if you die you die. He took the Ark of Covenant and took it to Obededom’s house.
As soon as the Ark landed in Obededom’s house; God began to bless him. He blessed him so mightily that the whole Nation heard about it.
So, they told David – The fellow that you thought is going to die has became the talk of the town.
Then he said that I will go and get my Ark back. He got there and took the Ark of Covenant of the Lord and the Bible said that when they were bringing the Ark of Covenant to Jerusalem, David danced with all his Might.
Now, you need to pay attention to the words there: David was a Mighty Man of War. I mean you have to be Mighty to be able to kill a lion with bare hands. You have to be really, really Mighty to kill a bear with bare hands.
… With all that Might, he danced.
But then he did something else: As soon as they take six (6) steps; he will say stop, I want to sacrifice to God.
They will sacrifice and then take another six (6) steps and will sacrifice again.
In Modern terms; he was spraying money to show his appreciations to God.
He wasn’t stingy at all, he was overgenerous when it comes to Thanksgiving.
And do you know how God responded?
Years later, David made a terrible mistake – he committed Adultery.
As a King, he uses his position – Abused his position; committed Adultery, sent for the husband of the woman, arranged for his death.
Once the husband was dead, he pretended to be a Good King, took the woman and brought her to his wife – You see I take care of my servants when they died in battle. I took after their wives.
And God was looking down from Heaven.
So, one day God sent His Servant to him: David, such and such happened. A man who has many sheep took a little lamb from the man who has only one and use that one lamb to entertain his Guest.
David said: In my Kingdom?
The Prophet said Yes.
… In this my Kingdom when am still on the Throne? David said.
The Prophet said Yes.
David said that man is dead.
The Prophet said that you are the Man: You did this, you did that.
Ha, David said: I’m in trouble. He said that I have sinned.
… That is all he said!
He has not even said: I am sorry. He didn’t even say: I will repent and restitute.
As soon as he said: I am sorry; the Prophet of God said God has forgiven you.
Ha, ha; the first time I read that Passage I said I don’t understand this one. What is going on here?
And there was no one to explain it to me and so I have to go to God Himself: Will you tell me because I know People who has not done a third of what David did and you killed them. This one committed Adultery, committed Murder, he was an Hypocrite.
And the Almighty God said that: I have nobody like him when it comes to Praising Me!
I have Plenty of Angels in Heaven Praising Me. This one, let him be Praising Me on Earth.
But He said that He will punish him because I’m a Holy God. But kill him, I am not going to!
I said it before: Anyone who knows how to Praise God correctly; one way or the other will make Heaven.
Someone reminded me that I said: If by any chance God forbid bad thing but if by any chance I get to Heaven and the gate shut against me. He said that I said I know what to do to get in
That I will stand out there and begin to Praise God. That I will say: You are the King of King, the Lord of Lord, the Ancient of Days. There is no One like You. Oh, You are the Brighter Morning Star, the Lilly of the Valley, the Rose of Sharon.
That I said, very soon God will say: Who lock that one out there? That fellow belongs here.
… That I will Praise my way through!
When you Praise God Acceptably; He will do for you what He will not do for other People.
I can give you other examples. You can take the example of Solomon, the son of David when he wanted to show appreciations to God.
He offered a thousand burnt offerings and People were saying: King, your Majesty; you are over doing these things.
He (Solomon) said that you don’t know what you are talking about: I know where I was coming from? – My father is an Adulterer, my mother an Adulteress of the worst type. And God looked down into all these combinations and choose me now – Product of these terrible People and made me King.
… He said: Mind your business, I will Praise Him.
That Night, God responded: Its like this boy is like hiss father. Let me show him too what Mr too can do on return.
You know all these things very well. It is the same Principle that the Juju Singers learnt long time ago.
You go to a Party, you borrow money to come to the Party. The Musicians come and he has found out your name. Even though you are a Messenger in the Place of work; he begins to call you “Emergency Contractor”. He calls you Managing Director.
Before you know it, you take the money you borrowed and give it to him.
When you want to take the money; your mind is telling you – You borrow this money and you said shut up!
Is there anybody here today who wants to Praise God?
Stand on your feet and shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
As for those of you who don’t know why we are Praising God? The Bible says in Psalms 34:8 – Oh taste and see that the Lord is Good.
We have tasted Him, we found Him to be Good and that is why we are shouting like babies; that is why we want to Praise Him; that is why you will see Traditional Rulers dancing this morning; that is why you are going to see Professors forgetting their degrees and Praising God.
… Because we have tasted and found that the Lord is Good!
ALTAR CALL
So, if you are here and you have not tasted Him. If you have not given your Life to Him; you don’t know what we are talking about but you can begin to experience it now.
So, I’m going to count from one (1) to ten (10). If you want to taste and see how Good the Lord is then come before I say ten (10). I will Pray with you and from this moment onwards you too will begin to see that the Lord is Good.
… Am counting now!
Oh, He is a Good God. His Mercy endureth forever. If He has not been on your side, by now you will be dead. He loves you.
Oh Yes, come and taste Him. He is a Good God. No One like Him. He can take care of all your problems. He can put a New Song in your mouth.
Now, those of us who are already infront and those of you on the way; talk to the Almighty God. Tell Him that I have come to taste the Lord. I want You to save my soul, I want You to take over my Life from now on. I will serve You for the rest of my Life.
Let everything become New from me Lord. Please save my soul, forgive all my sins.
And the rest of us, let us stretch our hands to our new brothers and sisters and intercede for them. Pray that the One who saved our souls will save their own souls also. Talk to the Almighty God that God will give them a Brand New Beginning – Intercede for them!
And if you want to come, you are not late yet; you can still come. Just make sure that you get here before I finished Praying.
Yes Lord; God Bless You – Keep coming. Make this Day your Day of Salvation.
Thank You Father. In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
PRAYER FOR SALVATION
Saviour I want to Thank You for Your Words and I want to Thank You for those who have come forward to surrender their lives to You.
Please Lord receive them, have Mercy on them, save their souls. Let Your Blood wash away their sins, receive them into the Family of God. Let everything become New for them.
And from now on, anytime they call on You, answer them by Fire.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed- Amen.
Now those of you who have come forward I rejoice with you because from now on by the Grace of God o will be Praying for you.
So I’m going to need your names, your address and your Prayer request.
I Promised you that I will be Praying for you.
The Counsellors could please come and attend to them where they are and they just give them a Card to fill so that they can give the cards to you.
Now the rest of us: Are we ready to Praise God?
I want you to Praise Him this morning. He will Pinpoint you. You can see that He is seeking for Worshippers.
Let Him Pinpoint you and said that this fellow has Praised Me more than others. And so I’m going to bless him or her more than others this Year.
I want you to just Praise God in your own way: Call Him by His Name, Sing unto Him, Dance unto Him, Clap unto Him – Just show Him your own appreciations.
Let us just go ahead and appreciate God. Let us give Him Glory, Honour and Adoration.
Let us Magnify His Holy Name, there is no One like Him. He reigns forever. Praise Him from the bottom of my heart.
Thank Him that you can see, you are still breathing, He hasn’t given you over to the enemas. Thank Him that you have obtained Mercy – Praise Him!
Thank you so much for staying all through to read.
To read other Messages on the Coverage of DMC MediaCrew so far this Year and beyond; kindly visit our Website: http://discoverymediacrew.com.
Follow us on Twitter: @discoverymediac
Send a Friend Request on Facebook to DMC MediaCrew.
Like our FB Page: Discovery Media
Join us on WhatsApp:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/E9Z2KuRj5AAFxNrvbC936l
Join us on Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/NzzPckuGazKYFxZZFkt9fg
Follow Us on Instagram: Discoverymediacrew
Watch and Follow Us on YouTube: Discovery Media Crew
For Enquiries, email Us on: info@discoverymediacrew.com
And I can assure you that you will be glad you did as it will avail you first hand access to comprehensive reports on the various Messages of Pastor E.A Adeboye and other Men of God!
It is outrightly wrong and a sin we frowned at it for anyone to consciously remove the original source of the work that does not emanate for him or her!
Discovery Media Crew … Reaching out to the World through the Power of the Gospel!!!
COMPILATIONS BY:
MOSES DURODOLA, TITILAYOMI AJAYI AND TOPE BABALOLA
Well, let’s lift our hands to the Most High God and begin to worship Him.
Let’s Bless the Fruitful Vine, the One who says if we abide in Him we will bring forth much fruits.
Let’s Bless His Holy Name, because He is here today; and He is going to answer our Prayers.
Let’s give Him Glory and give Him Honour; Thank You Father, Glory be to Your Holy Name. Blessed be Your Holy Name.
Thank You Jesus! Thank You Almighty God. Thank You Lord. In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
SONG
Alpha, Omega
Alpha, Omega
You are Worthy of my Praises today;
You are Worthy of my Praises today (Hallelujah)
OPENING PRAYER
Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending; the One who was before the Mountains. The One who can move Mountains from their Foundation. Glory be to Your Holy Name.
Today, please visit these Your children! Every Mountain standing on the way of their fruitfulness; UPROOT it today!
In Your Own Miraculous way, let Your Light Shine into their wombs – and let them become very, VERY FRUITFUL.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Let somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
Well, shake hands with one (1) or two (2) people, tell them: You will REJOICE with me before this Year ends!
And then you may be seated. God Bless you!
1 SAMUEL 1 (you are to read from verse 9 to 20). But I will read just from verse 17 to 20;
17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in Peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find Grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
… In the Name of Jesus Christ, your sorrow will end today – Amen!
19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
… This first (1st) SHILOH HOUR of the New Year (2020), the Lord will REMEMBER you!
20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
… In the Name that is above every other names, your Samuel will come this Year – Amen!
According to John 1:1, 14 – Jesus Christ is the Word of God;
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his Glory, the Glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of Grace and Truth.
… Jesus Christ is the Word of God!
But then, in Psalms 119:105, the Bible says; “Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my Path.”
The Word of God is Light; Jesus Christ is the Word.
… It means Jesus Christ is the Light!
The beauty of that is that Light can LOCATE you.
And today, the Light of God is going to LOCATE YOU – Amen.
So when we say: “LET THERE BE LIGHT”, it’s another way of saying – Lord, send Your Word!
And Psalms 107:20 says; “He sent His Words, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”
… Everything destroying your Joy shall be DESTROYED today – Amen!
And so we see something very interesting in the story of Eli and Hannah (in that verse 17 where I started reading from).
You know the story; Hannah had been going to Shiloh for years, but one day Eli noticed her – Eli located her.
The Man of God didn’t Pray for Hannah; The Man of God didn’t lay hands on Hannah; The Man of God didn’t spend thirty (30) minutes with Hannah (holding and shaking her head) – NO!
He SENT the word!
All he said was: “The Lord grant your request”.
And today, in the Name that is above every other names, I am saying to somebody here: May the Almighty God GRANT your request – Amen!
And then the Bible says, the moment Hannah HEARD that Word, she was no longer sad.
That tells you something very important; because Light came into her, and that Light DROVE AWAY her sorrows.
Psalms 30:5B says: “weeping may endure for a night, but Joy cometh in the morning.”
… The moment Light comes, JOY comes!
In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ, your own MORNING of Joy has COME – Amen!
It was a Word that Sarah heard in Genesis 18:9-14. God said: “Within a Year, Sarah would have a son”.
The Word is Light!
When Light comes in, sorrow is dismissed!
As soon as Sarah heard, she began to Laugh! And her laughter never ended.
This morning, God has told me not to Preach a long Sermon. All He asked me to say is:
For EVERYONE of you here, trusting God for the Fruit of the Womb; THERE SHALL BE LIGHT!
The Light of God would SHINE into your Wombs; and the darkness of fruitlessness would be driven away.
So I’m going to PRAY FOR YOU in a moment.
But before I do so, if there is anyone here and you have not received Jesus Christ into your life: Jesus Christ is Light!
It is if you receive Him that you can receive His LIGHT. And when Light comes in sorrow goes out, JOY begins.
ALTAR CALL
So if you are here, and you have not given your life to Jesus Christ, come and do so now.
Jesus is the Light. He said it Himself. He said: “I Am The Light of the world”.
… So the Light of the world is calling you now.
If you are here and you have not yet given your life to Jesus Christ, I’m going to count from one (1) to five (5). Before I say five (5), come and stand before me!
Just in case there is anyone at all, if by the time I get to five (5) nobody has come; then I would know that all of us are Born Again. And then I would do what God asked me to do!
So I am counting now!
Maybe you already gave your life during the Divine Encounter; fine! But if you have not, come now!
Okay! Those of you who have come, and those of you who are on the way; talk to Jesus Christ now. Tell Him – I have come to receive You into my life; I know You are the Light of the world.
I’m tired of living in darkness, I want to live in Your Light. Please, save my soul and I will serve You for the rest of my life.
The rest of us, let us stretch our hands towards these our new brothers and sisters; and Pray for them. That God who saved our own souls will save their own souls also.
… Let us Pray for them for just one (1) minute!
Oh Thank You Light of the world. Thank You because you say: “Whosoever will come unto You, You will in no wise cast out”.
Thank You Lord God Almighty because You are the One who can translated us out of darkness into Your Marvelous Light.
Thank You Father! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
PRAYER FOR SALVATION
Father, we just want to say THANK YOU for Your Words. And Thank You for these people that have come forward to surrender their lives to You.
Please, receive them in Jesus’ Name. Forgive them, save their souls Lord, and let Your Blood wash away their sins.
Please receive them into the Family of God; receive them into the Family of Light. And from now on, anytime they call on You, please answer them by Fire!
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Praise the LORD!
Now, those of you who have come forward, I rejoice with you. I Promise you that from now on, I will be Praying for you. So I need your Name, your address and your Prayer requests.
So if you follow this brother to your left, who is holding a Placard, he will take you to where some Pastors are waiting. They will collect the information I need and bring you back very quickly.
God Bless you! You can begin to go now.
Thank You Father; let us really, really clap our hands for them.
Thank You Father!
And now, the rest of us (EVERYONE of us), I want you to come to the Altar.
And the Prayer that I want you to Pray is that; The Almighty God would SHINE His Light into your WOMB. That He will Shine His Light and drive away anything called Barrenness from your life.
Go ahead talk to the Almighty God just for about two (2) minutes: Lord, Shine Your Light into my womb; Shine Your Light and drive away every forms of fruitlessness in my life. Shine Your Light and put an end to every fruitless efforts in my life. Shine Your Light Lord, Shine Your LIGHT.
Thank You Father! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
CLOSING PRAYER
My Father and my God, I Thank You for the Special Anointing You gave me – for making the barren fruitful. I THANK YOU for that!
Thank You for the thousands of children that You have brought into the world through my SIMPLE PRAYERS.
I Thank You because this is another beginning; A New Year, a New Decade. Father accept our THANKS in Jesus’ Name!
So today Lord, I stand on this Altar as Your representative and I decree in the Name that is above every other names, into the Wombs of ALL these Your children: LET THERE BE LIGHT!
Any Force of Darkness hiding in the lives of these Your children – hindering their fruitfulness; Let Your Light DRIVE away!
… When Light comes, darkness must go.
Father, into the wombs of these Your children: LET THERE BE LIGHT.
Your Word says: “Weeping is for the night, Joy is for the morning.”
This morning Lord God Almighty, in the lives of ALL these Your children, LET THEIR JOY BEGIN!
In Your Own Miraculous way, before the end of this Month, let these Your children begin to REJOICE.
Father before October (2020), let these Your children CARRY their own children.
Thank You my Father, because I know it is DONE!
For we have Prayed in Jesus’ Mighty Name – AMEN!
You just go on Rejoicing, Praising God. Then drop your Offering and go home.
It is going to be WELL WITH YOU!
Thank you so much for staying all through to read.
To read other Messages on the Coverage of DMC MediaCrew so far this Year and beyond; kindly visit our Website: http://discoverymediacrew.com.
Follow us on Twitter: @discoverymediac
Send a Friend Request on Facebook to DMC MediaCrew.
Like our FB Page: Discovery Media
Join us on WhatsApp:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/E9Z2KuRj5AAFxNrvbC936l
Join us on Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/NzzPckuGazKYFxZZFkt9fg
Follow Us on Instagram: Discoverymediacrew
Watch and Follow Us on YouTube: Discovery Media Crew
For Enquiries, email Us on: info@discoverymediacrew.com
And I can assure you that you will be glad you did as it will avail you first hand access to comprehensive reports on the various Messages of Pastor E.A Adeboye and other Men of God!
It is outrightly wrong and a sin we frowned at it for anyone to consciously remove the original source of the work that does not emanate for him or her!
Discovery Media Crew … Reaching out to the World through the Power of the Gospel!!!
COMPILATIONS BY:
MOSES DURODOLA, TITILAYOMI AJAYI AND TOPE BABALOLA
Someone said the first Sign that someone is sick is loss of appetite – when someone finds it difficult to eat. Particularly something he used to enjoy to eat.
He went further to say, one of the Signs that a Christian is Spiritually sick is when they find it difficult to Worship God.
I don’t know how many sick people are here tonight; I don’t know how many people are Spiritually well.
If you are one of those who Spiritually well, May be by the time you finish Praising God, through your Worship to God, the fellow who is Spiritually sick will be made whole.
So beginning from now, when you find it difficult to Praise God the way you ought to; you should check yourself.
From the Testimonies we have heard tonight, even if it is only that of the man who had been mad for twenty (20) years; who got a handbill and got healed without anybody Praying for him.
I was uncomfortable on my seat; when we hear all these Marvelous Testimonies and they don’t seem to move us anymore. Are we well?
Am going to give the few of us those who are still Healthy, to help those who might be sick. For the next five (5) minutes, before we do any other thing;
Let us give Glory to this Almighty God; this King of kings, this Lord of lords. This I Am that I Am, this Ancient of Days, this God who can do wonders, this God who is proving Himself again and again in our midst.
The God who brought you into the New Year, the God who said NO to those who said you will not see the New Year, the God who has been fighting your battles for you.
Oh let us Praise Him, let us give Him Glory, let us give Him Honour, let us give Him Adoration, let us Magnify His Holy Name.
Praise Him like you have never done before, give Him Glory, He has done so much for each and everyone of us; we can’t tell it all, give Him Glory, bless His Holy Name: what a Wonderful God You are, Blessed be Your Holy Name, Glory be to Your Name forever and ever, we praise You Lord; Ancient of Days we Praise You.
We give You Glory, we give You Honour, we give You adoration, we Praise You; Oh! Thank You Father, Glory be to God. Oh, I Praise You, I Magnify Your Holy Name.
Thank You Father, Thank You Almighty God, Thank You Jesus. Father we lift up Your Holy Name. Blessed be Your Holy Name Lord (3ce)! Thank You Daddy, Thank You Ancient of Days. Blessed (3ce) be Your Holy Name.
Thank You Father, Glory be to Your Holy Name. Oh! Thank You my Saviour. Thank You Lord God Almighty. Thank You Lord. In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Worshiped – Amen!
… Please be seated for a moment!
It’s a Holy Ghost Service, and in a Holy Ghost Service we allow the Holy Ghost to do whatever He wants to do!
Oh! Thank You Daddy.
And that was the cause of the original sin: God created man, before He created him, He planted a Garden and put everything there! He just woke up to find that there is abundance everywhere.
God said to him; “Everything you see here is yours. There is only one (1) tree I don’t want you to touch – that is the Tree of Good and Evil.”
When the Tempter came, he said to the woman; forget ALL the things – everything He has given you. Just focus on that one (1) thing you can’t have. Don’t be Grateful for the rest!
… You know the rest of the story!
If I have my way, we will just spend tonight, Just THANKING GOD. Because He is more than Worthy to be Praised.
I tell you one or two Stories; we may still end up doing it exactly like that!
After all, the Theme for next month Holy Ghost Service (in February) is “LET THERE BE LIGHT PART 2”.
But I have told you before, some of you, you have heard the story before, may be you forgot. The story of a very wealthy Man – he was a great Socialite; until he arrives, the Party has not started. Full of wit and humour.
And then he had Stoke! The kind of stroke that takes a man’s voice. Because he was wealthy, they took him to the best hospital in London.
And I was visiting London, and there was this man who is a friend of both of us – he is my friend and he is his friend!
He said, Ah! Daddy, Thank God you are here, our friend is in very serious situation. Would you please come and Pray for him? I said, Fine!
So we went to the hospital, when we got to the hospital; because he was a wealthy man, he got a room all to himself – BIG room with all the comfort!
Oh! You know you can have all the money in the world and still suffer.
And those of us who don’t have money but we can eat! Our house is not a Mansion but we can sleep!
Anybody like that here? Let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
When we arrived, he was sitting up in bed. You have to help him to sit up! And his wife was sitting by his side.
As soon as we arrived, apparently the wife wanted to go and get something for him. The wife greeted us and left.
A few minutes we have been there, after I have Prayed. He tried to communicate; he patted the place where the wife was sitting, pointed in the direction the wife went, and signaled back to himself.
So my friend and I, we were trying to interpret what he said: You want us to go and call your wife? – NO!
He patted where the wife was sitting again. Oh! You want your friend to come and sit close to you? – NO! You want the Pastor (me) to come and sit next to you? – NO!
After thirty (30) minutes of sweating, we understood that what he was saying is: My wife who went away, is coming back. Thirty (30) minutes! by now he was sweating. AH!
And here you are, you can talk, you can praise, you can shout. When we ask that you Praise God, it is difficult for you. You can’t Praise the Almighty God – the One who has given you a mouth to speak.
Oh! Come on brethren, let us Praise the Almighty, let us Praise Him, let us give Him Glory, He deserves it (3ce)!
He gives you mouth so you can sing His Praise. He gives you hands that are still mobile – to Praise Him. You are still alive! And He says all those who have breath should Praise Him. And you are still breathing.
Why don’t you Praise Him? Why don’t you give Him Glory and give Him Adoration? Why don’t you give Him Praise?
Ooh! Thank You Father; You’re worthy, WORTHY of my PRAISES!
You are my Saviour, You are my Healer, You are my Protector, You are my Provider! You are the One who baptised me with Holy Ghost and with Fire.
Why won’t I Praise You? If I’m alive, it is because of Your Mercy. Oh Lord, Thank You, THANK YOU my Lord and Saviour. Glory be to Your Holy Name!
If You had not been on my side what would I be saying now? THANK YOU. Thank You Lord, Glory be to Your Holy Name. Thank You Father! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we worshiped – Amen!
… Seat down again, please!
I just want to help you. I want to help you Praise Him. The Bible says in Psalms 124:2-3:
“If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:”
You don’t know all the battles that God has fought for you when you are lying down helplessly asleep. You don’t know it!
I have told you the story before, not too long ago: of a man who brought the daughter all the way from Ilorin (Kwara State Nigeria). And said, Daddy I need help.
What is the problem? The daughter told the father; daddy, I belong to a Cult of Witches. The father said, what nonsense are you talking about? Where did you get that from?
I’m not talking nonsense, I have proof. She went under the bed and brought a pot full of fresh human blood.
… This is not fable; am telling you True Life Story!
The father put the girl in a the car, brought her here. Then we did deliverance for the girl. And then I said, they can go.
The father said, No, No, NO! Let the girl stay with you. I said, now you want to abandon the girl for me?
I said, if the Lord had not been on your side all the days you have been sleeping with that child, will you be here today?
Do you know who you are sleeping with? Do you know how many of them are in your homes? Do you know who is the closest Ally of Satan, going in and out with you? Do you know how many wolves that are in sheep clothing that are living with you; working with you in the office?
I give you another example; because we need to Praise Him. I think we are guilty, we are guilty of INGRATITUDE.
… May He send His Light to open our eyes to our ERRORS!
I told you (True Story)! You have heard it before – am not making it up. I was at the University of Ilorin as a Lecturer. I had a house over there.
In those days, there was no traffic in Ilorin. You can go from one end of the Town to another in fifteen (15) minutes. So I will come from the University, come to the house to take lunch.
… I dare not do that when I was at the University of Lagos.
And there was this afternoon, I have eaten, I have just taken my lunch. My next lecture for the students, I think was going to be around 5.00pm. So I decided to rest a little before I go back to the Campus.
And I laid on the Couch in the Living Room. And because I was Pastoring the Church in Ilorin at that time, people come in and out of our house. So that they won’t disturb me (so I could rest) I closed my eyes; so if they come in, they will think am sleeping.
And all of a sudden, I felt a hand holding my two (2) legs. Another hand holding my two (2) hands – because I put my hands together. And I felt as if something is about to kiss me.
And I felt, wait a minute; that can’t be my wife. She won’t be kissing me in the Living Room, because anybody could come in anytime.
And then I realised, whoever can put one hand to hold my legs and put one hand to hold my hand must be a very HUGE fellow.
… So I opened my eyes suddenly, and the thing disappeared!
That day I nearly died! And then I cried to God: Father, how can this happen to me? Father, am Your child, how can a demon like this come into my house?
Would you stand on your feet and Praise the Almighty God Who has been fighting your battles? Who has been defending you.
Do you think it is your cleverness that has kept you alive? Do you think it is because you know how to Pray? Do you think it is your Anointing that is so mighty that the enemies has not swallowed you up?
If God had not been on our side where could we be now? Where shall we be now; if God has not being fighting our battles foe us?
How many times do you know when you have eaten Poison and the poison didn’t work? How many times do you know when the enemies had come in the night with the intention of making sure you don’t see the following morning?
PRAISE HIM! Let Him hear your voice. give Him Glory, give Him Adoration! Don’t be too PROUD to Praise the Almighty God. He is worthy to be Praised (3ce)!
Oh! Give Him Glory, give Him Honour, give Him Adoration. Bless His Holy Name; BLESS his Holy Name!
Thank You my Father; THANK YOU FATHER! in Jesus’ Mighty name we Worshiped – Amen!
SONG
You are Worthy (oh Lord) You are Worthy,
You are Worthy to be Glorified;
You are Worthy (oh Lord) You are Worthy,
You are Worthy to be Glorified (Hallelujah!)
OPENING PRAYER
Father, You are Worthy: You are Worthy to be Glorified. Alpha and Omega,You are Worthy; King of Kings and Lord of Lord, You are Worthy.
Thank You for all You did last Year; Thank You for keeping us alive to see today; Thank You for what You are doing ever since January 1st – Many People who shout Happy New Year who are no more now.
Thank You for Your Love, Thank You for Your Protection, Thank You for everything Lord. Please accept our Worship in Jesus Name.
Tonight, the Way You alone can do it; LET THERE BE LIGHT!: In all our lives, let there be Light; in all our homes, let there be Light; in all our Churches, let there be Light; in all our Nations, let there be Light.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
… Let someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
Shake hands with two ()2 or three (3) People that you have not seen this Year and say: Happy New Year!
PRAYER FOR THE JANUARY BIRTHDAY CELEBRANTS
If you are born in January, let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
Father, am committing all Your children born in the Month of January into Your Hands – January is the first Month of the Year; I Pray Lord God Almighty that all these Your children will be first.
Daddy, give them priority that in every areas of their lives my Father and my God; consider them first.
Give them a brand New Beginning – A New Beginning of Joy, of Success, of Gratitude, of a Closer Walk with You.
Just let it be well with them Lord.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
… Well children of January shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR WORKERS OF JULIUS BERGER
There is a Group of Special People I want to Pray for tonight: They are the People who are working in Julius Berger.
So, if you are a Worker in Julius Berger; I think that you should step step forward now as I will love to Pray for you.
I want to thank God for your life: For what God has been using you to do and then we need to Pray for Special Anointing so that you will finish the work on the Expressway in time.
So, if you work with Julius Berger step forward.
I want everybody to help me stretch your hands towards them. Pray for them and wish them well. Pray that God will give them wisdom, give them understanding, give them very Special Ability, that God will anoint them for success, for speed in the execution of their Project – Particularly the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Project. That Miraculously, this Project will be completed this Year.
Please Pray for them with all your hearts – They need Divine Intervention in their lives.
Oh, Thank You my Father. Glory be to Your Holy Name. In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
DADDY GO PRAYS.
Father, am Praying Specially for these Your children who are workers in the Julius Berger Nigeria; I Pray that You will bless them, You will cause them to Prosper, that You will Anoint them for Greater Success, Anoint them for Speeds, help them like nobody can.
Lord in Your Own Miraculous Way; help them to finish particularly this Project from Lagos-Ibadan within this Year.
Father, I’m Praying that by this time next Year; we will be Thanking You for these Group of People in Jesus Name.
Thank You my Father and my God. In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
God Bless you; you may go back to your seat.
Let all of us give the Lord a big round of applause for these wonderful People.
… Thank You Father!!!
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
By the Grace of God, the Theme for the next Holy Ghost Service in February is: LET THERE BE LIGHT – PART 2.
I also want to inform you that our Fasting begins January 11th – You are not excited!
And this time, the first Instalment of our Fasting will be for fifty (50) Days only.
That means that you will start from January 11th and you will end February 29th – Just fifty (50) Days only.
And then as usual, if you are already over seventy (70) Years old; except you are the General Overseer; you are exempted because at the age of seventy (70) Years; your Prayer to Heaven is a Short Distance Call.
If you are already over eighty (80) Years old; your own Call is a Local Call – so there is no need for you to fast as God will answer your Prayer quickly.
The rest of us we will fast.
As I have always advised you: During Fasting, it becomes very easy if you learn to keep your mouth shut. If you want to talk at all; you should be talking to God.
When you are Fasting; talking takes a lot of energy – So anything you don’t have to talk about; then don’t talk about it at all.
Then as usual, if you want to do everything together – You want to do some continuous Fasting so that you can get it out of the way – If you can fast for twenty one (21) days and nights continuously; you can take care of the fifty (50) days.
All over the Camp; there are Angels of God watching over us – Am sure that you must have realised that by now.
But then, because the world is also Progressing we wanted to take advantage of Technology.
I have been told that it is a Legal Requirements that we let you know that the Camp is covered from corner to corner by CCTV.
So that as you are entering the Camp; every car coming in is being recorded with their Plate Numbers.
All those corners you think the Place is dark and you think you can fool around; there is camera watching you.
And some funny things has happened since this CCTV come into Play.
I am not allowed to tell you where their Headquarters is – That is the Building where they will monitor everything.
Now, let us go to the Word of God.
If I don’t finish what I planned, we will pick it up from there next time.
In the meantime let us put our hands together for the two (2) boys who have Ministered before us.
A Pastor came first, and told us that the Word of God does not need a Visa – Once He speaks, the manifestation will follow.
We Thank God for that, because once He speaks, it is done.
The second (2nd) gentleman spoke like an Evangelist. He gave God several Titles: I was pitying the Interpreter. I wonder how he was interpreting all those Titles.
And even I, don’t know the meaning of ‘Jumpolistic Hallelujah’, and the ‘Rabalistic’ and there was the ‘Shaky shaky’ one.
Let’s give the Lord a big round of applause.
We have this wonderful, wonderful children. We are blessed – Amen!
BIBLE TEXT: GENESIS 1:1-5
I’m reading my own from verse 1 to 5; they read their own from verse 1 to 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.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
PART ONE (1): OUTREACH
Now, let somebody shout: Let there be Light – “LET THERE BE LIGHT’.
Let me talk briefly to those who are yet to surrender their lives to Jesus, and explain What does it mean when we say – LET THERE BE LIGHT.
You see, LET THERE BE LIGHT:
Can be a COMMAND,
It can also be an ADVICE,
It can be a PLEA, a begging, a Request.
Once God is speaking, and He says: LET THERE BE LIGHT; it could be a COMMAND like in Genesis 1:3.
When God said, Let there be light, He wasn’t begging and He wasn’t advising. He was COMMANDING.
But He could also be ADVISING – Let there be Light!
As far as the Begging aspect or the Plea aspect is concerned, it is from man to God.
Now, to those of us who have not given your lives to Jesus Christ; “Let there be Light” is coming from God to you as an ADVICE.
He is saying, according to Revelation 3:20: “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”
He is advising you, “Let Light come in”. Because one of the Boys who spoke before us defined Light as God.
He said, “God is Light, and Light is God”.
So when God says: “Let Me Come in”, He is advising you to let Light come in.
Because He is saying;
If you open the door to me to come in, I will NOT come in EMPTY HANDED.
James 1:17, it tells us “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”
If you allow Me to come in, I will come in with Good gifts, with Perfect gifts.
… When you open the door to God to come in, He will not come in empty handed.
If you allow Him to come in, DARKNESS will GO OUT.
You allow Him to come in for example, FAILURE will GO OUT.
In Luke 5:1-7; Peter had fished all night. All night, and caught nothing!
But the moment Jesus stepped into his boat, Failure JUMPED OUT.
… Because when Light comes in, Failure must go out!
He says, if you let me come in – if you open the door to your heart and you let me come in, you will begin to SUCCEED.
Philippians 4:13 says: “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
If you open the door of your heart to the Light of God, and He comes in, suddenly, you will begin to succeed.
He says if you allow Me to come in, all of a sudden, you will find out that your NEEDS will be MET.
Philippians 4:19 says; “But my God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in Glory by Christ Jesus.”
… ALL your needs, not some!
If you allow Me to come in, He says ALL your need will be met.
It is an ADVICE!
He says if you allow Me to come in, your YOKES will be DESTROYED.
You will be able to walk out of prison that the enemy has put you into, and doors will begin to open unto you!
In Acts 12:1-11; Peter was put in prison by somebody who had killed before, who wanted to kill again. And Peter was chained in prison.
But the Bible says, a Light came into the prison, suddenly, the yokes binding him, the chains jumped off, the enemies fell asleep.
… If you allow the Light to come in, your enemies will fall asleep.
The Light came in, and walked out of prison. When he got to the gates, the gates opened on their own accord – because Light came in.
He says let My Light come in, and you will see that your Appointment with DEATH will be CANCELLED.
He says let Me come in, and death will not even be able to stay.
We have several examples in the Bible.
We have Mark 5:35-43 – There was a girl who was already dead, the Light came in, and death became ordinary sleep.
And then He made a very important statement in Deuteronomy 30:19-20. He said: “Am placing between you Life and Death; He asked you to CHOOSE”
… It’s an Advice!
God won’t force you to be saved, He won’t force you to surrender your life to Jesus.
He said “CHOOSE life, that you and your children may live”.
When you take a decision to surrender your life to Jesus Christ, that decision will not only affect you, it will affect even your children (including those that are yet to be born).
But if you refuse to allow Him in, that decision will also affect you, it will affect your children, and it will affect those that are yet to be born.
So take His advice today, surrender your life to Jesus Christ. He will save your soul, and everything will become New!
But before you come forward, get this clear – don’t be deceived by those who say that once you give your life to Jesus Christ, you can live any kind of life you want.
… That’s not true!
If you are a thief and you say you are Born Again. You are saying “I will steal no more!”
If you are a harlot and you are surrendering your life to Jesus Christ, you are saying “bye bye to harlotry”.
If you give your life to Jesus Christ, you become a New Creature, you become a child of God. Even those who are not Christians expect you to behave differently.
You have probably heard people say to some people, who call themselves Christians (when they misbehave) unbelievers will say: But you call yourself a child of God.
In other words, they expect things to be different once you give your life to Jesus Christ.
ALTAR CALL
So if you want things to be different from now on, that those things you used to do, you don’t want to do them anymore, you want to be a member of the Family of God – which is the Family of Light.
Then come forward now!
We will Pray to the Almighty God, He will save your soul, and everything will become New.
I’m going to count from one (1) to ten (10). Before I say ten (10) make sure you come and stand before me.
I know some of you are far away, so begin to come very, very quickly. Come and surrender your life to Him, open the door of your heart to the Light; let the Light came in and darkness will go.
Am counting now!
And please brethren, this Year, if you are not going to clap with all your heart, don’t clap at all.
Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
If you want to give your life to Jesus Christ, come very quickly. You want the Light of God to Shine into your life, and get rid of every forms of darkness, come now!
Let there be Light – open the door of your heart, let Him come in. He will not come in empty handed. When He comes in, Failure will go out, you will begin to succeed. Come quickly!
As for those of you who are clapping, you will have a lot to clap about this Year, in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ.
Whatever you touch this Year will begin to Prosper – Thank you!
Those of you who are still on the way, keep coming: and Pray as you come!
Those of us who are already in front, let us talk to the Almighty God: Ask Him: come into my life Lord, bring Your Light into my life, save my soul, and dwell in me.
And I will serve you for the rest of my life. Am saying bye bye to a life of darkness, bye bye to a life of sin. I will do Your Will from now on.
… Call on Him, and He will save your soul.
And the rest of us, please let us stretch our hands towards these People. Intercede for them, and Pray that the One who saved our own souls will save their souls also.
Pray that this very day God would accept them into the Family of God, into the Family of Light. Intercede for them for another minute or two (2).
And those of you who are still on the way, hurry up, because I want to Pray for Salvation now. Hurry up very quickly, today is your day of Salvation. This is your day of Light.
Thank You Father! Those of you who are still on the way, Just make sure you get here before I finish Praying, and you will be okay. Keep coming, I can see you. I will wait for another five (5) seconds for you.
Thank You Father! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
PRAYER FOR SALVATION:
My Father and my God, I want to Bless Your Holy Name, I want to give You all Glory and Honour for Your Words. I want to Thank You for these People that have come forward to surrender their lives unto You.
Please Lord God Almighty, receive them in Jesus’ Name. Let Your Blood wash away their sins, save their souls, receive them into the Family of Light, don’t let them go back into darkness.
And from now on, anytime they call on You, answer them by Fire.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
I rejoice with those of you who have come forward to surrender your life to Jesus Christ. I want to Promise you, by the Grace of God, from now on, I will be Praying for you.
So the Counsellors will give you a Card to fill very quickly. Because I need to have your Name, your Address and your Prayer Request. So as they give you the Card, fill it very quickly.
Those of you who are still on the way, you are welcome. Keep coming. The prayers have covered you too. Collect the Card, fill and return!
We will wait for you for about three (3) minutes before we proceed.
Glory to GOD!
PART TWO (2)
Now because of time, I will leave part of what I have Planned for tonight till next Month (if the Lord tarries).
I will go to the section of LET THERE BE LIGHT: that is a REQUEST from you and I to God.
Like one of our former Speakers told us; the only request of Barimaeus for his Great Turnaround, was: “Let there be Light!”
In Matthew 15:21-28; when that woman came to Jesus Christ, whose daughter was grievously vexed of the devil. All the woman was asking for was: Lord, Let there be Light in my Family.
If Your Light Shines, darkness will let go of my daughter.
If the madman of Gadara had been able to speak before the demons controlling him took over, his request could have been: Lord, Let there be Light – because if there is Light, the Forces of darkness will loose their hold on me!
So our Prayers tonight will be five (5) folds.
And I hope you will pay attention to all of them, so that when the time comes for you to Pray, you will take note of each one.
REQUEST NO. 1 – Father, Let Your Light Shine FOR ME.
Because if Your Light Shines FOR me, I will be able to see the invisible .
I know that is a bit deep; but if the Light of God begins to Shine FOR you, then you will begin to see what ordinary eyes cannot see.
2 Kings 2:9-15; when Elijah was about to depart, and he asked Elisha: What do you want me to do for you before I will be taken away from you?
He said: I want a Double Portion of your spirit.
And he said – you have asked for a HARD thing. But if you see me when I am being taken away from you, you will have it – You will have your request!
You see, it took the Light of God, shinning for You Elisha, to see the Horses of Fire and the Chariots of Fire.
… They are not things to be see by ordinary eyes!
When the Light of God shines from you, you will begin to see the invisible. And the implication of this is that;
I. ALL your request, no matter how hard, will be granted.
Because Elijah said to Elisha, “you have asked for a hard thing”.
But when the Horses of Fire and the Chariots of Fire came to take Elijah away, Elisha saw them. Why?
… Because the Light of God shone for him.
II. And because that Light shone for Elisha that day suddenly his Destiny became Activated.
Because in 1 Kings 19:19-21; it had been revealed to Elisha, you are going to be a Prophet. That is why he said bye bye to Farming.
But he wasn’t a Prophet until that day the Light shone for him. And his eyes opened, and he began to see the invisible.
We are at the beginning of a New Year, we are at the beginning of a New Decade. I decree in the Name that is above every other names, that as the Light of God shines for you today, your Destiny is activated – Amen.
Because until your Destiny is activated, you will remain stagnant. The moment the Light of God shines for you that you began to see the invisible, that you begin to have answers to your hard question, your Promotion becomes accelerated!
May I need to explain briefly, when we talk about seeing the invisible; that does not necessarily mean seeing Angels.
And surely you know something called Vision.
When we talk about Vision there is Vsion Physical – I can see you, you can see me – That is Physical!
Vision is ability to see into the future. To see how great you can become. To see how Powerful God can make you.
When a student goes to the Medical School, it is because that student has a vision of him or her becoming a Medical Doctor.
And if you ask some of the people in the First Class (in Year one of the Medical School) what is your vision? You will be amazed at how different their vision could be.
One will tell you, I want to be a Medical Doctor. So what do you want to become after that? I want to practice as a Doctor.
Another will tell you, I don’t just want to become a Medical Doctor, I just want to have a big Hospital of my own. Vision!
When the Light of God shines FOR you, you will begin to see Greater ahead of you. You will begin to see how Great you can become.
I Pray that the Almighty God will let His Light shine for you today – Amen!
… That’s Prayer No. 1 – Let Your Light Shine FOR ME.
Request 2: But there is a greater Prayer and that is:
Let Your Light Shine IN ME.
When you ask the Light of God to shine IN you, it means He will open your inner eyes.
Psalms 119:18, it says: “Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy Law.”
You know two (2) People can read the same Passage of the Bible, and one (1) will see just one thing; another can write a book on just one verse.
… Because the Light is shinning IN one and not shinning in the other.
When the Light of God is shining in you, you will begin to get Revelations. Revelations!
In 2 Corinthians 12:2-7; you begin to see Heavenly things, you begin to see wondrous things, you begin to see things that can be revealed only by God to His People.
PROPHECY:
Thank You Father! The first word is for me. But I will share it with you.
Because God said there is someone here tonight, He said: I’m going to ROBE you in Light! And He said: The Light will be so bright, your enemies will not even be able to look in your direction.
But when we say: Let your Light Shine IN ME, it means something else – It means give me Inspiration!
You know, it is possible to look at the same thing over and over; and not see it. But Ephesians 1:8 says: “The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the Glory of His Inheritance in the Saints,”
It says that the Almighty God can cause the eyes of your understanding to be enlightened.
When the Light of God Shines in you, you see Solutions to problems, that will baffle others.
I will give just an illustration very quickly. It is a story I have told you before. That when I was doing my PhD. And I have told you before; if you must do a PhD in Mathematics, it means you must solve a problem that has not been solved before.
And because it is a problem that has not been solved before, nobody is even sure it has a solution. And unless you solve that problem, you don’t get your PhD.
So I have been working on this problem for eighteen (18) Months. And I ended up with one hundred and eighty six (186) Simultaneous Equations.
Now, if you know anything about Mathematics, you know that is a big, big problem!
And it got to a stage when I don’t know what to do any further; I didn’t know whether to go forward, and I didn’t know whether to go back – because that will mean eighteen (18) Months wasted!
Then one night, I was just reading the Crossing of the Red Sea. And suddenly God spoke: “son, bring your Equations.”
And I brought them! And He began to say – put this one on the left, put this one on the right (repeatedly). I did what He said!
By the time that I finished, I suddenly saw that all those on the left had something in common; all those on the right had something in common. And the equation became Compressed.
By five (5) hours, I had finished the Equation – because His Light shone on me.
I decree tonight someone here today; the Light of the Most High God will shine into you – Amen.
Request No. Three (3) – PRAYER is that You will pray that God will Let His Light Shine THROUGH you.
… Let the Light of God Shine THROUGH ME!
I’m sure that those of you who know a little bit of Science, you will know that the Moon has no light of its own; but it takes the light of the sun and reflects it to the earth.
And occasionally, the Moon can be so bright, you can even see your finger prints.
It has no light of its own, but light is shining through it to the rest of the world.
Let your Light Shine through me means, in Your Name, through You – the Light of the world; I can cause light to shine to others.
For example in Acts 3:1-8, there was this man who was born lame, sitting by the Beautiful Gate, begging for alms. He saw Peter and John entering the Temple and he asked for alms.
But Peter said: Silver and Gold have I none; but I have something that I can give you that money cannot buy!
You know, when Light begins to shine, stagnation comes to an end.
One of the things that may be if we have the opportunity to discuss in the future is this;
Suppose you are driving at night, you are driving in your car, you are going at top speed, and all of a sudden the headlamp went out, what will you do?
If you love yourself, you will stop immediately – because everywhere there is darkness. So you don’t know where you are going. So you will stop immediately.
When there is darkness, there is stagnation. Until light comes again, you cannot move forward.
So when we say Let there be Light, it can also mean: Lord, let me begin to make Progress.
When the Light is shinning through you, then God can turn you to a Vessel unto Honour, that will put an end to stagnation.
When the Light of God is shining through you, you can even cause other blind eyes to see!
For example, in 2 Kings 6 ….
PROPHECY
Thank You Father! Again, this one is for me, but I will share it with you;
You know, the Elders have a Proverb – I will try and say it in English as much as I can, before I say it in the original language.
It says: “The help you are expecting may not necessarily come from your relatives; that it is the one God sends to you that can help you.”
… That’s the proverb!
In Yoruba they say: “Ajumobi ko kan taa anu; eni Oluwa ba ran si eni ni se eni ni ore”.
… That’s the way the Elders put it.
Now the Lord is saying to someone here today: I will send you a Divine Encourager – Amen!
In other words, He is saying: Don’t look at your relatives for help, I will send you a Divine Encourager.
Now if the Light of God is shining through you, you can also begin to cause others to see the Invisible.
For example, in 2 Kings 6:8-17, the Bible tells us about an Army that came to arrest Elisha. A whole Army came to arrest a man.
And the servant of the Man of God went out in the morning and saw the place surrounded by an Army. He came inside frightened, and said: Master, what are we going to do?
The Master said: Eh! Don’t be afraid, those who are with us are more than those who are with them.
But the boy could only see the two (2) of them, versus an Army!
Then the Man of God Prayed and said: God, open his eyes, let him begin to see what I am seeing.
I Pray for somebody here today, everyone of you who is called my children; that Vision that God has shown me, He will show it to you also – Amen.
Prayer No. 4: You will Pray that the Light will shine on your BLIND SPOT.
Everyman has a spot called the “Blind Spot” – it is usually at the very back of your head.
No matter how hard you try, you can’t see it. Even at times when you have a mirror, you will use two (2) to be able to get a glimpse.
The Blind Spot is the wicked spot in any man’s life. You cannot see it by yourself.
So when you say: Lord let your Light Shine to my Blind Spot, you are saying God: at that level where I am helpless, send me help!
And it doesn’t matter how Anointed you are, you have a Blind Spot!
If God shines His Light to your Blind Spot, it means that in the area where you are absolutely helpless, He will be there covering it for you – Amen.
And that is very important! It is important because when you read 2 Samuel 21:15-17;
The Bible tells us that David, the giant killer went to war and when the battle was on, he became faint. And that day he would have been killed. But somebody came behind and helped him.
In 1 Kings 19:4-8; the Bible tells us about Elijah – that Mighty Man of God who could call down Fire from Heaven at Will. He was running this time around from Jezebel.
… This is when he was afraid, he was tired, he was hungry.
And you know the first thing he did? He SLEPT!
Can you imagine what could have happened if the enemies has been pursuing?
They would have met him sleeping, and they would have killed him!
But God sent help – He sent an Angel who brought him food. And the man was contemplating suicide was able to continue his journey successfully.
In that area, where you are weakest, May the Almighty God send help to you tonight – Amen.
And like the example I mentioned earlier on in Acts 12:1-11; the Bible tells us about Peter who was in prison, chained to two (2) Soldiers; doors locked against him.
The one who was going to kill him was already waiting for the day to come but Light shone into his dark spot. He was sleeping, he was helpless.
Even if he wasn’t sleeping, there was nothing he could do. But help came at the crucial moment.
As you go through this Year, because (like I told those of you who were here at the Watch Night Service) this is going to be a Year of SHOUTS OF JOY. (You can the Full Transcript of All The Watch Night Service on all our DMC Platforms).
Because it is going to be a Year of Many Victories; you are going to need HELP.
At that time when you can no longer help yourself, May the Light of God shine for you!
I still remember as yesterday, when we were in the first Auditorium near the expressway. We were not very many then. Maybe about ten thousand (10,000) or so.
We were having the Convention, everything was going great and the Spirit of God was moving Mightily. I was laying hands on People right, left and centre.
In those days we lay hands on everybody who is barren (not very many); everyone who is sick, etc. And then past midnight I waited to Pray for all the Ministers of God Present.
… We were not very many!
Suddenly, I heard in the Spirit – one (1) Witch speaking on my right, speaking to another Witch on my left saying: it’s time now for us to intervene.
I didn’t know they were there. I was having fun in the Holy Spirit.
I know you will ask the question, how can Witches be in the Church of God?
Ah! A good Hospital is where you see the worse cases. Where the children of God are gather, the children of the devil are there.
You don’t even know who you are sitting next to. But Thank God there is somebody who can take care of your Dark Spot.
Suddenly the Lord told me, hold on, tell the Ministers of God to wait. And then He said I should call those Witches forward. “You better come now, before you are dead!”
Nobody thought they could come out: because they knew who was speaking.
That God who caused my Blind Spot to shine, will take care of your Blind Spot also, in Jesus’ Name – Amen!
PROPHECY
I’m about to CLOSE, but God has just said something beautiful. Again, it is for me but I will share it also.
Several years ago, in the 1970s, you know that Tape Recorder with Cassette. When it was just coming out; it was very popular all over the world then.
An uncle of mine came to me and said: Aburo (brother) am traveling Abroad.
I said, yes Sir – “What do you want me to buy for you?” He said you have a choice: a pair of shoes, a Shirt or a Tape Recorder.
And that time, I had only two (2) pairs of shoes. So a pair of shoes was in order! I had two (2) shirts, and a shirt would be welcome. And yet I wanted a Tape Recorder.
… I looked at my Uncle, and I said Sir, I don’t have a choice? – He laughed and left!
When he returned, he brought me a pair of shoes, he brought a Shirt, and he brought me a Tape Recorder.
I’m telling you that story because the Lord says there is someone here tonight, He said very soon someone is going to give you three (3) BIG offers and ask you to choose one (1).
He asked me to tell you, your answer should be “ALL OF THE ABOVE.”
… I told you that is for me – it is not for everybody!
Finally, Prayer No. 5 should be that God should Shine His Light ON whatever is preventing your little lighter from SHINNING.
Because you already have seen light. He says you are the Light of the world.
But at times, there could be Light covered – there could be something covering your Light from shinning.
If He shines His Light ON what is covering your Light, then your light will begin to Shine.
Joshua 7:1 to the end; the Almighty God Himself had told Joshua: “Nobody will be able to stand before you all the days of your life.”
That is what He told Joshua. It was God who said so.
One big Hallelujah – I don’t know which of the three (3) kinds of Hallelujah it was they shouted that day – Whether it was the “Jumbolistic” or the other ones (Laughs!)
They had shouted and the wall had come down.
And then he came across a little City they call Ai. And they were defeated. Suddenly, the Light of Joshua that was shinning became Dark.
He fell on his face and began to cry to God: this is not what you Promised me. What is happening?
And God shone His Light on the cause of his failure.
Some of us are where we are today because there is something covering our Light.
I Pray in the Name that is above every other names, that whatever it is, be REMOVED tonight, in Jesus’ Name – Amen!
I don’t have time to tell you stories upon stories. But there are People who are highly gifted. People with the ability to succeed. But something is covering their Light from shinning.
Maybe I just tell you one (1) Example;
There was this fellow who had PhD in Agricultural something. And with that PhD he could get a job.
… And am talking of in the early 1980s, when PhD was still very Precious.
He couldn’t get a job! Of course, he couldn’t get a wife, etc.
And then he came, he gave his life to Jesus Christ. And then we Prayed and the Almighty God moved.
Between Lagos and his hometown, because the Light of God had shone, he got a job! A job was waiting for him at home.
Within three (3) months he was married. Within a Year he got a job, he got married and he got a set of Twins – All in one Year. Because what was covering his Light was removed.
Whatever is covering your Glory, that is not allowing it to shine; whoever is covering the Mercy of God that is already embedded in you, will removed tonight in Jesus’ Name – Amen!
SPECIAL PRAYERS SESSION.
So you are going to Pray five (5) Prayers:
Lord, let Your Light Shine FOR ME.
… That’s the first Prayer!
Lord, let Your Light Shine IN ME. Let it shine INTO me.
Lord, let Your Light Shine THROUGH ME.
Lord, let Your Light Shine UPON my Blind Spot. Send me help where I am absolutely helpless.
Anything that is covering my Light from Shinning; Shine Your Light on it, so it can be removed. So that my Light can continue to shine.
Like I mentioned to my Pastors (while we were Praying) this is not only the beginning of a New Year, we are at the beginning of a New Decade.
Whatever happens to you this Year is going to determine what happens to you in the next ten (10) years. It’s as serious as that!
So the Prayers you will Pray tonight; if you like, Pray it casually. If you like Pray it with all your heart.
It is not this Year alone now that is at stake. It is a Decade (10 years) that is at stake!
Lord, let Your Light Shine FOR ME. Lord, let Your Light Shine IN ME. Let it shine INTO me. Lord, let Your Light Shine THROUGH ME. Lord, let Your Light Shine UPON my Blind Spot; send me help where I am absolutely helpless. Anything that is covering my Light from Shinning; Shine Your Light on it.
The Altar is open, am going to give you a few minutes, so that you can cry to the Lord.
Of course, you start by Thanking God again, for even bringing you here tonight.
Thank You Father. In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
DADDY GO DECREE
The Light of the Most High God will Shine for you.
It will Shine for your Family: everyone who is Precious to you, the Light will Shine for them.
The Light of God will Shine IN you – He will show you the way out. He will show you the easiest way to solve your problem. He will Inspire you.
The Light of God will Shine THROUGH you. Beginning from now, through you Miracles will happen: The sick will be healed, the Captives will be set free. God will use you to raise the dead.
He will Shine through you and all those areas where you can do nothing to help yourself, He will send help to you.
His Light will Shine on your Blind Spot, and everything that is covering your Light from shinning, this very night God will remove them.
So shall it be. In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Well, God bless you. Let us go back to our seats.
For the next few minutes, the Ministers of God, we want to Pray WITH YOU – Prayer of AGREEMENT.
so let us get back to our seats very quickly, so that we can proceed. God Bless you!
Ministers of God (who have been Praying along with us) will come and LAY HANDS on you, as a Prayer of Agreement. They will just touch you very briefly.
Because it is written in Matthew 18:19: “Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on Earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in Heaven.”
The beginning of the Year, which happens to be the beginning of the Decade, particularly when that year is a LEAP YEAR. It is too crucial tonight to be treated lightly.
So the AGOs will help LAY HANDS on those who are on the Altar.
The Pastors who have Prayed with us, take your position in front of the People and kindly do so now, because time is gone.
And then while the Band keeps worshiping God (for the Glory of God to come down).
And then we will Thank God, then I. Might quickly share what God says we should expect in the New Year (in case you don’t know already) before we go.
So Pastors, could you please take your Positions? God Bless you! Let’s move fast. Let the Light of God shine THROUGH you as you lay hands in Agreement.
Oh! Let somebody shout hallelujah!
DADDY GO PRAYS
I’m in Total Agreement with everyone of you; that your request be granted.
I’m in Total Agreement with you that before the end of this Month, it will be evident that the Light of God is shining for you.
So shall it be in Jesus’ Name – Amen!
Now, Just one (1) or two (2) little words about what God says is likely to happen.
Anytime God says something is going to happen, particularly those that might not sound polite; it is to invite us for Prayers. Prayers can change things!
On the INTERNATIONAL SCENE: this Year – and when we talk about International Scene, that includes all Nations of the world.
Physically, He says there will be Earthquakes in Places where they have never even occurred before. Which is why you need to PRAY.
He says the Fire, the Flood that we saw in 2019 is child’s play compared to what is coming this year.
And that is really frightening and why we need to Pray. Particularly for Nations like Nigeria.
Because if you look at the Prophecy for last Year (2019); for International Scene – because everything included in the Prophecy of last Year for the International Scene;
… Because last Year we gave them in coded form.
Because some interesting people who are just waiting to see how they can catch and thrust whatever we say!
But if you go through the Bible Passages we gave last Year – for the International Scene, you will see Fire and Flood.
Now, if Nations like Australia and America, as advanced as they are – are having problems dealing with Fire, then we need to Pray that, that will not happen in Nigeria: We don’t have the equipment, we don’t have the wherewithal to handle something massive!
The little flood that we saw last Year; we saw the devastating effects on Villages and Towns.
So if God says what happened last year is child’s play compared to 2020; we need to PRAY!
Then He said on POLITICAL SCENE: There will be change of Governments.
Now, don’t say that I said that there will be Change of Government in Nigeria. That is not what I said. I said, on the INTERNATIONAL SCENE.
There will be change of Government, some will be Peaceful, some will be something else. But if you Pray, God is able to change things!
INDIVIDUAL:
On the Individual Scene, this will be a Year of JOY and Shouts of Joy (for Christians). And He says there will be series of Victory.
And like I explained to you on the Watch Night Service; Victories implies battles. You don’t talk of Victories until you have fought battles.
So there will be battles; but there will be Victories. So there will be JOY!
And He emphasized for those of us who are children of God: “DON’T BE AFRAID” He said that again and again and AGAIN!
… And the battle is not yours, don’t be afraid!
And if there is any battle, and you know you are going to win, even before the battle – I think you should be rejoicing.
So those of us who know we are going to shout for Joy in the coming Year, let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
And when I say Coming Year; am trying to say from this moment onward, you will be shouting for Joy.
And then He says, He will ANSWER PRAYERS. Okay!
Now, I think that is all am allowed to tell you. Don’t worry, the battle is not yours, and you will win. So there will be Victories, whatever the battle may be. And the battle is not yours.
I was discussing with some of my children the other day, I said: As a Boxer, if you know you are going to win every fight; you are a Champion – You know you are going to win every fight. Then you will fight regularly.
Because every fight will lead to Victory, and Victory to Prosperity. So you will say let them bring the fight!
I remember I Preached a Sermon some years ago called: “LET THE LION COME”.
How many of you are more than conquerors?
How many of you will say: “Let the Fight Begin – because you are going to win?”
Let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM DADDY GO MATHEMATICIAN FRIEND.
There is this little Message from a friend of mine that I think I should share briefly with you.
Am sure you know that friend of mine.
How many of you know him? What kind of friend is he?
He is a Mathematician (laughs)!
Some of you know him – He is a Mathematician friend of mine. He is a very, very funny fellow.
… He tries to reduce everything to Mathematics.
So the other day, we were talking about some situations and he suddenly began to talk about Newton Second (2nd) Law of Motion.
Those of you who are Scientist, you know what that Law means.
That Law says: “Actions and Reactions are equal and opposite”.
So he began to say that we all know that the opposite of up is down; the opposite of good is bad. And he added some very funny things:
The opposite of Election is impeachment; the opposite of hate is Love etc.
Then he reached a conclusion, he said: “The only way to conquer hate is by LOVE not by Law”.
… Do you agree with him? – Absolutely the DMC Family agrees with him sir!
So he asked me to say Happy New Year to you (Laughs)!
Let somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
THANKSGIVING
It is time to say THANK YOU to Jesus Christ.
So let us take our Thanksgiving offering, and with Joy you dance to the nearest basket, you drop your offerings. And I will pronounce a Blessing on you, you will be on your way.
And the Ministers of God too can go from the Altar, and be on their way.
So thank you Band, you have been doing a very nice job. You will do a very nice job. God Bless you!
Thank you Ushers, you did a very great job last Year. You will do a Greater Job this Year!
Thank You Father!
… Hold on! PROPHECY:
Daddy says there is someone here, He says because of you, your friends will get Miracles this Year – Amen!
He says as for you, you will get WONDERS.
Amen! Okay, now you can become better begin to SING.
FINAL BLESSING BY DADDY GO.
And so Father, we say THANK YOU once again. Thank You for speaking to our future.
Father we look forward to Miracles for our friends. And we look forward to Wonders for ourselves. Accept our Thanks in Jesus’ Name.
Lord, I Pray that this Year will be extremely successful for Your children.
That Your Light will Shine INTO them, Shine into their Finances.
I Pray that this Year Your children will not borrow. But they will have more than sufficient.
Bless their Offerings Lord, Sanctify it, use it for Your Glory.
Father, I Pray that long before the end of this Month, Your children will already be shouting for Joy.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Who got the biggest Miracle tonight? – The DMC Family Members!
Let your Hallelujah be the Loudest – HALLELUJAH.
Thank you so much for staying all through to read.
To read other Messages on the Coverage of DMC MediaCrew so far this Year and beyond; kindly visit our Website: http://discoverymediacrew.com.
Follow us on Twitter: @discoverymediac
Send a Friend Request on Facebook to DMC MediaCrew.
Like our FB Page: Discovery Media
Join us on WhatsApp:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/E9Z2KuRj5AAFxNrvbC936l
Join us on Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/NzzPckuGazKYFxZZFkt9fg
Follow Us on Instagram: Discoverymediacrew
Watch and Follow Us on YouTube: Discovery Media Crew
For Enquiries, email Us on: info@discoverymediacrew.com
And I can assure you that you will be glad you did as it will avail you first hand access to comprehensive reports on the various Messages of Pastor E.A Adeboye and other Men of God!
It is outrightly wrong and a sin we frowned at it for anyone to consciously remove the original source of the work that does not emanate for him or her!
Discovery Media Crew … Reaching out to the World through the Power of the Gospel!!!
COMPILATIONS BY:
MOSES DURODOLA, TITILAYOMI AJAYI AND TOPE BABALOLA
Thank you saviour for saving me Thank you Lord for loving me Thank you Jesus for healing me Thank you Lord for choosing me
Chorus: The Lord is my saviour and the source of my living He gives me light, I’ll shine for Him The Lord is my healer and the cause of my singing, I’ll shout for Him Hallelujah
2, Thank you Jesus for deliverance from Satan and all his hosts
Thank you Jesus translating me from darkness into your light
3, Thank you Jesus my big brother
Open door to God’s own home
Thank you Jesus nearest kinsman my joint heir to things of God
4, Thank you Jesus my supplier, supplying my every needs
My defender, my protector
The lifter up of my head
5, Thank you Jesus my baptiser with fire, holy spirit
I can break yokes, set captives free, heal the sick and raise the dead
6, Thank you Jesus living in me
So I can do everything
Giving me hope, hope of glory, my future will be okay
7, Hear me Jesus I pledge to You
By your grace and your support
I won’t fail you, nor let you down, I will shine brightly for you
8, Light of the world shine in my life,
Let there be light in my soul
Shine much brighter in my whole life, shine for me and shine through me
9, Hallelujah to the father of all lights and to the son who brought us life through the spirit, join me shout Hallelujah
