THE PRINCIPLES THAT PASTOR ADEBOYE LIVES BY : PASTOR EZEKIEL A. ODEYEMI – RCCG 2021 SPECIAL HOLY GHOST SERVICE (THANKSGIVING SERVICE FOR THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF HGS)

DAY 4: RCCG 2021 SPECIAL HOLY GHOST SERVICE (THANKSGIVING SERVICE FOR THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF HGS).

THEME: GOD BLESS YOU – PART 3 (I WILL LIFT UP MY EYES)

MINISTERING: PASTOR EZEKIEL A. ODEYEMI (AGO IN CHARGE OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND CONTINENTAL OVERSEER IN CHARGE OF WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA, RCCG).

TOPIC: THE PRINCIPLES THAT PASTOR ADEBOYE LIVES BY

DATE: 7TH MARCH, 2021

BIBLE TEXT: REVELATION 4:10-11

I believe without any doubts, that there is someone there, who can shout Hallelujah, for this 35th Anniversary of the Special Holy Ghost Service – Hallelujah!

Let’s wave our hands to the God of Heaven, and bless His Holy Name!

Let’s Appreciate the One Who sits on the Throne of the Whole Universe – The Living God!

The One Who was, the One Who is, the One Who is to come; the Almighty!

Let’s bless His Name, Adore Him. Let Him hear our voice today!

Let’s Thank Him and tell Him how much we appreciate Him for ALL He has done for us in the Past Thirty Five (35) Years of the Special Holy Ghost Service.

Let’s Bless His Name; let the Lord know that you are really appreciative.

Thank You Heavenly Father; we Honour You Lord, we Appreciate You.

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!

SONG:

We give You ALL the Glory
We give You Honour;
We give You ALL the Glory
We give You Honour (Praise God)!

Repeated!

OPENING PRAYER:

Blessed Father, we bless Your Name. King of Glory, we Worship You!

The Lord that sits on the seat of the whole Universe, we Thank You today: The Wonderful, the Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Prince of Peace:

The One Who was, Who is, Who will ever be! The Lord of the Holy Ghost Services. Ever Faithful, Never Failing.

Accept our Thanks and Praise, in the Name of Jesus!

We Thank You for Proving Yourself Faithful, over the Years.

We want to Thank You for adding another year to the life of our Father-in-the-Lord.

We Want to Thank You for helping him ALL the Way. We want to Thank You for Your Strength upon his life.

We want to Thank You for our Mummy in the Lord, his Partner.

Lord we Worship You! Be Thou exalted forever, in the Name of Jesus.

Today, all we have come to do, is to say Thank You! May Your Name be Glorified Forever!

In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

… And everybody will say – Amen!

I like to begin by Thanking our father-in-the-Lord and our mother-in-the-Lord, for giving us this Unique Privilege, to bring this Word of Thanksgiving at this Landmark Service.

We Pray that the Almighty God who has always kept you, will always be there for you, in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

“I WILL LIFT UP MY EYES.”

This has been our Theme all the way, since we started the Solemn Assembly.

God of Heaven and Earth Himself, has shown us clearly, that those who Lift up their eyes unto Him, they will not be put to shame.

But because this is a Thanksgiving Service, we will look at Revelation 4:10-11:

10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive Glory and Honour and Power: for thou hast created All Things, and for thy Pleasure they are and were created.

Our father-in-the-Lord has realised that the Living God created him for His Pleasure; and he lives for that Pleasure everyday of his Life.

And that’s the reason why we have come to give God exceptional Thanksgiving on this very day – To the God of the whole Universe, Who for the Past Thirty Five (35) years has shown to us, that those who decide to live for His Pleasure, He will also show up for them.

He has shown up for him (Daddy Adeboye) and for all of us, time and again!

… And He is NEVER tired of Showing Up for us!

From the Scriptures, we see the lives of the Saints of Old, who through Faith, have subdued Kingdoms, wrought Righteousness, obtained Promises, stopped the mouth of lions.

According Hebrews 11:33; these Saints of Old reveal to us the efficacy of God’s Word and the Potency of His Promises.

Again, when our Mummy was Reading the Scripture, Psalms 105:1, which says:

“O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon His Name: make known His Deeds among the People.”

We want to look at: THE PRINCIPLES THAT PASTOR ADEBOYE LIVES BY.

1. The Principle of HOLINESS.

Because the Bible tells us in Hebrews 12:14 – “Follow Peace with all men, and Holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:”

He has made up his mind, that he will follow Peace with all People; even when it is to his own detriment (some times).

He has made up his mind, that he will not allow anything, to come between him and his God.

It’s a Principle that he lives by on daily basis – The Principle of Holiness, the Principle of following Peace with all People.

2. The Principle of HUMILITY.

According to James James 4:6 and Verse 10.

6. But he giveth more Grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the Proud, but giveth Grace unto the Humble.
7. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.”

All over the world, he is known (to the Glory of God) as “Exceptionally, Humble”.

He would say ‘Sir’ to everyone!

God says we should make known His Deeds among People.

God has given us an example to live by; to show to us that the Word of God can be Real in People’s lives.

3. The Principle of SACRIFICE.

… Hs Principle of AGAPE LOVE.

I. We will also look briefly at his Purpose in Life.

He has discovered his Purpose and that is one of the reasons why we have come to Thank God Today

Now, God sent someone to the world who understands His Purpose.

And his Purpose is to Please the One Who has Chosen him!

According to Philippians 3:10 – “That I may know Him, and the Power of His Resurrection, and the Fellowship of His Sufferings, being made conformable unto His death;”

… That is His Purpose!

Hebrews 11:5 says: “By Faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this Testimony, that he Pleased God.”

The Bible revealed to us that Enoch, before his translation; he had Testimony that he Pleased God!

That was the Purpose of Enoch; and it is the Purpose of the Enoch of today.

He has made us his Mind that He will Please the One Who has Chosen him and to give Him all his time – It doesn’t matter what it costs him!

II We will look briefly at his Passion.

And we Thank God for his Passion – You want to talk about somebody who is Passionate about what God has called him to do!

We have a Case Study!

What are his Passions?

A. To Preach the Gospel, with evidence following!

And that’s the reason why, he lives that life of Sacrifice, of Prayer; a life of relying absolutely on the Holy Spirit.

The Bible tells us in Mark 16:20 – “And they went forth, and Preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the Word with Signs following. Amen.”

That’s what we see here because he is Passionate about that!

That is what we see all over the world; as he goes round, carrying the Message of the One Who has called him.

B. He is Passionate about seeing Signs Following.

… And God has Honoured His Words through his Life!

C. He is Passionate about Winning Souls.

Any Program that does not involve Soul Winning, you will not see him there! – He is Passionate about Winning Souls to the Kingdom.

D. He is Passionate about Warning Backsliders.

E. He is Passionate about Preparing the People ready for the Bridegroom.

F. He is Passionate to be used of God to Heal the Sick:

He Delivers the Oppressed, he see the Manifestations for all of these, in the lives of People and much more!

And we see it happening in all Holy Ghost Services, all over the world.

The Bible revealed to us that Enoch, before his translation: He had Testimony that he Pleased God!

That was the Purpose of Enoch; and it is the Purpose of the Enoch of today.

He has made us his mind that he will Please the One Who has Chosen him and to give Him all his time – It doesn’t matter what it will cost.

III. That’s why we have come again today – To Thank God for his Life, for his Persistence and Dogged Determination.

If you are looking for someone who is Persistent, someone who is “Doggedly Determined” to ensure that what God has called him to do is achieved.

This Program is an evidence of Persistence and Sacrifice.

When he was telling us of all the things that happened – From the very moment the Holy Ghost Service Started; Oh, it appears as if it is Rollercoaster – Everything just went on smoothly.

Oh, you can tell the story of thirty five (35) years in thirty five (35) seconds!

… But is it as Smooth as that?

A. It is a Journey, filled with all kinds of Sacrifices.

B. A Journey, filled with all kinds of Pains.

C. A Journey, filled with all kinds of Determination.

He had made up his mind: That whatever it costs him, he will achieve what the Master has asked him to do.

And that is the reason why time and time again, he will tell us, according to Philippians 3:13-14:

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do,

… He is man of One Thing.

Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I Press toward.

That is why time.and again, he will tell us “We have not started yet.”

Because the One Who has called him has showed him the future.

It is my Prayer today, that someone who is listening to this Message or Reading now on the Label of DMC: May you see your Future – Amen!

… Let your Amen be louder – AMEN!!!

IV. We have come here today to Thank God, for the kind of Partnership that he has Forged.

Remember, I have given us four (4) ‘P’s’ already:

• I have told us about PRINCIPLES;
• I have told us about PURPOSE;
• I have told us about PASSION;
• And I have told us about PERSISTENCE and DOGGED DETERMINATION.

We are Thanking God for the Partnership that he has forged.

1. The Partnership with the Holy Spirit – The Holy Spirit is a Senior Partner.

Beginning from the moment the Lord showed him, to ascend the Leadership of this Denomination – At a certain Meeting he told us that the Holy Spirit told him: Up till now, I have been Resident; from Now, I want to be the President”.

“If that is going to happens, Rev. (Dr.) must go! You must be known simply as Pastor.”

And of course, because he wanted that Particular thing, Rev. (Dr.) disappeared.

He was able to do all, to Please the One Who had called him. He was ready to give anything.

Because the Bible tells us in Romans 8:14 – “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”

Hence, the Holy Spirit took him over! And has been leading him one step at a time.

Few days ago, I cast my mind back Specifically almost forty (40) years ago when he told us that: “The time is coming, when the Redeemed Christian Church of God is holding a Program, if you don’t book your Flight on time, you won’t get a flight.”

Almost Forty (40) years ago – That can only be the Holy Spirit!

At that time, we were less than one thousand (1,000) in the whole of Nigeria – Few people, Insignificant and Unknown.

But the Holy Spirit showed him the Future because he has “Forged Partnership” with the Holy Spirit.

And on that day while he was talking about the Fourth (4th) Dimension of Ministry, he revealed to us: “The time is coming when we will have Representatives among you here, who will be heading Continents.

… Many of us as at that time, we didn’t know the way to Ikeja (Capital City of Lagos State Nigeria).

But he spoke to our lives, he spoke Vision, he spoke into our Future. He lifted us up from the littleness that we were to aspire for Greatness.

The transformational Leadership in him Transformed us, from weaklings to Greatness.

Today, God used him to raise Ministers (all over the world) who are doing wonderous work.

… Partnership! – You need that Partnership.

2. He Forged Partnership with his Wife.

His Jewel of inestimable Value, our mother-in-the- Lord who has stood by him all these Years.

Mummy G.O has modelled what it means to be a ‘TRUE HELPMEET’

We have heard Pastors’ wives who would say: “When I married you, I didn’t marry a Pastor.” And I didn’t say I want to be a Pastor.

Daddy and Mummy G.O did not marry as Believers; but the moment she knew the direction that her husband was going, she followed all the way.

Time and again, Mummy would say: “BABA YIN TI SO WIPE” (Your father has said).

The moment she says that, what she is telling you is that: ‘The way Daddy is going, that is where I am going.’

… That is a Lesson for all the Womenfolks.

That is the reason the Bible says in Proverbs 31:27-29:

“She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he Praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.”

To our Mummy, we want to say: “You are truly, an EXCELLENT WOMAN.’

3. Daddy has forged Partnership with Other Ministers.

The Holy Ghost Service Started in 1986. Sometimes in 1988, he discovered that the way the Holy Ghost was moving, he would not be able to do the work alone.

So he called on the Elders of the Church – The Members of the Supreme Counsel; that they will be working with him along that line.

And he chose Two (2) of us: Pastor Israel Abatan and myself (Pastor Ezekiel Odeyemi) to join that Group.

I remembered that day very well, like yesterday; when we were going round the Altar.

… The Altar used to be Central in those days.

And Daddy was leading us round the Altar. I was like a small Boy running after the Elders.

I could remembered distinctly till today; what God had used him to do.

Every Month, he was adding more People. Today, there are hundreds of thousands of Ministers all over the world; who had been touched, by the Power of the Holy Spirit, through the Ministry that the Lord has committed to his hands.

We should make known, God’s deeds among His People, by looking at Physical Case Studies among us!

And that’s the reason why we have come to Thank God today!

It is Possible that as you are reading this Message on the Label of DMC; you have not forged that Partnership.

Anytime Daddy G.O is inviting you to the Lord Jesus, what he is saying is that: “This is the Partnership that changed my life, that changed my Destiny.

This is the Partnership that defines Everything!

And when you handover your life to the Lord Jesus, you saying: “I want You to be the Senior Partner – You lead, I will follow!”

And there is no way that Jesus will be your Senior Partner then you fail – No Way!

There is no way that Jesus will be your Senior Partner and you will Fail – No way!

There’s no way Jesus will be your Senior Partner and Storms will over take you – It Is not possible!

ALTAR CALL

That is the reason why, this moment, you have no option, but to seek that Partnership – To hand over your life to Jesus Christ.

Wherever you are, I like You to stand up on your feet!

If you want that Partnership – To hand over your Life to Jesus Christ, so that He will be your Senior Partner.

Something is about to happen; something that Jesus Christ has been waiting for, all these years. It’s time for you now to take that decision.

If you want to forge that Partnership, you want the Living God to take over your life: Absolutely and Completely; whereever you are, Stand on your feet because we want to Pray now.

Thank You Jesus! Blessed be Your Name.

God Bless You! The God of the Universe Himself is the One inviting you to this Partnership.

This is your day! Take it: From today, you too will be able to say: ‘One day, I forged this Partnership with Jesus Christ, and my life had never remained the same again.

Pray to the Lord now, that He will step into your Life, He will save your Soul and He will make you His Child – His son or His daughter.

Make sure you Pray that Prayer.

It is Possible you have made that decision before, but you have not been living for Him: you have been rising, you have been falling.

This is the time to ensure that you make amendments, so that He can become your Senior Partner.

He doesn’t want to be Senior Partner to an Unserious People. But He will be your Senior Partner, if you make up your mind and say: Lord Jesus, wherever You lead from now, I will follow.

If you want to be restored back to Him, you can join this Particular Group.

Brethren, let’s Pray for all those surrendering their lives to Jesus Christ now, all over the world or as they read now on the Label of DMC.

We are Praying for all of you at this Point in time, and we can assure you; that the Living God will answer your Prayers – Amen.

As the Almighty God that we are Praising today, on behalf of our father-in-the-Lord, has turned him to be a Worldwide Phenomenon; the Almighty God will also do something New in your life – Amen!

PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER.

Blessed Father we want to Thank You. There is none like you. We Worship You. We Worship You, we Exalt You. What a Good God You Are!

We Thank You that we have a Case Study that we can see; that we can touch, that we can behold. Someone who has Proved that Your Word is true!

Father accept our Thanks in the Name of Jesus!

Lord of Heaven and Earth, Your children have come forward, we ask that You will save their Souls.

We Pray my Father and my God, that everyone of them, as they accept You today as their Personal Lord and Saviour – We Pray Oh God, that You will wash them with Your Blood and write their names in the Lamb’s Book of Life and they will never Remain the same again, Heavenly Father.

And in Your Kingdom we Pray, none of us will be found wanting.

In Jesus’ Mighty Name we Pray – Amen.

And everybody would say – Amen!!!

God bless you Brethren!

Those of you who have surrendered your Life to Jesus Christ today, Please forward your Names and Addresses to our father-in-the-Lord; who will be Praying for you everyday, from now on.

The Lord Bless You! And may you also become a Case Study, in Jesus’ Name – Amen!

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