OPENING BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE – RCCG THANKSGIVING SERVICE, 5TH JUNE, 2022.
RCCG JUNE 2022 THANKSGIVING SERVICE FEATURING SPECIAL FOR THOSE TRUSTING GOD FOR THE FRUIT OF THE WOMB, POLITICIANS BUSINESS MEN AND WOMEN AND THOSE TRUSTING GOD FOR ALL MANNERS OF MIRACLES AND THEIR FAMILIES
TOPIC: OPENING BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
DATE: 5TH JUNE, 2022
BIBLE TEXT: PSALMS 20: 1-4
GENERAL PRAYERS
- Let’s open our mouth to give God all the Glory, Honour and Adorations. Bless the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords; Worship Him and give Him Glory.
Thank Him for all what He has done for you since the beginning of the Year and Bless Him especially for what He did for you Last Month (May) – Thank Him for life, Thank Him for Protection, Thank Him for Provision, Thank Him for His Faithfulness.
David said: If the Lord has not been on our side, what shall we be saying now? Thank Him because God is on your side. Praise His Holy Name.
The Bible says: New every Morning is His Mercies. But for His Mercies, we won’t be here today.
Let’s give Him Glory, give Him Honour, give Him Adoration – Oh bless His Holy Name. Thank Him for January, Thank Him for February, Thank Him for March, Thank Him for April, Thank Him for May, Thank Him for June. Thank Him that thus far He has helped you.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
- With all your heart cry to God and say: Father this Month (June), remember me – Out of Your Love, Mercy, Compassion, Loving Kindness; remember all of us (Male and Female).
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
- Lets lift our voices to the Almighty God and say: Father, let barreness become a Stranger in our midst – In our Church, let there be no more barrenness. Banish barrenness from our midst.
Go ahead and talk to the Almighty God.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
SONG
We bless You Oh Lord of Heaven and Earth
We bless You Oh Lord of Heaven and Earth
Heaven and Earth
Heaven and Earth
Heaven and Earth; Oh Heaven and Earth
We Praise You Oh Lord of Heaven and Earth
We Praise ng You Oh Lord of Heaven and Earth
Heaven and Earth
Heaven and Earth
Heaven and Earth; Oh Heaven and Earth
OPENING PRAYER
King of Glory, the I am that I am, the Unchangeable Changer, our Saviour, our Healer, our Deliverer, our Provider, our Promoter, our Defense, our Hope of Glory – Glory be to Your Holy Name.
Thank You for January, Thank You for February, Thank You for March, Thank You for April, Thank You for May and Thank You for June – G,ory be to Your Holy Name. Please, accept our Worship in Jesus Name.
Father, we Pray that this Month (June) will be extremely Successful for us; that you will remember us, that Fruitless Efforts will come to an end.
Please Lord, like never before; this Month (June), show us Favour, be Merciful to us, be Merciful to our families, be Merciful to Your Church and Please, be Merciful to our Nation.
And today, like you have never done before, one by one visit us Oh Lord.
And as for Your Children who has been Faithful in the Payment of their Tithes and in the Giving of their Offerings; my Father and my God, bless them beyond comprehension – Bless them, don’t let them lack, don’t let them know Failure, don’t let them have Financial crisis.
Please Lord God Almighty, bless them so much that they will never borrow again.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Well, let Someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
And then you can shake hands with one (1) or two (2) People and say: Good Morning, God Bless You – Amen.
And then, you may Please be seated.
We will open our Bibles to Psalms 20: 1-4 – This is the Prayer for Someone in Particular today (Amen)
Psalms 20: 1-4
- The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the Name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
- Send thee help from the Sanctuary, and Strengthen thee out of Zion;
- Remember all thy Offerings, and accept thy burnt Sacrifice;
- Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy Counsel.
Well, if you are the one that God is talking to; your Amen will be louder – Amen!
There are three (3) Possible Ways that God can relate with a Person:
- He can decide to Forget the Fellow.
- He can decide to Ignore the Fellow.
- He can decide to Remember the Fellow.
- To Forget means that as far as that Fellow is concerned, the case is closed – The fate is Zeroed, there is no Hope for that Fellow.
So, I’m Praying with all the Strength that I have that God will not Forget you – Amen!
We have examples in the Bible to demonstrate this:
I. You know the Story of a Young Man called Ephraim – He was the Second born of Joseph.
When the father of Joseph (Jacob or Israel) was old, Joseph brought his two (2) sons – Manasseh, the first born and Ephraim, the second born; to their grandfather for Blessings. And he (Joseph) placed the first born (Manasseh) where the right hand of the grandfather will land and then Ephraim (the second born) he placed him where the left hand of the grandfather will land. The grandfather couldn’t see very well because of Old Age.
But the Holy Spirit directed the hands of the grandfather – He crossed his hands and placed the right hand on the head of the second born and then the left hand on the head of the first born.
Joseph said: No, No, No; Papa. You are making a mistake – The one on your right is the first born and the one on your left is the second born.
The grandfather said that I know – Both of them will be great but the Younger one will be Greater than the Elder.
Within a short Period of time, that Younger Fellow who got the right hand on his head had Prospered ten (10) times more than the Elder – According to Deuteronomy 33:17. Ephraim was very Wealthy,
Whenever God needed the children of Israel to go to war, to defend things of God – Ephraim, let us go to war! Ephraim will say – With whom am I going to leave my Wealth? Who will look after my Sheep, my Goat? No, the rest of you can go!
Little by little; he (Ephraim) began to Worship idols.
Then we came to the Book of Hosea – Hosea 4:17; God said: As far as Ephraim is concerned, forget him. Ephraim has joined himself to idols, leave him alone.
Then in Hosea 5:9; God now said – Ephraim shall be Desolate!
Do you know the meaning of Desolate? – There won’t be trace that this Fellow has been there!
… As far as Ephraim is concerned, forget him!
And it wasn’t too long before there was nothing left about Ephraim.
If you read the Book of Revelation; you will find out that when God was mentioning the names of the Tribes of Israel, Ephraim wasn’t there.
I Pray for you one more time – May God never Forget you – Amen!
II. In the New Testament, there waa another Fellow called Judas Iscariot.
In Matthew 26: 20-25; Jesus Christ said to the Disciples Publicly – He said that the Son of Man is going as it is writren about Him, I will be crucified et cetera et cetera. He said that woe is to the Man by whom the Son of Man will be betrayed.
The twelve (12) looked at themselves – Ha, that is a serious statement. So, everyone began to say: Is it me? And Jesus Christ said: Yes sir; you have said it.
And you will expect that when Judas Iscariot heard that, he would quickly repent – Ha, my secret is out; alright I backed out.
But he didn’t – The Bible said that he just went ahead.
Then came John 13: 21-30; at the Last Supper, Jesus Christ repeated what He said before – One of you will betray me. Who is it?
Then He turned to Judas Iscariot and said – That which you want to do; do it quickly. Your case is settled, your fate is sealed.
You know the rest of the Story – The Bible said that he (Judas Iscariot) got up and went out. And the next thing that we heard is that he hung himself. His case was sealed.
When God Forget Somebody, there is no Hope at all!
- The Second Thing that God could do is for God to Ignore Someone.
This is almost as bad as Forget. The only difference is that there is still slight Possibility and slight Hope for that Fellow.
I. For Example Samson – You know the Story of Samson.
Before he was born, God gave his mother some very serious warning – This boy is not an “Ordinary Boy”. No Wine, no Messing around et cetera et cetera. And the mother told him.
Then came a time and Power began to ride him – He was doing whatever he likes and he was getting away with it.
Until we get to Judges 16: 1-21 – Mighty Man of God but yet he was visitimg harlots. He will do it and then come out and Power was still there. Until finally, God said: Alright, I think that I better take my eyes off.
And when God ignores Somebody, when God becomes Neutral towards Somebody; you don’t have to invite darkness to come into you – All ypu need to do is take away the Light, the enemies will finish the rest.
I think that I have told you before – When a Lion wakes up in the morning, he Prays only one Prayer – God show me the animal that I will eat today and leave the two (2) of us alone. Don’t help me, don’t help the animal.
If the devil ever Prays, his Prayer will be God, this Particular Fellow leave him alone to me – Don’t help me, don’t help him.
The next thing that we saw – Samson, the Mighty Man had become a Prisoner, his eyes were Plucked out and he was dancing before idols.
But in Judges 16: 22-end; the Bible says the hair of Samson began to grow again,
So, God just ignore him but He didn’t forget him!
If you are in that situation where God has already come to a “Neutral Gear” concerning you; I Pray in the Name that is above every other names; you will repent today – Amen!
- This brings us to the third one – Which is the Topic for today (Divine Remembrance).
When God remembers, it means He is turning Full Attentiom to Somebody!
Because God knows the end from the beginning; He doesn’t forget anything – He knows what has happened, what is happening and what will happen.
So, when we say that God remembers, what we are saying is that: God is turning Full Attention to that Fellow.
And I know that there is Someone for whom today’s Service has been called – Because at long last; God is about to remember Somebody (Amen).
When He remembers, He turns Full Attention to you and I will give you some Examples:
I. Genesis 8: 1-22 – The Bible says that God remembered Noah.
You know the Story – Noah, his family and all manners of animals has been in the Ark for a while. The rain came down and the flood was getting worst and worst for forty (40) days. It rained Non Stop.
But after forty (40) days, God remembered Noah. And at the end of the Story, Noah, his family and all the animals; they all came out of the Ark.
When God remembers you; your days of hiding are over – Amen!
You know that you could be walking around and People will see you coming in and out and yet they won’t see you because you are being hidden.
But the day God remembers you; your days of hiding will be over – Amen.
Let’s give one little example – You have heard the Story before.
We are having a Program – We are still in our “Little Church” before this one was built. And the Almighty said that there was a lady in the crowd that it is your mum that is not allowing you to marry. She will die in seven (7) days.
So, the girl went home, told the mother – Mama, daddy has Prophesisied thar you are the one not allowing me to marry and if you don’t let me marry; you are dead.
So, the following day, Mama came and said you are the kind of Prophet, Prophesying lies to girls.
I said what is the Problem? And she said this is what the daughter said.
And I asked the girl – Did I mentioned anybody’s name? The girl just took the thing; Please don’t mind her Mama.
Then she asked the girl to excuse us and Mama said that is it really true that the mother will die?
I said: Mama, I am not talking of you but once God has spoken, its settled. It’s not you but the woman who will not allow her daughter to marry; before the end of this week will die.
You know the rest of the Story – She said that she is the one taking care of me. If she marries now, who will take care of me?
Anyway, we settled the matter. Within a Montg, Somebody who has been in the Church all these Years suddenly the eyes of the brother opened and he said: This is the woman I’m going to marry.
Those of you who has been kept hiding by Darkness; your days of hiding are over – Amen! Because God will remember you – Amen!
When you hear of a Musician who has been composing Song and singing for Years and all of a sudden, he will sing just one Song and everybody will say that a Star has been born.
No, No, No; the Star has been there all this while but something covered it.
Everything that has been covering your Glory; the Almighty will remove it today – Amen!
II. Then in Genesis 30:22; the Bible says that: And God remembered Rachel, harkened to her Prayers and opened her womb.
Rachel has been barren, she had even reached a Stage where she was telling her husband – Is either I have a child or I die.
When God remembered Rachel, before you knew it; baby Number 1 came and then baby Number 2.
When God remembers the barren, becomes Fruitful!
Because when God shuts, Nobody can open; when He opens, Nobody can shut.
Every door that has been shut against you, will be forced open today – Amen!
You know the Story of one of our Pastors who has been married for twenty six (26) Years doing the Will of God steadily, committed to God in every ways Possible but barren for twenty six (26) Years.
He said: Where else can I go Lord? I’m already a Pastor at The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). And God kept on encouraging him and his wife – Just wait upon the Lord, the child will come one day.
But one day at the Holy Ghost Service (HGS), the Word of God came and said – There is Someone here today; your Waiting Days are over.
He said ‘Amen’ where he was sitting, the wife said ‘Amen’ too where she was seated. After the Service, they met each other and said that it is over.
Long last, the first baby came and People didn’t believed. The second baby, God make sure that it will be ‘Premature Baby’ and so that People will see the wife at the hospital with the baby.
I decree today in the Name that is above every other names; your Waiting Days are over – Amen!
III. And then in Exodus 2: 23-25 – The children of Israel had been in Egypt for more than four hundred (400) Years. The King that knew Joseph had died, a New King has come and turned everyone of the children of Israel to slaves.
And each Year, when they wanted to greet themselves, they will say: Next Year in Jerusalem; Next Year, in the Promised Land.
Over four hundred (400) Years passed and the Almighty God heard their cry and remembered them.
He came to Moses in Exodus 3: 1-8 – God said that I have remembered my People and now, I have come to give them Deliverance.
When God remembers you, all the Forces that has been having Victory over you, they won’t be able to hold you back.
When God remembers you, your Progress begins, your Joy begins, your Prosperity begins.
That is why I’m decreeing in the Name that is above every other names; God will remember Someone today – Amen!
When God remembers you, the tides turns so rapidly that you yourself will find it difficult to believe – Amen!
… You will say: Am I dreaming?
I don’t know who God is talking to today but you are about to have a New Beginning – Amen!
So, whenever God is talking like this; it is because He wants to do something New in the Life of Someone and it will be something that He will do in such a manner that even you yourself will think that you are Dreaming!
Of all the Mighty Miracles God has done in The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG); there is one in Particular that I can never forget.
December 31st, we are having Cross Over Service and suddenly God spoke and said that there is Someone in the crowd who is having difficulty Paying his house rent and He say that in the New Year, he will become a Landford. Only one Fellow has enough Faith to say Amen and he was a Messenger.
You know that when you are down to Zero, it is easy to believe. It is when you are comfortable that you think if it isn’t fine you can try another – You have a Plan B.
When there is no Plan B and they said God heals; your Amen will be loud.
So, the boy said Amen – Some of you knows the Story.
And then New Year came, he went to the Office and went straight to greet the Chairman of the Company. And the Chairman looked at him and said: Messenger, Happy New Year. Have I given you a Christmas Present? – The boy said: No sir. What about New Year Present? – The boy said: No sir.
He said Lagos State Government was selling some houses; I bidded for one; I won, I don’t need it, come and take the key.
Don’t use your brain to try to understand God – Your brain is ‘Too Small’. I am talking of the All Sufficient God, the Almighty, the One that has No beginning who has no End; the One whose Name is I am that I am; the One who can open and no Man can shut; the One who will shut and no Man can open; the One who will say let there be Light and there was Light.
And so the boy took the key, went to the Address – He was thinking that it was One-Bedroom Flat but he got there and saw a whole house.
Can this be true? He put the key in the door, opened, he went upstairs – If this is a Dream, God don’t wake me up from it.
The following day, he went to the Chairman – Rolled on the Ground. And then the Chairman said: Messenger, is there any furniture in the house? – No sir. The Chairman said that I change my furniture every Christmas, the one for Last Year, I don’t know where to put it yet.
So, he called one of the drivers – Go and load my furniture and take it to the house of the Messenger.
… True Story – It happened here in Ebute Metta (National Headquarters Parish of RCCG).
I have Good News for Someone – God will remember you today – Amen
IV. In Acts 10: 1-end – It talks about a Man called Cornelius. The Bible said that he was always Giving, Praying, doing the Will of God.
And then, God said: Alright, I remembered that Fellow; always serving me, doing my Will, Giving – Let’s do something Special for him.
By the end of the Story, every Members of his family had become saved – That is something that money cannot buy (Household Salvation). Because God remembered a Man.
Whether the devil likes it or not; because God is going to remember you today; Nobody in your family will go to Hell – Amen!
But when you read the Bible Text – Psalms 20: 1-4; it tells us what God will do for you when He remembers you. It says:
I. He will hear you in “Time of Trouble’.
And that is the time you want to be heard – When everything is going on well. God can answer when He wants to.
But when you are in crisis, you want an answer and you want it now.
Those of you who came to the RCCG June 2022 Holy Ghost Service; we heard the Testimony of a Woman whose child died. They Prayed all manners of Prayers, the husband was already weeping and they are about to call for the Ambulance to come and take the child to the Mortuary.
All of a sudden, God heard the woman – She remembered that it is written that since the days of John the Baptist, the Kingdom of God suffereth Violence and the Violent has taken it by force.
And one “Holy Anger” rose up in her after the child has been dead for five (5) hours – Ask the Medical Doctors, if a child has been dead for fifteen (15) Minutes; they will say don’t waste your time as the brain has already gone.
She got up and said – In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ; baby come back!
God is going to answer the Prayer of Somebody today – Amen!
II. Then it says that God will defend you.
III. It says that He will send Help to you.
… And the rest, you can read!
There are moments in Life when you must have Help and have it immediately!
I Printed my PhD Thesis, I was to submit the following day and if I don’t submit the next day, my Graduation will be Postponed for about a Year.
They gave me a “Little Scholarship” to do the PhD Research at the University of Lagos. The money is in the Department, I have collected everything that I can collect except the money I needed for binding (I left that one there).
I have done the binding, I needed to go and collect it in the Library as I must submit it the next day. So, I went to my Head of Department (HOD); told him I needed the rest of the Scholarship money and he said that the money is not meant for binding but for Research work. He said get out of my Office.
Almighty God, what am I going to do? I sat down there in my Living Room where I was living in Surulere (A City in Lagos State Nigeria) – God Help me! I don’t want to lose a whole Year. Please Help me.
After 12 Midnight, Somebody came knocking. Who can be coming to my house after 12 Midnight?
And it was one friend that I have not seen for a long time. He borrowed five (5) Pounce from me and because he didn’t want to Pay; that’s why he has disappeared.
He came knocking and said that I remembered I owed you and I have come to Pay.
In the Name that is above every other names; the one that will help you will not be able to sleep. Until they bring you that Help, they won’t be able to sleep – Amen!
Let me Conclude:
V. In Exodus 17: 8-13; the children of Israel were going to the Promise Land – They didn’t know how to fight because they have been slaves for more than four hundred (400) Years. And then there is a Group of People called “The Amelekites” and they came and attacked them.
Moses has to climb to the Top of the Hill, lifting up his hands and crying to God. In God’s own Miraculous Way, Israel won the battle.
But God now said to Moses – Write it down that on your Journey, this is what happened because one day will be one day.
Years later, Israel now had a King – And in 1 Samuel 15: 1-3; God sent Samuel to King Saul and said: Go and tell him that I remembered what the Amelekites did to my People. Go now that you have an Army, to wipe them out – Kill the boys, girls, Male, Female and all the animals.
You don’t want the Anger of God – When God is angry, the Bible says that He is a Consuming Fire. When He burns, He burns totally and there won’t be anything left.
So, when God remembers the evil that you have done, God have Mercy
So, when you are Praying – God remembers me; you better add: God remembers me for Good because He could remember the other way.
Why are we Christians so blessed – Those of us who are truly Born Again? – It is because the Blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sins.
When you give your Life to Jesus Christ, you know what happens – Your File in Heaven with all the evil you have done will be wiped clean.
The Blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sins so that when God is going to remember, the only thing that will be in your File will be Good Things.
That is why those of you who are children of God can say: Remember Oh Lord; remember me for Good!
But you are living in sin and you say: God remembers me? Do you want Him to remember when you stole, you cheated your Husband/Wife, when you told lies, when you defrauded, when you are doing Yahoo Yahoo? If He should remember that; there will be nothing left for you.
ALTAR CALL
That is why this morning, I’m appealling to you – Before He begins to remember you; better run to Jesus today and let His Blood wash away your sins.
If you want to, you can come; if you don’t want, it is up to you. I have done my job.
But if you are here or wherever you are listening to me all over the world or reading the Message now on the Label of DMC – If you want to surrender your Life to Jesus Christ; I am going to count from one (1) to five (5); rush to Him now – I’m counting now!
Those of you infront and those on your way – Cry to Jesus Christ and say: Please forgive me. Let Your Blood wash away my sin; Please Lord save my Soul today and I will serve You for the rest of my Life.
… Cry to God yourself.
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 will save their own Souls also. Pray for them Brethren.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
PRAYER FOR SALVATION
Saviour, I just want to say Thank You – Thank You for Your Words, Thank You speaking to us again like this today. Please, accept our Thanks in Jesus Name.
I’m committing this Your Children into Your Hands – They have come now to surrender their lives to You; Please Lord, receive them, forgive them, let Your Blood wipe away their sins, Please save their Souls, write their names in the Book of Life.
And from today onwards, when they cry to You too, Please answer them by Fire. In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Those of you infront, I want you to really shout a big Hallelujah – Hallelujah.
I want to assure you all that from now on by God’s Grace; I will be Praying for you. So, I’m going to need your names, your Address and your Prayer Requests.
So, the Counsellors will attend to you in a moment. They will collect the information that I needed from you and I Promise you that I will be Praying for you.
And I can guarantee you that by the Grace of God, that before this time Next Month, you will have your Testimonies.
But I want you to be where you are now because I want you to be Part of the Prayers that we are about to Pray.
I want you to Stand on your feet and shout a very big Hallelujah – Hallelujah.
Now, how you Pray this Prayer is up to you – If you like, Pray it gently or like Lion or Lioness.
You will lift your Voice to the Almighty God loud and clear and say: Father, in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ; we are many here but Please remember me Oh Lord!
Go ahead and talk to the Almighty God!!!
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