SHINE FORTH: PASTOR MATTHEW ASHIMOLOWO – RCCG ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ADULTS AND YOUTH CONVENTION, 7TH OCTOBER, 2022.
RCCG ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ADULTS AND YOUTH CONVENTION 2022
THEME: SHINE FORTH
MINISTERING DAY 5 (MORNING): PASTOR MATTHEW ASHIMOLOWO – SENIOR PASTOR, KINGSWAY INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE (KICC) LONDON.
TOPIC: PASS ON THE BATON
DATE: 7TH OCTOBER, 2022
BIBLE TEXT: GENESIS 48:14, 2 KINGS 2:14 AND 2 TIMOTHY 2:2.
Praise the Lord everybody – Hallelujah!
Wherever you are this morning hearing the sound of my voice or reading now on the Label of DMC, raise one hand towards Heaven, as a Point of Contact with the Holy Spirit.
OPENING PRAYER
Spirit of the Living God, fall afresh upon Your People. Bless their lives. Let this Morning Session Change lives.
Let there be Transformation, let there be a Release of Grace and the Release of Favour, in Jesus’ Name!
… Can I hear a loud Amen – Amen.
This morning, I’m going to be just teaching quietly. I trust the Lord that it will bless you, and your Life will never be the same in the Name of Jesus – Amen.
Shout a Massive Amen – Amen!
Genesis 48:14:
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
2 Kings 2:14:
And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? And when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
2 Timothy 2:2:
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many Witnesses, the same commit thou to Faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
… May God bless His Words – Amen!
I came this morning to share with you a Message titled: “PASS ON THE BATON”.
In other words, God brought you to this Conference to receive something that you will pass on to Generations. Whether you are ten (10) years old, twenty (20) years old, thirty (30) years old, fifty (50) or sixty (60) years old; God wants you pass on your Faith to the coming Generation.
God will use you, in Jesus’ Name – Amen.
In the Olympic Games in 2004, in Athens – American Running Team, the man to put the Baton in another Person’s hand, he did not get to him – He allowed the Baton to drop!
In 2008 again, the same American Team, the Person who was supposed to put the Baton in the Next Person’s hand did not get him – He let the Baton dropped.
I came today to let you know – It is not enough for you to be in this Conference; It is important for you to receive something which you will pass to you children; which you will pass to Generations, pass to the Future.
You will make a difference! You will touch your World, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
In Numbers 27:18-19, the Bible says: And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; And set him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the Congregation; and give him a Charge in their sight.
Somebody is about to receive a Mantle here today! – You will have more than a Testimony. You will go home with Power, with the Anointing, with the Mantle and the Baton. You will pass on Greatness and Testimony.
… If you believe it shout, I RECEIVE it!
WHY SHOULD YOU PASS THE BATON TO OTHER PEOPLE?
Today, I Stand on this Altar – I want to Bless the Lord for Daddy and Mummy Adeboye.
I want to Thank God because they have weathered the Storm, they have spent their time, they have built the lives of many Generations, they have developed the Faith of many people.
You are here today because you are Standing on the Shoulders of those who have Paid a Price; those who have gone ahead of you.
We celebrate the Grace of God in their lives! The Life of God in them. They have passed on Batons to many men and women.
And I Pray that you, who is listening to me today or reading now on the Label of DMC, whatever you receive today, you will go to the four corners of the Earth with it – Amen.
Before I continue with my Message, may I ask you to put your hands together, let’s celebrate Daddy Adeboye and Mummy Adeboye. Give God the Praise for them. Thank God for them. Bless the Lord for them!
Why must you Pass on the Baton?
- One generation must speak to another Generation. In Proverbs 1:8 it says: My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the Law of thy mother:
… In other words, you must pass the Baton to your children.
I lay hand on some young men and women here today; you will not backslide! You will not turn away from Christ. You will not stop serving Jesus. You will bless your Generation. You will keep the Fire burning – Amen.
Turn to your neighbour, tell them: Keep the Fire Burning!
In Leviticus 6:13, it says: The fire shall ever be burning upon the Altar; it shall never go out.
So you need to catch the zeal of the fathers; catch the zeal of the mothers.
… Why should you pass on the baton?
- The ones coming behind you need to see that you love God.
You are serving God, you want to succeed – You want them also to succeed. You cannot afford a broken focus.
I am speaking to an active Youth Conference, there are lots of things going on in our Nation and around the world that can break a Person’s focus.
But I Pray for you today – May your eyes continue to be on Jesus! Your focus will not be broken; your Vision will not be broken; your Destiny will not be taken away; your Testimony will not be taken away – Amen!
… I hope I am Preaching to the right People today?
I came all the way to let you know what God is about to put in your hand, you will run with it to the end! You will finish well.
If you believe, shout a big Amen – AMEN!
Wherever you are today and you are hearing me – Maybe you are asking, “What are the Batons that have been Passed on to me that I need to run with?”
They have Passed on to you the words spoken into your Life; the word of Healing, the word of Salvation, the word of Life, the word of Hope, the word of Deliverance.
Don’t go on Google and begin to check – Is it true, is it not true? Google is the tree of Good and Evil: you can find Good there, you can find Evil there.
The Word you have received is the Word of Life – it shall Profit you! It shall work in your Life – Amen.
What Baton should you hold?
I. The Baton of the Wisdom imparted into you in this Conference, in your Youth Meetings;
The Word of Wisdom concerning how to live your Life; the Word of Wisdom concerning how to make Progress – They shall not drop out of your Life – Amen.
What should you hold on to?
II. You should hold on to the Baton of your Faith.
We live at a time – I love Young People, they are comparing Christianity with other Religions. They are not comparable!
Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life, no man can come to the Father except through Jesus Christ – John 14:6
Hold on to that Baton, no matter what Persecution, no matter what comes against you, hold on to the Baton of your Faith, keep your eyes on Christ, never Surrender, never Compromise.
III. Then you need to have the Baton of Courage.
What is courage? – It is the Ability to Stand for Jesus, the Ability to be a Testimony.
2 Timothy 1:7 says, For God hath not given us the Spirit of fear; but of Power, and of Love, and of a Sound Mind.
I Pray for you today, the Courage to Stand for Christ will rest in your Life; the Courage to be a Witness will Stand on your Life; the Courage to bless your Generation will rest on your Life; the Courage to not be Silent will rest on your Life. The world will hear from you – Amen!
… If you believe it, shout Amen – Amen!
IV. You must hold on to the Baton of the Love of God for you.
1 John 4:18 says, There is no fear in love; but Perfect Love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
You have been given the Baton of Love in a world of hatred.
People are against each other – Neighbour against Neighbour, People destroying one another, Terrorism – Anyone who does not agree with them, they send assassins, they send kidnappers.
… You have been Called to be different!
As you hold the Baton of Love, may God use you to be a Blessing. May you touch your Generation – Amen!
Let your Amen sound like Fire – Amen!
Somebody who is hearing me today or reading now on the Label of DMC – I declare to your Life that you’ll receive the Baton of Blessing. Blessing will be in your house, Blessing will be in your Life, Blessing will be in your family – Amen.
Shout Amen three (3) times: Amen! Amen!! Amen!!!
The Bible says in Genesis 48:14, 120 years old Jacob: Joseph came with his two sons (young boys). He put Ephraim to the left, because he’s the younger one. He put Manasseh to the his right of his father, because he is the older one.
Because in the Hebrew Culture, Blessings must go to the older one. And although Jacob was blind; he is about to pass the Baton of Abraham, Isaac and him (Jacob) now, to one of these two (2) boys – Ephraim on the right, Manasseh on the left.
And Jacob, though he was blind, he crossed his hands and put the Blessing on the younger boy (Ephraim).
This morning, by the Grace upon my Life and this Message He has given me to pass on the Baton to someone – God will cross His hand for you – Amen!
There will be a Transfer of Favour, there will be an Affirmation in your Life – Amen.
Somebody scream – I receive the Baton of Blessing and Favour, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
… Shout Amen with Power – Amen!
And Jacob passed the Blessing on the Younger one. He was a little boy – He probably didn’t know what was coming on him.
As he was passing it to him, he was Passing the Family Blessing – Abraham’s Blessing, Isaac’s Blessing and that of himself (Jacob).
Somebody is here: Today is the poorest you will ever be – Amen!
You would be a Stranger to Poverty; you would be a Stranger to Shame; you would be a Stranger to Limitation; you would be a Stranger to Failure; you would be a Stranger to Problems, in the Name of Jesus – Amen.
He Passed on the Baton of Covenant Keeping God on the little boy, Ephraim.
If you know your Bible, you will know that later, Ephraim the little boy became bigger. Mannaseh the older boy became smaller.
… Because whatever God Blesses, no man can curse.
Today I declare over somebody here or reading now on the Label of DMC: They don’t know you now, but they will hear from you – Amen!
They don’t see you now, but they will see you soon – Amen!
They think you are small, but Heaven will lift you up – Amen!
I will like you to say: I receive the Baton!
From this day, you will go Places, in the Name of Jesus – Amen.
It is what Lois and Eunice gave to Timothy. 2 Timothy 1:5 days – When I call to remembrance the unfeigned Faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am Persuaded that in thee also.
Ha! You have Fathers in the Faith, you have Mothers in the Faith, who have been passing Blessings to you; who have been passing Teachings to you.
You have come to this Conference; this shall be your Historical Conference – Amen.
It shall be the Conference of your turnaround – Amen!
Receive the Baton of Success; Receive the Baton of Greatness; Receive the Baton of Joy; Receive the Baton of Hope; Receive the Baton of Blessing.
Shout Amen with Power – AMEN!
Elijah had so many Students in his Bible School. Only Elisha was Pursuing the Baton.
Not everybody who comes to a Conference like this tends to be serious – Some People came, they think we are impressed by their fashion; some People think we are impressed by how they look.
They don’t know that being here, you need to be hungry to have the Baton passed on to them.
There were many Young Students in Elijah’s School, only Elisha was Pursuing for the Baton. So 2 Kings 2:10, he told his Boss, “I want a Double Portion of what you have! I want your Mantle, I want your Baton.
So Elijah said to him, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
Elisha, when his Boss tells him to go somewhere, he said, “Sir, I can’t leave you.” When his Boss says, stay here I want to go there. He said, “Sir, I am following you.”
… Because he didn’t want to miss the Baton.
You have come to this Place, as you go back – To the East, to the West, to the North, to the South, you will be a Carrier of Mantles! You will be a Carrier of the Baton – Amen.
In ten (10) years time, when the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is looking for Successful Men, you will be the Evidence – Amen!
When they are looking for Pastors, Evangelists, People of Purpose, you will be the Evidence – Amen!
Shout Amen with Power- Amen!
David had a Dream to build the House of God. He was ready – He bought all the things that were needed, he gave all the money. But God said to David, “it is your Dream, but I will want you to pass it on to your son.”
1 Chronicles 28:2, Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my Brethren, and my People: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
But God told him that he will not build it. That it was his Dream, but it is his son’s Destiny.
… Your father’s Dream, the son’s Destiny!
Some People have come to the Redemption Camp, and they are at this Youth Conference – The Dream is this house, the Dream of Nigeria will become your Destiny.
The Dream of your father’s house will become your Destiny.
Where your fathers could not reach, you will get there a thousand times!
What your mother could not do, you would achieve a thousand times.
What your father could not handle, you will do a thousand times.
David could not build it; Solomon had to build it.
Somebody is here today or reading now on the Label of DMC – What your father could never achieve, Ha!!! You will achieve a thousand times – Amen.
Shout Amen three (3) times – Amen! Amen!! Amen!!!
Maybe you don’t know the Mantle and Baton I am Passing on to you right now:
When I was a Young boy – My father was a Soldier. He served in Lagos, Ibadan, Kaduna, Kano, Zaria. He had an aspiration to be blessed; but he was always in need.
I believed that whatever Dream that my father had that made him to Change his Surname to ‘Ashimolowo’ which means, “Somebody who is so Blessed, he is giving out money to children.”
And the man never experienced it – Even though it was not a family name. It was his Dream! I took that Baton, it has become mine.
So today on this Altar: what your Dad could never achieve; what your Mom could never achieve; what your Generation could never make happen, you will achieve a thousand times- Amen!
Your Baton is Purpose – The Purpose for which God sent you to this Earth, you shall achieve it; you will fulfill it; it shall come to Pass – Amen!
You will not fail; your Purpose will come to pass; your Passion will become a reality. God will give you a New Drive, a New Learning, New Creativity, New Mindfulness, New Health and Fitness! Growth in every areas; Blessings in every areas.
Your Purpose is your Starting Point – From now on, you are going to Greater Heights (Amen)!
Your Purpose is your sense of importance: you will not die Cheaply – Amen!
You will fulfill Destiny! Your Life will be meaningful! And you will reach where God is taking you – Amen!
Shout Amen with Power- Amen!
Today, we pass the Baton of Purity into your hand!
In a Nation where People are doing what they like – Young me and women, living Life the way they like, sleeping wherever they like, doing whatever they like.
I release upon you, the Mantle of Purity, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
You will succeed; you will do well – Amen!
Shout Amen with Power – Amen!
Of all the Mantles and Batons that Baba Enoch Adeboye carries, that have touched the four corners of the world – for which everybody knows him; that has brought transformations to lives, that has brought Miracles, Healings, Deliverances – It is the Baton, the Mantle of Prayer.
Somebody is here today, from this day, may the Mantle of Prayer rest on your Life – Amen!
In Olympics they drop the Baton, they did not make it.
You will not drop the Baton, you will not drop Prayer, you will not drop Purity, you will not drop Power, Blessings, you will not drop your Faith, you will not drop Healing! Your hand will be the hand of Power, the hand of Glory – Amen.
As you come in contact with those Fathers in the Faith, who are holding the Baton – Looking for the Next Generation to hand over to; you will not miss them! You will connect in Power, with Grace, with Glory, with Blessing – Amen
Shout Amen three (3) times: Amen! Amen!! Amen!!!
In a Relay, the man to receive the Baton must start running – The Person to give the Baton must keep on running. They must connect on the same line and not different lines.
You will not backslide. You will stay in the Word, you will stay in the Faith. You will receive Power, you will receive Favour, you will receive Blessing!
The Last Man to receive the Baton is always the Strongest leg – He finishes very Strong, very Powerfully.
Some people are here today, you came from a house of Weakness, of trouble. A house of no Prayer, no Blessing, no Progress. “Everything get as e be!” But as you have stepped on this Holy Ground: you are going with Power – Amen!
From today, some of you in your Destiny, 1 Kings 18:16 you were supposed to be one of the Greatest Billionaires on Earth. And you are waiting for the Baton to be passed to you – The Baton of help.
I Declare and Decree today; the Person to pass the Baton of Prosperity, Increase, you will not miss them – Amen.
Baba Akindayomi was waiting for who to pass the Baton to – Baba Adeboye showed up! He was not the first to arrive, but he was the right man for the Baton, he is the right man for the Baton. He is right leg!
In Relay, you need to have the right leg to take the Baton and run with it – It is not age, it is a Stage!
Somebody is hearing me today or reading now on the Label of DMC – You are the next on the line – Amen!
The reason many never received the Baton is that they don’t know how to receive it – You will receive it with a Servant Heart.
While the Young men around said to Elisha, “hope you know your Oga is going today ooo?” He said, “I know, what’s your Problem?”
But as for Elisha, a Successful Business Man, who had twenty (20) oxen before he came to Ministry. And yet he desired what Elijah carried.
The Bible says in 2 Kings 2:12-14, And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the Chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces (humility). He took up also the mantle of Elijah (the Baton) that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan (Jordan means death); And he took the Mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah (Baba Adeboye)? And when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
Today I ask you the same Question Elisha asked; He is here today and as I Prophesy – The Baton upon this House shall rest upon your Life – Amen.
Hear me with your Spirit, that the Mantle Baba Adeboye has carried, the Grace upon this Land, the Anointing in this Place. The Grace of the Fathers of Faith in this Place: the Mantle will pass on to your Life – Amen.
You are the Next Generation! – Grace, Power will come upon your Life!
Today is the day you’ll shift out of Black and White into Colour, into a New Season. The People you met in the house, you are leaving them behind – Amen!
Acts 13:1-3, Now there were in the Church that was at Antioch certain Prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. As they Ministered to the Lord, and Fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had Fasted and Prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
Somebody is hearing me today or reading now on the Label of DMC – You will reach your Generation, you will touch your world, you will shake Systems – Amen!
The Bible says that Jacob crossed his hands. In Hebrews Culture, the right hand carries the Blessing.
Wherever you are and you are hearing me today, I Place the Right hand on your Life; I Place the Power on your Life – Amen.
Honour will come to your Life, Position will come to your Life, Favour will connect with you, Businesses will open to you. Connections will be your Portion. God will bring you into Breakthroughs – Amen!
The Singles amongst you will find their marriages. God will Single you out for Miracles. Your Struggles will be over, your Battles will be over, your Challenges will be over.
God will cross His hands for you – Those who think you are too much, they have not seen anything yet. You will increase to your Right, you will increase to your Left. You will increase forward, you will increase backwards, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
The grandfather (Jacob) crossed his hands. It is not intelligence, it is Baton. It is not smartness, it is Mantle.
Somebody is here today – They have looked down at you, they said you didn’t go to University: you will shock your Generation!
The grandfather crossed his hands and put the Blessing on a little boy called Ephraim – It’s not about your Age, it is about your Stage!
Somebody in this Service today, you are crossing over to Destiny, Crossing over to Greatness, to Favour. The Baton will be passed to you, the Favour will come to your house, the Testimony will come to your house. You are relocating to Blessing. Distinction is coming to you, Glory is coming to you, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
Some of you came to this Conference out of Struggles; God will cross His hands for you, for your Family, your Destiny, your Ministry, your Future, for your Favour, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
To those who said you will never amount to anything; God will cross His hands for you – Amen!
To those who said you will never Graduate; God has crossed His hands for you – Amen!
To those who said you will not do much in Life; God has crossed His hands for you – Amen!
To those who said you will not go forward in Life; God has crossed His hands for you – Amen!
Because of the Mantle, because of the Baton, you will bypass Systems: you will break Protocols.
Because of the Mantle, because of the Baton that have been passed into your hand: whether you are firstborn or last born, it does not matter. You will succeed. You will Increase – Amen!
When we get to the Books of Numbers and Deuteronmy, Manasseh began to be small; Ephraim began to be big. Because, whoever God blesses, no man can curse.
You are here today, as I stretch this Baton towards you: I declare that every Favour of God rest on your household. It rest on your Life – Amen!
Take the Baton of Success, of Blessing, of Marriage, of Finance, of Healing!
God will lift you up, He will set you up for Favour, set you up for Blessing, for Glory, for Testimony.
Shout Amen three (3) times: Amen! Amen!! Amen!!!
Abraham passed the Baton to Isaac; today as you are in this Place – The Conference is coming almost to an end: you will not go empty-handed!
As Abraham passed the Blessing to Isaac, receive in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
As Isaac passed the Blessing to Jacob, receive in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
As Jacob passed the Blessing to Ephraim, receive in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
As Moses passed the Anointing of Leadership to Joshua, receive in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
As Elijah passed the Baton to Elisha, receive in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
As Paul passed the Baton to Timothy, receive in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
As Jesus passed the Baton to His twelve (12) Disciples, receive in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
Today, I bring this Prophetic Service to a Close by saying: As you are within the sound of my voice – Local and International, actual and virtual by Streaming or reading now on the Label of DMC:
I Declare to your Life – You will not pass on evil, you will not pass on sinfulness, you will not pass on curses.
You will pass on the Blessing, you will pass on the Prayer, you will pass on the Goodness, you will pass on the Greatest, Abundance, Testimony.
From today I declare to your Life, you are going from Glory to Glory, from Success to Success.
There are homes you enter and you know you have entered the House of Favour – I put the Baton in your hand today, your home shall be the House of Favour.
There are People you connect with, and when you meet them, your Life begins to multiply; your Joy begins to multiply. Your Life will be that kind, in Jesus’ Name!
Look at ten (10) People, tell them: Pass on the Baton – Pass it on!!!
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