SEASONS OF WONDER: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE – RCCG THANKSGIVING SERVICE, 5TH FEBRUARY, 2023.
RCCG FEBRUARY 2023 THANKSGIVING SERVICE FEATURING SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR HUSBANDS, WIVES, CHILDREN AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS FOR ABUNDANCE OVER CAREER, BUSINESS, HEALTH, EDUCATION AND FINANCE
TOPIC: SEASONS OF WONDERS
MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
DATE: 5TH FEBRUARY, 2023
BIBLE TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 3: 1-8
GENERAL PRAYERS
- Let us give all our Thanks, all our Praises and all our Adoration to the Most High God. Let’s give Him Glory, Honour and Adoration; let’s Worship the Ancient of Days, bless the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, the Unchangeable Changer.
Give Him Glory and Honour for all that He has done for you since the beginning of the Year. He is Worthy to be Praised and Adored. Magnify His Holy Name. Let Him hear your Voice in Particular – Tel Him that I’m Grateful Lord.
Thank You Lord for keeping me even till this moment, Thank You for all You have done for me since the Year began; Thank You especially for what You did for me in the Month of January.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
- Today, we are Praying Practically for everybody – Every Members of the family from the father, to the Mum, to the sons, to the daughters, the Aunties and Uncles.
Let’s cry to God and say: Once again Father, we commit every Members of the family into Your hands. This Month, show us Wonders – Beautiful, Glorious Wonders; Wonders Physically, Materially, Spiritually, Emotionally. Show us Wonders of Joy, Progress, Success.
Let’s talk to the Almighty God!
Thank You Father! In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
- Then one more time; let’s lift our Voices to the Most High God with all our Strength and all our Hearts.
And say: Father, have Mercy on Nigeria. Open your mouth and Pray!
Thank You Father! In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
SONG
We give all the Glory to Jesus
And tell all of His Love
His Wonderful Love
We give all the Glory to Jesus
And tell all of His Wonderful Love
OPENING PRAYER
God of Wonders, Miracle Working God – Glorious in Holiness, Fearful in Praises, doing Wonders. Glory be to Your Holy Name. Accept our Worship in Jesus Name.
Thank You for all You have done for us since the Year began, Thank You for what we know that You will yet do, Please accept our Thanks in Jesus Name.
This Month Lord in every homes, Perform Wonders – For the Young, for the Old, Perform Wonders for every Members of our Church all over the world. Father, Perform Wonders.
Father, we are Praying that in Particular; that You have Mercy on Nigeria – Have Mercy on Nigeria, Wonder Working God have Mercy on Nigeria.
As for all Your Children who has been Faithful in the Payment of their Tithes and in the Giving of their Offerings, this Month like never before Perform Wonders for them.
At the end of everything today, let Your Name be Glorified.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Let Someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
Now, shake hands with one (1) or two (2) People and tell them: God will Perform Wonders for you. And then you may Please be seated – God Bless You!
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8; as we want to discuss briefly on: “THE SEASONS OF WONDERS”.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8:
- To every thing there is a Season, and a time to every Purpose under the Heaven:
- A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
- A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
- A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
- A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
- A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
- A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
- A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of Peace.
My Prayer is that your Seasons of Joy will begin today!
We have been asked to speak on: “The Seasons of Wonders”.
What do we mean by Wonders?
Somebody has defined a Wonder as that which causes you to Wonder.
In other words, a Miracle so Great that it is almost Unbelievable; a Miracle that causes you to open your mouth involuntarily.
May you experience that today – Amen!
For Example: In Acts 3: 1-11; when a man who was born Lame suddenly jumped up and began to dance and to Praise God; the Bible says that everybody looking at him were wondering.
What is a Season?
A Season simply is a time when certain thinge normally happens.
For Example: When we talk of Rainy Season in this Part of the world, we are talking about a time when rain normally falls.
So, if Somebody gets up and says that he is a Prophet and that in the Month of June, he said: Thus saith the Lord, there will be Rain tomorrow!
We will just Laugh at him – The Month of June is a Rainy Season; you don’t need to Prophesy to us. It is the Season when it rains.
Like in Deuteronomy 28:12; it says that God will give you Rain in its Season.
So, when we talk of “Seasons of Wonders”; we are talking of:
- A Period of time when Wonders happen.
- A Period of time when what you should expect will be Wonders.
For Example:
I. In Acts 2: 1-12; when the Day of Pentecost came, the Holy Spirit fell and all the Apostles began to speak in various New Tongues and the whole City gathered together – People from every Nations listening to them and they discovered that these People were speaking in their various Local Dialects; that they were speaking in “Strange Tongues” and yet everybody understood them.
That was a Wonder!
II. Almost immediately, it was followed by Acts 3: 1-11 – When all of a sudden, we saw a Man who was born Lame; walking, leaping and Praising God.
That was another Wonder!
III. Almost immediately, it was followed by Acts 5: 1-16 – When a man and his wife tried to deceived the Apostles and both of them fell dead in the Church.
And then all manners of Miracles were happening by the hands of the Apostles so much that even the Shadow of Peter was healing the Sick.
That was a Wonder!
IV. And then it was followed almost immediately by Acts 8: 5-8 – When one Young man went to Samaria and began to heal the Sick and cast out demons and all manners of Miracles were happening and the whole City was Full of Joy.
That was a Wonder.
V. And it was followed by several cases when the Disciples were put in Prison and when overnight the Prison Doors will just open on its own accord – Like in Acts 12: 5-11 and Acts 16: 25-end.
They couldn’t keep these People in Prison – They put them in Prison but before you get there in the Morning, they are gone.
Wonders after Wonders – It was a Season of Wonders!
And I’m believing God, at least for The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) – This will be our Seasons of Wonders (Amen).
But the Big Question is actually: How Long does a Season Last?
For a Rainy Season, how long? I know of a Country not too far from Africa that they told me that if it rains once a year and the rain lasts up to 15 Minutes, they will rejoice and they will say that God has been Good to us this Year.
That means that their own Rainy Season last for 15 Minutes.
That Day, I say Thank God that I am a Nigerian; where our own Rainy Season can last for Months.
How long does a Season last?
- It depends entirely on God because according to Daniel 2: 20-21; He is the Controller of Times and Seasons.
He is the One who decides how long will a Season lasts.
In Exodus 15:11; the Bible says that He is Glorious in Holiness, Fearful in Praises, doing Wonders.
- And He can decide for example how long a Particular Season is going to Last because according to 2 Peter 3:8; He can allow Wonders to Last for thousand years and regards it as one day.
I’m Praying for you that your Wonders will Last forever – Amen!
For Example: As Young as I am, I have seen Mighty Revivals, Breaking News all over the world.
I remembered a Particular Time of the year when all of us who are Pastors will be rushing to a Particular Country in the world because a man is going to have a Convention that will last for one week. And we will come from all over the world.
The first time that I attended, there was seventeen thousand (17,000) People Present. And to me whose Congregation then was less than one thousand (1,000); I have never seen such a crowd before.
It lasted for a Season – Now, if they hold that same Meeting, it will be a Miracle if they get three thousand (3,000) People. The Season has Passed.
But then, by the Special Grace of God, God has a Very Special Love for us – We started the Holy Ghost Service in 1986 and up till now, Miracles are still happening. The Season still continues!
I Pray for Someone here today or reading now on the Label of DMC – Your Seasons of Wonders will Last Forever (Amen).
But then, there is something better than the Seasons of Wonders – And that is “The God of Wonders Himself”.
You know, He doesn’t grow Old – As far as He is concerned, when you are shouting Happy New Year; He will just be smiling in Heaven because you are the one Year is ending and another Year is beginning.
As far as He is concerned; from Everlasting to Everlasting He is God.
As far as He is concerned, there is no difference between January 1st and February 5th – He is God all the time.
And if you have the God of Wonders as your friend; you have Wonders anywhere and anytime – Whenever you need a Wonder, He Performs one for you and it doesn’t matter where you are.
I mean for Example:
- Some forty (40) something years ago, I was in Britain to write our Church’s Sunday School Pamphlet.
I had finished it and I still have some three (3) days to return because in those days, we were so rich that we have to buy Special Tickets. The Ticket will be Discounted but you must spend at least two (2) weeks where you are going – That is the condition for Discounting the Ticket.
So, I have finished what I went for but it remains three (3) more days for me to return and I ran out of money.
So, I say to God: Daddy, I still have three (3) more days to go. You know that I don’t mind Fasting but there are some things that I would have loved to take back to Nigeria – Books, Tapes etc. So it will be good if I can have fifty Pounds (£50). I just Prayed it as a Casual Prayer and I wasn’t expecting an answer.
But God is going to surprise Somebody here today – Amen.
Within minutes, my Phone rang (Landline); I Picked and the Person said is that Biyi? I said there is no Biyi here. He said that is it not number so and so number? I said it is but there is no Biyi. He said sorry o and I said that is okay, God bless you.
And he said: God bless me? I said yes. He said do you know God? And I said that I know Him. He said how do you know Him? I said that He is my Saviour.
He said: Who am I talking to? I said that my name is Adeboye
He said: Which Adeboye? I said the Adeboye of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).
And he began to scream, started calling his brothers: Come and hear the one I’m talking to on the Phone.
Apparently the two of them has been talking and discussing about me and wishing that one day they will meet me. And now I’m on the Phone.
To cut a long Story short, they took my Address, the two of them came, we talked and when they were going, they gave me fifty Pounds (£50).
Fifty Pounds (£50) through wrong Phone Call? – That is a Wonder. I bless them and they left.
And as I was climbing Upstairs to the room, I said to God: Daddy, if I had know that is how You will answer, then I would have asked for one hundred Pounds (£100).
I got Upstairs, knelt down to Pray because I wanted to sleep and the door bell rang. So I got up and was saying who is this Fellow? And then the Phone rang again and I said I’m coming. But before I got there, the Fellow had gone but he passed an envelope through the opening of the door.
I picked up the envelope, looked at the writing and recognised it as the handwriting of a friend of mine – Very rich but the number one Miser of the world. He can’t play with #1.
I picked the envelope and I saw a Note at the back of the envelope – He said that I just realised that all these years, I have never given you anything. And then say that I just want to give you this.
I opened the envelope and it was fifty Pounds (£50).
I took the envelope and I was going Upstairs – Daddy, if I had known that another fifty Pounds (£50) will come, I would have asked for one hundred and fifty Pounds (£150).
To cut the long Story short, very soon another fifty Pounds (£50) came and I became afraid – Almighty God, I was joking o; all I wanted is fifty Pounds (£50).
In a way that you cannot imagined, God will Perform Wonder for you – Amen!
- Several years ago, I was going to one of these Meetings that I was talking about in America and the Plane had to take me through Dallas – I was meant to have a Stop Over there and Change Plane:
And one of my children who was living in Dallas then came to meet me at the Airport, spent a Night with him and the following day, he was taking me to the Airport so that I can continue my journey.
As we were going, God spoke to me – At that time, we don’t even have The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in America at all.
But as we are driving to the Airport, God spoke to me and said: Do you know that the Headquarters of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in America is going to be in this Town?
Well, He was the One who spoke; so I share it with my son in the car and he said Amen.
Couple of years later, something happened – There was a man living in Dallas, God had spoken to him years before to go and buy a Piece of Land. He told God: What do I need a Farmland for? I’m not a farmer and I’m not interested in farming.
God said that I’m not asking you to buy it for yourself. Buy the Farmland, and the Fellow said: Yes Lord and he bought it.
So years after, my son and I that had the same discussion with me on my way to the Airport; he went to a Restaurant to eat, the man who bought the Land was in the Restaurant eating. He saw my son coming in and God spoke to him – That is the owner of that Land.
So, the man came to my son where he sat down and said: Are you a Missionary? He said yes. From Africa? He said yes.
He said: Well, years ago, God asked me to buy a Piece of Land, I bought it. Now that God has told me that Land belongs to you. Finish your food so that we can go and see it.
My son said: Food? Let’s forget food. Come and show me the Land.
A one hundred and fourteen (114) Hectares of Land! – That is how we got the Redemption Camp in Dallas.
The day they took me to the Land and I saw it, and very nearby was a huge house of another Farmer who owns a lot of Land.
When my children took me there and showed me the Land; when they wanted us to go, I told them to go as I want to spend the Night there. I want to thank God who can do this kind of Wonder.
So, they left me alone in the Vehicle and I kept on Praying. I went out at Night Praying but it was cold and after some time, I went back into the car but my heart was racing as I still wanted to Praise Him more and more. And so, I came out again after I got warmed.
And all of a sudden, He spoke – He said: Son, that House is yours. He said: Son, walk up and down this Place – As far as your eyes can see, I have given it to you.
Today, we have more than eight hundred Hectares of Land there.
When I told my children that God said this House is mine; they said: Please don’t say it loud because where God had given us is the Headquarters of an organisation called “KKK”. They are the People who used to roast Black People for fun.
DMC NOTES: “The Ku Klux Klan” commonly shortened to the “KKK” or “The Klan”, is an American White Supremacist, Right-Wing Terrorist, and Hate Group whose Primary targets are African Americans, Jews, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and Catholics, as well as immigrants, leftists, homosexuals, Muslims, Atheists, and Abortion Providers.
So, if you let this man hear what you are saying, he will just shoot you. I said that I will keep quiet.
Twenty (20) years later, he put up a Notice for Sale. When they went to him and they told him that this is what God said, he said why didn’t you tell me? I have been having headaches – Should I sell or not. He said that for twenty (20) years I have been feeling restless here.
Everybody occupying your Blessings; the God of Wonders will speak to them now – Amen!
- You know that when I became the General Overseer, things were hard. I mean that the entire Income of the Church was less than my Monthly Salary as a Senior Lecturer in the University – Then we have thirty nine (39) People to Pay every Month. By the time we have Paid everybody, there is nothing left for the General Overseer.
And then I collected my Gratuity – You know I have worked for the Government for so many years, so I put it together and I collected my Gratuity and I said that this is “Big Money”. At least, I can manage this one till the Church grows.
And all of a sudden, I just realised that I’m now under a New Management as I am no longer employed by the Government but by God.
So, let me talk to my New Manager – How do You want me to handle this money? I was thinking that I will save some of the money after Payijg my Tithe.
And I just asked Him – Lord, what do You want me to do with money?
He said: Divide it into three (3) – Give one third to one Ministry, give one third to one Ministry and the remaining one third to another Ministry.
That was tough – I said: Yes Lord! But then He said something: Son, I will be your Source!
If you see the Glory of today, there is a Story behind it!
Not only has He been Providing Mysteriously; how is He doing it? Stop searching. You want the Secret, go to the God of Wonders!
- I was in America and those of you who knows me know that I am booked back to back. When I am about to leave one Place, in the next Town People would have been gathering for one Previous Hour.
And so I was about to go, I was already sitting down in the Jet that God has Graciously Provided. We were about to move and they wanted to close the door when all of a sudden, as they were about to close the door, they noticed a Smoke.
And when your Plane gives a little Problem on the Ground, you better thank God because in the Air, there is no Parking Space. And so we came back.
And if the Plane is giving a Problem, there is no roadside Mechanics – You have to tell the Manufacturer, then they will tell you where their nearest Representative is who will come to look at the Plane.
What am I going to do? I’m supposed to be where I am going to 10.00am and it is now 9.00am.
And so, we try to get a Commercial Plane; the one going to where we were going is going by 5.00pm.
So I say: Father, what am I going to do? Your Children are already waiting there.
And all of a sudden, some People saw my son – Ha Leke, how are you? Where is daddy? Daddy is over there.
They came to greet me; they said: Where are you going? And I told them.
They said we are Pilots, our boss will soon arrive.
The boss come, they said Daddy GO is here, his Plane is having a little Problem and he is wondering if we could take you to where you are going, then drop you and come and pick him to where he is going.
That man said: Daddy GO! He said: Ask him if he will kindly allow you take me to where I am going first before going to where he is going.
I arrived on time for my Program – And God spoke to me and said: Son, I told you that I will be your Source!
Anywhere you need Help, Help will be there waiting for you – Amen!
I decree to Somebody here today or reading now on the Label of DMC – From this moment onwards, anywhere you need Help, Wonders will be waiting for you – Amen
Let me Close:
If you don’t have the God of Wonders, your Season of Wonders will be Short.
If you have the God of Wonders, your Season of Wonders will be Forever.
But not only that, you can ask me a Simple Question – How can I enjoy Wonders everyday?
1 Kings 17: 8-16 – The Widow of Zarephath and her son had a Meal left that they will both eat and has not hope of getting any other but will wait for death. A Man of God (Elijah) came to her, requested her to do his own first before she and her son will eat. And the Man of God (Elijah) said: For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the Earth.
And the Bible says that it was so!
That is telling those of us who are Christians to put God first and Provoke a “Daily Blessing” and “Daily Wonder”.
ALTAR CALL
As for those of you who has not surrendered your Life to Jesus, what are you waiting for?
Don’t wait for a Season, establish a Relationship with the God of Wonders – He is the same Yesterday, Today and Forever.
So, if you want to surrender your Life to Him, you want Wonders to become Regular in your Life; then come now!
I will count from one (1) to seven (7) – Come and surrender your Life to Jesus Christ. He will save your Soul, He will invite you into His Family and Wonders will begin. I’m counting now!
PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER
My Father and my God, I want to Thank You very much for these Your Children who has come forward.
You Promise that whosoever will come unto You, You will no wise cast out.
They have come to You now Lord, Please receive them in Jesus Name, have Mercy on them, let Your Blood wash away their sins.
I’m Praying Lord God Almighty that today, You will save their Souls and having saved their Souls, receive them into the Family of God. And any moment they cry to You from now on, answer them by Fire and let Wonders begin in their lives too.
Thank You Father.
Lord God Almighty, I’m committing all Your Children here today or reading now on the Label of DMC into Your Hands, who will put You first in every situation of their lives; give them Daily Wonders and don’t let their Daily Wonders ever End.
Thank You my Father. In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Those of you who believed that your Wonder is going to begin today; Stand on your feet and shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
SPECIAL PRAYER
With your own mouth, cry to the Almighty God loud and clear and say: Father, God of Wonders, let my Wonders begins now!
Go ahead and speak to God!!!
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