LIVING ABOVE THE NATURAL: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE – RCCG 62ND ANNUAL CONVENTION, 7TH AUGUST, 2014.

SPECIAL FEATURES ON THE LABEL OF DMC – MESSAGE PREACHED BY PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE DURING THE RCCG 62ND ANNUAL CONVENTION 2014 WITH THE THEME: “THE HOLY SPIRIT”,

MINISTERING DAY 2 EVENING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

TOPIC: LIVING ABOVE THE NATURAL (HEARING FROM GOD AND SEEING THE INVINCIBLE)

DATE: 7TH AUGUST 2014

BIBLE TEXT: ZECHARIAH 4:6

SONG

You are Worthy to be Praised
You are Worthy to be Praised
My Redeemer
You are Worthy to be Praised

OPENING PRAYER

King of Kings and Lord of Lords; Ancient of Days, the Father of the fatherless, the Husband of the Widow, the King of Glory, the Lord of Host; the One who has never lost a War. We bless Your Holy Name; Please accept our Worship in Jesus Name.

Thank You for all You have done for us thus far; Thank You for the Mighty Testimonies, Thank You for Greater ones yet to come. Accept our Worship in Jesus Name.

In the lives of all Your Children, let this Night be a Turning Point for those of you who are here, for those watching on Television or on Internet, for those who are listening by Radio and reading now on the Label of DMC – Let this Night be a Turning Point.

At the end of it all, just take all the Glory and give us the Blessings.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

Let Someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

Well, shake hands with one (1) or two (2) People and tell them – Tonight is my Night you know. And then you may Please be seated.

Brother and Sister, in every Man’s Life, there is always a Day that is never forgotten!

I believed that there is Someone here tonight or reading now on the Label of DMC – This is the Day for you (Amen).

I have been asked to speak to us tonight on: “LIVING ABOVE THE NATURAL”.

My Bible Text will be taken from: Zechariah 4:6

Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the Word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by Might, nor by Power, but by my Spirit, saith the LORD of Hosts.

The moment that I became Born Again, there was an hunger within me that: I do not want to be an “Ordinary Christian”.

I had gone far into the world Academically, only to realised that I knew Nothing about God.

So, when I became Born Again, the Pendulum swung to the other extreme – I wanted all I could get of God.

You see:

I. It will be wrong for the fish not to want to swim – It will be a Strange Fish.

II. It will be wrong for a Bird not to want to Fly.

And since the Bible says in John 3: 3-6 that when you are Born Again, you are born of the Spirit and that, that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit.

I felt that it will be very wrong for Someone born of the Spirit to live within the Natural Laws.

1. My hunger for the things of God, the Power of God, for the enablement that God can give was heightened when I read 1 Corinthians 12:31 for the first time.

Where it is written: “Covet earnestly the Best Gifts”.

The Almighty God who said that you should not be Covetous says there is an exception to that Rule – When it comes to the Gift of God, be as Covetous as much as you can be. I say that is Wonderful!

Then I read in Ephesians 3:20 that says: God is able to do Exceedingly, Abundantly above all you ask or think. I said Good!

And I made up my Mind:

A. I want to be “Hearing from God”.

I want to be hearing God because the Bible says in Revelation 2:7, that he who has ears let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.

That tells me that it is Possible to hear from God!

And I remembered very well, when I read Revelation 1: 9-10 – That John said that when he was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, he heard certain things.

And my hunger to hear from God came as a result of an Experience – I have just been Born Again and a friend took me to a Fellowship of Christians at the University of Lagos where I was a Lecturer.

And we were Singing – Most of the Songs I didn’t know because I was a New Christian and I was just hearing them Singing Choruses.

But after a lot of Singing and Worship, suddenly there was a halt as if an “Unseen Force” told everybody to keep quiet. And Somebody began to Prophesy – Thus saith the Lord and he went on.

And I nodged the man who took me there – I said when did the Lord say that? He said keep quiet. I said that I can’t hear anything. He said quiet, God is speaking.

God is speaking? And only one man is hearing? I wasn’t hearing anything?

That Day, I made up my Mind that I too will hear from God.

And I’m Praying for Someone here tonight or reading now on the Label of DMC – Before the Sun rises tomorrow, you will be hearing from God (Amen).

You see, because how can I be a Child of God and can’t hear His Voice?

False Prophets are deceiving the world and they are deceiving People who can’t hear for themselves.

I mean I have some Witnesses here – Some years ago, we went to America for a Convention. And while the Program was on, Somebody got up and began to Prophesy.

I told those who went with me – Don’t mind him, that is not God talking.

Why? Because I can hear myself.

Because the one who can hear from God, cannot be deceived by any False Prophet.

When Somebody gets up and said: Thus saith the Lord, before he finishes, God will say I didn’t tell him that – Don’t mind him.

It wasn’t long after that I got Baptised in the Holy Spirit and one beautiful afternoon, I was driving from the University of Lagos, coming to my house in Surulere (DMC NOTES: A Town in Lagos State Nigeria).

I got to the Street called Herbert Macaulay and I was about to turn Right to pass through what used to be Fela Anikulapo’s Shrine and then come to the Stadium and turn Right – Which was the shortest route to my house.

And suddenly, I heard a Voice and He says: Turn Left. Go to Ebute Metta, go to Oyingbo, turn Right, go through Surulere through what used to be the Youth Service Center and then turn Right to your house.

I said: What kind of Isrealites Journey is that? So, I didn’t turn Left but turned Right.

When I turned Right, the road was clear and I said: You see!

I kept going and was already looking at the National Stadium when I saw a little “Hold Up” and I stopped. And almost as I stopped, I looked behind me, several Vehicles piled up and I was there for almost 6 hours.

Because unknown to me, a Trailer had fallen across the road and more and more Vehicles kept Piling up.

Hours later, when all the Vehicles realised that there is no going forward, they began to turn back one by one.

Finally, it was my turn to turn backward. When I turned back, the only way where there was opening was to drive back the way I came to Herbert Macaulay Street, go to Oyingbo – The Original Route mapped out for me, took me back home almost after seven (7) hours.

It is an Experience that I will never forget and it is also an Experience that introduced me to the Voice of God!

In the Name that is above every other names, you will begin to hear from God – Amen!

B. I say that I want to be able to “See the Invincible” – See Visions!

I. Because in 2 Kings 6: 15-17; the Bible tells us of Elisha sitting down in his Living Room in his “Rocking Chair” and his Servant went out and say that they had been surrounded by the enemies.

And the boy ran home and said: My Master, what are we going to do? We are downfall!

Elisha said: Don’t worry my boy; those who are with us are more than those who are with them. The boy said that I can’t see anybody – Only you and I.

And the Bible says that Elisha Prayed that God should opened the eyes of this Young Man that he may see.

He wasn’t Physically Blind, but he was Spiritually Blind.

And then God opened his eyes and then he saw Horses and Chariots of Fire.

So, there is other eyes that can be opened – And I said to God: You have to open my eyes! I want my eyes opened as I want to see what is in the Spiritual World.

II. And of course in 2 Kings 5: 20-27 – You know the Story.

The Bible tells us of when Gehazi ran after Naaman to go and collect money from him – The money that Elisha has refused.

And when he came back and Elisha asked him: Where have you been? He said that I haven’t been to anywhere.

The Man of God said: My eyes followed you and I saw everything that happened – When the General turned in his Chariot to receive you; I saw him giving you money, I saw him giving you Clothes. I saw everything.

I said: Is that so? I too want to see and it wasn’t long after that I began to see!

The first thing that I saw – We were going to Worker’s Meeting and I went to the Toilet to ease myself. As I sat on the Toilet’s seat, suddenly the door of the Toilet became like a Screen and I saw on the Screen, the Headquarters Church.

Service was going on, everything was Normal and then at a Stage, the door of the Vestry opened and the Man who was going to Preach and the Man who was going to Interpret came out of the Vestry where they had been Praying evidently. And they went to the Altar, conducted the Service and there was a Mighty Outpouring of the Power of God. And the Vision disappeared. And then I realised that I was in the Toilet.

As soon as I got to the Church, I went to my father-in-the-Lord excited – Daddy, I saw something today. I told him what I saw and the Old Man put his two (2) hands on his head and said: Oh God. I was afraid.

Then he called the Pastor’s then and he asked me to repeat what I saw.

I repeated it and the Old Man said: Son, at the beginning of this Church, that is what we used to do – Whosoever is going to Preach and Interpret will be in the Vestry Praying until it is time for them to come and Preach but we stopped years ago.

God had shown me something missing in the Church – Something that they are doing ever before I became Born Again, had stopped and God brought it back.

I Prayed that in this “Convention of The Holy Spirit”; Revelation from Heaven will become Common Place in your Life – Amen!

2. And then in that 2 Kings 6: 8-12; I read the Story that led to the Soldiers surrounding Elisha.

That the King of Syria was Plotting against the King of Israel. And Elisha waa warning the King of Israel – Don’t go in that Direction until the King of Syria was troubled and he called a Meeting. And he says: Who is the Spy in my Government?

And one of the Servants said: No, it is None of us but Elisha the Prophet. Everything that is happening in your bedroom he knows it.

So, it is Possible to know the Unknown; it is Possible to know what is hidden!

I cried to God – Daddy, I want to be able to know what can only be known by your Spirit.

And then I read Acts 5: 1-11 – Ananias and Sapphira sold a Property, brought half of the Money to the Church and told Peter that is all the Money. And Peter said: No, that is not True; you have taken back Part of the Money.

How did he know?

Won’t it be beautiful if some People will Plot against you and while they are yet Meeting, you already know? Will that not be beautiful?

If the enemies is Planning to kidnap you and you know that they are already waiting for you to come from the Left and you go by the Right!

I said: Lord, I want to begin to know. Whatever you have done for all these People before, you must do it for me too.

And then by His Grace, I began to know – Let me give you some Examples:

I. There were two of my daughters – Very Good friends and I like both of them because their Commitment to Jesus Christ was Solid.

And so, the two of them came to me and then I said to them: I hope you are not quarrelling?

Ha, daddy! You know that we won’t quarrel.

I said that but both of you are quarrelling over food – And they admitted.

And they say to me: How do you know? – I told them: Because God showed me what was happening.

II. I was just minding my own Business when God spoke to me and said: Son, your friend is in London; unless you reach out to him before Monday, he will die.

So, I got on the Plane. By the time I knocked at his door, he hasn’t died but he was dying.

Thank God that it is more than 20 years now and he is still alive till today.

The Ability to know what is not “Ordinarily Known”, before this Convention is over, it shall be available to you – Amen.

3. Then I read Acts 19: 11-12 – It says that God Performed Special Miracles by the hands of Paul so that from his body, Handkerchiefs and Aprons as they were taken to the Sick; Sicknesses left, demons departed from them.

I said Handkerchiefs of a Man? I said God, there is a little similarities between me and Paul – He was an Academician and me too I went to the University for some time. I want Handkerchiefs that I touch to Perform Miracles, I want to do Exploits for You.

And then I read Acts 5: 14-16 – And the Bible says that the Shadow of Peter was healing the Sick.

I said to God – You have to do all these things through me too. My Handkerchiefs must heal the Sick, my Shadow must heal the Sick, Demons must see my Handkerchiefs coming and run!

Well things began to happen:

I. The Full Gospel Businessmen Fellowship International (FGBFI) held a Convention in Port Harcourt River State and they invited me to come and speak on “The New Anointing”.

And I spoke, gave some Examples of what God has in His Infinite Mercies done through me.

And then it was time to go and the crowd began to surge forward. Somehow, they smuggled me into my car. And there was a Woman who said that If I can’t touch him, I will touch his car.

And she took an Handkerchief, rob it on the car as we were escaping.

She left the Convention and by the time she got home, her Sister was totally Mad – So Mad that it took six (6) men to hold her down.

When she arrived, they say Thank God; you have come as we don’t know what to do next for her. She said no Problem as I have the Solutiom in my hand.

She took the Handkerchief that she robbed on the car, laid it on the girl and all of a sudden the girl calmed down and she became Normal again.

II. Another one is when God asked me to sit on some Chairs and I asked those who are trusting God for the Fruit of the Womb to sit on any of the Chairs.

And there is this Husband and Wife – The Husband sat on the Chair and said: God I received a boy; the Wife sat on another Chair and said: God I received a girl.

Nine (9) Months later, they gave birth to a Set of Twins – One boy and one girl.

III. And many of you had shared Testimonies of what had happened when we stood here and you lift up your Handkerchiefs and we wave our hands. And you went home with the Anointed Cloth and you know the results that had happened.

4. I told God that I want to do Exploits for You.

Then I Study the Bible and I read 1 Kings 17: 8-16 – About how Elijah said to the Widow of Zarephath: Give me food and the flour will just keep on Multiplying, the Oil will keep on flowing. And it happened!

And then I read 2 Kings 4: 1-7 – In the case of the Widow of one of the sons of the Prophet that was so Poor that they wanted to sell her sons into Slavery. And the Man of God told her to go and borrow Empty Vessels and to take the bottle of Oil and begin to fill the Empty Vessels. And all the Empty Vessels were filled.

… That Oil kept on Multiplying!

So, I told God – I too will need Miraculous Provisions. That is the Provisions that will just come Miraculously.

I. And my desire for Miraculous Provisions was heightened when my father-in-the-Lord shared his own Testimony which some of you Older ones know. How at the beginning of the Church when things were very tough.

One day the wife Preoared a Pot of soup and the Almighty God spoke to my father-in-the-Lord and said: Tell your wife from now on, let her just keep on dishing from the pot of soup without looking inside.

And so one day, the woman will dish and beef will come out, tomorrow she will dish, chicken will come out; until one day that curiosity overcame her and she looked into the Pot and the Pot was dried.

So, when my father-in-the-Lord told me the Story, I say okay, it means that the God of Elijah is still alive and He can still Provide.

II. Many of you know this Story – I told you of when I was coming from Preaching in the East.

I got to Asaba (Town in Delta State) thinking that I will buy fuel there but didn’t know that there was Scarcity. I said surely, there will be fuel in Benin (Capital City of Edo State).

I got to Benin and no fuel. I said surely there will be fuel in Ore (A Town in Ondo State) because Ore is a Fuel Depot and I got there, no fuel.

By that time, I looked at my Guage, it was reading “Reserve” – That means that it was almost Empty.

God, what do I do? I was a Lecturer at the University of Lagos, I went to Preach at the East over the Weekend and wanted to be in my Class on Monday Morning. And the town of Ore to Lagos is still fairly long distance.

Lord, what do I do?

And I heard His Voice – God said: Son, take your eyes off the Guage and drive on! Yes Lord!

And I drove all the way from Ore to Surulere (A Town in Lagos State) on Reserve Fuel Tank.

As I Parked my car in Surulere and I looked at the Guage, it read Empty – Of course, it was Empty!

III. Another Story – We were at the Camp. Things were tough as we have no Money (Zero Naira) but we lived in the bush, have Garden and so my wife was about to Prepare food – No meat as there is no money to buy it.

So, I took my children on a Walk to Prepare them for “Dinner without Meat”.

And I began to tell them that in the Olden days, our Parents used to cut okro (Head and Tail) and throw them into the Okro soup and it can be very delicious – We call it “Okro Meat”.

And so the boys were excited – They were looking forward to “Okro Meat”.

But as we were going in the bush, there was this very little but tough dog that we had then. Suddenly, the dog dashed into the bush and we hear the cry of a small animal.

By the time the dog came out; it has a Squirrel in its mouth that it had killed.

And then began a little battle getting the Squirrel out of the mouth of the dog. Finally, I won the battle.

So for dinner that Night, we ate Squirrel.

And we finished eating, and the boys said: What about the “Okro Meat” and I said Next Time.

Thank God the “Next Time” didn’t come again till now.

I Pray for Someone here tonight or reading now on the Label of DMC – Everything you need shall be Miraculously Provided for you (Amen).

5. Then I read in the Scriptures Acts 4:31 – That the Disciples Prayed and the house Shook.

I read in Acts 16: 25-34 – That at Midnight, Paul and Silas Prayed and there was Earthquake.

So, I began to look forward to that Day when I will Pray and the house will Shake.

And then something happened:

I. My father-in-the-Lord, myself and four (4) others had gone to Kenneth Hagin’s Camp Meeting in 1979. We stayed in an Hotel called Mayor Hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

Then one morning, my father-in-the-Lord called all of us into his room, told us that he will be going to Heaven very soon and that I will be succeeding him.

Well, the News hit me hard – I crumbled down on the floor and we all began to Pray, sob and cry in the Spirits.

And suddenly, there was a knock at the door – I was the one closest to the door and so I opened the door. And at the door stood the Engineer of the Hotel.

And his Question was: What kind of Instrument(s) are you Playing?

I said that we are not Playing any Instrument(s) but Praying.

He said No! He came in, he looked through the room and he saw Nothing. Puzzled, on his way out he said: What do you say that you are doing? I said that we are Praying.

So I asked him why? He said because the Hotel is Shaking and we have traced the Source of the Shaking to this room.

Of course, they didn’t believed that it was our Prayers that shook the Hotel.

So after we left, they closed down the Hotel, they dug round the Foundation to see if there is something wrong but they couldn’t find anything wrong. But they refused to open the Hotel for thirty (30) years.

After thirty (30) years, I went to visit Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA again – My wife, my children and some of my friends and told them that was the Hotel where we Prayed and the Hotel shook.

And I felt Compassion in me for them that we had Prayed and this Hotel had been closed for thirty (30) years.

So quietly, I moved close to the Hotel; touched the Walls and Prayed a “Quiet Prayer” – And it was reopened a year later.

I’m believing God for all of you who are here tonight or reading now on the Label of DMC – That you are going to Pray and the Ground is going to Shake (Amen).

II. Then I tell you another Story – In the early days in this Camp.

At Night, I will be Pacing up and down; crying to the Almighty God – God empowered me, use me Mightily for Your Glory. I have Surrendered all to You, what else do You want me to do as I don’t want to be Ordinary.

And then one Night in Desperation; I stood in the Place that is Opposite one of the Banks now late in the Night. I lifted up my eyes to Heaven and said to God – Either You empower me or You call me Home because I don’t want to do Your work as an “Ordinary Pastor”.

That Night, He heard me, He answered me and suddenly the Ground Shook.

And those of us who are Old enough, you will remembered that they felt Earthquakes all the way to Ijebu Ode (A Town in Ogun State) – Pictures hung on the wall were falling down.

They didn’t know where it started from, they didn’t know that Somebody was Praying at the Redemption Camp and the Ground Shook.

DMC NOTES: Approximate Distance between RCCG Redemption Camp and Ijebu Ode, Ogun State as follows – 4,700km or 2,900 miles or 2,500 Nautical Miles (Background Check Credits @ DMC).

When I woke up the following morning and I went to see the Place, I could see the cracks on the Ground all the way.

Now, why am I telling you all these – It is because if God could do this for me, He can do it for you too!

And we may want to ask the Question – Have I arrived?

No, I am no where near where I want to be!

I know my Prayer and my Hunger. I know that I have told the Almighty God that I want Your Power so Mightily that whenever I go to a New Nation, even as my Plane is touching Ground, let everyone within Kilometers be healed.

I know without any doubt that there might be one (1) or two (2) People here; Particularly among the Young Ones who will be willing to do anything if only if God will empower them.

I believed that this could be your Night.

But these things are not by Human Power, not by Human Might but by the Holy Spirit.

You see, that is why if you have been joking with the Issue of Salvation, you are robbing yourself.

Because on the Day of Pentecost, after Peter Preached and the People were asking – Okay, what shall we do?

He gave them an answer in Acts 2: 37-39 – He said: Repent and be Baptised and you shall receive the Gift of the Holy Spirit.

He said that if you will repent and make up your Mind that you don’t want to sin anymore, because the Holy Spirit is Pure.

People ask me – Why are you always crying: Be Holy?

I know what I am doing, talking about, Hungry for or what I want.

If the dead bones of Somebody could raised the dead, why should my Living bones and hands not raised the dead? Why can’t I just move my hands and the Blind see, the Deaf hear and the Lame walk?

So tonight, we are going to Pray!

ALTAR CALL

But before the rest of us go to God, if you are here or reading now on the Label of DMC and you have not yet repented of your sins, you are not yet Born Again; Please don’t waste your time tonight – Come Quickly!

Come and Surrender your Life to Jesus Christ – Let’s Pray that His Blood will wipe away your sins.

And then the rest of us will be crying for the Holy Spirit – You will cry to the Holy Spirit and I’m sure that He will attend to you too.

So, if you want to give your Life to Jesus Christ, I will count from one (1) to fifteen (15) – Begin to come now!

Now, those of you infront and those on the way, begin to cry to the Almighty God – Please wash me Clean in Your Blood, save my Soul, have Mercy on me as I want to be one of your Children.

And the rest of us, Please let us Stretch our hands towards these People and Pray for them – Let us intercede for their Salvation. That the Almighty God will save the Soul of everyone of these People as they come to You tonight.

Thank You Lord, Thank You Father.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

PRAYER FOR SALVATION

Saviour, King of Glory; I Thank You for Your Words tonight and I Thank You for these Your Children who has responded to this Altar Call.

Everyone of them Father, save their Souls, Please forgive their sins, let Your Blood wash them Clean, write their names in the Book of Life, let them become Your Children as from tonight.

Please my Father and my God, from now on; anytime that they call on You, answer them by Fire. And let them serve You till the very End.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST

Are we really ready to Pray?

Then Stand on your feet and shout a really Big Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

One of the Prayers that I Prayed in my Hunger for God – My Hunger to live above the Natural is the Prayer that we want to Pray tonight!

Just take any Posture that is convenient for you.

I want you to lift your Voice to the Almighty God and say: Father, I don’t want to be an “Ordinary Christian” but I want to be able to do Mighty Things for you. Holy Spirit, swallow me Completely – Swallow me and let every Parts of me be hidden in You from my Head to my Toe. Fill me to Overflowing!

Go ahead and talk to the Almighty God!!!

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