FROM THE MOUNTAIN TOP – PART 1: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE, RCCG JANUARY 2024 DIVINE ENCOUNTER SERVICE
RCCG JANUARY 2024 DIVINE ENCOUNTER SERVICE
THEME: FROM THE MOUNTAIN TOP – PART 1
MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
DATE: 8TH JANUARY 2024
BIBLE TEXT: 2 KINGS 4:1-7
Thank You Lord!
SONG
You are Worthy to be Praised,
You are Worthy to be Praised,
My Redeemer,
You are Worthy to be Praised.
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; the Ancient of Days, the Alpha and the Omega, the God of Last year (2023), the God of this year (2024), the God of forevermore.
Glory be to Your Holy Name!
We Thank You for everything You did during the various Divine Encounters of Last year(2023).
And we Thank You in advance for what You would do this year (2024).
Father, accept our Thanks in Jesus’ Name.
Father, this is the first Divine Encounter of this year (2024); let everyone here today inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC have an encounter with You.
Please Lord God Almighty, that kind of Miracle that only You can do, do it in our lives today, in Jesus’ Name.
At the end of everything Lord, let Your Name be Glorified.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name, we have Prayed – Amen.
Then let someone shout a “Heavyweight Hallelujah” – HALLELUJAH.
I want you to Prophesy to yourself by shaking hands with three (3) or four (4) People and telling them, “You will Celebrate with me this year” (Amen)
… And say that it as if you mean it.
If you believe that, put your hands together for the Almighty.
And then Please, be seated.
2 Kings 4:1-7
1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the Prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy Servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy Servant did fear the Lord: and the Creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? Tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not anything in the house, save a pot of oil.
3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee Vessels abroad from all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shall pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
In the Name that’s above every other name, before this year (2024) is over, you would never owe anybody again – Amen.
The kind of Blessing that will Last you throughout your Life – That kind of Blessing that would be Sufficient for Your Children after you, the Almighty God will give you this year (Amen).
The Story I read to you is a Story you know very well – The wife of a Son of a Prophet (True Followers of Christ) found herself so heavily in debt, that the only Valuable thing in the house that the Creditors could sell were her children.
And the Creditors came and said, “we can’t wait anymore! Pay before tomorrow or your children are gone.” That day she ran to the Man of God, and there she had a Divine Encounter.
Before that day was over, her Problems were Permanently solved!
Apart from Financial Problems – If you have any other Problem in your Life; I Pray in the Name of the One who sent me, that Problem would be over today – Amen.
- It does not take God a long time to Solve a Problem:
It took Him just few Seconds to say “Let there be Light”; and there was Light! And there had been Light ever since.
I decree to anyone of us who have anything that could be attached to Forces of Darkness: in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ, I say to you this Morning, “Let there be Light” – Amen.
- It does not take God a long time to Reposition somebody from Penury to Abundance:
In 2 Kings 7 from Verse 1 to the end, in a City where People were so badly in need of food; that women began to eat their children. The man of God said, “within twenty-four (24) hours, food would be so Plenty, Nobody would want to buy”.
Well, by the Grace of God, we are not in that kind of situation yet in Nigeria – And we will never be in Jesus’ Name – Amen.
… But for some of us, things are hard.
And I am Prophesying in the Name of the Almighty God, that because the Wind is already blowing, every form of hardship in your Life would end today – Amen.
When you read Exodus 12:35-36, it took God just one Night to turn the Captivity of the children of Israel. And the Bible said, “they left Egypt loaded with Wealth”.
I’ve said it before, I’m saying it again – If there’s somebody listening to me tonight inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC who would have enough Faith to take it – Very soon, when you want to withdraw all your money from a Bank, the Manager would come and beg you – Amen.
In John 2:1-11, in the wedding in Cana of Galilee, when they ran out of wine – Ran out completely out of wine! And embarrassment was staring the Bridegroom in the face.
And the mother of Jesus came to Him and said, “My Son, they have no wine.” Jesus said to her, “My time has not yet come.” But in less than one hour, “my time has not yet come” became “my time has come”.
For somebody listening to me today inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC, your Day for Breakthrough is now – Amen.
How God would do it, I don’t know! Just as I don’t know how He turned water to wine;
But as the Lord lives, before whom I Stand; in His own Miraculous way, before this day is over, your Breakthrough would come – Amen.
While I was Preparing this little Talk – Because it’s going to be very brief. It doesn’t take God a long time to Perform Miracles. The Lord reminded me of a Story that I have told you before:
We were building the first Auditorium, and we were living from day to day by Faith.
The Carpenter came to me and said Sir, for the work to be able to continue we need two hundred and four (204) Naira. And when he was saying that, I didn’t have two hundred and four (204) Kobo.
So I asked him, “when do you need it?” He said now. I said, okay go, I will send for you. He left grumbling “he is the one who would say the work is slow; now we say we need two hundred and four (204) Naira only! And he said, go I will send for you.”
And I reported the matter to God: God this is your Project not mine. I’m not building my house, it’s Your house – Over to You!
I had Prayed all Night; after that I fell asleep because I have handed the matter over to God.
Right now, I hand all your Problems over to my God – Amen.
When I woke up I saw a man sitting at the door step of my office – The very first Little Office I had here in the Redemption City.
So I said, this man’s case must be serious; He was eating breakfast in front of my Office, sitting at the door. He wanted to be sure I won’t be able to escape.
So I greeted him, asked “what’s the Problem?” He said, I have no Problem.
He said, I just collected house rent from my tenant, and God said I should take it to you. And I said to God, okay! I will take it to him but can I eat my breakfast? God No, go now!
He said, “when I got here and I found out that you are sleeping, I said okay, since you are sleeping I might as well eat my breakfast.” And he handed over to me one thousand two hundred (1,200) Naira.
Glory be to God – Hallelujah!
The one that God would use to solve your Problem would not even be able to eat breakfast before they bring it – Amen.
So you can understand that when I sent for the Carpenter, now I could swagger! “How much did you say you you need?”
In the Name that’s above every other name, very, very soon, you will be Proud to tell everybody,”My God is Great” – Amen.
So it doesn’t take God long – He can Perform a Miracle within hours. It could be in Minutes if He wants to but the onus now lies on you.
HOW MUCH OF THE BLESSING DO YOU WANT?
Deuteronomy 28:1-2 says clearly; If thou shalt hearken diligently unto the Voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his Commandments which I Command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all Nations of the Earth:
Then He says He would bless you so much, you would be running from the Blessing. “And all these Blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the Voice of the Lord thy God.”
That is the Word of God and it is for ever Settled.
But what did He say you should do?
- He said you are to Hearken to Diligently.
Listen to Him, do it diligently.
The woman in our Bible Text (2 Kings 4:1-7) listened to the Man of God because she knew her future depended upon it.
The Word of God says in 1 Samuel 15:22 Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
God wants you to listen carefully to His Word.
- He wants you to Observe.
Pay attention to what God is saying – Pay attention to details.
In 2 Corinthians 9:7, the Bible says, God is not just interested in Givers. It says He is interested in Cheerful Givers.
“So let each one give as he Purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a Cheerful Giver.”
When it is time to Give, Rejoice! Give Cheerfully. He is not a beggar.
Whenever it is time to Give, God looks through the crowd and He sees who is the fellow who is Cheerfully Giving. And He falls in love with such a fellow.
When God loves you, the Bible says you become More Than a Conqueror.
Observe, He does not want lukewarm People.
Like I share with my People at our Morning Devotion this morning. Revelation 3: 15-16 says, if you want to be Cold be cold. You want to be Hot, be hot. Don’t be lukewarm.
“If you want to Give me, Give me excitedly’ – That’s what the Lord says.
If you don’t want to do it Cheerfully, excitedly, then don’t bother yourself.
If you can’t Give Cheerfully, don’t give God at all – He Prefers that you are not Giving Him at all than that you Give Him grudgingly.
No! If you are lukewarm He said, I will spue you out of my mouth.
He says in 2 Corinthians 9:6 when you Give, you Give bountifully.
It’s there in the Word of God – Pay attention to details.
He expects you to Give to the best of your Ability – He is not forcing you, He is not asking you to give what you cannot afford.
In Mark 12: 41-44, Jesus was watching when they were Giving Offering. And then He saw a Widow – All she had was just two (2) mites and she gave it all.
Then He Pointed out and said, that woman gave more than all the others, because she gave all – To the best of her Ability.
So He said you hearken diligently to the Voice of the Lord your God – You observe, you watch the details.
The Man of God said to the woman, “Go, borrow many vessels. Shut the door on yourself and your sons and then begin to pour out the oil.”
What does the Man of God mean by saying “Shut the door?”
Because when God says you should do anything He asked you to do all – Whatever you do, do all.
You want to give Him your Tithe, He said all the Tithes.
He said you want to honour Him with your First fruit? He is the One who said so. He Controls tomorrow.
When he said to the woman, “Woman shut the door upon yourself.”
It’s simply because the Almighty God knows that there are some Miracles that are Personal; there are some Blessings that are “Absolutely Individual”.
You know God can bless you in such a manner that you won’t even want to tell anybody.
In Genesis 13:14-17, the Bible says God spoke to Abraham after Lot had departed – God said, the blessing I have for you is for you alone.
I’ve told you the Story of a Man of God who came to me at the end of a Particular year. He was telling me all the Miracles God Performed for him: How God blessed him this way, did this for him, did that for him.
After some time he said, wait a minute, Daddy I am the only one talking about what God has done for me, what about you – What has He done? Because all you are saying is Praise God. Oh! Hallelujah. That’s wonderful. You have not told me what God did for you.
I laughed! He said, why are you laughing? I said because if I tell you what God did for me, you would say God is Partial.
There is somebody here today inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC, when it is time to share your Testimony, you would tell everybody, “The one I am telling you is the one I can tell you” – Amen!
One Man of God who held a Program the same time we held our own Last year (2023) -While we were having Congress he was also having a Program. And he was telling me how the crowd came. I said Oh God, I don’t want to boast. But this fellow is asking me to boast a little bit about my God.
Then I told him that during the Congress, information came to me that there are at least a thousand cars that could not find a place to park on Redemption City – He kept quiet!
There is somebody here today, inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC, the Miracle that God is going to do for you, you won’t even be able to tell anybody – Amen.
But you must listen, you must hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord your God to do all that He Commands you.
I want you to Stand on your feet, lift your voice to Him loud and clear and say:
Father Almighty, speak, Your Servant is listening. Just tell me what to do, Lord I am listening. Speak Oh LORD.
I know once You speak, it is done – Speak Lord, Your Servant is listening.
Thank You Father.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
ALTAR CALL
And then there might be some of you who are here or reading now on the Label of DMC and you are not yet Born Again. How are you going to hear God when you are not one of His own?
God is saying to you now, come and Surrender your Life to Jesus Christ. Come and become one of His Own. Until you are Born Again, you can’t hear His Voice.
He said, my Sheep hear my voice.
You want to be one of His Own, you want to be hearing from God, come! The Lord is calling you today.
If you want to give your Life Genuinely to Jesus, so that you can begin to hear His Voice come now.
Cry to the Lord Jesus today. Ask Him to save your Soul, wash you Clean with His Blood and make it Possible for you to hear from Him.
Than You Father.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed Amen.
PRAYER FOR SALVATION
My Father and my God, I want to bless Your Holy Name for Your Word.
And I want to Thank You especially for those who have come forward to Genuinely Surrender their lives to You.
Father Please, have Mercy on them. Let Your Blood wash away their sins, save their Souls.
Let them become Children of God and let them begin to hear from You now.
And anytime they cry unto You, Please answer them by Fire.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Let somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah.
Now those of you who have come forward I rejoice with you. I want to Promise you that from now on, by the Grace of God I will be Praying for you. So I would need your names, your Address and your Prayer Requests.
God Bless You – Amen.
Now, if you want to Clap for Jesus, clap! It doesn’t like lukewarm – it has to be hot. If you don’t want to Clap, no Problem. But if you want to clap, then do it with all your Mind.
Thank You Jesus. Amen!
Well, you may be seated for a moment, as you Prepare your Offering.
Remember, God is not a beggar – He loves a Cheerful Giver. And He expects you to give Him cheerfully and to the best of your Ability.
OFFERING
Take your Offering – and you are going to Pray a Prayer with that Offering;
You are going to say to the Almighty God, Father from today don’t let me ever give anything less than this. Very, very soon let me begin to give much more than this.
So take your Offering, Stand on your feet, lift your Offering to the Almighty God and Pray that Prayer;
From now on Father, let this be the Least Offering I will ever Give. Very soon let me be able to give much more than this.
God ahead Pray the Prayer.
And after you have Prayed, then dance forward to the nearest basket; let God see that you are Giving Cheerfully.
Drop the Offering, and then we would bless you.
Over you Band!
SPECIAL PRAYER FOR DIVINE ENCOUNTER
I am going to give you the opportunity this morning to come to the Altar.
Come and ask God for something Special; something only God can do.
This first Divine Encounter of this year (2024) come and ask God for a very Special Miracle – Something Extraordinary, something only God can give.
And ask Him for something, that when it is done for you, the world would ask you, “how did you do it? How did you come across this one?”
Go ahead, talk to God.
Thank You Father!
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
CLOSING PRAYER
My Father and my God, I thank You.
I Thank You because once You speak, it is done.
You said the Wind is already Blowing;
On behalf of all these Your Children Father, let the Wind Blow in their favour.
My own Personal Request this Morning is that, before this Day is out:
Whatever may be the Problem still left in the lives of these Your Children, that is not allowing their Joy to be full, let the Wind Blow it away.
Before they get back to their homes today, let all the Problems be gone.
I know You, all You need to do is just say – “Let there be Light” and there will be Light. You have not failed before, You are not going to begin with us.
So, I Pray my Father and my God today, this very, very date – 8th January 2024; even those things that are ‘Not yet’, let them become “Now”!
Thank You my Father!
Bless the Offering of Your Children, use it for Your Glory.
I Pray that Your Children will never lack again.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah.
God Bless You! You can go back to your seats.
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