PROMOTED FOR A PURPOSE – PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE – RCCG SOUTH SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST REGIONS MINISTERS AND WORKERS’ CONFERENCE 2024 @ RIVERS FAMILY CAMP AND GARDENS, ALUU – IKWERRE LGA, RIVERS STATE:26TH JANUARY, 2024

RCCG SOUTH SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST REGIONS MINISTERS AND WORKERS’ CONFERENCE 2024 @ RIVERS FAMILY CAMP AND GARDENS, ALUU – IKWERRE LGA, RIVERS STATE*

THEME: *PROMOTED FOR A PURPOSE*

MINISTERING DAY 1 (HOLY COMMUNION SERVICE): *PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE*

DATE: 26TH JANUARY, 2024

BIBLE TEXT: *MARK 4:13-15*

Thank You Lord!

*SONG*

Alpha, Omega;

Alpha, Omega

You are worthy of our Praises today;

You are worthy of our Praises today (Hallelujah).

*OPENING PRAYER*

Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the One who was, the One who is, the One who is to come, the Almighty God.

The God of Yesterday, Today and Forever; the God of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) – We Worship You.

Please, accept our Thanks, in Jesus’ Name.

Thank You for all You have been doing for us in the Past; Thank You for what You are going to do today – Glory be to Your Holy Name.

Thank You for Journey Mercies for all Your Children who are here already. 

Thank for those who are still on the way because You are going to bring them here safely, in Jesus’ Name.

Please, accept our Thanks, in Jesus’ Name.

Father, this Weekend do something New in the lives of Your Children – Anoint Your children afresh and empower us like never before.

Lord God Almighty I Pray, whatever Problem Your Children came here with, let the Problem be over today.

In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

Let Somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah.

Shake hands with Someone you have not seen this year and say: Happy New Year, God Bless You!

And then you may Please, be seated.

And since I have not seen (some of) you this Year, I say, Happy New Year!

I am delighted to see you – You are Welcome in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

I want to Thank God for the opportunity to be here with you – God Bless You.

Let’s give the Lord a big round of applause for the Choir and the Engineers.

The two (2) People who spoke before me: The Preacher and the Person who took the Prayer after the First Talk; If you combine those two (2) you can go home – You have already been blessed.

But we still have a long way to go; and you must be ready to write fast. this night – Thank God for this Transcription from the Label of DMC.

*Tonight, we are talking about “PROMOTED FOR A PURPOSE”.*

Mark 2: 13-15:

13 And he goeth up into a Mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. 

14 And he Ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to Preach,  

15 And to have Power to heal Sicknesses, and to cast out devils:

*He Promoted twelve (12) out of the crowd. But immediately, He stated why He had done so;*

I. He Promoted them to be with Him.

II. He Promoted and sent them to Preach.

III. He Promoted them to have the Power to Heal.

IV. And to have the Power to cast out devils.

Revelation 4:11 says, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive Glory and Honour and Power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy Pleasure they are and were created.

*God never does anything without a Purpose.*

*Which is Good News for Somebody here tonight or reading now on the Label of DMC: You are not an accident – Amen.*

There is no bastard as far as God is concerned – Even if your father raped your mother and then disappeared; you (The Product) came for a Purpose.

The Almighty God says in His Word (Jeremiah 29:11), For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of Peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

And He said, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I Ordained thee a Prophet unto the Nations (Jeremiah 1:5).

*I have Good News for everyone of you here tonight or reading now on the Label of DMC – Your tomorrow is going to be alright – Amen.*

When, as you are Proceeding in Life, certain things begin to happen, it is for a Purpose.

You are not here tonight just to hear the General Overseer speak – It is Planned by God for a Purpose.

When you consider the case of Moses as a very Good Example – You’ll be finding that in Exodus 7:1, all of a sudden God said to the man who used to be a fugitive “See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh:” 

*From a fugitive to becoming a ‘god’ – That is a long Journey.*

*Wherever you are today, I am already rejoicing with you because, you are already Promoted – Amen.*

I live almost on a daily basis by listening to God. 

Anybody who Pays close attention to the Themes of the Holy Ghost Services would understand:

For example in November 2023 He said, The Wall must come down – Walls came down fully.

In December 2023 He said let there be a Divine Repositioning – He Repositioned the Walls to move some People from one Place to another.

You know, I keep saying, I am not a Prophet – A Prophet hears from God Per Second. I am a Pastor. I only hear from Him once in a while. And when I hear from Him, you would know it is from God.

And in January 2024 He said “The Wind will blow” – And the Wind is already blowing some Secrets open. 

How many of you have heard some of the Secrets? The DMC FAMILY MEMBERS!

If you are hiding any Secret, quickly restitute because the Wind is already blowing. And you don’t want it to blow your Secrets open.

When He talked about Divine Repositioning, He is not talking about moving from a Deacon to Assistant Pastor, then Full Pastor. Or from Parish Pastor to Area Pastor – It is for a Purpose.

1. In Psalms 40:1-3, He spoke about taking us from the Miry clay to the Rock to Stand – That’s Promotion!

2. In 1 Peter 2:10; He said, Which in time Past were not a People, but are now the People of God: which had not obtained Mercy, but now have obtained Mercy. That’s Promotion!

3. In 1 Peter 2:9 He said, But ye are a Chosen Generation, a Royal Priesthood, an Holy Nation, a Peculiar People; that ye should shew forth the Praises of him who hath called you out of Darkness into his Marvellous Light – That’s Promotion!

4. He said, according to Romans 8:37 that, Nay, in all these things we are more than Conquerors through him that loved us – That’s Promotion!

5. We used to be fools – If we are to go by Psalms 14:1, “The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God.” 

But maybe not all of us; I used to be one. 

In my Academic world back then, we used to talk about God as we like.

*Thank God He has Repositioned us and now we know there is God.*

So we are wise today because of the Fear of God. 

Proverbs 9:10 says, The fear of the LORD is the beginning of Wisdom: and the Knowledge of the Holy is Understanding.

How many wise People are here today? The DMC FAMILY MEMBERS!

Let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah.

6. So, we have been Promoted from Shame to Glory. 

Proverbs 3:35 says, The Wise shall inherit Glory: but Shame shall be the Promotion of fools.

7. And Colossians 1:27 made is clear that as long as Christ is in you, you have the Hope of Glory. 

That’s Promotion!

8. We used to be Weaklings: now, according to Philippians 4:13, we can (how many things?) All things through Christ who Strengthens us. 

That’s Promotion!

9. We used to be children of the devil (Liars). 

John 8:44 says, Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a Murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the Truth, because there is no Truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

But now we have been Promoted to such an extra Greater Height and we have been Divinely Repositioned. 

1 John 4:4 says, Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

*So the Question then is: WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?*

You see, God is Sovereign. 

We know that Psalms 115:3 says, But our God is in the Heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath Pleased.

But He is never arbitrary; He is never without a Purpose. 

Like that Scripture I read before (Revelation 4:11) we were created for His Pleasure.

*So, why have you been Promoted?*

One of the Speakers before me tonight mentioned King Saul as a bad example but we have Good examples. 

And 1 Corinthians 10-1-11 says: Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

*If we look at those who had been Promoted before and see their Purpose; we might discover why we too are Promoted.*

… I wish we have all the time just to Study Moses, because;

*MOSES WAS PROMOTED FOR A PURPOSE*

1. *You are Promoted to Demonstrate that Miracle is Superior to Magic.*

Oh! The devil can Perform Magic, as we find in Exodus 7:8-13 – And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

When God wants to show that His Miracle is Superior to Magic, anything can happen. “… But Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.”

2. *You are Promoted to Demonstrate that Divine Anointing is Superior to Cultism.*

Exodus 8:16-19 says, after Moses Performed the Miracle which the Magicians of Pharaoh could not: Then the Magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

God Promotes to Prove to Sorcerers and Magicians that there is Someone called the Almighty.

3. *You are Promoted to Demonstrate the Power of your God.*

It reminds me of a Story of one of our Pastors in one of the towns in the West. 

He hired a house close to the Chief Herbalist of the town. He was not an Ordained Pastor actually, he was overseeing a branch of our Church and Miracle was happening there on a daily basis.

*And I decree that by the time you get back home, the whole Village will hear of your Parish – Amen.*

So, the Chief Herbalist became jealous of my son. 

One day, he went to Church, with the doors and windows locked. When he returned, he found (in his one room apartment) an hen sitting on eggs.

And those who are from my side know the meaning of that – If you try to kick the hen you would be Paralyzed. If you try to pick it up your back will break.

When the Pastor saw the hen and eggs he said, “O God Thank You! When was the last time I ate chicken and egg. Hen and eggs, welcome to to dining table. I cover you with the Blood of Jesus”.

To cut a long Story short: the Herbalist was expecting a scream and his corpse. But the following day he saw the Pastor going to Church and he gave his Life to Jesus. Hallelujah!

4. *You are Promoted to set God’s People Free.*

Wherever you are (Parish, Area, Zone, etc), you are there to bring Light to the People. 

You are not just a Preacher, but a Liberator to the People – Present Jesus to the People.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Colossians 1:12-15 says, Giving Thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be Partakers of the Inheritance of the Saints in Light:

You are not supposed to be in a Town for a year and People are still in danger and Subject to the Powers that be. Your duty is to cast out demons, set the Captives free.

There was a day in the Redemption City when I saw fire burning on the top of a tree right on the Campground – Huge fire! And I thought maybe my children were playing with candle and it burnt the tree. By the following morning, when I looked at the tree every leaf was green. I wasn’t dreaming, I know what I saw. 

I called one of the Carpenters, when I asked him, he said, “we have been hearing voices talking inside the tree. We were afraid to tell you.” Voices talking inside the tree? And I said, the tree should be cut down today. 

*Every evil tree in your Towns and Villages would be burnt down by Fire – Amen.*

… That is why you are Promoted.

As soon as we started cutting the tree, all the Villagers came ( I don’t know how they knew). They said, that is a “Sacred Tree” – If you cut it, before you know it will stand up again. And all of you will die. Let’s wait for it to get up. Cut the tree! And it never got up – Hallelujah.

How can it? Is it not written, That at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in Heaven, and things in Earth, and things under the Earth – Philippians 2:10

5. *You are Promoted to be a Commander of Wealth – Stop Promoting Poverty.*

Moses did not lead the Children of Israel in Poverty but in Wealth. And he saw to it that all the Wealth denied them for four hundred and thirty (430) years were fully Paid in one Night.

*You are Promoted to begin to Prosper.* 

So teach them by example and by demonstrating Wealth yourself.  

Do you want to die Poor! No! 

In my family Morning Devotion we take Offering – The house helps also give out of the little they have. 

And you know what happens? Big Visitors come to our house. When leaving, God speak to them to sow to our house helps. Why? Because they themselves have sowed. And when you sow you reap. You don’t believe me? It will show on your Giving.

No Member of my Congregation can Give more than me in Offering. 

In Tithing, I don’t know about that, because I am not a Businessman. 

A Man started a Business with fifteen (15) Dollars and in few years the Business grew to Millions of Dollars. 

Why? He reached an Agreement with God – I cannot take 90% and give You just 10%. “You take 90% while I keep10%. The Business is now Yours, if you like Prosper it.” 

I have long left the level of 30% Tithe (don’t ask me the Level I am now) – laughs!

I am a farmer’s son, and I have seen my father get the very best of yam, the very best of maize and put it aside for Planting. 

When we ask why? He said, that is what we are going to eat next year. 

*You have to show your Congregation “this is the way out of Poverty (by sowing yourself)”.*

I am not just telling you, it is what I do. 

Because very soon, God will begin to embarrass you through your Giving. 

I had jus two (2) cars and as I was Praying for one of our Holy Ghost Congresses, God said “give me your two (2) cars).” 

I thought if you have two (2) coats, Lord God Almighty, you are to give out one (1)? I know His voice, so I obeyed.

In one Single day, I had to give out twelve (12) cars, just to clear my backyard.

*You are Promoted to take your Congregation out of Poverty. So, show them by Giving Offering, Sowing Seeds, Giving First Fruits and Tithing.*

*Whether you believe it or not, all the money you need to do God’s work is right where you are – not in Lagos.*

*In every Location where God may put you, there is a river with a fish having your coin in its mouth. And it takes God to guide you to where to put your hook.*

In 1970 when we went to Kenneth Hagin’s Camp Meeting, when they want to address those of us from Africa they would say, do you know Brother so and so from Kenya? When they talk of Nigeria they asked, in what way can we be of help to you? 

Now, I tell them, come and see what the Lord is doing on Nigeria. The God in America is the same God in Nigeria, and He is not a beggar – I have never received any help from Abroad. When they come to the Redemption City they say, God is Great.

*I decree to Someone here today or reading now on the Label of DMC; when next People visit you, they will say your God is Great – Amen.*

6. *God Promotes you so you can teach your People Faith.*

In Exodus 14:13-14, when the Children of Israel got to the Red Sea Moses said: And Moses said unto the People, Fear ye not, Stand Still, and see the Salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your Peace.

*… He was acting in Faith: he didn’t know how it’s going to happen.*

Just like when I make decrees, I don’t care how it’s going to happen. His Word says, Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee -;Job  22:28

*So I decree, you will be great. You won’t die Poor. Your Church will blossom – Amen.*

Assure your People that, weeping may endure for a Night, but Joy cometh in the Morning – Psalms 30:5

Talk Faith! For the Bible says, So then Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God – Romans 10:17. 

*Talk Faith and your Congregation will believe.*

For a long time I have been saying that the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is going to be the Greatest and Biggest in the world. 

God is bringing it to pass.

*Your Parish will be the biggest – Amen.*

Just Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his Prophets, so shall ye Prosper – 2 Chronicles 20:20. 

I remember saying in the United Kingdom, that one day the Royal Family will come to Worship in our Church. 

When the current King did his Sixtieth (60th) Birthday, he came to the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). 

And so everything he has been doing since he got to the Throne: from the Coronation up to the Christmas Carol, he comes to the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). 

Why? Because I spoke in Faith – God honoured it.

*I am speaking tonight, very soon, every Traditional Ruler in this your Domain will Worship in your Parish – Amen.*

7. *As God Promotes you, you must close the Sea after them.*

It is one thing to open the Sea for the People to pass through. 

God wish that you would create a way where there was no way; but more importantly, after the Children of Israel Passed through the Red Sea God told Moses to close the Red Sea.

*It came back, drown the enemies – Which means that Part of your Assignment is to see to it that all the Enemies Pursuing your Congregation will drown – Amen.*

You must realise, there was an occasion when the People wanted to go back to Egypt but could not, because the sea was closed. 

Moses had closed the sea.

*Your Congregation will not backslide – Amen.*

*So, you must not keep your mouth shut – Teach them that God has no Pleasure in Backsliders.*

2 Peter 2:20-22 says, But it is happened unto them according to the true Proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

Tell them they must not go back to their vomit like dogs. 

Revelation says no dogs would go to Heaven – “Without are dogs.” 

*You must be heavy on them when talking about backsliding.* 

*The worse thing that can happen to anyone is to backslide.*

*The Bible says, For it had been better for them not to have known the way of Righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the Holy Commandment delivered unto them.(2 Peter 2:21).*

*The Bible made it clear, it is better you have not tasted the Power in the Name of Jesus and the Power in the Blood of Jesus; than do and later backslide.*

*You have been Promoted, don’t toy with Backsliding.*

If you are Born Again, continue living for Jesus and never backslide. 

*Pastors, close the Sea behind them so that they can never backslide.*

*Let me begin to close tonight, believing that the Holy Spirit will explain the rest reasons why Moses was Promoted to you.*

*It requires Extra Strength from God:* 

2 Chronicles 1:6-12 remember what Solomon said: And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed Great Mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead. Give me now Wisdom and Knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this People: for who can Judge this thy People, that is so Great?

*He said, I don’t have what it takes. Unless you help me I will fail: I need Wisdom and Understanding, I need your Enablement.*

*Everything we have shared today, you can’t do it on your own.*

Remember what Elijah said in 1 Kings 19:4-8, And the Angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the Journey is too Great for thee.

… The Journey is not just far, “The Journey is too Great for thee”.

*If you are to fulfill Purpose like Elisha, you need Help (from God).*

*HOLY COMMUNION SERVICE*

As you come to the Holy Communion Table tonight, cry to God for Strength because the Journey is far and because we need serious Help.

God looked down from Heaven and saw all the People before Picking a Mathematician and made him Pastor over a little Church. 

So, I knew I needed Wisdom and I knew I needed help – I still need His Help now more than ever before.

If the work was to be done in Nigeria alone, it will be easier. But we have children in Ukraine, in Russian. And it creates a little Problem for me. My children are in Israel, in Palestine, too.

*You need help to fulfill your Purpose.* 

*So, if you are coming to the Holy Communion Table tonight, you need His Help to fulfill Purpose.*

I am going to give you two (2) Minutes to cry to the Almighty God and say: Father You Provided Manna in the desert, and You Provided Water out of the Rock. You have done it before, Father Please do it again in my Life.

In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

*ADMINISTERING THE HOLY COMMUNION:*

Shall we Please stand!

When you eat the Bread tonight, cry to Him and say Father; I lift my hand to You, fill me to Overflow from this moment onward.

The Lord Jesus Christ, the very Night in which He was betrayed took bread: And when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, Take, eat: this is My Body, which is broken for you: this do in Remembrance of me. 

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit – Amen.

… Go ahead and cry to the Lord: Heavenly Father, Please fill me till I want no more.

Thank You Father. In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

When you drink the Wine, you cry to the Lord and say: Father; You are the Source of Ttrue Anointing. Anoint me afresh to fulfil Purpose.

After the same manner also He took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in My Blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in Remembrance of me.

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit – Amen.

Please Lord, Anoint me from today and let me not fail You.

Thank You Father. In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

… Please, be seated for a moment..

*THANKSGIVING*

As is our Custom, we want to take our Thanksgiving Offering. 

Dance to the nearest basket (online) and drop your Offering. Then we will have the Closing Prayer – before we begin to go.

Over to you Band.

*CLOSING PRAYER*

My Father and my God, I want to bless Your Holy Name.

Thank You once again for giving us the opportunity to be here this year. Take all the Glory, in Jesus’ Name.

Lord God Almighty, as we go home Please don’t let Your Holy Spirit leave us.

Let Your Presence continue to go with us. And by the time we return tomorrow we will Testify.

My Father and my God, I Pray Specially this Weekend will be one of the best for all Your Children.

I decree that this Weekend shall be far, far Glorious for all Your Children.

And if You return before tomorrow, Please don’t leave us behind.

In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

Good Night. God Bless You!

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