WIND OF CHANGE- RCCG NOVEMBER 2024 HOLY GHOST SERVICE – (TALK 1): PASTOR SONNY WOGU

RCCG NOVEMBER 2024 HOLY GHOST SERVICE

THEME: WIND OF CHANGE

MINISTERING (TALK 1): PASTOR SONNY WOGU (PASTOR IN CHARGE OF RCCG REGION 55, PORT HARCOURT RIVERS STATE NIGERIA).

DATE: 1ST NOVEMBER 2024

BIBLE TEXT: GENESIS 8:1

Indeed, be Glorified! Be Glorified in our lives. Be Glorified in our lives.

SONG

You are the Mighty God
The Great I AM
Hallelujah – Hallelujah
You are the Mighty God
The Great I AM
Hallelujah – Hallelujah.

Hallelujah – Hallelujah
Hallelujah – Hallelujah;
Hallelujah – Hallelujah
Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

OPENING PRAYER

Father we Thank You.

Thank You because indeed, You are the Mighty God.

We thank You Lord God Almighty because we depend on You.

We Pray tonight that again You will show Yourself Mighty.

Let the Wind of Change change every situations that before now remained a reproach.

Let the Wind of Change change Lives;

Let the Wind of Change change Situations.

Father, we are depending on You: Do that which only You can do and take all the Glory.

In Jesus’ Holy and Mighty Name we Pray – Amen and Amen.

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah.

I want to Thank the Almighty God for this opportunity.

And I want to thank our Parents in the Lord for their Labour of Love; and this opportunity to Minister unto the Lord.

Tonight, as we look at the Theme: “Wind of Change’; it is my Prayer that every one of us will indeed believe God for a Change in our lives, in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

I’ll take my Bible Text from Genesis 8:1 (NKJV)

Then God remembered Noah, and every Living Thing, and all the animals that were with him in the Arik. And God made a Wind to pass over the Earth, and the waters subsided.

WIND OF CHANGE

We have two (2) keywords in our Theme: “Wind” and “Change”.

1. WIND:

In the context of our Theme; in the context of this Message, Wind is a Mysterious Agent.

One Night, our Lord Jesus Christ was talking with a Jewish Leader, a Pharisee by name Nicodemus. And Jesus in that discuss, revealed to us that the Wind is a Mystery – You can find that in John 3:8.

The Bible says: The Wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but can not tell where it comes from and where it goes.

This Particular Revelation by Jesus Christ was summed up in a Nursery Rhyme taken from this Scripture – Emphasizing the mystery of the wind.

That Nursery Rhyme says:

Who has seen the Wind?
Neither you nor I:
But when the trees bend down their heads,
The Wind is passing by.

We don’t know where the Wind is coming from, we don’t know where it is going; but we can feel the Wind when it is around – The Wind is a Mystery.

2. CHANGE:

On the other hand, Change is simply the Process that makes a difference.

Change does not make noise, it simply shows up.

For Example, if you have a drunkard in a Neighbourhood who has been a Nuisance – People know the drunkard for his Nuisance.

If that drunkard ceases to be a drunkard, he doesn’t need to announce it;

• When People see him sober;
• When People see him looking responsible;

They will know that a Change has taken Place!

… So, change does not make noise.

We need to remember that God had just destroyed the entire world with flood like never before – Sparing only the Life of Noah, his family, some wild beasts, and livestock.

The type of flood that happened at the time we read from this Bible Text (Genesis 8:1) has never happened before.

And it will never happen again – Amen.

After that flood, there was no Structure remaining all over the world – No Structure was there!

The Topography, Landmass, and Landscape of the world was Permanently Changed – The flood wiped out everything. And the flood made the world unrecognisable.

The flood was such that the highest Mountain; there was water 22 feet above the Peak of the highest Mountain – You can see that in Genesis 7:20.

It says: The waters Prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the Mountains were covered.

Such was the height of that flood that we are talking about.

From our Bible Text (Genesis 8:1); we can also see that the Earth at this Point was desolate – There was no Life of any Human Being, no Life of any animal, no Life of any Plant remaining on the Earth.

The Earth was desolate, but we saw something interesting there:

The Wind of Change brought Restoration of Life to the Earth.

The Bible tells us: And God made a Wind to pass over the Earth, and the waters subsided.

With Wind, God brought Restoration to the Earth – I want us to take Note of that.

The Disciples encountered this Wind of Change in Acts 2:1-2 – When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one Place. And suddenly there came a Sound from Heaven, as of a rushing Mighty Wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

These were timid Disciples – Disciples that were not bold enough to identify with Jesus at His time of need.

But when this Wind of Change came upon them, the Disciples turned to Bold Apostles.

They become so bold that Peter could stand before thousands of People and Point at them and say, “you, you killed them.”

He was so bold that he could tell them the Truth without minding whatever the consequence was going to be.

The Wind of Change!

Again, we must bear in Mind that God made us as Human Beings for Divine Purpose. But the enemy in his deceitfulness, took away the Divine Purpose that God made us for, and sold a dummy to us.

If you look at Revelation 4:11; it 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.

All things were created for God’s Pleasure, including us.

Unfortunately, Man allowed the enemy to exchange his Destiny and Estate.

And in Romans 3:23 the Bible now tells us: For all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God.

We have a Remarkable Encounter of the Wind of Change with a Man that People had written off – In Mark 5:15, when the Madman of Gadarenes encountered the Lord and the Lord saved him from the bondage of sin and affliction.

We are told in Mark 5:15 that when those that knew him before came, they were left with no doubt that Change had taken Place.

Mark 5:15 – Then they came to Jesus, and saw the one who had been Demon-Possessed and had the Legion, sitting and clothed and in his right Mind. And they were afraid.

They were afraid because they could not fathom how that Man was so drastically Changed.

It because he had an encounter with the Wind of Change.

I will narrate a Personal Experience to you:

Sometimes ago I was led by the Holy Spirit to take the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to the Condemned Section of the Prison in Port Harcourt – They called them Condemned Criminals.

I was Persuaded that they needed to hear the Gospel. And I went to the Prison Superintendent and shared my intentions with him.

He looked at me and laughed and said: My friend, go and Preach to the other Prisoners; these ones in the Condemned Section of the Prison, no one goes near them. They have already been Condemned because of Capital Offences. So, if you go close to them, they can easily kill you, and nothing will happen.

Even if you Condemn them to death three (3) or ten (10) times, they can only die once. So, we don’t allow anybody to go near them. Even when they are to be taken out for Execution, the Warders that are sent are usually paid so much in order to give them Incentives to go close to those People.

I left, went back and told him that I was still Persuaded to go.

I went there for some weeks and eventually, the Man got fed up with me, he called his Assistance and said:

Look, this Young Man has been coming to pester my Life here, and he calls himself a Lawyer. But I don’t think that he knows what he is talking about. But Please, allow him to go. Whatever he sees there, let him take it.

I thanked him – I said, Thank you Sir and I went.

As I was going, he told them to escort me, and they followed me to the Condemned Section of the Prison.

When I got there, I saw how they were Barricaded – Cells on the left and Cells on the right, there was no door. They used thick iron bars to cover the Entrance to the various Cells.

The cells were Crammed up, and they had their Toilet in that Crammed Up Cells – The Place was stinking like you can never imagine.

There was just a corridor in the middle – And I took my Bible, and I began to Preach from one end of the Corridor to the other. And I was sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with them.

And at the end, I asked them to give their lives to Christ and I saw some hands Popping up – I prayed for them and I left.

The next week I came again, they said, “No! No, you can’t go this week, come the week after.”

I obeyed their Instruction – And again, I saw some hands, they gave their lives to Christ.

I continued with that Pattern until one day I went to the Prison, and it was the Superintendent that was rushing at me saying, Hey! Pastor, come, come, come!

I told you that I’m not a Pastor – I was not a Pastor then.

He said No, you are now a Pastor. Please, can we now be opening the cells for you every week? And I said, Wow! Why not? That is what I was looking for.

He said, we are not only going to open the Cells; we want to open the Courtyard, so you can have Fellowship with them.

I said Wow! That will be wonderful.

I said, “but wait a Minute, why this sudden Change of Mind?”

He said, since you started coming to Preach to these guys and they have started giving their lives to Christ, the Crime Level in the Prison has fallen.

The Crime Level in the City has fallen.

In the whole State, and in the Neighbouring States, we have noticed a drastic fall in Crime Rates.

Because some of these Men here still control Criminal Gangs from outside the Prison.

I said, that’s Great!

He said, Drug Trafficking has drastically reduced.

So, if you can continue to Preach, so that all of them will give their lives to Christ; we know that our Prison will be a better Place.

That was how, for the first time in the History of the Prisons in Nigeria, they allowed a Civilian to be Meeting with Condemned Criminals in the Courtyard of the Prison.

And each time I went, I would share the Word of the Lord with them.

On this Particular occasion, I went – That is actually why I am sharing this Testimony;

I wanted to share the Message I had Prepared, then the Holy Spirit said, “Tell them about Me.” I didn’t understand.

I tried to continue with my Message, but again, I heard the voice: “Tell them about Me.”

I said, about You? I was confused.

The third time, the Holy Spirit said, “Tell them about Me.”

I stopped my Message, I then asked them: Do you People know the Holy Spirit? They said, “we don’t know it.”

I said No, it is not it, it is Him – He is the Third Person in the Trinity.”

And I began just to explain Primarily who the Holy Spirit is.

I was unprepared, but as I was just talking about the Holy Spirit, I heard the Sound of Wind – Oops!

That Wind just passed my ear and hit those Prisoners.

We were having what we used to call the Open Heaven Fellowship – There was no roof.

And on that Particular day, it was raining – We were all in the Rain.

These men were slain in the Holy Spirit – They fell on the mud, they were rolling; and they were Speaking in Tongues.

That was the Wind of Change!

The Warders that escorted me ran away from the Condemned Section of the Prison.

They were so scared of what they saw.

And when I was going, I saw them, they knelt down and said, “Pastor, Pray for us. We are the ones that need Protection; you don’t need any Protection.”

… And as from that day, they stopped escorting me to the Place.

Do you know what?

Shortly after, most of those men were taken out for Execution. I was not there that day: but as they were being tied for Execution, you know what happened? The Priest that the Government sent to go and Administer the Last Sacrament to them – That was an Official Thing.

When the Priest came close to them – They were being tied up.

They were asking him, “Father, are you Born Again?”

The Priest was shocked, he looked at them. They said, “If you are not Born Again, where we are going, you can not come there.”

They were Singing and faced Execution – They were not afraid.

Why? Because of that Wind of Change.

That is what we are talking about.

You may be here, if you haven’t experienced this Salvation that can transform lives; that can make you a New Person, I want to tell you that you are just wasting your time.

Some of those Men that were Condemned, I had Personal Discussions with them – They confessed to me the type of Heinous Crime they have committed. Some of them were Hired Assassins, Armed Robbers, all manner of People.

But when their lives encountered that Wind of Change, they were Transformed.

I don’t know who you are, I don’t know where you are in Life, but I want to assure you – If you will allow this Wind of Change to encounter you, your Life will never be the same.

It does not matter the Addiction, it does not matter the Lifestyle – You may think that you are Irredeemable.

But I want to assure you, if this Wind encounters you, you will never be the same.

This Wind can transform your Life – It’s a Supernatural Transaction.

• Are you Struggling with an Affliction like that Madman of Gadarenes?
• Is it an illness that the Doctors have told you that it is Irreversible?

You hear Testimonies upon Testimonies here – How People will come with Doctors’ Reports, and the Word of the Lord will come from our father-in-the-Lord, giving Specific Word of Knowledge. And those Irreversible Problems will be reversed.

If you are here tonight, and you are in such a situation, all I beg you is to humble yourself before the Lord.

If you will humble yourself, the Lord will do what you have never thought of.

In the Book to James 4:6, the Word of God tells us that God gives Grace to the Humble.

Please, do not Pretend. Be Humble enough to tell the Lord that you need help.

• Even if you are responsible for your own Problem.
• Even if you are responsible for your own Affliction;

The Word of the Lord says that, God will deliver the Lawful Captive from the hand of the Mighty and terrible.

So, I want you to Prepare your heart as our father-in-the-Lord comes to Minister;

I want to assure you that when you are Expectant, every Mountain will be razed down – Amen.

Whatever it is that has been a Giant you in your Life, the Lord will bring it down – Amen.

And that your Life you think is irredeemable, God will make you an Ambassador of Christ – Amen.

I would like us to Pray!

And I would want you to Please, from your Heart ask the Lord to help you.

I want us to Pray Please.

Let us talk to the Lord in Prayer.

Whatever your situation may be:

Are you here? The Word of God says, no matter how dark or black your sin may look; even if it is as black as soot, He will make you as white as snow – DMC NOTES: Isaiah 1:18

The Word of the Lord says, Come unto Me, you that Labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest – DMC NOTES: Matthew 11:28

I don’t care what your situation may be, all you need to do is to ask God: Come and help me. I have Struggled on my own. I don’t want to Struggle anymore. I want You to take over.

Pray from your Heart.

Refuse to accept the Report concerning your Health, and concerning your Destiny.

Refuse to accept Man’s Report as the Final Report.

Let the Word of the Lord be your Final Report Report.

Talk to Him in Prayer – Be open for His Deliverance.

He will believe you and make you an Ambassador of Christ, like He made that Madman of Gadarenes an Ambassador of Christ.

He will make you an Ambassador of Christ – Amen.

Father we Thank You! Have Your way Lord.

In Jesus’ Holy and Mighty Name we Pray – Amen.

CLOSING PRAYER

Father, we are depending on You.

As we look upon You like the Maid looks at her Mistress, may our Expectations not be cut short.

Let the Wind of Change make change that will be so Visible;

That People will see us and Thank You.

People will see us and give You all the Glory.

Thank You Abba Father.

In Jesus’ Holy and Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

Thank you so much for staying all through to read.

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