GLORY AHEAD: RCCG JANUARY 2025 HOLY COMMUNION SERVICE – PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

RCCG JANUARY 2025 HOLY COMMUNION SERVICE

THEME: GLORY AHEAD

MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

TOPIC: A REMARKABLE MEAL

DATE: 2ND JANUARY, 2025

BIBLE TEXT: JOHN 21: 9-12

SONG

We give You all the Glory
We give You Honour
We give You all the Glory
We give You Honour

OPENING PRAYER

Almighty God, we Worship You.

The God of Year 2024, we say Thank You.

The God of Year 2025, we Glorify Your Name.

Please accept our Worship in Jesus Name.

Thank You for what You did in the Past, Thank You for what You have started to do now and Thank You for the Future.

Please, accept our Thanks in Jesus Name.

In Your Own Peculiar way my Father and my God;; do something Remarkable in our lives Tonight.

In Jesus Marvellous Name we have Prayed – Amen.

Well, let Someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

Now, I want you to look around you – If there are one (1) or two (2) People that you have not seen this Year, say: “Happy New Year” to them.

Happy New Year to all of you!

God Bless You!

You may Please be seated.

John 21: 1-22 – But then, because of Time, I will only read from Verse 9 to Verse 12 (John 21: 9-12).

John 21:9-12:

9. As soon then as they were come to Land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.
10. Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.
11. Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to Land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
12. Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the Disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.

The Lord told us among many other things that: This Year will be a “Remarkable Year” – Amen!

Many of you have Probably wondered why is it that at a Wedding Reception – When the husband and the wife had cut the Wedding Cake, they always ask the husband to feed the wife with a Piece of the Cake and the wife to feed the husband with the Piece of the Cake.

And this feeding is recorded because it is a Remarkable Feeding!

There are Meals and there are Meals – But not all Meals are Recorded and not all Meals Photographed.

They take the Picture of the husband feeding the wife and the wife feeding the husband because this is the First Meal after they got Wedded.

It is a Meal never to be forgotten because things had just Changed.

Like I told you during The RCCG Cross Over Service 2024/2025 – You can get to read the Full Text Only on the Label of DMC:

☆ The husband cannot be called a Bachelor again – That is gone forever.

☆ The wife can no longer be called Spinster again – That is gone forever.

☆ If they ended up divorcing – They are called Divorcee.

☆ If any of them should die hopefully after a long time by Old Age – The husband will be called a Widower if it is the wife that has gone first; the wife will be called Widow if it is the husband that has gone first.

Once they got married, they can never use the Title of Bachelor and Spinster again!

There is a Meal that you take that is a Remarkable Meal – A Meal that will go to the Records!

A Meal that says: The Old is gone and the New has started!

The Passage that I read to you (John 21: 9-12) is what could be called an Holy Communion because the Table was Prepared by the Lord.

If you read the whole Story (DMC NOTES: John 21: 1-22):

Peter just looked around one day and said: I go A-Fishing, and his Colleagues says that we will go with you. And they fished All-Night and they caught Nothing.

When it was Morning, they saw Somebody on the Shore who said: Children, have you any Meal? And they said: No sir!

He said: Throw your Net to the right; you will catch fish there.

They did and they caught fish – A hundred and fifty three (153) of them (Big ones).

The Bible says that by the time they got to the Shore, they saw that food was already Prepared.

Interestingly, the Bible says that they didn’t even say: Who cut this fish? What Methods did he use?

But the Lord said to them: “Come and Dine”.

Come and Eat a Meal that is going to say to you Specifically: “The Past is over, it is Time for a New Beginning”.

It is Interesting Particularly in the Life of Peter (We will just focus on him) – That after they finished eating, the Lord turned to Peter and ask him certain Questions.

The Questions are there in the Bible Reading – DMC NOTES: John 21: 1-22.

And He asked him the same Question three (3) times and Peter answered three (3) times.

Because Peter had denied the Lord three (3) times and the Lord had given him an opportunity to reaffirm his Love for Jesus Christ three (3) times.

And then the Lord told him: “Follow Me”.

The First Holy Communion after the Lord rose from the dead teaches us some Tremendous amounts of Lessons:

LESSON NO 1:

This as Applicable to so many of us is that: “Peter had failed before but after that Meal, he never failed again”.

☆ You are here Tonight – You are about to eat a Remarkable Meal.

☆ You are about to hear the Almighty God saying: Whoever you are – The DMC Family Members: Bygone is bygone now!

Because that is what God was telling Peter – Peter, bygone is bygone:

☆ You have failed me.

☆ You have denied me.

☆ You have been Overconfident.

☆ You have slept at a time that you should be Praying.

But Peter, bygone is bygone!

For some of us who by the Special Grace of God made it through Year 2024 with all your Failures and with all your Mistakes; today God is saying: Bygone is bygone.

LESSON NO 2:

That first Holy Communion after the Lord rose from the dead, was also a Big Lesson to Peter and to me and to you.

It was not the first time that Peter fished amd caught Nothing:

☆ The same had happened before in Luke 5: 1-7 – He has Struggled and he had worked hard but there was Nothing to show for it.

☆ And then came John Chapter 21, he Struggled and tried hard and there was Nothing to show for it.

But we learnt from this Lesson that when the Almighty God in His Infinite Mercy decided to bring you to a Remarkable Year; Fruitless Efforts will be gone forever.

Somebody was trying to share with me that this Year 2025 is very similar to only one Year that many of us might be Old enough to remember – And that is 1936.

And he did it Mathematically and Scientifically – Very, very interesting Mathematics.

A Remarkable Year is Knocking at our Door now

And the Lord was saying to Peter: “No more Fruitless Efforts”.

The next time that Peter Preached after that Meal, he won three thousand (3,000) Souls in one day.

That was a Remarkable Achievement!

LESSON NO 3:

The Meal was also saying to Peter: Peter, you backslide but now no more Backsliding.

You laid your hands on the Plough Peter in Luke 5: 1-11 – You forsook all and decided to follow me but you failed.

Now, no more Backsliding.

Somebody is about to take a Meal that is going to block your way to Backsliding!

LESSON NO 4:

But there are some other beautiful things to learn.

Because the Almighty God showed Peter:”I can feed you without you doing the Fishing”.

You are out there looking for fish All-Night and you caught Nothing.

By the time you ate here – Tired, Weak and Hungry, I had food already Prepared for you.

In a way that you can never understand, in the Name that is above every other names; you will never beg for bread again – Amen!

But the Pertaking of that Meal that the Lord Himself Prepared – Eating the bread and fish that the Lord Himself Prepared:

☆ Telling Peter that bygone is bygone.

☆ Telling Peter that no more Failures.

☆ Telling Peter that no more Fruitless Efforts.

He was actually telling him (That is Peter): “From now on: Forward Ever”.

I don’t know who and who God is talking to Tonight or reading now on the Label of DMC – Because I know that Somebody is about to Partake of this Meal who for the rest of his/her Life, will Joyfully serve the Lord!

The Summary of this very Remarkable Holy Communion Service is just like it is written that: “If therefore any Man be in Christ, he is a New Creature, Old Things are Passed away, behold all Things are become New (DMC NOTES: 2 Corinthians 5:17).

A Meal can make all the difference – If Somebody eats Poison, he may die before anybody could help him.

Judas Iscariot who betrayed the Lord Jesus Christ was not around at this Remarkable Meal – He had already gone on his own way.

But those of you who has been Preserved by the Mercy of God; let us eat this Meal with Great Solemnity, knowing fully well that:

☆ Bygone is bygone now.

☆ It is Forward Ever and Backward Never.

ALTAR CALL

And if there is any of us – And you are here Tonight or reading now on the Label of DMC; and you are not really sure of your situation – Hey, it is not going to be an Ordinary Year. No!

You can come and Surrender your Life to Jesus Christ now and join our Ranks as we March Forward – Forward Ever!

As we March Forward serving God like never before: Winning Souls, establishing them, building Churches and doing the Will of God; knowing that we are Marching on to Glory!

So, if you want to give your Life to Jesus Christ, I will count from one (1) to seven (7) – Before I say seven (7), come and stand before the Altar.

We will Pray for your Salvation and then we will go ahead and Partake of the Table of the Lord.

… I’m counting now!

Those of you infront and those still on the way, cry to God:

And ask Him to have Mercy on you, to save your Soul and forgive all your sins.

That bygone may become bygone and that you may have a New Beginning.

Ask Him to save your Soul, wash you Clean with His Blood so that you can now become a True Child of the Living God.

Ask Him to become your Lord and Saviour and Promise Him that from now on, you will serve Him.

And the rest of us, let us Stretch our hands towards our Brothers and Sisters and Intercede for them.

That the Almighty God who saved our Souls will save their own Souls also.

That God will give them a New Beginning.

Thank You Father.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

PRAYER FOR SALVATION

My Father and my God, I want to Thank You for Your Words – I want to give You all Glory, and I want to give You all Honour for Your Words today.

And Thank You for these People who has come Forward to Surrender their lives to You.

Father, Please receive them, have Mercy on them, let Your Blood wash away their sins, write their names in the Book of Life, save their Souls Oh Lord and let them become True Children of the Living God.

And let their bygone be bygone.

Give them a Brand New Beginning Oh Lord.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amem!

ADMINISTRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION

Now Tonight, when you eat the Bread, your Prayer will be: Father, let bygone be really be bygone in my Life.

☆ Let Sickness be bygone.

☆ Let Failure be bygone.

☆ Any Possibility of Backsliding, let it be Completely bygone in my Life.

☆ Everything that is not of God that is in my Life, let it be bygone Tonight.

After we have all been served Wine, we will drink together and I will tell you how to Pray at that Stage.

The Lord Jesus Christ; the very Night in which He was betrayed took the Bread and when He has given Thanks, He broke it saying: Take, Eat; this is my Body broken for you; do this in Remembrance of Me.

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

Go ahead and Prat as Instructed.

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

Shall we Please Stand!

When we drink the Wine Tonight, you will cry out to the Almighty God and say: Father, for the rest of my Life, let it be Forward Ever and Backward Never.

After the same manner also; He took the Cup when He has sup, saying: This Cup is the New Testament in my Blood, Please do ye as oft as you drink it in Remembrance of Me.

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

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

So shall it be in Jesus Name – Amen!

Let’s be seated and remain in an attitude of Worship!

THANKSGIVING

And take your Thanksgiving Offering.

I. We want to say Thank You to the One who Prepared the Meal Thousands of Years before we were born.

II. We want to say Thank You to Him for Revelational Knowledge – Explaining Deep Things in the Scriptures to us.

III. We want to say Thank You Lord for a New Beginning.

So, let us take our Offering – And with Joy, we dance to the nearest basket, and give our Offerings to the Lord.

And then we will Pray.

And I believe that I will see you tomorrow!

Over to you Band!

FINAL CLOSING PRAYER

Our Father and our God, once again we want to say Thank You – Thank You for a Remarkable Year.

Please, accept our Thanks in Jesus Name.

Father Tonight, I Pray for everyone of us:

In all our lives, let Sorrow be gone.

Let Failures be gone.

Let Fruitless Efforts be gone.

Let Unanswered Prayers be gone.

Let Backsliding be gone.

In Your Own Miraculous Way, this Year (2025), give us Remarkable Success:

Let it be Forward Ever and Backward Never.

Everything that we need to serve You like never before; Please make available to us.

In every facets of our lives Lord:

Let it be Forward Ever and Backward Never.

Let it be Upward Ever and Downward Never.

Father, bless the Offerings of Your Children, Sanctify it, use it for Your Glory.

Before the end of this Month (January 2025); my Father and my God, give us Mighty Breakthroughs.

And let us serve You till the End.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Well, tell your friends: Tomorrow (Friday, 3rd January 2025) is the First Holy Ghost Service in the Year – RCCG January 2025 Holy Ghost Service.

It is going to be Remarkable!

I am sure that I will see you there.

Let me hear you shout the kind of Hallelujah that will be Remarkable – HALLELUJAH!!!

Thank you so much for staying all through to read.

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