RCCG JANUARY 2026 THANKSGIVING SERVICE FEATURING SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR ALL FAMILIES AND THEIR GENERATIONS
THEME: GRATITUDE
MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
TOPIC: THE MERCIES OF THE LORD
DATE: 4TH JANUARY, 2026
BIBLE TEXT: PSALM 89:1
SONG
Glory be to God in the Highest Amen
Glory be to God in the Highest Amen
For His Mercy endureth Forever Amen
For His Mercy endureth Forever Amen.
OPENING PRAYER
Alpha and Omega, the Unchangeable Changer, the God of all flesh, the All Sufficient.
The Alpha, the Omega, the Beginning, the Ending, the One who is, the One who was, the One who is to come.
Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Glory be to Your Holy Name.
Thank You for the Past Years,
Thank You for a New Beginning,
Thank You for everything that You have done for us,
Thank You for every battles that You have fought for us,
Thank You for all the Victories that You gave us,
Thank You for Provisions, Thank You for Protection, Thank You for Support, Thank You for Answered Prayers and Thank You for Your Faithfulness.
Father, accept our Worship in Jesus Name.
All we have come to do Today is just to Praise You.
Oh Father, Thank You Lord!
In Jesus Mighty Name we have given Thanks – Amen.
Well, let Someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
Shake hands with one (1) or two (2) People and say “Happy New Year”.
And then, you may Please be seated – Thank You.
Happy New Year to all of you!
Psalms 89:1:
I will sing of the Mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy Faithfulness to all Generations.
I have informed us in the Past that whenever something is very, very important to David, he uses the Singular to express himself.
So when you heard him saying:
The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want – He is saying that I don’t know about you but I know about myself: “The Lord is my Shepherd”.
Whether it is yours or not, I don’t know – “I shall not want”.
When he says: “Surely, Goodness and Mercy shall follow me”; he is saying forgive me o, I don’t know about you but myself.
Here in the Bible Text that we read, he is talking about himself – “I will sing of the Mercies of the LORD for ever”.
… Not just on Thanksgiving Sunday but Forever – Every moments of my Life.
And he says: “I will sing of the Mercies of the Lord”.
So, I want you to take this Message of this Morning as Personal – I am talking of myself and maybe one (1) or two (2) People might want to join me.
One (1) or two (2) Person that can think of the Mercy of the Lord, can you shout a “Big Hallelujah” – Hallelujah!
I want to talk about: “The Mercies of the Lord” just for few Minutes!
- I want to talk about the Values of the Mercies of the Lord where it comes to it’s Preservation.
Lamentations 3: 22-23 says: It is of the Mercies of the Lord that we are not consumed.
Adeboye (The DMC Family Members) are alive Today because of the Mercies of the Lord.
I don’t know about you – It is not my Cleverness but the Mercies of the Lord!
How many of you Today are sure that you are alive Today because of the Mercies of the Lord?
The DMC Family Members!
Let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
I read in the Newspapers yesterday that, that our Boxing Champion (DMC NOTES: Referring to Anthony Joshua); exchanged seats just before the Accident he had
The Fellow that he exchanged seat with died on the spot.
Why was the seat exchanged?
I don’t know! But Mercy says that Somebody will still be alive Today.
And in a split of a second, a decision was taken unknown to any of the two (2) – You are going and you are still going to be around
I am around Today because of the Mercies of the Lord – I don’t know about you.
If you are sure that it is the Mercy of God that has Preserved you, will you Please shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
- I want to talk about the Mercies of God viz-a-viz Establishment.
Psalm 18:35; David said: Thy Faithfulness has made me Great.
Romams 9: 14-16 made it clear: It is of the Mercy of the Lord that made you who you are.
And it says: It is not of him that willeth nor of him that runneth but of God that showeth Mercy.
I was coming from the 3 by 3 Km Auditorium on Saturday, 3rd January 2026 after the Ministers’ Thanksgiving 2026 and everybody had gone – I slept in the office till the Morning. I thought that by the time I am going home, everybody would have gone.
And then, there was this woman who stood there and struggling with the Guards saying that I must see Daddy.
So I saw her with two children – And if only for the sake of the children, I want to stop.
So finally I said: Okay, ask the woman to come – What is the Problem?
She said: Sir, I was in Canada; I didn’t know what happened, suddenly I find myself back in Nigeria selling “Boli” (DMC NOTES: “Boli” is roasted Plantain) by the roadside.
All I want sir, is just to lay your hands on me.
I said: God, here is Somebody now – She was doing well in Canada and something just say: “Go home”.
Some of you says that you don’t have Enemies.
You are doing well and you say that you don’t have Enemies? Are you crazy?
I was telling one of my children last week – I can’t recall if it’s God that told me or somebody said it: That you are complaining that somebody is backbiting you?
You are being backbitten because you are infront – You have to be at the front for somebody to bit you at the back.
And it is not your Ability that made you who you are – It is the Mercy of God!
Oh, some of you think that I am Clever – I went to school, I Studied hard etc. Well is that so?
How many times have I told you the Story of a Professor – A Mad Man sitting infront of our School at Ilesha Grammar School in the 1950’s several years ago.
That anytime we want to hear Good History more than our Tutors could teach us, we will buy a keg of Palm wine and take it to this Mad Man by the gate.
After he has taken two (2) cups, he will say: Which History do you want to hear? British History, European History or America History.
When we say this Particular one – He will say from what time to what time. And then He will begin until we say that we have to go back.
☆ He knows all the History – He was a Professor of History but something went wrong Upstairs.
☆ He knows all the History but he can’t remember his name and he can’t remember when he was born.
Somehow he found his way back to Nigeria – Someone remembered that he came from Ilesha and they shipped him back.
You are here Today or as you reading now on the Label of DMC; well dressed, in your right Mind, holding on to your Position and you think that it is your Ability?
If you believe that it is the Mercy of God – The Gentleness of God that has made you who you are, will you Please shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah.
- I know that it is the Mercy of God that will help me till the end.
I don’t know about you – Some of you are very Strong.
David said in Psalm 73: 24-26 – He said: Who do I have in Heaven but You? Who is going to hold me by the hand and take me to Heaven? Is it my Ability?
Are you joking?
When Peter said that if everybody denies You, I won’t; he meant it (DMC NOTES: Matthew 26:33; Mark 14:29; Luke 22:33 and John 13:37).
I Pray for you that: The crisis that will cause you to say that I don’t know Jesus anymore will never come your way – Amen.
You know that when Problems come; you have heard People say: Oga, we know that you are a Jesus Boy/Girl; don’t you think that we should apply Native Methods?
… “Je ki a ti owo ile si (Let’s us apply Local Native Methods to it).
The crisis that will cause People to say: Why don’t you try Native Methods, will never come your way – Amen!
I am a Young Man – I am only 83 years old going to be 84 years old – But:
☆ I have seen People that you thought can never backslide, backslidden.
☆ I have seen some of them you won’t ever believed backslided – They know Jesus Christ.
☆ I have seen Evangelist and People working Miracles and Signs backslided
☆ I have seen a Young Man – I have told you the Story of Brother Sam. At least there are three (3) specific cases that he raised People from the dead using the Name of Jesus.
He ended up in “Aro”.
DMC NOTES: “Aro” is where the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital located – A Federal Government of Nigeria Speciality Hospital with 735 bed located in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. The Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta started at its Annex in Lantoro in 1944 as an Administrative Prison/Asylum established by the Colonial Government for the Mentally ill Soldiers repatriated home after World War II. It was initially under the Supervision of Mr. Leonard Oliver and was later Supervised by Dr Cameron.
The Bible says: “Let him that thinks he stands take heeds less he falls” (DMC NOTES: 1 Corinthians 10:12).
It is the Mercy of that that will take me all the way through.
Those of us who believed that there is a God – A Merciful God that is rich in Mercy and that Mercy that brought me thus far will take me home; let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
What will I do?
- David said in Psalm 59:16:
I. I will sing of your Mercies
II. I will sing of your Power and tell everybody.
- I will Witness.
I will tell others that God has been Merciful unto me – It was His Mercy that Pushed me to the foot of the Cross.
I have told you – When I came to The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG); the Church was one little building at the back of where we are now.
I mean that before I came, I have come here as a Student of the University of Lagos – A Research Student.
My friend was doing Research in Geography and he was going to write his Thesis on the Coastline of Lagos. And so I escorted him down.
When we came down here, he was collecting sands from various spots for Analysis.
And as I was Passing by, I saw the Signboard: The Redeemed Christian Church of God.
And I looked and I saw the “Rackshacked Building”.
I said with this mouth: “Oruko nla to pa omo aja” (Meaning: “A little dog with a big name”).
I said: Look at Building and look at the name?
So when I had my Problem and somebody was referring to a Church where God is answering Prayers and he said that it was towards the Beach somewhere here.
I said I remembered that name – The big name that will kill a small dog.
I didn’t know that this is where I will end but Mercy drew me!
When I came here; I thought that I will come, they will ask me to pay a certain amount, they will Pray and my Problem will be gone.
I came but instead of them collecting any money from me; they say: Give your Life to Jesus Christ and confess your sin.
I looked at them: What is wrong with these People? They don’t know Philosophy or Psychology but now they are talking of sin.
What do they mean? I mean funny, funny little habits.
Until one day, Mercy spoke – God said: What is wrong with you? You are the one with a Problem and not they.
They are not asking you to Surrender to them; they are asking you to Surrender to your God and Maker.
And I looked at their faces – They are few and I saw the Peace.
They were Ignorants, illiterates but they have the Peace of God.
And I said: What is wrong with me? If they asked me to Surrender, I Surrender.
Mercy brought me to Salvation – I don’t know about you; it is by the Mercy of God that I was saved.
I will tell everybody that I am serving a God who is Merciful and Powerful.
A God who said: I will have Mercy on whom I will have Mercy, I will have Compassion on whom I will have Compassion (DMC NOTES: Romans 9:15).
Up till today, I can’t understand other than that Mercy saved me.
After we have taken a bottle or two of one beer or the other in the Staff Quarters; after we have discussed Economy, Politics and whatever is happening in Town and there is nothing else to discuss, we turn to Jesus.
Oh, that Man was Clever. He said that if you look at any beautiful woman – Just looking on, you are already in trouble (DMC NOTES: Matthew 5:28).
But you want to know how Clever He is?
One day, when a woman was washing his feet with her tears and wiping it with the hair on her head and somebody came and said: Lord, don’t you know that, that woman is a Sinner? He said, mind your own business (DMC NOTES: Matthew 26: 6-13, Mark 14: 3-9 or John 12: 1-8).
He saw me among those silly People who thought that they were Clever and grabbed me and say: “You with this your mouth, you are going to Proclaim me”.
☆ I will sing of His Mercies.
☆ I will Proclaim His Mercies all the days of my Life.
☆ I will tell my Neighbours
That is why every opportunities I have, I Witness.
Some of you has not been doing Witnessing – You have not been talking to anyone.
I remembered years ago, one of our former President was giving his daughter to someone and they invited me to come and Preach.
You know the kind of People who will be invited to the Marriage – The who is who.
Well,, I finished Preaching and I made an Altar Call.
Somebody contacted my son and said: Your father made an Altar Call at the Presidential Wedding?
That is why I accepted the Invitation – I will have an opportunity to reach out to those People who will not come to my Crusade.
One of my sons, a Kabiyesi (King) fell sick and said: Daddy E.A. I say Kabiyesi.
He said that it looks as if I am going home now!
I said going home to where? How many Kabiyesi (King) have you brought to Jesus?
Do you think that He saved you for fun? You are not going anywhere. And I am not going to allow it.
This Year (2026); I hope that you will Witness and I hope that you will use your Position to bring others to Jesus Christ.
That is if you know the Value of His Mercy.
And I will honour Him because He deserved to be honoured.
I will honour Him if only for one reason – Because I know that He Controls my Destiny.
If I tell you that by the Grace of God that I am going to see the Year that is coming; it is because I know that there is someone controlling my Destiny and so I can’t die before He says that it is time.
I was telling the Ministers (DMC NOTES: During The Year 2026 Ministers’ Thanksgiving 2026 with Daddy GO on Saturday, 3rd January 2026) – That Last Year May, I was travelling and some Prophets told me that they saw my Plane dropping from the Sky. I said, “Na lie”; as for me, I am going to Japan because I Promised them in Year 2018 that I will come but Coronavirus didn’t allow me to go when the time comes. And so, I am going this time around.
On my way, we were supposed to Stop Over at Oman – I obtained my visa before I left home.
I got to Oman, we have Churches there and it was not like we didn’t know People. And they cancelled my visa.
What have I done from the time that I left home.
And the devil told me – You see now! You better go back home.
I am not going back and so I slept at the Airport and continued my Journey the following day.
The Journey from Oman to Japan, I think its 10½ hours.
Halfway through the Journey, the Pilot came out – Whenever you see the Pilot if you are in the Plane, it means that there is serious trouble.
He came to the Plane, didn’t talk to me o but went to the back of the Plane.
Later on, I heard that one of the fuse that carries Power to certain parts of the Plane has blown.
The devil whispered again – Now, you are hours from anywhere. Can you see
I just smiled and slept – My Destiny is not in the hand of any Prophet or the Pilot but in the Hand of the One who has made me who I am.
My Destiny is in the hand of the One who is not just the Alpha but the Omega.
In the Air, there is no Parkimg space for repairs – If something is wrong, then it is over to God.
And if He decides that He will take me from the Sky to Heaven, that is a Shorter Journey.
How many of you believed that your Tomorrow will be alright? The DMC Family Members.
How many of you believed that the reason why your Tomorrow will be alright is not because of you but of the Mercies of the Lord?
Let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
I will honour Him because He is the One controlling my Tomorrow and my Destiny.
He is the One who said in 1 Samuel 2:30 to Eli – Eli, I was the One who told you that you and your father’s house shall serve me forever but now I am not saying that anymore.
I don’t want Him to say: Adeboye (The DMC Family Members); I Change my Mind.
So when we talk about Proverns 3:9 when He says: Honour the Lord with thy Substance and the First Fruit of your Increase.
And some People began to say that is in the Old Testament, don’t mind them as they want to collect your First Fruit.
Who is begging you? Who is compelling you?
For me, I will honour Him with my Substance and in every way Possible.
Do you know that when you bring something to Him, at all, if He accepts it from you, it is out of Mercy!
I have told you before when we were still in our “Rackshacked Building”; our Speakers were such old that one baba (man) had to slap it when it is not responding.
And then one day, one man came in a flowing Agbada – A rich man that has just joined the Church. And he bought State-of-the-Art Public Address System – New Microphones and Speakers, saying that I bought these for God.
And immediately, God spoke to me and said: Tell him to take away his Gifts
If we didn’t know the voice of God, we would have said: “Get away from me Satan”.
I said: Chief sorry o, it is God who said it and not me – “Take away your Gifts”.
He said: What? Take away your Gifts?
I have never seen Sorrow like that before – He went to one of the Pillars and began to bang his head against it saying: God rejected my Gift and that means that God has rejected me.
And he began to weep with sorrow.
I Pray for you that you will never know that kind of Sorrow – Amen!
When God receives your Gift, it is out of Mercy!
Do you think that He needed your Money? Keep on deceiving yourself.
When He needed Money, He asked that His Servant should go and fish – Opem the mouth of the first fish and he will find in the mouth a Gold coin.
Fish don’t eat Metals – But He commanded this Particular fish.
I don’t know where the fish got the Gold coin from – That is the God that we are dealing with.
And do you think that without you, He cannot do His work?
With Humility and Gratitude: Adeboye (The DMC Family Members) will come to God and say: God, Please don’t reject me and my Offerings.
So, when it is time for Thanksgiving, if you will like; treat Him as a Beggar.
He will tell you that alright – We are in a New Year, you will know the difference between the one operating under Mercy and the one that is operating under Pride.
ALTAR CALL
So, if there is anyone here – And all these Years that we have been Preaching to you, asking you to Surrender your Life to Jesus Christ and you have been saying: Don’t mind them.
I have said so before until one day that God out of Mercy told me to go and Surrender your Life to Jesus Christ.
So, if you too want to Surrender your Life to Jesus Christ, go to the Altar wherever you are hearing me or reading this Message now on the Label of DMC all over the world.
I will count from one (1) to ten (10) – This is another opportunity for you in a Brand New Year.
I’m counting now!
SONG
I will sing of the Mercy of the Lord forever
I will sing of the Mercy of the Lord
I will sing of the Mercy of the Lord forever
I will sing of the Mercy of the Lord
With my mouth, will I made known
Thy Faithfulness, Thy Faithfulness
With my mouth, will I made known
Thy Faithfulness, Thy Faithfulness
I will sing of the Mercy of the Lord forever
I will sing of the Mercy of the Lord
Those of you infront and any other on the way, cry to Him:
Say: Lord Jesus, have Mercy on me, save my Soul, forgive all my sins and I will serve You for the rest of my Life.
The rest of us, Please let us Stretch our hands towards them and cry to God for them:
Lord, Please have Mercy on these People, save their Souls, forgive their sins.
Thank You Father.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
PRAYER FOR SALVATION
Saviour, Thank You for Your Words.
Thank You for these People who has come forward Lord.
Please receive them, save their Souls, let Your Blood wash them Clean and write their names in the Book of Life.
I Pray Lord God Almighty that from now on, they will serve You.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
Shall we Please Stand on our feet.
If you are fully conscious of how the Mercies of God has been to you, one more time shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
CLOSING PRAYER
My Father and my God, I am very, very Grateful to You.
I am Grateful to You for all those who has heard this Message this Morning or read on the Label of DMC today.
I am Grateful to You for Hearts that You have touched and Hearts that out of Gratitude they will do Your Will this Year.
Father, accept our Thanks in Jesus Name.
Please Lord, I’m committing all Your Children all over the world to You:
As we all turn to You afresh and determined to serve You like never before; Almighty God, send Help to us.
The Ability to do Your Will and the Ability to be Grateful; Almighty God send to us afresh.
And Please out of Your Mercy, throughout this Year: Preserve us, Establish us, and Uphold us till the End.
And just let all be well with us.
And if You return this Year (2026); Father out of Your Mercy don’t leave us behind.
Your Children are going to be saying Thank You in one form or the other to You; out of Your Mercy, receive their Thanksgiving and receive them.
Don’t abandone any of us Lord.
Uphold us till the End.
And let this Year (2026) be very Glorious for us.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
PERSONAL PRAYER REQUEST
Now, even if it is only for 5 Minutes, on your own and as a Person, go to God now and Thank Him.
Just open your mouth and say: Thank You Lord.
Thank You for Your Mercy.
Thank You for Your Preserving me.
Thank You for making me, me.
Thank You because my Future is in Your Hands.
Thank You for another opportunity to re-dedicate my Life to Ypu Lord.
Go ahead and just Thank Him!!!
Thank you so much for staying all through to read.
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