UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN CHRISTIAN FAMILY FELLOWSHIP PRESENTS CAMPUS HOLY GHOST RALLY 2026 @ UI SPORTS FIELD BEHIND MAIN LIBRARY, UI IBADAN OYO STATE
THEME: A NEW BEGINNING
MINISTERING (DAY 2 MORNING – BIBLE STUDY): PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE (GENERAL OVERSEER, RCCG)
TOPIC: THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT GOD
DATE: 14TH JANUARY 2026
BIBLE TEXT: ISAIAH 7:14
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Thank You, Thank You Lord
Thank You Lord
Thank You Lord for everything You have done.
OPENING PRAYER
Our Father and our God, we Bless Your Holy Name for waking us up this Morning.
We Your Children here are crying and saying to You: Good Morning Daddy.
Thank You for Your Mercy, Thank You Your Faithfulness and Thank You for Answered Prayers.
It is not everybody who slept esterday who woke up this Morning.
But by Your Mercy that is renewed every Morning, we are here again.
Father, accept our Thanks in Jesus Name.
Father, in the next few Minutes, like You have never done before; transform our lives and visit us in a very Special way.
These Your Children has come very early this Morning to seek You; Please let them find You.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Well, let Someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
Shake hands with one (1) or two (2) People and say: Good Morning, God bless you,
And then you may Please be seated.
It is wonderful to see so many of you this Morning.
The Almighty God that you have come to seek will reveal Himself to You in Jesus Name – Amen!
We will have just a very brief discussion on: Isaiah 7:14.
Isaiah 7:14 says:
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a Sign (A Sign that you are having a New Beginning in University of Ibadan); Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
My Prayer for each and everyone of you is that God will always be with you – Amen.
Not only for as long as you are in the University of Ibadan but wherever you may go for the rest of your Life – Amen!
Emmanuel (Immanuel) – Meaning ” God with us”.
There are some things that we should know about our God:
- When He is seated, He is in Control.
Isaiah 66:1 says: Heaven is my Throne, the Earth is my Footstool.
So when He is seated, He is in Control.
If He has to deal with your enemies, He doesn’t have to Stand Up unless that enemy is not living here on Earth.
Because all He has to do is just to move His leg apart and the Ground will open and swallow the enemy,
Numbers 16: 1-34 – Some People ganged up against Moses and God says, alright let me deal with them.
Don’t let me bother myself Standing Up – Since the Earth is under my feet, I will just move apart my legs a little; the Ground will open its mouth and the enemies will be swallowed alive.
May I decree that if there are enemies that has been Pursuing you all these days, saying that you are not going to make it; in the Name that is above every other name, you won’t see them again – Amen.
Several years ago, I went to Preach at a Wedding Ceremony in my Town.
And before I was Born Again, there has been an incident involving my immediate family and the Extended family that cause the Elders of the family to tell my dad that since he refused to join their Political Party because of me, they will see how old I will be before I die.
So my father came home, told us what happened at the Meeting; that very Night, my mother took me in the Night and we fled.
We fled – That was early in the 1960’s and I kept fleeing until 1973.
In 1973 I got Born Again and I realised that Nobody can use me for Breakfast anymore.
So I now went sometime in 1980-something to go and Preach at a Wedding in my Village.
And I stood on the Altar – I saw all those People who Promised that they will use me for Breakfast.
And I was still a bit Younger and Rascally; so when I saw them, I said that you are here and I am here – I dealt with them.
You know that the One holding the Microphone is the one In-Charge – I mean that I dealt with them.
It was so bad that after I left, the same People went to the mother of the Bride and said: It is because your daughter was getting married, that is why that boy has the audacity to deal with us the way he did.
And they told the woman – Your daughter will be getting Pregnant soon, and then we will see where she will deliver.
And the mother was frightened because she knew who are the People talking to her.
So, she came to me and say: See now, you have gotten me to trouble. What am I going to do now?
I Laughed – I said: Mama, don’t worry yourself.
Are those People on Earth here? She said Yes.
They will be fast asleep the day your daughter will deliver.
The girl that they said that will never be born is now a Medical Doctor.
When God is seated, He is in Control – So put your Mind at rest, He is in Control of your Life.
And He will remain in Control in Jesus Name – Amen.
- Now, if He is that Powerful when He is seated; what now happens when He Stands?
Psalm 68: 1-3 says: “Let God arise and His enemies will be scattered”.
If He gets up (just getting up); all enemies that may remain and has not been swallowed by the Ground will be scattered.
In Judges 14: 5-6, the Bible says that Samson was on his way to Timnath and a Lion roared at him.
And the roaring of the Lion means that he wanted to attack.
And God rose up for Samson – He grabbed the Lion and tore it to two as if it was a small kid.
I have Good News for Someone: God is going to Stand Up for you – Amen.
A son of mine couldn’t share his Testimony in Public because he was in the Military then but retired now,
Some of his Colleagues were manipulating the Accounts and he refused to cooperate with some of the Military Officers who were manipulating the Accounts. And so they decided that they will eliminate him.
And so they retired him early – And it happened to be the Friday of the Holy Ghost Service; so he brought it to the Program.
And God spoke and said that there is Someone here, they have given you a Letter of Compulsory Retirement. And God said: Don’t worry I will arise for you.
To cut the long Story Short – There was a Military Coup and all those who met when they retired him were sacked and he was Promoted above them all.
As the Lord lives, the One who made Heaven and Earth and the One who said: Go back to the University of Ibadan and tell them that I am about to start a New Thing – That same God will arise for you (Amen).
- Then what happens when He now begins to move?
When He begins to move, the Ground begins to shake.
Judges 5:4 tells us that when God begins to move, the Ground trembles.
That is easy to understand – If you will consider Someone who is so Mighty that when He is sitting in Heaven, His legs reach the Earth; then those legs cannot be an ordinary legs.
And then, when He takes one step; the Earth moves to the right and He takes another step, the Earth moves a little bit to the left.
… So the Earth trembles when He is moving.
I was travelling to Ilesha (DMC NOTES: A Town in Osun State Nigeria) and I got to Ile Ife (Another Town in Osun State Nigeria) and I saw one of my daughters standing by her car – And she was so gone in sorrow that she doesn’t even realised what was going on around her.
I saw her on the road – I saw her face and I told my Driver to stop as there is something wrong with my daughter. Maybe the car has a Problem.
So we “Back Up” or using the Nigeria Language, we reverse (DMC NOTES: In American English, “Back Up” is the Standard and most common term for reversing a car. While “reverse” is the formal term and also widely understood, “Back Up” is the typical Phrasal verb used in everyday speech and commands).
And I got out of the car and went to her – She didn’t even notice me.
Ha, my dear daughter – She jerked; what is it that is causing you so much sorrow?
She said: Well, I have been having children but all of them girls. I Prayed for a boy – I got conceived and they told me that it is a boy.
Now, I came here for Antenatal and they told me that the boy is dead and they want to evacuate him.
Oh, that is why? She said yes.
I said maybe that is why God asked me to pass by this way because He made me a Promise when coming into Full Time Ministry that wherever I go, He will go with me.
I said: That is enough.
I laid my hand on the stomach and the boy jumped back to Life.
With all Humility: I am not here alone, He sent me here this time – And I am saying to all of you that anything Good in your Life that the devil has killed, will come back to Life (Amen).
- And what happens when He arrives?
Definitely after all the Shakings right and left, by the time He arrives where He is going; there will be an Earthquake.
In Acts 16: 24-end, when they put Paul and Silas in Prison for doing the works of God. And instead of grumbling at Night saying: Look at us Oh Lord doing Your works and you can’t even take care of us?
They began to Praise Him – Father, we would have come to Church Tonight o but we are in Prison. So we will turn the Prison to a Church.
He (God) said: Okay, I dwell in the Praises of my People; let me come and pay a visit to those who are Praising me.
Because all over the world, everybody is saying: God do this for me, do that for me but here I found two (2) People who says, God we are not asking for anything o; we just want to Praise You.
He said: That is refreshing!
By the time He arrived, there was an Earthquake – Prison doors were flung open, Yokes were destroyed, the Jailers became the Students et cetera et cetera.
You know that I have Good News for the University of Ibadan – It is an amazing thing to me that God still loves you this much!
Because most of the things He does, He does it simply out of Grace and not that you deserved it.
Bur He said that I will be Merciful to those that I will be Merciful (DMC NOTES: Romans 9: 15-16).
Thank God for being Merciful to the University of Ibadan!
1979 my father-in-the-Lord, myself and four (4) others went to a Kenneth Hagin Camp Meeting in Tulsa USA for the first time.
Then one day, very early in the Morning in the Hotel we were staying, my father-in-the-Lord sent for all of us to come to his room.
We gathered in his room and he made an Announcement – The Announcement was that he was going home soon.
Thar is enough to shake everyone of us.
And then the Bombshell that I will be Succeeding him – Hey, what are you saying?
I was near to the door and I just fell on the floor and everybody began to Pray violently in the Spirit.
And then suddenly there was a knock at the door and since I was the one by the door; I got up to opened the door because we were not expecting Visitors and we looked and it was the Engineer of the Hotel.
And he said that what kind of Instrument are you Playing?
Instrument? Kuro ni ona jo (Meaning: Leave the road joor) – We are going through a Destiny-Changing moment and you are saying that we are Playing Instrument.
I said that we are not Playing any Instrument but we are Praying.
He said No, you are Playing a heavy kind of Instrument
Okay, he came in; search the whole room and saw nothing.
When he was going out, he was Puzzled and when he got to the door; I said by the way: Why did you say that we are Playing an Instrument?
He said that the Hotel is shaking and we have traded the source of the vibration to this room.
The Hotel was shaking – It shook so Mightily that as soon as the Guests who were already in left, they shut down the Hotel.
They dug round the Foundation of the Hotel to see what caused the shaking.
More than thirty (30) years later, I went back to Tulsa USA with my children and the Hotel was still shut because they are still trying to find out what caused the Hotel to shake.
And the Hotel was boarded off.
And I just felt a Compassion for the owner of the Hotel because they couldn’t believed that six (6) People from Africa Prayed and shook the Ground.
And so, I lift my hand on the wall and say: Father, let the Hotel re-open.
Thank God that six (6) Months later, they re-opened.
What I am trying to tell you is that: Somebody is going to Pray a Prayer Today or as you are reading now on the Label of DMC that will shake the Ground because God is going to pay you a Personal visit – Amen!
- What happens if He now comes in?
If He steps in, everything will Change for the better.
In Luke 5: 1-7; Peter had fished All-Night and caught Nothing.
But the moment Jesus Christ borrowed his boat and stepped into it to Preach; the next thing that we see is that he caught so much fish that he needed help to carry the fish to the Sea Shore.
If you allow God to step into the boat of your Life – And I mean really, really step into the boat of your Life Today; you won’t know Failure anymore!
When He steps in, Failure must step out.
There are many of us here or reading this Message now on the Label of DMC who has Struggled and Struggled before we can pass.
Of course you have to read, and you have to Studied but we all know that it is Possible to Study very hard get into the Examination Hall and just blank out.
It has happened to me before – But that is not the Story Today.
I was already doing my Post Graduate Study before I became Born Again. But from the moment that I became Born Again, things Changed.
I remembered like Yesterday, my Professor (The one Supervising me) was travelling and he gave me an Assignment – You do this before I return and I said Yes sir.
When he came back and I showed him what I have already done within the short time he was away and he said that this is not your work; Somebody helped you.
I said Yes sir – He said I know because you are now a Christian and you will tell me the truth.
He said: Who helped you?
Now, He happened to be an Indian and so didn’t believed in Jesus at all.
So I knew that if I said Jesus, he will get pissed off.
So I said Professor Emmanuel.
And then I got into trouble when he said of which Department?
I decree in the Name that is above every other name: From this moment onwards, you won’t know Failure again – Amen!
- What happens when He abides?
Because that is where we are now – That is the meaning of Emmanuel (Immanuel): “God with us”.
What happens if wherever you go, He goes with you? If He abides with you in the Morning, Afternoon, Evening and everywhere; then you can say bye bye to Death.
Because when you read 1 Kings 17: 8-end; you will see that the devil came to the house of the Widow of Zarephath waiting to take the boy and the mother.
Because when the mother said: I have only one Meal left – We just want to Prepare it so that my son and I can eat and die.
She was not saying that we will just eat and starve to death – What she was saying was that we will eat the Meal and commit suicide.
But then, Elijah came in – The Representative of the Most High God, and he stayed in the house.
When later on the devil came the second time and this time the boy died; because God was dwelling in that house, death was chased out.
I am saying one more time: In the Name that is above every other name, you will never weep again – Amen!
I was going to visit Port Harcourt for a Program and God spoke to me that I should go and stay in the house of a Particular Man – I met him only once during the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship (FGBMF) International Convention.
Ha, I have many children in Port Harcourt and they will be very glad if I say I want to stay with them.
In any case they always prepare an Hotel that I can stay.
Why Lord? But of course, I couldn’t dare ask God Questions.
So I Phoned the Man and said: God says that I should come and stay in your house! He screamed for joy.
I got to the Place and he Prepared for me a nice Place.
I saw the children and I loved them and so I started Playing with them.
And of course, the first born is a very handsome boy and I Practically fell in love with him.
And one day as I going to the Crusade Ground, the children were returning from School and so I went to greet them.
Then I looked around and said: Where is my friend? And the father said that sorry o Pastor, your friend is in the Hospital dying.
And I said, can you take me there on my way to the Crusade Ground? He took me to the Hospital.
They kept the boy stark naked in an Air-conditioned room – The Air-condition was working full time and yet the boy was sweating Profusely.
Ha, what is this?
And God spoke to me – That is why I asked you to go and stay in his house.
Thank God!
I stood by the head of the bed and the father was by the foot of the bed while the Doctor was behind the father.
I looked up – The Doctor signalled to me: “No Hope”.
But I have heard from God and so I Prayed.
Like I am Prayimg for Somebody here Today and those reading now on the Label of DMC: “Death will be chased out of your Life” – Amen.
I went to the Crusade Ground, finished my Program and came back home.
As I was arriving home, another car was also Parking and my friend has been Discharged.
When He abides with you – Death will not be able to stay!
- But I will be failing in my duty if I don’t tell you what happens if He leaves?
Because you see: If you don’t keep Him comfortable, He will leave.
It doesn’t matter what some Preachers may say – He is a Holy God.
You cannot continue in sin and expect Grace to abound (DMC NOTES: Romans 6:1).
If you continue to live like a Child of devil when you are Pretending to be a Child of God; after some time, He will leave.
You know what He said in Revelation 3:20 – He said: Behold I Stand by the door and I knock, if any Man will hear my voice and open the door to me I will come in.
The implication of this that:
☆ If I knock and you hear my voice and you don’t open the door; I won’t force the door open.
☆ If I want to come in and you say: “No Room for You here, go away” – I will go.
The Almighty God in His Infinite Mercies and Wisdom that Nobody can fathom, has decided to come to the University of Ibadan for a Brand New Beginning!
If He is knocking at the door of your Heart and you refused to open to Him; He won’t force Himself on you – He will simply go away.
You know that we just finished The RCCG Holy Ghost Congress 2025 last Month of December.
And if you asked an Average Member of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG): What is the most important thing that you learnt?
They will tell you: ” Jonah must go” – That anything that is not of God in any form and whatever has to leave my Life must go!
☆ Relationship that is not drawing me Closer to God must go.
☆ Anything that I think is contrary to the Will of God must go.
☆ Anything that I do that is saying to God: “I know You are Holy but I am only Human Beings”; such things must go.
If He is starting a New Beginning in your Life, don’t drive Him away.
Because if He leaves; the way Nature is, there is no room for vacuum in Nature.
If Light goes out, Darkness comes in – You don’t believe me, ask King Saul.
In 1 Samuel 16: 11-14; the moment the Spirit of God departed from King Saul, the Bible says that an Evil Spirit from the Lord took over.
It is better that God has never entered your Life than that He will come in and abiding with you already and all of a sudden He leaves.
If He leaves, ask Samson – The Man who can tear a Lion into two with his bare hands and the Man who could use the Jawbone of an Ass to kill a thousand Men; when God left him, the enemy took over and they Plucked out his eyes.
I don’t know if I have told you this Story before:
There is a Young Man called Brother Sam – He was almost an illiterate as he can only read Yoruba. He didn’t understand a word of English.
But he was heavily Anointed.
There were at least three (3) cases that everybody knows about that Bro Sam raised People from the dead.
And then, it got to a Stage when we say: Bro Sam, let us go for Bible Study?
He will say: Who is going to teach? Oh, Bro So and So. How many People has he raised from the dead?
Do you know that Bro Sam ended up in an Asylum because God left him and the devil took over.
I want you to think very deeply as you love God enough to come this early Morning for a Bible Study and I don’t want to fail in my duty by not telling you the Truth, the whole Truth and nothing but the Truth.
Some People say: What is wrong with you? Can’t you Preach a Sermon without talking about being Holy?
Holiness is a Master Key.
You are Holy – Your Problem is solved because God said: “Be ye Holy for I am Holy” (DMC NOTES: 1 Peter 1:16).
ALTAR CALL
So, I am going to give you 2 or 3 Minutes in case there is anyone of us who are still living with some sins and you want to ask God to help you – Purify me, Sanctify me, make me Pure and make me Holy.
Will you Please come forward very quickly so that I can join you in Prayer before we depart.
I will count from one (1) to seven (7) – So, if you want to come, you better run.
Those of us on the way and those infront now, our cry to God is simple: Lord, I am asking You to step into my boat now and abide with me.
Just stay with me one hundred Percent (100%) from now on till I see You in Glory.
And if there is anything this moment in my Life that is not of God; Pluck it out – I give You one hundred Percent (100%l Permission to take over my Life and dwell with me.
Go ahead and talk to God!
And the rest of us, you can Stretch your hands towards these People and Pray for them that the Almighty God will look down from Heaven and honour the fact that they have come forward this Morning in the Presence of the whole crowd and saying: Take over my whole Life.
Please Lord, step into their lives fully and never, never leave them alone.
Thank You Father!
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER
My Father and my God, I want to say Thank You.
Thank You for Your Word this Morning and Thank You for the way You have brought the Truth out for us.
We appreciate You because You are our Father and if only You can be with us, we know that all will be well.
First of all, I am committing these Your People who has come forward into Your Hands:
If any of them is coming out for Salvation, Please save his/her Soul.
If any of them is coming back to You as a re-dedication; Please receive the Fellow.
I Pray Lord God Almighty that these Your Children will now become one hundred Percent (100%) committed to You in Jesus Name.
As for the rest of us who are here Today or reading this Message now on the Label of DMC – My Father and my God, my Prayer is:
That You will never leave us alone.
That You will abide with us Forever
Thank You Almighty God.
For in Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
PERSONAL PRAYER REQUEST
Now the rest of us, I have already Prayed for you and it is now your turn to Pray to God.
Here Today, you can Pray for 5 Minutes before you go because I know that Classes will soon be starting.
But later on Today, make sure that you really, really Pray alone in one corner of the School until the Ground shakes.
Cry to God and say: Abide with me Oh Lord, stay put in my Life and don’t ever leave me alone!
If I am going to do something that will cause you to depart from me, let me die the day before.
Go ahead and talk to the Almighty God.
And the Almighty God will grant your Requests in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen!!!
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