RCCG DECEMBER 2023 DIVINE ENCOUNTER SERVICE
THEME: DIVINE REPOSITIONING
MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ODEYEMI (ASSISTANT GENERAL OVERSEER (EDUCATION AND TRAINING) / NORTHERN NIGERIA AND CONTINENTAL OVERSEER CONTINENT 2 (WEST. AND CENTRAL AFRICAN REGION, RCCG).
DATE: 4TH DECEMBER 2023
BIBLE TEXT: 1 CHRONICLES 4:9-10
Let the Living shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah.
I am talking about someone who is convinced beyond reasonable doubts, that before this week runs out, he or she would have experienced Divine Repositioning.
If you are such a Person, shout a better Hallelujah – Hallelujah.
GENERAL PRAYERS
- God has been so Good to us from January all the way to December – We have been coming for Divine Encounter: we were here for the first Divine Encounter of the Year 2023 and now the last Divine Encounter for the year you are Present.
Why don’t you just go ahead and give Him Glory – Just appreciate Him and Honour Him. Appreciate the Lord that sits on the Throne forever.
The Lord Himself who has made it Possible for us to gather together again. The Bible says, it is a Good thing to give Thanks to the Lord and to sing Praises unto the Most High.
Thank You Heavenly Father. In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Worshipped – Amen.
- Without any doubt, we know that our Theme for the rest of this Particular week is the Divine Repositioning. And in this Divine Encounter, we would be examining this same Theme.
I want to to cry to God with your own voice – I want you to cry to the God of Heaven: You are the Only One who can Reposition me – Reposition my Situation and Family; Lord, before this week is over, grant me a Divine Repositioning.
Cry to Him!
Thank You Father. Blessed be Your Holy Name.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
SONG
You are Yahweh eeeh
You are Yahweh.
You are Yahweh eeeh
You are Yahweh.
You are Yahweh – Alpha, Omega,
You are Yahweh – Alpha, Omega.
OPENING PRAYER
Glorious God, we Worship You this Morning. We Thank You for all that You have done in our lives from January all the way till now.
We appreciate You, because without any doubt it has been You and only You. Father, accept our Thanks and Praises, in the Name of Jesus.
We have come this Last Divine Encounter of the year (2023); You have been with us O LORD, from the first one to this Last one – At every Point in time, whenever we come, we have always received an Encounter from You.
Therefore, Heavenly Father, today again we have come O LORD, that we may encounter You in the Name of Jesus.
Our Father, Specifically we are asking today O LORD, because of this week of Divine Repositioning, we Pray Daddy that everyone of us shall experience Divine Repositioning, in the Name of Jesus.
Thank You for the answered Prayers. Blessed be Your Name O GOD.
We ask that those who are still on the way, You will quicken here their steps. And at the end of everything, Your Name will be Exalted.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
And everybody would say – Amen!
Let somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah.
It might be a Good idea for you to shake hands with one (1) or two (2) People and Rejoice with them as they Rejoice with you.
Tell them – Congratulations, that you made it to this Point. We have made it together – We are in December.
All Glory to His Name – Hallelujah.
Glory be to God!
I want to begin by thanking our father-in-the-Lord, for giving us this Unique Privilege to bring the Word in the Last Divine Encounter of the year 2023;
And the very first day of RCCG Holy Ghost Congress 2023 – “Divine Repositioning.”
We Pray the Lord will Strengthen our Daddy and Mummy all the days of their lives.
As the Lord has used them all these years to lead us in this Particular Path, the Lord will continue to lift them, in the Name of Jesus.
I am sure without any doubt that Somebody is expecting a touch this Morning – Yes, for the DMC Family Members.
I like you to open your Bible with me to 1 Chronicles 4:9-10:
9 And Jabez was more honourable than his Brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
You are the next in line that God will grant his/her Request – Amen!
… Let your Amen be very loud – Amen!
This is a very familiar Story – Only two (2) Verses of the Bible, and hundreds and thousands of Sermons have been Preached from it.
Because, there is the Story of a man that begins with the conclusion – “… And Jabez was more honourable than his Brethren.”
When I read this Passage, I began to wonder, “why is it that the Conclusion was the first thing that came forth?”
It might be that the Narrator was of the opinion that, “if I don’t put something beautiful in front of this name (Jabez) maybe Nobody would read his Story.”
Why? Because his Story was very tragic – His Story began in a very Low Estate. But before he left this Earth, he has become an Icon.
I have Good News for someone who is listening this Morning or reading now on the Label of DMC; it doesn’t matter the Level you are today, your Level is Changing – Amen.
This is the Story of someone that you can describe as – From rags to Riches; from grass to Grace; from tragic beginning to a Happy Ending; from ashes to Beauty; from mere Story to Glory!
Somebody said, “It is only my Glory that you see, you don’t know my Story.”
This individual (Jabez) had a Story behind his Glory – His name was not a very suitable one to bear. The Bible tells us: “and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.”
… That name actually mean – Pain, Sorrow, Comfortless.
A woman carried a child for nine (9) Months, and for every single day of those nine (9) Months, the only thing that occurred to her was, “what kind of a child is this? – The is a child of sorrow, he is a child of Pain.”
Before he came forth at all,he had, had a label upon his Life.
Every evil Label that the enemy had Placed upon your Life, we erase it today, in the Name of Jesus – Amen.
The Story of Jabez had been:
- A Story that People have read for Centuries – For several years.
- It is a Story that has encouraged a lot of hearts.
- It is a Story that shows, “it is not how you began that matters, but how you will end.”
… And you will end well – Amen.
The Bible tells us here, when talking about Jabez in 2 Chronicles 4:10 – that is something very crucial this week:
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me!
The man (Jabez) Prayed a very Plain Prayer, and a very Powerful Prayer – A Prayer that was clear and Pointed: O LORD, what I desire from You is blessing. But not Ordinary Blessing, I want You to Bless me indeed.
… The kind of Blessing that attracts attention.
That is the kind of Blessing the Lord will give someone here today, or reading now on the Label of DMC – Amen.
He said, Lord I am aware without any doubt that I will die unsung – He said, O LORD, You are the Only One who can Reposition me.
He called on the God of Israel.
I am sure he must have tried other options in Life; he must have received hither and thither, he must have looked up to People, he must have attempted to connect himself with those that can help.
But everyone of them disappointed him: Until one day, when all of a sudden it occurred to him, “if God does not help me, I am done for.” And he turned to God.
I believe that you have come here today, or reading now on the Label of DMC, because you have decided to turn to God.
I don’t know exactly all that you have tried, I don’t know who you have tried to connect with, I don’t know those who have disappointed you; as you are Presenting yourself to the God of Israel; the God that Jabez called upon (who answered him); the God who Repositioned Jabez – that same God will surprise you today – Amen.
This very week:
- You must Pray until something happens.
- You must Pray until you know: Ha! At last I have Encountered God.”
- You must not come to the Redemption City this week (of the Holy Ghost Congress) to Play or just for Sightseeing. Just to walk around.
No! This is one week that will determine the future you will have.
That is the reason why, if you are Monitoring this Particular Program Online, it is in your best interest to attend the Holy Ghost Congress 2023 of “Divine Repositioning”.
If there is anything that any Nigerian needs at this Point in time, it is a Divine Repositioning.
I like you t turn to your Neighbour on your Right and on your Left and tell them: I know you need Divine Repositioning.
Hallelujah!
There are Three (3) Things I am going to look at briefly, before we are done:
- NAMES ARE PROPHETIC
His name was called Jabez, his name was called pain, sorrow, comfortless. And anytime anybody hears that name, they run from him.
That Particular name Precedes him wherever he goes.
It is a Prophesy (Negative one) upon his Life. Because his mother had already decided, “this is what you are going to be for the rest of your Life (Jabez).”
Several times when I think of this young man, I look at it: assuming that he was able to go to School, there is no way he would have completed Schooling because when they should ask of his name and he says ‘Jabez’; even the Teachers would have resisted him.
The Teacher would not want someone with that name to remain in his/her class. Not to talk of the students.
So, he would have grown up without the appropriate Education to meet his Needs in Life.
He would have grown up without friends, without companions – Everybody would avoided his Presence.
Rejection was a way of Life for him.
I don’t know what has happened in your Life and you have been rejected; that Particular Spirit of Rejection is leaving you today – Amen.
… Let your Amen be louder – Amen!
Many People are down today because of Rejection.
Many of us have written ourselves off, because of Rejection.
Talk of someone who knew Rejection; someone that Rejection was written upon his face clearly; yet he made it!
The Life of Jabez is a Message to everyone who is facing Rejection.
It doesn’t matter who has rejected you or where you have been rejected; you can still reach the Top – Amen.
Tell your neighbour: I will reach the Top – Amen!
… Names are Prophetic!
So, when you look at the name of someone like Moses, you would know that names are Prophetic.
According to Exodus 2:10, the Bible says: And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
And all the days of his Life, Moses had to deal with being “drawn out of the water.”
I. River Nile could have drown him, but he was drawn out of it.
II. Red Sea could have drown him, but God drew him out of it.
III. When there was no water, the People wanted to stone him. But God drew him out by bringing water out of the Rock.
IV. When the enemy contended for his body and said, “you cannot make it to Heaven.” God stood up for him and drew him out of that difficulty.
Whatever it is that you are confronting today, God will draw you out – Amen.
Names are Prophetic!
I don’t know what your name has brought into your Life; I don’t know the kind of envy, jealousy, hatred, opposition and resistance that your name has brought into your Life; I don’t know the kind of barriers that your name has created for you but because you are here today or reading now on the Label of DMC, the God of Divine Repositioning shall Reposition you, in the Name of Jesus – Amen.
- NAMES BRING PERSPECTIVES
I also discovered from the Word of God that names bring certain Perspectives into our lives – How People will relate with us.
The moment they hear your name, they have a face idea of who you are and how they will relate with you.
That is why anytime we talk about Bartimaeus, we Picture him as that blind man by the roadside who will die a beggar.
Even after his eyes have been opened, People still refer to him as Blind Bartimaeus – Perspective!
I don’t know what kind of Perspective your name has introduced to your Life; whatever Negative Perspective that your name has introduced, today whether the world likes it or not, they will Change their Perspectives – Amen.
- NAMES ESTABLISH PROTOCOLS
Name also establishes Protocol upon your Life – whether you would be Classified with the Best or you would be categorised with the rest: your name will determine.
You know very well, the moment Mordecai was lifted up, his situation Changed.
It was just like every other day; Mordecai was confronting death. There was a very Powerful individual who had decided to end the Life of Mordecai.
And may I tell you – The only One who is Powerful is the Almighty God. And it doesn’t matter what those ‘Powerful’ People have determined to do with your Life, they will be disappointed – Amen.
This Particular Testimony I am about to tell you is a very frightening one:
I was visiting one of our Churches when I was in Plateau State (Northern Nigeria). The Church was far away from Jos and we must have travelled for about two (2) hours Plus.
When I got there, I discovered that these People are doing a fantastic job. I told them, by now you should be on your Permanent Site: why are you not on your Permanent Site?
They said, we have a Permanent Site but someone who is Powerful in this Town has been resisting us. And he has said that we are not going to build a Church on that Particular Place. But we are going to move there very soon.
They said, that man said as long as he is alive, we cannot build a Church there.
And the God of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) wanted to show him who is Powerful.
One day he was returning to his house – Just few meters to that Particular Land, his Vehicle began to somersault. And it somersaulted until it landed on that Land and he died there.
The only One who is Powerful is my God – That is the God that Jabez turned to.
The Bible says he called upon the God of Israel – He had realised, that Power belongs to God.
And when he called on the One who Possesses all Power, that God responded, and Translated him; Repositioned him – Took him from the very Low and took him to the very High.
For someone who is listening to me or reading now on the Label of DMC; that same God is here. And where you are today will be the Least Place you will ever be – Amen.
Don’t let me forget the Story of Mordecai – Haman had already concluded: As far as Haman is concerned, “Mordecai, you are finished!” He had even put up a gallow upon which he will hand Mordecai.
He woke up that day to go to the King and ask him to grant him the Permission to hang Mordecai because he (Haman) was already famous, and very Powerful. He was the Second in Command in the kingdom and whatever he wanted he could get it done.
… He had forgotten that Power belongs to God!
And on that day (Overnight); the King could not sleep.
You see, when it comes to the issue of Divine Repositioning, whatever God has to do to ensure that you are Repositioned, He will do it – Amen!
Throughout the Night, the King couldn’t sleep. He said, Okay! Bring me the Book of Records (Esther 6).
The Bible said, they were reading it and it got to the Point when they read about a kind of coup that would have taken Place and that could have taken the Life of the King.
And they mentioned that the man who didn’t allow that to happen was called Mordecai.
And the King asked, “what have we done for Mordecai?” They said, Nothing!
On the day of your Reward and Repositioning, the Person who will cause your Repositioning will not be able to sleep – Amen.
Then all of a sudden the King asked, “who is there in the Court?” – He knew there must be one of his Counsellors around. And it happened that Haman, his Second in Command just arrived in the Palace.
He said, Oh! Very Good: he is the one we really need at this Point (even though he didn’t know the Plans of Haman).
So Haman came in, he greeted the King. And the King said, “what do you think we should do for the man that the King is Pleased with?”
And then Haman wrote a Recommendation:
You can imagine that God has a sense of humor – Using your Adversary to write your Recommendation.
He wrote a Powerful Recommendation because he thought he was the one.
He wrote the kind of Recommendation you would Present anywhere and Nobody would resist you.
And the King said, “go ahead and do exactly all you have said for Mordecai.”
Let somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah.
From that moment onwards, the name of Mordecai Changed – His name established Protocol for him.
He wasn’t just ‘that Gateman’ again; he is now Classified as one of the Topmost People in the Kingdom.
And before that day was over, Haman had become something else – He got home, his wife said, “if you have started to fall before Mordecai the Jew, you will eventually fall completely.”
Everyone who has been resisting you from January till now; who has said there is no way for you – I decree upon your Life, they shall all become History – Amen.
Let your Amen be louder – Amen!
So you must always remember:
- Your Name can be Prophetic.
- Your Name can bring Perspective.
- Your Name can Establish Protocol.
If your Name has not been a Good Prophecy, what do you do?
You can go to the One who can Change Bad Prophecies to Good ones; the One who can Prophesy Good Things to your Life.
The One that Jabez ran to, because he knew: “You are the One who sent me to the world – My mother was just a means of transportation; You are the One who sent me here.
If the fellow that You sent me to has given me a bad name, You are the Only One who can Change it – Please, Change this Prophecy O LORD.”
He cried to the God of Israel – I don’t know how many hours, how many days, weeks or months but he kept seeking God until he found Him.
If you seek Him, you will find Him.
You must always remember that names can bring Perspectives:
Several times when you move around and People begin to say one thing or the other about you, it is because of the Perspective they have had – They have posted you to a certain Place.
Even the People who have never worked with you begin to have wrong impression about you because they have heard Stories (Negative Perspectives).
The People you have not offended, they begin to pick offences, because of Perspectives – Because some People have already spread all kinds of lies and deformation about you.
I have Good News for you: you don’t need to lose your Sleep about that – Because in the Presence of those who have given Negative Perspectives concerning you, the Lord will Elevate you – Amen.
You must not forget that name can Establish Protocol:
Maybe you have been at the backend all these while – All your Life you have been always towards the back. But as you begin to Pray today and you Pray throughout this Particular week; before this week is over you will suddenly discover that you have moved several steps above – Amen!
… So shall it be for you – Amen.
As God helped Mordecai, Moses, Esther and several other People in the Word of God; because He remains the same Yesterday, Today and for ever, that same God will also.help you – Amen.
But the Key remains one thing – “Jabez called on the God of Israel”.
You have heard several Testimonies of what God can do on this Particular Camp Ground – Time and Time again, People have come out to Testify of what God has done here.
You have heard the Testimony of a woman that the Doctors have told, “just go to your Country and die”. And the woman said, “take me back to Nigeria, to the Redemption Camp”.
They told the woman, “Mama, there is no Service today.” She said: I am not going for Service, I am not looking for any Pastor. I am going to the God of that Particular Land.
She came and held on to the Pillar of this Auditorium and immediately, Strength came upon her.
It doesn’t matter the Negative situation you have brought today, or as you are reading now on the Label of DMC:; the Almighty God will Change the Story – Amen.
But you must be Prepared to Pray, and to Pray through. Because anybody who wants the kind of blessing that Jabez was asking for cannot Pray “Casual Prayers”.
He said, O LORD: I want You to bless me – But not Ordinary Blessing, bless me Indeed!”
He Prayed until his Prayer drew attention.
He cried until the God of Heaven answered him.
Bartimaeus did not stop crying despite the Multitude were against him but he cried until Jesus stopped.
Your cry must arrest the attention of Heaven today.
As we shall be going to the Place of Prayer, you need to understand one very important fact:
You need to understand that everything is about God.
Jabez called on the God of Israel.
He is the One you have come to meet today – That is the reason why before He can Reposition you, you must willingly Surrender your Life to Him.
You have been going helter skelter, going from one Place to the other, seeking for Solution.
But you are not seeking for the Solution Provider. Your Solution is a Person – His Name is Jesus Christ.
When you willingly Surrender to Him today, it does not cost Him Minutes before He lifts you up.
Shall we rise on our feet everybody?
GENERAL PRAYERS
- And I want you to begin to give Glory to God, that He has brought you here today.
For what He is about to do in your Life at this time; I want you to begin to give Glory to God.
ALTAR CALL
Wherever you are listening to us around the world or reading now on the Label of DMC, and you want to Surrender your Life to the Lord Jesus Christ; the God of Israel – The One who helped Jabez. I want you to do so now.
Because we are about to Pray some Life-Changing Prayers, that would Change our situations.
Thank You Jesus. Blessed be Your Name. In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
God bless you Brethren; I will be Praying for you the moment we finish Praying these Prayers;
PRAYER POINTS
- Say Heavenly Father, every Negative Prophecy upon my Life, Father Change them today.
- Heavenly Father, every lie that has been Spread about me; every Wrong Perspectives that People have about me; You are the God of Favour; release Your Favour upon my Life.
- Heavenly Father, from now on, take me to the Top. Change my Level.
Brethren who have come out to Surrender Genuinely to Jesus Christ, I like to Pray for you at this time:
PRAYER FOR SALVATION
My Father, I want to Thank You Lord for what You have done for us today.
Thank You Lord for the Power that is in Your Word.
Thank You for these Your children who have Genuinely Surrendered to Jesus Christ today.
Father Lord, accept our Thanks, in the Precious Name of Jesus.
Blessed Father, we commit them into Your Mighty Hands. You are the One who has brought them.
No man can come unto You except You have drawn him.
So Father, we call upon You today, that You would recover them, in the Name of Jesus.
The Power to live without sin; the Power to serve You for the rest of their lives; Father, You would release upon them in the Name of Jesus.
We ask my Father and my Lord, that You would write their names in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
That beginning from now, they will follow after You all the days of their lives.
They will be Your Children – Your sons and daughters, in the Name of Jesus.
Thank You Heavenly Father. Blessed be Your Name.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we Pray – Amen.
Congratulations!
Our father-in-the-Lord would like to be Praying for you. And very soon you will begin to receive Miracles that you did not Pray for. So he needs your names and your correct Addresses.
… If you are clapping to the Lord Please, do it very well.
Glory be to God!
THANKSGIVING OFERING
Brethren, God has brought you at such a time like this. And in this first Service of this week of the Holy Ghost Congress, it is Good to show to the Lord that you have been Repositioned.
How do you do that? Apart from your Prayers, you have to give your Offering and give it Abundantly.
It is time to give our Offering.
The Choir would give us danceable songs, and we would drop our Offering in the nearest basket (online) very quickly.
And after that, we would Pray for us, and then you can go ahead and be in Expectation of your Divine Repositioning.
Choir!
Hallelujah!
SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST FOR DIVINE ENCOUNTER
I know there may be some of us who need Special Prayers. And I know that you are Prepared to cry to the Almighty God at this Altar of Grace.
So, just come forward to the Altar – Pour out your heart to Him. Tell Him those things you want Him to do; that you know only Him can do.
Cry to the One who answered Jabez.
Pray convincingly, Pray with Faith. Release your Faith into your Prayer today, in a way you have never done before. Because I can tell you, Divine Repositioning is Possible.
Cry to Him – Whatever you would ask today, He will do for you because He is the same Yesterday, Today and for ever.
Thank You Jesus. Thank You my Father. Blessed be Your Name.
… Let’s begin to bring our Prayers to a Close.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
SONG
Amen Amen, Blessing and Glory
Wisdom, Thanksgiving
And Honour;
Power and Might be unto the Lord
For ever and ever
Amen!
CLOSING PRAYER
Eternal God, the Lord God Almighty. The King of Glory, the same Yesterday, the same Today, the same for ever.
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; You are the God of Israel. You are the Lord who answers Prayers.
We appreciate You because You are the Only One Who qualifies to do Divine Repositioning.
Accept our Thanks and Praises, in the Name of Jesus!
We have heard Your Word today, we have cried unto You with the whole of our heart because we know you answer Prayers.
Every Prayers we have Prayed this Morning, answer by Power, in the Name of Jesus.
Before this day is over my Father, in that Name that’s above every other names, let there be Testimonies, in the Name of Jesus.
In every areas of our lives, where we need Your touch and we need an Encounter with You;
In every areas of our lives where the world has already put us down; where disfavour has already put us at the backside; where all kinds of Negative Perspectives have tied us down:
My Father, move in our behalf, in the Name of Jesus.
The God of Divine Repositioning, You helped Jabez and he has become a Testimony and a Household name for Centuries, for Millennium;
My Father, help us also, in the Name of Jesus.
We ask King of Glory, You will arise on our behalf, that very soon we also shall become Testimonies.
By virtue of this Particular week of the Holy Ghost Congress 2023 of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG): we Pray that we shall become New Persons Spiritually;
We shall become New Persons Financially;
We shall become New Persons Physically;
We shall become New Persons Emotionally.
It would be clear to all and sundry that You have stepped into our situation.
Thank You Heavenly Father. Blessed be Your Name O GOD.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed for – Amen.
Just go ahead and begin to Rejoice before the Lord for what He has done for you.
And don’t forget that Shiloh Hour is coming up very soon.
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