Category: BEYOND EXPECTATIONS

  • STRATEGIES OF REACHING SOULS IN YOUR LOCALITY: PASTOR BOLAJI IDOWU – RCCG MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE, 5TH AUGUST, 2023.

    STRATEGIES OF REACHING SOULS IN YOUR LOCALITY: PASTOR BOLAJI IDOWU – RCCG MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE, 5TH AUGUST, 2023.

    RCCG 2023 MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE (DAY 3: AFTERNOON SESSION)

    THEME: BEYOND EXPECTATIONS

    MINISTERING (TALK 9): PASTOR BOLAJI IDOWU (GLOBAL LEAD PASTOR, HARVESTERS INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTER)

    DATE: 5TH AUGUST 2023

    TOPIC: STRATEGIES OF REACHING SOULS IN YOUR LOCALITY.

    BIBLE TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 3:5-6

    Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

    Shall we Pray?

    OPENING PRAYER

    Our Father we Thank You for the opportunity and the honour to serve in a Ministry: This is an honour that no man can take unto himself, except he is called of God.

    You saw us before we were born and You chose us. Thank You!

    And Lord, we are here because our deep desire is to be effective, our deep desire is to make an impact, our deep desire is to do something lasting for the Lord.

    I Pray that in this Meeting – Just as You have been working all through this Conference: You will renew, You will revitalize, You will expand our Capacity, You will inspire us to New Visions, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ!

    We trust You that what we need to know for the Next Level would come to us.

    The Bible says the Letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth Life.

    Spirit of God, do only what You can do!

    In Jesus’ Name we Pray – Amen.

    Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

    Please, we may have our seats.

    Before I start Teaching today, I want to really appreciate Daddy and Mummy. And that is the Persons of Daddy GO and Mummy GO, for the opportunity to be able to be here today.

    … Please, let’s celebrate them!

    Every time I look at them, I always say, “I am looking at the future.” And they are Ministers in whom we have found our future, and I am grateful to them.

    I am grateful to our Intercontinental Pastor also.

    Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

    Alright! Let’s dig deep into the Word of God today. Are we ready? Amen!

    Today we are going to talk about: PLANTING CHURCHES THAT IS ABLE TO REACH LOCALS.

    … When I say “Locals” – I mean the People within that Vicinity.

    I want to start the Teaching by reading 1 Corinthians 3:5-6.

    One of the things you must know is that, Church is God’s Dream – No human being thought of creating a Church.

    Jesus Christ said Himself, “… I will build my Church and the Gates of Hell shall not Prevail against it.” (DMC NOTES: Matthew 16:18)

    And one thing you must know about Church is that: One of the most effective ways of reaching and Nurturing People is Church Planting.

    You know, by background I am quite Evangelistic. So I would tend to do a Crusade in a Place, and do Guiding another Place.

    But, anywhere you do a Crusade and there is no Church to assimilate the fruits of the Crusade, it is like Pouring water into a basket. And that is why Church Planting is very, very strategic; very, very important.

    Because Church Planting is one of the easiest and the most effective ways of reaching and Nurturing Souls.

    … Crusades without Churches would be a total waste!

    But in this Teaching today, I know that as a Commission; one of the beautiful things that the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has done for us, is to inspire – Not just the Redeemed Pastors to Plant Churches. Even Independent Ministeries, we are inspired, because of the work of this Mission, to Plant Churches.

    But my Core Teaching today is: How do we Plant Churches in a Neighbourhood and affect those in the Neighbourhood?

    If we go to South-East Nigeria (for example) – because when you start Planting Churches, you would Naturally attract People like you. But you have to be very Spiritual and very Strategic to attract People that are not like you.

    And that is the crux of what I am talking about today.

    1 Corinthians 3:5-6, Paul speaking said:

    5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

    6 I have Planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

    … I want you to notice that this is very Symbolic here.

    There are two (2) Dimensions to the Work of the Minister, that Paul highlighted in the Text above;

    I. Paul said there is a dimension of the Minister’s work that is called “Planting.”

    II. Then he says that there is another dimension of the Minister’s work that is called “Watering.”

    I want to focus on those two (2) Things as Fundamentals.

    What is the Planting Work Of The Minister?

    I would use a flower pot to illustrate – You can see that a flower pot has flowers coming on it. But before the flowers came out, a seed was Planted into the soil.

    If a seed is Planted right now and Nobody tells you anything is Planted there; you will walk past it to the front, walk past it to the back, and you will not know anything is Planted because something had been Planted there.

    … So when Paul says, “I Planted.”

    Planting refers to the Work of the Ministry that you do, that Nobody sees.

    The Scripture (1 Corinthians 3:5-6) says, “Paul Planted, and Apollos Watereth.”

    (Using a brother to illustrate):

    Let’s say this Brother is the tree. And I pour water from the head. What happened? Everybody that sees him would say, “why are you wet?”

    What is Watering? Watering is the Work of Ministry you do that everybody can see.

    Planting is the work of the Ministry that you do that Nobody can see!

    The Major Problem is that when it comes to Ministry, Ministers can see the Watering; but they cannot see the Planting. So we keep Copying Watering activities of Ministry, not knowing that something was Planted.

    So we say: This is how RCCG does it; this is how that Church does it, and we are copying them! But we do not realised that what we are copying is that, we are copying the Watering, and there is no Planting at all.

    So we go back to our own Local Church; we go back to our own Regions, and we begin to Water. And you will now say, it’s not working!

    It is not that it is not working; it is that nothing has been Planted – Before you water, something must be planted.

    There are two (2) Activities of the Minister –

    I. There is the Planting Work of Ministry;

    II. There is the Watering Work of Ministry.

    Most of the time when you hear Ministers share their Testimonies, they share with you the Watering but there is a Planting Work.

    You must understand as a Minister, when you hear Stories, hear Teachings, you must understand that: “this thing that they are saying seems to be the Watering Work of Ministry; where is the Planting?” So that you don’t fall into the trap.

    And this is why a lot of Ministers say, “everything they taught us we did!” But everything you did was the Watering; the Planting you did not know, so you did not do!

    So, there are two (2) Works of the Ministry, according to 1 Corinthians 3:5-6 – The Planting and the Watering.

    ACTIVITIES OF PLANTING WORK OF A MINISTER.

    … So I will give you Examples;

    1. As a Minister, one of the important activities is PRAYER.

    And one of the Prayers you should Pray when you come to Meetings like this is:

    • Lord, help me hear more than what the Speaker is saying;
    • Lord, help me see more than our father-in-the-Lord is teaching us;

    “Lord, help me see, help me hear.” There is a Communication of the Spirit. You will sit down in Meetings like this and you will be hearing in a Deeper Dimension. Because all of a sudden, your Spirit will be caught up.

    The eye and the ear of your Spirit will be open, and you will tell somebody else, “didn’t you hear when they said this?” And they will be saying, when did they say that? And the reason is that in the Meeting something happened that others did not catch.

    Every Meeting has a catching up moment!

    My Prayer for someone here inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC; is that you will not just hear Teachings, but you will catch the Spirit – Amen.

    And the Mantle would fall upon your Life, in the Name of Jesus Christ – Amen.

    So you must note something: There is the Planting and there is the Watering.

    What are the Planting Works of the Minister?

    Some times you go for Meetings and you are like: I love how the Redemption Camp is, the Ministration was right, I love how Daddy GO would dress, I love how the Intercontinental Pastor would dress. And you would go back home and start dressing like that.

    All those things you see are are Watering. There is Planting – What is done behind the Scenes!

    I will give you some Examples of Planting:

    Planting refers to what you are doing in the Place of Prayer and Nobody sees it.

    Sometimes, before they wear nice suits and nice tie and come here, several hours have gone into Prayers. Because the Bible says that the flesh Profiteth nothing, it is the Spirit that giveth Life.

    I remember many years ago, I was attending the Holy Ghost Service – This must have been (maybe) year 2000 or 1998. And I believed it was in the Old Auditorium. Daddy GO was Preaching and he said, “all my friends on the Wheelchair, bring them forward.”

    I remembered he said accurately, “anyone that his Spirit can catch Fire would just find out that he is getting out of the Wheelchair. And before you know it, People began to walk out of the Wheelchair.

    But I was in another Place, where another Minister tried to repeat the same thing. You know there’s a way Daddy GO speaks with this low voice, with a lot of Gentleness. And the other Minister repeated it, an Nobody got up!

    You know, when Nobody gets up, you become agitated, you start putting Pressure. And the Anointing is not in Volume, I hope you know that. The Anointing is not in shouting. If Power is there – Power is there! If Power is not there – Power is not there!

    Long and short of it is that: The same thing was done, different results because of Planting.

    So, there is Planting! And when it comes to the Planting Activities of a Minister, there is Prayers.

    1. The Second Activity of a Minister is GUIDANCE:

    … What is the Holy Spirit saying to you over time?

    There would be many opportunities and Counsels in Ministry; but what is the Holy Spirit saying to you over time? The Bible says in the Book of Joshua, “And they heard Counsel not is the Lord.” – Very Touching Story.

    For Example, you may see one of the Youth Churches going in certain dimension and you want to copy it. The Question is, “Is that what God wants you to do?” That’s Part of Planting!

    1. The third one is MINDSET.

    Because we all work from Mindset. And when God wants to Change a man (I have noticed it); He brings him Revelation that transforms his Mind.

    1. The fourth one would be GRACE.

    Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15:10, But by the Grace of God I am what I am: and his Grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the Grace of God which was with me.

    I have spoken about the Planting; now I want to speak about the Water.

    SOME PRACTICAL THINGS WE CAN DO.

    Let me give Example: I don’t know if you have noticed it – Most of the time when we Plant a Church, the difficulty can be in attracting People that are not like us.

    If you are not careful, you will just see that the People in your Church are from your own Ethnicity, from your own kind of background. But Jesus Christ wants us to go and reach the whole world.

    If the Church is going to grow; and let me say this here – Maybe in the Southeast, we are going to have a Church full of South-Easterners People. In the Northwest of Nigeria, we are going to have a Church full of North-Westerner People. In Europe, a Church full of Purely Europeans.

    What must we Change? We must deal with Fear.

    Fear is a major thing. So, most of the time when a Leader is resisting Change, it’s because the Leader is afraid. We must deal with fear!

    What is the Major Fear when we want to raise Multi-Ethnic Churches?

    The Major fear is the Fear of corruption of the Message – That is the Major fear!

    And I am saying this upfront, so that by the time we begin to delve into the rest of the Message and you begin to see how we can raise a Purely European Church or Purely Africa Culture in South Africa.

    To raise a Purely small Church full of the People of the Indigenes, we can see that we must Personally deal with Fear!

    Most of the time, when we are about to do something that we have never done (Please take note of this), the fear is that, “In trying to reach these People, hope we would not lose our Message?” That is the biggest Fear!

    And this Fear was in Acts of Apostles. And that’s why you’ll notice in the Acts of Apostles, from time to time, that they would always have to come back to Jerusalem. Because the Jewish Christians always thought they were going out of line.

    … So, Paul would always have to come back – There’s that fear!

    One of the Major things we have to deal with is that fear that our Message would be lost.

    Instead of thinking that if we reach them we would lose your Message; Can we believe that there’s a balance? We would reach them and we will keep our Message.

    Somebody say: We would reach them and we would keep our Message!

    We would reach them and we would keep our Vision!

    Praise the Lord – Hallelujah.

    HOW TO PLANT CHURCHES THAT REACH LOCALS.

    1. VISION

    When we are Planting Churches, we need to have a clear Vision – Let me use those Churches we are Planting Abroad:

    • Are we Planting in Netherlands, in France, in North America for Nigerians in Netherlands and North America?
    • Or we are Planting the Churches to reach the People in Netherlands?
    • Is it a Church for our Community or it is a Church to reach the People?

    When we go to Ghana, are we looking for Churches to gather Nigerians in Ghanaians? Or we are looking Churches to reach Ghanians?

    Let me ask you: Are we Planting Churches to reach the world or Churches for Nigerians?

    Since we all agree that the Vision is not a Church that will Predominantly reach Nigerians alone; it’s a Global Vision, it’s a Global Church.

    Let me say something quickly: As much as this is what you want, not everyone is given this Grace. That’s the truth! Some People, because of the Grace that God has given them, they cannot go Global. Because you know you cannot do more!

    As easier as it is for the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), you can’t do more than the Grace that’s given to you.

    For RCCG to be here, it’s because the Grace is given, and this is lovely. Because there are other Ministries that God has called, but they do not have that Grace like we do in this Place.

    The Vision of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is a Global one!

    Earlier today, we were having a discussion and Daddy GO shared with us about VISION 2032.

    And the Global Vision that RCCG has is a Church of the whole World: everyone being gathered together.

    The first thing is to have the Vision. So you must have it somewhere, that we are a Global Church.

    Can you say with me: “We are a Global Church, with a Local Expression.”

    What Vision does is that Vision affects the way you think. Once it is clear (that we are a Global Church) we need to cast the Vision before the People.

    1. PRAYERS

    The Second thing is that we would begin to Pray.

    Why do we need to Pray? Because the Bible says, as the Apostles began to Pray, the heart of Lydia was open.

    Everybody Please, listen to this: One of the Strategic Prayers of every Church Planter is that “God would open the heart of Gatekeepers in the City to you.”

    That’s one of the most important prayers!

    The reason being that every City has Gatekeepers.

    Gatekeepers can be in the Business Sector, in the Media Sector.

    The Bible says, “And God opened the heart of Lydia”.

    You would Pray if you are in France; if you are in the Southwest of Nigeria, for the People that are the Culture Melting Point here; that God would open their Hearts to you.

    That is important for two (2) Reasons;

    I. Once the Hearts of Gatekeepers open to you because People follow them, they will follow them into the Kingdom.

    II. The Second thing that would happen is: The Gatekeepers would help you shapened the Message, so that you can reach the Locals.

    … How to Plant Churches that reach Locals;

    • The first thing is Vision: and we must have a clear Vision of Penetrating the Locals.
    • The Second thing is Prayers.
    1. DEFINE YOUR TARGETS

    The Third thing is: Can we define our Targets? (Using corn to illustrate).

    If you see me as a farmer setting trap and I am putting corn – Who do you think I want to catch? Antelopes, Grasscutters? No – Birds. Oh! Because I want to catch birds, I know what to use.

    What happens in the Church is that, most Churches want to catch Locals, but what we put out is as if we are looking for Nigerians.

    So you say (this is you in Germany) “Special Love Feast today: Jollof rice, Ofada rice, Asaro (Porridge) is available.” And your Church is in Germany. Do the People in Germany know what Ofada rice and Jollof rice is? No!

    That alone shows who your Target is. Because most of us always say, we are targeting the Core People in the Country. But your Strategy does not align with what you are saying.

    Somebody shout hallelujah – Hallelujah.

    So we need to understand who our Target is: Are they Young People? Are they Old People?

    For Example, if you want to reach Young People, what would the Music be like?

    Have you noticed, anytime we are singing Hymns, the Older People are always in the Spirit? Oh! “Then sings my soul…” They will be in the Spirit. Look at the Younger People, they will be looking around, “when will they Change the Song?”

    … There’s nothing wrong with them; they were just born with another kind of Music in their ears.

    And as soon as you Change the Music to that of the Younger People, they will come alive! “Whose report will you believe? We shall believe the report of the Lord…” Music that is faster. The Old People will be like, “can we become more Spiritual?”

    And the reason is this – It is not that there’s something wrong with the Song in itself. It is that “different kind of Music appeals to different Generation of People.”

    I love what Daddy GO and the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) have done very well – That is the Creation of Model and Classical Parishes. And the Creation of Youth and Young Adults (YAYA) Churches.

    And sometimes it is very difficult to have a Church that would reach Multiple Generations – That’s the Truth!

    Even when you think of Coca-Cola: When you are Young, Coca-Cola has Coke, Fanta, Sprite for you. As you grow Older what do they have? Bitter Lemon, Sweps, Tonic Water, Juice, Eva Water.

    So a Ministry like this, we need to have Churches that are Fanta, Coke – That are sugar – sugar. You have the Youth Church (with loud shouts). As they grow Older they’ll look for another kind of Church; then they come to Eva Water.

    And when you are at Eva Water Stage, you would just be saying, “To God be the Glory, Great things He has done…” Then your children are saying, “Daddy/Mummy, why is the Church not very active?” And they would not understand: it’s been there for Ages!

    … Somebody say Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    Identify your target – Who are we called to reeach? How do I know my Target? Who are you teaching currently?

    Do you know that if I want to catch big fish and I also want to catch small fish; what I will use would be different? If you see me using small fishing hook, it tells you the kind of fish I want to catch.

    So your Target would determine who you want to reach! And I want you to notice that, “the Gospel would not Change, but the Strategy would Change.”

    And let me tell you something: “The Church would lose if the Strategies are not Effective.

    Everybody listen: The Armour of Saul is not what David used to pull down Goliath.

    Every Generation is going to come up with its Armour. The target is still the same: “Goliath must come down!” But Saul had Armour, David had Stones and Sling.

    The Message is still the same, the Vision is still the same, but the Strategy must be involving.

    I am Challenging us, because we need to open up our Minds a little. Some of you, the Holy Spirit has begun to tell you things, but you are Struggling. You are afraid that you don’t want to miss it.

    … How do you reach Locals?

    1. YOU MUST LOVE THEM.

    One of the first times I went to do Mission Work in South Africa, that was maybe about ten (10) or twelve (12) years ago. There was one thing I noticed about my fellow Ministers in South Africa – So I began to ask them, the Churches you Pastor, they seems small. I was worried!

    And one of the things I kept on hearing was that, they did not speak very good about the South Africans. And I noticed a Problem of Superiority Complex – That you really think that your Culture is Superior to other People’s Culture.

    I would say something: Our Cultures are different, and not Social Superior. Each Culture has what is Good and what is bad. As it is here, it is there!

    Why am I saying this? If you don’t respect People’s Culture, they will not respect and embrace your own.

    So what we need to do is to love them. We need to love them!

    Recently we had a Crusade with thousands of People. As I was Teaching, I was going to give an illustration. I said: if your child does something and you smack your child; Then I remembered that I was in the United Kingdom, that you cannot smack your child. So I said, if your child was doing something and you correct your child.

    … And when I said that, everybody began to laugh because they understood that I had made Structure Adjustment.

    Choose to understand them. How do you understand them?

    I want to give you some Counsel; Anywhere you Pastor, read their History: Their History will help you understand why they behave the way they behave.

    It doesn’t Change what you believe; but it helps you understand them. And the more you understand someone, the more you can influence him.

    Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

    You must love and be opened to adjustment.

    A lot of you think that your Language is the best. But the truth is that, you think your Language is the best, because that’s the Language you speak.

    If I go and Preach in a Country where they don’t speak English, I try to pick one or two words of the Locals. So when I get there and I speak the few words, they are so blessed that this Pastor understands us.

    Can I say some Powerful things? I am Yoruba, my first name is Bolaji. In my Culture, when we see our Elders we Prostrate and greet: and it’s a wonderful thing. But there are Places that when they want to greet me, they would say, hey Pastor, how are you? And when they shake me, they are not being rude – That’s their Culture.

    Infact, there are some Cultures that if they get very close to you and you come close to them, they don’t even think they should call you by a Title. They think they should call you by your first name. But that’s their Culture.

    How do I understand and become very open to Culture?

    1.The areas that open you up – If you are young, go to school in that Country. You will know the Culture better.

    1. Do Sports in that area.

    Because we stay in the Church morning and night, we don’t interact with them. We must be open. If you are in a City, try their food (if you can). Be open!

    Sometimes I ask my son, what Music are you listening to right now? The reason is that I am trying to understand their world.

    Let’s read a Scripture together, 1 Corinthians 9:20-22, And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the Law, as under the Law, that I might gain them that are under the Law; To them that are without Law, as without Law, (being not without Law to God, but under the Law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without Law. To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

    … Paul said, by all means that I may save some.

    Please listen Pastors, it is difficult to reach People that you don’t love. It is difficult to Pray for People that you don’t love.

    Sometimes you are in Europe during Summer and you see them coming out naked – Don’t judge them.

    Let love drive you to Pray for them. You get into your Closet and say Father, this is why you sent me to Germany, to Switzerland; I am here to bring a Revival – that’s why I’m here!

    And let me tell you something: The People you Pray for, you will find it hard to criticise them. Because the Holy Ghost would make your Heart to be Compassionate towards them.

    Somebody say: Father, break my Heart with what break Yours.

    We need to really be compassionate to them.

    HAVE A GOSPEL CULTURE

    What Culture does your Church have? Is it Yoruba Culture or a Gospel Culture? Can we begin to establish a Gospel Culture? Is it an Igbo Culture or a Gospel Culture?

    One of the reasons why the Church is not growing is that the Culture from where we came from is very Strong – It’s a very strong “Igbotic” Culture; “Ngbati gbati” Culture.

    Let me ask you a Question: Is your Church a Gospel Church or a Yoruba Church? Is your Church an Igbo Church or a Gospel Church?

    The last time I checked, this Church is called the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) – Not The Redeemed Christian “Igbo” Church of God. Not the Redeemed Christian “Nigerian” Church of God. It is The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).

    So, we don’t have Nigerian Culture, we have Gospel Culture. We must develop Gospel Culture. When People say we should do some things, ask them, “Is that Gospel Culture or Nigerian Culture?”

    This is what the Apostles did when People were fighting. They said, let’s do the Fundamentals – People should not fornicate, they should not eat meat offered to idols. We must maintain what is Gospel Culture.

    I want to ask you a Question: So if I greet you, and I don’t bow down to you because I am a Whiteman from New Zealand and in our Culture we don’t bow down; does it mean I’m rude? But what would you say? The concept is honour; how honour comes out differently depends on who you are.

    If Daddy GO walks in here, I will drop the Microphone, Prostrate and greet Daddy. Because that is how I was raised! One of my friends said recently, “why do you People lie down on the floor when you see other People?” I said, we don’t lie down on the floor, we are only Greeting them.

    The way we do it is Gospel Culture. And People want to do it if they understand it.

    Let me explain that to you – Sometimes the Gospel Culture would Challenge Real Culture but let’s take time to teach and explain before we Change things. Alright?

    Do you want to Build Churches that will reach Locals – People in the Locality?

    1. Whatever is on the Stage is what would bring the Congregation.

    Let me explain what that means: If on the Stage, all you see are Igbo men, Igbo women. The Congregation will have Igbo men, Igbo women.

    Why? The Law of Representation: “Whatever is on the stage determines what is in the congregation.”

    So you are Pastoring in Netherlands, you cannot find a White Person to take the Announcement. Infact, you don’t even have Ghanians, Congolese or Jamaicans, all of them are Nigerians.

    If you put Nigerians in front, what will you see in the Congregation? Nigerians! Because the Principle is in the Book of Zechariah, “like the Priest, like the People.”

    And when you are Preaching as a Pastor, all your examples (here you are in Netherlands ooo) “When I was in Lagos, when I was in Abuja…” And everybody is wondering Please, where is Lagos, where is Abuja? Because your Examples are not reaching the People!

    … So, what do you put on the Stage?

    1. If you want to have a Multinational Church, it must start from the Staff.

    If you are afraid to have Staff from different Races that have different skin tone; you should be afraid of having Church Members like them.

    The beauty of having Staff with a different Race is that, when you are deciding on Planning, they would bring their background into that Plan. They would help you with the Vision within the context of the People of other Nations.

    So, that Church in Germany that said, “we want to give them Jollof rice.” If they had a German Lady there, she would have said “Pastor, which one is Jollof rice?” – He says, “it’s rice that Nigerians eat.” She would have told him, “we that are Germans, we don’t even eat Pepper, talk more of Jollof: can you give us something else?”

    The reason why it is important to bring Leadership and Staff from other Races is because, there is a dimension of Prospective they would bring, that if they are not there, they would not bring.

    And let me say this also: There are Churches that want to reach Younger People. It’s not enough to do Youth Programs; you must bring those Young People into Leadership.

    The Major Challenge with Older Churches with Younger People is this: Older People would design Programs for Younger People and say Younger People should come and do them.

    And the Younger People would be like: This Program does not work for us! This Program worked in 1985, it worked in 1990 but we are in 2023. Instead of you struggling with them, say Young People, come to the table let’s do this together.

    Everybody Please write this down: “A Church grows Old Naturally but stays Young intentionally.”

    So if your Church is going to stay Young, Vibrant And Growing, you have to be very Intentional.

    You need to do a Leadership Team Audit – Ask yourself, “My Top Twelve (12) Leaders, does it look like what I want our Church to be like?”

    Then ask yourself: “Every Sunday when I look at the Stage, does it look like what I want our Church to be like?”

    Some Churches when you go there, the average Person that climbs the Stage is over fifty (50) years old. Just watch the Church; after one or two years, everybody in that Church would be over fifty (50) years old. Because, “like the Priest, like the People!”

    1. Another Adjustment we have to make is Communication.

    If you are a Pastor in a Country where the Predominant Language is not English, you may think of learning the Language.

    What is Communication?

    There is a certain way to it. If you grew up in Nigeria, most of our Communication is very Verbal. If you grew up in Western World, a lot of the Communication is documented.

    How do we Communicate? These are the things that become barriers to the Gospel.

    1. Our Music

    How do you have a Church in Switzerland and they walk to you on a Sunday morning, and all they are hearing is: “Oyigiyigi ooo, Alagbawi Eda ooo… You even have talking drum in Switzerland!

    When you invite the Locals, they are wondering: “Are they insulting us?”

    The Music must reflect who you want to reach.

    We are not trying to reach the Pastor (we have reached the Pastor already. We are trying to reach the People, our music must reflect who we want to reach.

    Put this down: Does our Music reflect who we want to reach?

    When we are bringing Music Ministers, do we bring Music Ministers of those we want to reach; or we bring the one the Pastor likes?

    1. The Media

    Every time you want to do Video Promo; you want to do Social Media Adverts, why do you keep putting Black People in a White Man’s Country?

    You even put People who wear Agbada in a White Country. You say it’s a Thanksgiving Program and you use somebody wearing Agbada; in a White Country.

    Sometimes you are in Northern Nigeria, all the Pictures of the People you put on the flyers are People wearing Yoruba Agbada.

    Ha! The Media, what do you show?

    If you are Abroad, show a White man and a Black man. Show things that the Locals can relate with. Don’t show something that would be like, “Oh! This is an African Church, this is a Nigerian Church.”

    1. Timing

    There’s Nigerian Time!

    So when you go Abroad don’t go and do Nigeria Time. Leave Nigerian Time where? In Nigeria!

    You that in Nigeria, either you go to work or not you get Paid; Abroad, they work Per Hour. So they have targeted that, “when I come to Church, two (2) hours, I am done.” I am going to meet Bus 503 that leaves the Bus Station 11:05. When Service finishes at 10:45, I would walk to Bus Stop for fifteen (15) Minutes.

    So, when the Pastor does not regard time, and you just keep Preaching, they’ll say Pastor, the one I have heard is enough. “To your tents O Israel.”

    And you say they are not Disciplined -They are! But their Bus needs to leave.

    Because if they miss that Bus, the next Bus comes in thirty (30) Minutes time and they would get late to work.

    Timing! These are some of the Problems we have as Nigerians.

    … Why am I sharing these with you (as I Close)?

    1. Programming

    There are some Programming that are very Good if you are in an African setting but not very Good Abroad.

    For Example, the other day I saw Pastor Leke’s Video; one of the Members did not come to Church, he said “we are going to surprise her at home.” They just went to her house to surprise her – That’s Great in Nigeria!

    Abroad; you’ll hear “Pastor, why are you coming to my house? What’s the Problem? Are you okay?”

    Because what you call Love can mean something else in another Culture.

    For Example, in our Culture in Nigeria; if one child doesn’t do well you can say: Come here! Didn’t your mother teach you to greet Elders? So greet. You can’t do that somewhere else!

    You can’t say, I am the Pastor, so I must discipline everybody.

    Please, we must be careful. But it has to do with we trying to understand the People.

    Last thing I want to say – Please pay attention to this: The World is taking Children more importantly than ever.

    I think if you want to Plant Churches that are effective, Plan for “An Effective Children’s Church.”

    And when you Plan for an Effective Children’s Church, you must have big Conversations.

    There area things called LGBTQ. There are things called Pornography.

    DMC NOTE: LGBTQ is an acronym for, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Questioning Individuals.

    All our Senior Pastors may not know all these things. But the Younger People know what I am talking about. You must be able to have those Conversations.

    In case you don’t know: Sexual Abuse is always done by Someone close to the Parents. And most of the time, the children can’t talk about it.

    So, we must begin to have very effective Churches!

    You know, when we were Younger – Thank God for Redeemers University and all other Christian Universities. When we were Younger, everybody used to do Bible Knowledge and Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK). Yes or No? Yes!

    But in the New School Schemes now, there’s no more Bible Knowledge and Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK). So we must have a Step by Step way of Teaching the Young ones. Because there’s a New Generation that may not know who Moses is.

    And the reason I’m saying so is this: The Greatest Opportunity to win Souls is when People are below eighteen (18) years.

    Most People that caught the Ministry, got Born Again first when they were Below eighteen (18) years.

    It’s Operation Catch them Young!

    And the reason why I am emphasizing on Children is this – Some People you want to reach them, they are already too old. Sometimes, Racism is in their Mind.

    But when they are Young, they have not built up all those Structures -:You can help redirect their Mind, you can help Change their Mind.

    The Lord will cause us to be effective – Amen.

    I want us to Close by reading Zechariah 4:6. The Bible says, it’s Not by Might, nor by Power, but by my Spirit, saith the LORD of Hosts.

    And that’s what I am believing God for – That in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ:

    • We would see People that would raise Churches in Europe – Two thousand (2,000) Membership; Purely Europeans (Amen).
    • We will see People who would raise in Canada, Purely Canadians – Five Thousand (5,000) Membership (Amen).
    • And Several of such Churches: in Israel, the Middle East, in Quatar, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, in the Name of Jesus Christ – Amen!

    Can we Stand on our feet and Pray?

    Were you blessed today? Yes for the DMC FAMILY MEMBERS!

    There’s a lot to say: Please, whatever you do, use Social Media, it’s very Good – With Social Media, you can reach a Church in Pakistan without going there.

    I have a friend that started a Church in Pakistan. The first time he went to Pakistan to see the Church they were two hundred (200) People – He was reaching them through Social Media.

    And you know in Pakistan, they don’t speak English. So he was using Google Translator to translate. And that was how he won many Souls for the Lord.

    … So the Internet and Social Media has made it easier for us.

    The Prayer is this: LORD, use me to make a Difference in the World.

    Let’s go ahead and Pray!

    CLOSING PRAYER

    Heavenly Father, once again we want to Thank You for Your Goodness and Kindness.

    I am Praying that the Power of Your Spirit would be released upon Your People.

    You would use us to Change the World, Oh God.

    They said, ‘these are the men that turned the world upside down for Christ.”

    Lord, use us to Change the World for You. Use us to Change Europe for You. Use us to Change North America for You.

    Oh God, put Your Hands upon our lives Mighty Father!

    Oh God, in this Meeting, double Your Hands upon our lives – That’s our Prayer!

    Oh God, use us to turn around Middle East.

    Oh God, send us to China, to Japan, to to the Middle East!

    Use us as Revival Catalyst, to turn the World around for You, Oh God!

    That’s our Prayer today: Use us Mighty Father!

    We Thank You because You will do it.

    In Jesus’ Name we Pray – Amen!

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  • STRIVING FOR FAITH: PASTOR EDISEMI OKPOKITI – RCCG 71ST ANNUAL CONVENTION, 8TH AUGUST, 2023.

    STRIVING FOR FAITH: PASTOR EDISEMI OKPOKITI – RCCG 71ST ANNUAL CONVENTION, 8TH AUGUST, 2023.

    RCCG 71ST ANNUAL CONVENTION 2023 (DAY 2: MORNING SESSION – PSF HOUR

    THEME: BEYOND EXPECTATIONS

    MINISTERING: PASTOR EDISEMI OKPOKITI (REGIONAL YOUTH PASTOR, RCCG REGION 5 RIVERS STATE)

    TOPIC: STRIVING FOR FAITH

    DATE: 8TH AUGUST 2023

    BIBLE TEXT: PHILLIPIANS 1:27-28

    SONG

    You are Bigger
    You are Greater than the Greatest Lord
    You’re the Most High God
    Ooo Jehovah
    You are the Most High
    Jehovah you are the Most High God.

    OPENING PRAYER

    That’s who you are – You are Bigger than the biggest, You are Stronger than the strongest, You are Mightier than the mightiest.

    There is none compare to you – You are the God that does Beyond our Expectations.

    Thank You for what You are doing in our midst, Thank You for Day 1, Thank you for Day 2, Thank You for what You will do continuously do for the remaining Days of this Convention – Blessed be Your Holy Name.

    This Morning Lord, I hide behind the Cross that no man will hear or seee me but let the Words of the Cross be made manifest – To Change, to Transform and to make anew.

    I decrease so that you might Increase.

    Let the entrance of Your Word bring Light and let that Light bring Life.

    And at the end, let all the Glory belongs to You alone.

    So Holy Spirit, take Preeminence.

    In the Mighty Name of Jesus we have Prayed – Amen.

    Now the Person who is already the most bless, in this Convention (including those reading now on the Label of DMC, shout one more big Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    Walk up to three (3) or four (4) People; give them a “High 5” – And say: God has not started with you yet, but I’m sure that before the end of this Convention, you will see His Hand Mighty – Amen.

    Now Please be seated.

    I want to Thank God and I take not lightly the opportunity to be here this Morning to bring God Words to us.

    First of all, I want to thank our father and our mother in the Lord – Daddy and Mummy GO. Thank You sir, thank you ma; for keep giving us the opportunity.

    I want to Celebrate our Leader in PSF, Pastor Leke Adeboye and all other of our Leaders. The Lord bless you.

    Let me make a quick mention of my South South PSF Leader – Pastor Enoch Olatunji. The Lord bless you.

    Now, if you are shouting, If you are from the South South; shout better.

    DMC NOTES : South South is one of the six (6) Geo Political Zones in Nigeria, West Africa.

    Alright, I’ve been ask to speak to us this morning on the Topic: “Striving for Faith”.

    There is no better time for us than now, to begin to talk on the issues of Faith – Especially times like this, where our Faith is Greatly Challenged, where our Faith is put under such Great Test.

    The Bible says in Phillipians 1:27-30 – I”ll like us to read from verse 27-30.

    1. Only let your conversation be as it becometh the Gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one Mind striving together for the Faith of the Gospel;
    2. And in nothing terrified by your Adversaries: which is to them an evident token of Perdition, but to you of Salvation, and that of God.
    3. For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
    4. Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me .

    Also Jude1:3-4 says:

    1. Beloved, when I gave all Diligence to write unto you of the common Salvation, it was Needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the Faith which was once delivered unto the Saints.
    2. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the Grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. I’m trusting God that everyone who is under this cover, under this work and Ministry (Including those reading now on the Label of DMC) and their hearts had been turned around by the Devil,the Lord will Capture them and everyone of us will be equipped for this Gospel in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen.

    The Question is: What will be the Story of your Faith to your children and to the Generation after you?

    Today, everyone of us are inspired – You are stirred up and you are impacted by the Faith of those who where before you. What will be the Story of your Faith?

    We talked about the Faith of Abraham, we talked about the Faith of David, we talked about the Faith of our father in the Lord, Pastor E.A Adeboye, we talk about the Faith of our fathers.

    What will be the Story of your Faith to the Generation after you? And why must you be talking about Faith?

    The Bible makes us to understand in Hebrews 11:6 – But without Faith, it is impossible to Please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a Rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.

    So Faith becomes the vital thing for us to begin to discuss when we talked about the Gospel.

    Why? Our Faith is where the Person of God is revealed.

    As our Faith increases in God, the Person of God is more revealed unto us.

    Our Faith is where the Presence of God is renewed – The more you grow in Faith in Christ, the Presence of God is renewed in your Life.

    Our Faith is where the Power of God is released – You cannot find the Power of God at work or in Demonstration when you cannot find Faith.

    Anywhere you can find Faith, you can find Power at work.

    Whether it’s the Power to heal the sick, whether it’s the Power to raise the Dead – The Abundance of Faith is where you find the Abundance of God’s Power.

    And that is why it’s vital we talk about Faith.

    Why Faith?

    It is in Faith that is where the Purpose of God for a Man’s Life is rooted – The Purpose of your Life is rooted in your Faith in God.

    The more you come into God, the more your Purpose is revealed.

    You cannot find the root of your Purpose outside God.

    Like they said to us – When they Preach about Purpose, they said, just like you can not find the Purpose of a fish outside water, you cannot also find the Purpose of a man outside God.

    Man’s Purpose is rooted in God and the instrument to get that Purpose exposed or revealed unto Man is found in the Faith that Man has in God.

    Why Faith?

    Faith, because the Promises of God is received by Faith – Every Promise of God is received by Faith, the Promises of God are “Yea and Amen”.

    Right from the Foundation of the world, the Promises of God has been established.

    The fact that you have not experienced it or you have not received it, it’s not because of an inefficacy of the Promises, it’s a function of your Faith in Christ.

    So the more the Faith of a Man is built up, the more your Faith in Christ is revealed, the more you can begin to receive of the Promises of God .

    I’m trusting God for thirty five (35) People who will shout the loudest Amen, from this day forward, the Promises of God will be easy for you to receive (Amen).

    The Promises of God will be at your disposal at any time because as you will grow in Faith and launch your Faith, after this Convention, you will see God’s Promises beyond your Expectations – Amen.

    Our Generation has no excuse – We of this Generation, we have lots of Stories and tales of this Faith in Christ, especially when you are a child of the Legendary Faith of our father in the Lord, Pastor E .A . Adeboye.

    We have seen Faith at work, we have see Faith in Manifestation, we have see Faith in Manifold Dimensions.

    What can you explain? What have you not heard in this Campground? What have you not seen over the years of being in this Church?

    We have no excuses – We have been built up and brought up and nurture under Faith that Performs Miracles.

    And so it becomes expedient that we must strive for this Faith – Whether it’s Faith for Miracle, whether it’s Faith for Growth and Exponential Expansion, whether it’s Faith to build City, whether it’s Faith for receiving back our dead bodies, whether it’s Faith for Strange Breakthrough, whether it’s Faith to fill up Stadium, whether it’s Faith to take up Mountains.

    We have experience and we have seen the tales of this Faith .

    I Know for somebody hearing the sound of my voice or reading now on the Label of DMC; before the end of this Convention, the Faith to shake Nations, the Faith to turn things around, the Faith for a Generation to survive, the Faith to Change the order of Times and Seasons you shall receive it in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen.

    This Faith of our father – That we have heard and we have seen, we shall take hold of them in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen.

    I decree upon you – After this Convention, the Faith you need to do things that are Beyond Expectations will rest upon you in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen.

    The Faith to have a First Class, rest upon you in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen.

    The Faith to take up Nations, rest upon you in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen.

    We will have no excuse not manifesting and operating in such Dimensions of Faith, we have seen, and we have heard.

    Apostle Paul said: “And this thing we have all should handle”.

    For our Generation, we have seen, we have heard, but many of us have not handle.

    But after this Convention, what you’ve seen of our father, what you’ve heard of our father; your hand shall handle it – Amen!

    Your Testimony shall no longer be – I have seen the Goodness of God, I have seen the Power of God, I have heard about the Power of God. Your Testimony shall be an addiction – I have handled the Power of God, I have handled the Manifestation of God, I have handled the manifold Blessings of God.

    The Camp is a Place of handling and that’s why we are speaking on: Striving for Faith.

    As a Church and Believers, we exist for three (3) core reasons:

    Number 1: To express the Sweetness of God through Worship.

    The savour of God through Worship, our Worship comes like a Sweet Smelling savour unto the Lord.

    Number 2: We are to express the Strength of God through Nurture.

    We are Disciples to show forth Character.

    Let me tell you, it’s takes only Strong man to avoid fornication, it’s takes a Strong man to speak the Truth when a thousand People are lying, it’s takes a strong man to Stand and there are thousands Witnesss saying this is wrong and He said this is right.

    That man has to have been built up in the Strength of Faith.

    Number 3: To spread God through Evangelism.

    Now for our Generation, the expression of Sweetness and savour of God through worship is not lacking – We have all Sophisticated ways of expressing our Worship to God. whether it’s through Dancing, whether it’s through Creativity, we have in our Generation.

    Many People of our Generation have being attracted and they have come to God which is the Purpose of it, by the Sweetness and savour of this Worship.

    We Worship God in Dimensions our father has never taught us.

    We have come with Strange Creativity just to Worship God.

    There is a Strength that our father have that we have not come in contact with – The Strength that nurtures up to Stand in the Place of Faith, even in the midst of Adversity.

    You might not be a Generation that loves the savour of the Sweetness of the Worship but reject the Strength of the Nature of Christ.

    That Nature that makes you the only Person in Your class not to cheat in the exam, that Nature that makes you rather have a carry over than to sort to go to the next Dimension.

    That Nature like Joseph – There is a thing in such wicked not just against man but against God.

    So Discipleship now begin the meduim to which this Changes you have called is being released and renewed to a Generation.

    And then you talked about the spread of God through the means of Evangelism.

    These two (2) reasons – The Strength of God and the Spread of God, can only be made available not by Creativity but by Striving.

    It takes Strength, it’s takes a man who will strive to comes into those Dimensions of God.

    So Apostle Paul in 2 Timothy 2:5 is talking about the strive of an athlete.

    He said an Athlete is not crown unless He compete according to the rules.

    No one is going to be an Athlete that will win the crown until He strives to win.

    Many of us want to win without becoming, many of us want to win without the Strength of God, many of us want to win by being Creative, by jumping, by colouring?

    No! Beyond the colour there must be a Strength.

    Paul said that “we strive not just to run, but to win the race”.

    So when you talked about striving and you talked about Athletes, two (2) things must come out – Compete and Labour.

    An Athlete is not an Athlete until there is a Competition.

    That you know how to run does not make you an Athlete, you are only an Athlete because you engage in a Competition.

    That you know how to sing doesn’t make you an Athlete, till you engage in Competition.

    So, the Capacity to compete is what men need to win.

    That’s why you find many Gifted children in our Generation but they never win because they are afraid to compete – They don’t want to Labour in Competition.

    We strive to win, we run not as one that beateth the air but we run that we may win the Prize.

    Is there anyone who is going to compete and labour for a Crown and Prize? Then there must be a Demand on him for Discipline.

    Oh! Discipline is a word that we have begin to be scared of in our Generation.

    Many strive, they labour and compete, but they don’t do it in Faith.

    So we see alot of People these days – Rather for you to compete for Faith, they compete for front seat, they want to be seen. They compete for who will sit in front.

    Don’t compete for front seat, compete for Faith; don’t strive for front seat, strive for Faith.

    Some People do not compete for front seat, they do not strive for front seat, they strive for their face to be shown – Every thing they do is that my face is seen. They never do anything behind the scene, they have to be seen in the scene.

    Every time you demand they something; to do that they will not be seen, they have an excuse why they should not do it. They only do something that their face will show.

    You know, especially when we say your face shine, your shoe shine, your face show.

    We build a Generation that always want their face to show. But when God was working with Moses for forty (40) years, the face of Moses didn’t show on any Newspaper.

    • Forty (40) years, Moses was not known by any Local Church.
    • Forty (40) years, he did not have a Congregation.
    • Forty (40 )years no Facebook took the face of him.
    • Forty (40) years TikTok did not have his video trending.

    And after forty (40) years, when God said alright! Your face had not been showed by man, it’s time that I want to show your face to your Generation.

    There is somebody here or reading now on the Label of DMC; who is being labouring and striving for Faith in that Village, in that City, in that Church. Nobody knows you in Lagos, Nobody knows you in London. But I came to tell you something – Your face is not showing to men, but your face is showing before God and very soon God will cause your face to show in your Generation – Amen!

    Some People strive for fame. There are another group of People in Church who strive for food – They don’t worry about front seat, they don’t worry whether their face is showing, they don’t mind whether they are not famous, but if you see food, forget about it, they will strive for food. Don’t you know am the Zonal Coordinator, don’t you know am the LFC Assistant Pastor, How can you give me one rice without one meat, how dare you give others malt and give me minerals (soft drink).And you are frowning and walking away and they ask you, what’s the Problem – Can you imagine; a whole me, a pastor, no food for me, oga!

    Oga! Think about Esau!

    DMC NOTES: “Oga” is a word in Yoruba Language in Nigeria meaning Superior or Employer but at times it’s use sarcastically.

    Don’t exchange your Destiny for food – If you don’t eat rice in Camp, you will eat rice at home, If you don’t eat rice today, you will eat rice tomorrow. Our Parents do not eat indomie Noodles when they were growing up, and they did not die.

    Any food you don’t eat now is not for you – There is something bigger.

    Jesus said: “Man shall not live by bread alone”.

    Why are you coming to the Convention for food? Why do you want the Position for Special food?

    He said I want my pack, I want the food pack , How comd you are giving me the second pack, where is the main pack.

    Listen to me, we are not training you to strive for food, we are training to strive for Faith.

    Today that desire to strive for food will end in this Convention – Amen!

    The hunger to strive for Faith is release upon you in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen!

    Some others, they strive for fleshy desire – All they strive for is to Please the flesh.

    I called a young lady once, I said I didn’t see you in Church, She said Pastor you will not understand, I said I”ll like to understand.

    She said if I tell you, hope you will not not be angry? I said why?

    She said but it’s a serious matter, I said how serious is it?

    She said you know what, the cloth I Planned to wear to Church on Sunday, only for me to get to my Tailor on Saturday, He said he has not finished. He disorganised me so that’s why I couldn’t come to Church.

    What a strive for the flesh.

    Some People are late to Workers Meeting because they forget something that is part of their body – They strive for flesh.

    You spend one hour on your flesh but you can’t spare one hour for your Spirit – Fleshy desire.

    That’s what they strive for – What to wear, what to eat, what to do.

    How do I look? What People think? What People do not think?

    Listen to me – Anything you are wearing, Nobody is seeing you.

    Even you, you are not seeing yourself, I tell you the Truth.

    Can you tell me what you wore to Church two (2) Sundays ago? Tell me what you wore to Church, tell me the gown you wore to Church, tell me the suit you wore, tell me the colour of the tie, just two Sundays ago.

    Now if you who wore the tie has forget it, why do you think me who didn’t wear it will remember it for you.

    All these while you are running around, just to look good is not what is important because even you, you will forget it.

    How will I not forget what is not important to you.

    Stop striving for the flesh, stop striving for the favour of men.

    So all they do is serve men so that men will favour them and forget God.

    Listen to me – Do you know that many People have killed People in their lives? – They serve People till God said, this Person I need to take you away. You are the reason, this Person is not serving me.

    You serve Human Beings, till the Human Being will now be like God ,and God will said, it’s alright, since you are the one taking my Glory come up.

    Many People have lost their fathers, lost their husband, lost Pastor because they allow People to serve them, seeking the favour of men.

    Like Daddy GO use to tell us – No matter how much a man lifts you up, his hand will be tired. But if the one who has Everlasting Arms pick you up and lift you up, His favour is from Generation to Generation, from ends to ends.

    I Prophesy to your lives that God will lift you up in favour – Amen.

    Let’s begin to round up very quickly.

    You must know that this striving, this competition for the Faith of God in our lives is not a joke.

    You cannot be competing and be conforming at the same time.

    We are at competition with the world, the devil is competing for the hearts of men – He is competing to steal a Generation and we are the Ambassadors through our Faith competing on behalf of God to win them back.

    How can we then, who are competing be conforming in every competition? Your advantage is your Uniqueness, is your Peculiarity, so every team wins a match because they play differently from the other team.

    When you found two (2) teams who have the same tactics, you hardly find a winner.

    So the advantage why you have coaches is for coaches to look at the tactics and the system of the opposer, of the opposing team and then they come up with a lead Strategy.

    You cannot be competing with the world for the hearts of men and being confirming with the world.

    If you are conforming,then you are not competing, not in your dressing, not in your talking, not in your living, not in youe appearance, not in your Perspective, not in your view

    No! You cannot conform to whom you are competing with, you cannot be competing and complaining.

    On your mark,get set, go!

    While People are running, you are complaining and said, ha!

    You know this Morning, If I woke up by 6 O’Clock I know I will have won the race, you know my shoe is not well, the spike of my neighbour is longer than mine, this track is suppose to be blue why is it red.

    By the time you’re done complaining, your competitors has won the race.

    You are striving for this Faith, you have to compete and not complain.

    This is not the time to be complaining – Oh! Why are we Planting Church? Oh! Why do they tell us to give again for Convention? Oh! my Pastor said…

    That’s why you are not winning.

    No competitors complain while competing because your eyes have been distracted.

    Many People have lost what they are striving for, they have focused on what they are complaining for.

    Some People complain about everything, even the Light – They said the Light is too lighted. You give them water, they said the water is too white.

    Somebody was eating food that they serve them recently, they give them free food , She eat the food, the next thing, she walked up to the People who gave her the food, she said, excuse me, I have a complain.

    They reply, what’s the Problem? She said I just ate sand in the rice.

    Free rice o! I gave you free rice, you are complaining that you ate one sand, you don’t want to eat.

    You have loss the edge of competing – You cannot be complaining and competing, you cannot be competing and contradicting yourself, you can’t be competing and you are courteous.

    Every competitors gave his all – You don’t compete with Caution.

    Let me run in a way that If I win or I don’t win.

    No! If you are going to strive for this Faith of Christ, there is no Caution – Like Esther said, If I Perish in this competition, let me Perish.

    If I lose it, let me lose it – I rather die competing than to die being courteous.

    So to compete is to have an edge over the enemy, to have an advantage and this advantage is Christ.This advantage is Christ strive for Faith.

    Let’s round up with this.

    Why Faith?

    Number 1: Faith is our only System of recovering from God.

    So if we are going to do a lots of things for God, then we are going to strive for Faith.

    We can’t be striving for food, we don’t receive of God by food, we don’t receive of God because you’re in the front seat. You can be at the back seat. If you have, you will receive and the Person at the front seat will not receive.

    Faith is the means through which we receive from God.

    The Bible says “we should have Faith in God – When you Pray, believe and you shall receive. If you have Faith like a Mustards Seed, you shall say to this Mountain, be thy remove and it shall be so”.

    That Faith that can move Mountains is coming upon you.

    Number 2 : Faith is our System of Pleasing God.

    The Bible says “without Faith it is impossible to Please God”

    How then do you want to walk with God, why don’t you have Faith.

    You must fight at anything that will not build up your Faith, to strive is to Labour.

    You don’t read the Word of God that is the Source of Faith and said I’m tired.

    No!. You must strive for Faith, because Faith is what we used to Please God .

    Number 3: Faith is a System of becoming what you want to become.

    The Bible says: “For by Grace are you saved”

    How? Through Faith.

    Ephesians 2: 8-9, Hebrews 13 makes us to know how these men do things by Faith – By Faith they own City, by Faith they become, anything you want to become is by Faith .

    Number 4: Faith is a System of Relationship with God.

    The Bible says have Faith in God .

    The more Faith you Possess, it become easier for you to build a Relationship with God.

    How do you build this Faith?

    I. By the Word of God.

    II. By the works of God.

    III. By waiting.

    And now, let me round up for you:

    Listen we have tall orders before us – By 2032 we are looking forward that this Church will move from four Million (4,000,000) to forty Million (40,000,000).

    Now, you cannot get that by just singing and dancing, you can’t get that by just looking beautiful.

    The People who get us here didn’t get us here that way – They laboured to compete for this Place.

    If you are going to get it right, you must be ready to compete.

    I will tell you two (2) Stories and we will Pray:

    1. Some years ago, I lost a friend.

    A night to that night, they called me and her sister said: You need to Pray she has been rushed to the Hospital.

    I was in Church, I said all right.

    Immediately after the Service, I will come and meet you People at the Hospital.

    The Service ended, I started seeing People, Meetings, talked.

    By the time I was done, it was late about 10 0”Clock and they said the Hospital has shut down by that time.

    I called her that night, I Prayed with this friend – Her voice was faint, I encouraged her, speak the Word of God, made her make some Confession and Prayed with her.

    I made sure that her ways was right with God and I told her first thing in the Morning, I’m coming to see you and anoint you and we will Pray and you will be healed.

    I fell asleep, I woke up by 4am and I looked at my Phone, I saw almost 60 miss calls. I knew that trouble had come.

    So early in the Morning, I got to the Hospital and I saw her elder sister – She said to me, what are you coming to do now? And I saw the body of this young lady lying down before the Mortuary.

    So I walked to the Mortuary Attendant and I said to him, Please can you wait a bit, let me Pray for her!

    So I called the Pastor – Her Pastor was there and then we began to Pray.

    We Prayed, we sang, we praise God; everything that I knew. I rebuked the Spirit of Death and I was doing it out of a Place of Confidence in God.

    Why? Because by the Grace of God, that is not the first or the second or the third time , that I have Prayed for the Dead and the Dead have come back to Life.

    So I was coming having complete Faith in God.

    Listen to me, I did everything in the Scriptures; according to what Jesus did for the Dead. The only thing that remained was just like Elisha did; to lay upon the little boy.

    I couldn’t lie upon her because she was a woman.

    Then after Praying for like thirty (30) Minutes, the Mortuary Attendant came to me and said, we need to attend to another body.

    So I saw them wheelled her away and I was heartbroken.

    I sat in my car and I began to cry – I began to complain. I said God you told us that if we lay hands upon the sick, they will recover; we can rebuke the Dead and they will come back to Life. If you wake up these Dead girl, this Hospital will errupt and it is You that will take the Glory, I have no part in this, Don’t you want Glory?

    I kept talking and the next thing I said, they said You are not Partial, I know if my father-in-the-Lord was the one that came here and lay hands on this Dead body, she would have woken up.

    But I thought you say it is the same Spirit and we are sons of the same Spirit. Is it not the same Anointing he had lay upon us?

    And then God spoke something that Change my Life – He said the weight of the Glory you carry cannot Push the weight of that Dead girl back to Life.

    And because why? Dead has levels.

    That’s why when Lazarus died, they waited for Jesus.

    So by the time He came with His weights of his Life, the weight of Life He has defeated the weight of that Death.

    The more you strive for Faith, the weightier you become, no matter the Strength of anything you face, the weight of the Glory of God in your Life the way that that your will be weightier than your circumstance .

    Stand on your feet!

    We are talking about Faith to God ,you must understand that for the Will of God, you can do Nothing without God.

    Spend time, Labour that your Faith to increase, Labour that your Faith to be Strong.

    The Strength of your Faith is what your family is waiting for – The Challenges of your father’s house are only going to be defeated by the Strength of your Faith.

    A tree that fell into the water and bring an axe head, it can only be that the tree is heavier than axe head.

    ALTAR CALL

    If you are here. you’re not Born Again, we shouldn’t be talking about Faith .

    The Bible says: For by Grace are you saved.

    The reason you are not Born Again yet or you are Backsliding is because you have not build enough Faith to believe that Jesus saves.

    But this morning I want you to believe that there is no sin too big for Jesus to forgive.

    Lift your hands above your heads wherever you are – And say: Lord increase my Faith.

    While we are Praying; if you know that you want to give your Life to Christ Totally and completely, you believed that God can Change you and make you become what He wants you to become. You have struggles, having things you ar struggling with? Have Faith that God can Change it.

    Wherever you are, if you are in that Category, Place your hands on your Chest, Pray and say: Lord I believe I can become Holy, I believe I can become what God wants me to become. I can overcome this Homosexuality, I can overcome this Lesbianism, this habit of drinking I can overcome it.

    I believe and I have Faith, and I’m ready to Labour for this Faitht to manifest.

    Wherever you are Praying this Prayer quickly come to this Altar – Come to the Altar with your hands still on your Chest. Don’t stop Praying:

    • Have Faith that the yoke of that sin, the weight of sin that hold you captive for years is broken,
    • Have Faith that you no longer compromise but you are competitors .

    Now lift up your hands wherever you are; and say unto you Jesus: I Surrender.

    PRAYER FOR SALVATION

    Then say this Prayer after me with the whole of your Heart – Jesus I receive you today by Faith, I receive You into my Life for Eternity. The yoke of sin is broken by the weight of the Cross in my Life and from today I made up my Mind, I will Labour until I win the Prize. Heaven is my Goal and I will Labour in Faith.

    Thank you for saving me.

    In the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen.

    Now put up your hands everyone and shout: Oh Lord increase my Faith to Change my Generation!

    Now open your mouth and Pray!!!

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  • BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE: PASTOR J.F ODESOLA – RCCG SHILOH HOUR, 14TH AUGUST, 2023.

    BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE: PASTOR J.F ODESOLA – RCCG SHILOH HOUR, 14TH AUGUST, 2023.

    RCCG AUGUST 2023 SHILOH HOUR

    THEME: BEYOND EXPECTATIONS .

    MINISTERING: PASTOR J.F ODESOLA (CONTINENTAL OVERSEER, CONTINENT 3; MIDDLE EAST).

    TOPIC: BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

    DATE: 14TH AUGUST, 2023

    BIBLE TEXT: 1 SAMUEL 1: 17-20.

    Thank You Jesus, Thank You Jesus.

    GENERAL PRAYERS

    1. Lift up your hands to the Almighty God and begin to express your appreciation to Him – We are in the Season of Beyond Expectations.

    Lift that Holy hands to the Almighty God. Begin to express your Appreciations, your Worship because of Faith is the Substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things that you have not seen.

    Just give Him Glory – That in the Season of Beyond Expectations, a Book of Remembrance will be open unto you – Just give Him Glory, Worship the Almighty God, appreciate Him because He will not leave you the way you are.

    You have come to Him the way you are, but you will not go back the way you are – He will have turned things around for your Life. Give Him all the Glory, give Him all the Honour, give Him all the Praise.

    Glory be to the Almighty God, give Him all the Glory.

    Thank you Father, we Worship you and adore you for this Season – Season of Beyond Expectations. You’re going to surpass our Expectations.

    Oh! We Worship you.

    In Jesus Mighty Name we Worship – Amen.

    1. I would like you to Pray and say: My Father, open my doors of Testimony and let there will be Multiple Fruits in my Life in the Name of Jesus.

    Thank You Everlasting Father. Blessed be Your Holy Name.

    In Jesus Name we Pray – Amen.

    1. I would like us to Pray and say: My Father, every Reports contrary to Good News; I reject, I renounce, I cancel it in the Name of Jesus.

    Any Report that is Negative to Good News, the Word of God says: Who have believed our Report to whom is the Hand of the Lord reveal.

    In Jesus Mighty Name we Pray – Amen.

    1. You are going to Pray and say: My Father, I receive Anointing for Fruitfulness this is my Season of Beyond Expectations – I receive Anointing for Fruitfulness, I receive Anointing for Twins, for Triplets, for Quadruplets I receive it Jehovah God.

    Thank You my Father, we Worship You.

    In Jesus Mighty Name we Pray – Amen.

    Two (2) more Prayers!

    1. You are going to say: My Father, make this Season of Beyond Expectations my Season of Celebrations.

    Where I have constantly wept before, let it be the Point of my Constant Celebrations – Make this Season of Beyond Expectations, my Season of Celebrations in the Name of Jesus.

    Thank You Glorious Redeemer, we Worship You and we adore you Lord.

    In Jesus Mighty Name we Pray – Amen.

    1. You are going to Prophesy over yourself and say: In the Name of Jesus, I Prophesy over my womb, I Prophesy over my Life; Multiple Fruits of Glory will come out of me, Multiple Fruits of Joy will come out of me.

    I Prophesy to my hands – My hands will carry bundles of Joy in another nine (9) Months.

    I will carry bundles of Joy – Make sure that you are Prophesing: A Man belly will be satisfied by the walls of His mouth.

    That’s what the Bible says. And the Power of Life and Death are in the Power of the Tongue.

    I Prophesy over my Life, over my Womb; that I will carry bundle of Joy, Multiple fruits will come out of me,

    Thank You Everlasting Father.

    In Jesus Name we Pray – Amen.

    SONG

    I know my Redeemer liveth
    I know my Redeemer liveth
    I know my Redeemer liveth
    He liveth for ever more.

    OPENING PRAYER

    King of Glory, Lord of Lords, the God who is Beyond Expectations of our Request or thoughts. The Mighty God, the Holy God, the Eternal God, the Unchangeable God, ever Loving God, ever Dependable God, ever Caring God, ever Giving and Forgiven; we say Thank You.

    The Giver of Joy, we say Thank You; Redeemer we say Thank You; Great Physician we say Thank You; Good News that come to the world to nullify everything called Bad News we say Thank You.

    Thank You Everlasting Father, that after the awesome, awesome week of Beyond Expectations because you are not tired of Blessing us, we are here again this early hour in this Shiloh.

    We say Thank You to You – Thank you Everlasting Father for Strength over our Daddy and His dear wife, Thank You for Great Miracle.

    We say Thank You and the Miracle is still in this Particular Place today because He is still there – We say Thank You to you.

    Receive our Praise in the Name of Jesus.

    Now we have come, Oh God of Heaven on this Shiloh Hour; just as you did in the Days of the Past because You are Repeater of Miracle, what is done before, you can do it again, you are constant God, ever reliable; we Pray that in the lives of People who are in this Program today inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC, do it and do it much more in the Name of Jesus I Pray.
    Lord as my fath,er-in-the- Lord (Pastor E.A.Adeboye) as put me on this Altar to represent him, I will not mis-represents You God and neither my father.

    I Pray that the few Words the Holy Spirit has put in my mouth Lord Almighty and by the Prayers of my father, will be delivered to Letter.

    Nobody will count it a waste for being in this Shiloh hour and all the Prayers we are Praying today, Lord put ears and answer, answer us by fire.

    Thank you Holy Spirit.

    Take over and take all the Glory to Yourself.

    In Jesus Mighty Name we have Pray – Amen.

    And let Somebody shout a “Big Amen” – Amen.

    Shout Hallelujah!

    Help me to tell your Neighbour – This Season, God of Heaven will remember you.

    Tell another Neighbour – This Season of Beyond Expectations, God of Heaven will remember you.

    Please take your seat – God of Heaven will be with you.

    I want to appreciate God for who God is and I want to thank my father in the Lord for the Privilege to Minister – I Pray that the Strength of God in him will not be abated (Amen).

    And I know that He is Praying for us now so and I believe God of Heaven will continue to answer and hear His Prayers in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    1 Samuel 1: 17-20

    1. Then Eli answered and said, Go in Peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy Petition that thou hast asked of him.
    2. And she said, Let thine handmaid find Grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
    3. And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
    4. Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

    The Lord bless the reading and hearing of His Words in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    In the Season of Expectations, God will open a Book of Remembrance for you – Amen!

    The Story we read here is a Story of the birth of Samuel – The Prophet of Israel whose words never dropped on the Ground.

    It’s a Picture of the Mother while She was waiting, she went to Shiloh, as you are here today and she Prayed and God answered.

    Let me see if I mention few things – I need to mention something in that Particular Story and we will be able to further Pray.

    God is currently looking into our hearts – He wants to see what is in your heart, He wants to see whether there is Faith to connect with the Promise that God made.

    He is looking for Faith to be able to Produce a Lasting Fruit in our Life.

    And I’m Praying for anyone among us inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC who cares to say Amen, as the Almighty God remembered Hannah, God will remember you in the Name of Jesus Amen!

    There were three (3) attacks that Mummy Hannah encountered before God answer Her:

    1. The first attack was an attack of Provocation.

    She was Provoked to depression, to anger and to sorrow.

    In 1 Samuel 1:7; the Bible says: And as He did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she Provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

    This is an attack of other People, others Opinion – She is going again, look at her Fruitless tree, she is going again, Opinions of other people.

    Those Opinions are tools in the hands of the devil – She was constantly Provoked.

    Maybe your situation is like that – God who answer Hannah will answer you today in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    1. The Second attack; is the attack of Misunderstanding

    When you read 1 Samuel 1:8 – Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

    Here is another attack – Why can’t you just be happy, that is the way God wants your own to be.

    No! Nothing is final until God finalisec it and God has not say it is final about your Life.

    In Jeremiah 29:11 – For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of Peace, and not of evil, to give you an Expected End.

    Her husband Presummed that She should be satisfied, many People Presummed at least you are enjoying your husband, at least you have money, at least there is no crisis, at least the family of your husband, the family of your wife they are not putting you under Pressure.

    It’s an attack of Understanding – Nobody knows how you are feeling, Nobody knows your Pain, Nobody knows how things are going.

    Somebody says; I understand, they don’t know you are the one.

    Whatsoever is the Misunderstanding about your situation; today the Season of Beyond Expectations; God will cancel it in the Name of Jesus Amen.

    1. The Third attack; is the attack of Accusation.

    When you read 1 Samuel 1: 13-14;

    1. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
    2. And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your Captivity, and I will gather you from all the Nations, and from all the Places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the Place whence I caused you to be carried away Captive.

    Even the High Priest could not understand what She is going through – It like that Revelation 12:10, talked about the accuser of brethren.

    I Pray whatever it is today is the attack of the enemy, God of Heaven that can do Exceedingly Abundantly with take over your affairs in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen.

    In this Season of Beyond Expectations, what do I do to have the Book of Remembrance open? What do I do when the Book of Remembrance is opened?

    Number 1: God wants you to Surrender your Struggles.

    In Hebrews 11:1, the Bible says, Now Faith is the Substance of things hoped for, the Evidence of things not seen.

    God wants you to Surrender your Struggles.

    In Luke 8:48; now somebody touched the hem of the Garment of Jesus.

    And Jesus said to her when People criticize her, He said to her daughter be of Good Comfort and Faith, thy Faith has made thee Whole.

    I Pray today, as you Surrender your Struggles unto God; God will take over in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen .

    Hannah knows who to turn to – God.

    She released her burden to the Lord,

    God expects you to release your burden.

    Why? Because your Father, God is a caring God – He cares about you, He loves you, He is interested in what you are going through.

    In 1 Peter 5:7 – Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.

    He is a caring God and God is a consistent God.

    James 1:17 says: Every Good Gift and every Perfect Gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of Lights, with whom is no Variableness, neither shadow of turning.

    In Malachi 3:6 – For I am the LORD, I Change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

    Your God, the God we serve, your Father, my Father cares and He is very consistent – What He has done before, He can do it again.

    Aot only that, He’s consistent – He is very close then you can ever imagine.

    When you read Psalm145:18; the Bible says;.
    The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in Truth.

    I mean Hannah testing time was our Spiritual Lessons.

    You also, you are in Shiloh, you are in this Particular Place where our father constantly Prays, where he constantly Minister.

    And I Pray today that the God who have done it before He will do it for you – Amen.

    You know why? Zechariah 4:6, it says this is the Word of the Lord to Zechariah, (To whom, you can alsi mention your name) – Not by Might, nor by Power, but by my Spirit, saith the LORD of Hosts.

    In our Life today, we need to understand that God is building us in His Own way.

    You look at the example we are reading now.

    Also look at the example of Elizabeth – Read that example in Luke1:35-37:

    1. And the Angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the Power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that Holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
    2. And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth Month with her, who was called barren.
    3. For with God Nothing shall be impossible.

    How God visited the Particular family, God will visit your family too in this Season of Beyond Expectations – Amen.

    When your Book of Remembrance is open, what do you do?

    When you Surrender, you will reap Spiritual Harvest.

    The Bible Text I read to us in 1 Samuel 1: 17-20, the woman, (Mummy Hannah) reap Reward.

    The Lord remembered her – Meaning that God acted on her Request.

    And there were three (3) things that happened to Hannah:

    I. She reap the Harvest of Peace.

    She went away with no suffering and she was no longer sad.

    In this Season of Beyond Expectations, especially the Shiloh Hour of Beyond Expectations; you will reap the Harvest of Peace because your Prayers God has connected with your Answer in the name of Jesus – Amen .

    II. Not only that, she reap the Harvest of Promise.

    What is that Promise? – Samuel the Prophet, the Priest, the Judge and Anointed Ruler of Israel.

    III. She reap the Harvest of Peace, she reap the Harvest of Promise and not only that, She reap the Harvest of Grace,

    Grace – Three (3) sons and two (2) daughters.

    Five (5) is the Number of Grace Three (3) sons and two (2) daughters.

    For as many People who are saying Amen, you will reap a Harvest – Amen

    It shall be so for you in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen!!!

    In the Season of Beyond Expectations, when God open the Book of Remembrance and you Surrender, not only you will reap the Harvest, He will give you Greater than your Expectations.

    Hannah learnt to trust in God and look at what happened in 1 Samuel 1:24 – And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the Child was young.

    When God remembered you, He will go beyond your Expectations and that’s what I know God will do in someone Life today – Amen.

    Here are five (5) things that I want you to take Note and we will see to it, so that we can Pray in the Season of Beyond Expectations and God open the Book of Remembrance.

    Number 1: Performance of His Promise.

    Genesis 21:1-2, way back in Genesis 12: 1-32, God Promise Abraham in Genesis18:1-14. The Lord visited their home but in Genesis 21:1-2, the Bible says and God visited Sarah as He had Said and did unto Sarah as He has spoken.

    The Bible says at old age, forget about the report that is against you, they may say it’s menopause, I know that menopause in your Life will be unpause today, even if they say it is meno stop, God we play it again today – Amen.

    If they says it is menopause, stop, auto stop!whatever it is, God will override it in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    The Bible says Sarah carry Laughter, you will also carry your Laughter – Amen*

    There was a Performance of His Promise.

    Number 2: Conception.

    Sarah conceived and bear Isaac at old age.

    God has never been out of Control – He is always in Control. He is the Creator of Heaven and Earth, He is the Only One that can do Exceedingly Abundantly.

    He can do it in your Life, He has done it before and so you have a Reference Point because God is not Partial.

    He can do it and He will do it, because He loves you Passionately.

    Number 3:
    A New Season start for Hannah.

    A New Season will start for you – Amen.

    Hannah that had been mocked, She give birth to Prophet that His words never drop on to the Ground.

    The same thing God did to Mama Sarah – She carry Laughter.

    A New Season commences – No wonder the Word of God says to us in Psalm126:1-3:

    1. When the LORD turned again the Captivity of Zion, we were like them that Dream.
    2. Then was our mouth filled with Laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathens, The LORD hath done Great things for them.

    3 The LORD hath done Great things for us; whereof we are glad.

    Your mouth will be filled with Laughter in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    Number 4:
    There was Reward.

    There will be Rewards for you – Amen.

    In Psalm 127:3; the Bible says: Lo, children are an Heritage of the LORD: and the Fruit of the womb is his Reward.

    You will have that Reward in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    Revelation 22:12; it says: Behold I come quickly and my Reward is with me.

    This Season of Beyond Expectations; God will Reward you with boy, with girl with twins, with triplets, quadruplets and your two (2) hands will carry bundles of Joy – Amen!

    Number 5:
    She has an Outstanding Miracle.

    Your Miracle will be Outstanding – Amen

    In 1 Samuel 1:20 – Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

    Beloveth of God, you have come to the Hour of Shiloh of the Season of Beyond Expectations, there’s no way you can miss your Blessings, there is no way God can close His eyes to your tears, there is no way God can close His eyes to what is Paramount Needs in your Life.

    Just as He did for Mummy Hannah, God will do your own in the Name of Jesus – Amen

    In the book of Isaiah 66 :9; the Bible says – Shall I bring to the time of birth and not cause delivery says the Lord, shall I, who calls delivery shut up the womb says the Lord.

    Whatever has been shut against you, the time of your womb, whatever report Negative of you, I Pray unto God today – Not by Might not by Power because I have Commissioned, I have Commanded and Appointed to be here where my father-in-the Lord constantly stand and He is Still Standing, everything about you today will encounter Glory and Joy in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    But if you want to connect with this Book of Remembrance, let me mention two (2) things and we begin to Pray now in the Season of Beyond Expectations:

    1. Number One (1) thing you should do to connect is to be sure that you are a Child of the Living God – Bonafide sons and daughters of the Living God.

    That’s why I want to encourage those who are yet to give their Life to Jesus Christ because I will soon be making an Altar Call.

    When it is time, you come. But remember that God created you and have Plans, so what do you do?

    Believe what He said, believe His Words because in Hebrews 11 :6; the Bible says – For without Faith it is impossible to Please Him.

    In the same Hebrews10:38; the Bible says that the Just will connect with Blessing and be Justified by His or Her Faith. Believe.

    1. Number two (2) – Which is last one, now is the fact that you will rehearse to the Lord, His Promise.

    You will rehearse to Him – There is nothing you are looking for that is not cover under His Word, there is nothing you’re looking for, that God has not made Provisions for.

    God is a caring Father – Before you came into existence, there are Good Things that He has pen down, that He arranged for you.

    That’s why I want to encourage us as we Pray this Particular Day that you will surrender to Him, you will let Him hear what you are going through – Not only that you believe, when you are rehearsing, how do you rehearse, you quote His Words and says you are the One who created me and you are the One who says none shall be barren.

    You will rehearse His Words in Prayer!

    Shall we rise up as we Pray.

    And if you are there before we start Praying because we are going to Pray on three (3) Prayer Points and we will do the rest of the thing, if you are there as we Stand up to Pray.

    ALTAR CALL

    I want you to come to the Altar – You are yet to Surrender your Life to Jesus Christ.

    Please give Him a Chance – God wants you to be Fruitful, He has open a Book of Remembrance for you.

    Please shall we rise as we begin to Pray?

    The Bible says as the arrows are in the hand of the Mighty man, so children of the Youth, happy is the man that has his quiver full of them.

    Those who want to Surrender their Life, Please I want you to come now wherever you are – Please come to the Altar.

    This is the Altar where my father-in-the-Lord has constantly Prayed and constantly rehearse and released the Words of God.

    Please if you are coming, come quickly let all of us rise Please and begin to tell the Lord – Lord I am here, in the Season of Beyond Expectations, just like You did for Mummy Hannah, open Your Book of Remembrance for me.

    And as People are Praying,, you are there you want to come to the Altar, Please come quickly to Him – Let Him see you, let Him distinguish you.

    The woman, Hannah also went to the Altar in Shiloh, that’s why the Priest was able to identify her,.

    You are there, you want to say Pray with me, we are being willing to do that on behalf of my father.

    So let the rest of us begin to Pray – Lord open the Book of Remembrance for me and as the Book is opened, Father may I be able to connect with all your Promises.

    Every enemy of my Fruitfulness, your time has expired in my Life in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    Every voice of Barrenness speaking against my Fruitfulness, I command you to shut up in the Name of Jesus – Amen .

    Begin to ask the Lord – Enemy of my fruitfulness, you will no longer Proceed, your time has expire, every voice of Barrenness speaking against my Fruitfulness, I command you to shut up in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    Let every Seeds of Unfruitfulness Planted in my womb – Whether in the Dream, whether Physically ,be destroyed in the Name of Jesus.

    Every Power waiting to abort my Destiny; you can no longer Perform your Enterprise in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    Begin to ask the Lord!

    And if you are there, you want to say Pray with me as I want to Surrender my Life, I want to re-dedicate my Life anywhere you are in the crowd Please I want you to appear here – Come to the Altar Please.

    Thank you Eternal Father.

    Begin to Pray that Prayer – Every voice of Barrenness speaking against my Fruitfulness; Command it to shut up, Seed of Barrenness Planted in my womb, be rooted out in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    My Father, let every Seeds of Dryness, every Seeds that is Transplanted into my Life whether in the Day or in the Night, let that Seed dry up in the Name of Jesus.

    God bless those who are coming, as you come to the Altar, just begin to say your own.

    The reason why I asked you to come to the Altar is that your Prayer might be answered first, that you might receive first hand Miracle.

    Let the rest of us begin to Pray.

    And after that Prayer, I will call two (2) other Prayer Points and we will do what we need to do.

    PRAYER POINTS

    1. Every enemy of Fruitfulness in my Life, your time expire has come, every voice of Barrenness speaking against my Fruitfulness shut up. Seeds of Barrenness Planted into my womb – Whether in the Dream or in the Day, go away in the Name of Jesus Amen.

    Thank you Eternal Father, Blessed be your Holy Name.

    In Jesus mighty Name we Pray – Amen .

    2: We are going to Pray and say: My Father, let every Seeds of Fruitfulness bury in the Valley of my enemy, arise and manifest.

    My Seed of Fruitfulness bury in the Valley of the enemy arise and manifest in my Life – Let your Divine Fertilizer, fertilise every barren situation in my Life.

    Father let your Divine Fertilizer, fertilise my womb, fertilise all the water that Produce issues, fertilise my body in the Name of Jesus.

    Let your Seeds of Greatness speak to my body. And my
    y body, hear the Word of the God – You will bear fruits and it will come up this Month (August).

    Speak to your body – My body hear the Word of God, bear Good Fruits and start from this Month in the Name of Jesus Amen.

    Thank you Father!

    In Jesus Name – Amen.

    3: You are going to say: Father every Program hindering my Harvest – Harvest of Fruitfulness! I Paralysed you in the Name of Jesus. You tree of Barrenness occupying space of my Fruitfulness, the axe of God is upon you, you are cut down,

    Thank you Jesus, we Worship and adore you. Blessed be your Holy Name.

    Thank you Gracious Father – Please you can do this.

    The Bible says in the book of Proverbs 18 when you pick it up from Verses 19, 20 and 21. It says a man belly will be satisfy by the fruit of His mouth, Power of Life and Death it says in Verse 21.

    You are going to Prophesy over your Life again,you are going to Pray and say: My Life hear the word of the Lord, Produce Good Fruits that will last in the Name of Jesus.

    You can mention your name, mention the name of your wife or your husband – Produce Good Fruits that will last in the Name of Jesus.

    Thank you Gracious Father.

    In Jesus Mighty Name we Pray Amen!!!

    Shall we Pray!

    FINAL PRAYER

    Eternal Father we want to give You Thanks.

    The Lord of Glory, you are Worthy to be Praised, You are Worthy to be Honoured.

    What a Privilege to come to Shiloh hour after Beyond Expectations, and also week of Multiples Blessings.

    And because you are not tired of Blessing us, You want to give us some “Bottom Pot” Blessing.

    *I Pray today, Jehovah God, from the People that are by this Altar inclusive those reading now on the Label DMC; who is saying to you, I do, I asked that you give them Divine Eyes, your Divine Hands, your Divine Grace, your Divine Reconciliation, your Divine Restoration for the People by the Altar Inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC, let It visit them in them in the Name of Jesus.

    I Pray that today, for as many People who e saying I do to God; God will receive you back to His House, receive you back to His Home.

    Whatever you have lost as a result of being outside His House, God will restore to you multiples in the Name of Jesus.

    And I asked that your Name will go back into the Book of Document of the bonafide sons and daughters and you will continually receive the Promise in the Name of Jesus.

    Great God will give you Power to live for Him for the rest of your Life.

    And whosoever say Amen with you, iniquity will not be found in your Tent.

    Father all the Prayers we have raised, the Lord will hear and answer.

    I Pray that today, a New Thing, a New Chapter of a New Beginning, a New Chapter of a New Glory.

    It’s a New week, Monday following Beyond Expectations, God who remembers Hannah, He remember Sarah, He remember Elizabeth, He remember Rachael, the same God Yesterday, Today and forever will remember you in the Name of Jesus.

    Not by Might nor by Power, God will make it happen to you in the Name of Jesus.

    In nine (9) Months time, with dancing and singing with loud noise of Praise, you will come back to give Glory to God.

    In the Jesus Mighty Name we Pray Amen – Amen!!!

    Shout a “Big Amen’ – Amen!!!

    Help me to say to your Neighbours both, the People by the Altar, just say congratulation it’s your turn .

    Now for those People who are by the Altar, can you see a Pastor there holding a stick – Just go there, my Father in the Lord will want to have your details.

    And all your Prayer Requests without exception.

    THANKSGIVING OFFERING

    Please it’s time to communicate with God with our Offering.

    I want you to carry your offering now and the Choir will sing, you will drop your offering (online) and I will do the next Assignment that my father-in-the-Lord asked me to do.

    Because after that offering, we will Pray on it and those who have written Letter to our father-in-the-Lord and they asked you to come on occasion like this, we will be able to Pray for you.

    You know I didn’t stand here on my own; he is already Praying – I’m just connecting my own Prayer with his and the Lord will hear him.

    So, Please Package your offering and the Choir will lead us – Choir Please.

    The Testimony of my Life, People will see and come and rejoice with me – Amen.

    I Pray the Testimony of your Life, People will see and come and rejoice with you.

    So if you are part of the People who have written to our father-in-the-Lord, on an occasion like this – You want Him to Pray.

    He is Praying for us in His Prayer Room now, so you are there Please approach the Altar – Altar is where Life is being altered.

    And I will connect my own Short Prayer with his own brief Prayer and God of Heaven will put upon you Mighty Miracle to the Glory of His Name – Amen!

    It might be a Good Idea to put your hands on your head.

    CLOSING PRAYER

    Eternal Father, we want to thank you, we Worship Your Name because you are God that hear and answer Prayers.

    These People of God has come to God in Faith, and if our Daddy in the Lord, the one you favoured and the one the Hands of God is on, if He Prays, You will answer.

    And He appointed me to be here today and I’m Standing in that Appointment.

    And I declared that, that’s which you are trusting God for – Big, Small, Major or Minor; receive it today in the Name of Jesus Christ.

    Whatsoever has been causing delay, whatsoever has been causing blockage, all Spiritual and Physical Bureaucracy and I command by the Power in the Name above every other name, let’s such be cleared today in the Name of Jesus.

    Everyone of you before the Altar inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC – Altar is a Place where Life is being altered, we Pray that you will carry your Testimony, People will hear, People will Testify, People will Rejoice with you in the Name of Jesus.

    Mockery end in your Life – Your Mockers will be put to shame.

    Those who are Expectant of evil from you and for you, we restore their Expectations back to Sender in the Name of Jesus.

    You will carry Beyond Expectations Fruitfulness, Beyond Expectations Blessings, Beyond Expectations Answers in the Name of Jesus Amen.

    Whatever may be your various Requests, the God who have done it before and He is still doing, will do it your Life.

    Carry your Blessings, carry your Testimonirs, as it’s your turn.

    Bless our Offerings, use it for your Glory.

    In the Kingdom of the Righteous, we will not miss our Rewards.

    And for everyone who is in this Program – Whether Virtual or Actual or reading now on the Label of DMC; whatever maybe your other Prayer Requests of yours, wherever you are, across the Globe, may God answer you instantaneously.

    May you have your Testimony.

    When the Kingdom of God come, you and I will not be find wanting or missing there in the Name of Jesus.

    Thiank you Eternal Father.

    From now and for the rest of our Life, Beyond Expectations Blessings will be Constant, Unending, Unstoppable ocurrence in our Life in the Name of Jesus.

    Thank You because it is done!

    In Jesus Mighty Name we Pray Amen!!!

    And let somebody shout an echo Amen, Amen!!!

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  • UNDERSTANDING VISION 2023: PASTOR OLALEKAN JULIUS – RCCG MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE, 5TH AUGUST, 2023.

    UNDERSTANDING VISION 2023: PASTOR OLALEKAN JULIUS – RCCG MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE, 5TH AUGUST, 2023.

    RCCG 2023 MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE (DAY 3: AFTERNOON SESSION)

    THEME: BEYOND EXPECTATIONS

    MINISTERING: PASTOR OLALEKAN JULIUS (SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE GO IN CHARGE OF PERSONNEL)

    DATE: 5TH AUGUST 2023

    TOPIC: UNDERSTANDING VISION 2032

    BIBLE TEXT: HABAKKUK 2:1-2

    Let somebody shout hallelujah – Hallelujah.

    We want to give Thanks to God for such a wonderful Convention that He has brought us in.

    And we want to Thank the Lord because He has been with us and He will continue to be with us, in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

    But Somebody is here inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC, you are going home a Different Person, a Glorious Person, a Lifted Individual, in the Mighty Name of the Lord Jesus Christ – Amen.

    And your Life will never remain the same – Amen!

    That Amen is too low: In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ – Amen!

    We want to appreciate our father – Daddy GO: for the sacrifice that the Lord has been helping him to invest upon and upon the entire Church – Which has brought us to this Level. And our mother Mummy GO.

    We Pray that the Lord will continue to renew their Strength, in the Mighty Name of the Lord Jesus Christ – Amen.

    Now, we want to quickly speak on: UNDERSTANDING VISION 2032.

    Let me start with a Question: Please if you are here inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC, and have heard of “VISION 2032” before, can you wave your hands to Jesus Christ?

    Do you believe it is Possible? I didn’t hear you – YES!

    If you believe, join me to shout a big Hallelujah – Hallelujah.

    I am glad that you have heard about it; and so this is just to remind us what the Vision that the Lord has given to our father-in-the-Lord is all about – In Summary (not details), in the next few minutes.

    The Bible says in Habakkuk 2:1-2;

    1 I will Stand upon my Watch, and set me upon the Tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

    2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the Vision, and make it Plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

    There is no running in Ministry, except you have a Vision;

    And Nobody runs in vain in Life, except there is no Vision.

    The day you don’t Plan to go anywhere, you wake up anytime you like. But the day they say you should come for an Interview by 8am; you will wake up very early because something is waking you up.

    If somebody is running, it is because he or she has a Vision. If a Church is running, it is because that Church has a Vision. If an Organization is running, it is because that Organization has a Vision.

    … And so they believe in that Vision; and the Manifestation of the Vision.

    God Himself said, “Write the Vision, and make it Plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.”

    And by the Special Grace of God, that Vision has been helping the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) all these years!

    This is a Church of Vision – We have been following our Vision, and that had brought us this far.

    So, what is this VISION 2032 all about?

    VISION 2032 is simply a call for Aggressive Soul Winning and Deliberate Multiplication of our Membership to a minimum of Forty (40) Million by the Year 2032.

    How many Millions? – Forty (40) Million Membership in the Year 2032!

    Please, say it and let the Heaven Stamp it – Forty (40) Million Membership in the Year 2032!

    Membership to How Many Million? Forty (40) Million! Say it to your Neighbour – Year 2032: Forty (40) Million Membership!

    And by the Special Grace of God, you will be alive to Witness it – Amen.

    Somebody is here inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC; by the Year 2032 you will still be alive and in the Lord; and you will be Part of this Vision, in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

    Aggressive Soul Winning; Deliberate Multiplication of our Membership from the Level we are today – Of a Membership of around Three (3) Million, to Forty (40) Million in the Year 2032.

    So the Vision is very Simple – It’s not Complex.

    We know where we are and we know where we are going. And we know how God has taken us to this Level.

    And we know the same God can take us to the Level that the Almighty God has asked us to go – Amen.

    Daddy GO has kept on saying for years that we have not started. And all we have been hearing during this Conference has also been towards the Growth of the Kingdom: that we should be Blessings to the Kingdom of God.

    And by the Special Grace of God; the Kingdom of God is here; and God is saying “it’s time for us to move forward – Amen.

    Soul Winning, Aggressive Evangelism has no Substitute in Church Growth.

    It is just a matter of revisiting those things that God has given us; which He has helped us to use in time past and we have dropped them! We have forgotten about them. And now it is becoming difficult for us to speak to People about Christ.

    How many Workers, how many Ministers in the last one (1) Month spoke to a Person one-on-one and you told them about your Faith?

    Start from yourself, don’t think far.

    For you to know where we are, start from yourself – When last did you meet a Sinner on the road and there is this burden in your heart to discuss about Christ with that fellow?

    All we do now is within the Church Building. Anybody that comes to Church, fine! If he doesn’t come, that’s the end of it. And in those days it was not so.

    If a Member or a Worker in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is going on the road and there is a fellow ahead of him, he will multiply his steps to catch up because he wants to Witness to that fellow.

    But we have gotten to a Level that, even when we enter a Vehicle: buses, taxis, keke, Nobody talks about Jesus. We only enter and we alight and nothing happens!

    The burden for Soul Winning is no more there.

    We had some of those things before; and they are the things that we have left.

    And Daddy is saying that we should wake up.

    And by the Special Grace of God, before this Conference ends; the Anointing for Soul Winning will rest upon every one of us – Amen.

    Deliberate Multiplication! – There is no other business we are doing in this Kingdom of God apart from Winning Souls.

    Nothing! Every Department you belong to, there is nothing you are doing there than to ensure that you are Winning Souls.

    If you want to sing in the Choir, you can only sing when People are in the Church!

    You can only usher People in to the Church when they come!

    Soul Winning is our Primary Assignment.

    When Jesus Christ was going He said, the only Assignment I have for you is, “Go ye into world: Preach the Gospel, win Souls, Disciple them, and let them remain.”

    It doesn’t matter what has taken our attention, as long as Soul Winning is not part of it; the Lord is still crying. When are we going to get back to the track?

    And in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ, that Fresh Fire will fall upon us, before the end of this Conference – Amen.

    SOME FOUNDATIONAL TRUTH

    1. The Bible says, “with God all things are Possible.”

    Do you believe that? – Yes, DMC FAMILY does!

    Meaning What?

    That by the Year 2032, we will even be far above Forty 40 Million, in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ – Amen!

    1. And the Bible says, “all things are Possible to them that believeth.”

    And we are Believers.

    If you hear anybody saying “it is not Possible.” Ask the fellow: “Are you a Believer in the first instance?” Because all things are Possible to him that believeth.

    We believe, and it will happen, in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen.

    1. The Bible also says, “All things are Possible to them who are United.”

    The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is a Family; we are connected together – We are connected by Covenant, we are under the same Covenant.

    This is a Big Family: we are United, and the Bible says, whatever we desire to do according to Genesis 11:6; it shall be Possible, and no one can stop us.

    RESTORATION OF FIRST LOVE.

    And this takes us to our First Love, which we have just talked about.

    The Vision is a Call to our First Love – So that we begin to get desperate for Souls as we used to be.

    And the First Love of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is Passion for Souls. Hunger for souls. And that is where God is taking us to now: that anywhere we go we win Souls.

    Daddy GO told us that when he is being invited to a Place; as long as they will give him Microphone, even if it’s for five (5) Minutes, he wants to win Souls.

    It doesn’t matter the gathering – It could be any Social Gathering, it could be anywhere.

    At the end of the day, his determination to attend is because he wants to go there and win Souls.

    That should become our Passion!

    If that becomes our Passion, that target will be achieved far before Year 2032.

    May God restore our First Love, in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ – Amen!

    WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIES?

    There are several things, but I will just take the Summary:

    1. The first thing is AWARENESS:

    I Thank God that several of us inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC, we have heard about it. We have known about it.

    The next thing is, it should become Part and Parcel of us, so that we can also be the instrument that God will use to create the Awareness for everybody in our Churches.

    Let every Members bear the burden; carry the Vision and know that this is the Core Duty now – Awareness!

    Several People will be going around Advertising VISION 2032. All we are saying is that in our Churches, let there be a Deliberate Awareness. I mean, do something.

    You can Print Banners, Fliers, do anything to ensure that every Members of the Church is aware of it.

    1. And then we have DIRECTIONAL GROWTH.

    Directional Growth – We have the Vertical Growth and we also have the Horizontal Growth.

    I. VERTICAL GROWTH:

    When you are talking about the Vertical Growth, you are talking about Church Multiplying.

    It is the Multiplication of our Parishes – There is what we call “Operation 1:1:1”

    I want to explain what I mean by 1:1:1

    Daddy GO said, every Born Again Member of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG):

    As long as the fellow is Born Again; he should be able to win at least one (1) Soul in Thirty (30) days that will be established in the Church.

    So the Drive that we have now is to ensure that every Workers, every Ministers, every Members drives this Passion of at least winning one (1) Soul in Thirty (30) days – one Month!

    Even if the fellow will Pray, Fast, do anything within Thirty (30) days, every Members should be able to add a Soul to the Church.

    How do we get this one done? There are Strategies here:

    The first thing is that our Services should be Eventful and Purposeful.

    You know, our Members – They want to bring People to Church. But we must be able to create events that will allow them to invite their friends.

    And this Places a lot of responsibilities on the Pastors, on the Ministers, that you know what will happen in your Church.

    In the Month of August for example, you know what will happen every Sunday.

    You have the Theme for every Month; you have the Theme for next Month (September) and you know what will happen every Sunday.

    You can do a lot – Print Flyers, do a lot of things.

    So the Members of the Church would know, next Sunday is Healing Service and so they can bring People.

    Our Services must be Eventful, Purposeful – “What do I want to achieve this Sunday?” I want every sick Person to be healed!

    And so the Prayer Squad would have been Praying towards that direction.

    The Choir would choose Songs in that way.

    And everybody would work towards the same thing.

    But when the Pastor chooses the Topic on Saturday morning or Saturday Evening; sometimes, early morning d the Sunday;

    • The Pastor is talking about “God will Heal you;
    • The Choir is singing “Heavenly Home”;

    Everything is just going different ways, because there is no Purpose.

    Please be Purposeful: Sit down; the Month of August for example is “Beyond Expectations” – That is the Theme.

    Then break it down – The first Sunday, the Second Sunday, the Third Sunday, the Fourth Sunday.

    And then you can now know what you want to achieve those Sundays, that will make your Members to be able to invite People to Church.

    And as they come, they have come for Healing but they will come and meet Christ. They will get saved. They can come for anything!

    Whatever they have come for, the first thing is to introduce them to Christ.

    And so we have to work on our Services, and we have to be deliberate about it.

    And then, we have to engage the Supernatural Manifestation of the Power of God – This has been the cry of our father-in-the-Lord:

    • That we’ll not be Ordinary Ministers;
    • We must be Ministers who believe in the Power of Prayers;
    • Ministers we believe in the Bible that we Preach.

    Ministers who believe that this God is the same Yesterday and Today and (when?) For ever! He had done it before and He can do it again.

    Supernatural Manifestation of the Presence of God! – He is more than ready to manifest in our Services. All He is looking for is for us to be able to trust Him.

    And during this Conference, I believe that Fresh Anointing will come upon every one of us – Amen!

    Such that in our Services: there will be Miracles, Healing and all kind of Wonders – Amen.

    Why do People come to the Holy Ghost Services at the Redeemed City of God despite the traffic jam and everything?

    It is because they see the Power of God; they see the Anointing of God.

    You come and you hear that somebody just went to the Hospital, and in one (1) day three (3) dead bodies were raised!

    How would you not go for such Meetings again?

    And in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ, those Testimonies would begin to happen in our Parishes – Amen.

    I didn’t hear a louder Amen – Amen!

    Supernatural Manifestation! God s more than enough.

    The people said, “we have never seen it in this fashion before.”

    People are not after Story-Telling now; they are tired of Stories. They want to see that God that we have been talking about, to manifest His Power.

    Apostle Paul said, “my Preaching is not in the enticing words of Man’s Wisdom: but in the Demonstration of the Spirit.”

    Daddy GO said, in every of our Services, we should lay hand on People.

    Meaning what? Every Service there should be Miracles; there should be Wonders – There should be Manifestations of the Power of God.

    Let People know that this is not an Ordinary Church – This is a Church with Covenant and the God of Heaven is with us!

    All we need is Faith – You are not the one that will healed, you are not the one that will deliver. He is the Deliverer, He is the Healer.

    He is just looking for Someone who can believe enough in Him and declare!

    Because the Bible says, He is the One that confirmeth the Word of God Servant, and Performs the Counsel is His Messengers.

    … But what if His Messenger does not even have any Counsel?

    The Lord will lay His hand upon us, we will leave this Minister’s Conference; and Signs and Wonders will begin to follow us, in the Mighty Name of the Lord Jesus Christ – Amen.

    Then we need to Prepare People – Prepare them for the following Sunday.

    Announce in the Service: “Oh, next Sunday is going to be Great, it’s going to be Wonderful. If you come here next Sunday there will be Healing, there will be this.”

    People will be eager to come to the next Sunday Service.

    I have seen a Ministry; every Sunday there will be Flyers for the following Sunday. And as you are going, they are turning you automatically to an Evangelist.

    Let’s be Purposeful; let’s put hunger in People to attend our Services.

    VITAL TOOLS TO USE.

    1. FOLLOW-UP:

    We have to be intentional about Follow-up.

    Statistics have shown that several People attend our Services, but many People don’t stay.

    Aggressive Follow-up on the New Comers is very, very, important!

    1. HOUSE FELLOWSHIP:

    We should also use the Power of House Fellowship.

    House Fellowship is closer to People, let’s invest in it.

    If we can use that instrument, it will Multiply our Church Beyond our Expectations.

    House Fellowship that has become big can be upgraded into a Parish. And it will amaze us how they will grow.

    All we need is to train those Leaders and let them know: they are not just there for the Members of the Church, but for everybody in their Community.

    So that the Fellowship can grow – Not only with the Members of the Church, but with the People in the environment. It’s a Vital tool.

    1. CHRISTIAN SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR):

    We should use it as a means of gathering People.

    Jesus Christ said, you follow me I will make you a Fisher of men.

    And Fishermen use Baits and hooks – Fish will look for the bait, but will end up in the hook.

    When you do this CSR, all you are doing is that you are bringing People into the Church.

    Sometimes they just come and eat.

    But before they come to eat, you have Prepared Sermons for their Salvation:

    • How they will come and they will not return the same;
    • How they will come and they will be Healed.

    So when People come to eat, you have Prayed on the food, you have Prepared your Sermon. And you will offer them Salvation first! If not they will eat your food and just go away.

    Because food does not save; it is the Word of God that you Share that will save them. And the Prayer invested into those activities.

    1. CRUSADES AND OUTREACHES:

    Daddy GO has said that we should be going out – If not twice, at least once in a Month for Go-a-Fishing.

    And I want you to Please Note that one – Every Month you are to go out to go and win Souls. The Go-a-Fishing should now be Monthly.

    Meaning what? You are going to win Souls, establish Churches, and grow the Churches. And ensure that the First Timers are being retained. Our Converts are being retained!

    And not only that, we have to be Intentional in moving Parishes that are below fifty (50) to hundred. And those that are below one hundred to two hundred (200) – Very, very important!

    There are several of our Parishes that are below hundred:

    Eighty five Percent (85%) of our Parishes are below one hundred (100) Membership.

    All these Parishes can grow to one hundred – We can be intentional about it.

    God has Promised that He is with us. And He will surprise us, in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ – Amen.

    1. RUN WITH YOUR TARGET:

    Every Target that you are being given, Please run with that Target.

    HORIZONTAL GROWTH:

    And finally, the last thing I will talk about is Planting of Parishes Brethren – That is the Horizontal Growth.

    The Vertical Growth is when your Church is Multiplied. But then, we need to spread everywhere.

    Let’s go and be intentional to occupy the Event Centers, Hotels and everywhere that we can occupy.

    We have done it in time past, and we can do it again.

    Let’s go and occupy everywhere we can occupy – Let’s spread everywhere. And with that we know that the Church of God will grow.

    And the Church Planting should be deliberate, such that every Church that is Planted will not be less than one hundred (100) Members.

    That is what we call a Unit.

    All we are just saying today is that, we have heard of all these things;

    • It’s time for the Manifestation;
    • It’s time for us to work towards it;
    • It’s time to go and win souls!

    Let’s leave this Convention and become Soul Winners. And the Reward is there!

    The Bible says if we do that, He will answer our Prayers. He will hear us. He says:

    … That ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my Name, he may give it you – John 15:16

    You don’t need to Labour in Prayers. Go and Labour to Win Souls; and you’ll see that delay giving way, Miracles Pursuing you because you are making God happy.

    CLOSING PRAYER

    And I am Praying for everyone here inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC;

    In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ, as you go forth and do this, the Heaven will Reward you – Amen.

    … I didn’t hear a louder Amen – Amen!

    I said, the Almighty God will Reward you!

    You will not miss your Reward, in the Mighty Name of the Lord Jesus Christ!

    And by the Special Grace of God, if you do well, Daddy GO will also Reward you.

    And I believe God for everyone here inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC, you will Succeed, in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ.

    Everybody saying Amen: you will be Part of the VISION 2032.

    You will be alive to Witness it!

    The Lord will use you!

    And in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ, 2032 you will be alive with the Success Story.

    So shall it be, in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen.

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  • BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY: PASTOR CHARLES CHUKWUEDUM ACHONWA – RCCG 71ST ANNUAL CONVENTION, 7TH AUGUST, 2023.

    BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY: PASTOR CHARLES CHUKWUEDUM ACHONWA – RCCG 71ST ANNUAL CONVENTION, 7TH AUGUST, 2023.

    RCCG 71ST ANNUAL CONVENTION 2023 (DAY 1: MORNING SESSION – BIBLE COLLEGE GRADUATION SERVICE)

    THEME: BEYOND EXPECTATIONS

    MINISTERING: PASTOR CHARLES CHUKWUEDUM ACHONWA (THE GENERAL OVERSEER OF BOULOS MINISTRIES, LAGOS)

    TOPIC: BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY

    DATE: 7TH AUGUST 2023

    BIBLE TEXT: PHILIPPIANS 2:5

    Somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    You will make it in Jesus Name – Amen!

    He that is in you, is Greater than He that is in the world – Therefore, you will make it in Jesus Name (Amen).

    I want to Congratulate all those who are Graduating today and I want to just remind you that it is a Very Special Privilege to be exposed to the Word of God, to Study the Word of God – It is a very, very Special Privilege!

    And also the fact that it is the Word that can Change you, that can Change your situation!

    If you Study the Word of God and that Word does not Change your Life, it is not likely that, that Word is going to Change your situation.

    But the Word of God is the Power that created Heaven and Earth and has the Capacity to do all things!

    When we believed the Word of God, all things are Possible!

    But we have to start by believing God’s Word in a way that we are Sanctified that God made us Whole and then the Word can work in our circumstances.

    I’m supposed to speak on: “BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY”.

    And the real burden in my Heart – I want to illustrate certain things because as long as I was Praying, it is as if I will take this short time to differentiate between “Usual Christianity” and “Normal Christianity”.

    “Usual Christianity” is what is common to many of us today!

    The kind of Christianity many of us Practices is not the Normal one – It is just the Usual one.

    But when we go and Study God’s Words – Just like you have done; we expect that those coming out of such Intensive Expousure to the Word of God, should come to a Point where the Word of God works in them in such a way that their Christian lives becomes Normal.

    … That is “Normal Christianity”, rather than “Usual Christianity”.

    And in “Normal Christianity”; we expect a Manifestation of the Nature of God, the Power of God, the Wisdom of God and the Glory of God to cover the Person!

    And so, I will like us to Pray together before I read a Bible Text to you and then explain three (3) basic things to us concerning “Normal Christianity” which many of us today will feel is: “Beyond The Call of Duty” – Wherreas, it is just the Normal thing that God expects of us.

    But because many People are not Practicing them, it now looks as if it is “Beyond the Call of Duty”.

    And as I Pray, it is like the “Key Thing” that can help us, to actually help us to live a Normal Christian Life as found in Ephesians 3:16.

    It is here in Ephesians 3:16 that God Prayed that we might be Strengthened with Might by God’s Spirit in our Inner Mind.

    That is not our Bible Text, but that is where the Strength comes from; the Grace is released from – That God by His Spirit will Strengthen your Spirit and your Inner Mind so that you will be able to understand the Love of Christ which Passes all Knowledge and be filled with all the Fullness of God.

    So that as stated in Verse 20 (Ephesians 3:20); He will do for you – Exceedingly Abundantly Above all that you ask or think, according to the Power that is at work in you.

    According to that Strengthening that His Spirit has Strengthened in your Spirit Mind!

    I will like us to rise and Pray together!

    OPENING PRAYER

    Father, we ask that according to Your Mercy and Your Grace, that You will Help us this Morning and touch everyone of us.

    Direct us Oh Lord that we may walk in “Normal Christianity”; that we will go beyond the Standards that has been Set for us by Man and Follow the Commission that You have given to us as our Father.

    That in everything, we will Glorify Your Name and exalt You about just the Sight. Oh God, that we will serve You and serve You just like Jesus Christ did.

    That we will exalt You in all we do – Father Strengthen us at this moment by Your Spirit in our Inner Mind.

    Strengthen us and Uphold us by the Right Hand of Your Righteousness and be Glorified in our lives.

    In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

    Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

    You may Please be seated.

    You see, the Normal Christian Life is “Extra Plus Ordinary”.

    Because that Extra Force is at work – The Extra Force of the Power of the Holy Spirit that energises us in the Inner Mind. It makes it Extraordinary!

    Many People who are living the Usual Christian Life, are living as a Natural Man.

    But anyone who understands how God operates, and what is the Normal Life; knows that the Normal Christian Life is not just Natural but it is Supernatural!

    And what brings that “Super Dimension” to the Natural, is the Spirit of God Strengthening you in your Inner Mind.

    So, I Pray for us again – That God in His Mercy and Grace, will Strengthen us in the Inner Mind by His Spirit in the Name of Jesus (Amen)!

    The Lord Jesus Christ is our Perfect Example!

    Philippians 2:5 says: Let this Mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

    Taking the Lord Jesus Christ as an Example of Someone who went “Beyond The Call of Duty”.

    And so we all remembered that when He went to John The Baptist to be Baptised.

    And John said: No, You are the One to Baptised me. Why did You come to me for Baptism? And He said: Let it be so now – We must fulfill all Righteousness (DMC NOTES: Matthew 3: 13-15).

    In everything that the Lord Jesus Christ did, He went beyond the Call of Duty – Normal Standard Call of Duty.

    But three (3) Examples came to my Heart – Of People that we may say: Jesus Christ is the Son of God and so whatever He did is beyond us.

    But there are some Examples I want to use to Point out three (3) Dimensions that the Holy Spirit put in my Heart for us.

    CASE STUDY 1 – ABRAHAM

    We say that Blood is thicker than water and that is true.

    But Spirit is Stronger than Blood!

    And Incidentally, many Christians do not even appreciate this as deeply as some of the Witches do

    The Witches understand that Spirit is Stronger than Blood – I will give you one very bad Example for instance.

    There was a woman who gave birth to eleven (11) children – The mothers are usually to be more attached to their children.

    But in the Witchcrafft Coven, they kept on demanding for these children for the extension of her Life. And the children kept on going one by one, until she was 95 years old when the 11th one died.

    After the 11th one died, and Nobody to give again – That is she loved and Obey the Spirit in her Coven more than her own Blood children.

    DMC NOTES: The word ‘Coven’ is derived from Old French and in the 1500s meant for a “Meeting, Gathering, Assembly”. Around 1660 it also came to mean “A Gathering of Witches”.

    Christians don’t even have that kind of Attachment – I mean Christians who don’t have a Revelation!

    When you have a Revelation then you will know that Spirit is Stronger than Blood!

    That your Brother in Christ, who is truly your Brother is likely to even be Closer to you than a number of your Blood Relatives.

    Abraham understands this – He made a Statement that touch my Heart.

    He (Abraham) says that: “But we are Brethren”.

    Abraham took Lot as his Nephew – Come along with me Lot, I will train you, I will teach you Business and you will Prosper because of me.

    And God Prospered Lot basically because of Abraham and he became Big also.

    And Lot’s Servants and Abraham’s Servants began to quarrel. And Abraham said, No this is not supposed to happen.

    Abraham showed a Christian Heart – A Heart of Faith.

    Abraham said that I know that you are Younger than me, I know that I have Trained you and I know that I have helped you. But forget about all that; what I want you to do is to take any Direction:

    • If you go to the Left, I will go to the Right.
    • If you go Forward, I will go Backward,

    Anywhere you take, I will go in the Opposite Direction.

    But we are Brethren – Let’s not allow ourselves to quarrel. Let our Servants not quarrel and let’s not allow our Servants knock our heads together! (DMC NOTES: Read Genesis 13: 1-9).

    I wish this will sink into us as Graduands from the Bible College today:

    • That Brotherhood is more Important than Promotion at work!
    • That Brotherhood is more important than Struggling for Positions (Even Church Positions).

    It is quite unfortunate that in certain Places – And I’m talking about inside Church o; some Pastors cannot leave their food and come back and eat it again.

    All depending on who is there because they are afraid that the other Pastor might do something to their food to Poison them.

    We are Brethren – We need to consider that and consider it very Strongly!

    Let’s go beyond the Call of Duty and exercise our Faith and show one another that the Bible says that we should do Good to All Men especially to those who are of the Household of Faith. (DMC NOTES: Galatians 6:10).

    Oppression is not supposed to come among us as God’s Children – We are Brethren!

    CASE STUDY 2 – DAVID

    And I was Medidating over this David’s issue and the Call of Duty.

    The father gave him a job to look after the Sheep.

    But God gave David a Commission – Look after the Sheep.

    The Commission from God supercedes the Commission from the Earthly father.

    I will explain – He was there and a Lion came one day and took a Lamb (A Lamb is “Little Sheep”).

    A Lion came, took the Lamb and in David’s Mind, he said: What? Mr Lion, what are you doing here? Who sent you here? God Commissioned me to look after all the Sheep, He did not ask me to look after the Big ones and leave the Small ones. Mr Lion you must drop that Lamb.

    He hit the Lion and the Lion dropped the Lamb and turned against him.

    And of course, he held it – And in my imagination, when he grabbed the Lion by the beard, he wanted to check the mouth of the Lion to make sure that there was no bone of the Lamb inside the mouth. And he killed the Lion.

    DMC NOTES: This Story is in 1 Samuel 17: 34-37

    Let me ask you a Question – If David went home and I told the father: Hey daddy, the Sheep you told me to look after. One Lion came right in my Presence and took the Lamb and walked away.

    Please, what do you think David’s father will do on Sunday? – Thanksgiving!

    That was the Call of Duty! That was why David said: Lion, I will not let you go.

    A Bear come and he did the same thing!

    And because he has developed that kind of Culture – Of looking beyond the Call of Duty; when it was the Call of Duty and Goliath was abusing the entire of Army of Israel.

    The Call of Duty made the others to know that if they went there, Goliath will kill them but David was seeing beyond that – He has a Commission to destroy this Uncircumcised Philistines that is insulting the God of the Army of Israel.

    A number of us as we are Graduating; all we are looking for is to be Posted to one Comfortable Place where we have one godfather.

    Are we Politicians? And you are not making Impacts.

    When God talked to Isaiah – He says: Who shall I send and who will go for us?

    Isaiah did not say – Here I am, send my Brother or Sister. But he said: Send me (DMC NOTES: Isaiah 6:8).

    CASE STUDY 3 – THE GOOD SAMARITAN

    The Question is: Who is my Neighbour?

    And the Lord Jesus Christ said Someone was going from Jerusalem down to Jericho and thieves met him and beat him and stole his raiment and left him half-dead (DMC NOTES Luke 10:30).

    And a Pastor came around – And when he saw Someone lying down at one side, he quickly went to the other side (DMC NOTES: Luke 10:31).

    It is Possible that:

    • He was Praying in Tongues.
    • Maybe he was going for a Prayer Meeting.
    • Maybe he has fixed a Holy Communion Service Meeting.

    But he saw Someone half-dead, who has been beaten by Robbers and injured so badly but just went through the other side.

    He was going to share Holy Communion to others, with no Compassion in his bowels, with no Mercy in his bowels, with no Tender Kindness in his bowels.

    Is he that Man’s Neighbour?

    Then after him came a Levite/Deacon/Minister.

    In his own case, maybe he has a little more time than the Pastor.

    He even went and looked at the guy – Ha, “O ma se” (DMC NOTES: Meaning – It’s such a Pity).

    The Bible says that He went to the other side too.

    DMC NOTES: Luke 10:32

    Brethren, may God help us to add Compassion to our Ministering – Amen!

    I know that there are lots of 419.

    But you know that there is an African Proverb that says that you can close your eyes because Bad People are Passing. But when Good Peoole Pass, you will not know!

    That means that we have to be Watchful!

    God wants us to add Compassion to Ministry!

    There are cases when it is obvious that this Person needs Help – God wants us to add Compassion to Ministry.

    And then the Lord Jesus Christ said – Let this Mind be in you, which was in Christ Jesus – Philippians 2:5.

    He did not just go the “Extra Mile”; He went the “Absolute Mile”.

    I. His Equality with God, He drops that.

    II. His Reputation, He dropped that – Just because He wanted to come and save us.

    III. And then the insults of taking “The Likeness of a Man” – He took that.

    IV. Then He took further insult of taking the “Form of a Servant” – He took it.

    If Jesus Christ is coming as a Man, He should have come as a King or an Emperor of the whole world.

    But He came – He was born in a Manger in the midst of a Sheep because there was no Room in the Inn (Hotel).

    V. And the Lord Jesus Christ because of us made Himself of no Reputation and took the form of a Servant – And then went further to allow Himself to die.

    Infact, that was an insult that shouldn’t even be imagined by anybody!

    VI. But the Bible tells us that – It is not just that, He Submitted to Death.

    Death could not take Him, He had to Submit Himself to Death – If not, He could not die!

    VII. And not just “Ordinary Death”; but to the Death of a Criminal.

    Some Version of the Bible put it as: “The Death on the Cross” (DMC NOTES: Philippians 2:8)

    That was the Maximum Punishment given to a Criminal!

    He did all this all because of us!

    And what is the Bible saying – Let this Mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus (Philippians 2:5).

    If you have the Word of God in you without the Mind of Christ in you, then it is “The Letters” that you have.

    And you know what “The Letter” does?

    • “The Letter” Kill some People every Sunday as they Preach. Because there is no Spirit in “The Letter” that you are Delivering.

    I want us to Pray – And our Prayer is Simple.

    That God will Strengthen you in Might by His Spirit in your Inner Mind:

    • So that Brotherhood will mean more to you than Money!
    • So that you will be Fearless where God sent you.
    • And so that your bowels will be filled with Compassion all because of the Mentality, the Attitude and the Mind of the Lord Jesus Christ is what is riding in your Life.

    Let us rise on our feet and Pray with all our Heart!

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  • YOU ARE UNSTOPPABLE: PASTOR SUNDAY AKANDE – RCCG DIVINE ENCOUNTER SERVICE, AUGUST, 2023.

    YOU ARE UNSTOPPABLE: PASTOR SUNDAY AKANDE – RCCG DIVINE ENCOUNTER SERVICE, AUGUST, 2023.

    RCCG AUGUST 2023 DIVINE ENCOUNTER SERVICE

    THEME: BEYOND EXPECTATIONS

    MINISTERING: PASTOR SUNDAY AKANDE (NATIONAL OVERSEER, RCCG).

    TOPIC: YOU ARE UNSTOPPABLE

    BIBLE TEXT: ISAIAH 41:10

    Shall we begin to Worship the King of kings and the Lord of lords. Let’s give Him Quality Praise.

    Thank Him for what He did for us during our Convention. Magnify His Holy Name for taking us Beyond Expectations!

    Magnify Him, give Him Praise, give Him Honour, give Him Adoration. Worship His Holy Name for taking you Beyond Expectations.

    Thank Him for what He did for you in the Past Weekend. Give Him Praise and Honour for the way God moved during our Convention.

    Give Him Praise and Honour! Magnify Him for bringing you to this Divine Encounter – The Icing on the Cake. Tell God that you Love and Appreciate Him.

    Thank You Father! We give You Praise, we give You Honour, we give You Adoration!

    We Magnify Your Holy Name for the Wonderful and Powerful Convention: We thank You for what You did and Your Greatness. Thank You for Your Manifestations.

    SONG

    We give You all the Glory
    We give You Honour;
    We give You all the Glory
    We give You Honour (Amen)!

    OPENING PRAYER

    Our Father in Heaven! The King of all kings, the Lord of all lords, the I AM THAT I AM, we Worship Your Holy Name, we Magnify You!

    We Thank You Father for what You did for us during our Convention; We Thank You Lord that without any doubt, You have taken us Beyond Expectations!

    Daddy, receive all Glory, in the Name of Jesus! Baba (Meaning: Father) receive Honour, in the Mighty Name of Jesus.

    Thank You Heavenly Father for this Divine Encounter – Just after the Beyond Expectations Convention.

    We Thank You Lord because You are here to bless us. You are here O God, to release Abundance of Your Grace and Anointing upon our lives. Daddy, accept our Thanks, in the Name of Jesus.

    Father, we want to Thank You for our father-in-the-Lord (Pastor E.A Adeboye): We Thank You Lord for the way You used Him during the Convention.

    We Thank You Lord for Your Grace and Anointing upon His Life. Daddy be Exalted, in the Mighty Name of Jesus.

    My Lord and my Father this Morning, we Your Children – We lift Daddy GO into Your Hands: continue to renew His Strength, in the Mighty Name of Jesus.

    Lord we Pray, in this Divine Encounter this Morning, Bless us! Father, Bless us! In a Wonderful way, Bless us, in the Mighty Name of Jesus.

    I Surrender myself unto You, use me for Your Glory this Morning. And at the end of this Service Lord, let Your Name be lifted.

    In Jesus’ Name we Pray – Amen!

    …. Let somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah.

    If you believe that God of Beyond Expectations will put icing on your Cake this Morning, let your Hallelujah be the loudest – Hallelujah.

    Please, be seated this Morning!

    And we want to Thank God for our Parents in the Lord. We want to Thank God for all that He released into our lives through them during the Convention.

    This Morning I want to give Glory to God; and Thank my father-in-the-Lord for this Great opportunity to Stand here and Minister.

    And I Pray that as the Words go forth, all of us will be blessed, in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    This morning, I am going to speak briefly on this Divine Encounter: YOU ALL UNSTOPPABLE.

    I want you to say it to as many People as Possible around you: I AM UNSTOPPABLE!

    Because God of Beyond Expectations has released Grace to my Life, I am Unstoppable – Amen!

    … Are you really saying it? What you confess is what you are going to get!

    Say to your Neighbour: I am Unstoppable! God will exceed my Expectations – Amen.

    Isaiah 41:10

    Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will Strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will Uphold thee with the Right Hand of my Righteousness.

    I have Good News for somebody here this morning inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC: The things you imagine that are working against you, will soon begin to work for your Good – Amen.

    The things that shook others will make you Stronger – Amen!

    … It is a Prophecy to somebody here today inclusive those reading now on Label of DMC:

    The things that Pulled others down, will become your Messenger of Advancement – Amen!

    Where others have failed, you will Succeed there – Amen!

    Say to your Neighbour: I am Unstoppable!

    The Book of Romans 8:28 says, And we know that all things work together for Good to them that Love God, to them who are the Called according to His Purpose.

    That you are still alive today is because you are Called according to His Purpose. And we are going to look at few Examples and then we begin to Pray.

    We want to look at the Example of PETER:

    Peter had one (1) Encounter that turned his Life around.

    In the Book of Luke 5:1-11, Peter had just one (1) Encounter.

    And I Strongly believe that because you were at the Convention of Beyond Expectations, you already had an Encounter with God – Amen!

    … And that Encounter will turn your Life around – Amen!

    When we look at the Life of Peter, according to Luke 5:1-11 – It is a well known Story.

    There are few things there I want to remind us, that brought this Great Encounter of Beyond Expectations into the Life of Peter.

    When Peter had that Encounter with the Almighty God, the Lord was looking for a Place to Preach to the People. When He got to the Place, two (2) Ships were there!

    But He stepped into one of them and told the Owner of that boat, “can you draw it out a little, so that I can make use of it?”

    And it happened to be the boat of Peter.

    I know there is somebody here today inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC, the Lord is Stepping into your boat, in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    1. And because of that Encounter; He turned around Peter’s Situation.

    The Bible made us to understand in
    Luke 5:5: And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the Night, and have taken Nothing: nevertheless at thy Word I will let down the net.

    The Encounter you had during the Convention is turning around your Situation – Amen.

    … I can’t hear your Amen – Amen!

    1. Not only that; Peter became a Blessing to others.

    Peter became a Blessing!

    When he threw his net and he had that Net-Breaking, Boat-Sinking catch of fish, the Bible says, he beckoned on the others to bring their boats to help him out.

    I am Praying for somebody here this Morning inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC, because of the Encounter you had during the Beyond Expectations Convention, Oh! you will become a Blessing to others – Amen.

    I said as from now on, you will become a Blessing to others – Amen.

    Because God has opened His Heaven upon your Life, His Blessings will begin to rain on you; and it will be so much that you will have to beckon to others to be Part of the Blessing, in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    1. Not only that; the Encounter brought Peter Salvation.

    Because it was after that Encounter that Peter suddenly realised that it was the Lord.

    And the Bible says, he fell at the Feet of the Lord and said, “depart from me, I am Sinner.”

    But that day, Peter received Total Salvation.

    Oh! I am Praying for you: That Salvation that you need, that will take you to the Next Level of your Life, the Lord will release it unto you, in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    1. Not only that: On that same Encounter, Peter came in Contact with his Destiny.

    Because he thought he would die a Fisherman. But after that Encounter Jesus Christ said to him: Peter, as from now you will not be a Fisherman, but a Fisher of Men.

    … He came in contact with his Destiny!

    Because you attended Beyond Expectations Convention, and you are here in this Divine Encounter Service inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC: your Destiny will receive Life – Amen.

    … I can’t hear your Amen – Amen!

    You have been Struggling and battling; moving from one Place to another, toiling Day and Night without any Breakthrough;

    Because you are in the Service this Morning inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC; get ready, God is Opening the way to your Destiny – Amen.

    1. And we discovered that Peter Surrendered all to Jesus.

    He caught a Boat-Sinking fish; wasn’t that supposed to be enough for Peter?

    But the Bible says, Peter left all and followed Jesus.

    The Lord is saying to you today, as you Surrender all to Him – Your Capital (because that is what Peter did – He surrendered his boat and that was his Capital). Not just Salvation alone, he Surrendered all – That Lord, I am at Your feet, I am following You

    What happened to all the fish he caught that day? Peter Surrendered all.

    He Surrendered his Business, and his Capital, unto the Almighty God. And from that day onward, Peter’s Life never remained the same again.

    I don’t know what is tying you down; if you will Surrender all to Jesus, Oh! I can assure you of one thing, because He is the Almighty God, He will begin to exceed your Expectations – Amen.

    Peter Surrendered all unto the Lord.

    Beloved, don’t be afraid of the Political crisis: it is the Earthquake working for your Good!

    Can you say that to Somebody? – Whatever Political crisis in this Nation, is working for my Good, in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    You will not go down, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!

    Why? Because 1 Peter 5:7 says, Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.

    No matter the Economy situation, no matter the Political situation, if you surrender all to Jesus! just as Peter did; He will care for you – Amen.

    And you will not go down, because the Lord will take care of you – Amen.

    That’s why I am encouraging somebody this Morning – Don’t quiver on account of Troubles or Economy Storms going on in this Nation. The Almighty God cares for you! Let Him be the foundation of your Life.

    You see, despite all the Economic and Financial Storms raging, God is here to make your situation calm, in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen.

    He is here to make your Testimony Richer, in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    Because the Word of God says in the Book of Psalms 50:15, And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt Glorify me.

    • Call upon me in the day of Economic Storm.
    • Call upon me in the day of Financial trouble.
    • Call upon me even when the Price of Petrol is going from one hundred (N100) to Seven hundred Naira (N700).

    “Call upon me in the day or trouble.” – That’s what the Word of the Lord says.

    Because you have had an Encounter with Him during the Beyond Expectations Convention, call upon Him;

    He says He will take care of you! He will deliver you, in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ – Amen.

    Because, according to Job 22:29, when the world is saying there’s casting down; the Lord is saying there is Lifting up for you – Amen.

    … Oh! I can’t hear your Amen – Amen!

    Very quickly, before we begin to Pray;

    WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE UNSTOPPABLE?

    If you want to join the Club of the Unstoppable, what are the Characteristics to look out for?

    1. They are Desperate People.

    They do not pay attention to Distractions.

    Unstoppable People are “Desperate People” – People who are focused on what God has laid upon their heart. They do not pay attention to distractions in their lives; they are always focused.

    You must be focused!

    That was what happened to Bartimaeus in the Book of Mark 10:46-52 – People wanted to distract him, but Bartimaeus refused to be distracted. He said, “Jesus Thou Son of David, have Mercy on me.”

    When others were saying shut up your mouth! He said, is there any of you bearing ‘Son of David?’ I am calling on the Son of David; let Him hear me and let me hear what He is going to say!

    And at the end of the day, the Lord stopped for him.

    I am Praying for somebody here inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC, the Almighty God will Stop for you – Amen.

    The Lord will reach out to you to open that closed door, to open roads that the Enemies have put all kinds of Obstacles for you, in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen.

    I see you Breaking Through after this Encounter, in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen.

    1. The Unstoppable are those whose Motto is “I CAN”.

    What is your Motto?

    If your Motto is “I Can” Then, before the end of the Last Quarter of this Year (2023); you will be shouting Glory, in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    Paul the Apostle said in Philippians 4:13; I can do (how many things)? All things through Christ which Strengtheneth me.

    And I am trusting God, because you’ve joined the Club of the Unstoppable today, you too can do all things – Amen.

    Oh! You are moving from Glory to Glory – Amen.

    That Business will begin to boom – Amen!

    Oh! That Shop that has been locked up for Months, or years, as you go back, the Almighty will open the Shop again, in the Mighty Name of Jesus – Amen.

    You see, they are saying “I Can” because they see Possibility and not Impossibility.

    Begin to see Possibility in that situation of your Life, just like Peter. He said, “we have toiled all the Night and caught Nothing, but at Thy Word, I will let down my Net.”

    Though it is impossible for fish to come around in the Morning, but at the Word You have spoken to us, there is Possibility in my Impossibility, so I can!

    You too, there is Possibility in that Impossibility that has been confronting your Life – Amen!

    And as you Stand Up this Morning (wherever you are right now) all impossibilities will disappear, in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

    1. The Unstoppable are those who are willing to Acquire what they Desire.

    Like Jacob, in Genesis 32:26, And the Angel said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

    On that day, Jacob Received his Blessing.

    And I want to believe that some of us here are yet to be on our way back home from the Convention because we are like Jacob;

    Because you are still here, the Almighty God will bless you – Amen.

    So you too can join the Club of the Unstoppable this Morning, if Jesus is your Lord.

    Why am I so sure? Because the Word of God says in the Book of.Psalms 113:7-9.

    The Bible says:

    He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the Needy out of the Dunghill; That he may set him up with Princes, even with the Princes of his People. He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a Joyful mother of children.

    Praise ye the Lord – Hallelujah!

    Is He your Lord? Have you surrendered to Him?

    Look at the Place we just read (Psalms 113:7), “He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,”

    That was what He did for Peter – Peter was poor, but the Almighty God raised him up with just one Encounter.

    With this Encounter this morning – I don’t know your situation (but He does). If you too would come to Him, like Peter fell at His feet, if you would surrender unto Him; you are entering into your Season of Beyond Expectations; your Season of Exceeding Expectations – Amen.

    I want us to rise on our feet this Morning as we call upon Him..

    Peter had an Encounter with Him and that Encounter Changed his situation, brought him into his Destiny and opened a New Chapter unto his Life.

    You too have been having an Encounter with the Lord for the Past seven (7) to ten (10) days during the Beyond Expectations Convention.

    And the Lord is saying, because you are still around to attend this Divine Encounter Service; He is going to open a New Chapter unto your Life – Amen.

    But the Question now is: Have you Surrendered to Him?

    ALTAR CALL

    I wish you too, can be like Peter this Morning, by making up your Mind.

    Peter made up his Mind – He didn’t just have a catch of fish and run back home. He didn’t!

    The Bible says, he ran to Jesus and fell at His feet.

    That was how he Encountered Beyond Expectations; that was how he entered into Exceeding Expectations.

    Because until he ran and fell at the Feet of Jesus, Jesus did not Pronounced the Word – “Peter, from today onwards, you will no longer be a Fisherman, you will become a Fisher of Men.”

    This Morning, maybe you too you are saying: I have been hearing this Word for long. But right now I want to Surrender to Jesus Christ. I want Him to be the Lord of my Life.

    This Divine Encounter, I want Jesus to have Total Control of my Life, I want the Heavens to open over me.

    Wherever you are listening to us right now, inclusive all those reading now on the Label of DMC; if you are ready to Genuinely Surrender your Life to Jesus Christ, kindly Stand on your feet and we will Pray for you.

    Come to Jesus now, so that you too can join the Club of the Unstoppable.

    God Bless You as you decide for Christ today!

    Thank You Father! Glory be to God.

    Say Father; I am at Your Feet this Morning – Take me as I am, have Mercy on me, save my Life, wash me with Your Blood. Write my name in Your Book of Life.

    O Lord, enlist my name with the Unstoppable this Morning; forgive my sin, wash me with your Blood.

    Thank You Heavenly Father.

    In Jesus’ Name we Pray – Amen.

    PRAYER FOR SALVATION

    Eternal Rock of Ages, we want to Thank You for these Your Children who have just Genuinely Surrendered their lives unto You.

    We thank You Heavenly Father for touching their Hearts.

    Father accept my Thanks, in the Name of Jesus!

    Lord I lift them unto You; Please Lord, lay Your Hands on them. Save their Life, forgive their sins, wash them with Your Blood, write their names in Your Book of Life.

    As from now Lord Almighty, enlist them in the Club of the Unstoppable, in the Mighty Name of Jesus.

    Thank You Everlasting Father! In Jesus’ Name we Pray – Amen.

    My Brethren, Congratulations!

    Kindly send your Details: Names, Address and your Prayer Requests to our father-in-the-Lord, so that Daddy can be Praying for you.

    God Bless You!

    The rest of us, are you ready to call on God this Morning?

    We want to have an Encounter with Him – The kind of Encounter that Peter had and his Life never remained the same again.

    Because I know your Life shall never remain the same again after this Morning, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!

    PRAYER POINTS:

    1. Shout Three (3) Powerful Hallelujah to the King of kings; to the Lord of lords.

    Are we ready? Three (3) Powerful Hallelujah –

    Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

    (I know you can do better): Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!!

    (It can still be better): Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!!!

    1. You are going to say: My Father, my Father! I Decree, all things will work for my Good as from now, in the Name of Jesus.

    Brethren, I don’t want you to joke with these Prayers – I want you to Pray with your Strength. Because He says, “Call upon me in trouble and I will answer you.”

    1. You are going to Say Father (is He your Father)? Call Him if you believe in Him;

    Father, Arise and delete my name from the Register of Failures, in the Name of Jesus!

    1. Father, I know that the race is not to the swift, as You laid your Hands on Elijah;

    Lay Your Hands on me so that I can outrun all the Enemies of my Breakthrough, in the Name of Jesus!

    1. My Father, give me a Breakthrough that will make everyone around me to be full of Wonders, in the Name of Jesus!
    2. My Father, my Father, Please give me a Miracle that will cancel the insult in my Life, in the Name of Jesus.

    Thank You Father! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we pray – Amen!

    DECREES:

    I Pray for you this Morning that the Almighty God will answer all your Prayers!

    That Miracle that will cancel that insult in your Life, the Lord release it to you now, in the Name of Jesus.

    The Miracle that will make everyone around you full of Wonders, receive it in the Mighty Name of Jesus.

    … Receive it, in the Name of Jesus!

    I Pray in the Name that is above every other names, all your Breakthroughs that have been locked up in the Camp of the enemy;

    I Command the Enemy to release the Breakthrough to you, in the Name of Jesus.

    I ask that the Almighty God will go ahead and fight your Battles, in the Name of Jesus!

    Thank You my Father! Thank You Holy Spirit.

    In Jesus’ Name we Pray – Amen.

    OFFERING

    We will now give our Offering unto the Lord.

    Lift your offering to Him and say: Father; this is my Sacrifice, make me Unstoppable!

    Pray that Prayer quickly.

    As they give us danceable Songs, go to the nearest basket (Online) and drop your Offering.

    CLOSING PRAYER

    Father, Please Sanctify our Offering; let it be used for Your Glory.

    And Father we ask O God, that You will return it back to us in hundred folds, in the Name of Jesus.

    We Pray O God, this Offering would be Acceptable unto You.

    And all Your Children who have given unto You today (and online) you will Bless them abundantly, in the Name of Jesus.

    Thank Everlasting Father! In Jesus’ Name we Pray – Amen!

    SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST:

    I know there are some of you who wrote requesting that our father-in-the-Lord (Daddy GO) should Pray for you.

    Probably you were told to come to this Divine Encounter Service that you would be Prayed for.

    And some of us believe if Daddy GO Prays, God will answer.

    I want you today to be like that Woman with the Issue of Blood – She said, I don’t even want Him to touch me. All I want is for me to touch the helm of His Garment.

    And I want you to believe, the Anointing of God has been released on this Altar: that if you can touch the Clothes on this Altar this Morning, Miracles will begin to happen in your Life.

    If you can get close to this Altar and cry to God; I can assure you that something Great will begin to happen in your Life – Amen.

    So if you want to Pray, you can come and cry to God now! I want to believe the Anointing of God is on this Altar.

    … Because my father-in-the-Lord has been Standing on this Altar for years!

    Just touch the Altar and Pray; and I know you will return with a Testimony – Amen!

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  • BEYOND EXPECTATIONS ( DAY 7: MORNING SESSION): PASTOR EZEKIEL A. ODEYEMI – RCCG 71ST ANNUAL CONVENTION, 13TH AUGUST, 2023.

    BEYOND EXPECTATIONS ( DAY 7: MORNING SESSION): PASTOR EZEKIEL A. ODEYEMI – RCCG 71ST ANNUAL CONVENTION, 13TH AUGUST, 2023.

    RCCG 71ST ANNUAL CONVENTION 2023 (DAY 7: MORNING SESSION – THANKSGIVING SERVICE)

    THEME: BEYOND EXPECTATIONS

    MINISTERING: PASTOR EZEKIEL A. ODEYEMI (AGO EDUCATION AND TRAINING/NORTHERN NIGERIA AND CONTINENTAL OVERSEER CONTINENT 2, WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA)

    TOPIC: BEST OF THE BEST

    DATE: 13TH AUGUST 2023

    BIBLE TEXT: REVELATION 19: 7-8

    Let Somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    And I’m talking of a Living Soul who has experienced the Presence of the Lord in a very Unique manner and in an Unprecedented way in this “Beyond Expectations Convention”.

    If you are one of such Person, arise on your feet and shout a Glorious Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    GENERAL PRAYERS

    Let’s wave our hands to the God of Heaven and bless His Holy Name for all that He has done for us, for what He is doing right now and for what He will yet do.

    Give Him all the Glory and exalt the Name of the One that lives forever and ever.

    The Processor of the ends of the Earth, the Owner of our Life, our Shepherd, our Lover, the One who has sustained us until this Particular moment, the One who has exceeded our Expectations.

    Give Him Glory, let the Lord hear your Voice – The Lord who has shown up Mightily and Powerfully for us.

    Be Appreciative for all He has done in the Past Days – Our God has been so Good, He has visited us beyond Expectations.

    Give Him Glory, Honour and Adoration – He is Worthy of all Praises, Worship and Adoration. There is no one like Him, bless His Holy Name.

    Thank You Lord. In Jesus Mighty Name we have Worshipped – Amen!

    SONG

    Amen, Amen, Blessings and Glory
    Wisdom, Thanksgiving and
    Honour
    Power and Might be unto our God
    For ever and ever, Amen!

    OPENING PRAYER

    Eternal God, we bless Your Name today.

    The One that remains the same forever – The same Yesterday, the same Today, the same Everlasting.

    We appreciate You for all that You have done for us and we are not taking You for granted.

    We Thank You for our Morning, Afternoon and Evening; we Thank You for every Single Day of this “Exceptional Convention”.

    Accept our Thanks and Praises in the Name of Jesus.

    Heavenly Father, even as we look into Your Words this Particular Morning, Minister to us again, and Glorify Your Name alone.

    Thank You Daddy!

    In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

    Please, I will like you to shake hands with those around you and tell them – I am here to receive “The Best of the Best”.

    That is the Topic of our Message this Morning – “Best of The Best”.

    And there is Someone here today or reading now on the Label of DMC; who will receive “The Best of the Best” – Amen!

    I want to give Glory to God on behalf of our daddy and mummy for such an “Exceptional Convention” – A Convention that we don’t have words to describe!

    After we had experienced “Perfect Jubilee” (DMC NOTES: This is the Theme for The RCCG Annual Convention 2022); several of us had thought that will be the Best for quite some time.

    But this Year (2023); we know that without any doubt that we didn’t see anything Last Year (2022).

    This Year (2023) has revealed to us that the Best is yet to come!

    The Best is yet to come for daddy; the Best is yet to come for mummy.

    We Congratulate God on your behalf and we want to Thank God for keeping you and sustaining you.

    We Pray that your Strength will never reduced – Amen; and you will continue to go from Strength to Strength – Amen!

    I believed without any doubt that everyone of us who has been here since the beginning of this Convention, we have received something from God beyond all Expectations.

    We have gone through Beyond Salvation and all the way, we have reached this Particular Level that we are today.

    God without any doubt has loaded us with Blessings beyond Expectations – Amen.

    We Pray that your Blessings will abide forever in the Name of Jesus – Amen!

    Somebody ought to ask – After all that we have received, after all that has been said and done; what again do we have that could be “The Best of Best”?

    Revelation 19:7-8:

    1. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to Him: for the Marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready.
    2. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the Righteousness of Saints.

    A Day comes when we are going to give Glory to God, when we are going to have a Mighty Thanksgiving Service like we are having today for this Beyond Expectations Convention.

    The Day is coming when we are going to rejoice and be glad in Heaven – When everyone who has made it at Last, will be able to give Honour to the One who sits upon the Throne of the Universe forever and ever.

    That Day is coming and that Particular Day, you will not be found wanting in the Name of Jesus – Amen!

    The “Best of The Best” is the Marriage of the Lamb, of which you are going to be a Bride, of which Ii will be a Bride.

    And without any doubt, all of us we shall be there on that Day in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ – Amen!

    And as the Lord Jesus Christ was rounding up His Assignment here on Earth, He told His Disciples in John 14: 1-3 – He revealed to them and said: Let not your Heart be troubled, you believed in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s House are many Mansions.

    And then He revealed to them that He is going to Prepare that Place for them Himself.

    In the world here, when you really see a house that goes beyond your description, you call it a Mansion.

    But in Heaven, when we have put together all the Mansions, we call the Place a House – In my Father’s House are many Mansions.

    Because His House is so expensive that the Bible says that the Heavens of Heaven cannot contain them.

    I believed without any doubt – Anyone who is a Believer will like to visit such a Place, will like to see such a House that could house Mansions upon Mansions.

    That will be what will be our Expectations when we make Heaven at Last, when we enjoy that Particular “Best of The Best”.

    When we experienced it and it becomes a Reality in our Life, we will be able to say: It is Time to be glad and to rejoice and to give Honour to Him.

    That will be our experience in the Name of Jesus – Amen!

    WHAT SHOULD WE BE EXPECTING IN HEAVEN?

    Do you know that many People used to think that Heaven will be a very boring Place?

    Most especially whenever we hear that it is going to be for Eternity.

    Many People will say what are we going to do for Eternity? Because even here in the world, after you have lived for some decades:

    • You begin to decay.
    • You will begin to wish that you should get out of this Particular Place.

    But over there, Eternity will be Fun, Eternity will be Full of Enjoyment.

    I. In Heaven, we are going to have lots of Good Music; we are going to have Worship and Praises.

    II. In Heaven, we are going to have a lot of Noise.

    III. In Heaven, we are going to have a lot of Shouting.

    All because no boring moments in Heaven!

    The Bible tells me in Revelation 4:5 – And out of the Throne Proceeded Lightnings and Thunderings and Voices: and there were seven Lamps of Fire burning before the Throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

    … In Heaven, you will hear Lightnings, Thunderings and Voices.

    And anyone who doesn’t like Noise; Please don’t attempt to go there.

    For those of us who enjoys Noisemaking, let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    Every Believers should be excited about Heaven!

    Our father-in-the-Lord told us years ago – He said that one day in Heaven and you will forget all the sufferings you have ever had in the world.

    On the other hand, one day in Hell, you won’t remember that you ever enjoy in the world.

    None of us will go to Hell in the Name of Jesus Christ – Amen!

    That is why Jesus Christ told some “Frightening Stories” so that it will Prepare the Heart of Men/Women for this Heaven.

    He spoke so Glowly about Heaven and He is a Preacher who Preach more about Hell because as the Creator of the Heaven and Earth and Hell and everything; He knows exactly what was there.

    The Bible says from Luke 16:23 – Jesus Christ told us the Story of a Rich Man who lifted up his eyes in Hell, who was in torment and he saw Abraham and Lazarus there with him.

    And he told Abraham – Father Abraham, have Mercy on me and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue (DMC NOTES: Luke 16: 23-24)

    … He was asking for Mercy when it was “Too Late”.

    May I tell Somebody here this Morning or reading now on the Label of DMC – The Rich Man did not go to Hell because he was rich and Lazarus didn’t go to Heaven because he was Poor!

    I will show you a Secret today – The reason why the Rich Man went to Hell and why Lazarus went to Heaven!

    Luke 12:16 – 19 – Is the Story of yet another Man.

    Just like the other one that Jesus Christ told us about – Here is a Man the Ground brought unto Plentifully.

    He was rich and had a Mighty Harvest – He has something to rejoice about.

    He had what we will called “Beyond Expectations Harvest”.

    And then, he began to think within himself – What am I going to do with all these Mighty Harvest that I had?

    Oh mine! I will Pull down my barn, I will build a Greater one. I will Store up all that I had, I will reserve something for the Future.

    And the Bible reveals to us in Verse 20 that God said unto him – Thou Fool.

    He was a Rich Man, He was a Wealthy Man but when God was about to describe him; God said that he is a Fool!

    One could be Rich and Foolish!

    And God said – This Night, thy Soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things be, which thou hast Provided. So is he that layeth up Treasure for himself and is not Rich towards God (DMC NOTES: Luke 12:20-21).

    A Question comes to you at this Point in Time – Are you Rich towards God?

    That is the reason why I want us to learn some certain Principles from these two (2) Personalities that we have just read about.

    Why is it that the Rich Man went to Hell and Lazarus went to Heaven?

    1. It is a Question of Priority.

    He Prioritise enjoyment and Pleasure while the other Fellow Prioritise Banking Up all his Resources in Heaven so that at the end of the day; everybody will be able to say: Oh, here comes the Richest Man; here comes the Wealthiest Fellow.

    That is what he Prioritise – He has no time to think about God.

    The Bible tells me in 1 Corinthians 15:19 – If in this Life only we have Hope in Christ, we are of all men most Miserable.

    I Pray that will not be the Pictture of your Life in the Name of Jesus – Amen!

    That is why the Bible says: Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and its Righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you (DMC NOTES: Matthew 6:33).

    You must Prioritise Heaven if you are going to make Heaven!

    “The Best of the Best” is reserved for us in Heaven – That is a Place that you can say Categorically that I have “The Best of The Best”!

    Because over there, the Streets in Heaven are Paved with Gold (DMC NOTES: Revelation 21:21)

    One of the most Wealthiest and Precious Minerals in the world is Gold – And that is what they used to Paved the Streets in Heaven.

    Over here (On Earth); whatever you reserves here will decay!

    Whatever God has given to you here in the world is to Prepare you for that Best of the Best!

    Are you Wealthy here in the world? – It is to ensure that you will have a Place in Heaven!

    Because here on Earth:

    I. Even the Money you reserved in the Bank, will loose its Value.

    II. The house you have built and you thought that your children will inherit.

    Your children will tear it apart, they will sell it and forget about it.

    III. The Clothes that you have gathered together, by the time you died, they will be Useless.

    IV. Your Wristwatches? Nobody will be interested in them because they will be Obsolete.

    What is that thing that you have that you have Prioritised above Heaven?

    You will regret that you ever put your Heart on them!

    The Best of The Best is to make Heaven.

    1. Preparation

    Are you Preparing yourself for Heaven?

    Jesus Christ made us to understand that if the Good Man of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not have suffered his house to be broken through (DMC NOTES: Luke 12:39).

    Therefore, be Ready!

    The Question comes to you today – Are you ready for Death or Rapture?

    1. Puurity

    1 John 3: 2-3 says:

    1. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as Je is.
    2. And every man that hath this Hope in him Purifieth himself, even as He is Pure.

    Are you Purifying yourself everyday?

    Remember that the Bible says: Be ye Holy as I am Holy (DMC NOTES: 1 Peter 1: 15-16).

    That is the Demand of God on those that will make Heaven!

    It is the thing that you must do on Daily basis – You watch your Life to ensure that you are Prepared!

    You might think that you will go with Rapture but Death may come knocking and then what will you do?

    And He is not going to listen to any Appeal – By that time, it will be “Too Late” to Prepare!

    1. Passion

    Are you Passionate about the things of God?

    Jesus Christ said about Himself – The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up (Psalms 69:9).

    I. He was so Passionate about the things of God – That was why He was doing the work of the Kingdom Day and Night (DMC NOTES: John 9:4):

    II. He was so Passionate that when He entered into the boat, He slept in the midst of the Storm (DMC NOTES: Matthew 8: 23-25).

    III. He was so Passionate that He forgot about food and He was Preaching the Gospel (DMC NOTES: John 4:34).

    You must Preach the Gospel while you still have your Breadth.

    You must do your best to save Souls.

    There are Lost Souls around us:

    • Our Colleagues
    • Our Friends
    • People working with us at our Place of work.
    • The Members of our families all over the Place.

    You have the Social Media to Preach the Gospel!

    Today, don’t waste any Precious moments of your Life on things that will not add Value to you in Eternity – Be Passionate about the things of God!

    Daniel 12:3 says: And they that be Wise shall Shine as the Brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to Righteousness as the Stars for ever and ever.

    1. Purposeful Living

    Are you Living a Life of Purpose?

    Are you Living for the reason Gid sent you to the world?

    Have you discovered the reason why you are here?

    Jesus Christ said in John 12:27 – Now is my Soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

    He (Jesus Christ) knew the reason why He was in the world!

    Even though, He is going to confront Suffering and Humiliation and Shame and Death; He said thar is the reason why I came into this world and I must fulfil Destiny.

    Those who will experience “Best of The Best” – They must live with a Purpose every moments of their lives!

    Are you Living with a Purpose? Or are you Living for a Post?

    That is why some Questiins are Crucial – And you must always ask yourself these three (3) Questiions as a Guide!

    Because the End comes at any Single moment – And these Questions will help you to stay focus:

    QUESTION NO 1: Why am I here?

    QUESTION NO 2: Where am I Headed?

    QUESTION NO 3: What am I Living For?

    Shall we rise on our feet as we Pray?

    ALTAR CALL

    I know that there is Someone here today or reading now on the Label of DMC – You have heard this Message and suddenly it occurred to you:

    It is Possible that I have received several things but I’m not Prepared for “The Best of The Best” .

    May I tell you – That is the reason, the very reason why God has told our father-in-the-Lord to bring forth this Topic.

    For you to be Prepared for this “Best of The Best”.

    You must however Surrender to the Only One who can take your Hand and take you into Heaven – His Name is Jesus Christ!

    Wherever you are – You want to Surrender to the Only One who will ensured that you enjoy this “Best of The Best” on the Last Day.

    Wherever you are, I will like you to come forward and Surrender to Him at this Time.

    … He is the Only one who can make you enjoy the “Best of The Best” and Nothing stands on your way.

    As you come forward, cry to the Lord Jesus Christ and say: Save my Soul, Prepare me for the “Best of The Best” don’t let me miss Heaven.

    If it is this Life alone that we have Hope, we are of all Men the most Miserable!

    Call Upon Him – Ask Him to do something New in your Life.

    Thank You Heavenly Father; Blessed be Your Name!

    PRAYER FOR SALVATION

    Precious Father, we Thank You for Your Beloved Children – Those who are here already, those who are coming on the way and those reading now on the Label of DMC.

    We ask Oh God of Heaven that as they have come to You today; You will do a New Thing in their lives in the Name of Jesus.

    Heavenly Father, we Pray that You will save their Souls and Lord, You will Prepare them to make Heaven at Last in the Name of Jesus.

    None of us will miss Heaven in the Name of Jesus.

    Precious Father, I Pray Oh Lord that as they have Surrendered to You today; everything that will Militate against their Progress, that will Militate against their making Heaven; let it Surrender Permanently in the Name of Jesus Christ.

    Thank You Heavenly Father!

    In Jesus Mighty Name we Pray – Amen!

    Now, everyone of us will Pray at this Time.

    So rise on your feet as we Pray:

    Cry to the Almighty God and say: Heavenly Father, I need “Best of The Best” – Don’t let the world take away what is “More Important” for me.

    You must Prioritise Heaven today!

    Open your mouth and cry to the Lord!!!

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  • BEYOND EXPECTATIONS (DAY 6: EVENING SESSION – HOLY COMMUNION AND ANOINTING SERVICE): PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE – RCCG 71ST ANNUAL CONVENTION, 12TH AUGUST, 2023.

    BEYOND EXPECTATIONS (DAY 6: EVENING SESSION – HOLY COMMUNION AND ANOINTING SERVICE): PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE – RCCG 71ST ANNUAL CONVENTION, 12TH AUGUST, 2023.

    RCCG 71ST ANNUAL CONVENTION 2023 (DAY 6: EVENING SESSION – HOLY COMMUNION AND ANOINTING SERVICE)

    THEME: BEYOND EXPECTATIONS

    MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

    TOPIC: BEYOND EATING, DRINKING AND ANOINTING

    DATE: 12TH AUGUST 2023

    BIBLE TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 11:26-30

    Thank You Lord!

    SONG:

    Worthy is Your Name
    Worthy is Your Name
    Worthy is Your Name, O Lord (Hallelujah ooo);
    Worthy is Your Name
    Worthy is Your Name
    Worthy is Your Name, O Lord.

    Holy is Your Name
    Holy is Your Name
    Holy is Your Name, O Lord (Hallelujah ooo)
    Holy is Your Name
    Holy is Your Name
    Holy is Your Name, O Lord.

    OPENING PRAYER

    Father, we just want to Worship You. We Bless Your Name; that Wonderful Name – The Name of Jesus.

    We Thank You our Saviour, our Healer, our Deliverer, our Provider, our Defender. Our King of kings, our Lord of lords. Our Friend, our Husband, our Soon Coming King. Glory be to Your Holy Name!

    Thank You for what You did on Monday (Day 1), Thank You for what You did on Tuesday (Day 2), Thank You for what You did on Wednesday (Day 3), Thank You for what You did on Thursday (Day 4). Thank You for what You did yesterday – Friday (Day 5). And Father, Thank You for what You will do tonight – Saturday (Day 6). Accept our Worship, in Jesus’ Name!

    Tonight, my Father and my God, in the lives of every one of Your children, do something Special.

    At the end of it all, let Your Name be Glorified.

    In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

    Well, let someone shout hallelujah + Hallelujah!

    I want you to Prophesy again to two (2) or three (3) People and tell them – Neighbour I love you; but I am the one getting the Best tonight – Amen.

    And then you may Please, be seated.

    You know there are Testimonies, and there are Testimonies!

    I heard a Testimony tonight and I almost jumped up and shout. But I had to remind myself; “everybody is looking up to you ooo. You are the Daddy, so you must behave like Daddy”.

    A Boat exploded, and hands were flying, legs were flying. And a man (alone) came out without a scratch because he is Anointed.

    Ha! Let me hear somebody shout hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    God is going to Anoint someone tonight inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC for Miracles – Amen!

    It’s good to belong to a Good Company – Thank God for the Power of the Anointing.

    BIRTH REPORT:

    More Good News! Today, Eighteen (18) more Children have been added to us; and the Girls are determined! Seven (7) Boys and eleven (11) Girls.

    And so as of tonight, we have Eighty four (84) Babies: Thirty eight (38) Boys and forty six (46) Girls.

    Well, let the Girls shout Praise the Lord! And let the Boys shout hallelujah – Hallelujah.

    … Don’t worry Boys; we still have from tonight till tomorrow morning. Miracles can happen.

    Glory be to God – Hallelujah!

    Do you know that Music is deeply connected to anything Spiritual? – Wrong Music invites Demons; Good Music invites Angels.

    One of my children phoned me this afternoon, he said, “I want to hear your voice, I want to be sure you are alive.”

    I am alive! No! God didn’t kill me overnight. By the Grace of God, the One Who knows all things knows I rely on Him alone.

    And since you Prayed last Night, that if he is not of God, kill him. But if he is of You, Multiply his Power Sevenfold: get ready for Miracles – Amen.

    Alright!

    1 Corinthians 11: 26-30

    26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.

    27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

    28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

    29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.

    30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

    I have told you before (and it’s something I’m sure you know) that the Quality of a Meal depends on the Ingredients of the Meal. And it depends therefore on the Wealth of the one Providing the Meal.

    Because it is how rich a man is that would determine the Ingredients he can buy!

    And then it depends on the Cook – Because the Ingredients might be Good; but the Cook might be bad.

    When you are talking about the Meal Provided by God, then you know definitely: the One Providing the Meal is the One Who says in Haggai 2:8, Silver is Mine, gold is Mine.

    He is the One who said in Psalms 50:10-12, all the Beasts of the field are Mine; the cattle upon a thousand hills, birds, everything, I own them all.

    So if He needs something to cook with, He can just pick anyone.

    When it comes to the ability of the Cook, the One Who is Providing the Meal tonight is the One Who has the ability to Change Stones to Bread – The devil knew He could do it!

    He is the One Who can take a look at Ordinary water and Change it to the Best Wine!

    That’s the Cook we are talking about – You can’t beat Him!

    He is the Richest and He is the Best.

    Now, What are your Expectations when you Eat and Drink?

    1. You want your hunger satisfied; You want your thirst satisfied. And many atimes you eat for Strength.

    I mean, in Acts 9:17-19, the Bible tells us that after God opened the eyes of Saul of Tarsus, He gave him food to eat, and he received Strength.

    In 1 Kings 19:4-8, God fed Elijah twice and the Bible said he gained so much Strength from two (2) Meals that he was able to travel forty (40) days and forty (40) nights without eating again.

    Let me assure you of one thing – The Strength that you need for the rest of your Journey in Life, God will give you tonight – Amen.

    Now, when you go to eat, Particularly in a Doctor’s house, you might expect, in addition to satisfying your hungry, your thirst, Strength for your body; you might even expect Healing.

    I mean, you are the Guest of a Doctor – After eating and drinking, while you are discussing, he might Prescribe something for your Healing.

    But the One Who is Providing the Meal tonight is also called, the Doctor or all doctors.

    Exodus 15:26 says, I am the Lord that healeth thee.

    So when you come to the Lord’s Table, you get Healing, you get Strength, you get Satisfaction. But then you get something Extra:

    1. And that is that you are reminded that you are Specially Loved.

    Because John 3:16 says clearly, For God so loved the world, that he gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not Perish, but have Everlasting Life.

    And then Jesus Christ said in John 15:13, Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his Life for his friends.

    He gave His Life, so that you can come to the Dinning Table of the Almighty God, and He can say: “Take, eat, this is my Body broken for you”.

    His Body is broken for you because He loves you. And He can say: “Take, drink, this is my Blood shed for you”.

    We come to the Holy Communion Service to be reminded that we are loved Specially.

    But then He says, every time you eat and drink, do this on Remembrance of me.

    We remembered His Sacrifice, but we also remembered His Promise.

    He made a Promise to His Disciples before He left, in John 14:1-3. He said, In my Father’s house are many Mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to Prepare a Place for you. And if I go and Prepare a Place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

    The Holy Communion is a very Peculiar Meal; it reminds you that you are loved:

    I. That Somebody loves you so much, He died for you. He allowed Himself to be beaten, so that He can say, “by His Stripes, you are Healed.”

    II. He allowed His Blood to be shed, so that you can then come, drink the Wine and say, “this is the Blood that He shed for you.”

    1. And to remind you that He is coming back for you.

    Several years ago, when we just set out as General Overseer (my wife and I) and things were tough – Physically tough, Materially tough, Spiritually tough. Because many of the People who were supposed to be helping were almost openly Praying that we would fail.

    Something kept us going when we considered all things – We were comforted by one thing: “One day the Lord will Return, and all these Problems will be over!”

    You know, I know without any doubt, there is Someone here inclusive those reading now on the Label of DMC; it doesn’t matter what you are going through; one day, the Lord will Return – Amen.

    … And I Pray you will go with Him – Amen.

    The Holy Communion Meal is so important, so Powerful, that the Bible says, don’t take it Unworthily – It is a very Precious Meal as it costs Jesus Christ His Life.

    He warns that it could kill!

    If you eat this Bread unworthily, drink this Blood unworthily, He said you could die.

    The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 10: 21-22 – Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be Partakers of the Lord’s Table, and of the table of devils.

    Do we Provoke the Lord to Jealousy? are we Stronger than he?

    You cannot be drinking the cup of the Lord and the cup of the devil at the same time. You cannot be dinning with Jesus and at the same time dinning with the devil.

    He says if you do that, you are Challenging God.

    And then He asked a Question: “Are you Stronger than God?”

    So, if you are going to Partake of the Holy Communion, you must make up your Mind – Publicly or Privately, you will have no Communion with Forces of Darkness – No way!

    One Traditional Ruler in Ekiti State (Nigeria) years ago, a Child of God; became King. And then the Leaders of the various Secret Societies came to him and said: you know you are King over the whole Town? He said, Yes! They said, we need to let you know that you must be Part and Parcel of all of us.

    And he said to them, what exactly are you saying?

    You have to join us, attend our Meetings – Don’t worry, we meet at Night.

    He said to them, “you mean I will be King during the Day, and one of you would be King during the Night?” Well, if you put it that way!

    He said to them: The God who made me King is King during the Day and He is King at Night! And since I am representing Him, “I would be King during the Day, and I would be King during the Night.”

    You say you are a Christian, but you say because of your Place of work or your Position in the Society, or your involvement in Politics; you have to drink certain cup in Secret; and then come and drink the Cup of the Lord – You are asking for very serious trouble!

    The Bible says, if you drink this Cup Unworthily, it can kill you!

    And then one young man came to me and said Sir, I have been taking this Holy Communion all these days unworthily as you call it; and I am still alive!

    So I was inspired to tell him, that there is something worse than Death.

    And I told him a Story of once I went to Kirikiri Maximum Prison (as a Preacher of course). And after the Service we gave some Inmates Group of Counselling.

    And one man came to me and said Sir, I was Sentenced to Death thirty-three (33) years ago and I am still here. He said, whenever they want to execute somebody, they do it at Night; between 2am and 3am.

    So he said, “when we hear footsteps at Night, we know they have come for somebody: by tomorrow we won’t see that fellow.”

    He said, “for thirty-three (33) years, I have been waiting for footsteps!” He said Sir, I have never been able to sleep until it’s almost 4am; because by then I know, they are not coming for me today. He said Please Pastor, use your influence, tell them to kill me, so I can go!

    I said, Ha! Why don’t you say, “Please, tell them to release me?”

    He said, release me for what? Thirty-three (33) years? He said, I won’t even be able to know the way to my Town anymore!

    Things have Changed in thirty-three (33) years – All my friends, they won’t even recognise me. “Use your influence, tell them to kill me.”

    There’s something worse than Death!

    And in the Name that’s above every other name, that thing which is worse than Death will stay away from you – Amen.

    Don’t eat the Holy Communion Unworthily:

    • If you are still sharing the cup of the devil, don’t share the Cup of the Lord.
    • If you are not a Child of God, don’t Partake of the Holy Communion.
    • If you have Someone who has offended you so badly, that you said you will never forgive; don’t eat the Holy Communion.

    It has the Power to Heal, the Power to Strengthen, the Power to Deliver. It has the Power to do all manners of Miracles. But it also has the Power to kill.

    So, I want you to be ready to come to the Table tonight after you’ve made up your Mind that from now on, you will never again have anything to do with the devil.

    ALTAR CALL

    And so if you are here tonight inclusive those of you reading now on the Label of DMC and you are not yet a Child of God and you want to give your Life to Jesus Christ; He is here! His Blood would wash away your sins, and would give you opportunity to become a Child of God.

    If you are a Backslider, you can return to Him now and He will restore you.

    If there is somebody who has offended you, you must forgive now!

    You don’t want to eat a Meal that will either kill you or give you something that is worse than Death – You don’t want to eat that kind of Meal Unworthily.

    So if you want to give your Life to Jesus Christ, come forward now! The Holy Communion can give you things far Beyond your Expectations. But you must eat it Worthily.

    Okay! Cry to Jesus Christ, tell Him Please, give Genuine Salvation. Destroy every Link between me and the devil. From now on I want to live for You and for You alone. Save my Soul and I will serve You for the rest of my Life.

    Let the rest of us Stretch our hands towards these People and Pray for them – That God will give them Genuine Salvation tonight. So that they will be True Children of the Living God.

    Let’s Pray for them!

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

    PRAYER FOR SALVATION

    My Father and my God, I want to Thank for Your Word; and I want to Thank You for these People who have responded to the Altar Call.

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

    And from now on, anytime they cry unto You, Please answer them by Fire!

    And give them the Grace to serve You for ever and ever.

    In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

    Now I want to Rejoice with all of you who have Genuinely Surrendered your Life to Jesus Christ.

    I want to assure you, by the Grace of God that from now on, I’ll be Praying for you.

    So I will need your names, your Address and your Prayer Requests.

    God Bless You!

    HOLY COMMUNION SERVICE

    … Now, we are about to go into the Holy Communion Proper!

    Tonight, when you take the Bread, your Prayer would be:

    Father; let my body become like Your Body. So that I don’t ever know Sickness again.

    Let my body become like Your Body, that anyone I touch would even Receive Healing.

    Do you know somebody Pointed out the fact that none of the Apostles was sick – As long as they had Jesus Christ with them.

    If they had been sick, the Bible would have told us. The Bible told us when the Mother-In-Law of Peter was sick.

    They killed almost everyone of them; and the one that they couldn’t kill (John Beloved) died of Old Age, without Sickness.

    So, when you eat the Bread tonight, your Prayer would be: Let my body become like Your Own, Jesus.

    … And when it is time to drink the Wine I will tell you how Pray!

    Now, while I was Preparing for this Service, as I was Praying – Overwhelmed by the fact that Someone really loves me, God gave me a little Song that the Choir will be singing as they are serving the Elements.

    SPECIAL HOLY COMMUNION HYMN

    1. Somebody loves me,
      Somebody loves me,
      Jesus Christ loves my Soul ooo;
      While I am Dining,
      Dining with Jesus,
      Jesus Christ loves my Soul.
    2. Someone is Coming,
      Jesus is Coming
      Coming soon for my Soul ooo;
      While I am Dining,
      Dining with Jesus,
      Jesus’ Coming for me.
    3. Heaven awaits me,
      Jesus awaits me,
      Jesus awaits my Soul ooo;
      While I am Dinning,
      Dining with Jesus,
      Heaven awaits my Soul.
    4. Sing Hallelujah,
      Shout Hallelujah,
      Sing loud above my Soul ooo;
      While I am Dinning,
      Dining with Jesus,
      Shout loud Hallelujah!
    5. Hallelujah – Father!
      Hallelujah – Jesus!
      Hallelujah – Holy Ghost ooo;
      Sing Hallelujah
      Shout Hallelujah
      Shout Great Hallelujah!

    ADMINISTERING THE HOLY COMMUNION:

    As we Eat, Pray that your body would become like that of Jesus Christ – Healthy, Strong, Overflowing with Healing Virtues; so that anybody who comes in Contact with you would receive Healing.

    “The Lord Jesus Christ, the very Night in which He was betrayed took bread: And when He had given Thanks, He broke it, and said, Take, eat: this is My Body, which is broken for you: this do in Remembrance of me.”

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

    I am sure you know the reason why we wait to eat and drink together? Because it is written in the Bible that we must wait. He said that if you want to eat before the others, then you better eat at home. The eating must be done together, the drinking must be done together, for everything to have the same Power and effect.

    Thank You Jesus!

    As we Drink the Wine tonight, your Prayer to God will be that: He will fill you to Overflowing with His Life. So that for the rest of your Life, you will be Healthy, Strong and Powerful.

    “After the same manner also He took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the New Testament in My Blood: this do ye, as oft as ye 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, Thank You Lord. Glory be to your Holy Name.

    In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

    And so shall it be, in Jesus’ Name – Amen!

    ANOINTING SERVICE

    In Psalms 23:5, David said: Thou Preparest a Table before me in the Presence of mine Enemies: thou anointest my head with Oil; my cup runneth over.

    The Overflowing comes with the Anointing – The Beyond Expectations comes with the Anointing.

    That’s why tonight, we’ll move Straight now to Anointing you with Oil.

    As you get Anointed tonight, your Prayer to God will be: As You Sealed that Your Son with the Anointing, so that Death could not take him, that Explosion could not touch him, that River could not drown him.

    As I receive the Anointing tonight, seal me for Miracles; so that whatever even Death may be expecting concerning me, Death would fail.

    … Thank You very much Choir! You will continue to sing as we Proceed with the Anointing.

    God Bless You!

    ANOINTING SESSION….

    Alright! Let’s Stand on our feet!

    You are going to Pray now as if your Life depends on it – So Pray this Prayer with all your Heart.

    Before the Day of Pentecost, the Apostles were hiding from the Enemies.

    But when the Fire came that day and sat on each and every one of them, they became Unstoppable!

    Your Prayer today is going to be: Father; because of this Anointing, from now on, let me become Unstoppable.

    Go ahead, cry to the Almighty God.

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

    DECREES:

    And so I Decree that after tonight, you will be Unstoppable!

    No enemy will be able to Stop you!

    Every door you knock at will be opened unto you!

    Everywhere you turn, ways will open unto you!

    Sickness will not stop you; Demons will not stop you. No enemy will be able to stop you!

    From now on, your Progress will be Accelerated!

    In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

    Let me hear somebody shout a Victorious Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    The Testimonies we heard tonight shows you clearly: Don’t take this Anointing for granted. It can do Marvellous things.

    From now on more Stopping!

    THANKSGIVING

    Let’s take our Thanksgiving Offering – The Choir will sing for us, we will dance to the nearest basket (Online) and drop our Offering. Then we will give you the Final Blessing and you will be going home tonight.

    Over to you Choir!

    CLOSING PRAYER

    My Father and my God, I just want to say THANK YOU.

    Definitely, everything about You is Beyond Expectations!

    Thank You for visiting with us this week. Thank You for Proving Yourself to be True.

    Thank You for Salvations Beyond Expectations.

    Thank You for Healings Beyond Expectations.

    Thank You for Deliverance Beyond Expectations.

    Thank You for Joy Beyond Expectations.

    Father, accept our Thanks, in Jesus’ Name!

    Father Please, receive the Offerings of Your Children, and give them a Harvest that is Beyond Expectations.

    Bless them so Mightily, that even before the end of this Month (August) when they see the Breakthroughs coming their way, they will be shouting for Joy.

    Now I am decreeing in Your Name, my Father and my God concerning these Your Children:

    That from this Hour onwards, they will become Unstoppable!

    That Sickness will never stop them!

    That Demons will never stop them!

    That every obstacles that the enemy may put on their way, would become Stepping Stones to Glory!

    So I say in the Name that’s above every other name, from this hour onwards, you’ll become Unstoppable!

    And you too, you will serve God like never before.

    And the Anointing on your head today will never run dry!

    It shall be well with you! It shall be well with you for ever!

    Your Miracles will keep on Multiplying.

    So shall it be!

    And in the Kingdom of God, none of us will be missing.

    In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

    … Now I want to hear an “Anointed, Unstoppable Hallelujah” – HALLELUJAH!!!

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  • FILL UP YOUR BOAT: REVEREND JOSEPH ADEOLU OLAIYA – RCCG 71ST ANNUAL CONVENTION, 11TH AUGUST, 2023.

    FILL UP YOUR BOAT: REVEREND JOSEPH ADEOLU OLAIYA – RCCG 71ST ANNUAL CONVENTION, 11TH AUGUST, 2023.

    RCCG 71ST ANNUAL CONVENTION 2023 (DAY 5: EVENNG SESSION TALK 1 – HOLY GHOST SERVICE)

    THEME: BEYOND EXPECTATIONS

    MINISTERING: REVEREND JOSEPH ADEOLU OLAIYA (PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, LIVING FAITH FOUNDATION, KADUNA)

    TOPIC: FILL UP YOUR BOAT

    DATE: 11TH AUGUST 2023

    BIBLE TEXT: LUKE 5: 1-11

    Let Somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!

    We Thank God for this Year’s Convention and Thank God for His Mercy.

    I’m also Thankful to God and Thankful to our daddy and mummy.

    I appreciate the Privilege to bring you the Word of God today.

    But I believed that the Word that is coming is not just for you; it is for me too.

    Somebody is about to have a “Boat-Sinking” Blessing tonight.

    Daddy GO, the Lord will Preserve you – You will be in Strength and in Health. As your days are increasing, so your Strength shall also increase – Amen!

    Mummy GO, the Lord will Preserve you – You will be in Health and in Strength (Amen).

    OPENING PRAYER

    Heavenly Father, we Thank You. We give You Praise and Glory for Your Word tonight.

    Father, we desire from You “Boat-Sinking” Blessings; Prepared by You tonight.

    Sent forth Your Words into our lives – The Word that will create the Miracles, the Word that will make us to receive the “Boat-Sinking” Blessings.

    Thank You Heavenly Father – Thank You for the Word, Thank You for the Grace and Glory be to God.

    In Jesus Mighty Name we Pray – Amen!

    I have been given the Message to Prepare everyone here and everyone under the Sound of my Voice or reading now on the Label of DMC; to receive a “Boat-Sinking” Miracle of Blessings tonight.

    That is Blessings that is:

    • “So Much” and “Too Much”.
    • “Much More” than your boat.
    • That will make you to require another Extra boat to be able to take the Blessings home!

    And if you are going to be one of such People that will go home with a Load and Overload of Blessings, let me hear you say Amen – Amen!

    The Scriptures reading is from Saint Luke 5: 1-11.

    Jesus Christ was under the “Crowd Pressure” and Jesus Christ wanted to escape the Pressure and He wanted to Preach to the crowd.

    He was by the Seaside and an idea crossed his Mind – He could as well made a Pulpit on the waters when there was crowd around.

    And as He looked around, he saw two (2) empty boats and the Fishermen washing their Nets. So, He approached one of them and beckoned to whoever was the owner of the boat – And the boat belonged to Peter.

    And Peter quickly hurriedly went to attend to Him and He said: Can you just thrust a little bit away from the Shore as I need to use your boat as my Pulpit to stand upon to Preach to the crowd. And Peter obliged Him.

    I Pray for Someone here tonight or reading now on the Label of DMC; may the Lord desire the use of your boat – Amen. May the Lord choose my boat for His use – Amen!

    So, He began to Preach and to teach from the boat.

    And at the end of the Sermom, He turned around in Gratefulness to Peter and said: Peter, Thank you for helping me. Can you Please Launch into the Deep?

    And Peter said: Master, maybe you thought that we have just arrived. We toiled All-Night and we caught Nothing – It has been a bad day, its being a bad Night as we caught Nothing. And it is more difficult to catch a fish in the Daytime.

    Nevertheless Master, since You have spoken, I will obey – So, Peter launched into the Deep.

    As soon as he threw his Net, it enclosed so much fishes that he considered that the Net will break should he try to Pull it.

    So, he quickly beckoned to the owner of the second boat, who came quickly to his rescue. And they threw their Nets around and the two boats were filled.

    It was at this Point that Peter became afraid – What kind of Man is this?

    He became convicted and he knelt down in the boat, over all the fishes that they have just brought in.

    And he (Peter) said: Depart from me as I am a Sinner.

    And when they got to the Land, Jesus Christ said: Never worry; you have seen what you have never seen in Life before. I will make you Fisher of Men.

    That Day, Peter connected with his Destiny!

    There is Somebody here under the Sound of my Voice tonight or reading now on the Label of DMC; you will discovered your Destiny in the Name of Jesus Christ – Amen!

    WHAT IS YOUR EMPTY BOAT?

    It is the Unfulfilled Part of your Life!

    I. Beautiful woman, married to a Wealthy husband but the Marriage is full of crisis.

    Your “Marriage Boat” is empty.

    II. Great Brain, Great Skill, Hardworking, very Diligent but there is Nothing to show for your Great Brain.

    Then you are an empty boat, an ineffective Net and you need Jesus Christ to come into that boat.

    III. Great Gift, Great Anointing, Great Eloquence but look at the Ministry committed to you; there is little or Nothing to show.

    If Jesus Christ takes over your boat tonight or as you read now on the Label of DMC; the Story will Change – Amen!

    IV. Hardworking Students, Diligent Students but everytime the Exams results comes out, it goes the wrong way.

    You have spent the regular five (5) years in School; you extended yours to seven (7) years and still, Graduation does not seems to be at sight.

    It is an empty boat situation.

    Jesus Christ will come into your boat tonight or as you read now on the Label of DMC – Amen.

    V. Years of Marriage and not a Single Fruit to show for it.

    You have done everything – IVF (DMC NOTES: IVF simply means: In vitro fertilization (IVF). And it is the joining of a woman’s egg and a man’s sperm in a laboratory dish. In vitro means outside the body.

    And even attended everything Medically but Nothing seems to be coming forth.

    Jesus Christ will take over that empty boat tonight or as you read now on the Label of DMC – Amen!

    When Jesus Christ took over the empty boat – He borrowed the empty boat for His Pulpit.

    Peter listened to the Sermon and at the end of the day, Jesus Christ turned around to Reward Peter.

    And He gave Instructions to Peter – Instructions that does not seems to be useful or sensible. But he (Peter) said: Nevertheless at Your Word!

    You have become Hopeless – There is Nothing working again. Listen to me:

    I. Jesus Christ will take over tonight – Amen.

    II. What is not working will start working – Amen.

    III. The “Empty Workshop” will now be loaded with Patronage – Amen.

    IV. The Market that is not moving will begin to move – Amen.

    V. The Efforts and Struggles that has not yielded Results will begin to yield Results – Amen.

    VI. And the Results shall be “Beyond Expectations” – Amen.

    … For Peter, it was “Beyond Expectations”.

    The Good thing about that I liked is that he respected Jesus Christ.

    But that is not his first time of meeting Jesus Christ:

    Weeks before, he has met Jesus Christ – Andrew his brother has met with Jesus Christ and the following day, went to Command Peter and said: Let’s go as I have found the Messiah.

    He (Peter) said: Where? And Andrew said follow me.

    DMC NOTES: We can get to read this Account where John the Baptist revealed the Identity of Jesus Christ as “The Lamb of God – The Messiah” to 2 of his own Disciples in which Andrew was one; who later told Peter and took him to where Jesus Christ can be found as recorded in John 1: 35-42.

    Now, they saw Jesus Christ and they came back to Fishing and then they toiled All-Night and caught Nothing,

    Your years of Fruitless Effort is coming to an end today or as you read now on the Label of DMC – Amen!

    Jesus Christ wants to take over that area(s) of your Life that you have Nothing to show – Allow Him to take over!

    Jesus Christ took over and became the Captain of the boat!

    You have directed your Life enough – You have directed and directed your Life and you have ended up in Frustration. Allow Jesus Christ, the Captain to take over!

    So Peter said: Master, okay no argument as You are the boss. What should we do?

    Launch into the Deep and Pater moved immediately – Simple!

    Many Christians will continue to Struggle Financially until they obeyed the Instructions of the Master!

    I. Simple, give Him the Tithe of everything.

    You Pay Tithe of your Salary but you don’t Pay Tithe of Other Incomes? Whose Money are you keeping? God’s Money?

    II. Honour Him with your First Fruit.

    … Launch into the Deep – Peter said: Yes sir!

    Every Commandments that Jesus Christ gives, you will say: Yes sir!

    I believe God for a Word tonight – The Word that will bring me “Boat-Sinking” Miracle (Amen).

    I am going out of here tonight with my boat loaded with my Blessings – Amen.

    I am connecting with my Destiny tonight or as you read now on the Label of DMC – Amen!

    I am just here to Prepare you.

    What is that Instruction(s) that Jesus Christ has given you over the years that you have flauted? It is Time to say: “Yes Sir”!

    And when you say “Yes Sir” to Him; that is the end of the Emptiness!

    Job 36:11 – If you obey and serve God, you will spend your days in Prosperity and your Years in Pleasures.

    Peter saw and he beckoned to his fellows.

    Somebody will receive a Breakthrough tonight but you will need a lot of Peoole to help you carry it home – Amen!

    WHY WAS PETER CRYING?

    • He saw the Futility of his Life.
    • He saw the Wastefulness of his years

    All the Life Histtory of Peter, he has never seen a Harvest like that before.

    I am believing God for a Divine Touch tonight – Amen!

    My Miracle has started, there is a Turn Around for me and you and no more empty boats – Amen!

    Peter saw “More Than a Man” – This is the Man they called the Messiah; that is our King. He must be King as He has Dominion over the sea. He spoke and the fish came out.

    Ha, Ha; I will follow Him.

    He said that I am a Sinner but I will follow Him.

    WHAT DID HE SEE?

    • He saw a Man whose Voice the Sea obeyed.
    • He saw a Man that has Dominion on Land and Dominion on the Sea.
    • And He said: This is our King, our Messiah, the Everlasting King.

    What am I doing with Fishing?

    He came to Land, and instead of taking the fish to the Market; he abandoned the fish for his People and said: For You Master, I follow You – Wherever You go, I will go; whatever You want me to do, I will do; anything You instruct me, I will execute it. Because I have come to discovered that You have the answer to every situation.

    I want to tell you tonight – You have been struggling on your own, making efforts on your own but it is ending upon Nothing.

    There was a New Captain:

    • Who wants to take over your Marriage.
    • Who wants to take over your Business.
    • Who wants to take over your Preaching.
    • He wants to take over your Life.
    • He wants to take over your Health.

    The Doctors has tried enough for you. They are even tired of you – When they heard that you are coming, they say that they are not around.

    Your case is so bad – Don’t worry, let Him take over tonight!

    And as you allow Jesus Christ to take over and be a Captain of your Life; your Story will Change tonight – Amen!

    Peter was just looking for some fishes to sell to eat; Jesus Christ gave him overdose!

    I want to make a Call tonight:

    You are one of those People that has tried and tried on your own and you have ended up with Nothing.

    That Particular area of your Life:

    I. You said: Well my Finances are okay; it’s just my Marriage – He is going to take over.

    II. You say: My Finances are okay, it’s just my Health – He will take over.

    III. You said: Well, my Healty is okay, it’s just that there is no Money – He will take over.

    IV. You said that everything is okay, it’s just my Career that is a Failure – Jesus Christ will take over.

    It is the boat that you “Hand Over” to Jesus Christ that will be filled with Overflowing!

    And once you give over your Life, the first thing that Jesus Christ will take from you is your sin!

    He took over Peter sin when Peter cried that I am a Sinner and He gave Him a New Destiny!

    • Do you want Jesus Christ to take over your boat?
    • Are you serious about it?
    • Do you really want it?
    • Have you identified the areas of your Life where you need Jesus Christ to step in?

    I’m going to Pray with you tonight – I will hand you over to Captain Jesus and you are going to hand over the boat of your Life to Him.

    And I assured you that by the time the Heavens begin to release the Miracles; you will go back home with Overload – Amen!

    So, I’m going to make a Call now for those who knows there is an empty boat area in your Life and you want Jesus Christ to take over.

    The first thing that Jesus Christ took away from Peter was his sin; when he said: I am a Sinner, depart from me.

    The Miracle gave him the Conviction.

    And Jesus Christ said: Don’t worry, I will make you Fisher of Men.

    James and John brought their boat and all of them became Fisher of Men!

    Let Us Pray!

    ALTAR CALL

    i want to make a Call for those of you who wants Jesus Christ to take over in your Life – Take over that area and give you a Boat-Sinking Miracle.

    I will ask you to come out quickly as we will be Praying – And Jesus Christ will take over and there will be Boat-Sinking Miracle Offer to you tonight.

    So, if you want to come, start coming now – Come and hand over the boat of your Life to Him now.

    I will count from one (1) to ten (10) – Those of you that encountered God tonight, start coming and come quickly.

    Those of you infront, say: Jesus Christ take over the boat of my Life.

    I Surrender to You: My Academics, Business, Marriage, Future Health, Ministry – Saying I am tired as I have tried and tried.

    SONG

    Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
    Let me hide myself in Thee;
    Let the water and the blood,
    From Thy riven side which flowed,
    Be of sin the double cure,
    Save me from its guilt and Power.

    Say: Father, everything making my Life to be empty, take it away from me now.

    Take away my sins, my Suffering, my Emptiness; Oh Lord.

    SONG

    Not the Labor of my hands
    Can fulfill Thy law’s demands;
    Could my zeal no respite know,
    Could my tears forever flow,
    All could never sin erase,
    Thou must save, and save by Grace.

    Nothing in my hands I bring,
    Simply to Thy Cross I cling;
    Naked, come to Thee for dress,
    Helpless, look to Thee for Grace:
    Foul, I to the fountain fly,
    Wash me, Savior, or I die.

    While I draw this fleeting breath,
    When mine eyes shall close in Death,
    When I soar to worlds unknown,
    See Thee on Thy Judgment Throne,
    Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
    Let me hide myself in Thee.

    IIn Jesus Name we Pray – Amen!

    PERSONAL ALTAR CALL DECLARATIONS

    Please say after me:

    Lord Jesus, You know my Struggles, You know my Frustrations, You know my Emptiness and You have spotted me Out.

    I Surrender my Life to You, I Surrender the boat of my Life to You – I Surrender everything to You.

    From today, become the Commander of my Life, the Director of my Life and the Captain of my boat.

    By Your Grace,, anything You say; I will obey; even if I don’t understand, I will follow Your Instructions.

    And I believed that as You gave Peter a Great Miracle, You will give me my Miracle tonight and I will go back home with my boat overloaded with Blessings.

    I received Forgiveness for all my sins and I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

    I believed that Jesus Christ died and rose from the Dead and I made Jeaus Christ as the Captain of my Life.

    I believe that You are coming again and I will follow You as Peter followed You. And I will follow You to the End.

    In Jesus Name – Amen!

    Now, Please Place your hands on your head as I want to Pray for you!

    SOLEMN MOMENT

    You came to this Convention – Don’t do what Gehazi did, so that you will not go home with Gehazi’s Problem.

    God asked me to tell you – You know what you have been doing and He has told you severally.

    People are going home with “Loaded Blessings”; may you not go home with “Loaded Trouble”.

    The one the Holy Spirit is speaking to, knows!

    CLOSING PRAYER

    Father, I have declared Your Counsel – You took the sin from Petter and You gave him a Ministry; You took his Failure and Emptiness and You gave Him Abundance.

    You revealed Yourself to Peter to the Point that he looked at the fish and said: I think there is something more than this fish.

    Father, more than the Miracles that is waiting; reveal Great Things to them in the Name of Jesus.

    The Revelation that made Peter to abandoned the Fish and followed You, give it to us tonight in the Name of Jesus.

    Father I declare – From today, your boat will never be empty again.

    No more Failure in your Academics, no more Sorrow and Unfulfillment in your Marriage, no more Business Failure, no more Fruitless Labour.

    By the Word of the Lord, I declare into your Life – Enter into your Abundance; “Little Labour” much Fruits, “Little Labour” much Success in the Name of Jesus.

    Be Connected with your Destiny – You will Prosper, you will Excel, you will no longer Struggle in vain, every Directions you turn, Help will come to you – Heaven will help you, Angels will work for you.

    Jesus Christ will be your Captain for the rest of your Life.

    Glory be to God!

    Father, I Pray for myself as well as all Your Children, give us the Heart to do whatever You tell us to do and let us not be Disobedient Children.

    Jesus Christ, You know where to find whatever we are looking for; You have the answer to every Questions – Tonight, answer every Questions, Supply more than we need and exceed all our Expectations.

    And beyond the “Temporal Miracles”; be our “Eternal King”.

    Thank You Heavenly Father and Glory be to Jesus.

    And in Jesus Name you remained Bless – Amen!

    Shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!!!

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  • BEYOND EXPECTATIONS (DAY 4: EVENING SESSION): PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE – RCCG 71ST ANNUAL CONVENTION, 10TH AUGUST, 2023.

    BEYOND EXPECTATIONS (DAY 4: EVENING SESSION): PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE – RCCG 71ST ANNUAL CONVENTION, 10TH AUGUST, 2023.

    RCCG 71ST ANNUAL CONVENTION 2023 (DAY 4: EVENING SESSION – DELIVERANCE SERVICE)

    THEME: BEYOND EXPECTATIONS

    MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

    TOPIC: BEYOND DELIVERANCE

    DATE: 10TH AUGUST 2023

    BIBLE TEXT: ACTS 8:5-8

    Thank You Lord!

    SONG:

    You are the Mighty God
    The Great I AM
    Hallelujah, Hallelujah;

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

    OPENING PRAYER

    King of of Glory, the Lord Strong and Mighty. The Lord Mighty in battle, the Lord who has never lost a war, te Lord of Hosts Himself; we Worship You. Accept our Worship, in Jesus’ Name.

    Thank You for Monday (Day 1), Thank You for Tuesday (Day 2), Thank You for yesterday (Day 3), and Thank You for tonight (Day 4). And Thank You in advance for tomorrow (Day 5). Accept our Worship, in Jesus’ Name.

    Even as Your children sang, tonight Prove Yourself. Show the whole world that You are the Almighty God.

    Arise tonight Lord, and scatter all the Enemies of Your Children.

    In Jesus’ Marvellous Name we have Prayed – Amen.

    Let your Amen be louder than that of your Neighbour – Amen!

    Again, you are going to Prophesy to one (1) or two (2) People and say: Neighbour, I love you; but my Surprise from God tonight will be bigger than yours – Amen.

    Thank You Father!

    And then you may Please, be seated.

    • God Bless You (Amen).

    BIRTH REPORT:

    I have Good News for you: today Fourteen (14) more Babies have been born – seven (7) Boys, seven (7) Girls.

    Bringing the total Babies to Forty nine (49) – Twenty one (21) Boys and twenty eight (28) Girls. So the Girls are still leading.

    Let the Girls shout Praise the Lord! And let the Boys shout hallelujah – Hallelujah.

    … Don’t worry Boys, we will catch up. Don’t worry!

    Tonight we are talking on: BEYOND DELIVERANCE.

    Acts 8:5-8

    5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.

    6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

    7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.

    8 And there was great joy in that city.

    There is going to be Great Joy here tonight (inclusive for those reading now on the Label of DMC) – Amen!

    Let me hear your Amen loud and clear – Amen!

    Now, when we talk of Deliverance we are basically talking about Freedom from Demons; Demonic Forces – Freedom from anything that has to do with the devil.

    I. And the Demonic Forces could be just One (1) – Like in Mark 1:23-27.

    And it is interesting that God called Demons, ‘Unclean Spirits’.

    So there is a link between Dirtiness and Demons.

    II. A Demon could be More than one – Like in Luke 8:1-3.

    It talks about Mary Magdalene who had seven (7) Demons only.

    III. Or the demons could be Thousands – Luke in Mark 5:2-13.

    Talking about the madman of Gadara – In his own case, he had a Legion of Demons.

    But whether the Demons are one (1) or seven (7) or thousands; there is Someone Who is called The Deliverer. And I am sure you know His Name – JESUS.

    Now, let me hear you shout His Name – JESUS!

    So when we talk about Deliverance basically, we are talking about Deliverance from Unclean Spirits, from Demonic Forces.

    But Deliverance offers you much more than just Freedom from Demons:

    1. It offers you Freedom from Harmful Habits.

    For example in Mark 5:5, talking about the madman of Gadara, the Bible says he was always cutting himself with stones. He was doing something that was destroying him.

    That is why you find People who have found out, that without any doubt “smoking is dangerous – it can kill” but they keep on smoking. You find a Doctor smoking.

    I think on one occasion they asked a Doctor, “you know this thing can kill, why are you still doing it?” He said, Yes! Man is going to die by something anyway. So he said, if he is going to die by enjoyment. He calls smoking ‘enjoyment’. He says, what is the Problem?

    And believe me honestly, Deliverance can deliver you from Adultery and Fornication (Destructive Habits). Because in 1 Corinthians 3:17, the Bible made it clear: if you defile the Temple of God, God will destroy you. And it says your body is the Temple of God.

    1. Deliverance can give you Freedom from Wrong Association, Wrong Company.

    The madman of Gadara was living in the Graveyard, keeping Company with the Dead.

    It will interest you to know that in Proverbs 21:16, the Bible says that a Backslider is Living in the Congregation of the Dead.

    If you have backslidden, you are remaining in the Congregation of the Dead.

    Which is why when it is Altar Call Time tonight; if you know that you are backsliding run away from the Company of the Dead – Come back to God.

    1 Corinthians 15:33 tells us that: Evil Communication corrupts Good manner.

    That means you are Fellowshipping with the wrong kind of People, you will soon become like them.

    The Elders have a saying, “the Sheep that is Fellowshipping with dogs will eat feces”.

    Proverbs 13:20 tells us clearly that if you walk with Wise People, you will be Wise; “but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.”

    If your friends are fools and you keep on associating with them, the Bible says destruction is waiting.

    … But Deliverance offers you more than that;

    1. It offers you a Restoration of your Destiny.

    Before you were born God had a Plan for your Life.

    He said, Before I formed you in the belly I knew thee; and before you came forth out of the womb I had already set you apart for a Purpose – Jeremiah 1:5

    But then many People come into the world and they deviate; and their Destiny becomes truncated.

    But Deliverance can restore your Destiny.

    For example, in the case of the madman of Gadara we were talking about, Nobody would have thought that madman was born to be an Evangelist. But when Deliverance came and he said: Lord, I will go with You wherever You go; the Lord said, No! Go and fulfill your Purpose! – Your Purpose is to be an Evangelist.

    I have Good News for Somebody here tonight inclusive all those reading now on the Label of DMC, your Destiny that is being truncated shall be fully Restored – Amen.

    Some of you have heard the Story before; of a young man – Brilliant young man. A student of Medicine at the University of Ibadan. His father fought with another man – He wasn’t there when they were doing their fighting and the other man Placed a curse on the father and said, “by the time I finished with you, Nobody will ever remember you ever came to this world.”

    1. Incidentally, Deliverance can Take you Out of any Family Curse.

    So let me use the opportunity of tonight to say that if there are any Generational Curses in your family; by the Authority of the One who is called the All-Sufficient God, I destroy it – Amen.

    And as soon as that man Pronounced the curse; less than two (2) weeks later, the man he fought with died. So all the children came home to bury their dad. And the eldest of the children had just returned from Germany, and bought a new car.

    On the way, after the burial of the father, the car had an accident, and the boy died!

    They brought the News back home, the mother heard the News, collapsed and died! The children came to bury their mother, on their way back, another accident and the eldest sister in the family died and on and on!

    Until one day, the man who Placed the curse saw this young man – The last one left, Student at the University of Ibadan, College of Medicine. And said “Ha! There remains one! This one is still living – Before I killed this one, I will torture him a bit.”

    I decree today that, that “Sworn Enemy” of your family, by the time you get back home, he would be gone – Amen!

    So he did something and the boy became crazy. Got back to the Campus, gathered all his books together and all his clothes and set them on fire.

    Of course, they took him to Psychiatric Hospital and loaded him with drugs. And they said he can now go back to School but he has burnt all his Properties.

    So he went home to see if he could get some money from his father’s farm. And that man saw him again: “Oh! You are still around?” He added Petrol to the fire. The boy returned to the Campus and things got worse.

    To cut the long Story short, after a long while something told that boy: Your case is not Natural, it is not for drugs. You need to come in contact with the Lord of Hosts.

    So they brought him to this Camp. By the time we saw him, his eyes were crimson red – Because he had not been able to sleep for days.

    By the Special Grace of God, he gave his Life to Jesus Christ. The Almighty God intervened and somehow we were able to support him and he finished his Doctorate Degree.

    Today, he is an Evangelist.

    I decree to Someone here listening to me inclusive all those now reading on the Label of DMC: As a result of what God will do in your Life tonight, you will fulfill Destiny – Amen.

    But Deliverance offers you more.

    If you read Exodus 12:30-32, when God was to deliver Israel from Egypt, Pharaoh said something: “Go and serve God as you wish.

    1. Deliverance gives you the Ability and the Means to Serve God as you Wish.

    For example, Deliverance makes available to you, the Wealth that you need to serve God.

    I know there are some People here inclusive all those reading now on the Label of DMC who would love to build a Church for God once every year. It is only they don’t have the means. I am decreeing tonight that the Power to do whatever you want to do for God easily, you’ll receive it tonight – Amen.

    It was Deliverance that turned Mary Magdalene to a Divine Treasurer.

    “Poverty is a curse; Prosperity is a Blessing.”

    That is one of the reasons why the devil does not like anything that would cause you to Prosper.

    I am telling you, Poverty is not Good – If you agree with me say Amen – Amen.

    I have been Poor; by the Grace of God; I am not that Poor any more. I have known what it is to walk barefooted till you reach the age of eighteen (18) – That’s not good!

    Poverty is a curse.

    And today, in the Name of the One Who saved my Soul; in the Name of the One who called me, I decree: Poverty will become a Stranger to you – Amen.

    The Almighty God said, it is to Sinners that God has ordained travail – To Struggle and have Nothing to show for it.

    You are working hard, working like an Elephant and eating like an Ant – That is not Good.

    What your God says is, I wish above all things that you will Prosper and be in Health; even as your Soul Prospers.

    If there is any one who should be doing very well, it is Someone whose Soul is Prospering.

    If you are a True Child of God, doing the Will of God, you shouldn’t Lack. Poverty is a curse; and Poverty will become a Stranger to your family – Amen!

    Oh! I am sure some of you will say: “what about those People who are not Christians and they have a lot of money?”

    Oh sure! If you Study the Bible very well, the Word of God says clearly: the Prosperity of fools will destroy them.

    The Bible says, it is the Blessings of the Lord that maketh rich and adds no sorrow.

    You will Prosper! And you won’t know sorrow – Amen.

    However, Prosperity can take you much, much deeper.

    I have already talked about Restoration of Destiny as one of the things that you get when you are delivered.

    But some of the things that I really like (and I won’t take too long tonight, because I want you to Pray) is that, Deliverance can turn you to Becoming a Terror to the devil.

    You used to run from Witches and Wizards, Deliverance can turn the tide so that they will now become those who would be running away from you!

    1. You can become Someone who will be Moving Mountains.

    Acts 13:6-12, Paul was Preaching the Gospel, which was his Life Assignment. And then a Sorcerer decided to block the way. The Bible says, Paul full of the Holy Spirit looked at him and said, I am talking and you are hindering me? He said, I decree that you will be blind for a while.

    … Up till today I don’t know why he added “for a while.”

    And immediately, the Fellow became blind and moved out of the way. And the Governor that Paul was Preaching to got converted.

    *I know atimes, when we Pray and make some decrees, some People feel, “Are you not being “Too Violent”?”

    But if Somebody says I will not reach my Goal, should I allow him to stay? NO!

    So I decree: Antone who will not allow you to reach your Goal shall be Uprooted – Amen.

    One of my sons (some of you have heard this Testimony before) – Great Child of God, doing Mighty Things for God, was living in the same house in Ikeja with a Witch – He was living in a flat Upstairs and there was this Witch living in the flat below (very famous one). Big, big Officers of Law were coming to her for Power.

    And my son came and told me. I said, what are you doing? You are Upstairs, the devil is downstairs, move the devil! “Excuse Sir, aren’t you forgetting that the Bible says we must be Gentle as a Dove?” I said, I see!

    So if I get to my bedroom at Night and I open the bedsheet and one way or the other, I found that a Poisonous snake had found its way under the bed sheet; what you are asking me to say is, “Oh! Thou Creature of God, you are welcome.” Sleep on, but don’t worry, I will be sleeping somewhere near you.”

    Is that what you will do? No! What would you do? Command the Mountain to move!

    So after sometime I didn’t see my boy. When I saw him, there were rashes all over his body. “What happened?” He said the Witch reported him to one of the Police Officers – That she is convinced that the boy upstairs must be a Highway Robber; that People are always coming to his Place at Night to discuss.

    People were coming to Pray – She said they were coming to Plan how they will rob.

    So the Policemen arrested my boy, threw him into detention. It took a while before they said, this Fellow is always Praying, he can’t be an Armed Robber.

    When my son came to me; I said: served you right! Harmless as Dove, go back, continue to be harmless as a Dove with the Witch underground. The next time she is going to report you, you won’t come out.

    He got home and commanded the Mountain to move and the Mountain moved!

    Do I hear Somebody say: In the Mighty Name of Jesus, every Mountains blocking my way, move tonight – Amen.

    Amen! Don’t worry, the time to Pray would come. Please, be seated!

    There is something I like much more than moving occasional Mountains, it is that;

    1. Deliverance can move you to a Level where you become a One-Man-Army for the Lord.

    As you found in the Bible Text that I read to you (Acts 8:5-8) – Only one boy (Philip) went to a City; when he arrived there every Demons started running away.

    Single boy! Became an Army of God, flushed out all evil forces in the town.

    The result? – There was Great Joy in the City.

    I am believing God for you, that after this Convention, you will visit your Village, you will visit your Towns and drive out all the Demons there – Amen.

    Let me tell you a Story, and I will mention names because it’s a true Story anyway!

    The Late Orimolusi (the one before the Present one) happened to be, not just to be my son in the Lord, but my friend. And his Salvation was solid – I mean solid! Saved, Sanctified, Delivered and Baptized in the Holy Spirit.

    So he told the People in his Town – And this is a True Story; you can check to be sure I’m telling you the Truth.

    He said: Now, I am a Child of God, I am not just an “Ordinary Oba” – Not just an “Ordinary Traditional Ruler” – No more idol worshipping in my Town. And the People laughed at him.

    And at the time he was saying that, the Egungun (Masquerade) Festival was just some weeks away! They told him we have been doing this before your father, not to talk of you. We will celebrate our Egungun (Masquerade) Festival. He said fine, we shall see!

    Then about three (3) weeks to the date when the Festival was to be celebrated, the High Priest, who would lead the celebration died. So the People said, no Problem! There is a Successor. So another fellow became High Priest. But ten (10) days or so to the celebration the new High Priest died. And the People said, no Problem! There is somebody who can succeed that one. And so they told him, it’s your turn! He said, I refuse! They said, why not? He said, the God of Orimolusi will kill me.

    I hereby decree, anybody who raises any hand or foot against your God shall die – Amen.

    DMC NOTES: The “Orimolusi” is the name of the First-Class King and he is the Supreme Head of Ijebu-Igbo (Headquarters of Ijebu North LGA Ogun State). Oba Sami Adetayo, the Ikupakude IV, was the name and Identity of the King in Question as at then and he joined his Ancestors on May 28, 1994. And after 28 years of interregnum occasioned by Legal battles and fierce Contest over the Royal Father Stool, Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun on the 5th of January 2022 installed the New and current “Orimolusi” of Ijebu Igbo, Oba Lawrence Adebajo.

    What are the Requirements for you to be a One-Man-Army for God – A Terror to the devil?

    James 4:7 says, Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

    ….he will do what? He will flee!

    1. Let your Submission to God be Total.

    You must be able to say, like Jesus said in John 14:30, The Prince of this world has come and has found nothing in me.

    I am a Christian, a Child of God, hundred Percent (100%) with nothing added.

    Submit like that to God, you will resist the devil, the devil will flee.

    I am a small boy! And if I am a small boy now, you can imagine how small I was some forty (40) years ago.

    You have heard the Story – About forty (40) years ago, the same Orimolusi of Blessed Memory (DMC NOTES: Oba Sami Adetayo; The Ikupakude IV) invited me to Ijebu-Igbo for a Thanksgiving Service.

    Because some of his children had returned from Abroad and he wanted to celebrate; and I went.

    And just as the Service was about to begin, a lot of his Chiefs (of those days) came! And they came in the Regalia of their various cults. The Ushers saw them coming and they said to me and said: Sir! Are we going to allow these People into the Church?

    I said of course, bring them to the front row where it will be easy for my God to reach them quickly.

    And I Changed my Sermon – I was going to Preach on, “O that Man whould Praise the Lord.” I Changed my Sermon to “What happened on Mount Carmel.”

    … You know what happened on Mount Carmel!

    I rounded up the Sermon by saying: Brethren, I came here with my wife and my son, in this Particular car number so and so.

    I said, I give you a Challenge – If you can make one of my tyres go flat, I will serve your god, if you can’t do that? You must serve my God.

    Then I made the Altar Call; and the Head Chief who incidentally also happened to be the Leader of all the Members of the Secret Society was the first to come forward.

    He came and of course, when they saw their Leader going, others followed.

    At the end of the Service, Orimolusi said to me, “E.A” – I said, Kabiyesi. Because we were close, you know? He called me “E.A” (as my initial). You saw my Chief Assistant, the highest man next to me coming forward when you made the Altar Call? I said Kabiyesi, I saw him.

    He said, maybe he didn’t understand what you said ooo – Maybe he thought you were asking for Somebody who needs Prayers for Healing. He said, let’s follow him up. I said good, let’s go!

    So we got to him and Kabiyesi said, do you know what you have just done? He said I do! Why?

    He said, Ha! You see a small boy like this Challenging all of us; who does not know there must be Somebody behind him?

    When you leave here, the Lord of Hosts will be behind you – Amen!

    … He said, it is the One behind him that I surrendered to!

    Submit to God absolutely and then you resist the devil and he will flee from you – That is what the Bible says.

    1. Then if you are to be a One-Man-Army for God, you must be ready for a Life of Self Discipline.

    You must be ready for a Life that you will keep yourself under Perfect Control.

    In Matthew 17:14-21, there was a boy who was being tormented by a Demon. And they brought him to the Disciples and they couldn’t cast the Demon out. But Jesus came and threw away the Demon.

    So later on the Disciples came to the Lord and said Sir, why couldn’t we cast him out?

    I. And the Lord said well, because of your Unbelief;

    II. Because this kind does not come out, except with Fasting and Prayer.

    You are my children so I can tell you the Truth – Your life must become a Life of Fasting and Prayer.

    You can’t be overloaded with Pounded yam everytime and expect the devil to take you serious.

    You must learn to say No to the flesh from time to time.

    That’s what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 9:25-27. He said, I keep my body under.

    I tell the body, Hey! Sit down.

    That is why you find that in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), one of the things we are noted for is Fasting.

    And from time to time, I call you to Fast.

    Some of you of course obey – I don’t know about the rest.

    But in the Name that’s above every other name, as you follow my foot steps you will be Greater than I – Amen!

    Some of you have heard the Story before (don’t worry, I am about to Close) – I went home to my Village in Ifewara (Osun State Nigeria) several years ago. I was on holidays! And when I am on holidays I don’t think Fasting – Holidays mean you do what you don’t normally do. You rest, you eat.

    And I went home (my home), and they Prepared me Pounded yam – My favourite food; with bush meat and combination Okro soup.

    As usual, I Prayed before I eat – “Father, in the Mighty Name of Jesus …”

    And God said clearly: Son, don’t eat!

    Ha! This is my home, Nobody is going to Poison me here – My People love me, my family, they love me and I am not Fasting today, as I am on holidays.

    God said again, Son, don’t eat!

    I am confessing to you; I said this Pounded yam, I am going to eat this one.

    So I ate. I am a Human Being like you now! – Pray that God will help me.

    I have just finished eating when a Messenger came and said one of my Elder sisters, living not too far away had been struck from head to toe with Small Pox.

    … Thank God Small Pox is forgotten now!

    But in those days, it was a terrible disease – It can kill you. If it doesn’t kill you, it will deform you.

    O God! I ran to where my sister was.

    When I saw her, I was shaking. And I heard God say, “I told you not to eat yet.” I ran to the back of the house, put my hand deep into my throat and vomitted the Meal.

    You don’t cast out Small Pox with your belly full of Pounded yam!

    I apologised to God and then came back and dealt with the Small Pox.

    Before the following Morning, my sister was Completely Whole again.

    You must be willing to live a Disciplined Life.

    1. And of course, you don’t face the devil unless you are Full of the Spirit.

    We are going to be Praying tonight. And one of your Prayers tonight is that God will fill you to Overflowing with the Holy Spirit – He is Willing, if you are Willing.

    In Conclusion: How can you become a terror to the devil if you are not Born Again?

    Because the Bible says clearly in 1 John 3:8, He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this Purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

    You are committing sin? It says the devil is your owner. And so how are you going to be commanding your owner to move? He will just slap you on the head.

    I mean, you remembered Acts 19:13-17 – When seven (7) sons of Sceva said to a man who had Demons, devil we command you in the Name of Jesus that Paul Preaches, get out!

    The devil said, what kind of nonesense is this? I know Jesus, if He commands me to leave, I will leave. I know Paul, who are you? Then he tore their clothes.

    If your Salvation is not Genuine, I beg you to come and give your Life to Jesus. Because very soon, we are going to be Praying. And at a Stage, one of our Prayers will be a “Prayer in Agreement”.

    Those of us who are full of the Holy Spirit, those of us who are True Children of God, we are going to Command every Demons here tonight inclusive those who are now reading on the Label of DMC, to get out!

    … And Believe me honestly, they are going to obey!

    When the Demons begin to fly out, if they find someone who has not been washed in the Blood of the Lamb, they will say, Ha! No Problem, we are just exchanging houses.

    ALTAR CALL

    So if you have not been Born Again, if you have not been saved, if your Salvation is not Genuine; if you have been Pretending all this while. Or you are Backslidden and living in the Congregation of the Dead; you better run forward now, come and give your Life to Jesus Christ.

    So that you would be save, His Blood would cover you and then you would be secured when Deliverance time comes.

    If you are ready to Genuinely Surrender your Life to Jesus Christ do so now!

    And this is not a joking matter – No question of shame there. If you are backslidden come now.

    Begin to Pray: Ask Jesus to have Mercy on you, ask Him to save your Soul tonight inclusive all those reading now on the Label of DMC; Wash you clean in His Blood. Give you Genuine Salvation.

    Call on Him wherever you are now – It is a very important time.

    Tell Him: I want to do Your Will, I want to serve You from now on.

    All these days that I have been serving the devil what have I gained?

    I am coming to You Lord, wash me Clean in Your Blood. Be my Lord, be my Saviour, I will serve You for the rest of my Life.

    And the rest of us, let’s stretch our hands towards these our Brothers and Sisters and intercede for them – Let’s Pray that the One Who saved our own Souls would save their Souls also. Please. Pray for them Brethren, Pray for them!

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

    PRAYER FOR SALVATION

    Saviour, I want to Thank You for Your Word. I want to give You all Glory and Honour for those who have come forward to Genuinely Surrender their lives to You today.

    Father Please, receive them, have Mercy on them. Please, save their Souls, let Your Blood wash away their sins, receive them into the Family of God.

    And Please Lord, don’t let the devil have anything to do with them again.

    From now on, anytime they cry unto You; Please answer them by Fire!

    In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

    I rejoice with those of you who have just Surrendered your lives to Jesus Christ. I want to Promise you that from today I will begin to Pray for you.

    So I am going to need your names, your Address and your Prayer Requests.

    God Bless You!

    PRAYER SESSION

    Now it’s time to Pray!

    1. First of all you would want to make sure that there is no Unclean Spirits hibernating anywhere in your System.

    And we are going to do that, copying from Acts 16:25-end – Paul and Silas were chained hands and feet. But then they began to Praise God. And God has Promised, when I find People who are Worshipping me in Spirit and in Truth, He said, I will pay them a visit.

    And when God paid them a visit, there was an Earthquake; forced open every chains, forced open every Prison-Door.

    You are going to spend the first five (5) Minutes tonight, and it’s up to you how you’ll use it: you are going to Praise God violently.

    You are going to Praise Him so Mightily, that God will locate you from this huge crowd. And when the Almighty God pays you a visit, no Demon can Stand.

    So Stand on your feet, begin to Praise the Almighty God like you have never done before.

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

    1. The Bible says if a Demon goes out of a man, he goes around looking for somewhere else to stay. And if he cannot find one, then he comes back to check if the old house is still vacant. And he goes out to bring seven (7) more wicked Demons than himself.

    Say Father, fill me to Overflowing with Your Holy Spirit so that no Demon will find any Place to come back to.

    In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.

    1. Lift up your voice and say: Father; turn me to a Terror to the devil. Turn me to a One-Man-Army against the devil. Go ahead cry to the Almighty God.

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

    1. You are going to Pray now like a Warrior.

    So in one accord let’s lift our voices to the Almighty God and say: Father, in the Mighty Name of Jesus, we Command every Demons here tonight to let go of their Victims. Go ahead, cry to the Almighty God!

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

    1. There is a famous saying that says, “Charity begins at home.”

    You are going to Command now that the devil would take his dirty hands off every Members of your family.

    Lift your voice to the Almighty God and say: Father, in the Mighty Name of Jesus, I hereby Command – Satan take your dirty hands off my family. Go ahead, cry unto the Almighty God!

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

    DADDY GO DECREED:

    Lord of Hosts, the One Who reigns for ever; the One Who said, “let there be Light” and there was Light. I Worship You tonight. Please, accept my Worship, in Jesus’ Name.

    I Stand before You tonight, as Your Representative to these People. You are the One Who said I will decree a thing and it would be established unto me.

    I here decree: Every one of you today, be Free!

    Be free from Demons, be free from Curses, be free from Harmful Habits!

    Go and fulfill Destiny! Become Terrors to the devil.

    From now on, when the devil sees you coming, the devil will run and you will reach your Goal.

    You will become a Mighty Army against Forces of Darkness.

    And it shall be well with you!

    In Jesus’ Mighty Name I have decreed – Amen.

    Well, if you believe that, then go ahead – Praise the Lord, Magnify His Holy Name. Just Bless His Name Name!!!

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