Category: For Whom The Heavens Open

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TOPIC: FOR WHOM THE HEAVENS OPEN – PART 58 (AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE)

MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

DATE: 10TH NOVEMBER 2024

BIBLE TEXT: JOSHUA 24: 14-15

Let Us Pray!

SONG

We give all the Glory to Jesus
And tell of His Love
His Wonderful Love
We give all the Glory to Jesus
And tell of His Wonderful Love

OPENING PRAYER

Father, we give You all the Glory, we give You all the Honour, we give You all the Adoration.

We Thank You for Your Faithfulness – Alpha and Omega, we Worship You.

We Thank You for starting this Series on Joshua with us; we Thank You because today You are about to Close this Series.

We Thank You for Your Faithfulness Oh Lord, we Thank You for all the Lessons that we have learnt.

We Thank You for all the Changes in our lives that has been brought about as a result of the Study.

Please, accept our Thanks in Jesus Name.

Father, You always reserve the Best till the Last; we Pray that You will give us the Best today.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

Well, finally we have come to Part 58 in our Series: “For Whom The Heavens Open”.

Will you greet one (1) or two (2) People around you and say: “You will end well”.

And then, you may Please be seated.

Today, we just want to take one more look at Joshua 24: 14-15.

Joshua 24: 14-15:

14. Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in Sincerity and in Truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. 
15. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

This Particular Passage has a Very Great Significance for me as an Individual.

You may not know it, but when I gave my Life to Jesus Christ in 1973; and I came to Sunday School for the first time, this Joshua 24:15 was the Memory Verse that Sunday – Choose you who you want to serve. But as for me and my Household, we will serve the Lord.

And Thank God that God was looking into my Future and He arranged for me to start off my Journey in Christianity with this Passage.

1. The first Lesson we learnt from this Passage is: “AS FOR ME”.

When it comes to things of God, “Self First” is not Selfishness – You need to take Note of that!

Because Matthew 19:19, the Bible says that you are to love your Neighbour as yourself.

Meaning what?

You must first of all love yourself and then use that measure of Love to love your Neighbour – If you don’t love yourself, you can’t love your Neighbour.

The Elders has a saying – They said that the one who will gladly step on her dress, will gladly tear the dresls of others.

Ask the Elders, they will tell you that the reason why Witches are so terrible is
because they can kill their own children.

And if Somebody can kill her own Child, then your Child is not safe with her.

When it comes to things of God – Things deeply Spiritual, Self first is not Selfishness!

The Bible made it clear in Romans 14:12 that everyone will give an Account of himself – We will Stand before the Judgement Throne of God one by one.

You will never find two People born at the same time, the same day – Even a Set of Twins must come out before the other.

Genesis 25: 19-26 told us about a Set of Twins comimg out of the same Womb – Esau come first.

Jacob was in an hurry to come and so grab Esau leg but Esau still came out first.

You have to come to this world one by one and when it is time to go, we will go one by one.

When the Day of Judgement comes, we will Stand before God one by one.

You say: Ha, if God is going to Judge all the People of the world and He is taking them one at a time, won’t that take long?

Over there, there is no Night!

In Matthew 24: 40-41; the Bible says that two People will be on the same bed when the Lord returns – One will be taken and another will be left behind.

It is a matter of an Individual situation.

If the husband belongs to God and the wife says that, No I’m not following God; when the Rapture comes, no matter how much they say they love each other, they will go one by one – One may go and the other may be left behind.

In Revelation 22:12, Jesus Christ said: Behold I come quickly – I am here to give to every Man according to how his works shall be.

When it is time to reward you, the Reward of the husband will not be given to the wife and vice versa.

In Revelation 3:20; Jesus Christ said that: Behold I Stand by the door and I knock. If any Man will hear my voice – Only one Fellow.

And if that Fellow open the door to me, then I will come in unto him – Individual Salvation!

In Revelation 3:11; the Bible says: Hey, hold fast that which you have – You as an Individual.

Let no Man take your Crown – You have a Crown as a Child of God; hold it fast.

It didn’t say, don’t let anyone take “Our Crown” but ^Your Crown”.

So, consider David as a very Good Example:

You will find out that whenever David is talking about something serious about God, he uses Individual – Singular.

I. Psalms 23:1 – He said that: The Lord is “My” Shepherd – not “Our” Shepherd.

II. He said that: “I” shall not want.

III. He said: When “I” walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, “I” shall fear no evil.

IV. Thou Preparest a Table before “Me” – Not before “Us”.

V. Oh there are some People – When they want to finish a Service, they will say let us share the Grace:

Psalm 23:6 – Surely Goodness and Mercy shall follow “Us”.

I say that is not in the Bible – David didn’t say Goodness and Mercy shall follow “Us”.

He said: Surely, Goodness and Mercy shall follow “Me”.

VI. That’s why you hear him say in Psalms 34:1 – “I” will bless the Lord at all times, His Praise shall continually be in “My” mouth.

VII. In Psalms 18: 1-3 he said: “I” will love thee my Lord.

And then he began to talk about what God is to him:

☆ My Lord and my Strength – He didn’t say: Our Lord, our Strength.

He said that I know where I got my Strength from – He said: My Rock – Not our Rock.

He said: My Fortress – I know where I go to hide in the time of trouble.

He knows that the Bible says that: The Name of the Lord is a Strong Tower; the Righteous runs into it and he is safe.

He said that: He is the Horn of my Salvation – My Salvation comes from Him.

He says that: He is my High Tower.

DMC NOTES: All the above found in Psalms 18:2

The Relationship between him and God was so Personal that when he made a terrible blunder and God sent Prophet Nathan to go and tell him: Look at what you have done, he said that I am downfall – Oh God I mess up.

God said okay, I won’t let you die – We are too close for that and we are too Intimate for that but I will Punish you.

DMC NOTES: In one of the darkest hours of his Life, King David committed adultery with Bathsheba and then had her husband, Uriah, killed. God sent therophet Nathan to tell David a Parable of a rich man who passed over his own flock and took a poor man’s beloved pet lamb to feed his guests – You can read this Story in 2 Samuel 12: 1-25

You must make up your Mind that as for me; I am going to serve the LORD!

He is saying that the rest of you can take your own Decision – You can choose what you want to do, but my own Choice is Settled.

He said in Psalms 108:1 – He said that my Heart is fixed with me; I will bless the Lord.

You know that the word “Fixed” there is like Concrete.

When you are building a house, laying the Foundation and you pour concrete; they said that wait till it is fixed, wait till it is Solid.

And once it becomes Solid, there is Nothing you can do about it anymore – It is fixed.

When they are building a Bridge and they have laid all the irons et cetera; then they put Concrete and wait till it is fixed.

There is Nothing that anybody can do to you if your Heart is Fixed on Jesus Christ!

There is Nothing that can happen that can cause you to even think of Backsliding.

But it is an Individual Decision.

Please go over your Choice today – Is your Heart fixed on serving the Lord?

2. And then he went on to say: “As for me and my House”.

After you have Settled the issue of your own Salvation, the very next thing that you must do is to settle the Salvation of your Household – It is very, very crucial.

If there is any Member of your family that is not yet saved, you still have a lot of work to do.

I. Look at Rehab – She was an Harlot. You can read her Story in Joshua 2: 1-21.

Some Spies were sent to go and spy Jericho when the Children of Israel was about to take over.

And since there was no Place that they can stay in, they stayed in the house of an Harlot – Harlot House is open to anybody.

And so, they stayed there.

As soon as they get in, she knew that these are Israelis – They have come.

And when the People in the Town heard that some Strangers has come to the house of the Harlot, they came looking for them.

Before they came, she had already hid them.

They came to search – Have you seen such and such People?

She said: Yes they are here but they have already gone.

And so, she sent the People away to go and search for the People – And they were still hidden with her.

After the People who are to Pursue them left, she spoke to them and said: Now, you have seen what I have done for you.

We have heard about you and we have heard about your God. Your fear is already upon the Land and we know that you are going to take over this Place.

But Please, do something for me in return – Spare me and my father’s house.

Even an Harlot knew that her Salvation alone is not enough – Her Household also must be saved!

You know the rest of the Story – When Jericho finally fell, both herself and every Members of her family were spared.

II. When you consider the Story in Luke 16: 19-31:

It tells us the Story of a rich Man who was always enjoying himself everyday – Everyday was like Christmas.

And there was this Lazarus who was a Beggar – Sitting down by his table, picking up crumbs. Dogs will come and lick his wounds and so on and so forth.

And then the rich Man died and Lazarus died too.

And when both of them died, the rich Man went to Hell and Lazarus went to the Bossom of Abraham.

The rich Man lifted up his eyes and saw Lazarus at the Bossom of Abraham.

And he cried out to Father Abraham: Help me, I’m tormented in this Place. Ask that Young Man to come and give me some water to drink.

Ask him – I never chased him away when I was in the world, I never attacked him. Let him come and help me now!

Father Abraham said: Sorry he can’t come as there is a Gap between us.

What was the next thing that the rich Man said – He said: Please, I have Members that are still in the world. I don’t want them to come where I am.

I’m telling you Brethren – Hell is not a Place that you want any Member of your family to go to.

The Man was so desperate that he said: Please send Somebody from the dead to go and warn my People so that they won’t come here.

But he was denied!

If you die and you go to Heaven and you looked down from the Threshold of Heaven and you see Members of your family in Hell – God forbids; it is going to create a Problem for you.

You must wake up today to a very, very urgent Assignment – The Salvation of your family.

III. When you read Acts 16: 25-34; Paul and Silas were in Jail and the Jailers was there watching over them to make sure that they won’t escape.

The moment the Jailer saw the Power of God and he gave his Life to Jesus Christ; the next thing he did was to gather his family Members together so that all of them can taste Salvation at the same time.

The Jailer didn’t wait till the second day.

Let me tell you one thing: Prison is not a Place for Soft People Particularly in those days – Soft Hearted People can’t be a Jailer. Jailers in those days are Tough People – People with Heart of Stone.

But when this Man found Salvation, the first thing he thought of is his family.

And many of you listening to me now or reading now on the Label of DMC; God knows how long ago you have been Born Again and only God knows how many Members of your family are still far from God.

You know fully well that if any Man dies without Christ, he is going to Hell.

You are Thanking God that you have escaped Hell because you have received Jesus Christ; what about Members of your family?

Wake Up today!

I know that several of us has already won Souls for Christ and you are still winning Souls for Christ in your Place of work or on your way to work et cetera.

What about your own People? Charity should begin at home.

IV. In Acts 10: 1-end, all the Good works of Cornelius were rewarded by Salvation for himself.

And when God sent an Angel to him to say: I send Somebody who will show you the way of Salvation; he did not wait for Peter alone; as soon as he knew that Peter was coming, he gathered together every Members of his family.

If you are saved and you ignored the Salvation of just one of your Children, they can destroy every Promises of God for you.

In 1 Samuel 2: 12-36; Eli was a High Priest of God.

God said to him: I said to you that indeed you and your father’s house will Stand before me forever, but now I say God forbid.

Why? Because his Children were not following in his footsteps.

You can’t afford for any Member of your Household not to be saved!

But just one Person in your Household that is not saved can destroy the future of the Household.

It takes only one Sinner to destroy the Destiny of the entire family.

When you read 2 Kings 5: 20-27; it was Gehazi alone that sinned. But when the Prophet was Pronouncing a Judgement on him, He said that the Leprosy of Naaman will cleave on him and unto his Seeds forever.

He (Gehazi) became Patron-Saint of Lepers!

Medicine is just discovering what has been there all along – That there are certain diseases that are Genetical.

If there is a Curse in the Genes of your Parents, it will affect you.

That is why the Bible says that: If you are in Christ, you become a New Creature.

You have to be created anew so that the Genes of those People coming before you might not have a Negative Effect on you.

That’s why He said you become a New Creature, that Old Things are Passed away, all things has become New.

It is not you alone that must be saved, your family Members also must be saved.

I’m crying to you – Those of you listening to me now or reading now on the Label of DMC; who are already Born Again, go and begin serious work on every Members of your family.

So that you will be able to say that: As for me and my Household, we will serve the Lord.

ALTAR CALL

As for those of you who have not given your Life to Jesus Christ, I’m appealing to you – You may be the first Person in your family to be saved and then through your efforts bring your entire family to God.

So, if you want to give your Life to Jesus Christ, Please bow your head now in Prayers:

Cry to Him to save your Soul, to forgive you your sins and Promise Him that you will serve Him for the rest of your Life.

Call on Him now and I will Pray for you!

PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER

My Father and my God, once again I want to say Thank You for Your Words.

I want to Thank You for these People who has made up their Minds that from now on, they want to Surrender their lives to You.

Father, Please receive them, save their Souls, let Your Blood wash away every sins in their lives, receive them into the Family of God and just let it be well with them.

And for those of us Lord God Almighty that are Born Again, and there are Members of our families yet to be Born Again; Please have Mercy on us, give us the Grace that from now on, to rigourously Pursue the Salvation of our Family Members so that our Joy may be full.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

Well, I rejoice with those of you who has given your Life to Jesus Christ.

I want to Promise you that from now on by the Grace of God, I will be Praying for you.

But Please go to the nearest Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) to you – Tell the Pastor there that I sent you and he will tell you what to do next.

Very soon, I will be hearing your Testimonies!

God Bless You.

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!!!

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SPECIAL RCCG ONLINE SUNDAY SERVICE

TOPIC: FOR WHOM THE HEAVENS OPEN – PART 57 (THE POWER OF CHOICE)

MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

DATE: 27TH OCTOBER 2024

BIBLE TEXT: JOSHUA 24: 14-15

Let Us Pray!

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

Father Almighty, we give You all Glory and Honour.

We bless Your Holy Name because You are the Almighty – You can never fail, You have never failed before and you will never, never fail.

Father, we are glad that we are Your Children – And we know that with You on our side, Oh God we are More Than Conqueror.

Accept our Worship in Jesus Name.

Today, once again in all our lives, Please Prove Your Almightiness, Solve all our Problems and let all be well.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

Well, greet one (1) or two (2) of your Neighbour and say: It is going to be well with you in Jesus Name.

And then you may Please be seated!

We are about to begin to bring to a Close our Study of the Life of Joshua – The one we have selected as a Case Study of a Person: “For Whom, the Heavens Opened” as we reach Part 57.

And our Bible Text this time will be Joshua 24: 14-15,

Like I said, you might wonder why are we jumping? Why don’t we take every Chapter one by one?

Well, because there are other things to Study – And if you have been Studying a Particular Book for more that 50 Weeks, I think that we may have to move on.

In Joshua 24: 14-15 – Joshua had gathered together all the children of Israel.

Now, he was very old and he knew that the end was near and he has spoken to the Children of Israel.

You can read the whole Chapter 24 – A very beautiful reading.

But then in Verse 14 and 15, he now says:

Joshua 24: 14-15:

14. Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in Sincerity and in Truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. 
15. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Two (2) important Points are what we will dwell on in this Particular Bible Text.

I. Oh, we could have said: Why don’t we talk on: “Fear the Lord” – That will be a very Good Topic.

☆ Afterall, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom.

☆ Aftterall, there are tremendous benefits that are available only to those who fear the Lord.

II. Or we could look at: “Serve Him in Sincerity and in Truth”.

III. Or we can look at: “Put away the gods which your father served” – Get rid of the idols your Parents served.

But we just want to look into two (2) important things:

1. CHOOSE – Choose you this Day whom you will Serve.

And we want to talk about the Power of Choice.

Why? Life is all about Choices and the corresponding Reparcautions of Choices.

Whatever you are today, is Primarily the result of what you Choose yesterday!

For Example: If a Student us very Good in Secondary School in Physics, Chemistry and Biology; depending on the Choice of that Pupil, he could end up a Medical Doctor or an Engineer – Determine which type: Mechanical, Civil etc.

Oh, he could end up bring a very Good Teacher – He can even become a Professor: A Professor of Physics, Chemistry or Biology.

And even if he Choose to do Medicine, he could still end up a Dentist or another Section of Medicine.

For Example, in Genesis 25: 29-34; Esau was asked to make a Choice between food and his Inheritance based on him being the first born – He Choose food.

When the time of Blessings came in Genesis 27: 1-37; because he has already sold his Birthright, the One to who, he sold the Birthright was the one that got the Blessings.

So many atimes, we heard People say that Jacob stole the Blessings of Esau – No! He didn’t steal; Esau sold the Blessings years before.

It is important for us to know:

☆ What we Choose yesterday is what made us what we are today.

☆ And whatever we Choose today, will determine what we will become tomorrow.

2. Now, it will interest you to know that Biologically you have only two (2) Options in Life – Every Choices is only between two (2) Options: Light and Darkness.

As a matter of fact, if you see a Big Computer working, you see the whole thing blinking – And what is happening is that the Computer is just Choosing between two (2) Things – “Light On” and “Light Off”.

Life is only made up of two (2) Options:

☆ Up or Down.

☆ Forward or Backward.

☆ Right or Wrong.

☆ Blessing or Curse.

But what if you decide to Stand Still?

The moment you Choose to Stand Still, it means that you have Chosen to go backwards.

How can that be?

If a Child is in Form 2 this Year and he is in Form 2 again Next Year; he has already gone backwards.

You said: How come?

His Classmates had already moved on to Form 3 and his Juniors in Form 1 had caught up with him.

You can’t Stand Still – A Choice to say that I Stand Still is a Choice to say: “I want to go backwards”

☆ It is either Forwards or Backwards!

☆ It is either a Choice between Obedience and Disobedience,

☆ It could be Sickness or Health; Joy or Sorrow; Success or Failure.

Isaiah 1:19 – If you are willing and Obedient, you will eat the Good of the Land.

Compare that to Isaiah 1:20 – If you say that I am not going to be Obedient, the Bible made it clear: The sword will devour you.

Isaiah 3:10 says: Say ye to the Righteous that it shall be well with him.

Compare that to Isaiah 3:11 – Woe to the Wicked, it shall be ill with him.

Now, if you Choose Obedience because you have to Choose today; the Blessings that will follow you are many – Read Deuteronomy 28: 1-13; and you will see all the Blessings lined up there when you are Obedient!

I. He says that you will Succeed in the City and you will Succeeed in the farm.

Do you know what that means?

You will Succeed in the office or in the farm if you choose to be a Farmer.

Genesis 26: 1-14 – God told Isaac: Stay in this Land.

If you use Mordern Language – Don’t “Jappa”. Stay here and do what I have told you to do.

He stayed, he sowed and you know what follows – The Bible said that he became Very Great. While everybody is shouting Famine, he was Growing and Prospering.

II. If you Choose Obedience, Part of the Blessings is that your Children will be Blessed – The Fruit of your Body.

Go through the Scriptures and you will find out that:

☆ Abraham was blessed and he became Great.

☆ And Isaac, the Fruit of his body became Very Great.

☆ Jacob, his Grandchild became Exceedingly Great – Genesis 30: 27-43.

☆ Even Esau, one of his Grandchildren; inspite of the fact that he sold his Birthright. But because he happened to be a Grandchild of Abraham, he became Significant – Genesis 32: 1-6.

Hr became so Great that he has four hundred (400) Bodyguards because of the Blessings that is upon his Grandfather.

III. If you Choose Obedience, Part of the Blessings is that you will be Secured – Security.

I will ask you to Please read Psalms 121: 1-8; and you will noticed that everywhere you go, your Security will be Guaranteed.

IV. You Choose Obedience, Part of the Blessings is that you will have Victory.

Psalms 23:5 says: God even Prepare a Table before you in the Presence of your Enemies.

Proverbs 16:7 says clearly that if a Man’s way Pleases God, He will cause even his Enemies to be at Peace with him.

V. If you Choose Obedience, you will have Abundance.

Read Malachi 3: 10-12 – It tells you that if you obey God, He will bless you so much that even Nations will be afraid of you because they will know that God is behind you.

Proverbs 3: 9-10; God says that you honour Him with your First Fruit of your Increase, He said that He will bless you and you won’t have room to contain it.

VI. Part of the Blessings of Obedience is Divine Promotion.

We all know that Promotion comes from God – Psalms 75: 5-7.

It is God who Promotes and He is the One who decides your Promotion.

When you read 1 Samuel 16: 11-13; you can see that God can go and get a boy from the Bush and make him a King,

On the other hand, if you Choose Disobedience; you will see the trouble that will follow:

I. Genesis 3: 1-7 – Eve disobeyed God, Adam disobeyed God and what was the result?

They found themselves Naked – The Glory of God departed from them.

Those who used to be robed in the Glory of God, began to wear leafs.

You want to see Signs of Disobedience? Maybe you don’t know that in some Nations of the world, some Ladies get arrested for running Naked on the Street.

They want to see how far they can run before the Police will catch up with them.

When you decide to disobey God, you will expose your Nakedness and you will call it Fashion.

II. When you Choose Disobedience, read Deuteronomy 28: 15-end – It is Frightening but Please ensure that you read it all.

If you Choose Disobedience, what God says will follow you is Frightening!

III. In 1 Samuel 15: 1-29; the Bible tells us of what happened when King Saul will not even obey God fully,

He Choose not to obey God fully and he lost his Kingdom

It is better to Choose to be on the Lord’s Side – Because you are either on His Side or you are not on His Side.

There is no way that you can be Neutral – You are either “For” or you are “Against”.

I will remind you of the Story of a Young Man called Levi:

In Genesis 49: 5-7; the Bible tells us that Levi has offended his father years before; and the father kept quiet, waiting for the Final Day when he was going to die – At the time when there will be no room to maneuver.

As he laid on his deathbed, he called all his children together and said to Levi – Levi, you will become Nothing and you will be scattered in Israel.

But then, a day came in Exodus 32: 25-26; when the Children of Israel were Worshipping an idol – Dancing naked before their Enemies.

Moses came from the Mountain where he had gone to collect the ten Commandments; saw what was happening and said: What?

So, he cried out to the People – He said that I know that there will always be a remnant: Which of you is on the Lord’s Side?

And the Bible says that all the sons of Levi gathered themselves to him.

God looked down from Heaven and said: Levi! You choose to be on my Side?

The Curse your father Pronounced on you, not only will I cancel the Curse, I will reverse it.

So later on, He told Moses in Numbers 3: 5-13 that Levi shall be mine.

The one that his father said will become Nothing, God said that he will be my Favourite and he will be my first born – Bring him near to me.

Because he Choose to be on the Lord’s Side.

Choose today to be on the Lord’s Side and He will reverse every Curse that is upon your Life and replace every Curse with a Blessing.

In 1 John 2: 15-17; the Bible says Clearly: Love not the world neither the things that are in the world.

Because everything that is in the world, if you love them, then it means that you don’t love God.

And the world is going to Pass away – All those things that you are Pursuing that will not let you serve God, they are going to Pass away.

It is only those who love God that will abide forever.

You know: When Jesus Christ was giving an Invitation in Matthew 11: 28-30 – When He said, come unto me all ye that labour and are heavily ladened and I will give you rest.

Do you know what He is asking you to do?

Choose between Rest and Burden – Choose between Rest of Mind and Troubles.

Choose between Light and Darkness.

Choose between Obedience and Disobedience.

The Choice is yours today!

And you have to Choose today – That is what Joshua said to his People: Choose you this day whom you will serve.

The Bible made it Abundantly clear – A Servant cannot serve two (2) Masters. It is either you love one and hate the other.

The moment you say: I don’t Choose Christ, you have already Chosen the devil.

If you don’t Choose Light, then you have Chosen Darkness.

If you don’t Choose Blessings, then you have Chosen Curses.

Why don’t you Choose to serve the Lord and you will see all the Blessings that will come along with it.

ALTAR CALL

So, if you are listening to me and you have not yet decided for Jesus Christ; you better decide today because by saying that I will delay my Decision, it means that you have already made a Choice that you don’t want Him.

And if you don’t want Him, you will continue to carry your burdens and you haven’t seen anything yet.

He says: Say ye to the Righteous, it shall be well with him. But woe to the Wicked, it shall be ill with him

What is your Choice?

If you Choose to be on the Lord’s Side, bow your Head now:

Ask Him to save your Soul and I will join my Prayers with yours and He will save your Soul.

And instead of burden, you will have Peace!

Let us Pray!

Cry to Him and say: Lord, have Mercy on me, save my Soul, I want to be on Your Side and I want to belong to You.

Just have Mercy on me.

PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER

Lord God Almighty, I just want to Thank You for Your Words.

I Thank You for Destinies that are being determined right now.

I Thank You for the People who are Choosing You now because by Choosing You, they are going to miss Hell.

Father, Please receive them, have Mercy on them, let Your Blood wash away their sins, save their Souls today Lord, write their names in the Book of Life, and receive them into the Family of God.

And from now on, anytime they call on You, Please answer them by Fire.

And all Your Children who are already on Your Side, Please Lord I Pray that they will never Choose to be on the Other Side.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

Well, I rejoice with those of you who have given your Life to Jesus Christ.

Please Contact me as soon as Possible and I Promise you to be Praying for you from now on.

Please go to the nearest Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) – Tell the Pastor there that I sent you and he will tell you what to do Next.

God Bless You!

Congratulations for making a Great Choice!!!

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TOPIC: FOR WHOM THE HEAVENS OPEN – PART 56 (POSSESS YOUR POSSESSION)

MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

DATE: 20TH OCTOBER 2024

BIBLE TEXT: JOSHUA 18: 1-3

Let Us Pray!

SONG

Praise Him, Praise Him
The King of Glory Praise Him
Praise Jehovah, Hallelujah Amen!

OPENING PRAYER

King of Glory, we will Worship You because of Your Mercy.

It is of Your Mercy that we are not consumed – Thank You that, that Mercy is renewed everyday.

That is why we are here again Lord God Almighty to Study at Your Feet.

Thank You Lord God Almighty for the Mercy that sorts us out and brought us to Salvation – We are very Grateful Lord.

Please, accept our Worship in Jesus Name.

Today, as we gather together again at Your Feet, Please because of Your Mercy, send Your Words to us.

And even as it is written: Whenever you send Your Words, You bring Healings and Deliverance.

Bring Healings to us today, bring Deliverance to us today and just answer all our Prayers.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

Well, shake hands with one (1) or two (2) People and say: God Bless You Mightily.

And then, you may Please be seated.

We have now come to Part 56 in our Series: “For Who, The Heavens Opens”.

And as you know that all these weeks, we have been Studyimg the Life of Joshua – Using him as an Example of Someone for whom the Heavens Opened.

We will continue from where we left off in the Last Series (Part 55) – In which we were looking at Joshua 18: 1-3.

1. And the whole Congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the Tabernacle of the Congregation there. And the Land was Subdued before them.
2. And there remained among the children of Israel seven Tribes, which had not yet received their Inheritance.
3. And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to Possess the Land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?

The Last Time that we were discussing this, we discussed the issue of Time – How crucial Time is and how we must never waste Time again!

Today, we want to talk about the last bit of that Passage: “Possess the Land” – “POSSESS YOUR POSSESSION”.

Yes the Lord God of your father had already given you the Land but you must Possess it.

The kind of Faith that puts all responsibilities on God and none on you as an Individual is an “Irresponsible Faith”.

Oh, there is no doubt about it that when Jesus Christ said on the Cross that it is finished, we have the Complete work of Christ – He has Completed every things that God is going to do for your Salvation, for your Healing, for your Deliverance.

Everything is done:

☆ By His Stripes you were already healed.

☆ By the Blood that He shed, your Salvation is already Secured.

☆ With the same Blood, your Victory over Satan is Guaranteed. Because the Bible says that they overcame Satan by the Blood of the Lamb.

☆ Everything that I needed to be done including your Sanctification.

Because when He said that it is finished, He said now you can have the Heart of Flesh – The Stony Heart in you can be taking away and now there is a Heart available!

The Heart of Flesh is the Heart of God Himself.

Grace is Free. It is by Grace that you are saved – Ephesians 2: 8-9.

But you need to obtain it by Faith.

John 3:16 says that: For God so loved the world that He gave His Only Begotten Son.

But then, He added that whosoever believed in Him will not Perish but have Everlasting Life.

☆ Some People will want you to believe that because Jesus died for the world, the whole world will go to Heaven – Whether they received Jesus Christ or not.

☆ You will be amazed to know that there are People who Preached that everybody will go to Heaven and it doesn’t matter whether or not they get Born Again – That cannot be true.

☆ You will be amazed that People say that once you received the Lord Jesus Christ as Your Lord and Saviour, there is Nothing more for you to do.

All you need to do is to ask them some Simple Questions – Thank God for the Great Sacrifice that Jesus Christ made for us when He died on the Cross.

☆ According to this People, we can say that there is no need for Fasting anymore because He has Fasted for us.

But the Apostle of Grace Himself, Paul said that I Fasted often.

Why will the Apostle of Grace Fast? We need to wake up and Possess our Possession.

God is not Father Christmas.

Even if Father Christmas gives you a Parcel, he expects you to open it – You still have a Part to Play.

1. Psalms 23:5 says: Thou has Prepared a Table before me in the Presence of my Enemies.

God can Prepare a Table before you – He will not come down and put the food in your mouth. You should have a responsibility to eat.

2. Exodus 14: 21-28; God opened the Red Sea for the children of Israel but He did not carry them through – They had to go through the Red Sea on Dry Ground and they did it in haste.

He can open a door for you but He expects you to walk through the door.

He opened the Red Sea and told Moses to tell the children of Israel to go forward.

Some of them could have said: Hey, what are you asking us to do? Look at water like Mountain on the Right and Left? Amd you want me to walk through this? I am not going.

God can’t do more than that – He will open the door for you but He expects you to walk through!

3. In 1 Samuel 17: 34-51; you will noticed that the Bible said that David killed Goliath with a Stone.

I have told you before that it is God who guided that Stone to the forehead of Goliath.

I have told you that if anybody sees something comimg towards his face, as a matter of reflection, as soon as you see something comimg towards your face, you dodge it, or you bend your head without even thinking.

Goliath saw the Stone comimg but couldn’t move his head because the Mighty Hands of God kept the head fixed. And then guided the Stone straight to his forehead and the Stone got in and sunk and Goliath fell.

But do you know that God still expected David after that to do something extra – To take the sword of Goliath and cut off that head.

The African Elders has a Proverb – Stay away from a snake whose head is not cut off.

Why? The snake may appeared to you to be dead, if the head is still on, what if it revives? And what if it is Pretending?

On several occasions when I walk through the Redemption Camp at Night, I have seen snakes on my way Pretending to be Completely dead.

Initially, I didn’t know the tricks – When they appeared completely dead, I always think that maybe a lorry had crushed them and so I continue on my journey. Only to look back some Seconds later and found out that the snake is no longer there.

So now, when I see the snake Pretending to be dead, I make sure that the head is crushed.

You must Possess your Possession!

4. In John 11: 39-44; the Lord Jesus Christ with His Tremendous Power, with the Ability to raise the dead still engaged the Men around to take away the Stone.

The One who can raise the dead has the Power to tell the Stone to move. But He said that these big boys around, they can do something – Let them do what they can do.

And I Pray that if there is any Stone in your Life that is blocking the Resurrection Power of the Lord Jesus Christ, God will show you the Stone so that you can move it out of the way.

Now, when He now Commanded Lazarus to come forth and Lazarus came out bound in Grave Clothes; Jesus Christ didn’t say: Grave Clothes loose!

He said to the People around: Loose him and let him go!

There is what God will do, but you must Play your Part.

5. He can Produce Manna but He will expect you to collect the Manna.

Exodus 16: 4-18; He rained down Manna from Heaven but He told the children of Israel to collect it – Possess your Possession.

You will noticed according to Joshua 5: 10-12 that as soon as the children of Israel got to where they can Plant and they began to Plant; the very day that they began to harvest, Manna ceased.

He will Provide for you when you can’t Provide for yourself but He expects you to take Action!

Several years ago, some Students in a Particular University – Wonderful Christian Boys and Girls were failing in their Examinations. And once I heard about it, I called them together: What is happening? Why are you failing? Don’t give Jesus Christ a bad Name.

Well, is it not written that the Spirit will remind us of all things? I said of the things that you have learnt.

Examination is around the corner and that is when you are doing Night Vigils, Praising God – And you are not Studying.

The Holy Spirit should be able to do all things? I said sure – He will Comfort you when you fail.

He has sent Somebody like me to tell you – Be Wise and Study!

And Thank God that things Changed after that.

… There is what God will do, there is what you have to do yourself.

6. The Bible tells us that it is God who gives Increase – But it is you who will have to do the sowing.

John 12:24 made it clear – When a corn of wheat is standing in your hand or barn; it will remain alone. It is only when it falls into the Ground – When you sow it, that it will begin to Germinate and Multiply.

Oh, God is able to make whatever you are doing Increase Abundantly but you have to do the sowing first.

Oh, I’m going to do this for God but until you do it, you cannot expect a Harvest – He gives the Increase.

But the Bible says in Galatians 6:7 – He said that God is not mocked.

Be not deceived, God is not mocked; it is whatsoever you sow that you will reap.

And until you sow, you are not going to reap anything.

I’m sure this is just to remind some of us because we heard it before – I have said it that if you are a highly Anointed Person and you get a Particular Piece of Property or Land and you clear it very well. And you decide to Fast and Pray for 40 days and 40 Nights and everyday you go to that Piece of Land that you have cleared – Decreeing and Prophesying rice to grow in the Mighty Name of Jesus. And you don’t sow rice; the only thing that will grow will be weeds.

It is after you sow that the Seed will then begin to Germinate and then begin to Produce Fruits.

Do you know that as Mighty as God is, you are the only one who will determine how much you will reap.

Because in 2 Corinthians 9:6; it says that if you sow sparingly, you will reap sparingly; you sow bountifully, you will reap bountifully.

Because it is what you give to Him that He will Multiply,

When the five loaves of Bread and two fishes were in the Hand of that boy; as long as the Lunch remains in the Hand of the boy, it was five loaves and two fishes.

It was after the boy Surrendered them to Jesus Christ that Multiplication began.

God will Provide Solution to whatever Problem that you have but you have to claim it.

7. When you read Numbers 21: 4-9; the Bible tells us the Story of when the Children of Israel murmured in the Wilderness and God heard their murmuring and decided to let loose fierce serpents among them. They began to bite them and the biting of the snake was like fire.

And they repented and they cried to Moses – Please we have offended God; ask Him to Please forgive us and take away that serpent from us.

And God said okay Moses, make a serpent of Brass and lift it up. And tell them that anytime any snake bite you, look up to the serpent that is lifted up.

All those who looked at the serpent lifted up were healed.

Do you know that some People still died!

Solution was there hanging on a tree but they said that how can an Ordinary Brazen serpent cure me of the Poison of a snake.

The Bible says that as Moses lifted up the serpent in the Wilderness; so the Man of God must be lifted up.

Jesus Christ is lifted now – He has been lifted up on the Cross thousand of years ago. All you have to do is to “Look and Live”.

But if you say that I am not looking; well don’t blame God if you die – You must Possess your Possession.

8. In Acts 2: 1-4; God Provided Anointing – The Holy Spirit came and landed on the head of all the Apostles.

God gave the Power but He expects you to use that Power.

Acts 3: 1-8; Peter and John were on their way to the Temple, when they saw a Crippled Man asking for alms.

And Peter remembered that I have received Power and he decided to use the Power – He said to the Man: Silver and Gold I have none but I have something now; in the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.

And when he said it, the Man didn’t move.

But because the Power has descended on him and the Citadel of the Anointing is the head with the hand as the Conductor.

It was until Peter grabbed that Man’s hand that Anointing flowed through Peter to that Lame Man. And his ankle bones received Strength and he got up jumping and singing and dancing.

There are many of us as Children of God – We have been Baptised in the Holy Spirit and we have Power but we are not using it.

And He says that if we lay hands on the Sick, they will recover.

And some of us are not laying hands on anybody – And we claimed that how do we know if we lay hands on the Sick, they will recover? What if we lay hands on them and they didn’t recover?

Well, what if you lay hands on them and they do recover?

Possess your Possession – Use what you have!

9. When you read 2 Kings 2: 9-15; Elisha asked Elijah for a Double Portion of his Spirit – You know the Story.

When Elijah was taking away, his Mantle fell – God made sure that Elijah dropped the Mantle

But it is not God who came down to pick the Mantle and put it into the hands of Elisha – Elisha picked up the Mantle himself.

☆ Elisha went to River Jordan himself.

☆ Elisha rolled the Mantle the way his Master did by himself.

☆ Elisha smote River Jordan like his Master did by himself.

Before he even cried: “Where is the God of Elijah my father?”

God can cause the Mantle to fall but it is his (Elisha) duty is to pick it up, and it is his duty to use it .

On several occasions, we have Anointed your Handkerchiefs – Some of put the Handkerchiefs in our Pocket and just forget about it.

And when you begin to hear the Testimonies of others who has used the same Handkerchiefs – The kind that you get, and God Produced results; don’t blame God because you didn’t use your own.

10. In Jeremiah 33:3; God says that if you call on me, I will answer you.

Do you know what that means? He can answer all Prayers but you have to call on Him first.

You can say that afterall, He knows all my Needs – He is the All Sufficient God.

Afterall it is written that God shall Supply all my Needs according to His Riches in Glory.

But if you don’t ask, you won’t get.

Today, I’m requesting you; Particularly those of you who are not yet Born Again, don’t waste Time anymore – Come to Jesus Christ, let Him save your Soul. Today is the Day of Salvation, don’t leave it till tomorrow.

And those of us who are already Children of God, you have Tremendous Blessings in Jesus Christ – Continue to Appropriate them, continue to use all the Things that God has Provided for you in Jesus Christ.

At least continue to cry unto Him so that He can answer your Prayers.

I’m believing God for all of you who will call on Him today that very soon, I will be hearing Mighty Testimonies from you.

ALTAR CALL

And those of you who will want to give your Life to Jesus Christ, will you Please bow your head now:

Call on Him for Salvation – He will save you today.

He has been waiting for you to call on Him – Call on Him now: Ask Him to have Mercy on you, save your Soul, forgive your sin and make you a Child of God.

And He will do so!

Pray that Prayer now as I join you to cry for your Salvation!

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

PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER

And so my Father and my God, I want to Thank You once again for Your Words.

And I want to Thank You especially for those who has responded to Your Word – Who says that I won’t waste Time anymore and I will look unto Jesus and be saved.

As they have come to You today, Please receive them, have Mercy on them, save their Souls, let Your Blood wash away their sins, write their names into the Book of Life today and let them become a Part of the Family of God.

And from now on, whenever they call on You, Please answer them by Fire

And very soon, let me begin to hear Mighty Testimonies from all of them.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

I rejoice with those of you who has given your Life to Jesus Christ today – Please contact me as soon as Possible.

And look for the nearest Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) to you and tell the Pastor there that you have given your Life to Jesus and he will tell you what to do next.

God Bless You in Jesus Mighty Name – Amen!!!

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TOPIC: FOR WHOM THE HEAVENS OPEN – PART 55 (THE ISSUE OF TIME)

MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

DATE: 13TH OCTOBER 2024

BIBLE TEXT: JOSHUA 18: 1-3

Let Us Pray!

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

Almighty God, the Controller of Heaven and Earth – We Worship You.

We are Proud of You Father because You are the Lord of Host – Nobody can fight against You and win.

We are Proud that You are our Father and we have You on our Side.

You are the One who said that we are More Than Conqueror simply because You love us – Thank You for Loving us Lord.

Please, accept our Worship in Jesus Name.

Today, in the Life of everyone of us; show Your Almightiness, fight our battles for us and give us Total Victory.

Victory over Sickness, Victory over Disease, Victory over Poverty, Victory over Sorrow, Victory over Barreness.

Father, just give us Total Victory and just let Your Name be Glorified.

In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

Well, shake hands with one (1) or two (2) People and tell him or her: The Lord will fight for you!

And then, you may Please be seated.

We want to jump to Joshua 18: 1-3 – I know that you want to say from Chapter 14 to Chapter 18? What about Chapters 15, 16 and 17?

Well, like I said: Whatever I omit, the Holy Spirit will teach you!

Joshua 18: 1-3

1. And the whole Congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the Tabernacle of the Congregation there. And the Land was Subdued before them.
2. And there remained among the children of Israel seven Tribes, which had not yet received their Inheritance.
3. And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to Possess the Land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?

… The Lord God of your Father had given you the Land:

☆ Why are you Slack to go to Possess the Land?

☆ How long will you delay your Blessings?

☆ How long before you take Action to Possess your Possession?

Today, we want to discuss a very important Issue – “THE ISSUE OF TIME”.

Many, many of us; Particularly Children of God, treat Time with Levity – We waste a lot of Time, we are slow in doing what we even say that we will do, and we leave till tomorrow, what we can do today!

We waste Time on Things that do not matter.

So, I feel an urgency in my Spirit to discuss with you “The Issue of Time”.

Many of those who are close to me accuse me of only one thing – Impatience! They always say that: Oh God, why is he always hurrying us?

Because Time does not wait for anybody – And once Time is gone, it is gone!

It doesn’t matter your Anointing, you cannot bring back Last Year!

And there are some opportunities that once they are Lost, they are Lost forever!

When I got to conduct Holy Ghost Service in Nations of the world, Particularly in areas where we have never held it before; I always tell them: Be at alert because the Holy Spirit flows like a River.

And if by the Time the River flows in your direction and the Almighty God said that there is Someone here – And you are that Someone. But at that Time, your Mind is on something else. And after God had Spoken, you heard Somebody near you say Amen and then you turn to the Fellow and say: What did he say? By then, it is gone.

Only God has Control over Time – This is very, very Crucial

Daniel 2: 20-21 says: He Controls Times and Seasons. He is the Only One who has Control over Time.

Why? Because He is the One who Created Time!

Genesis 1: 1-5 – He is the One who began to talk about the Evening and the Morning, the First Day.

He Created Time for Man. But He (That is God) lives in Eternity – From Eternity to Eternity, He is God.

According to Psalms 115:3; the Only One who Controls Time, does as He Pleases in Heaven:

1. According to Joxhua 10: 12-14; He can Stop Time.

When Joshua was fighting and Night was about to fall, he cried to God and God Suspended Time – He said: Hey, Sun stay where you are for almost a day.

2. He can Reverse Time – Even though He did it only once in History.

In Isaiah 38: 1-8; when He Promised to give a King 15 Extra Years; He said that I will show you a Sign – I will ask the Sun to go backwards.

3. He can Advance Time – He can bring the Future to the Present because He is the Alpha and Omega.

Like He did in John 2: 1-11 – When in the Marriage in Cana of Galilea, they lacked wine. And His mother came to Him and said: My Son, they need a Miracle here. He said to the mother that my Time has not yet come.

But because of the Faith of His mother – Because His mother said to those who are Standing by: Don’t Pay attention to what He has said, just do whatever He Commands you.

He Accelerated Time – He brought “Not Yet” to “Now” – Because He is the Only One who can Control Time.

In Matthew 15: 21-28; if you know how to approach Him, He can bring your Miracle from “Not Yet” to “Now”.

When a woman came to Him and began to cry to Him for Help for Deliverance for her daughter. Amd Jesus Christ said that it is not yet Time for the Gentiles and He said that I can’t give the Bread of Children to dog.

And the Woman Worshiooed Him – That I know that I am a dog but this dog won’t go away until you give her, her Miracle. Jesus Christ granted her Request.

The Time of the Gentiles didn’t come until Acts Chapter 10 – Years later.

But the woman knew how to bring “Not Yet” to “Now” by the way she approached God.

4. He is the Only One who can delay Time and yet be on Time.

Matthew 25: 1-13 tells you the Story of the ten Virgins that went to receive the Bridegroom. And the Bible says that the Bridegroom tarried.

Many People are wondering: Why has Jesus Christ not come till now?

He Controls Times and Seasons – He is the Only One who has the Privilege to delay and still be on Time.

In Mark 5: 21-23; Jairus said Please come and heal my daughter before she dies. He said: Alright, I will go with you

On the way, a woman came from behind – The woman with the Issue of Blood and stopped Jesus Christ on the way by stealing a Miracle.

And Jesus Christ said: Who touched me? – You know the Story.

While they were discussing: Who touched me and who didn’t touched me; the daughter died because there was a delay.

But Jesus Christ told Jairus: Don’t worry, I will still be on Time.

He still brought the daughter back to Life.

In John 11: 1-44; it was when Lazarus was sick that they sent for Jesus. The Bible said that he waited for another 4 days. By the Time He arrived, the Sister said: If You had been here on Time, my brother won’t have died.

He said: Don’t worry yourself; I have the Privilege of delaying and still being on Time.

But you are not God; you have no Control over Time – You can’t delay and still be on Time.

In John 9:4; Jesus Christ said clearly while He was here on Earth – He said: The Night comes when no Man work.

Brother/Sister, work while it is day!

He said that: I must work the work of Him that sent me while it is day. Why? Because the Night is coming when no Man can work (John 9:4).

Why must you always be in a hurry? Why must you make sure that you don’t waste a day from today till the rest of your Life?

It is that some doors don’t stay open forever – If God has given you an open door, move Fast!

In the Story of the ten Virgins that I mentioned earlier – Matthew 25: 1-13; as soon as the Bridegroom came, the five Virgins who were ready went in with the Lord Jesus Christ and the door was shut.

When the five foolish Virgins came and they knocked the door – Lord, we are here! We have been waiting for You before – It is because you delayed, that is why our Lamp went out. He said: I don’t even know you!

And once God shuts the door, that door is shut.

Genesis 7: 13-16; for years Noah had been warning the People – A flood is coming, get into the Ark of Salvation. The People said: Which Rain? Where will the Rain come from? As at this time, Rain had never fallen.

As soon as the Rain began to fall; as soon as those who are willing to act had already moved into the Ark; the Bible said that God shut the door – It wasn’t Noah that shut the door.

His Relatives came when they suddenly saw what is going on – Water is coming from under the Ground and Rain was falling from Above.

They ran to the Ark – They knocked and cried to Noah: Noah, open the door for me. Don’t you know me? I am so, so, so; we are together in Primary School.

Once God shut the door, Nobody will be able to open it.

Revelation 3:7 says that: When He closes a door, no Man can open it.

When you read Genesis 27: 30-37; you will discovered that a little delay can be very costly.

Because the Bible says that Isaac called Esau – Go and get me food; the kind that I will enjoy so that I can bless you.

Esau went and before he came, Jacob had already brought food to Papa – Papa had eaten and had Poured the Blessings on Jacob.

The Bible said that just as Jacob was getting out of the door; within Seconds of Jacob disappearing, Esau came. But it was late.

And Bible Scholars believed that it is most likely that Esau Prepared the food and decided to eat Part of it – He just wanted to have his own share of the food before bringing the remainder to Papa.

… Papa is not going anywhere now! Let me finish my own bit – All because he loves food!

There are certain things that you can’t even say that I will do after eating!

There are certain things you have to do at a Particular moment.

You must learn to be in a hurry – A little delay can be costly.

You must learn as they say in an English Proverb – “You must learn to Strike the Iron while it is hot”.

Because when it became cold, you can’t make the same Amendments that you could make while the Iron is hot.

2 Kings 13: 14-19 – You know the Story!

Elisha was about to die and the King came to him and wept over him – Ha, my father my father; what am I going to do? You are the one defending this Nation – The Chariot of Israel and the Horsemen thereof.

And Elisha told him what to do – Okay, take bow and arrow and Shoot. He shot. Then after Elisha said: Take an arrow and smite the Ground.

After he smote three times he stopped.

And the Man of God said that why do you stop? You should have smitten five or more times, then your Victory would have been Complete.

I have told you before – If I was the King and I heard that three times is not enough; I will pick that arrow, keep smitting the Ground and he will be the one begging me to stop. But the King just stood there until the Bible says that Elisha died.

Smite the Iron when the Iron is hot – Child of God, Please don’t Play with this ever again!

Don’t say that I will Pray later on or I will do this or that later on – Hurry!

I am sure that those of you who has been quarrelling with me for always being in a hurry will learn and become my friend from now on.

You see, God has Time Table for everything!

Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8; it says that: There is Time for Planting, Time for Reaping et cetera et cetera.

Everything has a Time according to His Time Table.

And do you know what He says in Psalms 102:13? He said: Thou will arise and have Mercy on Zion. Why? Because He said that the Set Time to Favour her has come.

God has a Set Time – You miss that Set Time, you will be in serious Trouble!

Several years ago, when we went to Ghana to host the first Crusade there – We went to host the Crusade in Kumasi. And I think that the Plane was supposed to depart around 11am. But I woke up in the Morning and the Almighty God told me: If you are still in Town by 8am, you will be in trouble.

I told the People that God said: Get out of Town before 8am – And everybody hurried.

By the Time we got to Accra, for one reason or the other, the Airline has Changed Time Table – We were the last to Board the Plane. We were just on time.

We had no extra Money – We would have been in serious Embarrassment.

In my Journeys across the world; I remembered on one occasion – We just left a Nation early in the Morning. Our Plane just took off at a Particular Period and then there was a Military Coup and the Airport was closed.

DMC NOTES: A Coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a Military Organization or other Government Elites to unseat an incumbent Leadership.

Don’t waste Time – Don’t say that I have Time because really you don’t have!

Somebody said: “Time is Money” – No, Time is more than Money.

Time is Life!

And since you have started listening to me now or reading now on the Label of DMC; Time has been Passing.

When you read Acts 2: 1-4; the Bible said that when the Day of Pentecost was fully come; they were all together in one accord in the Upper Room et cetera et cetera. Then the Holy Spirit came.

☆ Do you know that if there had been one of the Apostles as at the Time that the Holy Spirit came who went to the Toilet; he would have missed it?

☆ Do you know that if any of the Apostles had Strolled in 5 Minutes after the Holy Spirit came, he would have missed out?

You don’t know when your Time of Visitation will be – And so, don’t waste Time anymore my Beloveth Children!

That brings us to one very important Point – Ecclesiastes 12: 1-7 says: Remember now thy Creator in the days of your Youth.

Don’t let anybody deceived you my Beloveth Children: We are all getting Old Per Seconds Per Seconds!

God does not measure in Years but in Days – Teach us to Number our Days, that we may apply our Heaets unto Wisdom (DMC NOTES: Psalms 90:12).

You are Older today than you were Yesterday – Don’t think that it is when you get 70 years or 78 years that you are Old. You get Old day by day.

And it says: Remember thy Creator now in the days of your Youth because a Time is coming that what you can do now, you will not be able to do again (DMC NOTES: Ecclesiastes 12:1).

And Probably, what is much more serious is the fact that according to Matthew 25:13 – Watch because you don’t know when the Lord will Return.

He is Coming back – He may even arrive before tomorrow Morning.

And when He comes according to 1 Corinthians 15: 51-52; He will come in a Twinkling of an eye.

Do you know what that means? Within Milliseconds, He will come and those who are ready will be gone.

DMC NOTES: Millseconds means 0.001 Seconds

Those who miss it by Milliseconds, miss it forever!

Ask those who are very Close to me – My children, or Visitors who comes to my house, those that come to Night Prayer Meeting in our house.

Before we go to bed, they will tell you that I end every Prayer in the Evening by saying: “And Lord, if You return before tomorrow; Please don’t leave us behind”.

I have been Praying that Prayer since I got Born Again because you can sleep tonight and end up in Heaven by tomorrow Morning.

ALTAR CALL

Which is why I am telling those of you who aren’t yet Born Again – The Bible made it Abundantly clear: Today is the Day of Salvation, now is the Accepted Time (DMC NOTES: 2 Corinthians 6:2).

Don’t say that you will leave it till Next Sunday – Now is the Accepted Time. You don’t even know if you will be around by Next Sunday. I don’t know if I will be around either.

Surrender your Life to Jesus Christ now! And then you can be sure that you are not “Too Late”.

So, if you want to give your Life to Jesus Christ, will you Please bow your Head now wherever you may be and cry unto Him and say: Please save me now and have Mercy on me.

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

PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER

My Father and my God, I want to Thank You once again for Your Words.

And I want to Thank You for those who has urgently Accepted Your Call for Salvation.

Since they have decided to come to You now: Father Please save them now, have Mercy on them now, let Your Blood wash away their sins now, write their names in the Book of Life now, let them become Part of the Family of God now and Oh Lord, let everything become New for them from now on.

Any anytime they cry to You from now on, Please answer them by Fire.

And let them serve You forever.

Thank You Almighty God.

For in Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

Now, I rejoice with those of you who has given your Life to Jesus Christ because now after that Prayer, you are a Child of God.

And I will advice you to go to the nearest Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) to you – Tell the Pastor there that I sent you and he will tell you what to do next.

And very soon I will be hearing Good News from you!

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!!!

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