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RCCG HOLY GHOST CONGRESS 2020 (VIRTUAL)

THEME: IT’S TIME TO FLY

MINISTERING DAY 3 EVENING SESSION (TALK 1): PASTOR BAMIDELE STURDIVANT (THE FAITH UNITED MINISTRIES, USA)

TOPIC: PREPARING FOR DIVINE PROMOTION.

DATE: 9TH DECEMBER, 2020

BIBLE TEXT: JUDGES 6:21-27

Well, let somebody shout a Big Hallelujah – HALLELUJAH!

GOD BLESS YOU!

It is a great Honour, it is a great Privilege for me to have the opportunity to come to you in this Unique day, at the Strategic time to share with you what the Almighty God has Placed in my heart.

Whatever it is that my Daddy, Pastor E.A Adeboye has given me the opportunity to come and share with you during this Holy Ghost Congress.

And the THEME is: IT’S TIME TO FLY.

Let us Pray!

OPENING PRAYER

Father in the Name of Jesus I Thank You right now for the Privilege and opportunity.

I Thank You for the chance that you have given; where we get to speak with Your People, to share with them what You are trying to get to them – through me, for where You are trying to take them.

I Pray in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ that this will be a Turning Point in the life of someone that is watching and reading this Message from the Label of DMC; wherever they are in the world.

That they will hear a Word from You, letting them know that this is the way walk in it.

And for everyone who has been grounded, who has seemingly been stucked, who has been stranded; by virtue of this Message let them all be LIFTED.

Let them know that there is Someone Great and Above to help them.

Save someone today!

In Jesus’ Name I Pray – Amen and Amen!

I want to talk to you from a very Unique Passage of Scriptures which seemingly, may not go with this Theme: IT’S TIME TO FLY.

But, I want to look at Judges 6:21-27 (NKJV):

21 Then the Angel of the Lord put out the end of the staff that was in His hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire rose out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. And the Angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.

22 Now Gideon perceived that He was the Angel of the Lord. So Gideon said, “Alas, O Lord God! For I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face.”

23 Then the Lord said to him, “Peace be with you; do not fear, you shall not die.”

24 So Gideon built an altar there to the Lord, and called it The-Lord-Is-Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

25 Now it came to pass the same night that the Lord said to him, “Take your father’s young bull, the second bull of seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the wooden image that is beside it;

26 and build an altar to the Lord your God on top of this rock in the proper arrangement, and take the second bull and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the image which you shall cut down.”

27 So Gideon took ten men from among his servants and did as the Lord had said to him. But because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city too much to do it by day, he did it by night.

Now listen, when you are talking about IT’sTIME TO FLY, Flying has SEVERAL THINGS connected to it:

• It has ELEVATION connected to it;
• It has PROMOTION attached to it.

And I believe that because, the Almighty God gave this Theme to our Daddy for this Particular Season; especially when we are in what is a worldwide Pandemic and what is a Lockdown.

You remember a few Months back, our Daddy was teaching us on: “GOING FROM LOCKDOWN TO LEAPING UP.”

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I believed that the Almighty God is strategically telling us to start Preparing ourselves to move from Stagnation to Elevation; to move from being stuck to being Promoted.

So, for the next few moments I want to talk to you about: PREPARING FOR DIVINE PROMOTION.

… And I want to use Gideon as my case study.

Because you see many of us, we see that there is something wrong that is about to happen to us that the world has not seen.

We understand that there has been so many things that happened to us and it looks like there’s no way that what God Promised us in the beginning of the Year 2020 can actually take Place for us.

Some have given up on their Hopes, given up on their Dreams, given up on their Goals.

Here in America, we have what is called is ‘CANCEL CULTURE” – And people are saying they want to CANCEL 2020 or we want to GO OVER Year 2020.

As if God did not know that everything that is happening now was going to be happening.

So to some degree, all of us know, we insist that there has got to be something more than what is happening just now.

… We just don’t know how that can be!

The Bible says this in 1 Thessalonians 5:24 – It says: Faithful is He Who has called you. Or He Who has called you is Faithful and He also would do it.

Which means that the onus or the Strength, or the responsibility of getting done what has been Promised is not on you and I; it is on THE ONE who MADE the Promise.

And because He is the One Who is Faithful, He is going to do just what He says.

For God is not a man that He should lie, neither the Son of Man that He should repent or change His mind (Numbers 23:19).

If He says it, He is going to do it; and if He had spoken; it will come to Pass!

The Problem my Beloved brothers and sisters – The Problem is though we believe God is going to do something else, do something greater; we don’t put ourselves in a Position as if we really believe that it is going to happen.

I’m talking to someone right now: You can’t just put everything on Pause, put everything on hold and say: “I’m going to wait until something shifts, before I start doing something.”

Can I just tell you, that there is always a SIFTING before a SHIFTING.

God starts weeding out some things: Weeding out certain People, weeding out certain Mindsets; because He knows where He is taking you.

You cannot ONLY believe in the Promise of God; you have to also have POSITION yourself for the Promise of God.

For example; in Exodus 14:13-15; in order for Moses to see the Red Sea, Moses had to get him to the very Place where the Red Sea was.

He had to Position himself right in the very Presence of the Problem, in order to see what God was about to do.

Can I tell you this very quickly (as I move on)? – That when Moses got into the Red Sea and God told him to stretch out his arms, do you know that when he did that – the water ROLLED UP one side!

You know the story!

And it says: They walked through on DRY GROUND.

Listen; the dry ground was always there! It was covered by the ocean

What does that mean?

It means that their Deliverance was covered by the River, but they had to go and stand and confront the River – If they ever expected to see their DELIVERANCE.

And look at what God did for them!

He allowed them to see the bottom of the sea which they had never seen before!

I’m Prophesying to someone that is listening to me right now or reading on the Label of DMC that: The very thing that looks impossible – The illness that looks incurable; God is going to let us see the END OF IT – AMEN!

Come on, if you believe that shout Big Hallelujah right where you are -. HALLELUJAH!

So Moses POSITIONED himself in the Place that he was expecting what God has Promised.

But David, in 1 Samuel 17:48-50; he had to conquer a lion, before he could try his strength on Goliath.

He could not get what was Promised him until he got over that Giant that was confronting.

And I am decreeing that today on this day that you are watching this very Special CONGRESS or reading on the Label of DMC; I am decreeing that every Goliath, every Giant in your life – IT FALLS TODAY!*

Come on, I say IT FALLS Today!

And if you can believe it right there in your home, right there in your office, where you are looking at this Message on your computer on your phone! while you are watching it on the Camp Ground, while you are watching it in your Churches or Reading on the label of DMC;

I want you to know that today is the day that Giant FALLS!

Come on, if you believe that – Right where you are shout a BIG AMEN!

What can I say about it here?

In Luke 5: 4-7; Peter could not get the great draw of fish that he got – Until he had launched out into the deep, he couldn’t believe that the fish were there!

He also could only believed that he had an opportunity; but we could not get it by standing on the shore.

Being a shallow water, because he never knew big fish stay in shallow water.

For someone that is afraid right now, that is intimidated right now; I’m telling you God is launching you out into the DEEP Waters – Amen.

I know everything looked Possible at January, at February. But here you are in the Month of December – you are in Deep Waters.

Because God made Promises and Prophetic Utterances in January and February; and then, the Pandemic took Place.

But I am telling you that the same God that created the Earth, the World, all of the Planets and the Universe in six (6) days (and He rested).

… He’s got more than ENOUGH TIME!

I will say it again: He’s got MORE THAN enough time to bring to Pass everything that He Promised you.

Come on tell yourself: Hey, I still believe God, I STILL BELIEVE GOD!

What can I say?

In Acts 2:1-4; the one hundred and twenty (120) Disciples had to be in the Upper Room in order for the Holy Spirit to come to them there!

I’m telling you that God has been trying to get certain individuals and you and I in Particular; to a Particular Place where He can then let us now do the very things that we have been believing Him for.

I want to tell someone that as hard as it is to believe: You are right where you are supposed to be.

I know you can’t believe it, I know it doesn’t Look like It; but God does not make a mistake.

Listen: He is calling you, He is begging you in Isaiah 46:10;

“Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my Pleasure:”

So you are right where you are supposed to be for God to do what he has Promised you!

Beloved there is Positional Preparation that must be adhered to: If you are going to Fly, if you are going to SOAR, if you are going to be ELEVATED, if you are going to be PROMOTED:

You have got to have POSITIONAL PREPARATION.

No Rocket takes off in the Stratosphere without having a Launching Space.

You have got to have a Place where you are trying to be; where God has Prepared for certain things to happen.

Do you remember in Genesis 2:5; and I have told you many times – I don’t see Genesis, I said GENE-sis.

Because GENE is the DNA – Original makeup, the beginning of a thing.

And Genesis 2:5 says: “And every Plant of the field before it was in the Earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.”

Also listen to the audio: Preparing For Divine Promotion – Pastor Bamidele Sturdivant

… And there was not a MAN TO TILL THE GROUND.

Literally, God was waiting for a man (Adam) to gain POSITION before He released the Power from Heaven; so that the PREPARATION on Earth could take Place.

And God had then moving you and I – Keeping us in POSITION.

During the midst of the lockdown or shut down, He has shown us we have to be STILL and know that HE IS GOD.

Our Prayer Life has gone to another level, our relationship with Him has gone on to another level;

The fact is that: He has POSITIONED us and we are now PREPARED for the task ahead.

Come on, I need you – If you can find somebody near you. If there is nobody there (if they already in bed), there is nobody standing there;

You go on now and encourage your own self and say: I AM POSITIONED FOR DIVINE PROMOTION!

Come on, say it: IT’S TIME FOR ME TO FLY

Please note this, my beloved brothers and sisters: This Bible Text that I have read in your hearing (Judges 6:21); God is speaking to The UNSEEN ISSUES of Gideon.

Gideon in the Bible Text that we are dealing with today: You are going to find that he is in a wine Press, threshing wheat.

For seven (7) strange years, the Midianite had been coming and raiding down, taking everything they had, coming like locusts, taking all of their harvest, all of their animals – Everything that they had.

And Gideon; now watch this; he is now in a hidden Place.

Read it in Judges 6:11 it says that:

“And there came an Angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that Pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.”

Don’t miss this: A winepress is where they normally press Grapes; but Gideon is threshing wheat.

Listen to this: He is in the Wrong Place, but it is being PRODUCTIVE.

It is showing that: I may not be in the right situation but I am going to be Productive wherever I am.

And the Bible says that the Angel of the Lord comes around and said: Blessed are you Mighty man of Valour;.

See, I want somebody to know that even though you are working in obscurity, Heaven is still watching you!

Even though it may seems like nobody sees what you are doing, Heaven is watching you!

The Bible says, he is doing it in such a way that the Angel said: “It is by you Gideon, I’m going to deliver a whole Nation in your hands.

I’m going to take you from being in obscurity; (Listen to this): and bring you to the realm of Nobility.

I’m taking you from being in a Position of Poverty to bring you to the Position of Popularity.

I sense in my spirit that there is someone who is listening to me or Reading on the Label of DMC: A SHIFT is taking Place in your life!

If you believe that I’m talking to you (because I’m not here for everybody) but I’m here for somebody:

I want you to go on and say: “You are talking to me Pastor Bamidele, you are talking to me!”

So, God is speaking to The unseen issues in Gideon and he Prophesied great things!

If you have got the chance just go on and read the Book of Judges 6:1-16.

He said that to him:

And I want you to take notice of something – What looks like many things are going to be defeated as one thing.

Just as the Lord said to you Gideon in Judges 6:16: “And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man”.

Meaning that a whole Host of People are going to be defeated by you as if they were one Person

What am I saying to you?

God is going to take all of those Adversities, all of those Adversaries, all of those Disadvantages, roll them up in a ball; and by virtue of this one Conference that you are in right Place now – Amen; God is going to deliver all of those things to you at one time – Amen!

I feel God’s Presence right now – I need you to go BELIEVE THAT!

And Gideon received the Prophetic Utterance in his life by sowing a SEED of what he perceived as a LEAST GIFT.

Look at it in Judges 6:18 – “Depart not hence, I Pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my Present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.”

Gideon giving an offering of least seed – He said to himself: “In order to solidify the Prophecy over my life, I have got to SOW A SEED.”

I am saying to someone right now who is saying no, Pastor Bamidele – I’m going to wait until everything comes through for me;

No! Gideon said from right where I am, in the Position that I am currently in, I’m SOWING out of where I am.

Watch this: Gideon said: I am giving my least seed, because of what I am believing God to do for me!

… This was an ACT OF FAITH!

This was a seed that says: More is coming; this was a seed that was saying that even though this might be my LEAST; here me: it is not my LAST!

This may be a little but MORE is coming.

I want you to go on right now and Pray this one Prayer with me:

Say FATHER; that which is my LEAST right now, don’t let it be my LAST – Amen.

Come on, go on and Pray: Father, that which is my least right now, don’t let it be my LAST

Thank You Lord!

So shall it be for you in Jesus’ Mighty Name we Pray – Amen and Amen!

So, not only did Gideon sow a seed of what was his least; But the Angel gave him SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS on how to give!

… As you see in Judges 6:20-21.

And to show that the Angel had accepted it, He stretched out His Rod;

And all of a sudden, He CONSUMED all that seed.

Can I please tell you that not every Offerings you may have given is acceptable!

It may be taken by the Church but it is not acceptable by God.

… Oh mine!

You want to give a seed that God will accept it?

If you don’t believe me look at what He says in Genesis 4:4-5:

It says that God did not have RESPECT to Cain’s offering or the Cain.

So you need to understand that when you are sowing and Giving; you gave out of what you have because you are believing for some things greater from God.

Now, we saw that in Gideon’s expressing of that fact; because of the level the manifestation that he got.

He made a statement in Judges 6:22-23:

He said: Oh I’m going to die now!

But the Angel said: You are not going to die

In other words God told me to tell somebody listening to me today, who is watching me right now or Reading on the label of DMC that what he has shown you was not to terrify you.

Get ready for this: But it was to let you know the kind of POWER that you have got backing you up.

Don’t be intimidated by what is before you: You have got a GREAT GOD that is backing you up!

So finally, WHAT MUST I DO TO PUT MYSELF IN PREPARATION FOR DIVINE PROMOTION?

… Here it is:

1. You must Establish a NEW RELATIONSHIP with the Almighty God.

The Bible says in Judges 6:24, that Gideon built a Brand New ALTAR on where he was now in his RELATIONSHIP with the Almighty God.

And to him God is now called Jehovah SHALOM, Yahweh is PEACE.

He now established a New Relationship, a New Altar on where he is with the Almighty God.

I’m telling you that whenever God is going to do something New with you: just like what you did on Mount Carmel with Prophet Elijah:

He says: I need you to build a NEW ALTAR, I need a New Relationship.

And I think it would be great right now, in this Final Month of the Year – For you to establish a New Relationship with God.

*Notice whar Gideon did;: He turned down The Old Altar that he had, he turned down the Old Relationship he had with his family;

… Read it when you have the opportunity (Judges 6:25-27).

Gideon burnt down the Old Altar, turned down some relationship. He took only ten (10) men out of the men that were in the City.

But before then, in Judges 6:20 and 26; everything you did he built it on The Rock – giving a seed offering to the Almighty God.

He Established a New Generational Bloodline and the Place of his SACRIFICE;

What you need to do is: You need to establish a PLACE – call it your EBENEZER – “Thus far the Lord has kept me”.

… And establish that before the Almighty God!

And then finally, the thing that Gideon did:

We want to Pray to the Almighty God and say Father: As I Prepare to FLY; only surround me with People that BELIEVE in my ELEVATION.

LIFT YOUR VOICE LOUD AND CLEAR

We want to Pray to the Almighty God and say Father: As I Prepare to FLY – only surround me with People that BELIEVE in my ELEVATION.

LIFT YOUR VOICE LOUD AND CLEAR – Go ahead, Pray right now!

Thank you my Father and my God!

So shall it be to you in Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!

And then this Last Prayer – Pray with all of your might. Because the Bible says that Gideon did it in the Night Season even when he couldn’t see everything;

You Pray this Prayer: FATHER, because You are my Light, let me not be intimidated to start making moves right now.

Lift your voice and say FATHER; because You are my Light, I don’t want to walk In Darkness Let me begin making Moves.

… Go ahead and Pray that Prayer!

In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!.

CLOSING PRAYER

My Father and my God, I Thank You now for everyone that is watching even on the Label of DMC, everyone that has Tune in:

Wherever they may be: Whether they are in Nigeria or Spain, whether they are in the UK or the US, whether they may be in Indonesia, or Austra, or Australia;

My father I Pray right now meet them at the Point of their Needs.

Take off all of the Sanballats, take off all the hinderances and the inconveniences.

Give them the Grace to lay aside every weights and the sin that so easily beset them.

And then lift them up to where they will know You; so they will go from those that are on the ground to those that are SOARING.

Do iit for Your Glory! Do it to the devil’s SHAME.

In Jesus’ Name I Pray – Amen and Amen!

There is nothing stopping you – All you have to do is surrender what belongs to Him.

And as you give your whole self to Him; the Sky will no longer be your limit – Amen.

GOD BLESS YOU is my Prayer.

In Jesus’ Name – Amen and Amen!

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RCCG HOLY GHOST CONGRESS 2020 (VIRTUAL)

THEME: IT’S TIME TO FLY

MINISTERING DAY 2 EVENING SESSION: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

TOPIC: FLYING HIGH (PART 2)

DATE: 8TH DECEMBER, 2020

BIBLE TEXT: EPHESIANS 2:1-7

LET US PRAY!

SONG

Worthy, Worthy is the Lamb,
Worthy, Worthy is the Lamb,
Worthy, Worthy is the Lamb,
That was slain (Glory)

Glory Hallelujah
Glory Hallelujah
Glory Hallelujah
That was slain (Jesus)

Repeated!

OPENING PRAYER

Lamb of God, the One that takes away the sins of the world we worship You.

We Thank You for the Blood You shed for us; we Thank You for the Salvation of our Souls. Thank You for making everything New for us;

… Please, accept our worship in Jesus’ Name!

Tonight Lord God Almighty as we take another look at what You did for us at Calvary we Pray God Almighty: That You will give us the Grace to FLY OUT of Corruption, FLY OUT of a life of sin; and begin to FLY HIGH into Holiness,

In Jesus’ Mighty Name we Pray – Amen!

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

Today our Text is going to be taken from Ephesians 2:1-7:

1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

We are talking about: FLYING HIGH (PART 2)

You see, man was originally created to be a High Flyer.

When you read Genesis 1:26-28; you will see that the Almighty God put man on TOP – As HIGH as Possible!

He gave man Dominion over ALL the creatures – Man was high up.

And if you read the whole of Genesis Chapter 2; you will discovered that:

1. Man was made EXTREMELY STRONG.

When it comes to STRENGTH he was a High Flyer.

WHY? – God put him in charge of a Garden so BIG that if we are to believe Bible Scholars, it is about the size of Lagos State (A State in Nigeria).

Now, to ask a single man to look after a Garden the size of Lagos State; even if it is the size of Redemption Camp – that man must be very very STRONG Physically.

2. MATERIALLY he was a High Flyer:

As you will find in that same Genesis Chapter 2.

Because he had more than he needed; God even supplied them with Gold,

… Rivers flowing with gold – PURE GOLD.

Now imagine a man who has a lot of money and there is nothing to buy – He didn’t need to go to any Supermarket to buy anything, you didn’t need to go anywhere!

Yet God gave him Gold – PURE GOLD. Apart from food that could last him forever.

3. MENTALLY, he was a High Flyer:

It is there in the same Genesis Chapter 2.

The Bible says God brought every animals He created: Every animals, every birds to him and he named NAME ALL.

Imagine Somebody beating any Professor of Zoology without going to the University;

This man (Adam) NEVER went to any school and yet he is a High Flyer MENTALLY.

4. Oh MARITALLY he was in Pure Heaven.

He didn’t even asked for a wife – A wife just came!

And the Bible says in Proverbs 18:22 that: He who finds a wife finds a Good thing and has found favour with God.

You can also listen to the audio here: Flying High (Part 2) – Pastor E.A Adeboye

5. SPIRITUALLY he was a High Flyer

Because he was wearing the Glory of God as a dress.

The Bible says: Himself and his wife , they were ‘naked’.

Naked in the sense that they were not wearing any human dress – Naked but not ashamed because the Glory of God covered them (husband and wife).

And you know what?

They were CONSTANTLY having Fellowship with God.

Man was originally made a HIGH FLYER.

But then, we came to Genesis Chapter 3 and Sin came, and man came crashing down.

And because, like they said in Africa: “A Monkey that is crawling on the ground; Monkey that can no longer climb a tree; that can’t jump from One tree to another.”

Sin came!

And when sin came, several other things followed:

1. FEAR:

And you know what the Bible says about fear?

1 John 4:8, the Bible says: Fear has torment.

Man didn’t know anything called fear before; he was a High Flyer.

The first (1st) thing he said when he fell is: “God we heard your voice and we were afraid.”

The moment they sinned, the Glory of God departed, and suddenly they saw they were naked and they were trying to cover their shame.

Proverbs 3:35 says: “The wise shall inherit Glory but shame shall be the Promotion of fools.”

2. And then came CURSES

Cuse on the husband, curse on the wife.

And you know very well about curses; you know what they can do!

Curses can reduce a man to NOTHING.

Numbers 20:1-6; when a King saw that he was surrounded by so many People that he thought could become his enemies;

He sent for one False Prophet called Balaam. He said, come and curse these People for me. If you curse them, I know I will be able to overpower them.

Almost immediately the curses came, God chased them out of the Garden – They lost everything in one day.

… Everything they had, came crashing down and became separated from God.

3. And it wasn’t long after that that DEATH came.

There wasn’t death before.

But by the time you get to Genesis 4:8 you will now find the first recorded case of murder; and it is the worst type you can think of: One brother killing another – Son of the same father, son of the same mother.

… Because SIN came!

As a matter of fact things got so bad that by the time you get to Genesis 6:5-7; the Bible says God REGRETTED that He created man.

4. And then came the FLOOD

That wiped out the first world living just a single-family to keep the race going.

SIN is a KILLER, DON’T TOY within!

It can kill you Physically; it can kill you Materially; it can kill him Mentally; it can kill him Maritally; it can kill your Career and it can SEPARATE you from the God.

But then, there was a Promise in Genesis 3:14-15; when the Almighty God said to the serpent: You have done this, one day the SEED of the woman will CRUSH your head.

And that Promise was renewed in Luke 1:26-33; when God was telling Mary about the BIRTH of our Saviour JESUS.

Because when you read Matthew 1:21; it says: “You shall call His name JESUS for He shall save His People from their sins.”

And Thank God the Promise was fulfilled on the CROSS;

I. And all of a sudden man can lift up his head and say: All the CURSES are GONE!

Galatians 3:13-14; Because Jesus hung on the tree we are delivered from the curses of the Law.

II. So man can say hey: NO MORE FEARS.

Because according to Hebrews 2:14-15, the greatest FEAR that man had; which is the fear of death is GONE now!

Because Jesus Christ became man so that He could die; so He could deliver us from the one who used the fear of death to hold us captive – That is the devil.

III. And then man can say hey: I don’t even need to DIE ANYMORE.

Because in John 14:19 Jesus Christ says: “Because I live, you too would live.”

And the Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians 15:51-57; that the real sting of death; what makes death so fearful is SIN.

And with the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, His Blood cleanses from all sin.

IV. And HARDSHIP is no more!

Because when man fell, hardship came – He had to sweat now before he could eat!

But Jesus Christ says: “I have come that you might have life and that they might have it more abundantly” – John 10:10.

V. And SEPARATION from God now can be a thing of the PAST.

Colossians 1:27 tells us: If Christ is in you, you can now hope for Glory – No more shame!

But I am sure you know all these, and by now you must be asking me: WHERE ARE WE GOING?

I will tell you: if you are not a Child of God, I would advise you:

1. LOOK UNTO JESUS TONIGHT and you will begin to FLY

Because the Bible says in John 1:29: “Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world.”

Take a look at Jesus Christ tonight and your sins can be gone!

Look unto Jesus Christ now and you CAN FLY OUT OF SICKNESS.

Because in John 3:14-16; the Bible says: “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness so must the son of God be lifted up.”

What was that saying?

When the children of Israel were on their way to the Promised Land, and they were attacked by some very Poisonous snakes because of their sins.

And God wanted to bring them healings; He told Moses to make a Brazen Serpent in the shape of the serpent that was destroying the People.

He told him to lift it up: that anyone who will look at that brass serpent, even if they are bitten by the Snake they will live.

Meaning what?

That is number one – If you are not yet a child of God, look unto Jesus; you would fly out of Hardship, you will fly out of fear of Death, you will fly out of Loneliness.

Because He says: “I will never leave you, I will never forsake you!

… But that is not all;

2. Which is for those of us who are ALREADY children of God: The time has come for you to FLY OUT OF OBSCURITY.

The time has come for you to fly out of Corruption, the time has come for you to fly out of the company of sinners; the time has come for you to fly out of the life of impurities!

Yes, you are saved by Grace.

Ephesians 2:5, 8-9 – It is by Grace you are saved.

But the Bible says you were once dead in sin, now He has quickened you; He has brought you to life to sin NO MORE.

Romans 6:1-2 says: You are dead to sin and now you are to be alive to righteousness.

So you can’t continue to live a life of sin.

Oh, I’m sure some of you will say: But we hear some Preachers say: “As soon as you are born again, we can now live whichever way we like and you will still make it to Heaven.

… That is a LIE!

Others could believe that, other could continue in that kind of life – You must FLY OUT and say: “As for me, I was living in sin but now I am DEAD to sin, and I am going to live unto Holiness.

Romans 6:19 you have to make it clear to ALL around you: “I am no longer a slave to sin.”

I am sure you have heard that beautiful SONG:

I am no longer a slave to sin,
I am a child of God

You have to FLY OUT of a life of sin!

You have to show the whole world that according to 1 John 3: 8-9: He that commits sin is of the devil – I am no more of the devil.

He that is born of God does not sin – I belong to God, bye bye to sin.

Show the World by your actions, not by your words alone – By your actions that 2 Corinthians 5:17 is true:

“Therefore, if any man be in Christ he is a New Creature; old things have Passed away, behold all things are become New.”

You cannot be a child of God and not be different – Radically different!

Everybody must know that something has happened to you!

All my friends knew, as soon as I became Born Again that something had happened to this fellow. They knew it, they saw it in my action. Not just in my words.

You cannot be a child of God and continue to LIE.

Ephesians 4:22-25; (this is New Testament) – The letter to the Ephesians is considered by many to be the real Letter of Grace.

Ephesians 4:22-25 says: LIE NO MORE!

No more white lie, no more business line, no more exaggeration.

Do you know that exaggeration is another way of lying?

Ephesians 4:28 says: STEAL no more!

You know what stealing is?

When you take what is not your own without the Permission of the owner – That is STEALING.

… STEAL NO MORE!

I told you, when I was a Lecturer at the University of Lagos; that I wrote a letter (Personal letter).

And because of my Position, there we are stationaries on my table for official use.

And I finished writing my letter and I wanted to take an envelope (a University envelope) to Post my Personal letter!

As I stretched forth my hand, God spoke to me and said: “That envelope is not for Personal letters.”

My hand froze! – That envelope is for Official letters.

So I withdrew my hand. But then I said to God: How much is an envelope? – How much?

The Almighty God told me clearly: If you know it is that cheap go and buy yours.

… Stop stealing!

You must FLY!

People must see you up flying different – Completely different: No lying, no stealing.

And like I told some of you in the Past: Don’t steal a man’s timr – Particularly mine!

Somebody would come in: Daddy: I want to see you.

Yes, you are welcome, what can I do for you?

And then they begin to tell stories that are not relevant to why they have come.

“Glory be to God. You are very difficult to see nowadays!

When I asked where you were the first time, they told me you were in India. The next time they said you are in Australia.”

… And I know it is the work of God!

Okay, now you have seen me; thank God I have seen you. What is the Problem?

There is a Problem but actually, it is not a Problem now that I have seen you. The problem is over afterall you have taught us Faith. I mean, all we have to do is believe!

What is the Problem?

That is what I’m trying to tell him – I know that once you Pray, the Almighty God will answer by FIRE. After all, I have heard all these Testimonies.

… You are STEALING MY TIME!

And you know somehing about TIME? – Once it is gone, it is gone!

… No more stealing!

Your standard of Christianity must be the kind that everybody will see you as a HIGH FLYER – No more lying, no more stealing.

If you are not going to contribute to the welfare of somebody – Just by saying: “I just want to come and greet you”

Don’t come and greet me. Do your work, let me do my own – No more stealing of time!

And then, DEFINITELY no more FORNICATION.

I am sure you will be saying: You shouldn’t even be talking about that one at all.

Yes, but we have to; because some of you have reached a stage where you believe that you can do anything.

But the Bible makes it clear in 1 Corinthians 6:13-20 – It says: Your body is no longer your own, you are bought with a Price.

The Almighty God is dwelling in you; you claim it yourself.

You say: “Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world.”

If He is in you, that means your body is His Temple; and that Temple must be KEPT PURE.

Oh, What about somebody that already I’m engaged to; that we are going to get married?

No, no, no! – NO SEX before marriage!

You are a child of God; others may be doing it; you are not to! You are to fly out, you are to be separate!

And you know what?

According to Ephesians 4:31 it says: No more ANGER.

I have seen People who claimed that they are children of the Living God and Born Again. And when you see them in anger you will know without any doubt ‘it is somebody else who is in charge here!’

And the interesting thing is that when you are talking they will say I was mad.

That is correct! Because when you are angry, you are insane!

And then some of you get angry every time – That should be over!

And you know what?

You can trace the root of anger to PRIDE.

It is only a Proud Person who will say: “How can you do that to me? Don’t you know who I am?”

And then Ephesians 4:29 says: You cannot even be
cracking ROTTEN jokes.

Oh, you have to be different!

You want to FLY? You must be exemplary.

As true children of the Living God, He says: Rotten jokes shouldn’t Proceed out of your mouth.

That your mouth is SPECIAL – Your mouth is for Prayer, for Praising God, for Witnessing, for Prophesying, for issuing Decrees – Not for rotten jokes.

Oh, I want to Fly; how am I going to meet all these conditions that you are stating?

… And I can go on and on, but I don’t want to take too much of your time.

It is going to be expensive to fly! To live the life of a true child of The living God is going to cost you something.

Philippians 3:7-11 tells us what Paul the Apostle said.

He said: “All things that were gain to me, I counted them loss.”

But do you know what he said?

He said: Not only do I want to know Him and the Power of His Resurrection; he said: ‘I even want to know the Fellowship of His suffering.’

Oh, let me tell you the truth: You want to Fly as a Christian there is a PRICE to Pay.

Thank God that Jesus saved your Soul – I Thank Him for saving us by Grace.

Let us go a little bit into the Old Testament here – If you read Daniel Chapter 1 – Daniel and some other Brethren were taken into slavery, and then the King said: Well, some of these boys let us Train them and let us feed them very well.

The Bible says Daniel Purposed in his heart (he was not a Born-again Christian);

He Purposed in his heart – he said: “I am not going to defile myself with the meat of the King, I am not going to eat anything that is offered to idol, I’m not going to drink the wine that is first of all dedicated to one idol or the other.

And then Thank God, there were some People who joined him: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego – They said we will be different!

The Bible tells us that by the end of the day; these four (4) shone brighter than the others!

They Paid the PRICE; and then you know what happened in Daniel Chapter 3 – Because I know some of you will say:

But we know Christians who are doing all manners of things: We know the way they live in the offices, we know the way they behave.

Hey! we are not talking about everybody we are talking about you.

Others may want to stay in the Valley, I am talking about those who are about to FLY; who will say ‘I am not going to stay in the valley, I’m going HIGH.

You know the story in Daniel 3:1-end – Shadrach Meshach and Abednego; they said that: “We will NOT BOW, we will not compromise, we refuse to compromise. If we are going to burn let us BURN.

But some of you who are Christians now, in your Place of work they don’t know the difference between those of you who say you are Born Again and those who are not; because you just compromise along with the rest!

You say: if I don’t do what they say they do, they will sack me!

There may be a PRICE to Pay!

But God is on the Throne, He is still the One in control;

I am sure you remembered the Testimony of one of my daughters who because she refused to compromise because of her Position in the company, they sacked her for nothing at all.

And then the Company kept on delaying her settlement; settling others – For seventeen (17) good years my daughter sat at home.

She said God: You know why I am here – I am here because I refused to compromise.

I remembered, we were still in the first Auditorium – A Word came during one of the Holy Ghost Services; that there is someone you are being Persecuted for your Faith. There is a case that has been on and on for years.

… This coming week the case is going to be settled and you will WIN.

The following week the Judge called for the case again and as usual the Company’s Lawyer said they will ask for an Adjournment. The judge said no more Adjournment

She said the only Adjournment you are going to have will be just for few minutes now because I need to go to my Chambers now to write my Judgement.

She came back, announced that: You sacked this woman wrongly; you would Pay her salary for seventeen (17) years Plus Interest.

It may cost you something to STAND OUT.

Oh, I remembered one of my sons when we were in Ilorin (Kwara State in Nigeria) – He heard a Sermon like you are hearing now or reading on the Label of DMC and he said: I didn’t know this is the way that things should be.

… I said, this is it – if you want to SHINE for the Almighty God.

He went to the College where he was teaching with a FORGED certificates and confessed to the Principal: I am sorry sir, I didn’t have the Certificate that I claimed that I have, I want to resign.

The Principal said: Do you know what you are saying? This could land you in jail.

He said that is fine Sir, it is up to you – You can let me go free (I have come to resign) or you can hand me to the Police. They . could send me to Prison.

I won’t die in Prison – The crime that I have committed is not the kind that they will put me to DEATH. I will come out and then I will continue my life.

And while in Prison, I will be a Free man because the burden of having being living a False Life will be gone.

The Almighty God touched the heart of the Principal, he said okay you can go!

That young man became a Bishop; he started his own Ministry and God Prospered his Ministry so Mightily.

… You may have to Pay a Price!

I remembered years ago, not too long ago – Whenever they needed somebody for a sensitive Position, they will come to Ebute Meta (RCCG National Headquarters Parish) and ask for recommendations:

“We want this Post, we need somebody that could be trusted, somebody that can be relied upon and we know you have them here.”

Before this Conference is over; in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ; there will be Christians among those of you reading now on the Label of DMC that the whole world will say we can trust this one – Amen.

Or that we know: This one is DIFFERENT.

3. And then if you really, really want to FLY you must make up your mind NO MORE GOING BACK.

No going back to what you used to do!

You can’t claim to be a True Child of God, leaving God and then go back to what you said you will never do again.

2 Peter 2:20-22 describes this; because some People will tell you there is nothing wrong about backsliding.

There is! Oh, there is!

Listen to me my son, listen to me, my daughter. Check it for yourself it says that: “It is better never to have been saved, never to have tested of the world to come, never to have tasted of the Riches that is for those who are children of God; and to have tasted it.”

He said: “It Is like a dog going back to its vomit; or a Pig that had been washed going back into the mud.”

No going Back!

You have to make up your mind!

You want to FLY? – You have to make up your mind you are not going to crash.

4. And finally, you want to FLY? – You have to STOP HIDING YOUR IDENTITY as a Christian anywhere!

The world must take a look at you and say: You are DIFFERENT.

When they call you a Fanatic that is a way of saying YOU ARE STANDING OUT.

Those who CONFORM don’t STAND OUT!

If you want to become just one of the conformaners, you are not going to Stand Out. You are not going to be a HIGH FLYER.

Some of you can’t even Pray over your food in Public, because you don’t want them to call you a Fanatic

A FANATIC is somebody who loves Jesus Christ More Than anybody else.

Let them call you a Fanatic! – Be known for something.

And some of you, when you Pray over your food in a Restaurant you rush the Prayer so that People around won’t know: “I bless this food in Jesus’ Name – Amen!”

Are you ashamed of Him?

I mean, you have seen People of other Faiths, you have seen the way they hold onto their own Faith.

You see them in the Airport (International Airport) when it is time to Pray, they spread their mat and Pray in Public.

Some years ago, as I was travelling, my children saw me to the Airport. When they were about to Leave, we joined hands and we Prayed – And everybody was looking at us!

Let them know we belong to JESUS, we have nothing to hide.

You want to FLY?

Once you begin to fly, people will see you!

Birds and not crawling, they are not hidden!

I have told you before: When there is a very Special Occasion (State Occasion) and it is time for Refreshment they begin to make announcements:

Heads of State will go to such and such a Place to refresh; Ambassadors, Senators they will go to such and such a Place; Governance and finally they will see AND ALL OTHERS.

You don’t want to be among ALL OTHERS, you want to FLY BROTHER, you want to FLY SISTER. DON’T HIDE where you are.

You can’t be a True Christian and keep your mouth Shut!

You can’t be a True Child of The living God and fail to Witness.

You witness not only with your words, you witness with your Action.

I remembered when we were younger; when we are going in a Bus, we let everybody in the bus know there is a Christian in this Bus – We tell them about our Lord and Saviour.

I remembered years ago: I gave somebody a lift. She was coming from Ilorin (Kwara State Nigeria). She told me she was going to Ibadan (Oyo State, Nigeria).

So I gave her a lift.

As soon as she sat down I began to talk to her about Jesus Christ.

By the time we got to Ogbomosho, she said if you don’t mind I think I will stop here.

I said yes – I know, I will stop you

… But you have heard the Truth – That Word will Pursue wherever you go.

There are many of you – You say you are a Christian: How many People have you share Jesus with?

IT IS TIME TO FLY Brother; IT IS TIME THE FLY Sister – NO MORE HIDING.

I am going to Pray with you that the Almighty God will give you WINGS TO FLY from now on.

*… FLY OUT of Corruption, FLY OUT of Darkness – Let the world know that you are a Child of the Living God.

ALTAR CALL

As for those of you who are not Born Again; like I told you earlier on – RUN TO JESUS, He will LIFT YOU UP!

He will LIFT YOU OUT of Sickness, He will LIFT YOU OUT OF Shame, He will LIFT YOU OUT of Fear, He will LIFT YOU OUT of SIN; into a Brand New Life.

So, if you want to give your life to Jesus, Please CRY UNTO HIM NOW.

Say Jesus Christ: I want to STOP CRAWLING. I want to be a HIGH FLYER.

Please, save my soul, I want to get out of Darkness; I want to come to LIGHT.

Please Lord God Almighty, rescue me from Satan and I will Serve You for the rest of my life.

I am tired of living in rotteness anyway!

What have I gained from living a life of sin? Save my Soul oh Lord and I will serve you forever.

Thank you father!

PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER

My father and my God, I want to bless Your Holy Name for Your Word.

I want to Thank You for those who have made up their minds that they want to come out of Darkness; they want to come into your MARVELOUS LIGHT.

Please, receive them Lord; Save their souls, let Your Blood wash away their sins, give them the opportunity to become members of the Family of God, and let them Serve You for the rest of their lives.

And my Father and my God, I am crying unto You for ALL those who claim to be Your Children, who are still compromising, conforming, living a life that does not show that they belong to You at all – Father, this very night, SMITE their heart Lord; let them REPENT.

Give them WINGS TO FLY OUT of Corruption, to FLY OUT of Conformity.

Give them wings Oh Lord, for them to begin to live for You as children of LIGHT.

And Lord God Almighty, once they begin to FLY now, don’t let them ever backslide.

Thank You my Father!

In Jesus’ Mighty Name we Pray – Amen!

Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!

Those of you who have given your life to Jesus: Please contact me as soon as Possible, so I can continue to Pray for you.

And those of you who are True Children of The Living God, Please spend some quality time repenting from hiding in the crowd when you should be Standing Out for God.

And call on Him to Please give you WINGS NOW TO BE FLYING for Him.

… And He will GRANT your request in Jesus’ Name – Amen!

Praise ye the Lord – Hallelujah!

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