Lift your hands to the Almighty God and tell Him – Father, beginning from now; wherever I go, let me feel Your Presence all the time.
Go ahead and talk to the Almighty God!
Thank You Father. In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
SONG
I have a Father Almighty Father He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords I have a Father
OPENING PRAYER
King of Kings and Lord of Lords; the Father of all fathers; the All Sufficient God; the Lover of Children – We Worship You. Please, accept our Worship in Jesus Name
Thank You that our Father is the Almighty God, the All Sufficient God.
Father, today as we Partake of this Holy Communion; I Pray that in the lives of everyone of us, there will be a “Fresh Divine Touch”.
So that from now on, wherever we go; we will feel Your Presence.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Let Someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
Shake hands with one (1) or two (2) People and tell him or her – God is my Father! And then you may Please be seated.
1 Corinthians 11: 23-26:
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the New Testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.
The Importance of a “Touch” is determined by who is doing the Touching. And what you “Touch” can seriously affect you!
I. If you accidentally Touch Fire, the Fire is not going to say that it is an Accident on your Part; it will burn you.
II. If you Touch anything belonging to a Leper, according to Leviticus 15: 1-11 – If you Touch anything that belongs to a Leper, the Bible says that you become Unclean.
In other words, Uncleanliiness can be transmitted through a Touch!
You remembered during the Coronavirus Pandemic; we were not even allowed to sit close together like this because it is discovered that if Somebody has it and that Fellow touches you or you touch that Fellow, you will catch it.
But whatever the Almighty God touches receives a Miracle!
When He touched five (5) loaves of Bread and two (2) Fishes; they multiplied – John 6: 5-13.
And if you Touch Him, you get a Miracle.
In Mark 5: 25-34; you Touch the Hem of His Garment and you get “Instant Healings”.
When God anoints a Man, then what that Man touches can also Produce a Miracle.
In the Book of Acts of the Apostles 19: 11-12; the Bible says that God Performed Special Miracles by the hands of Paul so that from his body; Aprons and Handkerchiefs were taken to those who are Sick and Diseases departed from them and Evil Spirits went out of them.
… The Handkerchiefs of Paul was Healing the Sick and casting out Demons!
In the Bible Text that was read to us this Evening; the Bible tells us that Jesus Christ took Bread – He touched that Bread and the Bread became empowered by His Touch.
He took the cup of Wine and that Wine became empowered by His Touch.
When you come to the Lord’s Table by Faith, the moment the Bread and Wine has been blessed and the Man of God leading you takes the Bread, breaks it; Power flows.
When he takes the Wine after Blessing it; it becomes empowered!
It is a Miracle and it is a Mystery that cannot be explained Scientifically!
But when you approach the Table of the Lord by Faith; the Word of God says that “The Just shall live by Faith” – What you expect, you will get.
I have told you the Story before – I was visiting a friend of mine and they asked me to stay for Dinner. I agreed because the wife is a Very Good Cook, Particularly when it comes to Chicken, she is a Specialist.
And so, we were at the Dinning Table – Himself, Myself, his Wife, a Young Man and then four (4) Ladies.
The Wife game me one fat leg of a Chicken and I finished it quickly. And then she asked me: Do you want more? I said if you don’t mind. And so she gave me another one and I went to work on that one.
The Young Man sitting on my Right coughed and said: Daddy, I want to tell you something. And so, I turned.
As soon as I turned, one of the Ladies grabbed my Plate and began to run towards the Kitchen and the other Ladies followed her – They were all laughing and I was wondering what’s going on. I have not finished but that Man diverted my attention.
I heard their Testimonies later – And because they all ate what was left in that Plate, everything each one of them asked for, they got it.
Tonight, I’m going to bless the Holy Communion. You are going to come by Faith; assuming that the Almighty God Himself like He did at the very beginning. Because He said that we should continue to do it in Remembrance of Him.
Believing that the Almighty God Himself has touched both the Bread and the Wine and everything that you want from Him; He will give it to you tonight!
That is why even when we come forward for Salvation, we cannot see the Blood flowing but by Faith; the Blood that flowed at Calvary on that Good Friday, thousand of years ago; that Blood is still flowing and can still wash away all your sins so that you can become as White as Snow.
That is why tonight – If you have not experienced Salvation, there is no better time than now to come forward and give your Life to Jesus Christ.
What happened at Calvary, which will be Celebrated tomorrow (Good Friday – 7th April 2023) all over the world is still happening even today.
You come to Him and cry to Him for the Salvation of your Soul; the Blood that Cleanses from all sins will wash away your sins and then you can be Free to be Partaker of the Holy Communion.
ALTAR CALL
So, if you want to give your Life to Jesus Christ, I’m going to count from one (1) to six (6). If you are before the Altar before I say six (6); He will save your Soul today as we Pray for our Salvation.
So, I’m counting!
Now, those of you who has come forward and those of you on the way; cry to the Almighty God now and say: Father, Please save my Soul, have Mercy on me, let Your Blood wash away my sin and I will serve You for the rest of my Life. Be my Lord, be my Saviour and let me become a True Child of the Living God from now on.
And the rest of us, let us Stretch our hands towards our New Brothers and Sisters and intercede for them – That the Almighty God who save our Souls will save their own Souls also.
Pray that the Blood that flowed at Calvary will flow again tonight and wash away the sins of these People and bring Salvation to them.
Thank You Father. In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
PRAYER FOR SALVATION
My Father and my God, I want to Thank You for Your Words and I want to Thank You for Your Blood that is still flowing Freely as Powerful as ever before.
And I want to Thank You for all these People who has come forward at the foot of the Cross to Bath in that Precious Blood.
Father, Please receive them in Jesus Name, let Your Blood wash away their sins in Jesus Name.
I’m Praying Lord God Almighty that today, You will save their Souls, You will write their names in the Book of Life and they will become True Children of the Living God.
Father, Please become their Saviour and their Lord and give them the Grace to serve You for the rest of their lives.
From now on, anytime they Call on You; Please answer them by Fire.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
ADMINISTRATION OF THE HOLY COMMUNION
Now, the Lord said it Himself – He said that the Bread Symbolises His Body that was Broken for you.
As you eat the Bread by Faith, claim the Healings that come from His Broken Body because by His Stripes you are healed.
And I’m decreeing in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ that your Healings will be made absolutely Complete tonight or even as you read now on the Label of DMC – Amen!
The Lord Jesus Christ; the very Night in which He was betrayed took the Bread and when He has given Thanks, He broke it saying: Take, Eat; this is my Body broken for you; do this in Remembrance of Me.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit – Amen!
Go ahead – Eat and Thank God for your Healings!
Now, when we drink the Wine tonight; we are going to Pray that Prayer that I have asked you to Pray once more – That from now on, wherever you go; you will feel the Presence of God.
You will feel His Body in you, His Blood flowing through your veins and wherever you go from tonight; you will feel the Presence of God.
After the same manner also; He took the Cup when He has sup, saying: This Cup is the New Testament in my Blood, Please do ye as oft as you drink it in Remembrance of Me.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit – Amen!
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
DADDY GO PRAYS
The Healing Power in the Broken Body of the Lord Jesus Christ will avail for you tonight.
Because the Bible says that the Life of the animal is in the Blood; the Life of God that is in Jesus Christ will begin to flow through you now.
Everywhere you go from today; you will feel the Presence of God.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Well, let Someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
Let us remain in an Attitude of Worship as we sit down and Pass the cups to the aisles so that the Ushers can help us collect them.
THANKSGIVING
And then, let us take our Thanksgiving Offerings.
We want to say Thank You to the Almighty God for giving us an opportunity to come and dine with Him.
We want to say Thank You for the Body Broken on the Cross at Calvary more than 2,000 years ago that is still efficacious today.
So, you take your Offering and then you dance to the nearest Basket.
And after you have dropped the Offering, you are free to celebrate with your Colleagues because from now on, the Presence of God will be manifested in your Life – Amen.
So, shake hands with as many People as you want and then we will Pray.
Over to you Band!
CLOSING PRAYER
And so our Father, we want to say Thank You once again because You are a Good God.
Thank You for all the Good Things that You have done for us and Thank You for even Greater Things that You will even begin to do from now on – Father, Please accept our Thanks in Jesus Name.
Father, even as Your Children will be coming tomorrow (Friday, 7th April 2023) for this “Very Special Anointing Service”; Please clear the way of every Obstacles and let all just be well.
Please, receive the Offerings of Your Children, Sanctify it Lord, use it for Your Glory and I Pray that None of you will ever Lack.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
As you go in Peace, let me hear you shout a Very Big Hallelujah – Hallelujah!!!
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SPECIAL FEATURES ON THE LABEL OF DMC – MESSAGE PREACHED BY PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE DURING THE RCCG 62ND ANNUAL CONVENTION 2014 WITH THE THEME: “THE HOLY SPIRIT”,
MINISTERING DAY 2 EVENING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
TOPIC: LIVING ABOVE THE NATURAL (HEARING FROM GOD AND SEEING THE INVINCIBLE)
DATE: 7TH AUGUST 2014
BIBLE TEXT: ZECHARIAH 4:6
SONG
You are Worthy to be Praised You are Worthy to be Praised My Redeemer You are Worthy to be Praised
OPENING PRAYER
King of Kings and Lord of Lords; Ancient of Days, the Father of the fatherless, the Husband of the Widow, the King of Glory, the Lord of Host; the One who has never lost a War. We bless Your Holy Name; Please accept our Worship in Jesus Name.
Thank You for all You have done for us thus far; Thank You for the Mighty Testimonies, Thank You for Greater ones yet to come. Accept our Worship in Jesus Name.
In the lives of all Your Children, let this Night be a Turning Point for those of you who are here, for those watching on Television or on Internet, for those who are listening by Radio and reading now on the Label of DMC – Let this Night be a Turning Point.
At the end of it all, just take all the Glory and give us the Blessings.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Let Someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
Well, shake hands with one (1) or two (2) People and tell them – Tonight is my Night you know. And then you may Please be seated.
Brother and Sister, in every Man’s Life, there is always a Day that is never forgotten!
I believed that there is Someone here tonight or reading now on the Label of DMC – This is the Day for you (Amen).
I have been asked to speak to us tonight on: “LIVING ABOVE THE NATURAL”.
My Bible Text will be taken from: Zechariah 4:6
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the Word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by Might, nor by Power, but by my Spirit, saith the LORD of Hosts.
The moment that I became Born Again, there was an hunger within me that: I do not want to be an “Ordinary Christian”.
I had gone far into the world Academically, only to realised that I knew Nothing about God.
So, when I became Born Again, the Pendulum swung to the other extreme – I wanted all I could get of God.
You see:
I. It will be wrong for the fish not to want to swim – It will be a Strange Fish.
II. It will be wrong for a Bird not to want to Fly.
And since the Bible says in John 3: 3-6 that when you are Born Again, you are born of the Spirit and that, that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit.
I felt that it will be very wrong for Someone born of the Spirit to live within the Natural Laws.
My hunger for the things of God, the Power of God, for the enablement that God can give was heightened when I read 1 Corinthians 12:31 for the first time.
Where it is written: “Covet earnestly the Best Gifts”.
The Almighty God who said that you should not be Covetous says there is an exception to that Rule – When it comes to the Gift of God, be as Covetous as much as you can be. I say that is Wonderful!
Then I read in Ephesians 3:20 that says: God is able to do Exceedingly, Abundantly above all you ask or think. I said Good!
And I made up my Mind:
A. I want to be “Hearing from God”.
I want to be hearing God because the Bible says in Revelation 2:7, that he who has ears let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.
That tells me that it is Possible to hear from God!
And I remembered very well, when I read Revelation 1: 9-10 – That John said that when he was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, he heard certain things.
And my hunger to hear from God came as a result of an Experience – I have just been Born Again and a friend took me to a Fellowship of Christians at the University of Lagos where I was a Lecturer.
And we were Singing – Most of the Songs I didn’t know because I was a New Christian and I was just hearing them Singing Choruses.
But after a lot of Singing and Worship, suddenly there was a halt as if an “Unseen Force” told everybody to keep quiet. And Somebody began to Prophesy – Thus saith the Lord and he went on.
And I nodged the man who took me there – I said when did the Lord say that? He said keep quiet. I said that I can’t hear anything. He said quiet, God is speaking.
God is speaking? And only one man is hearing? I wasn’t hearing anything?
That Day, I made up my Mind that I too will hear from God.
And I’m Praying for Someone here tonight or reading now on the Label of DMC – Before the Sun rises tomorrow, you will be hearing from God (Amen).
You see, because how can I be a Child of God and can’t hear His Voice?
False Prophets are deceiving the world and they are deceiving People who can’t hear for themselves.
I mean I have some Witnesses here – Some years ago, we went to America for a Convention. And while the Program was on, Somebody got up and began to Prophesy.
I told those who went with me – Don’t mind him, that is not God talking.
Why? Because I can hear myself.
Because the one who can hear from God, cannot be deceived by any False Prophet.
When Somebody gets up and said: Thus saith the Lord, before he finishes, God will say I didn’t tell him that – Don’t mind him.
It wasn’t long after that I got Baptised in the Holy Spirit and one beautiful afternoon, I was driving from the University of Lagos, coming to my house in Surulere (DMC NOTES: A Town in Lagos State Nigeria).
I got to the Street called Herbert Macaulay and I was about to turn Right to pass through what used to be Fela Anikulapo’s Shrine and then come to the Stadium and turn Right – Which was the shortest route to my house.
And suddenly, I heard a Voice and He says: Turn Left. Go to Ebute Metta, go to Oyingbo, turn Right, go through Surulere through what used to be the Youth Service Center and then turn Right to your house.
I said: What kind of Isrealites Journey is that? So, I didn’t turn Left but turned Right.
When I turned Right, the road was clear and I said: You see!
I kept going and was already looking at the National Stadium when I saw a little “Hold Up” and I stopped. And almost as I stopped, I looked behind me, several Vehicles piled up and I was there for almost 6 hours.
Because unknown to me, a Trailer had fallen across the road and more and more Vehicles kept Piling up.
Hours later, when all the Vehicles realised that there is no going forward, they began to turn back one by one.
Finally, it was my turn to turn backward. When I turned back, the only way where there was opening was to drive back the way I came to Herbert Macaulay Street, go to Oyingbo – The Original Route mapped out for me, took me back home almost after seven (7) hours.
It is an Experience that I will never forget and it is also an Experience that introduced me to the Voice of God!
In the Name that is above every other names, you will begin to hear from God – Amen!
B. I say that I want to be able to “See the Invincible” – See Visions!
I. Because in 2 Kings 6: 15-17; the Bible tells us of Elisha sitting down in his Living Room in his “Rocking Chair” and his Servant went out and say that they had been surrounded by the enemies.
And the boy ran home and said: My Master, what are we going to do? We are downfall!
Elisha said: Don’t worry my boy; those who are with us are more than those who are with them. The boy said that I can’t see anybody – Only you and I.
And the Bible says that Elisha Prayed that God should opened the eyes of this Young Man that he may see.
He wasn’t Physically Blind, but he was Spiritually Blind.
And then God opened his eyes and then he saw Horses and Chariots of Fire.
So, there is other eyes that can be opened – And I said to God: You have to open my eyes! I want my eyes opened as I want to see what is in the Spiritual World.
II. And of course in 2 Kings 5: 20-27 – You know the Story.
The Bible tells us of when Gehazi ran after Naaman to go and collect money from him – The money that Elisha has refused.
And when he came back and Elisha asked him: Where have you been? He said that I haven’t been to anywhere.
The Man of God said: My eyes followed you and I saw everything that happened – When the General turned in his Chariot to receive you; I saw him giving you money, I saw him giving you Clothes. I saw everything.
I said: Is that so? I too want to see and it wasn’t long after that I began to see!
The first thing that I saw – We were going to Worker’s Meeting and I went to the Toilet to ease myself. As I sat on the Toilet’s seat, suddenly the door of the Toilet became like a Screen and I saw on the Screen, the Headquarters Church.
Service was going on, everything was Normal and then at a Stage, the door of the Vestry opened and the Man who was going to Preach and the Man who was going to Interpret came out of the Vestry where they had been Praying evidently. And they went to the Altar, conducted the Service and there was a Mighty Outpouring of the Power of God. And the Vision disappeared. And then I realised that I was in the Toilet.
As soon as I got to the Church, I went to my father-in-the-Lord excited – Daddy, I saw something today. I told him what I saw and the Old Man put his two (2) hands on his head and said: Oh God. I was afraid.
Then he called the Pastor’s then and he asked me to repeat what I saw.
I repeated it and the Old Man said: Son, at the beginning of this Church, that is what we used to do – Whosoever is going to Preach and Interpret will be in the Vestry Praying until it is time for them to come and Preach but we stopped years ago.
God had shown me something missing in the Church – Something that they are doing ever before I became Born Again, had stopped and God brought it back.
I Prayed that in this “Convention of The Holy Spirit”; Revelation from Heaven will become Common Place in your Life – Amen!
And then in that 2 Kings 6: 8-12; I read the Story that led to the Soldiers surrounding Elisha.
That the King of Syria was Plotting against the King of Israel. And Elisha waa warning the King of Israel – Don’t go in that Direction until the King of Syria was troubled and he called a Meeting. And he says: Who is the Spy in my Government?
And one of the Servants said: No, it is None of us but Elisha the Prophet. Everything that is happening in your bedroom he knows it.
So, it is Possible to know the Unknown; it is Possible to know what is hidden!
I cried to God – Daddy, I want to be able to know what can only be known by your Spirit.
And then I read Acts 5: 1-11 – Ananias and Sapphira sold a Property, brought half of the Money to the Church and told Peter that is all the Money. And Peter said: No, that is not True; you have taken back Part of the Money.
How did he know?
Won’t it be beautiful if some People will Plot against you and while they are yet Meeting, you already know? Will that not be beautiful?
If the enemies is Planning to kidnap you and you know that they are already waiting for you to come from the Left and you go by the Right!
I said: Lord, I want to begin to know. Whatever you have done for all these People before, you must do it for me too.
And then by His Grace, I began to know – Let me give you some Examples:
I. There were two of my daughters – Very Good friends and I like both of them because their Commitment to Jesus Christ was Solid.
And so, the two of them came to me and then I said to them: I hope you are not quarrelling?
Ha, daddy! You know that we won’t quarrel.
I said that but both of you are quarrelling over food – And they admitted.
And they say to me: How do you know? – I told them: Because God showed me what was happening.
II. I was just minding my own Business when God spoke to me and said: Son, your friend is in London; unless you reach out to him before Monday, he will die.
So, I got on the Plane. By the time I knocked at his door, he hasn’t died but he was dying.
Thank God that it is more than 20 years now and he is still alive till today.
The Ability to know what is not “Ordinarily Known”, before this Convention is over, it shall be available to you – Amen.
Then I read Acts 19: 11-12 – It says that God Performed Special Miracles by the hands of Paul so that from his body, Handkerchiefs and Aprons as they were taken to the Sick; Sicknesses left, demons departed from them.
I said Handkerchiefs of a Man? I said God, there is a little similarities between me and Paul – He was an Academician and me too I went to the University for some time. I want Handkerchiefs that I touch to Perform Miracles, I want to do Exploits for You.
And then I read Acts 5: 14-16 – And the Bible says that the Shadow of Peter was healing the Sick.
I said to God – You have to do all these things through me too. My Handkerchiefs must heal the Sick, my Shadow must heal the Sick, Demons must see my Handkerchiefs coming and run!
Well things began to happen:
I. The Full Gospel Businessmen Fellowship International (FGBFI) held a Convention in Port Harcourt River State and they invited me to come and speak on “The New Anointing”.
And I spoke, gave some Examples of what God has in His Infinite Mercies done through me.
And then it was time to go and the crowd began to surge forward. Somehow, they smuggled me into my car. And there was a Woman who said that If I can’t touch him, I will touch his car.
And she took an Handkerchief, rob it on the car as we were escaping.
She left the Convention and by the time she got home, her Sister was totally Mad – So Mad that it took six (6) men to hold her down.
When she arrived, they say Thank God; you have come as we don’t know what to do next for her. She said no Problem as I have the Solutiom in my hand.
She took the Handkerchief that she robbed on the car, laid it on the girl and all of a sudden the girl calmed down and she became Normal again.
II. Another one is when God asked me to sit on some Chairs and I asked those who are trusting God for the Fruit of the Womb to sit on any of the Chairs.
And there is this Husband and Wife – The Husband sat on the Chair and said: God I received a boy; the Wife sat on another Chair and said: God I received a girl.
Nine (9) Months later, they gave birth to a Set of Twins – One boy and one girl.
III. And many of you had shared Testimonies of what had happened when we stood here and you lift up your Handkerchiefs and we wave our hands. And you went home with the Anointed Cloth and you know the results that had happened.
I told God that I want to do Exploits for You.
Then I Study the Bible and I read 1 Kings 17: 8-16 – About how Elijah said to the Widow of Zarephath: Give me food and the flour will just keep on Multiplying, the Oil will keep on flowing. And it happened!
And then I read 2 Kings 4: 1-7 – In the case of the Widow of one of the sons of the Prophet that was so Poor that they wanted to sell her sons into Slavery. And the Man of God told her to go and borrow Empty Vessels and to take the bottle of Oil and begin to fill the Empty Vessels. And all the Empty Vessels were filled.
… That Oil kept on Multiplying!
So, I told God – I too will need Miraculous Provisions. That is the Provisions that will just come Miraculously.
I. And my desire for Miraculous Provisions was heightened when my father-in-the-Lord shared his own Testimony which some of you Older ones know. How at the beginning of the Church when things were very tough.
One day the wife Preoared a Pot of soup and the Almighty God spoke to my father-in-the-Lord and said: Tell your wife from now on, let her just keep on dishing from the pot of soup without looking inside.
And so one day, the woman will dish and beef will come out, tomorrow she will dish, chicken will come out; until one day that curiosity overcame her and she looked into the Pot and the Pot was dried.
So, when my father-in-the-Lord told me the Story, I say okay, it means that the God of Elijah is still alive and He can still Provide.
II. Many of you know this Story – I told you of when I was coming from Preaching in the East.
I got to Asaba (Town in Delta State) thinking that I will buy fuel there but didn’t know that there was Scarcity. I said surely, there will be fuel in Benin (Capital City of Edo State).
I got to Benin and no fuel. I said surely there will be fuel in Ore (A Town in Ondo State) because Ore is a Fuel Depot and I got there, no fuel.
By that time, I looked at my Guage, it was reading “Reserve” – That means that it was almost Empty.
God, what do I do? I was a Lecturer at the University of Lagos, I went to Preach at the East over the Weekend and wanted to be in my Class on Monday Morning. And the town of Ore to Lagos is still fairly long distance.
Lord, what do I do?
And I heard His Voice – God said: Son, take your eyes off the Guage and drive on! Yes Lord!
And I drove all the way from Ore to Surulere (A Town in Lagos State) on Reserve Fuel Tank.
As I Parked my car in Surulere and I looked at the Guage, it read Empty – Of course, it was Empty!
III. Another Story – We were at the Camp. Things were tough as we have no Money (Zero Naira) but we lived in the bush, have Garden and so my wife was about to Prepare food – No meat as there is no money to buy it.
So, I took my children on a Walk to Prepare them for “Dinner without Meat”.
And I began to tell them that in the Olden days, our Parents used to cut okro (Head and Tail) and throw them into the Okro soup and it can be very delicious – We call it “Okro Meat”.
And so the boys were excited – They were looking forward to “Okro Meat”.
But as we were going in the bush, there was this very little but tough dog that we had then. Suddenly, the dog dashed into the bush and we hear the cry of a small animal.
By the time the dog came out; it has a Squirrel in its mouth that it had killed.
And then began a little battle getting the Squirrel out of the mouth of the dog. Finally, I won the battle.
So for dinner that Night, we ate Squirrel.
And we finished eating, and the boys said: What about the “Okro Meat” and I said Next Time.
Thank God the “Next Time” didn’t come again till now.
I Pray for Someone here tonight or reading now on the Label of DMC – Everything you need shall be Miraculously Provided for you (Amen).
Then I read in the Scriptures Acts 4:31 – That the Disciples Prayed and the house Shook.
I read in Acts 16: 25-34 – That at Midnight, Paul and Silas Prayed and there was Earthquake.
So, I began to look forward to that Day when I will Pray and the house will Shake.
And then something happened:
I. My father-in-the-Lord, myself and four (4) others had gone to Kenneth Hagin’s Camp Meeting in 1979. We stayed in an Hotel called Mayor Hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Then one morning, my father-in-the-Lord called all of us into his room, told us that he will be going to Heaven very soon and that I will be succeeding him.
Well, the News hit me hard – I crumbled down on the floor and we all began to Pray, sob and cry in the Spirits.
And suddenly, there was a knock at the door – I was the one closest to the door and so I opened the door. And at the door stood the Engineer of the Hotel.
And his Question was: What kind of Instrument(s) are you Playing?
I said that we are not Playing any Instrument(s) but Praying.
He said No! He came in, he looked through the room and he saw Nothing. Puzzled, on his way out he said: What do you say that you are doing? I said that we are Praying.
So I asked him why? He said because the Hotel is Shaking and we have traced the Source of the Shaking to this room.
Of course, they didn’t believed that it was our Prayers that shook the Hotel.
So after we left, they closed down the Hotel, they dug round the Foundation to see if there is something wrong but they couldn’t find anything wrong. But they refused to open the Hotel for thirty (30) years.
After thirty (30) years, I went to visit Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA again – My wife, my children and some of my friends and told them that was the Hotel where we Prayed and the Hotel shook.
And I felt Compassion in me for them that we had Prayed and this Hotel had been closed for thirty (30) years.
So quietly, I moved close to the Hotel; touched the Walls and Prayed a “Quiet Prayer” – And it was reopened a year later.
I’m believing God for all of you who are here tonight or reading now on the Label of DMC – That you are going to Pray and the Ground is going to Shake (Amen).
II. Then I tell you another Story – In the early days in this Camp.
At Night, I will be Pacing up and down; crying to the Almighty God – God empowered me, use me Mightily for Your Glory. I have Surrendered all to You, what else do You want me to do as I don’t want to be Ordinary.
And then one Night in Desperation; I stood in the Place that is Opposite one of the Banks now late in the Night. I lifted up my eyes to Heaven and said to God – Either You empower me or You call me Home because I don’t want to do Your work as an “Ordinary Pastor”.
That Night, He heard me, He answered me and suddenly the Ground Shook.
And those of us who are Old enough, you will remembered that they felt Earthquakes all the way to Ijebu Ode (A Town in Ogun State) – Pictures hung on the wall were falling down.
They didn’t know where it started from, they didn’t know that Somebody was Praying at the Redemption Camp and the Ground Shook.
DMC NOTES: Approximate Distance between RCCG Redemption Camp and Ijebu Ode, Ogun State as follows – 4,700km or 2,900 miles or 2,500 Nautical Miles (Background Check Credits @ DMC).
When I woke up the following morning and I went to see the Place, I could see the cracks on the Ground all the way.
Now, why am I telling you all these – It is because if God could do this for me, He can do it for you too!
And we may want to ask the Question – Have I arrived?
No, I am no where near where I want to be!
I know my Prayer and my Hunger. I know that I have told the Almighty God that I want Your Power so Mightily that whenever I go to a New Nation, even as my Plane is touching Ground, let everyone within Kilometers be healed.
I know without any doubt that there might be one (1) or two (2) People here; Particularly among the Young Ones who will be willing to do anything if only if God will empower them.
I believed that this could be your Night.
But these things are not by Human Power, not by Human Might but by the Holy Spirit.
You see, that is why if you have been joking with the Issue of Salvation, you are robbing yourself.
Because on the Day of Pentecost, after Peter Preached and the People were asking – Okay, what shall we do?
He gave them an answer in Acts 2: 37-39 – He said: Repent and be Baptised and you shall receive the Gift of the Holy Spirit.
He said that if you will repent and make up your Mind that you don’t want to sin anymore, because the Holy Spirit is Pure.
People ask me – Why are you always crying: Be Holy?
I know what I am doing, talking about, Hungry for or what I want.
If the dead bones of Somebody could raised the dead, why should my Living bones and hands not raised the dead? Why can’t I just move my hands and the Blind see, the Deaf hear and the Lame walk?
So tonight, we are going to Pray!
ALTAR CALL
But before the rest of us go to God, if you are here or reading now on the Label of DMC and you have not yet repented of your sins, you are not yet Born Again; Please don’t waste your time tonight – Come Quickly!
Come and Surrender your Life to Jesus Christ – Let’s Pray that His Blood will wipe away your sins.
And then the rest of us will be crying for the Holy Spirit – You will cry to the Holy Spirit and I’m sure that He will attend to you too.
So, if you want to give your Life to Jesus Christ, I will count from one (1) to fifteen (15) – Begin to come now!
Now, those of you infront and those on the way, begin to cry to the Almighty God – Please wash me Clean in Your Blood, save my Soul, have Mercy on me as I want to be one of your Children.
And the rest of us, Please let us Stretch our hands towards these People and Pray for them – Let us intercede for their Salvation. That the Almighty God will save the Soul of everyone of these People as they come to You tonight.
Thank You Lord, Thank You Father.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
PRAYER FOR SALVATION
Saviour, King of Glory; I Thank You for Your Words tonight and I Thank You for these Your Children who has responded to this Altar Call.
Everyone of them Father, save their Souls, Please forgive their sins, let Your Blood wash them Clean, write their names in the Book of Life, let them become Your Children as from tonight.
Please my Father and my God, from now on; anytime that they call on You, answer them by Fire. And let them serve You till the very End.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST
Are we really ready to Pray?
Then Stand on your feet and shout a really Big Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
One of the Prayers that I Prayed in my Hunger for God – My Hunger to live above the Natural is the Prayer that we want to Pray tonight!
Just take any Posture that is convenient for you.
I want you to lift your Voice to the Almighty God and say: Father, I don’t want to be an “Ordinary Christian” but I want to be able to do Mighty Things for you. Holy Spirit, swallow me Completely – Swallow me and let every Parts of me be hidden in You from my Head to my Toe. Fill me to Overflowing!
Go ahead and talk to the Almighty God!!!
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Let’s go ahead and Bless the Almighty God: The One Who can remove every Mountain.
Let’s give Him Glory, Honour and Adoration. He is Worthy to be Praised, He is Worthy to be Adored.
Give Him Glory, give Him Honour, give Him Adoration. Oh yes, He is the Almighty God.
Thank You Father! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
SONG:
What a Mighty God we serve (Hallelujah) What a Mighty God we serve (Hallelujah) Heaven and Earth adore Him (even) Angels bow before Him; What a Mighty God we serve. (What a Mighty God).
Repeated!
OPENING PRAYER
Almighty, Most Merciful Father, Ancient of Days, the Unchangeable Changer, the One who can do anything:
The One who can bring water out of the Rock, the One who can bring children out of Stones – The Almighty God! We Worship You, we adore You. Accept our Worship in Jesus’ Name.
Today, Your Children are here for a Divine Touch; Please touch everyone of them today, in Jesus’ Name.
At the end of everything, let Your Name be Glorified.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Let Someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
I want you to shake hands with one (1) or two (2) People and tell them: God will touch you today – Amen!
… And then we may Please, be seated!
Our Theme for this Month is: Divine Touch.
And we are reading from Mark 5:25-34:
25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
32 And he looked around to see her that had done this thing.
33 But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what was done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
The Almighty God is going to touch Somebody here today – Amen.
When there is a Divine Contact, several things happen; When there is a Contact between you and God, several things are bound to happen:
As we see in the case of this woman: Every evil flow will cease!
Because this woman who had the issue of blood means she was just leaking blood. Blood was flowing out of her consistently, Non-stop.
Menstruation is not supposed to last longer than an average of five (5) days. When five (5) days is becoming one year, that is no longer a good flow – That is an evil flow.
When a woman who had been married, and is expected to become Pregnant. When a woman becomes Pregnant, the Yoruba would say, “she misses her Period.”
That means the Period when the flow should come this Month, it didn’t come because Pregnancy has come.
I am Praying for all those of you who are trusting God for the Fruit of the womb: this Month, you will miss your Period – Amen.
… Because this is the Month of a Divine Touch!
When God touches a woman, evil flow will cease.
And then, when there is this Divine Contact, curses would turn to Blessings.
When the blood is flowing continuously from a woman, it is a curse.
But today, any curse that is hindering you from becoming Fruitful will be destroyed – Amen.
When there is a Contact between God and any Person, Fruitlessness comes to an end.
This woman had made efforts upon efforts,and they all turned out to be Fruitless.
But in the Name that is above every other name, all your Fruitless Efforts will end today – Amen.
And then of course, all that are evil, all evil that can cause sorrow, all that can cause despair comes to an end.
Because in the case of this woman, she had gone from Doctors to Doctors. She had spent time,she had spent money. Now she hasn’t even got money left. She has reached a Level, not just zero now – She is less than Zero.
But a touch from God, and everything Changed!
In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ, everything that had been causing you Sorrow would leave you this Month – Amen.
But you see, the important Point in this Story is that: “If God does not touch me, I can touch God.”
All that is important is that there should be a Contact between God and I.
This woman touched Jesus Christ – It wasn’t Jesus who touched her. She touched Jesus Christ. And I too, can do the same.
I can Touch Him by FAITH:
Like in Matthew 15:21-28; when a woman came to Jesus Christ asking for help and Jesus Christ wasn’t paying attention. She Pressed on!
Jesus called her a dog, she said, that’s fine! But this dog is going to get a Miracle. Jesus Christ turned to her and said, woman, Great is that Faith!
I know you have come this Morning by Faith; the Almighty God would Honour Faith – Amen.
I can Touch Him by PRAYER:
In Mark 10:46-52 (the Story of Bartimaeus), it was his consistent Prayer that finally attracted the attention of Jesus Christ and He said, “go and bring him!”
In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ, by the time we cry to Jesus today, He is going to send for someone among us – Amen.
It was by Prayer that Hannah touched God.
In 1 Samuel 1:9-20; Hannah kept on Praying.
The Bible says she was Praying so deeply, that only the lips were moving. But God still noticed her; the High Priest of God noticed her.
She was Praying so much as someone who was drunk. And in her Prayer she touched God and she got her Miracle.
And then of course we can always touch God by GIVING:
In Luke 21:1-4, it is the Giving of the woman with the two (2) mites that touched God. God noticed her: This woman has given her all.
In 2 Kings 4:8-17, it was the Giving of the Shunammite woman that brought finally, the attention of God to her barrenness and that put an end to it.
So today, we are going to say alright, “If the Mountain won’t come to to Mohammed, Mohammed would go to the Mountain.”
Even if God didn’t plan to touch me, He is going to touch me today; because I have come by Faith, and I am going to Pray.
And even if I have nothing now I can Promise Him, “God if You grant my Request, I will come back with a huge Thanksgiving Offering”.
And the Almighty God would respond to you today, in Jesus’ Name – Amen!
So, we are going to come together in Prayer. And even when others are going, if we have Nothing urgent to go and do, we can stay put with God and say:
“Today is the Day! We are talking about Divine Touch; People will be bringing their children on Friday. Next year (2024) when they are bringing their children in April, my own will be among!”
We can hold tight to God and Pray our way through.
And the Almighty God will touch us today, in Jesus’ Name – Amen!
ALTAR CALL
Before we Pray; if there is anyone among us who is not sure of his or her Salvation, run forward, and surrender your Life to Jesus Christ.
We would Pray for the Salvation of your Soul, and then we are going to cry together that the Almighty God would touch you and put an end to every evil flow in your Life.
Thank You Lord!
Okay, those of you who are ready to Genuinely surrender your Life to Jesus Christ today; cry to Him and say:
Save my Soul Please. Let Your Blood wash away my sins and I will serve You. I want to be one of the People who would come back very soon as a True Child of God, bringing my own children with me.
Go ahead, talk to the Almighty God. Cry for Salvation.
And the rest of us, let’s Stretch our hands to our New Brothers and Sisters and intercede for them – That the One who saved our Souls would save their own Souls also.
Stretch your hand and intercede for them – Saviour, Please have Mercy on these Your Children. They’ve come to You, receive them, let Your Blood wash away their sins. Please,save their Souls Lord.
Thank You Father! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
PRAYER FOR SALVATION
Saviour, I want to say Thank You for these Your Children who have come forward to surrender their lives to You.
Please receive them, in Jesus’ Name.
Have Mercy on them, in Jesus’ Name.
Save their Souls today; let Your Blood wash their sins.
Please, write their names in the Book of Life. Let them become Children of the Living God, in Jesus’ Name.
And Father, remember Your Promise: that those who are Your Children will not be barren.
So answer their Prayers by Fire, in Jesus’ Name!
Thank You my Father! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah.
Now I want to rejoice with those of you who have just Genuinely surrendered your Life to Jesus Christ; I want to Promise you by the Grace of God from now on I’ll be Praying for you. So I need your names, your Prayer Requests and your Address.
God Bless You – Amen!
Thank You Father – Amen!
Now, as we normally would do: you would Please come round the Altar, I will Pray with you first.
And then you will go to God and hold unto Him and say God: You have to touch me today. Today is the day! I am here by Faith, I am going to cry unto You in Prayer.
And in Your Own Miraculous way, You will touch me and You will put an end to every evil Flow in my Life. That very, very soon, my own Visitor of Joy will be jumping up and down in my womb.
That by this time next year when we are having a Special Program for children, my own would be among them.
You would cry to God until you are satisfied.
And then when you are leaving, you would drop your Offering (Online too).
Thank You my Father! Glory be to God.
CLOSING PRAYER
In the Mighty Name of JESUS:
My Father and my God, there is Nothing You cannot do. Oh, You can even make dry bones live again.
Your Word tells me that the womb of Sarah was dead; she was already ninety (90) years old. But she received a touch from You and the dead womb came back to Life.
And You have not Changed! – You are the same Yesterday, Today, and Forever!
Father today, accept our Thanks in Jesus’ Name!
In the lives of these Your Children, my Father and my God, Prove Yourself again!
This is the Week of Resurrection, every dead womb here and all those reading on the Label of DMC; bring them back to Life!
Everything that Doctors may consider impossible, make it Possible today!
Touch Your Children today!
Let Your Anointing destroy their yokes!
Stop every evil flow!
Turn their Sorrow to Joy!
Oh, My Father and my God, by April next year (2024); let the children of these Your People be three (3) Months Old!
…And we will give You all the Glory.
They are going to cry to You now; they are going to tell You the kind of children they want;
Please Lord, answer them by Fire!
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Now go ahead and talk to the Almighty God – Tell Him what you want. Call on Him until He will Notice you.
Pray with all your heart!
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Well, let’s lift our hands to the Most High God and bless His Holy Name. Praise the King of kings and the Lord of lords.
Worship Him; He is Worthy to be Praised, and Adored. Praise Him that we are able to come to the Second Quarter of this year.
Give Him Glory, give Him Honour, give Him Adoration. Bless His Holy Name.
Thank You Father! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
SONG:
I have a Father, Almighty Father He is King of kings and Lord of lords I have a Father (Hallelujah)!
Repeated!
OPENING PRAYER
King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The Father of all fathers, the Almighty, the All-Sufficient, the All-knowing God. We give You all Glory, we give You all Honour, and we give You all Adoration.
Father, accept our Worship, in Jesus’ Name.
Thank You for bringing us into the Second Quarter of this year. Thank You for all You did in the First Quarter.
My Father and my God, today, as we gather before You, give us a very Special Divine Encounter.
This Month of April in Particular, as we are having a very Special Gathering for children, we Pray that You will bless our families Mightily.
We Pray that You will bless our families so Mightily that our children will never Lack.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Let Someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah.
And I want you to Prophesy to one (1) or two (2) People and tell them: My children will never beg!
… And so shall it be in Jesus’ Name – Amen.
Proverbs 13:22;
A Good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
That means the Plan of God for a Good man is to Prosper so Mightily that even his Grandchildren will still be enjoying Part of the Prosperity of the Grandpa.
That is why I am Praying for someone here today: During your lifetime, Poverty would be forgotten in your family – Amen.
Abraham was greatly Blessed – According to Genesis 24:34-35. But Issac was very Greatly blessed – According to Genesis 26:12-14.
Abraham was Great, but Isaac was Very Great. And Jacob was Exceedingly Great – Genesis 30:41-43.
The blessing began with Abraham – Abraham was Greatly blessed.
The blessing increased by the time we got to Isaac – Isaac was very Greatly blessed. He had stores of Servants. He was Storing Servants the way People store Goods.
But by the time we got to Jacob, the Bible says, ‘the man became Exceedingly Great.’
That’s a very Powerful word – ‘Exceedingly’ – not just Ordinary now.
But if you go down the Lineage of Abraham you’ll found that blessing continued, Greatness continued. And by the time we got to Joseph (The Great Grandson), he was already the Controller of the Wealth of a whole Nation.
I Pray for somebody here, or reading now on the Label of DMC today: Greatness would begin with you – Amen!
Your children would be Greater than you – Amen!
Your Grandchildren would be Greater than your children – Amen!
And Greatness will continue in your family – Amen!
What happened? – Abraham had a Divine Touch.
… You know our Theme this month is “DIVINE TOUCH.”
In Genesis 12:1-3, God called Abraham out of the Congregation of Idol Worshippers and chose him for Himself.
And told him, “Not only will I bless you; not only will I make your name Great; through you the whole world would be blessed.”
And then, God never does anything by accident – God knows the end from the beginning. He knew something Special about Abraham.
In Genesis 18:17-19 He said, I know Abraham that he will teach his children to do the Will of God – I know him. God knows the end from the Beginning.
Can God say concerning you today – “I know you that you would train your children in the way of the Lord?”
Abraham so trained his son Isaac – For Example, that by the time we got to Genesis 22:1-18, that boy already knew that you don’t come to God empty-handed.
You know the Story – They were going up to the Mountain where God said Abraham was going to Sacrifice Isaac.
Isaac said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the Lamb for a burnt offering?
“From your Preparations Papa, I can see we are going to have a Meeting with God. I can see everything except the thing we are going to use for Sacrifice.”
How many of us come to Church with an Offering in the hand of our child? Telling the child, “we are going to the Presence of God; we don’t go empty-handed?”
Isaac knew! His father taught him that – ‘You don’t come to God empty-handed.
Occasionally, it is the children that are well taught that will even remind the Parents when they are failing in their duties.
I remember very well the Story of one of our Pastors – They just returned from a long journey. And as soon as they got home, the father went straight to the fridge, opened it, brought out a bottle of coke;
And was about to begin to drink when one of the children said to him: “Daddy, we have not Prayed yet; we have returned from a long journey, we haven’t thanked God yet and you are about to drink coke.”
… The bottle dropped out of the hand of the father: became that child has been trained!
Are you training your children? Have you been trained yourself?
Isaac has been trained to honour his Parents.
Exodus 20:12 says: Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Are you training your children to honour you? Are you honouring your own Parents?
Because there are many of us Christians, when Papa and Mama die, we want the burial Ceremony to be burial of the Century: and Mama died of hunger because you have not been taking care.
Honour your Parents so that you may live long; so that in your Old age, there will be People also around to take care of you.
Isaac knew: You must honour your Parents; you must surrender to your Parents – You know the rest of the Story.
When Abraham had Prepared the Altar and grabbed Isaac to tie him – I have said it before, “if Isaac did not surrender, there is no way a man who is a hundred years old would be able to tie down a fifteen (15) years old boy.”
If Isaac decided to run, Abraham could not catch up with him.
But he has been taught Total Submission to Parents – Submission even unto Death.
The boy allowed himself to be tied. He surrendered completely! Because he had been taught that Surrender to God must be Total; the boy surrendered himself.
And this Lesson is so important because God is about Prosper somebody – If He Pprospers you, will you surrender to Him?
Some of us, even at the level where we are now, find it difficult to do the Will of God; Some of us find it difficult even to Pay our Tithes.
Let me assure you: if you can’t pay a tithe of one hundred Naira (#100); you are not going to be able to Pay the tithe of one Million Naira (#1,000,000) – It would be difficult.
Oh, God is able to bless us abundantly. He is able to load us with blessings; but He knows you, He knows what You will do with Abundance.
It all starts from little beginnings.
When God Pprospers you, He knows what you will do with the Prosperity – And it begins from very little things.
I have told you the Story before, of one of my children that I called “My One Naira Boy” – Every Sunday, coming to Church he would come with one Naira and say, “Daddy, this is for you.”
And then the small boy would Prophesy – “One day, I will buy you a Jet.” And I will pact him on the head and say Amen!
… And I am talking of almost forty (40) years ago.
And I didn’t see my boy again – You know how boys grow up and then disappeared.
But then one day in London, we had just finished our Holy Ghost Service, and somebody came to me and said: Daddy, I am sure you don’t remember me! He said, “I am your One Naira Boy.” How are you? I couldn’t recognize him, now he has grown.
He said, I can’t buy you a Jet yet, but I have a Gift for you. “Where is the Gift?” He said, it’s outside. “What kind of Gift that you can’t bring in?” He said, come and see! I got out there and I saw a Mercedes Benz car. He said, that’s all I can buy now.
I said: in the Name of the Almighty God, you will still buy me that Jet – Amen!
And I got some Good News not too long ago that my “One Naira Boy” has won an Oil Well. When I heard the News, I said: Lord Thank You, here comes my Jet!
Listen to me carefully, your Journey to the Top can begin today – Amen!
This morning can be your Special Divine Encounter- Amen!
… All these things start small, and then begin to grow.
This Morning in my family Altar; when we were discussing the Open Heavens (many of you don’t even use it but some of you do).
Do you know the Title for the Open Heavens today says, “Don’t fight God”.
And I was telling my children that some People would be complaining, “God, why did you make me a Black man and not White? Why am I created a Nigerian and not an American? Why am I black when somebody is yellow?”
You can’t do anything about that: it is already settled! But you can get your way to the Top, because there are certain things that God will always Honour.
Certain things that God will always Honour:
It doesn’t matter who you are, if you are a Worshipper, God will seek you out.
If you are a house help today, as long as you are a Worshipper, God will seek you out. Because He seeketh for those who will Worship Him.
If you are Diligent, Hardworking, He will Reward you.
He is a Rewarder of those who Diligently seek Him.
It doesn’t matter whether you are White or Black, small or big: if you are Diligent, you will one day Stand before Kings.
The third thing is, if you are a Sower.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap Galatians 6:7.
I. It doesn’t matter whether you sow in Nigeria or you sow in America; it is what you sow that you will reap – You sow sparingly, you will reap sparingly.
II. It doesn’t matter whether you are a King or a Messenger – The Law of Harvest works for everybody.
It worked for Abraham – He was willing to sow his beloved child Isaac; he was willing to give all to God; he was willing to give the First Fruit Sacrifice.
And God responded; He Prospered him, Prospered the children more, Prospered the Grandchildren much more – And the Prosperity continued.
I am believing God for somebody who is hearing me today or reading now on the Label of DMC: Greatness will start with you – Amen!
And the Greatness will go on and become Greater with your children – Amen!
So,when you hear me Pray that – “My children would be Greater than I”; some People look at me and say, “what’s wrong with this man?”
One of my children bought a jet several years ago – He is not a member of the Redeemed Christian Church of God ,(RCCG), but I’m the one who commissioned him into the Ministry.
So he bought an old jet. Only God knows how old that thing was. But he bought a jet! And I went joyfully to go an dedicate it at the Airport and some Newspapers reported it.
And somebody said to me, “Sir, you don’t even have a Mercedes Benz car (at that time I didn’t have), how can you go and be dedicating the jet of your son?”
I said: my Prayer is that my children will be Greater than I.
And I Pray today again: everyone of you calling me Daddy, you will be Greater than I – Amen!
Because that is how your Greatness can continue – If your Greatness dies with you, that is not the kind of Greatness People should desire.
Greatness should multiply by the time it gets to the children and then to grandchildren; and to great-grandchildren.
My Prayer is that before I die, none of my children would be interested in Papa’s Heritage – Amen!
That God would have Prospered them so much that whatever I have would be Nothing to them – Amen!
A friend of mine (very old man) died some years ago, and he had a Mercedes Benz 280 – The one they call “Obokun”. And then when they were reading his Will, he Willed that “Obokun” to his first son. And the other children began to laugh!
Why were they laughing? Because they were wondering, “where will the man park this old car?” The firstborn, he already had five (5) Mercedes Benz cars of his own.
I Pray for every one of you here today or reading now on the Label of DMC: In the Name that is above every other names, you will be Greater than me – Amen!
But you must learn to work hard; learn to be Hardworking – God is a Rewarder for those who Diligently seek him (Hebrews 11:6).
Seest thou a man Diligent in his Business? He will Stand before kings; and not before mean men (Proverbs 22:29).
You must learn to Worship Him in Spirit and in Truth, for He will seek you out.
David was a Worshipper, he was a Shepherd boy, he was a son of a Concubine – That was why he was not home when the Man of God came to appoint a king.
But God has found a Worshipper out there in the bush. And He sent for him and made him a king.
You must learn to Sow: it is what you sow that you will reap – The more you sow; the more you will reap.
And you must learn to Surrender one hundred per cent (100%) to God. Because if you surrender to Him, He will lift you.
So, today I have shared with you.
I am behaving like Abraham now – I am teaching my children. It is now up to the children to learn and apply!
But as God lives – Who has called me to be your father: if you will learn and apply these things, there is just no way you can die Poor!
Because God is not a Respecter of Persons. But He is a Respecter of Principles.
He has made me what I am, but I will apply the Principles.
So, for your own Divine Encounter this Morning, you have to make up your Mind:
First, Total Surrender to the Almighty God.
Of worshipping Him
Of working hard
and of sowing bountifully.
But there are some of us, we haven’t even surrendered our lives to the Lord Jesus Christ.
So if we begin to talk about Surrendering our Resources, we are joking.
ALTAR CALL
If you would come very humbly and lay your entire Life at the feet of the Cross, He will save your Soul. And anybody who comes to Jesus Christ would be saved.
Whether you are Black, White, Yellow, tall or fat – “Anyone who would come unto me, I will in no wise cast out.”
That’s what Jesus Christ said – John 6:37.
So, if you want to come to Jesus Christ; if you want to Surrender your Life to Him, do so now and you will have a brand New Beginning.
Cry to God, tell Him, “I am not joking, I want You to save my Soul. I am Surrendering my Life to You. Please, Lord, take over my life, take over completely, and I will serve You one hundred Percent (100%) for the rest of my Life.”
Cry unto Him!
And the rest of us, let’s Stretch our hands to our New Brothers and Sisters and intercede for them – That the One Who had saved our Souls would save their own Souls also.
Let’s intercede for them!
Remember the Law of the Harvest – Even when you are sowing Goodness into others by praying for them; the Almighty God will give you a Harvest of Answered Prayers yourself.
Thank You Father! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
PRAYER FOR SALVATION
My Father and my God, I want to bless Your Name for Your Word.
And I want to Thank You, especially for these People who have come forward to Surrender their lives to You.
Father, Please receive them, save their Souls, let Your Blood wash away their sins, write their names in the Book of Life and let them become Genuine children of God today.
And I Pray that from now on, they will serve You. So that anytime they call on You, You will answer them by Fire.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name, we have Prayed – Amen.
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
Now I want to rejoice with those of you who have just surrendered your Life to Jesus Genuinely. I want to Promise you (God helping me) from now on I’ll be Praying for you. So I need your names, your Address and your Prayer Requests.
God bless you!
Do you know that God respect those who clap for Him?
That’s why He said, “Clap your hands O ye People, and then shout unto God with the Voice of Triumph.” (Psalms 47:1)
OFFERING:
This Morning, you are about to take an Offering that will show God that “from this moment onwards, I will sow bountifully because I want You to Prosper me, Prosper my children, Prosper my grandchildren; Prosper us more and more.”
So take your Offering, and the Musicians will sing, you dance to the nearest basket and drop your Offering (online too).
Let’s Stand on our feet with our Offering and lift it up to the Almighty God and say loud and clear:
Father, I Promise You, from now on I will sow bountifully. Let Greatness begin with me and continue with my children and grandchildren.
… Go ahead, talk to the Lord for a moment.
SPECIAL DIVINE ENCOUNTER PRAYER REQUEST
Now before I Pray, there are some People who wrote, asking for Special Prayers and they were asked to come to the Divine Encounter and we would Pray for them there.
If you one of such People, you can come to the Altar now,so we can Pray together.
And the rest of us, where we are, you can talk to the Almighty God and ask Him for something Special you want Him to do for you this Month – Your Prosperity can begin even from today!
The Almighty God can give you a Divine Encounter before you get home. He is the Greatest, He is the Highest, He is the Richest.
Let’s talk to the Almighty now!
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
CLOSING PRAYER
Father of all fathers, the Owner of everything! The Almighty, the One with whom Nothing shall be too hard.
Once again I am Thanking You today, Particularly for Your Children who are here and all those reading now on the Label of DMC;
Lord, on their behalf, accept our Thanks in Jesus’ Name.
Whatever they need that will make their joy full, Father give them today!
Whatever Miracle they want, Lord God Almighty, before Easter Sunday, released unto them.
A Miracle that is so Big that when People are saying “Jesus is Alive!” They would be able to say, “Yes, I know!” Father give it to them, in Jesus’ Name.
Every one of us Lord, give us a Divine Touch today.
Let our Greatness begin; let our Greatness Multiply; Let our Greatness continue.
In all our families, my Father and my God, let Poverty be forgotten;
And give us the Grace to serve You – To serve You Diligently, to Worship You Diligently, too sow Bountifully.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Well, let somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah.
God Bless You – Amen!
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Don’t forget this Friday (7th April, 2023) is Special for Children. Don’t leave your Children at home;.we are going to Pray for them, we are going to anoint them.
And the Almighty God will make them Greater than us, in Jesus’ Name – Amen!
Alright, let me hear Somebody shout another Hallelujah – Hallelujah!!!
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TOPIC: VESSELS UNTO HONOUR
MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
DATE: 2ND APRIL, 2023
BIBLE TEXT: 2 TIMOTHY 2: 20-21
Well, let Somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
GENERAL PRAYERS
A lot has happened in our Nation – it is by the Grace of God; the God who answers Prayers that Nigeria is not burning today.
So, I want us to lift up our Voices to the Almighty God and just bless His Holy Name and say: Father, we just want to Praise You, we want to give You all Glory, we want to give You Honour, we want to give You Adoration.
We say Thank You Almighty God – Thank You for Answered Prayers, Thank You for all You have done in the Past three (3) Months – We give You Glory, we give You Honour, we give You Adoration. Father, we are very, very Grateful, we Adore You, we Magnify Your Holy Name, we are Grateful Lord.
Thank You so so much for Your Mercy upon our Nation – Glory be to Your Holy Name. Thank You Ancient of Days, be Glorified forever.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have given Thanks – Amen.
And then, there are some People in this Nation that we don’t give enough Credit to – The Soldiers, the Paramilitary and the Police.
Today, I want you to lift up your Voice to the Almighty God – Committing these Great Men and Women to the Hands of the Most High God.
And say: Father, these People has been taking care of us – Take care of them, take care of their families and let it be well with them.
Lift Up your Voice to the Almighty God and Pray for these People – The Soldiers, Paramilitary and Police.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
SONG
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Jehovah the Man of War Your Mercy endureth forever and ever Oh Praise His Holy Name
OPENING PRAYER
The God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob; Jehovah the Man of War, the Lord of Host, the One who has never lost a War – We Worship You.
Thank You for January, Thank You for February, Thank You for March and Lord, Thank You for April – Glory be to Your Holy Name.
The First Quarter of this Year is gone and by Your Grace, we are still here and we know that by Your Grace we will be here even by the end of the Year – Accept our Worship in Jesus Name.
Today, we are Committing Your “Very Special” People – The Military, the Paramilitary and the Police into Your Hands; Please Lord even as they watch over us, watch over them, take care of them, take care of their families, fight their battles for them, make them More Than Conqueror, Support them, Strengthen them, Protect them, Promote them and let it be well with them.
Anytime they cry to You – Particularly in times of Danger, answer them by Fire.
And Lord God Almighty, all Your Children who has been Faithful in the Payment of their Tithes and Giving of their Offerings; I Pray that this Month in Particular, You will surprise them, open Mighty Doors unto them. In a way that they will say: Is this not becoming “Too much”; Father embarass them with Your Blessings.
And Please Lord, Your Mercy over Nigeria; let it continue.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Anen!
Let Somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
Shake hands with one (1) or two (2) People and say: You will continue to be a “Great Survivor” – Amen.
And then you may Please be seated?
Today, I have been asked to speak to us on a very, very important Topic – “VESSELS UNTO HONOUR”.
It is a very serious Topic – Probably because of the caliber of People we have among us today. I will try my best to cover the Topic but I won’t go too deep because it is a Serious Topic indeed!
2 Timothy 2:20-21:
But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of Earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.
In every house, you have dustbin – That is where you drop refuse, leftovers; you have brooms that you used to sweep the ground and then you have cutleries; you have Drinking Glasses; you have Vessels that never come near the Master of the House and then you have Vessels that you can find on the Dinning Table of the Master.
One is called “Vessels Unto Honour”; the other is “Vessels Unto Dishonour” – But they are all Vessels.
The Big Question this Morning is – What kind of Vessels will you like to be?
The answer should be between you and God.
And by the time I finished, you will Probably want to think again.
Let us look at the Advantages of being a “Vessel Unto Honour” before we talk about what it will caused you to be a “Vessel Unto Honour”.
Let us consider the Advantages of the spoon, the fork, the Drinking Glass on the Dinning Table – Shall we say of the President?
One of the Advantages of being a Vessel Unto Honour is that the Master is constantly touching you.
For Example, you are the spoon in the Dinning Table of the Most High God, from time to time He touches you. And when God touches you, you get Strength that Human Beings cannot explain.
In 1 Kings 18:46; the Bible says that God laid His Hands on Elijah and he outran the Chariot of the King. He ran 6 Miles (Approximately 10Km) faster than the Chariots drawn by the best Horses in the Land.
I. When God touches you, you suddenly get Strength that Nobody can explain.
II. When God touches you, you get your Strength Renewed in a manner that will embarass others.
Some years ago, I took some of my children on what you will call a “Whirlwind Tour” of South America.
Today, we are in this Country – We arrive in the Morning, we hold a Crusade in the Evening, we returned home by 11pm and that is when we will break our Fast and we will get to bed around 1.00am. By 5.00am, I will Phoned them that it’s time for Morning Prayer so that we can get on our way by 6.00am to beat the Traffic because we are going to another Country and we are going to repeat the whole Process.
All the People with me are Younger than me by at least 20 years decided that they will gang up against me – They all put their Phone on Flight and so when I was calling them by 5.00am, all the Phones were sounding engaged.
I Pray for Somebody here today: God will lay His Hands on you – Amen!
And that Strength that Nobody will be able to explain will become your Portion – Amen.
And there is something even more – And that is when the President or may be the Vice President, or Chief of Defense Staff or Inspector General of Police may be together to have a Lunch.
The Cup is on the Table, everything they are discussing the Cup is hearing.
When you are a Vessel unto Honour in the Hand of the Almighty God, you hear what is going on in Heavens!
If you are a Vessel Unto Honour in the Hands of the Almighty God, you will hear Conversations that Other People don’t hear. And some of these Conversations you can’t even share.
For Example, the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 12: 2-4 – It talks about a Man called Paul.
It says that I know a Man – Whether in the body, it says I don’t know; whether out of the body, I can’t really tell. But I know a Man who was taken to the Third Heavens and he heard words that cannot be spoken.
When you become a Vessel Unto Honour in the Hands of God, you hear things – You don’t belong to the Class of People who call themselves Prophets who Prophesy all kinds of Jokes – Thus saith the Lord, it is going to rain in June. June is a Rainy Season, you don’t need to Prophesy that.
One Propbet in Nigeria was Prophesying sometimes ago – 3 Nations are going to complete for Soccer. He said: Thus saith the Lord; if Nigeria will do this and that, they will win.
I Laughed – If God is going to tell you the Winner, He will tell you the Winner – Period! No Guess Work!
But when you are a Vessel Unto Honour, the Almighty God will tell you things that may atimes you find it difficult to repeat!
When Coronavirus was coming, the Lord just said that the whole world will be on Holidays – And I told you then.
How can the whole world be on Holiday? What will be happening? What is it that we will say that we are Celebrating?
Until the Lockdown came and you find the Streets of London empty, Streets of New York empty et cetera et cetera.
Now, I am not a Prophet but by God’s Grace I am a Vessel Unto Honour and I just want to tell Someone in Particular listening to me now or reading now on the Label of DMC – Thus saith the Lord, your Joy is about to begin (Amen).
When you are a Vessel Unto Honour – Because you are at the Dinning Table of the Most High God, constantly He breathes on you.
I. Because He is breathing and you are Present and Part of His Breath will be coming on you.
In John 20: 21-23; the Bible tells us that when Jesus Christ came into the Room where the Apostles were gathered. He breathe on them and said: “Receive ye the Holy Spirit”.
II. When God breathes on you, things happen – It is as if the Holy Spirit come upon you suddenly.
For Example – In Judges 15: 14-15; the Bible says that the enemies saw Samson bound and then they began to rejoice. And suddenly, the Spirit of God came on Samson and all his Yokes were burnt as if by Fire. And then he got up, grabbed the Jawbone of Ass and he killed a thousand Men.
I have Good News for Someone here today or reading now on the Label of DMC – Someone who wants to be a Vessel Unto Honour; God will breathe on you and all the yokes binding your hands so that you have not been succeeding the way you ought to be, binding your legs so that you are not making the Progress that you should make. All these yokes will be broken today – Amen!
But there is something even deeper still – I will just mention it and won’t discuss it deeper because this is Sunday Service and not a Solemn Assembly.
And this is that: If you are a Vessel Unto Honour; from time to time, God kisses you!
You say: No, that cannot be Possible.
In Numbers 12: 5-8; the Almighty God said that if I want to talk to a Prophet, I may show him a Dream or give him a Vision. But He said Moses is different – I talk to him (Moses) Mouth to Mouth.
I thought that God would have said: I talked to Moses Mouth to Ear – You know when you want to whisper to Somebody and you don’t want anybody to hear. You put your mouth near the ear and whisper.
God says No!
I can’t begin to tell you what happens when you get a kiss from God – I will leave that to the Holy Spirit to manifest that in the Life of Someone.
I will Pray that Someone will get a kiss from the Almighty God today and then you come and tell us the results.
But I can tell you this much – If you have ever received a kiss from the Most High God; from that moment onwards, you rule by Decrees. Everything you say come to Pass!
I will remind you of a Story very quickly – This is the Story of one of my son who came and said that I want a Big Post, I have applied and I want you to speak a Word so that the Interview will go well. I was going to Pray but he said No, just speak a Word!
So, I spoke a Word – The Interview will go well.
He went, Prepared very hard, got to the Place of Interview and went to the Boardroom.
When he got there, they asked him three (3) Questions:
I. What is your name? And he told them.
II. What do you say you want? He told them.
III. Then they asked him – When can you start?
So, he came rejoicing – Daddy, I got the job and I said Congratulations. He said No, speak another Word.
I said alright, I Pray that your Progress in that Place will be rapid – He say Amen.
The following day, he came back Trembling – What happened?
I reported for work and they sent me to the Boardroom, met the same People that were there the other day. And they said: Young Man, after you left our Managing Director resigned. Now, are you ready for the Post of the Managing Director?
So, he came back the following day Trembling. I said Congratulations and he said speak another Word.
I said alright, the God who started the Good Work in you will Perfect it and he said Amen.
He got to the Place of work the following day, they asked him to go to the Boardroom and he met same People there.
And the People said: Young Man, we have discovered why our Managing Director resigned. It is because they have given him a Higher Pay somewhere else. Now, we don’t want you to leave and so we Double your Salary.
And then he came back again and said: Daddy, speak another Word.
I said: Do you want to take the Company from the Owner?
I want to speak a Word to Somebody today or reading now on the Label of – Everything that you deserved from God, you will get it today (Amen).
Now, you can’t have all these benefits without Requirements!
In the Bible Text that we read, it talks about the Vessels Unto Honour – Gold, Silver; unlike Wood and Mud.
Anyone who is going to be a Vessel Unto Honour in the Hands of God ust be “Tough” – He must be Someone who can endure!
I’m sure that is why they choose this Special Day when we are having the Military, Paramilitary and Police with us.
In 2 Timothy 2:3; the Bible talks about enduring Hardness as a Good Soldier in Christ.
I wanted to be a Soldier; it was my mother who didn’t allow me.
When I told her that I wanted to join the Army after I Graduated, she said to me – You are my only son. I am not asking you not to join the Army, just wait till I die and you have buried me; then you can do whatever that you want. That was in the 1960’s.
By the time she died in the 1990’s, it was already too late for me to join the Army but I loved the Army.
Because I loved the Army, I watched every films and everything that has to do with the Army. And I’m telling you that I saw what Change the Civilian to the “Iron Man” – You see them in beautiful dresses, they look nice. Maybe you should check what goes on from the day they enlist into the Military till the day they begin to Match in Ceremonial Dress, then you will know what is called Hardness; you will know what is called Endurance.
Somebody said something along that in 1 Corinthians 9: 24-27 – Paul about about it: if you want to be a Winner, you must endure “Rigorous Self Discipline”
Like in 2 Corinthians 11 23 – One of the things mentioned is Fasting often.
You want to be a Vessel Unto Honour in the Hand of God, you will love Fasting more than you love food!
There are certain things every Vessels Unto Honour has in Common with others – Something you will find Present in every Soldiers, every Paramilitary Officers and every Police Officers:
Instant Obedience.
Jesus Christ made it clear – You want to be a Vessel Unto Honour; fine John 15:14: You are my friends if you do whatsoever I Command you.
A Vessel Unto Honour obeys first – If you have any complain, you can complain later. That is if the complaint is allowed!
Those of you who are Officers; do you know that when your Senior Officer gives you a Command and you feel you should give a word; then you have to get Permission – You will say: Permission to speak sir!
And if that Senior Officer says: Permission Denied, that is the end of the Story.
And if there is anything that is lacking in the Life of any Christian – Why they are not Vessels Unto Honour; it is they don’t know how to obey!
For Example: The Lord gave us a Command at the beginning of the Year – He says that the Church must Double every three (3) Months.
It is not an Advice, it is a Command. And that Command I want to put it in a more Pleasant way for you – Everyone of us especially Members of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Particular; from this moment onwards, every Month you must win a Soul. It is an Order and not an Appeal!
It is an Order from our Commander-In-Chief!
… And you want to be a Vessel unto Honour, the first thing is Obedience!
And when God says: “Do” you do; “Don’t”, you don’t.
Why? – God knows the Future more than you do; He knows what is best for you.
And at times, God will give you a Command that is “Completely Unreasonable”. But don’t forget that He is the All-knowing God!
When I was Preparing this Sermon, I remembered an Occassiin that I went home on Holidays to my Village.
And when I got to the Village, in my own house; they Prepared Pounded Yam for me with a very Good “Combination Okro” Soup with Bush Meat. And I was not Fasting.
So, I Prayed – God bless this food. And I heard from God: Son, don’t eat!
I knew His Voice and so I can’t Pretend that I didn’t know who was speaking to me but I Pretended.
What could be wrong? This food is Prepared in my home, by my People, my best Meal, I’m on Holidays I’m not Fasting.
You know that God doesn’t repeat Himself when dealing with Vessels Unto Honour.
I ate and as soon as I finished eating, a Messenger came from my Elder Sister – You are wanted urgently. Your Elder Sister is dying, we heard that you are in Town and so come.
I followed them, got to my Elder Sister and I saw her covered from Head to Toe with Chicken Pox.
Oh, you don’t face Chicken Pox with a belly full of Pounded Yam!
I ran to the back of the house, put my hand into my throat and vomited the food and then came back to face the devil.
And God said that I warned you!
Is there anyone here today or reading now on the Label of DMC; who will say: God from now on, I will obey you?
The Second Thing that is Common to all the Military, Paramilitary and Police is Submission to Authority – Total Surrender to Authority.
In the Military, if they asked you to Match forward and you decide to Match backwards, you might not even live to tell the Story!
God expects every Vessels Unto Honour in His Hands to be one hundred Percent (100%) Surrendered to Him!
Why? – Jeremiah 18: 1-6; God is a Porter, you are the Clay. He can make whatever He likes out of you.
If you will Surrender to Him, He will make you a Vessel Unto Honour out of you. You don’t Surrender, He will make you another Vessel.
Years ago, I Preached a Sermon called – “Seeing The Invincible”. It will be a Good Idea if you can get the Tape.
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And I gave an illustration – I said that a Sculptor will look at a log of wood just as we all see it. But the Sculptor can see a Lion inside that log of wood.
So, he takes his chisel and hammered and began to cut a little wood from here, a little wood from there.
And very soon, you see the head of the Lion appearing. So you say that this is in the wood.
And then he keeps going – Occasionally and strike a Piece of wood and it will split into two because there is a fault in the wood.
And he will look at it and say – This wood, what is wrong with you? I want to make you a Lion and now you have broken into two. Okay, if you can’t be a Lion, you can still be a Cat.
And then he keeps working again to make a Cat out of what would have been a Lion.
And then another stroke and the thing splitted into two again – Ha, Ha; what is wrong with you this wood? Well, if you can’t be a Cat, maybe we can make a Rat out of you.
And he keeps working and working and then the thing split into two again.
And he says: If you don’t want to be a Lion, you don’t want to be a Cat, you can’t be a Rat; then you can be a Firewood.
I think it sounds like Proverbs – And I hope Somebody understands!
If you are not one hundred Percent (100%) Surrendered to God; if God says: “This is the way I want you to go and you say that I want to go my own way; you might end up where you don’t want to be!
Let me Conclude – Do you want to be a Vessel Unto Honour?
Mathew 11: 28-30 – Jesus Christ said: Come unto me, I will take away all the Burdens that you are carrying.
But He says immediately – You must take my yoke upon you!
When the Evangelist wants to talk to you – Because he wants to talk sweet so that you could give your Life to Jesus Christ; He will say: Come to Jesus Christ, from now on, everything will be “Hunky Dory”.
DMC NOTES: “Hunky Dory” means “Very Satisfactory and Pleasant”.
When you come to Jesus Christ, you are coming under a New Master!
When you are in the world, living with the devil; you can do what you like – You can be drunk, you can keep Late Nights; the devil doesn’t care because he has gotten you and when he wants to use you, he will use you.
When you come to Jesus Christ, a Life of Discipline begins!
You want to be a Vessel Unto Honour, then you have to be one hundred Percent (100%) Surrender.
If you can’t Surrender Totally, no Problem. Jesus Christ is not compelling anybody to come!
He says: Behold I Stand by the Door and I Knock; if you want to open the Door, I will come in. If you don’t, then it is up to you.
But if you Surrender to Jesus Christ, the moment you invite Him to come into your Life; He takes over!
A friend of mine when I asked him to give his Life to Jesus Christ said: Thank You, wait till I am Old. I want to enjoy myself first. Because the moment I Surrender, I know that there are Rules and Regulations.
You used to be a Vessel Unto Honour – God was using you, you knew it, you are hearing His Voice, Feeling His Breathe on you, He was touching you. And then, you messed up.
If the Master is eating and all of a sudden, an accident happened and the fork drops to the Ground. For the fork to come back to the Master’s Table; it will have to undergo serious Cleanimg.
You are a Backslider, you want to come back and become a Vessel Unto Honour again; God will cleanse you but it is by Fire – Malachi 3:2.
That is why those of you who by the Grace of God are Vessels Unto Honour in His Hands are afraid of Backsliding!
In the Army of the Almighty God – There is no room for Nothingness, no room for any kind of Floppiness. You have to be Sharp all the time.
You are a Vessel Unto Honour and you want to remain a Vessel Unto Honour all the time.
2 Timothy 4:2 says: You have to be Instant in Season and Out of Season.
In another way, they say: The Voice of Safety is “Unresting Vigilance” – You want to be a Vessel Unto Honour, all the days of your Life, you must Understand that the Bible says that you must Pray without Ceasing. You must be on your toe 24/7.
Ask the Military, ask the Paramilitary, ask the Policeman and they will tell you – Wherever you are Posted to, you are there at the moment at the Pleasure of your Commander.
Like one of my friends told me – When they say that you are Transferred to some Place, you don’t unpack all your loads because you could be asked to be here today and somehow by tomorrow; Signal come from above. Instantly, you are on the Move.
… That is the way it should be for Vessel Unto Honour!
So, I thank God for all my Brothers and Sisters – The Military, Paramilitary and Police here today. You are a very Good Example of Vessels Unto Honour and you will remained Vessels Unto Honour forever.
I want to tell you one thing – If Nobody is Praying for you, I am because I appreciate your Value because I know what you Stand for.
it is my Prayer that you will remain Vessels Unto Honour forever – Amen.
As for those of you who are Civilians but now want to join the Army of the Lord, we want to be Vessels Unto Honour in the Hands of the Most High God; if you have not given your Life to Jesus Christ before and you want to do so today.
I have told you before that if you come to Him, all things must become New. You can’t live any kind of Life you want anymore. The moment you give your Life to Jesus Christ, He will take over.
But one thing is certain – If you are a Vessel Unto Honour in His Hands, He will Protect you.
The Protection that the President will give to his favourite cups, favourite cutleries is not the same thing that he will give to the dustbin.
Let me tell you Brethrens – There are Great Days ahead; only for the Vessels Unto Honour.
ALTAR CALL
So, if there is anyone here this Morning or reading now on the Label of DMC and you have heard me or read now – And you say that this might be a bit tough but it is the Truth.
If you have heard the Truth now and you want to stop “Playing Church”; you want to surrender your Life absolutely to the Commander-In-Chief of All the Hosts in Heaven and on Earth and you want to be a Vessel Unto Honour in His Hands; come now as the Lord is calling you!
He will take you and wash you in His Blood and the Journey to become Vessels Unto Honour will begin.
Now, those of us who has come forward, let us talk to the Almighty God – I am serious now, I am surrendering one hundred Percent (100%) to You. I will do Your Will from now on – Just safe my Soul, wash me Clean and I will serve You all the days of my Life.
And the rest of us – Please stretch your hands towards these “Precious People” and intercede for them. That the Almighty God who saved our Soul will save their Souls also.
Pray that the Almighty God will receive them, wash them Clean so that they can become Vessels Unto Honour in His Hands.
Thank You Father. Glory be to God. In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
PRAYER FOR SALVATION
My Father and my God, I just want to say Thank You – Thank You for Your Words and Thank You for those People who has decided that they want to surrender their lives to You.
Father, Please receive them, save their Souls, wash them Clean in Your Blood and Lord write their names in the Book of Life, let them become Mighty Vessels Unto Honour in Your Hands.
And I Pray Lord God Almighty that from now on, anytime they call on You, You will answer them by Fire.
Thank You Almighty God. In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
The rest of us, are we ready to Pray?
Stand on your feet and shout a “Military Hallelujah” – Hallelujah!
I want you to lift your Voice to the Almighty God and say: Father, I will be Vessels Unto Honour all the days of my Life. Father, use me for Your Glory.
Go ahead and talk to the Almighty God!
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TOPIC: FOR WHOM THE HEAVENS OPEN- PART 10 (REASONS FOR OPEN HEAVENS – PART 3)
MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
DATE: 26TH MARCH, 2023
BIBLE TEXT: JOSHUA 5: 13-15
Let Us Pray!
SONG
You are Worthy Oh Lord You are Worthy You are Worthy to be Glorified You are Worthy Oh Lord You are Worthy You are Worthy to be Glorified Hallelujah!
Angels are Singing You are Worthy Oh Lord Hallelujah You are Worthy Oh Lord We are Singing You are Worthy Oh Lord Hallelujah You are Worthy Oh Lord
OPENING PRAYER
Father, You are Worthy – You are Worthy to be Glorified, You are Worthy to be Adored. There is no one like You – You are the Prince of Peace, You are the One who Speaks and say: “Peace be Still” and all will be well.
Father, accept our Thanks in Jesus Name.
Please today, open the Heavens; Speak Peace to our Storms; Speak Peace to our Nations and let all be well.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
We are continuing with our Series and we are talking about: “For Whom The Heavens Open – Part 10.
And we will be reading the Bible Text from Joshua 5: 13-15
Joshua 5:13-15:
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the Earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
And the Captain of the LORD’S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
Now, it may surprise you – Those of you who has been following us and reading on the Label of DMC; that we have been reading this Bible Text again and again (From Part 8 to 10) and we are yet to even talk about it. Don’t worry, we will talk about it.
Because like we said, we started this Series – “For Whom The Heavens Open” based on what happened to Elisha in 2 Kings 2: 9-15
But we said that the Heavens Open to Elisha and that Heavens had opened to others before him.
And so, we started looking at other People “For Whom The Heavens Opened”.
And in this Case (Bible Text); we see clearly that the Heavens opened to Joshua. He was facing a very big Problem – That is the Wall that is blocking his way.
Later on, we will talk about that – We will talk about Walls, we will talk about the difference between a Wall and a Mountain et cetera et cetera.
There are lot of beautiful things to learn from the Story.
We will get to that.
But we said that there are some things that we should keep on reminding ourselves about.
And one of the things that we said that we should remind ourselves about was the issue of some of us sitting down at home and not going back to Church.
Because one thing that you need to know is that when the enemies want to take a Champion, he doesn’t come with a “Frontal Attack”.
When he wants to leak the tank of a Strong Man of God, he doesn’t dig a deep hole in the tank. He will dig a very tiny hole so that the fuel will just begin to drop just a little at a time so that the Man of God will not even realised that he was loosing fuel until a day will come when he suddenly wake up and decided that I will go up as at before and then discovered that the tank was Empty.
You don’t believed me, ask Samson – Samson will tell you that Delilah took a little step at a time down the Hill.
Oh, if they bind me with New kind of rope, until he little by little began to talk about if they weave my hair; before finally he said: Cut Off the hair.
You see, when you sit down at home, you may not realised it – But little by little, you are losing Heat.
And I don’t want you to wake up one day and discovered that your Fuel Tank is empty – Get back to Church!
THE reason we keep on going back to the Church is that the fact that you drank water yesterday doesn’t mean that you don’t need to drink water today.
If you stop drinking water, you will dehydrate and Nothing kills like dehydration.
A man can do without food for a long time but he can’t do without water.
Get back to Church and begin to drink from that Well that will never run dry.
It is so important that I have to keep on repeating it until I believed in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ that it will Penetrate into you so that by next Sunday; you will be back in Church in Jesus Name – Amen.
And then we have discussed what exactly we meant by: “When The Heavens Open”. And we said that well, when Heaven opens, certain things happens. And we gave reasons:
It could be that God wants to reach out and Pluck Out Someone Special out of the “Jaws of Death”.
We said that He Stretch Out His Everlasting Arms to Pick Up somebody who is sinking in a Miry Clay and Promote him.
It could be to “Knock Down” Someone who was becoming “Too Big” for his own Good and People around him.
It could be to arrest Someone who is trying to block the Spread of the work of God.
It could be that God wants to start a New Era – God wants to start something New like He wants to bring the Gospel finally to the Gentiles.
When God wants to Introduce Someone Special – A Special Personality.
When He wants to Welcome a Great Warrior of Christ to Heaven Above.
It could be when God wants to Welcome Home Overcomers of Death.
Further reasons why the Heavens could Open include the following:
You can get so close to the Almighty God that the Heavens can open to you and cause you to Cheat Death.
You see, there are some of us who are listening to the Message of God now or reading now on the Label of DMC; who will never die Physically.
There are some People when they hear us say that: The Almighty God will make you Whole, that you will never be sick again; they hesitate to say Amen!
Because they are asking the Question: If I don’t fall sick, how will I ever be able to die? Do they have to be Sick to go to Heaven?
And I’m Praying for all of you who are listening to me now or reading now on the Label of DMC – In the Name that is above every other names, for the rest of your Life, you will not know Sickness (Amen).
There are People before who went to Heaven without falling sick:
I. Enoch happened to be one of them – That is one of the reason that I believed that I may go with the Rapture.
In Genesis 5:24; the Bible says that Enoch walked with God and he was not because God took him.
… The Heavens just opened and God just took him away – He wasn’t sick, he didn’t die; he just went.
One day, a Sunday School Teacher asked his Class – Who can tell us what happened to Enoch?
And one Student just got up and said: Enoch and God were so close friends that occasionally, God will come down from Heaven to Pay Enoch a visit. And on one occasion, He (God) Paid Enoch a visit and Enoch was escorting God back to His Own House and they kept on going and going. And by the time they looked back, the house of Enoch was far away.
And so God just said: Don’t go back to your own house – Just come along with me to my house.
It sounds like the Story of a Child, but full of Meaning!
You can get so close to the Almighty God that the Heavens can open to you and cause you to Cheat Death.
When you hear the Story of how some People Passed away without Sickness, without Ache, without Pain; you will want to say: Oh God, how I wish the Heavens will open when it is time for me to come home.
I still remembered an Uncle of mine – He went to Church on Thanksgiving Sunday (A Pastor); had a fantastic Thanksgiving Service, got home, took Breakfast; then the wife was Preparing Lunch and just as they were Pounding the Yam, he decided to go to the Toilet to ease himself.
And they finished Pounding Yam and they said the man should come out of the Toilet. They opened the door to find out that he was gone.
… Now, that is a beautiful way to go!
II. Of course, what about Elijah in 2 Kings 2: 9-11.
I like the way Elijah left – It was so Dramatic. He was a Dramatic Man and so left Dramatically.
The Almighty God sent His Own Rolls Royce to go and bring in His Great Man of God.
He didn’t just went in the Rolls Royce of the Almighty God; he had escorts to lead and went with a Whirlwind – The Holy Spirit came, surrounded him and they zoomed off.
Elijah never tasted Death.
When you considered that there was a Stage in his Life that he was so said that he was asking God to kill him. And instead of God killing him, God fed him twice.
It Pays to be a friend of God; it Pays to be close to the Almighty God. God looked at him and said: Kill you? You won’t even taste Death.
III. And more interestingly in 1 Corinthians 15: 51-58 and then 1 Thessalonians 4: 15-18; the Bible gives us the Dramatic Descriptions of what will happen at the Rapture.
When those of us who remains till the Lord returns; when it is time for us to go; we won’t go quietly; the world will know that something is happening – The Trumpet will sound, the whole world will know the News because there will be many People left behind.
The News all over the world will be – We don’t know what happened, all we know is that Millions had disappeared. They are here today and they had gone tomorrow.
Oh, how beautiful the Rapture will be.
Some People had tried to describe it for us – That there will be a lot of Traffic Jam on that Day because many Drivers will disappear; a lot of of Air crashes because the Pilots had disappear.
Unfortunately, some Pastors don’t even want to talk about it anymore – Prosperity has dull their senses to the fact that Heavens is about to Open.
Some People don’t want to leave the world – They are falling in love with the world and the things that are in the world.
I have Good News for you – If you don’t leave these Goodies, the Goodies will leave you. One day, your hands won’t be able to hold on to anything.
That is why it is better for you – Like Jesus said; He said: If you want to keep your Life, you must be willing to loose it to me
Because if you say: No, No, No; I want to hold on to Life, you are going to loose your Life. Sooner or later, it is Appointed unto man to die – You can’t take any car with you, you can’t take any Mansion with you; all the money you are hoarding that is not allowing you to serve the Almighty God, you won’t be able to take a Single dime with you.
How Wonderful will it be when the Rapture comes, that you welcome the Lord Joyfully because you are moving to Mansions built with Gold, you will be walking on Streets Paved with Gold.
When the time comes to leave this world, you can’t take anything along.
I have always told my children the Story of a Man in my Hometown who was a Wealthy Man but so Mindful of Money. He never trusted any Bank, he kept his money in a “Big Room” in his house.
And he was so Mindful of money that he will follow the wife to the Market – The wife will Price the Goods, he will Pay. The wife will come home to Prepare the food for him, he will keep the soup under his bed.
Then he died and his children who had gone Abroad came back home and they were still looking for the key to the “Big Room” but they couldn’t find it.
And one of the children suggested – This Rascal might have swallowed the key. So they picked up his body, turned his back and began to slap his back. And out of his mouth jumped out the key.
You brought Nothing into this world and you are not going to take anythimg Out.
Prepare for the Rapture – The Heavens can open anytime and those of us who are ready will go with Him.
Now when the Heavens open, Divine Visitation is to be Expected.
A. It might be an Angel that the Almighty God will send.
I. An Angel may be sent to bring Good News like in Judges 13: 1-14.
It is talking about the family of Manoah – They were barren and the Almighty God wanted them to know that they were about to have a very Special son.
The incident waa so important that the Almighty God needed to send an Angel to tell them the Good News.
My Prayer today and even as you read on the Label of DMC; is that the Almighty God will send to you and bring you some Good News – Amen!
You know the rest of the Story of Samson:
The Angel came and spoke with the Mother that the Child will be very Special. So be careful what you eat or drink.
The husband wasn’t there and so the husband said that I will like to hear this Good News myself. And so the Angel came back the Second time.
II. And in Luke 1: 15-17; the Almighty God again opened the Heavens and send an Angel to go and tell His Servant, His High Priest, a Man who has been serving God Faithfully all the Years.
The Bible says that both himself and his wife were Righteous.
There are some of us who has been serving God wholeheartedly. And in some cases, we have find Man of God – And I believed that God is speaking to one Paricular family today or reading now on the Label of DMC: They have been serving God, Praying for Others and they have been receiving Answers to their Prayers but there had been a Problem in their lives that they have Prayed and Prayed about and Nothing had happened.
Oh, may the Heavens Opened today or as you read now on the Label of DMC – Amen; may the Almighty God send you a Visitor of Joy to you – Amen!
B. So when the Heavens open, Divine Visitation is to be Expected – It might be an Angel or God Himself coming.
I. In Genesis 18: 1-5; the Bible said that Abraham was sitting at home infront of his Tent and the Heavens opened and God came.
And God didn’t just come alone, He came with at least two (2) Escorts.
You know the rest of the Story – When Abraham lifted up his eyes, he knew immediately that these were not Ordinary Men and he invited them into his house. And then a lot of things followed.
II. But in Exodus 3: 1-6; you will noticed that in the case of Moses, God came Personally.
He Paid Moses a visit – He saw the bush that was burning with Fire and the bush was not consumed.
And the Bible says that God spoke to him out of the Fire – It wasn’t an Angel that He sent, He came Personally.
May the Almighty God visit Somebody Personally today – Amen!
Because when He comes Personally, it means that several things will happen:
For God to come Personally, the first thing that He needs to do is to “Stand Up” because He is seated in Heaven.
Isaiah 66:1; the Almighty God said that Heaven is my Throne and the Earth is my Footstool
The Almighty God doesn’t have to leave Heaven to do anything on Earth – The Earth is under His Footstool and so all He has to do is to speak a Word and whatever He wants to happen on Earth will happen.
The Bible tells us in Psalms 115:3; it said: Our God is in Heavens, He does as He Pleases.
But occasionally, the Heavens will open and the Almighty God will “Stand Up” on His Throne and when He stands up, a lot of things happen:
For Example:
I. Psalms 68: 1-3; the Bible says: Let God arise and what follows is that His enemies will Scatter.
Oh, how I Pray this Day that the Almighty God will arise for you, that the Heavens will open and the One who made Heaven and the Earth will arise because when He does, His enemies Scatter.
And you know that God has no enemies other than your own enemies.
When He was talking to Saul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus, after he knocked him down and He said: Saul, why are you Persecuting me?
And Saul said: Who are you? How can I be Persecuting you when I can’t even see you?
Jesus Christ said: As long as you are Persecuting my children, then you are Persecuting me.
II. When God arises, He takes over your Battle – He begins to fight for you because your enemies are His enemies.
You need to Please understand this – That it is written that whenever you suffers, God is suffering also.
He said that with all his Afflictions, I am afflicted.
Take Note that the Almighty God is on your Side.
And the Lord of Host will fight for you – Amen!
We will continue from here in the Next Series!
So, you now know the reasons why you can’t afford to miss out even from following this Series with us @ Discovery Media Crew (DMC).
But that Passage that says: Let God arise and His enemies be scattered; is enough to tell you that if you are not in the Side of God, when God arises, you will be one of those who will be scattered.
When God arises, it means that the One who is called “The Consuming Fire” is arising. And believe it or not, some People are going to cry to God today and they will say: Oh God, arise.
And when He arises, you better be on the Side of God because otherwise, you will be one of those that He will deal with.
ALTAR CALL
So, I’m appealing to those of you who are still joking with the Issue of your Salvation – You can’t do that anymore because the time for God to arise has come. Be on His Side so that you won’t be scattered.
So, if you want to give your Life to Jesus Christ now; Please Stand wherever you are and cry to God.
And say: Please save my Soul, I can’t fight you because who am I to fight “The Consuming Fire”.
Please save my Soul, make me one of Your Own; forgive all my sins Lord and I will serve You for the rest of my Life.
So that when you arise, you will be arising for me and not against me.
Call on Him now and I will Pray with you just now!
PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER
My Father and my God, I want to Thank You once again for Your Words. I want to say Thank You, Thank You, Thank You because I know that there are many People now surrendering their lives to You at this moment.
Please receive them, have Mercy on them, save their Souls, let Your Blood wash away their sins and write their names in the Book of Life.
Please receive them into the Family of God and be for them rather than being against them.
And I Pray Lord God Almighty for all of us who will be crying to You today; Please open the Heavens and arise for us.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
All of you who has given your Life to Jesus Christ today – I Congratulate you that God is now on your Side and I know that it is going to be well with you.
And I Promise you that from now on, I will be Praying for you.
So, Please get in contact with me very – Let me have your names, your Address and your Prayer Requests. And I will be Praying for you.
Please, locate the nearest The 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.
God Bless You!
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!!!
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TOPIC: FOR WHOM THE HEAVENS OPEN- PART 9 (THE REASONS FOR OPEN HEAVENS – PART 2)
MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
DATE: 19TH MARCH 2023
BIBLE TEXT: JOSHUA 5: 13-15
Let Us Pray!
SONG
We bless You Lord You are Holy Holy Lord And forever You are Lord We bless You Lord You are Holy Holy Lord And forever You are Lord Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah; Hallelujah You are God Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah; Hallelujah You are God
OPENING PRAYER
Our Father and our God, we bless You. Ancient of Days, we give You all Glory. Because You are Holy and Your Holiness Guarantees Your Faithfulness; because You are Holy, You can’t lie and when You speak it is done.
Oh we bless You Lord that we are Your Children and Your Word makes it clear that we are More Than Conqueror because You love us and so we know that it is Settled, and we shall Laugh Last. Please, accept our Thanks in Jesus Name.
As we continue with our Studies, my Father and my God; let the Heavens open again and let Miracles, Signs and Wonders happen in our lives.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
Shake hands with one (1) or two (2) People and say: Good Day. God bless you Mightily today. And you may Please be seated.
We will be looking at the Part 9 of our Series: “FOR WHOM THE HEAVENS OPEN”. And in the Part 8 of the Series, we started looking at Joshua 5: 13-15.
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
And he said, Nay; but as Captain of the Host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the Earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
And the Captain of the LORD’S Host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is Holy. And Joshua did so.
As a way of repetition; in the Part 8 of the Series; that we have been doing for us – This Sunday Afternoon Service, came as a result of the Lockdown that came during Coronavirus.
We thank the Almighty God that we survived Coronavirus – And in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ, if there is any relation of Coronavirus that is still to come; you will also survive (Amen).
But Coronavirus didn’t kill you Physically and so don’t let it kill you Spiritually. Because if you stop going to Church, long after the way has been cleared; it is because Coronavirus now wants to make sure that you get away from the Heat that is generated when the Children of God gathered together.
And before you know it – You who has been boiling hot for God, you who has been the first to get up on Sunday Morning and said that I must go to the House of the Lord because David said that I was glad when they said to me, let us go into the House of the Lord.
You are now sitting down at home, waiting for the Afternoon Sessiom where Daddy GO will be Preaching.
Thank God for this Series, Thank God that God has not said up till now: Stop it. If He has said Stop it, I will stop it immediately.
But if it continues – And I Pray that it will; don’t forget that it is not an alternate from going to Church. You survived Physically, make sure that you survived Spiritually.
Get Up and get back to Church; get back to “Corporate Anointing”; that is well Prepared in the Church.
And as you are saying “Amen”; there are hundreds of other People saying “Amen” with you – A Combination of their “Amen” is going to bring quick Answers to your Prayers.
And the Word of God made it abundantly clear – It says: Let all the People Praise thee Oh Lord. Then even God, our God will bless us and the whole Earth will fear before Him.
Do you know what that means?
When you are in a Congregation and together they are lifting up their voices together in Praise; then the kind of Blessings that will come down will bring fear to our enemies.
The Hallelujah alone in your room does not have the same impact as the Hallelujah you say in Church.
Get back to Church and do so immediately – It is in your own Best Interest. And the Almighty God will bless you – Amen!
And last week, we also said that there were several reasons why we said that the Heavens could open – That Heavens doesn’t just open but it opens on Purpose. And we said as follows:
Heavens could open because God wants to reach out to Pluck Out Someone Special out of the Jaws of Death.
And we gave Examples – Examples on Daniel and Peter.
Heavens could open because God wants to reach out to lift up Someone who is Practically drowning – Going deeper and deeper down. And the more he Struggles to get out, the deeper he goes.
God could Stretch Out and grab that Fellow because underneath are His Everlasting Arms.
And then He can now begin to Promote the Fellow.
We said that Heavens could also open because God wants to knock down Somebody who deserves to be knocked down.
And we gave an illustration that – When God discovered that a King was becoming “Too Big” for his shoes; He knocked him down for seven (7) years so that he could eat Grass like an animal.
Then we ended up by saying that the Heavens could open because God wants to arrest Someone who Particularly might be trying to block the way of the Spread of the Gospel of the Almighty God.
DMC NOTES: We can get to read the Full Text of the Part 8 of this Series: “For Whom The Heavens Open” on this Link:
Now, we will go on to other reasons why Heavens could open:
The Heavens could open to bring in a Brand New Era.
When God wants to make a Mighty Change – Either in the Life of a Person or in the Life of a Family or in the Life of a Nation, then the Heavens can open.
And the Example can be found in Acts 10: 1-end.
If you read Verses 1 to 7; there you will see that the Heavens opened for a Man called a Cornelius.
This Man even though that he wasn’t a Christian, has steadily being serving God – Giving Offerings, Giving Alms, doing Good.
And one day, all his Labour of Love came up for Remembrance and the Heavens opened up unto him (Cornelius). God sent an Angel to him.
There are many of us who has been serving God steadfastly – We have been sowing, we have been Giving, we have been Tithing and God has been taking Note. He has been keeping Records.
God is a Great Record Keeper – There is Nothing you did for God in Secret that God does not Note.
The Bible says that He is such a Great Record Keeper that even if an hair on your head should fall to the Ground, God took Note.
The Bible says that there is Nothing hidden before God – There is Nothing that you have done that God does not too Notice of.
And the Bible says that God is not Unjust that He will forget all your Labours of Love.
Then all of a sudden, a Day came for Cornelius and the Heavens opened and an Angel Paid him a visit and told him that it is Time for Rewards.
Oh, how I Pray that the Heavens will open unto you and your Harvest will begin – Amen!
But at the same time that the Angel was visiting Cornelius, the Heavens was also opening to Someone called Peter – And you can read that one in Verses 9 to 20 – Because God needed Peter in what He was about to do in the Life of Cornelius.
So, while an Angel was visiting Cornelius, the Heavens was opening to Peter. And he saw a Vision – He saw a Vision that was going to Change his Theology because Peter was convinced that he must never go to the House of a Gentile and that he must never touch something that he called Unclean.
And God wanted to show to him that what you think is Unclean is no longer Unclean as I am about to do something.
I’m believing God that there will be a New Era in your Life, a New Era in your Family and a New Era in our Church – Amen.
Because I could remembered clearly the opposition that we faced when we said that we wanted to start what we called “The Model Parishes”.
It was supposed to be a New Era and the opposition was very stiff.
We needed our Churches to spread fast and in a Place like Lagos, they said that how will that happen?
And so we decided that well, there might not be buildings available to rent for Churches but there are Hotels.
And when we decided that we will be holding our Services even in Hotels, some People thought that the Hotel is a “House of Sin” – That was what they called it.
And when there were no more Hotels to hire; we said that we will move to Beer Parlours and Night Clubs.
And they told me that: How can you a Preacher of Holiness go and start Churches in Night Clubs?
I told them – All Night long on Saturday, they Party at Night Clubs; then on Sundays, they will be at home Sleeping. The Night Clubs is always free on Sunday Morning.
What about all the rubbish that has been done?
Oh, we will get there on Sunday Morning – We know Alcohol had flowed freely. Alcohol is called Spirit – We will bring in the Holy Spirit and clear up everything that God has not Planted in that Place.
I Prayed that the Almighty God will open the Heavens to you and bring about a New Era in your Life, a New Era in your Business and a New Era in our Churches – Amen!
The Heavens could open when God wants to Introduce a Special Personality.
In Matthew 3: 16-17; the Bible tells us that as Jesus Christ was coming out of the water where He has been Baptised; the Heavens opened and the Holy Spirit came like a Dove and alighted on Him and a Voice spoke from Heaven – This is my Beloveth Son in whom I am well Pleased.
… The Heavens opened, the Holy Spirit came!
I Pray that as you are listening to me today or reading now on the Label of DMC – The Heavens will open, that the Holy Spirit will come afresh upon you and that God will speak concerning you and introduced ypu to the world afresh – Amen!
And He will let your friends, Relatives and Colleagues know that you are Special and that you are the Beloveth of God – Amen!
I still remembered clearly the case of a Sister – She came to one of our Program and God spoke that there is one Person here, the Person who is not allowing you to marry unless she repents, she will die within a week.
And she got home, told the mother; the mother followed her to Chudch and was very upset with me.
But when I told her that I didn’t mentioned her name; she asked the girl to get out and said: Well, I’m not asking her not to marry. But it’s just that if she goes, who is going to take care of me?
And we sorted out the issue and within a week, Somebody who has been in the same Church with this girl for years! suddenly his eyes opened and he saw that this is the one God meant for me.
… God introduces her!
May the Almighty God introduced you – Amen; may the Almighty God Point you out to Somebody who will help you – Amen.
It took God to introduce Cornelius to Peter – Peter wasn’t coming to help a Gentile but God had gone ahead.
And He had told Cornelius that there is a Fellow called Peter – He called him by name; and gave the Address of where Peter was staying and said go and get him.
By the time the Messengers came, God spoke to Peter – Alright, some People are looking for you; go with them.
When the Heavens opened, it brings Connections – It brings the one who needs Help to the one who can Help.
I am Praying that this week in Particular; the Almighty God will connect you to the one who can Help you – Amen; and then Prepare them ahead to come and bring you Help – Amen!
And in Matthew 17: 1-7; on the Mount of Transfiguration, the Bible tells us that all of a sudden Jesus Christ transfigured before Peter, James and John.
The Heavens opened and they saw Elijah and Moses talking to the Lord Jesus Christ and then a Voice spoke to them – This is my Beloveth Son, in whom I am well Pleased hear ye Him.
It was not to be long before Jesus Christ departed from the world. And there are three (3) Special People who want to continue with the Ministry of Jesus Christ and they needed to be told Specifically – Obey this Fellow; whatever He asked you to do; that is what you must do.
When the Heavens opened, the Almighty God can guarantee your Legacy – He can take care of what is going to happen after you have gone!
When the Heavens open, He can introduce you to those who will help you even after you have gone!
As the Elders will say: The one who helps you after you have gone is more important than the one who helps you when you are here!
Some of us needs the Heavens to open so that God can introduce us to those who will help us even after we have gone!
I Pray that the Almighty God will open the Heavens unto you and send or introduce you to those People who will be helpful to your children even after you have gone – Amen!
When the Heavens open, it could be to Welcome Home a Great Warrior of Jesus Christ.
… The Heavens could open when a Warrior is going Home.
I’m sure many of you will say that we don’t want to talk about that because we are not ready to go home yet.
I agree – And in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ, none of you will die Young (Amen).
But it is Appointed unto Man to die – Everybody has an Appointed Time and when that Times comes; there is Nothing anybody can do.
So, what is crucial is to be ready for that Time when the Appointed Time will come.
In Acts 7: 55-56; the Bible said that while Stephen was about to die; the Heavens opened – He lifted up his eyes and he saw the Lord Jesus Christ Standing.
Now, the Bible says that when the Lord Jesus Christ finished His works, he wasn’t Standing but was seated.
Colossians 3:1; the Lord Jesus Christ was seated at the Right Hand Side of God.
But on this occasion, Jesus Christ was Standing.
What does that mean?
You know because in John 14: 1-3; the Bible says: Let not your Heart be troubled; you believed in God, believes also in me. In my Father’s House, there are many Mansions; if it were not so, I won’t have told you that I am going to Prepare a Place for you and when I Prepare a Place for you, I will come for you.
Jesus Christ saw a Warrior finishing his Assignment – He was a Young Man, he wasn’t old but he has finished his Assignment.
Let me tell you one thing – I Pray for you that after you have finished your Assignment here on Earth, you will not spend an extra Day in this “Wretched World” (Amen).
My Prayer is that you will finished your Assignment – That you will finish Strong, that you will finish well and I Pray that you will never become a Relic (Amen).
A Relic is Someone who used to be useful and is no longer useful.
Oh Lord, before I become a Relic, Please take me Home – Amen!
And I want to assure you that going to Heaven is easy – If you lift up your eyes and you already see the Lord Standing to say: Come Home my son, I am waiting for you.
I am sure that Stephen was glad – He was so glad that he Prayed for those who are killing him.
I believed that he Prayed that Prayer as a “Prayer of Gratitude” – Thank You for sending me Home!
Before I have told you before – The only thing that will not allow you to kill yourself after you have seen Heaven is because if you commit suicide, you won’t make it to Heaven.
So, the Heavens opened to say: Welcome to a Warrior who had finished well!
ALTAR CALL
And I want to encourage those of you who have not given your Life to Jesus Christ – You don’t even know where you are going.
Let me tell you the Truth – Jesus Christ made it clear: Unless you are Born Again; you can’t even see the Kingdom of God, not to talk of entering in.
Don’t delay, rush to Jesus Christ today; surrender your Life to Him so that if death come tomorrow because it can come anytime; you will have Nothing to fear because Jesus Christ will come and take you Home.
Remember what David said – He said that even though I walk through the Shadow of death, I will fear no evil for thou art with me.
If you have Confidence that Jesus Christ will come for you, you will have no fear of death.
That is why every True Child of God are fearless – We know that we won’t go on the Journey alone as the Lord will be with us,
And He can be with you too if you can surrender your Life to Him today.
So, if you want to give your Life to Jesus Christ; wherever you are, go to the nearest Altar to you or Stand Up wherever you are or even reading now on the Label of DMC – Just show the Almighty God that I am deciding for you.
Cry to Him now – Ask the Lord to save your Soul, ask Him to be Merciful unto you, ask Him to wash you Clean with His Blood, Promise Him that you will serve Him, you will do His Will from this moment onwards.
And I will join you in Prayers and He will save your Soul.
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 bless Your Holy Name for Your Words.
Thank You for the Power in Your Words, Thank You for these People who has made up their Minds that they will want to do Your Will from now on.
Please receive them, have Mercy on them, save their Souls and wash them Clean with Your Blood and receive them into the Family of God.
So that if at any time they have to leave this world, you will be with them.
And Please Lord, I Pray that every Prayers that they Pray from now on, you will answer them by Fire.
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 today. I want to Promise you that from now on, I will be Praying for you.
So, Please as quickly as Possible; get in Contact with me – I will love to know your name, your Address and your Prayer Requests.
And then, locate the nearest The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) to you – Tell the Pastor there that you have just given your Life to Jesus Christ and he will tell you what to do next.
God Bless You!
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!!!
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TOPIC: FOR WHOM THE HEAVENS OPEN- PART 8 (MEANING OF THE TOPIC AND REASONS FOR OPEN HEAVENS)
MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
DATE: 12TH MARCH, 2023
BIBLE TEXT: JOSHUA 5: 13-15
Let Us Pray!
SONG
The God of Abraham,Isaac and Jacob Jehovah, the Man of War Your Mercy endureth forever and ever Oh Praise His Holy
OPENING PRAYER
King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the Ancient of Days, the Unchangeable Changer. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; we Worship You.
We Thank You for all You have done for us since the beginning of the Year; we Thank You that thus far You have helped us. Please, accept our Worship in Jesus Name.
Almighty God, we Your Children are gathered once again at your feet today; Please send Your Words to us. And with the Power of Your Words, bring us Healings and Deliverances and Victories.
So that at the end of everything, Your Name and Your Name alone will be Glorified
Thank You Almighty. For in Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen!
We will continue with our Series on: To Whom the Heavens Open; as we go to Part 8.
And we will actually be looking at Joshua 5: 13-15:
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
And the captain of the LORD’S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
Before we Proceed further in our Studies, I believed that we need to make one (1) or two (2) things clear:
This Sunday Series that we do for you started during the Coronavirus Crisis (DMC NOTES: Month of April, Year 2020) – When People could no longer go to Church.
And so, we felt that since we couldn’t go to Church at that time; we should reach out to you every Sundays from our Headquarters.
And so actually, this Series should have stopped when the Coronavirus Crisis ended but we found out that it has been a Blessing to so many of us and so we felt that we should continued even though we moved the time from early Morning to Afternoon.
And so, we need to appreciate the fact that this Series is a Supplement and it is not intended to take over your Morning Service in your various Churches.
A Supplement does not replace a Meal.
And the Word of God is Clear – You are not to avoid the Assembly of one another.
There is something Powerful in “Corporate Anointing”.
And so, those of us who Probably has fallen into the habit of saying: No Problem, why should I go to the Church in the Morning; afterall daddy GO will soon come in the Afternoon – You are making a very serious mistake. Better get back to your Churches
If you want to know the Great Power of “Corporate Anointing”; I will encourage you to read what happened in 1 Samuel 19: 1-end – You will discovered that there is “Tremendous Power” in “Corporate Anointing”.
The Only People who could say: Oh, thank God we have Supplement coming in the Afternoon are those who are “Too Old” to go to the Church in the Morning.
They are the only People who has an excuse – And they have to be really, really Old not to even go to Church.
So I’m sure that Majority of us don’t qualify for that!
The Second Thing that I want to bring to our attention is something that God Himself brought to my attention.
That when we are dealing with a Series, we always assume that the People who are joining the Series on the way already knows what we have said before – And that is not always true.
There are People who are joining the Series for the first time. And so occasionally, we need to backtrack and talk about what had gone before.
And so, if you find anytime that we are repeating any of the Topics that we have treated before:
I. For you who has been with us from the beginning of the Series; it will be a very Good Revision.
II. For those who are joining for the first time, it will be a very Great Blessing.
And the Bible made it clear – You are to love your Neighbours as yourself.
If it is only for the benefits of those who are joining for the first time that we repeat some of the Previous Sermons; Please enjoy it as a “Refreshing Repetition” and then know that this is being done for those your Neighbours who are joining for the first time.
Another thing to Note is that – In dealing with a Series, there are certain things that occasionally we jumped over – New Revelations that are very Crucial to our Understanding of the Series but we jumped over, Probably in our eagerness to go to something New.
I mean, many of you who has been following us on the RCCG Holy Ghost Services for this Year 2023 – We remembered what happened in the RCCG February 2023 Holy Ghost Service.
In the RCCG January 2023 Holy Ghost Service, we have spoken about the Size of God. And because there were so much to say about the Size of God; I felt that we have discussed the Size of God enough and so now, let us go and discussed about the Nature of God.
But God reminded us that: No, you haven’t even finished with my Size.
Yes, you have spoken about how long my Legs are, how wide my Hands could be when I spread them out. But you have overlooked one very crucial issue – And that is the implications of my long Legs and wide Hands and that is the Point of Influence.
And I’m sure that many of us are tremendously blessed when we learnt about the Influence of God even before we begin to learn about His Nature.
It will interest you to know that the Almighty God says that you haven’t even finished with His Size; you haven’t even finished about His Hands.
And so you might be surprised that whenever He gives the Go-ahead, we might be talking about the Hands of God because it is one thing to have hands, it is another thing to know what the hands can do for you.
A Little touch from the Hands of God can Produce some tremendous Impacts!
And so today, we are going to backtrack a little – What even led to this Series and what exactly does the Theme means!
The Series came from as an Overflow from The RCCG Holy Ghost Congress 2022 – When we were talking of “Double Portion”.
That the Biggest Thing that happened to Elisha was that the Heavens Opened unto him as he saw Forces of Fire and Chariots of Fire coming down to take his Master Home.
And I Pray one more time that the Heavens will open unto you today – Amen!
But then, we said that it was not to him alone that the Heavens had Opened – That as a matter of fact, the Heavens had opened to some People before.
That is why we went and discuss Somebody like Moses and now we want to move on from Moses to Joshua.
And we need to know that Heavens don’t just open, there are reasons why the Heavens may open.
Some of the reasons why the Heavens could Opened could be that:
God want to reach out to Pluck Someone Special out of the Jaws of Death.
And today’s Sermon might be just for you – Right now, it might be that the enemies thought that they got you Captured; that the enemies might even be waiting now for your Funerals. But the Heavens can open and God can Stretch forth that Everlasting Arms and snatch you out from the jaws of Death.
I. Like in Daniel 6: 1-end – By the time that the enemies of Daniel threw him into the den Full of Lions and they put a Stone across the opening of the den; they were convinced beyond all doubts that: No, the end has come for Daniel.
But immediately the Heavens opened and the Almighty God sent an Angel, who went and shut the mouth of Lions. And the one who was supposed to be a Meal for Lions became just a friend Playing with Lions.
… God Stretch out His Hands to rescue Somebody from the Jaws of Death.
II. In Acts 12: 1-11; the Bible tells us that Peter was in Prison and the King who put him in Prison had killed an Apostle before and he was bent to kill another one – Peter was ordained to die at the Pleasure of a Wicked King.
The Bible said that the Night before Peter was to be brought forth, less than 24 hours before Death would swallow Peter; the Heavens opened and the Almighty God sent an Angel and rescued him out of the very Jaws of Death.
It is my Prayer for those of you who are listening to me today or reading now on the Label of DMC that if this is the only reason why Heavens should open to you; the Almighty God will rescue you from the Jaws of Death – Amen!
It is amazing when I read in the Newspapers that they say that some People killed a family – Wiped out a family on New Year Day (Husband, Wife and Children).
While others were shouting Happy New Year and Celebrating; Death was cruising in on a Particular family.
I don’t know what is the Plan of the enemies concerning you – As we only knows today and God only knows tomorrow and how many of the Forces of Darkness are making Plans, trying to close in on you or on your Beloveth ones. But the Heavens will open and the Almighty God will Stretch forth His Mighty Hands and snatch you out of the Jaws of Death – Amen!
The Heavens could open because God wants to reach out to Someone who is deep down and sinking.
I. In Psalms 40: 1-3; it says: He brought me out of the Miry Clay.
If you know what that means?
It means that you are in a Pit and the Pit is made up of Miry Clay. And it means that the more you Struggled to get out; the deeper you go.
It is a terrible situation when you find out that the very efforts to get you out are the efforts that is taking you deeper – Few People know what I am talking about.
But the more you Struggled, instead of getting out of the trouble; you are getting deeper into it.
I have heard of People who said that they borrowed Money from some People, Interest increased and so they went to another Place to go and borrow Money to Pay the first Group of People and then at an Higher Interest Rate.
… The more they Struggled to get out, the deeper they go!
But there is Someone who said that underneath are my Everlasting Arms – Deuteronomy 33:27.
I am Praying today that God will reach out to you and no matter how terrible the Pit you find yourself, He will Pull you out – Amen.
The Good Thing is that no Pit is deeper than the Everlasting Arms that is Underneath; that He will reach out, grab you and Pull you out in the Mighty Name of – Amen.
II. Afterall, in 1 Samuel 2:8; the Bible says that He can reach out and pick up a Beggar from the dunghill and then begin to Promote him until he begins to sit among Princes.
It doesn’t matter how terrible things are for you; my Prayer is that from today, instead of going deeper, you will be going Higher – Amen.
III. I mean the case of Moses for instance – Moses was a Fugitive (You know the Story).
He ran from Pharaoh and he has been running for forty (40) years. Everything that he ever thought that he will become in Life has become forgotten.
A Man who was some forty (40) old, with Great Dreams, Plans for the Future; suddenly found himself a Fugitive.
And one year after the other, he went deeper and deeper and deeper in the Miry Clay until God intervened.
The Heavens opened unto him as we have already discussed in Exodus Chapter 3 and the Man who was one day a Fugitive was soon to be called “Terror to Pharaoh”.
In Exodus 7:1; God says I have made you a god to Pharaoh.
The fellow who says that he will kill you whenever he finds you, now you have become a terror to him.
The Heavens can open so that God can reach out His Hands, grab Somebody who was sinking and bring him out of the Miry Clay and set his feet on High Places.
The Heavens can open when God wants to knock down Someone who needed to be knocked down.
I. In 1 Samuel 2:7; the Bible tells us that it is God who raises up, He is also the One who brings down.
II. In Daniel 4: 28-33; when a King forgot who was the One in Charge, the Almighty God decided: Let us knock this one down.
He caused him (The King) to eat Grass like an animal for seven (7) years.
At the beginning of this Year (2023); the Almighty God said that some Balloons will burst!
I am looking forward to see that Balloon’s burst – Amen!
Because there are some People who are making Life miserable for the Community – They had the Power to do so; they are in Position to wreck havoc on People; they are using that Power to make the Common Man miserable.
By the time God finished with Nebuchadnezzar, he knew who was the Most High God and he knew who was in Charge.
The Heavens opened as he was boasting – Is this Babylon? My Babylon that I built with my Power for the Glory of my Kingdom.
III. In Acts 12: 20-24; the Bible tells us that there was a King who wanted to make sure that the Gospel will not be Preached.
He was the fellow who was killing Apostles for Breakfast, who was going to kill Peter before the Heavens opened and Peter escaped.
The Bible says that he sat on his Throne, make an Oration to such an extent that the People said this is not the Voice of Man but the Voice of God.
And the Heavens opened; God sent an Angel – All the Angel did waa to Point him out to the worms and showed the worms that this is the fellow that you must consumed.
The Bible tells us that he was sitting on his Throne when the Heavens opened; by the time he hits the Ground; there is Nothing left as the worms had finished him.
But the very work that he was trying to stop, now began to Prosper.
This Story is in the New Testament o – It is in the Age of Grace.
So, if I say what I am about to say and some of you think that it is Old Fashioned Preaching – So, I can say with Confidence that anyone who tries to Stand in the way of the Spreading of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; worms will eat them up – Amen!
The Heavens can open to arrest!
I. In Exodus 14: 1-20; when Pharaoh was Pursuing the children of Israel, wanting to either arrest them and bring them back into Slavery or wipe them out.
The Bible tells us that whirlwind of God was getting ready to blow All-Night and God arrested the Pursing Army.
The Heavens opened and the Wall of Fire came between the Pursuing Forces and the children of Israel throughout the Night.
Pharaoh couldn’t move forward because there was a Wall of Fire blocking his way.
I am Praying today for all of you who are listening to me or reading now on the Label of DMC that the Almighty God will build a Wall of Fire about you, and around your family; so that anyone who says that they are Pursuing you, they will be arrested – Amen.
II. In Acts 9: 1-8; the Bible tells us that Saul of Tarsus was going to Damascus to arrest children of God, to bring them into Prison.
But on the road, the Heavens opened and he got arrested.
Anyone that is Planning to come against you and against your family; the Heavens will open and God will arrest them – Amen.
That is how far that I can go today but you can now see the reasons why we need to backtrack and continue next time.
This will show you that this Series is a very, very Special One and you need to know that it is a Series not to be missed!
But then, the important Point now is this – We are talking of Heavens Opening to benefit from and to create Problems for the other.
The Question is: On whose side are you? Are you on the side of the Lord or are you against it? There is no Neutral Zone.
He said clearly that: If you are not for Him, then you are against Him. If you don’t surrender your Life to Jesus Christ and belong to the Army of the Lord; then you are in trouble because the Heavens can open any moment.
ALTAR CALL
So, if you are listening to me today or reading now on the Label of DMC and you have been joking with the issue of Salvation of your Soul.
Joke no more, surrender your Life to Him before it is too late because the Heavens can open any moment from now.
So, if you love to surrender your Life to Jesus Christ; Please do so now wherever you are.
You talk to Jesus Christ and say: Lord, I am surrendering my Life to You now; Please save my Soul, make me a Member of your family so that if the Heavens opened now; let it be to my Favour.
Tell him that I will serve You and do Your Will from this moment onwards.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
PRAYER FOR SALVATION AND CLOSING PRAYER
So, my Father and my God; I just want to say Thank You for Your Words, Thank You for those who has decided to surrender their lives to You.
Father, Please receive them, have Mercy on them, save their Souls, let Your Blood wash away their sins Oh Lord, receive them into the Family of God.
And from now on, anytime the Heavens is opens, let it bring Blessings to them.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
I rejoice with those of you who has given your Life to Jesus Christ. Please, contact me as soon as Possible.
We love to know your names, your Addresses and Prayer Requests.
Because from now on by the Grace of God, I will be Praying for you – God Bless You!
And then contact the nearest The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) to you – Tell the Pastor there that I sent you and he will tell you what to do from now on.
God Bless You!!!
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