Let us lift
up our hands to the Almighty God and just worship Him.
Give him
glory; give Him honour, give Him adoration.
He is
worthy; He is worthy to be praised.
Yes, go
ahead, worship Him. Worship Him.
Yes, give
Him the glory; give Him the glory; give Him the honour, give Him the adoration.
Go ahead
worship Him.
He is
worthy. He is worthy. Lord we bless
Your holy name.
Blessed,
blessed, blessed be Your name.
Thank You
Lord. Thank You Father. Yes, thank You Father.
Thank You
Lord. We thank You Lord. We thank You
Lord
Thank You
Lord
We thank
You Lord
We thank
You Lord. X2
Thank You
Lord
I thank You
Lord
I thank You
Lord. X3
Almighty God
we thank You. Ancient of days we bless Your name. The Father of all
fathers, the One who have been before the mountains were brought forth; in
whose eyes we are but children, we worship You, we give You glory; we
give You honour, we give You adoration - Father accept our
worship in Jesus' name.
Thank You
for the wonderful testimonies. Thank You because You will never put your own
people to shame. Thank You because You still answer prayers. Please accept our
worship in Jesus' name.
Father, we
commit all the youth - all the Young Adults, those who are here and those who
are listening to us all over the world in all the various viewing centers, we
commit them into Your hands, bless them, protect them, promote them, let them
be greater than their parents; make them mighty vessels unto honour; use them for Your glory; use them to win the
world to Yourself.
Father, we prayer
tonight that You will save souls; You will heal the sick; You will set the
captives free.
In all the
nations that have been battered by one hurricane or the other, please at this
difficult moment visit them, support them, strengthen them, comfort them.
And once
again father we cry unto You, have mercy on Nigeria. Father, please
remember Your promise that before this year ends, things will begin to improve;
Father, fulfill Your promise in Jesus' name.
Thank You
Almighty God.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
Amen.
Let
somebody shout halleluiah.
Well, let
us be seated.
Our
brothers have already done a lot of work.
I will be
brief but within this short period of time (about an hour or so), as usual, I
am going to be calling on you to pray.
They have defined
for us..., most of them read from 2Timothy chapter 2 from verse 19 to 22.
So, maybe I
don't need to bother reading to you again since they have read it to
you again and again.
Maybe I
need to highlight verse 19 there.
"Nevertheless
the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them
that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from
iniquity."
There are
those who will tell you that: once you are born again, you have nothing more to
do to get to heaven. That is not true.
This
passage says, if you are naming the name of the Lord, you have an assignment... what is
that first assignment?
Depart from
iniquity!
You cannot
say because you are born again, you will continue in sin. If you continue in
sin, you will go to hell...
Let me
assure you, there are a lot of preachers who are not going to heaven; but I
will see you in heaven.
I did not
hear your amen.
...because
you are going to face your own responsibility and depart from iniquity
Then, He
says, 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.
And then He
says, If a man therefore purge himself (who is to purge man? I cannot hear you) ....
"If
a man purges himself"! You have responsibilities my sons and
daughters
Thank God
for the grace that saved us.
Oh! It is
by grace we are saved; but after we have been saved, washed clean in the blood
of the Lamb, we are not to just sit down and fold our arms and
continue to live a careless life and expect to be in heaven - it is not true.
The
Almighty God expects you to demonstrate the appreciation from His grace by
departing from iniquity; by purging yourself of things that are contrary to His
will.
Now, these
wonderful children have defined vessels.
Somebody
gave us a dictionary definition to vessel.
He gave us
a definition from many points of view.
He gave us a
definition from a biological point of view.
I was
even waiting for him to give us a definition from engineering point of
view; etcetera, etcetera.
Wonderful
children
But,
briefly, a vessel is just an object that transfers a product or
products from the source to the final destination.
For
example, 2Chronicles chapter 2, you can read it from verse 1 to 16 (2Chronicles
2 verse 1 to 16); when Solomon wanted to build a house of God, the king of Tyre said
to him (in verse 16 there), he said, we will cut wood out of Lebanon, and send
it to there in floats by sea to Joppa; then, you will get men to carry the wood
from Joppa to Jerusalem.
The wood
was in Lebanon; the wood was need in Jerusalem; some men cut the wood
down in Lebanon; they send it by floats to Joppa - the Floats were
the vessels; and some men carry the wool from Joppa to Jerusalem - men can also
be vessels.
There
are two kinds of vessels mentioned:
- · Vessels unto honour, and
- · Vessels unto dishonour
Let us talk
in practical sense of the world; in every house we have all these
vessels.
One of the
vessels for example that we find in every house is a dust-bin - it is
a vessel, but a vessel unto dishonour: it is
a vessels that carries the refuse from the house to dunghill or to
wherever you are going to deal with it.
And that
one should tell you one thing straight away -"you must not be a
dust-bin".
Because
several years ago, we had a house-help: it does not matter who ate, whatever is
left over, she will help you consume.
So, my
children, and you know children can be funny, the children named her Dustbin.
What is a
dustbin?
A dustbin
is that which is always receiving - always receiving, never giving.
Tell
your neighbour, don't be a dustbin.
And then,
of course, we can look at other kind of vessels: you have cutleries;
you have drinking cup; you have forks; and so on and so forth.
A fork is a
vessel unto honour - it picks the food from the
plate and transfers it to the mouth where the food is needed.
A cup is a
vessel unto honour - it takes the water or the
tea from where it is produced and takes it to the mouth where it will
be send down into the stomach.
Now, they
said, in the great house, there are many vessels, that tells you one thing
straight away: many are called but few are chosen.
Matthew 22
verse 14, many are called (we are many here), but when it comes to vessels
unto honour, may you be counted among them in
Jesus' name.
And then to
be chosen in the text, they said the priority is cleanliness - the vessel must
be clean.
Thank God
the blood of Jesus cleanses from all sins 1John chapter 1 verse 7.
But the
passages tell us that the cleanliness they are talking about must be beyond the
ordinary; a man must purge himself - to purge means to cleanse within.
Whatever is
inside that should not be there, must be vomited out - that is the meaning of
purge.
In other
words, the vessels that the Master is going to use will not only be clean on
the outside, it must be clean inside also.
Clean
inside; clean outside - it is cleanliness beyond ordinary: clean in words,
clean in thoughts not just clean in deeds because it is out of the
abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks -Absolutely clean.
The Bible
says in Ephesians chapter 5 verse 27 that Christ is coming back for a church
without spot, without wrinkle, with blemish; completely clean. And He said,
ready for good works; ready for good works.
A vessel
is an object that serves, it does not serve himself, he serves the Master.
When you go
to through all the vessels, you will find that they all at one time or the
other served.
Samuel
served Eli.
Moses
served Jethro.
Joshua
served Moses.
Elisha
served Elijah.
David
served King Saul.
Philip
served as a Deacon, serving tables.
One major characters of
a vessel unto honour is that it must have a servant
spirit.
The
greatest vessel unto honour of
all is the Lord Jesus Christ, and He said, I have not come to be served but to
serve.
A vessel
unto honour must serve.
So, if you
want to be a vessel unto honour and
you don't want to be a servant, you don't want to serve, you are far from being
one.
Now, let me quickly go to, the
benefits of being a vessel unto honour; because my children have covered almost all the
grounds and some of them mentioned some of these benefits; so, I just want to
highlight them; just emphasized some of them; and to help us to pray.
If you
consider the table is set, the Master is seated, the vessels unto honour are
on the table: the cup, the knife, the forks; but of course you know we are
talking about human beings like one of our boys pointed out, because that passages said
"if a man purge himself", so, the vessels unto honour we are talking about is a
human being; the Master we are referring to is the Almighty God.
The table
is set; the vessels unto honour are
there on the table, what is the first thing - what is the first benefit of
being a vessel unto honour?
The
number one benefit is that the vessel unto honour hears the conversation of the
Master.
He is
sitting down there quietly on the table; is a cup or a plate or a knife
and the Master is sitting down - maybe He is talking to the Angel or ...,
and he is hearing.
Vessels unto honour do hear the words of the Master.
Exodus 3
for example, verse 1 to 8 (Exodus 3 verse 1 to 8), long before Israel knew what
was happening, God has spoken to Moses: Moses, I have seen the suffering of my
people, I Am about to do something concerning it.
In Joshua
chapter 1 verse 1 to 8, Joshua was alone when God was speaking to him: Joshua,
the work that Moses did not finish, you are the one who will finish it.
1Kings
chapter 18 verse 1, when there had been no rain for years, God spoke to Elijah
and said, alright now, I Am about to send rain to the earth.
2Kings
chapter 7 verse 1 to 11, situations were horrible in Samaria: women were
already eating their children; God spoke to Elisha and said, alright, within
twenty-four hours the tide will turn.
And I
believe that is a message for Nigeria in Jesus' name.
At the
point is that God is always speaking, it is only vessels unto honour who can hear Him. Because when He speaks,
He speaks in small still voice.
I
remembered the first time I attended a fellowship meeting at the University of
Lagos: we have been worshiping God, everything was going fine and then all of a
sudden everything became silent and then, one brother began to prophesy -'thus
saith the Lord...' and he went on and on
And I
notched the man who took me there; I said when did God say that?
I say I
didn't hear anything.
He said,
shut up, God is speaking.
God was
speaking, one man was hearing; and I was there I wasn't hearing anything
at all.
Vessels unto honour, they hear from God.
Bible says,
God would not do a thing without telling His servant, the Prophet.
I pray
that God will open your ears and you will begin to hear from Him.
One of my
son, he is here tonight, and I am happy that he is here, Bishop Francis Wale
Oke, he is here with us.
Way back in
1979, December 24, 2:00pm in the afternoon, God spoke to him and gave him a
word of prophesy for me and he wrote it down - he just wrote it down
as God told him - and he brought it to me.
1979, you
know how young he must be then, so, those of you who are young-adults; I think
he was in his twenties, because he is only 60 now.
Then, he
brought it to me.
As soon as
I saw it, I knew it is from God.
As soon as
I read through, I knew this is from God.
So, I sat
down, I broke it down into piece. As a mathematician I love to
analyze.
And I saw
in that message that he brought to me twenty-eight promises of God for my
future.
Do you know
that today, out of the twenty-eight; twenty-seven out them had been fulfilled.
That was
what I am talking about when I say hearing from God.
So, I am
not talking about those prophets who will stand up and say, hey, thus saith the
Lord, it will rain tomorrow.
Haa! it is
raining season.
I don't
have to be a prophet if I look into the sky and I see the cloud, I know rain is
coming.
I am
talking about hearing deep secrets of God.
I give you
another example.
Some years
ago, there were two people contesting to be president of Nigeria: Abiola and
Tofa; and we held a meeting - we held a meeting of Pentecostal Preachers
somewhere in Lagos; and they were all saying: now we have two Muslims contesting;
which of the two are we going to vote for?
Finally,
they turn to me, you are not saying anything?
I said,
well, I want to hear from you the elders.
They said
okay, what is it that you have to say?
I said,
neither of them will be President.
They looked
at me; what kind of prophecy is that!
I mean when
you throw a coin up, it has to be either head or tail - there are only two of
them - one must be...; but I heard from God.
And I have
heard from God tonight that it is going to be well with somebody here.
Thank
You Father.
Thank
You Father.
The Lord ask me
to tell somebody here, He said before the end of the year, you will know that I have
not forgotten you.
So, I want
you to stand on your feet; you are going to pray a prayer now; lift your voice
to Him and say: Father, I will be a vessel unto honour, please open my ears.
Open my ears
O Lord; open my ears; I want to be hearing from You; I want to be hearing
from You. Open my ears Lord so that I can be hearing from You. Open
my ears Lord so that I can be hearing from You. Open my ears,
open my ears. I will be a vessel unto honour Lord, just please open my
ears so that I too can hear from You. Open my ears Lord. Open my
ears. Open my ears so that I can be hearing from You, I too want to be hearing
from You; so that nobody will be able to deceive me; no fake prophet will be
able to deceive me. Open my ears Lord, I will also be a vessel unto honour,
I want to be hearing from You; I want to be hearing from You. Open my ears
Daddy, I will be a vessel unto honour, I will be a vessel unto honour.
Thank You Father.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
So shall it
be in Jesus' name.
Please let
us be seated.
The
second benefit of being a vessel unto honour is that every vessel
unto honour will from time to time feel the Master touch.
If the
Master is going to drink water from the cup, He has to carry the cup before He
can drink from it - the touch of the Master.
And you
know from scripture that whenever God touches anything at all, a miracle will
happen.
When He
touched five loaves of bread and two fish - what happen? - Tremendous
multiplication.
When He
touches the incurable; the incurable will became cured.
Mathew
chapter 8 verse 1 to 4, the Leper came unto Him and say, I know You can make
clean if You are willing.
He touched
him and became completely whole.
In Mathew 8
verse 14 to 15, the Bible said, Jesus came into Peter's house and saw the
mother-in-law sick of fever, the moment He touched her, she was completely heal.
And then,
see what happen, as soon as she was healed, she began to minister to Jesus
Christ - vessel unto honour.
Probably,
one of the major reasons why some people have not been healed is that God is
wondering; If I heal you, of what use will it be?
May be if
you make up your mind tonight that God from now on, I will serve You; your healing
we come, because He will touch you and He does not need the hand of human
been to do it.
Even while
you are sitting down there, He can come and touch you.
I have
shared my testimony with you before.
Before I
became born again, I had malaria every two two weeks - it was
regular; and it was very verypainful to me because I was a sport man.
So, when I
became born again, my first cry to Him is, God, heal me and I will serve You;
and He heal me immediately; and I am talking about more than forty years now.
I have had two challenge
of also since then but it has nothing to do with fever.
I never had fever since
I prayed that prayer: 'heal me and I will serve you'; and He healed me; and
today by the grace of God at seventy-four, I am as strong as I was at forty.
You don't
believe me, ask those young men who try to go on a walk with.
Usually
they will wait for; I say, when you are returning, I will be waiting here for
you.
On the
average, I do eight kilometers a day - that is on the average.
When I have real
opportunity to really stretch out, I can go sixteen kilometer; I can go
more - at seventy-four, that is not bad.
I want you stand on
your feet and say: Father, touch me today and just make me completely
whole.
Go ahead
talk to the Almighty God.
I will be a
vessel unto honour, touch me Lord. Touch me, touch me today. Touch me and
make me completely whole. Everything that is not of God in me, flush it out.
Every ache, every pain, just make me completely whole. Touch me
O Lord. Touch me Lord and make me completely whole. Touch me and make me completely,
completely whole. Touch me and make me completely whole. Touch me Father
and make me completely whole. Thank You Father. Thank You Father.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
So shall it
be in Jesus mighty name.
Please be
seated.
When I was
60years old, one of my daughters who is an Optician said daddy by now come into
my office let me test your eyes so that I can give you glasses.
I smiled.
Please
don't misunderstand me; there is nothing wrong with using glasses.
I am sure
God knew in advance that some people will need glasses; that is why He position
two ears to carry the glasses.
He knew in
advance, so, there is nothing wrong in using glasses, don't
misunderstand me; all I am saying is that: when I say touch me, way back in
1970-something, He did not just touch me to heal me of malaria; He
touched my entire body.
That is why
by the grace of God, I am seventy-four and I am still reading without glasses;
and I am going to be like this till I see Him in glory.
He will
touch you tonight.
Let me hear
your amen loud and clear.
Thank
You Father.
How I wish
I am younger; because Daddy says, one of the greatest sons of
Africa will be conceived this month.
I heard the
testimony of that sister, she said, haa! just when God restore my
menses, they ask my husband to come to the village, to come and bury...
She said,
what kind of joke is this.
She said,
husband, come back joor
After that
prophesy, if I were younger, I would have said to my wife, how now?
Let
somebody shout hallelujah.
Oh,
thank You Father.
The Lord
said Joseph had just one breakthrough that fulfills all his dreams. He said
there is someone here tonight; He is going to give you one breakthrough that
will fulfill all your dreams.
Now, let me
continue.
I said,
One) a
vessel unto honour hears the voice of the Master.
Two) a
vessel unto honour feels the touch of the Master.
Do you
know that some of the vessels unto honour even touch the mouth of the
Master - they get a kiss from the Master
In Numbers
chapter 12 verse 6 to verse, God said, if there is any prophet among you, I may
talk to him in dreams and visions of the night; He said but my
servant Moses is not like that, I talk to him mouth to mouth.
You will
say what are you saying Daddy?
Are
you saying it is possible for man to kiss God?
I don't
want to go to too much detail now.
I have told
you before that there are testimonies that are I don't even have to share.
Because if
I share them, you won't believe me anyway; so, let us just forget that.
But, a Kiss
is a show of exceptional love.
In John
chapter 13 verse 21 to 26; the Bible says, the disciples were with the Lord
during the last super...
Oh thank You
Father.
Daddy ask me
to tell someone, He said, relax; I Am the Almighty God I will take care of you.
Well! The
boys have done the preaching; a day will come, (I have told you before) a day
will come, the boys will do the preaching and I will just come: prophecy once
or twice; pray for you and we will go home.
Maybe God
is getting us ready for that time.
Because the
Lord asks me to tell someone here, He said, the pain is gone; and it won't
return in the mighty name of Jesus.
Now, in
John 13 verses 21 to 26, the Lord was eating with His disciples and Jesus said
one of you will betray me; and they were all asking which of us? which of
us?
There were
12 of them with the Lord; but even among them, they knew that yes we are
all close to Him but somebody is closer than others.
Peter beckon to
John and said, ask Him.
If he won't
tell anybody else, He will tell you.
Exceptional
Love!
Well, Jesus
said, don't let me mention the name of the fellow.
I will take
a bit of bread, put it in the stew and I will put it in the traitor's mouth.
The Lord
was seated with twelve of His disciples and Himself; and just one,
there were talking in codes - exceptional love.
I know if I
say God loves me more than you, you will retaliate and say, no sir, He loves me
more than you.
No problem,
don't let us argue; but God knows who are His favorites.
How many
favorites of God are here?
Well, let
your hallelujah show that you are a favorite of
God.
And I will
tell you are story. This one is easy to believe - there are some that
are difficult to believe.
I went to
Canada for the first time in my life way back in 1970-something to attend world
conference of Applied Mathematicians.
And then
during our break time one evening, they took us to Government farm to
go and show us how big their cows are and so on.
And then,
they did a barbeque for us; and the farm was beautiful.
The weather
was fairly nice.
The sun was shining
but it was still a bit cold.
And I took
my food and I walk into the field.
The field
was green and I wanted to seat down and just enjoy a quiet time.
And there
was this white man who had been there when I gave my own paper, when I
presented my paper; and he followed me.
So, when I
got there, I bend down and I touched the grass I wanted to seat.
But it was
very cold.
Haa! so,
I quickly change my mind about seating down.
And this
white man turned to me and said you want to seat?
I said yes
but the grass is cold.
And he
removed his jacket, spread it on the floor and said, seat down.
I said, no
sir.
And I heard
God speak, my son, seat down - you are a son of the Most High.
White man! Removed
his jacket! Spread it on the floor! For a black man to seat on! and God
was watching while that was happening!
God loves
somebody more than other people.
Stand on
your feet, lift your voice to Him and say: Father, make me Your
favorite.
Open your
mouth and cry unto Him.
Make me
Your favorite; I want You to love me with an exceptional love. Make me Your
favorite. Make me Your favorite. Make me Your favorite Lord, I will love to
feel Your kiss; I will love to enjoy your exceptional love; I don't just want
to be an ordinary vessel unto honour, I want to be Your favorite O Lord; I
want to be Your favorite; I want You to treat me special; I want You to treat
me special, special Lord, special Lord. I want You to treat me as special, I
want to be Your favorite. Thank You my Father.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
So shall it
be in Jesus' name.
Please be
seated.
Now, the forth thing
about a vessel unto honour (the benefits) is special protection.
Like one of
my boy mention that one.
You see,
even in my own little family, I have my own plate that is reserved for me.
I have my
own drinking cup; I have my knife; I have my fork.
I can eat
with anything but nobody can eat with my own.
Special
protection - not anybody can just come and grab my fork, and grab my knife...;
eh en! this is for daddy.
I pray
that from tonight onwards, the devil will know, this fellow is for God.
The elders
have a saying.
They said,
the reason you don't toil with the albino is because he is consider special
to the deity.
That is the
rough translation I can give it in English.
In Yoruba,
they said, 'owo orisa ni a 'nbu fun afin' .
When you
see an albino, you will say hey hey...
Witches
don't touch albino because they said this on belongs to the deity.
I pray
that from today onward, demons will see you and say, this one belong to God.
Special
protection!
I will just
give you one more example quickly because of time.
2Kings
chapter 6 verse 8 to 17; a King sent an army to go and arrest Elisha - a whole
army to arrest just one man - vessels are different from vessels.
And when
the servant of the man of God woke up in the morning and came out and saw that
they were surrounded by an army.
He came
back and said my master what shall we do? We are in trouble.
The master
said, relax men; those who are with us are more than those who are with them.
The young
boy said sir; maybe you don't know what I am talking about.
They are
only two of us, it does not matter the way I do the counting, either: one, two
or two, one; just two of us; outside there, there is an army.
The man of
God said, God please open his eyes.
And when
God opened his eye; he saw that Elisha was surrounded by horses and chariots of
fire.
He could go
out there and say: you want to fight, come.
I am
praying for all of you will become a vessel unto honour that horses of fire,
chariots of fire will surround you.
Special
protection
I just
returned from the US where we went to hold some Holy Ghost service - and am I
sure they are all listening to me now.
And I heard
a testimony: we finished in one town, we are going to the other town.
And where
we are holding the Holy Ghost service in the second town; they brought the
testimony of what happen in the first town.
One of the
boys who was at the Holy Ghost service there, travelled shortly after that in a
bus -they were going to play in another town.
And they
got to a place where they got down to rest and so.
And then,
by the time they were to go back to the bus, somebody had gone to seat where he
was seating beside the driver.
So, he came
in and said haha, why are you taking my seat, go back to your seat.
That one
said, don't bother me, this is where I am going to seat.
And if you
know boys, they can fight over something like that.
But this
boy is my boy.
He knows is
father is a gentle man; so, rather than fight, he picked his bag and went to go
and seat at the back.
Few minutes
later, the bus had an accident; and the driver and the boy who took his seat,
died instantly - Special protection.
When you
are a vessel unto honour; when God see danger coming, He will relocate you.
Stand on
your feet.
Lift your
voice to the Almighty God and say: Father, keep me save forever.
Open your
mouth and cry to the Almighty God.
Special
protection; special security; for those who are vessels unto honour. Special,
special, special protection; special security, Father, just keep me save
forever. I will be a vessel unto honour; that is what I want to be. I want to
be a vessel unto honour. I want to serve you all the days of my life. I want to
be a vessel unto honour. Thank You Father. Keep me save. Relocate me so that
evil will not be able to touch me; just move me out of the way of trouble.
Lord, move me out of the way of trouble. I will be a vessel unto honour. I will
serve you all the days of my life. Thank You forever. Blessed be Your holy
name. Thank You Lord.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
So shall it
be Jesus' name.
Please be
seated.
I am about
to round up now.
And the
fifth thing (which I am sure of the boys also mentioned) because of
this special protection, the vessel unto honour get divine
preservation.
Because not
just anything can touch a vessel unto honour; a vessel unto honour is
preserved.
Deuteronomy
34 verse 7 says that even at the age of one hundred and twenty, Moses was still
vigorously alive - even at one hundred and twenty.
Joshua 14
verse 6 to 13, the Bible tells us that at eighty-five, Caleb was still saying
to Joshua, give me this mountain - that is preservation - at eighty five, he
was still strong.
2Kings
chapter 2 verse 9 to 12, Elijah even did not taste death because he such a
valuable vessel unto honour in God's hand.
God just
sent His chariot to take him home - Preservation.
Many of you
know papa, Papa Oke Owo.
I met him
shortly after he became born again; he came to see me here at the camp.
He said
son, I am going to be eighty-four in two weeks' time; and I met a prophet forty
years ago who told me everything that will happen to me in detail.
How many
house I will built; what job I will do to prosper; etcetera
But then,
he told me that at the age of eighty-four I will die.
Everything
he said have come to pass.
So, I am
going to be eighty-four in two weeks' time; I have come to this holy ground; I
want to finish it here; I just want you to pray for me to prepare me for
heaven.
I laughed.
I said,
sir, you are born again now?
He said
yes.
Are you
ready to serve God?
He said of
course, I have committed my life to serving Him.
I said then
you are not going to die.
He said,
haha! You don't know this prophet.
He said
this prophet really knew what he was talking about.
I said,
Papa, by the grace of God, there is a greater prophet here.
You are
ready to serve my God, He will preserve you.
That was
when he was going to be eighty-four.
When Papa
was almost a hundred, he send for me and said, I have done enough, I want to go
now, release me.
Preservation
If God
knows that you are determined to be vessel unto honour; you have determined to
serve Him with all you have, with all you are, with your influence, with your
connection, with everything, He will preserve you.
Vessels unto
honour don't die before their time.
Stand on
your feet and cry to the Almighty God and say: Father, I will be a
vessel unto honour, preserve me, preserve me; preserve me.
Open your
mouth and talk to the Almighty God.
Preserve me
O Lord. Preserve me. Preserve me. O yes Father, preserve me. Preserve, I will
be a vessel unto honour; I will be a vessel unto honour, preserve me Lord. Keep
death away from me. Keep sickness away from me. Preserve me O Lord, keep
accident away from me. Preserve my Father and my God. I will be a vessel unto
honour, preserve me my Father and my God. Preserve me; preserve me; preserve
me. I will be a vessel unto honour, preserve me. Thank You Father.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
So shall it
be in Jesus' name.
Please be
seated; let me conclude.
Thank
You Father.
The Lord
says there is someone here, as the message has been going on, you are
contemplating doing something for God. He asked me to tell you that you should
go ahead and do it and I will reward you seven fold.
Thank You
Father.
Let me say
amen to this before I tell you because the Lord says there is someone
here tonight, He said, as the season is changing, new doors will begin to open
unto you.
The Lord
says there is someone here tonight, He said between now and December, He is
going to give you five major breakthroughs and He said the purpose is for the
work of His kingdom - so, He is going to share it with you fifty-fifty as you
go along (take
note of that, that is important)
Now, ...
Hallelujah
Listen to
this very carefully; I know is for someone very special to God.
The
Almighty God says, I have reversed the irreversible before, and I am going to
do it again specifically for you.
I want to
conclude and He is speaking, what can I do
The Lord
says, Elisha was a vessel unto honour, he woke up one morning and he was an
object of mockery, his colleagues were mocking him: do you know your master is
going today?
Daddy son;
daddy son; do you know that that is going to end today.
But before
the day was over, all those who are mocking him are bowing down before him.
The Lord
asks me to tell someone, your day of rejoicing is at hand.
Now, let us
conclude.
Like we
said at the very beginning, the number one qualification of a vessel unto
honour is that it must be clean - clean inside; clean outside.
Clean!
Absolutely clean!
So, if you
are here and you are not yet born again, you cannot be a vessel unto honour,
covered in sin.
You cannot
be a backslider and be a vessel unto honour, it is not going to happen; God
does not use dirty things.
And I have
shared this story with you, with some of you before.
There is
this young lady at the University of Lagos who had been praying: God use me;
use me for your glory. Lord used me. I want to be used to heal the sick, to
cast out demons. I want to be used...; and the God did not say a word.
Then, one
day the girl was feeling highly pressed, she wanted to use the toilet.
And at that
time for one reason or the other, there was acute water shortage at the campus;
so, all the toilets were piled up (if you know what I mean).
And she was
pressed and wanted to use the toilet.
She opened
the first one; oh God! she close the door.
Second one
- it was worst - quickly close the door.
Finally,
she left the toilet.
And then
God spoke to her, my daughter, haa, yes Lord.
I thought
you want to use the toilet?
Yes Lord.
Why are you
not using the toilet?
O! it is
too dirty Lord.
And the
Lord said, I too want to use you, but you are too dirty.
If you want
to give your life to Jesus Christ, come now.
There is
power in the blood to wash you clean.
The blood
of Jesus cleanses from all sin.
I am going
to count from one (some of you are very far away), from one to fifteen.
Before I
say fifteen make sure you are already standing before me.
You cannot
be used if you are still in sin.
So, if you
want to be clean, so that you can become a vessel unto honour; come quickly now
as I am counting.
One,
two..., and as you come begin to pray; begin to cry to the Almighty God; say, I
am coming for salvation, I want you to wash me clean; I want to free from all
my sins, so that I can become a vessel unto honour.
Three...;
thank you for those vessels unto honour who are clapping for Jesus. Keep
clapping; He will keep on using your hands for His glory.
Four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen...
Those of
you who are already in from talk to the Almighty; ask Him to have mercy on you;
ask Him to forgive all your sin.
Tell Him I
have come to surrender my life to You, I want to be clean so that I can become
a vessel unto honour.
The rest of
you who are on the way, hurry up and continue to pray even as you come.
Please the
rest of us let us stretch forth our hands towards these our brothers and
sisters and intercede for them, that the One who saved our soul will save their
own souls also.
Let us pray
for them.
Let us pray
that the Almighty God will wash them clean and save their souls completely,
completely; completely. And let the counselors come quickly, there are quiet a
crowd here, so, come and meet them here.
Let us
intercede for them brethren and pray that every one of them would receive
genuine salvation today. That the blood of Jesus Christ that cleanses from all
sins we wash them clean, absolutely clean tonight.
Pray for
them.
And one or
two of you might still be one the way - come; come and be save. Thank You
Father. Hurry up those of you who are still on the way. I will wait ten seconds
more for you and then I will pray. Just make sure you get here before I finish
praying.
Thank You
Father. Thank You Saviour.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
Saviour I
want to bless Your name; I want to give You all glory and honour for Your word
that has gone forth too night, please accept our thanks in Jesus' name. Father,
please remember your promise that whosoever will come unto You, You will in no
wise cast out, these people have come to You now Father, receive them in Jesus'
name. Please save their souls tonight. Let You blood wash away their sins.
Please write their names in the Book of Life. And from now on Father, let them
serve You alone; don't let them go back into sin; and anytime they cry unto You
from now please answer them by fire.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
Amen.
Those of
you in front let me hear you shout hallelujah.
Congratulations,
I am rejoicing with you because from now by the grace of God I will be praying
for you.
So, I am
going to need your names, your address and your prayer request.
The
counselors will give you some cards now which I want you to fill very quickly,
so that you will return it back to them; and I promise you I will be praying
for you.
Glory be to
God.
Now, we
have present here with us tonight the entire Legal team of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God - the Lawyers in our Legal team - they are all here
from all over the country; and I will want them to come to the altar and I will
pray for them.
Let all the
members of our legal team begin to come to the altar now.
Let us give
the Lord a big round over applause for Lawyers who are vessels unto honour - a
vessel unto honour in God's hand.
Thank You
Father.
Thank You
Father
Brethren,
will you kindly rise on your feet and stretch hands towards these vessels unto
honour and just wish them well; pray for them. They are the one serving God
true the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Legal matter; please pray for them
that they will succeed; pray for them that they won't fail. Pray for them that
God will keep them secure; that He protect them from all evil; that He will
preserve them; that the Almighty God who is a rewarder of those who diligently
seek Him who reward them much more than any human being can do. Pray for them.
Pray that all their needs will be met. Pray that this day will mark a turning
point for their better - for their profession; in their family, everything that
has to do with them. Pray that they will never lack. Pray that they will be
healthy; they will be strong; that God will keep evil far away from them.
Please
intercede for them.
For just
one more minute, intercede for all of them.
Thank You
Father.
Glory be to
God.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
Father, I
just want to bless Your holy name; I want to bless Your holy name for making me
a Blessed man. Look at sons and daughters who are Lawyers; who are quietly
lifting up our hands in their own ways; serving you Lord God Almighty so that
we will suffer no harm; I thank You on their behalf; I thank You on my own
behalf; thank You on behalf of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, I say
Father, accept our thanks in Jesus' name.
Father, I
joined my voice to the voices of all the members of the congregation and I say
concerning anyone of you here in the Legal department, it shall be well with
you. Receive anointing for success. You will never know failure again; you
won't know sorrow; you will not know disappointment. You will excel. My Father
will promote you. He will protect you. He will keep evil far away from you.
There will only be shout of joy coming from your home and you will serve God
till the end. Everything you need to make your joy full, receive it right now. Even
before the end of this month, in all your home, there will be shout of joy. And
in the kingdom of God you will not be missing. So shall it be. In Jesus mighty
name we have prayed…Amen
Praise the
Lord.
God bless
you gentlemen and lenient ladies. It will be well with you.
Keep the
flag flying and God will continue to protect you and bless you.
Let me hear
you shout a big hallelujah.