Thank You
LORD.
Why don't
you just lift your hands to the Most High God and begin to bless His holy name.
Give Him glory; give Him honour; give Him adoration.
Worship
the King of kings.
Worship
the Lord of lords.
Bless the
I AM THAT I AM.
Magnify
His holy name.
Magnify
His holy name.
Yes Lord we want to worship You.
Ancient of days we magnify Your holy name - we bless You Lord.
You are
worthy to be praised; You are worthy to be adored; You are worthy to be magnified.
Precious
Lord we bless Your name, we bless Your name; we bless Your name.
You are worthy, You are worthy, You are worthy of our praise.
We give
You glory Lord, we give You honour, we give You adoration.
Blessed,
blessed, blessed be Your holy name.
We bless
Your holy name.
(Speaking
in the Holy Spirit)
Blessed be
Your holy name.
Blessed be
Your holy name.
Blessed be
Your holy name.
Blessed be
Your holy name.
(Speaking
in the Holy Spirit)
Thank You Father.
Thank You
Lord.
In Jesus
mighty name we worshiped.
I want you to lift your voice to Him loud and clear and say: Father, in this month of grace be gracious unto me.
Go ahead
talk to the Almighty God.
Be gracious unto me in this month of grace. Let me find favour with You; Let me find favour with men. Be gracious unto me O Lord.
Almighty God, please be gracious unto me this month. Let me find favour with You. Let me find favour with men. Be gracious unto me O Lord. Be gracious unto me. This month in particular Lord, let me find favour with You. Be gracious unto me o Lord. Be gracious unto me. Thank You Father. O Yes Lord, let me find favour with You and with men this month like never before. Please be gracious unto me. Thank You Father.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
Whenever God remembers a person, the miracle the person had been waiting for we come.
So, lift
your voice to the Almighty God and say: Father, please remember me today;
remember me for good.
Go ahead
talk to the Almighty God.
Please
Lord, remember me today; remember me for good. Almighty God, remember me today,
remember me for good. King of glory, please remember me today; remember me for
good. Ancient of days remember me today, remember me today; remember me for
good Almighty. All sufficient, please remember me today; remember for good.
Please remember me today. King of glory, remember me today; remember for good.
Remember me Ancients of day; please, remember me today; remember me for good.
Thank You Lord.
Thank
You Almighty God. Thank You Saviour. Blessed be Your holy name. Thank You
Daddy.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
Glory be
to God in the highest, Amen.
Glory be
to God in the highest, Amen.
For His
mercy endureth forever. Amen
For His
endureth forever; Amen
(Hallelujah)
Glory be
to God in the highest, Amen.
Glory be
to God in the highest, Amen.
For His
mercy endureth forever. Amen
For His
endureth forever; Amen
(Hallelujah)
Praises be
to God in the highest, Amen
Praises be
to God in the highest, Amen
For His
mercy endureth forever. Amen
For His
endureth forever; Amen
(Hallelujah)
Praises be
to God in the highest, Amen
Praises be
to God in the highest, Amen
For His
mercy endureth forever, Amen
For His
endureth forever; Amen
(Hallelujah)
Honour be
to God in the highest, Amen
Honour be
to God in the highest, Amen
For His
mercy endureth forever, Amen
For His
endureth forever; Amen
(Hallelujah)
God of all
grace, the Unchangeable changer, the Mighty One, the Mighty in battle, the One
who never lost a war, we bless Your name. King of kings and Lord of lords,
Greater than the greatest, Stronger than the strongest, Higher than the
highest, Older than the oldest, Wiser than the wisest, glory be to Your holy
name; accept our worship in Jesus' name.
Father, in
this month of grace, be gracious to us all. Be gracious to the sick and heal
them. Be gracious to the captive and set them free. Be gracious to the poor, and
cause them to prosper.
Be
gracious to the sorrowful and wipe away all their tears. Be gracious to the
barren and make them fruitful. Be gracious to the jobless and give them a
breakthrough. Be gracious to the stagnant and accelerate their promotion. Every
one of us here tonight, we are crying to You Lord, be gracious to the sinners
and save their souls.
By the
time we live here in the morning, Father, grant us the grace to sing a new a
song. And all those who are listening to You all over the world, wherever they
may be: from Australia to Papua New Guinea, everywhere in the Mid-belt,
in the Mid-east, Father, be gracious unto us all; grant all our request and
just let all be well.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
Amen.
Let
someone shout hallelujah.
Before you
seat down, put your hands together for the Almighty God.
Common! If
you are clapping for Jesus... clap, clap... that is the way it should be.
Amen!
Now, shake
hands with two or three people and tell them: God will show you favour tonight.
And then
you may please be seated.
God bless
you.
Tonight,
before we go to the word of God, we are about to do something special.
The Bible
says the weapons of our warfare are not carnal.
Our own
weapons are not guns; our weapons are not cutlasses or swords; our weapons are
not carnal; but according to the word of God that is forever settled, they are
mighty to the pulling down of strong holes.
We want to
use that weapon of prayer tonight before we go any further.
Let me ask
you a question.
How many
of you are fed up with the shedding of innocent bloods all across the nation?
If you are
fed up, say Amen.
How many
of you are absolutely fed up with kidnappings?
If you are
totally fed up, let me hear you say Amen.
So, I am
going to ask you to join me in prayer - I want you to pray with anger; pray
with violence; pray like you have never prayed before.
You see!
The word of says: whatsoever we bound on earth is bound in heaven; whatever we
lose on earth, is lose in heaven.
Bible
scholars said what that actually meant is: whatever we allow on earth, we be
allowed in heaven. Whatever we disallow on earth, we be disallowed in heaven.
I want you
to join me to say: no more kidnapping and no more shedding of innocent blood.
And so, we
are going to pray the prayer in a violence manner.
Stand on
your feet please.
The first
prayer you are going to pray; you will lift your voice to the Almighty God and
say: Father, anyone planning to shed innocent blood right now as we speak,
send down Your fire and consume such people.
Go ahead
talk to the Almighty God.
From now
on, anyone planning to shed innocent blood all over this nation; wherever they
may be right now as we pray, send down Your fire; let Your fire consume them.
Our own
weapon is prayer; Lord God Almighty, anyone planning to shed innocent blood
from now on, send down Your fire O Lord; send down the fire from heaven: You
are the Consuming fire; send down Your fire, let the fire consume anyone
wherever they may be planning to shed innocent blood. Lord God Almighty send
down Your fire from heaven, let the fire consume them.
Thank
You Father. Please Lord. (Speaking in the Holy Spirit). Send down Your fire O
Lord. Consume anyone planning to shed innocent blood from now on Lord, all over
this nation. Anyone planning to shed innocent blood, set on fire Lord, set on
fire Almighty God set on fire. (**Speaking in the Holy Spirit**).
Thank
You Father.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
You will
pray another prayer and say: Father, anyone who has kidnapped or he is
planning to kidnap, right now as we pray, set him on fire.
Go ahead
talk to the Almighty God.
Right now Lord,
anyone who has kidnapped or he is planning to kidnap, wherever that fellow may
be Lord, set him or her on fire - just set him or her on fire. Anyone planning
to kidnap or has kidnapped, wherever he or she may be, set him or her on fire O
Lord. Enough is enough; enough is enough Daddy, set down fire from Your throne.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
My Father
and my God, we are Your children, we have no other help but You, and we are
saying tonight Lord, we are in one accord as we say: no more killing of
innocent people.
Father,
we say, no more kidnapping. Father, Your children are in one accord and say:
please, fight for us. Many of these perpetrator of evil, we don't even know
where they are but You can see them, You know there location, set them on fire
so that they will repent; so that they will be saved; from now on don't let
them know any rest.
And
Father, we thank You for warning us in advance that things we get worse before
they get better; but we Your children are saying: Daddy, enough is enough; from
now on let things get better. We are crying to You by faith tonight to say in
this nation there will no longer be fuel scarcity.
No
more hunger; no more pain; no more tragedies. We say Lord, beginning from now,
let things get better; let them get better speedily; let them get better
continuously; help us O Lord take all the glory.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
Amen.
If you
believe God have heard you, shout a big hallelujah.
Okay!
2Corithian
chapter 9 verse 8.
We want to
talk about Victorious Grace.
I don't
need to begin to divine what is victory - you all know what it means.
And I am
sure you know what grace is.
Grace is
favour from God that you did not even deserve.
When God
gives you a miracle you don't deserve, we call it grace.
And
2Corithians chapter 9 verse 8: "And God is able to make all grace
abound towards you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may
abound to every good work"
Beginning
from now, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, you will never lack again. You
will never lack health; you will never lack joy; you will never lack peace. You
will never lack any good thing.
Life is
war.
From the
moment you are conceived, to the moment you died - is one continuous war.
If you
don't believe me, ask your mum; she will tell you...
One of the
ways they know in those days that a woman is pregnant is that: she began to
have morning sickness.
Yeah!
Something good had happen in the belly, nobody knows but the woman knows -
morning sickness.
Then, very
soon the baby inside begin to kick; at a stage, she cannot even lie on her
side. And then if you know what she go through before she can push you out -
you will know life is war.
That is
why, when you land here in this world, the first thing you do is cry not laugh.
You
will begin to say: hey! I have come (laugh) to take share of my own fight.
And for
the Christian in particular, life is intense war.
Because
you used to be a slave of Satan and now you are born again, you have escaped.
And the
elders will tell you, it is good for the slave to escape and is proper for the
owner to purse.
That is
while 2Timothy chapter 2 verse 4 says that a Christian is chosen to be a
soldier; you are not chosen to be a civilian.
And as I
have told you again and again: the Lord Jesus Christ is not civilian, He is a
soldier.
The Bible
calls Him the Lord - the Lord strong and mighty; the Lord mighty in
battle; not mighty in dancing; mighty in battle.
That is
while the Bible says in Ephesians chapter 6 verse 11 says: you are to put on
the whole armor of God.
You don't
wear armor to the dance floor; you wear armor to the battle front.
Why?
Because
1Peter chapter 5 verses 8 and 9 says: you have an adversary, the devil; like a
roaring lion, steadily walking about seeking for whom he may defile.
Every day
the devil is after you.
And the
Bible did not say you are to fold your hands and say devil leave me alone...
There is
only one language the devil understands, that is the language of violence.
So, the
Bible says you are to resist Him steadfastly.
In the
mighty name of Jesus Christ, beginning from tonight, none of you will ever be
defeated again.
But you need
grace to win.
So,
tonight, as usual I am going to be calling on you from time to time to pray.
If you
like pray like a lady and gentle man. But if you will take my advice, pray like
warriors.
May be I
should ask a question.
How many
of you are tired of suffering anyway?
You need
grace to win.
Let us
take these battles/wars, maybe under five headings only. There are other
headings, but I have another meeting after the Holy Ghost service; so, I will
try and be brief tonight.
Let us
take the Physical Aspect of life - I am just talking about your body.
When you
are sick, it means there is a war going on in your body. That is while when you
have fever your temperature rises. It is because certain fighting is going on
in your body.
Ask the
Medical Doctors, they will tell you there are soldiers in your body...; they
have their name for them. But they are put there to defend your body against
outside attack.
They
are there!
That is
while whenever they discover something is wrong, they begin to fight; in the
process they begin to generate heat, so your temperature rises.
That is
while when you suffer a cut, immediately blood will rush there and rush there
to prevent invaders from coming in, and as soon as they get there the blood
begins to clot, begin to form a shed to prevent an attacker for coming in
from outside.
If you
don't believe that sickness is war, ask Neman, the leper - he is an example.
He had
everything but the Bible says: he was a leper. And that single but destroy
everything.
And of
course you know what leprosy does?
If you
have ever seen a leper before you will understand.
The
sickness kills a little bit at a time: one finger will drop off; one toe; and
later on a little bit of the hair; a little bit of the nose; which tells you
the way the devil operates...; He steals, then he kills, then he destroys.
Or
consider the woman with the issue of blood: when what was supposed to last for
a couple of days every month, now became a continuous flow.
And she
was getting weaker by the day and getting poorer by the day.
Or Luke
chapter 13 verse 10 to 17 tells you of a woman that the Bible says, Satan
bound: she just bent double; no matter how hard she try, she could not lift
herself up because there are invisible forces binding her.
But then,
the God of grace has grace to give victory in physical battles.
Luke
chapter 4 verse 27 says: there were many Lepers in the land but the grace of
God chose one leper and said in your own case I will give you victory.
Every one
of you today, fighting some wars in your body, you will receive grace.
In John
chapter 5 verse 2 to 9; you know the story very well, we always referring to
it; it tells about the multitude at the pool of Bethesda - multitude! - Sick
people, lame people, they were there waiting for the turning of the water by an
Angel; because the first fellow to jump him after the angel as come will be
made whole.
Then the
Lord of grace paid that place a visit and out of the multitude, He chose only
one fellow for healing.
And I
don't know who He is going to choose tonight but I know the God of grace is
going to choose someone for physical victory tonight.
The fellow
had been there for thirty eight years; God of grace healed that single fellow
who did not even pray for it.
He was
just lying down waiting for the Angel, when the Creator of Angels came and set
him free.
I have
told you the story before of a woman who was sick at Luth here in Lagos.
Her case
had degenerated to the level that no way she could live - no way
So, the
husband came on a visit one night; and the Nurses and Doctor told him there is
no way that your wife can still be alive by tomorrow morning - no way
All sign
show clearly she cannot last a night.
So, the
husband pretended to be in love: 'hello my dear, I will see you tomorrow'; and
then he left.
As soon as
he left, he phoned his concubine and said come, come over that stupid fellow is
not going to be around by tomorrow morning; and so, they were having fun.
Everybody
gone to sleep, when all of a sudden someone appeared to that lady and said that
I AM the LORD that healeth thee and lifted her up from the bed; and she was
completely whole.
When the
Nurses saw her they thought that she had died that it is the ghost that had
come; so, she discharge herself and came home.
And
because the husband was not expecting her, he did not even closed the door and
she just walked in and saw the man with the concubine.
There is
still a God in heaven who can step in when the world has forsaken you.
Stand on
your feet this evening; lift your voice to the Almighty God and
say: Father, in this great assembly, let Your grace bring me total
wholeness tonight.
Go ahead
talk to the Almighty God.
I know we
have many people here Lord, I know this is a great assembly but let Your grace
bring me complete wholeness. Let Your grace bring me total wholeness tonight.
I
know You can single me out for complete healing tonight - please do it. Do it.
I want victory over sickness, over disease, over germs and virus in my body; in
this great assembly Lord, let Your grace single me out for complete wholeness.
Let
Your grace single me out for complete wholeness tonight; I want to be made
whole: body, soul, spirit. I want every ache, every pain, every sickness, every
disease to be gone from my body. I know we are many, but You are the God of
grace, give me victorious grace tonight.
Victory
over sickness, victory over disease, victory over ache, victory over pain, do
whatever You have to do to make me whole again, do whatever You alone can do to
make me completely whole again.
Do
it O Lord. Make me absolutely whole again - whole: body, soul, spirit; from the
top of my head to the sole of my feet to the tips of my fingers, Lord God
Almighty and the tips of my toe, make me whole Lord.
Make
me absolutely whole tonight. By Your grace give me a total healing tonight, I
know You can do it. I know You can repair what is damage in my body.
I
know You can do it and I know what cannot be repair You can replace; Lord, give
me total wholeness tonight by Your grace, by Your grace, by Your grace. Give me
a total wholeness tonight by Your grace.
Thank You
Father. (Speaking in the Spirit). Make me whole Lord. Make me absolutely whole
Lord. Even sick and diseases that are already in my body that I don't know,
flush it out, flush it out, make me whole tonight.
Make
me whole tonight. You are my Doctor, You are my Physician, You are my Creator, You
are the One who can do what no Doctors can do, please Lord, make me whole
tonight, let me find grace with You for complete wholeness tonight not
tomorrow.
Any
ache, every pain, everything that might be wrong with my system that the Doctor
may say this is due to old age, this is due to that, Lord put everything right.
You said will renew my age like the eagles, do it tonight Lord, do it
tonight.
Take the
glory for it Father. Thank You Jesus.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
So shall
it be in Jesus mighty name.
God bless
you. You may be seated.
And then,
let us look at this warfare from the Material Perspective.
Any
sensible fellow will tell you that 'Business is warfare' - real warfare.
You have
something to sell; hundreds of others also have the same thing to sell and you
have the same market; so, it becomes a matter of survival.
Business
is warfare particularly for the Christian: the moment you become a Christian...
oh, oh...
You see
the devil does not care if a sinner gets rich that does not border him.
Why?
Mark
chapter 8 verse 36 says: what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world
and loses his soul'.
As long as
the devil knows that your soul belongs to him, then, you can go ahead and
prosper. He knows then that you are nothing other than a ram for the slaughter.
I wrote a
trait "a ram for the slaughter" way back in 1970-something; and I
describe what happens from my observation during the Ileya festival.
You will
see a ram has been bought for the celebration and they keep on feeding this
animal; the children will begin to watch his body; play with; and the ram is
looking at himself, saying: hey! Look at how popular I am; not knowing that he
is being prepared for the slaughter.
And that
is the way it is for the sinner who is prospering.
Devil will
say go on! go on! Get fatter! Prosper more! So that you can burn better when
you get to hell!
But the
moment you give your life to Jesus Christ, the moment you become committed to
Christ, the devil says: oh oh! If this fellow prospers, the kingdom of God will
expand.
And I told
those who came for divine encounter on Monday; and it will be a good idea if
you get that tape; the devil knows the Bible very well.
He knows
that it is written in Zachariah chapter 1 verse 17: the Almighty God says
through prosperity, My city shall yet be built throughout the whole world.
In order
words, when My children prosper, they will begin to build My kingdom.
Let me ask
you a question
If God
gives you the money, how many of you will like to build a church single
handedly for God?
Let me
hear you say amen.
Everyone!
If God
gives you the means, I know, I know many of you will love to spread the gospel
by using your resources and the devil knows it too.
I won't
mention the state, but several years ago, the first time I decided to go on
television, they told me that before I went to the television station, they
won't allow you to preach Christ on television in this particular state.
I won't
mention the name of the state, but I was working in that state as at that time.
I said
that will be against the Law of the Land, you cannot deny me.
So, I went
there and since they knew I was a lecturer in the University that I might be
able to cause some trouble, they decided to use wisdom and they charge me an
amount so high that they thought I would say I cannot pay,
They said
well, for thirty minutes you will pay so so much, I said I will pay. I said I
will pay.
So I began
to preach.
I guess
some people in high places saw what was happening and they challenge the man in
charge of the station...
Why did
you allow this?
So, after
one month, he called me and said, we are reviewing our price and they doubled
the price, I said I will pay.
A month
later..., I am telling you through story that happen; witness is seating on the
altar here.
A month
later, they tripled the price, I say, I will pay.
I decree
tonight, the money you need to do the work of God you will never lack it.
And at
that time, things got so though, by the time I pay for this thing there is
hardly any money left in the house to eat. But then God began to send helpers.
That is
why those of you who are my partners, God will keep on sending helpers to you.
So, the
devil knows that if you prosper that the work of God will be done; that the
gospel will be spread all over the world.
So, he
knows that if he tries to fight you directly on your finances, he knows God
will rise up to defend you - he knows that, he is not a fool.
Call the
devil any name, but don't call him a fool because He is not a fool.
So, what
does he do, he turns you against God. He causes you to do things that would
then cause God to be the one who will be fighting you - and I am talking of
financially.
It is
there in the Bible, if you read Malachi chapter 3 verse 8 to 11 very well and
the devil knows it.
Malachi 3:
8 to 11: God says, if you rob Him of your tithe and offering, He will put you
under a curse - the devil knows that.
God went
further to say, the moment you repent and you begin to pay your tithe and you
give your offering, He will rebuke devourers for your sake - it is there in the
Bible.
God says
when you are robbing Him, He sent an army against you - an Army of devourers.
The devil
will just stand by and be laughing as the Army of devourers begins to come.
But God
says, the moment you repent and you begin to do what He asked you to do, He
said, I will withdraw the devourers, I will take them away - He said so; it is
there. I did not write the Bible.
I have
told the story before of a friend of mine, I am sure he is listening now, a
Lawyer, very successful Lawyer, he became born again and we are talking, we are
discussing the issue of tithes and because he is a Lawyer, he is far far clever
than myself - he know how to argue.
No, you
don't have to pay tithe. No! that is old testament. No! no!
At that
time I was not a full time Pastor.
I said
sir, I am not saying this thing because I need your money, you know I am a
lecturer in the University; I am well fed, but...
So,
finally, we reach an agreement: why don't we let God settle this matter.
Haa! He
said that is good - let Him settle the matter.
And when
God set into a situation, you know God can move fast.
He lost
one case; then, he lost the second; then, he lost the third - three cases in
one week.
And ask
any Lawyer that is not good for your reputation.
And then,
he had a bakery where he produced bread in those days for the town; and the
time we had our discussion was close to Christmas which is the top time for
sale.
Few days
before Christmas, all his bakers came to him together as one and say: sir, we
are resigning.
Haa!
He said,
please, if you want me to increase..., I mean this is moment we make our money,
if you want me to increase your pay; they said no, it does not matter what
increment; we are going.
Okay!
You are
going to celebrate Christmas at home, will you come..., they said no, we are
not coming back.
So,
throughout the period of festivities, his own bakery was closed down.
And then,
I went home for New Year and we met; and he said, God has proved Himself.
I was
struggling giving Him tenth percent; now, I have zero.
I said
'you repent?'
I repent.
He
appealed the three cases, he won all the three; and all of a sudden, Bakers
from all angles saying it is you will want to work for.
You don't
want to fight God!
I pray in
the Name that is above every other name, God will fight for you.
The devil
knows that what God said in His word is the truth: "give and you shall be
given".
So he
causes you misalign.
He knows
He says if you sow bountifully, you will reap bountifully; it is not the Pastor
who said that, it is God.
So, when
it is time to sow you will sow sparingly. You want to take the money, he will
say, it is too much now, are you the only one in church.
And then,
he begins to puff you up: I am the one who made this money, it is my brain that
done the job. It is my strength.
He causes
you to forget that it is God who gives the power to get wealth.
And the
moment you begin to think: you are the one, it is your cleverness that is
making you to succeed; it is your ability that has brought you thus far, then,
it becomes difficult to honour God.
So, when
we talk about first-fruit, you will say: forget that one!
God says
you are to honour me with this.
You will
say: hey! Mind your own business.
But there
is grace when the enemy thought he had finished you financially - grace can
come in and give you victory.
The Bible
says in Luke chapter 4 verse 25 to 26. He said there were many widows in the
land but grace singled out the widow of Sarepta and sent Elijah to her.
There were
many widows, many widows; but grace said no no, this one will not die in
poverty.
I pray in
the name that is above every other name, every one of you here listening to me
you will not die in poverty.
But you
see, the grace of God prepared the widow in advance.
I have
told you the story before; many of you were there when it happens; when we are
in the first auditorium.
I was
preaching like this when God spoke to me and said: there was someone there in
the congregation; and God said, I am going to give this fellow three financial
breakthroughs - big ones.
He said,
the first one - 100percent, belong to God.
The second
one would be shared with that fellow 50:50.
The third
one is for the fellow and it would clear all her debt.
And I
announced it.
I don't
know who God is talking about.
But there
was a widow in the congregation with seventeen children living with her;
heavily in debt, and she said that must be me.
We left.
Some days
later, the first financial breakthrough came and it was a lot of money.
She came
and said Daddy, the first miracle has come.
She showed
me the money, I have brought it to God.
I said
haa! Because I knew her problem; are you sure you are the one God is talking
about; I am sorry I cannot take this kind of money.
Go and
clear some of your problems with it.
She said,
sir, do you want to block the way to the remaining two.
I said, no
ma.
She said,
I thought you love me
I said, I
do
God have
mercy on me.
I took the
money from her but I did not touch it.
I know you
will say: you of little faith.
Yes, you
are correct.
I took the
money I kept it.
Soon, she
came back; the second had come, I have brought the fifty percent of it.
I took it,
I kept it.
And then,
the third one came.
Her
biggest problem was that her husband owed a bank in London a lot of money.
All of a
sudden she got a letter front that Bank, saying, Madam, we have made a mistake,
your husband is not owing us; we are the one owing your husband.
They don't
make that kind of mistake in London.
But there
is God in heaven who can manipulate things.
That
destitute widow, very soon after that, became an executive of a bank here in
Nigeria.
Stand on
your feet; lift your voice to the Almighty God loud and clear and
say: Father, in this great assembly, let Your grace find me out and set me
up for a major financial breakthrough.
Go ahead
talk to the Almighty God.
I know we
are many here but I need a breakthrough so that I will never know poverty
again; A breakthrough so mighty that I will never lack again. A major
breakthrough that from now on, I will not even have to think before I spend;
and I know You can do it right now Lord - work it out.
I
don't know how You will do it but I know You are able; let Your grace find me
out. Give me a major breakthrough and do it this month oh Lord, this month.
I
need a major financial breakthrough, so I will never never never lack again;
never never lack again. Father, there is a lot of work I want to do for You.
I
want to preach the gospel all over the world. I want to complete the work of
Your auditorium. I want to do some mighty things for You and I need that
breakthrough Lord - I need a major breakthrough so mighty that I will never
need to beg anybody before I do whatever You have called upon me to do, give me
that breakthrough tonight Daddy. So that I will never never lack again that I
will have much more that I can ever need. Father, give me a major breakthrough
and do it tonight.
Father
in heaven, You are the owner of the earth, You are the owner of the fullness
thereof, You know where those who can help are, send them quickly Lord, send
them speedily.
I
need a breakthrough Lord God Almighty that I will never have to beg again;
never have to lack again.
Single
me out Lord for a major financial breakthrough; I am tired of having to beg; I
am tired of having to rely on somebody else before I could do what I need to do
for You.
Give
me that mighty breakthrough Lord God Almighty that anything my heart desire to
do for You I can do it easily; I can do it without having to sweat.
A
breakthrough Lord God Almighty so mighty that will permanent my barricade
between me and my poverty; never to beg again. Give me a breakthrough Lord, a
big one, a permanent one - ONE Lord God Almighty that would help to cross the
border of poverty forever. Give me a breakthrough Lord that Your name might be
glorified.
Thank
You Saviour. Thank You Lord. Thank You Ancient of days.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
And so
shall it be in Jesus' name.
The grace
to cross the border of poverty forever you shall receive it tonight.
Please be
seated.
Then, let
us look at the war from the Marital Angle.
The word
of God says in Proverbs 18 verse 22; says, 'whoso finds a wife, finds a good
thing'.
If you
look at that passage closely, it is saying: finding a good wife is not easy;
there are many women but there are very few wives.
Anybody
can give birth to a child that does not mean that fellow is a good mother or a
good wife; and some of you here know what I am talking about; just pretend as
if you don't understand because of who might be seating next to you - and the
devil is a liar.
I hope you
can still hear me?
Ehen! Just
keep hearing.
Consider
Job's wife - the moment Job lost everything, the woman came out in her true
colour and said to Job in Job chapter 2 verse 9, she said, curse God and die.
You know
what she was saying?
Die so
that I can marry somebody else.
All money
is gone, let me get somebody else to marry - go - and that is a wife.
When
everything was going fine she did not say that.
You know,
I always trembled when I hear young people taking the oath: "I hereby take
you to be my lawful wedded wife; to have and to hold in sickness or in
health..."
I say hey!
What kind
of sickness are we talking about?
Are we
talking about fever? Or, are we talking about madness?
"...in
wealth and in poverty"
Hey!
What kind
of poverty are we talking about?
Are we
talking about: you have lost your job, you are yet to find another one or are
we talking about sleeping under the bridge?
Many
people don't even know the meaning of what they are saying.
If the
Pastor say, say after me; they keep on repeating.
(Laughing)
Job's wife
said to the husband when all money was gone. She said, curse God and die - just
get out of my life.
She was a
wife.
Or,
consider Lot's wife.
You know
the story, Genesis 19 verse 17 to 26, tells you about what happen when God was
rescuing Lot and his family from Sodom and Gomorrah.
The wife
looked back; she wanted to stay.
The Bible
said, she became a pillar of salt.
What kind
of woman was Lot's wife - you want to know?
No
problem.
You will
find out how terrible she was by taking note of Ezekiel 16 verse 44 says
"as the mother is, so her daughters".
What king
of daughters did she produce?
Read
Genesis 19 verse 30 to 38, she gave birth to two daughters.
These two
daughters made a plan. They said one to the other "let us make our father
drunk and then let us go in sleep with him so that we can produce children by
him - that kind of daughters produce by Lot's wife.
The elders
have a proverb: instead of things getting better for the witch, all her
children dead.
If you
don't understand, that is no problem.
Finding a
good wife is warfare.
There are
some people who know that from the day they married that was when their problem
began.
A friend
of many years ago told me: I am going to divorce my wife.
I said
haa, don't try it.
He said
why not?
If
you do it, you will be going to hell
He said,
haa! Where have I been since the day I married?
True story
Every one
of you having problem with your marriage, the Almighty God will intervene.
But it is
not finding a wife alone that is warfare; finding a good husband is warfare
also.
There are
husbands like Nabal in 1Samuel 25 verse 2 to 34. But for the wife, this
ungrateful fellow would have brought destruction to the entire family in one
day.
Or,
consider Gehazi, 2Kings chapter 5 verse 20 to 27, that brought a curse of
leprosy not only on himself but to his family forever.
There are
many of us who had been struggling under the yoke of a curse caused by one
funny man who had been in our generation.
But in the
Name that is above every other name, any curse that remains in your generation
will be cancelled tonight.
Then of
course, as I told them during the Shiloh hour on Monday: there is this satanic
operations against great children whenever Satan sensed that a great child is
about to be born.
He goes to
war against the mother-to-be by causing barrenness.
The mother
of Isaac was barren.
The mother
of Joseph was barren.
The mother
of Samson was barren
The mother
of Samuel was barren.
The mother
of John the Baptize was barren...;
Before God
intervened.
I stand on
this Holy Mountain tonight, and I decree, all of you who are trusting God for
the fruit of the womb, out of your womb will come great men.
But the
greatest war maritally speaking, is the fact that the Bible says, Jesus Christ
Himself said in Mathew chapter 10 verse 36: He said "a man's foes shall be
those of his own household" - enemies within.
Enemies
without are a bit easy to deal with.
But how do
we deal with enemies within?
How do we
fight when your enemy is your father?
How do we
fight when the enemy is you mum?
How do we
fight when the one who is supposed to love you, help you, protect you is the
one saying no? But there is grace for that too.
In Judges
15 verse 9 to 15: it is the relatives of Samson that bound him and handed him
over to the Philistines.
Enemy
within handed him over to the enemy without.
Ask the
elders, they have a proverb. They said if the death within does not kill you,
the death from without cannot kill you.
They know
what they are saying.
How many
cases do I have to remind of?
You will
remember of the fellow whose father had to die before he could be promoted.
You will
remember the case of the woman that God had to intervene, spoke through us and
said, there was somebody in the congregation that it is your mother that is not
allowing you to marry and if she does not let go within a week she will die -
you remember the story!
And then,
I just announced what God told me and the following day this girl came with her
mother.
And the
mother said, are you the Pastor?
I said
yes.
You are
the one who told my daughter I am going to die.
I said me!
I don't
even know you.
My
daughter came home and said if I won't allow her to marry I will die.
I said I
did not mention your name, don't mind the stupid girl.
I kindly
ask her, why are you not allowing your daughter to get marry?
And in any
case, I did not mention your name. I just announced what God said.
There were
many people present.
She said,
I did not know it is like that.
I said it
is like that ma.
So she
told the girl to leave.
She said
you step out.
The girl
left my office.
And Mama
turn to me, she said Pastor, is it true that the fellow you are talking about
will die within one week.
I said, I
am not saying it is you ooo, but as God lives, whoever that woman is, who is
standing in the way of the daughter not allowing her to marry, within one week
she will be dead.
She said,
it is not that I do not want her to marry, it's that she is the only one taking
care of me.
Haha! She
is taking care of you and you are blocking the way of her own joy!
I said, I
will talk to the husband to be; they will continue to take care of you.
Six month
later, the daughter was married.
I decree,
I am not prophesying now, I am decreeing, if there is any mother standing in
the way of the daughter, preventing her from getting fulfillment, that mother
will die.
And if
there is any father, standing in the way of the children, not allowing them to
become what God want them to become, that father will die.
Well! Some
of you are already standing; the rest of you join them because we are about to
pray.
Lift your
voice to the Almighty God and say: Father, by Your grace, any enemy within
my household, deal with them in Your own way.
Go ahead
talk to the Almighty God.
I don't
know them, You do; anybody within my household who is walking against my
progress, walking against my success, walking against my joy, deal with them in
Your own way; I don't know how you will do it, just do it in Your own way.
You
know them, I don't know them but You do Almighty God, any enemy within my
household, any relation who is an agent of the devil working against my
success, working against my progress, working against my joy, ,just deal with
them in Your own way Lord.
I
won't tell You how to do it, You deal with them in Your own way; deal with them
in Your own way; deal with them in Your way; deal with them in Your own way. I
don't know how you will do it just deal with them in Your own way.
You
know them, they have been smiling at me, they have been pretending as if they
love me, they have been pretending as if they wish me well, but they are
plotting, they are planning evil, You know them Lord, I don't know them, I
don't know if they exist or not - any enemies within my household, Lord God
Almighty just deal with them in Your own way; I don't know how You will do it,
I am not telling You how to do it, just deal with them in Your own way, deal
with them in Your own way.
Thank
You Lord.
O
Yes Lord, I am just asking You. If there are enemies within my household, haa!
just deal with them in Your own way, in Your own way, Your own way. Thank You
Father. Glory be to Your holy name.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
So shall
it be in Jesus' name.
Please be
seated.
I know
some of these prayers are not what we want to pray for three minutes but you
can continue them later on.
Then, let
us look at this war in the area of emotions - Emotional warfare
Thank You
Father.
The Lord
says there is someone here tonight. He said the fire in the soul of your feet
had been put out.
Amen and
amen.
The Lord
said there is someone here tonight, He said, because I have chosen to bless you
mightily, I will inspire you to pray more.
The devil
knows the devastating effect of fear and sorrow. So he uses these two weapons
mightily to fight.
Almost
everyone at one time or the other had come against this weapon of warfare of
the enemy: fear and sorrow.
He knows
the Bible say in 1John 4:18 that fear has torment. So, he torments some people
with fear.
And when
you ask them, what are you afraid of?
They don't
really know - they just know fear.
Proverbs
29 verse 25 says: the fear of man brings a snare.
The devil
knows if you are afraid of men, you will fall into a trap which is a method
some false prophet use. They just keep on frightening you.
They begin
to give you prophesies of danger here, danger there, danger everywhere; some
people now become so afraid, they cannot even drink water from their own
fridge.
They
believed that somebody might have poisoned the water while they were away.
The devil
knows fear is the opposite of faith and he knows according to Hebrews 11 verse
6: "without faith, it is impossible to please God" - he knows that.
He knows
Romans 14:23.
In Romans
14:23," whatever is not of faith is sin"; and he knows fear is the
opposite of faith.
He knows
the Bible say it again and again, "the Just shall live by faith"; not
by fear.
He knows
it takes faith to move mountains.
That is
while God keep on saying: fear not! Fear not! Fear not!
You know
in the Bible there are three hundred and six-five places where God said fear
not.
Somebody
say there is a fear not for everyday of the year.
Fear not!
Don't be afraid! God is on His throne!
Isaiah 41
verse 10 to 13: the Almighty God say: don't be afraid I will help you; I will
hold by your right hand and I will help you.
Please
help me tell the fellow next to you - fear not!
When you
begin to fear, are you the one who had been looking after yourself up to till
this moment?
Do you
know how many battles God had fought for you?
You
remember the story of one man who came all the way from Ilorin with
his daughter.
The
daughter woke him up one morning and say Daddy, do you know I am a witch?
The father
say: hey! what kind of nonsense is that, who thought you that kind of nonsense
in the school.
The girl
said I am not joking - "I am a witch".
The father
said, what do you mean?
She said,
I go out every night, to suck blood and so on.
The father
said what nonsense are you talking about.
The girl
said, do you want me to give you proof?
The father
said yes, where is your proof.
So the
girl went under the bed of Papa and brought out a calabash full of fresh human
blood.
The father
just grabbed the girl, bundled her into the car and drove to the camp.
He brought
her here; told me the story and I ask the girl: do you want to be set free?
She said
that is why I am confessing; I don't want to be part of that group any more.
I said
well the job is easy - so I prayed a prayer of deliverance for her.
When I
finished praying, I said you can go now.
They
father said, no way.
(Laughing)
no way! Let her stay here with you.
I would
have told him but he was in the troubled state of mind.
I would
have told him the elder say: enibabimo oran lonpo (the one who gave
birth to a dangerous child, is the one who will mount the child); but I did not
say that.
So, I said
to him, I said sir, all this days you have been sleeping in the same room with
her, who had been protecting you?
Before you
know what you now know; who had been taking care of you?
And in any
case now, she is free.
Please
tell the fellow next to: fear not.
As for
sorrow; the devil knows what sorrow can do.
Job
chapter 17 verse 7...
Haa! thank
You Daddy.
The Lord
says there is someone here tonight, He says I will not only remove that
mountain, I will reduce it to rubbles.
Job 17
verse 7 tells us that sorrow deems your vision.
Job said
my eyes are deem because of sorrow.
The devil
knows that when you are sad, it is difficult to pray.
Luke 22
verse 45, when Jesus Christ came to His disciples at a time when He said they
should be praying so that they won't fall into temptation.
The Bible
says they are sleeping because their eyes were heavy for sorrow; it was sorrow
that cause them to sleep at a time when they should be praying.
Proverbs
17 verse 22 says: sorrow dries off the bone.
If you are
sad, it makes your bones dry.
Proverbs
18 verse 14 says: if you yield to sorrow it will lead to despair: man's spirit
will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
When you
allow sorrow to gain access, it can lead to despair; and when despair comes
they can lead to suicide.
Sorrow is
a mighty weapon in the hand of the devil - don't give room to sorrow.
I mean you
will find the example in 1Kings chapter 19 verse 1 to 4: when Elijah was sad,
he said to God, take my life.
That
mighty man of God, when sorrow came, he said he wanted to die.
But grace
is available to give you emotional victory because Nehemiah chapter 8 verse 10
says: the joy of the Lord is your strength.
Let me
tell you the truth, there is no man of God that you know who had one time or
the other that had not felt very low - brought low by sorrow - it takes the
grace of God to bounce back.
I have
told you the story before when I was a young Pastor; we held a Pastor's meeting
at Ebute-Metta and the man who brought me to Christ stood up in the mixed of
the Pastors, we are not very many then; and lay some very grievous allegation
against me and everybody believed him, even my father-in-the-Lord.
I wanted
to defend myself, my father-in-the-Lord eh en; and I am a man under authority;
keep quite means keep quite.
I wanted
to say these things are not true...
They he
said I should shut my mouth.
I was very
sad.
I still
remember the day as yesterday.
I left the
meeting after we closed; I was driving back to University of Lagos where I was
a lecturer there.
I got to
St. Agnes and there was a junction there, light stopped me.
And at
that stage I was so low, I said well, if this is the gospel; if the people who
are supposed to even asked me 'what is your own side of the story?' refused to
listen.
If the one
who brought me to Christ is the one who is my number one...,
I say, if
I cannot go forward and may as well go back.
Then God
spoke.
May the
Almighty God speak to you in the time of crisis.
And said
son, you have been disappointed by the one who brought you to Christ; you have
been disappointed by fellow Pastors; you have been disappointed even by your
General superintendent; have I disappointed you?
I said no
Lord.
He did not
need to say more than that.
Within
seconds, my joy came back.
Stand on
your feet; lift your voice to the Almighty loud and clear and say: Father,
speak peace to my life and wipe away all tears from my eyes.
Go ahead
talk to the Almighty God.
Speak
peace; speak peace to my life Lord. Wipe away all tears from my eyes; wipe away
all tears from my eyes. Don't let me ever give in to sorrow, Lord God Almighty
speak peace into my life and wipe away all tears, all tears, all tears from my
eyes. Wipe away all tears from my eyes Lord.
Speak
peace into my life; wipe away all tears from my eyes; wipe away all tears from
my eyes. Speak peace Lord; speak peace into my life so that I won't be afraid
again. Just speak into my life. Wipe away all tears from my eyes.
Wipe away
all tears from my eyes. (Speaking in the Holy Spirit). Wipe away all tears from
my eyes. Don't let me know sorrow again; speak peace into my life so that I
will no longer fear; so that I will never fear again. You word says the Lord is
my salvation, I won't fear what man can do unto me; speak peace Lord in to my
life.
Thank You
Jesus. Glory be to God. Wipe away all tears from life. Thank You Father. Thank
You Saviour. Thank You Ancient of days. Speak peace into my life. Wipe away all
tears from my eyes. Thank You Father.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
So shall
it be in Jesus' name.
Please be
seated.
We are
almost there now.
One more
area I want to consider tonight is the area of Spiritual warfare and how
grace can bring you victory in that area too.
I really
don't fully understand but I know that once Satan has an incline of your
glorious future.
The
moment Satan realizes God is going to do something great for someone or used someone
mightily, haa! he goes to war.
Take
Joseph for example for example.
Genesis 37
...
Haa! thank
You Lord.
The Lord
says there is someone here tonight, you have someone precious to you who is in
a critical condition, the Lord asks me to tell you, the fellow will survive.
I like
this one.
The Lord
says there is someone here tonight; he said I should tell you: fear not. He
said because the furnace prepared for you and your children will be swallowed
by the fire of the Holy Spirit.
So don't
fear anymore, just relax.
Genesis 37
verse 5 to 11, Joseph had two mighty dreams that spoke about his future.
As a young
boy instead of keeping the dreams to himself, he related the dreams; and the
devil sad really! You! and say: we will see.
And the
next thing we hear and know very well in the same Genesis 37 verse 17 to 28 is
that his brother saw him coming and said: behold, the dreamer comes; let us
kill him and see what will become of his dreams.
Thank God,
God who is a step ahead of enemy.
I decree
tonight, it does not matter how many your enemies are, they will not overcome.
Well,
finally they sold him..., let us make some profit from getting rid of him.
They sold
him.
They
thought they will never see Him again.
But the
grace of God went on with the boy.
Genesis 39
from verse 1 to the end; he landed in Potiphar's houses; and very soon,
Potiphar discover this is not an ordinary boy; the grace of God is with him.
So, he
handed over his household to him; because of that the house of Potiphar
prospered because of him.
I decree
in the Name that is about every other name, wherever you may go from now on,
because of you, that place will proper.
And when
the devil discovered, haha! I thought this fellow would be a slave and begin to
suffer instead God is prospering him - he tried another method.
Let us
cause him to sin. If he can sin, then his God will be the one who will fight
him.
And he
decided to use the wife of the Master: come and lie with me.
The boy
says haa! Madam, you are the lady of the house, I am an ordinary slave.
She said
it does not matter.
Remember
what Joseph said, how can I do this thing and sin against God - he said eh ehn;
he said I refused.
And the
woman lied against him; and they threw him to prison.
He landed
him prison, the grace of God was with him and the Jailer handed over the prison
to him.
Like
somebody said, if you are the one in charge of the prison, then, prison life
cannot be very bad. Because Joseph was the one controlling the food;
controlling who goes to work - he was in-charge.
When God
want to makes you something, it does not matter how many enemies may rise up,
the grace of God will settle the matter.
It takes
the grace of God to turn a witch to a Divine Treasurer.
Luke
chapter 8 verse 1 to 3; Mary Magdalene was a witch of the highest other - seven
demons in her alone.
The devil
thought I have got this one because she was a wealthy woman, but the grace of
God find her out and set her free,
You
remember the story of the mad man of Gadara in Mark chapter 5 verse 1 to 20; it
takes the grace of God to turn a mad man to an Evangelist.
The devil
knew this man was going to be used mightily of God, so, he attacked him, loaded
him full of demons; but the grace of God find him out.
Saul of
Tarsus himself with his own mouth; he said, I am the chief of sinners -
1Timothy chapter 1 verse 15 - but the grace of God find him and turn him to a
Chief Apostle - 2Corithians 11 verse 15.
So, in
1Corithians 15 verse 10...
Thank You
Father.
The Lord
says there is someone here, He said I will not only get rid of the intruder but
I will restore everything to how they were before the intruder came.
I like
this one.
He says I
showed tell somebody here tonight, He said, all I Am asking you to do is just
keep on praising Me and I will make your victory sweet and complete.
So, Paul
said, I am what I am by the grace of God.
You know
the story of one of our elders, I don't need to mention his name, his
colleagues knows him; he was a notorious criminal.
They got
him and threw him to prison.
And when
people go there to witness in the prison, he will be eager to collect tracks
and those distributing the tracts thought - oh! Maybe we are making progress
with this one.
They did
not know that he use their tracks to roll Indian hem as soon as they leave.
But one
day, he got one of my tracks and something just said to him, read this one
before you smoke it.
He read
the tracks and gave his life to Jesus Christ.
From
prison, he wrote to me and we began to pray.
When he
was discharged, he came.
Just to
cut the long story short, he is one of my elders today.
I want you
to pray a prayer because you really don't know where God want to take you.
The way
the devil had been battling with you; causing you all manners of problem should
give you a hint that God has a great purpose for your life.
So, stand
on your feet and cry to that God today and say: God of all grace, whatever
You planned for me to be, let me be.
Go ahead
talk to the Almighty God.
Whatever
You want me to be Lord, I may have my own plans, they might be different from
Your own plans, the enemy might have been doing all manner of things to divert
my attention, but whatever You plan for me to be, Almighty God, let me be, let
me be.
Whatever
You want me to become, let me become. Wherever You want to take me to, please
Lord just go ahead; go ahead. Whatever You want me to be Lord, let me be, let
me be Lord, let me be, let me be.
Thank
You Jesus. Thank You Father. Whatever You want me to be; it does not matter
where You want to take me Lord, that is where I want to go. Whatever height You
want me to reach Lord, let me reach it; regardless of all the actions of my
enemies, whatever You want me to be Lord let me be, let me be.
Wherever
You want me to reach let me reach there, let me reach there by Your grace Lord,
by Your grace, by Your grace. Whatever You want me to be Lord let me be, let me
be, let me be.
Thank You
Father. Whatever You want me to be Lord that is what I want to be. Wherever You
want me to reach let me reach there. Have mercy on me; let me become what You
want me to become. Let me become what You want me to become.
Let me
reach the goal that You have set for me. Whatever You want me to become, that
is what I want to become - help me Lord, help me Lord. Thank You Father.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
I want you
to pray a prayer now before I close.
I want you
to join hands with your neighbour, please pray for him or her with all your
heart.
Remember
the Law of harvest: what you sow that is what you will reap.
Lift your
voice to the Almighty God and say: Father, any war that may be in the life
of my neighbour, fight that war tonight and put an end to it.
Go ahead
talk to the Almighty God.
Whatever
war may be in the life of my neighbour: physical, material, marital, emotional;
whatever war may be in the life of my neighbour, Almighty God, fight the war
tonight and put an end to it; put an end to it.
I
know You have settled my own, settle that of my neighbour. Whatever secret wars
my neighbour had been fighting, Lord God Almighty, fight that battles, fight
the war; end it tonight Father, end it tonight, end it tonight, end it tonight.
Give my neighbour total victory tonight - total victory Lord; total victory,
total victory, total victory, total victory O Lord, total victory, total
victory tonight.
Thank You
Father. Glory be to God. O yes, complete victory, absolute victory for all
these Your children tonight; Total victory Lord.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
And so
shall it be in Jesus mighty name.
Please be
seated.
Conclusion
1Peter chapter
5 verse 10 to 11 says: our God is a God of all grace.
Grace -
physical; grace - material; grace - marital; grace - emotional; grace -
spiritual; and so on and so forth - He is the God of all grace.
And He
said in Romans chapter 9 verses 9 and 15 says: I will have mercy on whom I will
have mercy; I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
He is the
God of all grace and He is Sovereign - He does has He pleases in the kingdom of
heaven
But God is
not arbitrary; Yes! He is the God of all grace and He decides on the person He
wants to show mercy to and nobody can query Him; He is the original Majesty.
But Acts
15 verse 18 says: known unto God are all His works from the foundation of the
world.
He does
not make mistakes.
He knows
who will make good use of His grace - He knows
I mean for
example, take the widow of Zarephath that will mentioned earlier on in 1Kings
17: 8 to 16; when Elijah came to that widow, she had only one meal left, one
meal left; and the man of God says: give me the meal; put my own first.
How many
widows would be willing to surrender their last meal?
How many
widows would be willing to put God first?
How many
widows honour God with their first fruit?
How many
widows would be like the one I mentioned to you earlier on who was in serious
debt and then she just had one man of God saying: three miracles is coming your
way, give me the first one hundred percent and so on and so forth - how many
widows?
So, God
knows in advance who you are; what you can do; He does not make mistakes.
Take Neman
for example, you the story, read the whole story from 2Kings chapter 5,
read it all to the way to verse 19; as soon as this man was cleansed, he came
back to say thank you in a big way, very big way.
Even
though the man of God says no no no, I don't want your Leprosy, so, go away
with your something; but at least he came back.
There are
many of us who had received miracles from God, we won't even testify.
When we
say it is testimony time, we seat down there hiding His miracles.
If all of
us just tell everybody around us what God has done for us, there will be no
need to preach.
When He
says, you will be my witnesses - a Witness is somebody who will say this is
what I know about this case. This is what I know about Jesus; this is what He
did for me.
Neman said
to the man of God, I want to say thank you. The man of God say no, I don't need
your money; he said alright, let me do one thing: I want to take some soil from
here, when I get home, I am going to build an altar, I will worship your God
for the rest of my life.
God knew;
He knew in advance.
Paul said,
I am what I am by the grace of God; but he said, I laboured more abundantly -1
Corinthians 15 verse 10.
God knows.
He knows
those who will serve Him - He knows; O yes! He knows.
Someone
said to me, you should stop fasting now, you should stop doing this; I said, I
would rather die than stop serving Him.
Why?
I know
where He is bringing me from; If anybody knows the meaning of grace - I do.
I know how
many times the devil tried to kill me when I was young and God rescued me.
I can
never say thank You enough.
What about
you?
And then,
He keeps saying to some people: come; surrender your life to me...
Ehen!
Leave me alone.
Ehen! I am
the owner of my life.
Really!
The grace
of God brought you this far; don't abuse that grace; because if you abuse it,
He can withdraw it.
If He
saved your soul, you must not keep quiet, you must tell others.
If He
healed you, you must tell of His goodness, tell of His mercy. Serve Him.
If He gave
you grace, use that grace to labour abundantly for Him.
If
prospered you, you use that prosperity to build His kingdom - don't abuse His
grace.
Have a
word is enough for the wise.
But then,
there are even some of us who have never considered surrendering your life to
Jesus - we come to church: we sing, we shout because we like the music; we like
the company but we still run our lives our own way.
The grace
of God brought you here tonight in particular, so that you can hear this
massage and take a decision now; that from now on I want to surrender my life
to Jesus completely - body, soul, spirit.
I am
telling you if you do so, heaven will rejoice and the Almighty God will begin
to take the person to greater heights.
Last
Friday in London, the word of prophesy came, God said there was someone there
who is already blessed. God said, I am about to show you the true meaning of
blessing.
That can
happen to you tonight too; you can be that fellow.
So, if you
want to give your life to Jesus Christ, come now.
I know we
have a huge crowd here tonight, so, I will count from one to fifteen.
If you
want to surrender to Jesus Christ just take a step forward; come here, and I
will pray for your salvation and the grace of God will continue to abide more
in your life.
I am
counting now
One, two,
three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen,
fourteen...
And
Counselors come and attend to these people here.
Those of
you who are still on the way keep coming; make sure you get here before I
finish praying.
And those
of us who are already in front, talk to the Lord - ask Him to be merciful unto
you.
Tell Him,
I have come to surrender my life to you; from now I will do Your will.
I will love
You; I will serve You; I will do Your will; just forgive me; save my soul;
cleanse me in Your blood, give me a new beginning and I will serve You from now
on.
Go ahead
talk to the Lord.
And the
rest of us, please, stretch your hands towards this people and intercede for
them.
Pray that
the One who saved your soul will save their own souls also.
Let us
talk to the Lord for about a minute or two before I prayed for them.
And those
of you who are on the way, hurry up and get here before I finish praying - this
is your day; your day of salvation.
Come
quickly.
Don't stop
by the way, just keep coming, keep coming; and let us intercede for these
people for another one minute.
Let us ask
the God of all grace to please save their souls, to forgive them, cleanse them
in His blood and make them new children of the Most high God.
Keep
coming those of you on the way. Hurry up, hurry up, I am about to pray now.
Make sure
you get here before I finished praying.
Thank You
Father.
Thank You
Lord.
Yes! Keep
coming, keep coming, I can see you; I will wait ten seconds longer.
Another
ten seconds and I will pray.
Thank You
Father.
Just keep
coming.
Glory be
to God.
Keep
coming, keep coming, keep coming; keep coming; don't miss this opportunity,
this is your day.
Thank You
Father.
Keep
coming; get here before I finished praying because I must pray now.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
Saviour I
want to bless Your name for Your word. I want to thank You very very much for
the grace that has brought these people forward tonight. You promised whosoever
will come unto You, You will in no wise cast out.
They
have come to You now Father, please receive them in Jesus' name. Save their
souls; forgive their sins; let Your blood wash them clean; write their names in
the Book of Life.
From now
on, anything they call on You please answer them by fire. Please don't let them
backslide; let them serve You till the end.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
Amen.
Now those
of you in front let me here you shout hallelujah.
Congratulations.
By the
grace of God from now I will be praying for you.
So, I am
going to need your name, your address and your prayer request.
So, the
Counselors will be handing over to you a card which I want you to feel very
quickly and return to them.
And then I
promise you, I will be praying for you.
Before I
say the closing prayer; maybe there is something you want God to do for you in
this special month of grace. Something you want God to do before may end.
I give you
two minutes to talk to Him.
Father, I
know You are a gracious God, I know You control them; I know nothing is too
hard for You; Lord, long before the end of this month, give me a major
testimony. Give me this particular breakthrough, so that by the time we return
in June, I too will stand up here to testify.
Let us
begin to bring our prayer to a close.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
God of all
grace, I thank You. Thank You for Your grace in our lives. Thank You for the
grace that brought us salvation; the grace that could save the soul of an
armed robber; thank You for Your grace that can divert the bullet of armed
robbers.
Thank You for the grace that can cure the incurable. Thank You Lord God Almighty for the grace that can open prison doors. Thank You, thank You, thank You. Father, accept our thanks in Jesus' name.
Eternal Rock of ages because of that grace and that grace alone, everything Your children have asked for tonight, give to them in Jesus' name. Even before the sun rises O God, fill our mouth with testimonies. Father, by the time we return next let us have mighty testimonies.
Bless
Your children as a whole. Bless their offering, sanctify it, use it for Your
glory. I pray none of us will
ever beg again.
Thank You
Almighty God.
In Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
Amen.
Who got
the biggest miracle tonight?
Shout the biggest hallelujah.