The least expected friends of Jesus


The capture of Christ (detail)

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The least expected friends of Jesus

“This man has done nothing wrong.”  Luke 23:41

 

 

Finally someone is defending Jesus. Peter fled. The disciples hid. The Jews accused. Pilate washed his hands. Many could have spoken on behalf of Jesus, but none did. Until now.

Kind words from the lips of a thief. He makes his request. “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom” (Luke 23:42).

The Saviour turns his heavy head toward the prodigal child and promises, “Today you will be with me in paradise(Luke 23:43).

 

 

 

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

Glorious Generation 2 (Sermon Note)


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Glorious Generation 2 (Sermon Note)

 

 

 

 

Text: 1 Peter 2:9

 

 

 

 

 

Introduction

Our God is glorious, excellent, beautiful, superb, majestic Exodus 15:11. We are His offspring; His Chosen generation. We must be glorious like Him, in excellence, beauty, radiance, achievements. To achieve this, we must be a generation with vision. We must set goals and achieve them. Proverbs 29:18.

 

 

  1. 1.      What is your goal in life?

To answer this, we need to answer some other questions: – Who am I, what is my deepest dream in life. To fulfil my dream, what do I need to do? Why is it important to me? Does God approve of it? How and when should I embark on it? What is the ultimate picture I see in the future? When I attain that ultimate dream, what next? Judges 11:1-10, 1 Chronicles 4:9-10; Proverbs 14:12; Ecclesiastes 11:4.

Biblical example of goal setters are Nehemiah, Paul, Daniel, Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to mention but a few. Nehemiah 2:3-5, Daniel 6;3; Philippians 3:13-14; 2 Corinthians 11:23-33; Acts 20:24, 2 Timothy 4:7-8, Matthew 18:11; John 4:34; John 17:4

 

  1. 2.      Pitfalls in achieving our goals

Sin, laziness, wrong association and friendship, procrastination, slothfulness and mediocrity. Psalms 1:1-6; Proverbs 21:25; Proverbs 13:20; Romans 6:1; Hebrews 12:1-2.

 

  1. 3.      To achieve your goals you need valuable people

You need mentors, connectors, grounders, Godly counsellors. Above all you need God’s grace and mercies. Acts 9:26-27; Proverbs 11:14; Jeremiah 33:3; Ephesians 1:17-18.

 

  1. 4.      Success is not cheap

Success is not cheap neither is it easy. Don’t give up. If you fail, try again. Winners never quit. 2 Corinthians 11:23-33; Phil 4:13; Luke 1:37

Conclusion

We must shine in our generation. In our places of work, in school, in ministry, business, we must shine because we are chosen, we are royalty, we are peculiar, if we shine, then we bring glory to God Who has called us into His marvellous light.

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

Sermon By Pastor E A Adeboye. September 2012 RCCG Holy Ghost Service. “A GLORIOUS GENERATION.”


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Sermon By Pastor E. A Adeboye, September 2012 RCCG Holy Ghost Service “A GLORIOUS GENERATION”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now let’s lift out hands to the Almighty God and bless His holy name, let’s give Him honour, let’s give Him adoration, bless His holy name, He is worthy to be adored, He is worthy to be magnified, praise Him.

 

 

 

 

 

Bless Him, lift Him high, give Him glory, give Him honour, and give Him adoration. That He has brought us thus far; let us praise His holy name, magnify His holy name.

As we begin our new church year. Let us praise Him, let us magnify Him.

Let’s bless Him for what he did last month, let’s bless Him for what he did in the past church year. Give Him glory, give Him honour, give Him adoration.

He is worthy to be praised, He is worthy to be adored, He is worthy to be magnified. Praise Him, praise the King of kings and the Lord of Lords. Bless the ancient of days, He is worthy to be praised, He is worthy, praise Him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Give Him glory, give Him honour, there is no one like Him, magnify His holy name. Thank You Jesus! You are worthy to be praised, you are worthy to be adored, you are worthy to be magnified. You are a wonderful God, blessed be your holy name. In Jesus mighty name we have worshiped.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lift your voice to Him and say Father, make all things new for me today; new health, new strength, new fruitfulness, new joy, new success, new anointing, even a closer walk with you….In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lift your voice to Him and say Father, in this new church year let me keep climbing higher every day… in Jesus mighty name we have prayed.

Lift your voice to Him and say Father, don’t let me ever return to the valley. don’t let me ever go down, you have moved me out of the valley am on my way to the top, Almighty God don’t let me ever go down… in Jesus mighty name we have prayed.

I want you to pray this with all your heart (all of you who are here and those of you who are listening, either by television or through the internet, pray this prayer with all your heart) say Father, before the end of this month, let there be a shout of joy in my home… in Jesus mighty name we have prayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glory be to God in the highest, amen 2ce

For his mercy endures forever amen 2ce

Glory be to God in the highest, amen 2ce

For his mercy endures forever amen 2ce

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alpha, Omega, the Beginning, the Ending, the One who is, the One who was, the One who is to come, the Ancient of days, our Help in ages past, our Hope for years to come.

The Rock of ages himself, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Holy one of Israel, the Unchangeable Lord, the Unchangeable changer, the One who has no beginning who has no ending, the all Sufficient God.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saviour, Healer, Deliverer, Provider, Almighty God, Wonderful, Counsellor, Almighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of peace.

Glory be to your holy name. Accept our worship in Jesus name. There is no one like you; you are greater than the greatest, you are better than the best, you are higher than the highest, you are older than the oldest, you are wiser than the wisest, you are richer than the richest, when you open no man can shut, when you shut no man can open.

Glory be to your name forever more, glory be to your name oh Lord, accept our worship in Jesus name.

Father tonight, many of your children are gathered here; many are trusting you for the fruit of the womb. This very month answer them in Jesus name.

Change their sorrow to joy in Jesus name, open their wombs in Jesus name, and everyone of us here and those who are listening to us, across the world, in a way that only you can do it meet all our needs, answer all our prayers by fire, and let our joy overflow, thank you Almighty God, in Jesus mighty name we have prayed.

Let someone shout halleluiah!

Tonight we want to talk about the glorious generation Luke 1 v 13 – 17

But the Angel said unto him, “fear not Zachariah, for thy prayer is heard (God will hear the prayer of somebody today) and thy wife Elizabeth shall bare thee a son, and thy shall call his name John. And thou shall have joy and gladness.

And many shall rejoice at his birth for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord; and he shall drink neither wine nor strong drink, and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost even from his mother’s womb. And many of the children of Israel shall return to the Lord their God.

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the heart of the father to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

Glorious generation, what is the meaning of glory? The word glory is difficult to define, except you define it by finding out what it is not. So we will turn to the book of Proverbs 3 v 35 where the Bible says the wise shall inherit glory, but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Since fools happen to be the opposite of the wise, then shame is the opposite of glory.

That is why I am believing God for everyone of you here tonight, anything call shame shall become a stranger to you.

Glory is the opposite of shame. The ingredients of shame, those things that combine one way or the other to produce shame could be; bondage, curses, reproach, failure, defeat and so on and so forth.

So the ingredients of glory therefore will be things like anointing, blessings, honor, success, victory etc. All these are ingredients of glory.

And when you go through the scriptures you will find a certain a generation, when we talk about a generation we are talking about a group of people having the same characteristic.

When you go through the scripture you will find shameful children, like Cain; the original murderer, children like Esau; who sold his birth right just for a plate of food, children like Gehazi; who had an opportunity to become the most powerful prophet in history but decided to exchange that for a little bit of money, children like Judas Iscariot; who for a thirty piece of silver he trade his Lord, they form a generation, they belong to one group.

That is why you don’t find people naming there children; Cain, or Esau or Gehazi who happens to be the father of all lepers or Judas Iscariot, people don’t like those names.

But when you go through the scripture you will also find another generation, a glorious generations; and you will begin to hear names like Isaac, Joseph, Samson, Samuel, John.

And you find if you mention those names, if I just say is anybody here who is Isaac? You will find many hands. Why? Because this are a glorious generation.

These children, who are in the glorious generation section, have certain characteristics in common, they are all anointed, they all blessed, they are successful, they are all vessels unto honour in the hands of God, they are all victorious.

But they also have one thing in common; all of them where born by parents who had to wait, their parents were originally considered barren before God opened there wombs and out came this glorious generation.

So I have good news for those of you who are here tonight, trusting God for the fruit of the womb. Out of your womb will come a glorious generation.

Let me take some of the characteristics so that you will know what to expect, the children that are going to be born to you, are not going to be ordinary children, they are going to be special, they are going to be a glorious generation.

Every child in the glorious generation group is anointed; take Joseph Genesis 37 v 5 -11 you will find that even when he was young, he was already receiving divine revelations; fantastic dreams of greatness that is almost beyond human comprehension.

But by the time you get to Genesis 40 v 5 – 22… You will discover that he wasn’t just receiving generation for himself he could even interpret the dreams of others. And by the time you get to Genesis 41 v 25 -38 even Pharaoh an Idol worshipping kings said “can we find a man like this; in whom there is the spirit of the Holy God”. Joseph was anointed.

Take Samson as another example, Judges 13 v 2-5 tells us that he was even anointed from the mother’s womb that before he was born at all the anointing of God was already on him, he was so anointed that when Lion came his way, he tore it into two.

In Judges 15 v 14-16 when the enemy came trying to destroy, the anointing on him was so mighty he was able to destroy a thousand of them.

Or shall we talk about Samuel; still talking about anointed children, we found in 1Samuel 10 v 1 we found that only was Samuel anointed, he was so anointed that he could anointing a king.

Anyone he pours oil upon became a king; in fact he was so anointed that his dress carries tremendous power.

1 Samuel 15 v 25- 29, he turned to go and the king took his dress and the dress torn and he said because you tore my dress, your kingdom is torn away from you. That is the kind of anointing!

So the kind of children you are to expect from this meeting tonight will be highly anointed children.

The children in the glorious generation are blessed children; take Joseph for example in Genesis 39 v 2 -3 the Bible tells us that whatever he touched prospers.

He was so bless that when he came into a house, blessing came into that house.

I want to prophesy to those of you who are trusting God for the fruit of the womb, the baby you are going to bring forth less than one year from now, will bring tremendous blessings to your family.

Or shall we take Isaac, another one of the glorious generation, in Genesis 22 v 15-18 God said I swear, concerning you Abraham I will bless you, but concerning Isaac; I will multiply him, that is the only place in the scripture you will find swearing, in other words he is saying this blessing will never be reversed.

The children that will come out of tonight session will be irreversible blessed in Jesus name.

Thank you Lord!

The Lord says there is a woman here tonight, he said I have spoken to your womb, and it will obey me.

The children in this generation are vessels unto honour in the hand of God, not a single one of these children in the glorious generation was a useless child.

You know there are people who come into this world; they come, they eat, they go to work, they die and that’s all. After they are gone nobody remember them. But some people come into the world and they change the world for the better.

Every child that will be born as a result of tonight’s meeting will be a world changer in Jesus name.

Take Joseph for example in Genesis 50 v 19 -20 he said God use me to preserve the world. At a time when the world as at that time would have perished, God raised up a young man called Joseph who brought preservation to a whole group of people, his family own as well as the whole world.

What about Samuel in 1 Samuel 23 v 19-21 the Bible said because of Samuel God began to appear again in Shiloh, there was a restoration of the presence of God, there was revival.

I am prophesying tonight, that among the children that will be born as a result of tonight’s gathering will be world evangelist in Jesus name.

What about John the Baptist, in John 1 v 19 -23 he described himself as a voice in the wilderness calling on people to prepare the way of the Lord and to make his way straight. A voice!

Am believing God for all of you who are here today that out of your womb will be boys and girls that will be voice to the whole world.

All the children in the glorious generation were successful, not a single failure among them. Isaac in Genesis 26 v 12 -14 was so successful he became the envy of a whole nation.

The whole nation envied him! Joseph, in Genesis 41 v 39-44 became the Prime minister of Egypt. Pharaoh said behold I am pharaoh, only in the throne will I be greater than you, apart from that nobody will be able to do anything without your permission. That is success!

The Lord asks me to tell someone here to shout the biggest halleluiah! You have ever shouted,

the Lord says that mouth has just shouted halleluiah to Him, Will soon be filled with praise and laughter.

In Matthew 11 v 11 we find that John the Baptist

The Lord ask me to assure all of you who are here tonight, he said none of the children conceived this month will be retarded.

In Matthew 11 v 11 the Lord Jesus Christ testified concerning John the Baptist and said of all the children born of a woman in the Old Testament, he said there has never been anyone greater than John the Baptist.

I decree to all of you who are here tonight, that your children will be great, they will be greater than you, and they will be number one among their own generation.

The Lord ask me to tell you the choir, he said he enjoyed your ministration tonight.

But then there is a section of these children born in this glorious generation and that is very important and that is the fact that they are all victorious.

This so important because it will bring encouragement to all of us because every child that is born in this glorious generation is victorious one way or the other.

There are victorious over hopelessness, for example in Genesis 18 v 9-14 when God said to Abraham, that Sarah was going to have a son in nine month, Sarah laughed because she thought the situation was hopeless, but the Almighty God who could have said alright because you laughed I cancelled what I have said, did not change his mind, he says you can laugh as much as you like, Isaac will be born.

All of you who consider your situation hopeless, I have good news for you today, in the name that is above every other names, your Isaac will be born.

There is no hopeless case with God, none at all. Jeremiah 32 v 37 says behold I am the God of all flesh, is anything too hard for me?

The Lord says the fellow that he is talking to will understand, he says that yoke is broken tonight.

In Genesis 37 v 1 – 10 the Bible tells us that the Almighty God cause dry bone to live again, it wasn’t just dead bodies it was dry bones and the bible says they were very dry and yet the Almighty God caused hi servant to prophecy and the dry bones came back to live again.

The God who can make dry bone live again can take care of your situation, because even if they say your womb is already dried at least it is not yet dead, and even if they say it is dead.

There is someone who has the power of the resurrection, and that power is going to work for you tonight in Jesus name.

Daddy asks me to tell his people tonight, I will reverse the irreversible.

Even if we stop at this stage and we go home, I believe the job is already done.

The children of this glorious generation are children who overcame doubt, when their parents doubted, God gave hem victory over the doubt.

When the man of God spoke in 2 king 4 v 8 -17 to the Shunamite woman and said you are going to have a son The woman said man of God don’t deceive me, it is too late, but the Almighty God said well whether you doubted me or not, I will do what I will do.

We are not belittling the part of faith, the bible says the just shall live by faith, four times God repeated himself in the bible, ‘the just shall live by faith’ but the same God said in Isaiah 43 v 13 he said I will walk who will let, in order word, I will work who will hinder me?

The Almighty God said when I have decided to do something, who are you to stop me?

Every force that may be whispering to you now saying that you are not going to have your own children, the Lord will silence them tonight.

The Bible says clearly in Psalm 33 v 8-9, let the whole earth fear before the Lord, because he spoke and it is done. If God speaks, it doesn’t matter who is doubting, the word of the Lord shall come to past. In Psalm 33 v 11 the Bible says the counsel of the Lord shall stand.

I remember the testimony of one of my sons, he came with his wife he says Daddy pray for us, we are trusting God for the fruit of the womb, that was several years ago. I said what do you want the sex of the child to be?

He looked at me and said “I asked you to pray for us, you have not even prayed you are asking” I said what sex do you want? Then he said “ok a boy”. So I said get ready for a boy.

When he was sharing his testimony he said he left disappointed, because he had thought we will shake and jump up a little bit before the prayer can be answered.

I prophecy to someone here tonight, In the name that is above every other name, whatever sex you want, girl or boy or a set of twins even if you want a triplet receive now in Jesus name.

Children in the glorious generation are victors over doubt; they are also victors over mockers, in Genesis 21 v 1 – 6 Sarah told us that there must have been some people mocking her, who would have thought that Sarah would bear a child that is why she called the name of the children laughter.

There are many of us who have been mocked in the past, but Psalm 115 v 1 – 3 tells us clearly that there might be people who will say where is your God? But then God will tell them I am in heaven and I do as I please.

Everyone who has been asking where is your God, before one year from this moment, they will gather to celebrate with you in Jesus name.

The Lord said there is a woman here; he said the man who has been molesting in your dream will never return.

Daddy says there is a man here tonight, he asked me to tell you, your potency shall be fully restored.

Thank you father, the Lord said there is someone here tonight, he said by this time next year, you will already be in the club of the fruitful.

The Lord said there is someone one here tonight, he said those who deserted you will return to bless you.

Glorious generation, a generation on victors, victorious over enemy known and unknown, many at times when people find themselves in this kind of situation that they have to wait a long time before fruitfulness, it is usually because of an enemy; it could be as a result of an enemy within, it could be an enemy without.

There could be an enemy within, cooperating with an enemy without as you find in the case of Samson in judges 15 v 11- 14. It is the relatives of Samson that handed him over to the Philistine before the Almighty God moved in.

I have told you several stories before, I have told you the story of a woman, but for the sake of those of you who are new just to encourage you that it doesn’t even matter that if the enemy is within, God will take care of that also.

If the enemy is without, God will take care of that also.

Some of you will remember the story of a woman; she got married and she was happy, then one day the mother in law came from the market with a loaf of bread and gave it to the young wife and said eat this and use it and use it to block your womb.

The lady said what kind of joke is this, but innocently she took the bread and ate. And from that day onward, she ceases to menstruate.

Until one day the Almighty God decided to send us to a particular town to hold a program, and she heard that we were coming so she began to fast, that at least that particular program will bring an end to her problem.

The day we were to arrive, she slept in the afternoon and had a dream. In the dream she saw some people dressed like doctors, they came in they laid her on a table operated her, opened her belly and began to pull out a rope, she saw them pulling out a rope and at the end of the rope there was something like a loaf of bread black and they put that thing with the rope in a basin, sowed her back and left.

And then she woke up! When she woke up, she woke up trembling but them she noticed that the bed was wet with blood that she was menstruating again.

Whatever the enemy has planted in you that is causing your delay shall be uprooted tonight in Jesus name.

Am sure you know the rest of the story, soon after she became pregnant. The last time I heard from her, if I remember correctly, she already had five children..

Whatever the enemy has stolen from you shall be fully restored tonight in Jesus name.

But now let me spend some time talking to the parent, the parents of the glorious generation, they too have certain characteristics that we need to mention, for example take Abraham, the father of Isaac

The Lord said there is someone here tonight; he said a bright light is going to shine into your home this month.

The Lord said there is someone here tonight; he said the word excellent will be frequently used to describe you and yours.

The Lord said there is someone here tonight; he said before the end of this year, you will sing;

Glory, glory, halleluiah! Glory, glory praise the Lord,

Glory, glory halleluiah! Glory, glory praise the Lord.

That is settled in Jesus name.

Genesis 15 v 3-6 tells us that when God told Abraham that he was going to be the father of many nations, he believed God.

The father of the one, who is going to be part of the Glorious generation, must be a man of faith.

What about the wife who is going to produce this child that will be in the glorious generation, Genesis 18 v 12 the bible shows us clearly that Sarah calls Abraham my Lord.

Submissive wife! The wife who honoured her husband, to the extent that she called him my Lord, still reading the same Genesis 18 v 1 – 14 the brother who took the offering this evening, mentioned something along this line.

Those who will be parent of this glorious generation must be feeders of God. Those who feed God, now you may think that means those who give offerings, that might be true but it goes deeper than that.

God is not interested in pounded yam, he is not interested in rice or any other food.

His food is to win souls. To do the will of Him that sent me and to finish his work. To win the world to him, that is the meat he wants.

Anyone who is going to be a parent of a glorious generation must be a soul winner, take my word for it. And so if you really mean business that you want to be part of the people who will produce this glorious generation from this moment onward you will take soul wining as a matter of life and death because it is.

What are the characteristic of those who will bring forth this glorious generation: I Samuel 1 v 1-3 the Bible tells us clearly that Elkanah the father of Samuel was a worshipper of God, a committed worshipper of God.

The father of one of these children must be a committed worshipper of God.

I have observed many times that when it comes to worshipping God women are in the fore front, may the Almighty God bless the women.

You can watch us on the altar here, when the music is going on and things are wonderfully going on, you will see the women standing up to dance.

Maybe the men thought that because I am not standing up is a sign to them that they should seat down but they are making a mistake, because the reason why I remain seated is because I am going to stand for a long time.

And many times whether you believe it or not, when I have to come and preach because of several days of fasting, travelling from my seat the altar here takes a lot of strength and energy. It is only that as soon as I get here power comes.

So I seat down reserving the little energy that I have left, so that I have enough energy to work from my seat to the altar, I know once I get to the altar the rest is settled.

I remembered what God said tonight, he said “he was pleased with the choirs tonight”.

I am sure he was also pleased with those who joined them in worshipping him, that one is clear. So I want to encourage you brothers, from now on don’t let the women beat us, lets beat them, we can dance, can’t we? Let the men shout hallelujah!

Elkanah was a committed worshipper of God; don’t forget God says he is seeking for worshipper.

He said God is a spirit they that worship Him, shall worship Him in truth and in Spirit, for the Father seeketh such to worship Him.

Don’t tell me; we are men, we are big so big men should dance gently.

Why don’t you ask David, he was king, he danced until his belly came out of his garment, and that is why the Almighty God said David I promise you there will always be someone from your family on the throne, just because he praised God. Let’s begin to take worshipping God seriously.

And then in 1 Samuel 1 v 12 -13 look at Hannah, the mother of Samuel, while the husband was a committed worshipper, Hannah was a prayer warrior.

Hannah could pray, she prayed so much that even the priest noticed her. When we read these things in the Bible, many at times we don’t get the full impact because we don’t know the details. When people go to Shiloh it is like when people come to our convention.

In Shiloh in those days, the whole nation will gather in one place to worship God, I imagine one person praying in that great crowd and the man of God noticed her. Imagine someone praying in this crowd that the General Overseer would notice her that must have been some serious prayer.

Hannah was a prayer warrior, tonight we are going to have an opportunity to pray, when that time comes I beseech all of us let us pray like we have never prayed before, because even a dead person can feel the presence of God.

God is here tonight, do you believe that? Let me hear your amen loud and clear!

Who is going to be a parent of a child that will belong to the glorious generation? he must be a covenant keeper.

In 1 Samuel 1 v 9- 11, Hannah promised God; she said give me a son and I will give him back to you. In 1samuel 1 v 24-28 she fulfilled her vow, she didn’t say well I have only this one, maybe when I he gives me one I will give him. So let me keep this one, she fulfilled her vow. Covenant keepers!

In Psalm 51 v 15 David said open thou my lips and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. I will want to encourage all of us who are trusting God for one breakthrough or the other, this time am not just talking to those trusting God for the fruit of the womb, let us make this night a covenant night.

A night when we say to the Almighty God and say you solve this problem in my life, the world will hear. You do this for me, I will tell everyone, and then make sure you keep your own side of the covenant because our God is a covenant keeping God.

Finally, those who will produce children that will belong to the glorious generation must be pure, they must be holy, and they must be blameless. Luke 1 v 5 -6 the Bible tells us concerning Zachariah and Elizabeth he said in all things they were blameless.

I have said it before and I keep on repeating it, if you want a miracle and you still don’t want to live holy, then what you want is not a miracle, what you want is magic.

Go to the devil the devil can give you magic. But if you want a miracle from a Holy God you must be prepared to live holy, he said you cannot expect to live in sin and expect grace to abound, God forbid.

You cannot be committing adultery and expect the Almighty God to answer your prayer for the fruit of the womb.

How many times will I tell you the story of the one who said she wanted a child, she came and we prayed and she came back and said nothing happened? I said what’s happening? You prayed and nothing happened?

And God said ask her how many boyfriends ha s she besides the husband and she said six. Only six! One husband 6 boyfriend, if God were to answer her prayer how would we know who is the father?

Anyone who wants a miracle from God must be willing to live holy. When we talk about fruitfulness, we are not just talking about the fruit of the womb, we can be talk about fruitfulness in your place of work, we can be talking about fruitfulness in your business, we can be talk about fruitfulness in your ministry, fruitiness in several areas.

Fruitfulness in Academic; it is one thing to study, is it another thing to pass, I have been a student before so I know; I know it is possible to be a very good student and study very hard and get to the examination hall and blank out.

I know because it has happened to me before, I have never been a poor student by any standard, I remember one occasion clearly, I had study very hard and I know the subject.

I got to the examination hall, it was eight questions answer any five, I read the first , the second, the third, the eight and there is not a single one I could recognize, I was about to pick up my answer sheet and walk out of the hall, when something said to me seat down.

And I wasn’t even born again then, but God who knew the future decided to be merciful unto me. Seat down and I sat down. I just sat down there, then suddenly I read the question again, I said I know this one, I remember clearly I was to answer five question, I answered all eight and I wrote at the top, mark any five.

It is possible to be barren academically; it is possible to be fruitful academically. You can be fruitful in several areas of your life but you require holiness, when it is time to pray and we are crying to God, God make me fruitful, don’t think that prayer applies to those who are trusting God for the fruit of the womb.

There are areas of your life too where you can be fruitful and am praying to God that this night will be the beginning of fruitfulness for all of us in Jesus name.

So before we begin to pray, let’s give an opportunity to those who have not giving their lives to Jesus Christ before.

If you are here tonight and you have not yet surrendered your life to Jesus and you want to do so, you want to say bye, bye to a life of sin, so that the Almighty God can give you a new beginning. So that your prayer can begin to receive instant answers come quickly.

Come and give your life to Jesus Christ, he will save your soul, he will wash away your sins, he will give you a new beginning and then your prayers will begin to go unhindered. All the years you have been leaving in sin, what is the result? What can you show for it?

Come let Jesus save your soul and give you a new beginning.

His blood Cleanses from all sins, it doesn’t matter how many sins you have committed in the past, when you come to him; surrender to him, his blood will wash away every sin.

That is what the word of God says, no matter how you have been in the past, there is still power mighty in his blood.

Those of us in the front, talk to the Lord, ask him to save for your soul, ask him to be merciful unto you, ask him to forgive your sins. Promise him from now on you will serve him and him alone. The rest of us lets stretch our hands towards these people and pray for them; pray that God Almighty will forgive them their sins, pray that God Almighty will wipe away all their sins in his blood, pray that God will give them a brand new beginning.

Pray that God Almighty who saved your soul will save their souls also…. In Jesus mighty name we have prayed, pray for them brethren.

….in Jesus mighty name we have prayed.

Almighty God I want to thank you for your word, I want to thank you on behalf of everyone of us tonight for speaking to us I want to thank you for this your children who have come forward to surrender their lives unto you, father on behalf of everyone of us accept my thanks in Jesus name.

Father you promised that whosoever come unto you, you will in no wise cast out, father these people have come unto you, receive them in Jesus name.

Including those who are surrendering their lives unto you even in their living room watching the program on television or watching the program on the internet, everyone of the save their souls tonight in Jesus name.

Let your blood wipes away their sins in Jesus name, write their names in the book of life in Jesus name. and from this moment onward as you are removing the sins that have been blocking the way to their prayers Whenever they call on you answer them by fire, please don’t let them go back into the world, let them serve you for the rest of their lives.

Give them a brand new beginning, in Jesus mighty name we have prayed. Amen.

Am rejoicing with you because by the grace of God from now on I will be praying for you and by the special grace of God you will begin to receive miracles, miracles you are not even asking for, God will begin to release them unto you and then will know there must be somebody somewhere praying for you.

All the miracles you didn’t even ask for will come to you…. So am going to need your name, your address and your prayer request http://www.rccghome.org

Keep clapping as they go, there is nothing glorious in holiness.

There is something special about clapping for the Lord I will just tell you a story so that next time when we ask you to clap, you will do so with all your might.

Several years ago, we went to Otukpo to start our church there and there was this group of school children and it was time to praise God and they began to clap, and those people know how to clap.

I was going to speak on Divine Healing and they praise God so much that for the first time in my life I got to the altar and I forgot what to say, I just remember the text was Luke 1 v 37, for with God nothing shall be impossible.

But every other thing I wanted to say I couldn’t remember but then all of a sudden in the crowd I saw something going on, I looked from where I was standing in the crowd and I saw that the circle was whitening around that place.

I have not spoken about Holy Ghost baptism, it was not in the program, they were just praising God when the Holy Spirit came down and one by one they began to kneel down speaking in tongues.

Amen! Nobody talked about the Holy Spirit baptism but the Almighty God came down himself to baptize them in the Holy Spirit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prayer Points

  1. Praise God for everything he has already done for you in the past, for what he will yet do for you in the future
  2. You will say father, because glory is the opposite of shame, eradicate shame in my life.
  3. Father, let my life declares your glory in everything.
  4. Father, please make me abundantly fruitful in every facet of my life; physically, maritally, spiritually, materially. Just make me abundantly fruitful
  5. Father, please use me and all my children and those of you who are trusting god for the fruit of the womb, pray that prayer too because they are coming soon, mightily for your glory.
  6. Father, please make me and all mine absolutely victorious.
  7. Father, please don’t let me and mine ever know failure again.
  8. Father, please pour fresh anointing on me and all my children including those yet to be born.
  9. Father, let my entire future be glorious
  10. Father, all those who are her tonight believing you for fruitfulness, answer them this month.
  11. Personal request.

The prayer is for one hour, cry to God, forget everybody else…. in Jesus mighty name we have prayed.

Physically you will be fruitful, mentally you will be fruitful, materially you will be fruitful, you and your children will be used for God, every member of your family will be victorious.

You will never know failure again, the Almighty God will pour fresh anointing on you, fresh anointing on your children, fresh anointing on those to be yet born.

Your future will be glorious, in your home this month there will be shout of joy, everything you have ask from God tonight he will do for you.

Your testimony shall be marvellous, you will be a great soul winner for Jesus Christ, whether the devil likes it or not, you will be partakers of the glorious generation.

So shall it be in Jesus mighty name we have prayed.

If you receive that let me hear you shout halleluiah.

 

 

 

 

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

According To Your Faith Be It Unto You


Anointing of Jesus

According To Your Faith Be It Unto You

Read: Hebrews 11:6

 

 

 

 

 

And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying,
and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us. And when he was
come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto
them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea,
Lord. Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be
it unto you

Matthew 9:27-29

 

 

 

 

 

The blind men and the people who heard them crying understood that
Jesus was anointed, that He had God’s power on Him. They also
understood that He was the Son of God. Yet, Jesus did not lay hands on
them and say, “I know you’re healed, because I touched you and I’m
anointed.”

Jesus’ anointing had the power to remove every burden and destroy every
yoke. His anointing was enough to cause them to be healed. But, He laid
hands on them and said, “According to your faith, be it done to you.”

Although God’s power is present, although His anointing is there to
heal you or to make you rich, nothing will happen unless your faith
meets the anointing. You cannot do anything in the kingdom of God or
receive anything from the kingdom of God without faith.

For Without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

2 Timothy 3. Perilous Times Shall Come. Dangerous Times Are Coming. The Last Days


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2 Timothy 3. Perilous Times Shall Come. Dangerous Times Are Coming. The Last Days

NLT- New Living Translation

1You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times.
2For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred.
3They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good.
4They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God.
5They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!

6They are the kind who work their way into people’s homes and win the confidence of* vulnerable women who are burdened with the guilt of sin and controlled by various desires.
7(Such women are forever following new teachings, but they are never able to understand the truth.)
8These teachers oppose the truth just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses. They have depraved minds and a counterfeit faith.
9But they won’t get away with this for long. Someday everyone will recognize what fools they are, just as with Jannes and Jambres.

10But you, Timothy, certainly know what I teach, and how I live, and what my purpose in life is. You know my faith, my patience, my love, and my endurance.
11You know how much persecution and suffering I have endured. You know all about how I was persecuted in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra—but the Lord rescued me from all of it.
12Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
13But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will deceive others and will themselves be deceived.

14But you must remain faithful to the things you have been taught. You know they are true, for you know you can trust those who taught you.
15You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus.
16All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.
17God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

Get your eyes off yourself and your problems and get them onto Jesus. Put your faith in Him; He will not let you down


English: Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey

English: Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Get your eyes off yourself and your problems and get them onto Jesus. Put your faith in Him; He will not let you down.

Prayer!

 

 

 

 

 

Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
John 11:41-42

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jesus-the only perfect man-prayed consistently. He prayed to give God thanks and He prayed when He was afraid (Luke 22:42-44). We should follow His example and pray continuously as well.

Philippians 4:6 says, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” When we pray, we open the door for God to work within us and in our lives. He promises to give us what we need. Matthew 7:7 says, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” God can’t make you enter into His kingdom, but He can stand at the door and knock.

Peter walked on the water until his focus turned away from Jesus to himself. As long as he kept his eyes on Jesus he did not sink. When he looked at his circumstances he started to sink.

Get your eyes off yourself and your problems and get them onto Jesus. Put your faith in Him; He will not let you down.

Further Reading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

If death comes today, will you be prepared to meet God?


English: Resurrection of Christ

English: Resurrection of Christ (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

If death comes today, will you be prepared to meet God?

 

 

 

 

 

Culled from: http://www.odb.org

 

 

 

 

 

Be Prepared!

 

READ: Romans 5:1-11

 

Having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. —Romans 5:9

 

 

 

 

 

Just as her friends were doing, my daughter Melissa was busily preparing for adulthood. At school, she was getting ready for college by taking the right courses and had signed up for the ACT college entrance test.

Outside of class, Melissa was learning the socialization skills it takes to get along with people by spending time with friends, classmates, and teammates. At her job, she was learning the relational skills needed for a future career of work. At home, Mell was preparing for future family life by experiencing the way a Christian family would interact.

Getting ready for life as an adult takes work, and Melissa was making good progress.

But none of that preparation was what she would need. In 2002, when she died in a car accident at age 17, the only preparation that mattered was her readiness for heaven.

When the truest test of preparedness came so suddenly on that beautiful June evening—when eternity’s door opened for Melissa—she was prepared. She had put her faith in Jesus and trusted His sacrifice on the cross for her sins (John 3:16; Rom. 5:8-9).

When she faced the ultimate test of being prepared, Melissa was ready. Are you? —Dave Branon

God’s time is now, for the days fly fast,
And swiftly the seasons roll;
Today is yours, it may be your last;
Choose life for your priceless soul! —Fithian

 

 

 

 

 

If death comes today, will you be prepared to meet God?

 

 

 

 

 

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

John 1. The Word was God. Christ The Eternal Word


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John 1. The Word was God. Christ The Eternal Word

1In the beginning the Word already existed.

The Word was with God,

and the Word was God.

2He existed in the beginning with God.

3God created everything through him,

and nothing was created except through him.

4The Word gave life to everything that was created,*

and his life brought light to everyone.

5The light shines in the darkness,

and the darkness can never extinguish it.*

6God sent a man, John the Baptist,*

7to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.

8John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the light.

9The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

10He came into the very world he created, but the world didn’t recognize him.

11He came to his own people, and even they rejected him.

12But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.

13They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.

14So the Word became human* and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness.* And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.

15John testified about him when he shouted to the crowds, “This is the one I was talking about when I said, `Someone is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before me.'”

16From his abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another.*

17For the law was given through Moses, but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ.

18No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God,* is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us.

19This was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Temple assistants* from Jerusalem to ask John, “Who are you?”

20He came right out and said, “I am not the Messiah.”

21″Well then, who are you?” they asked. “Are you Elijah?”

“No,” he replied.

“Are you the Prophet we are expecting?”*

“No.”

22″Then who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you have to say about yourself?”

23John replied in the words of the prophet Isaiah:

“I am a voice shouting in the wilderness,

`Clear the way for the LORD’s coming!'”*

24Then the Pharisees who had been sent

25asked him, “If you aren’t the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet, what right do you have to baptize?”

26John told them, “I baptize with* water, but right here in the crowd is someone you do not recognize.

27Though his ministry follows mine, I’m not even worthy to be his slave and untie the straps of his sandal.”

28This encounter took place in Bethany, an area east of the Jordan River, where John was baptizing.

29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

30He is the one I was talking about when I said, `A man is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before me.’

31I did not recognize him as the Messiah, but I have been baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel.”

32Then John testified, “I saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and resting upon him.

33I didn’t know he was the one, but when God sent me to baptize with water, he told me, `The one on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

34I saw this happen to Jesus, so I testify that he is the Chosen One of God.*”

35The following day John was again standing with two of his disciples.

36As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and declared, “Look! There is the Lamb of God!”

37When John’s two disciples heard this, they followed Jesus.

38Jesus looked around and saw them following. “What do you want?” he asked them.

They replied, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”

39″Come and see,” he said. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon when they went with him to the place where he was staying, and they remained with him the rest of the day.

40Andrew, Simon Peter‘s brother, was one of these men who heard what John said and then followed Jesus.

41Andrew went to find his brother, Simon, and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means “Christ”*).

42Then Andrew brought Simon to meet Jesus. Looking intently at Simon, Jesus said, “Your name is Simon, son of John—but you will be called Cephas” (which means “Peter”*).

43The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come, follow me.”

44Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s hometown.

45Philip went to look for Nathanael and told him, “We have found the very person Moses* and the prophets wrote about! His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth.”

46″Nazareth!” exclaimed Nathanael. “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”

“Come and see for yourself,” Philip replied.

47As they approached, Jesus said, “Now here is a genuine son of Israel—a man of complete integrity.”

48″How do you know about me?” Nathanael asked.

Jesus replied, “I could see you under the fig tree before Philip found you.”

49Then Nathanael exclaimed, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God—the King of Israel!”

50Jesus asked him, “Do you believe this just because I told you I had seen you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.”

51Then he said, “I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God going up and down on the Son of Man, the one who is the stairway between heaven and earth.

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

Let us not place our hope in winning a “jackpot or lottery,” but our hope must remain in Christ, who gives us the power to get wealth


English: The Last Supper of Jesus Christ

English: The Last Supper of Jesus Christ (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Let us not place our hope in winning a “jackpot or lottery,” but our hope must remain in Christ, who gives us the power to get wealth

Beloved of God!

As we embark upon the holiest time in the Christian Church calendar, I pray that
our focus today is on the goodness, grace and mercy of God and not on the $540+
million lottery. While the scripture does not say, “thou shall not gamble,” there
are numerous scriptures that point to God’s methods for wealth creation: Deuteronomy
8:18; Proverbs 6:6-8; Proverbs 13:11; Proverbs 21:5, 20; Proverbs 28:20; and Malachi
3:10-11.
Numerous studies have proven that the lottery system is supported by the
poorest communities in our nation. Those who can least afford to spend $10 – $40
per week on tickets are the very ones who comprise the bulk of ticket sales. Therefore,
winners of these lotteries are in essence reaping their sudden wealth from the poorest
members of our society. If we were asked today to stand in line for hours to share
the Gospel of Christ, how would we respond? Saints, let us not place our hope in
winning a “jackpot,” but our hope must remain in Christ. It is unequivocally, the
greatest and most rewarding investment that we will ever make.

 

 

 

 

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

Matthew 18:21-22 – LORD how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me?


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Matthew 18:21-22 – LORD how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me?

“Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, ‘Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother
or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?’ Jesus answered, ‘I tell you,
not seven times, but seventy-seven times.'” Matthew 18:21-22

 

 

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!