Simply Trusting Jesus Every day. Hymn


Trust Jesus

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Simply Trusting Jesus Every day. Hymn

  1. Simply trusting every day;
    Trusting through a stormy way;
    Even when my faith is small,
    Trusting Jesus, that is all.

    • Trusting as the moments fly,
      Trusting as the days go by,
      Trusting Him, whatever befall,
      Trusting Jesus, that is all.
  1. Brightly doth His Spirit shine
    Into this poor heart of mine;
    While He leads I cannot fall,
    Trusting Jesus, that is all.
  1. Singing if my way be clear,
    Praying if the path be drear;
    If in danger, for Him call,
    Trusting Jesus, that is all.
  1. Trusting Him while life shall last,
    Trusting Him till earth is past,
    Till His gracious advent call,
    Trusting Jesus, that is all.

May GOD bless Nigeria, America and Israel and take care of us; May GOD 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!

Luke 9. Jesus sends out the twelve disciples


The Exhortation to the Apostles

The Exhortation to the Apostles (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Luke 9. Jesus sends out the twelve disciples

1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. 2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. 3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece. 4 And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart. 5 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them. 6 And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where. 7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead; 8 And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. 9 And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.

10 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. 11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing. 12 And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place. 13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people. 14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company. 15 And they did so, and made them all sit down. 16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. 17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.

18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? 19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. 20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. 21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing; 22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day. 23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? 26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels. 27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.

28 And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. 29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. 30 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: 31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. 32 But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. 33 And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said. 34 While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud. 35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. 36 And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.

37 And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from the hill, much people met him. 38 And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child. 39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him. 40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not. 41 And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither. 42 And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.

43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, 44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. 45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying. 46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest. 47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him, 48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great. 49 And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us. 50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.

51 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, 52 And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. 53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. 54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. 56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.

57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. 61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. 62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

May GOD bless Nigeria, America and Israel and take care of us; May GOD 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!

Luke 8. Women who accompanied Jesus. Many women minister to Jesus


English: Jesus resurrected and Mary Magdalene (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Luke 8. Women who accompanied Jesus. Many women minister to Jesus

1 And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, 2 And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, 3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.

4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? 10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. 11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. 14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. 15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. 16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. 17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. 18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have. 19 Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press. 20 And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. 21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.

22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. 23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. 24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. 25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him. 26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. 27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. 29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) 30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. 31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. 32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. 33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked. 34 When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country. 35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. 36 They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed. 37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again. 38 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39 Return to thine own house, and show how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.

40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him. 41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus’ feet, and besought him that he would come into his house: 42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him. 43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, 44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. 45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? 46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. 47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. 48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace. 49 While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master. 50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole. 51 And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden. 52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. 53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. 54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. 55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat. 56 And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.

May GOD bless Nigeria, America and Israel and take care of us; May GOD 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!

God will Take Care Of You. Hymn


English: Resurrection of Christ

English: Resurrection of Christ (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

God will Take Care Of You. Hymn

Be not dismayed whatever betide,
God will take care of you;
Beneath His wings of love abide,
God will take care of you.

Refrain

God will take care of you,
Through every day, over all the way;
He will take care of you,
God will take care of you.

Through days of toil when heart doth fail,
God will take care of you;
When dangers fierce your path assail,
God will take care of you.

Refrain

All you may need He will provide,
God will take care of you;
Nothing you ask will be denied,
God will take care of you.

Refrain

No matter what may be the test,
God will take care of you;
Lean, weary one, upon His breast,
God will take care of you.

Refrain

Words: Ci­vil­la D. Mar­tin

May GOD bless Nigeria, America and Israel and take care of us; May GOD 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!

Give Me That Old Time Religion. Hymn


Castellano

Give Me That Old Time Religion. Hymn

Refrain

It is the old time religion,
[or Give me that old time religion]
It is the old time religion,
It is the old time religion,
And it’s good enough for me.

It was good for our mothers.
It was good for our mothers.
It was good for our mothers.
And it’s good enough for me.

Refrain

Makes me love everybody.
Makes me love everybody.
Makes me love everybody.
And it’s good enough for me.

Refrain

It has saved our fathers.
It has saved our fathers.
It has saved our fathers.
And it’s good enough for me.

Refrain

It will do when I am dying.
It will do when I am dying.
It will do when I am dying.
And it’s good enough for me.

Refrain

It will take us all to heaven.
It will take us all to heaven.
It will take us all to heaven.
And it’s good enough for me.

Refrain

May GOD bless Nigeria, America and Israel and take care of us; May GOD 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!

Luke 7. Jesus Heals A Centurion’s Servant. Jesus Heals A Romans Officer’s Servant


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Luke 7. Jesus Heals A Centurion’s Servant. Jesus Heals A Romans Officer’s Servant

1 Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. 2 And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die. 3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. 4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this: 5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue. 6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: 7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. 8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. 10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.

11 And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. 12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. 13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. 14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. 15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. 16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people. 17 And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about. 18 And the disciples of John showed him of all these things.

19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? 20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? 21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight. 22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached. 23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. 24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 25 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts. 26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. 27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. 29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. 30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. 31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? 32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept. 33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. 34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! 35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.

36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. 37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, 38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner. 40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. 41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. 42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? 43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. 44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. 45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. 46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. 47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. 48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. 49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? 50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

May GOD bless Nigeria, America and Israel and take care of us; May GOD 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!

Luke 6. Jesus is Lord Of The Sabbath


English: The Last Supper

English: The Last Supper (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Luke 6. Jesus is Lord Of The Sabbath

 

 

1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. 2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days? 3 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungered, and they which were with him; 4 How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the showbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone? 5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. 6 And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered. 7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him. 8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth. 9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? 10 And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other. 11 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.

12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. 13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; 14 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, 15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes, 16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor. 17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; 18 And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed. 19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. 23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. 24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. 25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. 26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, 28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. 29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also. 30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. 31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. 32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. 33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. 34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. 35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. 36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. 39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. 41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 42 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye. 43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. 46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? 47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like: 48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. 49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

 

May GOD bless Nigeria, America and Israel and take care of us; May GOD 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!

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Hymn


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Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Hymn

Author: Reginald Heber

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;
Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity!

Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee,
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be.

Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide Thee,
Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see;
Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee,
Perfect in power, in love, and purity.

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All Thy works shall praise Thy Name, in earth, and sky, and sea;
Holy, holy, holy; merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity!

May GOD bless Nigeria, America and Israel and take care of us; May GOD 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!

The Redeemed Christian Church Of God 2012 Holy Ghost Congress Welcome Address By Pastor E A Adeboye


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The Redeemed Christian Church Of God 2012 Holy Ghost Congress Welcome Address By Pastor E A Adeboye

We are delighted to, once again, welcome you to anther Congress.
We thank the Almighty God , the  God of Signs  and   Wonders, for  sparing  our lives over the 12  months to see this year’s Congress.

With the theme   SIGNS AND WONDERS, we are in for some divine surprises. Nothing is too difficult for our God. He is the Almighty and sure to do as He has declared. Are you expectant? The expectations of the righteous shall not be cut off. As you seek Him prayerfully, He will surely answer you.

God has specially put this Congress together for you. There will be a time to teach from the Word of God, a time to preach, a time to pray and  a time  for personal ministration during the  morning  and  evening  sessions . There will also  be   teachings on  marriage , home  management  business, career and  related issues of day – to- day  living  by experts  in various fields during the afternoon sessions . The programme opens with an evening session on Monday followed by the  first afternoon session on Tuesday and the  first  Morning Session on Wednesday . The evening session will run on all six days while the other afternoon session will run on Wednesday , Thursday  and Saturday . The   other morning sessions  will run on Thursday, Friday  and  Saturday in  addition to Wednesday. You may turn to the  detailed daily programme.

‘’With the theme SIGNS AND WONDERS, we  are  in for  some divine surprises. Nothing is too difficult for our God . He is Almighty and sure to do as He has declared.’’

As expected, there will be so many  people  at this  Congress but God  can  reach  you  personally. Focus on Him and   prayerfully part take in all the programme. Just trust the Lord and  diligently wait  upon Him.  Happy Congress 2012 Welcome to awesome moments with the God of Signs and Wonders.

More info @ http://congress.rccgnet.org/index.html 

May GOD bless Nigeria, America and Israel and take care of us; May GOD 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!

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Prayer Points and Sermon By Pastor E A Adeboye. November 2012 Holy Ghost Service. “GREAT EXPECTATIONS.”


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Prayer Points and Sermon By Pastor E A Adeboye November 2012 Holy Ghost ServiceGREAT EXPECTATIONS

Why don’t you just lift your hands and praise His holy name, lift Him up, He is worthy, worship the holy One of Israel, He is worthy to be praised, He is worthy to be adored, He is worthy to be magnified.

Praise Him, give Him glory, give Him honor, give Him adoration, there is no ne like Him, bless His holy name. Praise Him.

Thank you Jesus, glory to your holy name … in Jesus mighty name we have worshipped.

Lift your voice to Him and say Father, this year is going to an end; remember me for good… in Jesus mighty name.

Lift your voice to Him and say Father, before this year ends let all my problems be over… in Jesus mighty name.

Lift your voice to Him and say Father, before the end of this month, let my testimonies be complete… in Jesus mighty name.

I want you to Join your hands with your neighbor and pray for him/her. Say Father, this your child that ‘am holding,  give him/her a pleasant surprise tonight…. in Jesus mighty name we have prayed.

Glory be to God in the highest amen 2ce

For his mercies endures forever amen

Glory be to God in the highest amen 2ce

For his mercies endures forever amen

Eternal Rock of ages, Ancient of days, Unchangeable Lord, the Rock of ages, the One who was, the One who is, the One who is to come.

Glory be to your holy name, accept our worship in Jesus name.

Thank you for January, thank you for February, thank you for March, thank you for April, thank you for May, thank you for June, thank you for July, thank you for August, thank you for September, thank you for October, thank you for November.

Accept our worship in Jesus name.

Almighty God 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 stronger than the strongest, you are richer than the richest, you are older than the oldest. you are wiser than the wisest, you are holier than the holiest.

Father glory be to your holy name, accept our worship in Jesus name.

Tonight in the life of all your children, prove yourselves, show your almightiness, show your goodness, show your greatness, your show your mercy, show your love, show your faithfulness.

Save souls tonight, heal tonight and give every one of us a pleasant surprise and all your children all over the world, who are listening by television or by internet, wherever they are Lord God almighty surprise them also, at the end of everything, let your name be glorified.

In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.

Let someone shout halleluiah!

Prayer for November children:

Father Almighty I want to thank you for your children who are born in November, November is the eleventh month of the year.

And eleventh represent double grace.  In All areas of their lives Father after you have blessed them double, add something extra.

Their promotion my Father and my God make it extra special.  Their joy, their success, their anointing Father make it extra special.

Their commitment, their dedication their service to you, Father make it extra.

Give them a new beginning; a new beginning of joy, a new beginning of success, a new begging of promotion, a new beginning of a closer work with you.

Let it be well with them and let them serve you till the end, in Jesus mighty name we have prayed. November children shout halleluiah!

Next month there will be no Holy Ghost service on the first Friday, instead we are having our congress, it is on December 10th – 15th the theme is SIGNS AND WONDERS.

Let me assure you of one thing, the congress of this year is going to be one of its kinds; it will be a kind of congress you have never seen before.

Beginning from Monday, Signs and Wonders will multiply.

So if I were you I will tell all my friends, relatives and even all my enemies that from December 10th to December 15th they should make sure they are here.

You could say there is no problem I can watch it from the television or on the internet, sure! But let me assure you there are certain things camera cannot transmit, there is nothing like a personal touch, if you are far away we can understand, you are in Papua new guinea, or in Australia and you don’t have the means of travelling down we can understand.

But if you are able to come but you seat down at home the blessing of coming can never be the same as the blessing transmitted by any means at all. So if I were you, I will just make sure beginning from Monday to Saturday I won’t miss a single day and the Almighty God will surprise you in Jesus name.

GREAT EXPECTATION

Text:  Mark 5 v 25- 34

Tonight we want to talk on Great Expectations.

“And a certain woman who had an issue of blood twelve years and have endured much at the hands of many physicians and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse.

After hearing about Jesus, she came up in the crowd behind him and touched his cloak.

For she said if I may touched “if I just touch his garments, I will get well” immediately the flow of her blood was drained up and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.

Immediately Jesus, perceiving in Himself that the power proceeding from him had gone forth, turned around in the crowd and said who touched my garments.

And his disciples said to him, “you see the crowd pressing in on you and you say , who touched me? And he looked around to see the woman who had done this thing.

But the woman fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.

And he said to her, “daughter your faith has made you well, go in peace and be healed of your affliction”.

Someone will leave here tonight completely whole.

What do we mean by expectation?

In the simplest language expectation simply means you are looking forward to something about to happen.

When a woman is pregnant we say she is expectant, meaning what, she is looking forward to babies being born.

James 5 v 7 tells us that the husband man; that is, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth and he has long patient for it.

The farmer is expecting that the seed he planted is going to produce fruit.  So when we talk about expectation tonight, we are talking about looking forward to God doing something.

And I have come on the authority of the Almighty God to tell you, you will not be disappointed.

When we use the word great, great can mean so many things.  It depends on how you use it. When you say a man is great, that is different from when you say the crowd is great.

You are still saying great, great could be large in number, it could mean high in quality, it could mean tremendous in influence and so on and so forth.

For example in 2 King 4 v 8 -17 the Bible talked about a woman of Shunnem and the Bible called her great.

She was called great because she has a lot of wealth, you can’t be poor to build a house for a pastor, she was wealthy, but when Elisha said may I introduce you to the king or the commander in chief, she said thank you very much I am well connected, she also had influence.

When we talk about great, we are actually talking about the opposite of small, so the moment you hear great, you know it is the opposite of small.

The Bible gives us several examples to let us know what we mean by great.

In Matthew 2 v 10 when the wise men saw the star that they have been following from the East, standing over a particular house, they had great joy, that gives you a rough idea what great means.

In Mark 4 v 25 the Bible says a great multitude followed Jesus that is another form of great.

In Matthew 5 v 35 the Bible refers to Jerusalem as the city of the great king.

Again this is talking about greatness in another form.

So we can have greatness in quantity, in quality and we can have greatness in influence and we can have of course greatness that combines all of them.

One thing I am sure of today is that somebody will leave here with great joy and great testimonies.

Now expectations depends on many things particularly if we are talking about God and am sure that is the person we are talking about.

Expectation depends on, number one Promise;

If God has made you a promise then you have a right to expect that that promise will be fulfilled.

For example in Genesis 8 v 20 the Almighty God made a promise on which the farmer based his expectation; he said as long as the earth remains seed time and harvest shall never cease.

That is the promise of God that is the basis on which a farmer planting a seed expect there will be a harvest.

Secondly, expectation depends on the track record of the one who promised.

If you are dealing with a man who doesn’t keep his promises, and then if he made you a promise, you don’t expect anything from him.

If you are dealing with a man who in the past said I am going to the right and you discovered he went to the left, the next time when he says I am coming, you will know he is going.

But in Numbers 23 v 19 the Bible says God is not a man that He should lie, neither the son of man that He should repent.

Once He spoke you know it is done Psalm 33 v 8-9 tells us clearly that the whole earth should fear before God because He spoke and it is done.

Once He makes a promise you can go to bed knowing it will be fulfilled,

Expectation depends on the resources of the one who has promised.

I can remember one occasion several years ago when all my children were very small and all of them held a meeting in the room, they didn’t know I was watching them and they sent the youngest one to me and said go and ask daddy what he wants for Christmas.

That one came and said “what do you want for Christmas?” I said what can you afford? Because I know he hasn’t got anything. He ran back to the people in the room and he came back and said “just ask for anything” I said “what about an aero plane?”

He ran back and he said “no, no! That is not the kind of things we are talking about.

But Glory be to God we have a God who is completely unlimited.

Psalm 24 v 1 says the earth is the Lord and the fullness thereof.   Haggai 2 v 8 says silver is mine and gold is mine.

In case you want me to complete my story, the fellow came back and I said get me a pen. “What kind of pen?”  He went back and told his people. Then he said Daddy please loan me so much, he collected my money to buy me a pen.

Glory be to God!  God does not need a loan from you to get you a thing.

Expectation depends on one, promise, two, on the track record of the one making the promise, three, on the resources of the one who is making the resources, and of course, on  the ability of the one making the promise to perform.

Jeremiah 32 v 27 the Almighty God said behold I am the God of all flesh is anything too hard for me?

Again I remembered telling you once upon a time I was visiting my people at home in Ilesha and one little boy ran to me and say “Lagos Daddy, I want a pair of shoes for Christmas.

And I said done, I will buy it for you. He ran to meet the others who are playing outside that I have got shoes for Christmas, he hasn’t seen it but he believed it firmly.

Then one of them replied and said me too I have new shoes for Christmas and they ask him “who said so?”  He said “my father!” they said your shoes are joking shoes.

They know that his father hasn’t got money for new shoe he hasn’t got the ability to perform.

Lagos Daddy, if he says you will have shoes you will have shoes.

Now there is an heavenly Daddy and he is saying to somebody here today, “I will meet all your needs”.

So expectation depends on promise; the track record of the one who promised the resources of the one who promised, the ability of the one who promised to perform and therefore faith on the side of the one who is expectant.

The Bible tells us that faith is the evidence of things not seen.

Hebrews 11 v 1 evidence of things not seen, I haven’t seen it yet but I know who promised, I know his track record, I know his resources, I know his ability to perform.

How?

You will see immediately again the link between faith and expectations.

Because faith can be in categories; you have great faith, Matthew 15 v 21- 28 tells us the story of the woman who came to Jesus and said “help me my daughter is grievously vexed of the devil”.

Jesus didn’t answer her and she kept on crying and the disciple said Lord Send her away her noise is disturbing us.

And Jesus said “I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel and the woman kept on pressing until Jesus said “I cannot give the bread of children unto dogs” the woman said “no problem but this dog is not going home at least without a crumb, Jesus turned to her and said “woman great is thy faith.

She had great expectation because at least she got what she wanted.

Of course there is little faith in Matthew 6 v 30 the Almighty God talks about people of little faith.  And then there is no faith at all and you find that in Mark 4 v 40 the Almighty God talked about the disciple he rebuked of having no faith.

So we have great faith, little faith and then no faith, somebody with great faith can go home with great expectations fulfilled and the one with little can then have little expectation and of course the one with no faith cannot expect anything at all.

So expectations therefore are in categories, remember we want to talk about great expectations, expectations is determined by faith, so great faith will produce great expectation, little faith will produce little expectations.

No faith will produce no expectation at all.

Is there anyone who never have any expectation of something good?

We have example in the Bible, take Esau Genesis 25 v 29 -34 he was the first born the blessings of the first born suppose to be double of any other person but then he was hungry and his brother cooked Pottage and he said  give me food and his brother said “give me your birthright.” he said what does birthright mean to me, he did not expect anything good to come to him, even though he was the first born so he sold his birth right just for a plate of pottage.

You may be amazed if you know how limited the expectation of some people are.  I still remembered like yesterday something that happened more than 60 yrs ago when I was very young, one man was quarrelling with his ward because the ward refused to go to school and when everybody gathered and said “what is the noise about?”

The man says this boy said he doesn’t want to go to school.  And so they asked the boy, “Why don’t you want to go to school?” he said “I have told him all I want to be is a truck pusher.

He said that is all he wanted to be. Of course if all you want to be is a truck pusher then why do you need to go to school?

But I know deep within me that there is somebody here seating before me here whose determination is to reach the top, if you are the one let me hear you say amen.

And then from no expectation we can have little expectation in Luke 7 v 1 -7 Peter fished all night caught nothing,

Jesus came into the boat preached, when he finished preaching he said to Peter launched into the deep and cast your net.

Peter said I have fished all night I have caught noting, there is no fish here today I will try tomorrow, however because you say so, not that I expect anything to come out of it, I will cast one net.

His expectation was little he thought well maybe he will catch a fish or two but he caught so much fish in that one net that his boat and the next boat were filled and they were sinking.

Even if your expectation is little the Almighty God will still meet you at that level, but I pray that your expectations will be great in Jesus name.

Little expectations requires divine mercy, the Almighty God can meet someone with little expectation.

I know there are probably some people who have prayed over an issue again and again here and they have not seen any result.

I know there some people who have been believing God for something since January and they are wondering is this not November.

The one whose mercy endures forever will meet you at your point of needs tonight in Jesus name.

Several years ago we were talking about going to Israel and one of my house help said well with God all things are possible one day I too will go to Israel.

She said it as if to say, “they say God can do anything”, she wasn’t expecting much but there was an America lady who was visiting who asked the person next to her what the house help said (because my house help spoke in Yoruba) and they interpreted it to her.

And the American lady said I will sponsor her.

I want to decree to somebody here tonight from the direction you are not expecting help will come to you in Jesus name.

And then great expectation, do you know when you read 1 Samuel 17, you can read the whole chapter but maybe you can take it from chapter 34 -37 to get the point.

By the time David stood before king Saul and he said don’t let anybody be afraid of this giant I am going to kill him.

And they ask him you are a little boy how are you going do this great thing?

He said no problem I know who my God is.  I know his track record, a lion had attacked me before, I killed the lion, a bear had attacked me before I killed the bear,

This Goliath will be just like one of them. Do you know that even before David got to the stage, he had already asked the people standing by what was the reward for the one who kills this giant?

In order word as far as he is concerned it’s a settle mater that he was going to win, he was already asking for the reward.

And I have good news for someone here tonight, in less than a year from now you will stand here and say great is the God that I serve.

The Lord said there is someone here tonight he said your sickness began when you backslid he ask me to tell that if you return to him completely the sickness will fade away.

Daddy says your dreams are extremely big he said but I will fulfill all of them.

The Lord says there is someone here tonight he said before the end of the year you will have more than one reason to dance.

In 2 King 2 v 9-15 Elijah asked Elisha he said what do you want me to do before I had been taking from you.

And this boy had an extremely great expectation, he said I want a double portion of your spirit, even Elijah had to say what kind of boy are you?

You have seen me call fire down from heaven not once not twice, three times.

Anytime I want I just say fire come and it comes and you say you want more than that?

The boy says I want double.  Great faith leads to great expectations and do you know what?  Great expectations will lead to great manifestations, because that boy got what he wanted.

I have told you before, that several years ago, I asked the Almighty God I don’t want to be an ordinary Christian.

I don’t want to be an ordinary pastor.

I don’t want just the normal something, I  want something extra ordinary.

I want double the portion of the anointing of Elijah, double the portion of the anointing of Elisha, plus double the portion of the anointing of Peter, plus double the anointing of Paul, plus double the anointing of Jesus Christ while he was here on earth.  Add everything together and double it again.

I know you will say you must be greedy, but the word of God says covet earnestly the best gift.

Is there anyone here tonight who want to say father, give me greater power than you have given to Adeboye, anybody here? Are you sure? So be it in Jesus name.

Elisha said I want double portion of your spirit and he got it; search the scriptures, Elijah performed seven notable miracles; Elisha performed thirteen before he died and in order to make the whole thing complete his dead bone raised the dead.

So he completed it, his master did seven , he did fourteen.

I pray for every one of you who are here today who are my children in the name that is greater than any other names you will be greater than I.

Now great expectations require some efforts on your part; in Mark 2 v 1-12 the Bible tells us that some four boys brought a man to Jesus, they heard that Jesus was in the house so they brought their friend.

When they got to the front door, they found that the place was jammed with people, the doors were blocked, the windows were blocked but they had this great expectation.

If only our friend can get into the presence of Jesus, we know he will be healed.

We carried him in we won’t carry him back, they has that expectation, so when they got to the place and saw there was no way in they climbed into the roof and broke open the room.

Now when you read it briefly like that you don’t get the real impact. Climbing to the roof from outside required an effort, carrying the heavy body of a sick man, that is an extra effort and then they broke the roof of another man’s house without his permission.

You know the Bible says from the day of John the Baptist the kingdom of God suffers violence and the violent takes it by force.

Some of us wants great miracles from God and we don’t want to make an effort at all.

That is what I was saying concerning the congress in December, some of us want the  miracles to come to us via the television screen or video screen, they don’t want to make an effort at all.

We want to seat in the comfort of our sitting room and expect that you will get the same blessings as the one who made an effort.

Great expectation requires great efforts.

And of course you know the rest of the story; the Bible said Jesus saw their faith.

Faith can be seen through actions.

In 1 Samuel 17 v 40-48 when David, David had already boasted I am going to kill you I am going to cut off your head.

David, but he didn’t stand still, number one he selected smooth stones, five of them! Incidentally when you search the scriptures you will discover Goliath have four brothers who were also giant.

So the Holy Spirit was guiding the hand of David as he was picking the stones. So in case, Goliath should fall and the brothers should say we want to revenge there is  enough stones for each of them.

Our God is more than sufficient.

And the Bible tells me that when David saw Goliath coming, David ran to meet him.

Great expectation will require great effort.

2Corinthians 9 v 6 the farmer who has great expectation of a harvest will sow bountifully.

If you think the ground on which you are sowing is not going to produce much then you don’t want to waste your effort.

But if you know the ground is fertile then you sow in proportion to your expectation.

So great expectation will require one, effort on your part. Two, divine faithfulness.

The Lord says there is someone here tonight he said there is a flood coming your way not of water but of miracles.

1 Samuel 17 v 49 -51 David said  I will kill you, I will cut off your head, but do you know that when he said I will cut off your head he had no sword in his hands?

But the Almighty God provided the sword, God knows fully well that the neck of Goliath is not a small neck; an ordinary sword is not going to cut off that neck.

So God had already provided a sword big enough that big head from the neck and it is the sword of Goliath himself.

When God has seen your faith he will take over from there.

I assure you before the sun rises tomorrow you will sing a new song.

Now when ask people to pray, you can sense from the way they pray whether they are expecting something or nothing.

Intense thirst will produce intense prayer, intense expectation will produce intense petition, if you expect God to answer your prayer you will pray.

I Told some brethren in far way Malaysia earlier this year, there was a world conference on prayer and they said they have heard about what God is doing among us here.

So they asked me to come and talk and I told them the reason people don’t pray is because they don’t expect an answer.

The reason we pray is because we know he will answer.

How many of you really believe God will answer you tonight. He will answer you today in the mighty name of Jesus.

Several year ago, at about 1984 I heard about the great work God was doing in South Korea through the ministry of a young man called Doctor Youngi Cho.

At that time he had the biggest church in the whole world, four hundred and fifty thousand members.

So I went.

I didn’t have much money and you know how much it must have cost to go from here to South Korea.

I wanted to go, so I cried to God and he provided the ticket.

And I listened to this man, I wanted to find out his secret; what made him so successful in ministry.

Of course he taught us about several things like house fellowship and other things but he kept on coming to one thing;  Prayer! Prayer!! Prayer!!!

In fact he brought a whole mountain into which they dug little, little holes where people can crawl into and pray.

People came from all over the world, then they took us on tours on the mountain to go and pray, after they release us to go and pray.

I had a lot to pray about because I was tired of laboring in vain.

Is anybody here tired of laboring in vain? Your failure will end tonight in Jesus name.

So I was in that hole and I was praying and of course I forgot myself.

By the time I checked myself, I discovered I have been in that hole for about two hours, I discovered that I was the only one left, because they were waiting for me, thank God am a black man because they discovered one black man was not there.

And they were upset with me, “why have you kept us waiting?” I said “am sorry, I thought we came here to pray”.

They said “yes but are you going to pray everything in one day?” You don’t know what brought me; I mean they were so upset nobody spoke to me all the way back to the hotel, which was very good because I wanted to continue with my prayer.

Today, you can see the result.

How many of you believed that the Almighty God will answer your prayers?

In Mark 10 v 46 – 52 when Bartimeaus heard that Jesus was passing by, he cried out, they asked him to shut up , he said ” you don’t need help, I need help, keep quiet and let me cry out because this is one single person who I know will solve my problem.

He had a great expectation and it was revealed in his prayer.

And so that bring us to our case study the woman with the issue of blood that I read to you in the text Mark 5 v 25-34

The Lord said there is someone here he said the invisible hand that is stabbing you in the chest have been removed, therefore the pain will not return.

Thank you father!

The Lord said there is someone here tonight; he said I will make your progress like that of a car going downhill; easy and fast.

The woman with the issue of blood, number one, had heard about Jesus, that there is a prophet in the land, He is healing the sick, He is opening blind eye, He is solving problem.

She had heard and Romans 10 v 17 says faith come by hearing and hearing by the world of God.

She had heard so faith was born in her and then she said with her mouth if I can just touch the helm of his garment I know I will be made whole.

Romans 10 v 10 says with the heart man believes and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.

Matthew 12 v 34 says out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Like I said before your faith, your hunger will determine how you will pray. And then she made an effort, she didn’t sit down expecting Jesus Christ to come to her house, she came.

She came in the press behind, you put it in the modern language, she forced her way through until she touched the helm of his garment.

James 2 v 17 says faith without works is dead, been alone. You have great expectation you are expecting God to do mighty for you.

It will require an effort and then of course God will do the rest, because as soon as he touched the helm of the garment of Jesus Christ, power flow through to her.

Proverbs 24 v 14 said there shall be a reward. You make an effort, the reward will come!

It is that passage that says your expectation shall not be cut off.  There will be a reward!  You make an effort God will respond because Hebrews11 v 6 says God is a Rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Don’t forget the word diligent, he is a reward of those who diligent seek him. He is the one who answer the prayers of those who pray diligently, he is the one who reward the effort of those who made the effort diligently.

Now, what then can I expect as a child of God?

With faith in him, knowing full well that when he promises he will keep his promise, forever oh lord your word is settled.  Psalm 119 v 81.

Thank you Lord!

The Lord said there is someone here tonight he said you have been dreaming of rain he asked me to tell you your shower of blessings will soon begin.

The Lord says there is someone here tonight; he said those who threaten to subdue you shall fail.

The Lord says there is someone here tonight, he said you are closer to permanent victory than you can imagine

Daddy says it take a shout of expectation to bring down the wall of Jericho and he asked me to tell you, you praise me and see.

Thank you Lord!

Let me hear somebody shout a really big halleluiah!

What can I legitimately expect as the true child of the living God? Quite a lot but I will just give you few of them based on his word.

Number one, I can expect healing?.

Because 1 Peter 2 v 24 says by his stripes you were healed. Not by his stripe you are going to be, it is by his stripe you are already healed, if he says I have already been healed.

I have every right to expect my healing will come.

How do you want your healing?

I will explain.

I know that may stand to be a tricky question but I had gone to pray for a man before who was coughing very badly and I said sir, how can I help you?  You know what he said to me?

He said “man of God, I want you to pray that the cough will be going down little by little”.  Little by little!?

So when did you want it to vanish?  Little by little?

Do you want your healing little by little? So how do you want your healing?

Number two,

I have a right to expect to live the rest of my life in divine health, I can expect never to be sick again.

Why?

Based on the promise of God, Exodus 15 v 26 He says to me son/daughter, if you hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord your God to observe and to do all that he commands you this day, I will bring none of the disease I brought on the Egyptians upon you, for I am the lord that heals you.

He says if I obey him he will be my physician, I have a right to expect that for the rest of life I will not know sickness again.

And I am believing God for someone here tonight; though you might be sick now, before the sun rises you will be well, and for the rest of your life you will not know sickness again.

But how are you going to die if you don’t know sickness?

You don’t have to be sick to die.

At least I know an uncle of mine who went to church on Sunday, it was thanksgiving Sunday, he sang he danced, he had a wonderful time, went home took breakfast and the wife began to prepare launch and as they were pounding the yam he decided to go into the toilet.

When they finished pounding the yam they came to knock at the door of the toilet and said come out the table is set. When they open the door they found that he has gone home, that is the way to go. No ache, no pain!

That is the way to go.

My own will be slightly different; it is going to be on Sunday, I will go to church, have a wonderful service, eat pounded yam and go.

That is the way! I have a reason to expect divine health.

I pray for every one of you here today, the grace to obey God for the rest of in Jesus name. Therefore the grace to enjoy divine health for the rest of your life receives it right now in Jesus name.

I have a right to expect total security, based on the word of God Isaiah 54 v 17 says no weapon formed against me shall prosper.

No weapon! It doesn’t matter the name of the weapon, he said when he comes to you it will no prosper. it is the word of God and I can tell you stories upon stories.

The very first year when we were here trying to build our little tent, the expressway then were just at the headquarters of the high way robbers.

So they were robbing people every day on the expressway. And because this is the only place when there was a little  light then, not now when light is everywhere.

People will run, on one occasion they ran to the camp they came to the carpenters and the workers. And they followed them to go and collect their loads from the car.

They will throw something, the tire will puncture, people will run away and the robbers will take whatever they want.

But the police men had arrived before my boys got there and they laid ambush, so when they saw my boys coming they thought they were the robbers and they cock their guns and the leader of the police patrol said fire!

And the guns refused to fire, they said it again nothing happened.

I decree tonight for the rest of our life no weapon fashioned against you shall prosper. I decree tonight no weapon fashion against me shall prosper.

Great expectations;

I have a right to expect overflowing blessings. Deuteronomy 28 v 1 -2 the Bible says again provided I will obey and hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord my God to observe and to obey and all that he commands me.

I have told you there is a level where God will begin to bless you so much you will begin to run and you will be saying God this is too much, God will tell you I have not even started the blessing will begin to follow and overtake you.

I decree tonight there be somebody here even before the end of the year, who will say father, this blessings is too much in Jesus name.

I have a right to expect victory without a fight.  Deuteronomy 28 v 7 says they will come against you one way, they will flee seven ways. He says God will cause those who rise up against you to be smitten before your face, you won’t do the fighting, you just wait and see the salvation of the Lord.

I have a right to expect a right to enjoy victory without a fight; I have a right to expect the kind of prosperity that will flow to nations. Deuteronomy 28 v 11-12 says never to bow, he said as a matter of fact you will be lending to nations.

And I want to thank God for all of you who are here who are supporters of this ministry.

You may not know it but you are already lending to nations, because by the special grace of God now The Redeem Christian of God is in more than 160 nations of the world.

They called us poor, they say Nigerians are poor, but by the grace of God we are taking the gospel to the world because God promised that we will learn to nation.

Now I want to decree to someone here tonight; very soon you will come to me and say sir, how much do we need for missionary work this year?

I have a right to expect that not only would I be promoted but my promotion will be permanent.  Deuteronomy 28 v 13 says clearly, you will be above only and not beneath, you will be head and not tail.

That is permanent promotion because it is one thing to be promoted, it is another thing to get there and stay there. But it is in the word of God that you have permanent promotion.

And of course I can go on and on, on several passages but as a child of God; I have absolute right to expect a mansion when I get to heaven.

Now take note I didn’t say if I get to heaven, I say when I get to heaven.

And in the mighty name of Jesus Christ I am going to be there. And I know I will see you there in Jesus name.

Why?

Because Jesus Christ said in John 14 v 1- 3 in my father’s house there are many mansions there.

He said if it were not so I would have told you.  He said I am going to prepare a place for you and when I have finished preparing the place, I will come for you.

He is coming for me again! How many of you are expecting  Jesus to come for you again? And the reason he hasn’t come yet is that he is preparing the mansion.

Now there are some highly educated theologians who said no, no, what is written there is not mansion, what is written there is hut. I said hut! In heaven!

If you want a hut you will get one, but I am going for a mansion. How many of you want a mansion? You will get your own there in Jesus name.

For those of you who are old members of the church I have shared with you again and again, long ago God had already showed me my own mansion; it was still being built, they have not completed it then and I have not seen it now for a while.

So I don’t know how big it is now, but what I saw was so big that if you stand on one end, a man at the other end will be like an ant and they were still building.

And that is more than thirty years ago now. And when I asked the Lord, this is where you need to pay attention, how many rooms do I need?

Is it not only name, He said every soul you win will have a room in your mansion? Because in heaven your convert will come and pay you visit. So those of you who are not winning souls, listen to me you may get to heaven and found that your mansion is made of only one room because there is no body coming to visit you, you have not won any soul.

Those of you who by the grace of God has been converted to Christ through my little effort, there is a room for you in my own mansion, when we get to heaven you are coming to pay me a visit.

I want you to begin to work hard for your own mansion too, every soul you win has a room in your own mansion and am looking forward to my own.

I don’t know how my own is going to be.

What I saw more than thirty years ago, is already big but at that time they were still building, that is why you find that somebody like me can’t rest.

We finish one program I go on to another. We finish congress, I go on to Let’s go-a-fishing.  Why don’t you seat down? I want to win more soul.

Those ones you’ve won are they not enough? no , I want my mansion to be bigger.

How many of you are expecting a mighty mansion when you get to heaven?

God will give you one in Jesus name, but make sure you go on winning souls like nobody’s business.

Between the promise of God and the manifestation of that promise, the devil would try his best to see if he can double cross you, you must not allow him!

And I will give you one example and it will be time to pray, that is the example of Joseph

In Genesis 37 v 5- 11 God showed Joseph how great he will become, God gave him a glimpse of how great he will be come because all that Joseph saw was that his brothers, his father, mother bowing down before him.

He didn’t know the whole world will be bowing down before him but God gave him a glimpse, then the brothers became angry, they tried to kill him they failed, they threw him into a well, the water was gone by the time he landed.

They sold him into slavery; it didn’t matter, they didn’t know they were selling him into the fulfillment of his destiny.

He became a slave and when he got to the house of the slave owner he became MD and the devil saw the way these things are going and said I better deal with this boy and set a trap for him.

Genesis 31v 9 -12 And the wife of the master said lie with me, sin so that  your destiny can be polluted, sin so that your destiny can be truncated, sin so that your expectation can be cut short.

But the young man said how can I do this things and sin against God.  There is only one person who can make my expectations come to past I will not annoy Him.

That is why I am making a very passionate plea to you tonight; people have asked me again and again; Sir, why do you keep on hammering holiness?

One reason apart from making it to heaven, no matter how big your dream maybe if you don’t annoy God the dream will come to pass. I know that one

All my friends call me the big dreamer.

I dream big, if I tell you one of my dreams, you yourself will call me the dreamer but I know that as long as by the grace of God I can keep myself pure the dreams will come to pass.

If you will stay away from sin, if you will keep yourself pure all your dreams will come to pass, all your expectations will become manifestations.

Because of the one who promise, because of his track record, because of his resources, because of his ability to perform.

And you know the rest of the story; they threw Joseph to prison but from the prison to the throne, because if the one who promise is faithful, if you are faithful to him, he will be faithful to you.

In conclusion he said in Isaiah 1 v 19 -20 he said if you are willing and you are obedient you will eat the good of the land.

He said but if you refuse, if you rebel, if you will not obey him, he said then don’t blame him for what will follow.

That is why I am making a special altar call tonight. Do you know that all the promises of God for you since you were born can be fulfilled before the end of this month.

Because God is more than able, but if you persist in your life of sin, you will hear other people testifying you will say but I was there that night, how come my own is not there that night, how come my own was not there?

God will tell you because of your sin.

So if you are here tonight and you have not yet given your life to Jesus Christ and you want to forsake the way of sin and you want to begin to live a life that will be pleasing to the Almighty God, I invite you now to come and surrender your life to Jesus Christ.

If you want to give your life to Jesus come now, or if you are a backslider you use to be born again but you have gone back into sin and you want to return to the Almighty God so that you can begin to live a life of holiness you can come also.

As you come, ask Him to be merciful unto you, ask Him to save your soul, promise Him that from now on you will do his will.

Tell Him to just forgive you all your sins and give you a brand new beginning.

The rest of us let us stretch our hand towards these people and pray for them, that the One who save your soul will save their soul also, that God will have mercy on all of them, that God will wipe away all your sins and give you a brand new beginning even as he promised…..

In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.

Savior we bless your name Almighty Jesus we give you glory and honor for your word that have gone forth tonight, please accept our thanks in Jesus name.

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

Have mercy on them in Jesus name, cleanse them in your blood in Jesus name, even as you save their souls tonight write their names in the book of life in Jesus name.

And the grace that will enable them to never to go back into the life of sin give to them in Jesus name.

Any backslider among them restore fully in Jesus name.

My Lord and my Savior I pray tonight that beginning from tonight whenever this your children call unto You, You, will answer them in Jesus name, and let them serve you till the end in Jesus mighty name we have prayed (amen)

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PRAYER POINTS

  1. Thank Him for the past, the present, the future.
  2. Father, don’t let my expectation to be cut off.

  3. Father, my expectation is to enjoy divine health for the rest of my life, Father please fulfill it.

  4. Father, my expectation is never to borrow again all the days of my, Father please fulfill it.

  5. Father, my expectation is never to backslide, please fulfill it.

  6. Father, my expectation is to become a divine treasurer, a mighty one, please full fill it.

  7. Father, my expectations is to be mightily use of you to heal the sick, to raise the dead and to perform all manners of miracles including casting out demons please fulfill it

  8. Father, my expectation is to win millions of soul, please fulfill it.

9, My expectation is to have blessing that will overflow to many nations please fulfill it.

  1. Father, my expectation is that all my children will be greater than I, please fulfill it.
  • Father, my expectation is that I will never bury my children, please fulfill it.

  • Father, my expectation is that my future will be more glorious than my present, please fulfill it.

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    May GOD bless Nigeria, America and Israel and take care of us; May GOD 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!