RCCG 61st Annual Convention Day 4
Theme: JESUS
Preacher: Pastor EA Adeboye
Message Title: Lord of Host
Bible Text: Psalm 24:7-10
“Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.”
There are 3 categories of Christians. The first are the baby Christians who drink only milk and cannot take hard stuff (1Peter 2:2). The second category are adult Christians who can eat strong meat (Hebrews 5:12-14). Then there is a level of those higher than adult Christians, they don’t only eat strong meat, they crack bones so they can reach for the marrows (Mark 4:10-11). These mature Christians are the ones who are given the opportunity to see the mystery and hidden things of the kingdom.
You know the category a Christian belongs to by the way they respond to things of God. When you say to a baby Christian ‘God loves you’, they get all excited and it ends there. When you say God loves you to a mature Christian ‘God loves you’, they are quick to say ‘Amen’ and they also spend time pondering because they know the bible says God chastens and corrects those He loves (Proverbs 3:11-12).
For example when God had to proof that he had power over fire , his beloved Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego go through fire (Daniel 3). When He had to proof that he was the Lion of the tribe of Judah, he sent Daniel and allowed him go into the lion’s den (Daniel 6).
Tonight’s message is for matured Christians who are bone crackers. The Lord of host is a man of war, he hardly looses a battle. Sometimes He can lose a battle in order to win a war but He never loses a war! When it seems like God is losing a battle, then he has a surprise coming up. If you read through the book of Daniel chapter 3, you will realise that God kept quiet while the 3 Hebrew boys were being persecuted, He did nothing while the fiery furnace was being heated but waited to show His power when the boys had been thrown into the fire. By the time God was through with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, King Nebuchadnezzar acknowledged God as the most high.
In the name that is above every other name, God will fight your battles for you. Amen!You will have the last laugh in Jesus name… And by the time God finishes with you tonight, you will begin your journey to prosperity in Jesus name. Amen
There are battles God will fight for you. In Exodus 14:13-21, Moses told the children of Israel to be still and watch God fight for them. When you are being pursued by generational enemies, it’s only God that can fight the battle for you.
There are battles God will fight WITH you. If you read through Joshua 10, while Joshua was fighting his own battle on one side, God was raining down great hailstones on Joshua’s enemies from heaven.
Finally there are battles He will fight THROUGH you. Mark 11:23, says “For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith”. This is a way God fights your battles though you, you have to do it yourself by saying what you want. Also in Isaiah 54:17 bible says “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn”. The statement “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper” is a battle God will fight for you while the other bit “every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn” means you also have to fight the battle yourself.
Tonight God will fight for you, He will with you and also fight through you in Jesus name. Amen.
Many of us like to quote Psalm 68:1-3. “ Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.”
A baby Christian will simply say amen to this bible text, an adult christian might even sing it as a song but matured Christians don’t just quote it, they check to make sure they are not God’s enemies.
In 2Samuel 12:1-7, God sent a prophet to King David when He sinned against God, David passed his judgements not realising the person the prophet was talking about was him.
You also need to make sure that it is not God fighting against you. You see, God can either be for you, be against you or just be very neutral with you. When God is neutral with a man, He is neither for or against the man, He just leaves the person alone. If God leaves you for one day, you are finished!
Before you pray for God to fight your enemies tonight, make sure you are not the enemy
SEVEN THINGS THAT CAN MAKE YOU AN ENEMY OF GOD
1) You can become an enemy of God by lying to Him. You insult the intelligence of the all knowing God by telling him a lie. In Acts 5:1-11, Ananias and Sapphira died the same day just because they lied in the presence of God.
2) Failure to pay your vows can make you an enemy of God . Ecclesiastes 5:4 says” When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools” and remember Psalm 14:1 says “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God”. In other words, when you make a vow to God but refuse to redeem it, you are indirectly saying God doesn’t exist... and when you say to God that He doesn’t exist, He tries to show you that He does exist
3) You can become an enemy of God by not obeying Him completely. If you are not going to obey God completely, don’t bother obeying Him at all because God hates incomplete obedience.
4) Lukewarmness can make you an enemy of God. Revelation 3:15-16 “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth”. This is the one many of us are guilty of! Many atimes we have to be begged to do certain things for God. God doesn’t like lukewarmness at all, he would rather you were either very hot or so cold. If you are going to be a Christian, be a Christian but if you cannot be a Christian,GO! Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well! If you want to serve God, serve Him but if you don’t want to, stop pretending! it makes God feel insulted.
5) God gets pretty upset when you doubt him. Hebrews 11:6 says without faith it is impossible to please God. Bible also says whatever is not of faith is sin. Doubting God’s promises makes Him feel insulted. If His words says it, that settles it! Many of us have lost our miracles half way because of doubt
6) When you sin, you make yourself an enemy of God. Psalm 7:11 says God is angry with the wicked every day. That is quite frightening but yet many Christians continue in sin and expect grace to abound! You can not be a born-again Christian and still live the way you like.
7) God gets upset when He warns you but you keep ignoring his corrections. Proverbs 29:1 says “He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.”.
Many Christians have cheapened grace…we tend to say “God is a gracious God” but we need to remember that it was in this same dispensation of grace He killed Ananias and Sapphira for telling a lie. Don’t let anybody deceive you, God is the same yesterday, today and forever!
If you have not yet given your life to Christ, surrender your life to Him now! And if you are a Christian still toying with sin, ask God for forgiveness now so you don’t remain His enemy.
PRAYER POINTS
1) Father, I didn’t even know that I have been my own enemy, please forgive me, I will change! I will never doubt you again, I will heed corrections/warning, I will redeem my vows on time, I will pay my tithe completely, I will obey you completely, I will stay away from sin…
2) Father all the battles I cannot win on my own, please fight them for me. All generational curses father deal with them for me
3) Father I won’t doubt you anymore, you said in your word that if I tell any mountain to move, it will move and so I’m saying to mountains in my life, MOVE! Sickness move, failure move, hopelessness move, sorrow move, every obstruction to my success move…I command you in the name of Jesus
4) Father arise and let all my enemies be scattered in Jesus name.
Friday, 9 August 2013
Thursday, 8 August 2013
Don't miss RCCG's 61st Annual Convention! JESUS:our Saviour, Sanctifier, Healer and coming King!
I've
spent the past few days singing a very beautiful hymn "Jesus Only His our
Message" by Albert Simpson. Here are the lyrics "Jesus only is our
message,Jesus all our theme shall be;We will lift up Jesus ever,Jesus only will
we see.Jesus only, Jesus ever,Jesus all in all we sing,Savior, Sanctifier, and
Healer, Glorious Lord and coming King."
Well I guess I've got the hymn stuck in my head because I have been watching RCCG's 61st Annual Convention themed 'Jesus' via the internet. When I first saw the youtube video(http://www.youtube.com/
Today is Day 4 of the convention and so far I
think RCCG Convention 2013 has been very different but great. For starters, the
theme of the convention is 'JESUS' and that alone guarantees all sorts of
blessings, deliverance, breakthroughs, miracles, signs and wonders. Then
the deep-thought provoking messages makes you actually re-examine your relationship
and work with God. Like many others, after each message I've been moved to
re-dedicate my life to God.
Truth be told, this convention is best described as a wake-up call that makes you re-evaluate your christian work and also makes you prepare yourself for the second coming of Jesus! Here are some things I will like to share with you from the convention
"God is not moved by emotions, tears, rolling on the floor, etc. What moves God is His words and the principles He has established. " ARE YOU REALLY OBEYING HIS WORDS?
"Genuine salvation will turn you completely into a new creature. The bible says in 2 Corinthians 5:17 'Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.' It is a big contradiction to what the word of God says when you claim to be born again but your lifestyle remains the same as it was before you got saved" NOW PONDER, ARE YOU GENUINELY SAVED?
"It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been attending church or whether you are a minister or worker in the church, if you cannot remember the day or period you gave your life to Christ, you need to give your life to Christ today.When you give your life to Christ, you become married to Him. If you cannot remember your wedding date, and you say you are saved, you're saved from What?" DO YOU REALLY HAVE A SALVATION TESTIMONY? CAN YOU REMEMBER WHEN GOD SAVED YOU AND WHAT HE SAVED YOU FROM?
" When you are genuinely saved, it’s difficult to just keep quiet; you will be eager and happy to tell everyone who cares to know about the Jesus who saved your soul from hell." HAVE YOU TOLD ANYONE ABOUT JESUS LATELY?
"When you are saved, there is no sin that is called ‘small sin’, you wouldn’t want to commit any type of sin because you are conscious Christ lives in you.For those of you who think you can toy with sin once in a while, remember David! David committed sin just once and as a result he brought a curse not only on himself but on his generation forever." DO YOU STILL THINK THAT TINY BESETTING SIN ISN'T A BIG DEAL?
"We have people who seriously give their life to Christ but with time their hearts begin to drift and they eventually backslide. After giving your life to Christ, for you to remain saved you need to strife for sanctification. Why? The bible says in Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked" and Proverbs 4:23 says “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”. If the same heart that controls the issue of your life is desperately wicked then there is a big problem!" WE ALL NEED JESUS TO HELP US LIVE A HOLY & ACCEPTABLE LIFE .
Dear
friends please don't miss out on this! Join us as we spend the next few days
talking about JESUS! You can watch LIVE from any part of the world via
these links everyday by 8:00pm (GMT) www.ohtv.co.uk/live, www.holyghostservice.tv or www.liveway.tv/hgs.
God bless you.
RCCG 61st Annual Convention Day 3 Message By Pastor EA Adeboye
RCCG 61st Annual Convention Day 3
Theme: JESUS
Preacher: Pastor EA Adeboye
Message Title: The Great Sanctifier.
Bible Text: 1Thess 5:22-23 “Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
There are some signs that will show you that you are genuinely saved. For example the moment you are genuinely saved, you stop thinking about what Jesus can do for you and start thinking about what you can do for Jesus. When God opens your eyes to see how close you were to hell before Jesus saved you, your question will be ‘God what can I do for you?’. In Acts 9:1-6, the moment Saul was knocked down on his way to Damascus and realised he had met the Lord, his first question was ‘ Lord, what do you want me to do?’
When you are genuinely saved, it’s difficult to just keep quiet; you will be eager and happy to tell everyone who cares to know about the Jesus who saved your soul from hell. Today many people claim to be born-again but instead of asking God what they can do for Him, they keep on bombarding Him with all sorts of requests.
Back in the days when people got saved, they gave their time, talents and money to the work of God but these days, so called born-again Christians go to the extent of billing the church double for different works and projects.
If you’ve genuinely given your life to Christ, you won’t find it difficult to restitute.. In Luke 19:1-10 as soon as Zacchaeus had an encounter with Jesus, he said “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.”. When you are genuinely born-again, you will be willing to restitute and also right all your wrongs
A backslider is worse than a sinner that has never been saved. The bible describes a backslider as a dog who returns to his vomit. Don’t let anybody deceive you that once you are saved you’ll remain saved or that you can never backslide…it is the lie of the devil. In 2Timothy 4:10 Demas who was once fervent in the Lord backslidded and started loving the things of the world. Also Ananias and Sapphira who were once saved, fervent in the Lord and also devoted to the point of selling their things for the church backslidded and started lying(Acts 5). For those of you who are saved, may you never backslide in Jesus name, Amen.
For those of you who think you can toy with sin once in a while, remember David! David committed sin just once and as a result he brought a curse not only on himself but on his generation forever.
Sin and backsliding is such a horrible thing and that is why you need something called “Sanctification” after the salvation experience. We have people who seriously give their life to Christ but with time their hearts begin to drift and they eventually backslide. After giving your life to Christ, for you to remain saved you need to strife for sanctification. Why? The bible says in Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
Matthew 15:19-20 says out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Proverbs 4:23 says “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”. Your entire life is determined by the condition of your heart. If the same heart that controls the issue of your life is desperately wicked then there is a big problem
God in his mercy has made provision to deal with this desperately wicked heart of yours so you can do his will completely. God can change that terrible heart and give you a heart of flesh if you are really determined to live holy. The bible says in Ezekiel 36:25-27 “Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.”
Every patient who has a heart problem needs to have a heart donor before anything serious can be done by the doctors. For anyone who has a heart of stone, Jesus is a donor with the heart of flesh. The day Jesus hung on the cross, He made a new heart available for everyone who has a bad heart and wants a heart of flesh.
***EVIDENCE OF THE SANCTIFICATION EXPERIENCE***
When a Christian gets sanctified there are several evidences to show for it
1) The moment Jesus’ heart of flesh replaces your heart of stone, you begin to think the way Jesus thinks (Phil 2:5-8).
2) When the heart of Jesus is in you, you become humble and you start to forgive those who hurt you.
3) When you have the sanctification experience, like paul you can say Phil 1;21
4) When you get the heart of Jesus you are meek. Mark 11;29. To be meek is different from being weak. To be meek is to have trmedous power but you don’t use it
5) When you become sanctified you will be pure in heart. Matthew 5;8
***PROCEDURE TO GAIN THE SANCTIFICATION EXPERIENCE****
1) You have to admit that it is possible to live holy.1 Peter 1:15- 16. God says be holy, He wouldn’t have said we should be holy if we can’t do it.
2) Admit that it is possible to be 100% holy. Matthew 5:48 says we should be perfect as our father in heaven is perfect. God is the standard for our holiness, this means we need to make effort to be 100% holy… 75% holiness is not good enough.
3) Admit that you can’t do it on your own. You need to admit that it is impossible to be 100% holy without the help of God.
If you want Jesus to perform a heart operation on you, it will require total surrender to Him. You will have to surrender your life, soul, body and all to him. If you are going to call on Him for a sanctification experience, you have to make up your mind to surrender 100%, totally and absolutely to Him.
In conclusion, before doctors carry out a heart operation on a patient, they clean the person up. For God to carry out a operation on your heart, He has to clean you up first! You cannot get sanctified without being saved so if you are yet to give your life to Christ, ask God for forgiveness now! Ask Him to have mercy on you, wash you clean and save your soul.
PRAYER POINT
----Father I surrender completely to you, please take the heart of stone away from me and give me a heart of flesh. Sanctify me holy… I want to be able to live a life of absolute holiness.
Theme: JESUS
Preacher: Pastor EA Adeboye
Message Title: The Great Sanctifier.
Bible Text: 1Thess 5:22-23 “Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
There are some signs that will show you that you are genuinely saved. For example the moment you are genuinely saved, you stop thinking about what Jesus can do for you and start thinking about what you can do for Jesus. When God opens your eyes to see how close you were to hell before Jesus saved you, your question will be ‘God what can I do for you?’. In Acts 9:1-6, the moment Saul was knocked down on his way to Damascus and realised he had met the Lord, his first question was ‘ Lord, what do you want me to do?’
When you are genuinely saved, it’s difficult to just keep quiet; you will be eager and happy to tell everyone who cares to know about the Jesus who saved your soul from hell. Today many people claim to be born-again but instead of asking God what they can do for Him, they keep on bombarding Him with all sorts of requests.
Back in the days when people got saved, they gave their time, talents and money to the work of God but these days, so called born-again Christians go to the extent of billing the church double for different works and projects.
If you’ve genuinely given your life to Christ, you won’t find it difficult to restitute.. In Luke 19:1-10 as soon as Zacchaeus had an encounter with Jesus, he said “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.”. When you are genuinely born-again, you will be willing to restitute and also right all your wrongs
A backslider is worse than a sinner that has never been saved. The bible describes a backslider as a dog who returns to his vomit. Don’t let anybody deceive you that once you are saved you’ll remain saved or that you can never backslide…it is the lie of the devil. In 2Timothy 4:10 Demas who was once fervent in the Lord backslidded and started loving the things of the world. Also Ananias and Sapphira who were once saved, fervent in the Lord and also devoted to the point of selling their things for the church backslidded and started lying(Acts 5). For those of you who are saved, may you never backslide in Jesus name, Amen.
For those of you who think you can toy with sin once in a while, remember David! David committed sin just once and as a result he brought a curse not only on himself but on his generation forever.
Sin and backsliding is such a horrible thing and that is why you need something called “Sanctification” after the salvation experience. We have people who seriously give their life to Christ but with time their hearts begin to drift and they eventually backslide. After giving your life to Christ, for you to remain saved you need to strife for sanctification. Why? The bible says in Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
Matthew 15:19-20 says out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Proverbs 4:23 says “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”. Your entire life is determined by the condition of your heart. If the same heart that controls the issue of your life is desperately wicked then there is a big problem
God in his mercy has made provision to deal with this desperately wicked heart of yours so you can do his will completely. God can change that terrible heart and give you a heart of flesh if you are really determined to live holy. The bible says in Ezekiel 36:25-27 “Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.”
Every patient who has a heart problem needs to have a heart donor before anything serious can be done by the doctors. For anyone who has a heart of stone, Jesus is a donor with the heart of flesh. The day Jesus hung on the cross, He made a new heart available for everyone who has a bad heart and wants a heart of flesh.
***EVIDENCE OF THE SANCTIFICATION EXPERIENCE***
When a Christian gets sanctified there are several evidences to show for it
1) The moment Jesus’ heart of flesh replaces your heart of stone, you begin to think the way Jesus thinks (Phil 2:5-8).
2) When the heart of Jesus is in you, you become humble and you start to forgive those who hurt you.
3) When you have the sanctification experience, like paul you can say Phil 1;21
4) When you get the heart of Jesus you are meek. Mark 11;29. To be meek is different from being weak. To be meek is to have trmedous power but you don’t use it
5) When you become sanctified you will be pure in heart. Matthew 5;8
***PROCEDURE TO GAIN THE SANCTIFICATION EXPERIENCE****
1) You have to admit that it is possible to live holy.1 Peter 1:15- 16. God says be holy, He wouldn’t have said we should be holy if we can’t do it.
2) Admit that it is possible to be 100% holy. Matthew 5:48 says we should be perfect as our father in heaven is perfect. God is the standard for our holiness, this means we need to make effort to be 100% holy… 75% holiness is not good enough.
3) Admit that you can’t do it on your own. You need to admit that it is impossible to be 100% holy without the help of God.
If you want Jesus to perform a heart operation on you, it will require total surrender to Him. You will have to surrender your life, soul, body and all to him. If you are going to call on Him for a sanctification experience, you have to make up your mind to surrender 100%, totally and absolutely to Him.
In conclusion, before doctors carry out a heart operation on a patient, they clean the person up. For God to carry out a operation on your heart, He has to clean you up first! You cannot get sanctified without being saved so if you are yet to give your life to Christ, ask God for forgiveness now! Ask Him to have mercy on you, wash you clean and save your soul.
PRAYER POINT
----Father I surrender completely to you, please take the heart of stone away from me and give me a heart of flesh. Sanctify me holy… I want to be able to live a life of absolute holiness.
Friday, 26 July 2013
THE ANCHOR HOLDS, I'LL STAND
I've
been so bipolar for about 2 months now! One minute I'm excited and the next
minute I feel so sad, hurt, disappointed, pained and totally confused. I could
be having a fun convo with a friend via bb/facebook/whatsapp and totally
sending all the 'LOL' 'LMHO' but at the same time sobbing about random things
I've had to deal with lately. How did I get here? How did things get this bad?
I
do miss me, I miss the normal jumpy, friendly and happy May! These days I've
become so isolated and churchophobic... it is like I've developed a sudden and
weird kind of phobia for people, especially fellow Christians. For some
weeksssss I've had to attend both mid-week and Sunday church services via the
internet in order to keep sane and also re-examine my walk with God.
I
miss having dad around too. Sometimes I think my life would have been so much
easier if he was here with me. There are a lot of things on mind, so many
questions, so many issues I wish to sort out, things I wish I could change and
dramas I wish I never saw, heard or experienced.
Through
these all, I've learnt to handle friendships with care because sometimes in
life, a friendly face can be your enemy's mask. For someone like me who can be
very open, straight-forward and non-secretive with close friends, I've had to
learn the difference between love and trust and this was a very very very hard
lesson to learn. I've learnt to give room for humans to be humans irrespective
of how close they are to me or God... Even though I sometimes like to deceive
myself, I know not everyone will treat me the way I would treat them given the
same circumstance.
The
bible actually says love your neighbour as yourself not trust your neighbour as
yourself. Since LadyMay will continue be LadyMay and I can't change the way God
made me, I have come to a conclusion to keep on loving people and increasing
the number of sugarpies, honeypies, brothers and sisters I have BUT to trust
God in them instead. That way it won't hurt so much when they display their
human tendencies. ***Thinking out
loud*** Talking about brothers and sisters, trust me when I say I have loads of
them in different parts of the world, interestingly I have never met some of
them before but they've been a HUGE blessing to me.
So
back to the main gist, life has been very dramatic and traumatic lately. The
devil has really tried using people I love and care about so much to break me
but mercy said no...Thank God for Jesus! I'm actually beginning to see more
clearly by the day that there is something quite unique and special about me.
If I was very ordinary, the devil won't bother trying to frustrate me at every given
opportunity but it's not over until God says it's over. My light will shine no
matter the darkness around me! No matter the number of rocks life throws at me,
I'll keep standing on Christ the solid rock and after these tests, I'll be back
to share my testimonies!
Dear
friends, life isn't always going to be easy but when our faith seems to be
getting weak we have to make effort to keep standing! Bible says in Ephesians
6:10-13 “Finally, my
brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God
that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For
we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,[a] against
spiritual hosts of
wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that
you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand”
When
life upsets you, stand! When you feel disappointed and betrayed, stand! When
you feel weary and tired, stand! Keep standing, encourage yourself in the Lord,
pray, read the word, sing hymns and keep saying to yourself "The anchor
holds", "No power of hell, no scheme of man will ever pluck me from
his hand, till He returns or calls me home, here in the power of Christ I'll
stand"
When
you don't even get what God is up to and why you are still standing, just
stand! Your big tests are bringing you big testimonies in due time, keep
standing and all will be well.
With
love,
LadyMay.
Saturday, 6 July 2013
The Wonders of Divine Blessings (July 2013 HGS)
RCCG JULY HOLYGHOST SERVICE
THEME: The Wonders of Divine Blessings
MINISTER: Pastor EA Adeboye
TEXT: Genesis 12:1-3
When a man is blessed of God, his friends are blessed and his enemies are in trouble because God says He will bless them that bless him, and curse him that curse him.
Abraham was a blessed man, his servant testified to this in Genesis 24:35 saying “And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.”
There are two basic definition blessings
1) When all needs are met and something extra comes with it. The bible says in Psalm 23:5 “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.” When the cup is running over, then we are talking of blessings.
2) A spiritual definition o f blessing is a summon to all forces on earth, in heaven, underneath the earth to come and assist somebody so that the person will succeed and excel.
In Genesis 27:26- 28 when Isaac was going to bless Jacob he said “Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.”
Isaac first said “God give thee dew from heaven” . What does that mean? According to Zachariah 8:12 when God blesses you with the dew of heaven, your seed will prosper, your vine will be fruitful and your ground shall give increase.
He then went ahead to pray for Fatness of the earth. According to Psalm 36:8, what that means is that you get abundant satisfaction when blessed
What happens when a man is blessed?
Deuteronomy 28:12 says “The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow”
When a man is blessed God sends rain in due season to bless the works of his hands. From today, you will enjoy rain in season in Jesus name. Amen
When a man is blessed, the sun and the moon will co-operate with him. When we say the sun and moon will co-operate with you, it has a deeper meaning which means seasons will co-operate with you. Joshua was a blessed man, in Joshua 10:12-14 , he commanded both the sun and the moon to stand still and they stood still until the people of God had avenged themselves upon their enemies.
When you are blessed, the heavens begin to help you. Heavens include all the beings in heaven e.g angels. For example in Acts 12:5-11, God sent an angel from heaven to go set Peter free the night before he was killed.
When you are blessed the sun, moon and rain will co-operate with you!
When a man is blessed, forces from heaven will assist him, forces on earth will assist him and even forces underneath the earth will assist him. When God wants to bless you, he can make use of demons. A typical example can be found in 1Samuel 18:14-23. When God was going to announce David, an evil spirit started troubling King Saul, David had to be brought into the palace to play the harp so that the evil spirit could depart from Saul and as a result of this he became the king’s armour bearer.
From today, all your enemies will become a blessing to you in Jesus name. Amen!
Many people don’t know the value of ‘God bless you’. A simple ‘God bless you’ can do great things in your life… When God blesses you, you won’t lack anything because He owns everything.
When God blesses you, you can live long because the bible says in Psalm 91:16
“With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.”
When you are blessed of God, He can satisfy you with joy because in his presence there is fullness of joy.
When God blesses you there will be promotion and victory without a fight .Deut 28:7 says “The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways” When you are blessed God will fight your battles for you.
When God blesses you, there is wealth without sorrow because the bible says in Proverbs 10:22 “The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.”
One of the greatest wonder to divine blessing is that no man , woman , witch, wizard, or even pastor can reverse the blessings of God upon your life. They can talk about you, envy you or criticise you but they can’t temper with your blessings. Joseph is a classic example of a blessed man. He was destined to be great but was sold into slavery, in Portiphar’s house he was blessed but then Portiphar’s wife lied against him and he ended up in prison. Portiphar’s wife helped him, if she had not told those lies, He wouldn't have gone to the prison and if he didn't go to the prison he won’t have met the butler who introduced him to Pharaoh. The famine in the land also helped him because if the great famine didn't happen his family wouldn't have come all the way to Egypt.
In the name that is above every name, people you know and those you don’t know will bless you! Those like you and those who hate you, those who appreciate you and those who criticise you…God will use all of them to help you in Jesus name. All those who are critising you now will one day celebrate you
Nothing goes for nothing! You need to realise that blessings are earned. Bible says in Malachi 3:10 “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.”
If you want to be blessed by God, you need to be willing to pay the prize.
When God blesses you , nobody can temper with the blessing and that blessing can only be reversed by God himself. In 1 Samuel 2:30, the LORD said to Eli ”I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. “
Also when Hezekiah was sick, God sent the prophet to tell him he was going to die but when the King Hezekiah prayed, God decided to add more years to his life.
If God decides to bless you and you mess up, He can change the blessing into a curse. God said in 1 Samuel 2:30 “them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.” You cannot continue to live in sin and expect God’s blessings upon your life because He is a holy God not a magician. If you are yet to accept Jesus Christ into your life, do so now! If you claim to be a child of God but you’re still living like the child of the devil, confess your sins now and ask God to restore so his blessings don’t become a curse in your life.
PRAYER POINTS.
1) Thank God and praise Him for previous blessings
2) Father, please command your blessings on my family tonight
3) Father please send help to me from heaven above
4) Father please send help to me from the four corners of the world, from the east, west, north and south
5) Father all those trying to temper with your blessings in my life, frustrate them
6) Father please bless me irreversibly
7) Father please empower me to obey you completely
Father please turn me to a mighty blessing
9) Father let my children be more blessed than I am
10) Father bless my neighbour, bless my nation and bless your church
11) Personal prayer request
THEME: The Wonders of Divine Blessings
MINISTER: Pastor EA Adeboye
TEXT: Genesis 12:1-3
When a man is blessed of God, his friends are blessed and his enemies are in trouble because God says He will bless them that bless him, and curse him that curse him.
Abraham was a blessed man, his servant testified to this in Genesis 24:35 saying “And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.”
There are two basic definition blessings
1) When all needs are met and something extra comes with it. The bible says in Psalm 23:5 “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.” When the cup is running over, then we are talking of blessings.
2) A spiritual definition o f blessing is a summon to all forces on earth, in heaven, underneath the earth to come and assist somebody so that the person will succeed and excel.
In Genesis 27:26- 28 when Isaac was going to bless Jacob he said “Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.”
Isaac first said “God give thee dew from heaven” . What does that mean? According to Zachariah 8:12 when God blesses you with the dew of heaven, your seed will prosper, your vine will be fruitful and your ground shall give increase.
He then went ahead to pray for Fatness of the earth. According to Psalm 36:8, what that means is that you get abundant satisfaction when blessed
What happens when a man is blessed?
Deuteronomy 28:12 says “The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow”
When a man is blessed God sends rain in due season to bless the works of his hands. From today, you will enjoy rain in season in Jesus name. Amen
When a man is blessed, the sun and the moon will co-operate with him. When we say the sun and moon will co-operate with you, it has a deeper meaning which means seasons will co-operate with you. Joshua was a blessed man, in Joshua 10:12-14 , he commanded both the sun and the moon to stand still and they stood still until the people of God had avenged themselves upon their enemies.
When you are blessed, the heavens begin to help you. Heavens include all the beings in heaven e.g angels. For example in Acts 12:5-11, God sent an angel from heaven to go set Peter free the night before he was killed.
When you are blessed the sun, moon and rain will co-operate with you!
When a man is blessed, forces from heaven will assist him, forces on earth will assist him and even forces underneath the earth will assist him. When God wants to bless you, he can make use of demons. A typical example can be found in 1Samuel 18:14-23. When God was going to announce David, an evil spirit started troubling King Saul, David had to be brought into the palace to play the harp so that the evil spirit could depart from Saul and as a result of this he became the king’s armour bearer.
From today, all your enemies will become a blessing to you in Jesus name. Amen!
Many people don’t know the value of ‘God bless you’. A simple ‘God bless you’ can do great things in your life… When God blesses you, you won’t lack anything because He owns everything.
When God blesses you, you can live long because the bible says in Psalm 91:16
“With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.”
When you are blessed of God, He can satisfy you with joy because in his presence there is fullness of joy.
When God blesses you there will be promotion and victory without a fight .Deut 28:7 says “The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways” When you are blessed God will fight your battles for you.
When God blesses you, there is wealth without sorrow because the bible says in Proverbs 10:22 “The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.”
One of the greatest wonder to divine blessing is that no man , woman , witch, wizard, or even pastor can reverse the blessings of God upon your life. They can talk about you, envy you or criticise you but they can’t temper with your blessings. Joseph is a classic example of a blessed man. He was destined to be great but was sold into slavery, in Portiphar’s house he was blessed but then Portiphar’s wife lied against him and he ended up in prison. Portiphar’s wife helped him, if she had not told those lies, He wouldn't have gone to the prison and if he didn't go to the prison he won’t have met the butler who introduced him to Pharaoh. The famine in the land also helped him because if the great famine didn't happen his family wouldn't have come all the way to Egypt.
In the name that is above every name, people you know and those you don’t know will bless you! Those like you and those who hate you, those who appreciate you and those who criticise you…God will use all of them to help you in Jesus name. All those who are critising you now will one day celebrate you
Nothing goes for nothing! You need to realise that blessings are earned. Bible says in Malachi 3:10 “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.”
If you want to be blessed by God, you need to be willing to pay the prize.
When God blesses you , nobody can temper with the blessing and that blessing can only be reversed by God himself. In 1 Samuel 2:30, the LORD said to Eli ”I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. “
Also when Hezekiah was sick, God sent the prophet to tell him he was going to die but when the King Hezekiah prayed, God decided to add more years to his life.
If God decides to bless you and you mess up, He can change the blessing into a curse. God said in 1 Samuel 2:30 “them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.” You cannot continue to live in sin and expect God’s blessings upon your life because He is a holy God not a magician. If you are yet to accept Jesus Christ into your life, do so now! If you claim to be a child of God but you’re still living like the child of the devil, confess your sins now and ask God to restore so his blessings don’t become a curse in your life.
PRAYER POINTS.
1) Thank God and praise Him for previous blessings
2) Father, please command your blessings on my family tonight
3) Father please send help to me from heaven above
4) Father please send help to me from the four corners of the world, from the east, west, north and south
5) Father all those trying to temper with your blessings in my life, frustrate them
6) Father please bless me irreversibly
7) Father please empower me to obey you completely
Father please turn me to a mighty blessing
9) Father let my children be more blessed than I am
10) Father bless my neighbour, bless my nation and bless your church
11) Personal prayer request
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