JANUARY HOLY GHOST SERVICE
THEME: SWIMMING IN GLORY
January 4th, 2019.
BY: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
Let
us lift our hands to the most high God and begin to worship Him.
Let
us magnify His holy name; let us worship Him.
Give
Him glory; give Him honour for bringing you to the New Year.
Thank
God for God.
Thank
God for God the Father,
Thank
God for God the Son,
Thank
God for God the Holy Spirit.
Worship
Him
Adore
Him
Give
Him glory, give Him honour; bless His holy name.
He
is worthy, He is worthy, He is worthy to be praised.
Give
Him glory, give Him honour, give Him adoration.
Thank
You Father.
Glory
be to Your holy name.
In
Jesus mighty name we have worshipped.
Lift
your voice to Him and say: Father, give me a new year present today.
Open
your mouth and cry to the Almighty God.
Almighty
God, the All Sufficient One, please, give me a new year present today. Thank
You Father.
In
Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
We give You all the glory
We give You honour
We give You all the glory
We give You honour.
Amen
We give You all the glory
We give You honour
We give You all the glory
We give You honour.
Jesus
We give You all the glory
We give You honour
We give You all the glory
We
give You honour.
Almighty
God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, the Unchangeable
Changer, the One who is always I AM, we worship You, please accept our thanks
in Jesus’ name. Thank You for all You did for us last year, thank You for the
ups and downs, thank You for the mountains, thank You for the valleys, Father
accept our worship in Jesus’ name. In this new year my Father and my God, in
the life of every one of us (those here and those listening to us all over the
world) Father please do something new, do something great, do something mighty,
do something glorious; at the end of everything let Your name be glorified.
In
Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
Amen.
Let
somebody shout hallelujah.
I
want you to do a little bit of the carryover from the Congress;
So
you will shake hands with about three people and introduced yourself to them:
your Excellency, I am the Light of the world.
Your
Excellency I am the salt of the earth;
Your
Excellency I am the elect of God
Your
Excellency I am an Ambassador of Christ.
Glory
be to God.
God
blessed you and you may please be seated.
Happy
New Year to you all!
As
usual we want to start the little part I am going to had in two parts:
One:
I want to talk to those who have not yet surrender their life to Jesus and then
we will come to the deeper session of it.
I
want to ask you, what does happy New Year means to you?
To
some people it means haa at long last I am going to become an adult, they won’t
call children anymore; this year I am going to be an adult.
To
some it means by the grace of God I will graduate this year.
To
some it means my promotion is due this year.
To
some it means whether the devil likes it or not I am getting married this year.
To
some it means before this year end I will be coming forward with my children.
What
does happy New Year mean to you?
There
was a man, he was poor and then somebody told him if you swallow a particular
kind of charm you will become very rich for seven years but after seven years
you will die.
Oh,
at least I will enjoy seven years!
They
said he will have plenteous money and so he swallowed the charm.
So
every time they said happy new, he said oh God another year is gone.
So
what does happy new year mean to you?
It
does not matter who you are, happy new year means one thing to all of us: we
are a year closer to the end of our journey.
Whether
you are young or you are old; each time they say happy new year remember you
are a year closer to the end of your journey in life.
The
moment a child is born, he begins the journey to the grave.
That
is why they don’t say how young is your child?
What
is the question they ask?
How
old?
The
baby has just been born but they are already talking about old age.
Whether
we like it or not every one of us here this year will be a year older than we were
last year – a journey; year closer to the end of our journey.
Either
the journey will end by sleep which is Bible way of describing death or by
rapture
1Corinthians
15 verse 51 to 53 says we will not all sleep but we will all be changed;
Some
will die before Christ returns, some Christ we return and take also and whichever
case the journey to the end of our life is a year closer.
Now,
if your journey should come by sleep; if you should die; and I am not praying
for anybody to die this year but it appointed unto man once to die;
We
cannot dodge it, it is something we should face clearly, it is coming.
A
day is coming according to 1Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 14 to 17, the Bible
said the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout; the trumpet will
sound and the died in Christ will rise first.
Those
who sleep before the Lord returns, when the trumpet shall sound they will be
the first to rise.
Now,
in Daniel chapter 12 verse 2, the Bible says a day is coming that those who are
sleeping in the dust of the earth shall awake.
In
other words, those who had been buried will awake – some to everlasting life
and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
I
know some of you are already saying Daddy why are you discussing something so
serious at the beginning of the New Year?
Let
me tell you straight away: this is a serious year.
What
kind of year is this?
This
is not a year to joke with at all.
And
I will be failing in my duty as your father if I don’t tell you this is a
serious year.
My
joy however as your father is that if you will hearken diligently to me your
father as I take you through the scripture this year, by the time this year is
ending you will be seating on the mountain top.
The
Bible says when the trumpet had sound, those sleeping in the dust will arise –
some to everlasting life and some to everlasting shame.
What
makes the difference?
It
is your choice.
In
John chapter 3 from verse 16 to 19, the Bible says God so loved the world that
He gave is only begotten son that whosoever believeth Him should not perish but
have everlasting life.
But
if you read it further down, He made it clear, those who will not accept Him
will have everlasting condemnation.
The
choice is yours
This
is not a year you will say I will think about my salvation;
This
is the year when you must decide of God urgently.
So
if you are here and you have not yet given your life to Jesus, I am going to
count from one to ten;
As
they say in Yoruba land: pull your two ears and run forward to Jesus Christ so
that He can save your souls, wash away your sins;
So
if He should come this year, you will go into everlasting glory.
If
you should die this year when the trumpet shall sound you will rise up into
everlasting life
But
if you reject Him, when the trumpet shall sound you will rise up into
everlasting shame.
The
choice is yours.
So
if you want to give your life to Jesus Christ, I am counting now from one to
ten and before I say ten run forward and come surrender your life to Jesus
Christ.
I
am counting now:
One,
two, three,
The
choice is between glory and shame – everlasting glory and everlasting shame –
and you will decide for yourself by either surrendering your life to Jesus or
rejecting Him.
Four,
five, six,
Are
you aware that Jesus is not begging you to clap for Him; He has Angels who can
do the job; He is not begging you, if you want to do it, do it very well.
Seven,
eight,
Today
is the day of salvation, now is the accepted time.
Hurry
up
Nine,
Amen.
Now,
those of you who have already come and those of you who are already on the way
cry to God now: please save my soul, forgive all my sins, accept me into the
family and I will serve You for the rest of my life.
Go
ahead cry unto Him.
Those
of you on the way hurry up and cry to Him as you come: ask Him to save your
soul, ask Him to become your Lord and your Saviour.
And
the rest of us stretch your hands towards this people and intercede for them
that the One who saved your soul will save their own souls also. Intercede for
them. And those of you who are in front and those of you who are on the way
hurry up; cry to God; ask Him to save your souls, ask Him to forgive your sins,
ask Him to receive you into the fellowship of the family of God. Cry unto Him.
He will save your soul and He will give you a brand new beginning.
Hurry
up those of you on the way, I want to pray for salvation now and make sure you
get here before I finished praying; just keep coming. Thank You Father.
In
Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
Saviour
we just want to say thank You. Thank You for Your word, thank You for these
people who have come forward to surrender their lives to You, please receive
them Jesus’ name; save their souls, let Your blood wash away their sins, please
write their names in the Book of Life and from now on anytime them call on You
answer them by fire; and anytime You return my Father and my God receive them
to glory. Thank You Father.
In
Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
Amen.
I
want to rejoice with those of you who have come and those of you who are on the
way, keep coming.
I
want to promise you from now on I will be praying for you
And
so the Counselors will give you a card to fill; fill the card very quickly,
return it to them.
I
need you name, your address and your prayer request.
I
promise you I will be praying for you.
We
will wait for you until you finish before we continue.
God
bless you.
Thank
You Lord
Now,
open your Bibles Isaiah chapter 60, I will read from verse 1 to 3 (Isaiah
chapter 60 verse 1 to 3):
Arise, shine; for thy light is
come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross
darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee,
and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and
kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Swimming in Glory!
Two words – Glory
and Swimming
Now, swimming (I
am sure you all know) means making progress inside water –
And I will take
about that a little later on because God did not created man for water; when He
created man, He created man for land;
He created sky for
the birds and He created the rivers for fish.
So when you go to
swim you have gone to an area that God did not initially create for you
But you can make
progress in a realm that is not yours if you know what to do.
If I ask you now,
how many of you can swim?
Raise your hand.
Very few hands
Why?
Swimming is for
the fish.
I have told you
this is a serious year and we are going to be talking serious things
Some of you don’t
fully understand what swimming in glory is.
You will begin to
understand tonight.
I will be brief
tonight because we will need to pray; in fact I am sure by the time I asked you
to pray by the grace of God you will even be begging me to get away so that you
can pray.
What about Glory?
We have said that
one before – Proverbs chapter 3 verse 35: Glory is the opposite of shame.
Everybody knows
that.
But what is Glory?
Glory is
intrinsically associated with light - Bright light; shinning light.
In Luke chapter 2
verse 9, the Bible says, the day Jesus Christ was born, it says lo, and the
angel of the Lord came upon them and the glory of the Lord shone around them.
It is light that
shines - …the glory of God shone!
In Psalm 24 verse
7 to 10, the Almighty God is called the King of glory.
And then in James
chapter 1 verse 17, He is called the Father of light.
The reason they
called Him King of glory is because He is Father of light – He is light.
In Ezekiel 43
verse 2, the Bible says the glory of the God of Israel came from the east…
What do you know
east for?
That is where the
sun rises.
…and He went on to
say the earth shined with His glory.
The earth shined
with is glory!
In Revelation
chapter 21 verse 10 to 23, the Bible tells us that the heaven Jerusalem, the
heavenly Jerusalem has the glory of God
So He does not
need the sun or the moon to give it light – the glory of God did lighting it.
So, in the text we
read, Isaiah chapter 60 verse 1- arise, shine, (why?) for thy light is come and
glory of the Lord is rising upon thee.
Light and glory
are the same thing.
Consequently, in
Matthew chapter 5 verse 14 to 16, Jesus gave you a new name – one of the new
names we considered last December - you are the Light of the world;
And He went on He
said let your light shine.
The link between
glory and light is just absolute and complete.
Now, light is
useless unless it shines.
Matthew chapter 5
verse 15 says you are not supposed to hide light, you are to put it on
candlestick where it will show light to the people.
I decree to someone here tonight, you will shine
this year.
Well, by the time
I tell you the meaning of shine maybe your amen would be that loud.
You see the
opposite of light is darkness; so, to shine means to push back darkness by
force.
Genesis chapter 1 verse
1 to 4: in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth; the earth was
without form and void, etcetera, etcetera;
Darkness was upon
the face of the deep then the Spirit of God moved and God said let there be
light.
From the beginning
the battle between light and darkness has been there.
In other words,
shinning automatically means confrontation with darkness.
So ‘get ready to
shine’ means ‘get ready to fight darkness’.
Are you ready to
shine?
I cannot hear your
voice.
Let me announced
to you my beloveth children you have played church long enough, the battle line
is drawn -
Light and darkness
are going to collide.
How many of you
are still light of the world raise your hand let me see?
Get ready to fight
darkness;
It says in the
text I read to you Isaiah chapter 60 verse 1 to 3 – when it says arise, shine,
for your light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee;
He said because
there will be gross darkness and get ready to deal with gross darkness;
And He said when
you do that then the Gentiles, the unbelievers, will come.
Many of us have
been trying to win souls by mere talk; hmm hmm, they will come when they see
how well you can deal with darkness.
Light has no use
unless it shines
Nobody wants to
switch on the light during day time but when darkness comes you will bring in
light.
Consider David -
in 1Samuel chapter 16 verse 11 to 13 - that young boy was brought from the
field and they pour oil on his head and say hey you are now the king.
He was rejoicing.
But it was not
long after that in 1Samuel 17 verse 34 to 37 when lions began to come and bear
began to come and goliath began to appear;
And then when you
read 1Samuel chapter 22 verse 1 to 2, when they saw the light of David shinning
and he was in the cave of Adullam, everybody who needed help came to him
I say it one more
time, you will shine this year.
Shinning means you
are going to fight darkness.
You want to swim
in glory!
Amen!
You will fight
lions;
You will fight
bears;
You will fights
goliath.
But the beautiful
thing is the fight you are going to fight is a good fight.
Why is it a good
fight?
Because you have
even won before you begin the fighting.
Let me hear
somebody shout hallelujah.
In 2Timothy
chapter 4 verse 7, Paul said, I have fought a good fight.
A good fight is
the fight you win.
And I am looking
at winners now.
I thought I will
hear amen.
The fight is
loaded in your favour.
Why?
Because light has
never lost to darkness – never!
The Bible says in
John chapter 1 verse 4 to 5, it was talking about Jesus Christ, in Him was life
and the Life was the light of men and the light shines in darkness.
What is the
result?
Darkness cannot
overcome it.
Lift your hands to
the Almighty God and say: from now on I will not run from the devil.
Say it as if you
mean it.
You are going to
fight and you are going to win.
Romans chapter 8
verse 35 to 39 made it clear you are already more than a conqueror; you are
already more than a conqueror.
The only one
condition to winning is that you must not turn your back to the enemy.
Never turn your
back again to the enemy.
Luke chapter 9
verse 62, Jesus made it clear, anyone who laid is hand on the plow and look
back is not fit for the kingdom.
Now, by the grace of God that I serve before the
end of this year, one of your prayers will be God send the lions, send the
bear, and wherever goliath is hiding bring him out.
One of my friends,
an elder, somewhere here on the altar; when he was younger he was in Ilorin,
when he wakes up in the morning, he prays: all those sick people that the
Doctors say they cannot heal send them to me that I can pray for them because
these people they need signs and wonders, send them to me.
That is the kind
of Christian you are going to become.
Let me hear your
amen.
Now, I am going to
talk briefly now about swimming and then you will pray.
I am just laying
foundation today; next month we will begin to get into deeper waters.
Thank You Father.
The Lord said there is someone here today, He said
before the end of this year you will begin to show the signs of the genius.
Swimming means
operating successfully in a realm that is not naturally yours.
I have explained:
land is for man, sky for birds, rivers for the fish
But when you are
swimmer, it means you can succeed in even a realm that not yours.
I give you an
example: 1Samuel 17 verse 32 to 37, when David went to king Saul and said don’t
let anybody be afraid of this giant I will go and fight him.
The king said
little boy this is not your realm - I say you are a little boy, Goliath is a
warrior, he has been a warrior from birth
Warfare is the
realm of goliath; you little boy you better go and hide under your mother
covering cloth.
But David said,
sorry sir, you don’t really know who you are talking to.
I am praying for
someone here today, by the time you get home tonight you will be a different
person.
I held a Holy
Ghost rally in my native town several years ago and I spoke to them in my local
language; I said as I stand before you I know what is going on in your mind.
Haa haa, is not
this Dejare, the son of so and so?
We know his
mother, his mother used to sell eko; we know his father
Is Dejare now a
prophet!
I said to them, I say
there is a saying among you elders, if you look at a corpse of yesterday with
the same eyes of yesterday, there is something called Ebora, Ebora will deal with you.
By the time you get home tonight, in the Name that
is above every other name, anybody who thinks it is the same fellow who came
here, who went back home, is going to get into trouble.
Let me just tell
you one or two story quickly, I will soon get out of your way because I know
you want to pray.
You have heard it
before.
We want to start a
church in one of the towns here in Ogun State and they did not want anything
called Christianity there.
So when we gather
for the crusade they brought out masquerades; the masquerades came with their
sticks and they were using their sticks to scatter the people;
Beating their
drums loudly so that nobody can hear speak;
Those days there
were no loud speakers;
And one little
girl, one of my little children said haha I am a native of this place, I know
the tradition; if a drum should break when the masquerade is dancing, the
masquerade will not be alive the following year;
So, she went aside
and said I command in the name of Jesus, drums break.
And one by one the
drums began to break and the masquerades scattered.
In the mighty name of Jesus Christ, every drum of
shame beating in your life shall break tonight.
I will tell you
another story, some of you heard it before.
When I was a
lecturer at the University of Lagos, I was living in Surulere and then I had
some little little boys and girls following me around.
And one of them
heard that the cult boys have decided that they want to burn down the book shop
and at that time the book shop and the bank they were in the same building.
So, they met,
those people who are my disciples;
They were saying
what are we going to do now?
Oga has gone home;
we do not even know his house so we can tell
And one of them
said, we do not need to go and tell him
He taught us when
there is trouble we should pray.
Let us pray.
So they gathered
together and prayed.
And boys who
wanted to burn down the book shop and something, they have already poured
petrol and then some ogogoro too and so they decided to drink a little bit
before night so they can do their job.
When they woke up
it was already day light and then the young ones began to say to their leader
what kind of leader are you; you fell at sleep on duty.
And the leader
says what kind of followers are you, you did not wake me up and they began to
fight.
All those who are plotting against your future, in
the Name that is above every other name, they will be fighting themselves this
year.
Thank You my Father.
Daddy asked me to tell someone, He said this year
you will begin to see new openings.
I am talking about
swimming now.
Okay
To swim involves skill.
If you just jump
into the river and you do not know how to swim you will drown; so you need
skill.
And to learn the
skill of swimming, you need help.
In Zachariah 4
verse says it is not by power, not by might but by My Spirit saith the Lord of
host.
If you get into
the river and you want to swim it is not just squashing around you must know
how to move your hand, how to move your feet; you have to synchronize
everything.
But there is
someone who is ready to teach you to swim and His name is Jesus.
Philippians 4
verse 13, I can do all things who strengthened me.
I can operate in
realms that are not mine.
I have heard
testimonies that make me jumped for joy
Ordinary member of
the congregation being used by God to perform mighty miracles; operating in the
realms well above their age
As the Lord lives, before the end of this year,
when they say there is a crisis you won’t say send for the G.O, you will say
bring the fellow, bring the fellow.; bring the dead; bring the blind; bring the
deaf; bring the dumb; bring the lame.
So you are going
to need Jesus like never before this year.
You are going to
need Him like never before!
In 1Thessalonians
chapter 5 verse 17 to 19, the Bible made it clear that you must pray without
ceasing.
The Bible says you
must not quench the spirit; this year is a year Holy Spirit you must move in
the Holy Spirit.
This year is a
year of fasting
Matthew 17 verse
14 to 21, Jesus Christ told His disciples there are some demons that can only
move when you confront them with fasting and prayer.
2Corithians
chapter 11 verse 27 says you fast often.
Several years ago,
in the 1980s, I was lying down in front of my first office here, I have been
fasting for more than thirty days and thirty night without food and so I was
very weak and I was lying down on my mat;
And a friend came
to visit me and he came he saw the first auditorium, the one by the express –
100meters by 50meters; he said what else do you want?
You already have
the biggest auditorium in Africa and you are still fasting!
I laughed.
I say I have not
started my journey.
I decree to
somebody here today, in the Name that is above every other name, where you
never thought you could reach, you will surpass it this year.
Is anybody here
ready to swim?
I cannot hear you.
When you want to
swim, the first thing you do is to change your dress.
If you have
arrived at the river or maybe a lake or whatever you want to swim, the first
thing is you take off your dress; you don’t swim with your suit on.
Hebrews 12 verse 1
says if you are going to be a successful swimmer you must lay aside every
weight, and the sin which easily beset us.
You cannot swim
with shoes on; you have to get rid of certain things if you want to swim.
Romans 13 verse 12
says you must put off all the works of darkness and put on the armour of light.
Ephesians chapter
4 verse 22 says you must put off the old corrupt man
You want to swim
changes must come!
Colossians chapter
3 verse 8 to 9 says you must put off anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy
communication out of your mouth;
You want to
confront darkness; you want to cast out demons, all these immoral jokes must
not even be heard from you again;
And then after you
remove your jacket, remove your shirt, remove your shoes then you wear your swimming
gear.
Ephesians chapter
4 from verse 24 to 25 says you put on the new man created in righteousness and
true holiness, speaking the truth.
Ephesians 6:11 to
18 says you must put on the whole armour of God.
No more running
from the enemy we are ready to face them because we are the light of the world
and light shines in darkness and darkness cannot overcome it.
You know what?
Satan is the one
on the losing end.
I will just tell
you briefly
Jesus Christ said
I will build my church.
Who will be built
the church?
Is Jesus a liar?
Answer me
So if He said I
will build something, will He do it?
He said I will
build My church and the gate of hell shall not prevail.
Gates, if you ask
the Bible scholars, those who know deep deep theology, stands for elders – the
elders of hell
The witches, the
wizard, the herbalist – they cannot prevail against the church, they can’t.
The trouble with
you my beloveth children is that up till this moment all you have praying been for
is Jesus give me food, Jesus give me cloth;
No, no, He wants
warriors and you are going to be one of them - you are the light of the world.
I will tell you
one more story and then I will let you go and pray.
During the go and
fishing this year, I was in a particular town (I won’t mention the name of the
town);
We wanted to start
a church, we sent a small boy, little Deacon to go and start a church a there
and the place where we find accommodation was next to house of a herbalist;
He did not know;
he just came to town, saw a house, and rented the house.
And the herbalist
soon discovered that those who were coming to him before were now going to this
small boy.
What kind of non
sense is this and so he decided I will deal with this boy.
So the boy went to
church; locked his doors and windows;
But when he came
back inside his one bedroom apartment was a hen sitting over eggs.
Those of you who
are young you don’t know the meaning of that; the elder here they are already
saying hey because they know what that means.
Where’s the hen
come from?
Where are the eggs
coming from?
Now, if you ask
the elders they will tell you.
If you ever see
anything like that you should run because if you bend down to pick up the hen
your back will break.
But my son looked
at the hen and the eggs and say haa thank You Lord for provision.
Let me hear
somebody shout hallelujah.
Lord, you know I
don’t have money to buy hen, I don’t have money to buy eggs and said hen
welcome to my cooking pot.
Killed the hen,
boiled the eggs
And the Babalawo
was expecting the cry of pain, he was expecting the following morning they will
carry a dead fellow out.
He saw the fellow
the following morning and the boy greeted him: papa, good morning.
Babalawo
surrendered his life to Jesus.
Power passes
power.
How many of you
are light of the world?
Rise on your feet
and shout hallelujah.
These are your
prayer points because it is time to pray:
Prayer point
number one: I want you to praise the kind of glory with all your heart; praise
the King of glory.
Prayer number two
is a declaration and you are going to say: in the mighty name of Jesus I am the
Light of the world, I will shine bright this year.
Prayer point
number three: in the mighty name of Jesus I will destroy the hold of forces of
darkness on my family this year.
Number four: in
the mighty name of Jesus, every lion, every bear, every goliath, that come my
way this year are dead.
Number five: in
the mighty name of Jesus, I will reach the mountain top this year.
Number six: In the
mighty name of Jesus my life will draw thousands away from the kingdom of Satan
this year. When they see my life shinning, thousands will be drawn to the
kingdom of Jesus Christ this year.
And number seven:
is your own private point request.
I am going to give
you thirty minutes to cry to the Almighty God because this is just the
beginning of a new life for you - a life of victory, a life of glory, shinning,
pushing back forces of darkness, becoming mighty warriors for the King of
glory.
Yes, the altar is
open and you have thirty minutes to cry to the Almighty God.
Pray to Him and
declare I am going to shine; I am going to deal with forces of darkness; all
those forces trying to block my way I will deal with them and they will know I
am different now, no longer the fellow they used to know. In the mighty name of
Jesus Christ, my light will shine and all forces of darkness must bow this
year. Go ahead talk to the Lord.
Thank You Father.
Thank You Jesus.
In Jesus mighty
name we have prayed.
In the name of the
King of glory, beginning from now you will shine; you will never run from
witches again, you will never run from wizards again; if they come against you
one way they will flee seven ways. Every yoke of darkness upon your family will
be destroyed now. Every force trying to block your ways to joy shall be
crushed. When unbelievers see miracle happening in your life, hundreds of
thousands of them will flock into the kingdom. This year you will reach the
top; you will be triumphant. So shall it be.
In Jesus mighty
name we have prayed.
Amen.
Let someone shout
hallelujah.
God bless you.