Let somebody shout a new year alleluia, ok
Now, Let somebody else shout an Open Heaven alleluia, alright.
Finally, let somebody shout a victorious alleluia....Alleluia, thank you
Jesus, glory be to God. Oluwa Oluwa wa, Olorun Olorun mi,....
Glory be to Your Holy Name! Let’s lift our hands to
the Almighty and just bless His Holy Name! Let’s bless Him for victories! Let’s
bless Him for joy! For blessing! For surviving the last year! Let’s bless His
Holy Name! For promotion! Let’s bless Him for love, for His faithfulness,, for support! Let’s bless Him! He’s worthy to be praised!
He’s worthy to be adored! There’s no- one like Him! All power belong to Him! He is the King of Kings! He is the Lord of
Lords!! He’s the I AM that I AM!! He’s the Ancient of
Days! He’s the Lion of the Tribe of Judah! He’s the Alpha! He’s the Omega! He’s
the Beginning! He’s the ending! The one who is, the One who was, the One who is
to come! He is the Almighty! His Name is wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, Prince
of Peace! Bless His Holy Name! He’s our Friend! Our Saviour! Our Redeemer! Our Healer! Our Provider! Ohh! He’s our hope! There’s no-one like Him! Let’s bless
Him! Let’s bless Him! Let’s magnify His Holy Name! He’s worthy to be praised,
He’s worthy to be adored…Blessèd! Blessèd! Blessèd! Blessèd be Your Holy Name my Lord! You are worthy to be
praised. You are worthy to be adored! I love You my Daddy! I Magnify Your Holy
Name! You are my Husband! I look forward to that day when I’ll be married to you
permanently. Oh, Father, I trust that the day will come when I will see You face
to face. Then I’ll become like You, my Father and my God! Thank You! Thank You
for going home to prepare a place for me! What a wonderful God You are. What a
loving Father! Oh, I bless You! I bless You! I bless You! You are worthy to be
praised! You are worthy to be magnified. There is no-one like You! All power
belong to You! You reign
forever O Lord! You are the Unchangeable One. Your government is a government
without an end. Oh, I praise You! I praise You! I magnify Your Holy Name! Blessèd be Your Holy Name Lord! You are worthy to be
praised! You are worthy to be adored! What a great God! What a great God! What a
great God You are! Blessèd, Blessèd be Your Holy Name! I trust You because You are
Wonderful…. Thank You Father! Alleluia my Lord! Blessèd be Your Holy Name! You are my Lord! You are my Saviour! You are my Friend! Thank You! Thank You that I have
You, that I can rely on You! You are so faithful! You
are so faithful! You are so kind! You are so true! Oh what a great God Your are! Blessèd be Your Holy Name
forever! … Please help me to love You more, to know You more, to adore You more,
to serve You with all my heart – Thank You for Your
blood! Thank You for the cleansing power in Your Blood! Thank You Lord! Thank
You Father! Thank You Lord! Alleluia! Father! Alleluia! Thank You Lord! Blessèd be Your Holy Name Lord! … Thank You Father! Thank
You Father! Thank You Father! … Thank You Father! … Thank You Father! I worship
You! I bless Your Holy Name! There’s none like You, You deserve all praise! You
deserve all glory! You deserve all honour! You deserve
all adoration! What a great God You are! … Yes, Lord! Blessèd be Your Holy Name Lord! … We praise You…. Thank You
Father! Blessèd be Your Holy Name! Thank You! Thank
You Father! Thank You Father! Glory be to You… Thank
You my Lord and my Saviour! Thank You my Lord and my
Saviour! Alleluia! Father Thank You Lord! Thank You
Lord! Alleluia! ….. Thank You Lord! Blessèd be Your
Holy Name! .. Thank You Father! Blessèd be Your Holy Name! Thank You Jesus! Thank You
Father! Amen! Thank You Father! Amen! Thank You Jesus! In Jesus’ mighty Name we
Worship! Amen!
Thank You Father! Alleluia! Let’s just be silent before Him for a moment.
Thank You Father! Listen to me carefully brethren, Amen!
The Lord says there’s someone here, since the beginning of the year you have
been dreaming of graves. God asked me to tell you – those who dug the graves
shall be buried in them. (Amen!)
The Lord said, there’s someone here, you used to be brilliant, now you are
almost a dullard. God asked me to tell you, your brain that had been stolen has
been restored. (Amen!) Thank You Father!
The Lord says I should leave you alone and let you praise Him! He said,
because as your praise shall be so shall your blessings flow! (Amen!) So go
ahead just praise Him!
Keep on praising Him! Magnify His Holy Name! He is worthy to be praised! He
is worthy to be adored! … Yes, Father, I give You glory! I give You honour! I give You adoration! May Your glory fill the whole
earth Daddy! … You are worthy to be praised! You are worthy to be adored! You
are worthy to be magnified! King of Kings! Lord of Lords! I AM that I AM!
Ancient of Days! Lion of the Tribe of Judah! Rock of Ages! … I will praise
You from everlasting to everlasting. My heart is fixed within me. I will glorify
Your Name! I will adore You! I will lift You high! …. Glory! Glory! Glory be to Your Holy Name! Glory be to
Your Holy Name! Glory be to Your Holy Name! You are
worthy to be praised! There’s no-one like You my Father! Oh, yes, Lord You are the Lord of Hosts! the I AM that
I AM!, the King of Glory!, the Shepherd of my soul – I love You Daddy! I adore
You! Be thou exalted O Lord above the heavens. Let Your glory fill the whole
earth! .. I join the angels in saying Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God Almighty! The whole earth is full of Your glory! … Blessèd be Your Holy Name Lord! Blessèd be Your Holy Name Lord! Blessèd, Blessèd, Blessèd, Blessèd be Your Holy Name
Lord! Glory be to Your Holy Name! Glory be to Your Holy Name! Glory be to
Your Holy Name! Thank You Father! Thank You Father! Thank You! Thank You! Thank
You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Alleluia! Alleluia! Thank You Jesus!
Thank You Jesus! Thank You Jesus! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
Thank You! Thank You! Alleluia! Father! Thank You Father! …. Thank You! Thank
You! Thank You! Thank You! He is Lord, He is Lord Amen! He is risen from the dead and He is Lord….
The Lord says there’ll be more miracles tonight than all the past year
combined! (Amen!)
I want you to stretch forth your hands by faith and just receive yours and
just begin to say, “Father, I receive it with thanksgiving, I receive y miracles
with thanksgiving. I bless Your Holy Name! Lord. Thank You my Lord for starting
the year with me in a wonderful way. Blessèd, Blessèd, Blessèd, Blessèd, Blessèd be Your Holy Name
Lord! Thank You my Father! Blessèd, Blessèd, Blessèd, Blessèd be Your Holy Name Lord! Yes, I receive my own… I
receive for my body, for my soul, for my spirit. I receive for my family. I
receive for my finances. I receive for Your church Lord! I receive for my town!
I receive for my village! I receive for my state! I receive for my Nation Lord!
Thank You my Father! Glory be to Your Holy Name!
Alleluia! Father! Thank You Lord! That wonderful Name Jesus, Alleluia! That
wonderful Name Jesus, Alleluia! That wonderful Name Jesus, Alleluia!, there is no other Name I know… Thank You Lord! … Amen!
Let all eyes be closed. We don’t want to embarrass anyone.
But the Lord said there is someone here and you came with some charms. The
Lord asked me to tell you to come and deposit them in front of the altar – right
now! All eyes closed please. Quiet please! Because He asked me to tell you – if
you don’t bring them now, before the end of next week, you will be leprous. So
silence please, all eyes closed. You came with charms. You didn’t mean any harm, you just thought you need them. He asked me to tell
you, come and deposit them right now. He’s doing it because He loves you that’s all. Oh, Thank You my Father! Thank You Jesus! Let all
eyes remain closed please. Don’t spy on the Holy Spirit.
The Spirit of God is moving so mightily here tonight and He’s doing a lot of
healings. Thank You Jesus! Just drop it there. Just drop it, drop it on the
floor, drop it on the floor and you can go. That’s all. You are free. Thank You
Father! Blessèd be Your Holy Name! Thank You Jesus!
Glory be to God! Thank You Father! Glory be to God! Let all eyes be closed. That’s what I said. Don’t
spy on the Holy Spirit..... Keep coming! Any other one? All eyes closed please.
Thank You Jesus! No, no just come and...... Whatever charm you brought just drop
it. Yes God bless you! God bless you! Yes! God bless you too Yes! Yes! God
bless you! God bless you! You can go! As soon as you drop it, you can go. Thank
You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You Father! Thank You! Call His Name - that
wonderful Name – Jesus
Thank You my Daddy.
Now the Lord says there is someone here, you’ve been struggling with smoking.
The Lord asked me to tell you – that last pack of cigarette in your pocket, you should come and deposit it in front of the altar
now. Amen! The Lord asked me to assure you that as you do so He will give you
victory over nicotine. So come quickly, come quickly…. God bless you! God bless
you! Alleluia!…In case there is anyone still holding
on to the cigarette, come quickly now because the time is running out for you. I
know one had come but there might be others. Come because today God wants to
give you the victory. God bless you! God bless you! God bless you! That’s right.
You can go. God bless you! God bless you! Yes hurry up, hurry up, I know some of
you might be coming from a faraway place. Thank you Father! I have a Father,
Almighty Father, He is King of Kings! and Lord of
Lords! I have a Father….
Thank You Father! We bless Your Holy Name. Thank You for deliverance Thank
You for miracles! Thank You for signs! Thank You for wonders! May Your Name
forever be glorified! Thank You for visiting us again! Thank You for a glorious
beginning of a New Year! Thank You for Open Heavens. Thank You because all will
be well. In Jesus’ mighty Name we have prayed! (Amen!) Let somebody shout
Alleluia! (Alleluia!)
Shake hands with one or two people and say, Happy New Year God bless You!
Happy New Year! God Bless You! Thank You Father! Well, em ushers! Well I think you get a container to clear this
and get them burnt as soon as possible. O Thank You Father!
How many of you are already blessed How many of you are expecting more
blessings? Glory be to God! Let him go ahead, covered
in the blood…You are welcome sir, you still came on time…let’s give the Lord a
big hand. Glory be to God! You are free now in Jesus’
mighty Name! (Amen!) Thank You Jesus!
Daddy says He’s going to surprise someone here tonight (Amen!) I think we are
already surprised but He says He will surprise us more. (Amen!)
Tonight we want to talk briefly, we want to kind of build on what the brother
before us said. We want to talk on When the Heavens Open.
Before I go further may I, I want to really thank God for the first 2
soloists for doing an extremely wonderful job. The brother who gave us a medley
and the brother who sang the Ibo song. God bless both of you mightily in Jesus’
Name! There’s also a soloist in the third choir that did an extra-ordinarily
good job. God bless you too. I think that when someone has done very well, we
ought to praise such a fellow so that we will encourage them to do better. Those
who are yet to reach that level of excellence they will then say, “Okay, this is
where I must reach before Daddy will say, well done.” (That’s a good one – you
got that one..)
Exodus 3:1-12 I’m excited because God would do excellent things tonight.
(Amen!) Because it’s a long passage, I will read it in English. The Yoruba
people will follow me along and they will know what I have read later on. Exodus
3:1-12 >>>
1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert,
and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
2 And the angel of the LORD appeared
unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and,
behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not
consumed.
3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside,
and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
4 And when the LORD saw that he turned
aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses,
Moses. And he said, Here am I.
5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put
off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy
father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses
hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen
the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have
heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
8 And I am come down to deliver them out
of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good
land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and
the Jebusites.
9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the
children of Israel is come unto me: and I have
also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
10 Come now therefore, and I will send
thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my
people the children of Israel
out of Egypt.
11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I,
that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of
Israel out of
Egypt?
12 And he said, Certainly I will be with
thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast
brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this
mountain.
One day, unexpectedly, the heavens opened and God came down in a ball of fire
unto a particular bush at a place where Moses was looking after the flock of
Jethro his father-in-law at the backside of a desert.
40 years before Moses was a prince in Egypt but for 40 years now he had
been a fugitive. By now he was forgotten, forgotten by Pharaoh, forgotten by all
his friends, in fact many of his friends were already dead. Very few people knew
his name now but then the heavens opened for him.
The very first thing that will happen when heavens open is that the forgotten
will be remembered. That is why I am confident that God is going to remember
someone tonight. God remembered Israel. He remembered His promise to
Abraham, that He told Abraham in Genesis 15:13-14. God
had said to Abraham: "Know of a surety that your seed shall serve in a strange
land for 400 years and then they will be severely afflicted but when they come
out, they will come out with great treasure.” Somehow I believe that the time
for some of us to come out with great treasure has arrived. (Amen!)
God remembered Israel and He also remembered Moses.
You see whenever God remembers somebody something special always happens. When
He remembered Rachel in Genesis 30:22-24, the Bible said, her womb was shut
before but God remembered and Joseph was born. That is why I believe that all
those who are barren here tonight God is going to remember you. (Amen!) And when
He remembers you, He will open your wombs and special children shall be born.
(Amen!)
When God remembered Israel, you know the story in 1 Kings 17, because Israel
sinned against God, because they were following a king who led them to idol
worship, the man of God came and said, “Shut the heavens!” and the heavens were
shut – no rain, no dew, for more than 3 years. And then all of a sudden, God
said in 1 Kings 18:14-15, God said, “Man of God, my people have suffered enough.
I know you shut the heavens and you are not thinking of opening it yet but it is
time. I want to open the heavens.” May God remember Nigeria today!
(Amen!) And when God opened the heavens rain fell.
There was a time when God remembered a man called Cornelius. In Acts 10:1-8
the Bible said, God remembered his prayers and his alms. Everything he had ever
done God remembered in one day! And salvation came to his house. That’s why when
I woke up this morning, the song that came to me was – remember me O Lord,
remember me O Lord, remember me O Lord today…. I think somebody else will want
to sing that song with me …– remember me O Lord, remember me O Lord, remember me
O Lord today..... That song says – “remember me O Lord today” – remember me, me
O Lord! Remember Your promises O Lord! Remember Your plans concerning my life!
Remember me Lord! I am still here Lord! Remember me! Remember me! Remember me O
Lord! Remember me right now! My Father and my God! Remember me now! Remember me
today! Remember me this moment! Remember me where I am right now! Remember me O
Lord! Remember me! Remember me!
So when the heavens open the forgotten will be remembered.
Thank You Father! The Lord says there’s someone here, He says you are going to marry this year. (Amen!) And
He said when you are getting married there’ll be people who will say.- “oti o! It’s not possible.” O
Lord! Thank You Father! Who is the fellow who God is going to remember today?
Let me hear you shout ‘Alleluia!’ (Alleluia!)
So the heavens opened and the forgotten were remembered and then the second
thing that happened is that there will be divine visitations. So God came down,
came in a ball of fire and you know He came down to the backside of a desert
which means that God will visit someone, it doesn’t matter where you are
(Amen!). And when ever God visits somebody, miracles happen. You see when God
visited Sarah at home the promise of 25 years was fulfilled in 1 day. When God
visited Lot he was sitting at a city gate and
that day he didn’t know that death was coming tomorrow but God visited him and
rescued him and his family from imminent death. When God visited Shedrach, Meshach and Abednego in a fiery furnace what was supposed to destroy
them loosened them and dealt with their enemies. The fire that was to kill them
loosed all the ropes that bound them, killed the soldier that threw them in and
those who did not die, he converted. That’s why I am sure this year all those
who say you will not reach your goal, you will bury some. (Amen!) The others
will be converted to Jesus Christ (Amen!)
And then promotion came! When God visited Paul and Silas in prison, their
yokes were destroyed, their tormentor became their servant and their enemies
were humiliated. So there will be divine visitation this year (Amen!) I know God
is going to visit my home again. I know He’s going to visit my office. I know
He’s going to visit His church. I am confident that God is going to visit
Nigeria.
And then that day when the fire came down into the bush, the Bible said the
bush was not consumed. That’s the first time that fire will come into contact
with grass, grass will not burn. That means, when heavens open, original
miracles will begin to happen. (Amen!) Brand new miracles. Unique miracles. The
kind of miracles that had never happened before. That’s why I’m sure that for
somebody beginning from tonight there will be original miracles. (Amen!)
Thank You Father! The Lord said I should say something to someone and that
the fellow will understand. He said, the one who
prepared the burden shall carry the burden. (Amen!) He said the fellow concerned
will know.. The one who prepared the burden shall carry
the burden. (Amen!)
So when heavens open there will be original miracles. In Isaiah 43:19 God
promised He said, “Behold, I will do a new thing.” Tell your neighbour: ”God is talking about me
now!” Say it as if you mean it! Now what is the new thing that God said He will
do? He said, I will make a way in the wilderness
(Amen!) – that place… I will create a way where there
was no way before. (Amen!) And then He said, I will
create rivers in the desert. Tell your neighbour, “My
days of dryness are over.”
In Joshua 10:12-14 the Bible says there was a day when Joshua spoke to God
and said, God stop the sun! Stop the moon!” And the Bible said there was not a
day like that before. I believe that this day is going to be a day that we will
all remember for the rest of our lives. (Amen!) You know there’s another song
that I would love to sing if you don’t mind. It’s a prayer and the prayer is for
me – Do something new in my life, something new in my life, something new in my
life today….. You want to sing it one more time? It’s asking God to do something
new in my life, something wonderful, something miraculous…. Do something new in
my life, something wonderful in my life today….
Thank You Father! The Lord says there is someone here, your eyes are crossed.
The Lord says He’s putting them straight now. (Amen!)
Oh, glory. Let’s give the Lord a big hand. That’s a good one. Thank You
Father! The Lord asked me to tell you that if you could clap very well … come on
put your hands together – do it very well, do it very
well! Thank You Daddy! Blessèd be Your Holy Name Lord!
Thank You my Lord1 Thank You Lord! Thank You Lord! Alleluia! Alleluia! Thank You
Father! Amen!
Now He said as we were clapping He is repairing eyes. Let’s give Him another
big round of applause Thank You Father! Thank You Jesus! Thank You Lord! Amen!
So there are some of you here for example that are using glasses before - you won’t need them anymore. (Amen!) In fact He says
there is someone her, you are supposed to come for your glasses on Monday. When
you get there - take another test -–you won't need it
any more. All right Thank You Father!
Now, the number four thing that happens when heavens open is that there will
be new sights, new attractions, new visions because Moses said, “I’ve not seen
this kind of sight before. Let me turn aside and see this great sight.” When
heavens open there’ll be the opening of physically blind eyes; there’ll be the
opening of mentally blind eyes..... You know the Bible talks about the eyes of
understanding – you’ve been studying and studying and you just don’t understand.
All of a sudden – oh! I understand! Ephesians 1:18-23 And then spiritually blind
eyes will also be opened. This year I will be surprised if many of us don’t
begin to see angels! (Amen!)
And then our vision generally will be expanded because what you see is what
you get. If you cannot see yourself in a jet, you will never own one. I mean, I
use to believe that only the Queen can ride in a Rolls Royce. Then I got to
Britain and I saw ordinary people
riding in the thing. If they can ride it, I can ride it! They don’t have two
heads. They have one. If somebody can own a jet, I can own one. If somebody can
be so rich that he can build a church single-handedly, I can build one. If
somebody can win hundreds of thousands of souls for Jesus Christ, I can win
them. It is what you see that you will get. How many of you believe that you
will see great things this year? Let me hear you shout ‘Alleluia!’ (Alleluia!)
There was a time when I thought 1000 was a large crowd. Then I travelled to America. Kenneth Hagin camp meeting and I saw 17,000 people in church!…17,000! Oh, God! On the plane I began to pray …. God, one
day I too must stand between 17,000 people. And then some years later I travelled to Korea and I saw the church of Yongii Cho! 450,000 people! I said God,
I don’t want 17,000 anymore. No, no, I want , I too
want more than 450,000. If you can see it you can have it. Now I’ve seen
something great. I have seen a time that when we want to have Holy Ghost
Festival the government will declare public holiday. (Amen!) They won’t do it
voluntarily, they will have to do it compulsorily.
Because there’ll be nobody left in the offices. How many of you can see that
one? Let me hear you shout ‘Alleluia!’ (Alleluia!)
You know I can see a town that will start from here and go all the way to
Ikorodu. And when it is time for Holy Ghost Festival
the crowd will begin from Ikorodu and it will reach
Abeokuta. (Amen!) How can you see
that? My heavens are already open! I say my heavens are already open!
Now I want you to sing. Are you ready to sing? Tonight is a special night. My
voice may not be like that of those who sang before. It doesn’t matter. I’m
praying so I can sing when I pray. Open my eyes O Lord! Alleluia! Open my eyes O
Lord, Alleluia!….. That song says open my eyes O Lord!
Open my eyes, I don’t want to die in poverty, open my
eyes Lord. I don’t want to die small! Open my eyes O Lord! Open my eyes Lord!
Open my eyes! Open my eyes! Open my eyes Lord! Open my eyes! Open my eyes Daddy, open my eyes!
And so Moses turned and said, I want to see this
great sight. You will see great sights this year. (Amen!) But then suddenly God
called out to him out of the fire. It means this year, there’ll be divine
communication. (Amen!) God called out to him. God spoke to him and I know God is
going to speak to someone tonight. (Amen!) And there is no reason why you should
not hear from Him. Because in John 10:27, the Bible says, ‘my sheep hear my
voice.’ Let me tell you the truth brethren – there is nothing sweeter than to
hear the voice of the Lord. Oh, it’s so wonderful to hear His voice! It’s a
wonderful thing to hear just one word from Him!
Remember what the centurion said. He said, you don’t
have to come to my house. You don’t have to come and lay hands on my servant.
Speak the Word only! May God speak to you today in Jesus’ Name! (Amen!) Psalm
107:20. He said, ‘He sent his word and He them and delivered them from their
destructions.’ The Word just went and healed. May the word go to you today and
heal you. (Amen!) And you need to hear His voice so you can be guided. So you
know what’s going on. Just one word and God will say, "No, no, turn right, no
turn left. No, go straight! No, stop!” It’s good to hear His voice. And Romans
8:14 says, ‘As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”
I pray that God will begin to lead you.
I’ve told you before. The first time I heard a brother prophesy in a meeting,
very few of us them and we’d been praising God. Suddenly everything became quiet
and a brother began to speak: Thus sayeth the Lord….!”
Then he said all the things that he said God said. I was a young Christian then
so I touched the fellow who took me to the meeting: “When did God say that? I
didn’t hear anything!” Keep quiet! Keep quiet! God is talking!” I didn’t hear
anything. That day I made up my mind: “I must hear! I must hear!” How many of
you want to hear God, yourself! I mean, not, not a prophet said…but you heard?
Then maybe you will pray with me then, “Oh open my ears O Lord. Alleluia! Open
my ears O Lord......Open my ears O Lord! I am ready to obey…You know one of the
joys of hearing from God yourself is that nobody will be able to deceive you. I
get prophets almost every day – Thus says the Lord, Buy me a car!” And I just
laugh! How can you be so bold! You know I hear from Him. He talks to me
everyday. You can’t cheat me. You can cheat other people. Thus says the Lord. I
say, wait a minute. Let me ask my Daddy before you will go further. Did you send
Him? And Daddy will say, If somebody’s coming won’t I tell you before he comes?
May God open your ears today! (Amen!) May God open your ears today. (Amen!)
Thank You my Father! O Thank You Lord! The Lord says there’s someone here
with HIV virus. He said He’s taking care of that now. (Amen!) You can go for
another test on Monday we will hear your testimony next month in Jesus’ Name!
(Amen!). So there will be divine – I think we should give God a big hand! That’s
a big miracle! Come on! Give the Lord a big hand for that ah-ah. Thank You my
Father! Amen!
I know what is wrong with some of us – unless we see we don’t believe – but
you have already seen tonight. How could anybody think that anyone will come
here with charms? As many as we are, and God look in the midst and said, “You,
you, you, you, you have it come, come and drop it.” If He did that one you can
be sure when He said He’s curing somebody, he’s doing what He said He’s doing!
Thank You Father!
Now when God called Moses. Now there’s something there that I nearly missed.
I saw, yes, there’ll be divine communication. And there is something more than
that –it is a divine relationship, a friendship, suddenly developed. You know,
among the English if you are a casual acquaintance they will call you ‘Mr.
Adeboye.’ When you become friends they drop the ‘Mr.’ They drop the ‘Adeboye’,
they begin to call you ‘Enoch’…. ‘How are you Enoch?’.
When the Englishman calls you by your first name that means, now we are friends.
And that’s how God called Moses. He didn’t say, “Mr. Moses So-So-So.” He said,
“Moses. Moses.” There’s somebody here who’s going to become a friend of God
tonight. (Amen!)
You know one of the things that God had used to help me deal with some false
prophets. Is that when they come to me and they say, “Thus said the Lord: Tell
my servant…” I say, stop there! I know what He calls me when He wants to talk to
me. Oh Yes, Tell my servant, Pastor E. A. Adeboye…! I say, “Ehhh, go back to your…” I know the
name He calls me! I won’t tell you so that you won’t come tomorrow and say,
“Thus says, the Lord!”
He called him ‘Moses, Moses.’ When you go through the Scriptures you find
that the people God called by their first names – its either they are already
special or they are going to become special. ‘Abraham, Abraham’ and he ended up
becoming God’s friend! ‘Samuel, Samuel’. And he ended up becoming God’s prophet.
‘Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?’ And he became
God’s representative. May God call you by your first name today in Jesus’ Name!
(Amen!)
God called Moses by his first name and Moses said, "Here am I.” Well if God
calls you today, may you answer in Jesus’ Name! (Amen!) And God said unto him,
remove your shoes because where you are is holy ground. I am confident that the
homes of some people will become holy grounds this year. (Amen!) How do I know?
Because God is going to visit us. You know that wherever God is becomes holy
ground. If you are willing to pay the price, God is willing to dwell in your
home. What is the price? He said, ‘Be holy for I am holy.” Because only birds of
the same feather can flock together. But if you will just invite Him into your
home. Remember if He comes into your home there must be no more quarrelling. No
more blasphemy, no more cursing. No more fighting, no more stealing, no more
fornication, no more adultery… “ah these laws are too
many. I think I’ll be meeting God in the church. All these rules and regulations
– they are too many.” Let me tell you one thing. Wherever God dwells, demons
cannot dwell there, sorrow cannot dwell there, sickness cannot dwell there. I
mean where God dwells..... power dwells there.
I remember years ago, I traveled abroad and my daughter fell sick in the
college and they brought her home because she wouldn’t go to hospital. And then
Mummy prayed and the pain continued for a while. Suddenly God gave the girl an
inspiration and she said, Mummy, please let me sleep where Daddy sleeps. The
spot where he sleeps, let me sleep there by your side.
She slept there and instantly, the miracle happened. Where God dwells power
would dwell there. How many of you want God in your home. Let me hear you shout
‘Alleluia!’ (Alleluia!)
And in 2 Samuel 6:11 the Bible tells us that God dwells in the house of a man
called Obed Edom – for 3 months. God blessed him. You
know David sent God into the house of Obed Edom and
said, this God is too tough. He’s a consuming fire. Let
Him go and stay in the House of Obed Edom If He can
kill him, let Him kill him there. But then news came to David that God is
blessing the house of Obed Edom. This man was hardly
finding enough food to eat. All of a sudden he has become a multi-millionaire in
3 months! David said, Obed Edom, thank you very much,
I’m the one who sent God to your house. I want to take Him back to my house! How
many of you want God in your house? He will come to your home this year in
Jesus’ Name! (Amen!).
And then God said to Moses, I have heard the cry of my people.” You see when
heavens open, prayers are heard, answers will come.
Many a time we had prayed and the answer had not gone beyond the roof because
the heavens were closed but now the heavens are open. That’s why I am sure my
prayers will be answered this year.
In Psalm 34:6, the Bible says this poor man cried and God heard him and
delivered him out of his troubles. You know there’s a song that we used to sing
when I was a young Christian… we’ll sing it in Yoruba. We’ve been singing so
many in English so let’s sing this one in Yoruba for a change…. Baba tin gbadura, omo tin gbadura emi mimo tin gbadura, gbo adura mi…I don’t have time for
you to learn it, it simply says, God that answers prayer, hear my prayers. God
will hear the prayers of somebody today. (Amen!) So God said to Moses, I have
heard the cry of my people and have come to deliver them. When the heavens are
open there’ll be deliverance. The Bible says in Joel 2:32 He said there will be
deliverance in Zion, there’ll be deliverance at Redemption
Camp! Today the Almighty God will set the captives free. (Amen!)
But then God went on to say, Moses, Moses!” Moses said, “I’m here.” The Lord
said, “Put off your shoes. Where you are is holy ground. I’ve heard the cry of
my people. I’ve come to deliver them. Now come and I will send you.” So whenever
heavens open there could be divine commissioning. There are people that God
would send this year. … Your Amen has suddenly become low.. (Amen!) Whether you like it or not some of you are going
this year. (Amen!) I know if I say some of you are going to America, “Amen “
will be loud. Some of you are going to Iraq. Some of
you are going to Iran. (Amen!) Some of you are going
to Kuwait. (Amen!) Some of you are going
to Egypt. (Amen!) Some of you are going
to China. (Amen!) Some of you are going
all over the world! (Amen!) If you believe that shout ‘Alleluia!’ (Alleluia!)
But you see you don’t have to be afraid. Jesus Christ said in John 21:21 “As
my father sent me so send I you” How did the Father
send Him? With power. You won’t go home without power. He will back you up. He
will support you. Now some of you may not go far away from Nigeria. Some of
you will be going back to your village, to win the souls there. Some of you are
going there to destroy all the idols there. Some of you are going to bring the
light of Jesus Christ into your town this year. There’s a song we used to sing
too … Here am I send me, here am I send me, as the Lord needs somebody here am I
send me.
You know when I was a younger Christian, some of the songs you sing now we
didn’t sing them then. The congratulation, ore mo owo
re wa song. We sing a different kind of song. We sing
songs like, I want everybody to know that Jesus loves
every soul, my life I will give as long as I live, to let everybody to know…. I
will sing …… we wanted to serve Jesus, that was our passion,
that was our joy! We wanted to win souls. At that time we were more
interested in what we can do for Him than what we can get from Him. We believed
He had done enough in saving our souls. Now we want to tell everybody, we want
them to know that Jesus loves every soul. Who will say, “Here am I, Lord send
me?” Let me hear you shout ‘Alleluia!’ (Alleluia!) Thank You Father!
The Lord said, joy shall be returned to a particular home today. (Amen!)
Thank You Father!
The Lord said there’s someone here your parents have been saying, “Time is
running out, time is running out....” The Lord asked me to tell you, you will
soon say, “Jesus never fails.” (Amen!) If you are the one shout ‘Alleluia!’
(Alleluia!)
So Moses said, “Lord, who am I? Who am I to go against Pharaoh? I have a
stick in my hand, Pharaoh is the mighty king of the
world.” God said, “I will be with you. “ This year there’ll be divine
partnership. (Amen!) Partnership in business, partnership in education,
partnership in the home, partnership in ministry. You know the Bible says in
Romans 8:31, it said, if God be for us who can be
against us. In Joshua 1:5, God said, "No man will be
able to stand against you all the days of your life because as I was with Moses
so shall I be with you.'' And when God is with you, everywhere you step will
become your own. (Amen!) Joshua 1:3 Everywhere your footstep shall tread upon.
God said I’ve given it unto you that’s why I am sure we
are going to take the world for Jesus. How many of you will go along with me?
Let me hear you shout ‘Alleluia!’ (Alleluia!)
So finally God said to Moses, “Don’t argue. Don’t argue with me. I’ve already
made up my mind. It is time for you to cross over to your destiny. I created you
so that you can be a deliverer of my people. I trained you for forty years in
the University of
Pharaoh. I trained you for
forty years in the university of the desert. Now the time has come.” Let
everybody say “Now” (Now) Say “Now” loud and clear! (Now!) The people on this
side say, “Now!” (Now!) The people on my side here say, “Now!” (Now!) People
here say, “Now!” (Now!) People here say, “Now!” (Now!) The people here say,
“Now!” (Now!) The time to cross over to your destiny has come.
Those of us who were here on Watch-Night service, we are already enjoying the
cross-over. Many of us know that things have changed. Even I know it myself. I’m
sure you have never seen me moving around when I’m preaching. I’m not saying
that I will be moving around but something inside is burning! Now the time to
crossover to your destiny has come. (Amen!) And I just… I trust the Almighty God
that He will help you to believe because it will be unto you according to your
faith. God said to Moses, “Stop arguing my friend, your heavens have opened. You
have been forgotten but I’ve remembered you! I have visited you. I’ve given you
a new mission. I have spoken to you. I’ve called your name, we are friends now!
Time to cross over!” And He said, “Cross over to a land flowing with milk and
honey.” For somebody here tonight Psalm 23:5 is going to be fulfilled. (Amen!)
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my
enemies. Thou anointest my head with oil, my cup runneth over…” When God has finished preparing the table it
is them He will call you and say, “Come and eat.” All these years, God has been
preparing the table. All the past Holy Ghost Service he had used them to prepare
the table. Now…. Let everybody say, “Now!” Say it loud and clear..... It is time
to eat, it is time to cross over to my destiny whether the devil likes it or not
my day has come.....” Say it, say it as if you mean it.
Say it loud and clear!
You know when you are not really sure that is when you say certain things
quietly so that the devil won’t hear – but this one is already too late for the
devil. He said: You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
Time for Adeboye to enjoy has come. You know it’s so good today that there are 2
Adeboyes preaching. One is
preaching, the other is interpreting. Now! I said the time for Adeboye to
enjoy has come. My days of sorrows are over!
That’s why I want to appeal to those of you who are not yet born again. Pull
your ears, begin to run forward! What do I ask you to do? Pull your ears and
begin to run forward because God is here and now is your time of salvation.
Don’t miss the opportunity, come now, come, come, come.
This is your day of salvation. Pull your ears, I’m not joking, pull your ears
and say, ”God, I’m coming! I’m coming! I’m coming! I’m
coming! I’m coming to be saved!” Your day, your day has come, your day of
salvation has come. Your day of salvation has come. Your day of salvation has
come. Let’s give the Lord a big hand as they come! Let’s give the Lord a big
hand as they come! Let’s give the Lord a big hand as they come! This is your day
of salvation. Ohhh.....Let’s give the Lord a big hand
as they come! Is that all you can do brethren? Can’t you clap for Jesus? This is
the day of salvation! This is the day of salvation! This is the day of
salvation! The day of joy! The day of miracles! The day of signs, the day of
wonders! The day when the Name of the Lord will be glorified! The day when we
are going to cross over to our destiny! Oh, the devil has lost the battle Glory
be to God! Hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up! I know some of
you are coming from afar off. This is your day of salvation!
And as you come, begin to call on the Almighty God. Say “Father, save my
soul, save my soul! Save my soul! This is my day! This is my day! Save my soul!
Save my soul! O Lord save my soul! Yes, save my soul!”
And brethren, let’s reach our hands towards them and begin to pray for them.
That God will save their soul. That God will have mercy on them. That Almighty
God will save the soul of every one of them; that He will forgive their sins;
that He will be merciful unto them! Call on Almighty God brethren, Say, “Lord,
have mercy on me, save my soul! I have come to You now. I am crossing over to
your side. I’m saying bye-bye to the devil, bye-bye to the world, bye-bye to
charms, bye-bye to cigarettes, bye-bye to alcohol, bye-bye to fornication,
bye-bye to adultery! Jesus I come to you now! Bye-bye to stealing! Bye-bye to
lying! I cross over to your side, I cross over to your side Lord, I cross over to your side!
Keep coming! Hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up! Jesus wants to save your soul! Oh,
what a day, what a day! What a day of rejoicing for you! Ask God to save your
soul. Ask Him to be merciful unto you. Say, “Lord, help me. Help me, save my
soul! Be merciful unto me! Be merciful unto me, Lord! Be merciful unto me, Lord!
Be merciful unto me King of glory! I come to you Lord! Save my soul today! Save
my soul! My Lord and my S! I come to you! I come to you! Have mercy on me Lord!
Have mercy on me!”
Keep coming! Keep coming! Keep coming! The Lord is still waiting for you!
This is your day. The Bible says, Now is the day of salvation! Now is the
accepted time. Come now, the Lord is waiting for you! The Lord is waiting for
you! The Lord is waiting, is waiting, is waiting, is waiting, is waiting for you now! Yes, Keep coming! Keep coming! Hurry
up! He loves you, that is why he brought you tonight.
It’s a very special night, a night of victory, a night of joy, a night of
blessing. Come to Him now! Come to Him now! Come to Him now! Just call on Him
and just say, “Father have mercy on me. Save my soul
Lord! Save my soul! I’ve crossed over to your side. Have mercy on me! I am yours
from now on. I will have nothing more to do with the devil Nothing more to do
with the world. I want to do your will from now on, my Father and my God. Save
my soul Lord! Save my soul! Save my soul! Save my soul! Thank You Jesus! Glory
be to God! Thank You Father! Have mercy on your
children. They’ve come to You Lord, Receive them! Receive everyone of them Lord!
Thank You Father! That You did not allow the enemy to triumph over me! Yes.
Let’s praise Him, let’s magnify His holy Name. If you know all
the enemy planned concerning you last year, you will open your mouth now
and praise God for not allowing the enemy to triumph over you. Thank You Father!
That You did not allow the enemy to triumph over me! I thank You! I thank You!
Because while I was sleeping You were keeping watch. Oh yes, because You neither
sleep nor slumber. While the enemies were planning concerning me, my Father and
my God, You kept watch over me. Thank You! That You did not allow the enemy to
triumph over me! I am very grateful Lord. I want to praise You for it. I want
You to know that I appreciate You Lord. Thank You! For being my protection.
Thank You! For being my defender. Thank You! Because You told the enemy – thus
far you can go and no more! I just want to bless your Holy Name that You have
not given me as meat for the mouth of the enemy to swallow. Oh yes, Thank You!
That you brought me out of the lion’s den. I thank You because You took me out
of the fiery furnace. I give you glory – I give you honour for your protection, for Your defense, for being a
wall of fire round about me. If the enemy had triumphed where will I be now? Had
it not been for You O Lord what will I be saying now?
Thank You Father! Glory be to Your Name! Thank You!
Thank You! Thank You Lord! Thank You! Thank You! For not allowing the enemy to
triumph over me. Thank You! For protecting me, for protecting my family. Thank
You! For protecting Your churches. Thank You! For protecting Your pastors. Thank
You! Because all those that something may happen to and it will affect me, You
did not allow evil to happen to them. Oh, I thank You for Your church. I give
You glory that You did not allow the enemy to scatter us.... What a wonderful
Father You are. What a faithful God You are. I just want to praise You and to
magnify Your Holy Name. Thank You my Lord. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You
Jesus! Glory be to Your Holy Name Lord! Blessed be
Your Name forever! You are worthy to be praised! You are worthy to be adored!
You are worthy to be magnified! And I will always praise You. Thank You my Lord!
Blessed be Your Name! In Jesus’ mighty Name we have prayed! (Amen!)
Now I want you to talk to the Almighty God. You see after the heavens opened
for Israel and they began to march
towards the Promised Land. It wasn’t long before they came across the Red Sea. So you are going to pray now and say, “Father,
Every Red Sea across my path, let them open now! Let them open now! Every
Red Sea across my path. Let them open now In
the mighty Name of Jesus! Let every Red Sea
open now so that there’ll be nothing to hinder my way. So that I’ll be able to
march on to victory. Oh, yes, I know my heavens are open but I know there may be
a Red Sea across my path… Thank You Jesus!
…Every Red Sea Lord let them open now! .... Let every Red
Sea open now Father, that I may be able to march on undisturbed. To
the Promised Land. To the anointing, the power, the glory, the miracles, the
signs and wonders that you have already stored for me, waiting Lord God
Almighty! my arrival. Thank You Jesus! Glory be to Your Holy Name Lord! And so shall it be in Jesus’
mighty Name! (Amen!)
Now after the children of Israel crossed the Red
Sea all the enemies that were pursuing them were swallowed up. I
want you to open your mouth and pray – All the enemies that have been pursuing
me. From my father’s house, from my family as a whole, from my husbands house,
from my wife’s house, all the enemies that have been pursuing me all these days,
let the Red Sea swallow them! Open your mouth
and pray! “All the enemies that have been pursuing me, that are saying, even
though my heavens are open they will keep on pursuing, Father, let the
Red Sea swallow them! Let the Red Sea swallow them. That my deliverance may be complete.
That my freedom might be total. That my joy may be full. All the enemies that
have been pursuing me all these years – from my father’s house, from my mother’s
house, from my wife’s house…. Thank You Jesus! Thank You my Father. Thank You
Lord! In Jesus’ mighty Name we have prayed! (Amen!)
After the children of Israel crossed the Red
Sea the next thing they discovered was that the water they wanted to
drink was bitter. But then God performed a miracle and their bitter waters
became sweet. I want you to open your mouth, brethren. I appeal to you, call on
the Almighty -: Every bitter waters left in my life,
change them to sweet. Wipe away my tears. Father, change my sorrow to joy!
Change my sorrow to joy! Every bitter waters left in my
life change them to sweet waters! Oh yes Father, You can do it! …. Every bitter water in my life change to sweet! Change my
sorrow to joy! My failure to success! My Lord and my God, do something, do
something Father! Change my bitter waters to sweet. Purify Your Holy Name
thereby Lord! Thank You Father! In Jesus’ mighty Name we have prayed! (Amen!)
Very soon they had no food to eat and God sent manna from heaven. Tell the
Lord Almighty, “I’m your son. I qualify for manna – supernaturally! Provide for
my needs – from above O Lord! Provide for my needs! Lord send down manna from heaven! My heavens are open now. Send
manna to me I qualify, I’m Your son. I am Your son. Send manna to me from above!
Oh yes Lord! Send me angel’s food! Bread of heaven, feed me till I want no more!
Send manna to me from above! Send manna to me from above! Send manna to me from
above! In Jesus’ mighty Name we have prayed! (Amen!)
Then they said no water to drink again. The Almighty God brought water out of
the rock. For every man there is a rock inside which your water is hiding. That
which will bring total satisfaction to you is hiding somewhere. Ask God to open
your eyes to see your rock! Where your miracles are hidden – beg Him tonight!
Say, “God, open my eyes, let me see my rock where my water is hiding and then
bring forth the water O Lord! That I may drink and be satisfied, satisfied physically, satisfied materially,
satisfied spiritually, satisfied ministerially,
satisfied maritally, satisfied mentally, all-round
satisfaction! Open my eyes Lord, show me the rock where
my water is hidden. Bring forth the water O Lord! Let me drink and be satisfied!
May Your Name forever be glorified! Thank You Jesus! In Jesus’ mighty Name we
have prayed! (Amen!)
And then they said they wanted meat and God said “I will bring meat.” and He
asked the wind to begin to blow and the wind began to bring quails – so many.
And the quails came and landed around the camp and the people did not even have
to pursue them, they were so tired, they were just picking them up. I want you
to pray: “Father my blessings in the East, in the West, in the North, in the
South – Holy Ghost wind blow them into my house! Bring them in! Wind of the Holy
Spirit Bring all my blessings in, from the East, from the West, from the North,
from the South! Holy Ghost wind blow! Blow my blessings in! Oh! Blow my
blessings in! Thank You Father! In Jesus’ mighty Name we have prayed! (Amen!)
And then they came to Jericho. And the wall of Jericho said, You are not
going further but then the Captain of the Hosts of Heaven came out of heaven and
told Joshua, “I will fight your battles.” Brethren, let’s cry to the Lord and
say, “Lord of Hosts, from now on fight my battles! Fight my battles! Lord of
Hosts! I cannot fight the battles alone! Fight my battles for me! Lord of Hosts!
Fight my battles! Lord of Hosts! Fight my battles for me! I cannot fight the
battles alone! ! I cannot fight the battles alone! ! I cannot fight the battles alone!
! I cannot fight the battles alone! ! I cannot
fight the battles alone! Lord of Hosts, fight my battles for me! I cannot fight
my battles alone! ! I cannot fight my battles
alone! ! I cannot fight my battles alone! Lord of Hosts
Thank You my Lord! Alleluia! In Jesus’ mighty Name we have prayed! (Amen!)
And then the wall of Jericho fell. Your wall of Jericho will fall today
(Amen!) I want you to lift your voice to the Almighty and promise Him. I will
praise You, I will adore You but every wall of Jericho that may be left in my life, let them
fall now, now! Now! Now! Now! Now! I will praise You! I will adore You! I will
magnify Your Name! Every wall of Jericho that’s in my life, let them fall down
flat now! The wall of Jericho fall down flat….. wall of Jericho must fall down flat! Right now! Right
now! Thank You Father! Blessèd be Your Holy Name! In
Jesus’ mighty Name we have prayed! (Amen!)
Now if you have any special requests of your own – ask God now. Alleluia!
Thank You Jesus! Alleluia! Thank You Jesus! In Jesus’ mighty Name we have
prayed! (Amen!)
As true Christians the Bible says we should our neighbours like ourselves. You have prayed for yourselves. I
want you to join hands with your neighbour and pray
for the person you are holding. Say, “Father, whatever miracle he needs, give to
him now, give to him now Father! Let him cross over to
his destiny now! Whatever miracles your son needs Lord, give him now! Let him
cross over to his destiny. My Lord and my Saviour, I
pray. Whatever miracles he needs that will make his joy full give him now, You
can do it Daddy! Nothing is impossible with You. Whatever he needs physically,
whatever he needs mentally, whatever he needs spiritually, whatever he needs
financially, whatever he needs emotionally, whatever he needs maritally, my Father and my God whatever he needs ministerially, give him now, so that his joy may be full, so
that the world may know that we are serving a living God. Do it for him Lord and
take all the glory! Thank You Father! In Jesus’ mighty Name we have prayed!
(Amen!)
And so Father I come before You one more time on behalf of all these Your
children. Early this morning Lord, at a time when they are supposed to be
sleeping. They are here seeking Your face, crying out to You, saying, “Lord, we
thank You for Open Heavens. We thank You that the enemies have not triumphed
over us! Father, Accept our thanks in Jesus’ Name! (Amen!) Every Red Sea across the path of Your children I decree them
open in Jesus’ Name! (Amen!) All the enemies that had been pursuing them, that
refused to let go even though their heavens are open, Father, tonight, let the
enemy be swallowed up! (Amen!) Every bitter waters in the lives of these your
children, every sorrow, every tear, every failure, every disappointment, change
to joy in Jesus’ Name! (Amen!) My Father and my God, You are the Controller of
Heaven. You have already opened the windows of Heaven – send down manna (Amen!)
Send down manna to Your children Father (Amen!) My Lord and my Saviour, wherever their rocks might be, wherever their water
might be hidden, bring them out in Jesus’ Name! (Amen!) Wherever their blessings
might be hiding – East, West, North, or South – let the wind of the Holy Spirit
bring them in Jesus’ Name! (Amen!) Father, Lord of Hosts, every war, every
battle that these Your children have been fighting, fight for them in Jesus’
Name! (Amen!) Give them total victory in Jesus’ Name! (Amen!) And every wall of
Jericho in their
lives let them fall down now! Let them fall down now! Let them fall down now!
(Amen!) Thank You my Father! Glory be to Your Name! In
Jesus’ mighty Name we have prayed! (Amen!) Amen! Let somebody shout Alleluia!
(Alleluia!)
God bless you! You may be seated for few minutes.
We want to continue quickly with what happens when heavens open. We want to
look at something just for a few minutes in 1 Kings 18:38 & 39:
When ever the heavens open, people praise God and they worship Him. And I
just want to mention very quickly some forms of worship or praise, some ways we
praise Him and worship Him.
The first way is that whenever we really want to praise God we should do it
loudly. The devil has taught us that whenever we want to praise God we should do
it quietly. Some of us from our various backgrounds have learnt that whenever we
want to praise God it must be done with decorum. That is not what the Bible says
and I don’t care what anybody may say but my number one authority, my final
authority is the Bible. Psalm 66:8 says, O bless our
God ye people and make the voice of His praise to be heard. People cannot hear
the voice of His praise if you whisper it. Nobody can hear you if you say,
‘Alleluia!” He said, let people hear the voice of His
praise.” Psalm 98:4 says, “make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth!
Make a loud noise! “ What kind of noise? Make a loud
noise and rejoice and sing praise! Psalm 132:9 says, "Let the priest be clothed
with righteousness and let thy saints shout for joy.” How many saints are here
tonight? Then let me hear you shout for joy! … You tried! You really tried but
I want you to know one thing. We had told God that we will praise Him, so we
want our Jericho
walls to fall. I believe the wall of Jericho had fallen so we are
owing God a shout! That's right! Glory be to
God! Alleluia! Praise the Lord! Amen! Amen!
Now don’t you ever forget that the winning side is the shouting side and I am
on the winning side, I say I am on the winning side. There’s a song we used to
sing in those days: What the Lord has done for me, I cannot tell it all…. so I
can shout Alleluia! …. Has God done anything for you? I think I’ve told you the
story before. One of my sons came visiting. One of the
Bishops, and he was telling me all the great things God is doing in his ministry
And I kept on saying, “Mmmmh, Praise God! Oh Thank You
Jesus! Oh the Lord is good!” After some time he said, “Daddy, I’m the only one
talking. You are not saying anything about what God is doing for you! “ I looked at him, I said, ”My son, If I tell you all that
God is doing for me you will say God is partial!…” What the Lord has done for
me, I cannot tell it all…… Let me hear you shout one more
Praise the Lord! God bless you! You may be seated!
The Bible says one way you praise God is by shouting. The second way is by
singing. That is why it doesn’t matter whether your voice is good or not. Just
sing! If somebody says your voice is not good, ask the fellow – I’m not singing
to you. I sing most of my songs in my bathroom where there is nobody to listen.
If my voice does not go along with your guitar. There is a guitar in heaven that
goes with my voice! Look at Psalm 47:6 It says, sing
praises to God! Sing praises! Sing praises unto our king, sing praises! I n one
verse it said ‘sing!’ 4 times! It just kept on saying, “Sing! Sing!” In Psalm
69:30 it says, “I will praise the name of God with a song and will magnify him
with thanksgiving! I will praise him with a song…. I will sing unto the Lord a
joyful song, I will praise His name, for the Lord is
good… Alleluia!
So we sing to Him with a shout and we will praise Him with a song. Then He
said, number 3, we can praise Him with musical instruments. Many of you will not
believe that once upon a time in this our church, guitar is forbidden. Drum? How
can you drum? In the House of God? Drum? Until one day I saw Psalm 150 and thank
God my Father in the Lord told me when he was alive – he said, “ the Bible, my
son, the Bible is your constitution. That the one we wrote down, that one is for
the government but the real constitution, the Bible!” So if I find it in the
Bible, I will do it. If it’s not in the Bible, count me out! Psalm 150 said,
Praise ye the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary.....” Where? That’s right in the
church. It said, “Praise him in the firmament of his power…. verse 1 Now go to verse 3 .....”Praise him with the sound of
the trumpet… Thank You very much! Let somebody shout Alleluia!! And then he went
on to say..... Praise him with the psaltery and harp…” Then he went on to say,
“Praise him with the timbral and dance!” And he went
on to say, “Praise him with the string instruments and organs. Praise him upon
the loud cymbals and praise him upon the high-sounding cymbals” And he said,
“Let everything that hath breathe Praise him!”…. Glory, glory, Lord, we give you
glory Lord… Alleluia! Thank You very much, that’s okay!
You know a day is coming when all we will do at Holy Ghost Service is just
praise Him from evening till morning! And then he went on to say, “Just incase
you don’t know how to play guitar, and yet you want to praise him with a
ten-stringed instrument, put your hands together, Amen! He said in Psalm 47:1 O
clap your hands all ye people, all ye people! Not some people – all ye people!
Amen!
Now, I’ve told some of us before, that clapping actually means God I will cooperate with you.” That’s all right we
will come to that. Just a moment. And I told you the story about how clapping
began. I said, one day the fingers saw the birds singing and they liked the song
and so they tried to sing too because they know they were praising God. But no
mater how fast they moved, they produced no sound. Then one of them said, “Maybe
if 2 of us cooperate, maybe we will produce some music. So one finger joined
another and they began to produce and they found that with some, with a little
bit of practice they could produce some sound that sound like music. So the
right hand said to the left, if instead of me and my fingers alone cooperating,
if we join with you, maybe we’ll produce a better sound. That’s all right you
are trying! Let’s do it the way they did it that day. Lift up your left hand
and with one finger on the right, begin to tap that
left hand. There’s a little sound. Now increase the fingers to 2 and then to 3
and then to 4 and then put the two of them together! Amen! And then you discover
that with a little bit of practice, you can produce even better music than just
clapping. You can start by…. And then you can improve on that, you can improve
on that and change it to..... (two claps) just wait,
wait now! Just wait! And change it to …(three claps)
All right Let somebody shout Alleluia! (Alleluia!)
Unfortunately our time is running, but you know you can vary it various ways.
By clapping alone you can get all of us dancing. And then He went on to say that
the fifth way we can praise Him, is by dancing! In Psalm 150:4 He said, “Praise
the Lord with dancing.” There are many of us who think that those of us who
dance are worldly. I think you are mistaken sir! When I dance, I am telling God
that He is my owner. Because that’s the way my dog tells me I am welcome. When I
travel and I return and my dogs, they want to say welcome, but they don’t have
the vice to say it, what do they do? They dance! O te
mi lorun kin jo fun Olorun mi….
And then He went on to say that the sixth way by which we can praise God is
by bowing or by kneeling down. So when I bow or I kneel, I am telling God that I
know you are superior to me. In Yorubaland at least, I
don’t know every detail about other tribes, you kneel for someone that you
consider superior. Psalm 95:6 He said, let us bow and kneel down before our
maker. Who is our maker? Psalm 91:1 calls Him, the Most High’ What is the
meaning of ‘the most high’? The one who is higher than the highest! Psalm 91:1
calls Him the ‘Almighty’, the One who is mightier than the mighty The Bible says
in Philippians 2:9-10 that God has given Him a name that is above every other
name That at the Name of Jesus.. I say, at the Name of
Jesus. … in Jesus Name every knee shall bow, in Jesus Name every knee shall bow,
in Jesus Name every knee shall bow,,,,,,
So we can praise Him by shouting, by singing, with musical instruments, by
clapping hands, by dancing, by bowing our knees and by lifting up of our hands.
Psalm 63:3 & 4, says: because Your loving kindness
is better than life, my lips shall praise thee and I will just lift up my hands
at thy name… ‘ Now what do we mean when we lift up our
hands to God? I used to be a boxer. I know you may not believe that now, but I
used to be a boxer! And when you go into the ring you believe you are going to
win and one thing you must have discovered by now is that you cannot determine
the strength of a man by merely looking at him. Until the two of you get into
the ring and the fellow you think you can beat seems to be about to kill you!
And they’ve taught us one basic principle before you even begin to fight at all
– they say the dog that runs today, will live to fight tomorrow.” So the moment
you discover this man is about to kill me, what do you do? (hands up) Oga, thank you sir, you win! don’t kill me, I’ll go and prepare afresh!
When you lift up your hands to Almighty God you say, “I surrender. I am too
small to fight you anyway.” And the Bible says in Psalm 134:1-2 It said, When
you say you surrender to God you are actually blessing him. That’s where we got
a song that says…. Come bless the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, who stand
by night in the house of the Lord, lift up your hands to the holy place and
bless the Lord, and bless the Lord…..
And then the eighth way we can praise Him is by prostrating. You know that’s
easy for those of us who are Yoruba boys – we know how to prostrate but many of
us don’t know the meaning of prostrating. Prostrating actually means, “I offer
myself as a sacrifice. I lay myself on Your altar. Wherever You send me I will
go. Whatever You want me to do, I will do. “ That’s what the Wise Men did in
Matthew 2 when they saw Jesus, when they saw their Maker, when they saw the One
who gave them wisdom, when they saw the Alpha and the Omega, when they saw the
beginning and the ending, when they saw the one who is the One who is to come,
when they saw the Almighty, when they saw the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, when
they saw the Rock of Ages, when they saw the I AM that I AM! they prostrated. That’s what they did. That’s what the 24
Elders do in heaven. In Revelations 4:10-11. They took off their crowns, they laid it at His feet. They say unto Him, “We
don’t deserve anything, whatever we are, whatever we have, we owe to you – they
lay it on the ground and they prostrate. There’s a song we used to sing – I
don’t know how many of them know them now-a-days… I think this year I will be
teaching you some of the old songs because I know God wants to bring about a
great revival. The first time I heard this song I was lying on my face so that’s
why I remember it so well – it says, “Father, I adore You, I lay my life before
You, How I love You, Jesus, I adore You, I lay my life before You, I love You,
Spirit, I adore You, I lay my life before You, how I love You….
Brethren, which ever method you want to use, maybe you want to kneel or you
want to stand, you want top lift your hand, you want to prostrate before Him – I
want you to think of a song of your own and just sing to Him, sing a song unto
Him, go ahead, sing a song unto Him! Choose a song of your own! Your own song
and just bless His Holy Name! Just tell Him, “I love You Lord!” with a song! If
you want to clap you can clap! If you want to dance you can dance! If you want
to kneel you can kneel. If you want to prostrate, you can prostrate. Worship
Him!
We bless Your Name Lord! We magnify Your Holy Name! As Your children praise
You today Father, visit each and everyone and let Your Name be glorified! Thank
You Father! Thank You Father!
The Almighty God says, I said in my Word, that if I be lifted up, I will draw
men unto myself. God said, because you have lifted me up today, I will hasten
your promotion. (Amen!) Thank You Lord!
The Lord says because you sang for me today, I will give you something to
sing about for the rest of your life. (Amen!) Thank You my Father! Blessèd be Your Holy Name! Thank You Daddy! Glory be to Your Name! In Jesus’ mighty Name we have worshipped!
Let someone now shout ‘Alleluia!’ (Alleluia!) Let’s put our hands together for
the Almighty God
Now very quickly we will want to minister to those who might still feel they
need ministration even though I believe that the Almighty God has touched everyone of us tonight. Bit there might still be some people
who will feel that they need the touch so the ministers of God can we please
take position. Only those who feel, “Unless they touch me I don’t think I will
receive anything, they are the people who will go to them, the rest of us will
just be dancing and rejoicing where we are. Okay. O Thank You my Father. Let‘s
give the Lord another big hand, please, let’s give Him a hand…..
You are worthy Lord, You are worthy Lord, You are worthy Lord….
You are worthy Lord!
