Just go ahead and worship the Almighty God! Go ahead and bless Him! Praise Him!
Magnify His holy name! Just go ahead and worship Him. Go ahead now lift Him
high! Praise Him! Magnify His holy name! He is worthy to be praised! He is
worthy to be adored! Go ahead praise Him! Magnify His holy name! Praise Him!
Praise Him! Praise Him! Give Him all glory! Give Him all honour! Give Him all
adoration!
The Lord said there is someone here tonight …beginning from
this month it will be showers of blessings. (Amen!)!
Father, we bless
Your name! We give You all glory! We give You all honour! We give You all
adoration! Because there is no one like You. Surely You are the Most High. You
are greater than the greatest! You are higher than the highest! You are better
than the best! You are richer than the richest. You are older than the oldest.
You are wiser than the wisest. Glory be to Your holy name! (Amen!). Father glory
be to Your holy name. Amen!). Accept our worship in Jesus name! Father we are
here again. It is unto You we are gathered. Do something new tonight. Do
something special tonight. (Amen!). Do something glorious tonight. (Amen!). Do
something miraculous tonight!. (Amen!). Save souls tonight!. (Amen!). Heal
tonight!. (Amen!). Set free tonight!. (Amen!). Just glorify Yourself tonight!
(Amen!) and bless everyone of us! In Jesus Mighty name we have prayed! Amen!.
(Amen!) Amen! Let somebody shout Alleluia! (Alleluia!)
I want you to help
me prophesy to seven people. Shake hands with them and tell them “Your night is
over! Your night is over!” Prophesy to at least seven people. Tell them: “Your
night is over! Your day has come. Your day of joy has come. Your night is over
now! Your night is over now!“ And if you believe that give the Lord a big round
of applause! Glory be to God! Your night is over now! Glory be to God! God bless
you, you may be seated.
And I think the only words to describe the
choirs of tonight is simply fantastic! One after the other they proved to us
that the Almighty God can anoint vessels like themselves and turn them to
vessels unto honour. I’m particularly thrilled by the choir from Acme. They are
the original Model Parish; and of course the Headquarters proves as usual that
they are the Mother of all. I am proud of all the choirs of tonight. You are
very, very good! Keep going and I am sure the Almighty God will take you round
the whole world. (Amen!). As for our Pastor Kunle Ajayi may the Almighty God
just keep on anointing you. (Amen!).
Tonight we want to continue with our
study on “Reversing the Irreversible”. And I want to encourage somebody here
tonight - the fellow who will discover very, very soon that he is the one God
has this day for:- to be fully on alert because the message of tonight is not
going to be really a sermon, it is going to be a series of prophecies. (Amen!).
Ezekiel 37:1-10 is a classical example of the Almighty God reversing the
irreversible. And we will just take some verses from there tonight and study how
God… what are the things the Almighty God will do when He wants to reverse the
irreversible. Let’s just read the first five verses or lets go on to six:
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of
the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley, which was full of bones,
of bones. And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were
very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me,
Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry
bones, hear the word of the LORD. Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones;
Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: (Amen!). And I
will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with
skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the
LORD. (Amen!).
Whenever God wants to reverse the irreversible He does
certain things. He follows a process and we are going look at the three basic
steps that He takes when He wants to reverse the irreversible.
The first
thing He does is that He initiates or arranges or inspires a divine appointment.
He will arrange for a divine appointment. He will arrange for two people to meet
by divine appointment. It was the Almighty God who picked up Ezekiel and took
him to the valley of dry bones. The valley of dry bones could not go and meet
Ezekiel. It was the Almighty God who arranged for Ezekiel to meet the dry bones.
When God wants to perform a special miracle in your life somehow He will bring
you in contact with someone who is going to be your own Ezekiel. He either takes
Ezekiel to you or He takes you to Ezekiel. Tonight He has brought you to the
Redemption Camp (Amen!) to keep an appointment with the Almighty God.
And someone tonight is going to hear just a sentence-(Amen!) just a word
of prophecy (Amen!) and suddenly their dry bones will begin to live! (Amen!)
Some people for a long time had been struggling. Tonight your struggles are
over. (Amen!) For some people for a long time had been expecting miracles but I
am saying to you today that your night of waiting is over. (Amen!) Tonight you
are not here just to attend a gathering. Tonight you are here to have an
appointment with the Almighty God. (Amen!) If you are that one let me hear you
shout Alleluia! (Alleluia!).
In every man’s life; in every woman’s life,
a day comes - you meet somebody or somebody meets you that will begin a process
that will lead to the reversal of every irreversibility in your life. I believe
that that day has come for somebody here tonight. (Amen!) We will take some
examples from the Scriptures and then I will give you some examples from real
life. You must have noticed that since we started this series I have been giving
you testimonies upon testimonies to let you know that what God has done before
He can do it again. Somehow I believe that next month I will be using your own
testimony. (Amen!)
In Gen. 18:1-5 the Bible says “And the Lord appeared
unto him” - that’s Abraham “in the plain of Mamre and he sat in the tent door in
the heat of the day. And he lift up his eyes and looked, and lo, three men stood
by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed
himself towards the ground”. You can read the rest of the story.
Abraham
was sitting at his tent. The Almighty God in His infinite wisdom decided that
the day has come for Abraham. That this man who was considered impossibly barren
is going to become fruitful. So God arranged an appointment. Abraham didn’t know
God was coming. It was like any other day in his life. He woke up thinking that
it will be just another day. The day started normally. There was no special
thunder. There was no earthquake. Every thing was normal. And he was sitting
down in the door of the tent as he had done several times. And all of a sudden
he looked up and he saw three men. He didn’t know how they got there but the
moment he saw them, he knew that he had a special visitor. Somebody is going to
receive a special visitor here tonight. (Amen!) If you are the one let me hear
you shout Alleluia. (Alleluia!) Before that day was over, every promise that God
had made to Abraham came to be fulfilled. Some of you have collected a note full
of prophecies. Beginning from tonight they will all be fulfilled.
(Amen!)
Let me give you example before we go to the next one. Many of you
have heard me tell the story of a man who -more than fifty years old -had no
wife because he couldn’t just bring himself to say to a woman: “Will you marry
me?” The enemy bound him so tight; he couldn’t open his mouth to say to a woman,
“Will you marry me?” And everybody thought he was a eunuch and he himself, even
though he was highly educated, he knew he had a problem but didn’t know how to
be free. Ah! God is going to set somebody free here tonight. (Amen!) But then
God arranged that we held a programme in his town. We had to go to his town and
during the programme he gave his life to Jesus. And as he gave his life to Jesus
not only did Jesus save his soul, He destroyed the yoke in his life. Every yoke
in your own life shall also be destroyed tonight. (Amen!) Six months later he
was married. Nine months later the wife delivered a set of twins. Two years
later the wife delivered another set of twins. All of you who had been
considered barren tonight God will give you a divine appointment. (Amen!) Now
let me go on quickly because we have quite a lot of ground to cover tonight.
In 1 Sam.16:1 we read that the Almighty God said there.. “And the Lord
said unto Samuel how long wilt thou mourn for Saul seeing I have rejected him
from reigning over Israel? Fill thine horn with oil and go. I will send thee
to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons”. There
is a Samuel coming your way tonight. (Amen!) He has a horn that is full of oil
of anointing .(Amen!) And that anointing oil is going be poured on your head in
Jesus name! (Amen!) You know the story of David very well. He was somebody
despised by his parents; despised by his family. He was considered useless. He
was somebody that they said is only good for looking after sheep. They never
thought he can ever become anything. They have made up their mind that this boy
is going to be the tail of the family. But the Almighty God decided one day that
He is going to turn the tail to be head. And He decided to arrange for a divine
appointment. David was busy in the bush looking after the sheep, singing to the
Almighty God because he has nothing else to do. The Lord is my shepherd I shall
not want. God said I have heard you I am coming your way. Jesus of Nazareth is
passing your way today. (Amen!) He is coming the way of only one fellow. Who is
that one fellow? You better let me hear you shout Alleluia. (Alleluia!) It was
not David who sent for Samuel. He didn’t even know there is any one so called
Samuel. He was busy taking care of sheep and fighting off lion and bear. But the
Almighty God arranged for a divine appointment and every thing changed from that
day. Every thing is going to change for the better in your life from today.
(Amen!)
Several years ago I was a teacher in a secondary school and I was
a sports man. So I was the Games Master and then we went to go and compete with
another secondary school. And of course we met the Games Master of the other
school and like young men we were boasting as to who will win, who will not win.
‘Oh’, he said, “We will beat you! You won’t even know the way back to where you
came from”. And I was telling him by the time we finish with you, you will thank
God that we don’t stay here because you will all run away! We played. I can’t
even remember now who won- it was years ago. And like sports men, after the game
we were friends again. We eat together, drank beer together. I wasn’t born again
then. And we went back to our place and I forgot about him, he forgot about me.
Years later, I was back at University of Lagos to do my Post-graduate
studies. I applied for the Federal government scholarship. When I was filling
the forms some friends told me I was wasting my time. “Do you know anybody
there? I said “No! They said, “they won’t even call you for interview”. But I
filled the form all the same. Months passed, I waited for letter of interview.
It didn’t come. So I forgot about it. But then one day:- Your day will come
today. (Amen!) One day as I was coming out of the dinning hall I met this man,
the former Games Master and we greeted like we. Like - you know, the Nigerian
way: “Ah long time, no see! You need more beating?” And we joked and joked:
“Where are you now?” “Oh I am now a student at the University of Lagos. And what
about you?” He said, “I work now at the Federal Ministry of Education,
Scholarship Section.” Let somebody shout Alleluia! (Alleluia!) So I took him to
my room, gave him another bottle of beer and we talked. And he heard that I
applied for scholarship and I wasn’t called for an interview and he left and two
weeks later I got the scholarship. You are going to get your own scholarship
tonight! (Amen!)
The Almighty God will go to the past. Remember, He is
the Alpha … and bring somebody that you had met before to reverse your
irreversibility. (Amen!) If you believe that you better shout Alleluia.
(Alleluia!)
Lets go to Luke chapter 5:1-3. Luke chapter 5; lets read
just verse 1 to 3. Luke 5:1-3: And it came to pass that as people pressed upon
Him to hear the word of God, He stood by the lake of Gennesaret. And saw two
ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were
washing their nets. And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s and
prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and
taught the people out of the ship.
Jesus is going to come into the boat of
somebody here tonight. (Amen!)
You know the story very well: Peter had
fished all night and he caught nothing. He fished all night: He caught nothing.
He kept on throwing the nets and he was bringing them up empty. He was like a
student who had done several exams and he just kept on failing. Its’ like a
woman who had been married for years and every month instead of pregnancy it was
the same old story. Its’ the story of somebody who has worked for years and
there has been no promotion. It is the story of someone who had toiled and
toiled and toiled and there is nothing to show for it. Its’ the story of someone
who is a total failure. Whenever God wants to turn a total failure to an instant
success, whenever He wants to take someone who is destitute to change him to an
overflowing prosperous person, He arranges a divine appointment. The Almighty
God had been watching someone who had being praying all night, working all day,
struggling, doing everything that he knows to do. And had kept on failing, and
failing and failing and he decided that enough is enough. So He fixed today,
that this day whether it rains or it shines, He has made up his mind that your
night is over! (Amen!) that your day is beginning! So He arranged a divine
appointment. That’s why you are here!
Years ago, I was sitting in my
house in Ilesha; I was about to eat pounded yam when they brought in a man. I
thought he was a mad man, but he wasn’t mad, although his situation was worse
than somebody who is mad. Just looking at him, you will want to recoil from him
and he is a highly educated man. He used to be extremely rich but the enemy
attacked him and they attacked him in a very strange way. He had a problem
that no doctor could handle because he will just sit down talking to you and
scratch his head like this and like a magician a cockroach will come from the
head. He could put his hand into his ear and a fly can jump out. He said this
is the problem, he does not know how it came about. All over his body any kind
of insect can come out any time. He has spent everything he had. All his
clothes he has sold that’s why he came in the little rag that he had left. But
God looked down on him with mercy. He felt that he had suffered enough, so He
arranged for a divine appointment.
When he began to tell his story I
couldn’t eat again. I pushed aside the food and gave him a simple invitation. I
gave him a simple invitation: “Will you give your life to Jesus?” Because it is
clear this is a battle that only one fellow can win. Oh, of course I didn’t have
to speak for long. He had tried every other method and they had failed. So he
gave his life to Jesus Christ. We prayed a simple prayer, he left and I came
back to Lagos. In those days because my mother was still alive, I went home
every two weeks to see her in Ilesha. So two weeks later I went back to see
Mama. And as usual my pounded yam was waiting. As I sat down to eat my pounded
yam a handsome, good-looking rich man walked into the room. I said, “These
people have come again! Will you let me finish my food?” He said, “Don’t you
recognize me?” And I said, “We never met before! “Ah! I was the one you prayed
for two weeks ago! Look at what God has done in two weeks.” Every one of you
that has been captured by the enemy and they think that you can never be free-
from tonight your freedom is sure. (Amen!)
If you believe that, you
better shout Alleluia! (Alleluia!) Let’s look at another example, John 5. When
God wants to reverse the irreversible, He arranges for a divine appointment.
John 5:2-6: Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market, a pool, which is
called in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great
multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of
the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and
troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water
stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. And a certain man was
there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. When Jesus saw him lie,
and knew that he had now been a long time in that case, He said unto him, wilt
thou be made whole?”
Jesus is going to see somebody here tonight. (Amen!)
There were several people, hundreds or thousands of them - sick, blind,
withered, in serious need, gathered together in one place. There was one man
there, he’s been there for thirty-eight years. He’s been struggling for
thirty-eight years. By now his friends have forsaken him. Relatives have tried
their best and they have left him. He himself knew that he was incurable. It is
only, just possibly, if by miracle he gets into the pool then he might be
healed. But he knew after thirty-eight years that there is no hope. But then
Jesus was passing by and He saw this crowd, every one of them needed help. But
He walked through them! Walked through! Walked through! He saw the one on the
right He said “No, you are not the one I am looking for today! “He looked at one
on the left, He said “No, no, ...” He saw another three, another four. He said,
“You are not the one with the divine appointment, and finally He saw the one and
stood in front of him and said, “You are the one, that I have been sent to.” Who
is the one God is going to visit tonight? Let me hear you shout ‘Alleluia!’
(Alleluia!)
When the Almighty God wants to cure the incurable when He
wants to turn somebody who had been forsaken to a living testimony, when He
wants to turn somebody who has been abandoned to the centre of attention, He
arranges a divine appointment. He will work it out such that everybody will know
this is God. So that by the time you are giving your testimony very soon
everybody will know this is God. (Amen!)
By the way as I was preaching
the Lord is already doing His healing as usual- I just want to continue. (Amen!)
For example there was someone with a dislocated disk the Lord said He has set
the thing back in position. Someone with stiff fingers that the Lord said you
can check now, that your fingers are normal again.
The Almighty said
there is someone who came here with ‘SS’ and He has changed it to ‘AA’ .(Amen!)
We will discover more as we go along. Let’s just go on. Lets go on, because I
know He is coming your way now. (Amen!)
Several years ago I was going to
Ilesha again and I got to Ife. I saw a car that seemed to have broken down: and
I saw the sticker of the church, of a member of the church on it. And so I
stopped to take a closer look. And I saw a lady, one of our members standing
by, pregnant, “Ah this is somebody I know.” So I came out of the car. “What’s
wrong with your car?” “Ah! Daddy! You? There? Oh God! Oh God! Oh God!” I said
“What is it? You have a problem with your car?” She said,” Don’t worry about the
car that’s not the problem. That’s not the problem.” she said, The baby in my
womb has not moved for the past six days, and the doctors said that they are
going to evacuate and the baby is almost eight months old. Look at you, you are
here!” ‘Well’, I said “well in that case, may we lay hands on that baby? Baby in
the Mighty name of Jesus come back to life.” And even before I moved my hand, we
saw the moving again.
Two years ago I visited one of our European
countries and this baby that the doctor was going to evacuate was the one
beating the drum in the church. (Amen!) Every good thing in your life that has
died shall come back to life tonight in Jesus name! (Amen!) You better say Amen
loud and clear. (Amen!)
Lets take another example, Mark chapter 10. I am
sure by now the fellow concerned the one God is going to visit tonight, already
knows himself or herself. Mark 10:46-47: And they came to Jericho and as He went
out of Jericho with His disciples and a great number of people; blind Bartemeus,
the son of Timaeus, sat by the high way side begging. And when he heard that it
was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, Jesus; thou son of David
have mercy on me.” God is going to have mercy on someone here tonight. (Amen!)
I have talked to you about this story before; Jesus went to Jericho and
then He came out of Jericho. You should know by now that Jesus didn’t go to
Jericho just for the fun of going. He went to Jericho, did nothing in Jericho.
There was nothing said that in Jericho He preached: in Jericho He healed. He
went to Jericho and came out of Jericho. The man who needed divine appointment
was not inside Jericho. As He was coming out of Jericho, the man who was going
to have his irreversible reverse was by the highway side begging. He sat there.
He couldn’t come to Jericho. He has a normal place where he sat to beg. And my
Father went to meet him there. Wherever you are seated tonight the Almighty God
will come to you there. (Amen!)
Whenever God wants to turn darkness into
light, when the Almighty God wants to take off the garment of suffering from
somebody: when the Almighty God will want to turn somebody that everybody is
saying “shut-up! Shut-up” to somebody that everybody will say, “We want to hear
your testimony!” He arranges a divine appointment. Tonight the Almighty God is
coming the way of someone. (Amen!) I am not so sure who that fellow is. But I
think I have a rough idea at least three people. I know I will be one of the
three! I am sure my wife will be another one! And then there’ll be at least one
other fellow. If you are that other fellow, let me hear you shout Alleluia.
(Alleluia!)
I don’t know if you have ever heard me tell the story of a
boy, young boy- When he was born because the parents were idol worshippers, they
took him to the Ifa oracle to find out how his future will be. And as they took
him to the herbalist, he checked and said, “Oh you better take this boy to Jesus
Christ. And they said, “What kind of nonsense is this?” How can a herbalist be
recommending Jesus?” So they said something must be wrong with this man. So they
took the boy away from him but that boy never knew a day of health of any type
from the moment he was born - they took him everywhere- sickness upon sickness,
upon sickness. Finally we held a programme at Ibadan Grammar School; and
somebody told the parents; “Something is happening here. Take this boy there”.
The mother said, “that’s what the herbalist said initially Well let’s take him
to Jesus.” And they brought him. They covered him with all kinds of charms and
came to the programme and as I was preaching. I saw a little stir in the
congregation. I didn’t know what was it. I am sure the ushers will take care. So
I just went on preaching. After the service I went to find out what happened.
What was causing the commotion?
They said as the service was going on
because it was in the afternoon and the heat was on the mother of this child
removed the shirt and hung it on the chair on the bock of the chair. As the
sermon was going on, as the power of God came down, from inside that shirt came
out a snake and it was the killing of the snake that was causing the stir.
Whatever the enemy has hidden in your body, every plant which God did not plant
that is in your system. They shall be uprooted tonight in Jesus name, Amen!
(Amen!)
Let me take another example, John 2. Let’s read verse 1 to 2.
Whenever God wants to reverse the irreversible He arranges a divine appointment.
John 2:1-2: And the third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the
mother of Jesus was there. And both Jesus was called, and his disciples to the
marriage.” I don’t know whose marriage, Jesus Christ is going to come into
tonight, but I know He is coming into one family. He is coming into one family
to change their water to wine. (Amen!) He is coming into one family to change
their defeat to triumph. He is coming into one family to change their shame to
glory. Tell your neighbour “God is talking about me now!” He is talking about me
now!” The Almighty God knew in advance because He is not only the Alpha, He is
the Omega. He knew that at this particular wedding there was going to be a
crisis. He knew that they were going to run out of wine. And He knew that He
will be the only One who can solve that problem. And He saw to it that He was
invited. And I am sure somebody tonight is going to say to Jesus Christ, “Come
into my home. Come into my family. You are welcome there! Come into my home.”
Who is the fellow? Who is going to say ‘Come.” Come into my home.” He will
accept your invitation in Jesus name! (Amen!)
You have heard this
testimony before. There was a sister who came to church and said, “Please help
me, my husband is going out at night. He won’t come in time. I don’t know what
to do about him. Pray that he will stay home. In the process she got born again.
In her place of work she got promoted. And then she got a new car. But she can’t
drive. So she begged the husband, “Help me take the car to the church so that
they can bless the car.” He said, “I will take you but I won’t enter the church.
I will drive the car there. They will bless the car: I will bring you back home.
I am not entering the church.” The wife said, “Fine. Just drive the car.” So he
drove the car and got there. The wife entered the church. He sat in the car and
then it was time to preach and the sermon was filtering to him where he was. So
he rolled down the glass. After sometime he opened the door. Very soon he came
out of car and by the time they made the alter call he was at the alter.
Then God knew what was coming because some weeks later this same man was
going to work somewhere in Ikeja and he got to the Ikeja roundabout and the
enemy attacked him and he lost his senses. And he began to drive round and round
and round the roundabout. Round and round! And round! And round! And round the
roundabout. But at a stage the Holy Spirit took control and said “Drive to the
church!” And he drove to the church. As he was coming out of the car the
brethren saw immediately something is wrong with this man. And they sprang to
action and the Almighty God took control from there. God knew in advance that
trouble was coming, that if He doesn’t do something this man would die a mad
man. So He arranged for a divine appointment. He arranged for the wife to buy a
car. He arranged for the man to drive the car to the church. He arranged for a
place where this man can turn to in the day of trouble. Because you are here
tonight every evil plan that the devil has stored for your future, I say they
are cancelled in Jesus name (Amen!) in Jesus name, Amen!
May I give you
one more example, John 11:1-3 The Bible says, Now a certain man was sick named
Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. It was that Mary
which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair. Whose
brother Lazarus was sick. Therefore his sister sent unto Him, saying Lord,
behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. Maybe you know the story of Lazarus very
well. You know how it ended. You know if we are going to take another example of
reversing the irreversible after the example of the dry bones a very good
illustration would be that of Lazarus. Because here was a man who not only died;
not only was he buried- he’s been there four days!
When we want to talk
about an impossibility this is a classical example. But the Almighty God
arranged a divine appointment. The sister had met Jesus and anointed Jesus; had
washed the feet of Jesus with her tears; had wiped the feet of Jesus with her
hair. His sister already had a credit with God. So when trouble came, when
sickness hit Lazarus she could now send to Jesus Christ to say one good turn
deserves another. And she said, “Your friend Lazarus is sick. Come and heal
him.” You know the rest of the story. Even though death thought he had swallowed
him; even though friends had already said, “This one is gone, and gone forever.”
Even though everybody must have concluded: “What a pity this boy will never
marry. He can never have a baby. He can never be promoted. He can never reach
his goal. He’s finished and finished and finished.“ Because my father arranged a
divine appointment the man who’s been dead four days came back to life. I can
assure you he got married. I can assure you he had babies. I can assure you he
reached his goal. That’s why I am saying to somebody here today, they say you
can never marry- very soon we will hear the wedding bells. (Amen!) They said you
can never have children - you will surprise them very soon. (Amen!) They say you
will never reach your goal. They will be the first to say congratulation when
you reach your goal. (Amen!)
Now, let me go on because time is running.
The first thing God does when He wants to reverse the irreversible is that He
arranges a divine appointment. What is the second thing He does? Ezekiel 37:3
“And He said unto me son of man can these bones live? And I answered O Lord God!
Thou knowest.” The second thing God does when He wants to reverse the
irreversible is that He provokes a discussion. He will ask a question and then
you answer and two of you will begin to talk. He can begin to ask, “Can these
bones live? Can the utterly impossible be made possible? Can that which is
completely beyond reason become a reality? You will suddenly feel a question
coming from within you. Has God forgotten me? Has He forsaken me? I have seen so
many people testify. “When will my testimony come? They said God can do all
things and I believe. When is my own going to happen…..? Whenever you see that
question coming up within you, you know that God is about to reverse the
irreversible. (Amen!)
Who is God going to touch tonight? Is it me? Among
all these thousands of people… Who is going to be the first to testify? Is it
me? Ah, well I thought so. I hope so; but I don’t know. He provokes a
discussion. “Son of man can these bones live?” Ezekiel said, “I don’t know. This
is beyond me.” They were not just dry bones. They are very dry. Very, very, dry.
“Lord I don’t know.” You remember when the Lord said to that man whose child was
lunatic. “Do you believe I can heal this boy?” The man said, “I believe; but
help thou my unbelief. “I thought you said you believe? How do you want me to
help your unbelief again?” The man said, “I believe but I am not so sure. If you
can do anything, help me!”
When God wants to reverse the irreversible He
doesn’t even mind if you express your doubt because there are many of us who are
here tonight; we are not even sure any more. We had believed before, our faith
has been strong before. Weeks have passed, what we were expecting didn’t come.
And all of a sudden we are no longer sure; but tonight God is going to surprise
you! (Amen!)
Let me give you example based on the one we have already
looked at. Genesis 18:9. You know we told you the story of Abraham, how he had a
divine visitation and how God wanted to provoke a discussion. After He had eaten
and drunk in the tent of Abraham, He said unto him, “Where is Sarah thy wife?”
And he said, “Behold in the tent.” “Where is your wife?” It may sound to you a
very simple question but they knew what they were asking for. God was saying to
Abraham, “Where is your greatest impossibility? Where is your personal
irreversible? Where is that promise in your life that has not been fulfilled for
the past 25 years?” By simply saying, “Where is your wife?” He is asking a load
of questions. The Almighty God is talking to someone tonight. He is saying,
“where is your own greatest impossibility? Where is that problem in your life
that you consider irreversible? Where is it?” And Abraham answered and said,
“behind the tent.” When God asks you tonight, “what is it?” “Where is that
impossibility in your life?” I pray that you give Him the correct answer. One
question can make all the difference between death and life.
Years ago I
was going to Port-Harcourt to have a crusade for our churches there. As I was
getting ready suddenly God spoke to me and said, “You are going to stay in the
house of so and so.” “Lord, Your Will be done. But why? That fellow is not a
member of our church. I met him at the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship
once. We are not friends. We just met as brothers. If I want to stay in a house
in Port-Harcourt I have many children there.” God said, “That’s where you are
staying.” “Yes Lord.” So I sent to the people in Port-Harcourt: Tell so and so,
the Lord said I am staying in your house. They told him, he jumped for joy. He
danced and prepared the place. I got there. Oh he laid down entertainment as if
he wanted to entertain the King of Kings Himself. He brought his children and I
was playing with them. And one of them clung to me so I call him “My friend.”
On the second day of the crusade, I was ready to go when he drove in
from the place of work. And I saw the other children but I didn’t see the first
boy. And I asked a question, “Where is my friend?” To me just a casual question
“Where is my friend?” And he said, “Your friend is in hospital dying.” He would
not have told me because, he saw I was going to crusade; he wouldn’t have
bothered me at that stage. But immediately he said that, I heard God say to me,
“That is why I asked you to stay here.” So I said, “We will go to the hospital
first. The crusade will wait.” Everything God has to suspend to take care of
your case tonight, He will suspend it in Jesus name! (Amen!) When He was going
to attend to Bartimaeus the Bible says Jesus stood still. Tonight the Almighty
God will stand still to attend to your case! (Amen!)
We went to the
hospital, the boy was in a heavily air conditioned room, completely naked and
still sweating like mad. Apparently when he went to school somebody gave him
poison. I stood looking at the doctor and the parents were standing behind the
doctor. I looked at the doctor in the face; he looked at me and made a sign. No
hope. No hope at all. But God told me, “This is why I asked you to come.” I
prayed a simple prayer. I went to the crusade. I came back home. As I was just
getting ready to rest the cars drove in again and my friend had been discharged!
(Alleluia!) Tonight whatever arrangement God has to make, whatever appointment
He has to arrange, whatever question He has to ask to reverse the irreversible
in your life shall be done in Jesus name! (Amen!)
The question they
asked, they said, “Where is your wife?” And that discussion led to something
else. In 1 Samuel 16:11 Samuel asked Jesse only one question. “Are these all
your sons?” Because when he got to the house of Jesse, the first big boy came
and stood before him; Samuel said, “Ah this must be the anointed of God.” God
said, “No, this is not the one for whom I arranged the appointment.” The second,
the third, the fourth, till the seventh, God kept on saying, “No.” “Are these
all your sons?” And the father said, “No. It remains one, but he can’t be the
king. That’s why I didn’t present him. I know you told me to call my family to
this sacrifice but that boy there is no need to call him. He doesn’t matter. He
can’t possibly be king.” Every one of your children that the world had written
off, from tonight, they will begin to prosper in Jesus name! (Amen!)
They thought that David can never amount to anything. The question is;
are these all your sons?… Tell me where is that problem that you think does not
even need asking God to solve. Tonight when it is time to pray, remember to tell
Him everyone of those problems that you think can no longer be solved.
Or shall we look at the example of John 5:6 When Jesus saw that man
who’d been sick for thirty-eight years, after He had arranged the appointment
and He stood by his side, He asked him a question, “Will you be made whole?” A
very strange question to ask a sick man but I believe that God is asking
somebody here tonight “Will you be made whole?” I didn’t hear your answer!
Physically will you be made whole? Financially will you be made whole?
Spiritually will you be made whole? Maritally will you be made whole?” A simple
question but it has so many implications. He was asking the man, “Are you really
tired of sickness?” Do you really prefer health to sickness? Do you really
prefer prosperity to poverty? Would you prefer the company of happy people
singing, dancing to the company of these people who are always grumbling,
murmuring?” God is asking somebody here tonight, “Are you ready for your
miracle?” You better let me hear your “Yes” loud and clear!
I have told
you the story before, there was this woman who was sick and as we were praying.
Oh we prayed! I mean we prayed! We bound! We loosed! We commanded! We decreed!
We did everything we knew! But instead of the fellow getting better she just
remained the same. And we know God. He is a faithful God. He is the Almighty. He
is a great physician. He has never lost a battle. And then we turned and said
“Father what’s wrong? Whatever we are supposed to do?” The Lord said, “You are
praying for healing for this woman! Have you asked her does she want to be
well?” Of course every sick fellow wants to be well! “Ask her!” “Woman! Woman do
you want to be well?” She said, “No! “You don’t want to be well? Why not?” She
said, “When I was well my husband won’t come home from work. He will go from
work to the club. Since I became sick as soon as he finishes from work he comes
straight home. I don’t want to be well! “Is there anybody here tonight who
doesn’t want to be well? Is there anybody here tonight who is ready for his or
her miracle? Do I hear you say “Amen!” (Amen!) Where do you want your miracle
anyway? He provokes a discussion. He provokes a discussion.
Let me take
one or two examples more, John 2:3-4: It is the story of the wedding in Cana
that we have referred to. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus said
unto Him, they have no wine. Jesus said unto her woman what have I to do with
you? My hour is not yet come! Adeboye what have I to do with you? Miracles of
course! Miracles! My hour hasn’t come? It will have to come! The Almighty God is
asking somebody here today, “What have I to do with you? I say, “What have I to
do with you?” He is saying, “Who told you that you will receive special
attention today? Who told you that today is your day? Who told you that the hour
of your miracle is come?” I am sure you will be able to answer.
At the
beginning of the service, somebody prophesied to me and told me my night is over
and I believed Him. How many of you believe that your night is over? Let me hear
you shout ‘Alleluia!’ (Alleluia!) You know when your day comes, something within
you will tell you… this is the day I have been waiting for. This is the day I
have been waiting for. The fellow God has been talking to since I began already
knows himself. Even as the choir started singing and I listened to their songs
and they were already preaching my sermon. I said, “Oh thank you Lord then today
is definitely my day.” I know somebody else will share the day with me. Any one
else there? Ready? So shall it be in Jesus name! (Amen!)
There was a man
who was seriously sick - had high blood pressure, hypertension, all kinds, all
kinds. And he came to church one day at Ebute-Metta and we started Sunday
School. As they started the Sunday School, and he sat down and the teacher said,
“today we are going to study the crossing of the Red Sea. We are going to see
the power of the One who can cause the sea to freeze. We are going to see the
power of the One who can ask every storm to fall asleep.” The man just knew
immediately – ah, my day has come!” In fact he was so sure that he was crying
for joy. In order not to embarrass everybody, he went out to cry and wipe his
face. Somehow he knew, it was not just the story they where going to discuss. He
knew that his day has come. Do you know before the Sunday school lesson was over
he was healed? And I am here to tell somebody today that before I finish the
sermon your problem will be completely gone. (Amen!)
Now look at the
example in John 11:34 He was talking about this Lazarus man that had been dead
for four days. He had arranged for a divine appointment and the Almighty God now
has come and when He arrived, He provoked a discussion and said, “Where have you
laid him? They said unto Him, “Lord come and see.” “Where have ye laid him?”
Jesus was saying, “Show me where you lost hope. I know you were waiting for me.
You waited, I didn’t come on time, he died. You waited a bit knowing that if I
come on time, I can still raise the dead. I have done that of Jairus daughter. I
have done that of the widow’s son. But when you waited and you waited and I
didn’t come then you went and buried him. Show me at what stage you lost hope?
Show me where you thought it was now too late? Show me at that stage where you
thought your case has become irreversible?” And they said unto Him “Come and
see.”
It is not going to be long now before you begin to talk to God.
And when that time comes please, be very frank with Him. Tell Him it was at this
stage that I lost hope. It was at this stage that my faith could no longer carry
me. I am not angry with you Lord Jesus Christ. I know you are a good God. I know
you can do all things, but you know at this stage I thought there is no need to
worry anymore.” Tell Him the details. Tell Him where you lost hope. He will take
it over from there. I want to assure you that the hope of the hopeless is here
tonight. (Amen!)
Remember the story of the woman who was barren and the
husband took her every where, spent all kinds of money and nothing happened
until finally they went to a professor and the professor decided to run some
special test and discovered that the woman had no ovary. He called the husband,
“Why are you wasting your time? Your wife has no ovary. She cannot produce an
egg for you to fertilize. Forget! You can never have children!” So the husband
told the wife this is what the doctor said. At that stage, the woman said, “Oh
well in that case, lets just go home. Let me go and eat till I die. I can’t have
children in this world. It is hopeless. “But something within the husband said,
“That’s the doctors report. Let’s go and hear Jesus’ report.” Every report that
is contrary to your well been shall be cancelled tonight in Jesus name! (Amen!)
And they came to one of our conventions. We were still in the old auditorium. We
were very few then. I used to lay hands on everybody who came. And I remembered
I laid hands on this woman and she fell under the anointing and was on the
ground for about forty-five minutes. I thought she was sleeping because it was a
night programme. So I thought the woman was just seeking an opportunity to sleep
a little. I didn’t know that my Father was performing a special operation.
Whatever operation God needs to perform in your life, it shall be done tonight
in Jesus name! (Amen!) The following year, the woman that they said had no ovary
came rejoicing with her own baby. Every irreversible in your life shall be
reversed tonight in Jesus name! (Amen!)
Finally before we go and pray,
Mark 10:51. Jesus had gone to Jericho, He came out of Jericho because the man he
was looking for was not inside Jericho; he was by the roadside begging. He had
cried to Him. They had now finally brought him. And He now provoked a
discussion: “And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should
do unto thee? The blind man said unto Him, Lord that I might receive my sight.”
I believe Jesus is saying to somebody tonight, “What do you want me to do for
you? What exactly is your request? What is the impossibility you want me to make
possible? Is it something physical like the blindness? Is it something
financial? You know like you use to be a beggar you don’t want to be a beggar
anymore? Is it something mental or emotional? You know, is it the agony of being
a lonely beggar? The agony of loneliness? The agony of rejection? The agony of
being overlooked by people? Or is it the problem of intense opposition from the
people you have not even offended. Or is it something Spiritual? Is it the
problem or even the curse of been a blind fellow? The problem of being in
darkness when everybody else is in light? What exactly do you want?” That’s the
question I believe the Almighty God is going to ask somebody tonight. I believe
that when that time comes, you will give Him the correct answer. And you will
give Him the complete answer. And you won’t hide anything from Him. What exactly
do you want?
I believe that the only one who can go home tonight without
a miracle is the only one who rejects the offer of Jesus Christ. He brought you
here tonight for something extra ordinary. He wants this night to be a night,
the kind that you will never forget for the rest of your life! You are not here
by accident. No, no, no God brought you here! But then if you are still in your
sin and Jesus Christ says I want to help you. I can forgive you. I can wash away
your sin. I can save your soul. I can solve all these problems you have. Come
unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.”
And you said, “No. I am not going to surrender to Him. I want to continue to
live in sin. I want to continue to live as I used to live before. I want to
continue to lie. I want to continue to cheat. I want to continue to fornicate.
Ah, I don’t want to surrender my life to Jesus.” He can’t force you. God cannot
give you a miracle by force. If He says, ”come unto me” and you say you are not
coming. He will leave you alone.
But because He brought you tonight. I
want to appeal to you. If you have not surrendered your life to Jesus - do so
tonight. This is an extraordinary night. This is a night you can never forget!
Don’t miss what God wants to do tonight! So if you are here, and you are not yet
born again and you want to surrender your life to Jesus I am going to count up
to ten. By the time I say ten, you must already be in front here.
Everyone of you that would want to surrender your life to Jesus, begin
to come now. It is the Lord that is calling you. He is saying: “You have
suffered enough, come out of darkness and come into light! Let me save your
soul! Let me wash away your sins. Let me give you a new beginning.” If you want
to give your life to Jesus, begin to come now. One, two, three, four, five… Say
Jesus I have come to surrender to You tonight. Save my soul! I won’t struggle
with you any more! I have come to surrender my life to You. Be my Saviour! Be my
Lord! Forgive all my sins! Hurry up now! Seven! He wants to save your soul
that’s why He brought you to hear this message. And if you refuse His offer, He
will not force you. But then you will stay on in your darkness and you will
continue in your problems. But if you come to Him, He is mighty to save. Come on
now to Him. Eight now! As you come, begin to talk to the Almighty God. Begin to
pray. Begin to tell Him Lord have mercy on me! Lord save my soul! Let’s talk to
the Almighty God as you come. Nine now, those of you, who know you are coming
you better hurry up! Come from all over the place! This is a final call now!
This is your last opportunity! Come! The Almighty God is calling you!
Those of us who are already sure of our salvation, let’s stretch our
hands towards these people and begin to pray for them; that the Almighty God to
be merciful unto them; That the Saviour of mankind will save their souls. Let’s
begin to pray for them. Let’s intercede on their behalf. And those of you, who
are coming, keep coming! Keep coming! Keep coming! Hurry up now because we are
about to round up. If you want to surrender your life to Jesus come from all
over the place! The gates of mercy may soon close. But God is still waiting for
you, He is saying “Come! Come unto me! Come unto me! I will save your soul. I
will forgive your sins. I will wash you in my Blood!” He said, “Whosoever will
come unto me, I will in no wise cast out.” Hurry up now! Hurry up! I know some
of you are coming from a long distance. So hurry up now! Come on the Lord is
waiting for you.
Brethren lets pray for these people. Let’s intercede
for them! That the Almighty God, in His infinite mercy, will cleanse them in His
Blood: will save their souls, will forgive all their sins, will write their
names in the Book of Life, so that they will become the true children of the
living God. Those of you who are coming, Keep coming! Keep coming! Make sure you
get here before I stop praying! Keep coming! Keep coming! There is still room
for you. Come on, the Lord is still waiting for you! Yes I can still see some of
you from afar off come on! Keep coming. Keep coming, don’t wait till you get
here. The Lord is waiting for you! And those of you in front begin to talk to
the Almighty God. And ask God to have mercy on you. Ask Him to save your soul.
Ask Him to wash you in His Blood. Call on Him today! Call on Him right now! You
say, “Father, become my Saviour, become my Lord! I surrender my life to You. I
surrender to You completely. Take control of my life from now on! Rule my life!
Reign supreme in my life! Be my Lord! be my Saviour! Forgive all my sins! I will
serve You from now on! I will do Your Will from now on! I will never go back
into the world! From today, whatever You want me to be is what I will do. I will
do Your will just help me! Help me Lord! Have mercy on me today. Save my soul!
Save my soul! And those of you who are still coming you better hurry up now
because I want to pray. If you are still coming from afar off get here before I
finish praying! Thank You Father. In Jesus Mighty name, we have prayed!
(Amen!)
Father, I just want to thank You. I want to thank You for Your
Word that has gone forth tonight. Thank You for the power in Your Word. Accept
our thanks in Jesus name! (Amen!) I commit all these Your children that has come
forward into Your hands. Have mercy on them! Forgive their sins. (Amen!) Save
their souls. (Amen!) Wash them in Your blood. (Amen!) Write their names in the
Book of Life. (Amen!) Beginning from today, let them become true children of the
living God. (Amen!) And Father even as You save their souls, solve their
problems. (Amen!) Reverse their irreversible! (Amen!) Make their impossibilities
possible. (Amen!) And Lord, don’t let them ever go back into the world. (Amen!)
Let them serve You till the end. (Amen!) In Jesus mighty name we have prayed!
(Amen!) Amen! Now those of you who have come forward let me hear you shout
Alleluia! (Alleluia!)
The period of explosive prayer. Think of all the
impossibilities in your life; assemble them together because they are all going
tonight. When God asks you a question tonight and says what do you want me to do
for you? What will be the answer you will give Him? Begin to think about this;
and after you have done that, now begin to thank God that at long last your day
has come. I’m going to give you few minutes to do that and then we will begin to
pray. So if you have testimonies to give, come to the back of the alter. The
rest of us now for few minutes think of all the impossibilities in your life;
all the irreversible that you want God to reverse. Think of the answer you will
give the Lord if He asks you tonight, “What do you want me to do for you?”
Because you must be ready with your answer when the time comes. And then begin
to thank Him in advance because the day has come.
Let’s go ahead now.
Anything that can stand between me and my divine appointment tonight Father,
ruthlessly destroy! Open your mouth and pray! Anything that can stand between me
and my own divine appointment tonight, Father ruthlessly destroy! Ruthlessly
destroy! Anything that can stand between me and my divine appointment tonight,
Almighty God ruthlessly destroy! Whatever it is that can stand between me and my
divine appointment tonight, Almighty God, ruthlessly destroy!
So the next
prayer we want to pray is a request for a divine grant of faith. I want you to
lift your voice to the Almighty God and say, “Father, increase my faith! “Let’s
talk to the Almighty God… In Jesus Mighty name we have prayed! (Amen!)
Good, now the next prayer, if you like you can pray it, if you like you
can murmur it. When Jesus came to the pool of Bethesda there were many people
there He attended to only one. You want to lift your voice to the Almighty God,
“Father, if you are visiting only three people tonight, let me be one of them!”
Open your mouth and pray. In Jesus Mighty name we have prayed! (Amen!)
The man at the pool of Bethesda, because he met with God, he had a
breakthrough. Abraham, because God visited him, had a breakthrough. Peter who
had been a failure, because he met with Jesus, he had a breakthrough.
Bartimaeus who was a begger had a breakthrough. David had a breakthrough. Cry
to the Almighty God and say, “Father! tonight let me have a breakthrough!” Let’s
cry to the Almighty God! Lord, tonight let me have a breakthrough!
Abraham waited for the fulfillment of the promises of God. In one single
day everything changed. I want you to cry to the Almighty God and say, “Father,
tonight, every one of Your promises fulfil in my life!” Let’s talk to the
Almighty God. In Jesus mighty name we have prayed! (Amen!)
When they
brought Bartimaeus before Jesus, all that Bartimaeus has heard were testimonies
of others but that day he himself felt a touch of the power of the Almighty.
Tonight, cry to God! Father demonstrate Your power in my life! Let’s talk to the
Almighty God… Glory be to God! In Jesus mighty name we have prayed! (Amen!)
After God demonstrated His power in the life of Bartimaeus, he became a living
testimony that we are still talking about today. I want you to cry to the
Almighty God and say, “Father turn me to a living testimony, for the whole
world!.” Let’s talk to the Almighty God! Amen! In Jesus Mighty name we have
prayed! (Amen!)
Brethren we are already in the last quarter of this
year, so you are going to cry to God, and say, Father before this year ends fill
my mouth with a new song. Let’s talk to the Almighty God… Thank You Lord! In
Jesus Mighty name we have prayed! (Amen!)
Our Congress is around the
corner. It is going to be the best we have ever seen. It is going to be the
greatest we have ever seen. It is going to be seen throughout the world. I want
you to call on the Almighty God. And say, “You are the Almighty. During the Holy
Ghost Congress do mighty things Oh Lord!“ Let’s call on the Almighty God! In
Jesus Mighty name we have prayed! (Amen!)
Now we’ve come to the crucial
one. The Lord is standing by your side now and He is asking you, son, daughter,
what do you want me to do for you? Go ahead tell Him! Tell Him!…. Blessed be
Your Holy name Lord! Thank You Father! Alleluia Jesus! Blessed be Your Holy
name! Let’s begin to bring our prayers to a close. Thank You Lord. In Jesus
Mighty name we have prayed! (Amen!)
Now I want you to join hands with
your neighbour now. You have prayed for yourself. It’s time to pray for your
neighbour. Now I want you to cry to the Almighty God and say, ”Father in the
life of my neighbour reverse the irreversible! Let’s talk to the Almighty God!
Father in the life of your son, reverse the irreversible! Every irreversible in
his life, reverse today! Every impossibility in his life, make it possible! Lord
God Almighty, every barrier between him and You, cross it Lord! Visit him today!
Lord God Almighty visit him right now! Reverse the irreversible in his life! Do
something special for him now! As I pray! Almighty God reverse the irreversible
in his life today! Now as I pray. reverse the irreversible in his life! Do
something speedily in his life today! Make him a living testimony! Do something
special for him! Lord, You are the Almighty, give him a test of Your power
tonight! Make him a living testimony for the world! Lord God Almighty in the
life of this Your son, reverse the irreversible tonight that Your name might be
glorified. Reverse the irreversible in his life tonight. And, God Almighty
reverse the irreversible in his life tonight! Do something special! Glorify Your
Holy name! We will praise You forever! Thank You Father! Blessed be Your Holy
name! In Jesus Mighty name we have prayed! (Amen!)
And now before I pray
for you, because of the Law of Harvest that says what you sow is what you reap.
I want you to pray for me. Just go ahead and pray!
Now may I request you
to go on your knees and lift your hands to the Almighty God. As I join my faith
with yours the Lord is going to reverse the irreversible (Amen!) In the mighty
Name of Jesus. (Amen!) In the powerful Name of Jesus. (Amen!) Father I thank
You! I rejoice in my Spirit because I know the day has come (Amen!) accept our
thanks in Jesus name! (Amen!) In the life of all these Your children, anything
that can stand between them and their divine appointment, destroy tonight in
Jesus name! (Amen!) Tonight, because You are the Almighty, visit everybody here
in Jesus name! (Amen!) Heal everybody here in Jesus name! (Amen!) Deliver
everyone in Jesus name! (Amen!) Reverse the irreversible in Jesus name! (Amen!)
Give everyone a taste of Your power in Jesus name! (Amen!) Let everyone become a
living testimony in Jesus name! (Amen!) Before the end of this year, everybody
here present, fill their mouths with new songs in Jesus Name! (Amen!) Father,
one final request, everything these your children have asked for tonight, give
to them in Jesus name! (Amen!) Give to them in Jesus name! (Amen!) Give to them
in Jesus name! (Amen!) Give to them in Jesus name! (Amen!) By the time we leave
here, let the joy of everybody overflow in Jesus name! (Amen!) Father, we had
already prayed for Nigeria, I am just asking Lord that before we meet next month
every problem of Nigeria will be forgotten in Jesus name! (Amen!) Every Pharaoh
let them drown in Jesus name! (Amen!) Every Goliath cut off their heads in Jesus
name! (Amen!) Thank You for everything! As for Your Congress my Father and my
God, let it be absolutely glorious in Jesus name! (Amen!) Thank You Father!
Blessed be Your name! In Jesus Mighty name we have prayed! (Amen!) Let somebody
shout Alleluia. (Alleluia!) Lift your hands to the Almighty God and just bless
His holy name for a while! Just bless Him! Praise Him! If you believe that He
has answered your prayer bless Him! Give Him glory! Give Him honour! Bless His
name! Bless His name! Thank Him!
How do I get Him to say, “Okay it is
only one fellow I want, okay it will be you then.” There was a story we learnt
years ago when we were in primary school about a hunter who wanted to go hunting
and he wanted to check whether all will be well or not and they have a method
the normally use. They will take a kola-nut that has four pieces and then they
will throw it on the ground. If all is going to be well two faces will be down,
two faces will be up. He threw the kola-nut the first time, all the faces where
down which means serious trouble. He took it again and four faces down. Several
times he tried it – all four faces down ” So he did something, with his own hand
- he picked two of the faces and turned their faces up. He said to the kola-nut
if you will not tell me good news I will tell you good news. Let somebody shout
Alleluia! (Alleluia!) What do I do tonight to make sure that if God is visiting
only one fellow, I will be that one?
It is in the Bible, Paul and Silas,
they were in prison they were waiting for death the following morning. They knew
that only divine intervention can reverse the irreversible in their lives and so
they did something. The Bible said at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang
praises unto God. We have already prayed. It is time now to praise God. I say it
is time to praise God! You will remember, last month that as we began to sing
and to praise God. All kinds of miracles began to happen. You will remember,
that during the convention the Lord said, “I will heal them as they praise Me”
and I told you last month after what we saw, that from now on we will have a
special time when we will do nothing other than just sing and praise Him and
then we will see what we will see. And I am sure my children are ready on that
side. Anybody ready here tonight to make sure that we so praise them that his
own praises will come straight; come straight. And say Adeboye you are the one I
want to bless tonight. Are you ready for that? Let’s stand on our feet
now.
We are just warming up and the Lord asked me to tell someone here,
that somebody cursed you and said no matter how hard you try that you won’t
succeed, the Lord asked me to tell you because you have chosen to praise Him
tonight, your success day has come! (Amen!) Alleluia!
The Lord also
asked me to tell someone, the doctor told you that the baby inside you was not
well formed, and therefore they want to evacuate. Daddy asked me to tell you,
you can go for another test, your baby is normal now! (Amen!)
Let’s go
ahead, lets continue to praise Him… Alleluia! The healing power of God is
flowing already.
The Lord says for example, there is somebody here the
doctors told you, you have cancer of the bone marrow, that there is nothing
anybody can do about it. The Lord asked me to tell you, He has taken care of
that. (Amen!)
The Lord said there is someone here; you have been trying
to build a house now for ten years and you just couldn’t finish it. The Lord
asked me to tell you, before January your house will be ready. (Amen!)
The Lord said there is someone here someone said you will not marry
until all my own children are married. The Lord said now all her children are
married and yet you still can’t find a husband. The Lord asked me to tell you
that, that statement that she uttered has been cancelled tonight; (Amen!) that
your day of joy had started.
And He says right now, as you are praising
Him, He is working on bone, ankle bone, bones in the leg, bones in the hand,
bones in the neck, bones in the back, even bones in the head….
The Lord
said there is someone here tonight because you are not ashamed to dance for me,
I will put all your enemies to shame. (Amen!)
The Lord said there is
someone here tonight, it is a long time you really were happy last. The Lord
asked me to tell you, for the next one month, everyday, He will do something to
make you happy. (Amen!)
Now we are going to praise Him a little more.
Now as we do so, there are some of us who are already healed tonight, let these
people dance forward, so that we can glorify God together. I am talking of those
of us, who had been actually healed tonight.
For example, the Lord said,
there is someone here tonight, there is no way you could possibly read without
glasses, but He asked me to tell you you can take your Bible. You can take the
tiniest Bible and read without glasses.
The Lord told me, there is
someone here up till this evening you can only hear with one ear. The Lord asked
me to tell you, you can close the good one and you will hear clearly with the
one that was bad.
He told me that there is someone here, no matter how
you try you could not bend and touch your toes. He asked me to tell you to go
ahead and touch your toe because He has taken care of your back.
He has
healed so many people and we have praised Him only for fifteen minutes. I think
we should praise Him a little more. As we praise Him, if He has healed you -
dance forward, and you will be amazed even as some people are going forward your
own healing will also begin…. Alleluia! Now the healing continues.
The
Lord said there is someone here, He said your story is anytime you take two
steps forward you will take four steps back. The Lord asked me to tell you, from
now on after two steps, There’ll be four steps! there will be eight steps.
Oh Thank You Jesus! Glory be to God! Alleluia!
Now tonight I
will want to hear just a little bit of your testimony. So I am going to need the
ushers and some of the pastors, please who may want to help me. Some of the
pastors over there go behind these people and check from them, let’s get one or
two of the major testimonies from the people right away. And those of the ushers
who are in front here, ask them, what is it? What is it that the Lord did? And
if there is something special that you think we should all hear about them you
let us know. Lets do that one within a minute or two. Now, because we want to
hear them talk, I want the rest of us to just begin to thank God quietly where
we are while we get ready for some of these testimonies. If you hear a special
testimony, something that is big that you think we should hear, you just signify
then we will listen to you. O Thank You Father! What a great God we serve! What
a marvellous God we serve! He is the Great Physician. Blessed be the name of the
Lord forever more! Thank You Father! Thank you Jesus!
Sorry I’ve lost my
voice, I have several testimonies. Today before I was coming down I had a
stomach problem but when I got to this ground it was gone. Likewise my ear it
has been for sometime now, for over ten years, I was so young and someone threw
banger at my ear and that was all, but today I can hear very well now, no
problem. Glory be to God! Alleluia! Congratulations. He said when he was young
somebody exploded a banger near his ear and the ear went, more than ten years
ago but God has restored everything. Glory be to God!
Oh this is the
sister who could not read without glasses before and now she can read very well.
That’s another fellow who could not read with glasses before, now could read
very well.
Ah this woman had a broken hand and could not stretch the
hand before- now she can stretch the hand completely. I told you God said He was
working on bones.
Oh this is the brother, who could not bend- now go
ahead bend! let’s see you. Let somebody shout Alleluia! (Alleluia!) She came
here walking with crutches … now come on walk let them see you!
There is
somebody here who had sickle cell for how long? 52years! the whole thing now had
been changed to AA.
Another sister who was hearing with only one ear but
now she can hear with two ears. Let somebody shout Alleluia!
(Alleluia!)
There was somebody with a very sharp pain in the chest but
now every thing is normal who is the fellow? Let somebody shout Alleluia! for
her. Praise the Lord!
There is someone who had tremendous pain in the
back because, he had what they call spinal problem but now every thing is
normal! Let somebody shout Alleluia!.
This brother said that his wrist
has been out of joint for a long time but as soon as he heard that God was
working on bones everything became normal again! Let somebody shout
Alleluia!
This is another brother who could not touch his toes before -go
ahead touch! let them see. Let somebody shout Alleluia!.
This sister had
a broken ankle. She couldn’t even walk but now she can jump. Let me see you
jump. Let somebody shout Alleluia!
This brother could not read without
glasses before but now he could read, very well without glasses. Let somebody
shout Alleluia! Good!
You remember God said he was working on stiff
fingers? Not only are the fingers okay now; she could even bend also and touch
her toes. Let somebody shout Alleluia! She has been praying, “please God mention
my case” and the problem had been bones all along. God mentioned her case and
now the bones are completely normal. Intensive healing from the top of her head
to the toes of her feet, the Almighty God did a complete work. Let somebody
shout Alleluia! (Alleluia!)
How many more do you want to hear; five,
six? How can I hear all? All right lets take six more.
One there’s
another one whose ears have been healed: Let the Almighty God be praised!
Forever more! She couldn’t breath normally when she came. She couldn’t sit, down
comfortably when she came; but now the Almighty God had healed her and made her
whole. Glory be to God! Thank You Father!
This is the man who had the
dislocated wrist that the Almighty restored. Now everything is normal,
congratulations! Glory be to God!
This woman is completely healed. She
had been having heart problems and almost one side of the body was paralyzed now
every thing is normal now. Let somebody shout Alleluia! Glory be to God!
This brother had severe pain chest, which vanished as we were praising
the Lord. Let somebody shout Alleluia!
She can now read very well without
glasses. Glory be to God! Your own case will be from medical report.
He
had TB before but he believe firmly from all the feelings in his body that he
has been completely healed. It is confirmed in Jesus name! (Amen!) O glory be to
God!
The baby in her womb had stopped moving for a while but is moving
now again. Glory be to God! Congratulations. We praise the Lord, that Mama could
not even walk before without glasses but she walked all the way here without
glasses, and your healing will be permanent in Jesus name. (Amen!)
Oh!
this was a sister that was cursed by somebody who said, she will never achieve
anything good in life. From now on success all the way in Jesus name! (Amen!)
This is another brother whose ear was healed tonight. Let somebody shout
Alleluia! No problem we can’t hear all the testimony.
This is a brother
who believes he has been healed of hypertension. It is so in Jesus name!
(Amen!)
Let somebody shout Alleluia! (Alleluia!) Glory be to God! This is
just the beginning! We are going to praise Him for another five minutes during
which you are going to dance back to your seat and I can assure you, even
because you came out to testify, your miracles will be permanent. (Amen!) And as
you are dancing back, the anointing that you are carrying away from here will
affect everybody you come close to in Jesus name. (Amen!) Let somebody shout
Alleluia!
Somebody said that you will not have peace in your husband
house. The Lord asked me to tell you your peace begins today (Amen!) and the
problem she wished for you is going right back to her now.
The Lord ask
me to tell you there is good news there too, that problem that is going back to
her is going to bring her to Jesus Christ. (Amen!)
Now glory be to God!
We will praise Him more but this time we will just give our thanksgiving
offering because time is running out ………………………..