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ABBA FATHER (PART 7) 1st of September, 2017SEPTEMBER HOLY GHOST SERVICE Theme: ABBA FATHER (PART 7) September 1st, 2017. By: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE Thank you. Hallelujah Well, go ahead and lift your voice to the most high God and bless His holy name. Give Him glory, give Him honour, give Him adoration. Bless the King of kings and the Lord of lords, bless the Ancient of days, bless the Unchangeable Changer, bless the Fruitful Vine. Bless His holy name. Give Him glory, give Him honour, give Him adoration. Bless His holy name, He is worthy to be praised, He is worthy to be magnified; praise Him, praise Him. There is no one like Him, glorious in holiness; fearful in praises; the wonder working God Bless His holy name. And let us thank Him for the last Convention Let us give Him glory and honour for the marvelous things He did here last month Let us magnify His holy name for salvation of souls, for healings, for deliverance, for miracles, for signs, for wonders, for security, for provision, for life; for testimonies, for joy… Let us bless His holy name for what He did during the last convention – He was marvelous, He was generous. Let us give Him glory, let us give honour. Thank You Father. We give You all glory, we give You all honour, we give You all adoration. Let us bless His holy for answered prayers - each time we call on Him, He has answered us. Let us give Him glory, let us give Him honour because He will answer us again today. Let us bless His holy name for all those who will soon be testifying; all those who will soon be shouting for joy. Give Him glory, give Him honour, give Him adoration. He is worthy to be praised; He is worthy to be magnified. Thank You Father Blessed be Your holy name Thank You Lord. In Jesus mighty name we have prayed. Lift your voice to the Almighty God and say: Father, before the year ends fulfill all Your promises in my life. Open your mouth and cry unto the Almighty God We are in September Oh Lord, this year is running to an end again, Father, before the year ends kindly fulfill all Your promises in my life; please fulfill all Your promises in my life; fulfill all Your Promises in my life. Thank You Father. In Jesus mighty name we have prayed. We are serving the God of miracles I know yes I know We are serving the God of miracles I know yes I know (What about you)
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God of miracles, God of signs, God of wonders; the only One who can make dry bones live again, we worship You. We bless Your holy name for Your goodness, we thank You for Your mercy; we thank You for what You did last month, please accept our worship in Jesus’ name. Tonight is a very special night Oh Lord, please open wombs tonight; wipe away all tears tonight; open mighty doors of blessing tonight. Before this night is out my Father and my God let certain wombs begin to jump for joy. In Jesus mighty name we have prayed. Amen. Well, let somebody shout hallelujah. Shake hands with one or two and say happy new year brother and then you may please be seated. At the beginning of this year God gave us some words of prophesy concerning the world at large and I remember specifically He mentioned that there will be fire outbreaks of tremendous magnitude and He mentioned floods of tremendous magnitude. We have seen fire outbreaks in Europe, in America in a manner that we have never seen it before. I remember couple of months ago, a whole city got burnt down - in nations where they have everything needed to fight fire and the fire just kept on going. And then now flood started coming. I want you to please remember particularly the children of God in Houston; of course we have many many children there; because I am wondering what comes after the flood is another thing. Please pray for all of them; keep praying that the Almighty God will see them through. But then one thing these happenings must bring to your mind is that there are also other prophecies concerning individuals If God is bringing to pass the prophecies concerning world, that means He has the ability to bring to pass the prophecy concerning you. That was why I ask you to pray that prayer and you must keep praying it now and till the end of the year. Because He promised us that there will be pleasant surprises this year - some of us have got some, we want more. Some are yet to get their own: in the mighty name of Jesus Christ because my Daddy never fails and when He speaks it is done, you will have your own. I want to thank God for my daughter who gave the first lecture that was fantastic. I think in future now I will be careful of who I asked to speak first because they make the work difficult for us who are going to speak second. That was wonderful! Let us give the Lord a big round of applause That was beautiful And she chose my text that was one of the problems there: Genesis chapter 1 verse 26 to 28 which is where we will again look tonight Genesis 1:26 – 28 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. As usual tonight before we go into the main message, I will want to give an opportunity to those who are yet to be born-again to give their lives to Jesus. You see because there are certain blessings that are reserved for the children of God. Now, I want to let you know a secret: this month, on the 8th of September by God’s grace, my wife and I will have been married for fifty years. Now, that is not the secret, some of you know that already. But as usual my Daddy asked me: My son, what would you like Me to give you as a present for your 50th Anniversary? You know me very well, I was thinking of you. So, I asked Him for fifty thousand new children. And I know He will grant my request. But I know Him, He doesn’t give good gift to those who are not His. You see, basically, there are two overall Fathers (because the theme for tonight is Abba Father Part 7) Two overall Fathers: God and Satan James chapter 1 verse 17 calls God the Father of lights, and He says, every good and perfect gifts comes from above; come down from the Father of lights. That is the first overall Father. But then, John chapter 8verse 44 tells us that there are yet another father and he is called the devil. Jesus was talking of the Bible censor that there are some people who are children of the devil, He is saying you are of your father the devil And He tells us that this fellow, the devil or satan, is also known as the Father of lies – he is a liar and the father of lies So there are two basic Fathers – overall Fathers: · God: the Father of lights · Satan: the Father of lies Now, if you are a child of God, according to Jesus Christ in Mathew chapter 5 verse 14 to 16, He says, you are the light of the world. If your father is a father of light, it is certain it will give birth to lights and He says you will shine for your father’s glory. As a matter of fact, the Bible tells us in John chapter 1 verse 5, if you are child of God, you are light and no matter how hard darkness may try, it won’t overcome you He says the light shines in darkness and the darkness comprehend not. As a matter of fact in Isaiah 54 verse 16 to 18, the word of God says because your Father, the Father of light, is the Maker of all things, says no weapon formed against you shall prosper. In fact He says you have the right to rebuke all those people, all those forces that are trying to condemn you, you rebuke them In order words, you have the authority to tell evil forces not only to leave you alone but to you have a right to command them to be disgrace if you are a child of God. I can tell you stories upon stories but we have a lot to do tonight; so, I will just give one example. We went to hold a crusade somewhere here in Ogun State and then because the people there does not want us and then they brought out masquerades and the masquerade begin to wipe the people and instead of waiting to hear the gospel they began to run. But one little girl, one of my little daughters, had heard me say: light does not run for darkness; it should be the other way round And for somebody here tonight, from this moment onward, darkness will run from you And she happens to be a native of that place, she knew their tradition that if the masquerade comes out like that and the drum of the drummer should break, that masquerade will not be allowed the following year. So, she moved aside and say: in the mighty name of Jesus, I command every drum to break. Almost before she finished, drums started breaking and the masquerade scattered. Today, the drums of all your enemies will break But that is if you are a child of God: light shines in darkness, darkness cannot overcome it. On the other hand, if you are child of the devil, because if I say here, how many children of God are here? All hands will go up. How do we know those who are children of the devil? John 8:44 says if you are child of the devil you will be doing what your father loves to do: sinning, lying; not only will you be lying, you will even enjoy lying, you will be boosting about it. Before I got born-again, when we have lied to somebody we have a way of saying it particularly here in Lagos We will say: mogbejoke (I sat him down) You know the meaning of that? I deceived him and I done it in such a manner that he does not even know he has been deceived. How many of you know what I am talking about. I will boost about it. When you are child of the devil, you will be doing things that you know it is wrong and you will be enjoying it and you will even be boosting about it. The trouble with that is according to 1John chapter 3 verse 8, if you are child of the devil, you will risk being destroyed with the devil. Because He says, he that commits sin is of the devil (that is how we know them); for the devil is a sinner from the beginning and for this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil Destruction is coming for those who are children of the devil, sooner or later, destruction will come. Whereas the Bible says in the same 1John chapter 3 verse 9 to 10 says, whoever is born of God does not commit sin because the seed of God is in him – that is why he cannot commit sin because he is born of God. If by any mistake a child of God should fall into any form of sin, he will weep his way out. It is like when you see a little lamb falling into a pit of mould, it will cry until somebody came to help him out. But a pig, if you take a pig and you wash it clean; what is it going to do? He will look for a dirty pull to go and deep himself again. The son of the devil, no matter how hard you try, will want to go back into sin; a child of God, no, no. So, this is how we know the difference; it is not a question of me saying I am a child of God. The Bible says in 2Timothy chapter 2 verse 19 says God knows those who are His. You can pretend to the Pastor that you are born-again when you know you are still living in sins. You can pretend to your friends; you can pretend in the church but you cannot pretend before God, He knows all things; He knows all things; He knows those who are His own. Therefore, if you know that you are still leaving in sin, you are still enjoying sin but you want to come out and become a true child of God so that instead of the devil being your father, God the Father of lights can become your father so that you yourself will become a light in the world shinning a light that no darkness can overcome; then you can come forward tonight and my God will save your soul. So, those of you who are here and those of you in the old auditorium, if you really want to give your life to Jesus Christ, I am going to count from one to ten and before I say ten come and stand before the altar and I will pray for you. And those of you who are watching at all viewing centers all over the nations, you too move to the altar and there are men of God there who will attend to you even as I pray. I am counting now One, two… Light is better than darkness; If you are child of God you will be light If you are child of the devil you will be in darkness Come; let the Father of lights save your soul and turn you to a light that could shine in darkness and darkness will not be able to overcome. Eight, Thank you Counselors, you can begin to come now Hurry up, hurry up, those of you who are on the way Nine Keep coming, keep coming, keep coming, the Lord is waiting so that you can be born-again and become light. Now, those of us who are already in the front and those of you who are still on the way talk to the Almighty God and say Father, please save my soul; deliver me from darkness and make me light. Go ahead talk to the Almighty God. Save my soul, forgive all my sins and I will serve You for the rest of my life; I want genuine salvation, I want to be a child of God; I want to be a light of the world, I don’t want to have anything to do with the devil anymore; please Lord save my soul and I will serve You for the rest of my life. Be my Lord, be my Saviour. Those of you who are still on the way please hurry up I want to pray for salvation and the Almighty God, the One who saved my soul will save your own souls also. Hurry up, hurry up those of you who are still on the way; make sure you get here before I finished praying so that God can save your soul. I want to give You all glory and honour for all these Your children who have come forward to surrender their live to You. Father, You promised that whosoever come to You, You will in no wise cast out; they have come to You now please receive them in Jesus’ name; let Your blood wash away their sins in Jesus’ name; please save their souls, write their names in the book of life; let them become light of the world and don’t let them go back into darkness again, let them serve You in holiness; let them serve You till the end. In Jesus mighty name we have prayed Amen. Now, those of you who have come forward let me hear you shout hallelujah. Congratulations, I rejoice with you because from now by the grace of God I will be praying for you. So, I am going to need your names, your address and your prayer request. There are Counselors around you they will give cards that you want to fill very quickly and then you can go back to your sits as you return the cards. Congratulation; God bless you. We will wait for you before we continue. Thank You Father. Now, God has many titles: In Psalm 24 verse 7 to 10, the Bible calls Him the King of glory; calls Him the Lord, the Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle and the Lord of hosts. In Revelation chapter 19 verse 16, the Bible calls Him the King of kings and the Lord of lords. In Psalm 136 verse 2, the Bible calls Him the God of gods. In Genesis 17 verse 1, He introduces Himself as Jehovah El-Shaddai (the God who is more than enough); and so on and so forth. But of all His titles He prefers to be known as Father. In Matthew chapter 6 verse 9, when the Lord was teaching His disciples to pray, He said, this is how you should pray: our Father who hath in heaven; NOT our God but our Father. In Matthew chapter 6 verse 26, He said, behold the fowls of the air: they sow not, so they do not reap, they do not gather into barns; He said, but your heavenly Father feeds them. Father – again and again In John chapter 10 verse 29, when Jesus Christ was talking, He said, My Father who gave me these Disciples, He is greater than all. Father – He prefers to be calls Father. In John chapter 14 verse 1, again Jesus was speaking and He said, let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, believe also in Me. Then He went on to say in verse 2: ‘in my Father’s house are many mansions’. How come God prefers… and I can go on and on; …how come God prefers the title Father to all other titles. Because the Father reserves the right to decree: what a father says concerning His children are bound to happen which is why I want to appeal to all of you Fathers always speak good concerning your children Say my child will prosper; my child will succeed; my child will be greater than I. Don’t say your child is unless, hopeless… Because what you say concerning your child is a decree. In Psalm 33 verse 8 to 9, the Bible says the reason why the whole earth should fear before God is because He spake and it is done. The Father can decree. In Isaiah 55 verse 10 to 11, God said, My word that goes out of My mouth shall not return to me void. Why? I AM a Father. In fact the Bible tells us in Numbers chapter 30 verse 3 to 5, He said the father has a right to cancel a covenant entered into by His daughter. He said, if a woman should make a vow to God, to God Himself and say, this is what I will do and the father hears this is what I will do and keeps quiet then the vow will stand. But if the father say no, I cancel that vow; God says even the Almighty God in heaven will recognized the cancellation That is how powerful the voice of the father can be. So, when it comes to barrenness, God can cancel curses that had been pronounced on anyone, by anyone that can make the fellow unfruitful. For example, in 2Kings chapter 2 verse 19 to 22, the people of Jericho came to Elisha and say, our city is beautiful but we have a problem, we have a problem with barrenness and this is as a result of a curse that Joshua had pronounced on the city several years before. When it comes to dealing with barrenness, God will respond positively to cancel a curse. Elisha asks them to bring him salt in a new cruse; went to the source of their river, pour in the salt; he did not even pray, he just says this is what God is saying: no more death; no more barrenness. A lady came to us several year ago, came from a city in Ondo state (somebody I knew very well because she was my student), looking very wretched, very sad. What is your problem? She said, I made a mistake, I lost my temper and I slap my mother. My mother beat her two breasts and said unless you did not suck this breast that is when you will ever have an issue. I said, haa! You will go back and apologize to your mum, take a gift as a peace offering but right now, I stand in my position as a priest of the Most High God and I cancel that curse. Today she has several children. I want you to stand and on your feet; your first prayer tonight loud and clear to the Almighty God is: Father, if there is any curse hindering my fruitfulness, cancel it tonight. Open your mouth and cry to the Almighty God. If there is any curse pronounced on me by whoever that is causing barrenness in one area of my life or the other, tonight my Father and my God, cancel that curse, cancel the curse tonight. If I am barren physically because of a curse, cancel the curse. If I am barren financially, Father because of a curse, cancel the curse. If I am barren spiritually, if I am barren ministerially, if I am barren in any way whatsoever as a result of a curse pronounced on by anyone, please Daddy tonight cancel the curse, cancel the curse. Thank You my Father. Thank You Father. In Jesus mighty name we have prayed. And so shall it be in Jesus’ name. Please be seated. I hope my daughter who spoke before me had already explained to you that when we talk about barrenness, we are not just talking about baby being born alone. Some people can be barren mentally: no matter how they study they just cannot remember. And there are some people as a result of old age who had become barren mentally – that was the case of woman who find herself seating on her bed and cannot remember: do I want to sleep or have I just wakening up – that is mental barrenness. There was a young man who spoke to me not too long and said for the past five years, he had not been able to earn a naira – that is financial barrenness. Every form of barrenness shall be destroyed here tonight. Now, God loves the title Father. Secondly, He loves fruitfulness: He is a family man – that was one of the reasons He chose the title Father. In Matthew chapter 3 verse 16 to 17, when He was referring to Jesus Christ, He said, this is My beloveth son in whom I AM well pleased. But He has only one begotten son according to John chapter 3 verse 16: for God so loved the world that He gave only His begotten son – only one begotten son – that is the Lord Jesus Christ But He loves fruitfulness, He loves children, He wants many of them that is the reason He sold Jesus Christ because of the Law of Harvest He sold Jesus Christ so that He can have harvest of son Romans chapter 9 verse 29 says: He wants the only begotten Son to become the first-born of many brethren. He loves children He has a peculiar love for them For example, in Matthew chapter 10 verse 13 to 16, when you read that passage, He tells you about when they bring children to Him and some people are trying to drive them away; He said, haha, do not do that, let them come unto me He wants children round Him He loves children Somebody said why do I love children so much? It is because that is my Father, He loves children; I am just being like my Father, He wants them near. Two) He says His kingdom belongs to them: the kingdom of God belong to children And He says unless you become like one of them, you will never be able to enter into His kingdom. That is how much children are precious to Him. And made it clear: if you are too big to be considered a child then He cannot carry you in His arms to bless you. When I see some of you, you cannot dance, you cannot praise God; I am not a child… If you are not a child, then you have no part in the kingdom of God. He loves children, He wants them near; His kingdom belongs to them. You must become like a child if you want to be in. And then He says in Matthew chapter 18 verse 10, He said, if you despise any of these children you are in trouble. Why? He said because every child has an angel assigned to him and the angels of these children have direct access to God; direct access to God. That is why you must be careful what you do to a child because the moment you injure a child, the angel on the child will go straight to heaven and report you So, be careful what you do to a child. He said in Genesis chapter 1 verse … Oh, thank You Father. Oh, thank You Father. The Lord says there is someone here tonight, He said, you will see your grandchildren before you die. Oh, thank You Father. So, He said in Genesis 1:28, what He was actually saying there is: when He says be fruitful and multiply, He is saying produced many children for Me – that was what He was saying – I want many; go ahead, produced many – increase and multiply And because He knows that cannot do this thing unless He supply the means, He will be more than willing to help you produce. In John chapter 15 verse 1 to 5, He says, my Father is the Husbandman, I AM the Vine and you are the Branches We all know that the branches cannot produce fruits except it is supplied by nutrient by the vine. So, if there is anything that is missing in your life that is not allowing you to produce, God is going to do something about that tonight. Some of you will remember the testimony of one you man who was born with one testicle and the parent in an attempt to help took him to herbalist who said he was trying to let the one testicle become two and in the process he destroyed the only one. And the boy grew up with no testicle at all and yet he went ahead and married Of course you know that kind of marriage, no fruitful of the womb. Then we held a programme at Road-Park, I can remember around 1985 or so. Suddenly while the sermon was going on a miracle happened, God gave the boy two brand new testicles. The day he came to my office at Ebute-Metta to testify, we could see the belly of the wife already bulgy and he said Daddy, this is what God did for me and he wanted to show me I said haa, you don’t need to show me, I had already seen the action. Stand on your feet and cry to the Almighty God and say: Father, whatever is missing in my life that is allowing me to be very fruitful, supply tonight. Open your mouth and cry to the Almighty God. Whatever is missing in my life that is not allowing me to very fruitful Father pleased supply tonight, supply tonight, supply tonight; whatever is not allowing me to be fruitful like other who are fruitful: physically, mentally, materially, spiritually, ministerially; whatever is missing in my life that is not allowing me to be fruitful that I should be, please, supply tonight, supply tonight. Whatever is missing in my body, my soul, my spirit, my life, that is not allowing to be fruitful that I should be Lord God Almighty supply tonight, supply tonight, supply tonight. Thank You Father. In Jesus mighty name we have prayed. And so shall it be in Jesus’ name. And if you need any spare part receive it right now in Jesus’ name. Please be seated. Now, because He loves fruitfulness that is why He specially appreciates the Fruitful; and at this stage I want you to know that I am speaking a word to your womb; I want your womb to hear the reason why it must become productive: God specially appreciates the fruitful. Last week, one of the days last week, we were studying Open Heavens in my family: we study the story of the talents – (those of you who used open heavens will remember the day) - Matthew 25 from verse 14 to 23. And as we normally do in my family, we will read the passage, ask everybody to contribute. And then, one of my sons, I think is Pastor Dare, made contributions that cause me to seat up. He looked at the statement of the Father, of the Master to the servant who came back with five extra talents: Well done thou good and faithful servants; you have been faithful in few, I will make you leader of great things, enter you into the joy of your Lord. And he said in that statement there are three things said: Number one) Commendation: God said well done I wrote that one down. And I know the meaning of commendation really mean thank you. Well God says thank you to somebody, that fellow is bound to become greater Because He says in John 15 verse 2, He says if there is a branch in me that bears fruit, My Father purgeth it so he can bear more fruits. In 2Kings chapter 4 verse 8 to 17, it is thank you that God said to the shunammite woman that open her womb. And he say number two) There is a promise: ‘I will make you rulers’ When God makes a promise to the Fruitful, to the fellow He wants to commend, He is always a promise of greatest, a promise of rapid progress, a promise of promotion. And according to 2Corithians chapter 1 verse 20, His promises are yea and amen: He speaks and it is done. That is why we have a verse in the hymn, the special hymn, that ‘when You speak it is done, speak to me tonight’. In Psalm 33 verse 11, the Bible says the counsel of God shall stand; if He says I will make you, you are already made. Then he said the third part of that statement is: enter into the joy of the Lord He said in that single statement there is a guarantee of access into joy. I said, my oh my! When He says welcome or enter into the joy of the Lord, He is actually saying: come into the club of the joyful. Exodus chapter 3 verse 15 says I AM the God Abraham, the God Isaac, the God of Jacob If you take the God of Abraham alone, considering Genesis 21 verse 1 to 7, you know that God is a God of those who laugh. So, when He sees someone who is fruitful, He would commend the fellow so the fellow can be more fruitful; He will promise that fellow greatness…, I want you to know that the fifty thousand children I have asked for: everyone of them will be great; …and then He will grant access into the club of the joyful. Some years ago, about seven or eight year ago, a lady came to us and said, Daddy, everything money can buy I have; There is only one thing left in my life, only one club I want to joy: she says I want to join the club of mothers, I have no children. And I prayed a simple prayer and I thank the Almighty God, less than one year later she had a set of twins. I want you to stand on your feet tonight and cry to the Almighty God and say: Father, I want to join the club of those whose joy are full. Go ahead talk to the Almighty God. Fullness of joy in every area; I want to be able to say I have everything that can give joy; I want to enter into the club of those whose joy are full. Fullness of joy in every area of my life: physically I want my joy to be; materially I want my joy to be full; spiritually I want my joy to be full; Father, please let me enter into the club of the absolutely joyful. Thank You Father; absolutely joyful. Thank You my Father. Let me enter into the club of the joyful; absolutely joyful; joyful in every facet of my life so that I can enter into the club of the absolutely joyful; club of mothers, club of fathers, club of the absolutely fruitful; club of the absolutely joyful. Thank You Father. In Jesus mighty name we have prayed. And so shall it be in Jesus’ name. Please be seated. Oh thank You Father. The Lord says there is a woman here tonight or listening to me wherever you are in the world, He said, the snake that is eating your husband seed is dead. Thank You Father. The Lord says there is someone here, He said, I have a package for you and there are two surprises within the package. Daddy says there is someone here tonight, He said, the one who said you will only have a child over her dead body, will be buried this month. Oh my God Well, I want to say amen to this one before I tell you because the Lord says there is someone here tonight, He said, very soon there will be an explosion in your home and it will be an explosion of joy. Please be seated. I need to hurry because we have a lot to do tonight. Then, because He loves fruitfulness, it means He hates barrenness. God hates barrenness. You are not the only who hates it, He hates barrenness. Because He wants many children, barrenness is an obstruction to His wish; barrenness is an obstruction to divine desire; barrenness is like a mountain blocking the way to the fulfillment of God’s desire and you know very well, God specializes in moving mountains In Exodus 14 from verse 1 to 28, when the Red Sea became a mountain before the children of Israel God moved it out of the way. In Joshua chapter 6 from verse 1 to 20, when the wall of Jericho became a mountain in the part of the children of Israel, God moved it out of the way. In 1Samuel 17 verse 45 to 51, when Goliath became a mountain trying to block the way of David to the throne, God moved him out of the way. And if you read Mark 11 from verse 12 to 14 and 20 to 23, you will see that the only time Jesus pronounced a curse openly was on a fruitless tree, a barren tree; He placed a curse on the tree. And you know what: whatever God curses will cease to exist. That is why I am sure God is going to curse barrenness in some wombs tonight. I have told the story before. We went to Lokoja to have a Holy Ghost rally; as I drove into the town, I saw in the center of the road a huge tree and so the road had to bend round the tree right and left. Haa! So I asked the people who came to receive me: what is a tree doing in the middle of the road in a capital city. Oh! That is a sacred tree; nobody must touch the tree; It has been there for ages I said, I see Quietly, I cursed the tree because to me what kind of non-sense is this. We went; we had the Holy Ghost rally. That night as soon as we finished the rally, as soon as I got home, a storm came and the wind began to blow; by the following morning, the tree was landing on the side. Stand on your feet and lift your voice to the Almighty God and say: Father, every tree of barrenness in my life, curse it tonight. Father, place a curse on every tree of barrenness in my life, curse it tonight. Every tree of barrenness in my life my Father and my God curse it tonight; pronounced a curse, a divine curse on every tree of barrenness in my life, pronounced a curse on it: whether it be biological barrenness or physical barrenness or financial barrenness or mental barrenness or spiritual barrenness or career barrenness, every tree of barrenness, curse it tonight because whatever You curse will cease to exist; whatever You curse will cease to exist. Thank You Father. Every tree of barrenness in my life, in my home, in my place of work, in the church that You have put me in-charge of, every tree of barrenness curse it tonight Lord, whatever You curse will cease to exist, curse every tree of barrenness in my life; curse it Lord so that it will be uprooted. Thank You Father. In Jesus mighty name we have prayed. So shall it be in Jesus’ name. Please be seated. Now, God has not changed: He has not changed because He cannot change. Malachi chapter 3 verse 6, He said, I Am the Lord, I change not. Hebrews 13 verse 8, He says, Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever No change! Not only that, He is not respecter of persons. Acts chapter 10 verse 34 and 35: Peter said, now I know that God is no respecter of persons and in every nations, every language, every tongue, those who fear Him are accepted of Him. Meaning what? Whatever He has done for others before, He will do your own tonight. In Genesis 21 verse 1 to 7, He did it for Sarah… Thank You Father. Daddy says if I can make dry bones live, every womb considered too old to bear shall come back to life. He did for Sarah In Genesis 25 verse 21 to 24, He did it for Rebecca; even open the womb with a set of twins. Genesis 30 verse 22 to 24, He did it for Rachael. In 1Samuel chapter 1 verse 19 to 20, He did it for Hannah Oh thank You Father. Anytime I am preaching and suddenly I hear a song, it means somebody is about to sing a new song. Very soon somebody will be singing: I never knew He will honour me this way I never knew He will honour me this way I never knew He will honour me this way Honour me this way Thank You Jesus. (Hallelujah) I never knew He will honour me this way I never knew He will honour me this way I never knew He will honour me this way Honour me this way Thank You Jesus. Amen I know you want to sing more. Who is the one who will be singing that song from now? Let me hear you shout hallelujah. He did the same thing for the Shunammite woman in 2Kings chapter 4 verse 8 to 17. He did it for Elizabeth – Luke chapter 1 verse 5 to 25 We can go on and on. And then, tonight, I just thank God for the testimony of my daughter who preached; I did not know what she was going through when I was preparing my note. Occasionally we had somebody who had had a breakthrough before and then they could not get another. Tonight you will get another breakthrough. Some people even had a breakthrough before and they lost it. Some people became pregnant and before delivery something happen. You will have another and another one and yet another. I mean in Luke chapter 5 verse 1 to 7, Peter had a breakthrough, he was barren financially, career-wise; then Jesus came and he threw one net and caught several fishes; he had a major breakthrough but he lost it And then in John 21 verse 1 to 6, he had another breakthrough and he never lost it again One of my daughters she is seating here on the altar with me now. Several years ago, she has barren for some time; herself and the husband came. We prayed; she became pregnant; we were all rejoicing; and the day came to deliver and it was a still birth Haa! Of course, she was sad and I was sad too. The husband tried to put up the bold front but he too was sad. I can remember when I went to see her in the hospital where she delivered, she was not even willing to greet me. What kind of father are you? What are you looking at when this should happen to me? But I decreed that she will have others. Today by the grace of God, she has many. I want you to stand on your feet and lift your voice to the Almighty God and say: Father, I don’t want just one breakthrough, I want many. Open your mouth and cry to the Almighty God. Not just one breakthrough: biologically not just one; financially not just one; anointing wise not just once; I want many breakthroughs Lord, mighty breakthroughs; breakthroughs on my right, breakthroughs on my left, breakthroughs in my front, breakthrough wherever I go, Lord I want many breakthroughs; not just one Lord and if I have lost anyone replace that one with many, many, many breakthroughs Lord; many breakthroughs Lord; many O Lord, many breakthroughs. Hallelujah Father. Thank You Father. Many breakthroughs Lord, not one Lord, not even two, many in every area of my life Father I cry to You tonight give me many breakthroughs, many breakthroughs, many breakthroughs. Thank You Father. In Jesus mighty name we have prayed. And so shall it be in Jesus’ name. And please be seated. Now, one other thing about God before I begin to round up is that God is a God of joy. Psalm 16 verse 11 says in presence there is the fullness of joy. He hates sorrow – our God is not a God of sorrow. Oh! He proofed that to me long ago. You know, when I became General Overseer in 1981 in those days one of the signs that you are holy is that you must look sad all the time. Some of the old ones know what I am talking about. If you want to prove that you are really really a man of God you must look as if you are coming from the grave yard. But I just could not help it: I could not help laughing; so, when they are doing Sunday school at Ebute-metta and I will be going round each group; I will see a child and this child will smile at me and I will smile back. I will see something that will cause me to smile and I will smile. I will get back to my office and I will say O God I have blown it again; haa, General Overseer must look sober. (Laugh) And God spoke to me and said, son, I AM a God of joy. He said check your Bible, it is written: He that sitteth in the heaven shall laugh. Tell your neighbour: God will fill your mouth with laughter. He is a God of joy, He does not like sorrow Revelation chapter 7 verse 17 and Revelation chapter 21 verse 4, He said He will wipe away all tears from the eyes. He will wipe the tears from your eyes. In Luke chapter 7… Oh thank You Father. The Lord asks me to tell someone tonight, He said, the anointing on My son will flow out to you and you too you will become joyful. Thank You Father. The Lord says there is someone here tonight, He said, those who tried to put you out of business will soon come to you begging for contracts. In Luke chapter 7 verse 11 to 15, when Jesus saw a widow going to bury her son, what He said to her is weep not He does not like people weeping. In Psalm 126 verse 1 to 3, the Bible says, when God turn the captivities of Zion, we were like them that dream, and then was our mouth fill with laughter. Tell the fellow next to you: you shall laugh. Oh thank You my Father. Oh thank You Father. Daddy asks me to tell somebody here tonight, He said the fellow will understand; He asked me just to tell you, you will overcome. I have told you the story before; I am saying it because of those of you who have never heard it and it will be good revision to those who have heard it. When we are in the first auditorium, the very first one by the express way; we were having a Holy Ghost night like this and it was time to pray and everybody was praying and I was praying too because I needed prayers And the way I was thought to pray when I was young is still the way I pray today, I closed my eyes. And suddenly God spoke to me and said son, open your eyes. I almost told, Lord but I am praying Open your eyes son Yes Lord And then He pointed a lady to me in the crowd: soaked in tears; weeping profusely He said, go and tell her: weep not. Oh glory be to God. Every one of you who have been weeping from now on - weep not. So I went to her, tap her by the shoulder; I said, my Daddy says weep not. Oh! And she brightened up suddenly – it was like a sun coming out of a cloud – you mean God heard me at last and singled me out! Oh! Immediately the sorrow disappears and everything became brilliant. Almost a year later, the lady came to see me and says, do you remember me? How many people will I remember? She says I was the one who was weeping and God said I should go and tell her stop weeping. She said I was barren and I have been barren for years and the battle was tough: relatives of my husband were waging all manners of war against me. She said look at me now, it was my turn to weep but this time for joy because she came carrying her baby. Every one of you here tonight, hear the word of the Lord: stop weeping in Jesus’ name. So I want you to lift your voice to the Almighty God loud and clear and say: Father, turn my captivity tonight and fill my mouth with laughter. Open your mouth and cry unto the Lord. Turn my captivity tonight Lord, fill my mouth with laughter, wipe away all tears from my eyes; oh Lord wipe away all tears from my eyes, turn my captivity tonight; fill my mouth with laughter; the captivity in my marriage turn it tonight; the captivity in my business turn it tonight; the captivity in my ministry turn it tonight, fill my mouth with laughter; please fill my mouth with laughter; wipe away all tears from my eyes; fill my mouth with laughter. Thank You Father. Thank You Daddy. Thank You Almighty God. Thank You Father. In Jesus mighty name we have prayed. And so shall it be in Jesus’ name. Please be seated. Now, what does He expect from you? He says before I conclude I should tell someone here tonight, He said I will use your case to prove my Almightiness. Oh Daddy! You are wonderful You know the last verse of the song that we sang…, because as you know I am a Mathematician I did not study music; any song that you hear us singing, He gave it to me; And He said in the last verse there was a prophecy to someone and He asked me to tell whoever that is (and I believe it must be me), He said you will laugh loud, you will laugh long and you will laugh last. If you are the one shout hallelujah. So, what does He expect from you? In addition to what my daughter has told you, He expects you to look to Him alone - not any man, not to any prophet, not any evangelist, not any apostle, whatever may be the title, not even any general overseer; look unto God alone. In Genesis chapter 30 verse 1 and 2, the Bible says when Rachael saw that she had no child, she said to the husband give me children or else I die. Haa! The husband said I my God? Only God can give you children, nobody else- God and God alone. So He wants you to look unto Him alone You look unto Him alone, sooner or later He will remember you. As matter of fact, He will remember you this month. And the reason He wants you to look unto Him alone is because He is the One who has the key that can open every womb Revelation chapter 3 verse 7: He said I have the key of David, when I open no man can shut and when I shut no man can open. So, because you have to look unto Him alone that is why you must keep yourself pure – Holy – because He is a holy God. 1Peter chapter 1 verse 15 to 16: be holy for I AM holy Keep yourself pure; don’t contaminate yourself with all kinds of germs or holy water or whatever – keep yourself pure. In Luke chapter 1 verse 5 to 6, the Bible said concerning Elizabeth, she was blameless – both herself and her husband, they kept themselves pure. Husbands don’t go and try another woman outside; who tells you are not even the one who needs help. Woman, don’t go and try another man outside, keep yourself pure. Some of you who will remember the story of a lady, who came here when we are still in the first auditorium, trusting God for the fruit of the womb We prayed; like in those days we are few, so I laid hands on everybody. Then came back the following year very angry She told me: they told me if I come you will lay hand on me and if you lay hands on me I will fall and I fell and yet no issue. And the Lord told me ask her: how many boyfriends has she beside her husband? Haa! This is well dressed woman, highly educated…; How do I ask this question? I said, please ma, forgive me o but it is God who said I should ask you: beside your husband, how many, how many… (I was stammering); how many other boyfriends? She said, six. Haa! If you become pregnant, how are we going to know the father? You want a child from my God! My God is holy; He won’t give a child to somebody who wants to continue in sin. So before we lay hands on you tonight, I want a commitment from all of you – those of you trusting God for the fruit of the womb – commitment to holiness. Those of you trusting God for breakthroughs in business - commitment to God in holiness One of my sons came to me not too long ago and told me how he used to be very wealthy but now everything is gone. I asked him, when everything was going well, were you faithful to God? Faithful to Him: with your tithing? Did you honour Him with your first-fruits? He said, no. Haa! He said pray for me Daddy; I will be faithful from now on. I said, ha ha, that is an easy thing. So you are going to stand on your feet now and you are going to talk to the Almighty God and tell Him: from now on I am Yours; I am committed to You in holiness, committed to You in purity, I will to Your will hundred percent, just help me Lord, give me grace. Go ahead talk to the Almighty God. I will be pure, I will be holy Lord, I will do Your will, I will do Your will, I will do Your will, I will never annoy You again Lord, just give me the grace Lord I will do Your will, I will do Your will. Give me the grace and I will be absolutely obedient. Again, if you want breakthrough and you forgot Him, how can you expect another – Father, have mercy on me I will be faithful; I will do Your will, I will keep myself pure by Your grace, help me Lord, help me to be faithful, help me to be pure, help me to be holy, help Lord to do Your will and Lord God Almighty just have mercy on me, forgive all my foolish ways. Thank You my Father. I am committed to You from now on Lord, complete consecration through Your will, I will follow You all the way and I will no longer contaminate myself in any way whatsoever just have mercy on me Lord, have mercy on me. Thank You Father. Thank You Almighty God. I will be totally committed to You Lord; totally committed to You and to Your course: I will keep myself pure; I will remain faithful; I will do Your will Lord, just forgive my former errors and help me. Thank You Father. In Jesus mighty name we have prayed. Amen. So shall it be in Jesus’ name.
Pastor E. A. Adeboye
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