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BEYOND EXPECTATIONS 11th of August, 2023
AUGUST HOLYGHOST SERVICE THEME: BEYOND EXPECTATION 11TH AUGUST, 2023 BY: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
Go ahead and worship the Almighty God. Give Him glory, give Him honour, give Hiim adoration; bless Him, bless Him, bless Him. You can feel His presence; give Him glory, give Him honour; magnify His holy name. Oh, thank You Father. Ancient of days we worship You, we give You glory, we give You honour, oh be glorified forever more. ****speaking in the Holy Ghost**** We bless You We bless You Lord We bless You Oh Lord God Almighty we give You glory we give You honour we give You adoration. ***speaking in the Holy Ghost*** Oh, thank You Father. Glory be to Your holy name; thank You Father. ***speaking in the Holy Ghost*** Thank You Father. Thank You Jesus. Oh glory! In Jesus mighty name we worshipped. You are worthy, O Lord You are worthy You are worthy to be glorified You are worth O Lord You are worthy You are worthy to be glorified. Hallelujah
You are worthy, O Lord You are worthy You are worthy to be glorified You are worth O Lord You are worthy You are worthy to be glorified.
Thank You Father. Oh, Daddy wants me to tell you that every dead project shall resurrect. Angels are singing You are worthy O Lord Hallelujah You are worthy O Lord
We are singing You are worthy O Lord You are worthy O Lord
We are singing Papa You are worthy O Lord You are worthy O Lord
Daddy asks me to tell someone, your own time has come at last. You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord
Hallelujah
You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord
Hallelujah You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord You are worthy Lord
Hallelujah The Lord asks me to tell somebody, you are not where you ought to be because the fellow who should help has refused. The Lord asked me to tell you, he won’t be able to sleep again until he has help you. My Father and my God I bless your name; thank You for the previous convention, thank You for this marvelous one. Thank You for Monday, thank You for Tuesday, thank You for Wednesday, thank You for yesterday, and thank You for what You are already doing today. Thank You in advance for what You are going to do tomorrow, please accept our thanks in Jesus’ name. Tonight, do what You alone can do; surprise every one of us; and at the end of it all take all the glory. In Jesus mighty name we have a prayed. Amen. Let someone shout hallelujah. Shake hands with one or two people and prophesy to them and say: Neighbour I love you, but tonight, my testimony will be bigger than yours. Go ahead tell two or three people. And if you believe that shout a big hallelujah. Please you can be seated. There is someone here tonight, before you leave this place you are going to be surprised by God. Thank You Father. Ephesians chapter 3 from verse 20 to 21: 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. I want to talk about Beyond Expectation Our God is Jehovah El-Shaddai, the God who is more than enough; the God who can do much much more than you can think possible; He does not know how to do small thing. For example, He does not stop when your cup of blessing is full. Psalm 23 verse 5: thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies, and thou anointed my head with oil, my cup runneth over. He does not stop when the cup is full, He just keep on pouring; He does not give you little little miracles. According to Psalm 68 verse 19, He loads us with benefits – loads full with benefits; He does not stop when all needs are met, He make sure that there will never be a crisis again. In 2Kings chapter 4 from verse 1 to 7, not only did He pay the debt of the widow, the widow had enough left to enjoy for the rest of her life. Anytime He is dealing with you He wants to go extra mile with you. By the way the Almighty God is going to pay the debt of somebody this month. When in Mark chapter 8 verse 22 to 25, when they brought a blind man to Him and He touch his eyes and ask him how are you now, and he said I am seeing now but I am seeing men as tree. Well, that is not good enough, come let Me give you another touch. And in the Name that is above every other name, all of you who need a second touch you will get it today. He does not just provide wine in the wedding of Cana in Galilee; He gave the best wine - John chapter 2 from verse 1 to 10. He wanted to make sure that not only will there be no embarrassment for the bride groom, but He wanted to move from embarrassment to glory. He wanted to be sure that the wedding will be talked about, not because wine failed, but to say, people will be talking about the wedding where the wine was the best. He made a promise in Joel chapter 2 from 26 to 27, He said it again and again, My people shall never be ashamed. And I hereby decree in the mighty name of Jesus, you will never know shame again. But not only that, He as a way of changing shame to glory: Mark chapter 10 from verse 46 to 52… Haa! Thank You Daddy. The Lord asks me to tell someone, against all odds, when you are coming next year you are coming with your husband. In Mark chapter 10 from verse 46 to 52, He turned the embarrassment of Bartimaeus to glory. I mean, he was not just a beggar, but hated beggar; but at the end of the day, all those who are asking to shut up, they were the people who came to call him and say come He is calling you be of good cheer I decree in the Name that is above every other name, all those who had been mocking you they will come and rejoice with you. God is not just a helper: Psalm 46 verse 1, the Bible calls Him the Ever-Present Help in trouble. Just when you have a crisis, He will show up. But He goes beyond that, He is ready to carry you all the way to safety. In Matthew chapter 14 from verse 22 to 33, when He was walking on water and Peter said if You are the One ask me to come and He said come, and Peter jumped out of the boat, and began to walk towards Jesus, The Bible said when he saw the wind boisterous, he became afraid and he began to sink; and then He carried to Jesus and Jesus stretch out His hand immediately to help him. There is someone here who is in need of urgent help let me hear you shout: Jesus help me. And He will help you. After he grabbed him by the hand, before He said anything at all, He has already got his hand to make sure he won’t sink before He now began to say why did you doubt; and together, hand in hand, they walked back to the boat. Peter still walked on water till he got to the boat. The One who sent is going to help somebody here tonight, and He will help you all the way. No only will He stand by you in the time of trouble, like He promised in Isaiah 43… Thank You Father. The Lord said there is someone here tonight, there is a noise going on in your head that sounds like air conditioner working, the Lord asked me to tell you with the next shout of hallelujah the noise will be gone. Thank You Daddy. The Lord said there is someone here tonight, many times in your dreams in the recent past you had to wake up suddenly because somebody had to shock you. Daddy asked me to tell you the demon will never return. Now, in Isaiah 43 verses 1 and 2, He says He will stand by you in the time of trouble so you will come out without being burn by fire. So, even when you have a trial, He remains with you, He helps you pass the examination. And then you want to ask the question, when You know You are going to stand by me during the exam, while the exam anyway? Usually so that he can bless you double. In Job chapter 42 from verse 12 to 17, Hallelujah The Lord says somebody is asking, and you have wondered about something: is triple promotion possible? God said I should tell you, I will make you a classical example. The Bible says God bless the later end of Job than the beginning because He doubled everything that the devil took from him. Let me decree to somebody here tonight, every good thing that you have ever lost, God will restore double. He not only uproots mountains, no. Psalm 90 verse 1 to 2, the Bible tells us before the mountains were brought forth our God has been there; So, when He wants to remove a mountain He uproot it, and so he gives you the authority and just believe in Him and command mountains to move, and the mountain will move. And I know there are some believers here tonight, Believer, you won’t be here tonight if you don’t believe in God; you won’t come here tonight if you don’t believe miracles are happening. Holy Ghost started in 1986 and it is getting bigger every day, God is here, and you know that He is here and you know that He is a miracle worker. So, I am going to encourage you that right now you will stand on your feet and command everything mountain that is blocking your ways and say: in the mighty name of Jesus, mountain I command you get out of my way. Say it again loud and clear. Pray it as if you mean it. I believe in God and so I decree right now every mountain blocking my way move, get out of my way, get out of my way. Thank You Father. In Jesus mighty name we have prayed. You can please be seated. I want to prophesy to someone before you get home tonight that mountain would have been buried. I am sure you will remember the story of someone who was doing well in his place of work, but all of a sudden, they sacked him and so he came to God, to the Holy Ghost service with his sack letter, And God spoke that there is someone here somebody in your family is going to died next week don’t mourn him because he is the one causing you trouble, and when he had been removed restoration will come. By time he got home, the following week, the father died, because the father is the one who said the way this boy is going, you will soon be greater than I that was while he caused him to be sacked. The father died, and they phone the boy to come back to work: sorry, we made a mistake you should be promoted not sacked. I don’t care who the fellow his, no matter how close to you, if he is blocking your way to glory, the Almighty God will move him. Then, God does not just move mountains, occasionally, to show Himself mighty, He will cause you to fly over the mountain, so the mountain is waiting but you are gone. Isaiah chapter 40 verse 31 says if you wait upon the Lord He will renew your strength, and you will begin to mount with wings as eagles. I decree to somebody today, every mountain that God does not want to move, you will fly over them. It does not just give you victory, He can give you victory upon victory, upon victory. 1Samuel chapter 17, Daddy asks me to tell someone, very soon you will be singing and your song will be: it is raining all over me. Daddy says that I should tell all of you that every seed sown this month, Daddy says the harvest will be beyond expectation. In 1Samuel chapter 17 from verse 34 to 51, A lion came, David killed the lion; a bear came, David killed the bear; Goliath came, David killed Goliath; And the Lord wants me to tell somebody, I have given you victories before I will give you a bigger one. But not only does it give you victory after victory; He can make sure you can never have to fight again; He can make sure that all the weapon fashioned against us shall not prosper. Isaiah 54 verse 15 to 17, so that you don’t have to worry if somebody want to fight let him try; and when He promote, He not only reaches down to the dunghill. In 1Samuel chapter 2 from verse 7 to 9, tells you He can pick up a beggar from a dunghill and keep on raising him until he dines with kings, He said not by your power, He said because by strength shall no man prevail. He does not just go to the dunghill; He goes deep down than the dunghill. According to Psalm 40 from verse 1 to 3, He says He can even go into the miry clay and then bring you up from there. I have told you my own story, my father was so poor the poor people called my father poor, God went into the miry clay and He brought somebody from the fellow who is talking to you right now. In the Name that is above every other name, all those who have written you off they will come and bow down before you. When He wants to promotes, He can go to the prison yard and bring somebody there and make him a great ruler. You know the story of Joseph from Genesis 41… Praise God. Daddy asks me to tell someone, get ready for hard work, He said because I AM about to open many doors simultaneously. Joseph from the prison as a prisoner, by the evening he was Prime Minister of Egypt with the authority that every knee should be bowing before him. I think I have told you before, if I were Joseph, the moment I got on that chariot of Pharaoh, I will go to Potiphar’s house first: hello Potiphar, call your wife out, let her come out now, let her see me in my glory. I have told you the story before, In 1963, Nnamdi Azikiwe became Governor General of Nigeria, and he came to visit Ondo, at that I was a little teacher at Ondo Boys High School, and all of us stood out to go and receive him, There was one of the old teachers standing by my side; as Azikiwe was riding pass in the open car, for one reason or the other he looked in my direction, and saw that old teacher standing by my side and he stopped, and said they should bring the teacher, Because the teacher was the one who was responsible for expelling Zik from secondary school. Now, Zik is Governor General and he saw that teacher and said he should come. One man was riding in glory, another one was almost sinking in shame. Anybody who tries to truncate your destiny, he will watch you ride in glory. I am talking about this God who can go beyond expectation. He cannot only destroy yokes; He can use your presence to deal with the yokes of others. In Acts chapter 16 from 5 verse 25 to the end, when God paid a visit to that prison, He came because of Paul and Silas but at the end of the day… Thank You Father. The Lord asks me to tell somebody here today you are fighting a battle of life time, He asked me to tell you He has send confusion into the camp of your enemies. When the earthquake came it was not only Paul and Silas that has their yokes destroyed, every prisoner got loosed. Because of you, wherever you may be, all the yokes in your family will be destroyed tonight. Now, there is still so much to say, let us me jump a little bit. He cannot only save worst of sinners; He can turn him to an apostle. 1Timothy chapter 1 verse 15, Paul said, I am the chief of sinners. But by the time God finished with him, in 2Corithians 11 verse 5… Thank You Daddy. I like that. The Lord asked me to tell somebody you will be pregnant this month and not only that the child that you shall bring forth will become a great man of God. Alright, I am trying to see which one not to jump. Not only can He save your soul, He can fill to overflowing with the Holy Spirit so that you can have divine power - power to witness, and power over principalities and power. He can raise you up so mightily that even angels will become your servant. Hebrews chapter 1 from verse 7 to 14… The Lord asks me to tell somebody that a prophet gave you a frightening prophesy; God asked me to tell you He did not send him so forget the prophesy. The Lord asked me to tell a certain man of God, He said the Holy Spirit will begin to move more powerfully than ever before. The Lord says there is someone here tonight, I will give you a vision that will lead to mighty prosperity. Daddy asks me to tell somebody, out of the present hardship you will come out triumphant. Now, God cannot only give you a glorious future, Isaiah chapter 3 verse 10, He said say ye to the righteous he shall be well with you. So, you are a child of God, it shall be well with you anyway. Colossians chapter 1 verse 27 says Christ in you the hope of glory. If you have Christ in you then you know your tomorrow is going to be alright. But according to the word of God, He has even greater plans for you. According to John chapter 14 from verse 1 to 3, is telling you about the world to come, He said He has prepared a mansion for you; and I am going to see you in your mansion when we get to heaven. That is part one; we can go on and on, but I believe I have established it that our God does not just do little little things; and when He does things, He does big beyond expectation. Now, let us talk about application; you know I am an applied mathematician: when we have a theory, we want to know how does it apply to me. Knowing who your God is should lead you to the following points. Number one: put Him first and He will single you out for a mighty miracle. In 1Kings chapter 17 verse 8 to 16, a man of God came to the widow of Zarephath and say I need food, and the widow said what I have left is barely enough for me and my son. Man of God said do my own first; the widow agreed, and for the rest of the famine the widow never suffer hunger. Now, the Bible tells us in Luke chapter 4 from verse 25 to 26, the Bible said there were many widows in the land and God single out one for unending supplies. We are many here tonight, and somebody is going to become a world figure. How will God single out that fellow out of these multitude? It will be the one who will put God first. I have told you before when God said honour with your first fruit, He is saying I don’t need anything I AM the All-sufficient God. Honour is what you give to somebody who don’t need anything. Honourary Degree is given to somebody who does not need your money. God says honour Me, put Me first I see what I will do Number two: obey Him completely and He will heal beyond expectation. I am happy, those of you who have been here from the beginning of the week that you have learnt that there is something far far beyond healing, there is something called wholeness. In 2Kings chapter 5 from verse 1 to 14, when God healed Naaman, He did just heal him, He made him whole - there was no scar leprosy left. And then again Luke chapter 4 verse 27 says there where many lepers in the land but God singled out Naaman. Singled him out for wholeness. Why? He obeyed completely – deep yourself in Jordan seven times; and he did exactly as God said. God can single you out for extra ordinary blessing. I told you before, I traveled to Canada for the first, I think 1975 or 76, for a world conference of Applied Mathematicians, It was in the month of May; May was a very cold season in the Canada, we came from all over the world, long queue to register, and I was shaking, And all of sudden, the woman in charge of registration left her table far away and began to come down the line, when she got to me, she stopped. Hello, where are you from? I told her. What is your name? I told her. And she turned back. Few minutes later she came back with a packet of sandwiches and very hot big cup of tea. I did not look at anybody I finished the bread and drank the tea; and just as I was finishing the tea she came; she has gone back to do my registration and gave me somebody to lead me to where I will stay. To you it may not mean much, it was my first time of traveling out of Africa, I did not know anybody there but God singled me out of all the people for special treatment. I decree to somebody here today, God will single you out for special favour. Learn to put Him first; learn to obey Him completely, Number three: trade with Him and you will El-Shaddai in action. In 1Samuel chapter 1 from verse 9 to 20, Hannah traded with God: give me a son and I will give him back to You. Yes, God gave her a son; not an ordinary son but one of the greatest prophets in the Old Testament, and then God gave her five addition children. When you trade with God, He will bless you beyond expectation; He will show you that He is truly Jehovah El-Shaddai. Number four: be hundred percent to His kingdom work; work for Him, go beyond ordinary call of duty and He will give unending promotion. Promotion comes from God, your boss is human being, his heart is in the hand of God, the heart of kings is in the hand of God and He can turn the heart like river of water. If God says promote this fellow that fellow will be promoted but you must be someone who is hundred percent committed to the work of God. Psalm 57 verse 7, … I have to say amen to this one before I tell you. Daddy says the one who will be referred to as the greatest miracle of this decade is here tonight. Psalm 57 verse 7, David said my heart is fixed; O God, my heart is fixed, I will sing and give You praise. In Psalm 34 verse 1, David said I will bless the Lord at all time and His praise shall continually be in my mouth. In 1Chronicles 22 from verse 7 to 16, David said to Solomon, I wanted to build house for God but says no you cannot build a house because you have been a warrior, and said your son will build the house. He said Solomon congratulations, he said but I want you to know, everything that you needed to build the house is coming from me. Daddy says I cannot build a house but I will provide everything that is needed. God turned to David and said because it is your heart to do this, there will also be king on your throne. That is while we hear in Mark chapter 10… Thank You Father. The Lord asks me to tell you, the one who is blocking your vision is already on the way out. Mark chapter 10 from verse 46 to 52, when Bartimaeus was calling, he said Jesus, thou son of David, He referred Jesus to David, and today, Jesus is on the throne according to the promise God made to David: there will always be someone on your throne. I want to decree to somebody here today your promotion will never end. Do His will; do all His will and He will bless you so much that you will be running away from the blessing. Deuteronomy chapter 28 from verse 1 to 13… Haa! Well, I tried to stop but God is still saying something and I want to say amen to this one before I tell you. Some years ago, there was this magazine about motor cars and so on, and there were ranking the cars, they said Mercedes Benz is the strongest, they said BMW is the fastest, they said Lexus is the most comfortable, So, I was asking a friend, what is wrong with this people? Where did they put Rolls-Royce? And my friend said, when they are talking about cars, you don’t want to include Rolls Royce, it’s in a class by itself. I am telling you that because God asked me to tell somebody, one day, when great people seat down together and they are talking about greatness, they will point to you and said your case is exceptional. I want to say amen to this again; if this is only one I got I will be happy, Because God says there is someone here today, He said I will give you ten years of uninterrupted joy. That brings us to the next point: don’t limit God. Since you know He will do exceedingly abundantly above all you think or ask, don’t limit Him! In 2Kings chapter 4 from verse 1 to 7, it was when the empty vessels that the woman gathered finished that the oil stop flowing. God told her, borrow empty vessels, borrow not a few; and she borrowed. But after sometimes she felt this is enough and the oil stopped when there were no more empty vessels You know, God feels unhappy when you are asking for small things. At times, you ask Him things so small that He feels insulted. So, when it is time to pray, which is going to be very soon, please tonight don’t ask for small things. I told you before of my uncle, my late uncle Henry Fajemirokun, you go to him and say uncle give me one thousand naira; (and one thousand naira is a lot of money those days) My uncle will said I don’t have. Haha uncle! You come back and say uncle please give me ten thousand naira; he wills say I don’t have. When you go to uncle and say please I need hundred thousand naira, Ehen, now you are talking; don’t you know you I am! You are asking me for ten thousand naira! He came home sometimes and we met him on the way, and he branch at the High School we had in Ife-wara those days and we received him; and we said Uncle please we don’t have assembly hall, we do our assembly in the dining hall. He said, is that all? Have you boys dormitory? We said no sir You have a place for the girls? No sir. He said you principal, you have a principal house? We said no sir. He said let us seat down and talk. School assembly hall, plus dormitory for boys, plus dormitory of girls, for principal’s house… It does not matter how many things you ask God today, He will give you more. Your amen is low. Conclusion Whatever you do for God from now on, do it with all your heart; He will not share you with anyone or with any idol. He is a very jealous God. You want Him to proof to you that He is more than sufficient, you must serve Him whole heartedly. You add anything else to Him you are on your own. Be committed to Him hundred percent. Even by the end of the month you will testify. There is going to be time to pray now. Now, I know my son have preached a sermon and several souls have been saved but just incase some people came in after he made the altar call, and you just came and you have not given your life to Jesus, I must give you the opportunity to do. So, if you a such a fellow and you have not given your life to Jesus, this God who is more than sufficient, you want to become a member of His family you can come. We are not going to wait for you so if you want to come you can hurry up because it is time to pray. So, if you have not given your life to Jesus and you want to do so, you better run forward. We will count from one to fifteen just to give you an opportunity, this is a great great grace tonight because we have given the altar call already. You are getting an extra opportunity now. So, if you want to give your life to Jesus come very quickly now as I begin to count. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, Now, those of you who have come and those of who are still on the way, talk to God now, and tell Him I have come with all my heart save my soul, please Lord save my soul, let Your blood wash away all my sins, I want to serve You for the rest of my life. Go ahead call on Him. And those of you on the way keep coming. And the rest of us please stretch your hands towards this people, intercede for them; pray that the One who saved your soul will save their souls too. Let us pray for them, God will give them genuine salvation. Go ahead talk to God for them. Thank You Father. If you are on the way you must hurry up now because I am about to pray, and just make sure you get here before I finish praying. Thank You Father. Ancient of days I want say thank You for Your word. I thank You for these people that have come forward to surrender their lives to You, Father, please receive them, save their souls, let Your blood wash away their sins, please write their names in the book of life. From now whenever they call on you, please answer them by fire and let them remain Your children forever. In Jesus name we have prayed. Amen. Praise the Lord. I did not know there is still so many of you, but I want to rejoice with you because from now I will be praying for you, and so, I am going to need your names, your address, and your prayer request and I promise I will be praying for you. The Counselors will attend to you now, we will wait about five minutes for you before will continue. In the meantime, Brethren, you may want to write your prayer points. Number one: I think you want to thank the Almighty God for making sure you are here tonight, that you are part of this service tonight. So, you will praise Him for that. And then number two: you are going to pray this prayer with all your heart, Father, don’t pass me by tonight; many people are but Lord don’t pass me by. And then number three: you are going to say Father, I will begin to trade with You, from now anything called fruitless efforts let it be far from me. Then number four: you are going to say Father, from now on arise and fight all my battles for me. And then number five: say Father, I will put You first in every sphere of life please bless me beyond measure. Number six: you will say Father, don’t let my joy ever end. Now, all those are general points, you know what you want from Him, don’t limit Him tonight. You will go to Him and ask Him for mighty things, great things, things that you will almost afraid to ask for. Remember He will do beyond your expectation, so don’t limit Him. You a minute to think of what you want to ask God tonight, because with Him all things are possible. Ask beyond human expectations. If you are asking for power, ask big. If you are asking Him for prosperity… You can ask God for example, that single handed you will be sponsoring the convention. You can ask God to prosper you so mightily that you will building at least a church every year. Ask for something big. Ask God that you want to raise dead, you want to lay hands on the sick that they will see, that you want smile on the lame and they begin to walk. Ask for something big tonight, is a very special night, and believe me honestly God is here. I am going to give you thirty minutes to pray, and the altar is open if you want to come to the altar; you can seat down where you are if you want to, is time to pray; let us go ahead and bombard the throne of heaven and ask Him for mighty things, ask Him for extra ordinary things. Go and ask Him, this is your day, this is your night, this is your time, your set time has come, go ahead cry to Him. Cry to Him He is here listening to you; you may never get a day like this; ask Him for mighty things. Don’t just ask for healing, ask for wholeness; ask for the power to heal the sick to raise the dead. Call on Him. There is nothing you ask that is too much. Go ahead now. Thank You Father. Thank You Lord. Let us begin to bring our prayer to a close. Thank You Lord. In Jesus mighty name we have prayed. The All sufficient God will meet all your needs. The One who has never lost a war will fight your battle. The One who exited before the mountains will uproot every mountain before you. Beginning from now whatever you touch will prosper. Anything called fruitless effort will never be mention in your life again. The power of the most high God will multiply in your life. Whatever you have asked for, receive in Jesus’ name. Much more than you can dream possible, the Lord will bless you; even before Sunday you will testify. In Jesus mighty name we have prayed. Amen. Let us shout hallelujah.
Pastor E. A. Adeboye
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