SHIELDED BY FIRE 5th of April, 2024

APRIL HOLY GHOST SERVICE

THEME: SHIELDED BY FIRE

APRIL 5, 2024.

BY: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

He rose from the dead, never to die again. He ascended to heaven and He is coming back for you.

Lift your hands and give Him glory, give Him honour, give Him adoration. He lives forever.

Worship Him, adore Him, He deserves your worship; give Him glory, give Him honour.

Thank You Lord. Thank You Lord. Thank You Jesus. Blessed be Your holy name.

***Praying in the Holy Ghost****

Thank You Jesus.

Thank You Father.

Glory be to God.

Hallelujah.

***speaking in the Holy Ghost****

Oh blessed be Your holy name.

Blessed be Your holy name.

Blessed be Your holy name.

Glory be to God.

Glory be to God.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Thank You Lord. Thank You Lord. Thank You Lord.

Amen.

He’s alive, amen.

He’s alive,

Jesus is alive, forever He’s alive, amen.

 

He’s alive, amen.

He’s alive,

Jesus is alive, forever He’s alive, amen.

 

He’s alive,

He’s alive,

My Saviour is alive, forever He’s alive, amen.

 

 

He’s alive, amen.

He’s alive,

Jesus is alive, forever He’s alive, amen.

 

He’s alive, amen.

He’s alive,

My Healer is alive, forever He’s alive, amen.

 

He’s alive, amen.

He’s alive,

Jesus is alive, forever He’s alive, amen.

 

He’s alive, amen.

He’s alive,

My Deliverer is alive, forever He’s alive, amen.

 

He’s alive, amen.

He’s alive,

Jesus is alive, forever He’s alive, amen.

 

He’s alive, amen.

He’s alive,

My King is alive, forever He’s alive, amen.

 

He’s alive, amen.

He’s alive,

Jesus is alive, forever He’s alive, amen.

 

He is Lord

He is Lord, amen

He has risen from the dead

He is Lord

Every knee must bow,

Every tongue confessed that Jesus Christ is Lord

(He is Lord)

 

He is Lord

He is Lord, amen

He has risen from the dead

He is Lord

Every knee must bow,

Every tongue confessed that Jesus Christ is Lord

(He’s my Lord)

 

He’s my Lord

He’s my Lord, amen

He has risen from the dead

He’s my Lord

Every knee must bow,

Every tongue confessed that Jesus Christ is my Lord

 

That wonderful name, Jesus

That wonderful name, Jesus

That wonderful name, Jesus

There is no other name I know

(Hallelujah o)

 

That wonderful name, Jesus

That wonderful name, Jesus

That wonderful name, Jesus

There is no other name I know

(Hallelujah o)

 

That wonderful name, Jesus

That wonderful name, Jesus

That wonderful name, Jesus

There is no other name I know

(Hallelujah o)

 

Jesus Christ is Lord

Jesus Christ is Lord

Jesus Christ is Lord, amen.

Every knee must bow

Every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

Amen

(Hallelujah)

 

Jesus Christ is Lord

Jesus Christ is Lord

Jesus Christ is Lord, amen.

Every knee must bow

Every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

Amen

 

King of kings and Lord of lords, the Father of all fathers, the original I AM, the Unchangeable Changer, the One who was dead but is alive and He is alive forever more, the Controller of Resurrection Power, the One who speaks and it is done, the One who said let there be light and there was light, the One who makes a way in the red sea, the One can pull down the wall of Jerico with just a shout, glory be to your holy name.

Thank You for another Easter season, thank You for the special Holy Ghost for your children, thank You for what You have done in the past, thank You for what You are going to do tonight, Father, accept our thanks in Jesus’ name.

Right now Father, let the fire come down. Every yoke in the lives of Your children by fire. Every prayer that had been prayed here tonight answer by fire. At the end of it all let Your name be glorified.

In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.

Well, let someone shout hallelujah.

Shake hands with one or two people and tell them: Jesus is alive.

And then you may please be seated.

We are talking about: Shielded by Fire

Zechariah chapter 2 verse 5:

For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

The God I serve will surround you and your children with wall of fire.

I know this a special Holy Ghost service for children, but then we are all children baby in the hand of God.

We are babies in the hand of the One who is older than the mountains.

According to Him in Isaiah 65 verse 20, He calls someone who is a hundred years old an infant.

So, if you not at least a hundred years old as far as God is concern you are an infant.

So, how many babies in the hand of the most of God are here tonight?

Let me hear a baby-like hallelujah.

Now, God has always been in the business of shielding.

By the time you read Genesis chapter 3 from verse 1 to 7, when Adam and Eve sinned and the glory of God depart from them and they suddenly realized that they are naked, they tried to cover their shame with leaves,

But the Almighty God came down and say let Me cover your shame - in Genesis chapter 3 verse 2 - and He covered their shame with the skin of animals.

In Deuteronomy 29 verse 5, the Bible tells us that while the children of Israel were passing through the wilderness, for forty years they were there, the Almighty God saw to it that their cloth did not wear out; their shoes did not wear out, He was determined to cover their shame.

In Joel chapter 2 from verse 26 to 27, the Almighty God promised again and again, He said, My people shall not be ashamed.

So, I decree in the Name that is above every other name, whatever may be causing you shame, God will take away today.

That is while the Bible says in Colossians chapter 1 verse 27: Christ in you the hope of glory (not the hope of shame)

If there is anything in your future waiting to shame you, the fire of God will consume it tonight.

Now, He uses various means to shield His people.

One of the major ways He shielded His people in the past is by His blood.

In Exodus chapter 12 verse 13, He said when I see the blood, I will pass over you.

When there is a plague, He uses His blood the shield His people.

But for the special shielding of God during the corona virus, many of us will not be here today.

Because in the advance nations of the world, where they have all the doctors, all the medicines, etcetera, about four thousand people may die in a day;

But do you know that in the two years of corona virus in Nigeria the number of people who died was less than four thousand.

Because somehow God heard our cry, He covered us in His blood, death came and pass over us.

All of you who survived corona virus let me hear you shout hallelujah.

In Exodus chapter 12 from verse 10 to 11, the Bible says they over came the devil by the blood of the Lamb.

That is when you are covered in the blood you are shielded from the attack of the devil.

So, I am praying for my children, from this day onward, the blood of Jesus will cover you.

He shields people through His blood.

He shields you from an unanswered prayer.

You see, in Isaiah 59 verse 1 and 2, God’s hand is not shortened that He cannot save, His hears are not heavy that He cannot hear; but your sin, your iniquity, may separate you from Him that He won’t hear you

But thank God for 1John chapter 1 verse 7, he says the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sins.

So, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, whatever has been hindering your prayers, the blood of Jesus will wipe it away tonight.

He shields you through His blood from hindered access to Him.

May at times you want access to God and according to the word of God in Hebrews 10 verse 19, because of the blood of the Lamb we have boldness to enter into the holiest; nobody can stop us when we want to see God because of the Lamb.

I still remember the first time that I went to see a Head of State, and I went at invitation; and I pass through gate number one: where are you going?

The President asked me to come and see him.

They checked through their records: okay, yes.

They passed me.

Then I got to gate number two, the checking was thorough.

Then I got to gate number three and the people at gate number three can see me what I went through at gate number two, and they conduct their own security check.

And then I got to gate number four; and then I got to gate number five,

I say, God, thank You I have Jesus.

Thank You that anytime I want to see God all I have to say is in the name of Jesus.

Let me hear somebody say Jesus.

And now, the Bible says because of the Blood, nobody can hinder you from accessing God, He shield you from every hinderance that can prevent you from seeing the Almighty God.

Somebody is going to see God tonight.

If you are the one let me hear your amen loud and clear.

Another way He shield is by His word.

In Psalm 107 verse 20, He says He sent His word and healed them and delivered them from their destructions.

That is when the enemy wants to destroy you, He will send His word and the Word will shield you from destructions.

He shields you from barrenness through His word because He says in Exodus 23 verse 26 there shall not be barren; there shall be none barren in My land.

I decreeing right now, those of you who are wishing your own children are here tonight, next year your own children will be here.

Through His word He shields you from poverty.

Because it is written though there will be poor in the land, He did not say you will be one of them.

He said in His word 3John verse 2, He said I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health even as your soul prosper.

In other words, it does not matter how the situation may appear to you right now, in Name that is above every other name, and according to the word of God, you will not die poor.

And then, He shields against enemies by the His name.

Proverbs chapter 18 verse 10, he says the name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous runneth into it and is safe.

In other words, if the enemies are pursuing you and you see this strong tower, call on the name of the Lord, run into it, and the enemy will not be able to touch you.

He says in Psalm 27 from verse 1 to 3, He said if they are running after you and they are about to catch up with you, they will stumble and fall. That’s what He said.

And in Philippians chapter 2 from verse 9 to 11, He said at the Name of Jesus every knee must bow.

And so, I decree today if there are enemies who had been pursuing you up till this moment; in the next moment when you shout the name of Jesus, they will turn back from you.

So, let me hear you shout Jesus now.

I can tell you many stories on the name alone, but I want to be brief like I said, maybe we will leave story telling till next time.

And come to real one, shielding you by fire.

There is something you need to know about God and that is He Himself is called the Consuming fire.

According to Hebrew chapter 12 verse 29,

Thank You Lord.

Well, Daddy asked me to tell someone that the joyful noise of children will never cease in your home.

Let me purse briefly and thank God for the testimonies of tonight.

You know, I had that someone said that we fake miracles here; how can you fake the testimonies we heard tonight?

A woman made of her mind, God, what I want: three boys and one girl.

Now, what method will Pastor Adeboye use to arrange that kind of miracle; only God can do that; exactly what she wanted was exactly what she got.

I decree tonight, whether the mockers like it or not, you will get your miracles.

Hebrews chapter 12 verse 29 says our God is a consuming fire.

You see, there is something you need to note about fire and that is whenever fire touches anything, it changes that thing to itself.

If it touches cloth, the cloth will begin to burn, and they will say the cloth catches fire.

If it touches wood, it will turn the wood to fire; that is while they say the wood is firewood.

Anything that he cannot turn to itself, it will reduce to ashes.

And there is no science known to man that can change ashes to its original form.

Whatever fire has touched, it deals with it permanently.

That is while the victory God is going to give somebody tonight is going to be permanent.

In Judges 15 from verse 14 to 15, when they bound Samson and they brought him bound to the enemies, and the enemies thought they have already gotten him,

And the Holy Spirit came on him mightily, the fire of God came on him mightily, and the ropes were burnt, and then enemies who were slow to escape, just one thousand of them died.

Now, we are not pronouncing a curse on anybody, we are just simply saying what the Bible says, we are saying from now on, any enemy who will now allow you to reach your goal because you are shielded by fire, the Consuming fire will deal with them.

But then, the most beautiful enemies had been referred to by one on my children in Daniel chapter 3 from verse 28, you can read the whole thing (Daniel chapter 3 from verse 1 to end)

Is a story you know very well:

When they were carrying Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego into the fiery furnace, the carriers came too close to fire and fire finished them.

When they landed in the fire, that which did not belong to them, the ropes that bind them was consumed by fire.

Just like the testimony of my son who partook of the Holy Communion yesterday, I told them as you take this Holy Communion, everything that is in you that should not be there will be consume by fire.

And he came to give you the testimony: the doctors have been struggling to see what is causing him pain inside his throat.

Whatever it was, the Consuming fire took care of it.

Now, I decree to those of you who were not here yesterday but you are here now, in the Name that is above every other name, every plant my Father did not planted in your body the fire of God will consume.

Daddy asked me to tell somebody, He said your history of sorrow ends tonight.

You see, thank You Father.

I want to say amen to this one.

My Daddy says there is someone here, long you before you die, your glory will be manifest in your children.

Daddy asks me to tell someone, He asked me to tell you to relax; He said from now on anyone who messes with any of your children will die.

I think God is talking because children are His favorites.

The Lord asks me to tell someone here, He said one day your children begin to shine, people will begin to say: are these not the children of so and so.

So, you see, what happened in Daniel chapter 3 is this…, I had to jump because I want to end quickly;

God can shield by a skin of an animal, He can shield by the Blood, He can shield by the Word, He can shield by His name, and He can shield by angels.

If you read Daniel chapter 6, you will know when they threw Daniel into the den of lion and an angel came to shut the mouth of the lions.

When you read the Acts of the Apostle chapter 12, the night before they were to kill Peter, an angel came and took him away; by the time the enemies came around they discover that the bird has flown.

There are occasions when God cannot even send an angel, so He comes Himself to show that fire passes fire that there is fire that can swallow the fiery furnace.

If there is any of you that is already in fire, in the name that is above every other name, you are coming out of that fire for promotion.

But then, let me round up.

How do will get our children, to be absolutely shielded?

Shielded from sickness, shielded from failure in examination,

And I thank God for the testimony of that young man, the lecturer who said you are not going to pass, I will see to it that you don’t pass, the Almighty God removed him.

Every mountain before my children shall be moved tonight.

There is a God who answers by fire.

So, that God expects you the parent to pray for your children; when you pray to Him on behalf of your children, He will answer you.

There are several examples in the Bible, when people came to God and say, my daughter is grievously vexed with the devil, Jesus said don’t worry your daughter case is gone.

Jairus said Lord please come, my daughter is about to die, come quickly before she dies.

The Lord said don’t worry yourself will take care of that; and so on and so forth.

So, God expects you parents to pray for your children and as you pray, He will answer you by fire.

You see, because He said the reason you don’t get results is because you fail to pray.

So, we parents in particular, we are the one who will do a lot of prayer tonight.

You are going to cry unto Him, you are going to say, it is written your word, according to Isaiah chapter 8 verse 18, that as for me and the children had given unto to me, we are for signs and wonders, Lord, God Almighty shield me by fire, shield my children by fire.

Let my neighbours come to me one of this and say wait a minute, how come your children are never sick?

How come your children never fail in school?

How come your children are always shining?

So, I will have an opportunity to tell them, I have told you come to Jesus.

You see, as soon as I gave my life to Jesus Christ myself and my children became signs and wonders.

But then, you still have an assignment in addition to praying for them;

The Bible made it abundantly clear, you have a duty to train up these children in the way they should go, so that when the child grows, the child will not be able to depart from it.

So, you have a duty.

Of course, how can you train a child in the way of the Lord if you yourself don’t know the Lord.

I remember an occasion some children were gathered and somebody was asking one child after the other to sing a chorus,

And then they got to the children of one particular woman: first one, give us a chorus, no answer; second one, no answer; third one, no answer.

Because mama herself she cannot even sing a chorus.

Teach your children, train them, while they are still young.

Please remember, there is something peculiar about children ‘they remember more what they see, than what they hear.’

You need to find out that to be the truth.

The children watch you at home, they see your actions; so, if you are saying something and you are doing the opposite, that opposite which you are doing that is what they will copy.

I pray in the mighty name of Jesus Christ that all our homes will become the homes of the living God.

So, let me give you opportunity, those of you who are parents, and those of you who are children who are old enough to understand what I am talking about, if you want to give your life to Jesus Christ, please come.

But make sure if you come with children if you coming to surrender your life to Jesus, bring your children with you because you might not be able to locate your seat when you are going back.

So, if you want to give your life to Jesus Christ so that you become a member of the family of the most high God, come now very quickly, and we will pray, the blood of Jesus Christ will wipe away your sins and as soon as your sins are gone you have free access to the Almighty God.

So, if you want to give your life to Jesus Christ, you want His blood to wash away your sins, now, the Lord is calling you.

I am going to count from one to twelve because I know some of you will be coming from a very long distance.

So, come, come and surrender your life to Jesus, let His blood wash away your sins so that your prayers will no longer be hindered, so that you will be able to get direct to the Almighty God.

I am counting now

One, two, three,

As soon as you are old enough to know how to lie, you are old enough to be save, so better come and give your life to Jesus Christ if you have not done so before.

Four, five,

Thank you those of you who are clapping, your hands will never wither.

Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven

If you are still coming, just keep coming, keep coming, I know you are coming from a very distance, so keep coming, keep coming

But those of you who are already in front and those of you who are already on the way, cry to the Almighty God and say please Lord save my soul, let Your blood wash away my sins, I want to be a member of the family of God; please Lord, I will serve You from now, just have mercy on me, save my soul, save my soul.

And the let the rest of us stretch our hands to these people and intercede for them and pray that the One who saved our own souls will their souls also. That the blood of Jesus will wash away their sins, he will give them a brand-new beginning, that He will receive them in to family of God, that He will write their names in the book of life.

Please pray for them.

And those of you who are on the way keep coming, keep coming, just make sure you get here before I finish praying.

Keep coming, keep coming, you are not late yet, I have not yet said twelve, so keep coming. Keep coming, keep coming, God bless you; keep coming.

Thank You Father.

Just keep coming, you have travelled a long distance, so don’t stop now, just keep coming. Thak You Father.

Yes, just keep coming, I can see you, keep coming.

In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.

My Father and my God I want to thank You Your word and I want to You for all these people who have come forward to surrender their lives to You, please Lord receive them, have mercy on them, let Your blood wipe away their sins, save their souls O Lord, receive them into the family of God and write their names in the book of life. And Father, I pray that from now on anytime they cry onto You answer them by fire, and don’t let them ever go back into the world.

Thank You Almighty God.

In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.

Amen.

Now, for those of you who have come forward let me hear you shout a big hallelujah.

I want to rejoice with you because from now on by the grace of God I will be praying for you, so, I need your names, your address, and your prayer requests.

The Counsellors will help me collect the information I need, and then pass it unto me and I promise you I will be praying.

We will wait for you until the counsellors finish with you before proceed further.

God bless you.

Thank you.

We may want to write down our prayer points.

Prayer point number one is of course thanksgiving to the Almighty God for giving us these children, for looking after them thus far.

And if your children are not among, your own thanksgiving will be an act of faith: thanking that it is already settled that by this time next year your own children will be here.

Prayer point number two, you will cry to the Almighty God, please don’t let me ever be ashamed.

Prayer point number three is: Father, cover my entire family in Your blood so that death will stay away from us.

Next prayer point will be: Father, send Your word to me again and again to shield me from all forms of destructions.

Next prayer: Father, myself and my children we run into Your name for cover. That Name that is a strong tower, my children and I we run into that name, keep us safe there.

And then, Father, shield me and all mine by fire.

After that you can then add your own special prayer.

If you are coming to the altar, make sure you don’t leave your children behind.

The altar is open and you can go ahead and cry to the Almighty God.

Thank Him. Cry unto Him that you will not be put to shame; that He will cover you and your entire family by His blood; that He will speak to you again and again, to shield from every form of destruction, that you and your family are running into His name now so that you can be save.

Cry unto Him, that He will shield you, shield your children by fire.

Thank You Father.

In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.

The Lord will grant your request; He will cover your nakedness; for the rest of your life, you will never know shame; He will cover You in His blood; when the angel of death is passing by, he will leave you alone; death will stay from your family. The word of God will bring healings, it will bring you deliverance; the name of Jesus will take care of you. He will surround you with a wall of fire. No evil will come near you. It shall be well with you; it shall be well with your children; it shall be well with your families; it shall be well with your business; it shall be well with your churches; God will answer your prayer by fire, and you too will shine for God.

In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.

Amen.