8th of August, 1998
I
know that there is someone here tonight whose miracle is going to be
the biggest. Now that fellow will shout the loudest Alleluia!
(Alleloooouia!). All right.
Let's go before the Almighty - the only one who can perform miracles and just worship Him.....(Holy, Holy, Holy Holy....)
Bless
Your Name, Alpha, Omega, Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace, Ancient of Days, Rock of Ages, Jehovah
Shalom, Jehovah Rapha, Jehovah Nissi, Jehovah Tsidekenu, Jehovah El
Shaddai, the Way, the Truth, the Light, the Resurrection, the Lamb of
God, the Word of God, we give You glory, we give You honour, we give You
adoration, we bow down before You, we lift You up O Lord.
You
have a name that is above every other name, at the Name of Jesus every
knee should bow. We bow before You Lord. We give You all glory. We give
You all honour. King of Kings, Lord of Lords, I am that I am, the
Unchangeable Lord, the Miracle Worker, the All-Sufficient One! Glory be
to Your Holy Name Lord! Thank You Jesus, Thank You Lord! Thank You Lord!
Thank You Lord! Thank You Lord! Thank You Lord! Thank You Lord! Thank
You Lord! Thank You Lord! Thank You Lord! Thank You Lord! Thank You
Lord! We give You all glory Lord. Thank You for what You had done .
Thank
You so much for yesterday. Father, Thank You for yesterday Lord! Thank
You for yesterday and then Thank You in advance for today! Thank You
because You will surprise us. Tonight Father, heal! Set the captives
free! Put the Devil to shame! Glorify Your Name! Let there be miracles.!
Let there be signs. Let there be wonders! Show Your Almightiness!
Show Your children today that You are more than enough and at the end
of everything, let Your Name be glorified again. Thank You Daddy for we
pray in Jesus' Mighty Name! Amen! (Amen!) Praise the Lord! (Alleluia!)
Praise Jesus! (Alleluia!)
You are all welcome to miracles in Jesus' Name.
1 Peter 2:24 It said, "By his stripes ye were healed." Or He may even just speak and bring healings. In Psalm 107:20 He sent his word and He healed them.
Years
ago I used to lay hands on every person who needs prayers and then all
those who needed operation God would slay them in the Spirit and He
would perform the operation.
But
then I found that some people began to copy what God was doing and they
were doing it not exactly the way it should be done because some
people, when they lay hands on you and you don't fall they begin to push
you. And when they are about to break your neck, you say, Oh, well, if
you want me to fall, I think I better go down!" I mean, you may not
believe, I have seen an evangelist giving them a shove.
I
mean well, if you don't fall gently, you will fall by force! Now, you
don't have to fall in order to be healed! If you don't need an operation
there's no reason why God will put you to sleep!
So,
I prayed to God. I said, " Daddy! Instead of me having to lay hands on
them why don't You just let me speak and send Your Word and heal them?
When You do it that way Lord, nobody will say that I am the one who did
the healing. You will get all the glory and I will be blessed and I
thank God that since that time He's been doing it. and He's going to do
it here again tonight!
Not
only can He heal you, He can even fill you with so much health that you
yourself, anybody you stumble into will receive healing. Gods does not
want you to be sick, He wants you to live in Divine health. He said in
His Word, "If you will hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord My
God, to observe and to do all these things that I command you this day,"
He said, I will bring none of those diseases that I
have put on the Egyptians upon you". He said, "Because I am the Lord
that healeth thee." He says, I will be your personal doctor.
I
give God the glory, it's almost 24 years now the doctors have not paid
me a visit and I've not visited them. Because I have a doctor who is the
greatest of all doctors. You too can become absolutely healthy, in
fact, I am sure that there is someone here tonight who will never be
sick again. (Amen!) If you are the one say Amen! loud and clear! (Amen!)
The
question is, if you don't fall sick then how are you going to die? I've
told you how I will go if the Lord tarries. It will be Sunday. I will
go to church. Have a wonderful service. Come back here. Eat pounded yam
and go! That's how I want to go. I don't know how you want to go. I want
to go healthy! I want to go strong! I want to go alive! Is there
anybody who wants to go that way too? (Yes!) Let me hear you say
Alleluia! (Alleluia!)
The
Bible says, when Moses was 120 years old, his eyes were bright and his
natural forces were not abated; which means, if he wanted, at the age of
120 he could still have had children because his natural forces were
still there! He was a vigorous man at 120! Don't let the Devil deceive
you, that because you are already over 60, that's why this pain and ache
is coming. Oh! It is old age! My God says, "I shall renew your youth like the eagle."
In
other words each time you say Happy New Year you'll be getting younger.
In any case when you say you are old - how old are you? The Bible says
that before the mountains were brought forth God is God. 1000 years in
His eyes are just like one hour; which means that the oldest man around
us is only a few minutes old. And the Almighty God! made you in His
image; the Ancient of Days made you in His image; the One who is ever
young; the One whose Name is I Am made you in His image. I don't know
about you but as I grow older, I will grow stronger! Say it loud and
clear! (Amen!)
He can
not only heal you, He can heal others through you. He said, "these signs
shall follow them that believe, In my name they will lay hands on the
sick and they shall recover." And they will recover...And they will
recover!
Not
only can He make the barren fruitful and heal the sick, He can pay your
debt. In fact, I know that there is someone here tonight who will never
borrow again.
I mean, you know the story in 2 Kings 4:1-7.
It tells the story of a woman, a widow, who was so heavily in debt that
the creditors came and said, the only two things you have that is
precious, the 2 sons that you have, we will sell them to pay. And she
ran to the man of God and the man of God said what do you have in the
house? She said only a bottle of oil but, I have neighbours who have
plenty of empty vessels.
The man
of God said go and gather all the empty vessels together and began to
pour oil. The God we are serving, kept on multiplying the oil. This
woman sold the oil; paid her debts and for the rest of her life she
never borrowed again. Somebody is here tonight. God will pay your debts
and you will never borrow again (Amen!)
Again
and again people have asked me, "Why don't you borrow to do some of the
works you are doing? I had borrowed before. Debt is not a good thing. It
is like tying a rope round your neck. Each time you see your creditor,
your breathing is reduced. Everyone of you here tonight, you will never
borrow again (Amen!)
But
not only can God pay your debt, He can make you very rich. I mean, the
Bible says, concerning Abraham, God had made Abraham very great. He had a
lot of liver, gold, menservants, maidservants, asses, camels.
I
am telling you brethren, I told you yesterday. I am repeating it today -
some of you came to the Convention this year in public transport. Next
year you will come in your own car. and not only that, you will have an
additional bus that will bring people in! (Amen!)
If
Abraham is our Father, the father of faith and he was that rich, then
there is nothing wrong with those of us who say we are of the seed of
Abraham, if we say also we want to be rich.
I've
said it before, I know some of you are afraid of prosperity, but
yesterday God has dealt with fear. I'm sure some f you, if God says He
wants to buy you a car, you will say, "God make sure it is second hand, a
Volkswagen 2nd hand. For some of us who are here tonight from now on it
will be brand new cars.
I
mean, if unbelievers, those who are not related to our Father at all,
if they are sitting down in those big cars and we the children of the
All-Sufficient One have to stand by the roadside, waving down public
transport - no wonder many people don't want to follow our Jesus. Things
will change from tonight!
Oh!
I told those of you who came for the special Holy Ghost Service for
Businessmen, I told you my own Rolls Royce will soon come. Some of you
received your own that day too.
And
I told you, that we can use that kind of vehicle to advertise the
programme...1000 Rolls Royces gathered together at the Redemption Camp;
we cover the entire body with posters and then we form a convoy and
drive right through Lagos to the crusade ground. You don't need any
other advertisement.
I
know Lagosians. 1000 Rolls Royces going in the same direction, they
will come to find out what's happening there. How many of you will have
one of those 1000? Let me hear you shout Alleluia! (Alleluia!) Thank You
Daddy!
The
Bible tells us that Isaac became so wealthy that he became the envy of a
nation. I don't know how many of us here that can say Nigeria is
talking about your wealth.
There
are very few of us here that Nigeria even knows at all that we have any
money. If you ask anybody in the street and you say, "Mention ten rich
Nigerians." They are not likely to mention your name. But before the end
of the year, as my Lord lives, things will change for you.
In
fact, the plan of God for you according to Deuteronomy 28:12 is that
you are to lend to nations. Nations should come to you and say, "Sir,
Ma, Please we can't balance our budget. Can you give us a loan of 500
million dollars. Now, I know nobody has enough faith to say Amen to
that! (Amen!) Then you will say, "Oh! that's no problem.
I'll
give you, only one condition - on all the television stations in your
nation, on every radio for one hour a day I must be allowed to preach
the gospel. That's the only condition. Is anybody ready for that kind of
money?
So there
are some of you who have maybe one million or two and you are already
satisfied. You better change your mind. Ask the Almighty God to enlarge
your coasts. I know there is someone here tonight, I have no doubt in my
mind at all who is going to come to me in January 1999 and say, "Daddy, the convention of this year, I am paying for it!" (Amen!) Is there anybody like that here? Yes, it shall be so, in Jesus' Name!
Now
I know what it is to be a poor man. I have been poor and I'm not going
to be poor anymore! No more! I know what it is to need money for the
work of God and be without. Now, I've shared this testimony with you
before: - Now we were having the Convention; we were still very, very,
very few.
The
crowd had gathered and my wife came to me in my old office there and
said, "Darling, we need N5000 to buy condiments". So I said to her,
"When do you need the money? Now? Or today? She said, what's the
difference between the two?" "Don't ask me just answer my question - is
it now or today!"
Because
at that time there was no kobo in my pocket. If she had said "Now", I
would have been in trouble. She said, "well, Okay, today." I said, "
Okay, you can go." She left and when she left, I prayed, "God, your
children had gathered. They are expecting food. No kobo in my pocket -
You know that. And I have no money in the bank. Over to You. I can't do
more than that.
"
Some minutes after I prayed one big man came in, in flowing agbada and
said." I didn't know that so much is going on here. Next year I will be
part of it! I said, "We are talking of today. You are talking of next
year." {I didn't say it out oh!, I said it within me!" But then he
said," But for now..." He put his hand in his pocket and brought out an
envelope. He gave it to me and said, "..take this one for now!" I said
eheh, now you are talking! So I blessed him and he left and I opened the
envelope - N1000! Now naira was powerful in those days, so I said,"
Lord, thank You, one down, four to go."
Some
minutes after the big man left, two young boys came in - "Daddy, when we
see how you are fasting and praying, we don't think you should be
carrying the burden of the convention too! We don't have much...."
Something within me said, "Stop preaching; give me whatever you have."
And then they gave me an envelope and I prayed for them and they left.
I
opened the envelope N2000. I said, "Daddy, 3 down, 2 to go!" To cut a
long story short, very soon, I had more than five thousand naira so I
sent to my wife and I said, "By the way, how much did you say you need?"
some of you will never go empty-handed again in your life? (Amen!)
He
can pay your debt, make you rich and you can become a lender to
nations. And then He can help you pass your exam. Some people don't know
that God is interested in students. He said in James 1:5,
"If any of you lack wisdom just ask me. He said, I will give to him
liberally. Some of you have been doing I-CAN, U-CAN 5 times, 7 times and
have been failing. This time now you are going to pass (Amen!)
Not
only can He make you pass your exams He can make sure that you are
always first. I think parents will say Amen to that! (Amen!) You see
because God said, in Deuteronomy 28:13, He said you will be head, you will not be tail. he said, "You will be above only, you will never be beneath."
That
is the plan of God for everyone who is His child. When you find a child
of God doing very well and the people say, "How come you're doing so
well? You say, "What do you expect?" I mean, if you have Jesus Christ
and the Bible says Jesus Christ is the wisdom of God, then how can I
have the wisdom of God and fail exams?
So
He can heal you, He can make the barren fruitful, He can pay your debts
and make you very rich and He can help you pass your examinations. And
then, He can help you get a partner! I thought some people would say
Amen to that! (Amen!)
Why? How do I know that He can help you get a partner? Because in Genesis 2:18
He's the One who said, "It is not good that man should be alone. And if
God says it is not good to be alone then that God can solve that
problem. As a matter of fact, do you know that Adam never prayed for a
wife? He didn't go to God.
He
didn't even know there's anything called a partner. It is God who
volunteered and said, "I'm going to give this fellow a help mate. all of
you who are of marriageable, this is your year! (Amen!) I don't know
how the Lord is going to do it but I know that there will be many
wedding bells before the end of this year!
Now
you see, Adam did not ask for a partner. God gave him one. So, even if
you don't ask for one God should be able to give you one. He is more
than sufficient.
But then
He can even do more than just get you a partner, He can get you a
partner that will become a king! (Amen!) or a president (Amen!) That's
what happened to Esther and you know now for some time I've been praying
that all you, my daughters, you will marry somebody who will become
somebody (Amen!) Why?
Well
something happened not too long ago. I travelled to one of these
foreign countries and the plane landed and parked. They announced my
name: "Will Pastor Adeboye please identify himself." "Ah!" I said, "What
happened? What have I done?" Anyway so I got there and said, "Yes, I am
Pastor Adeboye." And they said, "Well, this officer wants to see you.."
Right at the mouth of the plane and the fellow said, "Yes, the High
Commissioner said we should meet you." Me? So he took my bag, I followed
him and when we got to the immigration there was a long queue but we
just went straight to the top of the line because of the badge the
officer was wearing.
And
he got there and said, "He's a guest of the High Commissioner." They
said, "Welcome, Sir." I said, "Me?" So I threw up my head and began to
walk like glory be to God. He picked my loads and we got to customs.
They saw his badge and they were all saying, "Welcome, Sir", "Welcome,
Sir" and I just walked through like that. And I said, "Well, I don't
know where I knew the High Commissioner." They said, "One of your
daughters married him!" I said, "Is that so?"
From now
on every one of my daughters will marry somebody who will become
somebody so that I will be treated like royalty. Glory be to God for
ever more. Alleluia! (Alleluia!) Not only that, if you marry somebody
who will become somebody, God can use you to save a whole nation. That's
what God did to Esther.
You
too can become somebody that God could use to save as nation. The same
is true of brothers too. You will marry good girls in Jesus' Name.
(Amen!)
Not only
can God do all these things for you, He can give you great spiritual
power. I know that's what some of us want because, I mean, I think I
told some of my children, some time ago. If God lays two things before
you and He says on the left is 1 billion dollars and on the right the
ability to wave your hand and the dead will rise.
And He says you must pick only one of the two - which one will you pick? Thank You, Father!
This
God that we are talking about is able to give you tremendous spiritual
power! Thank You Lord! Thank You Father! Thank You Daddy!
In Acts 3:1-8
the Bible tells us that Peter had the power just to touch the lame man
and the lame man began to walk. Those of us who were here last Friday,
we had a similar testimony - somebody whose back was broken and God
settled the matter. I believe God will do the same tonight. But then God
can move from you healing by touching to a special case like we have in Acts 19:11-12.
The
Bible says, God performed special miracles by the hand of Paul - that
from his body aprons and handkerchiefs were taken to the sick and they
were healed and demons departed from them.
God
can go from there and so give you so much power that like Peter your
shadow can heal. I've told you the story before - some of you were there
when it happened; when God said He wanted to heal some people with
severe backache, so bad they could not bend to touch their toes and He
asked me to call them out and when I called them out He asked me to
dance round them. I said, "Dance? If you ask me to slap their back I
don't mind, but dance? Why will I say I'm dancing? I'm rejoicing because
you have backache?" But then God wanted to show His power so I told the
band to begin to beat and I began to dance. Now, I tell you the truth, I
looked like a fool when I was dancing round those people; but after
I've danced for 5 minutes God said, "That's enough. Tell them to touch
their toes!" And they were all healed, every one of them! (Amen!)
God
can give you so much power, that your shadow will be healing the sick.
Is there anybody who wants that kind of power tonight. You will get it
in Jesus' Name! (Amen!)
Now why
is God able to do all this? Why is He able to make the barren become the
mother of seven? How come that He is not only able to heal you but to
give you the healing touch? How come He cannot only pay your debt, He
can make you a lender to nations? How come He cannot only pay your debts
but He can make you so rich that a whole nation will be talking about
you? How come that He can not only help you pass your exams but can make
sure that you are always coming first in class? How come that He can
not only just get you a partner but it won't be just a partner but
somebody who will be somebody? How come He is able to give you as much
spiritual power as you want?
Because in John 1:1-3,
the Bible says, "In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God,
the Word was God and the same was with God in the beginning and by him
were all things made and there was nothing made that was not made by him." Now because He made all, therefore He owns all. Ps.24:1 says, "The earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof." And then He said in Jeremiah 32:27, He said, I am the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me?" Tell your neighbour :" My own will not be too hard for God tonight!"
But then the Bible says in Psalm 115:3,
"Our God is in the heavens - He does as He pleases." He has the ability
to do everything, He made all things. He owns all things. He controls
all things. But then He does as He pleases. But tonight, I believe it
will please Him to do my own. That's why I want you to pray now - I want
you to stand on your feet and say, "Almighty God! I know you can do all things. You have the ability to do it.
You
created all things! Oh! Lord, I know you can do all things! Do my own
Father! Do my own tonight! I know You do as You please in the Kingdom of
Heaven. Please Lord! Do my own tonight! Do my own tonight." Open your mouth and cry unto Him! "Oh! Lord! Do my own tonight!"
If it is healing, cry unto Him! If it is prosperity, cry unto Him! If
it is success in your examination, cry unto Him! Or if it is a future
partner you need - cry unto Him! If you need power, the anointing of the
Almighty God, cry unto Him! Call on Him! He can do your own. He's able
to do it. He made all. He owns all. He owns all. He controls all and He
does as He pleases.
Ask Him, "Lord!
Let it please You tonight to do my own. Let it please You to do my own
tonight! Oh! Lord! (Let it please You to do my own tonight!) Let it
please You to do my own tonight! Please Lord, Let it please You to do my
own tonight! Let it please You to do my own tonight! Blessed be Your
Holy Name Lord.
Increase
Your anointing upon my life, my Father and my God; so mightily that
Your work will be easier to do! Yes, Lord! Prosper me so mightily that
I'll be lending to nations.
Lord
God Almighty! Let me find favour with You like never before. I know You
can do all things - draw me closer to You, let me know You more!
Father, let me know You more; let me know the power of Your resurrection
more than ever before. Do my own tonight and I will glorify Your Name
for it, in Jesus' Name we have prayed! (Amen!)
Please let's join our hands together and pray corporately. Pray for the fellow you are holding and say, "Father,
surprise him or her tonight!" Go ahead! Talk to the Almighty God.
"Surprise him tonight Oh! Lord! Meet all His needs tonight! Father,
surprise him tonight. In every sphere of his life surprise him.
Physically
surprise him; materially surprise him; spiritually surprise him;
surprise him tonight Lord in your own supernatural way, surprise him!
Oh! Lord God! Surprise him tonight! Give him a surprise packet tonight; a
surprise packet tonight.
To
the glory of Your Holy Name - give him a surprise packet tonight! That
the whole world may know, my Father and my God that you are the All
Sufficient One, surprise your son tonight! Oh! Yes, Father! Surprise him
tonight; to the glory of Your Name, Surprise Him tonight. Thank You
Father! In Jesus' Mighty Name we have prayed!
Brethren!
Let us pray for all the singles in our midst tonight, that before the
end of this year they will be settled in their own home. Let's pray for
them, let's pray for them! Pray
for the singles, that they'll all be settled in their homes before the
end of this year; in God's own supernatural way they will be settled in
their own homes, married to somebody who will become somebody, to the
glory of Your Name, Lord. Blessed, blessed be the name of the Lord!
Blessed be the Name of the Lord! Oh! Glory be to God! Blessed be Your
Name forever more! Alleluia! Lord! Everyone of them settled then in
their own homes to the glory of Your Name, Lord. In Jesus' Mighty Name
we have prayed!
Now this prayer is a prayer few people can pray. If you believe you are one of them then you can pray it. Just say, "Lord! I want to be lending to nations!" Go ahead! Talk with the Lord! "I
want to be lending to nations, Lord! I want to be lending to nations!
Prosper me so much that I'll be lending to nations! Very, very soon I
want to be lending to nations. I don't know how You will do it Lord, but
I know You can do it and I know its in Your Word. So fulfil Your
promise, Lord! Prosper me so mightily Lord that I'll be lending to
nations. Thank You Lord! Glory be to God. In Jesus' Mighty Name we have
prayed!
One more. One or two more prayers. Now I want you to say, "Lord!
Empower me with Your divine power, so that when I wave my hand, the
dead will rise! Oh! Lord, empower me! that as I speak Your Word the lame
will be walking, the blind will be seeing, the deaf will be
hearing....all kinds of miracles the world has never seen before will
begin to happen Father! Empower me tonight, like never before, to the
glory of Your Holy Name! Lord! Empower me! Empower me Lord! Anoint me
afresh to the glory of Your Holy Name! Thank You Jesus! Oh yes Lord! let
it be done now! In Jesus' Mighty Name we have prayed!
Second to the last prayer. The last prayer is so important you have to pray this one first. Just say, "God!"
(God!) "Increase my faith!" (Increase my faith!) Go ahead! Talk to the
Lord. Thank You my Lord! Increase my faith so that Your Name will be
glorified. Thank You Jesus! In Jesus' Mighty Name we have prayed!
Now
the last prayer for yourself. You see, the Bible says it will be unto
you according to your faith. That's why I asked you to pray that God
will increase your faith. This last prayer is that whatever you want
from God, go ahead and ask God now!
Thank
You my Lord and my Saviour. Alleluia! Father! Thank You Jesus! Thank
You Lord! Alleluia! Thank You Lord! Glory be to God! Alleluia! Father!
Glory be to God! Thank You Father! In Jesus' Mighty Name we have prayed!
Now
let's round up this segment with a prayer for Nigeria; that the good
work God has started in Nigeria by giving us a new beginning, that God
will complete it quickly.
Let's talk to the Lord. "Lord,
the good work you have started in Nigeria, please complete it, complete
it quickly. Restore the fortunes of Nigeria! Restore to us all the
years that the cankerworm, the caterpillars and the palmerworm.
Help
us, Oh Lord solve all the problems plaguing the nation and glorify Your
Name thereby! Thank You my Father and my God. Have mercy on Nigeria.
Thank You for the leaders. Bless them, help them, Oh! Yes, help
them...In Jesus' Mighty Name we have prayed!"
Father
we thank You! We give You glory! We give You honour, because You are
the All Sufficient One. Thank You for all of us who are here tonight!
Thank You for Nigeria! Thank You for our new President! Thank You for
the new work that You have started! Thank You because you will complete
it!
Thank
You because tonight You are going to surprise us more! Glory be to Your
Holy Name Lord! Every prayer your children had prayed before this day
is out - let them become testimonies! Before this day is out, every
request let it become a testimony! Thank You Father! Glory be to Your
Holy Name! In Jesus' Mighty Name we have prayed!
Let somebody shout Alleluia! (Alleluia!)
Pastor E. A. Adeboye
