The General Overseer

The General Overseer
Pastor E.A Adeboye

Thursday, August 22, 2013

THE GREAT SHEPHERD BY REV JOE OLAIYA


HOLY GHOST SERVICE
REV JOE OLAIYA – THE GREAT SHEPHERD.
Living Faith Foundation Kaduna

Father, this is my night, the night to reconnect with my destiny. Lay your hands on me oh Lord in Jesus name.

Who is this great shepherd? Heb 13: 20-21. Jesus is the great shepherd.
There are many nations but in reality two nations.
Many families but two families in reality
Only two kinds of men in reality
Several destinations, but only two
Two families, but must belong to one
2 nationalities
Two tribes
Family: Sheep and Goat family, you must belong to one
Jesus is shepherd of sheep
Goats have a shepherd called a stranger
Which family do I belong to?
Psm 23:1- end. The greatness of the great shepherd is shown here
1.       His sheep never lacks. I shall not want. Who is your shepherd? Is he always providing for you? You will never lack again when He is your shepherd. Green pastures
2.       Protecting them in valley of the shadow of death
3.       Leads them in righteousness
4.       Gives them comfort
5.       Protects them
6.       He does not run away when enemy comes, provides table
7.       Enemies cant offend His flock when there
8.       Anoints them with oil
9.       Blesses them with daily goodness and mercy
10.   Takes them to a place of eternal dwelling to live with him forever and forever.

Which family do you belong to? Which nationality?
John 10: 1-11. Only two nations, stop wasting time on Nigeria, America etc
Mat 25: 31- 46
There are nations of sheep and nation of goats. There was great separation by the great shepherd. Not black and white, not rich and poor.
Who is a goat and who is a sheep?
Who are these nations of sheep and of goats?
We have the sheep on the right and goats on the left. Who am I, let me find out?

Character and behavior of goats: curios and independent in character, can’t be contained, they don’t want domestication, they only keep them within a boundary, they easily get into trouble, they break away because of their independent tendencies
Sheep: always follow their leader without questioning, they stay within the fence, they have confidence and assurance in the flock, they stay in their boundaries, they remain domesticated, they are hardly ever wild.
Wild goats are found in abundance everywhere.

Feeding behavior: how they eat, goats always eat anything but sheep are selective and eat from the soft grass on the ground, natural grazers, goats eats everywhere.
Are you a goat or sheep?
Goat: I have something outside the direction of the shepherd, unruly and disobedient, scatter things and destroy things easily. Judas loved money, Balaam was a goat, loves money and profit, so they went away from righteousness. Do you love sin, eat anyhow, are you a drunkard, abuser of drugs, glutton, look for miracle from false prophets, follow miracle workers, follow magicians carrying bible in  their hands, you don’t listen to the shepherd? Do you say you love the word of God and are always challenging it? You are a goat. You enjoy sin because you are a goat.

Sheep follows the leader, happy to stay in the house, goats steal and run, do you steal and are you stubborn? Sheep does not argue with the shepherd. “Many are religious but not all will enter my kingdom. Only those doing the will of my father” Jesus says.

Some goats can prophesy, I never knew you Jesus said to them, even Judas cast out devils. You can’t masturbate, drink and keep concubines as you are told by a pastor leading you to hell.
The rich man lived like a goat, did not listen to any pastor, died like a goat, you can’t live the way you like and think you can make it to the Kingdom of God

Do you listen to Jesus and obey His instruction?
Family of those who obey. Luke 13:23-28. Strive to enter by the narrow way. Do you know that goats multiply faster than sheep?

What does your character tell you? Jesus said I don’t know you. May be you attended convention, saw miracles, but you refused to change. You are a goat
Are you walking in iniquity or righteousness, one person can transform your life, He can change your DNA. He is Jesus Christ. When He calls you, you will answer.  You will not deny Him

Sometime before you stopped smoking but now smoke in secret, do you now keep concubine, come back to the shepherd today. Do you want to be free? Come unto me all ye that labour and are troubled? I will set you free.

A goat will hear and say next time, that is not for me, the goat questions the decision of the shepherd, but you need help, transformation, so, why argue with the voice speaking to you now?
Mat 25, there will be separation, sheep to the right, goats to the left

I want to call the sheep tonight with the voice of the shepherd; you want to have eternal life? Come now. Sheep that went back and became goats; it’s time to return to the fold. God is calling you now. Come and give your life to the shepherd, they will be forgiven and you will be blessed.

Do you want to reconnect with the great shepherd? To follow the great shepherd, come today.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

THE LORD OF HOSTS

THE LORD OF HOSTS

Psalm 24: 7-10

 3 levels of Christians

1.       Baby Christians 1 Pet 2:2. They can’t take hard stuffs.

2.       Adult Christians, mature ones, can eat strong meat.  Heb 5: 12-14

3.       They crack bones to get to the marrows. Mark 4: 11 To them are given to know the mysteries of God. Deep things of God. Their approach to the word of God differs.

Baby Christians loves to ear God loves you, we are more than conquerors.

When an adult Christian hears that he will say, Hmmm, when you tell them God loves them. They know who the Father loves He chastises. I can’t mess up, He will discipline me o.
God loves you, bone crackers say Amen, may God have mercy because whoever the Father loves specially, He sacrifices them. He said about Jesus, This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, yet sent Him to the cross to die.

To prove He has control over fires, He sent Shedrach to the fire. To prove He is Lion of the tribe of Judah, He sent Daniel to the Den of Lions. That is a favorite, God’s favorite in Lion’s den!
I am talking to bone crackers tonight.

The Lord of Hosts never loses a war. He never loses a battle is what I said before till 2 months ago. The Lord said “I can lose a battle to win a war, but I never lose a war”. He can lose a battle in order to win a war. If it looks as if He is losing a battle, it’s because He has a surprise He wants to spring.
Dan 3: 1-30. Shedrach, Meshach, Our God will deliver us. The furnace was made 7 times hotter than normal. The 3 boys were carried into the fiery furnace. Some of us would have complained that by now God should have done something. But the fire roasted those who threw them in.
They landed in the furnace and the ropes that bound them got burnt.
The King stood up trembling.
The King saw Jesus and said “No other God can deliver like this”.

Tell yourself, I will laugh last.
What about Daniel in the Lion’s den?  He was brought out alive and the enemies became food for the lions.  And Daniel prospered. I will begin my journey into prosperity tonight.

There are three types of battle.

1. There are battles He will fight for you. Exo 14: 13-21. Be still the Lord will fight for you. When you are being pursued by generational enemies, God will fight for you.
2. There are battles He will fight with you Josh 10: 9-14. God rained down heavy stones on the enemies of Joshua.
3. Battles He will fight through you Mark 11:23. You will say to the mountain. Isa 54:17. God said no weapon formed against you will prosper, you will condemn every tongue (you fight yourself).

Look at Psalm 68: 1-3 .Let God arise and let His enemies be scattered.
The matured bone crackers will consider the statement, and probably ask someone “Are you sure you are not the enemy?” 2 Sam 12: 1-7. A prophet met  King David, and David said ‘In my Kingdom?  I am going to fight him’. Kings kill prophets easily in those days. So this Prophet was very wise. 

I say I am not a prophet because Prophets die young but pastors are more secure in the Bible. 
 
The prophet told a story, the poor and the rich man. The rich used the only goat the poor man has. David said the man is dead and the prophet said you are the man.

So, are you sure you are not the enemy? Is it not God that is fighting you? Num 22: 22-34
Balaam was called to come and curse Isreal.  An angel blocked his way, the prophet was blinded.
What if God is the one blocking your way? God can be for you. Rom 8:31.
Haggai 1:5-11. God can be against you.
God can be neutral. Just leave you alone. But not fighting you or against you.
My Father in the Lord said, ‘When a Lion wakes up in the morning and pray to God, show me the animal I will eat today and just leave the two of us alone, don’t help me, don’t help the animal’. That is what the devil says also.
How can I be an enemy of God?
7 ways:

1.       By lieing to Him, you insult the intelligence of the all-knowing God by telling Him a lie. Acts 5: 1-11. Husband and wife died the same day because they lied. They brought part of the money, Peter said is this all the money, he said yes sir. And he died instantly. The wife said yes too, and died instantly. Do you lie to God? What about your tithe, is it fully 10%, you insult the greatest mathematician on earth by bringing less than 10%

2.       By failure to pay your vows. Eccl 5:4 Don’t delay to pay, not that you don’t pay at all. Psalm 14:1 The fool said there is no God. When you delay to pay, you tell God HE doesn’t exist, pretty scary isn’t it? So, God will like to show you He does exist. Nebuchadnezzar said Who is that God?

3.       Incomplete obedience. 1 Sam 15: 1-23 I promised the Amalekites I will wipe them out, so Saul , go and destroy them. But Saul kept fat animals, he lost his crown. Don’t obey at all than partial obedience.

4.       Lukewarmness. Rev 3: 15-16. Be cold or be hot, but neither hot nor cold, I will spew you out of my mouth. That’s a powerful word to describe rejection. Almost all of us are guilty of that, people beg us to praise Him, clap, we will almost be begging us to clap forgetting He gave us the hands.

A traditional ruler told me Jesus is my Lord but they have been worshipping this idol since the inception of the town. With the God of vengeance, a jealous God, He feels insulted. Ancient of days with an idol of a few years ago. Be a Christian if you want to be, if not, go.
I love Fela, pity I didn’t meet him before he died. Fela showed he doesn’t love God and married 27 wives in one day. He did what he wanted to do passionately.
Stop pretending if you want to serve God serve Him, stop insulting God.

5.       Heb 11: 6 He gets upset when you doubt Him. What is not of faith is sin. The maker of heaven and earth spoke and you don’t believe Him? He feels insulted. I have given you the land go and possess it but they said we can’t. So be it says the Lord. Many of God’s children doubt Him. By His stripes you are healed, don’t doubt Him. None shall be barren, that settles it.

6.       When you sin, you make yourself an enemy of God. Psalm 7: 11. God is angry with the wicked everyday. You can’t live anyhow when you are born again. Don’t continue in sin and expect grace to abound. Can you cope with the anger of God on a daily basis.

7.       When He warns you again and again and you ignore His warnings. Pro 29:1 You will suddenly perish and that without remedy.

A friend brought his wife from the hospital in a coma. I looked at the lady, she is far gone, I cried to God, as I was about to lay hands on her, The Lord said I am not going to heal her. I have warned her again and again, she refused to repent. She is going to die. I laid the hand upon her again, the anointing flowed to her body and returned to my hand. I feel the oil flowing but getting to her head it reversed.
You have been told to stop cheating, fornicating, lieing you refused. You cannot say let God arise. Some people say we are in the dispensation of grace but He killed Ananiah and Sapphira. The same yesterday today and forever.

You have never surrendered your life to Jesus, repent tonight. 

PRAYER: 

1.       Father, I didn’t even know that I have been my own enemy, please forgive me Lord. Have mercy upon me Lord today. Thank you, you didn’t kill me before tonight, I will change with your help, restitute my ways. I will serve you whole heartedly, never lukewarm again.
2.       Father, all the battles that I cannot win on my own, please fight them for me. All generational curses, Lord deal with them for me. Fight for me.
3.       Father, I won’t doubt you anymore and you said if I believe and I say to this mountain to be cast to the sea, it shall be so. Mountains in my life, move now in the name of Jesus. Barrenness, sorrow, sickness, hopelessness, retardation, fruitlessness, aches and pains, all manners of suffering move in Jesus name. Every obstruction to my success, move in Jesus name.

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

THE GREAT PHYSICIAN- BY REV. ISAAC OYEBAMIJI, JOS


REV ISAAC OYEBAMIJI. FROM JOS

TOPIC: THE GREAT PHYSICIAN

HYMN: The Great Physician now is here.

A physician is a healer. Until we say a physician is a healer, we have said nothing.
Before you can become a physician, there is a long process of training, one of the longest training anyone can ever have to be qualified.

It takes 4 years to be an accountant, but 7 years to become a physician. An engineer is for 5 years.
A surgery is a complex process and u need follow up. No physician heals without some processes involved. No physician can heal every sickness and every disease. He narrows down the area of practice whether a surgeon, pediatrician, psychiatrist etc. 1st degree is for a baby physician. You now narrow down to one aspect of medicine.

Though specializing helps a physician to be the best, it actually limits them eventually. And they are so limited that some experts specialize on ear, nose and throat. So limited that some can specialize in ear, nose and throat for children not for adult. A psychiatrist doctor cannot even solve all psychiatry problems.
When a man keeps his life on a doctor, they are very limited in their expertise and specialization. So, not every doctor can help a woman to get pregnant.

A great physician can only be great according to his area of specialization. So, in a big hospital, they need to bring in a doctor in a particular specialty to help you. Therefore, no human doctor qualifies to be called a great physician. They can expire, his knowledge dies with him. He cannot continue to heal at death. He is only useful when he is alive. Once he dies, everything about him ends.

I hereby present the Great physician, healing though not physically with us. His healing transcends generations; He has answer for all problems. Surpass every physician that ever lives to heal.
He heals chronic sicknesses, heals the ears, eyes, intestine, legs, not limited in any sense of the word. He heals physical, emotion. He heals all cases brought to Him.

Mat 4: 26- Mat. 8:16. With just one word, He heals all sicknesses. Mat 9:35 Went to all villages and cities, whatever the sickness was, He healed the people.
Mat 11: 2-5 John in prison, sent to meet Jesus, are you the one or not? Go tell him what you see and what you hear. The blind saw, deaf heard, lame walk, lepers cleansed, poor became healed of their poverty.

Mat 14: 34-36, in Genesarret, they gather all their sick people, just to touch His garment and all were healed regardless of what was wrong with them. All who touched were made well.
Luke 4:40 Evening time, laid His hands upon them and healed them.
In different places, different times, He handled all cases, no matter the location. An encounter with Jesus brought healing. You will experience the touch of God this morning.
Heb. 13:8 Jesus the same yesterday, and today and forever. What He did then, He will do now. It does not matter what is wrong with you and for how long, it doesn’t matter what anybody has said about you, the diagnoses and doctor’s report. Doctors usually say it is an opinion of theirs. Jesus heals because He is the 
great physician. 

In Acts 3. A man was born lame and never walked from his mother’s womb. They are just helping him to live his life by bringing him to the gate called beautiful. Till Peter and John were passing by and they said, LOOK at us. They commanded him at the name of Jesus of Nazareth: he walked.
A business can be lame when not making progress. You may be lame physically, emotionally, financially, Jesus will cause you to walk again.
Acts 9. Bedridden for 8 years. There is nothing anybody could do for him, Peter said  Ananias Jesus heals you and he was healed. They may have carried you here but you will walk out with your own legs in Jesus name.

Acts 16: 16-18. A young lady possessed by evil spirit, hears and see vision by evil spirit, owners make money out of her, they can’t help her and she couldn’t help herself. Paul commanded the evil spirits to leave her and they left. Evil spirits torment so many, the same Jesus is here now to heal you of all your torments in Jesus name.
Some cannot sleep and it is an abuse now, from today, no more in Jesus name. The great physician
Is here and He came because of your case and He will do what no man can do for you.
A woman in her late fifties, arthritis attacked her; fingers, toes, hands, standing and sitting became problems; we told her Jesus can heal arthritis without drugs and close to 80 years now, the arthritis never came back.
Look at yourself and say anything tieing you down should hear the word of God and leave you alone.
A young lady that was abused by her step father, she was sick emotionally. Men desired her just to sleep with her. She knew it was not normal, she could not find a solution, she came and cried to Jesus. We introduced her to Jesus the great physician, she became free and could live her life normally without fear anymore.

Sometimes you can’t talk about your problem to a deliverance minister. A man had a particular sickness that recalls again and again, when that sickness was about to come again at a particular time (MIGRAINE is the name).  Like pounding yam on his head, 2-3 times in one year, he refers to it as his sickness. He said Jesus it is either you heal me or I die. Jesus you carried it I don’t have to carry it anymore. Show me that you have carried it because I don’t want to carry it anymore. Same night Jesus appeared and took away the sickness from his life.

A welder woke up one morning and realized he has gone blind due to exposure to the light. He was newly married with a small child, they led him to church. Even though the eyes were opened but he couldn’t see again. I told him there is a physician that can heal you immediately. He said he believes. Hands were laid on him and prayed, the eyes were opened immediately. He shouted I can see and that was all. Five minutes blindness is terrible. No matter how old the blindness is, the great physician will touch you now.
1 Sam 30. David was a commander, they live by fighting wars. Not a successful one this time around. Before they got back home, all the houses were burnt down, wives, animals etc were taken away. In one day, he went from being rich to being poor, from very successful to absolute failure. They didn’t know where to start from. Then he encouraged himself and went to God in prayer. He said how can I have the covenant of God and all these things are happening to me. God said, David, you will recover. 

May be you wonder  HOW will it happen?

When you go to doctors, you don’t know how they are going to do it, you don’t ask them too. So why not trust God HE will do it. He will heal you from your losses. How will it be is not your business.
Mark 2, a man bedridden, can’t talk, they just took him through the roof, let’s get him to the presence of Jesus is all that matters to them. They opened the roof and brought the man down. Jesus saw their faith, today your problem is over, carry your bed and go home. Jesus healed the man. David recovered all, he had abundance and more than enough to give to other people. You too will have more than enough to give to other people. No more borrowing as the great physician will heal you of your poverty. 

Many people don’t die completely at once, it’s a gradual death, but whatever is dead in y our body will be healed by the great physician today. Whatever is dead will receive new life today in Jesus name. It has nothing to do with your age, growing older does not mean you should become a burden. Old people can live a normal life, so expect his touch even in old age.

Get the touch of the great physician. Come to him clean of sin, bitterness, and unforgiveness. There is a connection between sin and sickness, disease and sickness. Whatever is called sin, come clean of it. When you are harbouring unforgiveness and bitterness, it is the same sin as murder. You can’t transfer it to the person who robbed you. Confess your bitterness and unforgiveness. When you do that, you have freed your mind. It makes your healing to last. No more sins, no more bitterness, no more unforgiveness. Someone who is sick can be offended that they are not taking care of him very well.

1.       Come clean
2.       Come with expectation: even if it is only one person that will be healed then it must be me today o Lord. In the midst of this multitude, Father I am the one you will touch today.
3.       Cry out for mercy: when you cry for mercy, you admit you don’t have any power of my own. You know there is no other way. Jesus never turn deaf hear to the cry of mercy. No matter what is wrong with you, if you cry for mercy, the mercy of Jesus will speak for you. Luke 10-  Blind Bartimaeus cried. They tried to stop him, but he cried the more. It’s a cry that God will never  turn back. Ten lepers saw Jesus afar off and were crying have mercy, Jesus stood still, look at them and as they were going they were blessed. Even if all of us cry out at once for mercy, the mercy is enough to go round. He can be healing the blind, at the same time heal the lame, the halt, the paralysed, all at the same time. Just dive into it with your cry this morning.

PRAYERS:
Whatever has been the hindrance up till now, Father, please forgive me.  Whatever that will not allow you to look in my direction, please forgive me.

Ayotunde (mention your name), today the great physician is here and you are the one He will heal, Father, I am the one you will touch, you will open my hears and my eyes and show me great things that my eyes cannot understand or comprehend. Open my ears, open my eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of your law o my Father. My body you can’t hold me down, nothing can stop me anymore.
Father, whatever it is that the enemy is using to torment me, today I am before the great physician, you can’t hold me back anymore in Jesus name. spiritual blindness, hear the voice of God, you cannot hold me back anymore. Leave me alone and let me go. Paralysis, poverty, blindness, disappointment, disgrace, timidity, all curses, a person, lameness, barrenness, can’t stop me anymore.

Jesus, the great physician, have mercy on me, touch me, heal me, deliver me, fight my battles, give me victory. In mercy, Father open my eyes, heal your church, my marriage, my ministry, my body, my emotions, spiritual blindness and deafness.  I have no excuse, just have mercy on me the great physician.  You have done it for others, Father, let it be my own turn o Lord. Have mercy upon me Jesus. To win multitudes to your kingdom, millions, young and old, rich and poor, to pull down the works of the devil and his agents, to show the world that you are Lord that you are real, the world should not continue to laugh at me. You restored David and all he lost, Father, let there be restoration for me also.

Monday, August 12, 2013

JESUS THE GREAT SANCTIFIER- Wednesday 7th August 2013- Pst E.A Adeboye


JESUS THE GREAT SANCTIFIER- Wednesday 7th August 2013

1 Thess 5:22-23

When you are genuinely saved, you stop thinking of what Jesus can do for you but start asking what I can do for this Jesus. When you note how close you are to hell before your soul is saved you will not be asking God for more but Lord what can I do for you.

When Saul (Paul) had an encounter with Jesus, one of his first questions is “what will you have me do?” Acts 9:1- 6. As a fool heading for hell, Lord you saved me, so, what can I do for my Jesus who saved me? I can’t just keep my mouth shut, this Jesus saved my soul.

What shall I render to my God?
When we first gave our life to Jesus, we always volunteer to work for Him, spirit, soul and body spending money, time and energy.

When you are genuinely saved you can’t but think of restitution. How many damages can I put right again? Luke 19: 9-10
When you are genuinely saved if you had served the devil before, you want to serve God in a greater proportion. Luke 7: 37-47

QUESTION: Can something be more horrible than being a sinner?

Yes. To be an ex-saved, to be a backslider.

There is no such thing as once saved, forever saved.


Examples: Philemon 24. Demas, 2 Tim 4:10 Demas has forsaken Paul, having loved this present world.
Backsliding is considered as a dog going back to its vomit.
Luke 15: 11-32. The prodigal son became an ex-rich, became a companion of pigs.
Samson lost it, David lost it at a point. That is why you need SANCTIFICATION.
Jeremiah 17:9, Matthew 15: 19-20, Prov 4: 23
The heart of man is desperately wicked who can know it? The heart is deceitful. From the heart proceeds evil thoughts, murder, immoral thought etc.

So, though you are born again, you still find in your heart evil thought, God decided to step in and help solve the problem. He said I will give you a new heart. Eze 36: 24-26

God decided to perform an operation, a divine operation. But for a new heart there must be a donor. The donor will have to be somebody who probably had an accident and had no chance for survival at all.
Jesus made a new heart available. He said Father, into your hands I commit my spirit, I hereby make my heart available for my friends.

WHAT ARE THE EVIDENCES OF SANCTIFICATION?

Philippians 2: 5-8
1.       You begin to think like Jesus. Acts 7: 59-60. Stephen prayed like Jesus prayed, Father, don’t hold this sin against them
2.       You become humble, truly humble, when you get this heart, you won’t even recognize yourself.
3.       You can’t have this heart and be disobedient. Jesus became obedient to death. Acts 21: 8-14
4.       You have a meek and lowly heart. Not a weak heart. You have tremendous power, but not to destroy.
5.       You have a pure heart. Mat 5: 48 you become perfect like your heavenly father.

PROCEDURE TO HAVE A NEW HEART

1.       Agree that it is possible to live holy. God can’t ask you for what you cannot do. 1 Pet 1: 15-16
2.       Admit it is possible to be 100% holy. You can’t have 70% holiness. You mean I can’t have a little anger, no sir.
3.       Admit you can’t do it on your own. John 15:5
4.       Go to Jesus the sanctifier.
To have a heart transplant, the doctor first clean you up, puts you to sleep, deep sleep. Gen 2: 21-22. Likewise, for Jesus to perform a heart operation on you there must be absolute surrender, a total surrender of yourself. You give your spirit, soul and body to Him and saying Lord, there is no looking back now. You call upon Him, Lord, dig out this stony heart and put a heart of flesh.

Before I had a new heart, I find it difficult to weep. I had a father that loved me so much, did everything to make sure I go to school, and sold everything he had to give me education. But when he died, I wished I could weep, but I didn’t. A stony heart indeed.

But when I gave my life to Jesus and I cried to Him for a new heart, He gave me. Such that when I looked at the congregation and I saw a woman weeping, I will also begin to weep. He gave me a heart of flesh.
To have this new heart, you must be saved first allow the Blood of Jesus to wash you clean from your sins. Then surrender absolutely and totally.

PRAYER POINT:
Father, I surrender completely, take the heart  of stone out of me, give me a heart of flesh, sanctify me wholly, body, soul and spirit, let me live a life of absolute holiness, I lay myself on the altar now.