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of May, 2012
Bless his holy name, lets give him all glory, lets give him all
honor, lets give him all adoration. He is worthy to be praised, He
is worthy to be adored, bless Him, magnify His holy name, He is
the king of kings and the Lord of lords, He is the I am that I am,
he is the ancient of days, He is worthy to be praised. Give Him
glory, give Him honor, give Him adoration, worship Him, there is
no one like Him, bless His holy name.
Thank you, thank you almighty God for what you are doing, you
are worthy of our praise, you are worthy of our adoration, we just
want you to know we love you, we appreciate you oh Lord, may
your name forever be glorified. Thank you daddy, thank you
ancient of days, thank you alpha and omega, thank you the
beginning and the ending. Thank you God the father, thank you
God the son, thank you God the Holy Spirit, we bless your name,
thank you Lord in Jesus mighty name we worship.
Lets lift our voices to him and say father, please have mercy on
me today and hear my cry. Lets talk to the Almighty God in
Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
Lift your voices to him and say father, show favor to all workers
all over the world. Lets talk to the Almighty God in Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.
Lift your voice to him and say father, let this month be the
beginning of months for me; the beginning of new things,
beginning of joy, beginning of success, the beginning of victory,
from this moment onward let everything be new to me, gloriously
new, wonderfully new, powerfully new, miraculously new,
powerfully new, divinely new in Jesus mighty name we have
prayed.
I want you to join hands with your neighbor and pray for your
neighbor now and say father, this your child that I am holding; do
him good this month in Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
Glory be to God in the highest amen 2ce
persecuting you, I dont even know who you are. Then God said it
is me you are persecuting, when you are persecuting my
children. You see those who are tormenting children of God they
dont know that they are in serious danger because they are
actually fighting against God and when God arises his enemies
will scatter. So if I were you I will congratulate the man beside
you and say your enemies are about to be scattered.
When you go through the scripture you will see several examples
of what happen when God arose, for example if you read Exodus
3 v 7-8 it is when God arose for Israel that there deliverance from
Egypt came, he said to Moses he said I have seen the afflictions
of my children, I have seen what the Egyptians are doing unto
them. You see many at times, we think God does not see, but God
is not blind, everything that is happening here on earth he is
observing and when it is time in his infinite wisdom to arise, he
will arise. And I have a feeling that the time for him to arise is
now. The time for him to arise is now, he is about to arise for me,
he is about to arise for me, he is about to arise for his church, he
is about to arise for Nigeria, he is about to arise for the world. If
you believe that let me hear you say amen.
When you read Judges 15 v 1 -15 it tells you the story of Samson
dealing with the Philistines and then the Philistines decide they
were going to revenge and the children of Israel decided; lets
sacrifice Samson. His relatives came to him they bound him and
they handed him over to the Philistines.
I once preached a sermon on when God is silent. When they got
Samson on the mountain top and they were bounding him, God
didnt say anything, when they were binding him; God kept quiet.
When they handed him over to the enemy; God didnt say a
word, until the enemies began to rejoice, thinking that now we
got him, then God will arose. God will arise for somebody here
today.
And when God arose suddenly all the ropes bounding Samson,
the bible say it was burnt as if it touched fire and somehow he
landed where there was a jaw bone of an ass already waiting. Do
you know the weapon that God will use to deal with your enemies
because of that mercy that is why you are going to get your
breakthrough tonight. Because when you read Mark 1 v 40 -45
the bible tells us the story of a leper who came to Jesus Christ
and said I know you can make me clean if you are willing. In order
words I know you have the power, but I am not even sure I qualify
for a miracle, the bible says Jesus Christ did something very
great, he touched the leper. And the bible says you must not
touch a leper, because if you touched a leper you yourself will
become unclean. But the one, who made the law, broke the law.
Why? Because they said he was moved by compassion. Mercy
moved Him. Tonight every law that is against you shall be broken
because God will show you mercy in Jesus name.
In Romans 9 v 15 16 the bible says God said I will be merciful on
whom I will be merciful (and am sure I am the one He is talking to
now) I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. It
is therefore not of him that runeth, nor of him that willeth but of
God that showeth mercy.
Nobody succeeds in this world except God had mercy on him and
he will have mercy on you tonight in Jesus name.
I am going to take just one case study to show you things that
will happen when a man is operating under divine favor. And the
example I am going to use is Joseph, there are several things I
can tell you about Joseph. In fact I wrote a whole book on him, on
the faithfulness of God(if you want you can go to CRM bookshop
and you get the book) it is a whole book, but tonight am not
going to go over a whole book, I am going to mention seven
things that will happen to somebody who is operating under
divine favor.
1. You cannot kill a man operating under divine favor, nobody
can kill him. Genesis 37 v 19- 20 the bible says when the
brothers of Joseph saw him coming, what was it they said?
behold the dreamer comes, let us kill him. They said let us
kill him, I mean ten big men decided that the time has come
for a young boy to be killed but they forgot something, they
forgot that this man was operating under divine favor. I want
to assure every one of you here tonight, you will not die
only can you not kill him, you cannot kill his dreams. There are
several people who just like Joseph had some very big dreams.
Big dreams! In Genesis 37 v 5 -11 Joseph had a dream. Then he
told his brothers, even an idiot could interpret the dream; this
little boy said the dream I had is that all you my brothers you are
going to bow down before me. And the brother said, You! We will
see. Then he had another dream, again he dreamt, and this time
he said not even just the brother; my father and my mother they
too they are going to be bowing down, so they said alright we
will see.
When they saw him coming they say we will kill him and when he
dies his dreams will die with him.
Many of us when we are young we have wonderful dreams, some
of us by now as we are getting old, we begin to wonder what is
going to happen to those dreams. I have good assurance for you,
if you are operating under divine favor; those dream as big as
they were they will come to past.
Because In Genesis 50 v 15 21 those brothers, the same
brothers, who wanted to kill Joseph and kill his dreams, came, fell
down before him and they say we will be your servant.
Am assuring someone here tonight, all those who have ganged
up against you who say they must destroy your dreams; very
soon they will come and bow down before you, why? Because
when a man is operating under divine favor, God arises for him.
The Lord said there is someone here again tonight, who is asking
the question again and again, when will the battle be over? The
Lord asked me to tell you very soon.
Psalm 33 v 10-11 the bible says that the Lord bring the counsel of
the hidden to nothing, he makes the devices of the people of
none effect but the counsel of the Lord shall stand forever. So it
doesnt matter what they planned against you, it doesnt matter
their evil imagination, as long as God is on your side the original
plan of God for your life shall be fulfilled in Jesus name.
I have told you this story before, but I will say it because of those
who are listening all over the world who had never heard it. In
1951 in my little village but its no longer little glory be to God. It
was a small village, in those days only two Lorries come to town
per day, one is Austin the other is Bedford and you can tell by the
sound they make. At that time I can tell you the total number of
people with pairs of shoe in the whole village; they were very
few, I know the headmaster had one, the king had one,the
catholic priest had one and some other people so you dont get
the number.
And so the Anglican bishop from Ibadan came to visit our village
and we in the primary school we lined up to receive him, the
village hunters didnt go to the farm, they were firing their deign
guns to give the Bishop gun salute. And he drove in a very new
black car. Remember, only two Lorries come to the village, here
comes a car. He was wearing the robe of a bishop, beautiful robe
and when he was coming out of his car, I looked at his shoes, oh
God! It was shining beautiful, I have never seen anything like that
before, my mouth was wide open, and then when it was time for
him to go, every farmer were giving him gifts; chicken, yams,
eggs. When I got home that day, I told my mother, I said mama; I
am going to be a bishop.
That was 1951, then I grew up, went to school and dropped out of
church for years, I didnt even go to church at all talk less of
Bishop. But as God will have it somewhere along the line, he met
me, he saved my soul, one way or the other he promoted me and
I became General Overseer. Then in 1981 I was visiting my village
as General Overseer, and they arranged for the school children to
line up the route, the hunters were firing their guns, I drove in a
brand new car and as I was about to come down from the car I
looked at my shoes.
Let somebody shout halleluiah!
Thirty years after I had the dream it came to past, your dream
too, everyone of them shall come to past in Jesus name.
Number three, when you are operating under divine favor, at
home you will shine. According to Genesis 37v3 among all the
children of his father, Joseph was special, what made him special?
They said he was the son of the old age, but that is the excuse.
He was special because God made him special. Tell your
neighbor, you may not know it but I am special to God.
So his father made him a coat of many colors, Isaiah 60 v 1-2 he
said arise and shine, why? For your light is come and the glory of
the Lord has risen upon you, it is not anything particular, that
made Joseph special, it is the glory of God upon his life. In 1
Samuel 16 v 11 13 when God wanted to pick a king in the house
of Jesse, he picked David, David shone among his brethren.
The Lord says I should tell a particular girl, he said because I
reserve till the last, he said your celebration will be superior to
those who have gone before you.
The Lord said there is someone here tonight; he said very soon
you will know the meaning of all things work together for good to
them that love God.
The Lord says there is someone here tonight; he said you have
been relegated to the back seat, he said I will bring you to the
front row.
In 1 Samuel 16 v 15-18 you will discover that when an evil spirit
began to trouble king Saul, and his servant told him, sir you
need a musician to play so that this evil forces will leave you
alone and he said okay, get me someone. They said we know
one man who was an extremely good musician and he was a
valiant man of valor they were talking about David. Even at
home he was already shinning and in the name that is above
every other name, from now on you too will begin to shine at
home.
Number four, when you are operating under divine favor even in
strange land, he will shine. When Joseph got to Egypt in Genesis
39 v 1 -6 the bible says almost immediately he arrived in Potiphar
house he began to shine, Potiphar just took a look at him and saw
the way things were going and said I hand over everything to
you. How do you hand over everything to a prisoner? a prisoner
that you have just bought , a prisoner that you dont know
anything about. But because God was arising for him abroad he
was shinning.
The bible says in Psalm 121 v 8 God says I will keep your coming
and your going out. In other words, it doesnt matter where you
go, you will still shine there.
In Daniel 1 v 8-20 the bible tells us when Shedrack, Meshach,
Abednego and Daniel got to the foreign land where they were
taken to slavery, the Almighty God showed them favor and by the
time they finished their training they were ten times more better
than other wise men. Abroad they shine!
In Genesis 24 v 1 14 Isaac was in a foreign land and there was
farming in the Land and because he obeyed God, God made him
to shine at the time that there was famine in the land; he
prospered so much he became the envy of the entire nation. I
have good news for someone here tonight, very soon the whole
nation will know about you.
I have told this story before, several years ago, when I was still a
lecturer at the university of Lagos, there was this conference of
applied mathematician in Canada and I happened to be one of
the two people sent from Nigeria to go and represent us, and I
felt very big because Nigeria is sending two people and they
included me.
When we got there for the opening night, the man who was to
make the opening remark ( I think at that time I had published
about 12 papers, it is your publication that they use in promoting
you) but when they introduce the man who was going to do the
opening talk they said he has published a hundred and fifty
papers, I said what am I doing here? Then he began to talk on
what he called the mathematic of the rain. And I know two days
later they were going to call me to stand before all these people
to present my paper, what am I going to say in the presence of
somebody who is talking about the mathematics of the rain? I tell
favor, he will surely reach the top. There is no way you can keep
down somebody who is operating under divine favor. In Genesis
41 v 44 the bible said Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh and I
am saying to you Joseph in the land of Egypt nobody will lift his
hand or foot without your permission. He said they must all obey
me and I am saying I am taking the back seat, you rule, nobody
will do anything without your permission.
Deuteronomy 28 v 13 when you are operating under divine
favor, you will be head and not tail, you wont stop until you
reach the top and God is talking to someone here tonight. In 1
Samuel 22 v 1 -2 even when David found himself in the cave of
Adullam and al lot of vagabonds, people in distress people in
need, people who had problems, gathered themselves together
to him, he was still their captain, even in the cave he was
captain. Then later on in 2Samuel 2 v 4 in spite of everything that
the enemies had done he was anointed again to be king of
Judah, then in 2 Samuel 5 v 1 -3 finally everybody came and said
listen you are to be king of Israel. I say it one more time, that
goal where God is taking you , you will reach there in Jesus name.
The Lord says by the time the sun rises tomorrow, it will bring you
a new break through.
Daddy says there is someone here tonight; he said I will give you
a taste of exceeding great joy.
Daddy says there is someone here tonight, he said when next
you share your testimony people will say surely God is great.
By the time you get to Mark 10 v 46 -52 you hear Bartimeus
saying something about Jesus, he says Jesus thou son of David.
Now the bible tells us that Jesus is the king of kings and yet the
bible records for us that David is the father of king of kings, now
that is absolute top. He started asking among his brethren, he
became captain over vagabonds in the cave of Adullam, then he
became king over Judah, then he became king over Israel and
then he kept on rising until he became father of the king of kings.
I have good news for somebody here today, in the name that is
above every other names, I will see you at the top, because that
is where I am going. I am going to the top, anybody going to the
top with me? I will see you there in Jesus name.
This is the reason why anybody who has any common sense at all
will not want to offend God. Because he is the only one who can
give you divine favor, He is the only one who can make sure that
nobody can kill you, He is the only one who can make sure
nobody can kill your dreams, He is the only one who can make
sure you shine at home, He is the only one who can make sure
you shine abroad, He is the only one who can make sure that
even if your promotion is delayed, it will still come to past. He is
the only one who can make sure you will finally reach the top.
That is why in Genesis 39 v 7 -9 when a woman the wife of
Potiphar, tried to entice Joseph into committing sin, Joseph said
no way. The woman said nobody will know, I am the mistress of
this house, my husband is away, whatever I say is final and when
I ask everybody to clear out of the house, they will clear. So we
will do this thing secretly nobody will know. Joseph said I am not
talking of your husband; I am talking of God, how can I do this
thing and sin against God?
Your husband has done great thing for me, he has left everything
in my hand, but he is only an instrument in the hand of God, I
cannot dare offend God. Many at times some people they think
when they look right and they dont see any one, they look left
and they dont see anyone and the door is locked. They think
everything is okay; I can do whatever I like now. God is watching!
I am sure you heard the testimony of a member of the choir, not
in our church but in another church. The pastor has agreed with
her to go to an hotel and do all kind of things. And they got to the
hotel, they were about to enter the room, again the pastor looked
round right and he looked left nobody knows us here, but as they
were about to enter the room, the girl said to the pastor, we have
looked right, we have looked right, we have looked left, she said
but we didnt look up. She said God is watching. That was how
she escaped.
Do you know God is watching you? And it is good news that is
why the enemy cannot reach you without him knowing. If He is
watching you, that is why he can keep your going in and your
coming out. If he is watching you that is why he can monitor what
you are doing so that he can make it to prosper. If he is watching
you that is why he can make you to find favor anywhere you go.
But because he is watching, that is why you cannot afford to
offend him, no matter well you locked the door, you cant lock
God out, he himself is the door, when he wants to come in he
doesnt need a key. That is why people have asked me again and
again, why do you keep on hammering on holiness? I said I have
seen a little in my few years in this world, I am seventy years old
now. I have seen people rise and fall, I have seen people
promoted by God crashing to the ground. Becoming nothing,
why? Because they offend God,
I can assure you of one thing, when I became born again and I
was running up and down, winning soul, Doing one program after
the other, some people says take it easy that is how they always
start, very soon he will go down. I told them then others may go
down, this one is not going to go down. And I am telling you
brethren you have not seen anything yet, I am going to go on
higher and higher. Why because I have learnt the secret; as long
as there is no quarrel between me and God the rest is easy.
Everybody can be against me if God is for me, I am more than
conqueror, that is why I am appealing seriously to those of you
who are here tonight. Because this is a very special night indeed,
if you are still leaving in sin, it is time to repent, if you have not
given your life to Jesus Christ before, come and do so tonight. If
you say you are a Christian and you are still living in sin; you are
a backslider, come and give your life back to Jesus Christ.
Holiness is the master key, you live holy, the rest is settled. This
is a very special night; a night of favor and the Almighty God will
have divine favor on you if you repent.
Call on the Almighty God, ask him to be merciful unto you, ask
him to forgive you your sins, ask him to save your soul and the
rest of us lets stretch our hands to all these people and intercede
for them, that God the savior will have mercy on each and every
one of them, that God will forgive them and he will watch them
clean in his blood. Ask God to be merciful unto you, ask God to
forgive you your sins ask God to put your name in the book of life
so that you too can begin to enjoy divine favor in Jesus mighty
name we have prayed.
My father and my God I want to thank you for all these people
who have come forward tonight, thank you for your word, I thank
you because you promise that whosoever will come unto you, you
will in no wise cast out. These people have come to you now,
please receive them in Jesus name. Your blood that cleanses from
all sins let that blood wash away their sins in Jesus name. Today
as you save their souls write their name in the book of life in
Jesus name. Beginning from now anytime they call on you, please
answer them in Jesus name. And let them begin to enjoy divine
favor in Jesus name. Every backslider that has come back to you
tonight, please restore full in Jesus name, and dont let them ever
go back to the world in Jesus name. Thank you Almighty God, in
Jesus mighty name we have prayed. Let someone shout
halleluiah!
I want to rejoice with those of you who are in front here, I want to
promise you one thing, by the special grace of God I will be
praying for you, so I am going to need your name, your address
and your prayer request. I promise you I will be praying for you.
The rest of us while we wait for our brother to be attended to,
why dont you thank God for the mercy of God that have kept you
till this moment, if you know how many times the enemies have
tried to kill you, if you know how many meetings that the
enemies have held at night concerning you and God destroyed
their plans, you will be grateful to God. So go ahead, begin to
praise God, begin to magnify his holy name, for being merciful to
you, for his faithfulness, for his support, for loving me, for
standing by me, for helping me, for supporting me in Jesus
mighty name we have prayed.