Rccg Good Shepherd Assembly, Uyo

05/01/2019

Pastor E A Adeboye Excerpt Sermon January 2019 Holy Ghost Service || Swimming In Glory

January 2019 Holy Ghost Service
Theme: Swimming In Glory Part 1
Ministering Pastor E A Adeboye
Bless God's Holy name. He is worthy to be praised. Thank You Father. Glory be to Your holy name. Lift your voice to Him and say “Father, please give me a new year present today.”
Sing: We give You glory, we give You honor
Almighty God, the Unchangeable Changer, the One who always I am, we worship You.
Please accept our worship in Jesus' name. Thank You for last year.
Prayer for January Born: Father, please give them priority. Please, let them come first in all they do. Let it be well with them.
The theme for the month of February is Swimming In Glory Part 2
Happy New Year to you all.
What does 'Happy New Year' mean to you?
It means different meaning to different people. To some, it means freedom, growth, marriage, childbirth, graduation, etc. To some other people, it means they are closer to death.
Happy New Year means we are a year closer to the end of our journey in life
1 Corinthians 15:51-53: Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
1 Thessalonians 4:14-17: For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
A day is coming that the Lord Himself will descend with a shout; however, some people will sleep before then.
Daniel 12:2: And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
A day is coming that the dead will awake too.
This is a serious year. You shouldn't joke with this year at all.
My joy however as your father is that if you will hearken diligently to me as I take you through the word of God, by the time this year is ending, you will be sitting on the mountain top
Land is for man; sky for the bird; and water for the fish. So, swimming means operating in a realm that is not yours. David was an example of this in 1 Samuel 17:32-37.
Altar Call: The difference between Everlasting life and everlasting damnation is a matter of choice. If you haven't given your life to Christ, you can choose everlasting life now by accepting Jesus Christ. Thank You Savior for Your Word of salvation. Please save their souls and write their names in the book of life, receive them to Glory whenever You return. Thank You Father
Text: Isaiah 60:1-3 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
There are two word here: Swimming and Glory. Swimming means to make progress inside water
When you go to swim, You have gone to an area where God didn't initially create for you. However, you can make progress in an area where it's not originally meant for you.
Proverbs 3:35: The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Glory is the opposite of shame. Glory in intrinsically associated with shining light.
Luke 2:9: And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
Psalms 24:7-10 The Almighty God is called the Lord of Glory, James 1:17: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. He is also called the Father of light.
Ezekiel 43:2: And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory. Light and Glory is the same thing. Consequently, Matthew 5:14-16, the new name Jesus gave us is Light. Light is useless unless it shines. Matthew 5:15. I decree into your life, you'll shine this year. The opposite of light is darkness. To shine means to push back darkness by force. Genesis 1:1-4. The battle between light and darkness has been from the beginning. Get ready to shine means to get ready to fight and Lord over darkness. You have played church long enough! The battle line is drawn. Get ready to fight darkness. Light has no use unless it shines. Many have been trying to win souls by mere talk, no way anymore. These guys will come when they see how you can deal with darkness. Light has no use when it isn't shining. 1 Samuel 16:11-13, 1 Samuel 17:34-37, 1 Samuel 22:1-2. You will shine this year. Shining means you will fight darkness. You will fight lions, bears and Goliath. The fight you want to fight is a good one because you have won before you start the fight. 2 Timothy 4:7, Light has never lost to darkness. John 1:4-5, Romans.8:35-39 You are already more than a conqueror.
The only condition to winning is that you must never turn your back to the enemy. Luke 6:2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days? By the grace of God, one of your prayers before this year ends will be, Father, wherever the Lions and the bears are, please bring them to me. The Lord said there's someone here today, you will begin to show signs of a genius. Swimming is to operate successfully in a realm that is not ordinarily yours. 1 Samuel 17:32-37. By the time you get home tonight, you will be a different person.
Prayer: In the mighty Name of Jesus, every drum of shame beaten in your life shall break tonight. All those who are plotting against your future, in the Name that is above every other name, they will be fighting themselves.
Swimming involves skill. To learn the skill of swimming, you need help: Zechariah 4:6: Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. There is someone ready to teach you how to swim. His Name is Jesus.
Philippians 4:13: I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me
As the Lord lives, before the end of this year, when there is a crisis, you won't send for the GO, you will say they should come to you. 1 Thessalonians 5:17-19, Matthew 14:17-21 & 2 Corinthians 11:27: This is a year of serious prayers and serious fasting. I decree in the Name that is above every other name, where you never thought you will reach, you will surpass it this year. When you want to swim, the first thing you do is to change your dress & lifestyle. You don't swim with your suit on, Hebrew.12:1 Ephesians 4:22, Colossians 3:8-9 & Romans 13:12 You have to get rid of certain things if you want to swim. Ephesians 4:24-25 & 6:11-18 You'll have to wear your swimming gear to swim in Glory. No more running from the enemy because we are ready to face them. Satan is the one on the losing end. Jesus said He'll build His church. Is He a liar? No! The devil is the one at the losing ends, the gates who are the elders of hell cannot prevail against Jesus' Church.
Prayer Point 1: Praise God with all your heart
Prayer Point 2: In the mighty name of Jesus, I am the light of the world. I will shine bright this year.
Prayer Point 3: In the mighty name of Jesus, I will destroy the hold of forces of darkness in my family this year
Prayer Point 4: In the mighty Name of Jesus, every lion, bear and Goliath that comes my way this year are tamed.
Prayer Point 5: In the mighty Name of Jesus, I will reach the mountaintop this year
Prayer Point 6: In the mighty Name of Jesus, my life will draw thousands away from the kingdom of Satan this year.
Prayer Point 7: Personal prayer

03/05/2018

27/04/2018

04/01/2018

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: THURSDAY 4TH JANUARY 2018

THEME: ONLY BELIEVE

MEMORISE:
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:18

READ: Romans 8:31-39

31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

MESSAGE

Whenever I ruminate over the many-sided blessings embedded in the Good News that came through our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, my heart is filled with great joy. I equally find it fascinating that no elaborate process involving complexities is required for us to access these blessings. Jesus did the hard work and made things simple for us. One of such blessings is freedom from condemnation. The righteous judgment of God against sin has brought all of mankind under condemnation. This is the reason why no man can escape the pain of guilt that results from sin, or the consequences that follow it. Romans 3:23 says,
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God,”

Romans 6:23 further says,
“For the wages of sin is death,”

However, the Good News is that Jesus Christ gives us freedom from the condemnation that had put a seal on the destiny of all mankind. In Romans 8:1, this Good News says,

“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”

Those who are in Christ Jesus can now live a life free from guilt of sin or the feeling of inadequacy resulting from past misdeeds. Their conscience is liberated from condemnation because they know their sins have been washed away by the precious blood of Jesus (Revelation 1:5). What does it take to access this blessings of freedom? Only Believe! Believe in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ, believe He is who He says He is, and believe in the work of salvation He has completed. How do you know you truly believe all these? When your actions and confessions reflect what you claim to believe, that is when you truly believe.

Another blessing of the Good News that you can have access to by faith is the truth that Jesus Christ, though rich, became poor, so that through His poverty, you might be rich (2 Corinthians 8:9). Your faith in this article of the Good News will prevent you from doing diabolical or criminal things to get rich, because you know that your prosperity lies in the sacrificial life that the Master has lived. Believing in the words and works of Jesus gives us contentment, the absence of which brings many sorrows to those who want to be rich by any means (1 Timothy 6:6-10). Beloved, do you believe all these? If you do, live your life by the ideas of the Good News of the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will forever be free from condemnation, now and in eternity.

PRAYER POINT:
Father, please help me to live according to Your will, so that I may not be condemned with this world. Grant me grace not to lose sight of the words and works of Jesus. Amen.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Genesis 8-10 and Revelation 3:7-22

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE

HYMN 10: MY FAITH LOOKS UP TO THEE

1. My faith looks up to Thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Saviour divine!
Now hear me while I pray,
Take all my guilt away,
Oh, let me from this day
Be wholly Thine!

2. May Thy rich grace impart
Strength to my fainting heart,
My zeal inspire!
As Thou hast died for me,
Oh, may my love to Thee
Pure, warm, and changeless be,
A living fire!

3. While life’s dark maze I tread,
And griefs around me spread,
Be Thou my guide;
Bid darkness turn to day,
Wipe sorrow’s tears away,
Nor let me ever stray
From Thee aside.

4.Whenlife’s swift race is run,
Death’s cold work almost done
Be near to me.
Blest Saviour, then in love,
Fear and distrust remove;
Oh, bear me safe above,
A ransomed soul!

03/01/2018

Humility will take you far in life

03/01/2018

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: WEDNESDAY 3RD JANUARY 2018

THEME: THE OVERCOMERS

MEMORISE:
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call. Joel 2:32

READ: Revelation 21:1-7

1. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

2. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

4. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

5. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

6. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

7. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

MESSAGE

Since the advent of sin into this world, life has become a battle for mankind. In the battle of life, one is either an overcomer or a victim. My prayer for you is that you will live the rest of your life as an overcomer in Jesus’ Name. Today’s memory verse expressly reveals to us the secret of overcoming in the battle of life:

“…whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered:”

However, the truth in this verse of scripture throws up this question:

“How then shall they call on him whom they have not believed?” Romans 10:14

Therefore, before you can overcome by calling on the Name of the Lord, you need to first believe in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ and in His finished work on the cross of Calvary. When you believe this and you confess so with your mouth, you become “born of God”. Here is what the Bible, in 1 John 5:4-5, says about those who are born of God:

“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?”

Living the reality of being an overcomer in this world means that you daily experience the victory that Christ has obtained for you over the enemies of your body, soul and spirit. It means living your life everyday as having been delivered from the power of sin, and when you overcome sin, you have invariably overcome death, which is at the pinnacle of the battle of life. James 1:15 says,

“Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”

Are you under any siege in the battle of life? Has life dealt you so many blows that you do not have the will to go on? Don’t give in to depression, and don’t contemplate su***de. This is a great time for you to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, through genuine repentance. In prayer, call upon the Name of Him That is able to save, and you will overcome! Are you saved but still living under the shackles of this world? It is time to realise who you are, shake yourself up from the dust of pity and begin to enforce the victory that Christ has won for you!

ACTION POINT:
Call on the Name of the Lord convening any area of life where you have been experiencing defeat.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Genesis 5-7 and Revelation 21:18-3:6

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

HYMN 3: WHAT CAN WASH AWAY MY SINS

1. What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Chorus:
Oh! precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

2. For my Cleansing this I see
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!
For my cleansing this my plea
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!

3. Nothing can my sin erase
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!
Naught of works, 'tis all of grace
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!

4. This is all my hope and peace
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!
This is all my righteousness
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!

30/12/2017

You are not ordinary when you are in Christ