Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heaven 10 September 2018 – God wants your input

1.I worship You, my Father, because You are the Most High God, who rules in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever You choose.

2.Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus’ name.

3.Father, let every spirit of unbelief and doubt in my life be consumed by Your fire, in Jesus’ name. Click To Read – Open Heaven 11 September 2018

4.Father, I refuse to be an onlooker. I totally surrender myself unto your service. Use me Lord.

5.Father, I give my tithe, for this reason, no devourer is permitted in my life and destiny, in Jesus’ Name. Click To Read – Open Heaven 12 September 2018

6.Father, help me to accept and cooperate with anyone You place over me as a spiritual authority, irrespective of his age or financial status, in Jesus’ name.

7.Father, give me the grace to walk through my open doors, in Jesus’ name.

8.Father, help me to accord Your minister, that comes in Your name, honour and respect, that I may be blessed through his ministration, in Jesus’ name. Click To Read – Open Heaven 13 September 2018

9.Father, may I never lose a miracle for not putting my input in Jesus’ name.

10.Father, please, give me a humble, gentle, submissive, teachable and obedient disposition and spirit, at all times, in my spiritual journey, in Jesus’ name.

11.Father, arise and scatter every opposition, sponsored from the pit of hell, against the ministry of Pastor E.A. Adeboye, in Jesus’ name.

12.Your Personal petitions.
( Philippians 4:6)
13.In Jesus’ name I pray.
(John 14:13-14; 15:16)
14.Thank you Father for answered prayers.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18).

Open Heaven 12 September 2018 – Great God II

Open Heaven 12 September 2018 Memorise:
Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
Psalm 150:2

Open Heaven 12 September 2018 Bible Reading – Psalm 139:1-14

1 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.

2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

Open Heaven 12 September 2018 Bible Reading – Proverbs 9-12, Mark 6:30-52

One page is definitely not enough to praise this great God, neither are all the pages of this book sufficient to extol His Names. This God is greater than the greatest. Think of anything great that anyone has ever done; my God has surely done greater.

In mathematics, He is the greatest, He perfectly calculated the distance needed between all elements of the universe and their velocities so that they move together and are just at the right distances apart to maintain a balance. He is also bigger than the biggest, so much so that He uses the earth as His footstool (Isaiah 66:1). Click To Read – Open Heaven 11 September 2018

For someone’s feet to be so big that He needs a footstool as large as the earth, you can be sure that he is indeed a very big fellow. No other entity is as big as this. In like manner, He is also richer than the richest. My God has never gone broke, and He can never be broke.

The whole earth and its fullness are His: all the natural resources and precious stones, known and unknown to man, belong to Him. He is the God that has the money everywhere, even in the belly of a fish (Matthew 17:24-27). A Bible scholar once explained His take on what Jesus meant when He said He would do whatever we ask in His Name (John 14:13-14). Click Here To Read – Open Heaven 10 September 2018

He explained that the literal translation of that scripture to English from Greek is that even if we ask Him for anything that does not exist, He will create it and give it to us. He is so rich that He even possesses things that are not yet in existence! He can therefore never be stranded. He will show Himself through you as the one who is richer than the richest in Jesus’ Name.

Open Heaven 12 September 2018

My God can do all things. He not only raised the dead, He also raised up dry bones and transformed them into a mighty army (Ezekiel 37;1-10). Psalms 139 says my God knows all things, an d nothing is hidden from Him. He is everywhere, and so he sees everything. You can’t run away from His presence.

Furthermore, He can also heal all sicknesses and diseases. In Matthew 8:3, Jesus touched a man with leprosy. Not only did He not get infected with the disease, the man was also healed instantly. During one of our Holy Ghost services in Nigeria, God instructed that all those who had incurable diseases should come to the front of the altar and I should just walk in front of them with my prayer staff.

As I did as instructed, they were getting healed. Those whose healing required surgery just fell and slept off while God performed the needed operation on them with invincible hands. After that night, several people testified of getting healed of incurable diseases.

Who is God to you? Is He your doctor or your provider? Is Be your helper and your friend? A popular saying goes “Show me your friend and I would tell you who you are.” If you make Jesus your friend, He will also give you the ability to do all that He can do.

Open Heaven 12 September 2018 Action Point:
Come to the winning side today and surrender all your life to this great God.

Open Heaven 12 September 2018 Hymn 13

WONDERFUL STORY OF LOVE

Verse 1:
Wonderful story of love;
Tell it to me again;
Wonderful story of love;
Wake the immortal strain!
Angels with rapture announce it,
Shepherds with wonder receive it;
Sinner, O won’t you believe it?

Chorus:
Wonderful story of love,
Wonderful! Wonderful!
Wonderful, wonderful story of love.

Verse 2:
Wonderful story of love;
Though you are far away;
Wonderful story of love;
Still He doth call today;
Calling from Calvary’s mountain,
Down from the crystal bright fountain,
E’en from the dawn of creation,

Chorus:

Verse 3:
Wonderful story of love;
Jesus provides a rest;
Wonderful story of love;
For all the pure and blest,
Rest in those mansions above us,
With those who’ve gone on before us,
Singing the rapturous chorus,

Chorus:

Open Heaven 13 September 2018 – Wise But Foolish

Open Heaven 13 September 2018 Memorise:
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
1 Corinthians 1:27

Open Heaven 13 September 2018 Bible Reading – Isaiah 35:4-10

4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:

10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

When you expound the things of God to the “wise men” of this world they will consider you to be a fool. When you talk about the resurrection of the dead and the outcome of Jesus’ death and resurrection they will use their limited knowledge of the natural world to demonstrate your “foolishness”.

It is ironic that those who profess themselves to be wise in this world are declared to be fools before God (Romans 1:22). As a believer in Christ , you should therefore not be offended of you are classified as foolish by the ” wise men” of this world. Click Here To Read – Open Heaven 12 September 2018

Based on the words of our memory verse, if the world considers you to be foolish because your life is based on the principles of God’s word, you are blessed indeed. Remember that the devil came to our first parents disguised as a loving guidance counsellor. He advised them to follow his diabolical wisdom, and this lead them into a state of foolishness.

They realised belatedly that the wisdom the devil was introducing them to was actually foolishness in disguise, and ever since then,the wisdom that fills the heart of men is perverted wisdom of the devil, otherwise known as craftiness (1 Corinthians 3:19). Click Here To Read – Open Heaven 11 September 2018

This manifest as wisdom to cheat and get ahead of a neighbour, wisdom to defraud the government, wisdom to pervert the corner of justice and wisdom to do diabolical things. In contrast to this, the wisdom of God cries out in Proverbs 8:5-8 saying:

” O ye simple,understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.  Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.”

Open Heaven 13 September 2018

This scripture reveals the nature and character of godly wisdom. You will observe that these characteristics are in direct opposition to what the children of this world consider a s wisdom. Any wisdom that does not cut corners is considered foolishness by the children of this world.

What they consider to be wisdom leads to both earthly and eternal perdition. A good example of the wisdom of this world is what Absalom exhibited against his father. The Bible says he stole the heart of an entire nation away from his father the king(2 Samuel 15:6).

This is the way of the world. In contrast to such ways, today’s Bible reading speaks of the highway of holiness, through which the unclean shall not pass.

It is equally interesting to read that although those passing through it may be considered as fools by the world’s standard, they shall not go wrong in it (Isaiah 35:8). They will not err, because their Guide is the Lord of hosts (John 14:6).

Beloved, go you seek wisdom? Do you want to be wise in the things pertaining to godliness? The way to profitable wisdom is the fear of the Lord, and Jesus Christ is that wisdom you need .

Open Heaven 13 September 2018 Prayer Point:
Father, please let the character of your wisdom, begin to manifest in my life, in Jesus’ Name.

Open Heaven 13 September 2018 Hymn 4

TRUST AND OBEY

1. When we walk with the Lord
In the light of His word
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will,
He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey

Chorus:
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

2. Not a shadow can rise,
Not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt nor a fear
Not a sigh nor a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.

3. Not a burden we bear,
Not a sorrow we share
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief nor a loss,
Not a frown nor a cross,
But is blest if we trust and obey.

4. But we never can prove
The delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favour He shows,
And the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.

5. Then in fellowship sweet
We will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;
What He says we will do
Where He sends we will go
Never fear, only trust and obey.

Open Heaven 11 September 2018 – Great God I

Open Heaven 11 September 2018 Memorise:
Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. Psalm 148:13

Open Heaven 11 September 2018 Bible Reading – Job 38:3-12

3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

Open Heaven 11 September 2018 Bible in One Year – Proverbs 5-8, Mark 6:7-29

A name is not just a label; more importantly, it is an identity. Names are very important to God, and this is why it is important to search the Scriptures to discover more about God’s identity through His Names.

Names are dear to God’s heart. In Revelation 1:8, He Himself revealed some of his Names to us, saying

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord , which is and which was and which is to come, the Almighty.”

Furthermore, in God’s dialogue with Job in Job chapter 38, He asked him some frightening questions which reveal that he is the Alpha and the Omega. It goes without saying that He is the one who made the mountains, the oceans and all the other big and small things we see in nature.

We also understand that He is older than the oldest, because by Him were all things created. He saw the beginning of everything on earth, good and bad, and He will also see their end because He is the Alpha and Omega in Jesus’ Name. Click Here To Read – Open Heaven 10 September 2018

In 1 Samuel 1:3, the Almighty is called the Lord of host. In the past, I used to think this meant that He is the Lord of the host of heaven, but recently, He let me know that ‘Lord of Hosts’ means the Lord of all hosts, whether in heaven, hell, the earth, the seas, underneath the earth, and even other galaxies in the universe.

Nobody can oppress His children because one command from Him can make life so unbearable for even the greatest king on earth. If you don’t believe me, ask Pharaoh (Exodus 5-11).

Open Heaven 11 September 2018

According to Proverbs 21:1, my God has the heart of kings in His hands, and He turns their hearts wherever He pleases. He has control over the commanders-in-chief of all armed forces, then He can also direct the armed forces of different nations as He pleases.

Isaiah 9:6 calls Him the Prince of Peace. The first thing a person experiences after giving his or her life to Christ is peace, because the Prince of Peace now lives within. My God can calm any storm and I mean any storm. He calmed several storms when He was here on earth (Mark 4:39,Matthew 14:24-32), and there is no storm in your life that He cannot calm.

Some years ago, I was invited to speak at a United Nations Summit, and I told the delegates there that it was a good thing that they were all trying to solve the problems of war around the world. I let them know though that if they really wanted peace, the only way they could get it was if they involved the Prince of Peace. In this world of war and turbulence, you can have peace if you surrender to Him indeed. May the peace of the Lord continually be with you in Jesus’ Name

Open Heaven 11 September 2018 Action Point:
Search the scriptures for more of God’s Names and praise Him with the Names you discover

Open Heaven 11 September 2018 Hymn 13

WONDERFUL STORY OF LOVE

Verse 1:
Wonderful story of love;
Tell it to me again;
Wonderful story of love;
Wake the immortal strain!
Angels with rapture announce it,
Shepherds with wonder receive it;
Sinner, O won’t you believe it?

Chorus:
Wonderful story of love,
Wonderful! Wonderful!
Wonderful, wonderful story of love.

Verse 2:
Wonderful story of love;
Though you are far away;
Wonderful story of love;
Still He doth call today;
Calling from Calvary’s mountain,
Down from the crystal bright fountain,
E’en from the dawn of creation,

Chorus:

Verse 3:
Wonderful story of love;
Jesus provides a rest;
Wonderful story of love;
For all the pure and blest,
Rest in those mansions above us,
With those who’ve gone on before us,
Singing the rapturous chorus,

Chorus:

Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens 9 September 2018 – A Godly Father

1.Thank You, Father, for Your commitment to my prosperity and success, in this world and in the hereafter.

2.Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus’ name.

3.Father, Holy Spirit, I need you in my life more than ever before.

4.Father, let every agenda of Satan, to steal, to kill and to destroy, in my life and family, be frustrated by the hosts of heaven, in Jesus’ name. Open Heaven 10 September 2018

5.Father, I seek for understanding of Your Word. Teach me to number my days, so that I’ll apply to the wisdom in Your word.

6.Father, grant your servants all over the world the grace to teach Your word undiluted, in Jesus’ name.

7.Father, Let me not fall victim of improper spiritual dieting, in Jesus’ name.

8.Father, release upon my life, prosperity and wealth, in Jesus’ name.

9.Father, I ask for more grace and wisdom even as I go through your word and teachings, in Jesus’ name.

10.Father, please, grant me life, and life more abundantly, in Jesus’ name.

11.Father, grant Pastor E.A. Adeboye and Mummy Folu Adeboye, divine health, for the rest of their lives on earth, in Jesus’ name.

12.Your Personal petitions.
( Philippians 4:6)
13.In Jesus’ name I pray.
(John 14:13-14; 15:16)
14.Thank you Father for answered prayers.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18).

RCCG SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER’S MANUAL LESSON TWO SUNDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER 2018 – THANKSGIVING: WHEN AND HOW?

*SUNDAY SCHOOL HYMN*

*1.* O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
O how I love Thee well,
I am happy, it makes me glad
To rejoice at Thy birth.

*2.* O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Thy friend friendship suits me well,
Both young and old will sing Thy song,
We long for Sunday School.

*3.* O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Christ was Thy first teacher,
The Holy Spirit, great teacher,
Does manifest in thee.

*4.* O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
This testimony is sure,
That God, the Father Almighty,
Poured His blessing on Thee.

*5.* O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Though the sun be so bright,
Or if the clouds be black with rain,
I’ll be in Sunday School.

*6.* O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
I rejoice to see Thee,
Will thou pass over me today?
Without my being blest?

OPENING PRAYER
Almighty Father, let my mouth open to praise you always.
Let me have the right attitude to thanksgiving always.

BIBLE PASSAGE: Luke 17:11-19

Luke:17.11
Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
Luke:17.12
Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off.
Luke:17.13
And they lifted up [their] voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
Luke:17.14
So when He saw [them,] He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.
Luke:17.15
And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God,
Luke:17.16
and fell down on [his] face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.
Luke:17.17
So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where [are] the nine?
Luke:17.18
“Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”
Luke:17.19
And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”

MEMORY VERSE : “I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.” – Psalm 34:1.

INTRODUCTION:
In the world we live in, many believe that most things they get are their rights. They believe in their sweat, smartness and intellect, hence, they see no reason they should give thanks to anyone,not even the Almighty (Zechariah 4:6). For believers, this is not only wrong but wicked and dangerous act.

For instance, in Luke 17:17-19, only one of the lepers returned to give thanks to the Lord. He was heal and also made whole while the remaining nine were only heal but not make whole.

TEXT REVIEW: Luke 17: 11-19 “MERCY” IS BY MERCY.
We all owe our existence to the mercy of God (Like 17:13)
Lamentation 3:22 unequivocally pronounced, “it is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassion fail not”.
Some people may think that only the sick need mercy as the case with the ten lepers (Luke 17:12). No, we enjoy journey mercies(Psalm 121:8) without which the would have consumed us. We enjoy rest / sleep mercy (Psalm 4:8) or else we would have slept the sleep of death( Psalm 13:3). We enjoy locational mercy(Psalm 91:12).

How many times have we returned thanksgiving to God for His constant mercies?
In today’s Bible passage, one leper did not take God’s mercy for granted. He returned and gave thanks with a loud voice ( Luke 17:15). God wants believer who has been cleansed from sin( which is worse than leprosy) to stop standing after off (Luke 17:12). Open Heaven 10 September 2018

Many only returned on thanksgiving Sunday to give thanks to God. Some, during Easter or Christmas. This is standing afar off. Some don’t even return at all because they thought they are qualified for mercy. A few one return to the Lord to thank him only when they see miracles. Teacher! You should know better. Miracles or no miracles, you are embodiment of God’s mercies and therefore, you are to come near to him daily, fall down on your face at His feet and give Him thanks(Luke 17:16). He had shown you mercy because of His mercies ( Psalm 145:9-10). Open Heaven 9 September 2018

LESSON OUTLINES
1. When should we offer thanksgiving?
2. How to offer acceptable Thanksgiving

WHEN SHOULD WE OFFER THANKSGIVING?

Teachers should use the following questions to discuss lesson outline 1.

i. When do people usually thank God?
ii. When do people don’t feel like thanking God?
iii. When should believers thank God?

ANSWERS TO QUESTION 1:
i. When it is well /rosy. Psalm 103:1-2, 136:1-4
ii. When people see miracles. Like 17:15
iii. When we can do all things including paying our bills. Phil. 4:13

ANSWERS TO QUESTION 2:
i. When in adverse conditions 2Cor.11:26-30 Job 1 :20-22
ii. When disappointed, abandoned or rejected. Psalm 42:5, 10-11, job 19:25
iii. When going through trials. Psalm 59:16-17, Daniel 3:17-18, Act 16:25-31
iv. During persecution / temptation. Daniel 6:10, James 1:2-4
v. During delay Psalm 13:1-6.

ANSWERS TO QUESTION 3:
i. All times. Psalm 13:1-6
ii. All circumstances and situations. 1 Thess. 5:18.

HOW TO OFFER ACCEPTABLE THANKSGIVING
i. Teachers should find out from the students how they have been offering their thanksgiving to God.
ii. Teachers should identify necessary precautions or avoidable pitfalls in thanksgiving.
iii. Teachers should give guidelines for proper/acceptable thanksgiving.

A. AVOIDABLE PITFALLS
i. Do not give thanks out of necessity/ grudging 2Cor. 9:7

ii. Do not give thanks from an unrepentant heart. Psalm 51: 16-17.

iii. Do not give thanks from waves of sin/proceeds of iniquity. ROM. 3:23; Numbers 22:7.

B. GUIDELINES FOR ACCEPTABLE THANKSGIVING
i. Give willing. Exodus 35:5

ii. Give it with joyful noise. Psalm 95:2

iii. Give songs to the Lord. Psalm 13:6; 126:1-2

iv. Give clap offering to the Lord. Psalm 47:1.

v. Give thanks to the Lord with dancing and musical instruments. Psalm 150:3-6.

vi. Give quality substance, time, materials, property, money etc. to God. Prov.3:9-10.

vii. All thanksgiving should represent a sweet smelling savior to God in holiness and obedience. Genesis 4:4; Psalm107:22 .

CLASS ACTIVITIES 1&2
Those who participate in the discussion should score 20 marks.

SUMMARY
Give acceptable thanksgiving to God always.

CONCLUSION
According to Romans 1:21, only people of vain imaginations and foolish or darkened heart will not be thankful (Psalm 50:14)

CLOSING PRAYER
Father, don’t let me ever be tired of giving acceptable thanks to you.

ASSIGNMENT
Identify five (5) conditions under which a person thanksgiving can be rejected.

RCCG SEPTEMBER, 2018 HOLY GHOST SERVICE – STRONGER THAN YOUR ENEMIES – PART 8 (SILENCING MOCKERS)

TALK 1 MINISTERING: PASTOR ADEOLA MENSAH (SA TO MUMMY
GO AND PICP, LP15)

Hallelujah!
We give God all the Glory and Praise. And we depend on Jesus this
night that He will do awesome things in the Redemption Camp and all
those who are watching (and reading) all over the world.
Tonight, every enemy of your soul shall be Silenced in the Name of
Jesus Christ.

OPENING PRAYER: Father we exalt you and we give you all the Glory.
As we go into your Word this night; we pray and we ask the Living
Father that you will breathe upon every hearer (reader) in the Name
of Jesus.
Grant us understanding. Open our hearts, open our eyes to behold
wondrous things out of your Words oh God. Silence every Mocker.
Give us the Victory.
Before tomorrow morning dawns my Father; let everyone here
(reading) be singing a Song of Victory.
We bless you. In Jesus matchless Name we have prayed.
This night, I want to thank the Lord my Saviour for giving me the
privilege to share the first message at the September, 2018 Holy
Ghost Service.
I trust that the Lord will meet every single one of us; He will surprise
us. And your testimony shall be LONG and SWEET, in the Name of
Jesus.
I thank God for my parents in the Lord; Daddy and Mummy GO: for
giving me this opportunity.
Our Theme this month is: SILENCING MOCKERS.
My TEXT is from 1 Samuel 2:1-8.
We will not be reading the passage. But, we are familiar with it.
And the passage reflects the Thanksgiving Prayer of Hannah; when
God Silenced ALL her Mockers.
So shall the Lord do for you in the Name of Jesus.
MOCKERY is a form of ridicule designed by the devil; using his
agents. With the purpose of humiliating a man.
No one wants to be humiliated. I don’t want to be humiliated. And am
sure that you do not want to be humiliated as well; especially over
things that you have no control over.
Things happen in this life:
– You do not have authority over how you were born; Or
– The circumstances of your birth; Or
– Where you live.
And for that purpose sometimes, issues of life make people to begin
to Mock you. And they scoff at you; and they scorn the God that you
serve.
But this night; as the choir sang: the God that you depend upon. The
God that you rely upon. He will show up for you in the Name of
Jesus.
The Bible describes Mockers as: Proud, Unrighteous and Foolish.
Proverbs 21:24
“Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath”.
And that’s why people may Mock you, disdain you, treat you with
contempt, ignore you, because of a particular condition or situation
in your life that is persistence and seems to be insolvable or
impossible.
1. Let’s look at SPIRITUAL ISSUES: that may make you the target of
Mockery.
Daily you face challenges you cannot explain. It is like a pattern in
your family. Things are happening over generations. You have seen it
in the life of your grandfather; in the life of your father; in the lives of
your relatives.
And the devil is also bringing it into your life. And people are Mocking
you: the family of the poor; the family of the barren; the family of the
have-not; the family of the no good.
Today, that story is changing in the Name of Jesus.
2. It could be a PHYSICAL ISSUE: You are confronted with the
inability to have children.
And that could present itself itself in different ways;
– It could be persistent miscarriages;
– It could be stillbirth;
– It could be inability to even get pregnant at all;
– They may keep telling you: you have low sperm count; or
– Your womb cannot take children.
God is turning all such things around in the Name of Jesus.
3. For some people, the reason they are Mocked is FINANCIAL:
– Your business has never picked up.
– You have tried everything that every other person is doing.
– Other people are prospering. But when it gets to your turn; it either
collapses, in spite of your genuine effort; and you don’t have
something tangible to point at.
– You attend meetings; and you have something concrete; something
with wisdom to say; and people look at you and they say: “Let people
who are prospering talk first”.
– You are looking at yourself and you are saying: “Oh God, when will it
be my turn?”
Tonight is your turn for Mockers to be Silenced in the Name of Jesus.
4. It could be EMOTIONAL:
– No wife; No husband.
– All the girls you have spoken to all of them have said: NO. Or
– No man has ever approached you to say: “Will you marry me?”
– Maybe people keep disappointing you.
– You are involuntarily Single; yet people are asking: “When will it be
your turn to marry?”
God will wipe away your tears tonight; and He will Silenced every
Mocker in the Name of Jesus.
5. It could be MARITAL:
– When the peace and the harmony of your home is threatened;
– It looks like someone is coming to take over everything that you
have worked or laboured for.
The Lord will make space for you in your home. You will not be
unseated in the Name of Jesus.
6. It could be MINISTRY that you are being Mocked.
– You are doing everything that you know to do;
– You are doing the vigils;
You are preaching the Word;
You are praying; you are praising God.
But it seems like there is stagnation.
Tonight, there will be a turn around for you in the Name of Jesus.
HOW DO I KNOW THIS?
1. The story of Hannah that we we mentioned in 1 Samuel chapter 1;
the Bible says it was the Lord that shut up her womb.
But she had a rival (an Agent of Satan, called Peninnah). And
Peninnah Mocked her; she provoked her.
Where are you going to turn to when people begin to provoke you?
And they begin to tell you: “your womb can never carry children”. It is
not meant for people like you. And they begin to tell you stories of
who never had children.
But tonight, as Hannah prayed; as you pray this night; there will be a
turning in the Heavenly concerning you, in the Name of Jesus.
… How do I know this?
It wasn’t the first time that Hannah would pray. But one day Hannah
prayed a prayer. That day is your day tonight.
Because her prayer was answered.
In 1 Samuel 1:11; Hannah said: “If you will look upon the AFFLICTION
of your daughter”.
You could also replace that word “Affliction” with the word “Mocker”.
And you are going to say tonight: Lord, of only you will take away the
shame and the disgrace and Mockery of your daughter (son).
That was Hannah’s prayer.
… And the same God who heard Hannah’s prayer will hear you tonight
in the Name of Jesus Christ (Amen).
How do I know this?
2. Last night, at the Holy Communion Service; Daddy told us: “as you
heard Pharaoh Mock the children of Israel of their seemingly
weakness and powerlessness. In the face of his oppression in Exodus
5:2 (in particular); Pharaoh said:
“And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to
let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go”.
Every Mocker that has shown up is not against you; but against your
God.
Pharaoh said: I don’t know the God and I won’t let you go.
Tonight: They will know your God and they will let you go. (Amen).
There will be a released; Mighty release in the realm of the Spirit in
the Name of Jesus.
How do I know?
3. King Hezekiah encountered a powerful and arrogant king called
SENNACHERIB; who Mocked Hezekiah and his God.
In 2 Kings 18:33-35 hear this Sennacherib boasting:
“Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of
the hand of the king of Assyria”?
And he ended it by saying: “… that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem
from my hand”.
He made the greatest mistake of his life; he classified the Lord of
Glory: who does not have a classmate, who is incomparable. The
Lord God Almighty. He compared Him to creation of other men’s
hands.
He said: “Who is the Lord who will deliver you”?
But our God is Great and Mighty. He is Omnipotent, He is
Omniscience, He is All -Powerful. There is nothing that our God
cannot do.
But the greatest of all; the fourth one that I see Mockery in the Word
of God:

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4. They Mocked Jesus, our Saviour on the cross. They jeered at Him –
Herod and his men, the soldiers. They Mocked Him.
In Mark 15:29-31. I read to use verse 31-32
31. Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves
with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
32. Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we
may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled
him.
But tonight, I want us to know (if only they knew). They crucified
Jesus in weakness, but He rose up Triumphantly.
Death could not hold Him. The grave could not hold Him. He tore the
bars; He rose up from the grave and they where Silenced.
Jesus conquered death in Victory. He spoiled principalities and
powers; He made a public show of the defeat of Satan and his
demons.

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I have Good News for you tonight:
– On your behalf, He silenced the boast of the enemy concerning you.
– He silenced the power of sin to humiliate and torment.
– He silenced sickness and disease and infirmity”. That is why you are
healed by His stripes
– He silenced barrenness. That is why you become fruitful. You will
conceive and carry your own children.
– He silenced failure. That is why you are granted good success in
your labours.
– He silenced poverty, because He is the El -Shaddai: “The Original
God of Plenty”. He bestowed prosperity.
– He silenced stagnation. That is why you are lifted above all barriers.
… And from tonight you are promoted to Glory in the Name of Jesus.
– Affliction of all types are silenced because Jesus rose from the
dead; He broke the gates of brass and cut the bars of iron asunder.
When He SILENCES MOCKERS:
1. The weak are strengthened; according to 1 Samuel 2:4.
2. The poor becomes enriched; according to 1 Samuel 2:5.
3. Empty families become flourishing homes; according to 1 Samuel
2:7.
And when God silences mockers;
4. There is advancement and promotion.
Psalm 75:6 “For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from
the west, nor from the south”.
It says: promotion, victory, exaltation, Silencing Mockers, does not
come from the north, south, east or west. But God is the Judge. He
lifts up one and sets down another.
And nobody can ask my Father “What He is doing”.
When it is your turn (and tonight is your turn); God is not going to
consult your Mockers: whether He should promote you or not.
Tonight is your Night of deliverance.
.. if you believe that shout AMEN!
In Psalm 68:1 the Bible says: “Let God arise, let His enemies be
scattered”.
… Every Mocker of your soul is an enemy of God.
The Bible says: “Let all also who hate Him flee before Him”.
While you are waiting for God to arise on your behalf; for the
manifestation to show up. There are things that you need to do.
Quickly, before we close tonight:
1. Your mouth must be enlarged in Praise. Hannah in 1 Samuel 2:1. In
Hannah’s song of Thanksgiving (in verse one (1) the song is there).
Hannah prayed and said: “My heart rejoices in the Lord”.
She began to exalt the Lord. And then she said: “My horn is exalted in
the Lord”: my mouth is enlarged.
Can we say: “My mouth is enlarged over my enemies because I
rejoice in thy Salvation”.
Another version (the New King James version) says:
“I smile at my enemies because they don’t know the Power of my
God: that very soon my story changes for good”.
She kept up the sweet spirit of Praise and Intercession.
… We didn’t read that she quarreled with Peninnah.
But she carried her matter to the Court of Heaven. She began to
Magnify the Lord.
Hannah experienced deliverance from the tongues of men. She
experienced Divine Help and her humiliation turned to Testimony in
the Name of Jesus.
No matter what yo do, never loose your Praise: Your gratitude to God
for who He is and for what He is able to accomplish in your life.
Make sure that you keep Praising God: “that in spite of my situation, I
know it’s going to change.” My God is not weak; my God is Awesome,
He can move Mountains. He can do the impossible. He can Silence
Mockers.
… Make sure “You never lose your Praise”.
Your Praise is important!
2. There was a man in the Bible, who was faced with incredible
Mockery. The man’s name is Nehemiah.
He had an Assignment from God to “Rebuild the Walls of Jerusalem”.
… Maybe you have an assignment to: restore, to rebuild tonight.
And he was faced with incredible Mockery.
In Nehemiah 4:1-3; the Bible talks about Sanballat and Tobiah. And
they began to mlMock Nehemiah.
In fact, they said: “What are these feeble Jews doing”?
I may be weak, but my God is not weak. I may not know what to do,
but my God is All knowing. I might be tired, but my God is strong. I
may be poor, but my God is rich.
Can I hear your AMEN, tonight! (AMEN).
And in verse Nehemiah 4:3
“Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which
they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall”.
What a Mockery!
But Nehemiah refused to look at them; He refused to be discouraged.
What did Nehemiah do?
He prayed and focused on his Assignment.
No matter how you are being Mocked; “Focus on your Assignment”.
Don’t allow yourself to be distracted. Keep praying; because one day:
“They will not only see you; they will hear your Testimony” in the
name of Jesus Christ (Amen).
How do I know?
Because in fifty two (52) days; according to Nehemiah 6:15: “The
Walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt”. And God gave Nehemiah Victory
over the Mockers who had come to Mock Nehemiah and the
Assignment that God had given him.
Don’t allow people who are not going anywhere to remove your focus
from what God had assigned you to do and the blessings that God
had promised you.
3. Report every matter to God. Nothing is too small for our God. No
matter is too Big.
Hezekiah that we mentioned earlier, reported the matter to God.
In fact, “he carried the Letter to Church”.
You may have received the Doctor’s Report. You may have received a
Legal Notice. You may have received a Quit Notice;
“Carry that Letter to Church”.
Present it before God, like Hezekiah did in 2 Kings 19:14-16.
Hezekiah carried the Letter back to God and said: “Lord, it is you that
Sennacherib is Mocking; it is time for you to arise”.
And God heard; as God is going to hear one (1) person here tonight,
in the Name of Jesus… God heard and one certain night He sent only
one (1) Angel.
How many Angels? ONE (1) ANGEL
Just one (1) Angel, and in that one (1) night; the Angel of the Lord
destroyed One hundred and eighty five thousand (185,000) Soldiers of
Assyrian and SILENCED the Mockery of Sennacherib.
Every mockery against your life shall be Silenced in the Name of
Jesus.
4. You must keep up your Confession of Faith.
Paul said: “As we have believed, so we do speak”.
David, when Goliath came against him (I leave the story of David and
Goliath). When Goliath came against Israel; he Mocked Isreal.
While people were afraid, David focused on his God; he confessed his
faith; he confessed his ability in the God of wonders: to turn things
around.
In 1 Samuel 17:41-47, Goliath disdained David.
Not only disdained David; he said: Are you not the servants of Saul
(but they were not only the servants of Saul)?
He Mocked David, because of his age and size. But David didn’t keep
quiet!
Brethren, when Mockers are threatening you; that’s not the time to
keep quiet. That is not the time to go and hide. That is the time “To
Speak up”. Because your God will back you up.
I counted the number of words that Goliath spoke against David; “He
spoke forty (40) words”.
And when David was going to reply him; “David replied him with One
Hundred and Twenty Nine (129) words. – times three (3) words.
Always outspeak the devil. Don’t be quiet. Declare your faith. Declare
your trust. Declare your believe.
David said: “This day am going to cut off your head; am going to
feed ..(David didn’t have a sword, he didn’t have anything).
But he had the Power of God.
Do you have the Power of God tonight? As you speak, it will
happened? Because that is the Word of the Lord.
Stay in Faith! Declare boldly what you believe.
Because soon, you shall be singing and shouting and leaping and
praising God.
Because every Mocker will be Silenced; People who have laughed at
you: they will begin to laugh with you.
They will follow you to the Redemption Camp, because God will do
great things for you.
Tonight, it is time for us to pray.
…I want you to rise on your feet.
If tonight you believe the Word of God; you are going to pray tonight
and you are going to say:
Father, in every area I am being Mocked, ridiculed and disgraced;
show yourself Mighty; show yourself Strong. In the Name of Jesus
(Lift your voice and begin to pray).
Declare unto God; every area of my life: spiritually, physically,
mentally, emotionally. In my marriage, with my children.
My Father, in my finances, every area; Lord that they have said:
“there is no hope for him in God”. But Thou oh Lord, you are the
Shield for me; my Glory and the Lifter up of my head. Lord, let things
change for me.
Holy Father intervene in my situation. My Father wiped away my
tears. You showed up for Hannah, show yourself strong for me. You
showed up for Nehemiah, show up for me. You showed up for
Hezekiah, show up for me. You showed up for David; to cut off the
head of Goliath (the Mocker); my Father show up for me tonight.
It is time to show yourself strong. Lord have mercy upon me. Show
yourself strong. Turn things around.
In Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed.
You are going to pray and say:
In the midst of this challenge (I don’t know what your challenge(s) is/
are). But every man has a secret battle that he is fighting.
In the midst of this challenge, my Father give me a “Song of Victory”
in the Name of Jesus. An undeniable Song of Victory.
In the midst of this challenge my Father, give me a Song of Victory.
As you put a Song of Victory in Hannah’s mouth; put a Song of
Victory in my mouth. Cause me to be dancing; cause me to be
rejoicing; cause me to be leaping in the Name of Jesus. Give me an
undeniable Testimony. Holy Father rise up for me in the Name of
Jesus. Let me begin to sing. Let people sing with me.
In the day that God turned away my captivity, I was like them that
dreamt. Then said they among the heathen: the Lord has done Mighty
things. Do mighty things for me. Turn my situation around. Grant me
Victory. Grant me success. Grant me Prosperity.
Give me a child oh God. Turn my business around. Let the Church of
God begin to flourish; let every stagnation be removed.
So shall it be in Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen!
Brethren, every single one of us; you have a Sanballat and a Tobiah
hanging around you. Mocking you; disdaining your efforts.
You are going to say tonight:
Father, every Sanballat and Tobiah Mocking me; Silence them tonight
Permanently and forever. Let there be no hiding place for them, in the
Name of Jesus.
Silence every Sanballat, every Tobiah Mocking me; Mocking my
Ministry; Mocking my Service unto you; Mocking my health; Mocking
the challenges of my life. Silence them; let there be no hiding place.
Lord, let Your Victory work for me. Lord, let Your Power work for me.
Silent every Sanballat, every Tobiah in the Name of Jesus.Turn their
counsel; like you turned the counsel of Ahitophel to foolishness. Turn
it to foolishness.
Thank You Father. Lord we bless Your Name. I have Victory in the
Name of Jesus. By the Blood of Jesus I have Victory. In the Name of
Jesus I have Victory. By the Word of God I have Victory. Thank You
our Father.
In Jesus Name we have prayed.
CLOSING PRAYER:
Father, we thank you. We bless your Name our Awesome God of
Power; our Awesome God of Mercy.
Lord God, when we are weak you are not weak. When we don’t know
what to do, you have all the answers.
Tonight oh God, we ask that you Silence every Mocker of your
children Permanently and forever, in the Name of Jesus.
Holy Father, that you will give everyone of us a Song of Victory. Put a
Testimony in our mouth. Cause our feet to begin to dance. Cause our
heart to rejoice. Because your Word says: when you turned around
the captivity of Zion, we were like then that dreamt; then said they
among the heathen: the Lord has done great things for us.
Lord we believe that tonight You will do great things in this Assembly
in the Name of Jesus.
And Lord, before the end of this September 2018; before this
September is over; every single one of us will have Testimonies of
Joy, of Victory, of Success, of Breakthrough in the Name of Jesus we
have prayed – Amen!
You may please be seated.
COMPILATIONS BY
MOSES DURODOLA AND TITILAYOMI AJAYI
RCCG, JESUS SANCTUARY
LAGOS PROVINCE 9

Open Heaven 10 September 2018 Memorise:
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lordthy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: Deuteronomy 28:1

Open Heaven 10 September 2018 Bible Reading Exodus 4 vs 1-7

1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lordhath not appeared unto thee.

2 And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:

5 That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.

6 And the Lord said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.

7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

Open Heaven 10 September 2018 Bible in one year: Proverbs 1-4, Mark 5:25-6:6

Many people see God as a magician, they just want to sit back and watch Him perform tricks to fascinate them. God does not work this way! He does not give miracles to onlookers. Those who experience His miracles normally have to make some form of input. When God was going to use Moses to perform miracles, Moses had to surrender his rod for God’s use.

When He was going to feed five thousand men, He asked for an input, and one of those to be fed brought five loaves of bread with two fish. He could have turned stones into bread , but he chose to use something that given by one of the recipients of the miracle. Your tithe is the input you make for devourer to be rebuked in your life (Malachi 3:10-11). Click to read – Open Heaven 9 September 2018

Willingness and obedience are required from you so that you may eat the good of the land you find yourself in (Isaiah 1:19). Humility is your input in order to receive God’s grace (James 4:6). Don’t listen to fake prophets who tell you they pray and fast on your behalf while you carry on doing whatever you like, they are nothing but thieves because God doesn’t operate that way.

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I have come to discover in my walk with God that whenever there is a miracle around the corner, God  asks me for an input. After I have played my part, He will then play His. Years ago, I had a pajero SUV that I love so much because it never gave me any issues. One day while asking God for miracles, I heard Him instruct me to give my pajero away to a particular ministry.

It was difficult for me, but I event did it. The car was so valuable that the day the new owners came for it, my driver wept. However during the next service after we did this , the number of people who God healed was so great that they could not be counted. There was one time I almost lost a miracle because I was reluctant to provide my input.

In the past, we used to receive contributions from the different parishes of our church towards the feeding of those attending our annual convention. One year, just after that convention, God spoke to me instructing me to tell the pastors that for next year’s convention, we would not be calling for contributions. When I heard this o was afraid.

Many things rushed through my mind , and I asked myself , “How will the people be fed? I cannot afford to feed that great crowd alone!” I decided not to tell the pastors what the Lord had said, but God said to me. “You are about to lose a miracle.”

I obeyed and told them. To the glory of God, we have been feeding people at the convention for over 30 years without those levies. Click to read – Open Heaven 8 September 2018

God has never failed us, but even the crowd has grown into multitude, everyone still gets fed and there are leftovers. When God asks you for something don’t withhold it or else you would be hindering your miracle.

Open Heaven 10 September 2018 Key point:
When God decides to bless you, He opens doors to you, but you have to walk through those doors yourself.

Open Heaven 10 September 2018 Hymn 4

TRUST AND OBEY

1. When we walk with the Lord
In the light of His word
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will,
He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey

Chorus:
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

2. Not a shadow can rise,
Not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt nor a fear
Not a sigh nor a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.

3. Not a burden we bear,
Not a sorrow we share
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief nor a loss,
Not a frown nor a cross,
But is blest if we trust and obey.

4. But we never can prove
The delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favour He shows,
And the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.

5. Then in fellowship sweet
We will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;
What He says we will do
Where He sends we will go
Never fear, only trust and obey.