RCCG SEPTEMBER 2022 DIVINE ENCOUNTER SERVICE
THEME: COVENANT KEEPING GOD
MINISTERING: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
DATE: 5TH SEPTEMBER, 2022
BIBLE TEXT: DEUTERONOMY 28:1-14
Lift up your voice and bless His Holy Name. Let’s go ahead and Praise God. Praise the Ancient of Days.
Go ahead, give Him Glory. Bless His Holy Name. Praise the King of Kings, the Lord of lords. Thank Him for all He has done for you from January till now.
He is worthy to be Praised; He is worthy to be Adored. There’s no one like Him.
Thank You Father! Glory be to Your Holy Name.
Thank You Father, Amen!
SONG:
Covenant Keeping God
There is no one like You
Alpha and Omega
There is no one like You (Hallelujah).
Repeated!
OPENING PRAYER
Father we worship You! Covenant Keeping God we bow before You.
Thank You God, for Your faithfulness. Thank You for your Support. We Bless Your Holy Name Lord.
Accept our Thanks, in Jesus’Name!
Father, Your children are here again this Month (September 2022): like never before; pay each and every one of them a visit!
Let us have an Encounter with You today!
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Let someone shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
Shake hands with one (1) or two (2) People and tell them: God will surprise you this Month – Amen.
And if you believe that, let me hear you shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
… And then Please, be seated.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
There will be no SHILOH HOUR this morning; since September is already Dedicated (during the Holy Ghost Service) to those who are trusting God for the Fruit of the womb.
And we are already believing God that latest by the end of this Month (September); in the homes of those who are considered barren, there will be shouts of Joy – Amen!
You know, this Month we are looking at: COVENANT KEEPING GOD.
And our Bible Text will be Deuteronmy 28 and we will just read verses 1 and 2 (Deuteronomy 28: 1-2).
Deuteronmy 28:1-2
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy 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:
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
… And then you can continue to read the Blessings (on your own).
GOD HAS A COVENANT OF PROSPERITY WITH HIS PEOPLE.
As a matter of fact, the Covenant says, if you will keep your own Part; God says, what He will do in return will be so much, you will begin to run away from the Blessings.
And then the Blessings will Pursue you, and Overtake you!
It’s written there. It says, “these Blessings shall come on thee…”
And then when you say these Blessings are too much (and you begin to run) – The Blessings will run faster and Overtake thee!
If you read it further, before you get to Verse 13, it says, “He will command the Blessings.”
… And you know when God Commands, it is done!
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But He says, this Covenant is based on, “you fulfil your Part, then I’ll fulfil my Part.”
And He stated it clearly: first and foremost, you will hearken to my Voice.
And as I have told, at least some of you in the Past, to hearken is different from to listen.
To hearken means, you listen intently as if your life depends on it – You hear every bit of the words spoken.
I gave an illustration to some of you in the Past, that when I was at Ilesha Grammar School (In Osun State. Nigeria); we had a Geography Teacher – Very nice man (gone to Heaven now).
When He is Teaching us in the Class, we will just take notes. We don’t pay much attention. Why? Because, the day before examination, he will call us together for what he called “Last Minutes Revision.”
And then he would tell us, ask any Question from any Part of what I have taught you that you don’t understand. And then we would begin to ask Questions – “What’s the difference between Sahara Desert and Kalari?” And then he will go and explain in details.
OPENHEAVEN.NET NOTES: The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid Sandy Savannah in Southern Africa extending for 900,000 square kilometres, covering much of Botswana, and Parts of Namibia and South Africa
The following morning, when you open your Examination Questions, the Questions will be the Questions you asked him yesterday – “What is the difference between Sahara Desert and Kalari Desert?”
The questions you asked yesterday is what he is going to repeat in the Exam tomorrow.
So, whenever he calls us to come to the Last Day Revision, we don’t listen to him: we hearken!
We pay attention to everything he says because we know, that is what is coming tomorrow.
How many of you from now on will hearken to God? THE OPENHEAVEN.NET FAMILY!
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… Let me hear you say Amen – Amen!
And then He said, you will not just hearken but you will hearken diligently.
You will not just be listening diligently, you will do it with all your Strength.
He said you must hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God; and then you must observe what He says. And you must do all His Commandments – not some!
… He said, you do that; then leave the rest to me.
For Example, in 1 Kings 17:8-16, when the Prophet of God came to the Widow of Zarephath; at first he said, “give me a cup of water” Yes Sir!
As she was going he said, “Hey, add just a little piece of cake to that. “Ha! Sorry Sir, I would have loved to obey you. But there is only one meal left for me and my child to Prepare, eat and then die.” The Man of God then said, “do my own first!”
… Paying attention to details – hearkening.
It is then that the Man of God said, “if you do what I have just told you, you will never be hungry again!”
The woman hearkened, the woman observed, the woman did as the Man of God said. And while others were dying of hunger, herself and her son lived in Abundance throughout the famine.
In Proverbs 3:9-10, when the Almighty God said: Honour the LORD with thy Substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with Plenty, and thy Presses shall burst out with New Wine.
He puts the word “All” there – He expects you to hearken. He expects you to pay attention to details. He said, then watch Me in Action, and then you will observe that I will show up in such a way, you will say “this is too much!”
In Malachi 3:10, He said, Bring ye all the Tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and Prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of Hosts, if I will not open you the Windows of Heaven, and pour you out a Blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
He said “All” not some. And He said you are to bring it! He didn’t ask you to send it through your Servant – “Bring it yourself.”
Pay attention, because it is a Covenant.
When you are dealing with God, be careful.
And He says, then watch me respond.
And I want to assure you of one thing, God is not a Miser; God is not Stingy.
Do what He says, and He will embarrass you – That’s my God!
Since I learnt these details and I began to Practice them, God has been doing exactly what He says he will do!
I have told you before – I’m not boasting. If I am boasting, I am boasting of the Power of my God; to do what He says He will do!
Years ago, when we were going to hold the first Congress ever! When it just came to my mind, “I can invite all Students to come together to Study the Word of God while FESTAC is going on in Lagos, and Schools are on holidays.
And I wrote to all Secondary Schools, Teacher Training Colleges. I got their addresses from WAEC, wrote to all of them. I said, “Come to Ilesha Grammar School.”
I chose Ilesha Grammar School because it was my School, and I know there are rooms in the Boarding House there.
Come, let’s sit down and listen to God! And then I boldly said, “You will be fed free of charge!” I was doing that by Faith! I didn’t know how many People would be coming.
After I had done that, it just occurred to me, “wait a minute, where are you going to get the money? I sold my first car ever! Not that the money was enough oooo. But at least I started. And God responded!
There was a time I stood here (some of you were there then), and I begged you, I said, “don’t buy me any more cars!” Because I had just given out twelve (12) cars so that there will be room in my backyard. I said, I don’t want any more.
After I left here, I met two (2) brand New cars, and I said to the Boys who brought them, “I told you I don’t want more cars.” They said to me, “we have already bought our own before you made the announcement. That is my God!
RCCG SEPTEMBER 2022 DIVINE ENCOUNTER SERVICE COVENANT KEEPING GOD PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
There is somebody listening to me right now or reading now on the Label of OPENHEAVEN.NET: God is going to embarrass you with Blessings – Amen!
I am talking from experience – This is not theory. This is something that I have Practised and has worked.
If I want to dazzle you like some Preachers would do, I can say, “in Greek, this is what is written; in Hebrew, this is what is written.” Because I know you don’t know Greek, you don’t know Hebrew.
That’s why I don’t say Greek, I don’t say Hebrew – I say English. So that we can all understand.
Several years ago, 2am in the night, somebody woke me up – One of the Members of the Church (A General in the Army). And he brought a Limousine Mercedes Benz car with six (6) doors. And said, “God wants me to give this to you.”
I said, me? He said Yes! He said, because this is the best I have. Okay, number one – Why do you have to come at 2am? He said, Because if I wait till tomorrow morning, Satan will convince me not to bring it. That’s why I brought it at 2am. Okay! If you say God said.
I took it from him and I Prayed for him. But after he left, I said to God “Almighty God, You know all things. I can’t ride in this car! Imagine me going to Ebute Meta in a car with six (6) doors (Laughter)!
… And I am talking of more than thirty (30) years ago!
So I said, “Please Father, allow me to sell this car!” Because at that time, there were many Pastors who did not even have a bicycle. “So I can use the Money Lord, to buy Motorcycles for my Pastors.”
Now I am talking to you Brethren, I am not talking to you because I want to Persuade you to give me something. No!
… My Source is God! And He is the Covenant Keeping God.
He said to me, “it is yours now. You can do what you like with it.” Thank You Daddy. I sold the car, and I used the money to buy Motorcycles for my Pastors.
Shortly after, God responded: and someone brought to me three (3) Mercedes Benz cars in one (1) day! – “You don’t want the long one, alright let me break it down to three (3)!”
I Decree, in the Name that’s above every other names, Beginning from now, my God will embarrass you with Blessing – Amen!
If you read this Deuteronmy 28; I want you to go home, Study it very carefully. You will see that the Abundance that God wants to give you is the Abundance that will be secured.
He says in Proverbs 23:5, Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an Eagle toward Heaven.
In other words, Prosperity may not last – Some People may be rich today and become Poor tomorrow. You know some People like that!
But, if it is the one that comes from God, it will not develop wings – It won’t fly anywhere.
Then in Malachi 3:11 – After He had said, bring all the Tithes into my house. He says, And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of Hosts.
In other words, He is saying, “The Blessings I am going to give you nothing can destroy it, Nobody can steal from it ”
Is that Possible?
Some years ago, when we were still living in Mushin (Lagos), a Driver, as soon as he dropped Members of the Church, decided to steal away the car!
We didn’t know what was happening, but he just zoomed off with the car. We only got a telephone call from the Police, “we have recovered your car.” Ah! We didn’t know we lost a car.
You know what happened? They said they saw the way he was driving – The speed with which he was driving. And so, they chased him and caught up with him.
Why? Because they said, “No driver from the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) would drive this fast!
So, while we were at home, not knowing that a car has been stolen; it was already recovered.
I Decree in the Name that’s above every other names, anything that the enemy has stolen from you, will be recovered – Amen!
The Bible says in Exodus 23:25 He says, “Serve GOD, He shall bless your bread, He will bless your water.”
That’s what He says!
In other words He is saying, if you will do His Will, the Blessings that you are going to have will come directly from God. And your riches will be blessed and not currsed.
When God Pronounces a Blessing on whatever you have, it can only multiply – it cannot decrease.
As a matter of fact, in Joel 2:15-27, He says, if you will even repent now: if you say, I didn’t know this before, “I have not been paying my Tithes fully. When I say I give First Fruit, I keep a little bit behind.” But now I want to repent!
He said, I will restore all the years that the cankerworm had eaten. That’s what He said! So it is really up to you!
HOW DO YOU WANT TO BE BLESSED?
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Casually or Abundantly? – It’s up to you!
When the Word of God says He will Prosper you so Mightily that you would be lending to Nations (because it’s Part of the Covenant): you can ask yourself “how can any man be so rich as to be Blessing Nations?”
How possible?
Well, come to the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and find out!
When I became General Overseer, at the end of the Month – at least I can remember the first Month very well; the Total Income was less than the Salary of myself where I was coming from. And there were Thirty nine (39) Members of Staff to pay. So that by the time I finished Paying those People, there was nothing left for me.
We were “very rich then!”
Today, by the Grace of God, we have Missionaries in more than one hundred and ninety (190) Nations of the world – We are Paying their Salaries, we are Paying their house rents, we are Paying for the School Fees of their children.
Truly, we are Lending to Nations!
And whether you believed it or not, I am saying it now. It is a Decree from this Holy Altar: that a day is coming, one of you will come to me at the beginning of the year and say “Daddy, what is the Budget for this year?” – Amen!!!!
“And how much do you need in Naira? How much do you need in Dollar? *How much do you need in Euro? How much do you need in Pound Sterling,?” Just tell me – Amen!
Who is the one I am talking about? – THE OPENHEAVEN.NET FAMILY!
Let that hallelujah coming from you be louder than that of your neighbour – Hallelujah!
That’s a couple Covenant – The Covenant of Prosperity!
That’s why – Don’t use short cuts! They won’t get you anywhere. Don’t steal, don’t defraud, don’t corner some money that is not yours. Don’t bring a curse into your Income.
God said it in Jeremiah 17:11 – He says: As the Partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Why? – Only God knows! But He says, that is the same way anybody who gathers wealth illegitimate is going to die suddenly; would not spend the money. And at the end of the day, he would be a fool.
Don’t use human method. Do God’s Will. Follow His Covenant; Obey Him and leave the rest to Him – He is a Covenant Keeping God!
… If you believe that, let me hear you say Amen – Amen!
To all my children here Present and all those reading on the Label of OPENHEAVEN.NET: anytime I say let everybody ask for something Special from God, I have only one Prayer – Only one!
What’s that one Prayer? – “God don’t let me ever offend You.”
That’s my own Special Request. Why? If I can just do what He asks me to do;
He said it in Deuteronmy 28:7: The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
When you follow His Covenant; when He begins to bless you and some People begin to envy you; if they are not careful, He will kill them.
That’s the meaning!
If somebody suddenly sees you, and says, “Is it not this Boy that used to beg me for a lift and now he’s riding a Rolls Royce?” – AMEN!!!!
… Yeah, somebody got it!
God will say to him or her “shut your mouth, or you are dead – Amen!
I am not the one who said so! It is in the Covenant – it is written in Psalms 119:89, For ever, O LORD, thy Word is settled in Heaven.
Stand on your feet and shout Hallelujah to God – Hallelujah!!!!
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And this Covenant is between God and His Children.
So if you are not yet a Child of God, if you are not Born Again, and you are expecting that the Covenant Keeping God is going to suddenly begin to bless you – “Na lie!!!”
The first thing you must do is that, you are going to surrender your Life to Him. Because He knows that if He gives Prosperity to a Sinner, the Bible made it clear:
“… And the Prosperity of fools shall destroy them” – Proverbs 1:32.
If you have not given your Life to Jesus Christ, come this morning – Come and surrender to Him!
There is a Covenant Keeping God, Who can make you Healthy, and make you Prosperous, and Protect you from all evil.
He is calling you now! If you want to surrender your Life to Jesus Christ, do so quickly.
And I will Pray for your Salvation, and you can become Part of the Beneficiary of the Covenant from the Almighty God.
There’s a Covenant Keeping God Who says in John 6:37 – All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
So, if you come to Him for Salvation, He will save your Soul. You want to be Part of His Family? You are welcome!
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Those of you who are ready to Genuinely surrender to Him now: cry to Jesus Christ, ask Him to save your Soul. Tell Him, “I will serve You for the rest of my Life; I will put You first in everything.”
And now, the rest of us, let’s Stretch our hands towards these our New Brothers and Sisters and Pray for them: that the One Who has saved our own Soul, would save their Souls also.
Please, intercede for them for two (2) Minutes – Say Lord, have Mercy on these People, receive them. Please Lord, receive them into the Family of God.
Let your Blood wash away their sins; so that they too can begin to enjoy Your Covenant. Father, Please save their Souls!
Thank You Father! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
PRAYER FOR SALVATION.
Saviour, I want to Thank You for your Word.
I want to Thank You because I know you are a Faithful God? And I know, Your Word is forever Settled.
And You Promised in John 6:37, saying – All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
These People have come to You now Father, Please receive them in Jesus’ Name. Save their Souls; let Your Blood wash away their sins.
And Lord I Pray, that from now onwards, as they join the Family of God, You will continue to extend to them all the benefits of Your Covenant, in Jesus’ Name.
So, whenever they call on You, Please answer them by Fire.
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
Praise the Lord – Hallelujah!
Now, those of you who have just
surrendered to Jesus Christ, I Rejoice with you!
From down on, by the Grace, I’ll Praying for you. So, I am going to need your names, your Address and your Prayer Requests.
God Bless You!
Let’s give the Lord a big, big round of applause! Whenever you are clapping for God, do it as if you mean it.
Thank You Father!
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THANKSGIVING
Now, you are going to show Him that you are going to obey Him Completely from now on. When He asks you to give, it is not by Compulsion.
He simply says in Luke 6:38, “Give, and it shall be given unto you;” So, if you don’t to give, no problem!
But He says, if you are going to give and get result, you must give Cheerfully. He says He is a Lover of Cheerful Givers (2 Corinthians 9:7).
So, with great Joy, you will take whatever is your offering and lift it up to the Almighty God.
And say: Lord, I am giving You Cheerfully; very, very soon, let me begin to reap.
Go ahead, lift your offering to Him, and talk to the Almighty God: say: Lord, I am not Giving grudgingly, I am Giving Cheerfully; very, very soon, let the Harvest begin to come!
Thank You Father! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have Prayed – Amen.
So, you’ll dance forward to the nearest basket to you and drop your Offering (Online too). DANCE Forward!
After that we will Pray the Closing Prayers, before you go.
Over to you Band!
AMEN!
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SPECIAL DIVINE ENCOUNTER PRAYER
This morning we are going to do things slightly differently: I want everyone to come close to the Altar. Everyone!
And I want you to ask God for something very Big. Something that you know will make your Joy Overflow.
… You have two (2) Minutes – go ahead, ask Him!
He is the Covenant Keeping God. Ask Him for something Big. Something only God can do! Ask Him to bless you beyond your widest imaginations.
The kind of Miracle you have never seen before; you have never had before; ask Him this morning.
Thank You Almighty God! In Jesus’ Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen.
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CLOSING PRAYER.
Covenant Keeping God, I Thank You this morning because I know from now on, for all these Your Children, things will be different!
Father, Bless them! Bless them beyond measure.
Embarrass them with Your Blessings.
Embarrass them with Your Miracles.
Give them Mighty Testimonies – The kind of Testimonies that will be so Big, that People will say, “can this be true?” Father give to these Your Children.
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Covenant Keeping God, every Prophesies that has ever gone in the direction of these Your Children, fulfill this Month!
The kind of Blessing that they would say, “God, this is too much” release upon them; release upon their families; release upon their children.
That Your Children will never lack; that they will never borrow but they will be lending to Nations.
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