I NEARLY GOT INTO TROUBLE FOR SAYING THE TRUTH!
CERTAIN THINGS HAPPEN IN MY NATION, NIGERIA THAT WILL CAUSE YOU TO WONDER, “ARE WE UNDER A CURSE?”
IN THE NAME THAT’S ABOVE EVERY OTHER NAME, THERE WILL BE LIGHT IN OUR NATIONS!
YOUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF CAN DELEGATE POWERS SO, YOU’RE A GENERAL IN THE ARMY OF GOD
UNTIL THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST WASHES AWAY YOUR SINS, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECREES
AS A SOLDIER OF CHRIST, WHATEVER YOU ALLOW ON EARTH SHALL BE ALLOWED IN HEAVEN. WHATEVER YOU DISALLOW, SHALL BE DISALLOWED
WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN, I’LL LOVE TO CORNER PETER AND ASK HIM WHAT WAS IN HIS MIND WHEN HE FISHED ALL NIGHT AND CAUGHT NOTHING
I DECREE IN THE NAME THAT’S ABOVE EVERY OTHER NAME, EVERY STORM IN YOUR FAMILY IS OVER!
WHEN GOD SAYS, “LET THERE BE LIGHT”, TO YOU, IT COULD MEAN THAT IN YOUR CAREER, THERE’LL BE NO MORE FRUITLESS EFFORTS
I DECREE IN THE NAME OF MY FATHER IN HEAVEN, ALL YOU STUDENTS WHO ARE HERE YOU WILL FAIL NO MORE!
I HAVE THE AUTHORITY OF MY FATHER IN HEAVEN TO TELL YOU IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING, YOU’LL NEVER LACK AGAIN!
IF GOD SAYS TO YOU ‘LET THERE BE LIGHT’ IN YOUR LIFE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN IS THAT STAGNATION WILL END
OCCASIONALLY, WHEN WE HEAR TESTIMONIES AND I SEE THE WAY SOME OF US REACT, I ALWAYS WONDER IF WE REALLY FOLLOWED THE STORY
DADDY ASKED ME TO TELL SOMEONE, YOU ALREADY PASSED THE AGE OF CHILD BEARING BUT AS THE LORD LIVES, BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, YOU’LL BRING YOUR CHILDREN!
YOUR TAKEOFF IS ABOUT TO BEGIN
MY FATHER ASKED ME TO TELL YOU EMPHATICALLY THAT TODAY, IN YOUR LIFE, THE STORM IS OVER!
THE POWER OF A SOLDIER IS DETERMINED BY WHO IS BEHIND HIM
IF YOU STICK TO OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF – GOD, YOU WILL SOON BECOME LIKE HIM
DADDY ASKED ME TO TELL SOMEONE: THAT FEARFUL REPORT OF THE DOCTOR, TEAR IT UP; YOUR SUN WILL NOT SET IN THE AFTERNOON
- Pastor E. A. Adeboye on “SUBDUING DEMONS” || RCCG Holy Ghost Congress 2024 || 12th December 2024 || Day 4 Evening Service
Tonight is a night when finally the devil is going to leave somebody alone. Genesis 1:1-3. The power of a soldier is determined by who is behind him. Acts 19:11-17. It’s very important to pay attention to what the devil said. He said, “Jesus I know, Paul also I know, but who are you?” So the devil himself said to those vagabonds before he beat them thoroughly. Church Gist. He said, I know Jesus; I know the power behind Paul. If Jesus asks me to get out, I will get out. If Paul asks me to get out I will get out – not because of Paul but because of Jesus behind him. 1 Samuel 22:1-2 – the implication is clear: the debtors were saying, as long as David is our captain, if you want to come and collect your money by force you will have to deal with David first and David was a giant killer.
Now, if you stick to your Commander in chief, you will soon become like him. 2 Samuel 23:8-end. David killed only one giant called Goliath but Goliath had 4 brothers and the 4 were killed by David’s men. Church Gist. Please pay attention to my word tonight. I’m believing God for someone: tonight, your victory will come at last. 2 Samuel 21:15-22; 2 Corinthians 3:18.
The Lord asked me to pause a little and talk to you about 2 testimonies we heard tonight: one pastor testified that by this time last year, he was in a big storm. The Word of God came that the storm was over. Church Gist. Before Christmas, the storm was over. God asked me to tell someone here tonight, you won’t have to wait till Christmas, your own storm will be over tonight!
He also asked me to comment a little about that testimony concerning one member of the choir. God spoke from this mountain that there’ll be no death and then the doctors said, the baby in her womb was dead. Church Gist. But she said, ah ah, that’s not what my Daddy said. So Daddy asked me to tell someone: that fearful report of the doctor, tear it up because He asked me to tell you, your sun will not set in the afternoon.
2 Corinthians 3:18. So your commander in chief said in John 14:12 – “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.” Church Gist. As the Lord who called me lives, you will not leave here like you came in Jesus’ name!
The first time that our commander in chief spoke, the first time God made a statement in Genesis 1:1-3, he said, let there be light and there was light. Daddy spoke to me this afternoon while I was praying. He said when he said let there be light, he didn’t whisper. It was a command but he was loud and clear. Church Gist. He told me that if I just take a look at John 11:39-44, when Lazarus had been dead 4 days and Jesus was calling him out, Jesus didn’t speak quietly. The Bible said he cried with a loud voice – Lazarus come forth and the irreversible was reversed. I want to encourage to stand up on your feet and roar, let there be light!
I want to rejoice with you because just as you were shouting, something shifted in the spiritual realm. Church Gist. I want to beg you, I’m sure by now you must have realized that this Congress is not like the other ones, just like a baby, with all your strength, shout hallelujah!
You see, it may sound to some of you as child’s play but when there’s going to be an earthquake, one way we know is that there’s noise, deep down in the earth before the eruption. Church Gist. When an aeroplane is about to take off, there’s noise. Could you just do something? Because your takeoff is about to begin. Can you just bear with me, be like a baby again tonight, stand on your feet and shout hallelujah! Amen.
You’ll have to pray for me so I’ll be able to preach. Now, before God spoke in that text Genesis 1:1-3, the Bible tells us that after God made the Heaven and the earth, certain conditions were there. It said the earth was without form and then, of course, darkness was upon the face of the deep. Church Gist. So, we know there’s a link between the formlessness and the emptiness. Formless, without form is interpreted by Bible Scholars to mean confused. There was confusion and wherever darkness is, there’s bound to be confusion. I mean, for example, in the story of the woman with the issue of blood in Mark 5:25-34. Ah! Thank you Father. Church Gist. Daddy asked me to tell somebody from now on, no more confusion. In Mark 5:25-34, we have a classical example of what we could call confusion. There was this lady, she was maturing, then she began to menstruate. I’m sure she must have been glad, I’m reaching maturity, one of these days, I’ll be married and I’ll be having my own children. Thank you Father.
- Daddy asked me to tell someone, you already passed the age of child bearing but as the Lord lives, by this time next year, you’ll bring your children!
When a woman is menstruating, 4-5 days, the whole thing will stop at least until next month but in the case of this woman, the blood just kept flowing. Church Gist. What was supposed to be a blessing became a curse. And then she went from one doctor to another doctor to another doctor, nobody needs to tell you that she was confused.
- if there’s anyone here whose blessing seems to be turning to a curse, in the name that’s above every other name, in your life, confusion is over!
So, let there be light means let there be no more confusion. But then, confused can also mean stormy. Church Gist. Means, there’s a storm because whenever there’s a storm actually, it means, the wind that is normally to be blowing gently, cooling everybody, the water that is supposed to be just its own thing, all of a sudden, the two of them will combine and create a problem. When you read Acts of the Apostles 27:18-44, you’ll discover that there’s a link between darkness and storms. When Paul was on the voyage, a Storm came and he said, there was no light for days. Church Gist. When there’s darkness, there’ll be storms but it takes only one Word from our Commander-in-Chief to end all storms. Mark 4:35-41, when Jesus Christ told His disciples, let’s go over to the other side and he was laying in the ship and he was asleep and a storm came, definitely, there’s confusion here. There’s confusion because the disciples will be asking themselves, “what’s going on? What Jesus Christ said, we’re to go to the other side, not that we’re going to sink”. Church Gist. Number two, “how can the Son of God be sleeping in the boat and yet there’s a storm, we could remember what one of them said, “Master, don’t you care that we perish?” Occasionally, you as a child of God has found yourself in one situation or the other, you’re beginning to wonder, “God, where are you?” Everyone of you who are in a situation where you’re asking, “God, where are you?” He will answer you today! My Father asked me to tell you emphatically that today, in your life, the storm is over!
But that’s not all, before God said, “let there be light”, the earth was not only formless, confused, stormy, the Bible said it was void, that means empty. Until God spoke and said, “let there be light”, that is when fullness came. Church Gist. If you read from Genesis 1:20-22. That’s when everything began to come in abundance. I know many nations of the world are going through financial problems, but I have the authority of my Father in Heaven to tell you irrespective of what is happening, you’ll never lack again!
Now, when God says, “let there be light”, if He says, “let there be light” to an individual, several things will follow. I’ve preached on Mark 10:46-52 several times because the only thing that really happened to Bartimaeus that day was that Jesus Christ spoke and said ‘let there be light’. Church Gist. If God says to you and I believe He’ll say so tonight, if He says let there be light in your life, one of the things that will happen is that stagnation will end. Bartimeus couldn’t move, he had been on one spot for years, no promotion unless he wants to become chief beggar but the moment God said, ‘let there be light’ to Bartimeus, he never even begged again. Church Gist. He threw away the garment of poverty.
- In the name of the One who arranged this meeting, your promotion begins!
- your poverty in any form whatsoever comes to an end tonight.
And you know there was one beautiful testimony that we heard tonight about one sister who danced to the altar and now has a wonderful man for a husband. See, when God says, ‘let there be light’, your days of loneliness will be over. Church Gist. Because Bartimeus was a lonely man, you know, when he was asking Jesus for light, all the people around him were asking him to shut up, he had no friends but the moment light came, the moment God decided He was going to speak light into his life, even the enemies became friends.
- I decree to someone tonight, all those who have been blocking your way to breakthrough, they’ll become your friends!
If God says let there be light to a family, it means the storms in the family will be over. Matthew 17:14-18. Church Gist. The Bible tells us the story of a man who came to Jesus, came to the Disciples first, they were not able to help, then came to Jesus. It told the story of a child who had been tormented by forces of darkness from birth. You can imagine the torment of that father. How many times the devil had tried to throw the boy into fire, throw the boy to water to destroy. Church Gist. Occasionally, when we hear testimonies and I see the way some of us react, I always wonder, “did you really follow the story?” When that woman was testifying about the girl that had cancer of the eye, I was trembling. Church Gist. Imagine if that is your baby and you’re saying, ‘what’s going on Lord? What kind of storm is this? Watching as the doctor said, the cancer will eat up the eye, the eye will come out of the socket. God! And then, my Father stepped in and He said, “let there be light!” And the eye that was supposed to go blind, the eye that was supposed to come out of the socket is now what we can see, everything normal. Church Gist. I thought we’d roar, jump up and dance and shout.
In Matthew 15:21-28, a woman came to Jesus Christ and said, “have mercy on me. My daughter is grievously vexed of the devil”. Church Gist. The woman was not the one sick but she couldn’t have peace because her daughter was mad. Ah. That’s why when the Lord said, “I can’t give the bread of children to dogs”, she said, “dog or no dog, I’m not moving, I have no plan B”. Thank God for those who don’t have problems with our children but there are problems in the world, there are problems in many families. Church Gist. There are parents of children who are stealing and into drugs. There are parents, they can’t even tell the Pastor what the problem is.
- But I stand on this altar tonight and I decree in the name that’s above every other name, every storm in your family is over!
When a man grabs his father and smash him to the wall. The father, “ah! Me? I’m your father”. He said, “yes”. Church Gist. “Why are you doing this to me?” “I just want to show you I’m stronger than you”. That’s a storm.
- But after tonight, in all your homes, there’ll be no more storms.
When God says, “let there be light”, to you, it could mean that in your career, there’ll be no more fruitless efforts. Church Gist. When we get to Heaven, I’ll love to corner Peter, you know over there, we have plenty of time, no night there. I’ll say,”Peter, tell me, what really happened that day when you fished all night and the Lord came into your boat? Tell me the truth, what was going on in your mind because I can guess”. He fished and failed all night. Church Gist. I believe the Lord met him there at the beach that morning because he was afraid to go home because mother in-law was at home. How do you go home empty-handed after fishing all night? What must be going on in his mind, “now, I am still strong and I can fish all night and I’m already a total failure. Church Gist. What’s going to happen when I grow old?” But the Light of the world came into his boat and spoke a Word.
- All of you who have been struggling and you have nothing to show for it, today, in the name that’s above every other name, let there be light!
Those of you who are students, you can relate to this; exam is coming, you had prepared, very good student, you never miss classes, exam is coming, you read, you prepared, you did everything and then you got into the examination hall and you blanked out. Church Gist. I know it, it has happened to me before. You suddenly look at everything and all that you have learnt just seem to vanish.
- I decree in the name of my father in Heaven, all you students who are here you will fail no more!
Many of us who have been working, labouring for years, there’s nothing to show for it. It’s as if we are lazy but it’s because darkness has been there, hindering us, making sure that we will have no results. Church Gist. Before the Sun rises tomorrow, in your life, in your career, there will be light!
When God says, let there be light and it’s directed at your city, your town, your village, things will change. Do you know that some of the smallest villages are producers of almost all the great men you see in the world? Because there is something in the village that will not allow these big ones to stay. So many of them escape before forces of darkness could finish them. Church Gist. But if God can speak light into that village, things will change. In 2 Kings 2:19-22, the people of Jericho came to Elisha and said, “Sir, our city is beautiful as you can see but that’s all you see – the beauty on the surface. Deep down we have problems. There’s barrenness, there is death, there is sorrow…” The Man of God spoke on behalf of God and decreed that there’ll be no more death, there’ll be no more barrenness. I decree to all your villages, all your towns, from tonight onwards there will be light!
I pray that when God speaks light tonight, that light will cover our nations. You know, I said something during the Abuja Holy Ghost Service, which I’m not going to repeat because I nearly got into trouble for saying the truth. Church Gist. Certain things happen at least in my nation Nigeria that will cause you to wonder, “Are we under a curse?” There are nations that do not have all the resources we have and yet, they seem to be doing better than we are doing and it’s not as if … Let me leave that out. Let me just say, tonight, in the name that’s above every other name, there will be light in our nations!
Now the beauty of it all is this: your commander in chief can delegate power. He can say, “alright I’m the Commander in chief, what’s your name?”
“I’m corporal John.”
He says, alright, from now on I make you a general.
If the Commander in chief says so, it is so. May I decree to some soldiers here tonight, in the name that is above every other name, you’re now a general!
I’ve told you the story of something that happened in America. A couple of years ago, we were in a lift, myself, my wife and some of my children and then, my wife turned to a particular fellow there and said, “Pastor so and so…” and all the others said, he’s not a pastor. I smiled. The first lady had called him a pastor; from now on he is a pastor. Church Gist. There’s someone here tonight, it is already written in Heaven – you’re now a general. You want to ask me, how do I know? I didn’t plan that, it’s not in my notebook, if it came without my planning for it, it must have come from Heaven. There is someone here, from now on, you’re a general in the Army of God! If the devil doesn’t like it, let him go and sue God. Tell your neighbour, I’m sure I’m that general. Your Commander in chief can delegate powers. That’s where we are going tonight.
Your commander in chief said in Matthew 18:18, Bible scholars, those who really know the Bible – I’m just a small student – said what God was saying is: whatever you allow on Earth shall be allowed in Heaven. Church Gist. Whatever you disallow, shall be disallowed in Heaven. Today in the life of everyone of you, I disallow tragedy! I disallow sorrow! I disallow failure! I allow breakthrough!
In the name of our commander in chief, you’re going to make some decrees tonight. Job 22:21-28; Mark 16:17-18 – The first thing that he said he will deal with is forces of darkness. “In my name they will cast out devils.” Put it in another language, in my name they will decree, let there be light. Church Gist. So you’re going to do some decreeing tonight and you’re going to do those decreeing by faith because the Bible says, the just shall live by faith. You’re going to do those decrees as anointed soldiers of Christ and they’re going to be very serious decrees.
But before we begin that, because what we are about to do is extremely serious. If you’re here and you’re not a child of God and you’re beginning to make these decrees, the devil may look at you and say, I know Jesus. I know Pastor Adeboye. But who are you? Church Gist. So that you don’t get into trouble, if you’re not already a true child of God, you better come forward very quickly. Let the blood of Jesus Christ wash away your sins and then you will have the authority, the backing of Jesus Christ to make the decrees that you’re about to make tonight.
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