Ancient word, infallible, immutable; we thank You Father for Your awesome presence in our midst this morning; thank You because before we came, You were already here waiting for us; thank You because You are here to open our heavens, and so we pray in the name of Jesus that in the life of each and every one of Your children here today, You will perform Your wonders, You will give credence to Your word, You will fulfill Your promise in the mighty name of Jesus.
I pray, as Your people have come with tremendous expectations, I pray oh God Almighty that none of their expectations shall be cut off in Jesus name. You have promised to give us nations and You are not a man that will lie, nor the son of man that will repent, therefore Lord, I pray in the name of Jesus that every promise You have made concerning each and every one of us, Father today, let them find fulfillment in Jesus name.
For every one saying amen, it shall be well with you; for every one that is saying amen, God will strengthen your faith to receive today; and for every one that is saying amen, God will continue to be the lifter of your head. Whatever it is that has followed you to this place today, that has been causing you heartache, because you are here, never again will you see them in Jesus name.
God will speak to you, the word will impact you and the word will change your life for better, and at the end of everything today, all of us will have cause to shout for joy, so shall it be in the name of God the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Blessed be the name of the Lord forever, in Jesus matchless name we have prayed.
It is with great joy in my heart that I welcome everyone of you to the last Sunday in the month of June; not only that today is the last Sunday, it is also the last day in the month of June and June, of course as you know is the end of the first half of the year. And I want to tell you without any fear of contradiction that it doesn’t matter how the situation has been with you this first half, by the grace of God, the second half shall be better. How did I know? The Bible says the glory of the latter house shall be shall be greater than the former, so I have it in good authority that second half of this year will be more pleasurable and will be more glorious; everything you lay your hands upon shall be blessed and you will not eat the bread of affliction in the mighty name of Jesus.
So I welcome every one of you and I say good morning to all our daddies, mommies, brothers and sisters, today is your day, you will not leave here without receiving your own miracle in the name of Jesus. Thank you for making Christ the Lord Parish your place of choice for worship, and I pray that our God will continue to reach out to you and will continue to treat you fine and make you happy for the rest of your life in the name of Jesus.
By the grace of God tomorrow, we’ll be here by 6:30 for our usual prayer chain, and the theme for tomorrow is ‘Changing Your Destiny Through Faith’, the text is 1st Chronicles 4: 10, so I look forward to seeing every one of you as you come to pray the prevailing prayer and God of heaven will surely answer our prayers in Jesus name.
In the course of this service, palliatives will be given to indigents among us; it is our own little way of actually reaching out particularly at a time like this. I don’t need to overstate the fact that things are tough out there, the number of beggars on the streets of the country is increasing on daily basis, but my prayer for every one of you today is that you will not be one of them in the mighty name of Jesus.
But the fact remains that even from the time immemorial, we were made to understand that we’ll always have the needy among us, so that’s to let you know that what is happening is not so strange, the best we can do is Father, don’t let me be a beggar, don’t let me be a needy. The people we are catering to today are also not beggars, they didn’t come to us to ask for it, we just decided on our own volition looking at the situation around just to bridge that gap, it’s a temporary measure but we pray that Jehovah Jireh, the Lord our Provider will provide for every one of you in the name of Jesus.
I would like to seize this opportunity to thank all our partners, all the donors; as at the day I stood here to make that announcement, we were actually having 2 million or thereabout, but as at today, I think the provision costs us about 14.5 million naira, and as at today, I think we’ve been able to raise about 18 million naira. So in other words, the deal is done and as we speak we have a balance, but the balance we have we’ll keep it, and by September we’ll come back to you to raise more funds so that we can do it again, and the Lord will continue to bless every one of you, none of you will beg for food in the mighty name of Jesus.
I shared with the workers this morning something that shocked me, somebody sent ₦3,000 and that shows the heart; there are people who gave us millions, God will bless you all; there are those who gave us thousands, but somebody gave us ₦3,000, and that resonates with the fact that those who help most times are not the rich, but rather those who have that heart – that altruistic heart, that heart of empathy for others. My prayer is that God will reach out to every one of you and fill every gap of your life in Jesus name.
The palliatives will be shared after the second service, so if you are here for palliatives, wait till after the second service and let me tell you, I brought in more police today, the reason is just to ensure orderliness in view of the experience we had in March; some people became so unruly, they broke one of our windows, they nearly brought down the gate, if you try that today, like I said last week, you’ll have the police to contend with, I’ve told them not to engage any firearms but any other measure is good for you, but I want to believe that all of you that are involved will follow the instructions that will be given. We’ll all assemble in a hall after the second service, then we’ll queue on a line as we’ll be directed so that we can have a seamless distribution of the palliatives, once again I pray God will bless you.
Next week Sunday is our thanksgiving service day and as we all know, it’s always a three in one service: we have our first course before we wait for the main course usually served by the General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, and after that we’ll have our thanksgiving, then the second service, so in the spirit of celebration, we decided that you are free to dress down, wear your best and come to the presence of the Lord to celebrate His goodness at least particularly for the first half of the year, and you know when you thank Him for the first half of the year, it means that you are loading your heaven against the second half, and like we said before, the second half will be glorious beyond your expectation in the name of Jesus.
Deuteronomy 28: 12 & 13, Bible says “The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them”. May God bless the reading and the hearing of His words in the name of Jesus Christ.
I’m sure you are all aware that this month (that is rounding up today) is declared as our month of Open Heaven, and I remember specifically on the third Sunday of the month, our Pastor, Pastor Tunde Jenrola spoke to us extensively about Open Heaven and I recall one of the things he said was that an open heaven is not a place or a location, and of course he went further to tell us how we can actually position for open heaven among other things he said that day.
By the grace of God today, I will be talking to us on the ‘Benefits of Open Heavens’. Brethren, the concept of open heaven actually denotes the presence of God being poured out over the lives of the children of God, a nation, a church or any assembly. Moments of open heaven are usually characterized by revival, outpouring blessings and manifestation of God’s glory and power.
It is my prayers today that the windows of heaven will be open; it is my prayer for every one of you under the influence of my voice including those who are here physically and those who are listening to us online, that the windows of heaven shall be open unto you in the mighty name of Jesus. You will all experience miracles; the sick will experience healings, breakthroughs, abundance of blessings in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
In Genesis 27: 25 – 29, the Bible says “And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank. 26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed: (I pray in the name of Jesus that from today, your smell will be like the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed).
28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: 29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee”. Here we find Isaac prayed for Jacob; the dew as captured in that prayer is a symbol of restoration. I have it in good authority this morning that everything that is dead in your life will come back to life, and every good thing that you have lost shall be restored.
In Isaiah 26: 19, the Bible says “Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead”. I decree today in the name of Jesus that everything that is dead in your life will come back to life; everything that is dead in your academics will come back to life in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Just as the earth brings forth its dew, so also shall it bring back to life everything that is dead – dead business, dead wounds, dead finance(s), everything that is dead including your health, by reason of the dew of heaven, they will come back to life today in Jesus name.
Brethren, I also searched my Bible and discovered again that dew is associated with manna, and that you’ll find in Exodus 16: 13 – 21, we’ll find out that the dew is also associated with manna and when you talk about manna, you talk about food. I decree in the name of Jesus that from today, there shall be open heaven of abundance of blessing, open heaven of abundant supplies for you and your family in the mighty name of Jesus Christ
The dew of heaven also indicates rain in due season in the right proportion. We had a program and we needed to pray for clement weather and as we were praying, everybody was binding and loosing, ‘rain must not fall and all that’, I said this is the season for the rain, the only thing we’ll pray is that the rain at a time like this should not go beyond proportion, because God has promised us that He will give us rain in its due season. And I pray in the name of Jesus that for every one of you under the influence of my voice, your rain of joy will fall, your rain of favor will fall, your rain of breakthrough will fall in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
Leviticus 26: 4, it says “Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit”. What God is saying here is that from today, God will crown your efforts with success in the mighty name of Jesus; you will not fish in shallow waters in the mighty name of Jesus; you will not farm on a shallow ground in the mighty name of Jesus, and the earth will not swallow your seed without results in the mighty name of Jesus.
You know the story/parable of the Sower; he went to sow, the Bible says one fell on the road path, of course, the bird came and devoured it; one fell on the rocky ground, of course that one struggled and struggled, but because it could not penetrate, there was no show; another one fell among the thorns, that one grew but it was choked. I decree in the name of Jesus that with effect from today, your seed will not fall on the path, it will not fall on the rocky ground and it will not fall among the thorns. From today, every seed that you sow will fall on the good soil; little effort with great results, that will be your testimony in the name of Jesus.
So open heaven is a season of blessing, when the revelation is bountiful through the awesome power of God; it’s a time for the people of God to experience divine visitation and God’s supernatural presence in the midst of His people. My prayer for everyone of us today is that none of us will leave here without a revelation; none of us will leave here without divine visitation; divine visitation will bring divine revelation, and of course the awesome presence of God will bring ‘supernatural breakthrough’. Whatever it is that you have been praying for, today, the Lord will answer you for good in Jesus name.
But I need to let you know that open heaven is evident when we walk by faith, praise the Lord! And of course walking by faith brings the invisible to the visible; the Bible says faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen; it brings things from the spiritual dimension to the natural dimension and of course, from the supernatural to the natural. I pray in the name of Jesus that your testimony after today’s service will be of that dream fulfilled in the name of Jesus Christ. Brethren, it is only God that has the prerogative and the power to open heaven and it is up to you to key into it.
So very quickly because of our time, what are the benefits of open heaven?
- You have unlimited access to the treasures of heaven, Malachi 3:8 – 10.
“The Bible says “Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10 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”.
Also in Isaiah 45:1, it says “Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut”. I decree today in the name of Jesus that the gate of joy will not be shut against you; the door of breakthrough will not be shut against you, the door of favor will not be shut against you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Unto you the Lord will open the heaven, and when God opens the heaven, blessings will be poured out; today, you will be among those who will receive the blessings of God in Jesus name.
- There will be rain on your land on time and in the right proportion. The
same Leviticus 26: 4 & 5, it says “Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely”.
I decree that from today, you will live in satisfaction, you will not be hungry in the name of Jesus. It means that everything will follow in logical sequence, you’ll move from one level of abundance to the other, that is the plan of God, so a new you is emerging, a dominant you is emerging, a prosperous you is emerging because God is a God of His words.
The Bible makes it clear that He’s not a man that He will lie, neither is He the son of man to repent, and God cannot be incapacitated, whatever He stands to do is done and He who God keeps is kept, He who God saves is saved, no man can reverse His work, so a new you is emerging in the name of Jesus.
- The work of your hand shall be blessed, Deuteronomy 34:9. “And Joshua
the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the Lord commanded Moses”.
I pray in the name of Jesus that the hands of the Lord upon your life will provoke divine wisdom: wisdom to rule, wisdom to work, wisdom to possess the land in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
The Bible says Joshua was full of the spirit of wisdom, what led to it? Because at some point in time, Moses laid his hands upon him, today, by faith I want you to put your hands on your head (wherever you are, whether physical or online), I stand on this altar and I decree by the apostolic authority, just like Moses laid his hands on Joshua and he received the fullness of the spirit of wisdom, I declare this morning, receive that spirit in the name of Jesus Christ. Receive divine wisdom in the name of Jesus Christ; receive that divine anointing today in the name of Jesus Christ. And by that spirit, you are activated, your zeal is activated, passion is activated, the drive to go and succeed is activated, receive it today in the name of Jesus Christ, so shall it be, in Jesus name we have prayed.
- You will lend to many nations and you will rule over nations,
Deuteronomy 15:6. “For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee”. I decree from today, you will rule and reign in the name of Jesus. In your businesses, you will rule and reign; in your health, you will rule and reign, you will not be rising and falling in the mighty name of Jesus. You will not be victim of affliction in the mighty name of Jesus; everywhere you turn, the favor of God will announce you in the name of Jesus; and of course, favor will raise a voice for you in high places in the mighty name of Jesus, so shall it be.
- Not only that you will not borrow, but you will be free from debt, Job
41:11, and I decree today, every spirit of debt in your life is canceled; as many of you that are owing, God will make a way for you, you will pay off your debts and you will not borrow.
It says “Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine”. The Bible says the earth is of the Lord and the fullness thereof, when you are full, why must you go and ask somebody for something? It is when there is shortage that you will reach out to others to help, but when you are full you are full, and I pray in the name of Jesus that from today, you will be full in Jesus name.
- God will make you the head and not the tail; headship, I tell people, is
synonymous to leadership, and to be a leader means that you have to be in charge. I pray in the name of Jesus that from today, you will be in charge; financially, you will be in charge; maritally, you will be in charge; materially, you will be in charge; even in times of your emotional stability, you will be in charge.
Today, you will see people walking on the streets talking all alone, sometimes you have to look whether they have an earpiece but when you look closely, you’ll find out that no earpiece. If you drive now, you will see some people moving around the road, you better be careful, don’t think that person sees what is going on, this is a time that you need to think for others, but I pray in the name of Jesus, if you are here and you are actually under that situation, deliverance will come your way today in Jesus name.
Deuteronomy 28:13 we read said we shall be head and not the tail; it says we shall be above only and not beneath. And in Colossians 2:10, it says “And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power”; our completeness is in God, our completeness is not in ourselves, our completeness is not in our strength, our completeness is not in our financial capacity, but rather, our completeness is in Him and guess who He is, He is the head of power and principality
Let it be written, let it be engraved in your mind that from today, you will become untouchable. Have it at the back of your mind that you are already engraving it, it is stamped and nobody touches you anymore because God is there to fight for you and He will not leave you alone.
- Lastly, one of the benefits is that you will not suffer sickness or disease,
Deuteronomy 7:15, it says “And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee”.
See, haters are in trouble, all your haters are in a mess; all the diseases, all the sicknesses that you are aware of, (He said) I’m going to keep them far away from you, (He said) but I’m going to take them to your hater. Make sure you are not a hater of a child of God because that is one of the implication, because if God carries from somebody and you are the one that is taking it, God forbid, ori e o ni gba ibi, you will not be a dumping ground of evil. He says none will come near you, and when God says none, it is none.
Now the question is that how do you provoke open heaven?
Open heaven can be provoked by faith – faith in God, faith in the word of God, prompt obedience, sacrifice, prayers, fasting and praise & worship to mention a few, (the man of God shared all of these with you about two Sundays ago). Acting contrary to all these may lead to a closed heaven, and I pray in the name of Jesus that the heaven will not be closed over you in the name of Jesus.
Therefore, if you are here this morning and you desire open heaven, we’ve shared with you the benefits of open heaven which of course, every one of them is your right and it’s a right, benefits and provision that Christ has made for you, so if you are here and you have not really had that encounter with Christ today…
God wants to open your heaven for you because the heaven is loaded and God is at the point of unleashing His blessings, but guess what, the blessings will only be unleashed on those who carry His identity; those blessings will only be unleashed to those who have that symbol.
[Altar call]
Father in heaven we want to thank You; thank You Father Almighty God because You are the ancient word, You have spoken to us this morning and we pray Father that You’ll cause Your word to empower us for good in Jesus name.
For Your children that have come to You saying yes Lord, we give our lives to Christ, Lord receive them unto Yourself in Jesus name; write their names in the Book of Life in Jesus name. And for every one of us Father in the name of Jesus, open the windows of heaven and pour out Your blessings upon each and every one of Your children today like never before in Jesus name.
Give us of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth, plenty of corn and wine in the mighty name of Jesus.
By the apostolic authority, I decree this morning that your heaven is open, you will not suffer hunger, you will not know shame in the mighty name of Jesus. What is not enough in your life before today will become more than enough; your health shall be restored; your faith shall be restored; your light shall be rekindled; you will dwell in abundance; God will relieve you of every pain and grief and it shall be well with you.
I pray that everything that is dead in your life will come back to life in the mighty name of Jesus. And because you have all come to the One that owns the heaven, because you have all come to whom the earth and the fullness thereof belongs, I pray today that you will all become partakers of the benefits of open heaven in Jesus name.
Blessed be the name of the Lord forever; I pray that you will end this first half gloriously, you will end it graciously, you will end it with testimony and the second half that is fast approaching will be better than this one. So shall it be in the name of God the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. God bless you all.
