OVERFLOWING GREATNESS (II) by Pastor E. A. Adeboye

This is a continuation of Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye's message of October 3.

6. EXCEEDINGLY GREAT

Then the sixth one is EXCEEDINGLY GREAT and we will see that example in the case of Jacob, Genesis 30:40-43 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.

The man became exceedingly great. To become exceedingly great requires a special act of the covenant keeping God; because the way that Jacob became exceedingly great could be traced back to Genesis 28:10-22. When he was running away from home and had a dream, you remember the dream? He slept, he saw a ladder going to heaven, angel ascending, descending, and God spoke to him and said I am the God of your father Abraham, not Isaac now, God of your father Abraham. Abraham is the one I had a covenant with and because of that covenant I had with Abraham, I will make you exceedingly great. What was it that God did? God just gave him an idea, one single idea; if any animal is pregnant and you put this kind of wood before the animal, this is the kind of children the animal will produce. That is the idea! And using that idea, Jacob became exceedingly great. I can give you several examples of people who are exceedingly great. Am happy my children said that greatness is not necessarily a function of material possession; you can have all the money in the world and be useless. As they say where I came from; you can go to hell with your money, you are not the one feeding me, the one who is feeding you is the one who can begin to control. But don’t let us deceive ourselves there is no greatness in poverty.

The messenger who says he is greater than the manager is deceiving himself, correct or not? So there is this man who was just going on a stroll and he saw a factory and he asked his driver, I think he was driving around in his Rolls Royce and then he saw a factory. And believe me honestly if somebody had a Rolls Royce he must be considered great in the sense of material now. He said“what factory is that, that is so dirty?” The driver said “that is the factory where they made Rolls Royce, he said what? The factory where they made my car is this dirty?” He said “drive me there”. So he went to the factory and said I want to see the owner of this factory. They took him to the office of the big man. So he said to the man, “I want to buy this factory” The man said “either you are drunk or you are crazy, I mean because even the product from this factory, each one cost a fortune and you want to buy?” The man said, “I am buying the entire business”. The man told him, “who told you I need money, who told you I want to sell? He said “Listen to me I will make you an offer you cannot refuse”. Less than one hour later, the owner of factory has signed it off. Power passes power, Greatness passes greatness.

There is someone here tonight, when they talk about you, they will say your greatness is an exceeding one.

7. OVERFLOWINGLY GREAT

The final one is OVERFLOWINGLY GREAT; and the good example for that is Joseph. That is why I read Genesis 50:15-20, when God uses a single man to keep the whole world alive, that is overflowing greatness, you see because somebody said; Joseph made Egypt great, because Genesis 41:57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

The Lord says there is someone here tonight, He said I promise you, I will not let you down.

You know occasionally you go to a meeting and you go to a meeting burdened, because you have a problem that only God can solve and you do not even see how you can get out of the tight corner in which you find yourself. In addition, it has happened to me before several years ago; I had a big problem and I did not know how I will win the battle, it was a tough battle. And so we were going to have a program in London and somebody was going to speak before I speak, and I just kept crying within me; Lord speak to me I want to hear from You. And the man got up and was talking on something and all of a sudden he branched off and said that brethren, do you know that, the summary of the book of revelation is that at last we win. In addition, I know that is God is talking to me.

At last I win! In addition, God has spoken to me again tonight and He may have spoken to somebody else too.

But God is saying I promise you, I will not let you down.

Daddy says there is someone here tonight, He said I assure you, you will not stop rising.

Overflowing greatness can only come to you by the act of a God who gives visions and fulfill them.

Therefore, I want to encourage the youth tonight, you remember we spoke yesterday and those of you who were not around maybe you try and get the tape of last night. When God gives you a vision, if it’s a vision from God it is not likely to make sense. It will be so big, it will not make human sense, but if it’s from God, it will come to pass.

So I am saying to all my children; particularly those of you with big dreams do not let the dreams die because they shall come to pass.

The conclusion that I have in my note had been mentioned by one of my children. The greatest secret of overflowing greatness is Holiness. In addition, like I told you yesterday, God who is the ultimate Author of greatness is a holy God. If you ask Him, Almighty God gives us just one word by which you want to be known?

It is the word HOLY. The angles keeps crying holy, holy, Lord God Almighty. They have been crying it before the world began and they are still crying it right now. In fact I have asked the questions before; Father can’t these angel sing another song? He said that is the one I want to hear - Holy, Holy Lord God Almighty. That is why I am appealing to every one of us believing God for the kind of greatness that will overflow, the greatness that will turn you to a blessing, not just to people in your local government but to people all over the world. You must be holy, that is it. We have held a whole congress on that topic before, we call it the MASTER KEY; it opens the door to every other things. If only you are determined to be holy, and if you are determined to be holy, God will make it possible. Because, Holiness is very easy. Holiness as far as you are concern is simple, just obey God, that is all. Obey Him in everything, when He asks you to sit down, sit down. Stand up; stand up. Witness; witness. Follow up, do it. Give your offering cheerfully; give it. Pay your tithe; pay all. Honor me with your first fruit, go ahead and do it. Holiness simply means obedience. That is why I have no problem with Holiness, I just obey my Commander in Chief and I have seen the results and I am telling you, you go into a life of holiness and very soon the world will know that the Almighty God can turn nothing to something.

He can take next to nothing; the lunch of a boy and turn it to something that can feed thousands with left over. He can take little in a single night and promote that little to become a king. And when he chooses you to be great, nobody can stop you. Like one of my sons said, if your making is of God, no human being can break you. Believe God for every one of you who are here tonight and everyone who is younger that I am is a youth. Therefore, if you are younger than seventy-two you are a youth but if you are older than seventy-two then you are old.

However, I am speaking to all the youth here tonight, in the Name that is above every other name, in the name of my God, the Lord Jesus Christ; you shall be over flowingly great.

PRAYER POINTS

1. Father, Please do not let me be the enemy of my own greatness.

2. Father, every enemy of my greatness Lord, physical or spiritual demolish tonight

3. Father, myself my children, my grandchildren, let our greatness be known to the world.

In the Name that is above every other name, all your prayers shall be answered. You will not be the enemies of your own greatness. And every enemy of your greatness physical or spiritual, whether they are from your father’s house or from your mother’s house, from your husband house, from your wife’s house, every enemies of your greatness shall be destroyed tonight. Your greatness shall be known all over the world and your children will be greater than you and their children will be greater than they.

From now on in every generation, following you there shall be overflowing greatness. So shall it be in Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed. Amen.

Let someone shout hallelujah!

OVERFLOWING GREATNESS (I) by Pastor E. A. Adeboye

Text: Genesis 15:15-20 

I want to talk on the fact that Greatness can be in degrees. For example, like one of my sons mentioned; the Local Government (County) Chairman is a great man in his local government, the governor is a great man in his state, the president is a great man in his nation, but when presidents meet some presidents are more equal than others. You may not believe this but we have The Redeemed Christian Church of God in all manners of countries, including a country where they have twenty (20) police men and five (5) prisoners. And the prisoners are allowed to go home on weekends. That will tell you how big that prison must be, but the country has a president and the president is recognize by the united nation. So greatness is in degrees!

1. NOTHING

Degrees number one will be those you considered insignificant or those who could be called NOTHING. In I King 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. There was a man mentioned there called Elijah, the Bible says Elijah the Tishbite of the inhabitant of Gilead, they did not mention his father’s name. Among the Jews for you to be mentioned and your father’s name omitted it’s a way of saying you are nothing. However when the Almighty God takes nothing, He can change it to something. He can pick somebody like Elijah who was considered as nothing and turn him to somebody who can call down fire from heaven. When we talk about insignificant; I just tell you a story, I heard the story I don’t know whether it’s true or not. A sister in search of a husband; prayed to God; God, just send me someone anyone, and she finished praying. Not long after that a brother in the church came to her and said “thus said the Lord, you are the one I am going to marry”. The sister said “Oh God, I said someone, not something” am sure that explains what am talking about.

But if there is anyone here today who could be regarded as something not someone, my Father will intervene on your behalf in Jesus name.

2. NEXT TO NOTHING

The next degree of greatness is what you could call NEXT TO NOTHING. You are not absolutely nothing but they are not too far from next to nothing. You see a good example in Mark 10:46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. It tells us about Bartimaeus the beggar. But they mentioned the name of his father; Bartimeaus the son of Timeaus. He was a beggar, poor, wretched and blind, but at least he came from a home that is regarded as something. So he was next to nothing, but of cause you know by the time the Almighty God finished with him, he became a center of attraction. So, when you put something that is next to nothing to the hands of the Almighty God, He can make something out of nothing.

And if there is anyone here tonight that could be regarded as next to nothing, before the sun rises my Father will change you to something in Jesus name.

3. A LITTLE

Category three is A LITTLE in 1 Samuel 9:21 And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?, we hear a man talking; his name is Saul, He said; I am a Benjamite of the smallest tribe in Israel and my family is the least of all families in Benjamin. Everything about him is little; little family, in a little tribe, in a little nation. But by the time the Almighty God has poured His oil on him, the one who was little became a king.

And I am prophesying to someone here today too, right now you might be little but before you die the world will hear about you.

4. GREAT

Category four is GREAT in Genesis 24:34-35. Someone was speaking and he said I am Abraham servant; and the Lord has blessed my master greatly. Abraham was great but how did he become great? Like one of my children said, greatness comes only from God. It is by divine choice (Genesis 12:1-3). God just decided of all the families around in the land where Abraham was, He just said I choose this one; I am going to make this one great. Psalm 115:3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. Says our God is in the heaven, He does as He pleases. He can choose anyone and make Him great.

I have a feeling that He is already looking in this crowd for someone that he will chose.

5. VERY GREAT

Category five is VERY GREAT. We see that example in Isaac. Genesis 26:1 -13. He sowed in the time of famine and he became very great, but we can look at Isaac to discover the secret of his becoming very great and we will find out that is it rooted in Genesis 22:1-18. When God said to Abraham, I want you to go and sacrifice your son, your only son Isaac which thou loveth. Isaac was a first fruit sacrifice. He was a young man who was hundred percent submissive to his father. He was a son who made even a greater sacrifice than his father, because when God told Abraham to go and sacrifice Isaac; it is easy to go and kill somebody else, it is more difficult if you are the one to be killed as a sacrifice. Isaac made a greater sacrifice than his father and he became greater than his father. One of my sons says you start where your father ends, beautiful definition! 

However, I hope you understand the full meaning of that; it means if the sacrifice of your father is great, your own sacrifice must be greater. Glory be to God. And I know a man that could be called very great at least from the perspective of financial blessings. The mother was a great woman; she was the leader of the market women in a particular town. But the boy happen to be the only son; built on the wealth of the mother and I mean he built, he worked hard, he wasn’t a spoilt brat, he did everything, he did much, much more than his mother did and he became so rich that by the time of his death in faraway Australia, he had at least 56 million dollars in the bank there, not to talk of London or America.

I have told you about him before, he was the man who was driving in Yaba some time and his car tire was flat and while the driver was trying to change the tire, he went for a little stroll and then saw the branch of a bank and said I remember this branch, I kept some money here about ten years ago. So he went in and said, “I want to see the manager” and they say “the manager is not in” but the cashier said “can I help you?” he said “I kept some money here ten years ago, I want to find out how much interest has accrued”, the cashier said“sir, how long ago?”, he said “ten years ago”, and how much is the money? He said “eight million pounds sterling”. Now the man who can forget 8 million pounds sterling for ten years, I think you have a rough idea of what we are talking about.

I am here prophesying to someone, I am not saying you will forget your money, but I am prophesying to someone that a day will come in your life, if you withdraw your money from a branch of a bank, that branch will close down.

The Lord said there is someone here tonight, he said those who called you the backward one, will soon call you the foremost one.

Divine Connection Appreciates YOU

Dear One:

I am excited that I rose above the grief of losing my mentor, mother and matriarch - Deaconess Ibiyemi Oluremi Asake Famuyiwa nee Odu to continue the vision she was a BIG part of. Today as I commemorate her birth posthumously, I send you a report of the previous DC Breakfast Meeting held at Crowne Plaza in Englewood, New Jersey on November 8, 2014.

Awesome! That's the word that captures the Divine Connection Breakfast Meeting (DC-BM). Working class mature singles from different churches including MFM, Times Square Church, Faith Fellowship and of course RCCG, 10 excellent ministers including 1 Provincial Pastor and 1 Zonal Coordinator. Great life-changing ministration, delicious breakfast, information packed folder, a goodwill message of hope from Pastor Toyin Laoye - the first female pastor in the entire RCCG North America... An offer of partnership and sponsorship from the guest minister, an offer of support by a couple of ministers and guests, testimonies of deliverance and healing and a prophecy that Divine Connection would become a regional event! 

Indeed, my team and I are humbled by God's grace and glory upon the work He has committed into my hands. I was still basking in the euphoria of what God has done when my pastor called to offer us partnership for subsequent events!

I call you not friends but brothers and sisters because I recognize we couldn’t have done it without you. I extend my thankfulness and appreciation to you for participating. The icing on the cake for me are the guests that approached me to offer support to the ministry. One of the guests who received a sponsored ticket came to me after the event to say, “"I really should pay for this!" 

I assure you that all that happened occurred because God sent us financial help and some of us committed to praying and God stepped in. Many asked whether the prayer line would continue but this is up to you. Let me hear from you if we should continue the prayer line on a weekly basis and of course daily in the week of an upcoming event. I suggest we retain the Whatsapp group, this will serve as a medium of informing you. DC has a Facebook presence, please feel free to join using this link - Divine Connection (DC).

To the glory of God and with the support of our partners, we were able to offer sponsorship to 80% of the guests, 10% were offered part sponsorship and only 10% of those who attended paid the full rate of $30. Those who went the extra mile in helping us plan the event received book gifts. All our ministers arrived on time and waited through the event to counsel those who needed one on one ministration.

We are at the verge of setting up the USA Committee. If you are led to be a part of the committee, please send an email. If you desire that DC partners with your local church to organise a similar event in your church, please send an email.

Our next event in the USA would be planned for 50-100 mature singles. It would be scheduled for between February and March 2015. Please feel free to suggest venue, theme and those we may consider inviting as guest speakers and those we can approach for partnership and/or sponsorship. If you desire to order more copies of Eden Magazine, What Is Wrong With Us (the book that led to my marital breakthrough at 38) and the Divine Connection Devotional for Singles and/or wish to be part of the USA DC Committee or wish to sponsor, please contact the undersigned.

Before then, we are partnering with our partners to host DC Breakfast Meeting in Tabernacle of David in Ajah, Lagos (Nigeria) and Pavilion of Redemption, Houson, Texas (USA). Updates will be posted on our Facebook page.

Feel free to visit our sites Divine Connection, DC HOMES, CGN Books, DC Host. The first link has inspiring messages that can lift your spirit. Please note that most of the materials visible this week will focus on Sunday School as part of our Sunday School Awareness Campaign, a project my husband is involved in in our local church. But messages for and about mature singles can be accessed via the side links and archive of the first link.

I would love to receive your feedback. Kindly use this survey link. Be sure to add any ideas, suggestions or comments you have for us.

Your marital journey is on cruise and I’m glad to be a part of it! On behalf of the DC Team, I welcome you to a vision that is bigger than the sum of our strength!

Omolola Omoteso

DC, Host

The Root of Marital Delay

Divine Connection (DC) is ministry to mature single male and female above 25 years. I strongly believe God ordered you here tonight for a divine connection experience. Even as you have joined the prayer channel tonight, I pray the Lord will open the secrets of marital breakthrough to you in Jesus name.

There are three major reasons a Christian may experience delay 

1. It could be God and the only antidote is the prayer of mercy. You will recollect that it was said in the Bible that God closed Hannah’s womb. She had no way out of this quagmire other than to plead her case with God. If God is the architect of you delay, please go to him and continue to humbly pray the prayer of mercy. 

2. You could be operating under a known or unknown curse. Peradventure you promised to marry someone and after you changed your mind you never went back to break the tie or someone you jilted is so upset that a curse was placed on you, for this, the way out is the prayer of deliverance. You can pray it yourself or ask to be referred to a deliverance minister. 

3. The number three reason a Christian may experience delay is self; yes you may be in your own way. It is for this reason we carry out counselling, organise seminars and do one on one counsel for those who sign up. If you are in your own way, biblical counsel will help you discover how and guide you to make lifestyle changes that would guide you towards marital breakthrough.

Divine Connection’s vision is to empower you for marital breakthrough. Come Saturday we would be meeting at Crowne Plaza in Englewood. Our guest ministers include Pastor Jumoke Arasanyin. We are trusting God that Pastor Kunle Omotoso will attend to lead us in the prayer of deliverance. They will be joined by other ministers of God who would counsel us to discover the root of our delay. Brethren, as they minister to us, every stronghold against your being joyfully married will be broken and we will celebrate the birth of new homes in Jesus name.

The event will start by 9AM and end at noon but you will have an opportunity to wait behind for one on one counsel and for social networking. We ask that you come fasted. Hot breakfast will be served.

Matthew 6:33 says, But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. When you seek God's kingdom in holiness, be rest assured He will meet you at the point of your need. Many women went to the well that day but it was Rebecca that was divinely connected. Someone said to me, it’s not like we would have a balance of gender on that day but brethren, you don’t need two men or three women, all you need is a divinely ordained person who can connect to you in special way. 

In 2009, I attended a retreat in far away Georgia. While there, I was introduced to a woman of God who became my divine connector. I could have turned up my nose; after all it is a man I need to meet not a woman! The man I would marry was not there just like it wasn’t Isaac that went to the well but that meeting became a destiny changer. By 2011 I was married. I beg you in the name of God, when you attend events for Christian singles, don’t go looking for that one man or that one woman, be there to meet The One who is able to translate this one meeting into marriage for you.

Together we will create joyful HOMES including yours in Jesus name!