Father in the name of Jesus, we thank you for your grace and kindness. Thank you for 2010 THE YEAR OF THE GREATER LIGHT.
We thank you for the lives that we have touched around the world in this year. We also thank you for the opportunity and the privilege to walk with you in building lives all around the world with your word.
(Reverend Chris Oyakhilome now leads a special session of worship…………..)
TESTIMONY OF 2010
So tell me, how was 2010? I love you. I can tell that you just feel like praising the Lord again and again. At this time I know some countries are already in 2011 but we would make the announcement from here. So you relax.
2010 was a beautiful year as we were given the year of the greater light. For some people, it may not have been a beautiful year; but in our lives never allow the hurtful things that happen to us to overwhelm us. This life that God has given us is a life which we must give account to God for. Even when you hurt, remember that there are others who hurt also, you must be strong enough or comforted enough to be able to lift yourself enough to comfort others who hurt. You can always be hopeful and you can always be lively.
Our monthly first Sunday prayer and fasting programs and communion services will continue in the year 2011. That includes our monthly all night prayer meetings every last Friday of the month.
So Sunday the 2nd of January is our first communion service for the year.
(Clips are shown of the IPPC 2010 Awards Night)
Oh what a night! When the Holy Spirit is present and God tells you thank you – this is the most important award in the whole wide world – when the man of God says thank you for what you do in the house of God.
IT IS 2011 – HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
What would 2011 be like?
Well; happy New Year. Welcome to 2011. My life will bring God glory in 2011, and it shall be so.
This is 2011 right? In 2010 the Lord spoke to us, and the Lord is very interested in us. Remember he says for God so loved the world, the world of men, not the world of cars, cities.
At the beginning of 2010, we said to you that the year was the year of the greater light, and we read from Genesis 1:14-18.
THE GREATER LIGHT
Genesis 1:14-18 (King James Version)
14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16And God made two great lights; THE GREATER LIGHT TO RULE THE DAY, AND THE LESSER LIGHT TO RULE THE NIGHT: he made the stars also.
17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
I want you to notice the terminology of scripture. Notice it says God made two great lights. He made the greater light to rule the day, not just to shine in the day, but to rule the day. And there was also the lesser light to rule the night.
Psalm 136:1-9 (King James Version)
1O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
3O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
4To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.
5To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
6To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
7To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
8THE SUN TO RULE BY DAY: for his mercy endureth for ever:
9THE MOON AND STARS TO RULE BY NIGHT: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Now I read that to you just to introduce to you that those two great lights spoken about in the book of Genesis are the sun and the moon, because in Genesis he didn’t say the Sun and the moon, he just talked about two great lights. But now we see from scripture that really the greater light was called the greater light was called the sun and the lesser light the moon. And when we read in Genesis 1:16, he says the stars also, so He made the stars also to function in he night.
Now something very important, about these two great lights is that one of them doesn’t really have light of itself. The moon doesn’t have light of itself. The moon shines from the light of the sun. It gets its light from the sun, so it reflects its light from the sun. That means it really doesn’t have its own light, so in a sense the moon is not a light. But it is a light by the power of the sun.
Isn’t that wonderful? I think that’s remarkable. So who’s really ruling the day and the night? It’s the sun. Praise God, now that is a very important thing, I didn’t want you to miss that.
So when we got the message that 2010 was a year of the greater light, it was significant because it was ruling the day and the night.
THE GREATER TRUTH
And WE ALSO FOUND OUT WHILE SHARING THAT THE WORD OF GOD IS THE GREATER LIGHT. It says: ‘Thy word is truth”. The word of God is the greater light; His word is the greater light. His word is the real truth, the greater truth.
I told you about different kinds of lights and different kinds of truths. And light stands for truth. You see that?
So when we’re talking about lesser lights and greater lights, we’re also talking about lesser truths and greater truths.
So if the lesser light is given light by the greater light, it means the lesser light is ruled by the greater light, and so lesser truths are actually governed by greater truths.
For example when you are born again and you come to Christ, we talk about God healing your body. If you got sick this is the truth: that God would heal you, but it is a lesser truth. When you get healed and testify that ‘God has healed me’, it is a truth but it is a lesser truth. Because there is a greater truth and that greater truth is that: ‘‘now are we the sons of God’’. Are you following this? Now are we the sons of God – that means we are the sons of God now, that the spirit of God lives in us and has vitalized our mortal bodies. He said if the spirit of Him that raised up Christ from the dead dwells in you, that same spirit shall also vitalize your mortal body by His spirit that lives. That is the greater truth. That means your body is vitalized by God and there is no place for sickness. The greater truth is there shall be no sickness in the land.
When you come into Christ you come into a place called Christ, you come into Zion. You come into the city of the living God; you come into the heavenly Jerusalem that is here now in the spirit. You are in the kingdom now. You are an heir of God now, and he says all things are yours. You may be asking God for a good business, you may be asking God for money, asking God for a house, asking God for all kinds of things – those are lesser truths when God ministers them to you. Those are lesser truths when you decree that you’re going to have it or you decree that it’s going to happen. Those are all lesser truths.
There is a greater truth that declares that in the now of your life, all things are yours!
Now it takes spiritual understanding to come that point in your life where you function in the greater truth, where you function by the greater light. Your prayer life would change – you’re not going to be asking ‘oh God make it possible for me to have this’, ‘oh God make it possible for me to do this’. All those kind of things would not be in your prayers when you understand and function in the greater light.
And what God wanted us to do in 2010 was to begin to study more of God’s word understand it, digest it, and find our place in that greater light, because there was much more to come.
Oh it doesn’t matter what your experiences might have been in that year. You might have gone through certain things, but it was because you didn’t know who you really were. You didn’t know that you were supposed to be functioning in the greater light. You didn’t know.
And many Christians have been functioning by the lesser light, so they live their lives in the night of life. And in the night of life, there’s a lot of problems, in the night of life there’s a lot of difficulties. In the night of life there’s a lot of hardship. There’s a lot of confusion in the night of life, and so things happened that you don’t understand. You wonder why there’s a lot of wandering in the night of life and how many Christians all over the world have found themselves in the night of their lives.
Because they are functioning in the lesser truth, they are asking God for what already belongs to them, they are tying to get what they already have.
They are journeying to a place where they are actually coming from. What a life, they are functioning in the lesser light, and therefore live in the night of their lives.
There’s a greater light to rule the day, it rules the day; it functions in the day.
And when you begin to understand life in the greater light, you’d be amazed; you’d be functioning in the day of your life. All the things are made manifest by the light.
Then you’d begin to understand that your body is just your house where you dwell and that your body is not you.
Your spirit takes dominion over your physical body because your body belongs to you, it is your house. You take dominion over it and then you live a greater life – praise God.
No wonder He says ‘count it all joy when you go through diverse tests’, hallelujah. No matter what happens to you, he says ‘count it all joy’. Why? Because you know you are a victor in this life. Because he says greater is he that is you, than he that is in the world. It becomes your daily confession, no matter the difficulty, no matter what challenges, you jus keep saying: ‘greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world’, ‘greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world’. It becomes your consciousness; it becomes your everyday confession. You’re not trying to make it happen; no it is your life, glory to God.
We don’t confess those things so that they would happen. No, we live there. Our confession establishes our understanding. We make the confessions as the declaration of God’s word, and it establishes our understanding of God’s word. It makes that which we have understood to stay – then it works!! Glory to God!!
Are you still in this place?
DON'T SAY ANYMORE: WHAT DOES THE YEAR HOLD FOR ME
Tell somebody this is 2011. Say it again; this is 2011.
Alright, let me tell you something, you know many times when a new year comes, people are saying I don’t know what this year will bring. You know, they say: “last year brought a lot of problems I hope that this year would bring something good”. Even amongst us when we say this year is the year of the greater light, or we say this year is the year of advancement, or this year is the year of glory, what many think is that, that means the year is bringing glory, the year is bringing the greater light – all of this kind of things.
No the year doesn’t bring anything. The year doesn’t bring anything, because the year, the new year is not a person. The year is inanimate, the year doesn’t have intelligence - the year cannot bring something to you. The year was never made to bring you anything.
So don’t say, I don’t know what this year is going to bring. The year is not going to bring anything, don’t expect the year to bring something. Don’t look and say, oh what does the year have for me? The year doesn’t have anything for you. It is something that God wants me to tell you. Are you hearing me? The year doesn’t bring anything. He never made us to have the year dictate the circumstances of our lives. The year doesn’t bring anything.
And from this year, God is guiding me to begin to help you to understand how He really wants you to think. And this year would mark a special milestone in your personal lives, because you’re going to begin to journey into another level. The dyke is being raised for you. There’s a new understanding that the spirit of God is bringing to you. Hallelujah. And God wants you to know what your own responsibility is. Oh don’t say what will this year bring?
Let me give you the thought this other way. Many times some people say I’ve been a Christian for more than twenty five years; I don’t know what Christianity has done for me.
I’ve been in the ministry for twenty five years; I don’t know what the ministry has done for me.
I’ve had the Holy Spirit for twenty years; I don’t know what he has done for me.
My brothers and sisters in Christ, Christianity does not do anything for you. You don’t ask what has Christianity done for me, you ask what have I done with Christianity. This Christianity that you have embraced, that you have received, what have you done with it?
You don’t ask what has the word of God done for me? Rather, what have you done with the word of God? What have you done with Christianity? What have you done with the Holy Spirit? What have you done for the ministry?
So in 2011, you'd begin to answer those questions. What are you going to do with 2011? Glory!
WALK AS CHILDREN OF LIGHT
Jesus said in Matthew 5:14, ye are the light of world. That's because we are the children of light.
Ephesians 5:8.
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
He says walk as the children of light. Say “I’m a child of light”, say it with me.
Can we say what he says? “In 2011, I’m going to manifest that light. I’m going to let my light so shine!”
That means it's your responsibility to let your light so shine. In 2010 I’m going to let my light so shine!
Make your light shine! You’re the child of light. Say, “I'm going to let my light so shine! I am the light of the world, everywhere I go.”
On the left hand on the right hand, everywhere I go I am the light of the world.
HE WAS A BURNING AND A SHINING LIGHT
John 5:33-35.
33Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
34But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
35HE WAS A BURNING AND A SHINING LIGHT: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
Jesus makes this declaration about John: he was a burning and a shining light.
In Genesis there were two great lights; one was a burning and a shining light, the other only a reflective light.
John was a burning and a shining light. Can God say this about you?
Jeremiah 20:9 (King James Version)
Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. BUT HIS WORD WAS IN MINE HEART AS A BURNING FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES, AND I WAS WEARY WITH FORBEARING, AND I COULD NOT STAY.
The word was burning in his heart even though he wanted to keep quiet. This year the word would be as a burning fire. You cannot keep quiet. This year Lord, I will be a burning and a shining light. I told you, God is showing you something, and you are going to do something with it.
2011 IS MY YEAR AS A BURNING AND A SHINING LIGHT
In 2011, I'm going to make my light so shine. I'm going to be a burning and a shining light throughout the year 2011. In prophetic language the scriptures said Elijah would come again; Jesus showed us John was that other Elijah.
Zechariah 10:1.
Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
The prophet was thinking about the power of the spirit when he says bright clouds. Another translation calls it thunder bolts from heaven, and fiery clouds.
Peter and the other apostles also received it on the day of Pentecost; the bible says: tongues of fire, and they preached the word with boldness afterward.
Jesus said anyone who believes in him, out of his innermost being shall pour out rivers of living waters.
Peter was a burning and a shining light, while he was talking the Holy Ghost fell. That is a burning and a shining light. That is the anointing.
Jeremiah said he wouldn't preach again but the word was in him as a burning fire shut up in his bones. When you pray, say “Lord I’m going to be a burning and a shining light in 2011. The word of God would be as fire shut up in my bones. I'm going to burn for God. I’m going to shine for God. I am the greater light. I rule the day and the night.”
God is saying I want you to know that I love you, all the glory that I have reserved they belong to you.
Wow! I'm going walk in the glory of God 365 days. I'm a child of the light. This is my year as a burning and a shining light!
(The session for YOOKOS Launching and unveiling)
(The Prayer session for names sent in by people from around the world to Pastor Chris.)
ALTER CALL: (Salvation call is made as many throng out in response to the alter call).
Hallelujah. I want to lead you into salvation the bible way. The bible says ‘if thou shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus believing in your heart that God had raised him from the dead, thou shall be saved. And that’s in Romans 10:9.
And all of you who are participating outside of here (through the internet, by satellite, or in a viewing center or your church, or a broadcast channel in your home) who haven’t received salvation, I want you to know that you are a part of this right now.
You would follow these instructions as the Bible tells us, and you’d have faith in the word of God. So you say these words and mean them from the bottom of your heart.
Say: Oh Lord God, I believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God. I believe He died for me. I believed God raised Him from the dead. I confess with my mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord of my life from tonight. I receive by faith eternal life into my spirit. I thank you Lord for saving my soul, amen. Praise the Lord.
That’s what it takes. That’s all it takes. It’s a faith statement. Jesus said by your words you shall be justified and by your words you shall be condemned. So you’ve spoken the right words and those words have brought you into justification of life.
I want to pray for you right now: Father, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I pray for everyone that is out here before you, for salvation. Thank you, because according to your word if they would believe in Jesus Christ, that you raised Him from the dead and confess with their mouths that He is Lord of their lives, then salvation belongs to them, and this they have done. So the salvation is theirs in the name of Jesus Christ. Satan has no claims over them anymore; they belong to Jesus Christ. Thank you heavenly Father, I bless them tonight. I bless them with your word. I bless them with your presence. I bless them with the Holy Ghost in the name of the Lord Jesus. That from tonight they would walk in the light of God and have an understanding of the word of God, in the name of the Lord Jesus. Amen. Praise God.
You see, now you’ve received salvation. You must follow it up. The next thing is you attend church services, because in the church service the word of God is taught. Then you’d start understanding the word of God like you’ve never known before. Even if you had gone to church all your life, things are going to change now. And in the church instructions would be given to you, you’d become a member of the house of God. You see that, you are no longer just someone who goes there. You’re now a part of the family of God.
There are many things you don’t understand because you’re just beginning, but now your heart is open. And you’re going to start learning about God, learning things that the spirit of God would teach you. You’d be amazed at how much you’d know in a short time. It is by the spirit of God, but you must give yourself to that opportunity. Praise God. Welcome to God’s family. Praise the Lord.
Now can you go to my right and we’d conduct you to a place where we can share a few thoughts with you. God bless you.
For those of you watching, the ushers will give instructions as to where to go, and what to do, now that you have believed – now that you have received.
And if you’re at home watching, and you prayed this prayer and the next thing like I said is to come to church, it’s very important, so that you can start learning the kingdom of God and how it functions. Praise God.
PROPHETIC SEED
Alright, are you ready, ready, ready? I told you about a seed you should give. Ok. Are you ready for it? I told you during the IPPC that you’re to give a special offering on this special day. So you get up and locate the nearest collection box to you.
This is what year? This is 2011 and it is your year as a burning and a shining light. So the choir is going to help us and we will proceed to the box closest to each of us.
(A choir ministration session while the offering is going on)
Wow!! From glory to glory!! That song is a prophecy!! God is taking me from glory to glory!! I receive, I receive. I receive, I receive, that word of prophecy. I receive.
(Worship continues with the same song: “from glory to glory, God is taking us”)
Hallelujah! It’s happening already! You are going to do bigger things than you did in 2010!
If you ever found any hindrance in your way, you say: “Get out of my way!!”
You say: “I’m coming unhindered in the name of Jesus! I come by free course, by the power of the Holy Ghost! I travel by free course.”
“Nothing stands in my way. I come with power. I come with glory. I come with the unction, with the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Nothing stands in my way!”
Did you hear what I said? If it doesn’t leave go to it, when you get there, push it down. It will fall down flat.
If you get there and you push it and it doesn’t move, you climb over it.
If you push it and it doesn’t move, and you try to climb it but it gets taller, step backward shut your eyes and walk through in the name of Jesus!! You will go through!!
KARABABA YENDEBOSATA!! We are coming with power!! We are coming with glory. We are coming with the anointing. Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world.
Hallelujah. Praise the Lord, Glory to God.
INSTRUCTIONS ON THE NIGERIAN POLITY
Now one more thought, in several countries they’d be having elections. And in Nigeria, the elections would be sometime this year. Here’s what I want to say: we want the country to move forward, to make progress, is that right?
And we don’t want this country to move backward. So, we have to learn to make decisions that would propel the nation forward, are you hearing me?
Now I hear that they are certain people declaring to run (for political offices), well I would let you know.
But one thing is certain, we only want ‘moving forward’ no moving backward.
We want future references, no historical references. Futuristic – ok.
That’s just one part of it, but make sure you register to vote, did you hear? The only normal way to put someone in office or to make a change that you want to, whether it’s in the House of Rep or in the senate is to vote. And let me tell you brothers and sisters, all these years most of our country didn’t care about the representatives and the senators. All that they were thinking about was the governorship and presidential. What they didn’t know is that the laws are made by the representatives and the senators. The things that affect you the most are made there.
So now, get concerned about who the representative is in your locality; and who the senator is. Do you realize that you can compel the representative to take up matters that affect you? But if you don’t care they would do things you don’t like. And you’d never know what’s going on.
So now, we’re going to get concerned about who the representatives are, who the senators – and we’re going to take them seriously. Agreed?
So you’re going to tell everybody to register to vote, because we are going to use the power of vote to influence our future.
Now in countries where they use the gun and the bombs to determine their future, they’re wrong. And I learnt that in our country, some people have decided to start using guns and bombs to make statements – it is wrong. It is very wrong.
Intelligent people discuss.
And we have to insist on that. We have to insist on discussion. We have to insist on it. Those who want to terrorize the country so that people become afraid. If we all became afraid and left the country for you, nothing would be left for you to govern, you see that?
So it’s foolish. Don’t get excited with your bombs and your guns. It is stupid. It is stupid.
Only fools fight their own people, how can you fight your own people, your own country, and your own citizens?
It’s crazy as it is cruel; it is foolish, and unacceptable.
And that is why we must preach the gospel very quickly, because we are the only ones that have the power to change the hearts of men. Do you understand what I’m saying?
Listen, when we preach the gospel, men hand in their guns. They hand in their bombs; they do those things. Several of our pastors and ministers would tell you, even on crusade grounds; these are things that we find there.
The only true power in the world is spiritual. We can change the hearts of men, because what they are looking for is something that no one can give them. No matter what you do for them, they’d never be satisfied. No matter how much money you give to them.
And no matter how much they terrorize, they’d never be satisfied. So of what use is all that? I tell you, they’d soon get tired. When you grow old, what would you be doing? You’d become ‘baba’ terror? Is it?
You will soon be tired. You’d be tired. It’s foolish.
LET’S HAVE AN INTELLIGENT COUNTRY, WHERE PEOPLE THINK, ALRIGHT? AND MAKE THE LIVES OF OTHERS BETTER. WE SHOULDN’T BE TRYING TO SOLVE BOMBING AND KILLING AND SHOOTING PROBLEMS IN OUR COUNTRY. WE SHOULD BE HELPING OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE HAVING THOSE PROBLEMS.
So if you imported guns into the county and imported bombs into the country, or you are making bombs go and submit them to the police, and submit them to the army; so that we can help other nations. Don’t use those things on yourselves.
And I want to say this, we have some of our politicians who are threatening the country, you cannot threaten the country, it is wrong. It’s unacceptable.
It’s wrong to try to get others who don’t agree with you to become afraid of you. That’s not politics, that’s barbaric.
IF YOU’RE IN POLITICS, IT SIMPLY MEANS EVERYBODY PARTICIPATES. THAT’S THE MEANING OF POLITICS. IT MEANS IT IS EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS. AND EVERYBODY MUST LET EVERYBODY TALK. POLITICS MEANS EVERYBODY’S GOT A VOICE. IF YOU GET INTO POLITICS, WHAT YOU’RE SAYING IS: YOU LOVE THE BUSINESS WHERE EVERYBODY MATTERS.
That’s the meaning of politics. So we want a different kind of politics – the real kind of politics, in our country.
And let me tell you something, history shows that those who decide for peace would always have more power than those who decide for trouble. They would always win. Read your history. Terrorists have never lasted too long. Read your history, why involve yourself in something that would not last. All these fighting, all these trouble, you can’t go too far with it. You’d soon be tired. That’s for sure.
And one of the things you’ve got to know is that we are praying about this and we would have a change. Hallelujah. We would have a change.
A WORD FOR THE YOUTH
And I say to you young people think of a better future alright, think of a better future and you will win. There’s hope for you. There’s hope for you. And we are cheering you on. Hallelujah. And all our young guys in the universities and in the secondary schools, I want to say this to you: don’t think that everything is over. Don’t think that it is only trouble out there. No get your education seriously, keep studying and do well with your academics. Take it seriously because the future belongs to those who are knowledgeable. You have to be knowledgeable. Refuse to stop your education and start walking in the streets thinking that it doesn’t matter. It does matter. It counts, because you must look beyond your immediate borders. The world is larger than your locality.
So you’re going to have the knowledge, the intelligence to deal with other nations, alright? And then you’d be able to communicate and extend beautiful ideas that would be helpful to others. So train yourself. If they don’t train you, train yourself.
If the teacher only gives handouts and goes away, and never gives any lectures, don’t worry. Study the handouts and learn some more. So that you can come out of that school with some brains, praise God.
So don’t give up. Don’t give up. Hallelujah.
So don’t forget. Register to vote. And when you have registered and ready to vote, don’t let anybody try to make you vote just because they tried to offer you money.
You’d say nobody can buy my future. You’d my future is not for sale.
Is your future for sale? So if they offer you money to vote, you’d say no future for sale. No future for sale.
Greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world.
Lift your hands up high, hallelujah.
CLOSING PRAYERS
SORA MAKATABAYA!!!!! Open your mouth and speak in tongues. Pray in the Holy Ghost.
Hallelujah. In the name of the Lord Jesus, the hand of God is upon you. And as you have begun this year in power, you will finish it in glory. Throughout this year, only progress belongs to you. No matter what happens it would turn out for your good.
Favour is yours. Every step you take, you will enter into favour, in the mighty name of Jesus. I proclaim health for your body. No sickness, no infirmity of the body would have dominion over you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I pray for you, no destruction in your life, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. The hand of God rest upon you, to keep you in the way that you should go, and everything you lay hands upon to do will prosper – in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Hallelujah and you will be a burning and a shining light.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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