Divine Intervention

Divine Intervention and we want to take our text from I will read in English.

23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.

25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.

27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.

28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.

There are occasions in every man’s life when no one wants to help. David said – He said, When my father and mother forsake me then the Lord will take me up. In other words, father and mother may even forsake. There are occasions when nobody wants to help.

And then there are occasions when those who want to help may fail. & 16 God asked a question, He said, Is it possible for a woman to forget a sucking child? That she should not have compassion upon the child of her womb? And he answered a question. He said, “Yes, she may forget.” The people that want to help may fail. We know for example one young girl who became pregnant and had a child and because she herself was still more or less a child, in her sleep she slept on the child and killed the child. Those who want to help may fail but God will never fail.

And then there are occasions when it is beyond the ability of man to help. In the Almighty God said, when you are passing through the rivers I will be with you, when you are passing through the water it won’t overflow you. He said even when you are passing through fire, the fire will not burn you because I will be there by your side! Now there is no friend who will pass through the fire with you.

So there are occasions when nobody wants to help. There are occasions when those who want to help may fail and then there are occasions when it is beyond human ability to help.

In all these cases you need divine intervention.

I know I need divine intervention. I know there are certain areas of my life that unless God intervenes I am in trouble and God had already spoken tonight that all of us who really want Him to intervene in our affairs, He will intervene. (Amen!) So I know He’s going to intervene inmy life! Because in the Bible said those things that are impossible with men are possible with God.

In fact in the Bible said, with God all things are possible. So I want you to tell your neighbour _ “My own will not be impossible tonight!” And I want you to say it believing it because whatever you say that’s what God will do. My own will not be impossible with God!

Because the Bible says in God said in His Word, He said, Behold, I am the God of all flesh – is there anything too hard for me? Now he’s asking you that question tonight. And I want you to give the answer. God says I am the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me? (No!)

Let us consider certain areas of our life very quickly where we need Divine Intervention.

Let’s take the physical one. In the Bible tells us about a man who was sick by the pool of Bethesda. The Bible said, he has been there for 38 years. There was no man anymore ready to help him – but somebody came who is the help of the helpless and that somebody is here tonight. Does anybody know His name? Let me hear You shout that Name! Loud and clear! (Jesus!)

In man brought his son to the disciples. The disciples prayed – they wanted to heal the boy but they failed. They tried but they failed and then somebody came who can never fail. And he set the boy free. There is somebody here in our midst tonight who can never fail. Does anybody know His Name? Let me hear You shout that Name! (Jesus!)

I want to encourage you brethren – there is power in the Name of Jesus! I want to encourage you please that what Jesus wants to do this weekend He wants to do in such a way that nobody will take the glory!

We have to let Him know that there is somebody here who needs help. Let me hear You shout Jesus (Jesus!) Glory be to God!

And when you look at we have the story of the leper. His case is beyond what any human being can do – no human being could heal him but then there is someone with whom nothing shall be impossible.

In other words, your father may fail, your mother may fail, those who want to help may fail. The Pastor may try and fail. The General Overseer may try and fail but if you can first attract the attention of Jesus you will be the next fellow to testify. (Amen!)

And then what about finances? Suppose – we have already looked at the case of the physical – he can heal anybody – what about money? What about those of us who are so poor that they want to sell our house? Or those of us who don’t even know where we will get the next meal from?

It tells us the story of a widow who was destitute, that they want to sell her 2 sons in order to pay a debt and we have in our case – the husband is not around to help. The neighbours are very friendly, they are friendly but they couldn’t help because they were poor themselves. How do I know they were poor? They had plenty of empty vessels – vessels that were supposed to be full of oil were empty! They loved this woman but they could not help her because they were as poor as herself. She ran to Elisha and Elisha himself had no money to give to her but God intervened. There is somebody here tonight God is going to intervene in your finances. (Amen!) Because there is somebody who can supply everything that you need. Does anybody know His Name? (Jesus!) Let me hear that Name one more time! (Jesus!)

Then let us look at the marital case. When you look in the story at we find the story of Hannah there. Her husband loved her, he wanted to help her. He wanted her to have children like the other wife but the husband was helpless. He couldn’t help Hannah. The barrenness of Hannah was not due to her husband because the other wife had got children. The other woman in the house did not even want that Hannah should ever have a child. She didn’t wish her well and that’s why all those who did not wish you well – you are going to laugh last! (Amen!)

Then let us look at the marital case. When you look in the story at we find the story of Hannah there. Her husband loved her, he wanted to help her. He wanted her to have children like the other wife but the husband was helpless. He couldn’t help Hannah. The barrenness of Hannah was not due to her husband because the other wife had got children. The other woman in the house did not even want that Hannah should ever have a child. She didn’t wish her well and that’s why all those who did not wish you well – you are going to laugh last! (Amen!)

What about Eli, her Pastor? The one who is supposed to be compassionate - he didn’t even understand her problem. When the poor woman was crying out to God her Pastor though she was drunk! The husband couldn’t help, the other woman didn’t want to help; the priest didn’t even understand – but God intervened! There is at least somebody who wishes you well. Do you know His Name? (Jesus!) Let me hear that Name one more time! (Jesus!)

From that day the Pastor began to run – any time he seers the woman coming from one angle the Pastor will run out the other angle., One day the woman said, “ it’s all right. If the Pastor is running from me. I will look unto God. I will take my eyes off the Pastor. “ Somebody's going to take his eyes off the General Overseer tonight and look unto Jesus…look unto who? That night she had a dream in which she was standing naked and a man came through the wall -–huge man with the skin of an animal in his hand. She was so frightened she couldn’t move. When the man got to the woman he wrapped the skin of the animal round her and disappeared and the woman woke up, shaking and sweating but suddenly she knew that God had come to give her a new womb. Today she’s the mother of children. When nobody else can help – there is still somebody left who can do the absolutely impossible. Do I hear somebody shout His Name? (Jesus!)

Thank You Father! What about the spiritual? Thank You Father!

Thank You Father! What about the spiritual? Thank You Father!

For example, the time we shouted ‘Jesus!’ the second time, that there’s somebody who had been suffering from chronic tuberculosis – that you will never hear about it again. (Amen!) In fact He asked me to tell you, haven’t you noticed that since you came this evening you have not coughed once? He said, you won’t cough again. If I were you I think I would shout the Name of Jesus again. Thank You Jesus Thank You Lord! Thank You Jesus! Alleluia! Alleluia! Glory be to God!

Daddy said there’s someone here, He said each time you close your eyes all you see are wild animals – lions, tigers, snakes. The Lord asked me to tell you He has scattered them. (Amen!)

 I don’t want to stop but there are some of them I can’t just… He said there’s someone here for example, you have suffered from a sickness before that is called ‘neck twister’. You have been healed all right but you are afraid that it will come back. God asked me to tell you – you will never hear of it again. (Amen!)

Oh, my, Thank You Daddy! The Lord said there’s somebody here you are afraid that the rainy season is coming because you always have pneumonia every rainy season. The Lord asked me to tell you – no more! (Amen!) No more! (Amen!) Thank You Jesus

The Lord said there’s someone who came here tonight – you couldn’t bend your arm He asked me to tell you – go ahead. It’s already done! It’s already done!

Now we were talking about the spiritual. In , the Bible says there is a woman, her daughter was being tormented by the devil. She carried the baby to Jesus – Lord help me! Jesus didn’t answer. The disciples said. Lord – let’s get rid of her she is too noisy. She wants to attract attention. She wants you to pay attention to her. Let’s drive her away. See! That girl was under the torment of the devil. The mother wanted to help – but she couldn’t. …..

….. Your parents have already said, let’s go home. Let’s go and see you-know, the people that we used to see ..... If we see them by now they will arrange a husband for you. Or they will arrange a wife for you. They want to help but they couldn’t. The pastor had prayed. I’m telling you they had prayed. But they can’t give you a husband. They can’t give you a wife. If they give you one that is not from God they will be giving you trouble. “Ah, the GO prayed!” He had fasted because he knows there are quite a few of you in his church. And he loves marriages because it brings him pounded yam. And he loves marriages because that will lead to children. And you know he loves children. But there is a limit to what human being can do for you! But there’s no limit to what God can do. That is why God has called us together this weekend.

Parents have tried, they have failed! Pastors had prayed, nothing had happened! Prophets had prophesied. Evangelists had done their own - even apostles had said apostolic blessings and nothing had happened. So God is saying can we move them all aside and let God intervene! How many of you are ready for divine intervention? You want God to really intervene tonight? Are you willing to pray? Are you sure you are willing to pray? Let’s stand on our feet!

The prayer we are going to pray now is not the kind of pray that you want to pay attention to the fellow on your right or the fellow on your left. You just want to tell Jesus that I am the one in need of divine intervention.

Bartemaeus said, Jesus, thou son of David .... That’s in , “Have mercy on me…”

The prayer of tonight is ‘Have mercy on me ...... not ”on us” Have mercy on me! Let’s open our mouth and call on the Almighty God – and say, “Lord! I am the one in need of divine intervention! Have mercy on me! Me! , Me!

Now we want to pray specifically, we want to pray for physical healing. If you are not sick – pray for those who are sick. And the prayer is this – “Father! You are the Great Physician. What the doctors cannot do, do tonight!”

The next prayer is that we want God to intervene financially! Those of you who have more than sufficient. Pray for the rest of us. The rest of us, let us cry to the Lord!: I don’t want to die poor. I am tired of managing!

Now we are going to make that prayer a bit more specific because it’s a very important prayer. We are going to say: Father, wherever my blessings may be hiding – east, west, north or south. Send Your angels tonight, let them bring in my blessings – talk to the Almighty God –

Now together we are going to pray for those who are trusting God for the fruit of the womb. The promise of God is that there will be no one barren person in our midst. Let’s combine our voices and say: Father, intervene! Intervene! All those who are considered barren now give them their own children within the next nine months!

Now we are going to pray for deliverance from enemies known and unknown. All those who had been blocking the way to progress. Those who have been holding us down. Known and unknown.

And now we are going to combine our voices and pray for all those singles who are of marriageable age and yet are single. Young widows, young widowers, single mothers … we want them married this year. Let’s combine our voices and say, “God intervene! Intervene! Intervene! Intervene! Father Intervene! Intervene! Almighty God Intervene! Thank You Father! Intervene Lord! All these Lord intervene in their lives. Give them their own husband. Give them their own wife. Settle each one in their home Lord Settle them this year! Lord, You can do it! I know You can do it. I know! Intervene my Father! Intervene my God! Intervene! O Lord intervene! Blessed Jesus intervene! Thank You my Lord! Blessed be Your Holy Name Lord! In Jesus’ mighty Name we have prayed! (Amen!)

And now we are going to combine our voices and pray for all those singles who are of marriageable age and yet are single. Young widows, young widowers, single mothers … we want them married this year.

Almighty God Intervene! Thank You Father! Intervene Lord! All these Lord intervene in their lives. Give them their own husband. Give them their own wife. Settle each one in their home Lord Settle them this year! Lord, You can do it! I know You can do it. I know! Intervene my Father! Intervene my God! Intervene! O Lord intervene! Blessed Jesus intervene! Thank You my Lord! Blessed be Your Holy Name Lord! In Jesus’ mighty Name we have prayed! (Amen!)

Now we want to pray for our nation. How can we be suffering in the midst of plenty? You should know that this is the work of the devil!

You are doing very well. Only three prayer points to go. We want to pray for all pastors – whether in this church or in any other church. You see if God intervenes in their ministry, it is we who will gain.

Second to the last prayer. We are going to call on the Almighty. Every wall of Jericho that the enemy has built round me – intervene!

The last prayer point. You will take members of your family one by one and bring them before God and say, Father, because I am here tonight intervene in the life of so-and-so, and so-and-so, and so-and-so… Thank You Lord! Glory be to God! Thank You Lord! In Jesus’ mighty Name we have prayed! (Amen!)

Father, in the life of this brother or sister - Intervene! Intervene! In the life of my brother intervene!

And now before I pray for you I want you to pray for me too. Stretch your hands toward me and pray that God will intervene in my life!

Now I want all of you to go on your knees now this is a very important prayer. Father Thank You! Thank You for arranging tonight. Thank You because things will change now. Accept our thanks in Jesus’ Name! (Amen!) Father, You can see all these Your children. I commit them into Your hands. In all their lives – intervene in Jesus’ Name! (Amen!) Physically - Intervene! (Amen!) Financially - Intervene! (Amen!) Maritally - Intervene! (Amen!) Spiritually - Intervene! (Amen!) Generally - Intervene! (Amen!) Father, that which no man can do – do for them in Jesus’ Name! (Amen!) Oh many of them have been crying to you over something for years – finally the time has come. Intervene for them in Jesus’ Name! (Amen!) Where Pastors had failed, where the General Overseer had failed, Father You can’t fail Father – intervene in Jesus’ Name! (Amen!) Intervene in Jesus’ Name! (Amen!) Intervene in Jesus’ Name! (Amen!) Let everybody here tonight have a testimony. Thank You my Father! Glory be to Your Name! In Jesus’ mighty Name we have prayed! (Amen!) Now go ahead and thank the Almighty God ... Thank Him for answering your prayers. I believe He has heard. I believe the answer has come. Let’s thank Him. Thank You Father!

I was asking God what is going to be special about this special Holy Ghost Service. What does He want me to do so that this one will be very, very remarkable? And He told me to do something and I said. “Yes Lord.” As I’ve taught you whenever God speaks to you before you ask any questions what should be your first answer? “Yes Lord.” I said, “But Lord, that seems to be what we did last year.” He said, “Yes.” “But please Lord, you know I’m talking like Your son ... I think You normally don’t repeat Yourself. He said, “I do whatever I like. Whatever I like that’s what I do.” I said, “Glory be to Your Name!” Then He said, “Because of our relationship, I will explain.” He said, “Number one – there are many people coming tonight who were not here last year.” By the way those of you who are here tonight who were not here last year, let me hear you shout Alleluia! (Alleluia!) God loves you. Go ahead give Him a big hand. I didn’t know you would be this many but he knew.

He said, “Number two – there are many people who were here last year who didn’t take you serious so they missed their miracle.” He said, “I want to give them a second chance.” (Amen!) So those of you who were here last year Let me hear you shout ‘Alleluia!’ (Alleluia!)

When Paul and Silas were singing and praising God in prison God intervened. let us praise Him .

He said, “it is written touch not my anointed” What is the meaning of that? Anybody try to touch the anointed, God will intervene! Then He gave me the example of He said, if the lion attacks the anointed it is the lion that will die. So from now on any lion that tries to attack you somebody is going to kill that lion. Who’s the one? (Jesus!) And then He gave me the example of He said, if more than 1,000 enemies surround the anointed, He said, it is only those of them that run that will escape. In other words from now on enemies from your father’s side, enemies from your mother’s side, enemies in your husband’s house, enemies from your wife’s house, enemies in your place of work, enemies from your village, if they dare attack you it is those of them that run that will survive! (Amen!) And He gave me the example of . He said even if the enemy has captured the anointed they will not be able to keep him captured. That’s why I know some people will walk home free this morning. (Amen!)

So we are about to go ahead and do what He asked us to do. Last year He asked us to fill certain bowls with oil and He said because the head is the seat of the anointing – David said thou hast anointed my head with oil – if you are anointing a king you pour oil on his head; you are consecrating a Pastor, you pour oil on his head - He said the head is the seat of the anointing. He said I am going to carry the basins of oil, pray as He would tell me, it doesn’t concern you, and the anointing will go into that oil and the oil will be passed round so that everyone of you will be able to touch the oil and mark a sign of the cross on your own head. We are going to do that now. We are not going to stop until everybody has been attended to. Glory be to God! Now I want to appeal to you, like I told those people of last year - this is not a joking matter, this is a very serious business. When you see a man of God carrying a bowl on his head, it is serious business. And this year I appeal to all of you, receive it with faith and you will have testimonies very, very soon. (Amen!) Thank You Jesus The band can play.

The anointing will destroy the yoke. Any yoke left in my life let it be destroyed now! Let it be destroyed now! Any yoke that may be left - let it be destroyed now! Completely! …… In Jesus’ mighty Name we pray! (Amen!) … Now with the anointing still fresh on you I want you to prophesy on yourself and say: From now on my head will not allow any evil to stay! Prophesy to yourself! No evil will be allowed to stay near me! My head refuses every form of suffering from now and evermore. My head refuses any form of bondage from now and henceforth! From now and henceforth – only goodness and mercy will be allowed. Only blessings will be allowed. Only victory will be allowed. No more defeat, my head refuses it. No more sorrow, no more defeat! No more failure, my head refuse because of the anointing of God on me now it will be victories and victories and victories! From glory to glory! From success to success that is the only thing that my head will allow now. Shouts of joy! Victory in every facet of my life! That’s the only thing my head will allow now! That’s the way it’s going to be forever. Thank You Jesus Glory be to God! In Jesus’ mighty Name we have prayed! (Amen!)

Father we want to thank You for Your anointing, Thank You for Your faithfulness. Glory be to Your Holy Name Lord! From now on Father, the fruit of this anointing let them abound to us in Jesus’ Name! (Amen!) Thank You Father! In Jesus’ mighty Name we have prayed! (Amen!) Let somebody shout ‘Alleluia’ (Alleluia!)

Because tomorrow at 11 a.m. everybody who wants hands laid on him or her will be attended to. We can’t do that now because it’s almost 3 o’clock and one hour will not be enough for all of you here. So tomorrow 11 a.m. the Pastors will be available to lay hands on as many as want hands to be laid on them. And then from 1.30 to around 3.30 p.m. we will gather again just to praise God. Choirs from all kinds of places will be singing and we will be singing along with them. When Paul and Silas were singing and praising God in prison God intervened. And then at 7 p.m. we will do the second part of this anointing service. Those of you who were here last year will remember that Saturday night was even more glorious than Friday night. I’m trusting God that He will do the same.

Before we go to the next and final aspect of our programme tonight, don’t forget the first Monday of every month is for a programme called Divine Encounter. It’s approximately one hour. It starts at 8 a.m. those of you who came in February will remember that those who usually come late, by the time they came we had finished...... And those of you who came, I am sure even the devil cannot stop you from the next one! And then next month Holy Ghost Service is going to be a special one. Its going to be special for children and those who love them, It is difficult to believe what the devil is already doing to the children. When you hear of 5-year old children that are already drinking human blood you will know what I’m talking about. So we need to lay hands on all our children so they will become a no-go area for the devil. So next month even though there will be Holy Ghost Service for all of us who are adults not a single child who comes that night will be allowed to go without hands being laid on the child. The Lord shared with me that there are thousands of children that would have died last year but because hands were laid on them on a special night the devil couldn’t come near the. That’s why I begged him to let us repeat it next month. So wherever your relatives are who have children, even if they don’t love themselves, provided they love their children – ask them to bring those

children. If they ask you to help them take the children tell them that I can only take those ones that I gave birth too. Drag them in and in the process God will get them too.

Has God blessed anyone this night? I didn’t hear your “Yes” So we normally do – you know what we do at the end of Holy Ghost Service, we do a thanksgiving to God. We will do that now, receive a final blessing and then we will go and rest before 11 o’clock. I believe the ushers are ready to attend to us. Let our thanksgiving be proportional to the blessing we have received from the Lord. And we dance on our seat until the ushers have attended to us. After they have attended to us we can then dance on our feet. Are the ushers ready? ….