Why don't you go ahead and lift your hand to the Almighty God and bless His holy name, for a brand new beginning, thank Him for life, thank Him that you are still here.
Thank Him that for all the efforts of the enemies over you last year, you are still here.
Give Him glory, give Him honor, give Him adoration, praise the King of kings, praise the Lord of lords. Worship Him, magnify Him; but for Him you won't be here now; oh yes the enemy has failed.
Give Him glory, give Him honor, give Him adoration, bless Him.
Thank Him for His love, thank Him for His goodness, thank Him for His mercy, bless His holy name.
Thank Him for all He did last year; thank Him for the ups and downs; for the mountains and the valleys, thank Him for health, thank Him for strength, thank Him for provision.
Thank Him for food, thank Him for the air you breathe, thank Him for accommodation, thank Him for the clothe you wear, thank Him for protection, thank Him for securities, thank Him for journey mercies, thank Him for sleeping and waking up, thank Him for answered prayers.
Thank Him for prayers that are yet to be answered.
Thank Him for testimonies, thank Him for joy.
Give Him glory, give Him honor, Give Him adoration, He is worthy to be praised. Thank Him for your family; thank Him for your church.
Thank Him for the place of work, blessed His holy name.
Bless His holy name. Give Him glory, Give Him honor, give Him adoration.
He is worthy to be praised; He is worthy to be praised.
Thank Him for eyes that could see, ears that could hear, mouth that could speak, hands that can still move, legs that can still walk, bless His holy name.
He is worthy to be praised, thank Him for the salvation of your soul. Thank Him for the baptism in the Holy spirit, thank Him for sanctification, thank Him for upholding you, for defending you, for fighting your battles for you, thank Him for enemies known and unknown that He has kept in check.
Thank Him for preparing a table before you in the presence of your enemies, give Him glory, give Him honor, He is worthy to be praised.
Thank Him for all the Holy Ghost services in 2013, thank Him, especially for the last congress, bless His holy name; bless His holy name for a new beginning, a new year.
A year of overflow; overflowing with joy, overflowing with blessings, overflowing with laughter.
Bless His holy name, tell Him you love Him, tell Him you love and you want to love Him more.
Tell Him you want to know Him more, you want to serve Him better, give Him glory, give Him honor, He is worthy to be praised, He is worthy to be praised!...
In Jesus mighty name we worshipped.
Lift your voice to Him loud and clear and say Father, let my river of joy begin to flow now....
In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
Lift your voice to Him and say Father, let me have a life changing encounter with you this very night...
In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
Please join your hands together with your neighbor, pray with all your heart remembering the law of harvest.
Father, for this your child that am holding, let this year be a year of pleasant surprises...
In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
Worthy, worthy is the lamb 2ce
That was slain.
Glory halleluiah, glory halleluiah, praises the Lord!
Worthy, worthy is the lamb 2ce
That was slain.
Glory halleluiah, glory halleluiah, praise the Lord!
Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, the God of last year and the God of this year, the God of the past, the God of the present, the God of the future, glory be to your holy name, Father glory be to your holy name.
Thank you for life, thank you for health, thank you for strength, thank you for provision, thank you for protection, thank you for security, thank you for joy, thank you for mountains, thank you for valleys.
Thank you for prayers already answered, thank you for prayers that will yet be answered accept our thanks in Jesus name.
Rock of Ages, Ancient of days, Unchangeable Changer, the One who Is the one who Was the one who is to come.
Our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, glory be to Your holy name, accept our worship in Jesus name.
Father, we thank you for the last Congress, thank you for the soul saved, thank you for the sick healed, thank you for the captives set free, thank you for testimonies, thank you for miracles, thank you for signs, thank you for wonders, please accept our thanks in Jesus name.
For all your children, my Father and my God beginning from this moment, let our rivers of joy begin to flow.
Let this year be a year of pleasant surprises, let it be a year of overflowing joy, let it be a year of overflowing blessings, let it be a year of overflowing miracles.
And tonight in a very special way, every one of us here and those listening by Radio, by Television, by the Internet; let there be a life changing encounter with you.
Please answer all our prayers and let your name be glorified.
Lord, have mercy on all of us, have mercy on our families, have mercy on your church and please have mercy on Nigeria...
In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
Let someone shout halleluiah!
PRAYER FOR THOSE BORN IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY
Father, we are committing your children born in the very first of the year into your hands, January is a the very, beginning sovery for all these your children; let there be a beginning of joy, let there be a beginning of miracles, let there be a new beginning of signs and wonders, let there be a new beginning of promotion, let there be a new beginning of breakthroughs, pour fresh oil on all of them and let them serve you like never before, in Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
MESSAGE: The theme for tonight is YOU SHALL LAUGH LAST.
Psalm 126 When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
There are miracles that when you have them you will think you are dreaming.
You are going to get plenty of such miracles this year.
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, God will fill your mouth with laughter this year. And our tongue with singing.
Throughout this year you are going to sing praises to God.
Then said they among the heathen, the Lord hath done great things for them.
Even unbelievers will testify that God has been good to you this year.
The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. Turn again our captivity, o Lord, as the streams in the south. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weeping, bearing precious seed shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
I want you to say loud and clear so that the Devil will hear you, "I SHALL LAUGH LAST".
You see the reason I ask you to say that is because God said "as I hear in my ear, so will I do unto you".
When we talk about laughter; laughter can be in forms and categories; there is the laughter of mockery, there is the laughter of joy, there is the laughter of the enemy, there is the laughter of a friend who is rejoicing with you, but probably the best laughter of all is the last laugh.
It doesn't matter how long the enemies have been laughing at you, you will laugh last.
I'm going to be brief tonight because I want you to spend one solid hour in praise.
Because one of the things you will do this year like you have never done before is praying.
It is clear from the word of God that you must pray, before you decree and you must pray after you prophecy.
The Bible says Elijah was a man of like passion like ourselves, he prayed earnestly that it will not rain, and it didn't rain for three and half years.
Then he prayed again; that it will rain, and it rained.
When Elijah stood before Ahab, he said "as the Lord God of Israel liveth before whom I stand, there will be no rain or dew all these years except at my word", he was decreeing.
We only heard the decree, we didn't know what went behind or before the decree, but James tells us that He had prayed earnestly before he decreed.
Then on Mount Camel he told the same Ahab; go, drink I have heard the sound of abundance of rain.
After he said that again he fell on his face and he prayed earnestly, he had already prophecy and yet he prayed.
I was sharing with my Senior Pastors I think last night or so; many of us here have heard prophecy coming from this altar that we knew and we knew this is for me, no doubt about it and yet we heard testimonies.
People said daddy said it, and this is the result.
And we said ah!
When daddy said that one I received it too, how come it hasn't manifested in my life?
The difference is somebody heard it and prayed; another heard it and did nothing. Let me assure you of one thing, every prophecy you have claimed, they are still waiting, hanging, waiting for you to bring them down with prayers.
That is why I told those of you who came for Holy Communion service yesterday night, "your blessing shall be backdated".
A man has been barren for more than thirty years, he asked God what shall I do, God said wait.
Then He came to one of the meeting and the word of God came that the waiting is over.
He said "thank God".
That month his wife became pregnant because he grabbed it.
heard the Prophecy, prayed about it and it became manifest.
Say it one more time; I shall laugh last!
"Will you pray about that?"
That is why I am really, really thanking God that you have at least a hundred days of fasting and prayer to do; when you are fasting, all of a sudden you are minding your own business and hunger came, what is the purpose of that hunger?
To remind you, you are supposed to be praying, that is the purpose of the hunger.
It will keep coming during the hundred days; you woke up in the morning, you go to work and suddenly around 11 o'clock your belly begins to grumble, what does that mean?
You have to pray.
And let me tell you one secret, as soon as the devil knows that anytime the hunger comes you will begin to pray, he will tell the hungers don't come. I am telling you from experience.
So you are going to enjoy this hundred days so that when it is time for it to end, you will say I don't want this thing to end.
Physically you are going to laugh last!
Let me give you an example in Mark 2 v 1 -12 Bible tells us of a man who was paralyzed from neck downwards and then his friends came one day and grabbed him and said there were going to take him to Jesus and like I told some of you during the Let's go a fishing he must have begged his friends, please leave me alone, don't expose my secret.
Nobody knows what I'm suffering but am suffering it in my room, when you take me out everybody will see me, so they took him out anyway.
I can imagine the ridicule that that man went through that day, when all of a sudden the crowd surrounding Jesus saw four people carrying a man, you see because paralysis made him heavy.
They saw four people carrying a man "ah Joe, we thought you travelled! And then they saw the people climbing the roof and they were laughing. What are they doing carrying a sick man to the roof?
Jesus is not on the roof.
They saw them breaking through the roof, they must have laughed more, what is wrong with these boys.
But when they saw the man, walking out of the house, carrying his own bed; then they realized he who laughs last laughs best.
I prophesy to somebody here today, you will laugh last.
Or consider John 9 v 1-7 it was the story of a man who was born blind; you could feel the mockery as they began to ask Jesus Christ, who sinned that this man was born blind; himself or the parent?.
You know what they were saying, look at this sinner, the son of sinners; God is punishing him with blindness.
They were mocking him, but before the day was over, he opened his mouth and said whether Jesus was a sinner or not, I don't know, but I know one thing, whereas I was blind but now I see.
Every one of you with any form of ailment in the name that is above every other name, you will laugh last.
Or consider Mark 10 v 46-52, remember when Bartimeaus was crying to Jesus for help, they told him to shut up.
"You blind beggar keep your mouth shut".
Do you think God has a time for a beggar like you?
But it wasn't long after that, that the Almighty Jesus said "go and bring Him", those who were laughing then, their laughter ended.
They now came to him, we don't know how it happened, but God is sending for you.
In the name that is above every other name, God is sending for someone here tonight.
And when they saw his eyes pop opened, when they saw the man they were asking to shut up become the centre of attraction, when they saw the glory of God manifesting in the life of somebody that they thought would never attract the attention of God, they realized, he who laugh last laughed best.
Some of you know the testimony of a sister who was dying at LUTH the husband came and the doctors told him,
"There is no way your wife could be alive tomorrow morning, it is too late now"
So he went to her, pretended to be a loving husband
"Sorry my darling, I will come and see you in the morning".
Got out of the hospital and phoned his girlfriend and said come the stupid one is going to die tonight.
And they met in his house and they were having fun and because nobody was going to disturb them, they didn't even bother to lock the bedroom door.
But after the husband left in the night, the Lord Jesus Christ decided to pay the wife a visit and said
"I am the Lord that heal thee, get up and go home".
And she got up, when the nurse saw her, they thought she was dead and thought they saw the ghost so they moved out of the way.
She came home, the door wasn't locked, and she opened the door and saw the husband and the girlfriend
"So you thought I was dead?
"I am alive and well"
There is somebody here tonight, you will laugh last; materially you will laugh last.
Consider the story in 2King 4 v 1-7 there was this widow of one of the son of the prophet heavily in debt, creditors came and said where is our money?
"Please I will get you the money"
The told her, "Well if you don't get us the money by tomorrow, we will sell your children into bondage".
They went away laughing; they thought they have gotten two slaves because they knew there was no way this woman could pay the debt.
No way!
But by the time they returned the following morning, because the Almighty God had already intervened, the widow looked at them and say how much do you say I owe you?
There is somebody here tonight, materially you will laugh last.
I wasn't there in Luke 5 v 1-7 when Peter fished all night and caught nothing but am sure some of the colleagues will probably be saying to Peter,
"Peter, sorry, how are you going to face your mother in law now?
"Because there is nothing you are going to take home today"
But when all of a sudden Peter beckoned unto them; "my fish is overflowing, my blessings are more than I can carry come and join me in carrying some of it".
They realized that he who laughs last, laughs best.
Before the end of this year, all those who think you are going to sink under the burden of debt, they will realize that he who laugh last laugh best.
Who is the one who is going to laugh last? Let me hear you shout halleluiah!
In 2Kings 7 v 1- when the man of God said within 24 hours things will change, the counselor of the king, the minister of finance said,
"How can this be, even if God were to open window in heaven can this thing be?"
The man of God said you will see it with your eye, but you won't partake of it, by the end of the story, the prophecy of the man of God has come to pass.
The king's counselor saw it, but he didn't partake of it.
When the Almighty God decides to step into a situation He has a way of making you the one who will to laugh last.
I have told you the story before, one of my children in the United Kingdom, he was a taxi driver and so anytime I am visiting the London, He will come and take me to where I will stay.
On the way between the airport and where I would stay there is a workshop where they sell second hand Roll Royce and anytime we are passing by that place I will look in that direction and I will say one day, I will go in there and will drive out a Rolls Royce and my son will say amen.
You know the kind of amen, keep on deceiving yourself.
Then one day He drove me past that day, I said what I used to say, he said his amen and as we moved a little forward, I saw a shop where they were selling clothes and they put up a little sign, I said let's branch here.
If the shirts are on sales I might be able to get a shirt and then I got in there and I looked at the shirt, 25 pounds, 30 pounds, I thought these people say there were on sales, so I told my son don't mind these stupid people, I thought they were on sales.
As we were moving towards the taxing car, my son began to laugh, he just kept on laughing, now I knew why he was laughing; here is a man who wants to buy a Rolls Royce and he can't buy a shirt for 35 pounds.
So I looked up to God, I said "Daddy, I hope you know he is not laughing at me alone?
I said he was laughing at both of us because you are my employer".
And I forgot about it.
Months later, I was returning from American and I came to London to stop over and my son came as usual to pick me in his taxi.
And as he was about to put my luggage in his boot, another son of mine says "hey! Daddy you are welcome, this car is yours.
I know it is second hand but it is a Rolls Royce".
I now looked at my son and I began to laugh.
There is somebody here tonight, in the name that is above every other name, you will laugh last.
You will laugh last martially!
The Lord said there is someone here tonight; he said your season of repeated failure ended last year.
The Lord said there is someone that is listening to me right now that very soon you are going to sing:
I never know he will answer me this way, I never know he will answer me this way.
I never know he will answer me this way, he will answer me this way, he answer me this way.
Thank you Jesus!
You will laugh last martially!
I thank God for the first speaker of tonight, because he brought out one of the point because in Genesis 16 v 1-4 when Sarah saw that she couldn't produce a child, she handed over her bond woman, house, slave to Abraham, Abraham went into her and the woman became pregnant, the Bible says when she discovered she was pregnant, she began to despise Sarah.
But by the time we got to Genesis 21 v 1-7 Sarah said God has made me laugh.
Every one of you here trusting God for the fruit of the womb, before the end of this year God will make you laugh.
When you read the story of Hannah, 1Samuel 1 v 1 -6 the Bible tells us that because she was barren, her adversary, that is the word they used, tormented her sore, gave her hell in the house; called her the fruitless tree.
Said what are you doing in my husband's house just eating our food not producing children?
But when the tide turn, when the Almighty God who can do all things, who can make somebody to laugh, the God who can turn tears to laughter when he intervened, the one they called barren ended up with six children one of them the greatest Prophet that Israel ever had.
Every one of you who have been under mockery, very, very soon you will laugh last.
Emotionally, you will laugh last.
You know when you read the story in Mark 5 v 35-42 you see what happened in the house of Jairus it tells you how many fake sympathizers had been in the world long ago, they are not new if you come across some of them.
Jarius had just lost his only daughter, theses people gathered together and they were wailing, they pretended as if they were told, they were shedding crocodile tears, but when Jesus came and said
"No, now get out of here, this child is not dead, she is only sleeping".
The Bible said they laughed him to scorn, they switched from weeping to laughing within a second.
That means they were not sad to start with at all!
I am happy that Jesus chased them out of the house.
In the name that is among every other name, everyone that is saying he is sympathizing with you, God will get rid of them, he will replace them with those who will rejoice with you.
When the widow of Nain in Luke 7 v 11-17 was going to bury her only son and Jesus met her on the way; there were a lot of people there who pretended they were sympathizing with her, but if you listen closely, if it is possible for you to be there and hear what they were whispering among themselves.
I am sure they must have been saying
"Is she the only one in the town?
Why is it that tragedy upon tragedies are befalling her; first the husband died, now the only boy she had is dead.
"God must be punishing her for her sin".
That is what they must have been saying, until Jesus got there and stopped the procession.
One of my children said the grave digger were waiting, they have already dug the grave.
The mourners were waiting to do the final morning at the graveyard, but the Almighty God disappointed them.
Every grave digger waiting for you shall be disappointed this year.
Anyone who thought he has succeeded in making you sad, by the time God turned the tide you will laugh last.
I think I have told you the story before, but for the benefit of those of you coming for the first time; the day my wife and I wedded, we got to the registry and found a girl that was gaily dressed, waiting for the bride groom.
She too was going to be married that day but the man didn't come, the man ran away.
Promised this girl, fixed the date to meet at the registry, everything sets the girl dressed ready for marriage, husband didn't come.
You can imagine the sorrow of that day. She nearly went crazy with sorrow, but somehow she survived.
Thank God you are a survivor too.
And after sometime she found a young military officer and married him, in the main time the boyfriend that jilted her also joined the army.
Years passed and the new husband became a military governor and they attached to the military governor an aid de-camp that was the former boyfriend of the first lady now.
And so anytime First Lady wants to travel, the aide de-camp had to open the door for her. I am sure she must have laughed and laughed.
There is somebody here today, you will laugh last!
The Lord says there is someone here tonight, He said very soon, everywhere you go they will be greeting you congratulations.
You will laugh last spiritually!
In Daniel 4 v 28- 37 we see the story of Nebuchadnezzar, he offended God and God made him a madman, he was naked for seven years, I'm sure during those seven years a lot of people must have mocked him.
During those seven years they would have looked at him and say look at the former king eating grass like a cow.
I'm sure some of them will probably stand by and say "hello your majesty".
They thought he was finished, they thought he can never again become somebody, they thought he was going to die mad, but after seven years he repented, he lifted his head to the Almighty and said "there is no God like the Almighty".
And God said "alright, I will turn the tide for you".
And all of a sudden the "animal" became a man again and the Bible says his chiefs came, they got him, they washed him, they dressed him and they place him back on his throne.
I'm sure he must have looked at those who were saying "your majesty" when he was an animal and said now, " I am your majesty indeed".
Somebody is here today; the enemies thought you were finished, God will surprise the enemies.
One of the stories that have always intrigued me is found in Mark 1 v 23-27, it is the case of a man who had an unclean spirit in the synagogue.
He was in the Church, a demon was inhabiting him and I'm sure the demon must have been asking him from time to time; 'you've come to church to do what?
"Where is your God?"
Until one day Jesus walked in and showed the demon that God is alive.
There is a possibility that there might be one or two people here tonight who are being tormented by one evil force or the other and the demon in you have been asking 'where is your God?' Tonight, God will prove Himself.
At least you remember the story of a woman in America, who had this demon in her that was talking with the voice of a man.
Poor woman; she had fasted, she had prayed, done everything she knew and the demon was there still talking like a man.
Then she came to one of our conventions and she was saying oh God, how I wished somebody could take me to go and see the G.O to pray for me.
And the demon said "don't worry yourself", nobody will take you to go and see the GO And then it was Holy Communion night and it just came out of my mouth; the holy communion is a poison to demons.
If you take Holy Communion and there is any demon in you, the demon is finished.
And the demons in her spoke to her and say:
"You better don't take the Holy Communion".
And the woman said glory be to God, your end has come. And before that night the demons disappeared.
Tonight God will show up in your life and you will laugh last spiritually.
Now you will laugh last even when you engage in spiritual warfare.
When you read Joshua 7 you will discover that after the victory at Jericho, Joshua sent a handful of men to go and attack the city of AI and the children of Israel were defeated, by the time you get to verse 12 Joshua was on his face on the ground, overwhelmed by shame, because defeat brings shame.
But the Almighty God spoke to him; that what happened, happened because of sin. Restitute and you will have victory again.
But the time we got to Joshua 8 there was not a single fellow left alive in the city of AI, then the man whose face was on the ground could now lift up his head high and laughed.
I don't know how many wars you are fighting secretly, but before this night is over, those wars will be over also in Jesus name.
I can give you several examples, but I want to give you enough time to pray. Let me begin to round up by talking to you about overflowing laughter, because this is the year when your laughter will overflow.
The Lord says there I someone here tonight, he said the future, you have always desired, will begin to open up now.
The Lord says there is someone here tonight, He said the giant in you will begin to manifest this year.
In 2 Kings 2 v 1-15, the Bible tells us what happened when Elijah was about to go to heaven and everywhere he went the sons of the prophet came to Elisha and they said to him; "daddy's son.
Everywhere he goes you go with him.
Do you know your daddy is going today?
"We will see what will become of you".
And he kept on telling them I know, mind your own business, shut your mouth. And then Elijah was taken to heaven, and the mantle of Elijah dropped and Elisha grabbed it and went and smooth river Jordan like his father did and the river opened up into him.
The Bible said when the sons of the prophet saw it, who have been mocking him, when they saw what happened, they came and bow down to him and said the spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha.
The greatest laughter comes when your mockers become your servant. And in the name that is above every other name, the same spirit that the Almighty God has endowed me with will begin to manifest in the life of my children.
That is for my children alone! How many children of mine are here now? Let me hear your amen loud and clear.
When the Almighty God called me to the ministry a lot of people laughed and the greatest laughter came from my village; look at him, the only lecturer we have, we thought he was going to become somebody.
We knew something was wrong when he began to say 'Amen, amen'. We knew something was wrong with him as soon as he began to say amen.
And they had reason to laugh because as a lecturer in the university as the acting head of the department in the university, I knew what my salary was.
My salary, then was more than the total income of The Redeemed Christian Church of God. You left that one to say amen, people should laugh.
But glory be to God, I am still laughing.
There is somebody here tonight, you will laugh last! 1.27
Now what is the secret of overflowing laughter?
It is there is the Psalm I read to you, it said when the Lord turned our captivity; we were like them that dreamed, then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with singing and even the heathen says God has done great things for them.
Then it went down further to say they that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He said he that goeth forth weeping, carrying his precious seed with him shall surely return again.
This time, with singing, carrying his sheave with him.
The secret of overflowing laughter, the secret of laughing last is in the fact that even in sorrow you were sowing, even as you were going forth weeping, you carried precious seed with you.
It is when you sow that you can expect a harvest, don't think am about to take an offering.
I'm teaching you a principle, because each time you hear of seed your mind goes to money.
Money is the smallest seed you can sow!
The man who laughed loudest; this Elisha in 1King 19 v 19-21 the moment Elijah called him, he sowed his life, he sowed his future, he sowed his ambition, everything he had he sold it to God.
The implement of his agriculture, he sowed it, his ambition of becoming the richest farmer in the land, he sowed it, his father he handed it over to God.
The one who took the offering said before the angel, that visited Abraham made their pronouncement, there were fed.
Abraham sowed, Hannah sowed prayer, she prayed so earnestly that the high priest noticed her, she sowed prayer.
The four boys who brought that boy who was paralyzed, they sowed time, energy, they sowed everything they could sow. they put everything into it!
Blind Bartimeaus sowed prayer, he knew he had nothing, he was a beggar, he had no money to give Jesus, but he prayed so loudly God heard him, he sowed in tears. No wonder he reaped in joy.
When I became a Christian and FESTAC was coming in 1976 and I understood that schools will be on holiday, realizing how close I was to hell before Jesus saved my soul, I was hungry to see several souls saved.
So I said alright if schools are going to be on holidays, while FESTAC is going on, let me organize something that will bring all students together to study about Jesus Christ.
And if you are going to bring all students together, if I must do this thing successfully, I must have something to entice them to come, promised them free feeding, free accommodation and I had no money.
I printed the invitation; I went to WAEC, collected the address of every secondary school and every college.
Suddenly I realized to send all these letters out to all the colleges, I need stamps. I had no money to buy stamps and I wanted to feed all those who will come.
Thank God the Just shall live by faith, what shall I do? How do I get money to buy stamps? And it occurred to me, I have a car, it's an old car, but it is my first car. So I sold the car and I used the money to buy stamps.
Incidentally the man who bought the car, but it's for one thousand Naira.
You will know what kind of car it was and he only paid me five hundred Naira.
He will pay me the rest one of these days, I have already forgiven him.
I sowed my first car, if there is anything else I had then that can be sowed I would have sown in it. I sowed in tears, thank God am reaping in joy.
You want to laugh last. This year I want you to commit yourself to serving God like you have never done before, sow your life, sow your energy, sow your influence, sow everything you can sow.
God said something to you last December, I wasn't going to tell you, but the Holy Spirit said I can tell you now because it is something that made me weep and I don't want you to weep; I want you to laugh this year.
I was praying for the congress when all of a sudden God spoke to me and say "son, do you know you failed a test badly in this year that is ending?"
Father, what test? He said "the new auditorium, how?" how? "I told you, you are going to build a new auditorium"
I said "yes Lord"
"And I told you this time round you can ask anybody who want to contribute", I said
"Yes, Lord",
How did I fail my test?
He said "You remember when you were going to build the present auditorium, I told you, and you will take no offering".
I said yes Lord,
"I told you it is going to be you and I",
I said yes Lord,
"Was the auditorium build or was it not built?"
I say it was built.
He said "when I say unto you that we are going to build a new auditorium and you can ask people to contribute, you should have asked me.
"Lord, what have I done wrong".
"It was the two of us last time, why can't it be the two of us now?"
I said Daddy, "I am sorry, can I reverse the situation, can I tell everybody please leave it out, forget",
He said that is too late.
He said you have already opened the door to some people to be blessed and we can't close that door.
But He said to me "son do you know because you have open this door to them, in the future now if I decide to bless you in an extraordinary manner, some of them will think it is the money they contribute to the auditorium that you are spending.
He said that will be your punishment, but for the door that is already opened, we will keep it open".
Let me tell you one thing my children, this might be the last opportunity you have to do something great for God, if you like to cease it, if you like let it go.
We are talking about a new auditorium; don't let anybody tell you that is going to be the last one, it is not going to be.
I can assure you as soon as we finish it, in less than three years in less than three years it will become too small.
The one after that one, I am not going to tell you about it until it is finished.
So this is the opportunity, this year like never before go all out, serve God, serve Him in witnessing, serve Him in praises, serve Him in giving, serve Him in winning souls, do everything you can because he that sows in tears shall reap in joy.
He that goes forth weeping, carrying precious seed with him, shall doubtless return with singing, carrying his sheaves with him.
There is somebody here tonight; and am repeating it in the name that is above every other name, you will laugh last.
As we prepare to pray, let me give an opportunity to those who are here, who has never given their lives to Jesus.
God is not interested in your money if He hasn't got you, if you are not one of his children, don't give Him any offering, don't waste your money.
It doesn't matter what the officer taking the offering may say, if you are not going to heaven, why must you send money there?
If you are not born again, don't spend your money for God.
Spend your money and enjoy yourself so that when you get to hell you will tell the devil, at least I enjoyed life.
If you want God to make you laugh last, surrender your life to Him first, so if you want to give your life to Jesus, come and surrender your life to Him, come and ask Him to take over your life completely, become my Lord, become my Savior I will serve you all the days of my life, forgive my sin and be my Lord and be my savior.
If you want to give your life to Jesus, come now...
Talk to the Lord, ask Him to have mercy on you, to save our soul, cry unto him and ask him to please become your Lord and savior today, promise him that from now on you will serve him wholeheartedly; body, soul, spirit, tell Him to please forgive all your sins and brand new beginning, tell Him that from this moment onward you will do His will, ask Him just to save your soul, make you a child of the living God and give you a brand new beginning.
The rest of us, let's stretch our hands towards these people and intercede for them that the Almighty God, the one who save our souls, will save their souls also. Pray that God will forgive them, that God will have mercy on them. Pray for them brethren. Intercede for them...
In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
Savior, I just want to say thank you, thank you for your word, thank you for these people who have just come, thank you Lord God Almighty because you promised that whosoever will come unto you, you will no wise cast out, they have come to you, please receive them in Jesus name.
Save their souls in Jesus name, cleanse them in your blood in Jesus name, please write their names in the book of life and don't let them go back into sin in Jesus name.
Give them a new beginning and from now on anytime they all on you please answer them by fire. In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
I want to rejoice with those of you who have come, I want to promise you that from tonight onwards by God's grace I will be praying for you, so I am going to need your names, your address and your prayer request and very soon you will be receiving miracles and you will know there is somebody praying for you, and that person will be me.
Remember I told you for every prophecy you received, you must pray, every prophetic utterance coming your way is a prayer point, you must pray it into manifestation.
PRAYER POINTS
1. Praise God with all your strengths (spend quality time praising Him)
2. Father, please give me the grace for total surrender
3. Father, please help me to love you with all my heart, all my soul and all my strength.
4. Father, please let "those asking where is my God" come and surrender to you.
5. Father, let those laughing at me now, come and laugh with me soon.
6. Father, let me laugh last.
7. Father, let my laughter overflow forever.
8. Father, let the joy of all who wish me well, last forever.
9. Father, help me to bring the joy of salvation to many homes through soul winning.
10. Father, please have mercy on Nigeria.
11. Individual prayers.
12. Pray for the General Overseer and his family.
We have one hour, you can pray kneeling down, sitting down, and standing, on your face.
Make sure you spend quality time praising God...
In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
One more prayer, join your hands together, you are going to pray this last prayer as if you are angry.
You will say Father, anyone or any force that is trying to slow down my neighbor, let your consuming fire consume...
In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
The Almighty God will answer your prayer by fire, the grace for total surrender; receive it right now in Jesus name.
The ability to love God with all your heart, all your soul, all your spirit, receive it right now in Jesus name.
All those who are laughing at you, will now come and laugh with you. All those who wish you well, their joy will last forever, beginning from now, the river of your joy will begin to overflow you will laugh last; your joy will never end.
This year God will use you to win many souls, anyone or any force trying to slow you down, the fire of God will consume.
God will have mercy on you, He will have mercy on your family, He will have mercy on your churches, and He will have mercy on Nigeria.
Physically, you will laugh last, material you will laugh last, martially you will laugh last, spiritually you will laugh last, emotionally you will laugh last, and you will be victorious.
In the mighty name of Jesus of this year, you will reach the top, God will crown your effort with success, you will never know failure again, and the glorious future that you have been dreaming about will begin now.
The giant in you will begin to manifest now, so shall it be, you will laugh last, you will laugh forever.
In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
Let somebody shout halleluiah
Pst E, A., Adeboye
Thank Him that for all the efforts of the enemies over you last year, you are still here.
Give Him glory, give Him honor, give Him adoration, praise the King of kings, praise the Lord of lords. Worship Him, magnify Him; but for Him you won't be here now; oh yes the enemy has failed.
Give Him glory, give Him honor, give Him adoration, bless Him.
Thank Him for His love, thank Him for His goodness, thank Him for His mercy, bless His holy name.
Thank Him for all He did last year; thank Him for the ups and downs; for the mountains and the valleys, thank Him for health, thank Him for strength, thank Him for provision.
Thank Him for food, thank Him for the air you breathe, thank Him for accommodation, thank Him for the clothe you wear, thank Him for protection, thank Him for securities, thank Him for journey mercies, thank Him for sleeping and waking up, thank Him for answered prayers.
Thank Him for prayers that are yet to be answered.
Thank Him for testimonies, thank Him for joy.
Give Him glory, give Him honor, Give Him adoration, He is worthy to be praised. Thank Him for your family; thank Him for your church.
Thank Him for the place of work, blessed His holy name.
Bless His holy name. Give Him glory, Give Him honor, give Him adoration.
He is worthy to be praised; He is worthy to be praised.
Thank Him for eyes that could see, ears that could hear, mouth that could speak, hands that can still move, legs that can still walk, bless His holy name.
He is worthy to be praised, thank Him for the salvation of your soul. Thank Him for the baptism in the Holy spirit, thank Him for sanctification, thank Him for upholding you, for defending you, for fighting your battles for you, thank Him for enemies known and unknown that He has kept in check.
Thank Him for preparing a table before you in the presence of your enemies, give Him glory, give Him honor, He is worthy to be praised.
Thank Him for all the Holy Ghost services in 2013, thank Him, especially for the last congress, bless His holy name; bless His holy name for a new beginning, a new year.
A year of overflow; overflowing with joy, overflowing with blessings, overflowing with laughter.
Bless His holy name, tell Him you love Him, tell Him you love and you want to love Him more.
Tell Him you want to know Him more, you want to serve Him better, give Him glory, give Him honor, He is worthy to be praised, He is worthy to be praised!...
In Jesus mighty name we worshipped.
Lift your voice to Him loud and clear and say Father, let my river of joy begin to flow now....
In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
Lift your voice to Him and say Father, let me have a life changing encounter with you this very night...
In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
Please join your hands together with your neighbor, pray with all your heart remembering the law of harvest.
Father, for this your child that am holding, let this year be a year of pleasant surprises...
In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
Worthy, worthy is the lamb 2ce
That was slain.
Glory halleluiah, glory halleluiah, praises the Lord!
Worthy, worthy is the lamb 2ce
That was slain.
Glory halleluiah, glory halleluiah, praise the Lord!
Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, the God of last year and the God of this year, the God of the past, the God of the present, the God of the future, glory be to your holy name, Father glory be to your holy name.
Thank you for life, thank you for health, thank you for strength, thank you for provision, thank you for protection, thank you for security, thank you for joy, thank you for mountains, thank you for valleys.
Thank you for prayers already answered, thank you for prayers that will yet be answered accept our thanks in Jesus name.
Rock of Ages, Ancient of days, Unchangeable Changer, the One who Is the one who Was the one who is to come.
Our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, glory be to Your holy name, accept our worship in Jesus name.
Father, we thank you for the last Congress, thank you for the soul saved, thank you for the sick healed, thank you for the captives set free, thank you for testimonies, thank you for miracles, thank you for signs, thank you for wonders, please accept our thanks in Jesus name.
For all your children, my Father and my God beginning from this moment, let our rivers of joy begin to flow.
Let this year be a year of pleasant surprises, let it be a year of overflowing joy, let it be a year of overflowing blessings, let it be a year of overflowing miracles.
And tonight in a very special way, every one of us here and those listening by Radio, by Television, by the Internet; let there be a life changing encounter with you.
Please answer all our prayers and let your name be glorified.
Lord, have mercy on all of us, have mercy on our families, have mercy on your church and please have mercy on Nigeria...
In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
Let someone shout halleluiah!
PRAYER FOR THOSE BORN IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY
Father, we are committing your children born in the very first of the year into your hands, January is a the very, beginning sovery for all these your children; let there be a beginning of joy, let there be a beginning of miracles, let there be a new beginning of signs and wonders, let there be a new beginning of promotion, let there be a new beginning of breakthroughs, pour fresh oil on all of them and let them serve you like never before, in Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
MESSAGE: The theme for tonight is YOU SHALL LAUGH LAST.
Psalm 126 When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
There are miracles that when you have them you will think you are dreaming.
You are going to get plenty of such miracles this year.
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, God will fill your mouth with laughter this year. And our tongue with singing.
Throughout this year you are going to sing praises to God.
Then said they among the heathen, the Lord hath done great things for them.
Even unbelievers will testify that God has been good to you this year.
The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. Turn again our captivity, o Lord, as the streams in the south. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weeping, bearing precious seed shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
I want you to say loud and clear so that the Devil will hear you, "I SHALL LAUGH LAST".
You see the reason I ask you to say that is because God said "as I hear in my ear, so will I do unto you".
When we talk about laughter; laughter can be in forms and categories; there is the laughter of mockery, there is the laughter of joy, there is the laughter of the enemy, there is the laughter of a friend who is rejoicing with you, but probably the best laughter of all is the last laugh.
It doesn't matter how long the enemies have been laughing at you, you will laugh last.
I'm going to be brief tonight because I want you to spend one solid hour in praise.
Because one of the things you will do this year like you have never done before is praying.
It is clear from the word of God that you must pray, before you decree and you must pray after you prophecy.
The Bible says Elijah was a man of like passion like ourselves, he prayed earnestly that it will not rain, and it didn't rain for three and half years.
Then he prayed again; that it will rain, and it rained.
When Elijah stood before Ahab, he said "as the Lord God of Israel liveth before whom I stand, there will be no rain or dew all these years except at my word", he was decreeing.
We only heard the decree, we didn't know what went behind or before the decree, but James tells us that He had prayed earnestly before he decreed.
Then on Mount Camel he told the same Ahab; go, drink I have heard the sound of abundance of rain.
After he said that again he fell on his face and he prayed earnestly, he had already prophecy and yet he prayed.
I was sharing with my Senior Pastors I think last night or so; many of us here have heard prophecy coming from this altar that we knew and we knew this is for me, no doubt about it and yet we heard testimonies.
People said daddy said it, and this is the result.
And we said ah!
When daddy said that one I received it too, how come it hasn't manifested in my life?
The difference is somebody heard it and prayed; another heard it and did nothing. Let me assure you of one thing, every prophecy you have claimed, they are still waiting, hanging, waiting for you to bring them down with prayers.
That is why I told those of you who came for Holy Communion service yesterday night, "your blessing shall be backdated".
A man has been barren for more than thirty years, he asked God what shall I do, God said wait.
Then He came to one of the meeting and the word of God came that the waiting is over.
He said "thank God".
That month his wife became pregnant because he grabbed it.
heard the Prophecy, prayed about it and it became manifest.
Say it one more time; I shall laugh last!
"Will you pray about that?"
That is why I am really, really thanking God that you have at least a hundred days of fasting and prayer to do; when you are fasting, all of a sudden you are minding your own business and hunger came, what is the purpose of that hunger?
To remind you, you are supposed to be praying, that is the purpose of the hunger.
It will keep coming during the hundred days; you woke up in the morning, you go to work and suddenly around 11 o'clock your belly begins to grumble, what does that mean?
You have to pray.
And let me tell you one secret, as soon as the devil knows that anytime the hunger comes you will begin to pray, he will tell the hungers don't come. I am telling you from experience.
So you are going to enjoy this hundred days so that when it is time for it to end, you will say I don't want this thing to end.
Physically you are going to laugh last!
Let me give you an example in Mark 2 v 1 -12 Bible tells us of a man who was paralyzed from neck downwards and then his friends came one day and grabbed him and said there were going to take him to Jesus and like I told some of you during the Let's go a fishing he must have begged his friends, please leave me alone, don't expose my secret.
Nobody knows what I'm suffering but am suffering it in my room, when you take me out everybody will see me, so they took him out anyway.
I can imagine the ridicule that that man went through that day, when all of a sudden the crowd surrounding Jesus saw four people carrying a man, you see because paralysis made him heavy.
They saw four people carrying a man "ah Joe, we thought you travelled! And then they saw the people climbing the roof and they were laughing. What are they doing carrying a sick man to the roof?
Jesus is not on the roof.
They saw them breaking through the roof, they must have laughed more, what is wrong with these boys.
But when they saw the man, walking out of the house, carrying his own bed; then they realized he who laughs last laughs best.
I prophesy to somebody here today, you will laugh last.
Or consider John 9 v 1-7 it was the story of a man who was born blind; you could feel the mockery as they began to ask Jesus Christ, who sinned that this man was born blind; himself or the parent?.
You know what they were saying, look at this sinner, the son of sinners; God is punishing him with blindness.
They were mocking him, but before the day was over, he opened his mouth and said whether Jesus was a sinner or not, I don't know, but I know one thing, whereas I was blind but now I see.
Every one of you with any form of ailment in the name that is above every other name, you will laugh last.
Or consider Mark 10 v 46-52, remember when Bartimeaus was crying to Jesus for help, they told him to shut up.
"You blind beggar keep your mouth shut".
Do you think God has a time for a beggar like you?
But it wasn't long after that, that the Almighty Jesus said "go and bring Him", those who were laughing then, their laughter ended.
They now came to him, we don't know how it happened, but God is sending for you.
In the name that is above every other name, God is sending for someone here tonight.
And when they saw his eyes pop opened, when they saw the man they were asking to shut up become the centre of attraction, when they saw the glory of God manifesting in the life of somebody that they thought would never attract the attention of God, they realized, he who laugh last laughed best.
Some of you know the testimony of a sister who was dying at LUTH the husband came and the doctors told him,
"There is no way your wife could be alive tomorrow morning, it is too late now"
So he went to her, pretended to be a loving husband
"Sorry my darling, I will come and see you in the morning".
Got out of the hospital and phoned his girlfriend and said come the stupid one is going to die tonight.
And they met in his house and they were having fun and because nobody was going to disturb them, they didn't even bother to lock the bedroom door.
But after the husband left in the night, the Lord Jesus Christ decided to pay the wife a visit and said
"I am the Lord that heal thee, get up and go home".
And she got up, when the nurse saw her, they thought she was dead and thought they saw the ghost so they moved out of the way.
She came home, the door wasn't locked, and she opened the door and saw the husband and the girlfriend
"So you thought I was dead?
"I am alive and well"
There is somebody here tonight, you will laugh last; materially you will laugh last.
Consider the story in 2King 4 v 1-7 there was this widow of one of the son of the prophet heavily in debt, creditors came and said where is our money?
"Please I will get you the money"
The told her, "Well if you don't get us the money by tomorrow, we will sell your children into bondage".
They went away laughing; they thought they have gotten two slaves because they knew there was no way this woman could pay the debt.
No way!
But by the time they returned the following morning, because the Almighty God had already intervened, the widow looked at them and say how much do you say I owe you?
There is somebody here tonight, materially you will laugh last.
I wasn't there in Luke 5 v 1-7 when Peter fished all night and caught nothing but am sure some of the colleagues will probably be saying to Peter,
"Peter, sorry, how are you going to face your mother in law now?
"Because there is nothing you are going to take home today"
But when all of a sudden Peter beckoned unto them; "my fish is overflowing, my blessings are more than I can carry come and join me in carrying some of it".
They realized that he who laughs last, laughs best.
Before the end of this year, all those who think you are going to sink under the burden of debt, they will realize that he who laugh last laugh best.
Who is the one who is going to laugh last? Let me hear you shout halleluiah!
In 2Kings 7 v 1- when the man of God said within 24 hours things will change, the counselor of the king, the minister of finance said,
"How can this be, even if God were to open window in heaven can this thing be?"
The man of God said you will see it with your eye, but you won't partake of it, by the end of the story, the prophecy of the man of God has come to pass.
The king's counselor saw it, but he didn't partake of it.
When the Almighty God decides to step into a situation He has a way of making you the one who will to laugh last.
I have told you the story before, one of my children in the United Kingdom, he was a taxi driver and so anytime I am visiting the London, He will come and take me to where I will stay.
On the way between the airport and where I would stay there is a workshop where they sell second hand Roll Royce and anytime we are passing by that place I will look in that direction and I will say one day, I will go in there and will drive out a Rolls Royce and my son will say amen.
You know the kind of amen, keep on deceiving yourself.
Then one day He drove me past that day, I said what I used to say, he said his amen and as we moved a little forward, I saw a shop where they were selling clothes and they put up a little sign, I said let's branch here.
If the shirts are on sales I might be able to get a shirt and then I got in there and I looked at the shirt, 25 pounds, 30 pounds, I thought these people say there were on sales, so I told my son don't mind these stupid people, I thought they were on sales.
As we were moving towards the taxing car, my son began to laugh, he just kept on laughing, now I knew why he was laughing; here is a man who wants to buy a Rolls Royce and he can't buy a shirt for 35 pounds.
So I looked up to God, I said "Daddy, I hope you know he is not laughing at me alone?
I said he was laughing at both of us because you are my employer".
And I forgot about it.
Months later, I was returning from American and I came to London to stop over and my son came as usual to pick me in his taxi.
And as he was about to put my luggage in his boot, another son of mine says "hey! Daddy you are welcome, this car is yours.
I know it is second hand but it is a Rolls Royce".
I now looked at my son and I began to laugh.
There is somebody here tonight, in the name that is above every other name, you will laugh last.
You will laugh last martially!
The Lord said there is someone here tonight; he said your season of repeated failure ended last year.
The Lord said there is someone that is listening to me right now that very soon you are going to sing:
I never know he will answer me this way, I never know he will answer me this way.
I never know he will answer me this way, he will answer me this way, he answer me this way.
Thank you Jesus!
You will laugh last martially!
I thank God for the first speaker of tonight, because he brought out one of the point because in Genesis 16 v 1-4 when Sarah saw that she couldn't produce a child, she handed over her bond woman, house, slave to Abraham, Abraham went into her and the woman became pregnant, the Bible says when she discovered she was pregnant, she began to despise Sarah.
But by the time we got to Genesis 21 v 1-7 Sarah said God has made me laugh.
Every one of you here trusting God for the fruit of the womb, before the end of this year God will make you laugh.
When you read the story of Hannah, 1Samuel 1 v 1 -6 the Bible tells us that because she was barren, her adversary, that is the word they used, tormented her sore, gave her hell in the house; called her the fruitless tree.
Said what are you doing in my husband's house just eating our food not producing children?
But when the tide turn, when the Almighty God who can do all things, who can make somebody to laugh, the God who can turn tears to laughter when he intervened, the one they called barren ended up with six children one of them the greatest Prophet that Israel ever had.
Every one of you who have been under mockery, very, very soon you will laugh last.
Emotionally, you will laugh last.
You know when you read the story in Mark 5 v 35-42 you see what happened in the house of Jairus it tells you how many fake sympathizers had been in the world long ago, they are not new if you come across some of them.
Jarius had just lost his only daughter, theses people gathered together and they were wailing, they pretended as if they were told, they were shedding crocodile tears, but when Jesus came and said
"No, now get out of here, this child is not dead, she is only sleeping".
The Bible said they laughed him to scorn, they switched from weeping to laughing within a second.
That means they were not sad to start with at all!
I am happy that Jesus chased them out of the house.
In the name that is among every other name, everyone that is saying he is sympathizing with you, God will get rid of them, he will replace them with those who will rejoice with you.
When the widow of Nain in Luke 7 v 11-17 was going to bury her only son and Jesus met her on the way; there were a lot of people there who pretended they were sympathizing with her, but if you listen closely, if it is possible for you to be there and hear what they were whispering among themselves.
I am sure they must have been saying
"Is she the only one in the town?
Why is it that tragedy upon tragedies are befalling her; first the husband died, now the only boy she had is dead.
"God must be punishing her for her sin".
That is what they must have been saying, until Jesus got there and stopped the procession.
One of my children said the grave digger were waiting, they have already dug the grave.
The mourners were waiting to do the final morning at the graveyard, but the Almighty God disappointed them.
Every grave digger waiting for you shall be disappointed this year.
Anyone who thought he has succeeded in making you sad, by the time God turned the tide you will laugh last.
I think I have told you the story before, but for the benefit of those of you coming for the first time; the day my wife and I wedded, we got to the registry and found a girl that was gaily dressed, waiting for the bride groom.
She too was going to be married that day but the man didn't come, the man ran away.
Promised this girl, fixed the date to meet at the registry, everything sets the girl dressed ready for marriage, husband didn't come.
You can imagine the sorrow of that day. She nearly went crazy with sorrow, but somehow she survived.
Thank God you are a survivor too.
And after sometime she found a young military officer and married him, in the main time the boyfriend that jilted her also joined the army.
Years passed and the new husband became a military governor and they attached to the military governor an aid de-camp that was the former boyfriend of the first lady now.
And so anytime First Lady wants to travel, the aide de-camp had to open the door for her. I am sure she must have laughed and laughed.
There is somebody here today, you will laugh last!
The Lord says there is someone here tonight, He said very soon, everywhere you go they will be greeting you congratulations.
You will laugh last spiritually!
In Daniel 4 v 28- 37 we see the story of Nebuchadnezzar, he offended God and God made him a madman, he was naked for seven years, I'm sure during those seven years a lot of people must have mocked him.
During those seven years they would have looked at him and say look at the former king eating grass like a cow.
I'm sure some of them will probably stand by and say "hello your majesty".
They thought he was finished, they thought he can never again become somebody, they thought he was going to die mad, but after seven years he repented, he lifted his head to the Almighty and said "there is no God like the Almighty".
And God said "alright, I will turn the tide for you".
And all of a sudden the "animal" became a man again and the Bible says his chiefs came, they got him, they washed him, they dressed him and they place him back on his throne.
I'm sure he must have looked at those who were saying "your majesty" when he was an animal and said now, " I am your majesty indeed".
Somebody is here today; the enemies thought you were finished, God will surprise the enemies.
One of the stories that have always intrigued me is found in Mark 1 v 23-27, it is the case of a man who had an unclean spirit in the synagogue.
He was in the Church, a demon was inhabiting him and I'm sure the demon must have been asking him from time to time; 'you've come to church to do what?
"Where is your God?"
Until one day Jesus walked in and showed the demon that God is alive.
There is a possibility that there might be one or two people here tonight who are being tormented by one evil force or the other and the demon in you have been asking 'where is your God?' Tonight, God will prove Himself.
At least you remember the story of a woman in America, who had this demon in her that was talking with the voice of a man.
Poor woman; she had fasted, she had prayed, done everything she knew and the demon was there still talking like a man.
Then she came to one of our conventions and she was saying oh God, how I wished somebody could take me to go and see the G.O to pray for me.
And the demon said "don't worry yourself", nobody will take you to go and see the GO And then it was Holy Communion night and it just came out of my mouth; the holy communion is a poison to demons.
If you take Holy Communion and there is any demon in you, the demon is finished.
And the demons in her spoke to her and say:
"You better don't take the Holy Communion".
And the woman said glory be to God, your end has come. And before that night the demons disappeared.
Tonight God will show up in your life and you will laugh last spiritually.
Now you will laugh last even when you engage in spiritual warfare.
When you read Joshua 7 you will discover that after the victory at Jericho, Joshua sent a handful of men to go and attack the city of AI and the children of Israel were defeated, by the time you get to verse 12 Joshua was on his face on the ground, overwhelmed by shame, because defeat brings shame.
But the Almighty God spoke to him; that what happened, happened because of sin. Restitute and you will have victory again.
But the time we got to Joshua 8 there was not a single fellow left alive in the city of AI, then the man whose face was on the ground could now lift up his head high and laughed.
I don't know how many wars you are fighting secretly, but before this night is over, those wars will be over also in Jesus name.
I can give you several examples, but I want to give you enough time to pray. Let me begin to round up by talking to you about overflowing laughter, because this is the year when your laughter will overflow.
The Lord says there I someone here tonight, he said the future, you have always desired, will begin to open up now.
The Lord says there is someone here tonight, He said the giant in you will begin to manifest this year.
In 2 Kings 2 v 1-15, the Bible tells us what happened when Elijah was about to go to heaven and everywhere he went the sons of the prophet came to Elisha and they said to him; "daddy's son.
Everywhere he goes you go with him.
Do you know your daddy is going today?
"We will see what will become of you".
And he kept on telling them I know, mind your own business, shut your mouth. And then Elijah was taken to heaven, and the mantle of Elijah dropped and Elisha grabbed it and went and smooth river Jordan like his father did and the river opened up into him.
The Bible said when the sons of the prophet saw it, who have been mocking him, when they saw what happened, they came and bow down to him and said the spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha.
The greatest laughter comes when your mockers become your servant. And in the name that is above every other name, the same spirit that the Almighty God has endowed me with will begin to manifest in the life of my children.
That is for my children alone! How many children of mine are here now? Let me hear your amen loud and clear.
When the Almighty God called me to the ministry a lot of people laughed and the greatest laughter came from my village; look at him, the only lecturer we have, we thought he was going to become somebody.
We knew something was wrong when he began to say 'Amen, amen'. We knew something was wrong with him as soon as he began to say amen.
And they had reason to laugh because as a lecturer in the university as the acting head of the department in the university, I knew what my salary was.
My salary, then was more than the total income of The Redeemed Christian Church of God. You left that one to say amen, people should laugh.
But glory be to God, I am still laughing.
There is somebody here tonight, you will laugh last! 1.27
Now what is the secret of overflowing laughter?
It is there is the Psalm I read to you, it said when the Lord turned our captivity; we were like them that dreamed, then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with singing and even the heathen says God has done great things for them.
Then it went down further to say they that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He said he that goeth forth weeping, carrying his precious seed with him shall surely return again.
This time, with singing, carrying his sheave with him.
The secret of overflowing laughter, the secret of laughing last is in the fact that even in sorrow you were sowing, even as you were going forth weeping, you carried precious seed with you.
It is when you sow that you can expect a harvest, don't think am about to take an offering.
I'm teaching you a principle, because each time you hear of seed your mind goes to money.
Money is the smallest seed you can sow!
The man who laughed loudest; this Elisha in 1King 19 v 19-21 the moment Elijah called him, he sowed his life, he sowed his future, he sowed his ambition, everything he had he sold it to God.
The implement of his agriculture, he sowed it, his ambition of becoming the richest farmer in the land, he sowed it, his father he handed it over to God.
The one who took the offering said before the angel, that visited Abraham made their pronouncement, there were fed.
Abraham sowed, Hannah sowed prayer, she prayed so earnestly that the high priest noticed her, she sowed prayer.
The four boys who brought that boy who was paralyzed, they sowed time, energy, they sowed everything they could sow. they put everything into it!
Blind Bartimeaus sowed prayer, he knew he had nothing, he was a beggar, he had no money to give Jesus, but he prayed so loudly God heard him, he sowed in tears. No wonder he reaped in joy.
When I became a Christian and FESTAC was coming in 1976 and I understood that schools will be on holiday, realizing how close I was to hell before Jesus saved my soul, I was hungry to see several souls saved.
So I said alright if schools are going to be on holidays, while FESTAC is going on, let me organize something that will bring all students together to study about Jesus Christ.
And if you are going to bring all students together, if I must do this thing successfully, I must have something to entice them to come, promised them free feeding, free accommodation and I had no money.
I printed the invitation; I went to WAEC, collected the address of every secondary school and every college.
Suddenly I realized to send all these letters out to all the colleges, I need stamps. I had no money to buy stamps and I wanted to feed all those who will come.
Thank God the Just shall live by faith, what shall I do? How do I get money to buy stamps? And it occurred to me, I have a car, it's an old car, but it is my first car. So I sold the car and I used the money to buy stamps.
Incidentally the man who bought the car, but it's for one thousand Naira.
You will know what kind of car it was and he only paid me five hundred Naira.
He will pay me the rest one of these days, I have already forgiven him.
I sowed my first car, if there is anything else I had then that can be sowed I would have sown in it. I sowed in tears, thank God am reaping in joy.
You want to laugh last. This year I want you to commit yourself to serving God like you have never done before, sow your life, sow your energy, sow your influence, sow everything you can sow.
God said something to you last December, I wasn't going to tell you, but the Holy Spirit said I can tell you now because it is something that made me weep and I don't want you to weep; I want you to laugh this year.
I was praying for the congress when all of a sudden God spoke to me and say "son, do you know you failed a test badly in this year that is ending?"
Father, what test? He said "the new auditorium, how?" how? "I told you, you are going to build a new auditorium"
I said "yes Lord"
"And I told you this time round you can ask anybody who want to contribute", I said
"Yes, Lord",
How did I fail my test?
He said "You remember when you were going to build the present auditorium, I told you, and you will take no offering".
I said yes Lord,
"I told you it is going to be you and I",
I said yes Lord,
"Was the auditorium build or was it not built?"
I say it was built.
He said "when I say unto you that we are going to build a new auditorium and you can ask people to contribute, you should have asked me.
"Lord, what have I done wrong".
"It was the two of us last time, why can't it be the two of us now?"
I said Daddy, "I am sorry, can I reverse the situation, can I tell everybody please leave it out, forget",
He said that is too late.
He said you have already opened the door to some people to be blessed and we can't close that door.
But He said to me "son do you know because you have open this door to them, in the future now if I decide to bless you in an extraordinary manner, some of them will think it is the money they contribute to the auditorium that you are spending.
He said that will be your punishment, but for the door that is already opened, we will keep it open".
Let me tell you one thing my children, this might be the last opportunity you have to do something great for God, if you like to cease it, if you like let it go.
We are talking about a new auditorium; don't let anybody tell you that is going to be the last one, it is not going to be.
I can assure you as soon as we finish it, in less than three years in less than three years it will become too small.
The one after that one, I am not going to tell you about it until it is finished.
So this is the opportunity, this year like never before go all out, serve God, serve Him in witnessing, serve Him in praises, serve Him in giving, serve Him in winning souls, do everything you can because he that sows in tears shall reap in joy.
He that goes forth weeping, carrying precious seed with him, shall doubtless return with singing, carrying his sheaves with him.
There is somebody here tonight; and am repeating it in the name that is above every other name, you will laugh last.
As we prepare to pray, let me give an opportunity to those who are here, who has never given their lives to Jesus.
God is not interested in your money if He hasn't got you, if you are not one of his children, don't give Him any offering, don't waste your money.
It doesn't matter what the officer taking the offering may say, if you are not going to heaven, why must you send money there?
If you are not born again, don't spend your money for God.
Spend your money and enjoy yourself so that when you get to hell you will tell the devil, at least I enjoyed life.
If you want God to make you laugh last, surrender your life to Him first, so if you want to give your life to Jesus, come and surrender your life to Him, come and ask Him to take over your life completely, become my Lord, become my Savior I will serve you all the days of my life, forgive my sin and be my Lord and be my savior.
If you want to give your life to Jesus, come now...
Talk to the Lord, ask Him to have mercy on you, to save our soul, cry unto him and ask him to please become your Lord and savior today, promise him that from now on you will serve him wholeheartedly; body, soul, spirit, tell Him to please forgive all your sins and brand new beginning, tell Him that from this moment onward you will do His will, ask Him just to save your soul, make you a child of the living God and give you a brand new beginning.
The rest of us, let's stretch our hands towards these people and intercede for them that the Almighty God, the one who save our souls, will save their souls also. Pray that God will forgive them, that God will have mercy on them. Pray for them brethren. Intercede for them...
In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
Savior, I just want to say thank you, thank you for your word, thank you for these people who have just come, thank you Lord God Almighty because you promised that whosoever will come unto you, you will no wise cast out, they have come to you, please receive them in Jesus name.
Save their souls in Jesus name, cleanse them in your blood in Jesus name, please write their names in the book of life and don't let them go back into sin in Jesus name.
Give them a new beginning and from now on anytime they all on you please answer them by fire. In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
I want to rejoice with those of you who have come, I want to promise you that from tonight onwards by God's grace I will be praying for you, so I am going to need your names, your address and your prayer request and very soon you will be receiving miracles and you will know there is somebody praying for you, and that person will be me.
Remember I told you for every prophecy you received, you must pray, every prophetic utterance coming your way is a prayer point, you must pray it into manifestation.
PRAYER POINTS
1. Praise God with all your strengths (spend quality time praising Him)
2. Father, please give me the grace for total surrender
3. Father, please help me to love you with all my heart, all my soul and all my strength.
4. Father, please let "those asking where is my God" come and surrender to you.
5. Father, let those laughing at me now, come and laugh with me soon.
6. Father, let me laugh last.
7. Father, let my laughter overflow forever.
8. Father, let the joy of all who wish me well, last forever.
9. Father, help me to bring the joy of salvation to many homes through soul winning.
10. Father, please have mercy on Nigeria.
11. Individual prayers.
12. Pray for the General Overseer and his family.
We have one hour, you can pray kneeling down, sitting down, and standing, on your face.
Make sure you spend quality time praising God...
In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
One more prayer, join your hands together, you are going to pray this last prayer as if you are angry.
You will say Father, anyone or any force that is trying to slow down my neighbor, let your consuming fire consume...
In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
The Almighty God will answer your prayer by fire, the grace for total surrender; receive it right now in Jesus name.
The ability to love God with all your heart, all your soul, all your spirit, receive it right now in Jesus name.
All those who are laughing at you, will now come and laugh with you. All those who wish you well, their joy will last forever, beginning from now, the river of your joy will begin to overflow you will laugh last; your joy will never end.
This year God will use you to win many souls, anyone or any force trying to slow you down, the fire of God will consume.
God will have mercy on you, He will have mercy on your family, He will have mercy on your churches, and He will have mercy on Nigeria.
Physically, you will laugh last, material you will laugh last, martially you will laugh last, spiritually you will laugh last, emotionally you will laugh last, and you will be victorious.
In the mighty name of Jesus of this year, you will reach the top, God will crown your effort with success, you will never know failure again, and the glorious future that you have been dreaming about will begin now.
The giant in you will begin to manifest now, so shall it be, you will laugh last, you will laugh forever.
In Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
Let somebody shout halleluiah
Pst E, A., Adeboye
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