And so you’re welcome, especially to this program. And congratulations for connecting. Before you leave here today, you would have been loaded with blessings.
Before you leave here today, before you leave this meeting, you would have been loaded with blessings from above. We’re going to sing a song from my hymn book as we get ourselves prepared.
HYMN 251, the God to whom I pray.
SONG:
- We have come again, we have come again, we have come again, Lord.
- Holy Ghost, come and have your way now. Come and have your way. Come and have your way, Lord.
INTRO PRAYER
Go ahead and worship the Lord.
Worship the Lord to whom we have come to pray unto. Worship the Lord. We give you praise, the mighty God.
We give you praise, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Magnificent One. The I am that I am. The mighty God of Jacob.
The God who is full of compassion and tender mercies. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord of glory and power.
Once had it been spoken, twice have we heard it. Power belongs to God. Thank you, the omniscient one.
Thank you, the omnipresent one. Glory be to your holy name. In Jesus’ name we worship.
Eternal God in heaven, we bless your name. We bless you because you are the true God. You are the living God.
And you are an everlasting King. We bless your name because you are the lawgiver. And you are also the judge.
You give the law and you are the one that oversees the judgments. You are also the everlasting door. I bless your name, El Kippur, the mighty God.
I give you thanks because you are omnipresent. You are everywhere, wherever the brethren are connected from. You are right there.
You are right there where they are. You know everything. You are omniscient.
You know everyone that is connected. You know everyone in the world. You know everyone in more details than they know themselves.
I give you praise, the omnipotent God. The one who has all power. Jesus Christ said at the resurrection, all power in heaven and on earth has been given unto me.
Once had it been spoken. Twice have we had it. The power belongs to God.
Thank you, ancient of days. Thank you, the one who is never tired of us. He’s never tired of blessing us.
He’s never tired of hearing our prayers. He’s never tired of us. Lord, in heaven we have come again unto thee.
We ask, dear Lord, let the heavens open. Let the heavens above us open. And pour out your blessings, unlimited blessings, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Thank you because we know you’ve heard and you’ve answered. Take absolute preeminence. We subdue contrary powers.
Any agent of darkness. Any spirit from the kingdom of darkness. Assigned to block people from receiving from the Lord.
We subdue them right now. In the name of Jesus Christ. We uproot every obstacle.
Every obstacle to the blessings of the people of God tonight. We uproot them right now. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
Let the arm of the Lord be stretched out. For we believe the report of the Lord. Thank you, heavenly father.
Have your way, spirit divine. In Jesus’ name we have prayed. Amen and amen.
MESSAGE
Welcome once again to tonight’s charismatic hour. The Lord is here and that to bless us. And you will not go without your blessings in Jesus’ name.
Tonight we consider a very important message. A message that is designed by the Lord to bring open doors. To bring breakthroughs.
To bring answers. To prayers that you have been praying for a long time now. The prayers that have been delayed.
The Lord has designed to use this message. That you are about to hear. To bring about a speedy response.
And answers to those prayers. And it shall be so in the name of Jesus Christ.
My message tonight is titled, WHOSOEVER ASKETH.
Whosoever asketh. Including you. Including the little child.
That is trying to learn how to speak. Including the aged. Including every human being on the face of the earth.
Whosoever asketh. Come with me to the book of Matthew chapter 7. As we read our lit scriptures. Matthew chapter 7. As we go through this message.
I want you to hold on to. That first word, whosoever. Because you fit in there.
Many times people listen to the word of God. And they listen to it with some abstract mindset. The mindset of.
He was talking to them in the time past. He is talking to a certain group of people. I am not among them.
I want you to see yourself. Among the people God is speaking to tonight. Whosoever.
Doesn’t matter. How long you have known the Lord. Doesn’t matter how old you are.
Whosoever asketh. Matthew chapter 7. Reading from verse 7. Ask and he shall be given you. Seek and ye shall find.
Knock. And he shall be open unto you. For everyone that asketh.
Receiveth. And he that seeketh. Findeth.
And to him that knocketh. It shall be opened. Whosoever.
Everyone that asketh. Whosoever and everyone is the same thing. Everyone that asketh.
Receiveth. This scripture makes me know. That there is no reason why your prayer.
My prayer will not be answered. No reason. As we go through this message.
From this beginning point of this message. I want you to open up your heart. Because God will be pumping faith into your heart.
You will not be the same after this message. You would have. Acquired sufficient faith.
To receive whatever you are asking from the Lord. In Matthew chapter 20. Matthew chapter 20.
Matthew chapter 20. I am reading from verse 29. And as they departed from Jericho.
A great multitude followed him. And behold two blind men. Sitting by the wayside.
When they heard that Jesus passed by. They cried out saying. Have mercy on us.
O Lord our son of David. And the multitude rebuked them. Because they should hold their peace.
But they cried the more. Saying have mercy on us. O Lord our son of David.
And Jesus stood still. And as he stood still. They caught his attention.
And called them. And said. What will I do unto you? And they said unto him.
Lord that our eyes may be opened. So Jesus had compassion on them. And touched their eyes.
And immediately their eyes received sight. And they followed him. Amen.
We shall yet come back to this particular story. But for now. I want to inform you.
That in this charismatic hour today. We want to reaffirm. Strongly for that matter.
That God is a principled God. God whom we serve. Is a principled God.
And being principled. He laid down commandments. Rules.
Instructions. As in the area of asking and receiving. There are instructions in scriptures.
That God being a principled God. Has given to us. And one of those principles.
Is in the area of asking and receiving. And having given that instruction. It must be diligently followed.
For anyone to actually receive. What he is asking. I want you to look at it with these mindsets.
I want you to have this picture in your mind. Let’s say for example. That your father.
Your father. Works at the immigration. In Dubai.
Or in UAE. But you are looking for a visa. And the rule.
That your father. Being the head of immigration. Has put down.
Is that for you to get a visa. You need to get that document. You need to apply through this portal.
You need to go to a specific agency. And make your application there. And that way you receive your visa.
But then you being the child. Of that man who is in charge of immigration. Who has assured you.
All you need to do is to apply. I am there. Nothing will make your visa to be denied.
Just apply. Because I have put down rules. I have put down instructions.
I cannot violate my own instruction. But I assure you. That as you apply.
You will get it. Some of us may apply. But they may not get it.
But you. I have given you my word. I have given you my promise.
You know me. And therefore apply. You will get it.
And you refuse to apply. You are my father. Give it to me at home.
Until you obey that instruction. You are not going to get the visa. In like manner.
Our God. Has principles. Has rules.
Has clear regulations. Clear instructions. And in every area.
Those instructions if you obey them. You get what he has promised. In the area of asking and receiving.
If you are going to receive the needed answers. And blessings from the Lord. You must go and do what God said you should do.
So brethren. As we adjust our minds tonight. Not to go to immigration.
But to invade the presence of God. Where all blessings are available. For all good and perfect gifts.
Come from above. From the father of lights. With whom there is no variableness.
Neither shadow or turning within. Everything you are looking for. Is in the presence of God.
The application you need to make. The requests you need to make. You don’t need to go to a specific place.
You don’t need to go to a specific church. You don’t need to go to a specific place. All you need to do is come into his presence.
And we are going to enter into the presence of God. Where our needs are met. Where our needs are already met.
God has already released the provision. All we need is to get in. God wants us to realize.
That as we come into his presence. That he is the only God. That has the power.
And the authority to change situations. And circumstances in our lives. He wants you to know.
That he is the only one that can help you. Anybody that comes to the Lord. And comes to God with the mindset of God.
If you don’t do this, I have a plan B. That person is not ready yet. For whosoever cometh to the Lord must believe. That he is.
And that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. As we come tonight. I want you to understand that God to whom we have come.
He is the only one that can help you. He is the only one that can help me. And he has no equal.
He has no rival. Come with me to the book of Isaiah chapter 43. Isaiah 43.
And I’m reading from verse 10. Isaiah 43 from verse 10. Ye are my witnesses, saith God, saith the Lord.
And my servants whom I have chosen. That ye may know and believe me. And understand that I am he.
Before me there was no God formed. Neither shall there be after me. I. Even I am the Lord.
And beside me there is no savior. I have declared. And have saved.
And I showed when there was no strange God among you. Therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord. That I am God.
Yea, before the day was I am he. And there is none that can deliver out of my hand. I will walk.
And who shall let it? For said the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. For your sake I have sent to Babylon. And I have brought down all their nobles.
And the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. I am the Lord, your Holy One. The creator of Israel.
Your King. Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea. And a path in the mighty waters.
Amen. Come to chapter 45. Isaiah 45.
Verses 5 and 6. The Lord said, I am the Lord. And there is none else. There is no God beside me.
Though thou hast not known me. That they may know. From the rising of the sun.
And from the west. That there is none beside me. I am the Lord.
And there is none else. God himself declaring, saying. I am the Lord.
And there is none else. Meaning that there is no one that can do what he does. No one will help you better than God.
No one will deliver you better than God. No one will save you better than God. So, brethren.
Today. We will briefly look at. What God wants you to do.
Wants us to do. Remember we said he is a God of principles. And in the area of asking and receiving.
He has instructions. He has clear instructions what he wants us to do. So, we are going to see in a brief moment.
What God wants you and I to do. Before we look at what he wants you and I to do. I am going to show you some examples.
Of people who asked the Lord. In times past. And they received.
And we take a cue from them. We learn what they did. And then apply what God wants us to do.
And when you apply what God wants you to do. You will get the result. You will get the result.
I am 100% sure. All you need. All we need is to do what he said we should do.
And we will get the result. So, brethren. We have learned at all times.
And in all generations. Right from the fall of man in the garden. People had.
Have always had needs in their lives. Problems have not ceased. Challenges.
Circumstances of life. They have not ceased. Job captured it in the book of Job chapter 14.
Where he says man born of a woman. Is only of a few days. And full of troubles.
But the good news. Is that God has answers to all the troubles. Can I hear your hallelujah.
I want to hear your hallelujah. I am waiting for the response before I continue. Let me hear your hallelujah.
Yes. God has answers to all troubles of life. Even though man born of a woman.
Is only a few days. And full of troubles. Yes.
God is full of answers to those troubles. God is full of surprises. God has answers to all troubles of life.
That will go beyond the answers to the troubles. He knows how to take the enemy in his craftiness. He knows how to turn around what the enemy intended for evil.
To become more than what he originally intended. God would have had a little plan for you. And then the enemy wants to scuttle the plan.
God knows how to upscale that plan. In order to make the enemy more sorrowful. That is the way of the Lord.
So brethren. God wants us to know. That even though all of the generations right from the fall.
Have been thrown into a world of chaos and troubles. Yet God has solutions to all those troubles. But as we go through the scriptures.
What we find is that. Only some people recognize God. Acknowledge him.
As existing in the first place. And as having solutions to their problems. And then they approached him.
And they got the answers. Until we recognize. That he has all the solutions.
Until we acknowledge. That he has all it takes. To take care of any problem.
It doesn’t matter what the problem is. It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter how hopeless it is.
It doesn’t matter how long it has lingered. God has solutions to all of them. And only those.
Who understand it. Who know it and understand it. Only those will be able to approach him in prayer.
And then table their matters to him. And the difference will be clear. Hallelujah.
Before I show you. Some examples of these people. Who understood.
Who knew and understood. I want to tell you something from the book of. Isaiah 43 that we read.
I want you to focus on verse 10. Particularly Isaiah 43 verse 10. It says he are my witnesses.
And my servant whom I have chosen. That he may know. And believe.
And understand. That I am he. Stop it there.
I want to bring out something from there. Especially the last part that I read. The Lord said that he may know.
And believe. And understand. What does it mean? The Lord is saying that.
It takes you to know something first. You need to know something before you believe it. The reason.
People struggle to believe God. Is because they have not known him. They have not known him.
You can’t believe what you don’t know. Until and unless. You know certain dimensions of God.
You will struggle to believe him. You will struggle to believe him. We cannot believe what we don’t know.
Mark my words. It says that he may know and believe. Meaning that you need to know something first.
Before you believe. They that do know their God shall be strong. And do exploits.
They know and then they have faith. As a result of what they know. You can’t have faith in what you don’t know.
The Bible says. Faith cometh by hearing. And hearing by the word of God.
Which means as you are hearing the word. You are knowing something that you need to know. About God.
About the ways of God. About the power of God. About the dynamism of God.
As you know it. The faith comes. Many times people pray Lord increase my faith.
That’s the wrong prayer. What you should be praying is Lord help me to know you. Because the more you know him the higher the faith you have.
The greater the faith you have. You need to know before you believe. Nobody can become saved.
Without knowing the truth. The truth. That salvation is free.
Salvation is possible. Nobody can be saved. Without knowing that they accept.
Without knowing that they need to believe Jesus. They need to understand that he died for them. That’s why the Bible says you shall know the truth.
And the truth will make you free. Knowing is what leads to believing. And when you believe you get the miracle.
And then you even get into understanding. Then the faith will now continue to rise. The more you understand.
The greater the faith you will have. And I beg you to understand what I’m going to share with you now. I want to tell you something.
First of all about a woman. Called Hannah. Hannah had gone to the temple to pray.
With her family. They had gone to Shiloh. Come with me quickly.
They had gone to Shiloh to pray. And meeting had finished. And they were about to return home.
But she had a request in her heart. That had not been attended to by the Lord. And she decided to stay back.
People were leaving. And Samuel sat by the door. Not Samuel.
Eli sat by the door. The door of the temple. And people were leaving.
And this lady sat back and was praying. As she was praying. The moment.
The moment Hannah was able to get the attention of God in heaven. That same moment. Not by coincidence.
That same moment the Lord made Eli. To take note of her. I want you to understand what I’m saying.
Before I read the place. I want you to understand what is going on. Before I read the place.
Hannah had a request. And she decided to engage the Lord. And was presenting her request.
As she was presenting it. Heaven was attracted to her prayer. And the moment.
Heaven got attracted to her prayer. God made Eli to turn to her direction. And to get attracted.
To what this woman was doing. Eli would not have noticed. And just look away.
But God made Eli to take notes. And as she continued in prayer. Look at what it says.
Come with me to 1 Samuel 1. I’m reading from verse 9. So Hannah rose up. After they had eaten. And after they had drunk.
Now Eli the priest sat upon the seat. By a post of the temple of the Lord. And she was in bitterness of soul.
And prayed. Made a request to the Lord. And she vowed a vow.
And said, O Lord of hosts. If thou wilt indeed look upon. Or look on the affliction of thine handmaid.
And remember me. And not forget thine handmaid. But will give unto thine handmaid a man child.
Then I will give him unto the Lord. All the days of his life. And it came to pass.
As she continued. Mark that word. Continued praying before the Lord.
That Eli marked her mouth. Now Hannah she spake in her heart. Only her lips moved.
But her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought that she had been drunken. And Eli said unto her.
How long will thou be drunken? Put away thine wine from thee. And Hannah answered and said. No my Lord.
I am a woman of a soulful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink. But I poured out my soul before the Lord.
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial. For out of the abundance of my complaint and grief. I have spoken hitherto.
Then Eli answered and said. Go in peace. And the God of Israel granted thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
And she said. Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way.
And did it. And her countenance was no more sad. Verse 20.
Wherefore it came to pass. When the time was come about after Hannah had conceived. That she bare her son.
And called his name Samuel. Saying because I have seen of the Lord. Hallelujah.
I said she was. She continued in prayer. She had presented her requests.
By the time Eli would come to interrupt. She had already finished making her requests. That’s what you can see from there.
That’s why she was speaking in the past tense. She said I have presented. I have poured out my soul to the Lord.
And Eli was drawn to her by the Lord. And made the pronouncement. That pronouncement sealed the prayer.
The moment that pronouncement was made. The woman understood it. And wiped her eyes.
As she became happy. The sad countenance gone. Answer to prayer gotten.
By the time she would get home. The manifestation began. Hallelujah.
Within nine months. Within 10 months she had Samuel. She said I asked him from the Lord.
I requested him from the Lord. The woman did what God wanted her to do. And God responded.
There is another man in the Bible called Jabez. Jabez was one who found himself. In a perplexing situation.
He couldn’t understand himself. He couldn’t understand what life was throwing at him. Life had become so unfair to him.
So to speak. Life had become unbearable for him. And he was comparing himself with his mates.
He was comparing himself with his mates. And couldn’t understand why his life was upside down. And then he decided to do what God will want all men to do.
He decided to seek the Lord. He decided to bring his petition to the Lord. In first Chronicles chapter 4. Come with me to first Chronicles chapter 4. As we are going through these places.
God is releasing faith. He is releasing faith into your heart. Faith is the substance of things hopeful.
Evidence of things not seen. When you acquire the faith. It will be unto you according to your faith.
First Chronicles chapter 4. From verse 9. And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren. And his mother called his name Jabez. Saying because I bear him with sorrow.
And Jabez called on the God of Israel. Saying. Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed.
First request. And enlarge my coast. Second request.
And thy hand might be with me. Third request. And thou wouldest keep me from evil.
Fourth request. That it may not grieve me. Fifth request.
And God granted him that which he requested. Hallelujah. Jabez called on the Lord.
And the Lord granted him that which he requested. The Lord will grant you your request tonight. God is not a partial God.
You need to know it. Remember we said you need to know. In order to believe.
When you know that God is not partial. You will come to him with faith. Believing that if he did it for your brother.
He will do it for you. If he did it for Jabez. He will do it for me.
It doesn’t matter how many your requests are. For Hannah it was only one request. But for Jabez he had five requests.
And God granted all of them. He is able to do exceeding. And abundantly.
Above all we can ask or think. Ephesians 3 verse 20. I show you another person.
This one is in the new testament. A man called. But his condition.
Had taken the place of his first name. So that he is now called. In the book of Matthew chapter 20.
Matthew chapter 20. Come with me to Matthew 20. I’m reading from verse 29.
Matthew 20 verse 29. And they departed from Jericho. A great multitude followed him.
And behold. Two blind men sitting by the wayside. When they heard that Jesus passed by.
Cried out saying. Have mercy on us. Oh Lord.
Our son of David. They should hold their peace. But they cried.
Have mercy on us. And Jesus stood still. And said.
What will I do unto you? And they said unto him. Oh Lord. That our eyes may be opened.
So Jesus had compassion on them. And touched their eyes. And immediately.
Their eyes received sight. And they followed him. Amen.
If you look at that place closely. You may not find the name Bartimaeus there. Matthew didn’t tell us his name.
But Mark did. If you read Mark chapter 10. You see the same story.
Mark reported only Bartimaeus. But Matthew reported that he was two blind men. Jesus met them as he came from Jericho.
He met them. It was Bartimaeus and his friend. But like I said.
Mark reported that it was Bartimaeus. In Mark chapter 10. But Matthew said it was two blind men.
And the Bible said. That the moment they heard. That it was Jesus who was passing by.
Remember? You need to know in order to believe. They knew. They knew that it was the same Jesus.
Who had been healing the sick. Who had been cleansing the lepers. They knew it was the same Jesus.
Who was going about doing good. For God was with him. And the moment they knew.
They began to cry out. In faith. They believed.
If he did it for the lepers. He would do it for us. If he did it in Cana.
If he did it in Galilee. He would do it for us. And they cried.
The multitudes tried to stop them. They would not be dissuaded. Listen to me.
There is something that you would know. And nothing will discourage you in your prayer. There is something that you would know.
About the Lord. The more the enemy tries to do more to discourage you. The more you cry.
The more you make your request. The more you pray. Because you know that God is the one that made the ears.
And he hears prayer. You know. He is the one who said that his eyes run through the earth.
To show himself strong. And because you know it. You are crying unto him.
You know that he is the one that answers prayers. You know. That he was the one that Elijah called upon.
At Mount Camel. And he answered him by fire. And because you know you continue to pray.
You continue to pray. You continue to pray. You continue to pray.
And as blind Bartimaeus cried out. Think about it. Had he not cried out the more.
Jesus would have passed him by. Had he. Not had made that more effort.
Less further. Jesus would have not stood still. They wouldn’t have caught his attention.
God is probably waiting for you to cry out yet more. There is some more step you need to take in order to key in, key in into that thing that God wants you to key into. And as you do that, God will take over from there.
Your request needs to get to the right source so that your request will be attended to. And I pray tonight that God will grant you that grace to persist in prayer until you get the needed result. The result is sure.
All you need to do is to do what God wants you to do. I show you another person this time around was a leper, a leper. And in fact, after God, after Jesus had healed the leper, the next part of God was another healing in the centurion’s house.
In the book of Matthew chapter 8. Matthew chapter 8. Oh my God. If Jesus would do it for the leper who didn’t attend fellowship, he would do it for you. If Jesus would do it for the centurion who was not amongst the crowd that followed him, but only knew that Jesus was a healer and went for him.
If Jesus did it for them, he would do it for you. Matthew chapter 8. Matthew chapter 8. I read from verse 1. When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
And Jesus put forth his hand and touched him, saying, I will be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Go to verse 5. Verse 5. And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion beseeching him, and saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, previously tormented.
And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof, but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me.
And I say unto this man, go, and he goeth. And to another, come, and he cometh. And to my servant, do this, and he doeth it.
And Jesus had it. When Jesus had it, he marveled and said unto them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith. And they said, no, not in Israel.
Verse 13. And Jesus said unto the centurion, go thy way. As thou hast believed, so be it unto thee.
And the servant was healed in the selfsame hour. Hallelujah. They believed.
And Jesus granted their requests. Listen to me, brethren. I want to say something about the request of the leper.
This leper said to Jesus, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. That request has a problem. However, Jesus, out of his compassion and mercy, answered him.
What was the problem of that request? And this is the only place you find anybody praying this type of prayer in the Bible. He was asking Jesus, if it is your will, make me clean. In other words, he was putting some kind of probability.
I don’t know if it is your will or not, but if it is your will, make me clean. Let it be clear to us, brethren, that when you are making your request, don’t make this type of request like the leper. When you make requests, let your request be, Lord, it is your will for me to be healed.
Therefore, Lord, heal me. The man made the request in ignorance, but Jesus healed him in his mercy and compassion. You should know better than the leper.
It is God’s will for you to be healthy. It is God’s will for you to be in good. I said, I wish, above all things, I will, above all things, that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
It’s the will of God. You are not in doubt of his will. You shouldn’t be in doubt of his will.
You should know that it is the will of God for you to prosper. So when you are making requests, you are not making it beggarly. You are not making it, you know, listen to me.
What it looks like is, it is my children’s right for me to provide food for them. It is their right. So they don’t need to come to me and say, Daddy, if it is your will, please give me food.
No! That’s nonsense. How dare you make such requests? It would be an embarrassment to any father if it is your will. What it is presuming is that you are sort of saying that sometimes you give me food, sometimes you decide not to give me food.
But today, if it is your will, give me food. No! No, it is your father’s good pleasure to ensure that you are well fed. It is my responsibility, and therefore, I will do it gladly.
All you need to ask is the type of food you want. You don’t need to ask if it is your will. All you need is to ask what type of food you want.
And me, being a man who is limited, Jesus said, if your fathers, being evil, would know how to give good gifts, how much more your heavenly father. You don’t come to God with this type of mindset. Lord, if it is your will, let me be healed.
It is your will for me to be healed. Therefore, Lord, heal me! Never make such requests. It is the only place in the Bible you find anybody making that kind of request.
It’s a faulty request, yet it had an answer. Yours will not be faulty, therefore, you must have answer. I am sure of what I’m telling you, brethren.
All you need to do is to make your request known to him. And every request that is made is taken note of by the Lord. Did you notice that blind Bartimaeus made his request specific? A blind man has many problems.
It may be that his problem is that he wants to go to the market to find some food or to change the location of his begging. And he needed somebody to lead him to the next location. It may be that his problem is money.
Not even maybe. Blind people, usually because they are unable to walk, they have need of money. But their request was, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me! And Jesus helped them to make their request to become better.
So what we need that I do unto you, and they made it clear that I, that we may receive our sight. And the Bible said, immediately their sights were restored. Make your request specific.
Make your request clear. If time permits, I will give you some testimonies. Not from the Bible, personal testimonies.
I’m sharing the ones from the Bible with you now. So that you would know that when your request is specific, God will attend to it. And usually when He attends to it, you will be wishing that you even made it more.
You increased the size of the request. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
Make your request specific. Apart from blind Bartimus and his friend, there were two other blind people. Who came to Jesus for help as well.
And Jesus healed them. In Matthew chapter 9. Matthew chapter 9. Matthew chapter 9. And reading from verse 27. And when Jesus departed then, two blind men followed him.
Crying and saying, thou son of David, have mercy on us. And when he was coming to the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus said unto them, believe ye that I am able to do this.
And they said, yeah, Lord. Then he touched their eyes, saying, according to your faith, be it unto you. And their eyes were opened.
And Jesus straightly charged them, saying, see that no man knoweth it. But then when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. There were two different people.
These ones came to him at the house. Blind Bartimus met him on the wayside. And they followed him to the house.
These ones, there were no crowds to stop them. So they followed Jesus to the house. And then the question Jesus asked them is different from the one he asked blind Bartimus.
But the result was the same. The result was their sights were restored. And then the blind Bartimus went to the house.
And the blind Bartimus went to the house. And the blind Bartimus went to the house. And the blind Bartimus went to the house.
And the blind Bartimus went to the house. And the blind Bartimus went to the house. And the blind Bartimus went to the house.
And the blind Bartimus went to the house. For as long as he wants. Each time you are sharing testimonies of what he has done, he is glorified.
He’s excited. You are making people to stop complaining, but now to be rejoicing. Your testimony brings another person into a state of getting his own testimony.
God loves it. God loves people to bring, you know, to come to him with specific requests. Ah, and I pray that the Lord will open our eyes of understanding tonight, so that as we pray, we will not only make specific requests, but we will ask great things, and God will do them in Jesus’ name.
All these people that we read about, whether it was Blythe Bertimus, or Hannah, or Jabez, all of them had needs in their lives, and they didn’t keep quiet. They voiced out their needs, and the Bible tells us in the book of Romans 15 verse 4, all things that we are written afar of, we are written for our learning, so that we, through patience and comfort of the scriptures, might have hope. If God did it for Jabez, he would do it for you.
If God did it for Hannah, he would do it for you. He said in Jeremiah 29 verse 11, for I know the thoughts that I think toward you, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end. That situation you are into right now, that is making you really sad, that’s not where God wants you to be.
Don’t accept it. Don’t live with it. Don’t accept it.
Reject it. The way you reject sin, reject it. The way you reject sin is the way you reject sickness as well.
Don’t accept it as part of your life, and when you reject it, God will back you up. God will back you up. Listen to me, brethren.
These people asked, and they had their needs granted. God wants you to ask, because your needs will surely be granted. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ, now I ask you, what are your needs? What are the needs in your life? Are you in need of salvation from sin? Jesus is able to give you salvation from sin, even right now as I speak.
The power of sin broken from your life, the bondages of sin completely destroyed from your life, and you will never be the same again. Are you in need of sanctification of your soul, so that you don’t need to struggle to overcome temptations anymore? Jesus is here and able and willing to set you free to the uttermost. He’s able to save them to the uttermost that come to him.
Are you in need of baptism with the Holy Ghost? The Lord says, if your father’s being evil will know how to give good gifts, how would he not give you the Holy Ghost, even to them that ask him? The Holy Ghost is available. All you need to do is to ask. Are you in need of spiritual gifts? You have received the Holy Ghost, but there are other gifts of the Spirit that you are longing for.
They are available. They are available. God is willing.
He is ready. All he wants is for you to ask. Oh yes, all he wants is for you and I to ask, and we will receive in Jesus’ name.
Are you there and you are in need of material blessings, blessings of the Lord that makes one rich and adds no sorrow with it? Proverbs 10 verse 22. Are you in need of those blessings? God is able to give you those blessings. Are you seeking financial uplift? You want God to change your status financially.
He is able. He is able. Are you in need of healing on your body? Jesus is here to heal you.
He will surely heal your body. It is his desire. He died for it.
He died for it. Do you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost? How would the Holy Ghost be happy that his temple has a problem? How would he be happy that his temple has a problem? Do you know that your soul was purchased at the same time that your body was purchased? First Corinthians chapter six, verse 20, there about the Bible says that we have been bought with a price. We have been bought with a price.
Your body, your spirit was purchased with the same price. So if he, if he saves your soul, he saves your body as well. Your body should not be battered and sick.
And then your soul is, is enjoying. No, no, that’s a misnomer. God does not like that kind of unbalanced equation.
He wants your body to be fine. He wants your soul to be fine. It is the will of God.
You have got to believe it. You have got to believe it. Sicknesses are not of God.
They are of the devil. Reject them and accept the healing that was purchased at the cross of Calvary. Matthew chapter eight, verse 17, the Bible makes us to know that himself bore our sicknesses.
He bore our sicknesses and our diseases. You need not suffer those sicknesses anymore. Are you there and you are in need of children? You want God to give you your own children.
He will give you your own children. He will give you your own children in the name of Jesus Christ. Are you in need of deliverance from anything whatsoever? Oh yes, for this purpose was the son of God manifested that he might destroy all the works of the devil.
First John three and verse eight. Are you there and you are in need of deliverance from the oppression of the adversary, oppression of human beings? God will set you free. Are you seeking promotion? The Lord will promote you.
Promotion come not from the east, not from the west, but it come from above, from the Lord. God will promote you and it shall be so in the name of Jesus Christ. I am being led now to share my testimony with you.
As I talk about promotion, I just got that signal. You can share your testimony now. Are you ready to hear my testimony? Do you want to hear my testimony? Okay, so I’m going to share it very quickly.
There’s a lot of testimonies, but let me share this one. Let me share this one. You know, we, the Lord in his infinite wisdom and all that brought us to the UK here.
I’m still going to share that testimony later on, but that’s not the testimony I’m sharing now. He brought us here and we were looking for a house. It was difficult, difficult.
It’s not like the UAE where you just get an agent and then they show you many places. It was difficult. We were staying in a bread and breakfast, paying a lot of money.
At some point we had to move away from there and we were just putting somewhere and we were looking for a good place. It was difficult. Went to many places.
Long story short, it became a prayer point. It became a prayer point. At some point I said to my wife, this thing now calls for prayer.
And we began to pray. And our prayer was specific. Lord, we don’t want flats.
We want a house. And I said to the Lord, when I see the one you have meant for me, I will know. And I was called.
So there’s a place that is available. I said, I would like to see it. And then all of a sudden they said, ah, sorry, some other person has taken the place.
I said, can I see it first? Because I’ve seen the picture and I liked the picture. Can I see it first? And after some time, after a few days, they allowed me to see it. We came into the place and it was a newly finished house, newly refurbished house.
And as soon as I came in, my spirit accepted the place. The signal I was waiting for, I got it. And I began to make declarations at that place.
Lord, this place belongs to us. We are taking it. The earth is the Lord and the fullness thereof.
Whosoever that has taken the place, the state has taken the place, will not go for it again. I made that prayer. A few days after, they said, we need to wait because this person is about to finish the payment.
To cut a long story short, after some time, the agency called me. Are you ready to take the place now? I said, yes, I’m ready. And they said, well, we don’t know what happened to the other person.
All of a sudden, he disappeared. If you’re ready, come now. And we came and made the payment.
And they said, okay, you’re going to pay for four months. And we didn’t have the money for four months. I said, can I just give you what I have now and then? Give me one week or five days and I’ll pay up.
I gave them money for the first month. After a few days, before the five days, they called me again. You know what? Forget about the other months.
Just pay every month. No problem. Wow.
Our brethren that live here in the UK and have lived here for a long time couldn’t believe it. One of them said to me that even though he has papers and all of that, that they took six months from him. And this one is a house that had just been finished before we are the first people to live in it since it was finished.
And God gave us our specific desire. As soon as we moved in, I was now looking for, Lord, all my neighbors are parking their cars in front of their house. And every day I’m just going out under the code and jumping from one bus to the other.
And the place I’m walking at is far away. Lord, I need a car. And I was looking for how do I, okay, let me start with my driver’s license.
And then I went for trying to convert my license to the UK one. And the document they were requesting from me, from the agency here, I couldn’t get it from the UAE. I wonder, I just took the bull by the horns as I was led, went to the post office, said, I want to apply for the UK license, want to renew my license.
Said, do you have the old one? I said, yes. It expired 2016. I brought it for them.
Instantly they renewed it. Said, you can start driving now. You can start driving now.
I said, wow, just that simple? Said, yes, you can start driving now. I was amazed because they had told me, and it’s on their website, that you need to have three addresses of where you have lived that for the past three years for you to renew it. And I didn’t have it.
I didn’t have it. So God did that one. As soon as God did that one, I was searching for a car to hire.
And as I called one of our brothers, he said, pastor, you don’t need to search for a car to hire. God has already put it in our house. We are sorting something out.
I said, really? Okay. I was waiting for them. Well, long story short again, they called me one.
They said, pastor, you don’t need to bother yourself. Are you at home on Tuesday? A Tuesday like I’m at home? Tuesday, the car was delivered in front of my house. I didn’t have to pay for it.
I didn’t have to pay for it. All I needed was to ask. As I asked from the source, God delivered it.
And then I was working at this place in the UAE. I’ve been teaching in this secondary school in Abu Dhabi. And here I continue to teach in a secondary school as well.
But then I said to the Lord, this is not what I want. I need promotion now. I need a higher job.
I need something else that will give me more peace of mind, more settled mind. These children in the school are getting on my nerves. I don’t want that anymore.
Specific requests, specific requests. And I said to my wife, I’m going to apply for jobs elsewhere. And then I began to apply.
And as I was applying, I didn’t know that God had already gone ahead of me. Long story short, called for interview. At the interview, from my first question, it was clear that as I was answering that they had already made up their minds to take me.
To cut the long story short, because of our time, from being a secondary school teacher, God has promoted me to be teaching in university as a lecturer. Lecturing in the university. And God is the one that did it.
I made a specific request. They said, at the interview, we can see that, you know, you don’t have this. You don’t have the experience.
I said, yes, but I can do it. You don’t have a PhD. Yes, I can do it.
You don’t. Do you have any papers you published? Yes, I have some papers I published. Can you tell us about it? I rattled through it.
And they said, we’ll get back to you three days after. Long story short, I got the job. Nowadays, I just wake up in the morning.
No need to hurry. If my lecture is 10 o’clock, I just drive to the school, park my car and walk into my class and lecture my students and come out. No problem.
No stress. No classroom management and all the behavioral problems. No issues at all.
God did it. He will do it for you. Is somebody ready for God’s blessings tonight? I don’t know if you got what I’m trying to say.
Is somebody ready for God’s blessings tonight? The Lord did it for me. He will do it for you. He is the same yesterday, today and forever.
What does God want you to do? All he wants you to do is to call upon him in faith. That’s all he wants you to do. Don’t keep your mouth closed.
Ask. Call upon him in faith. Believe him.
And in faith, wait patiently for him. He will surely do it. He will surely do it.
I know the God I serve. He will surely do it. And you will never be disappointed.
In the name of Jesus Christ. I want to read this final scripture and then we pray. John 14.
John 14. John 14. John chapter 14.
I’m reading verses 13 and 14. John 14 verse 36. And whatsoever, remember, whosoever asketh, whosoever asketh, whatsoever, whatsoever you ask in my name, that will I do.
Why will you do it? That the father may be glorified in the son. Didn’t I tell you before, God likes to answer prayers so that glory can come to him. So that as you are testifying, glory will come unto him.
In verse 14, Jesus says, if you shall ask anything in my name, I will do it. Ask anything in my name. Believe in my name.
I will do it. If I were you, I will ask great things. I will ask things seemingly impossible to man so that when it happens, it will be known that it is God.
It was seemingly impossible for me to get this permanent job for that matter in a university. Seemingly impossible. When our brethren, our pastors here had it, they were amazed.
So we have been here for how many years and you just came not up to four months ago and you already have this type of job. It is the Lord. All it needs is for you to ask.
Ask believing, ask trusting, ask with confidence, ask not doubting, ask waiting patiently, and he will do it. I’m persuaded to read one more place. Chapter 16 of John.
Chapter 16. John 16, verse 23. John 16, 23 says, and in that day, he shall ask me nothing.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you. If that you have asked nothing in my name, ask and he shall receive that your joy may be full. God will make you to smile again.
God will make you to laugh again. It’s been a long time since you had joy. It’s been a long time since you shared a testimony that was that resounding.
It’s time for you to testify. I’ve shared my own testimony. Who is the next on the line? I want to pray for that person now.
I want to pray for that person now. I’ve shared my own testimony. God wants to begin with you.
That your joy may be full. It is time for prayer. It is time to make your request known to God.
It is time to ask specific things, great things. Ask, ask, ask, and he will do it. Ask for good things.
Ask for good things. God will do it. Don’t pity him.
He has sufficient resources. He has sufficient resources. He will do it.
If you know how to pray, this is the time to change your prayer gear. Your prayer gear needs to change. Lion Bartimeo changed his prayer gear.
They tried to stop him. Instead of stopping, he changed to another gear. Your requests must be granted.
Ask what you will. Oh, Jesus. Jesus is there.
He’s there, right there. He’s not far from you. He’s right there.
He is right there. He is not far from you. Don’t be afraid to ask the impossible.
Don’t be afraid to ask the impossible. He has all it takes. He has what it takes.
Are you looking for the fruit of the womb? He has it. Are you looking for life partner? He has it. He has it.
As you are making the prayers, he is making the connection. As you are making the prayers, he is making the connection. He is making the connection.
Power belongs to him. Power belongs to him. He will not leave you disappointed.
Are you looking for accommodation? The Lord will sort you out. The Lord will sort you out. Healing on your body is available right there.
It’s available right there. If he healed the centurion’s son or servants, you are much better. If Jesus, if God would heal even the centurion of old, he will heal you as well.
The lepers didn’t need to become born again before he healed them. He healed them and you are born again and yet you are looking for healing. He will heal you.
The Lord will heal you. Ask in faith. Ask nothing wavering.
He is able. Power belongs to him. He will do it again.
Don’t take this message for granted. Don’t take this opportunity for granted. It may be your lifetime opportunity.
I said it’s a special night because God is right there to do you good. He doesn’t like your sorrowing. He doesn’t like the crying.
He wants you to be full of joy. Have your way, Lord. Have your way, Lord.
Have your way, Lord. Have your way, Lord. Have your way, Jesus.
Power belongs to you. Have your way, master. Master, have your way.
Have your way. Have your way right now. Have your way.
God will do it again, my friends. He will do it again. Just take a look at where you are now and where you’ve been.
He’s the same now as then. My God has never changed. You may not know how.
You may not know when. But you do it again. I said you may not know how.
You may not know when. But you do it again. Ah, Daddy, we don’t need to know how.
We don’t need to know when. But you will do it again. Have your way.
Have your way. Have your way. Oh, Lord God of heaven, Lord of heaven, have your way.
Make your requests. Make your requests. Make your requests.
Make your requests. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus’ name, we pray.
In Jesus’ name, we pray. I want you to know that when you ask in Christ, in faith, from that moment, from that moment, angels are sent out to bring answers to your prayers. From that moment.
It doesn’t take time. God walks behind the scene. God has a back office where angels are constantly at work.
As you are making the requests, they are taking up the request and they are making sure that that request is granted because you have met the criteria. You have done what you should do. When you apply for visa, is it you that gets the visa for yourself? Won’t you allow the people that work at the immigration to do it? You don’t need to know how they will do it.
You don’t need to be at the office where they are doing it. All you need is just to make your requests. Make your requests and wait for it and it will come.
Have you made your request tonight? Wait for it. It will come. Eli said to Hannah, the God of Israel, grant thee thy petition.
And I come as God’s servant and I tell you tonight, the God of heaven, the God of the watchman, grant thee thy petitions. Ah, whatever they are, as long as they are according to the will of God, God will grant all of them. Amen.
He has what it takes. He is not going to remove anything from your list. He didn’t say to Jabez, Jabez, I remove one, I remove two.
He did all of them. He did all of them for Jabez. I don’t know how many requests you have made this night, but all of them, I speak to you as God’s servant.
I speak to you as one who has a mandate from God. And before I make this declaration again, I want you to place your hands on your head. Place your hands on your head as a sign of saying, Lord, I receive it.
As I declare the God of watchman, the God of heaven, the possessor of the heavens and the earth, grant thee all thy petitions. In the name of Jesus Christ, I declare tonight’s promotion upon your life. Amen.
I declare tonight, I declare promotion. I declare change of statuses. Change of statuses.
The status will change from being a spinster to a married woman, from being a bachelor to a married man. I declare change of statuses from being a woman that has been married, but without child to a woman with child. I declare change of statuses.
I declare change of statuses. I have come into the treasure house of God. And I am releasing the treasures of God to the people of God.
I declare change of statuses from that status where you didn’t have peppers to a status where you have peppers and you are the one now connecting others to peppers. You are giving people immigration. Your immigration status will change and God will make you a connector to other people.
Aha! You don’t need to know how. You don’t need to know when. As I am saying it, angels of my God are taking up my words in the spirit realm and they are gathering the things for you.
Things are taking shape in your life. Your life will never be the same again. Things are taking shape in your life.
Ah! I command the angel of God to wipe your tears now. Ah! Lord, let the angel wipe those tears. Let the angel wipe those tears.
I see a woman with tears. God says the Lord, the Lord says he’s wiping those tears. The Lord is wiping those tears.
The Lord is wiping those tears. I open doors for you tonight. Ah! Close doors.
Be thou opened. Open in the name of Jesus. Close doors.
Open in the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. Amen! Every satanic yoke, break! In the name of Jesus.
Amen! Any blessing that was meant for the month of April, I command you to drop now. Amen! Blessings of April, drop now. Powers resisting those blessings, catch fire.
In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus.
In the name of Jesus. That grave they dug for you, I command them to be buried in that grave. Amen! In the name of Jesus.
Be loosed. Be free. Be free.
I command you blessed of the Lord. Be blessed of the Lord. In Jesus mighty and victorious name, we have prayed.
And amen. Go ahead and rejoice in your blessings. The blessings are there.
The answers are there. The answers are there. He is not a partial God.
He did it before, he will do it again. Go ahead and rejoice in the Lord. Lord, I thank you for your blessings you have released.
The Lord has poured out his blessings. The Lord has released abundantly. The Lord has released, even he has released faith in your heart.
The Lord has poured out his blessings. Let all glory worship the Lord. Lord, I thank you.
Let all the glory, all the honor be ascribed unto your holy name, now and forever and ever in the name of Jesus. For in Jesus mighty name we pray. I see myself rejoicing.
Put your offering together. I see myself rejoicing. I see myself rejoicing I see myself rejoicing I see myself Rejoicing I see myself Rejoicing I see my salary joy still I see my service.
Do you see yourself? Oh I see much man rejoicing I see what I see watchmen rejoicing. I see for the offerings. We say let your name be glorified in Jesus’ name.
Open your mouth and pray for our pastor one more time. He has released blessings upon us. Tell the Lord that he that has released, you will even increase in him.
Increase more blessings. Increase more, more, more upon him. That he that has this strength, more strength will be released unto him.
He said that he that has more, more will be given. Even more will be released unto him. Lord, we pray that you will increase your presence with him and his household.
You will increase your anointing upon him. You will increase your everything that he needs, Lord Jehovah. Even the needs that he’s asking right now.
He said that the husband man that laboreth shall be the first partaker. Lord, therefore, we are praying as a church that you will grant him even much more. Lord Jehovah, as you granted unto Jabez everything he asked of.
Lord, let the same be done unto him in the name of Jesus. For in Jesus’ mighty name we pray. We have come to the end of today’s fellowship.
We are so sorry for the time, but I hope you are blessed also. So if you are blessed, I want you to be on your feet and let us share the grace in fellowship. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the sweet fellowship of the Holy Spirit be and abide with us now forevermore.
Amen. Surely God’s goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our lives and we shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever and ever. Amen.
May God continue to bless us in Jesus’ name.