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Welcome to our Very Special Thanksgiving Service for our Mother in Israel, Mummy Folu Adeboye. 

As we celebrate with our Mom today, celebration will not cease in homes in Jesus name.

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RCCG SPECIAL SUNDAY SERVICE JULY 12TH, 2020

BY: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

TOPIC: FROM LOCKDOWN TO LEAPING UP (PART 4)

TEXT: ACTS 3:1-8

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Worthy! worthy! is the Lamb 3x

That was slain

Glory, hallelujah! 3x

Praise the Lord

TEXT: ACTS 3:1-8

1. Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

2.  And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

3. Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.

4. And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.

5. And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.

6. Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

7. And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

8. And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

MESSAGE:

In one of the series, we have told you that when you are lifted up, you start by standing, then walking, then leaping and end up by praising God. We explained in that part of the series that there are leapings and there are leaping; there is a first leaping that brings you to standing and after you started walking there could be other leapings.

HOW HIGH CAN I LEAP AND GO AFTER THIS LOCKDOWN?

How high a man can lift you is determined by how tall he is.

A short man can’t lift you too high, the one who is lifting you can’t lift you very high beyond his height.

For example, in Genesis 41:38-44 - Pharaoh was lifting up Joseph and said to him, Joseph, I'm putting you in charge of the whole of Egypt but I will be higher than you by the throne, I can't lift you higher than that. You can be my prime minister and representative but don't forget, i'm still Pharoah.

HOW HIGH CAN GOD LIFT YOU?

1. How tall is God?

Isaiah 66:1 God said heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool.

HIS LEGS.

That tells you how long are the legs of God. The One who is sitting in heaven and His legs are resting on the earth, got long legs.

A man with long legs has influence, my Father has the longest legs of all.

His Legs are extremely long; from heaven to the earth.

His Arms: Deuteronomy 3:37 says His arms are everlasting.

If a man is lifting you, he can lift you with His arms lifted high, if he wants to add to how high he can lift you, he will stand on His toes, but very soon, his toes will begin to pain him, so he will come back to standing, after some times, his hands will be heavy and he will begin to bring you down but the hands of my Father are everlasting. When He is lifting you, He can lift you everlastingly.

2. 1 Samuel 2:7-8 tells us that He is the one who lifts one and brings down another and He can pick a beggar from the dunghill and keep lifting him until he begins to dine with the kings, He can even lift him so high that according to the word of God, he can inherit the throne of glory.

3. Ask David.

1 Samuel 16:1-13, when God told Samuel that He had found a king in the house of Jesse. When Samuel arrived and Jesse began to present his children, he did not present David; David didn't count, but when God picked him up, he woke up in the morning a shepherd boy and ended a king.

God didn't stop there; He started as a king among his brethren then he became the king of Judah, the Israel and by the time we got to Mark 10:46-52, Bartimaeus called Jesus Christ, the son of David.

He called the King of kings Himself the son of David.

4.Ask Joshua : Joshua 1:1-8

The Bible tells us that Joshua the son of Nun was a minister of Moses. Minister means messenger; servant or househelp. The Almighty God lifted a househelp and turned him to a head of state; the leader of a nation.

5.Ask Elisha: 1 Kings 19:19-21, the Bible tells me that Elisha was a son of a farmer, when you get to 2 Kings 13:14-22.  A king called Elisha my daddy. The Almighty God can pick a businessman and turn him to a mighty prophet. 

6.Ask Peter: He was a total failure as a businessman.

Luke 5:1-11 His business was fishing; he fished all night and caught nothing. By the time the Almighty God finished with him in Acts 5:12-16, the Bible says when Peter is coming to town the whole town will lineup to welcome him, because his shadow can heal the sick. When Peter is coming to town, they empty every hospital and lay the sick by the street to welcome a fisherman who failed.

7.Ask Moses: Exodus 3:1-15

The Almighty God picked up a forgotten and a retired man. He was 80 years old, all his dreams had been forgotten, he was just waiting for death. When the Almighty God picked him up from the back side of the desert, He turned him to a waymaker. Exodus 14:15-28, He became a man who can just lift his hands and all of a sudden, a way came where there was no way before.

8.Ask my friend: Mark 5:2-20, this man was not just forgotten and written off, He had written himself off by dwelling among the dead in the tomb. He was so crazy and in his craziness he realised that if he died nobody would bury him so he decided to make the burial ground his home. When God picked him up, he became an evangelist for the Most high God.

DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN, WRITTEN OFF AND THERE IS NO HOPE FOR YOU?

Why don't you let my Father step into your situation and see how far He can lift you.

MATERIAL LIFTING.

Materially, when we are talking about how high God can lift you.

1 Kings 17:8-16: God can lift you from being a destitute to becoming comfortable.

God stepped into the situation of a woman who had one meal left and for the rest of the period of the famine, she was feeding herself, her son and her great visitor; Elijah comfortably.

When God picks up a destitute, He can bring him to the level of comfortable.

When He picks up a comfortable, He can bring him to the level of the rich.

Genesis 33:1-9 When Jacob brought a lot of gifts to Esau his brother, to find favour with him, He said, keep what you have, I have enough.

PRAYER.

I’m praying for someone listening to me today, very soon, when anybody says they want to do something for you, you will tell them, I have enough.

He can pick up the rich and make him wealthy, Genesis 24:34-35.

The Almighty God stepped into the situation of Abraham and by the time they were testifying concerning him, the Bible says, God has blessed him greatly not just surviving.

Because His hands are everlasting, he can pick up the wealthy and take him to the level of prosperous. 

2 Chronicles 1:6-12: The Almighty God moved a man who could give a thousand burnt offerings at once to a level where the man began to treat silver as ordinary stone. He can move you from wealthy to prosperous.

HE CAN MOVE YOU HIGHER Still.

Psalm 92:12-14: He can move you from prosperous to flourishing. God moved Solomon from the level of offering a thousand burnt offerings to a level where he can offer 22 000 oxen plus 120 000 sheep. 2 Chronicles 7:5.

I want to appeal to you to enlarge your vision, because it doesn't matter how great you are now, my God can make you much greater.

DO YOU THINK YOU ARE WEALTHY, MAYBE YOU NEED TO KNOW A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROSPEROUS.

THE SON OF HEAD OF STATE.

I was invited to a nation and I was told that the son of the head of state has 220 Rolls Royce.

Look up and consider going up higher still.

THE WIFE OF HEAD OF STATE.

She went shopping in Harrods for three days. At the end of her shopping, she needed a 747 plane to take the goods home. One of the servants said he will get a 747 cargo plane. She was upset and requested a brand new 747 passenger plane. She loaded the goods in a 747 plane, took them home, kept them in the warehouse and didn't open one of them for three years.

HOW HIGH CAN YOU BE LIFTED? The choice is yours.

HOW SOON CAN GOD LIFT ME TO A HEIGHT I CAN’T DREAM POSSIBLE?

He can do it within 24 hours.

Because in Genesis 41:1-44, Joseph woke up one morning a prisoner, before the day was out, he was riding in the second chariot of Pharaoh, completely in charge of the greatest nation on earth as at that time: Egypt.

WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS

There are three small things.

1. Faith in God.

You have to believe that God can do it because, it's going to be unto you according to your faith.

Mark 9:23: All things are possible if only you can believe.

2. Diligence/Hard Work.

Proverbs 22:29: Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

The Almighty God will not take you to any great height if you are lazy.

2 Kings 4:1-7 The ball is actually in your court; when the destitute woman who was heavily in dept came to the man of God, the man of God said to her to go, borrow empty vessels. The oil kept on multiplying until there were no vessels left. She determined how high she would go by the number of empty vessels she borrowed.

The amount of hard work you are willing to put in will determine height..

3. God will expect holiness from you.

The word of God said clearly, the prosperity of fools will destroy them.

Fools said there is no God, they make a mockery of sin.

Isaiah 59:1-2 The hand of God is not shortened that He can't save, the hand is everlasting, there is nothing He can't do but your sin can separate between you and God.

He wants to lift you high and take you to a level you can’t dream possible now and change your language from the sky's is the limit to heaven is the limit.

CONCLUSION:

HOW HIGH CAN GOD LIFT YOU?

The One who says silver and gold are mine. The cattle upon the thousands hill are mine. There is no limit to how high He can take you but He says be holy for I am holy.

When Joseph was prospering in the house of Potiphar and an opportunity came to sin he said, how can I do this and sin against God.

The only thing that can destroy your lifting faster than anything else is sin. Don’t play with holiness, it is very important if you want to go higher.

ALTER CALL:

Call on Jesus Christ for the salvation of your soul. If you are not saved, you are cheating yourself. Why don't you do yourself a favour by calling on Jesus for the salvation of your soul and He will give you a brand new beginning.

Bow your head in prayer, He will save your soul and give you a new beginning.

If you are saved, cry to Him for the grace never again to toil with sin and I believe God that very soon I will hear mighty testimony concerning how mighty my God has lifted you.

#CLOSING PRAYER;

Ancient of Days; I’m committing all those who are surrendering their lives, Father, please, receive them, let Your blood wash away their sins, save their souls, write their names in the book of life and give them a brand new beginning. 

Take them beyond the heights they can't dream possible.

As for Your children, who are born again and are determined to live a life of holiness from now on, I pray Lord God Almighty, take them beyond heights they can’t dream possible. Lift them high Oh Lord. Let heaven alone be their limits.

May Your name be forever be glorified in Jesus' mighty name we have prayed.