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THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, RCCG DIRECTORATE OF PRAYER, 7 DAYS PRAYER AND FASTING GUIDE FOR 2022

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RCCG Open Heavens. Sermon And Prayer Points By Pastor E A Adeboye. Daddy G O, countries for we have all sinned and fallen short of His glory, DADDY AND MUMMY GO, dance, Daniel 4:36-37, Daniel 9:16, Daniel 9:9, deliver all your children from the spirit of infirmity during this year’s congress in Jesus’ name, deliverances during all our past programs, Deut. 18:10 & 14, Deuteronomy 4:31, disunity, Divine Encounter. RCCG Open Heavens, do not forsake or destroy your Church because of your covenant, E. A Adeboye, Eccl 9:4, emulations, enchantment, enmity, Enoch Adeboye, Eph 6:1, Eph. 1:7, Ephi. 1:17, et cetera et cetera, every plant You have not planted in RCCG that is frustrating the effort of Your son Pastor E A Adeboye, except it is ordained by you, Exo. 4: 31, Exodus 15:26, Exodus 20:3, Exodus 23:13, Exodus 4:14, Exodus 4:31, Eze. 37:26, Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 37:26, Ezekiel 39:25, families, families and nation in Jesus name, fast, fasting, fasting and prayer, fasting and prayer points, Father, Father as I confess all my sins, Father as I confess all our sins, Father as this year is coming to an end, Father because you are greater than all, Father by power of your mighty hand, Father by your mercy, Father by your mercy and power in the blood of Jesus, Father by your mercy destroy the stronghold of disunity and divisions in the body of Christ in Jesus name, Father by your mercy help the Church to act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with you, Father by your mercy let the expectations of the enemies over your Church be disappointed, Father forgive your Church for not being diligent in the assignment of soul winning you have placed in our hands and for lukewarm attitudes in Jesus name, Father God, Father have mercy and forgive me of all sex related errors and perversions of my past or present life in Jesus name, Father have mercy on our nations for all the sins of divination, Father I repent of all my sins of strife, Father in your Mercy, Father thank you for your grace and mercy upon our Daddy, Father through the visitation of your tender mercies, Father we appreciate all your mercies in all our continental Hqs, Father we will never be ungrateful to you for your kindness in answers to our prayers every time we gather as a Church, Father your mercy sustained Joseph in Egypt, Followed by one (1) solid hour of confession and asking Him to forgive us, Foluke Adeboye, for coming to earth, for I have redeemed thee, for the speaking of the blood of Jesus over my lives and family, for too long I’ve kept you out of my life, for your goodness and mercy that follow me always, Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, forgive and repositions your Church in the place of power to show forth your glory and majesty by your infinite mercies, forgive and wash me clean from all my sins in the atoning blood of Jesus Christ, forgive me for every act of disobedience to my parents biological and spiritual, forgive me for every act of pride and disobedience to my spiritual leaders, forgive me Lord and cleanse me from all unrighteousness in Jesus name, forgive me Oh Lord and cleanse me from all my acts of unrighteousness in Jesus name, forgive my past attitude of ingratitude in Jesus name, forgive their sin, forgive us, forgive us for the mentality of making quick money without work in nation, forgive us of all our sins that will open the door to the enemy against the success of this year Holy Ghost Congress in Jesus name, forgive us of the sins of keeping, forgive us the sin of all acts of division in the body of Christ in Jesus name, forgive your Church and Cause a revival in your Church in Nigeria and other nations of the world, forgive your Church for not obeying the instructions of the Holy Ghost, forgive your Church for the sins of biblical perversion and disunity in Jesus name, forgive your Church from being men pleasers rather than pleasing you, forgive your Church in all acts of unfaithfulness and let the enemy of your Church in Nigeria and other nations of the world be subdued in Jesus name, Friday, Friday 2nd December 2022, From the above passage, Gal 5:20, Gal. 3:13-14, generation is paying due to inherited sin, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 45:13, Genesis 47:12, give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, give them eternal life so that no one can pluck them out of your hand, give us a leader that will silence all that are singing the song of division in our nation, give us a leader that will transform the lives of all that are frustrated in this nation, give us in our nation, Globally, God, God - Father, God has placed the Church strategically for the healings of the land of her habitation, God the Father, God's love, God's word, Good Morning Dear, Greatest Gift By Pastor E A Adeboye, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Nigeria, Hatred, have mercy and forgive me my sins, have mercy and forgive me of all the sins committed by my parents including those that are not alive in Jesus name, have mercy and forgive our nation, have mercy and forgive our nations the sin of shedding the blood of the righteous and innocent ones in Jesus name, have mercy and release me from every generational debt my life, have mercy on me according to thy loving-kindness, have mercy on us and forgive us for abandoning the only living God to serve and worship other gods in Jesus name, have mercy upon our lands and heal us of all sickness and troubles that our sins had brought upon us, have mercy upon your Church and heal us of all our sickness and troubles that our sins had brought upon us, He is faithful and just to forgive us, heal and restore your Church all over the world in Jesus name, Healing, Heb 4:16, Hebr. 4:12, Hebrew 4:12, Hebrew 9:32, Help all our parents with sense of responsibilities in raising a godly offspring in Jesus name, help me to honor them with all sense of responsibilities in Jesus name, help me to obey you completely in my duties, help me to obey you in everything completely in Jesus name, help me to present my bodies a living sacrifice, help me to surrender my heart and live to You in true obedience and humility in Jesus name, heresies, Holy, horoscope etc., Hosea 14:1-3, Hosea 6:1-3, House On The Rock 21days fasting, I accept your Lord Jesus as my lord and savior in Jesus name, I am redeemed to walk in divine health, I believe you are the Son of God who died on the cross for my sins and rose from the dead on the third day, I believe your words are true, I beseech thee, I bless your name, I bow down and worship your holy name in Jesus name, I come boldly into the throne of grace that I may obtain mercy, I fast twice in the week, I know that I am a sinner and I cannot save myself, I need your mercy, I repent of all my sins, I thank you answering my prayers since this fasting and prayers started, I thank you because only you can forgive and I am confident that you will forgive me in Jesus name, I thank you for always giving me and my family journey mercies, I thank you for divine protection and provision, I thank you for sustaining every member of my family in Jesus name, I worship and praise you for answering all our prayers and being patience over me and my family in Jesus name, I worship you for your name is powerful, I worship your holy name for you are our shield, If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, If my people, if we can confess our sins, If we say that we have no sin, in all areas of our short comings and trespasses 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Jews, Jesus' Resurrection, Job 5:12, John 10:27-28, John 14:15, John 3:16, John 5:1-9, July 2014 RCCG Covenant Prayer Points By Pastor E A Adeboye, just to pray for one solid hour without any ceremonies with a thanksgiving Offering, Kingdom of God, Lam 3:22, Lam 3:22-23, Lam 5:7, Lam. 3:22-23, Lamentation 3:22, Lands, let all the idols of the nations be confounded and let their images be broken into pieces, Let me enjoy mercy in all ways in Jesus name, Let the blood of Jesus avail for us in Jesus name, let the Church remain the house of prayers from now until eternity in Jesus name, let there be redemption for our land, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from our nation in the name of Jesus, Let us give God excellent reverence as He is worthy of our praises, Let us join all our hands together in ultimate worship to the Holy God, Let us plead for God’s mercies and forgiveness over our lives, Let us plead for mercy for the killings and reckless wastages of human lives going on in our nation without culprits and without justice, Let us plead the blood of Jesus for the cleansing of the land of nation, Let us praise and worship God for His love and mercies upon the Redeemed Christian Church of God worldwide, Let us pray for Nigeria, Let us worship our God who neither sleep nor slumber in watching over our nation, let your mercy sustain me in this difficulty end time in Jesus name, Let’s thank God the Almighty for being the chief security officer in charge of our nation territory, lips service to soul winning and many other lapses have tendencies to severe the hand of the Almighty from healing our land as He would have supposed, Lord, Lord forgives our sins that have led to unfavorable climate and weather conditions in our nations, Lord Jesus, Lord Jesus Christ, Lord let your mercy be available for me and set me free from where the judgement of the enemy had tied me in Jesus name, Luke 13:11-12, Luke 1:50, Luke 1:78-79, Luke 6: 45, Luke. 15:10, magic spiritism, Many are still in the prisons of the kidnappers in Nigeria and other nations, Mark 18:15, Marriage, Matthew 12:34-35, Matthew 16:18, Matthew 23:35, Matthew 6:24, Matthew 9:13, May GOD, mention and confess all known sins, mercy and forgiveness belong to you, mercy and forgiveness belongs unto you, Micah 6:8, Micah 7:18, miracles, Monday, my family, Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, Nation, Neh. 9:31, Nigeria, Nonetheless a non-profit Christian website, O God according to your righteousness, O God arise in your mercy and let every power working against your Church in my nation be wasted, offenses, Oh God, Oh God in your mercy, Oh Lord arise, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people, our defender and our provider in Jesus name, Our God is merciful and His mercy endures forever, Our Heavenly Father, our shelter, our sins, our times and seasons in Jesus name, PAST HOLY GHOST CONGRESS, Pastor Adeboye, Pastor E A Adeboye, Pastor E A Adeboye and Mummy Folu Adeboye in Jesus name, PERSONAL, Phil. 4:19, pleading for God mercy and then our thanksgiving offering, Pleading for mercy, please deliver the Church from the spirit of mammon and the spirit of jezebel, please destroy every yoke of sickness and disease in my life in Jesus’ name, please do not forsake your Church in Jesus name, please forgive and receive graciously all those who have fallen away by iniquity and the backsliders for them to return, please forgive our nation of the sins of Idolatry, Please forgive us all our sins and trespasses that have made our nation sick, please forgive us in Jesus’ name, Please if you have been blessed by this ministry and you are led to support and bless this ministry in return, Please make your donation to this account, please put the name of your country, please take away from me every inherited sickness and disease in Jesus’ name, power and of sound mind, Pray for forgiveness of all our sins that may hinder the move of God 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name, resources, restore our decision makers and all our political leaders as at the beginning-so that we can be called nations of righteousness, Retain not your anger forever because of your mercy, Rev 3:16, Rev. 12:11. Ps. 29:4, Rev. 4:11, Revelation 12:11, Revelations 5:12-14, revive and take your Church in our nation to the mountain top, Rom 9:15, Romans 12:1, Romans 13:1, Romans 3:23, Romans 9:15-16, Sanctify ye a fast, SATURDAY, seditions, Sermon And Prayer Point By Pastor E A Adeboye, Sermon And Prayer points by Pastor E A Adeboye, Sermon And Prayer Points March 2014 Holy Ghost Service by Pastor E. A. 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son Pastor E A Adeboye everyday like the eagles in Jesus name, thank you for renewing your mercy over me every day in Jesus name, thank you for sending your only begotten son Jesus Christ to this world for the remission and forgiveness of our sins, thank you for souls that were saved during the past Holy Ghost Congresses, thank you for the fire of revival, thank you for the forgiveness of my sins and family in Jesus name, thank you for the grace that our nation has been enjoying because of the sacrifices of Jesus Christ on the Cross, thank you for the military and all other security agencies in our nation in Jesus name, thank you for the outpouring of your spirit of revelation and wisdom upon your son Pastor E A Adeboye in Jesus name, thank you for the past prayers that you have answered by fire in Jesus name, thank you for the salvation of my soul and that of my family in Jesus name, thank you for the victory you always give to your Church without a fight in Jesus name, thank you for your Church is still standing and the gates of hell have no power to prevail in Jesus name, thank you for your covenant of peace over our nation and land, thank you for your covenant of peace over our nations and land, thank you for your covenant of peace over your Church despite all the challenges in Jesus name, thank you for your divine favor that I enjoy every day in Jesus name, thank you for your faithfulness over your Church that is new every morning in Jesus name, thank you for your mercies that brought about the creation of our nation to fulfill divine destiny of greatness, thank you for your sufficient grace and mercy over me and my family in Jesus name, Thank You Jesus, thank you not allowing the wicked to have peace in our nations, Thank You Very Much For Your Support, thanksgiving and praises as individual, Thanksgiving is the art of appreciating God through the demonstration or show of gratitude for all He has done for us, thanksgiving/praises, that He may save our land from her current predicament, that you have released upon your Church in Jesus name, the backbone of the Church, the church, the Church is the one who restrains evil by the power of the Holy Spirit, the creator of heaven and earth, the faithful nations in Jesus Name, The General Overseer, THE GUIDELINE IS AS FOLLOWS, the I AM THAT I AM, the Lord is leading Daddy GO to declare a seven day of prayers with fasting from 26th November to 2nd December 2022 in order for us to come to the Throne of grace, The Redeemed Christian Church Of God, The Redeemed Evangelical Mission, then I will hear from heaven, Then on the seventh (7th) day, there is none like thee that pardon iniquity and forgive the transgression of your heritage, there will be one (1) solid hour of you crying to God for mercy, thereby having a form of godliness, Therefore the ills in our nation have correlations with the loopholes in the Church, thou hast redeemed my life, Through the Light Up Crusades, Thursday, time to fast, to be a religious tourist destination and a kind of heaven on earth City of God, to guide their feet into the way of peace, To help us continue in the spreading of The GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST to every corner of this world, to love righteousness and hate iniquity, To maintain what has been achieved this year and get more than expected, TUESDAY, turn the hearts of our rulers to do only your will in this nation in Jesus’ name, un-forgiveness, un-forgiveness in Jesus name, Uncategorized, United States, variance, We are also to pray along for the accomplishments of the Redemption City of our dream, we are tired of the valley, We are to gather in all our Churches every day by 6 pm for the first six (6) days, we ask for your mercies over every error we have committed in your Church and our gatherings, We begin to praise GOD, we bind and cast out every spirit of unforgiveness programmed into the Church of God in the name of Jesus, we cancel all the negative visions and prophesies concerning our lives, We could sing, we cry for mercy, we deceive ourselves, we have contributed to the evil happenings in this nation, we need to make worship a lifestyle, we plead for mercy, we plead for your mercy, we receive afresh upon your Church in our nation spirit of love, we Serve Bless You A Million Times in return, we thank you for all the testimonies, we thank you for blessing our nation in all areas, we thank you for exposing the secret of the enemies in our nations, we thank you for not allowing troubles and hardship in our nation to swallow us and our family, we thank you for our leaders because no one can lead, we thank you for prophesies that revealed your plans and purposes for our nation, we thank you for your mercy that is always renewed in your Church every morning, we will begin to confess our sins, we will gather at the Redemption City of God and start praying by 7 pm West Africa Time, we will have one (1) solid hour of Individual Praise for His goodness and mercy without any disturbance, we will leave the rest to God, Wedding breakfast, WEDNESDAY, Welcome Message By Pastor E A Adeboye, which is my reasonable service, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, witchcraft, Word of God, WORSHIP AND THANKSGIVING, Worship is an act of reverence to the Almighty God, worshipping and having other gods in Jesus name, wrath, wrong doings, wrongdoings and trespasses, you are full of compassion, you are gracious and merciful, you are the owner of the Church who keeps covenant, you must come fasting to that program and you break your fast with the water prayed on, your blood is powerful, your blood is powerful your voice is awesome, your name is higher than any other name, your spirit is powerful in Jesus name, your voice is awesome and your spirit is powerful in Jesus name, your word is powerful, Zec 1:21, Zech. 4:6, zonal Hqs | Leave a comment