The Cave Of Adullam September To Remember Day 3 Morning 2026 by Apostle Johnson Suleman: MP3 Download & Sermon Notes

Opening declarations: favor and testimony

1 Samuel 16:22, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 29:17

• God will not pass you by today.
• May God beautify your life with favor.
• Beautify your family with favor.
• You will be favored.
• You can't go empty. Not in this place.

Psalm 119:2, Psalm 119:59, Luke 21:13

• By the blessing coming upon you today you will walk in testimony.
• Anywhere you turn to, God will give you a testimony.
• As you look up to our Father today, you will receive a testimony.

• Oh Lord, give me a testimony that will shock this world.
• Let there be testimonies, in Jesus name.

• At this time every year we gather to be divinely remembered by you.
• Each time we have opportunity to contribute to the expansion of the kingdom, give us grace to do it generously.
• I decree that our offering is blessed.

The cave of Adullam

1 Samuel 22:1-2

400 men were gathered to him by the cave called Adullam

David got to a point after conquering Goliath when life stood against him. What was supposed to be a trophy turned into trouble

David's life was full of victory and conquest. He killed a bear. He killed a lion. He was living a life of extreme peace until the anointing of God put him in trouble

Many are not in trouble because of academics. Many are not in trouble because of profession or career. Many are in trouble today because of the hand of God upon their life

The hand of God that is supposed to give a man peace, tranquility, serenity and equanimity has now brought disaster and toxicity

The hand of God that is supposed to give you balance has now initiated struggle

David ran first to a man called Ahimelech. The man asked, "Why are you alone?" He said, "The king has sent me on assignment." He had to lie to that man

Everybody saw him as a great man after Goliath. There was no one he could tell that the thing that brought victory for Israel had brought problem for him.

He kept his altercation with Saul private

1 Samuel 21:13

It was so bad that David ran to Gath, to the abode of the Philistines. He began to behave like a madman, letting saliva pour out of his mouth. He was pretending

Everywhere is unsafe, so you prefer to stay in the house of your enemy. David had just killed Goliath and Goliath was of Gath. Nowhere was safe for David except the camp of his enemy

When he discovered that even there he was not safe, there was only one place left. It was inside a cave. The name of that cave was Adullam

Adullam means refuge. Adullam means shelter. Adullam means the place where greatness is possessed

1 Samuel 22:3

David's parents' lives were under threat. He carried his father and mother to Mizpeh of Moab and asked the king to take care of them until he knows what God will do for him

I know the anointing has come upon me, but where it is leading me to, I don't understand.

I know the hand of God is upon my life, but where this hand is leading me to, I can't take care of my family

When Samuel anointed me, he anointed me to be king. He didn't tell me they will be after my life.

They told me there is a calling upon me, but nobody told me this calling will attract battle

I need to fix myself, but I can only fix myself in the cave called Adullam

What the cave of Adullam is

The cave of Adullam is the cave of process. It is the cave of greatness

It is the cave where you enter as a raw material but when you come out you are a finished product

It is a process in a man's life where he doesn't know how he will survive

David's problem was complicated in Adullam. He could not take care of his father or mother, yet 400 people came to join him.

I am thinking of how my parents will survive, but 400 people have joined me. In the cave where I can barely take care of myself, people are looking up to me for survival

Saul looked for David from nation to nation until God's hand was through with David, but he could not come to the cave of Adullam.

In the cave, even though you are going through process, you are safe

Even in your state of not understanding the plan and purpose of God, you don't know where life is taking you.

You fast, you pray, and the more you pray, the more the mountains look insurmountable. Yet there is still a level of protection you enjoy

Even if negative things happen to everybody, it doesn't happen to you.

You say, "I'm not seeing progress. How come I'm not dying? How come I'm still safe?" It's because you are in your cave of Adullam

In the cave of Adullam you may be dealt with by God, but he will not allow man to touch you.

You may be going through a situation, but God will not allow man to take your life

In the cave of Adullam, even if there is no food to eat, you sleep and wake up well

Adullam is when God takes you back to his original intention for you. Adullam is when you are taken back to your place of predestination

Creation before formation

Everything about creation was spoken. God merely said it. But for man, God thought to form

Creation is God's intention. Formation is the manifestation of the intention

Genesis 1:27

That is creation. That is divine intention. That is when you are still in heaven in the plan of God

Genesis 2:7

There is creation before formation

Creation is where God knew you. Formation is where your family knew you

Jeremiah 1:5

God looked around: which nation do I send him to? He looked at Cameroon, there is something lacking in that nation, I need somebody to correct it.

He looked at Ghana, he looked at Nigeria, something lacking

He packaged you from his intention and deposited you in Nigeria, in Cameroon, because there is something you are created to correct

Everyone must come to the cave

If the hand of God is really upon your life, you must come to that cave

David entered that cave with 400 men. Only 300 survived it. Those 300 became the mighty men of David. They entered distressed, discontented, in debt

Adullam is when you abandon your will for his will. Adullam is a place where you stop pursuing your ambition and run with vision

Adullam is that place Jesus got to in the garden of Gethsemane: not my will but thy will be done

Adullam is where you say, Lord, now I'm ready to pay that price you told me about. Lord, I abandon myself to your will

What came out of the cave

2 Samuel 23:8-10

Men that entered as nobody. When Adullam was through with them, they became the mighty men

Adino: in my thinking, he carried a spear, he twisted it and 800 men dropped. That was not natural strength.

Angels carry their own spear and they use the man's spear as an extension of their own

You think that man just appeared? It was processed in Adullam. Men don't just appear. Adullam processes men

Eleazar, one of the three mighty men. He opened his hand and the sword refused to fall. The sword was fighting on its own. How did he learn that mastery? In the cave of Adullam.

The man knows the sword and the sword knows the man

It is the lion and the bear that you kill when nobody is there that will determine the Goliath you can kill when everybody is there. In Adullam you kill the lion.

You kill the bear

2 Samuel 23:20

Benaiah and the lion in time of snow. Everybody said it's too cold, there's a lion coming after us.

This man said, "Do you know where I was trained? I was trained in Adullam." He killed the lion because he was raised by David who killed a giant

Only giant killers produce lion killers

God is taking you through the process of Adullam so that when it is through with you, you will be killing lions in the time of snow

• Lord, I am in my cave of Adullam. Process me for my next level.

Ambition and vision

Adullam is the place where men are processed. The place where raw materials become finished products. In Adullam only men with determination survive, because Adullam will shake you off your will and your ambition

Ambition is having an idea of greatness with human calculation. It is human involvement, human pursuit. It is achieving a divine goal through human energy

Vision is having intention of greatness with divine leading. It is achieving greatness by the leading of the Spirit Romans 8:14, John 7:39

Gehazi had ambition. Elisha had vision

What Adullam looks like

Adullam is the place where a great man can't even pay rent. God has put estates in him, buildings in him, properties in him, but at this point he can't even pay for his transport

Adullam is a point where a man begins to doubt if he is really remembered by God

Adullam is where you go to the mountain to pray against a problem, you come back and the problem increases

Adullam is where a prophecy is given to you and you are excited, only for your battles to multiply

Adullam is a testing ground. Adullam is a processing ground

Adullam is your place of loneliness. The days when nobody knew you but God is preparing you

Adullam is where you test the calling of God upon your life to see how genuine it was. It is where you don't know where the next meal will come from

3 categories of people God takes through Adullam

1. Those in distress

   1 Samuel 22:2

   Distress is a place of affliction, a place of pain, a place of anguish

   When you discover you are going through a permanent affliction, an affliction that appears insurmountable, God is saying that is your Adullam

   It is a problem and a pain that can't be described with words. If God loves me, why am I sick? If God loves me, why am I afflicted?

   A woman in labor does not call it pain. It is pangs. It is something you can't describe. My head, my shoulder, my knees, my toes, everywhere is paining me. That is your Adullam

   Distress is a state of mental pain and physical suffering

   There are people who don't talk, not because they can't talk, but because the trials of life have shut their mouth.

   You used to be cheerful and all over the place, but distress will humble you

   Nehemiah 2:17, Nehemiah 9:37

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   The time of distress is not the time to give up. It is the time to come up with a plan

   When you are going through distress, either you allow your enemies to take advantage or you take advantage. Turn your pain into power

   The time of distress is when urgent attention is needed. It is the time for emergency.

   In America a man will call 911 in distress, when he has come to the end of himself and needs external support

   • Oh God, I am in the cave of Adullam. Come to my rescue.
   • The doctors have given me a medical report, come to my rescue.
   • My finances are in disarray, come to my rescue.

2. Those in debt

   Debt comes from the Latin debitum, which means to owe. To require from a person

   There is something you owe your generation

   Romans 1:14-16

   Look at the first three words. There is a difference between owing money and being a debtor. What you owe your world now is not money. What you owe them is yourself

   I am ready to pay that debt. I am not ashamed. I know in paying that debt there will be ridicule, pain and mockery. I am not ashamed

   There are people looking up to you. Family members are saying, if it goes better for you, it goes better for me

   The worst thing that can happen to you is for your absence to be felt in your presence.

   Your siblings look at your face and wish they had a brother or sister they could run to

   God is taking you through the cave of Adullam

3. Those discontented

   Discontentment means to be dissatisfied. There is something more than this. This is not the best part of my life

   Judges 6:13

   Gideon's question to the angel: is this the best God can do? There has to be more than this

   There's more than buying a car. There's more than building a house. I know I'm seeing the blessings and the favor of God, but there is something more than what I'm seeing

   I know I can pay my house rent and my bills, but my life is not just about paying rent. I'm not satisfied. I'm discontented

   When you run your eyes through your extended family, something makes you angry. Something can be better. Something can be corrected. This is not the best our family can achieve

   Whenever you see that discontentment, you are going through your Adullam. The outcome of Adullam is giants

   It is a place where you are thinking of continually improving yourself, continually becoming a better person. A place where you are asking God, what is the ultimate plan for my life?

• Oh Adullam, process me. I've come to the cave to be processed.
• I drop my will for your will.
• I drop my ambition for your vision.
• I drop my plans for your purpose.
• I drop my energy for your strategy.
• I drop myself for your Spirit.

The cave of formation

Only 300 survived. Imagine, for months nobody is going out

Adullam is a process of your life where God restricts you. There are things he will not allow you to do. Even if you have the idea, there is a restraint

Adullam is where you have so many notes of divine encounter and not one has manifested. So many dreams written on paper, on your iPad.

So many things God has told you, yet not one is a manifestation

There are those going through problems they are too young for. Someone less than 40, less than 50, going through the problems of people in their 80s

A single person, yet all those who are married depend on you. A married person with your own family, yet all your siblings who have children, even grandchildren, depend on you.

If they will eat, it is you. If they will survive, it is you. Meanwhile there are needs you are crying to God for that are not met

You are going through Adullam, the cave of process. The cave of formation. The outcome is giant killers

Prayers

• Lord, bring me out of this distress.
• Bring me out of this pain that I can't describe with my mouth.
• I have nowhere to turn to, nowhere to run to.
• If you don't help me, where will help come from? If you don't deliver me, where will deliverance come from? If you don't change my story, how will my story be changed?

• I am a debtor. Every debt I owe my generation, empower me to pay.
• What I am created to be, I will become.

• Every distress you are in now, may my God bring you out of it.
• Every debt you owe your generation, may God empower you to pay.
• Every discontentment you feel, may God push you to your next level.
• The outcome of this Adullam will become the giant. The whole essence of your formation will become manifestation, in the name of Jesus.
• You will walk in the fullness of his blessing.

Answer by fire

Write down your requests and tell the Lord. Look at it and tell him to answer by fire

• Thou that answerest by fire, answer me by fire.
• Answer this request by fire.

Philippians 4:6

Numbers 14:28

I decree, as the paper is lifted above your head: Lord, answer by fire, in Jesus name

• This September to Remember will produce a most profound result in your life.
• What you have asked God to do for years that has not been done will happen now.
• Your oil is blessed.

Closing blessing

• The Lord bless you, keep you, cause his face to shine on you, lift up his countenance and give you peace.
• Every sick one, be healed in your body, from the crown of your head to the sole of your feet.
• Whatever disease, sickness or pain in your body, I command it out in the name of Jesus. I pronounce you well. I pronounce you healed.
• This September is good for you. Blessed for you. Favored for you.
• This September, do well, succeed, expand, prosper, progress, procreate, take charge, dominate, rule.

• My head is a good head. My life is a good one.
• Angels shall fight for me. Greatness is on my side. Goodness shall follow me.