Come On Home

Last night’s live broadcast was so powerful, I am truly moved by the messages I received from those who watched live and the replay.

Last night’s message focused on the prodigal son from Luke 15:11-23.

Before I started teaching, the Lord laid it on my heart to encourage the hearts of the people watching live and for those who will watch the replay. I felt a weight and burden for those who felt like they were breaking down, but the Lord gave me the word during the opening prayer, and that was “you’re not breaking down, you’re breaking through”.

In Luke 15:11-23, we read about two brothers, and the younger brother said to his father in verse 12, ” Father, give the portion of goods that falleth to me”. He was asking for his inheritance. An inheritance is only made available when the testator is dead, so in other words, he was telling his father, ‘I wish you were dead,’ which was a level of dishonour in the eyes of his community.

As we read on, we see the decline in his inheritance, identity, and dignity from verses 13-16. Here are a few principles I took from this parable of Jesus to His disciples about the prodigal son.

  1. When inheritance precedes process, it will always get wasted. It is in the process that maintenance is taught- vs 13- the prodigal son went into a far country and wasted his substance with “riotous” living- riotous in the Greek is “asotos”, which means to live ruinously. His ruinous life brought waste to his inheritance.

    2. He lost his identity and became a slave to someone else’s environment – vs 14-15.

    3. The prodigal son’s identity was tied to his inheritance- I am not just talking about the physical aspect of the inheritance. He carried a spiritual inheritance, and as long as he remained close to his father, there was a divine protection around him that kept him in the blessing. The minute he left that boundary, he became susceptible to the enemy’s blueprint for his life.

    4. He went to a far country- the bible does not specify where he travelled to, but he was far away from home, which led to his ruinous lifestyle.

    5. He lost his dignity, forgot his identity and joined himself to a native of that country and was sent to feed the wine- in the Jewish culture, that was the lowest form of employment. It was considered degrading to be near pigs. According to Jewish customs, it is unlawful for a man to eat or even touch a pig (Leviticus 11:7).

    6. He came to himself- he had gotten to such a low place- the lack and suffering brought him to a place of conviction and resolve- vs 15-16.

    7. What you do with the revelation of your perception is what determines your deliverance and breakthrough.

    8. The young son arose in vs 20- he came to a place of decision making- your deliverance starts with your decision. In other words, you are one decision away from your deliverance.

    9. His father saw him from a far off, had compassion and ran to him- I explained in the live broadcast last night that for a Jewish man to lift his tunic and show his feet and run, he actually degraded himself based on the status he had to go and get his son. In verse 20, this is two fold- it is a picture of what Jesus was getting ready to do on the cross. This son’s decision to humble himself and return, stirred up the father’s love for him. Because of the dishonour, he was actually guilty and was to be stoned by the community. So, his father’s running to him sent a direct message to the community that all was forgiven.

    10. In verse 22, we see three-dimensional restoration to the son. The father commanded the servants to bring the best robe, which represents his mantle and glory- his honour was being restored. Secondly, the father put a ring on his finger, his authority was being restored, and finally he told the servants to put shoes on his feet, this was the restoration of his freedom and his deliverance from being a slave and rebecoming a son again. This is what it looks like when God restores us from sin.

      The message of this blog and the live broadcast is simply to come home to the Father. God is waiting for you to come home and be restored back to your rightful place. This message was two-fold, whilst I was speaking to those in the world, this message was also for those who thought they hadn’t left home, they are still having an identity issue and have drifted far away from the position God has them. God is saying, “Come Back Home”. Come into alignment with what He has for you.

      Something I just sensed that I didn’t mention last night, the elder brother also had an identity issue. He failed to realise the position he held in his father’s house, so he got jealous of the younger brother’s celebration in verses 25-32.

      I want to encourage you if you don’t know Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, come to Him now. Your three-dimensional restoration awaits you.

      Prayer: Father, in the name of Jesus, I invite You into my heart as my Lord and Saviour. Father, I pray just like the prodigal son, when he came to himself, Lord, I recognise the mess I have been in. Lord, deliver me from the “pig-stye” lifestyle. Lord, restore the identity you have for me in me and take away the identity the enemy has projected onto me through sin. Lord, I thank You for the restoration. I thank You, Lord, for redeeming the time lost as a result of rebellion and disobedience. Heavenly Father, I ask You to please wash me in Your love, peace and joy. Father, just like You did for the prodigal son, Lord, restore my authority, my mantle and my destiny in You in Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.

      Last Night’s Broadcast ‘Come On Home’– https://bit.ly/44pqkLt

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      An Enemy Had Done This

      Last night’s live focused on Matthew 13:24-30.

      This portion of scripture covered the parable of the wheat and the tares.

      Matthew 13:24-30 creates the scene where Jesus gives the parable of the wheat and tares. This parable dealt with a real-life experience encountered by farmers, especially when they were found to be unfriendly or unjust in their business dealings. An enemy would sow weeds (tares) in their fields, which would take years of work to eliminate.

      The Greek word for weed is zizanion, and this weed is a plant with the same sort of stalk and green colour as wheat while growing, but when it is fully grown and ripe, it has long ears and produces black and poisonous grain. If the grain is allowed to ripen fully, the seeds would fall into the soil and produce another crop of poison the following year.

      The servants noticed this whilst working in the field, where they noticed that as the crops came to the last stage of their growth, some began to look different as the heads began to form and grow longer than the wheat. They told the owner and suggested to the owner to uproot the tares. The issue at hand was that the tares were intermingled with the wheat, so the Sower suggested that they wait until harvest because trying to uproot the weeds will in fact, damage the wheat.

      Verses 36-43 give us the meaning of this parable- the field is the world,  the Sower of the good seeds is the Son of God, and the good seed represents the people of the kingdom of God, and the tares represent the sons of the kingdom of darkness.

      That is where we are right now in this current climate in the world; it is difficult to distinguish the difference between the people of God and the sons of the enemy. Right now, more than ever, God is encouraging us to sharpen our tools of discernment in this season.

      The key scripture I emphasised on last night was Matthew 13:25

      “But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way”

      When we are asleep, we are at our most vulnerable. I spoke about how the enemy uses demonic infiltration, permeation, and intermingling to hijack and sabotage one’s destiny, and he does this through the dreamworld. He does this by sowing negative representation of either you to your destiny helper or of your destiny helper to you. He also sows seeds of perversion and evil through life’s circumstances. This scripture shows us prophetically how the enemy operates. He targets you at the earliest formative years, which, psychologically speaking, are from 0-6 years old, to create a faulty harvest in your life. Some demonic seeds lie dormant and do not show up until you are about to step into a destiny moment. Towards the end of the live video, I shared that the same how wheat has a root system,  humans also have a root system known as the nervous system and I prophetically taught how the enemy uses trauma and external circumstances as well as people ordained by him to sow tares (trauma) into your root system to sabotage the God ordained fruits that God has ordained to be harvested in your life.

      Prayer: Father in the Name of Jesus Christ, I pray that just like how the enemy sowed weeds amongst the wheat in Your Word, Father, I pray to uproot every demonic seed lying dormant in my life. Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, destroy every time-released demonically generated event in my life. Father, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ to reset my root system and may every good seed that You have planted in my life, may good fruit come forth at the time of Harvest. Father, every tare causing sabotage and hindrance in my life in the form of frenemies, Lord uproot them now in the name of Jesus Christ and remove them from my life. Father, I thank You that You have heard this prayer in Jesus’ Name, I pray, Amen.

      To watch last night’s replay, here is the link https://bit.ly/4l6VPje

      Gratitude- A Key To Your Breakthrough

      Last night’s live was truly powerful. I really spoke from my heart what I believe the Lord wanted me to share on the principles of gratitude and what the heart of gratitude and thanksgiving does in the life of the believer. 

      So what is gratitude and thanksgiving? 

      Gratitude is the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. 

      Thanksgiving is the expression of gratitude especially to God. 

      The focus text was taken from Matthew 14:16-20

      The key verse was taken from verse 19 where Jesus demonstrates how we are to model the heart of thanksgiving. 

      Matthew 14:19

      “Then He told the people to sit down on the grass. Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and blessed them. Then, breaking the loaves into pieces, he gave the bread to the disciples, who distributed it to the people”.

      Here Jesus is teaching a multitude of people 5000 excluding women and children so a multitude is up to around 10,000. Jesus shows us how to give thanks. 

      (1) Firstly He took the five loaves and two fishes looked toward heaven and blessed them.

      (2) He broke the loaves into pieces- Preparation 

      (3) Gave the bread to the disciples- Delegation

      (4) Disciples distributed to the people- Distribution

      These are three strategies needed when in a season of overflow and multiplication. You have to whilst practicing gratitude, prepare in order to maintain the blessing.

      When Jesus gave thanks for the five loaves and two fishes, in giving thanks He broke the limitation off the five loaves and two fishes. 

      The first principle of gratitude and thanksgiving is; 

      (1)Gratitude and Thanksgiving invites overflow and multiplication – when you give thanks for what you have it releases overflow and it multiplies what you already have. 

      When you praise God with thanksgiving- as your praises go up, God’s blessings come down. 

      (2) A heart of gratitude and thanksgiving causes you to see the solution in the problem. Gratitude is a shifter of your perspective. 

      On last night’s live, I encouraged the viewers to create a gratitude jar and note down the date and what you are thankful for. I would like to invite you to join me on this challenge too.

      Prayer: Father in the name of Jesus, I thank You for this word and teaching on what it means to practice a life of gratitude and thanksgiving. Heavenly Father, I pray please cultivate in me a heart of thanksgiving. Lord help me to perceive the solution I. The midst of crisis. Father I thank You and I praise You in advance for the overflow and multiplication that is coming my way in Jesus name I pray amen. 

      Catch the replay to last night’s live- http://bit.ly/44mKLaq

      Your Obedience Carries A Sound

      Last night’s live, I focused on the importance of pivoting in this season. The word pivot has different meanings depending on the context. The general meaning of a pivot is a fixed point that something turns or rotates around. From a business context, to pivot, means to change direction or strategy in response to circumstances. To pivot is a change in focus or direction.

      The focus scripture was taken from 2 Kings 7:3-19. Here are a few nuggets from that scripture. The focus scripture was taken from 2 Kings 7:3-19. Here are a few nuggets from that passage of scripture:

      • The lepers were a people who, because of the condition they dealt with in their bodies, society ostracised them and considered them unclean, so they lived at the entrance of their gate to Samaria (vs3).
      • The pivot of the four lepers started with a decision
      • They rose at twilight, just after sunset or sunrise. In the live video, I said midnight, so I would like to correct that error here.
      • As they stepped out by faith, God amplified the sound of their footsteps
      • Because of their pivot, a whole nation ate (vs 8-18)- this pivotal decision and risk made by the lepers was on the back of the poverty the nation was experiencing at the time. Read 2 Kings 6 to gain more clarity.
      • To pivot, you have to have a transformed mind (Romans 12:2)

      Prayer: Father, in the name of Jesus, I ask You, Lord, to empower me to obey Your instructions concerning my purpose and destiny in You. Lord, help me to understand that by faith, as I step out, you are amplifying my footsteps. Lord, lead me to the place of provision that those in my vicinity and proximity will be blessed. Father, I thank You for hearing me and for blessing me. Father, I repent of every disobedience. Lord, I ask for your mercy to realign me with my destiny in you, and where I have missed out on breakthroughs because I refused to pivot. Lord, I recall the opportunity and moment for me to pivot in Jesus’ Name, I pray, amen.

      Watch the replay of my YouTube Video- ‘Your Obedience Carries A Sound ‘- https://bit.ly/3ZGL3aN

      God’s Outcome- Part 2

      On last night’s live, I continued exploring the meaning of God’s outcome and what it means to understand the difference between God’s perfect will, His general will, and God’s permissive will.

      God’s perfect will, general will, and permissive will are theological categories that are used to understand how God relates to our choices, His divine sovereignty, and moral guidance. We see the perfect will of God in the scriptures, but the terms general and permissive will have not been seen in the scriptures; however, some scriptures clearly explain and define the difference between the three wills of God.

      1 God’s Perfect Will

      God’s perfect will refers to His ideal plan, desire, and sovereign intention for creation and individuals. God’s perfect will is always good, flawless, and unchanging. It reflects God’s best for us, which aligns perfectly with His holiness and purpose.

      Romans 12:2 says:

      “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God”.

      Romans 12:1-2 shows us six things that constitute the perfect will of God in our lives;

      1 Present your bodies as a living sacrifice to God (Romans 12:1, 1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 1 Corinthians 6:20).

      2 Make the body holy (Romans 12:1; 2 Corinthians 7:1)

      3 Make yourself acceptable to God (Romans 12:1)

      4 Render reasonable service (Romans 12:1)

      5 Be not conformed to the world (Romans 12:2)

      6 Be transformed from the world (Romans 12:2)

      The Greek word for “perfect” in Romans 12:2 is teleios, which translates as “that which has reached its end; nothing more to complete it”. When it comes to the perfect will of God concerning your life, there is a completion. When God’s perfect will is done in your life, there is nothing more to add or take away. It’s all complete.

      Other scriptures to study the perfect will of God are Ephesians 1:4-5 and Jeremiah 29:11

      God’s perfect will is what He ideally wants for His people: righteousness, obedience, and relationship with Him.

      2 God’s General Will

      God’s general will refers to his commands and what He expects from people. This includes upholding the commands of His Holy Word, including living righteously, loving others, and accepting salvation through Jesus Christ. It is revealed in scripture and applies to everyone.

      Scriptures

      1 Thessalonians 4:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Micah 6:8, John 6:40

      God’s general will be accessible to all and does not depend on individual circumstances- it’s found in His word and is about how all people should live.

      3 God’s Permissive Will

      God’s permissive will refers to what God allows to happen, though this may not be His ideal or perfect desire. He permits human choices, even sinful ones, without violating your human free will. Yet He still works through them to accomplish His ultimate purposes.

      Scriptures

      Romans 8:28, Genesis 50:20, 1 Samuel 8:6-9

      God’s permissive will acknowledges human freedom. He may allow choices that are outside His perfect will, but He still maintains sovereignty and can redeem even the worst situations.

      Prayer: Father, in the name of Jesus, help me to know and discern the difference between your perfect, general, and permissive will. Father, I repent for every time I stepped outside of your perfect will. Lord, deliver me from the consequences of the decision I made as a result of my permissive will. Father, I pray to wash me in your living waters and the blood of Jesus Christ. Father, refresh my soul from the brokenness of my disobedience in Jesus’ Name, I pray, amen.

      You can catch the replay here: https://bit.ly/45p4clq

      God’s Outcome

      Last night’s live broadcast was amazing. The focus topic for last night was God’s outcome.

      I looked up a definition of the meaning of God’s outcome, which refers to the result or consequence of divine intervention or God’s perfect will in a particular situation. Jeremiah 29:11 was looked at to reflect what God’s desired outcome is for His sons and daughters:

      “For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not disaster, to give you a future and a hope” (NLT).

      Jeremiah 29 is a letter from the prophet Jeremiah to the Jewish exiles who had been taken from Jerusalem to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar during the first wave of the Babylonian exile, around 597 BC. Babylon invaded Judah and took many of its elites—craftsmen, nobles, and officials—into exile. Jeremiah remained in Jerusalem and continued to prophesy during and after the deportation.

      During this time, in Babylon, there were false prophets telling the exiles that their stay would be short, creating false hope and unrest.

      In verse 10, God tells the people that the exile would last for 70 years.

      “The truth is that you will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again”. (NLT)

      Jeremiah 29 was written from a pastoral and prophetic perspective, offering guidance and correction to the exiles. In verse 11, Jeremiah’s message of hope was directed specifically to the exiled community, reassuring them that although their situation was painful and prolonged, God had not abandoned them. He had a future and a hope for them, even if it came through patience and faithfulness in a foreign land.  This gives the sense of God’s sovereignty that even in exile, God controls history and uses it to refine and shape His people. Though this was aimed at the Jews in exile, you can still apply this hope to your circumstances, where you can find hope amid a crisis. It is important to understand that God’s outcome refers to God’s perfect will. How do you learn about God’s perfect will?

      You learn God’s perfect will by reading and learning His word. God holds His word above His name: “For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name” Psalm 138:2 (KJV)

      God promises us that “His word will not return to Him void, but it shall accomplish that which He pleases and it shall prosper in the thing whereto He sent it” Isaiah 55:11 (KJV). Everything God says concerning you must come to pass.

      I spoke about how often when we think about the outcome of God, we always think of perfection as our ideal outcome. We focus on the natural results or outcomes of a matter based on our obedience to God. But God wants to remind us that it was never about the success that did or did not follow our actions- it was about our obedience to Him. We are focused on the results, but God is focused on the obedience. Our obedience supersedes our results.

      Another way of learning about God’s perfect will is through your personal experiences.

      Romans 8:28 (NLT) says

      “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them” (NLT).

      Not everything is God sent but God certainly allows these situations because He sees the good that will come from the unfulfilled plans of the enemy concerning you. Even those mistakes, God can use those mistakes as a divine GPS to usher you to His perfect will for your life.

      I spoke about my experience when I travelled to Jamaica and how God allowed a scenic route experience to put me on track and in alignment with His perfect will. He even allowed me to get back to the United Kingdom earlier than my original flight. From this experience, I shared about the importance of looking for the message and revelation that comes with the journey rather than being focused on the destination.

      I then shared my testimony of how a close brother and friend of mine went home to be with the Lord and how God used that experience to highlight and explain the meaning behind His sovereignty. Last night bore the most important lessons I have learnt so far in my journey with Jesus. It is my prayer that you encounter a Godly outcome in every area of your life.

      Prayer: Father, in the name of Jesus, I thank You for this word of encouragement. Father, I pray to align me with your perfect will and help me to be more focused on my obedience to you than the results. Lord, help me to embrace your sovereign ways and will for my life. I yield myself to your perfect will. Lord, help me to be alert, aware, and conscious of your perfect will concerning my life. Help me not to be so desperate that I submit my destiny to a people or a place that is not in alignment with Your perfect will for my life, in Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.

      YouTube Video ‘God’s Outcome’– https://bit.ly/446aUeQ

      Defining Moments

      Last night’s live, I focused on defining moments and what that means for the month of June.

      Prophetically, I sensed that June was going to be a month filled with defining moments. It is about our response in this new season. Your response to those defining moments in the month of June will determine the next level of elevation and promotion that is coming to you in the month of June.

      Before going live, I sensed that a few of you were at a crossroads. I started to explain what it means to be at a crossroads. I remembered learning how to drive, and one of my struggles was navigating crossroads. I would always get tense because of the other cars coming and going in different directions. The main issue I had when I approached a crossroad was being able to discern the right time to recognise when it was my turn to go. Depending on the direction I was taking, it required a different approach in how I positioned the car.

      Many of you reading this, as you approach your crossroad, invite the Holy Spirit in the moment, and He will direct you when it is your time to go and how you need to go.

      Another thing I shared was that it is important not to be hasty when you are at the crossroads. Being hasty can cause you to make the wrong turn and cause an accident, delaying your arrival at your place of destiny, but being too slow in approaching your crossroad can cause a delay to those waiting behind you and those giving you the right of way.

      A crossroads in this context represents a destiny decision. For many of you, the destiny decisions you are about to make will be accompanied by defining moments, and your response to these moments will unlock you and unleash you to your place of destiny. Here are a few key points on defining moments:

      1 Defining moments lead you to your God given assignment, destiny, and purpose.

      2 Defining moments often come from pain- physically, emotionally, mentally, and socio-economically.

      3 A defining moment may come from a piercing truth.

      4 Defining moments are birthed from the crisis you experience, which leads to change.

      5 Defining moments often come at a time of inconvenience.

      6 Defining moments take you out of your current paradigm.

      So how do you know when you are encountering a defining moment?

      1 You feel the need to leave your comfort zone and pursue the unknown.

      2 When faith dictates your decision rather than logic.

      3 Your choices are about pleasing God and not pleasing yourself.

      4 When life gets harder because you are trying to do the right thing.

      5 When you see God’s hand of protection over you.

      I spoke about the three Hebrew boys in Daniel chapter 3, who refused to bow to King Nebuchadnezzar. Though they were thrown into the fiery furnace, and Nebuchadnezzar’s men were commanded to increase the temperature of the fire seven times hotter, this was a defining moment for the Hebrew boys. This defining moment led to their deliverance by the fourth man, and because of the miracle of their survival, they were promoted by the King. Daniel 3v30. This is to encourage those who have not compromised in those secret moments of temptation to compromise; those moments of victory have marked you for promotion in this season because your response was self-control, and you did not bow.

      Prayer: Father, in the name of Jesus, I pray for the spirit of recognition to recognise those defining moments. Lord, anoint me to respond well in this season to those defining moments. Heavenly Father, help me to identify moments of compromise in my life, and Lord, please give me the strength and the empowerment to resist temptations in this season. Lord, I pray help me to be alert, conscious, and aware of the plans of the enemy, and also help me to discern the power of the moment. Lord, I thank You that You have heard my prayer, and I seal this prayer in the blood of Jesus Christ. Amen.

      Last night’s replay: https://bit.ly/4kgHoIR

      The Power of Stillness

      Last night’s live, the Lord taught us about the power of practicing stillness.

      Before I started teaching on stillness, the Lord released me to share a few prophetic points.

      In this season, God is pruning both the productive and the unproductive. The purpose of the pruning process is to make the tree bear more fruit. John 15:2 says, “Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth, that it may bring forth more fruit”.

      This scripture is focused on everyone who is in Christ. Whether you are fruitful or fruitless, the pruning process is necessary. As long as you are in Christ, the pruning process is inevitable. The more you produce, the more eligible you become for the pruning process. The unproductive areas of your life are also being pruned by the Lord.  

      The next thing the Lord released was to those who are experiencing warfare. The warfare you are facing is due to the discovery you have made or the discovery you are about to make. Daniel 10 shows us this. Daniel experienced a delay in the spirit when he positioned himself in prayer and fasting to receive the answer and interpretation to a vision he had.  Gabriel experienced warfare where the principality of Persia withstood him. It took Michael to help Gabriel in Daniel 10:12-13. Gabriel told Daniel in vs 12 that from “the first day he set his heart to understand,” he had come for his words.

      Be encouraged because what you are facing is a result of what you discovered or what you are about to discover.

      God is calling us to silence the noise in our minds and be still in His presence. You see, it is in His presence where we become still, and it is in that moment that God gets to download His blueprint and release destiny to you.

      The definition of stillness is the absence of movement or sound.

      In the first clause of Psalm 46:10, it says to “Be still and know that I am God”.  

      Here are a few key points on stillness.

      • Stillness makes way for restoration- Psalm 23: 2-3
      • It’s in our stillness where God does His greatest work – Exodus 14:13-31
      • Stillness is a quality of emotion that invites the power of God’s presence in your life- Psalm 94:19

      There are psychological benefits of stillness:

      • Reduces stress and anxiety
      • Improving mental clarity
      • Enhancing self-awareness
      • Boosts creativity
      • Promotes mindfulness
      • Improves sleep
      • Strengthens a deeper connection with oneself and others

      Stillness requires a certain posture. I shared the story of when I fractured my arm a few years ago. When the cast was applied to my arm, I was instructed by the orthopaedic doctor that I needed to keep that arm still and try not to move it too much. I did not heed that advice, and my healing process was prolonged by an additional two weeks, so instead of four weeks, it was six weeks. Every time you forsake your moments of stillness, you prolong the pain and your healing process.

      There are miracles, blessings, and breakthroughs that God wants to manifest in your life, but you have to be still. Being too busy and not focused will cause you to miss what God is trying to do in this season.

      Prayer: Father, in the name of Jesus, I honour you and I magnify Your Holy Name. Father, in the name of Jesus, silence the noise in my mind so that I can sense, see, and hear You. Father God, diminish, demolish, and destroy every distraction in my life that tries to stop me from entering a place of stillness in You. Father, release a fresh anointing upon me to be still. Help me not to look to the left or the right. Help me not to be hasty and help me to look to You and You alone in Jesus’ Name, I pray, amen.

      The Power of Stillness Replay – https://bit.ly/4kcBskn

      No More Compromising- Moses’ Plight

      Last night’s live focused on the theme ‘No More Compromising- Moses’ Plight.

      The focus of last night’s broadcast was taken from Numbers 20:1-13, but I read vs 6-11 last night. The scene was set in Kadesh- Wilderness of Paran. In verse one, we learn that Miriam died and was buried in Kadesh, the Wilderness of Paran. She was the first of Moses’ siblings to die. Miriam’s death was a demonstration of the fulfilment of God’s promise that the generation which refused to enter Canaan would die in the Wilderness- Numbers 14:29-34.

      The Context

      The people of Israel were thirsty, and they began to murmur to Moses and Aaron. Moses and Aaron turned from the people and went into the entrance of the Tabernacle (vs 6). In verses 7-8, we see God give Moses clear instructions to speak to the rock and command it to pour out its water.  In verses 9-11, we see Moses and Aaron gathering the people and telling the people, “Hear now ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?”. In verses 7-8, all God told Moses to do was to speak to the rock, he was never told to address the people or their frustrations and unbelief. He was simply instructed to speak to the rock.

      Last week, I shared with you all the definition of compromise- “Compromise refers to making concessions or accommodations, often involving a deviation from God’s commands or principles”.

      The keyword being focused on here is “deviation”. Moses deviated from the instructions of God. He addressed the people and then did the unthinkable: he struck the rock twice. In God’s mercy, water still came out, but Moses was blocked from entering the Promised Land, both he and his brother.

      What are some of the key points that can be taken from this text?

      • In Numbers 20v1, Moses loses his sister- Moses was still grieving for His sister. Further studies show that the grief Moses had for his sister led to the way that Moses responded to God’s instruction.
      • Moses was caught up between the instructions of the Lord and the murmurings of the people vs 9-11.
      • God wanted Moses to speak to the rock- what are you touching right now in your current life that you’re supposed to be speaking to?
      • His assignment was to be the vessel to carry out God’s miracle; instead, he took on an assignment God never asked of him, and that was to rebuke the Israelites.
      • Moses assumed the place of God and Provider.
      • Wherever there is compromise, strife is always present. God called the water poured out of the rock “the water of Meribah” – the Hebrew meaning is strife (Numbers 20v13).
      • Moses became overfamiliar with the instructions of the Lord ( Exodus 17v6).

      The same instructions you received in your last season do not always apply in your current season, even if the situation is similar.

      Moses missed what God was trying to do here in this moment of scripture. The Old Testament is a type and shadow of Jesus. In the Old Testament, Jesus is concealed, and in the New Testament, Jesus is revealed. God wanted to show the Israelites a picture of Christ and what was to come 1 Corinthians 10:4.

      I had the opportunity to study the topic of epigenetics whilst studying my master’s in psychology. Epigenetics is the study of how environmental and behavioural factors can influence how genes are expressed without altering the underlying DNA sequence. It essentially explores the mechanisms by which experiences can affect gene activity, potentially influencing behaviour, mental health, and other aspects of development. Biologically, these epigenetic changes can be passed on from a parent cell to a son or daughter cell during cell division or even from one generation to the next.

      Upon further study, I found that Moses’ anger stems from his lineage 10 generations prior in Levi, linked to Genesis 34.  Moses’s great-grandfather Levi, along with his brother Simeon, murdered the man who was responsible for defiling their sister Dinah. In Genesis 49:5-7, in the New Living Translation, the bible describes Simeon and Levi as “men of violence”.  We see generations later in Moses, where he kills the guard in Egypt upon seeing the guard abuse an Israelite (Exodus 2:11-12). Later, this same anger rises in Him and causes him to compromise the Lord’s instructions in Numbers 20, and He misses out on entering the Promised Land.

      Prayer Point: Father in the name of Jesus Christ, I thank You, Lord, for this study and for highlighting the areas in my life where I may have compromised Your word. Lord, uproot in me any hidden pattern, behaviour or habit that will cause me to be hindered from accessing my place of promise and destiny. Remove every negative attribute that will hinder me from accessing your perfect will for me. Father, I repent for the spirit of compromise, and I pray release your grace upon me to fulfil your instructions in its entirety in Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.

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      No More Compromising

      Last night’s live was convicting, but it was a call to change. I spoke about coming out of compromising the word God and the instructions that God has given for this time and season.

      The focus scripture of last night’s broadcast was taken from Genesis 11:31 and Genesis 12:1-4, where I focused on the life of Abram who later became Abraham in Genesis 17:5. Throughout the scriptures about Abraham, we see his journey from Ur of the Chaldees with his father Terah and brothers, Nahor and his wife and Haran and his nephew Lot and his wife Sarai to Canaan. In Genesis 11:31 it says.

      “And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran and dwelt there”.

      When I read this scripture, the Holy Spirit zoomed in on the word “dwelt” and upon further study of the scriptures, dwelt in Hebrew means lived or settled. Terah had started the journey from Ur of the Chaldees and was making his way to Canaan with his son, daughter-in-law, and nephew. What intrigued me was that their destination was Canaan, so what happened between them leaving Ur of the Chaldees, and what made them dwell in Haran?

      Where have you built a house where you were only supposed to pitch a tent? Where have you settled for the good thing instead of the God thing in your life?

      This is just my interpretation, I believe Terah became sentimental, after all, he had just lost his son Haran in Genesis 11:28.

      “And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees”

      Being in the place that held the same name as his son brought some sort of comfort and sentiment. Research shows that Haran was in northeast Mesopotamia on the river Belias about 60 miles above its confluence with the river Euphrates. It was a trade centre on the route from Ninevah to Carchemish. It was also the chief seat of worship of the moon god Sin. Terah settled here instead of continuing his journey towards Canaan as per the original plan. In Genesis 11: 32 we see Terah dies.

      “And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran”

      But God continued speaking….

      I believe this journey was more about Abram than it was about the rest of the members of his family. The instructions are released to Abram, and God tells Abram in Genesis 12:1,

      “Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and thy father’s house unto a land that I will shew thee”.

      Abram receives direct instructions to leave his father’s house and not to take anyone from his family with him. Kindred means relatives or family members. What God wanted to do for and through Abram, He needed Abram to be separated from his bloodline. It is important to note here that Abram came from a bloodline of Idolaters Joshua 24:2.

      In verse 4, we see compromise coming into play as Abram takes Lot with him. “So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him: and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran”.

      And this leads me into the subject of compromise. Closer study on the journey of Abraham, there are several times where he compromises the word of God about God’s promises over his life. To compromise means to make concessions or accommodations, often involving a deviation from God’s commands or principles. God tells Abram to leave his family behind, but he takes Lot with him.

      Every time you compromise God’s word concerning you, it leads to spiritual decline and in turn strife shows up. In Genesis 13, we see this play out between Lot’s and Abram’s herdsmen in Genesis 13:7. Another effect of compromising God’s word is he stops speaking, After God speaking to Genesis 12:1-3, there is no evidence of a conversation between Abram and God until Genesis 13:14 after Abram separates from Lot. Are you finding it difficult to hear God because of the compromise that is currently in your life?

      Another example of Abram compromising the word of God is In Genesis 15:4, God promises Abram that a child will come from His own bowels but in Genesis 16:1-3, he adheres to Sarai’s suggestion and marries Hagar and conceives Ishmael. But that is not what God said. The promise was about Abram and Sarai not just to Abram. Abram idolised convenience more than what God said. God is very specific with His word. He told Abram that his heir would come from his own bowels.  Bowels in Genesis 15:4 refer to the womb or reproductive organs. Abram is a man, so he doesn’t have a womb. Do you know who has a womb? Sarai. Though God was speaking to Abram, He was speaking to Sarai too because they are one flesh. In Genesis 16, there is no evidence of Abram resisting this suggestion, so Hagar births Ishmael in Genesis 16:4. What happens as a result of this compromise, strife shows up between Sarai and Hagar, and Hagar ends up fleeing.

      Every time you choose convenience instead of carrying out the instructions of God exactly as He said you should, you are compromising. Wherever there is compromise, there is convenience and settling. And this always leads to strife and a lack of peace.

      The root of compromise is the spirit of disobedience which is rooted in idolatry. You see this same idolatry showing up in Abram’s life. Anything you hold above God’s word and His instructions is an idol. Read 1 Samuel 15:22-24. Saul reverenced the people and obeyed their voice more than he did the instructions of the Lord through the Prophet Samuel. Because of this compromise, he lost the kingdom.

      This is a serious warning in this hour and time, God is calling us out of compromise.

      Prayer: Dear Lord, I come to You in the name of Jesus Christ. Father, I repent of every dead work in my life. Lord, I repent for every time I compromised your word of instruction and settled for convenience rather than doing what You told me to do exactly as you told me to do it. Lord, I ask You to wash me and cleanse me with the Blood of Jesus Christ and renew my heart and make me over, Lord. Father I pray as I leave the compromised thing behind and go after Your perfect will for my life, Lord I pray for mercy and I pray Lord redeem the time that I have lost as a result of the compromise I have entertained and accelerate me to the right path that you have ordained for my life in Jesus name I pray amen.

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