BIBLE STUDY: JOHN 1

The Gospel According to the Apostle called John

I personally love the 4 Gospels dearly. I read all of them at least twice every year.

While the entire Bible points towards Jesus, the Gospels provide a unique perspective on the person Jesus and who He is exactly!

Imagine 4 different people from different backgrounds writing about one man—Jesus, to different people even as they viewed from their individual lens. Yet, their assertions on the character of Jesus tallied. 

*Matthew*: His target audience being Jewish believers emphasizing that Jesus is truly from the lineage of Abraham and indeed the promised Messiah.

*Mark* writing to the Roman believers (who valued power and influence), highlighting Jesus as the one sent to serve the world 🥹

*Luke* detailing Jesus as the Savior of ALL Mankind to the Greek Gentiles. 😭

And my dear *John* writing to us; *the universal church of Christ*, putting it to all of us point blank that Jesus is indeed God!

I am completely amazed by the themes of each gospel and how it had to be each of them who wrote what book

I mean Who better to write to the Gentiles that this Savior is for ALL mankind and not the Jews alone if not Luke who himself was a gentile and had received this same salvation himself. A perfect witness! 🥹😭

One lovely thing to hold on to as we read John is the Identity of Christ revealed, and in turn our own identity in Him. 

The gospel according to John is not just another book of what Jesus did on earth. It is not a history book. No! It is Christ revealed in All that He is to us.

You can literally count the number of miracles in this book. John was not focused on the miracles or feel good things Jesus did. His focus was Christ Himself; who He is, His presence in our lives and the transformation that brings. 

Last time we read the book, I saw how John was able to map out the relationship between humanity and the divine. We see clearly here what the arrival of Christ meant for human relational proximity to God.

And I say this always that John could only have known this because he was viewing from the lens of love. 

So yes, from this one who is loved to all of us who are loved, I pray we encounter Jesus as we go through the pages of this book. We see His love clearly. We see exactly when He comes and what this now means for us

Amen

John 1

1. *The Beginning*

*_In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God._*

‭‭John‬ ‭1:1‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

*_“In the very beginning the Living Expression was already there. And the Living Expression was with God, yet fully God._*

‭‭John‬ ‭1:1‬ ‭TPT

In the beginning!

Remember the gospels are about Jesus.

My beloved John was going to write about Jesus and he didn’t start from a stable in Bethlehem. Nah..

For us to come to the understanding of Christ and that He is God bringing Eternity to us, we’d have to start from Eternity past. 

The book of Genesis (the Bible more like) literally begins with this same opening: IN THE BEGINNING 

This is what the world knew: the beginning that was the beginning of this cosmos. And then John comes to pull the curtain back further

Like you know a beginning o but there is a beginning before that and inside of this first beginning before the one man knows, the word already *was*

The Greek word used for *was* here is *ēn* which implies continuous and ongoing existence in the past.

He didn’t say the word was made in the beginning 

He said the word was

This carries Jesus beyond the starting point of man’s understanding of God

And it is such a case opener for the man that wants to tell us that Jesus is God. 

PS I am amazed at the sheer intelligence of these men.

1. *The Word*

 was the word..

Which word?

The one that is alive. You see, the Bible is not just letters, a novel compilation or a greatly written book

far from it!

It is a full pointer to one person: *The word* (Christ Jesus)

The passion translation calls this word *The living expression of God Himself*

*The Word* : God revealed in human form 

*The word*: God expressing Himself to mankind

*The word:* God’s way of telling the world about Himself

Because nothing really suffices when it comes to describing God. 

Nothing makes a perfect description of God outside of God, nothing does justice.

The only way God could describe Himself to us all is through Himself 

*The word*; The exact replica of God ; God Himself.

*The Word*; *Jesus*; The Christ; Son of God; God Himself!

TPT says the living expression was there with God in the beginning and was yet *fully* God

AMPC says the word was *God Himself*

Again, John 1:1 is arguably one of the most brilliant communication piece in the Bible (for lack of better words)

First, John’s audience is the universal church 

Jews, Greek, everybody 

He took one “word” and married two completely different worlds. 

I will try to explain it:

- For the Jewish man, the word of God is not abstract. They had an understanding that God literally spoke the world into being. 

Infact, the Jews in a way had interpreted God revealing Himself through His word.

You’d find a lot of expressions of “Then the word of the Lord came to me” in the Old Testament 

What John was saying to the Jews is that if you say the word of the Lord came to you when God reveals something to you, and if Jesus is that word then Jesus is truly how God reveals Himself to men 

Kai

- The Greek philosophers know Logos as the ultimate mystery of the universe. The Greeks looked at the universe and saw order, mathematics, and logic. They concluded there must be an invisible or supreme reason holding everything together. They called this force the *Logos.*

The Word

The Logos

Now John is here telling them that the Logos you know already exists but haven’t figured out, the person is Jesus o. 

Double enter there for real 😭

*All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being.*

John 1:3 AMPC

You know we already established that John’s purpose for this book is to declare Jesus as God to everybody. 

I feel like we need to pause right here 

You see this first 3 verses? They explain so well the concept of *The Trinity*

If you’ve struggled with understanding the Triune God then I need you to follow this book very well.

*The Triune God*

John 1:3 states explicitly that *ALL* things were made and came into existence through Christ (the word)

This statement puts Jesus at the scene of Creation not as one of the things created but as the Creator itself. 

If we go to Genesis 1, it says:

In the beginning, *God created*

And John is saying that Jesus was there at the beginning. Not just that, Infact all things were made and came into existence through Him then still came back to say that nothing was made without Him. What John was doing is slamming the door shut on any doubt. 

It is either you are created or you are creator

John has established for us here that Jesus was not created

Places Him at the scene of creation and then tells us that ALL things were made through Him (the earth, the angels, heaven, space, time). All things!

The Apostle Paul will echo this later in Colossians 1:16

Ati Visible things o, invisible things

Thrones, dominion, rulers, authorities

He’d assert that these too are not excluded from All things

*God, in three persons, blessed Trinity*

I feel like where the problem starts for us believers and we enter into error on the Trinity is first that we want to explain how water entered the coconut. 

I can try to explain to you the concept of the Trinity but I cannot explain it to you like a 2 yr old or the why and how of the Trinity

The why and how is a mystery and 2 years old don’t understand mysteries. Them go use question kill you 😭😂

I’d have to demystify God to break down why He is three in one or how He became three in one. 

I say this because it is in trying to rationalize or logicalize the divine that we then begin to add our own. 

Because God is creator and uncreated, we will not be able to break down certain things to the granular. We cannot explain how He became who He is because this means He will have to have a start. Who knows His start? 

_*Back to the Trinity…*_

God; The Father

God; The Son

God; The Holy Spirit

ONE GODHEAD; three distinct persons 

Jesus is God but Jesus is not the Father or the Spirit

John 1:1 says the Word was *with God*

The Greek word used there was *_pros_* which means face to face intimacy.

You cannot face to face yourself 

This is proof that Jesus is not the Father 

When Jesus Himself said “I and my Father are ONE”, He didn’t mean they are the same persons 

If they are the same person, then he’d be a liar when He was saying “I go to my father” or “I have come to do the will of the Father who sent me”

If they were same persons, Jesus was selling us bobo then

*God the Father and God the Son (the Word) are two distinct Persons. They are not the same person playing different roles but they are one GOD.*

John 1:1 says *The word was God*

This verse establishes plainly that while they are distinct Persons, they share the exact same divine essence, nature, and being. Jesus is not a "lesser" god or an angel, He is fully God.

This verse 3 also eliminates *Modalism* and *Arianism*

Arianism claims that God created Jesus first and then Jesus created everything else. But John stated clearly in verse 3 that *nothing was made without Him*. There is a reason he went this further after all things were made through Him. 

There is no scene where anything or anyone was being created that Jesus wasn’t there as creator too. 

Jesus is God; *uncreated and eternal*

Again, we cannot explain how God came to be. He just IS.

We’d have to demystify Him to do this. 

The other widely known error of the Trinity is *Modalism*. This one is more accepted 

It was this heresies that came up in the body of Christ about the Trinity and the council of Nicea (325 AD) gathered to debunk them

About 300 Bishops sitting together studying the Bible, John 1 as part of their texts, establishing that these 2 views are indeed errors 

For if Jesus was created, our salvation falls completely apart. 

*Random*: I love what they did with that meeting. They crafted the Nicene creed as an official statement of Faith for everybody to be reading. 

My take is that the body of Christ should go back to this creed

I grew up an Anglican and my first shock in the outside world was that Christians didn’t understand the trinity.

What then do we believe? 

God from God

Light from Light

True God from True God

Begotten NOT made

Of one substance with the Father.

Kai 😭

See the danger of it doesn’t really mean if some people are not getting it is heavy.

It means

If Jesus is not God, all of us who worship Him are practicing idolatry o 

Sebi it’s kuku in our eyes that people are promoting God and intentionally removing the name Jesus. That agenda has a purpose 

All of us must be grounded and know what we believe.

Question: There’s God the Father in Heaven 

God the son which is Jesus 

So is the Holyspirit not God living inside of me 🙄🙄🙄🙄? 

🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣

Answer: Yes.

There is God, the Father

God, the son (Jesus )

And God the Holy Spirit 

God, the Holy Spirit lives inside of us 

“Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit *who is in you*, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?”

‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭6‬:‭19‬ NKJv

Contd.

Again, the beautiful mystery of the Godhead is *One God, existing eternally in three distinct Persons, bound together by perfect love.*

*God in three persons*

*The What*

When we say God, we are talking about *what* God is (essence, nature, being) and there is only ONE God. God has only one Nature. It is why you cannot also say Jesus has a different character to God (this one is another teaching on its own)

*The Who*

Inside that one God, there are three distinct Persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit.

The Father is not the Son.

The Son is not the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit is not the Father.

They are completely distinct from one another, yet they never disagree, they never fight, and they are completely equal in power and love.

3. *In this word there was life*

*_In Him was life, and the life was the light of men._*

John 1:4 NKJV

Jesus is not just the giver of life, He is life! 

It is through Him that life flows to men. He is not giving life outside of Himself, this is who He is. It is why all who come to Him and referred to as *In Christ* have life

Note that, it is not just any type of life we are talking about. 

He is Life that extends forever.

In the original Greek language, 2 words are used for light:

Zoe and Bios 

Bios is biological life (your heartbeat, your DNA, your physical body).

While Zoe means the absolute fullness of life: spiritual life, eternal life, and the very uncreated life of God Himself.

*Zoe* is the life mentioned in this chapter 

Inside of Jesus is Zoe, the absolute fullness of Life 

So you can have Bios yet lack Zoe 

It is also why scripture says that Christ has come that we may have *life in abundance*

Fullness of life

Purposeful human existence 

It exists only in Christ 

And this life is *Light* to the people of the world.

Notice the precise order John uses. He does not say the light became life. He says the life became the light of men

This means you cannot truly see or understand God until you receive His life first.

*Let’s go back to what Light is*

Light is clarity, understanding.

Put everyone in a dark room, turn on the light and people begin to see clearly.

This is what Jesus is to us

Our *see God clearly lens*

light is also understanding

*Jesus became our understanding of God*

This is why He came

We want to understand God? We head to Jesus

Oh myyyyyy

Vs 5 says darkness could not comprehend it 

Every understanding of God outside of Jesus is shut in darkness because there is really no understanding outside of Christ. 

You try to know God outside of Christ? You end up with more confusion. The results will not tally. You will have a misrepresented God.

Outside of Jesus, *No one* knows God because Jesus is God!

And this is why every other religion that tells you they serve same God as you lie

No one who doesn’t know Christ has Zoe because Zoe is in Christ Jesus

And if you don’t know Christ? You don’t know God

C’est fini 

Again, I need us to pay attention to John’s message 

He is saying to us that *JESUS IS GOD*

There are religions that believe Jesus exists but as one of the prophets 

Or a messenger from God 

Jesus is the son of God

Jesus is God

Jesus is not a messenger or prophet 

You must get this and believe it

4. *JOHN; Sent from God*

*There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.*

‭‭John‬ ‭1:6-8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

I have been thinking about John the Baptist since Monday when we started John 1

Infact, I started my Bible study that day with him. 

What a man 🥹🥹🥹🥹

John, who lived in the wilderness

Eating just locust and wild honey

Wearing only rough camel’s hair with a leather belt 

John had no care for himself, except that he was sent.

It was enough for him that he was sent and he lived all of his life preparing for that mission.

I actually cried when I was here on Monday 

John’s mission had an expiry date 

He had a specific window of time to introduce Christ and he came in right at that time 

He made good use of it

He left every other desire to ensure this that the witness of Christ does his work 

He didn’t marry 

He didn’t build a house

He didn’t even build a following for himself 

John the Baptist was aware of destiny: that he was a man sent from God who came to this earth for only one reason *to witness* and witness he did!

And this is why it breaks my heart so much when we talk about the execution of John the Baptist and attribute it to a spiritual failure on his end 

John did not die because he did something wrong; he died because he did everything right. He was executed precisely because he refused to compromise his integrity as a witness for God.

John died fulfilled!

We are so bold in the body of Christ actually 

We don’t understand persecution and what this body must endure until the second coming of Christ

How did we even arrive at this for John? How? 

The same John that Jesus said this of:

"Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen *no one greater than John the Baptist*."

Same John? 

Again, the problem is that we don’t understand what it means to be sent for a purpose

The Greek word used for "sent" here is apostello, which is where we get our modern word Apostle or Missionary.

John did not wake up one day and decided to preach in the wilderness because he felt like it. 

He had a literal, divine commission. He was backed by the full authority of Heaven.

And John died having fulfilled this mission!

John’s entire life purpose is summarized in one word: *Witness* (the Greek word is martyria, from which we get the word martyr).

A witness in a courtroom doesn't invent the truth. They don't try to be the center of attention. They don't perform the miracle. A witness simply stands up and says, "This is what I saw, and this is what I know to be true."

And witness John did. 

And this brings me to us all preaching the gospel,

You are not *the light*, you are not the understanding of God.

 Stop pointing men to you (probably unintentional).

This is what most leaders in the body of Christ are doing today. We are raising disciples of ourselves.

“I pray men come to know God through me”

Erhm... the only way they come to know God is through Christ actually so for this your prayer to come to pass, you will have to point men to Christ, both with words and the way you live.

You have to intentionally do it o.

Your "this way to Christ" must be loud

All of the apostles, this was the mission. Even the Holy Spirit (also God), points us to this Christ.

Because there is no other perfect revelation of God outside Jesus.

Question 2: Are we not given same assignment? 

Why, is it so easy to / do we deviate from the assignment assigned to us

?

Answer: Yes, we have all been called to witness Christ 

I think one of our greatest undoing is our love for the pleasures of this world. 

*What are we willing to let go for this Jesus?*

Some of us cannot stop listening to Asake 

I’m going too far, some of us still listen to naira Marley and Burnaboy

If they ask you, you will say it is not sin. It’s just abdgehegarrwcec

Was eating normal food a sin? 

But look at John

Lived in the wilderness 

Fed on locust

Se you people know what locust is 

That’s a man that had no love for the world 

Our problem is that we love the world more than we love the one who has called and sent us. 

Our second greatest problem is that we deny the problem above which makes it more difficult to seek help from God.

5. *Sons; those who believe*

*_But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:_*

‭‭John‬ ‭1:12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

*_But some people did accept him. They believed in him, and he gave them the right to become children of God._*

John 1:12 ERV

For as many that accept that Jesus is God and believe *IN* Him, they get the automatic right to becomes sons of God

They are not called to first behave like Him. No, they just believe and they are sons.

Of course, they will end up behaving like Him, but first, they believe. 

You don’t behave your way into a family, you are born into your family. 

Your behavior is a natural byproduct of first the DNA of your family and your upbringing.

You will go to a family and see that all of them drum or they have a special gift of dancing or they are intelligent. 

Again, you are born into a family, you do not behave your way into it. 

*“They became God’s children, but not in the way babies are usually born. It was not because of any human desire or plan. They were born from God himself.”*

‭‭John‬ ‭1:13‬ ‭ERV‬‬

This!!!

Oh my God 😭

*I am born from God Himself*

Omo! Such a full flex

Very big flex to call God father, very big flex!

You’ve been called son

And it’s not just that they called you son o, scripture says you’ve been born from God Himself!

Never think of yourself as less

There should be no doubt about this

Wear your sonship badge 

Enjoy all the privileges that come with being son.

So many believers do not enjoy these earthly privileges.

God wants you to enjoy them

Isaiah 9 vs 6-7 (MSG) says there is no limit to the wholeness the Messiah brings.

Dear son,

Stop limiting yourself

There are no boundaries in this new status

There are no limits for the ones called sons

Live as son

Know your right as son

Live your privileges as son

Should the son of a cloth seller be found wearing rags? *Never*

So son, live as son!

Take your time to know who you are as soon

Then go ahead to live it

*“who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”*

‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

See how John breaks it down

This birth didn’t happen by:

- Human blood (You didn't inherit it from your earthly parents' good genes).

- ⁠The will of the flesh (You didn't earn it through your own hustle, willpower, or self-control).

- ⁠The will of man (No pastor, church, or religious leader voted you into the kingdom)

It was from God Himself. The exact same Zoe (divine life) that we read about in verse 4; the very uncreated life that has been flowing through the Trinity from eternity past

Again,

Live as son

Know your right as son

Love your privileges as son

6. *Once dwelt amongst men and now Lives in sons*

*_And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth._*

‭‭John‬ ‭1:14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Omo! ( x 1000000 plix because what 😭)

This is the most mind blowing thing ever 

John takes the eternal, uncreated Creator Word from verse 1; the same One who spoke time, space, and angels into existence and says He did the unthinkable

Let’s recap a little bit abeg

God decided to reveal Himself directly to man cos we had some distorted view of Him, we really didn’t know Him.

God came and became flesh 

John does not say the Word "appeared" as flesh, or "dressed up" like a human. He says the Word *became* flesh.

The Greek word used for flesh here is *Sarx* and it means a normal actual human body, fragile, weak. It can get tired, hungry, sweat, bleed, feel pain, be killed, die. No odeshi 

I need you to think of how mind blowing this is

*The One who holds the universe together by the word of His power suddenly had to learn how to walk as a baby. The One who feeds the whole world had to cry for milk.*

My God 😭😭😭😭

When the Bible says “We do not have a high priest that does not understand” this is it 

Jesus crawled as you did

He learnt to walk as you did

He learned to talk as you did 

He probably bed wet as I did 🥹😭

God pitched His tent with humans 

He had done this before in the Old Testament using the tabernacle. It was terrifying, not everyone could access it also

It was hidden behind thick veils 

Now, God decided to pitch a new tent 

And this time, *it is not made of goat skin and gold threads. It is made of human skin and bones.*

😭😭😭😭

Like the Almighty God moved into this our messy world 

Lives in this my tiny fragile heart 

I carry Him everywhere 

The Almighty God! 🥹

If I’m walking round this streets of Lagos that is smelling, He is walking it with me too 

Kai 😭😭😭

7. *Pleroma; From His fullness*

*For out of His fullness (abundance) we have all received [all had a share and we were all supplied with] one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift [heaped] upon gift.*

John 1:16 AMPC

John in this verse moved from who Jesus is to what Jesus gives us

The Greek word John uses for fullness is *pleroma.* It means a condition of being totally filled to the brim, with absolutely no room left over. It is a cup that is permanently running over.

So the grace, the spiritual blessing, the favor 

All of it is permanently running over

My God!

How then do we have this and assume we can live in any form of lack?

That scripture says we have *ALL* received 

All of us 

Not some of us

Jesus is not a shallow well that might dry up if we drink too much

You are drawing from an inexhaustible source 

He has an infinite reservoir of peace, joy, power, and life

All manner of spiritual blessings 

This is what it looks like for those of us born of God: Unlimited Access

You don’t get to beg for crumbs or live on a tight spiritual budget 

I need this scripture to plunge you into remembrance of who you are as son and all that is accessible to you

Declare it upon your self and go draw from your well that never runs dry 

Draw Grace to do

Draw wisdom

Draw the spirit of might

Draw strength

Draw healing 

Everything you need, it is inside of your heritage

Take it!

*No one ever before gazed upon the full splendor of God except his uniquely beloved Son, who is cherished by the Father and held close to his heart. Now that he has come to us, he has unfolded the full explanation of who God truly is!*

John 1:18 TPT

*“No man has ever seen God at any time; the only unique Son, or the only begotten God, Who is in the bosom [in the intimate presence] of the Father, He has declared Him [He has revealed Him and brought Him out where He can be seen; He has interpreted Him and He has made Him known]. [Prov. 8:30.]”*

‭‭John‬ ‭1:18‬ ‭AMPC

Look what the *The AMPC* says: He has brought Him where He can be seen.

*The MSG* says Christ has made God plain as day!

*TPT* says He has unfolded the full explanation of who Hod truly is

Kai! 🥹🥹🥹

He has declared God!

Jesus has declared God

In the original Greek, this is the word exēgeomai, which is where we get our English word *exegesis!*

*Jesus is the ultimate exegesis of God.*

He is the walking, talking, breathing explanation of the Father's heart.

Christ is God brought to man to be seen exactly as He is!

Christ has interpreted God completely

Stop looking for extra sheet

Stop looking for dimensions to God outside of Christ 

You will lost and I am not even joking.

"Seven book of Moses"

"10 book of kini kan"

I say you will lost.

Stay with Christ 

He is more than enough

He is all the God that you need to know

Let your hunger for more be in Christ

Whatever you can’t reconcile with the image of Jesus, it is not God!

“But my pastor talk, PRems said”

Jesus is the blue print

Let every man be a liar and God alone be true

God is plain as day already, in Christ

And if you ever find yourself wondering, "What does God think of me? Is He angry? Is He loving?" you don't have to guess anymore.

You just look at Jesus. Jesus is the exact, uncompromised, love-filled picture of who God is

8. *The Lamb of God and His witness*

Again, I’m back to John the Baptist 

This man did not just guess who Jesus was or assumed

He received an undeniable, supernatural sign from Heaven: the Holy Spirit descending like a dove.

The dove symbolizes peace

True peace between God and humanity, that is what Jesus brought.

*“And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.””*

‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭34‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Do you know what it means to be the first earthly witness of Christ?

Angel Gabriel spoke to Mary

God spoke from Heaven

But John was the first person on earth to tell other people on earth that see the Son of God! 

What an honor!

The image before me is those videos we show of special guests in church before we bring them up on stage 

Imagine a papa Adeboye coming to my church

It is my pastor that will do the announcement with all honor and joy

They will not give member like me 😂

Look at the privilege John had

Such an honored man

John didn't live to see the cross, the empty tomb, or the day of Pentecost.

He spent his entire life running a specific race, just one thing: pointing away from himself and toward the Messiah

And the exact second he officially stamped Jesus as the Son of God, his earthly shift was complete. If John had died right after this on the spot, he’d have lived completely.

This is what a successful assignment looks like 

And my question to us is this 

What is your assignment?

Are you living it? 

John ran

Oh my

We all need to learn how to carry a vision from that man

If there is anything, my admiration for John spiked with this current study. And I’m challenged as one sent to the world by my Christ

I am very challenged

9. *Followers of Christ*

“_*The next day John was there again and had two of his followers with him. He saw Jesus walking by and said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” The two followers heard him say this, so they followed Jesus.”_*

‭John‬ ‭1:35-37‬ ‭ERV

The last time we read the book of John, I found out for the first time that Andrew was actually a follower of John the Baptist. 

The spirit told John about Jesus 

And what did John do?

He told the people following Him about Jesus

He pointed them directly to Christ and he did hands off

That was how Andrew followed Jesus

His oga (John the baptist) showed him the true Oga 

John never stopped talking about Jesus

He pointed men to Christ 

This also showed John’s heart

He understood ministry and his purpose in all of this

He pointed Andrew to Christ 

Andrew sweetly asked Jesus where He stayed and followed Him home 

Something amazing to see here is that *Jesus’ very first disciple came from John the baptist* 🥹🥹🥹

Then Andrew went back home and called his brother *Simon Peter* to also come and see.

Vs 41 says that was the first thing Andrew did. He went to call his brother.

*Simon Peter*, the first pope and earthly bishop of the body of Christ 

First to preach Jesus at the start of the church

The leader of the early church

The detailing is so amazing

So so amazing

Again, stop tighting the gospel to your chest, preach it. Spread it.

10. *The one who existed in the beginning knows the end from the beginning*

*_Then Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon, the son of John. You will be called Cephas.” (“Cephas” means “Peter. ”)”_*

‭‭John‬ ‭1:42‬ ‭ERV

Peter’s name was not Peter

His name was Simon but we all call him Peter today

John pointed Andrew to Jesus and Andrew brought his brother, Simon

And immediately Jesus saw Simon, He changed his name to Peter (Cephas which means *The rock*)

*“So I tell you, you are Peter. And I will build my church on this rock. The power of death will not be able to defeat my church.”*

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭16:18‬ ‭ERV

You see this encounter in Matthew 16 and John 1, it didn’t just happen.

Peter declaring Christ as Messiah and Jesus telling him the church will be built upon this rock wasn’t coincidental. 

Christ knew Peter from the very beginning 

And it is amazing how he called him by his kingdom name the very moment he met him

The very first day Jesus met Simon, Christ called Him by His destiny; *Peter, The Rock!*

Even when Simon Peter’s identity in life did not tally

I’m not even sure Peter understood any of this

But Christ knew him

Infact, it is by divine providence that his brother Andrew was a follower of John

God is detailed

He is indeed Alpha and Omega

There is nothing coincidental about your life

Nothing!

God is very much intentional about you

It didn’t just happen that it was Andrew that was with John at the time Jesus passed by.

Nothing happens by mistake

Those details of your life that do not make sense to you?

God knows 

Just rest in this!

*On new Identities*

Jesus did not just give Simon Peter a personal name or pet name

*You will be called Peter*

This is what you are to me, *the rock* and this is what men will call you. 

This is what you identify as from henceforth!

God has called you righteous and *this is what you will be called*

He has called you complete, forgiven, enough, perfect!

This is what you will be called

God is very intentional about what He calls us

It doesn't matter who we are right now

He calls us by our finished product

He has called you saved and freed!

You will not accept any other name outside what God has called you. 

No please.

You will also not call yourself any other thing outside this

God is big on names

There is so much in a name 

Your identity is hidden right there in it

So I ask:

*What do you call yourself?*

I do not care what your reality is o

Peter was rock even when his faith shook and he was sinking inside water

Peter was rock still even when he denied Jesus

Peter had been rock before he met Jesus because God had given him that name from the beginning

And this is it really!

God has called you that name from the beginning

Even if you do anything outside of this name, you will remind yourself that you are righteous 

You will remind yourself what God has called you

Then you will go ahead and live accordingly

The one who knows the end from the beginning has given you a name, own it!

Live it!

Random extra for me in this chapter is that Andrew followed Jesus home on the first meet

What kind of man was Jesus?

Which kind aura be thattttt

*Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the man that Moses wrote about in the law. The prophets wrote about him too. He is Jesus, the son of Joseph. He is from Nazareth.”*

John 1:45 ERV

11. *The fulfillment of Prophecy*

See the excitement Philip used to call Nathanael

Just look at

He saw the word being fulfilled right before their eyes and he ran to his town to call his friend

"Come and see who we found"

Guys, we are in the middle of another fulfillment of that which has been written before now

We are in the last days

We are in the days when the spirit of God will be poured upon all flesh

Even for our nation, we are experiencing a shift

We are right here in the middle of prophecies said of old

What is your reaction to times such as this?

Are you still waiting for the last days in the future?

Do you believe it is here already?

*Then he said, “Believe me when I say that you will all see heaven open. You will see ‘angels of God going up and coming down’ on the Son of Man.”*

John 1:51 ERV

*"Believe me when I say you will see heaven open"*

I sense so strongly that this is a word for now

It feels like Jesus said that directly to us

The response of my heart is this:

*In my lifetime, I, Olúrèmí will see Heaven open. My eyes will see prophecies fulfilled in my generation*

Amen

WATCHWORDS FOR JULY & THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR

WATCHWORD FOR JULY & THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR

- Of The New

- Of Possibilities and Answers for the Zeal of the Lord is Risen

- Of Clarity, Revelation, Instructions and Light

- Of Strange Liftings and Risings

- Of Speed, Acceleration and Flight

- Of Fulfilment and Perfections of The Things that Ought to Be

- Of A Change in Season!

The Manifestation of THE NEW!

The finisher's grace

Open heavens

Psalms23:3 NKJV

“He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.”

Exodus 14:22 NKJV

[22] So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 

The Glory of the Lord

I Am restoring men

The procession begins

It is heaven on earth for us

POSSIBILITIES

Possibilities of the blueprint

You see

All things work

Full alignment 

Direction and ordered steps

IT BEGINS!

ANSWERS ARE HERE

THE ZEAL OF THE LORD IS RISEN

OBSTACLES HAVE BEEN REMOVED

Forward movement 

I see people marching. I see a great procession

A marching into The New

Clarity

Instructions 

Light

Divine openings

Luke 1:45 NKJV

[45] Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord.”

Luke1:45 KJV

[45] And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

Answers

Expansion and Impact

Speed. Flight

The speed of light

Access to more

Revelation 

All things happen with urgency, no hindrance

Answers Come

Lifting

I see the Lord giving new voices and amplifying the voices of men

You are about to be heard

Yahweh's active involvement, from start to finish

Strange liftings

A forceful push into things that ought to be

I see connections. I see the Lord forcing men to do for us

It is time

It is no longer far off

Acceleration

Move at the word of the Lord

It is time to cover distance and grounds. Go by FLIGHT

It is time to fly into that which seems so far off.

30 hours by road, 1 hour by flight!

I am furnishing you with grace

Peace in the storm

Embrace new possibilities 

Genesis 27:20 NKJV

[20] But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “Because the Lord your God brought it to me.”

I see a map and I keep hearing directions

Psalms 32:8 NKJV

[8] I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.

I am a God of endless possibilities.

Do not put Me in box

Luke 2:52 NKJV

[52] And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

Favour before men

They that know their Lord shall be strong

The waiting is paying off

Suddenly

Forcefully

A rapid thrust into all that should be

Goodness of the lord 

Help

It’s the season of THE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE!

AUDACITY

Healings

OF THE NEW

Joshua 1:7-8 NKJV

[7] Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. [8] This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. 

None of my words fall to the ground

THE Rising is here

Rivers in the desert

A way in the wilderness 

Rest on all sides

The fourth MAN in the fire

Life-giving river

Settlement

Genesis 26:22 NKJV

[22] And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, because he said, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.”

Swift Obedience

Revelation 3:8 NKJV

[8] “I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.  

You see your open door

Sight is here. Your eye is good

Matthew 6:22 NKJV

[22] “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.  

Perfection

Victories

Delay has ended

Favour like a shield. For it is the appointed time

Psalms 102:13 NKJV

[13] You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For the time to favor her, Yes, the set time, has come.

Psalms 16:7 NKJV

[7] I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel; My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.

Psalms 16:7 ERV

[7] I praise the Lord because he taught me well. Even at night he put his instructions deep inside my mind.

I hear difficult instructions. Receive grace to do

The power of God is manifested heavily. Almost like the Lord wants to show off Himself

I see people occupying their own land

Men come into their own

God’s finishing touch is here

Preservation

The siege is over

We take refuge in you, Lord 

The scarcity is over

Psalm 66:12 KJV: "Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place."

Fresh visions with instructions that follow

Exploits 

Visibility

I see badge of importance

Move out of obscurity

Psalm 23:2 ("He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters"). 

Promotions

Announcements

Vitality, and growth

The Lord prepares New tables for men 

Tranquility, healing, and well-being.

Invitation to new tables

Ease

Psalms 75:6-7 ERV

[6] There is no power on earth that can make a person important. [7] God is the judge. He decides who will be important. He lifts one person up and brings another down.

Daniel 2:21 NKJV

[21] And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding.

A change of seasons

Seasons have changed!

And our testimony will be that we have been helped by God

TESTIMONIES ARE HERE

ALL AROUND

EVERYWHERE WE LOOK, HE IS ALL AROUND

Instructions are clear

WELCOME TO THE NEW!

PROPHETIC WORDS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE

 PROPHETIC WATCHWORD FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE

- Month of Conception 

- Month to Possess the land

- Of Grounds that Yield

- Of Open doors and Speed

- Of Transitions and End to Stagnancy 

- Of the Promises of the Lord

- Of Answers and the Fulfilment of Every Vision because IT IS TIME!

Possessing the land

A strange sound of abundance 

Month of conception. Tell it to those who have been waiting, it is time to conceive

I see tilling of the ground, UNTIL IT YIELDS

The ground yields

It heeds to the word of the Lord

It yields

Dig again

Abundance 

Divine openings

Immunity 

Open doors 

Speed

Fast track

Increase

I hear flight

Stagnancy has ended

It is time to transition

Genesis 27:20 NIV

[20] Isaac asked his son, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?” “The Lord your God gave me success,” he replied.

Joy has come

“So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone. Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.”

Ezekiel 37:7, 12 NKJV

30 hours by road, 1 hour by flight

Prophetic clarity

I see people crossing over and pivoting

It is time

Deuteronomy 31:3 NKJV

[3] The Lord your God Himself crosses over before you; He will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua himself crosses over before you, just as the Lord has said.

Visibility 

I am giving Answers

It is done

It is done. Rest in this, it is done

At the word of the Lord

Let go of that hurt 

“And the Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.”

Job 42:10 NKJV

It is not aborted. Abiye

Exploits

For the vision is for an appointed time, and that time is now

The Lord is giving you access

Clarity 

Prophetic clarity. Clear cut. 

See, your ears are opened. Your eyes now they see

Removal of obstacles

Testimonies

Joy is here

Voice 

Peace is here

You no longer lose sleep over it

Joshua 18:3 NKJV

[3] Then Joshua said to the children of Israel: “How long will you neglect to go and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers has given you? 

Strange help

Fokanbale (Be at peace)

Joy overflow

Deuteronomy 1:21 NKJV

[21] Look, the Lord your God has set the land before you; go up and possess it, as the Lord God of your fathers has spoken to you; do not fear or be discouraged.’

No more delays

Direction and redirection

Lifting season 

Enhance visibility 

Reset

Moving forward

Help

Hebrews 6:15 NKJV

[15] And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

In close proximity to help

Settlement

The Lord is giving Answers

Deuteronomy 26:9 NKJV

[9] He has brought us to this place and has given us this land, “a land flowing with milk and honey”;

Joshua23:14

“Behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth. And you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one word of them has failed.

Joy overflow 

Answered prayers 

Relevance

Freshness, newness 

Lifting 

Visibility 

Oba to laye atekun re ni ikawo, ko ma so hun ti kole se (The God that has the whole earth in His hands, there is nothing He cannot do)

Breaking new grounds

Increased visibility 

Onise iyanu (God of wonders)

Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God had promised.

Heb 6:15

IT IS TIME TO RECEIVE

Never again will you wonder when will your time come. your time is here

Luke 1:45 KJV

[45] And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

The Lord is sorting impossible cases

Increased discernment

Psalms 102:13 NKJV

[13] You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For the time to favor her, Yes, the set time, has come.

“So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?””

Hebrews 13:6 NKJV

Joshua 21:45 NLT

[45] Not a single one of all the good promises the Lord had given to the family of Israel was left unfulfilled; everything he had spoken came true.

Ezekiel 12:21-28 NKJV

[21] And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, [22] “Son of man, what is this proverb that you people have about the land of Israel, which says, ‘The days are prolonged, and every vision fails’? [23] Tell them therefore, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I will lay this proverb to rest, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel.” ’ But say to them, ‘ “The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision. [24] For no more shall there be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel. [25] For I am the Lord. I speak, and the word which I speak will come to pass; it will no more be postponed; for in your days, O rebellious house, I will say the word and perform it,” says the Lord God.’ ” [26] Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, [27] “Son of man, look, the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’ [28] Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “None of My words will be postponed any more, but the word which I speak will be done,” says the Lord God.’ ”

IT IS TIME

IT IS TIME TO RECEIVE

Never again will you wonder when will your time come your time is here

THE FULFILMENT OF EVERY VISION IS HERE

They are no more postponed

I see new ideas

Work on them Immediately you get them

Swift Obedience

PROPHETIC WORDS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY

WATCHWORD FOR THE MONTH OF MAY
- Of Answers 
- Of Unusual help and favor 
- Of Restoration and life
- Of Good news and rejoicing 
- Of Alignment and Announcemnt 
- Of The spotlight of God, Visibility and Honor
- Of Clarity, instructions and revelations

The veils are broken
The Lord is my light
Instructions are here

Everything comes into fruition 

The promises of God concerning you come into fruition

Psalms 126:1 NKJV

[1] When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zion, We were like those who dream.

Goodness

Good news

Alignment (as in the wheels of a car)

Peace

Gratitude 

Prophetic preparation 

Unusual help

Restoration

Answered prayers

Ifokan bale 

The intervention of the Lord

“Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain.”

Psalms 127:1 NKJV

It’s a month of exploits

Open doors

Psalms 34:19 NKJV

[19] Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.

Finishers grace

Completion

The Glory of the Lord is risen upon us

Alignment 

Nothing goes bad

I have gone ahead

Help has come, with timely intervention 

Peace

I see the Lord has deliverer; OLUKONIYO

I see God removing people from tight places

From fears

From evil

From afflictions

Access into more

The month of second chances. GO AGAIN!

Transformation 

Answers have come

Increase

Life to visions

Life to dead things

⁠Fresh fire on altars

⁠A reason to rejoice again

I see the Lord spotlighting people. A month of exaltations. You are lifted

Grace is released

Visibility 

Barriers are broken

Mark of honor 

Light has come

Go forward! Go forward!

Exodus 14:15 NKJV

[15] And the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward.

Why are you crying? LOOK AND GO FORWARD. There is a way

Deut 1:11 

May the LORD, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised!

Isaiah 60:2 NKJV

[2] For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you.

I hear this so clearly: I AM MAKING YOU DESIRABLE

Excellence

LOST THINGS ARE FOUND

I am restoring

Lost gifts are back

Forgotten visions are restored

Clarity is here. You know your next small step

Daniel 2:20-23 NKJV

[20] Daniel answered and said: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, For wisdom and might are His. [21] And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding. [22] He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And light dwells with Him. [23] “I thank You and praise You, O God of my fathers; You have given me wisdom and might, And have now made known to me what we asked of You, For You have made known to us the king’s demand.”

I see the Lord reminding people of their life mission, revealing purpose again. A release of the blueprint. This is the month you know WHAT TO DO

Be sensitive, rest, hold your peace and watch me win for you

Nothing dies in our hands

Our ears are open to hear what God has to say

Good news all around 

Renewed fire on altars

A compression of time

Our month of clarity instructions and instructions

LOST THINGS ARE FOUND

NEWNESS: THE POSTURE OF A BEGINNER (FINAL PART)

 For the past few months (February), we’ve been learning on Newness. What it really means when we say “Oh! I’m about to enter a new season.”

What it looks like to move from the old into the New, and very importantly, the posture we must attain when it is time to enter The New.

We started with The Posture of Obedient Departure, where God calls you out before He shows you in. A call into the New is first a call to leave the familiar. You don’t carry the old into what God is trying to build next. Something always dies at the entrance of The New.

Then we saw The Posture of Faithful Endurance, where many people get stuck. Not because God failed, but because the gap between departure and fulfillment is real. It is in this stage that we begin to see the wilderness as a delay instead of a passage. And this is where endurance becomes necessary; you can’t detest your passage into the New. You must recognize it and walk accordingly.

After that, we spoke about The Posture of Humble Listening, where God begins to give instructions, but often in layers. We may not get loud or complete instructions at once, but we must stay teachable and very, very not rigid. 

We moved to The Posture of Courageous Alignment, where what God has said becomes the only option in your heart. No Plan B, no negotiation with fear. No matter how difficult it is, we move courageously into what He has told us.

Then we discussed The Posture of Prayed Preparedness, because you can hear God and still not enter if prayer is not sustaining you. Prayer is what keeps your spirit sensitive and aligned through the process.

We also looked at The Posture of Faith in Action, because faith is not just hearing, it is moving. But moving only within what God has spoken, not ahead of Him. Faith is agreeing with God and moving! 

Then finally, The Posture of Dependence on God, where even after doing all of the above, you still learn that you cannot carry the outcome by yourself. God must remain the source in every step of the journey. You must not be in a hurry to move and be okay with saying, “I am still waiting for God.”

Now, we will be discussing the 8th and final posture when entering The New. 

I will like to call it an encapsulation of all!

8. The Posture of Complete and Swift Obedience

For this posture, I feel like it is God drawing our ears over and over.

You cannot miss this! It is the full expression of everything we’ve been saying since we started this teaching. You cannot bypass it.

In fact, it is what has caused delay for so many people, and confusion.

I was asking myself this question, and it is one I think we should all ask often:

Have I obeyed completely?

Did I obey swiftly?

You are waiting for the next big instruction but have you done the little one that God has asked you to do?  Or you’ve been making (valid) excuses

Abraham could not have moved to the point of expecting a child from God if he had not at first obeyed the instruction to leave his homeland. Not just leaving, leaving immediately!

Again, you see those questions I highlighted up there 👆, you must keep asking yourself per time. 

It is also not either or; your obedience can be complete and yet late.

In fact, I’d say late obedience is disobedience!

Yes, you disobeyed God

I think we need to get very uncomfortable with this truth and not sugarcoat things to ourselves.

I disobeyed God,

By arriving too late,

By wasting time and not doing it when He said,

I disobeyed God.

Because in the things of God, obedience is not only about what He said, but also about when you respond. 

Every word has a time attached to it. 

My obedience and response to God is inside of a designated timeframe for that matter. If I miss the timeline, I have scattered something. And then I start crying that I did everything. 

Did I really do everything?

“So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.” [Genesis‬ ‭12‬:‭4‬ ‭NKJV]

Just look at our Fathers of Faith.

Look at!

This is the place where there is no negotiation, no selective obedience, and no delayed response. It is a fully yielded heart that responds to God without holding anything back.

This is how you know if your heart is yielded oooo

This is how!

Complete obedience means there is nothing you are editing in God’s instruction.

No partial compliance.

No “I will do this part but adjust that part.”

No backup plan sitting quietly in the background.

No something came up and the tiny tweak I added is not really important; it changes nothing. 

How do you know what changes something or not?

Are you the one who orchestrates the journey of your life?

Again, you see this last part, the Lord says to draw our ears,

Myself inclusive. 

Many of us have failed here.

This is where the issue is, our inability to see through the word of the Lord, for whatever reason, has been to our detriment.

Look at Saul.

God gave him instructions through Samuel in 1 Samuel 15, but he partially obeyed. He did something close, but not exact. In fact, he thought he was doing it for God:

“And Saul said, 'They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and the oxen, to sacrifice to the Lord your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.” [I Samuel‬ ‭15‬:‭15‬ ‭NKJV]

But see how God felt about the same situation:

“I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has turned back from following Me, and has not performed My commandments.” And it grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the Lord all night.” [I Samuel‬ ‭15‬:‭11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬]

God greatly regretted. 

Why?

Saul disobeyed 

Do we even know the weight of these words?

Do we?

“Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you swoop down on the spoil, and do evil in the sight of the Lord?” And Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me, and brought back Agag king of Amalek; I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.” [I Samuel‬ ‭15‬:‭19‬-‭21‬ ‭NKJV]

Just look at 😭😭😭😭😭

Look at Saul saying he obeyed. 

But he tweaked something,

Just a small detail,

Just one thing, but it was disobedience. 

Even though he felt like he was doing something for God, he was disobeying!

And I am sure a lot of us know the scripture that follows. It is one we’ve learnt since childhood. 

But I need us to keep it close to our ears and hearts in this season.

Again, the Lord has sent me to draw our ears (mine inclusive) 😭:

“So Samuel said: “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.”  [I Samuel‬ ‭15‬:‭22‬ ‭NKJV]

You cannot edit the instruction 

You cannot delay the instruction 

Abraham moved even though he didn’t know where to.

He just kept going 

Stop saying I don’t understand the instruction in full or He has not told me all

If He says move with X, then move with X

Let X be enough for you right now 

It is trust in God

And please stay inside of timing. 

“I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.” [John‬ ‭9‬:‭4‬ ‭NKJV]‬‬

There is a “while” attached to the instruction.

There is a timing inside obedience.

I must do the works while inside of the timing provided for it because a time comes when it then becomes impossible to.

“To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:” [‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬ ‭NKJV‬‬]

Every instruction carries a time.

And when you miss the time, even if you eventually act, something has shifted.

It takes God’s mercy to course correct.

Again, this is where many of us have missed it.

Our problem is not that we have not heard anything, or God has not revealed

It is that for whatever reason (that we’ve validated to ourselves), we’ve missed response and timing.

I will end this teaching with this:

On that matter the Lord has spoken to you

On this door that you’ve been knocking on for a while now

Have you truly obeyed? 

Have you?

Because at the end of everything we’ve shared — from departure to endurance, from listening to alignment, from prayer to action, from dependence to obedience, all of it comes down to this one posture:

A heart that obeys God and moves immediately without delay.

Complete and Swift Obedience!

This is the only way we enter THE NEW.

“His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” [John‬ ‭2‬:‭5‬ ‭NKJV]

NEWNESS: THE POSTURE OF A BEGINNER (PART THREE)

The last posture we talked about that we need to take on to successfully enter The New was:

The Posture of Courageous Alignment

Today, we will be moving to number 5:

5. The Posture of Prayed Preparedness

One thing I have seen people fail to do is prepare for New Seasons in the place of prayer. Even I suffer from this sometimes. 

You’ve gotten a word from God, you can literally see the New Season in your front, but praying becomes a problem. Consistent prayers towards that finish line become a heavy burden.

The funny thing is, normally you pray o. You just notice that you are struggling now. 

I don’t know if this happens to us also.

One thing I want us to understand is this: when a new season beckons, prayer does not just stop at communication with God; prayer becomes a battlefield.

The goal of Satan here is to make prayer feel tiring and heavy. It becomes a chore for you.

I’ve seen prayerful people stop praying at the season they need to pray the most. You must realize this is an attack from the enemy and position yourself rightly. 

In fact, I’ve seen people pray, and at the sign of a little victory, they relax. 

Prayer is how you prepare for The New. In fact, it is very key to your entry. 

You can have the word in your hands, you can have a word from God, and still not enter into The New.

I’m sharing this with us because the Holy Spirit exposed it to me this year too. 

I had gotten a word, and one of my pastors called so randomly and confirmed the word heavily. Then he told me to start praying. 

Guess what, I was up that night for hours and couldn’t pray.

I was just staring at the ceiling and didn’t know what to pray. 

By 5am, the Pastor sent me another message, and this time around he wrote prayer points for me that God said he should share with me.

You people should guess? 

I still struggled with praying even after they wrote out prayer point for me 😭.

Prayer point that was clear with scriptures o!

It persisted for a few days, that was when I knew something was wrong.

I just started praying, God help me.

May it not be heard that I didn’t enter The New because I couldn’t pray. 

How will I even say it outside?

Note that this happened this year o, not 10 years ago.

That you are close to the finish line is not a cue to relent in prayers.

See prayer as the bus that drives you in,

Without it, you cannot enter.

Let’s say I have a house for you in Abeokuta as a gift, and I have described that house for you and even kept the keys for you. If you do not enter the bus that will take you to Abeokuta, you have not moved into the house.

See prayer as the vehicle that carries you into promises.

One thing you must also learn in this season is consistency in prayer.

Not just praying once, not just praying when you feel like it, but staying with God over the same matter without getting weary.

“Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart,”  [Luke‬ ‭18‬:‭1‬ ‭NKJV]

Men ought to always pray and not lose heart!

We must determine this for ourselves.

Oh! I do not lose heart

I am not tired,

I am not weary,

I press on till the end.

One scripture that stands out to me is in the book of Daniel.

“in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the Lord through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.” [Daniel‬ ‭9‬:‭2‬ ‭NKJV]‬‬

For context, Daniel was inside of the Babylonian exile. But he was faithfully reading the scrolls of Jeremiah the Prophet. He was studying to see what the Lord had said through His servants, the prophets.  And while he was studying, he realized that Jeremiah had prophesied about Israel being in captivity for 70 years.

“And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. ‘Then it will come to pass, when seventy years are completed, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity,’ says the Lord; ‘and I will make it a perpetual desolation.” [Jeremiah‬ ‭25‬:‭11‬-‭12‬ ‭NKJV]

Can you see the prophecy? 

First, God told them they would be taken captive, and it happened exactly the way He said. 

Then God told them how many years they’d be in captivity and how they’d be released. 

Now, Daniel reading through the scrolls saw this prophecy, but he saw it at a time when the 70 years was almost over. 

Daniel perceived a new season was about to begin, and what did he do?

Prayer!

In Daniel 9:3, we see that He turned to God in prayer, fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

I need us to pause

Why was Daniel praying like this?

If the first part of the prophecy was fulfilled, of course, the other part will be.

But Daniel was not leaving things to chance; he understood the way of the spirit. 

70 years, what if an instruction had been released even in between?

What if someone had even prayed earlier, and the 70 years could have been cut short by mercy? 

Daniel prayed!

Even when the breakthrough was delayed for 21 days, he did not give up.

He persisted until the heavenly messenger came with the answer.

Again, prayer is how you prepare for The New. 

The day you hear that a New Season is around the corner, let it be your cue to shut your door and start praying.

And note that Prayer does several things for you in this season:

- It positions your heart and postures you for the New: Prayer aligns your mind and spirit with God’s plan, so you are ready to enter. You see that readiness to enter? It is very important.

- ⁠Prayer releases heaven’s resources: Your prayers invite God’s power and timing into the situation. As prayer prepares and aligns you, it also signals when you are “resource-ready.” Let me break this down: God is not wasteful or prodigal. He will not give you what you cannot handle. Prayer is what prepares you for the day you request for resources. Because now you know the exact resource needed and how to use it wisely.

- ⁠It strengthens your faith: When the gap is difficult, and the opposition comes, prayer keeps your trust in God alive.

- It protects you spiritually: Prayer shields you from fear, doubt, and the enemy’s lies during the waiting period.

One of the keys to entering the New is that you cannot treat prayer as optional or secondary. You cannot assume that having a Word from God, seeing the vision, or receiving confirmation is enough. You must pray!

So let me be clear:

- Do not stop in prayer, even when it’s difficult.

- Do not think that a small victory is a reason to relax.

- Do not allow the enemy to lure you into complacency at the point where prayer is most needed.

Prayer is not just a duty; it is how you prepare, how you align, and how you position yourself for God’s New. Without it, you risk having the Word, having confirmation, and yet missing the New.

I pray for us that we will not be asleep when we ought to be awake praying.

6. The Posture of Faith in Action

Once you’ve prayed, aligned your heart, and positioned yourself courageously, the next step is to move. Faith without action remains dead.

Faith in action is about stepping forward with the conviction you’ve received, even when the path isn’t fully clear, even when the gap period still feels uncomfortable, even when nothing is happening. 

Just GO, at the word of the Lord 

Your Faith must move from just believing that God can do it to taking actual steps.

Faith in action does not wait for perfect timing or full clarity. It acts on the instructions God has given, however small or incomplete they may seem. It is what distinguishes those who remain in the wilderness from those who enter the promised land.

Do the first instruction first.

Start there, we will come to the rest later

I remember when we were preparing for Retreat last year, I’ve told this story over and over.

We had gotten a word about the new venue, but because they had not responded and we had the old mountain as a backup plan. I woke up one morning, without consulting the team, and just called the old camp that we are not using them.

I had just one option, and it is what the Lord had shown me.

Your Faith needs to be backed by Action.

It is how we know that you believe.

Faith is not mouth alone 

Nothing like "mouth is good motors" here. 😭

Your action is an expression of your Faith.

Take that first step!

It is what gives form to the promises you have received and brings them to life.

Move!

7. The Posture of Dependence on God

After stepping out in faith, one of the most important postures you must take is dependence on God. Faith in action is not enough if it is disconnected from the One who equips and sustains. 

I think this part is the most difficult part of all. I know it because I have seen it play out. 

We have a Retreat and we don’t have a venue, but I have by Faith printed flier with the exact venue God showed, so now I have to wait.

I must not play God, I must just wait.

You must not be quick with solutions, 

You must not be a problem solver,

You cannot be a fixer with God .

You will take a backseat and wait.

People will ask so what next, you must be okay with, “I am waiting for God.”

You must be very fine with not having an answer. Those who have worked with me closely know this.

We have carried people from Lagos to Osun state without money for food or accommodation except for the first day. 

I also didn’t tell or ask anybody for money so it wasn’t like I was expecting money.

In fact, people were registering last minute, and I kept saying don’t turn anybody away.

Total dependence on God.

If He says to bring men, He will provide for them. 

The way God provided has now become a miracle we share every day. All because we dared to depend on God.

Look at the Israelites in the wilderness. They had crossed the Red Sea, they had seen miracles, and they were stepping into the Promised Land. Yet every day, they needed to depend on God for the cloud by day, the fire by night, and for daily manna.

Where did they fail?

God had given clear instructions: gather only enough manna for each day. But some tried to store it for the next day, and it spoiled. 

“So when they measured it by omers, he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one’s need. Notwithstanding, they did not heed Moses. But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.” [Exodus‬ ‭16‬:‭18‬, ‭20‬ ‭NKJV]

They were not trusting God’s daily provision. On top of that, they complained about the monotony of manna. 

The problem wasn’t God withholding; it was their refusal to trust Him fully. They tried to control the outcome themselves, hoarded what was provided, and longed for what was familiar. The cost? Many never entered the Promised Land. A whole generation wandered for forty years because they could not depend on God daily.

When scripture says trust in the Lord with all your heart, this is it.

I remember having a vision in 2019 

The Lord had taken me to a very high and steep cliff, and there was a chair just on the very edge of the cliff, those armless chairs.  And I heard the Lord said to me to sit, I wish I could draw out the image tbh. After I sat, I was sitting so carefully, then the Lord tapped me and said to close my eyes and rest. In my head, if this chair tilts small like this, I’m falling off the cliff completely. I remember looking at God like don’t do this to me 😭😭😭

And He clearly told me in that vision, this is what your life will be like. 

Blind trust.

If I rest, He will ensure I do not fall.

Should I fall, He will send His angels.

And should His angels not show, still I am joined to Him from obedience.

This is enough.

For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you. [Hebrews‬ ‭13‬:‭5‬b NKJV‬‬]

Our lack of dependence is actually that we don’t truly believe His word.

My friends, this posture right here is the heartbeat of entering the New.

You can have faith, you can pray, you can align, you can act, but without dependence, the New will either overwhelm you or stall before you fully inherit it.

Learn to lean.

Learn to surrender your hands, your timing, and your understanding.

Step forward knowing: the One who called you is also the One sustaining you.

QUESTIONS

Bukky:

1. How do you distinguish taking action out of faith and jumping ahead of yourself to take action?

2. Is it possible for there to be filler actions/activities before precise instructions?  And would these fillers be completely out of order or is there allowance?

ANSWER

For Question 1

Faith-driven action is always in line with what God has already shown you. It is not based on what you think should happen or any logical thinking.

It is why we pray and ask God:

What to do

When to do

How to do

See ehn, you know when you are making a desperate move, you know.

You know when you are self-fixing 

And if you are not sure, ask God. 

I’m going to use the Retreat as an example.

Remember when we didn’t have enough money to feed people or even space, and the suggestion was to close the attendance form? It was when we didn't have money that God gave a word that we’d feed the whole village on one of the days.

That’s how I knew there’d be provision.

Pressed in further and heard “Let my children come, I am already waiting.”

That was it. We left the form open. 

God’s word will always interpret and give credence to itself.

Again, if you are not sure, ASK GOD!

An example of jumping ahead is the Israelites saving manna for the next day. Self-preservation is a key pointer. If the decisions you are making are tilted towards it, then you know.

Question 2

Yes, there can, but hear this: they are not random, and they do not replace the main instruction from God.

They also should not be done for self-preservation.

Sometimes it's how God keeps you from stagnating while you wait. But remember, these actions are preparation and positioning, not running ahead.

Let me give an example:

God shows you Mr Nigeria is your husband but Mr Nigeria has not come to toast.  Or God says you are getting married this year, but no boyfriend in sight, filler actions would be reading books on marriage, saving up for your wedding already, buying pot sets, etc. 

Your filler actions should always support the instruction gotten from God.

Filler actions should in fact, be Faith-driven!

Mrs. Olubunmi

What if you acted on a matter you believed you heard God (everything was consistent with the way God speaks to you) but:

1. There are still delays even after doing your part 

2. Acting on it almost cost you your life because other things came to light after you had acted that didn’t come to the fore before now

ANSWER

1. I love this question

I shared something at the anniversary that I called the 'Gap Period."

So many times, we assume that a call to leave the old is a call to immediately enter the new.

Even when you obey God fully, the New doesn’t always show up instantly. Obedience positions you, but it doesn’t always guarantee instant results. What obedience does is bring you to the next stage.

The gap period is not delay.

The wilderness was not meant to be a place of delay

It was a passage to the promise.

Did God tell you it will happen tomorrow, and tomorrow has passed? If yes, then we should start praying and asking questions. 

David did not step on the throne even after he was anointed. It took years. 

The gap period is the period between leaving the old and the manifestation of the new. The gap period is also in fact, not bad. 

It is usually a season of preparation, God aligning you ahead of the new.

We must never see the gap period as a season of delay. It means we will miss the lessons in it for us. 

We must also be discerning enough to know when delay has set in for the gap period.

PS. Delay is usually because of an action or inaction from our end.

And this is why we must not stop praying. 

I explained that earlier.

A tiny sign of victory is not for us to rejoice; keep praying.

If it is looking like a delay, begin to ask God so He shows you what to do.

The God that gave the first set of instructions you obeyed till this point is still alive and speaking.

We go back and ask Him.

For every time we are not sure, please ask God.

I personally think God does not tire to repeat Himself and assure us of the right part, and when He tires? He tells you. I said personally because I have seen this for myself 

I have heard God tell me something over and over, and one time He just told me after this one I will not tell you again 😭😭😭😭

God wants to lead us.

He wants to tell us what to do and how so much.

“God, I have done what You asked me but nothing has changed. Do I stand still and just wait in prayers? What will You have me do next.”

I know God enough to know that He will give an answer. He will tell you what to do. He will speak and you will hear.

For the second question here.

The scripture I remembered is that of the angel appearing to Joseph to take baby Jesus to Israel. Joseph obeyed the instruction, but on getting to the land, they found that Archelaus was the king.  Guess what? The angel came again and said to go and settle in Galilee. 

Why did he not just say Galilee from the start?

Revelation is progressive!

At the entrance of new information we didn’t have before, we take it to God and wait for Him.

He saw that information before you even embarked on the journey, and He already made a way. We just need to wait and ask.

This is one of the reasons following God cannot be a one-time event.

Step by step,

Precept upon precept,

Instruction upon instruction.

This is actually the posture of Dependence on God. 

We will pray, stay, and wait for the next instruction.

PROPHETIC WORDS FOR APRIL AND Q2 2026

 WATCHWORD FOR APRIL & THE SECOND QUARTER

- Of Light, The Breath of God and Life to Dead Things 

- Of Divine Conceptions and Birthings

- Of Reconciliation, Restoration and Recovery

- Of New Wine and Favor

- Of Divine Visibility and Speed

- Of Open Doors and Supernatural Breakthrough

- Of Successful Transitions and Crossovers

Light

I hear the words: Let there be light 

The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. [Genesis 1:2-3 NKJV]

Let Judah go first 

Q2 will hold in it an exposee

Results

Limelight

April is a month of Light

Light to all things

Light to every dark area

A shift in tide

New Wine

Favour

Supernatural breakthrough

Increase

I hear Revival

Son of man, shall these bones live?

So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army. [Ezekiel 37:10 NKJV]

Life to all things

All things dead

All things lifeless

All things shaky

The breath of God

Restoration 

Hear this: The camel does not stay in the desert forever. It will cross it

Alive

Open doors

Lifting

I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.  [John 10:9 NKJV]

Calling into the deep

Step into the deep

Come up hither

I see a spotlighting

Announcement

[6] And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all  these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.  [Matthew 24:6 NKJV]

See to it that you are not alarmed

Rising

Insight

His word in my life is ALIVE

For He says: “In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. [2 Corinthians 6:2 NKJV]

A time to move forward

Divine visibility

Realignment

Redirection

Light

By your sword you shall live, And you shall serve your brother; And it shall come to pass, when you become restless, That you shall break his yoke from your neck.” [Genesis 27:40 NKJV]

For when you become restless, you will break the yoke

Restlessness. You must get here

Help

Repositioning

Clear directions 

A finishing touch

Divine health

A month of reconciliation, speed, recovery, and light

Break Free

Victorious

You won’t be small

Instructions abound here; pay attention

For I am doing a new thing, can you not see it

The promise of the Lord stands!

Timely fruits

A quarter of fulfillment

Needs are met

There is more

Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert. [Isaiah 43:19 NKJV]

Divine visibility

And though the Lord gives you The bread of adversity and the water of affliction, Yet your teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore, But your eyes shall see your teachers. [Isaiah 30:20 NKJV]

Answers to long-standing questions

Exploits

In this quarter, Pregnancies. Babies

Exploits

Open heavens

The heavens are opened for me

The Earth answers to me

But Israel shall be saved by the Lord With an everlasting salvation; You shall not be ashamed or disgraced Forever and ever. [18] For thus says the Lord, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: “I am the Lord, and there  is no other. [19] I have not spoken in secret, In a dark place of the earth; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in vain’; I, the Lord, speak righteousness. [Isaiah 45:17-19 NKJV]

 I declare things that are right.

Successful transitions. You’ve struggled to cross over

IT IS CROSS-OVER SEASON

A change in times and seasons

You are not stuck or stagnant

It is time to move again. Pay close attention to my instructions

I teach

I will tell you what to do

Victory

Triumph

A change in reports 

Fresh breath

A complete turnaround

I say new life

New doors open

Unfamiliar doors open, take it, it's Me 

SON OF MAN, SHALL THESE BONES LIVE?

Bring your dead

Present your impossibilities

Daniel answered and said: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, For wisdom and might are His. [21] And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding. [22] He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And light dwells with Him. [23] “I thank You and praise You, O God of my fathers; You have given me wisdom and might, And have now made known to me what we asked of You, For You have made known to us the king’s demand.” [Daniel 2:20-23 NKJV]

He is revealing and bringing all things to light

Life to dead things and situations

Revival and resurrection

Miraculous turnarounds

For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light. [Psalms 36:9 NKJV]

His word is the lamp. Pay attention. Stay with the Lord

I see a dedication and calling unto the Lord

Divine orchestrations and divine interventions

The Lord makes the unqualified Qualified

New openings

New ideas