WATCHWORD FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AND Q4

 WATCHWORD FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AND Q4

- Of Restoration and Recovery

- Of Rehoboth, for the Lord has Made Room 

- Of Newness and New Life

- Of Full Cycles, New Seasons and Entering into All

- Of Liftings, Access and Keys to Unlock New Doors

- Of Miracles and Wonders

- Of the Fast and Quick Work of the Lord

- Of the Timing of the Lord

- IT IS TIME AND WE ENTER!

Shifts

Showers

Open doors

Abundance of rain

A decisive month 

Abundance 

Possibilities 

Your reward is here

Deliverance 

Peace

Here ends the unnecessary rat race

Ease

Divine enablement

Coming into your own

Solution 

Divine mercies

I have started and will finish it

Flourish 

I will make the crooked way straight

The tide has changed

Favor

The wind of favor

Restoration

Laughter

The Lord your banner

“Because I love Zion, I will not be quiet. I cannot stay quiet, because Jerusalem is in trouble. I will continue to speak until she is safe again. I want her righteousness to shine like the sun at dawn. I want her salvation to be a bright light in the dark.” [Isaiah‬ ‭62‬:‭1‬ ‭EASY‬‬]

Newness. All things new

Announcement

Rewards

[8] Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, She gave birth to her children. [Isaiah 66:8 NKJV]

You heard things are about to happen fast, you are about to see FAST

Miracles

Miracles 

A wonder month 

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” [‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11‬:‭28‬-‭30‬ ‭NKJV‬]‬

Victory without a fight

Turn arounds

Complete turn arounds

Victory 

New strength 

I am doing it MYSELF

The siege is over

Good work 

Waters are troubled for my sake and I dive in

The Lord, strong and mighty 

Who can battle with the Lord 

Osimiri atata

October, Of His glory

Unusual boldness

Settlement

It is time to rise up

Time to level up

Liftings and Risings

The Lord has arrived for you

He has risen on your behalf

My light has come

You will not be ashamed 

[8] So David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?” And He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all.” [I Samuel 30:8 NKJV]

Access to more

It is time to recover and take it all back

Healed

Exploits

Forward movement 

God’s visitation

Peace

I see the mouth of one silenced

You are taught of the Lord

You are thought of the Lord

[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.” [Genesis 27:20 NKJV]

You step into life’s purpose

You step into TIME

IT IS TIME

IT IS TIME

SOUND THE ALARM, IT IS TIME

Perfect order

It is expedient 

Restoration 

New strength

“He calms the storm, So that its waves are still.” [Psalms‬ ‭107‬:‭29‬ ‭NKJV]‬‬

[3] For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry. [Habakkuk 2:3 NKJV]

[15] My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me. [Psalms 31:15 NKJV]

I say it is time

[12] Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel: “Sun, stand still over Gibeon; And Moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.” [13] So the sun stood still, And the moon stopped, Till the people had revenge Upon their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. [Joshua 10:12-13 NKJV]

Time stops for you

Time comes for you

Hope

No more delays

A season rebirth 

No more loss

Supernatural overflow and birthing

New life

I’m giving Answers

Spiritual intel

The oil of gladness

Rehoboth

Yours is here

The Lord has made room

Multiplication

I see wings spreading out

The Lord is making room and bringing us into a broad space

The book of remembrance is open for your sake

Beginning of a new cycle. Step out of the old

Abraham, ,leave your father’s land. 

Go in Faith

Step out in Faith

The Lord is doing a quick work

Step into unusual territory and space

There’s peace beyond all understanding

No intimidation

You have received Access

New playing fields. You will be invited

New heights

Access

Line falls unto you in pleasant places

Divine visibility

It’s a season of plenty

Open doors

Helpers

[13-15] “Yes indeed, it won’t be long now.” God’s Decree. “Things are going to happen so fast your head will swim, one thing fast on the heels of the other. You won’t be able to keep up. Everything will be happening at once—and everywhere you look, blessings! Blessings like wine pouring off the mountains and hills. I’ll make everything right again for my people Israel: “They’ll rebuild their ruined cities. They’ll plant vineyards and drink good wine. They’ll work their gardens and eat fresh vegetables. And I’ll plant them, plant them on their own land. They’ll never again be uprooted from the land I’ve given them.” God, your God, says so. [Amos 9:13-15 MSG]

I see bunch of keys dangling and being handed over

Open the doors with it

Open your new season with it

Opportunities abound

“Therefore your gates shall be open continually; They shall not be shut day or night, That men may bring to you the wealth of the Gentiles, And their kings in procession.” [Isaiah‬ ‭60‬:‭11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬]

THE WHEEL OF TIME HAS TURNED

Enter!

WATCHWORD FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER

 WATCHWORD FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER

- Of the Goodness of God and His Overwhelming Love

- Of Joy, Praise and Thanksgiving 

- Of Light, Shifts and Transitions 

- Of Progress, Acceleration and Divine Speed

- Of Fruitfulness and an Avalanche 

- Of the Grace and the Glory of the Lord

- For the Owner and For the Lord

Open doors

The abundance of the Lord

It is a month of mercy

Mercies you don't deserve

Unmerited favour

Light has come, burdens are lifted

Victory 

New strength

Psalms 27:13 NIV

[13] I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

Ayo de...Joy has arrived

You will see the hand of the Lord

The Lord has gone with a shout of triumph

Owo Oluwa

Jeremiah 33:10-11 NKJV

[10] “Thus says the Lord: ‘Again there shall be heard in this place—of which you say, “It is desolate, without man and without beast”—in the cities of Judah, in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast, [11] the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who will say: “Praise the Lord of hosts, For the Lord  is good, For His mercy endures forever”— and of those who  will bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause the captives of the land to return as at the first,’ says the Lord.

Answers 

Breakthrough 

The goodness of God

The love of God

An end to end experience of God’s goodness and Love

Exploits

An avalanche

Joy 

Joy is here

Things begin to shift here

A breaking forth.

Lines fall unto you in pleasant places

Testimony galore

Things come into fruition

Answers to long standing issues

Isaiah 58:8 NKJV

[8] Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

This is a month of new songs, dancing and rejoicing

The goodness of the Lord

OF PRAISE AND  THANKSGIVING

HIGH PRAISE

Your fields are green

Miracles are here

You will be called the blessed of the Lord

I see things dropping into the hands of men. Like parcels 

Evidence is here

Your delivery is here

Delivery month

The mercy of the Lord is at work

Overflow

Refund

Speed and acceleration

Another phase

The Lord is lifting

Fruits

A basket full of all kinds of fruits

Light 

Revelation

Light

Power has changed hands

You are no longer in the dark, now you know.

John 6:6 NKJV

[6] But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.

Nothing missing, Nothing broken

A manifestation of God’s faithfulness

Channels are opened

The grace of God

The glory of God is here

Psalms 84:11 NKJV

[11] For the Lord God is  a sun and shield; The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.

Your worst days are behind and your best days here

Grace for more

Understanding comes

Capacity is increasing/expanding

Mercy

Testimony after Testimony

Victory

Open doors

September is FOR THE LORD

OBSTACLES HAVE BEEN REMOVED

NOW MOVE FORWARD 

Open doors

What the enemy meant for evil, the Lord has turned around for your good

Exodus 15:21 NKJV

[21] And Miriam answered them: “Sing to the Lord, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!”

Rehoboth!

Your testimonies of Rehoboth are unending

The Lord has brought you into your own

A change in status

At work, a new status too. Hold the Lord to it

A productive month

Increase

Significant Increase

Psalms 71:21 NKJV

[21] You shall increase my greatness, And comfort me on every side.

Behold I am doing a new thing, NOW IT SPRINGS FORTH

Isaiah 43:19 NKJV

[19] 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.

A productive month

This is a month of progress

Unstoppable upward movement

Unstoppable forward movement

Unstoppable progress

Light shining in your path 

Blessings everywhere

Amos 9:13-15 MSG

[13-15] “Yes indeed, it won’t be long now.” God’s Decree. “Things are going to happen so fast your head will swim, one thing fast on the heels of the other. You won’t be able to keep up. Everything will be happening at once—and everywhere you look, blessings! Blessings like wine pouring off the mountains and hills. I’ll make everything right again for my people Israel: “They’ll rebuild their ruined cities. They’ll plant vineyards and drink good wine. They’ll work their gardens and eat fresh vegetables. And I’ll plant them, plant them on their own land. They’ll never again be uprooted from the land I’ve given them.” God, your God, says so.

Stay here!!

Keep declaring it

YOU WILL NOT BE UPROOTED FROM YOUR LAND

A prophetic window for breakthrough

Healing of the brokenhearted

Broken relationships are mended

Unneeded partnerships break off, do not mourn!

Do not mourn!

New opportunities. A lot of them

I literally see a full email inbox and the gmail pop up of your message is full, delete some

The lord is about to overwhelm you with His goodness

Spiritual growth

A new era

Transition seasons are closing up 

It is time to cross THE JORDAN

Your loyalty will be tested

A breaking down and a building up at the same time

A death here and yet a new life

Do not fret

It is TIME for that which is inside of NOW

Stay strapped in with God. Exploits wait here

CELEBRATION

Acceleration

Divine Exemption

September changes everything

Just give Me praise!

An avalanche!

I say the Lord is about to overwhelm you

There is a clearing of ground

Fallow grounds are broken

Undivided attention towards YOUR God

For He is a jealous God

He rejoices over you

Access

Amen! Amen! Amen! SO be it

It's a transition month

A shift

Things just change 

Morning is here!

Just like that

You've been hearing that He will do a new thing, He is telling you that NOW IT SPRINGS FORTH!

We have entered into the Now

The Lord is superceding 

There is a by force shift and you will not need to lift a sword.

Certain things will die, do not mourn.

Victory!

This is a month of creativity 

The Lord is shedding light in area of businesses.

Some of you will pick up old skills in new ways

Things you stopped doing

And there will be an ease to it

Everyday is for the thief, one day for the owner 

THE DAY OF THE OWNER OF YOUR LIFE HAS COME!

The siege is over!!

Above and beyond

This song, "Ijadopin ogun ti tan, Olugbala jagun molu, Orin ayo la o ma ko. Alleluia!" (The strive is O'er, the battle done, The victory of life is won, The song of triumph has begunALLELUIA!)    

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭13‬:‭14‬ ‭NKJV

“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.”

INTIMACY: The Power of The Tent of Meeting (PART 4)

Welcome to the fourth part of our teaching series, 'Intimacy: The Power of the Tent Meeting'

So far, we've shared three points on it:

1. The tent of meeting is for our Survival and Sustenance [Read Here]

2. ⁠The tent of meeting is Where Men are Formed [Read Here]

3. ⁠The tent of meeting is The Secret to Lasting Strength [Read Here]

In this post, I will cover point 4:

The Tent of Meeting is Where we Encounter Glory

The tent of meeting is the place where men enter into the glory of God, and where that glory rubs off on them.

See, when you see men that have been with God, it is very obvious. You can literally point it out. 

It’s like entering into a fire and saying that the smoke will not stay on your body. It is impossible!

Look at Moses visiting the tabernacle for example. Moses went in and when he came out, his face shone without him even knowing it. 

Exodus‬ ‭34‬:‭29‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses’ hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him.”

‭‭This is what the tent of meeting does: it leaves a mark that others cannot deny, it highlights men.

There are so many people in the church today looking to stand out, wanting to be announced, wanting men to see them and say they are of God. 

There is only one way we are identified with God, it is from being and staying in the tent of meeting. 

It is where God’s glory rubs off on us,

It is where men touch the glory of God,

It is where God clothes us with His own essence.

I think I will have to break down what Glory is first:

The Hebrew word for Glory is 'kabod', which is literally translated as 'weight, heaviness, significance.'

While the Greek word 'doxa' is translated as 'honor, splendor, radiance.'

The Glory of God is the sum of the presence of God 

It is what John saw and fell as a dead man,

It is the weight of God. 

His presence! 

His beauty!

His power!

All of it summed up together, at the same time! 

The Glory is God’s holiness, love, power, and majesty made visible and knowable.

Again, all of it at once.

No wonder it overwhelms, because God’s majesty on its own is a lottttt!

Now imagine the combination of it all,

Imagine all of it put together: 

Majesty

Power

Beauty

Presence

The same presence that mountains melt like wax before? 

That same presence

We must know what we are really bargaining for when we say we are coming to the tent of meeting.

We must know whose presence we are coming to and what happens to the men that dare to come here.

Like have you seen God?

Have you seen all of God? 

😭😭😭

‭‭Luke‬ ‭9‬:‭28‬-‭29‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Now it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, that He took Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray. As He prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe became white and glistening.”

See what happened as Jesus prayed,  His face was altered, His robe became white and glistened.

Glory is not just a concept; it manifests. It is visible, it is tangible, and it is imparted in the tent.

There is nowhere else it is imparted, 

No where else!

Look at the apostles oooo,

Look at them very well,

‭‭Acts‬ ‭4‬:‭13‬ ‭KJV

“Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.”

They took knowledge of them! 

Unlearned fishermen o,  uneducated. 

But they took knowledge of them, and their conclusion was that they had been with Jesus. 

See, the Glory of God is the undeniable evidence that this one has marked attendance with God.

It is what makes men to stop looking ordinary. 

It takes away your earthly qualifications and descriptions.

It gives you a new aura and a new name. 

Glory is the portion of those who dwell in the tent. Believe me. 

When you truly dwell in the tent, men will know, even without you speaking, that you have been with God. Men will know. 

See, we can easily sniff out people that have been with God o.

Fun fact? Unbelievers can sniff out too, I'm not even joking.

Our assumption is usually that it is people who are on fire or who meet with God that know others that have been coming too. 

Sorry o, even people that don’t meet with God know the difference.

Intimacy cannot be hidden! 

Sooner or later, it will show.

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭3‬:‭18‬ ‭KJV

“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”

And look at the effect of beholding the Glory of God, it rubs off.

We too are changed, from Glory to Glory.

As we behold, the Glory of God goes to work in us, it changes us from inside out until we too begin to reflect the very person we behold.

One thing I will say the tent of meeting did for Moses also was change His outlook to God.

As He continued to behold the Glory of God, His questions changed.

His ability to love with instructions changed. 

At first, Moses would ask questions like, “What if they don’t believe me?"

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭4‬:‭1‬ ‭KJV

“And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.”

But as he kept returning to the tent and beholding God’s glory, his outlook shifted.

The man who once asked a thousand questions, “What if they don’t believe me?”, “Who am I?”, “I can’t speak well, I be stammerer”, became the man who, at the Red Sea, simply heard “Stretch out your rod” and obeyed without hesitation. 

Sometimes, your inability to have faith is because you’ve not been showing up in the tent of meeting.

How can you do “At thy word Oh God” for a God you don’t know/show up before? 

How? 

Impossible o

That level of obedience is born in the tent of meeting. It is there that God is revealed, His voice becomes familiar, His heart is unveiled. Without showing up, without beholding, without staying, you cannot genuinely surrender at His word.

Moses didn’t just get there in a day. It was years of showing up before the Presence, years of beholding the glory of God, until his reflex became obedience. Until the only answer he knew was obedience and Faith in his heart.

That’s why the tent of meeting is non-negotiable. You can’t live out “At Thy word, O God” if you don’t first live in “At Thy feet, O God.”

You must find your way to the tent of meeting, you must learn to stay in.

This is the mystery of the Glory of God, it does not just reveal God, it reshapes us. 

Like you look at God in so much awe and reverence that it causes something on your inside to begin to conform to the same image.

And this is why the devil fights your secret place, he knows that if he can keep you away from beholding, he can keep you from becoming.

What the devil is attacking is your becoming. 

All those I’m struggling to pray, I’m struggling to study the word, recognize what the enemy is attacking. 

Fight! 

Fight for your life 

Fight for your destiny 

Fight for your becoming 

Fight!

Fight by showing up in the secret place!

I will share a secret with us that has worked for me:

Everytime I see myself struggling with praying and studying the word, I just start over immediately. 

I pick a time, a consistent time to work with daily.

Nothing must shift the time. 

I just show up 

Tired, I show up

Pumped up, I show up

My job is to show up consistently, daily at the same time. 

Until the spirit realm recognizes that power in consistency and I am carried into the point of prayer.

Until my whole body understands this is a new system for it and it aligns.

And I’m not even trying to pray for 2 hours or even 1 hour. 

I don’t try to fall back to my best record. 

If it is just 30 minutes, I start over there.

And it is the same advice I’m giving us. 

Build prayer as a habit 

Prayer is not a gift o

I’ve heard someone say it to me before: "you people that have the gift of prayer" 

Me: "which people?" 

I don’t have the gift of prayer please 

I learnt to pray 

I struggled 

I stayed 

I put systems in place for prayer 

If it means sleeping early to wake up early,

If it means shutting down my Netflix account for a while, 

If it means not being on twitter for a while,

I do all it takes!

Out of all the gifts that God has given me, prayer no be gift please 😭

You fight for your prayer life. 

And if you knew the things that are happening daily in the spirit realm ehn, you will not be complacent. 

It is like an open market: 

If you like come to Oyingbo, if you like stay at home, there is trading going on daily concerning your life in the spirit realm. 

They are pricing things that involve your life, you are there scrolling through TikTok aimlessly.

Prayer is a habit YOU have to build 

Studying the word is a habit YOU have to build

Yours is to show up and then God does the rest 

Yours is to show up before Glory and He does the rubbing off work

Yours is to show up

Yours is to show up and behold

And I pray for everyone, 

We receive strength to show up before the Lord.

For as many of us struggling, distracted, weary, discouraged, we ask for help tonight. Help us Lord

May every weight that keeps us from your presence be lifted .

Distractions lose their grip.

You awaken in us hunger for You that is stronger than the many excuses we’ve lived with before now.

We are no longer held back.

And as we behold You, help us to become like You. 

In Jesus name 

Amen.

INTIMACY: The Power of The Tent of Meeting (PART 3)

In the last part of this series (SEE HERE), we looked at how the tent of meeting is the place where we are formed; all the prophecies hovering over our lives are waiting for us to get into the secret place, nothing happens until we do. 

I also pointed out how so many of the frustrations we face daily as humans are either because we are not coming to the tent of meeting or because we are coming with the wrong intent.

I will be progressing with our third point under the Power of the Tent of Meeting

3. The Tent of Meeting is the Secret to Lasting Strength

There are a lot of weak believers, people walking about thinking they are strong, but you can easily blow them off with the slightest wind of trouble. They look confident in public, but their roots are shallow. And overtime shallow roots always betray. 

You will think you are fine o, but shallow roots allow you to be deceived for long. 

We look stable for a season, but when the heat of life comes or the storm hits, we begin to wither.

In this our kingdom, strength is not built in public. 

Strength and power are confirmed in public but they are not built in public. 

Jesus saying to the wind “Peace be still” and the wind obeyed Him, you think it is child’s play? 

“Lazarus, come out!” Come out from where? 

There are some commands you can’t make in the spirit because you don’t know how they trade there.

It is a strange market for you.

In public, Jesus could silence a raging wind with one command, He could heal the sick with a single sentence. But those moments of instant authority were backed by long hours alone with the Father. 

Every exploit we want to do is hidden inside of our showing up at the secret place. Again, strength in this our kingdom is not built in public; it is revealed in public o, but drawn from the secret place. 

That’s our machine. 

And please, try to hate the applause from the crowd. The applause of the crowd cannot sustain you in the day of battle. It is what you draw in the secret place that will hold you when the winds rise.

Stay showing up;

Show up on good days,

Show up on bad days,

Show up when you feel like and when you don’t,

Show up even if it is just 5 minutes,

Just show up!

The story of Samson is one that humbles me a lot. He was sent in a time when the Israelites had done evil in the sight of the Lord and had been delivered to the Philistines for 40years.

Judges‬ ‭13‬:‭1‬ ‭NKJV

“Again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.”‭‭

Israel was being oppressed and God decided to send someone. He looked at a barren couple and sent His angel to them. In fact, the first time the angel of the Lord came, the husband wasn’t there and his wife didn’t pick all the instructions.

What did the husband Manoah do? He went to the tent of meeting. He prayed and asked God to send the angel again so they get clarity. 

Guess what God did? He answered their prayers. 

Samson was a man with prophecy over his head.

‭‭Judges‬ ‭13‬:‭5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

 “For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”

His own word was that he would deliver the Israelites from the hands of the Philistines. Marked from the womb! 

In fact, marked before conception. Yet, he did not fulfil this to the extent of the words over him.

I do not believe that’s how God mapped out Samson’s end. God was so particular about him that He sent someone twice.

Actually, three different conversations if we add the part where the wife called her husband.

That’s how important Samson’s calling was: Heaven sent personal visitation to ensure the assignment was clear.

But see, prophecy alone doesn’t preserve power and strength. 

Samson lost his strength long before Delilah cut his hair. It happened gradually, as he began showing up in the tents of the Philistines instead of the tent of meeting.

‭‭Judges‬ ‭16‬:‭1‬ ‭KJV

“Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.”

He went to an harlot.

He was there doing romance with the enemy; the very enemy he was meant to overthrow.

Numbers 6:1-5 NKJV

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When either a man or woman consecrates an offering to take the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the Lord, he shall separate himself from wine and similar drink; he shall drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from similar drink; neither shall he drink any grape juice, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins. All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin. ‘All the days of the vow of his separation no razor shall come upon his head; until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the Lord, he shall be holy. Then he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

The call of the Nazirite is that He is separated to the Lord!

Sounds like the consecration of the priest right? 

Samson was meant to dwell in God’s presence (this was His call of separation), but instead he wandered into Philistine cities. 

The symbolism of his consecration on the outside was in the cutting of his hair, but his hair was not the source of strength, it was a symbol.

‭‭Judges‬ ‭16‬:‭20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” So he awoke from his sleep, and said, “I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!” But he did not know that the Lord had departed from him.”

This is one of the most humbling scriptures ever,

Samson did not know that the Lord had departed from him, his source of strength had left.

Why? 

He wasn’t showing up in the right places.

Maybe if he was, he would have received intel about Delilah, the Lord would have corrected him.

The tent of meeting is the secret to lasting strength. 

We can start strong and yet finish weak.

What we do in the hidden place fuels what we can do in the open.

When we neglect the tent, we may still look strong on the outside but the roots are shallow, and sooner or later, the fruit will show it.

Sooner or later, everything will collapse.

Satan always targets those called and set apart; those separated from one thing to another. He knows the weight of your calling, so he works to lure you away from the source of your strength. If he can keep you showing up in the wrong places long enough, the day will come when you try to rise as before, and find that the power is gone.

Satan knows.

He knows the secret to strength that lasts. 

As a people, we must know too! We must know that it is in the secret place.

Satan’s job is simple: get you off the altar, out of the tent, and into places that look good but do not nourish you. 

As Scripture warns: The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly (John 10:10) 

The enemy’s tactic is theft.

He steals your habit of waiting, he robs you of time meant to be spent in the tent of meeting, and he murders the destiny meant to be formed in the secret place.

But look at the counter strategy against the devil,

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭40‬:‭31‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.”

Those who wait!

Those who like Joshua stay back in the tent of meeting,

Those who prioritize being before God.

This is our own strategy as believers. 

It is how prophecies are birth.

The devil is there waiting to steal,

We too we are here waiting before the Lord, being refuelled and pumped for purpose!

I beg us today to pay attention to the error of Samson.

It can be you,

It can be me,

It can be any of us.

Don’t be deceived, the presence is what gives you strength.

So Show up!

Show up on good days and bad, when you’re hot and when you’re cold, even if it’s only five minutes,

Just show up.

Fight for the tent of meeting. Guard your altar.

Wait on the Lord like your life depends on it,

Wait on the Lord!

If you keep returning to the secret place, the day you’re called to move in public will not expose weakness, it will reveal a strength that has been faithfully built overtime. 

Stay. Wait. Be made.!

INTIMACY; The Power of the Tent of Meeting (PART 2)

In the first part of this title (SEE HERE), I spoke about The tent of meeting being for our Survival and Sustenance. I'm going to continue from there before I move on to the next point.

Deuteronomy‬ ‭8‬:‭3‬ ‭NKJV

So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.”

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Deuteronomy 8:3 ERV

He humbled you and let you be hungry. Then he fed you with manna—something you did not know about before. It was something your ancestors had never seen. Why did the Lord do this? Because he wanted you to know that it is not just bread that keeps people alive. People’s lives depend on what the Lord says.

Matthew‬ ‭4‬:‭4‬ ‭NKJV

“But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ 

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It is not just bread that keeps people alive.

If they ask you how you intend to live long and well, I’m sure we all have healthy living tips; I will go to the gym, I will eat healthy food, cut carbonated drinks, etc.

But while this is helpful, man must know that what keeps us alive is the word of God.

What keeps us alive is what the Lord has said.

You have a fundamental need for God’s word. 

We are making decisions daily; people are taking courses, starting businesses, doing so much.

But you see, we must remember that what gives us life is God’s word. 

This is how dead situations come to life; the word of God! 

This is how men advance; by "thus sayeth the Lord."

This is how men climb!

And how do we hear the word of the Lord? 

The secret place!

The table of the showbread in the tent!

Man shall not live by bread alone is a survival strategy! 

It is not a metaphor.

The tent of meeting is where we must stay for dear life

Man shall live by EVERY WORD that proceeds from the mouth of God

From the written word to the spoken word, Logos to Rhema.

Quick one, how often do you eat food in a day?

Tobi: Standard: Thrice 

Busy Day: Once

Bukky: Once mostly

So we eat from once to 3 times daily.

The question then is, if earthly bread cannot really sustain us and it is the word that gives us life, How often do we eat the word daily?

Should it then not be more than the earthly food we eat? 

And this is what satan did when he came to tempt Christ, tell Him that bread is enough.

The devil is still doing that today, presenting alternatives for sustenance; 

“A good job and you are fine”

“You need money and all is well”

But hear what Jesus told him: Bread is not enough

Earthly provisions do not keep man alive, it is why we keep running here and there.

You were built to live by the Word that comes from the mouth of God.

Not just the Word that was written, but the Word that is still speaking.

I remember someone saying that if as a Christian you say you are hearing God daily, you are delusional.

This is how the devil keeps men away o!

Because when you appear in the tent of meeting, there is always a word waiting.

There is always a God waiting to give you food to survive on, from the written word to the spoken word.

This is also why I keep encouraging us to read the word.

If you like praying but don’t like Bible study like that,

Sorry for you oooo, very very sorry for you.

Because what you are doing is wasting your resources and arsenal. The word and prayer go hand in hand.

When you abandon the word,

When you fail to show up in the tent of meeting,

When you forsake the secret place, 

You are starving yourself

And starvation leads to malnutrition which in turn leads to death.

This is why I said “If I don’t pray, I will die”

I wasn’t saying that to scare us

It is the end result, and it happens so slowly.

It is the same way Samson didn’t know that power had left him.

You need God

You need the secret place 

And if bread alone could carry you through life’s valleys, you wouldn’t be burning out every two weeks.

Stay in the secret place, 

It is for your survival and sustenance.

2. The Tent of Meeting is Where Men Are Formed

“God told me I will become the President of Nigeria.”

“My pastor saw a vision and said I will be great.”

“I saw myself preaching to thousands.”

That’s beautiful.

But listen carefully, you will not become anything if you do not find your way to the Tent of Meeting.

God does not form men through prophecies alone, He forms them through encounters.

Men are formed in the secret place.

This is where men become.

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭33‬:‭11‬ ‭NKJV

“So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.”

So the Lord spoke to Moses as a man speaks to His friend...but his servant Joshua would remain in the tent.

It was Moses being spoken to o, but Joshua was coming regardless.

Moses was leading, He was the one that had the burden to stay, but look at Joshua, he stayed too.

One was leading, another was being shaped to lead next just by staying. 

Just by sticking with the tent of meeting. 

I have seen this play out in the physical a lot. 

Joshua became mighty because he lingered in the presence of God.

I’ve shared my story a number of times,

I never prayed for any gift.

You know the way people pray “God send me to Nations”

“I will stand in the midst of thousands and heal the sick”

I never prayed or desired healing, I never prayed for the prophetic, 

What concerns me with another person’s life? 😭

I don’t want to know your gist please.

I just got to a point where I craved God and wanted to be with Him.

And this is where everything started for me;

This is where gifts came from,

This is where power came upon me from,

Just by staying.

You cannot want to be anything for God or in God and not be friends with the tent of meeting.

Even Jesus the son of God stayed in the secret place.

Imagine that Christ who is not just the son of God but God Himself came to the world and He was subject to the secret place. 

God Himself came and spent 30 years in hiddenness.

40 days fasting, was always withdrawing, 

He knew this was it

This was survival and this was how He would be formed for His assignment.

If God needs the secret place, Why do you think you can bypass it?

Just in case you’ve been overlooking these scriptures before now, we will open them again. 

We will go back to every place Christ knew to stay, even when it wasn’t convenient. 

He knew that this was the only way the son of man would get on the cross and carry the sins of the world

Luke 5:15-16 NKJV

However, the report went around concerning Him all the more; and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by Him of their infirmities. So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.

Even though a great multitude kept coming to hear Him, He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness to pray.

He was not distracted by the crowd,

He did not assume that He had been formed,

In the height of popularity, He sought the tent.

One of the things the enemy uses to deceive us is busyness;

“God gave me this platform"

"God brought me into xyz"

"I must do the work of Him who sent me”

Sorry, you can only do the work of Him who sent you by staying with Him.

Mark‬ ‭1‬:‭35‬ ‭TPT‬‬

“The next morning, Jesus got up long before daylight, left the house while it was dark, and made his way to a secluded place to give himself to prayer.”

Long before everybody woke up, Jesus woke and went to the secret place!

‭‭Luke‬ ‭6‬:‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve whom He also named apostles:”

He went to the mountain and prayed, prayed all day and night. 

In fact, it was from here He chose the disciples.

His own prayer, His own attendance at the secret place kickstarted their own forming.

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭14‬:‭23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there.”

He sent people away and went to pray! 

Some of us, your prayer alarm is ringing but you are gisting and you don’t know how to end the gist, you don’t know how to end the call or just exit that conversation to pray.

I’ve been here too o!

I’m dragging myself also. 

See, if you know the power in the tent of meeting you will not play with it.

If you have to send people away, you will. 

When I just started with God, I used to pray in the toilet.

My roommates were always watching movies around my prayer time and they’d have friends around.

The only choice I had was the toilet. 

Because I knew, 

I had written on my sticknotes then that if I did not pray, I’d die.

So I’d go into the toilet.

At some point, one of them started using the toilet at night daily.

I hate cold a lot but I’d carry my winter jacket and ear piece, and I will go out inside the snow during winter for a prayer walk.

One thing was sure for me: I had to pray.

All of me that you know today was formed in that season of my life.

I tell you the truth.

‭‭Luke‬ ‭22‬:‭39‬-‭44‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Coming out, He went to the Mount of Olives, as He was accustomed, and His disciples also followed Him. When He came to the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” And He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed, saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.” Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”

Look at Jesus,

Just look at Jesus! 

Even though He was in great agony, He knew.

He knew that on His own He’d not drink from the cup,

He knew He could not be the things that were written, 

He knew it was from the meeting place, 

At the very moment He was to die, He still went there!

He had been praying all His life ooo,

But final moment, He went still.

Again, Jesus who is the Word made flesh needed the Tent to be formed for His assignment, how much more us?

How much more us?

We cannot want to be anointed but won’t be still long enough to be crushed,

We cannot want to lead but have no history with the God who gives men blueprints,

We cannot want transformation but keep skipping the place where men behold to become,

It is not possible.

You cannot have prophecy over you and not like the tent of meeting,

You can as well discard the prophecy.

The Tent of Meeting is not a suggestion

It is not an option for us.

It is where we become; it is where men are shaped, stretched, and sent.

You do not become because someone prophesied over you or because God told you,

You become when you’ve been processed in the secret place.

Maybe we need to gather a list of people that died with prophecy unfulfilled just so we know that men can die this way.

Called doesn’t equal formed.

Hear me

Men can be called out of the secret place, 

Prophecies can come to you anywhere, 

In fact, babies yet to be born are prophesied about.

But there is only one way men become, 

Only one place where men are forged: The Tent of Meeting

If you have words spoken concerning you that are yet to happen and you know, 

You know it ought to be time 

Check well,

Check your showing up at the tent of meeting.

I will close with this:

We cannot keep waiting to be shown off when we don’t show up before God.

Because God doesn’t send out what He hasn’t shaped!

Yes, God doesn’t just send anybody or anything out.

"Apostle to the marketplace"

Ehn…you will learn the secret place first.

God shapes men in the tent of meeting.

This is where flesh dies,

Where men are formed in Christ.

So if you’re asking:

When will I become what was spoken?

Heaven is asking you back, When will you return to the tent of meeting?

To be continued.

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WATCHWORD FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST

WATCHWORD FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST:

- Of New Beginnings, A New Era and A New Order

- Of Help, Revelation and Instructions 

- Of Light and Supernatural Comebacks

- Of Restoration and Dry Bones Rising Again

- Of Risings and Liftings

- Of Completion, Fulfillment and the Fullness of Time

- CONGRATULATIONS, IT IS TESTIMONY TIME!

This is the month of Light

A new era and a new order

Light has shone

A month of help, revelations and instructions

A perfection of works. Things coming into fullness

The wheel of time turns and opens for you

The fullness of time is here

Igba tuntun (New season)

Tears are wiped away

Completion and perfection

Supernatural comebacks

Dry bones rise again

Ephphatha

An Outburst 

Overflowing Joy

Exploits

Answers

[II Kings 6:5-7 NKJV] But as one was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Alas, master! For it was borrowed.” [6] So the man of God said, “Where did it fall?” And he showed him the place. So he cut off a stick, and threw it in there; and he made the iron float. [7] Therefore he said, “Pick it up for yourself.” So he reached out his hand and took it.

Springing forth, multiplication

He is making a way where there seems to be no way

You receive directions

New things

Kairos moment

Redirection to the lost

My God is able

New streams

Strange doings of the Lord

Suddenly 

Overflow

Channels open, free flow

The wheel is oiled again

Things begin to work again

[Mark 9:23 NKJV] Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

Fullness

That sore on the leg dries up

I am watching over my words to perfection

There is healing

Is there no balm in Gilead?

Restoration

Nothing missing, nothing broken

Deliverance

Spread the word to all the angles of the earth, the Lord has spoken, and he will do it

Deliverance has come

A release of wisdom

I will restore, you do not only gain time. I restore the time

Here comes the rain of purification

Missing things are found

What is yours is here and there is no contention

I have not given you a spirit of fear

Sound mind

The Lord has gone ahead of me as a mighty terrible one

The Light shines in darkness and darkness comprehends it not

I am finishing it myself

Fertile ground 

Build again

Dare to build again, and see if it will not work

Breakthrough 

Breakforth

If God be for you, Who can be against?

[Job 22:28 NKJV] You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways.

Dancing 💃🏻

New doors of opportunities

I am the lifter of men

I am lifting men

The Spirit leads me into all

Laughter

All that you need, my hands have provided for you

New Sprout

Rejoicing

Bountiful harvest

Forceful advancement by Revelation and the spirit

Liftings

God is joining together; I see disconnected wires but I see the hand of the Lord join back together

There is more

Entrance to greatness

Your Answers are here

I heard UP NEPA! Light has come

Testimonies of the Lord doing

Favor. Goodness. All around

This is the doing of the Lord by Moses bliss

I see a proposal/document that has been submitted for long

Hear this, approvals are here

I see strange happenings; You will wonder if things ever went wrong,

For the Lord is making ALL right again!

Stay here 👇🏾 

[Amos 9:13-15 MSG] “Yes indeed, it won’t be long now.” God’s Decree. “Things are going to happen so fast your head will swim, one thing fast on the heels of the other. You won’t be able to keep up. Everything will be happening at once—and everywhere you look, blessings! Blessings like wine pouring off the mountains and hills. I’ll make everything right again for my people Israel: “They’ll rebuild their ruined cities. They’ll plant vineyards and drink good wine. They’ll work their gardens and eat fresh vegetables. And I’ll plant them, plant them on their own land. They’ll never again be uprooted from the land I’ve given them.” God, your God, says so.

Fullness

I’m revisiting situations

I will give you rest

Multiple sprouts and bursting forth

There is elevation

There is upliftment

I wipe all tears

I am the Lord your God, is there anything too hard for Me?

I wipe all tears

I will restore

New beginnings. The old is erased. The NEW is here!

The promises are not empty. Go back.

Pain is taken away

It is time

Sing unto the Lord a new song

Hope restored

I turn mourning into dancing

Your delivery is outside

Yes. Where they've told you no, they will call you back. 

There's a yes waiting for you. 

Your delivery is here

Alignment

Great Joy

There is beautification

Peace, Be still

[Luke 1:45 NKJV] Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord.”

A Song: Open up by Dunsin Oyekan

Lines fall unto you in pleasant places

Results

Speaking engagement

Song: Oba to laye a te’kun re ni ika’wo, ko ma so un ti ko le se (God who holds the heavens and the earth, there is nothing He cannot do)

Blessing unusual

The wisdom God has given you, the world is coming for it. Be ready

Rain

Abundance of rain

The Lord is doing a quick work

The Lord is doing a quick work

No resistance 

No struggles

There is a washing away of all impurities

God is able

Divine settlement 

Stay with the Spirit. He is walking you into answers. Follow His lead

Emmanuel: God is with us

[Psalm 82:6 KJV] I have said, Ye are gods; And all of you are children of the most High.

[Joshua 1:9 NKJV] Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

The turning point is here

I am the Lord that healeth you

The veil is lifted

Hidden truths are now being revealed. Pay attention

Sudden shifts

Timely help

[‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬-‭19‬ ‭NKJV‬‬] “that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”

Evidence is available

I have received help from above

Perfection

The wait has ended

I am the Lifter of Men

New access and new conversations

I see calls to palace

ACCESS

Your name is in the mouth of “kings’

💡 LIGHT

A rising

God is able, do you believe?

Joseph, your time for the palace is here

The good God that does great and mighty things, He is here. He is here for you.

Daniel, it is time!

The Lord is highlighting strongly

Your lot is here

Only believe and receive

If He did not spare His own son, how will He not freely give you all things

TESTIMONY TIME

No delay

That which belongs to you will not elude you 

The favor of the Lord

Fruitfulness

[Job 14:9 NKJV] Yet at the scent of water it will bud And bring forth branches like a plant.

You eat of your produce

[PSALM 23] The Lord is my shepherd;

I shall not want.

He makes me to lie down in green pastures;

He leads me beside the still waters.

He restores my soul;

He leads me in the paths of righteousness

For His name’s sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil;

For You are with me;

Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;

You anoint my head with oil;

My cup runs over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

All the days of my life;

And I will [d]dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.

THE SEAL OF THE LORD IS UPON

[Habakkuk 2:3 ESV] For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.

I am Willing and I am Able 

The Lord causes your seed to multiply, to produce double

Double harvest with little effort 

Speed

Answers

My testimony is here

You bear fruits in and out of season

Oluwa temi lorun (God has satisfied me)

Protocols are broken for you

You live as Kings - Kings have no needs

[Ephesians 3:20 AMP] Now to Him who is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly more than all that we dare ask or think [infinitely beyond our greatest prayers, hopes, or dreams], according to His power that is at work within us,

[Psalm 124:7-8 KJV] Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped. [8] Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.

Protocols are broken for you

[Isaiah 49:13 KJV] Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

This time around there will be no struggles and resistance

Congratulations are in order

[Isaiah 54:1-3 KJV] Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD. [2] Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; [3] for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

It is testimony time!

CONGRATULATIONS!

INTIMACY; The Power of the Tent of Meeting

In my last teaching (SEE HERE), we discussed the tabernacle, the torn veil, the altars, God as our sacrifice, all that was moved just to ensure we have a tent of meeting.

But really, what is the power of this meeting place? Why the sense of urgency to prioritize intimacy?

I keep shouting to us, "Intimacy is the order of priests", but why? 

What really happens when we draw near?

I will be taking time to break this down to us here.

One of the places I really love to start my teaching from is the beginning. 

If you know me well, you will know I love the Old testament and it is largely because The Word was there in the beginning. If we look well, we will see Him

Exodus 25:8 NKJV

[8]And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.

Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them! 

The call to intimacy always begins with God. This is where it starts from; God's desires! 

From the beginning of time till now, the deepest yearning of the Father has been to dwell among men. Not visit. Dwell.

John 1:14 NKJV

[14] 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.

If we look at the concordance, when the Word became flesh in John 1:14, the Greek says: “He tabernacled among us.” Christ became the tabernacle now inside of everyone of us.

This idea of the tabernacle is not just an old testament idea, it is an eternal desire. 

The same desire God had in Eden, down to the cross, to the indwelling of the Spirit and even when He will come back for His people. 

God's message has always been the same: I want to be with you.

Now here is the tricky part of this:

Because we see over and over that it is God expressing desire to be with us, it is very easy to assume that God is the sole beneficiary of this arrangement. Maybe that's why we don't rate it like that too, we come if and when we like. So this is where I will start from;

1. The Tent of Meeting is for our Survival and Sustenance

Man was not made to function independently of God.  

If man is an extension of God then He needs to be connected to God to function properly.

"That I may dwell among them", is not because God is company-starved (because sometimes I think we think we are doing God o), it is God recognizing your inability to function outside of Him and helping you.

I mentioned previously that Israel had left Egypt and there had to be a meet point between God and them to sustain them until they got to their destination.

Intimacy is for sustenance, it is for the journey.

I need you to pause and imagine Israel without God being with them;

They'd not have made it out of Egypt.

Let me get ahead of myself, the reason some of us are struggling in various areas of our lives today is because we have abandoned intimacy. We have abandoned the system that helps us live outside of Eden.

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭2‬:‭15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭2‬:‭8‬ ‭NKJV

“The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.”

Eden was God's original idea of living/dwelling with man. 

Man sinned and fell from this natural habitat and is thrown into the earth to fend for himself. But God looks at man and sees that this one cannot do anything outside of Me, he has to stay connected to survive. 

The secret place is the place of survival.

‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭5‬ ‭NIV‬‬

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”

If you remain in me,

If you dwell here and I too dwell with you, 

If you keep to the tent of meeting, 

If you stay true to the secret place, 

If you place value on Intimacy,

You will bear much fruit! 

There is a life of abundance that flows from you and the part I want us to note the most:

For apart from Me, you can do Nothing! 

Outside of the tent of meeting, you can do nothing! 

Please don't take these words as ordinary, scripture means exactly what scriptures says, 

Outside of dwelling, you can do nothing! 

You may try o, but it will amount to nothing.

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭33‬:7

“Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who sought the Lord went out to the tabernacle of meeting which was outside the camp.”

Everyone who sought the Lord went out to the tabernacle!

You are looking to God for anything? 

It is in the place of dwelling.

See, the Israelites had been delivered from Egypt, but without the meeting place, they had no direction,

No intimacy,

No guidance,

In fact, no manna and divine provision. 

We are not just people who have received life, we are people meant to live from it.

‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”

The secret place makes for your peace, fullness of life is from here.

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭25‬ ‭TPT

“If the Spirit is the source of our life, we must also allow the Spirit to direct every aspect of our lives.”

If we say we have gotten this life from the spirit then we must look to Him to sustain it.

And God has provided a sustenance model which is the tent of meeting. Nothing lives outside here.

Two days ago, I saw a copy from my team at work for a case study:

"Greatness is within"

And I just burst into laughter in the Spirit.

We want to do great things, we long to be significant,

But we forget:

It is not the desire for greatness that makes a man great, it is the presence of the Great One.

It is God that is the greatness within. 

How do you do great things without the influence of the One who is Great?

Where will the atom of greatness come from? How is it forged?

 How does it come to be? When the main ingredient is missing?

Greatness is in you because God is in you.

But the God in you must be hosted.

He must be fellowshipped with, He must be met with.

This is how we harness the "greatness" 

A huge percentage of the world does not reach their maximum potential because we have not found the tent of meeting.

Again,

It is God who is great,

It is God who gives purpose,

It is God who sustains!

There is no living a life of purpose outside the One who authored it.

Where will the strength come from?

Where will the breath, the direction and the clarity come from?

In fact, how will you even know the purpose? 

It's not by attending motivational speaker masterclass o

John‬ ‭6‬:‭57‬ ‭NKJV 

“As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.”

This is the design for how we live!

By feeding on Jesus (I explained the table of showbread in the last teaching and what it means) 

You feed and live 

You live life in its fullness.

We need to stop thinking that it is God who benefits from our secret place meetings with Him.

It is not a favor to Him when we pray, it is your life that depends on it.

It is you that needs the secret place to survive!

God didn’t set up the altar for Himself, He set it up for you.

So you can survive.

So you don’t burn out.

So your soul has a place to rest.

So you can connect and power your purpose.

When David was saying in Psalm 132:4-5 that, he will not sleep or rest until He found God a resting place, flood did not carry God's bed in Heaven where He is seated o.

David knew, it was David that couldn't survive.

We sing this song:

“You didn’t want heaven without us, so Jesus You brought heaven down…”

But maybe it’s deeper than that,

Maybe it’s not just that He didn’t want heaven without us,

Maybe it’s that He saw we wouldn’t survive outside of heaven.

It’s like putting a fish on land or asking a bird to swim without wings.

Take a fish out of water, and it will flap for a while,

But it will die trying.

And that’s some of us o; 

Flapping. Trying. Pressing. Fainting.

Because we are attempting to do life outside the Presence,

Outside the very thing we were created to live in.

What we are courting is death. 

You and I, We were never designed to function outside the Presence.

The Tent of Meeting is not a luxury, it is not optional.

It’s not a spiritual extra reserved for the “deep believers"

It is YOUR lifeline.

“In Him we live…”

Not just visit on Sundays,

Not just speak of when we’re in crisis,

NO.

In Him we LIVE

And MOVE

And HAVE OUR BEING. 

Because this is how we survive and this is how we are sustained.

As we go through our days, I want us to look at our study and prayer time in this manner; as a means of survival. 

Write it on your stick notes, 

Paste it everywhere around you:

I cannot survive without intimacy 

Intimacy is for my survival 

Intimacy is for my sustenance

This conversation reminds me of when I was in Macedonia, I had stick notes everywhere that said: Rẹ̀mí if you don't pray, you will die. 

It probably sounds like an extreme to you but it was and is truth. 

Outside of this template, I will die.

Remind yourself of it until your body understands it.

Make it into wallpapers,

I am telling you: if you don't pray, you will die. 

This is not even to instil fear.

You think if prayer is not a non-negotiable the devil will bother to stop you from praying or distract you?

Everything is fighting for your attention; from life wàhálà, to your phone, internet and other things.

You think it is water gun fight? 

It is a fight to bring the fish outside of water to dry land because Satan knows that the fish will die outside its natural habitat.

Stay in your natural habitat

Stay in the secret place! It is for your survival and sustenance.

I will stop here for now, we will continue in my next teaching.

I hope we've all been blessed by the teaching.

Also if you have questions, please send them HERE, and I will answer.

Until next time,

Remain blessed.