Stephanie Ike - Seedtime and Harvest (01/20/2026)
The preacher passionately reminds the congregation that God’s unbreakable principle of seedtime and harvest from Genesis 8:22 means nothing sown in faith, love, obedience, or effort is ever wasted—harvest comes, often unexpectedly and in different places than where we sowed. Drawing from the stories of Esther and Mordecai, he shows how past seeds of obedience and faithfulness ripen into sudden favor and honor at God’s appointed time. The key conclusion is to release all regret, stay faithful where God has placed us, and expectantly receive the powerful season of harvest and change that is now upon us.
An Atmosphere of Change
So yesterday, you know, the Lord has been—sounds like it’s been a while, right? Recently, the Lord was talking to me about seed time and harvest, and it’s almost as though, you know, there’s been this ongoing conversation we’ve been having about seeds and harvest and, you know, reaping and all that stuff. But we are in an atmosphere of change. Amen? Amen.
The Phone Call Analogy
You see, what is so fascinating about—you see, imagine, you know, getting a phone call, right? You went for a job interview, and you’re waiting, you’re anxious, you’re like, okay, you know, I just want to know when—when do I have the job? When did the job come in? You know, did I get a job? Did I get a job? And then you get a phone call or you get an email, and it’s like, you got it. You’re the one we chose, right?
You see, listen—see, but the interesting thing is, you believe that you got the job when the phone call came in, right? But in reality, before the call, a decision was made, and they chose you. The phone call was just information being communicated to you, but the call was not the time that you got the job. It happened without your knowledge.
And so, for a lot of us, we’re not informed about what’s happening with our names, and so you’re anxious, and you’re, you know, falling into depression and all kinds of things. You’re eating, you know, more pizzas than you should—some people, that’s real. Listen, some people gonna be like, you know what, me, right? Maybe. But on a serious note, it’s simply because you’re not even aware that, without your knowledge, decisions are being made on your behalf.
Favor as Harvest
But what’s interesting to me—because, you see, a lot of times when it’s hard, it’s hard sometimes to receive these things because it’s like, yeah, yeah, I know, you know, I’m just hoping God would just favor me. You know, I don’t know if it’s now. But in God, there’s a principle behind everything. A lot of times, what might look like favor could actually be your harvest.
When you understand that this favor—right, and God is so good, you know—if, trust me, if you’re in alignment in the place He’s called you to, you’re going to experience favor, right? Because you’re in the place He called you to. But favor, a lot of times, might not just be because God is trying to do something supernatural. Because, you see, Jesus said it is finished. Everything is finished. You’re not really doing something that will cause God to do something new. It’s already done. Everything about your life is already completed.
But there are certain things that, to experience it, there’s a posture you must be in, or there are seeds you have sown with your life, and the harvest is what we see as «this person is just favored.» And so, when we talk about seed time and harvest, you’re going to understand that the change that is now is not just because, you know, God is trying to, like, you know, shazam you or something. It’s connected to what you’ve already been doing.
Genesis 8:22 — The Unbreakable Principle
So, I want us to look up a scripture. It’s in Genesis. The passage will show up. Look at that–8:22. Now it says, «While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease.» Now, let’s keep it there.
This is so fascinating to me. Now, first of all, when this scripture, you know, when this was given, what had happened? What happened in this context? This was in the time of Noah. You know, the flood had happened, and it was, you know, it was a mess, right? And God—and prior to this, in verse 21, I believe, it talks about how the Lord said in His heart that He will not curse the earth again, and it was like a covenant that He made. But what was fascinating—and so He gives this, like, you know, this will never cease any longer. There’s not going to be a flood that’s just going to wipe everybody out, and He gives this covenant.
But what’s fascinating is, even when it talks about seedtime and harvest, it wasn’t just about the ground—that, okay, if you sow, you’re going to harvest. This was a covenant that He gave to us. That’s why the scriptures would also tell you that whatever a man sows, he shall reap. And a lot of times, we take that and we, you know, we look at that in a negative way, right? And if you do evil, it’s gonna get you back, right? Sounds like a song, like a sad breakup song or something.
And so, we look at it a lot of times in this negative concept. But I’m not here to talk about any kind of negativity, because that’s not what’s on my spirit. Amen? Listen, you know what God is doing is so—it’s going to blow your mind that there’s no room for negativity in this context of this passage. Because, you see, for many of you, you need to be encouraged to not lose your expectation.
You Don’t Always Reap Where You Sow
You see, for some of you, even though you’ve been opposed, you’re beginning to see signs of change in your life. But for many of you, it seems far out of reach. But then again, it says seedtime and harvest will never cease. So, anytime you sow, you will reap something. But PT said something—and that stuck with me, and this was during, I believe, a church anniversary—and he talked about how you don’t always reap where you sow.
And this is where we find ourselves in complicated issues, or we get frustrated with life. We get frustrated with people. We get sometimes frustrated with God, because we sowed in a place that produced nothing. For some people, this looks like relationships. You put so much of your heart into someone that didn’t have the capacity to love you, and so for years you gave this person so much love, but they couldn’t give you anything in return.
It might be a workplace. You gave everything you had to this place, and nothing came out of it. Think about whatever it is in your life that you feel regret towards. Because, you see, the feeling of regret always comes from, you know, I put something in, and nothing—it didn’t give me anything.
But the funny thing about life is that might not be the place of your harvest. You see, God is not a waster. That’s right. Nothing with God can ever be wasted. That’s right. And so, you might have put so much into one place and got nothing in return, and then all of a sudden you find yourself walking into what you’re just like, well, I’m just being favored, right? Like, you know, months later, years later, and all of a sudden things are just happening for you like that.
But the funny thing is that, although maybe you think doors are opening, you’re still holding on to regret because you fail to recognize that the harvest of what you sowed in the place that you might have regret is the favor you’re identifying right now.
And so, the crazy thing about life—we get so frustrated because we don’t understand. The scriptures talk about how in everything you do, do it as though it was service unto the Lord and not unto man. And it also tells us that whatever good you do, the Lord will reward it—not man would reward it. God will.
Seedtime and harvest is a confirmation that everything you have sown has harvest. If you sowed honor, you will reap honor. If you sow love and it failed you, you will get it back. If you sowed your energy, your time, whatever it is, and it seemed like it failed you—the harvest is just somewhere else.
Huh—how many people actually right now thought about something you regretted? Wow. And how do you still feel about that? If you still regret—and we got to continue the message, that’s what we need to do—but everything about today, that’s what God has me here for. Amen.
Releasing Regret in a Season of Revival
That first of all, we don’t need to hold on to regret. We don’t need to, because there is a harvest for everything that you’ve done. You see, the amazing thing about a harvest is—when you reap what has—what the—you know, obviously, when you sow a seed, right, and that fruit becomes ripe, then you can harvest it. And so, to reap, you’re receiving the reward from that thing.
And what is happening in this time is that we are in a season of revival, and another word for revival is reappearance. And what the Lord showed me that I find so intriguing is—many things. You see, when God speaks to you, when God reveals to you a promise, you see it in your mind’s eye, right? It’s not—you can’t touch it yet, but you can see it.
And so, the reappearance of that thing is—it moves from a place of seeing it spiritually to seeing it physically. And so, what God is going to do in this season—because God is the Lord of the harvest. He’s the one that—and we’re going to go into some scriptures, and I’m going to talk about that—but He’s the one that causes things. He appoints the time for when something is ready in your life for you to harvest from.
And this is a season when your harvest is now. And family, trust me—whether you can see it or not, God is about to do some things in your life that would blow you away.
A Personal Story of Harvest in Relationships
You see, I want us to look at two scriptures. Because a lot of times when we talk about seedtime, we talk about harvest—there’s always—it’s always two ways. It’s either the place you’re sowing into, you’re going to harvest it somewhere else, or the place you’re sowing into is the place you would harvest, but not at the timing you think.
And even before—you know, there’s something—I’m trying to see what God is doing here, because He’s trying to shift this, you know, a whole different route. But even before we look at this message—I don’t know what’s going on in the room with relationships, but it’s heavy. It’s real heavy.
And even before we look into that—even before we look into these passages, you know, I’m reminded by a friend of mine. A friend of mine had been in a very toxic relationship. I mean, it was not really like toxic—like, it was toxic. You know, not like—I mean, you know what, it was toxic. I don’t know how else to explain it. It was toxic.
But it was hard for her to come out of it because it was hard. You know, hard to explain that either. But finally, you know, it’s just what it is. Listen, sometimes it’s a hard thing. But when she had—and she was with a man that had no intention, first of all, no intention of wanting to marry her. But she gave so much love to this man—so much love to this man. No intention, nothing.
And then finally, you know, he—I mean, left her. And then the next, like, week or two—like, he’s with her friend. I said, what other kind of friends you got? Oh my gosh. You know, have I met her? But the funny thing is that—I’m telling you, some things are—it’s, you know, it’s a little huh, right? You know, if we’re not saved, we might be a little huh, you know.
But the crazy thing was that she had poured so much love into this man, but he didn’t have the capacity to love her back. But a few months after that—within a year—she meets this incredible guy who showed her love in the way that she had never experienced in her life. In that same year, they got married.
I share this because I don’t know what’s going on in the room that’s making—you know, if you’re—if there’s—if when we start talking about regret—and I don’t know how many people might regret a relationship—understand that no love you poured out would be returned in vain. It doesn’t mean that you were not good enough. He just wasn’t the one, or she wasn’t the one. It’s both ways.
And so, whatever it is that’s heavy in your mind that’s not allowing you to just—Lord, what else are you trying to speak to me on? What else in this day am I allowing this to weigh me down? I walk in and I walk out of church, but I’m not hearing anything because all I want to hear is about why did he or she do that.
But understand—whoever you—even if it’s just for one person, God would stop something for you. Whoever you are. Amen. Listen, you know, you look good too—that red-haired girl. Hey. And if there’s even more people out there—you are good enough. You are more than good enough.
Everything you’ve sown—for some people, you know what, we’ll just go—how it is going. For some people, there are projects that you have poured so much of yourself into to the point that you even lost money, and it’s hard for you to try and give yourself to something else because it’s like, I gave so much into this project. I gave so much into trying to, you know, whatever it took for this thing to happen, and I went negative.
But you see, sometimes it’s your body of work that would open doors that one thing can’t do, right? And so, the project in itself might have been a seed. That’s good. That’s—and so, whatever it is that you feel that you’ve had loss in—whatever about your life has been tied to loss—family, I’m telling you, it’s never wasted.
Sometimes someone could have moved—you might have even moved to LA for acting, but the film you moved for—you know, probably spent more than you made from the money you made, you know, and it seems that people from back home are calling you a failure. People are just like, why did you even move again?
But God is saying, no, no, no, no, no—I can touch someone’s heart to see even if it’s one minute of that clip and say, we want that person. Understand that, family—there are conversations that people are having about you that you don’t even know about.
The Story of Esther
But let’s look at this passage. And when we talk about seedtime and harvest, I want to talk about Esther and her cousin Mordecai. You see, what is so fascinating about Esther—even when we start with her—Esther, an orphan girl in a time where the king, you know, the king at the time—he had exiled his, you know, wife because they were having like this huge feast.
Now, the Book of Esther—this is something that, if you guys, you know, this week—I mean, it’s 10 chapters in the book. I would recommend that everyone reads that whole book because I don’t want to go too much into the details, but it’s something that you have to even sit with God and read. It’s a very powerful story.
So, the king is having like this whole feast, right? And there are so many people from different provinces, and I mean, he is a very powerful ruler at the time. And so, he called his wife—he sent for his wife to come and show off her, you know, her gold crown and all that stuff. His wife at the time was Queen Vashti. She denied. She’s like, you know what, look—listen, things I’m doing, I’m not about to entertain your folks.
The king was upset. He’s like, how can she deny me? All this stuff. You know, he seeks counsel. They tell him, you know, banish her because if other women hear about this, it’s going to give them room to be disrespectful to their husbands. So, they exile Queen Vashti. This makes room for the need for a queen.
And so, they thought about, okay, what should we do and all that stuff. And they’re like, you know what, let’s gather some virgins and, you know, present them to the king and let him select one, right? I mean, this is just the very short version of the story.
And so, out of those virgins, Esther was one of them that was picked. Now, Esther was raised by her cousin because both her parents died. So, her cousin was Mordecai. So, they pick Esther. Esther, you know—she’s the favor she experiences throughout the whole experience is incredible. She becomes queen.
Now, there came a point in Esther’s life—and we might all know this story; if not, we all know the one line that says, «If I perish, I perish.» So, there came a point in her life where she had to save—in order for her to save her people, which were the Jews, she had to put her life at risk, and she had to present herself to the king.
And so, in, you know, in the king’s chambers, they have like an inner court. And if you go into the inner court without being called for, and he doesn’t favor you—he doesn’t like—they will have like this golden scepter thing—you know, it doesn’t really matter right now—but if he doesn’t, you know, if he doesn’t favor you when you’re there, you could be killed, basically.
So, Esther is afraid, and she’s like, okay, you know what, I have to do this. This is the only way out. But what Esther needed at the time was that whatever she requested, the king would honor and he would do it. So, in other words, Esther needed the king to obey her.
Now, when we look at the life of Esther—now, first of all—so she goes into this, you know, she goes into the palace—favor, favor, favor, favor. The king sees her. He’s just like, you know what, Esther, what is it that you want? Anything you want, it’s yours—even half of my kingdom, I will give to you.
Now, when you read this, it’s like, man, the favor in Esther’s life was incredible. But Esther had a trail of people obeying her needs. But could it have just been about the hand of God in Esther’s life, or could the seeds she sown—could that have factored into what happened?
Esther’s Seeds of Obedience
You see, there’s a passage, and it’s in Esther chapter 2, and the verse is going to show up—20. Now, check this. It says, «Now Esther had not revealed her family…» So, what’s happening here—there’s a point I really want you to see here—but what’s happening here is, you know, there’s obviously Mordecai—her cousin had instructed her in certain things, right? To—so, because she was a Jew, and don’t tell people you’re Jew because, you know, they’re out for us here, okay.
So, it says, «Now Esther had not revealed her family and her people, just as Mordecai had charged her, for Esther obeyed the command of Mordecai as when she was brought up by him.» Esther, losing her parents—so many things that could have made her a rebel in life—she sowed seeds of obedience in a cousin she wasn’t even raised by—I mean, not even an uncle, a much older man or something—by her cousin.
And even while she was still queen, she listened to his voice. Could it have been that her obedience to Mordecai sowed seeds, and what we see as favor—yes, the hand of God was in Esther’s life. No doubt about that. Yes, she was born for a time like that. Yes, that was her calling. But could her obedience factored into what happened in her life—that the favor she experienced, which in reality was people obeying her, came from this place that the harvest in her life—or the favor in her life—was actually her harvest?
And so, when you think about the things that you’ve sown into people—whether it’s someone needed help somewhere, a ride, something—how you’ve honored people, how you’ve loved on people, how you’ve given yourself to people—when God is telling you that He’s about to turn things in your life around, it’s not just, you know, to cheer you up. He’s also showing you that, no, I’m bringing your seeds to the point of harvest. I’ve seen everything about you—everything you’ve done. Every time you gave your time to someone, I recorded that.
Because when things sound random, it’s hard to believe—even though God can do anything at any time because He’s God. But a lot of times, when things just sound like, okay, why is God going to do that? I’m just—I’m not sure. But when you start understanding that, no, you’re also connected in this thing.
Mordecai’s Faithfulness and Delayed Honor
You see, now we look at the life of Mordecai—and this is her cousin—and what we will see in Mordecai is—because in Esther’s life, we see where she sowed seeds in Mordecai that she had a harvest in the palace. But Mordecai was someone who, you know, obviously—he’s such a faithful guy. He’s faithful to his faith.
So, one day he eavesdrops in a conversation, and he hears people plotting to kill the king. And so, he tells Esther. He’s like, hey, these are the people that were having this conversation. Let the king know. The king—you know, Esther tells the king. They investigate the matter, and, you know, the truth comes out that indeed those people were planning to kill the king. So, you know, they got killed.
But you see, the interesting thing is that Mordecai had just given information that saved the king’s life, but at the time he was not honored. Nothing was done for him. No parade. No—I mean, he didn’t even see the king that he saved a life.
And you see, for many of us, you’re in a place that God has called you to, and you feel like you’re being ignored. And if you’re not careful, you’re going to remove yourself from the place God called you to because you want the seed to harvest when you want it to.
Let me try and say this better. When you’re trying to put a time on how people should appreciate you, you’re messing up with the divine order assigned to your life. When we understand that everything we do in life is not for man but it’s for God, your walk is different. You’re not doing things because it’s like—it’s about validation anymore. You’re not doing things because it’s like, oh no, my voice has to be heard. Says who?
When God called you there, did He tell you that your voice needs to be heard, or He gave you an assignment? Was the assignment connected to people doing what you wanted them to do?
You see, I saw this so clearly—that for many of us, we are trying to walk out of the promised land. Or it’s not even—you know what, you might not even be in there, but you’re trying to change the—like, this is the promised land right here. You were like, hey—next thing, you turn around by yourself while complaining that, God, when am I going to get—when is something going to happen? But you’re literally walking away from the place God called you to because you got in your feelings.
But God is about to do something, family. And if you get caught up in how you want things to happen—if you get caught up in, you know what, I just feel disrespected, I feel this, I feel that—I feel a bunch of feelings, right? Not nothing based on facts. Because the very thing that you might be against is what God is for in that time.
You see, sometimes God would raise a king to put His people in bondage. That doesn’t make sense—God, why would you—this king looks evil. This king—but actually, God anointed him to do the thing that you’re against. And so, when God puts you in a position, every position there is a place of submission, and that place of submission is your power.
Mordecai was not honored for anything—for what he did immediately. He had saved the king’s life, and nobody seemed to even give him—uh, some wine. You know, at least they drank a lot of wine back then—at least give, you know, give the guy a bottle or something, right? None of that.
God’s Perfect Timing for Mordecai’s Harvest
But let me show you the plans that God had for Mordecai. Because the time came—and this is how intentional God is with your life—a time came when Haman—and Haman was someone who was pretty important in the palace because the king had raised him to a very high position. Now, Haman had been promoted, and he, you know, he walks out, and obviously because of his position, people are bowing down to him.
But Mordecai was not in agreement with any of that. So, Haman sees Mordecai, and he’s upset. He’s like, how does this guy—who does he think he is to not bow down to me? So, Haman is upset. He goes to the wife—him and his wife. The wife gives him—the wife advises him and tells him, you know what, this is what we should do. We—you know, he just has to die, right? He needs to be hung. You know, they planned every—they planned the place where they were going to hang him and all that stuff.
She tells him, you know what, tomorrow—talk to the king about this and tell the king to hang Mordecai. So now, Haman—and this is very funny—the night Haman is talking to his wife, something happens. And we’re going to see that, I believe, is in Esther 6. The verse would also show up.
Now, this is what happens. The very night when Haman and his wife are plotting to kill Mordecai—they’re like, you know what, we have a plan. Tomorrow morning, you’re going to tell the king this information. Look what happens with Mordecai’s seed.
It says that night the king could not sleep. So, one was commanded to bring the book of the records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king. And it was found written that Mordecai had told of those—the two people that, you know, their names are, you know, not modern—that, um, were planning to kill the king.
So, let’s just call them Peter and Louie, okay? And so, Mordecai had told of Peter and Louie—two of the king’s eunuchs and the doorkeepers—who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. You know what—Aha, that’s what we’re going to call him. Let’s go next.
Then the king said—look, the point is the message, not the names. Come on, we will call him Aha in a hot moment. So, then the king said, what honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai?
Look at this. Now, God says this is the time Mordecai needs his harvest. If He gave it to him back then, the king has no tie to him anymore. You know, we honored you—now you’re disrespecting my official. Maybe you do have to die. But God saved it. God was patient with that seed, and God said, you know what, I’m going to just wait for the right time where it would most benefit Mordecai.
And the king says, what honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this? And the king’s servants who attended him said, nothing has been done for him.
You see, in the place of nothing being done for you—what are you doing? And what I mean by this is, what are you saying? Are you contaminating the very thing you sowed? Wow. Because imagine if Mordecai was upset and starts blaspheming against the king. Do you think any of this would matter if he went on a rampage about nothing has been done for me, and I did this, and I did that—you know what, whatever, I don’t even care—and he starts causing all kinds of havoc in the kingdom?
How many times—even when we think about—let’s be honest, I’ve been there—how many times is it that something doesn’t go your way, and you’re so quick to be negative—not just with yourself but amongst people? Now you involve yourself in conversations that is contaminating the very thing that is designed to bless you, making it harder for God to do His work.
And that’s what—when the Lord says be still—be still and know that I am God. He’s like, don’t mess this up, please. Just don’t mess it up. Because there are times—there are times when we look in the scriptures—there are things that God can promise a person, but because of something that they do in the process that was never part of the plan, it takes it away from what God intended for them to do.
You see, before David came into the picture, God actually gave Saul a promise—the very same promise you see active on David’s life. He gave that to Saul. But Saul started doing all kinds of extras. They’re like, look, we have to choose somebody else.
And so, in the place of nothing happening to you—it might be a job, and you want a promotion. It might be whatever it is. It might—anything that comes to your mind—anything that the Holy Spirit brings up to you—if God has told you to sit there, stay there—with honor and integrity—understand that everything I’m doing in this position is not to man but to God.
And don’t use that in a prideful sense either, where it’s like, ah, I don’t really care about you guys cuz I’m just serving the Lord. No, no, no, no, no, no. God is love, okay? Cuz sometimes we get things mixed up a little bit, right? God is love. And so, you serve—you serve people. When you do things as if you’re serving God, is that you are walking in the ways of God—no matter what is coming to you, you’re walking in the way of love. You’re speaking love. You become that thing.
And so, let’s continue. So, it says nothing has been done for him. So, verse four now says, so the king said, who is in the court? Look at—and you know, when God wants to show out, He shows out. And it says, now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king’s palace to suggest that the king hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
Actually, if we can continue—I’m not sure where I put four. I did put four there. I stopped the passage at four, but if we can just continue with the passage—it’s going to take them some time to bring it up because I didn’t give it to them. But you see what happens in this—and I just want us to read it because I’m not sure how many people are going to go back home to be honest, but I want us to read this because what was so powerful about this passage is the king—the king tells Haman, right?
So, Haman comes in—Haman comes in planning to obviously give his news about how we should hang Mordecai. So, Haman comes in, and the king says, what should be done for a man the king wants to honor? Haman is confused. He thinks the king is talking about him, and he’s just like, oh my gosh—you know, if someone wants to honor you and they ask you to tell them how, you go all out, right?
But what Haman didn’t recognize was that he basically set up Mordecai. Wow. So, there was no room for him in this space to say, well, can we hang the guy that you just want to, um, honor right now?
And so, let’s even read it. So, it says the king’s servants said to him, Haman is there standing in the court. And the king said, let him come in. Haman is walking in with a different agenda, but God—God had already set the agenda.
And so, Haman came in, and the king asked him, what shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor? Now, Haman thought in his heart, whom would the king delight to honor more—oh my gosh, he was a little, you know, drinking that wine they should have given Mordecai—whom would a king like to delight to honor more than me?
And let’s continue. And Haman answered the king, for the man whom the king delights to honor, let a royal robe be brought which the king has worn, and a horse on which the king has ridden, which has a royal crest placed on its head. Then let this robe and horse be delivered by hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that he may array the man whom the king delights to honor. Then parade him on horseback—listen, what is happening here—wait, let me just read it—parade him on horseback through the city square and proclaim before him, thus shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.
Right? So, let’s go to the verse—this just cuz this a little cut—and let’s go to this—the last verse. Yeah—who the king delights to honor. Then the king said to Haman, hurry—take the robe and horse as you have suggested and do so for Mordecai—do so for Mordecai the Jew who sits within the king’s gates.
You see what happened here? It could have been any other person who came in, but if Haman after this setup comes back to the king, it would look as though he’s coming from a place of jealousy. His word would not be taken serious. Without something like this happening—because how do you—you are sent to honor someone, and now you want to present a case for let’s kill this person? It would look like, well, even the advice was to say, you know, I think Haman might be feeling a little jealous maybe because of what you did for Mordecai.
So, God shut every door of access for Haman’s plans to happen by using—harvesting his seed in the proper timing.
Don’t Settle — God’s Timing is Perfect
You see, I share this to say—because for some of you, you’re impatient, and it’s like, God, I need something to happen now. Yes, but if something happens now, you’re basically settling. Wow. You’re settling for what—for even—it’s not even up to half of what God has for you. And God would never—He’s a good, good Father—He would never by His hand cause you to settle.
Family, there’s a change coming. I don’t know how better to tell you this. There is a powerful change coming. And one of the most important things is that you have to know how to create an atmosphere for your testimony.
Creating the Right Atmosphere
And what I mean by this is—you see, Jesus—there’s certain things that Jesus could not do because of the atmosphere. There’s a time that, you know, a child—a girl had died. They called Jesus to the house. They’re like, you know what, my daughter is dead. We need you to raise her—or, you know, you’re Jesus, you can raise her from the dead.
He walks into the room, and it’s like a funeral. And He’s like, what—like, what is going on here? The atmosphere was not conducive for the testimony they were asking for. And so, He—like, He had to send everyone out of the room and keep the people that would make it an atmosphere of worship.
And so, in this time—in this time, we have to be very intentional with our words. We have to be very disciplined with our environments, with our actions. If there is—when you know there—you know, gossip has its own desire. It’s like, I just want to talk about it, right? You got to shut that down all the way down.
Listen—because what you’re doing is contaminating your own seed. And so, no matter how people entice you to, you know, or sway you to want to say something against yourself—you think you’re talking against someone or against a project or against a thing—you’re actually speaking against yourself.
Whenever people want to entice you in a workplace—if people want to gossip about your boss and whatever—you’re not working for man. You’re working for God. And so, if the very place that He caused that person to favor you—and you’re speaking against them—even if they don’t see it, God sees it.
You go for an audition—don’t speak evil about the person who said no to you when that could be a seed to harvest you somewhere else. The time you spend in that audition room—it matters.
You see, if God would say that I know how many—I know the hair strands on your—how many, you know, how many hair you got, right? He knows how many hair strands are on your head. Imagine how detailed He is about you. Imagine how intentional He is about you.
PT said you are too precious to be random. Because that’s the fact. It’s so heavy on my heart to tell you this—you have to be so intentional. So intentional. Because right now—you see, you can only receive as much as you are a container. If you fill yourself with so much junk, it limits the capacity of what God has for you.
Jesus is always willing, but are we expecting of Him to do something? That’s the difference. A lot of times we think about unbelief—and we think that unbelief is what, you know—not believing in something means it’s because it’s not there. Unbelief does not change the reality. It only changes your reality.
When God said He’s doing something—that is the reality. But can you experience that thing? Is up to your faith. And so, faith brings you into the experience.
A Vision of Rewritten Stories
And so, family—when the Lord is saying that this is a time that the things I have spoken to you, you would begin to see—this is a time that I am changing—I am rewriting your story.
You see, when God gave me this word, I was—I was like, okay, you—I was trying—I was like, okay, let me, you know, think about it. But that night—so this is so interesting—so that night, I’m praying. So, my mom—normally I pray—my mom at midnight—out my midnight cuz her time is different in Nigeria. So, she called me. So, I was like, Mom, I’ll call you right back—like, you know, let me—there’s something that is—I’m trying to understand—for—I’m just—call you right back, right?
So, she’s probably gonna be watching this. And so, right there—as clear as day—and this was so interesting to me—the Lord gave me a vision where I saw—in the vision, I see my mother, and she’s calling out the name of someone. And when she called out the person’s name, she called it out with such, like, amazement—because the lady walked into the room, and she was so shocked. She’s like, oh my gosh—because the woman looks so different. And it was like, wow.
And I was just like, who—what is that name? And I was like, this name is very—I mean, look, I’m Nigerian, but this name is a little complicated, you know. So, I write the name the best way I could, and I’m like, Mom, do you know someone with this name? And she’s like, yeah—you know, don’t want to say the whole story because the family is connected—you know, some people are here.
But, um—so, she’s like, yeah—she knows that—that’s one of her close friends, basically. And I was like, wow—God is rewriting her story—that what people—the what people knew her as is not what they would know her—what God is doing in her life right now.
And so, I was like, can you just let her know—I don’t—I don’t know—just let her know that God is rewriting her story—that things are changing. And so, my mom—you know, she calls me later. She’s like, so—this—so we had this conversation in my morning. And so, she calls me—she’s like, well, I just told her. And another—that a pastor had given her the same exact message.
And so, I was like, okay, Lord—if a—and somebody else gave her the message—I mean, it’s good to be, you know, confirmed. But I understood that there was also something else that God was doing with her. And He said that I’m revealing this to you so that the people would know that I am serious about what I am saying. I’m not just saying this in a way for, you know—again, it’s not just—it’s not just a word to, you know, feed it an—uh, uh—like an—like, you know, a little lunchable or something, you know. This is the—this is the real deal. This is the, you know, dinner that will last you till breakfast, okay?
But God is doing something powerful, family. And my desire is that no one—no one in this room, no one watching, no one listening—would miss it. Because your expectation is still tied to the wrong thing. And it’s hard—it’s very—and I get it—because it’s hard sometimes to imagine yourself in a place you’ve never been. It’s hard sometimes to see yourself in something you’ve never experienced.
You see, when you think of the scriptures and you see how, you know, someone who had been blind all their life—30-something years—where do you get the faith to say I want to see? Where does that come from? You’ve been accustomed to that your whole life. What do you even believe that colors would look like?
But you see this in the scriptures, and all of a sudden—boom—the story is changed. I don’t know what your story has been for how many—if it’s been months, years—but God is doing a new thing.
Overnight Success is Years in the Making
You see, I thought about my friend—the story I shared with you with the relationship—and I thought about—I said, could it have been that the outpouring of love that she received from—from this, you know, we call mystery man—just showed up, you know—could it have been because the way he loves this woman—it is so beautiful to me—could it have been that that rush of that—just the greatness of the love he had for her was years of love that she had sown into another man, and the harvest was in this guy?
Wow—what will look like a 360 has been years of what she sown into other people—years of what you’ve sown into your own project. It’s funny when they say how someone became a millionaire overnight—but then it’s like, no, no, no—you only saw the overnight work.
Even when you look at the natural system of things, it takes years of work, and then in one moment—boom—everything changes. And it’s the same in the spirit. Every time you gave someone a smile, God saw that. Every time you pass by someone and you’re like, hey, how are you doing—and you meant it—you wanted to know—I really want to know how you are—He took note of that.
Every time you gave and you didn’t even have—He saw that. When you were depressed but you’re encouraging somebody else—He saw that. There’s nothing that is—there’s nothing hidden under His sight.
And so, never think that you are forgotten. Never hold on to regret.
Call to the Altar and Prayer
Let us stand, family. You see, what I saw about today is a bit different—and even how things—the order of things is going to be a bit different. Because even when we talk about submission—we talk about when God puts you in a place and puts you in a position—what’s very powerful about that is, you know, the scriptures always tells you about how the anointing flows from the head down—the head down. Down, right? And so, that’s why honor is such a big deal with God—not because it’s a big deal to Him—it’s a big deal to Him for you. Because He knows the order of things—that if you disrespect the head, you’re literally removing yourself from the flow of the anointing.
And so, as we’re believing and as we are understanding that God is about to do some incredible things in our lives—there are three things, but they’re going to—it’s going to happen in a way where God wants us first. Because we’re going to make a declaration today that indeed, God, You are doing a new thing in my life. We’re going to make that declaration.
But before we do that, there are two things we have to pray about—all of us, not, you know—and those two things involve this house. You see, Sunday—PT and First Lady announced a new building. They have their eyes on—they’ve seen something that we haven’t seen. They’ve seen something that we want to see.
When God says this is a time of revival, He’s saying that the thing you see, I will cause others to see. Because, you see, what you see in the spirit is what you see—unless you try and communicate with somebody. But when something happens in the natural, other people can see it.
You see, there’s a passage that talks about how eye has not seen nor ear heard what God has for the people that—for those that love Him. But then He says, but you know—because I’ve revealed it to you by My Spirit. But you see, even though He’s revealed it to us by, you know, the Spirit—we’re in a natural world, you know, and we need to see some things. We don’t want to die, you know, seeing things in the spirit. We want to see them in real life.
If you see yourself as a millionaire in the spirit—listen, and you want to touch the money in real life. Okay, real talk. Because a lot of times—you know, my mom always says that—she’s like, my mom is, you know—there are things that she’s very, you know—she’s like, no one should live in dream world, right? Don’t live in a fantasy. If God is showing you something, seek to know how that thing would manifest. Cuz God shows things for it to manifest.
And so—this is a time, family—we’re in a—we are in a season of manifestation. But this is a house that we have been called to, and the anointing flows from the head down. So, if we are praying for our lives—oh God, just manifest it—you know, it’s right about time—but we’re not praying for the head, it doesn’t make sense. Because the anointing doesn’t go from here up.
And so, we’re going to pray about some things. And the first thing is for the new building—that we would see it, we would experience it, we would move into it—that what they sow, we will see. And the second thing—we’re going to pray for them. Because, see, at the same time, God is about to—what we’re going to see happen in their lives will be a testimony of what God is doing in your life.
But every new level—every new level is an added responsibility. And we’re going to pray for them. It’s good—yes, some of us we know that we pray in our private time. But we’re going to pray collectively. We are one church. We’re going to pray as one people.
And lastly, we’re going to declare for our own lives—going to declare that, God, You are doing something. And for some of you that came here for the first—you know, the first day—you’re like, um, I’m still testing this church. I’m not sure. You are family. We are all family. We are one body. It doesn’t matter.
But some of you—you are here, and you haven’t had a personal encounter with God in the sense of relationship. And you know what you’ve been experiencing has been religion, right? Because you—it that’s—you come because that’s what you’re supposed to do, right? You know, Sundays we go to church. You know, Wednesdays—sometimes, you know, you want to go to midweek. That’s just what you want to do. But you’re not doing it from a place of relationship with God.
And God—you see, the beautiful thing in life is that you might not know God as Savior, but that doesn’t mean you don’t know Him. See, when I first encountered God, I encountered Him as a Father before I could ever understand the cross. I just was like, He’s really cool. He’s funny. God would—God healed me even before I knew it—I had any comprehension of the blood of Jesus. I was saved because it sounded cool at children’s church. I was like, oh yeah, the blood of Jesus, you know. But I didn’t know what I was doing. I was just having fun. But it was a relationship as Father, and then I knew Him as Savior.
And so, for some of you—you just know Him as God—God of, you know, all kinds of things. Know Him as God. But what God showed me is that because it has not become real—that you have exposed yourself to, um—and what He showed me was, you know, the palm reading—palm reading, tarot—like cards and all kinds of things that you’ve exposed yourself to.
And before we go into prayer as one—there are things that we have to break off. And there—it’s very specific. Because if you haven’t encountered God in relationship, you’ve exposed yourself to things that are not Him. Because you’re—you know Him as God, but He wants to come into your life as Savior, as Friend, as Father.
And you’re here tonight because you desire that. You might not know how to articulate it, but that’s what you desire. Sometimes it’s the idea of the cross is hard to understand. It’s like, okay—so God, You came and, you know, You died for us. You came as Jesus. You went on the cross. You shed Your blood.
But the Word of God says that whoever seeks wisdom should ask, and He will make things known to you. He will give to you—as long as you don’t doubt. If you believe and say, God—because you see, when we ask God questions but we still have our own understanding, we’re not really asking Him a question. Because to ask something, you have to open yourself to what He has to say. You have to let go of what you know for what He is going to speak.
And so, when you open your heart tonight—just open your heart and say, God, I want to understand You as Father, as Savior, as Friend.
And if you’re here tonight—palm reading and tarot cards—you know, you’ve exposed yourself to that—come down. It’s nothing to be shy about. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. He will do it for one. He will do it for one. Thank you, Jesus.
If you’re here tonight—you don’t know God as your Savior—come down. If you’re willing to open your heart and say, God, I want to understand this—not based on my concept or anything—I want to understand. I want to have a relationship with You. It’s nothing to—nothing to be shy about. There—nothing—you’re in this room right now because you know—yes, this might have just been another—cuz there’s one more person. You know that—and the funny thing is that when you even look at these, you know, dancing deers—you look at the—and you’re—and it fascinates you. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus.
We’re going to pray. And everyone just say a prayer—what God is going to do. And because we’re going to pray as one—but before we do that, we have to be one, right? We have to be one.
So, everyone—as we pray—cuz I’m going to—we’re going to all pray together—but before we start praying—speak a blessing over their lives right now. Thank you, God, for Your daughters. Thank you, God, for what You’re doing in their lives. As they have come before You, Lord—to know You as Savior, to know You as Father, to know You as a Friend—that You would reveal Yourself unto them in the name of Jesus.
Lord God, I thank You that anything that they have been exposed to is being broken off right now in the name of Jesus. We declare, Lord God, Your blessings over them. Fill them up with Your love, Lord God. Reveal to them—because nothing we do is just—is just based on like we’re compelled or some puppets—but You would reveal to them Your ways. You reveal to them Your truths, Lord God.
I thank—thank You, Lord, for what You are doing in their lives right now. Thank You, Holy Spirit. Thank You, Holy Spirit. Thank You, Lord—cuz You are filling them up with You. You are filling them up with You, Lord Jesus. The steps that they have made down here, Lord God—is for You—is to know You in all of You, Lord God.
I thank You, Lord. Repeat after me: Lord Jesus—Lord Jesus—I thank You for my life—thank You for my life—thank You for dying on the cross for me—thank You for dying on the cross for me—come into my heart—come into my heart—be my Savior—be my Savior—be my Friend—be my Father—I am Yours and You are mine. Amen. Amen. Amen.
Now, we’re all going to pray. And these will be my praying partners. But let’s all get in groups. Let’s all get in groups—because there is power in that unity, and we’re going to express it. Just get in a group of four—get in a group of five. We’re going to be a group. Come on. Praise God. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus.
Corporate Prayer for the New Building
And so, the first thing we’re going to pray about, family—we’re going to pray for this building. We’re going to pray for this new building—that we would see it too and we would experience it too. And God’s hand will be all over it. Everything that we have sown in here will be harvested there. And we’re going to pray for such a smooth process. Everything about it is just going to be the favor of God.
Let us pray. Let us—everybody—everybody pray, okay? Thank You, Jesus. Thank You, Lord, for this new building. Lord God, we thank You, Lord, that as they have seen it, Father God—that we will see it too. We thank You, Lord, that Your hand is upon it. We thank You, Lord, that we are going to walk into it. We’re going to experience it. We thank You, Lord, that—as it was spoken on Sunday—as the message was declared—that we—that Your son wants it—He said that I am not ashamed to say that I want this thing, Lord God—we are not ashamed to say that we want it too in the name of Jesus. We want it too in the name of Jesus. We want to see it, Lord.
We thank You, Lord, because it is done. We thank You, Lord, because it is done. Lord God, this is going to be a testimony that we are all partakers of in the name of Jesus. We thank You, Lord, because You are doing great and mighty things, Lord God—that we would see the fruit of our words in this moment. We will see the fruit of our prayers in this moment, Lord Jesus.
We thank You, Lord, that it is done and it is so. We thank You, Lord. We thank You, Lord. Have Your way in Jesus' name. Thank You, Lord. Thank You, Jesus.
Prayer for the Leaders
Now, let us pray for our leaders. Let us pray for PT. Let us pray for First Lady. Let us pray for their family. Let us pray for the new thing that God is also doing in their lives.
Thank You, Jesus. Father God, we thank You, Lord God, that You have appointed, Lord God, leaders that have Your heart—leaders that have a heart for Your people, Lord God. We know that as they pour out, Lord God, each and every week, Lord God—even the things they do behind the scenes that we do not even know, Lord God—that You will continue to pour into them, Lord God.
That every new level You’re opening for them, Lord—that You will send them help in the name of Jesus. That in every need they have, Lord God—that You will cause people to obey their needs in the name of Jesus, Lord God. That they would—that there would be a flow of ease in Jesus' name. That the responsibilities, Lord God, in the new levels, Lord God—would move in ease in the name of Jesus.
We thank You for their families, Lord God. Cover their children, Father God. Pour into their children, Father God. We come against every attack of the enemy, Lord God—to rob them of their testimony. We thank You, Lord, that You are establishing them, Father God, in higher levels, Lord God.
We thank You for what You’re doing, Father God. We thank You, Lord, that You are opening doors, Lord God—they didn’t even seek for. You opening doors, Lord God—that they didn’t even look for. Lord, we thank You, Father God, that new doors of opportunity—that new doors, Lord God—to declare Your glory—new doors, Lord God—to testify of Your goodness, Lord God.
We thank You, Father God, that You will continue to fill them up, Lord Jesus. That everything they touch, Lord God—will be blessed in the name of Jesus. We thank You, Lord, that everything they—everywhere they step into—everything they say, Lord—that this is—I have a desire for this—that it would be given unto them in the name of Jesus.
And we thank You, Lord, for the new thing. We thank You, Lord, for the new thing. Have Your way, Father God. Have Your way, Father God. Strengthen them in every way, Father God. Build them in every way, Father God. In Jesus' name. Thank You, Lord.
Personal Declaration and Closing
Now, each and every one—declare over your own life. Thank God for your life. Thank God for the new thing He’s doing in your life. Thank God—declare that, Lord, You are doing a new thing in my life, and I receive it in the name of Jesus. I receive it in the name of Jesus.
Speak to doors that you want to be open. Speak to doors that you have been waiting to be open. And say, God, I trust Your time. I trust Your time. I receive everything. I will be expectant in the name of Jesus.
Thank You, Lord. I declare doors being open over my life. I declare, Lord God, that we are moving forward, Lord God—that we are moving into the new, Lord God. We thank You, Lord Jesus, that as one body—that we are moving into the new in the name of Jesus—that You are turning things around over our lives. Thank You, Jesus. Thank You, Jesus.
You are listening to the words of Your children. Thank You, Jesus. Thank You, Jesus. Everyone should declare over their life. Speak a word over your life. If you don’t have the word, say, Lord, I declare the new thing in my life in the name of Jesus.
Thank You, Lord. Thank You, Lord. Every mouth—every mouth should speak. Every mouth should speak. Every mouth—speak over your life. Speak over your life. Thank God for the new thing He is doing. Praise Him before you see it. Praise Him before you see it.
Thank You, Jesus. Thank You, Jesus. We are walking into it. We are walking into it. It is harvest time. We are walking into it. Thank You, Lord. Thank You, Lord. Thank You, Lord. Thank You, Lord.
Those on live stream—speak over your life. Those watching—speak over your life. Thank You, Lord. Thank You, Lord. Thank You, Jesus. Thank You, Lord—that Your will is being revealed to many of Your children. Thank You, Lord—that when there has been confusion, there will be clarity. Thank You, Lord. Thank You, Lord. Thank You, Lord.
You see—many of the things that you spoke over your life—God is showing where they would be clarity in areas that—places that—cuz at the end of the day, you know, God knows how we are. He knows that there are times where we need confirmation of, Lord, what—what am I doing? Am I sure I should be here?
He doesn’t expect you to be robotic, you know—like, yep, standing on the promise, you know. Sometimes you need a reminder what you’re standing on. And God is going to give you that. He’s going to give you clarity where you have been—you’ve been battling a lot with confusion like, God, I’m not sure—did You even tell me this? That has been some of your prayers—because it’s not that you don’t want to obey the voice of God, but you don’t know if it was God who told you.
And He’s going to give you clarity about what He said. And maybe—you know what You said—He’s going to give you clarity.
God loves you, family. Some of you—they’re going to be phone calls and emails about positions that you’ve been waiting for. Because you did not get the position when they called you—it was already decided. But for some of you, the information you’ve been waiting to receive is going to become communicated to you.
Thank You, Lord. And for some—you know, there—there’s a new place literally you’re in, and you’re trying to understand how to navigate in that space. But then the Lord saying—it’s not—it’s you—your ability to move is not based on your ability. So, you’ve been doubting yourself—should I even be here? —because I don’t fit—the my—the way I am—my skill is not—I’m not skilled for this.
But you know what’s so fascinating about God—is that He can even give you the spirit for the skill for that thing. So, your ability to navigate is not based on you—it’s based on your intimacy with Him. From the place of intimacy, He’s going to put you in positions that you’re going to be like—but He’s going to show you. He’s going to show you.
So, if you’ve been doubting yourself and you’re like, I don’t think I should be here—He says, no, no, no—I look at the history of the people God called—it was never because of what they knew how to do. It was because of who they were connected to. So, for some of you—that right there is your answer.
Thank You, Jesus. Thank You, Lord. Let’s just—let’s just listen. Oh my gosh—just play that song. Oo. Thank You, Lord. Yeah. Yes, God. Yes, God.
And the words to that song is that God is able to do just what He said He will do. Don’t give up on God cuz He will never give up on you. He will never give up on you.
As you spoke over yourself, family—there are things that you’re going to see confirmation on. As we spoke over this house—we will see that new building. We would see our leaders in doing some incredible things. And we’re going to all be celebrating each other.
Father God, we thank You. We thank You for this moment in Your presence. We thank You, Lord, for the new thing that is happening, Lord—even in this moment—for some people, it’s even been hard to pray. It’s been hard to even speak over their lives. But You ordained this moment—that each and every one—even if they didn’t have the words—they should say something—because You’re listening. You always do.
And so, I thank You, Lord—that where there has been confusion, You are bringing clarity. That You are restoring, Lord God, their joy because of the word that You’ve given them. I thank You, Lord, that they would know—they would know that they know that they know that there is never a time to have regret—because everything—there’s a cycle—seedtime and harvest always. We might not harvest where we sow, but we will harvest.
I thank You that they would know this in the very depths of their heart. I thank You, Lord, that everything that we have held on to in the form of regret is laid on this altar, Lord—never to be picked back up again.
We trust in You, Lord. Lord, we trust in You. Before we run and say something, we will seek Your direction. We will seek Your leading in all things, Lord. We desire to walk as You walked—in love.
Thank You, Lord, for building us—for the sensitivity that You’ve poured in us—for the increase in that, Lord. Continue to have Your way in and through our lives. We are Yours, and You are ours.
Thank You, Jesus. We seal everything that has been spoken, Lord God, in Your name. We thank You, Lord, because it is finished and it is done. Amen.