Messages preached by Pastor Paul Adefarasin that bring hope to the despairing, healing to the broken and strength to the weary. These messages will prepare you for the prolific move of God in the 21st Century and beyond. They will minister to your need, and assist you through the Word to become all that God has called you to become and to do all that He has called you to do. You have a destiny in God.
Hello Family,I have been deeply encouraged by the depth and enormity of the feedback that we have received regarding this theme of becoming.It reveals how many people are quietly wrestling with limitations that they did not consciously choose… I mean patterns reinforced subliminally over time through culture, environments, repeated exposure, and accepted narratives that eventually become automatic ways of thinking and living.Why? Because every era and every system develops its own socio-economic and cultural programming mechanisms.And over time, failure and success, poverty and value, can begin to produce automatic outcomes and results in people's lives.But now is the time to reset and reprogram the mind beyond fear, beyond survival, and beyond every invisible boundary that has resisted your becoming.It is important now to note here that this transformational process is not sustained, nor possible by occasional inspiration. But it happens as a result of consistent exposure to transformational truth until the mind is renewed to all that God has promised us in Christ… and all that we already are but not yet manifesting in Christ our King.
BECOMING WHAT GOD SAYS YOU CAN BE : FOR THE TECH GURUS
Did you know that you can be called to greatness by God but not yet live it? If you're honest, you might already feel this disconnect.You might be experiencing limited progress and results, feeling far from your calling. Often, the most comfortable space can be the most detrimental to your destiny. They may feel good, predictable and nice, just like Haran, where Abraham settled. But that was not where God planned to fulfill His purpose in Abram's life.So, let me ask you: If your current comfort zone no longer stretches you, could it be time to move on?What sustained you in the past may not propel you forward now. Until you recognize this, you risk clinging to a comfort zone that no longer fuels your future.God invites you to “leave the familiar and watch Him reveal your future to you in midst of the unfamiliar.” Not because your current place is unsatisfactory, but because it cannot support who you are becoming. Yes, you are about to become something.
What if the reason that you are not making progress is not a lack of effort? What if trying harder is reinforcing the very outcomes that you are trying to escape?It is not always a question of doing more. It may be a question of doing the same things from the same patterns and expecting to get different results.The issue is not about effort alone. Something within your own psychology is already shaping your outcomes.Scripture reminds us that as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.Over time, the way you think begins to shape the way your life responds. What is repeated becomes familiar, and what becomes familiar begins to run automatically, even worse so, when it is no longer serving your best interests.For many, success is not random and failure is not accidental. Failure is actually the outworking of patterns that have gone unchallenged.But i want to announce to you that there is a higher way to function, in which your mindset, your gifts, your skills, your tools begin to work together in a multiplier effect, producing value and bountiful opportunities.It begins with understanding that you have two minds - yes, you do have two minds - and you must learn how to engage one to help you reset the other. One is called the manual mind, and the other is called the automated mind. You can actually automate success in every area of your life, if you understand your two minds.
If you find yourself facing the same challenges repeatedly, it hardly ever is just mere coincidence; it often reveals a deeper cyclical pattern.Patterns remain unchanged until we shift our paradigms by shifting our perspectives.This illustrates how cycles begin—not because God withholds His blessings, but because we hesitate at the threshold of what is rightfully ours.Yet, there exists another way to live.A way where progress flows freely and growth is intentional—where purpose drives us forward and courage compels us to believe to see the very impossible.
Why is it that some people make progress…they grow from victory to victory and evolve from strength to strength; while others seem to live in negative cycles.Could it be that success is not merely about what we do…but more so about what we understand about who we are becoming.
THE KINGDOM FIRST ( BUILDING THE FUTURE NOW )
RISEN TO REIGN ( THE KING, THE KINGDOM & THE GREAT EXCHANGE
In the heart of history stands a man who, at first glance, appeared ordinary—born of a young innocent woman named Mary.Yet through the testimony of many, He was known as a healer, a worker of miracles, and a teacher whose presence and thought inspired absolute awe.The greatest voice of the Old Testament declared Him to be the Lamb of God.Yet others rejected Him.And then came the moment.In one of those most striking scenes in history, two men stood before the crowd.Both of them were the accused.Both were named Jesus.One was a known insurrectionist and murderer— Jesus, named Barabbas.The other was the Lamb of God… The Bar AbbaAnd the choice was made.“Release Barabbas… and crucify Jesus.” The crowd hollered.The guilty one walked free butthe innocent One was led to die on The Cross.The King was crucified in the place of the criminal.The King died, and was buried in a borrowed tomb.A stone was rolled over the tomb.The Roman seal was set upon it.The Roman guards were put in place.As far as the world could see, it was all over for the dream.But early on Sunday morning, the stone had already been rolled away.The tomb was now empty.And the King was no longer there. “He is risen! He is risen!” became the most popular statement in town.The question is—what does this mean?Not just for history.But what does this mean for you.
Why do so many Christians spend their lives in the pursuit of the blessings of God, yet seldom do they pause to understand The Kingdom of God itself?Jesus invites us to seek something far greater than benefit. He calls us to seek thorough awareness of The Kingdom of Heaven itself.Why?Because when The Kingdom becomes the priority, everything else of value will find its way to you. Though there will be time involved, this is a guarantee from Christ The King Himself. The Kingdom is never a religious idea nor a religion.The Kingdom is the sovereign rule of The King of Life over all who yield willingly to His reign.And when He truly reigns in a life, something remarkable begins to burgeon in and through that life.Anxiety will lose its grip.Peace will sit on the throne of your life. Intangible and tangible supplies will make their way to you from unexpected sources that you never realized that God had already prepared for you.
YOUR NEW DAY IS BREAKING,WILL YOU BE READY?
Why did Jacob have to struggle for so much of his life?I mean, he struggled in the womb.He struggled with his only brother and twin.He struggled with even his uncle Laban.He struggled with his dad.He even struggled with himself. And ultimately, the man wrestled with God.If he was chosen, I must ask, why then did he have to wrestle so much?I mean, Genesis 32:24 records a defining moment in his life:“Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of day.”And at this turning point, the verdict from God was unmistakable.I quote his response: “For as a prince thou hast power with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”The struggle was not about rejection.It was about transformation.Did you know that life's greatest battles hardly ever announce themselves as obvious opposition?Infact, more often, they appear as pressure, delay, and resistance — each demanding discernment and a response.Because God develops capacity before He releases influence.He reforms the man before He entrusts the mantle.So perhaps the wiser question to ask is not,“Why is this happening to me?”But instead,“What is this producing within me?”Because before outward change, there has to first be inner reformation.
Not every transformation begins with spectacle.Some of the most decisive shifts in life and civilisation actually begin quietly — in thought, in conviction, in the unseen and deep places of the heart.Jesus taught us that the Kingdom of God is like a seed. Small at first. Hidden like yeast; Yet carrying within it the power to reshape everything.What appears insignificant may already be very significant in God's hands. What seems hidden may already be mightily at work behind the scenes.
There are people who relate to God through systems, structure, and routine. They are denominational. And then there are those whose lives are shaped by something much deeper, they have what i call insider access.This Sunday, we continue our journey by looking at a dimension of the Kingdom that is rarely discussed, but deeply relevant. It is a way of living where clarity is not forced, authority is not loud, and direction flows from alignment, and not from outward pressure.It is not about position.It is neither about perfection.It is about where decisions are informed.Because when life is governed by The Lord from inside out everything else begins to settle, align and to impact.
There are people who relate to God through systems, structure, and routine. They are denominational. And then there are those whose lives are shaped by something much deeper, they have what i call insider access.This Sunday, we continue our journey by looking at a dimension of the Kingdom that is rarely discussed, but deeply relevant. It is a way of living where clarity is not forced, authority is not loud, and direction flows from alignment, and not from outward pressure.It is not about position.It is neither about perfection.It is about where decisions are informed.Because when life is governed by The Lord from inside out everything else begins to settle, align and to impact.
There are times when life is active and productive, yet something still feels unsettled. We are moving, but not fully aligned. Busy, yet sensing that something deeper requires attention.In such moments, God is not calling us to do more, but He is calling us to see more clearly. To adjust perspective and to live from the glory that He designed and not from the pressure or the pace of the space.
WE'RE NEVER ALONE ( THE TABERNACLE IS THE SHADOW, WE ARE THE SUBSTANCE )
WE'RE NEVER ALONE ( THE TABERNACLE IS THE SHADOW ,WE ARE THE SUBSTANCE)
Have you ever had a season where everything looks fine on the outside, yet something inside quietly holds back?Your feet move, but your heart hesitates. Your plans advance, but your soul cannot keep pace.Often, this is what happens when gifted people carry unhealed pain. Trauma that was never named or healed begins to misshape vision, drain confidence, and delay destiny.You are present in the room, but a part of you is still doubled over in a moment you never left. The traumatic moment lingers…Scripture shows us this picture in Luke 13. A woman came to the synagogue, bent over and unable to stand upright for eighteen years. People saw her posture. Jesus saw her person.Where others saw a condition, He saw the image of God within her — still intact, still waiting to stand tall.I want you to know that He sees where you are. He knows where He is taking you. The question is: do you see Jesus?
THE IMAGE WITHIN: HE SEES WHERE YOU ARE
Life often bends us out of shape, subtly impacting upon our confidence, our discernment, and our self-perception. Yet, there comes a moment when God calls us to see anew, to see clearly and to see correctly. He invites us to view ourselves and our future through His lens, rather than through the distortions of our experiences and our emotions. Here's the enduring truth: nothing around you straightens out until something within you stands upright. Vision precedes provision; clarity precedes change. This divine restoration of sight always paves the way for a renewal of life and hope.
When you look at your life, what do you really see? Do you see the limits — or do you see the glory that is still waiting to emerge?Everything changes when vision changes. That's when you start seeing as God sees; that's when you stop reacting to life, and you start shaping it instead.You're not defined by what's visible; instead, you're strengthened by what is eternal. The same Spirit that hovered over chaos in the beginning at Creation now lives inside of you — still calling light out of darkness, still turning confusion into purpose, still healing what's been broken.In Luke chapter 13, Jesus saw a certain woman who had been bent over for eighteen years. Everyone else instead only saw her pain, her poor posture, her terrible past. But Jesus saw her whole, full, well, upright, standing tall, and restored. And when He spoke what He saw, creation aligned and agreed with His word.That's what happens when Heaven becomes the lens through which you see your world. Faith starts to rise. Confidence returns. The impossible begins to yield.I want you to know that God has already forgotten all your sins, but He will never forget His promised purpose in your life. So, you have to forget what He has already forgotten and hold fast to what He still remembers about the goodness of your future that's soon to become.That is the power of the eternal God's foresight into the future. That when you see as God sees, everything straightens — your posture, your purpose, together with your forward focus and your life.
When you know who you are, you stop striving to become what you already are. Last week, we discovered that we are the Imago Dei, the visible image of the invisible God. That's deep! This week, we delve deeper.You were never meant to live for identity, but instead to live from the power of your God-ordained identity. You already carry Heaven's authentication and Heaven's validation. You walk in His authority because His Spirit gives you full backing. The revelation of who you already are is what releases the power to live differently. To see as God sees, to speak as God speaks, and to act with much assurance of one who represents The Almighty God.When you learn to live with that understanding, alignments begin to happen. Divine structures and architecture with people groups and many opportunities start coming together to facilitate God's plan and purpose for your life. Stay connected to your source, for He is the vine and we are the branches. Live aware of your divine nature and walk in the authority that already carries Heaven's endorsement.
IMAGO DEI: WALKING IN GOD'S AUTHORITY
What about if the most profound power that you will ever walk in already resides within you, awaiting only your recognition? What if your confidence, your access, and your influence hinge upon the cognitive grasp of a singular verity, which is the essence of your authentic identity?You are His masterpiece. You are His embodiment upon this Earth; His reflection, His expression, His authority manifest through your very life and existence. Shaped in His likeness, imbued with His nature, you are vested with the wherewithal to fulfil God's will and counsel in the world. You are the Imago Dei.It is insufficient to bear the title Imago Dei without the consciousness of it. When identity is obscured, the world reflects that uncertainty.Yet, when we awaken to our divine nature, as said in 2 Peter 1:3–4, creation resonates in kind. Opportunities beckon. World systems align. Your original purpose recognises you and shifts to embrace all that you carry as God's agency on Earth.
IMAGO DEI: LIVING IN YOUR TRUE IDENTITY AS THE IMAGE OF GOD
LIVING AS HEAVEN'S LEGAL TENDER. THE GREAT EXCHANGE
Have you ever wondered what happens when Heaven establishes her economy on Earth through your life? When God doesn't just bless you, but works through you to shape systems, to create value, and to transform the world around you?You are Heaven's currency, stamped with divine authority, carrying God's image, and backed by His authority. What you carry was never meant to sit idle; it was designed to circulate, to be part of establishing His order and His purpose, and counsel here on Earth.When God invests His image in you, He expects a return through your creativity, by your productivity, and because of your contributions to effecting His plan here on the Earth. Your life was designed to manifest wisdom, to make impact in a world that is desperate for both.
when Jesus held up a Roman coin and asked a simple yet seismic question: Whose image is on this coin? Caesar's image on the coin granted the coin authority, access, backing, the power of legal tender, and of course, the recognition across the entire great space of the Roman Empire. But what happens when you realize that you carry a far greater imprint than Caesar's Roman coin? That you are stamped with the very image of God The Almighty? Because when you know this, you stop living beneath your calling and your spiritual credit limit. YOU become God's legal tender, Heaven's currency in the earth authorized to transact His will and to bring about His purpose.
BEYOND COINS & COUNTENANCE: THE TRUE CURRENCY OF OUR IDENTITY
Nation building is one of the highest callings known to mankind. It is the sacred duty of a people to frame society around values that embrace righteousness, protect human dignity and build enduring prosperity for posterity. Our story as a nation is still being written. However, history warns us of paths which destroy. Instead, she points us toward the patterns that build. History does not repeat itself. It is repeated only by men who refuse to learn. Nigeria, and indeed Africa stand in need of their own reformation, the kind which transformed Europe and North America in the 16th century and beyond. That reformation laid the foundations of productivity, responsibility and nationhood. So must we also embrace ours in this time under God. The All-Wise God has always depended on His human family to forge nations. And in every generation, He calls His people to engage in this sacred task.Like Nehemiah summoned, we too must arise together and build. It is our time to dream again. It is our time to build with courage, with conviction and with creativity. It is our time to build with human dignity under the hand of The Almighty God.For the sake of our children, their posterity and for the future of our land, this moment demands that we rise as one and build that which will endure.
When God lifts you, His purpose is never dependency; His plan, ultimately, always is stewardship. To be raised UP by God is intentional release, to move you from mere survival into real significance; to grow you from meagre subsistence into good success. His purpose is to shift you from mediocrity into a deep sense of responsibility.Why so?This is in order to free you from slavery and bring you into ownership; to advance you from consumerism and bring you into value creation and productivity.It is never only about you; it is always about nations. Nations are not built by shortcuts, nor by miracles. Nations rise when you, and all of us together, renew our minds, skill our hands, and set our hearts intentionally towards purpose. My friends, great nations are shaped when people embrace proven values and weave them into the very fabric of their culture.
Some seasons bruise you and bless you at the same time. Yet God knows how to lift you, set you UP on high, and breathe hope into your tired places. When He does this, the next question to you should not be, ‘will you move again?' but instead: ‘what is your next move?'This Sunday, we lean into grace for your next steps. We will talk about momentum after mercy, preparation after perseverance, and opportunity that answers only to those who are prepared and ready. This message will interrogate the action for which the release of the power of God is already present and waiting on you to make your next move. I've always said that power is on the other side of obedience.Breaking through is not your destination; it is the gateway to an incredible journey of endless fulfilment.
What happens when the miracle is done, the deliverance is wrought, and then real life begins on a new level? Too often we prepare for the breakthrough but hardly ever for the responsibility that it brings.Real faith is not only in getting up; it is in growing up. It is in learning how to step into your new identity and new self-concept. It is learning to live beyond dependence and learning how to step fully into the amazing life that God has called YOU to.
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