Birthing & Building A Kingdom Vision

Sooooooooo today is a spezhial day! It’s the 4th anniversary of The Midnight Prayer Group 💃🥹. Praise the Lord!! One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned while leading MPG is this: make sure the vision is truly from God.

When a vision comes from Him, He sustains it. He protects it sometimes from people, from the enemy, and often times even from you. I’ve seen powerful visions that weren’t born of God, and because of that, they had to be supported by human effort just to survive. That’s exhausting. You end up carrying what God never asked you to, constantly doing what He would’ve done had it actually been His assignment. So here’s my advice: Don’t start unless it’s from God. And don’t move unless He says go.

Number two: you need to be strong.

And true strength comes from knowing your God. If you don’t know Him and you’re not even trying to know Him you will fall when trials come. I remember a time when leading MPG became so tough, I knelt on the floor, opened my hands, and said, “Lord, I hand this group back to You. Please give it the assignment to someone else. I don’t want it anymore.” Guess what? God didn’t change the situation. He didn’t remove the burden. He gave me strength.

That same evening, I was back on the prayer call, leading with fire, joy, and so much strength. There will be days when it feels like God left you in the field alone that He’s watching from afar. Those are the days when you need to be strong. I don’t know any weak leaders. Leaders have weaknesses, yes but true leaders, especially in the Kingdom, are strong. They have to be. Because the devil doesn’t play easy he always goes the extra mile.

Number three: CONSISTENCY!

At MPG, we have prayer calls every Monday and Wednesday come rain, snow, or sunshine. There is a system in place that holds whether there are 2, 20, or 50 people. That’s what consistency looks like.

You’ve probably heard that consistency is key. Well, it’s not just the key it’s also the builder. Where there’s consistency, there’s construction something is being built. And if you keep at it, brick by brick, day by day, showing up again and again, you can build something that reaches the sky. Consistency when you’re excited. Consistency when you’re numb. It’s not based on feelings it’s rooted in discipline and intentionality.

Because here’s the truth: you can’t build and then decide to chill. On the days you don’t show up to tend your building, guess who does? The devil. “While men slept, the enemy came and sowed tares.” (Matthew 13:25) He didn’t sow them while they were awake they would’ve rebuked him. He waited until they slacked off.Brethren, consistency will give you speed and results. Don’t sleep on it.

Number four: Beware of the flesh.

Read this one twice abeg! You cannot do a God-thing in the flesh. You just can’t.The reality is, because you’re human, the flesh will try to creep in, it will. But you must constantly subject it to the Spirit. And this doesn’t happen by accident. It requires intentional, daily surrender.

Let me beg you again. If you carry out a divine assignment in the flesh, you will stain the entire work with your own weaknesses, emotions, and vulnerabilities. There will be moments when anger rises, when frustration brews, when you’re tempted to clap back or quit. There’s a tug-of-war between Spirit and flesh in those moments and the Spirit man must win.What about temptations? What about heart issues, bitterness, pride, insecurity?They will come. And if you respond in the flesh, you risk not only destroying what you’re building, but also wounding those building with you and harming those in the building.

The flesh says “ME”, The Spirit says “US.”The flesh wants to see you fall. The Spirit wants to see you rise and rise stronger. Flesh is a thorn. The Spirit is a soothing balm. All these things are important to learn and apply in order for us to build lasting and impactful kingdom organisations and ministries. Anyhooo, let’s continue tomorrow as l teach you things I’ve learnt in the 4 years of MPG! I love you and I’m excited about the 5th year! I know Yielded will also grow in the same manner!

I hope you learnt something. ❤️