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Happy Monday, my Yielded People! Another week, another chance to occupy. One of the things we must be conscious of is this, we can be excited about the new year, jump around with new diaries, hang new calendars but if nothing changes in our routines, schedules, or how we manage our time and resources, nothing will truly change. We might end up having a 2025 in 2026! God forbid. Today, I want us to talk about occupying through resilience.

Resilience is the ability to recover, bounce back, adapt, and keep moving forward in the face of challenges and setbacks. A resilient person can persevere through difficulties expected to crash their mental or emotional state. It is a muscle of inner strength.

Resilience is not built overnight. You may start off as someone who gives up quickly, waits for others to beg you to show up, or loses interest easily, but through life’s challenges, you gradually learn to stand the test of time. Some people never occupy because they expected their business to make millions in one month, and when it didn’t, they gave up, they weren’t built to stand in the face of attacks and difficulties. This is one of the many reasons why many people have started 500 businesses and still failed. Occupying isn’t easy in marriage either, but many persevere through the everyday challenges of building, growing, and standing firm. You cannot occupy if you cannot master how to bounce back from setbacks.

You get up even when you didn’t make a profit yesterday. No one booked your services, but you still post again. Nobody bought your merchandise, but you’re up early creating marketing strategies. They said no the whole year? Okay, resilience means we rise again and knock again. For all the interviews you didn’t get even one job? No problem, we bounce back and apply again. You’re back on indeed, linked in, sending the cvs out. Cast the net again, you are not the only one who has faced disappointments. If you give up, nobody will know what you could’ve been, where you could’ve been, or with whom you could’ve been.

“Oh, but I’m crumbling.” I understand, maybe not fully since we all take things differently, it can feel too heavy but if you don’t bounce back, nothing will change. You will just be known as one who failed, and I refuse that for you, eh. It takes resilience to not plan to end your life after bleeding for twelve years. She surely got weak. Surely she had days when she wanted to die. Surely she missed being in community with others. Twelve years of stagnation. Twelve years of unanswered questions. Twelve years of pain. Twelve years of spending money with no gain. Twelve years of trying every strategy in the book, yet still resiliently holding on, believing that one day, as she knocked, the door would open.

It’s been five years, yes but there is prophecy over me, and Scripture says we must contend for prophecy. It may not look like I’m the one my apostle declared a word over. It may not look like I’m the one with all the certificates. It may not look like people even care. But if you are resilient, you will break through when you least expect it to. Perez! We will even ask you, how did you breakthrough?!

There are people who always seem to live in stress. Every time you speak to them, they are either giving up or planning to. Always on the edge, always complaining, always comparing themselves with others, until you can almost predict what the call will be about. There is no perseverance and no resilience. Yet what did it take for Jesus to accomplish what He did for us at the cross and restore us to our rightful place as children of God? He endured the first lash, just as painful as the second, the third, and the thirty-ninth. He did not stop halfway. Scripture says, “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame” (Hebrews 12:2). He endured! He is resiliently stayed on His course to fulfill prophecy and save us.

When we choose resilience, we are declaring to the devil that we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved. The Israelites complained at almost every stop of their journey, so much so that they appointed a leader to take them back to Egypt. An inability to remain resilient often leads us back to old habits and old slavery, not because bondage is better, but because freedom requires endurance. And so many choose Pharaoh’s whips over the wilderness that leads to liberty, simply because holding on feels harder. Then there’s Samson, he’s in pain, lost everything but in resilience he said

Then Samson called to the Lord, saying, ‘O Lord God, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just once more, O God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes.’Judges 16:28 (NKJV)

I know I don’t have eyes anymore but put my hands on the pillars. I know they shaved my head and they are laughing at me but just lead me to the pillars. I know they think they have destroyed me but I will pray again. I know I’m heartbroken by Delilah, a woman l fell in love with and hoped she would love me too, my heart is bleeding but I still have a mouth, let me pray. I know I’m in the worst state, I’m weak and weary but l will speak to my God. Not even heartbreak should make you quit!

I came to tell us in this new week, be resilient. When you fall, rise again. When you get hurt, wear the bandage and move forward. Sometimes you’d need to limp or walk slower than before. When discouragement comes, like David, encourage yourself in the Lord. You kill the panic attacks , you kill the anxiety. You do not have to commit suicide. You do not have to turn to alcohol or drugs. You can hold on until you birth your child, until the promise manifests. Whatever life throws at you, pause, catch your breath, and arise again.

People of God, as we occupy, do business, and invest, let us also learn the ways of resilience. The life of a bed of roses and chocolates is there but it’s not everyday. Sometimes it’s a bed of thorns but you lay there trusting God for a better tomorrow. I love you’se.

There was a season when a wind of “we will take over nations” blew strongly in the Pentecostal Church, especially among the youth who were trusting God for elevation, whether in ministry or in the work of their hands. It was a powerful sound for sure, full of faith and expectation, full of fire and zeal. With time, however, that wind seemed to cool off. The prayer itself was/is never wrong. In all truth, it is a good and biblical prayer. Children of God are called to influence, to lead, and to shape nations. Scripture tells us,

“For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope, the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.” Romans 8:19–22 NLT

Not to be sarcastic but many people who have prayed this prayer do not have passports. Some may believe they will teleport like Philip. Mind you, it happened once and it was for a short time that he taught the eunuch baptised him and continued the work. As for you and l? We will fly into cities and the authorities with demand for a passport. Nobody is saying you won’t take over nations but how will you get there if you eat your passport money every weekend at KFC. How will you take over nations if you won’t pass by the airport or the boarder? “Ah this year we will take over Europe!” Europe is not next door. It’s not the walk to the shops where you buy airtime and please believe me, I’m not being sarcastic. I’m actually saying faith without works is dead.

Another challenge is not the destination, but the process. You want to take over Africa but in your city or country you have not even won ONE soul. You dodge evangelism. I wrote about occupying through soul winning on Wednesday please look into it. Many want dominion without discipline, influence without instruction, and authority without accountability. We desired crowns but resisted training. We prayed for nations, yet neglected character, consistency, and competence. So which nations are we gonna take over and occupy without first being equipped to? Just name one.

God does not give nations to intentions; He gives them to the prepared. Prepared thoroughly. Do we suppose these nations are vacant? They are not. The Israelites were going to take over Canaan but there were people living in Canaan. Their journey to Canaan was prolonged do we know why? They were not prepared for war. Occupying nations will be war. If you can’t fight off sleep to pray , nations na your mate? You yawn 57 times during prayer and you will now say “This year? Watch the space!” No we won’t watch anything, leave us alone 😂

No better example than Israel. Israel did not teleport to Canaan , people of God. They travelled, they journeyed. They had to eat unusual food, grow in faith, see water come out from a rock , receive the commandments, all this is on a journey to occupy. It was literally on a trip. They had to experience all that so that when they finally step into their place of occupancy, they are not only ready to drive out other people but they can still be called a people of God. Do you know how many people are crying for nations who aren’t built in God? They get there and join the Canaanites in dark practises to their gods. Mind you, many died on their way to occupy nations. Match your zeal with understanding.

“Occupy till I come.” Luke 19:13 (KJV)

There are nations surely waiting for you. Please believe me. Some people need to kill pride. You only want to go to nations as a big man / woman but sometimes you go as a missionary. Nobody knows you. You are serving. You go a few days and scout the land and check out how the businesses are run there. Check out your competitors. Okay , since you want to take over nations, do you know more than five countries ? No. If your vision is that big, keep it before your eyes. Who has noticed that offices of big people have a world globe 🌍 photo or the globe itself on a table?

As of now you may not even know that God will send you to India but you don’t know the four continents 😂 I’m kidding. But keep the vision before you. Start calling out the nations one by one. Kenya, I come to you in the Name of Jesus, open your cities for my business. Nigeria I go through your borders with the good news of Jesus Christ. Australia, the earth is the Lords, I enter your gates with my business idea, in you l will occupy land and build up my home. You are not there yet but you are speaking it , you have the map, the passport, the word, the faith, the diligence, you are serving where you are, tell me why you won’t make it?

I’m trying to get us to understand that prayer is beautiful. We must first take over in the spirit. But if you don’t put things in place, God won’t send you to any nation because you will join them there. You will be much safer in Johannesburg because if He sends you to America and you see Delilah’s Damsels, you have not dealt with lust, you will go there with the gospel and come back sounding like you never ever believed. You will come back asking to re dedicate your life to Jesus.

What’s the first thing you need to have? In business, ministry, career? Your passport. Some people will be called for business meeting abroad , it’s part of their vision board but how they will get there, I don’t know. Maybe an eagle will come and flyyyy them there 😂 then they land on a nest with their suitcase. Put things in order. Learn. Grow. Build capacity. Make friends in other countries! You see this one? You need it. Connect with people in other countries as well. Jesus did not only preach in the temple. He was going from city to city.

I hope we understood . The light of the world is not a battery lamp that shuts down after 5 hrs of use, you must burn continually. Nations are waiting for you, are you ready? See you on Monday, I love you 💕

“The kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High.” Daniel 7:27

It’s Worship Wednesday! I trust you’re all doing well. This is our midweek check-in , how are you?How’s your mind? How’s your heart? Are you at peace, or do you need prayer? Let me know in the comments. Today I want us to talk about occupying through soul-winning.

I’ve shared many ways we can occupy, but as I was meditating about what to focus on today on my list, this one stood out for me. Some people thought we would occupy through many other things except this, but I’m telling you, this is one of the most important ways we fulfil the mandate of God. Soul-winning is the heart of God, yet many don’t know this… or don’t care. How many souls did you win in 2025?

“Oh, I didn’t have time.” But you had time for WhatsApp, Instagram and endless scrolling? Nowadays, you can win souls even online. So today we are not talking excuses , we are talking solutions. You must occupy through soul-winning. The Great Commission was not given to a special group; it was given to the entire Church. Jesus said, “Go and make disciples of all nations.”

Matthew 28:19–20 (NLT)

“Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always,

That means if God has given you ten cities, you occupy them by bringing people in those cities to Christ. We must be a light in Zimbabwe as much as we are in South Africa. You should have fruit in every place God connects you to. When I started learning about soul-winning, I realised how much pride we often have. “I’m shy to talk about Jesus on the streets.” You’re shy of the One who saved you from sin?

I don’t teach self-made doctrine, but I will say this, if you don’t even have one soul that you’ve led to Christ, you are behaving like the servant who buried his talent. Your excitement for conferences versus your laziness for evangelism shows it. Your hunger for sermons about personal success but not for how to win souls proves it. Your burning desire for a spouse but not even one desire to bring someone to Christ shows it. Your prayer lists , 12 prayer points, a vision board, full of money, influence and promotion yet not one prayer saying, “Lord, help me win souls” , shows it. This year must be different.

“But many of the people who heard their message believed it, so the number of men who believed now totalled about 5,000.”

Acts of the Apostles 4:4 NLT

If I don’t tell you these hard truths, then all the “I love you” I say to you means nothing. I love you too much to let you live like everything is fine when souls are perishing. People are waiting for you to speak, to pray, to lead them to Christ. “But people are difficult.” So are you , and God still saved you. If you still have excuses, then why should God give you influence, wealth and platforms? Why, if it won’t be for Kingdom advancement?

The disciples left everything to fish for men. They left boats and nets, took their skills to the field because some people assume that soul winning is for people with nothing to do, no jobs, no education, so they sit with their degrees and refuse to join the labourers. Many people want to use their gifts only for money and applause, but God gave you those gifts so that souls can be saved. People of God, let us wake up.

Intentionally join others when they go out to win souls. Let it become part of your calendar. Let it become part of your vision board. This year I will occupy through evangelism. I will win such and such a number of souls and help them find a good church where they can be discipled. Yesterday I got a voice message from one of my sisters and she was sooooo excited and happy about a soul she won from the kingdom of darkness. Someone who was a priestess of the enemy. Someone who was connecting people to the dead , she came to Christ through this one lady! Tell me if that’s not something to be happy about! She has literally, literally brought in one soul who could’ve led many astray.

The person you win, you may not know the kind of damage they were gonna do in the lives of maybe 5000 people. Simon the sorcerer is one of them. He was brought to the fold after deceiving an entire nation. Refer the book of Acts for this story.

The light of the world must shine. The salt of the earth must not lose its saltiness. This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine. Not in my room. In the world. Your light must shine. Some people don’t even know you are a believer? Ah! How will you occupy then? This year I don’t want friends who are not winning souls! No. I need people who are very serious about this commission. The bible already says the labourers are a few, why don’t we join them and gather harvest for Jesus. Part of my friendship criteria now 😂 will be, are you a soul winner? 😂

I’m committing to reading books this year on how to win souls. I will learn it with the same passion I learn everything else, because soul-winning is not optional , it is mandated. All these gatherings we attend, all these events and conferences , if the purpose is not to transform believers and win the lost, then we are just gathering for vibes. Please don’t invite me if this is not your purpose. That is why this year I am saying, we will occupy nations through the Great Commission. We will take up space. We will occupy. We will fish for men in our streets, in our cities, and in other parts of the world. We are not maintaining steeze while people are perishing in sin. Selah

Make up your mind today. . I love you, see you on Friday for part 2. Yes I will write it until we get it!❤️

Sooooo, imagine you are driving past a beautiful, big house. It is everything you have ever dreamed of breathtaking, perfect, exactly how you envisioned your future home. You stop and realise it is vacant. At the gate there is an agent’s sign, “To rent or buy, call this number.” But instead of calling, you decide to break in and move in because you saw it in a vision and you believe it is yours ( me at Aspen Hills) 😂

Do you know what would happen?

You would be arrested. You might even rot in jail. Did God give you a vision for a house? Yes. Is the house vacant? Yes. Did you occupy it the right way? No. They would say ,”But we left a number at the gate to help you with the process of occupying legally. If you had reached out, we would have helped you.” So then having a vision does not cancel process. Having a burning desire to occupy does not cancel the righteousness needed to occupy.

When you read Scripture, you will never find God encouraging cheating in order to occupy. There is no verse that teaches fraud, witchcraft, manipulation, or demonic assistance in order to arrive at a God-given destination. Not this generation that wants to occupy through divination. Not this generation that forces marriage through oils, spells, or dark spiritual practices. Not this generation that testifies “God did it” after using occult power. Not this generation that wants to occupy through violence, corruption, and bloodshed.

You want to occupy? Then occupy God’s way. The prophet didn’t say to the woman , “Go steal the jars. Steal a lot.” He said ,”Go and borrow.” Meaning you may not have the jars but if you ask those who have, you will get them. Ask them don’t threaten them or cheat or steal from them.

There are tenants who live in someone else’s house and refuse to pay rent. They are occupying but illegally. Zeal to occupy is not permission to steal. Desire is not a license to disobey. Believers do not just occupy. We occupy where God wants. How God wants. With whom God wants. We do not break laws or partner with the devil. We do not partner with demons to accomplish purpose. We do not build God’s promises with Satan’s tools.

“Dishonest business practices are something Yahweh truly hates, but He delights when we use accurate and honest standards.” Proverbs 11:1 (TPT)

You can shout, “It’s my year to occupy!” but also ask yourself, Am I doing this God’s way? Does this please the Lord? Occupying is not by all means, it is by God’s means. You cannot poison your boss, take his position, then come testify. You cannot spread lies to get a promotion. You cannot manipulate a person into marriage. You cannot compromise holiness to gain territory. Using sin to occupy is wrong. You can’t sleep around to travel the world then say you have taken over ten cities. No you haven’t! Eh The cities have taken over you 😂

Using deception to occupy is wrong.Using any spirit other than the Holy Spirit is wrong. Why do we occupy? For the purposes of the Kingdom. God is not glorified by structures built outside His design. Marriages built on lies cannot glorify Him. Businesses built on fraud cannot glorify Him. Success built on compromise cannot glorify Him. So as we occupy this year, let us do it the right way: With integrity. With the right paperwork. With honesty in business. With faithfulness at work. With the Holy Spirit as our only source. With diligent seeking in prayer, fasting and the word. Don’t rush the process and end up doing things the wrong way okay? Ok sharp. See you tomorrow .

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