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Suddenly Prophetic

This document introduces a book dedicated to exploring the prophetic flow and aims to make the concept of prophecy accessible to all believers. The author shares personal experiences and insights, emphasizing that anyone can prophesy and that the prophetic gift is not limited to a select few. The book seeks to demystify the prophetic, encouraging readers to embrace their ability to hear from God and prophesy in a simple and practical manner.

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Suddenly Prophetic

This document introduces a book dedicated to exploring the prophetic flow and aims to make the concept of prophecy accessible to all believers. The author shares personal experiences and insights, emphasizing that anyone can prophesy and that the prophetic gift is not limited to a select few. The book seeks to demystify the prophetic, encouraging readers to embrace their ability to hear from God and prophesy in a simple and practical manner.

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SUDDENLY
PROPHETIC
Everyone in the prophetic flow
(Prophetic for dummies)​
PS: You are not a dummy o abeg.

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DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to the angel that saved me


during my days on the mountain. I promised that I
will tell his story to the world. I have begun in my
other writings. This is a further attempt at fulfilling
my promise.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE................................................................. 5
EVERYONE CANNOT PROPHESY........................11
YOU WERE BORN HEARING GOD........................ 29
WHY DID YOU DOUBT?........................................ 39
PROPHETIC TOOL KITS....................................... 49
RUSTY BLADES, BROKEN HANDLES.................. 54
FINDING YOUR DEFAULT..................................... 59
ACTIVATIONS 1.................................................... 77
PROPHESY SON OF MAN.................................... 87
TRAINING GROUNDS: PRACTISING THE
PROPHETIC IN A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT...... 92
YOU WILL MISS O!................................................99
CONCLUSION..................................................... 102
THE REAL........................................................... 106

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PREFACE

I know once you see the title, you will say I like
trouble. Especially if you are Nigerian and know of
my track record with this title and the crooners of it.
You are not wrong. I like trouble. I think this is why
God called me in the first place. I think God needed
someone who liked trouble.
I know what you think. I know you think, ‘this boy
has not seen any trouble in this life, that is why he is
saying this rubbish’. But you do not know my life,
neither do you know the things my eyes have seen.
I am a young man who has lived a very ‘eventful’
life. However, I am happy that you think I do not
know trouble. It pays me that you underestimate
me.

I hate to admit it, but this book is not about trouble


at all. At all.
Okay, not about the trouble you are expecting it to
be about.

Trust me.

I did not write this book lightly. My aim is that— if


the prophetic power and move of God were ever
lost in a generation, if a person could but lay their

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hands on this material— the Prophetic flow will
erupt again.

If you have kids, younger ones, or anyone at all that


you strongly desire to see walk in the prophetic, this
is a great book for them.

This is about something else…

…another kind of trouble.

The propheTHICK kind.

Let me just start this book already.

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Before we start, how did the idea come?

I had already started working on a manual about


the prophetic. Actually, I had written something
called Practical Prophetic and shared it with just a
few people. Later, I put it up on Sellar, hoping that
somehow, people would stumble across it and grab
a copy. But honestly? Deep down, I knew I still
wanted to write another book—something that truly
felt like me.

I wanted to create something simple and practical,


something that made all the seemingly complicated
ideas around the prophetic so easy to grasp,
something you could pick up on the go—no fancy
tools, no deep theological jargon, no stress. Just
the basics. That’s really the heart of my
life—simplicity.

I believe God is simple. His life isn’t complicated,


and walking with Him is not meant to be hard. I
know this for sure because I have seen the Lord.
He’s straightforward, kind, and easy to please—just
have faith. That’s it. No drama. Even when He gives
you an assignment, He doesn’t leave you stranded;
He equips you and stays close until you get it done.
It’s a stress-free relationship. That’s the God I met.
That’s the God I fell head over heels in love with.

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And everything I do now is about sharing that
beautiful, simple relationship with anyone willing to
listen.

At first, I was writing slowly, casually. But then, my


dear friend, Apostle Sijibomi Jayeoba, called me.
His words lit a fire under me. He said:

"MJ, write. Even if you make mistakes, write. Don't try


to sound like someone else. Be yourself. Write about
the charismatic ministry. Write about the prophetic.
You know it well. Share it. You can always fix
mistakes later. Just write."

It wasn’t just advice; it was a prophetic word. And if


you know me, you know this one thing about me—I
don’t joke with prophecy! Right then, I decided, no
more dragging my feet. It was time to aggressively
write.

As for the title, the cover art, the release date... well,
that’s just my mischievous side having some fun.
Nothing too deep, unless you want to make a big
deal of it. In that case, you might just need this
book to learn how to survive people like me.

In simple terms:​
This book is my humble attempt to bring a precious

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gift of the Holy Spirit—the prophetic—out of the
thick fog of mystery with which many have veiled it,
and put it right into the hands of everyday believers.
I truly believe that every born-again Christian should
be able to prophesy. It’s not a ‘special-people-only’
thing. I believe that when we don’t regularly
prophesy, we’re short-changing ourselves and the
church of something vital for edification.

My words will be simple, yet powerful, like I talk in


real life.​
No pressure to impress you with big grammar. Just
love, truth, and a passionate heart. ​
Please accept it—and me—with love.

Get ready to be activated. Welcome to the God-side


of life.

Let's dive in.

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Part One
Old Truths, New Stories.

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CHAPTER 1

EVERYONE CANNOT PROPHESY

That’s what I believed for a very long time. But, you


know how God’s word can be—you’re there feeling
wise, and then boom! One verse later, you realize
you didn’t know anything at all. Seriously, I was
humbled.

It turns out, anyone can prophesy. Not everyone is


doing it, but almost anyone could. Yeah! You, me,
your neighbor, that choir member who is always
off-key. Just about anyone.

But hey! Before we speed off into the deep end of


this chapter, let’s have a little moment to do an
exercise. Trust me, it’ll help.

Here’s what I want you to do (and no, you’re not too


cool for this). Put one hand on your chest. Then
place the other hand gently on your head. (Yes, yes,
go ahead. Nobody’s watching.)

Now, say this out loud with me:

"I believe God. I believe His word. I take His word


above anything else—above what any Apostle,
Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor, or Teacher says,

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especially if what is said contradicts the word of
God. If I see it in the Bible, I agree fully, no questions
asked. I’m willing to let go of any old ideas, no matter
how attached I was to them. God’s word is final, and
it’s more than enough for me!"

If you said that—and listen, I’m cheering you on


from here—then congratulations! You’re ready to
roll with me. Some of the things you’re about to
read might stretch you a little, but no fear. We’re
sticking with the Bible all the way.

There’s one story in the Bible that gets me every


single time I read it. And honestly, I think it’s the
perfect place to kick off this book.​
Saul—yes, the Saul who eventually became Israel’s
first King. He was out looking for his father’s
missing donkeys. Simple errand, right? Well, not
quite.

They kept moving from settlement to settlement,


trying to track down these donkeys. And by the time
they reached a place called Zuph (which, judging by
the context, was very far from where they started),
they decided it was time to try something else:

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"Let’s find a prophet," they said, "maybe he can help
us locate the donkeys."

Now, pause for a moment. Think about that.

These guys genuinely believed that a prophet could


help them find the missing animals. That says a lot
about how people back then viewed prophets, or
“seers,” as they were called back then. They
believed prophets had access to something— some
divine insight—that could help locate things that
others couldn’t see. They knew a prophet could
navigate the path to lost things, or even cause
missing things to show up.

And honestly, I can relate.

A quick personal story:​


Years ago, before the SWAT Nations Church even
started, I was heading to a training session with a
pastor. It wasn’t just me; about 10 of us were to
gather at his house. Now, I missed the bus that was
to take us straight there (don’t judge me), and I had
to start hopping from one public vehicle to another.

At some point, I reached a place where no public


transit vehicles could go any further because it was
a gated estate, and it was my first time there. I tried

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calling my friends, but no one picked up (they were
already in class with the pastor). So there I was,
standing on this random road, not knowing where
to turn. But then, I used something I had practiced
for years: A method by the Spirit of God that literally
guided me, like an invisible hand, straight to the
front door of the house. No map, no call, no asking
strangers, just divine navigation. And this didn’t
happen because I am a prophet. It happened
because I learned how God works, and how to lean
into that flow for remarkable results.

Okay, back to Saul.

When Saul and his servant finally found the prophet


Samuel, Samuel wasn’t surprised at all. He told Saul
that he had been expecting him since the day
before! Then Samuel told him he was going to be
King, anointed him, and even gave him a few signs
to note—signs that would happen immediately after
they left him.

Let’s take a closer look at all that happened next.

1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon


his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because
the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his
inheritance?

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2 When thou art departed from me to day, then thou
shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the
border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto
thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are
found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the
asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do
for my son?

3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and


thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall
meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one
carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves
of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves
of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.

5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where


is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to
pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou
shalt meet a company of prophets coming down
from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and
a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall
prophesy:

6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and
thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned
into another man.

(1st Samuel 10:1-6 King James Version )

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One thing I really love about this story is the
wording. It didn’t say “Saul became a prophet.” I’m
so glad it didn’t say that. What prophet Samuel
actually told Saul was, “You shall prophesy with
them, and be turned into a new man.” You shall
prophesy with them. A few verses later, when
people saw Saul prophesying, they were shocked.
They said, “What is this that has come upon the son
of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

In other words, Saul was prophesying—but he


wasn’t even a prophet.

And there’s something beautiful tucked inside that


moment:​
It shows us that ordinary people can perform in
such a way that when other ordinary people look at
them, they’ll say, “This is extraordinary!”

And that—That right there—That’s my goal for you.

Few things stunt our progress in the things of the


spirit like wrong knowledge. You may be a ‘prayer
machine’; however, if you have the wrong
knowledge, you will not be able to manifest the
things of God as fluidly as you should. If knowledge
is missing, every effort will be unnecessarily
laborious. See what the bible says.

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‘The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know
the way to the city.’

(Ecclesiastes 10:15 English Standard Version)

‘My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:


because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also
reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing
thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also
forget thy children.’

(Hosea 4:6 King James Version)

I am convinced, and I do not say this lightly, that


when Scripture speaks of “lack of knowledge,” it is
not merely referring to the absence of information.
No, it runs deeper than that. Sometimes, the
greatest threat is not ignorance by emptiness, but
ignorance by pollution. It is when the knowledge
available is false, impure, and corrupted. This, I
believe with all my heart, is one of the greatest
crises confronting the Body of Christ in our time.

We are a generation flooded with information, yet


starved of truth. We have more teachers than ever
before, yet fewer fathers who truly steward the
mysteries of Christ. We have confused visibility with

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authenticity. We have mistaken sincerity for
accuracy. We have equated popularity with truth.

But beloved, let it be said plainly: A man may be


popular and still be profoundly wrong. A teacher
may be sincere, yet sincerely misguided. A preacher
may speak passionately, yet not according to divine
revelation. Sincerity does not authenticate a
message.

The Word of God does.

The Lord is calling His people to maturity. A


maturity that does not judge by the seeing of the
eyes, nor by the hearing of the ears, but by
righteous judgment. He is calling His people to a
maturity that tests every spirit, that weighs every
doctrine on the scale of the Word.

We must learn, urgently and deliberately, to


separate the personality of a man from the purity of
the message he brings. We must not allow
ourselves to be trapped by preferences. We must
rise above the emotional attachments that make us
idolize vessels, instead of honoring the Voice of the
Spirit.

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Some of us are so accustomed to certain
temperaments that we discard truth when it comes
in unfamiliar packages. A man who speaks softly
and calmly may win our ears, even if he preaches
error. Another who speaks boldly and fiercely may
repel us, even when he carries the word of life, but
we must grow beyond the shallows of fleshly
preferences. We must ask, with hearts trembling
before God: "Is this consistent with the eternal
counsel of Scripture?" "Is this what God has truly
said?"

If it is, no matter how uncomfortable it makes us,


no matter how unfamiliar it feels, we must bow our
hearts in submission to the truth. To resist the
Word of the Lord simply because of our biases is to
resist the Lord Himself.

It is heartbreaking to observe that we, the


redeemed ones, those in whom the Spirit of Truth
dwells, sometimes behave as if we have no
discernment. We are sometimes swayed by the
glitter of charisma. We are impressed by the
swelling words of empty pride. We are tossed to
and fro by every new wave of teaching that sweeps
across the landscape of Christian popular culture.

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Christ did not die to leave us infants. He died to
make us sons—sons who are led by the Spirit and
not by emotions. He died to make us sons who are
anchored in the Word, not the wisdom of men.

Beloved, it must be said without apology: The fact


that an idea is prevalent online does not mean it
carries the breath of God. The fact that it is
accepted by many does not mean it is sanctioned
by Heaven.

We must return. We must repent. We must once


again become students of the Scriptures. We must
search the Word diligently, as those who seek
hidden treasure. We must test every doctrine, every
prophetic utterance, every trending opinion against
the revealed Word of God. And where the ideas fall
short, we must be bold enough, humble enough,
and loyal enough to Christ to reject them, no matter
who taught them.

We must seek to be saturated with God's thoughts,


until His voice becomes louder to us than the voice
of culture, tradition, and popularity. Only then shall
we walk in the liberty that Christ has called us into.
Only then shall we be free indeed.

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Now, having laid this foundation of truth and
urgency, let us move forward. Let us open the
Scriptures and examine two more powerful
witnesses—two pieces of evidence written in the
Word that will further anchor and solidify our
understanding.

28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will


pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and
your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall
dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
(Joel 2:28)

16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet


Joel; 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days,
saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh:
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions, and your old
men shall dream dreams:

(Acts 2:16-17)

"Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy."


These are not the words of a mere man. This is not
a teacher's speculation, nor a zealous preacher's

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ambition. This is the decree of the Almighty God
Himself.

Prophecy is not reserved for an elite few. It is not


the exclusive right of a special class of believers.
No, beloved. It is the inheritance of everyone. Yes,
everyone who has been born of the Spirit!​
Everyone!

This is not my opinion. This is the undiluted,


unchanging, unstoppable truth of God’s Word. But
there is something even more sobering that shakes
me every time I think about it. God did not say, "your
sons and daughters may prophesy," or "your sons
and daughters could possibly prophesy if they meet
certain elite standards."

No.

He said, "they shall." They shall!

In the mouth of the Living God, “shall” is a seal. It is


a signature. It is a verdict. It is a final judgment.

If you are born again, hear me: you have either


already prophesied without realizing it, or you are
on a sure collision course with the prophetic river.
You have no choice in the matter.

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None!

It is your right. It is your destiny. It is the will of the


Father concerning you.

Oh! I pray your heart can hear what the Spirit is


saying.

The day this truth struck me, it felt like lightning in


my bones. I had read it before.​
I had heard it taught before, but on that day, the
scales fell from my eyes. I saw it clearly, not with
the eyes of flesh, but with the eyes of the spirit: "I
will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons
and daughters shall prophesy..."

Arrrrgh!

That moment became a turning point in my walk


with the Lord. Because if God has said it, it must be
true. It is impossible for God to lie.

And then—oh, how precious this is to me. God


began to show me real-life confirmations. Simple,
undeniable evidence of His faithfulness to His
word.

Many times, my little son Elyon—who at the time of


writing this is just four years old—has prophesied

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with a precision that has left me in holy awe. Yes, a
child, full of energy, often singing along to
Cocomelon or caught up in the adventures of Paw
Patrol. Yet, out of that tender frame, with the
background noise of cartoons, would come sudden
utterances of piercing prophetic accuracy.

Many times, he would turn to me or to his mother


and casually declare, "So-and-so person is coming to
the house today." No effort. No ceremony. No
fanfare. Just childlike spontaneity. And sure
enough, like the clockwork of Heaven, that person
would arrive exactly as he had said. Not once, not
twice, but again and again and again.

How could such a small boy operate with such


spiritual clarity?​
How could a child who has never spent a day
“pressing in” to the prophetic, who has never fasted
for days on end or prayed in tongues for hours,
speak with such accuracy?

The answer is simple. It is because God said it.


"Your sons and daughters shall prophesy." And God
cannot lie. It is not Elyon's expertise. It is not his
effort.​
It is not his discipline. It is simply the inheritance of
the Spirit poured out upon all flesh.

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And I believe God.

I believe Him beyond my feelings. I believe Him


beyond my traditions. I believe Him above the
testimony of my senses. If God said it, then it is
forever true. Nothing will change it. Nothing can
cancel it.

"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words


shall not pass away." (Matthew 24:35)

I have staked my life on the Word of God. And I


invite you, precious reader, to do the same. Before
we end this chapter, this unveiling of truth, let me
lead you into something holy, something simple, yet
sacred.

(Stay with me.)

16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet


Joel; 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days,
saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh:
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions, and your old
men shall dream dreams:

(Acts 2:16-17)

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"In the last days," says God, "I will pour out my Spirit
upon all flesh." And true to His word, He did exactly
that. On the day of Pentecost, recorded in Acts
chapter 2, the Spirit of God was poured out, without
measure, without hesitation, upon all who believed.

When Peter stood up to speak to the bewildered


crowd that day, he was not initiating a new
prophecy. No. He was announcing the fulfillment of
an ancient one. He was simply commenting on
what had already been done by God Himself. In
(Acts 2:16), He stood there, filled with boldness by
the very Spirit that had been poured out, and said:

"What you are seeing is not the madness of men,


neither is it the drunkenness of the flesh. What you
are witnessing is the fulfillment of prophecy. This is
that which was spoken by the prophet Joel."

Peter was making a simple but profoundly


important statement:​
“What you see happening is because the Spirit has
been released.”

How desperately we must learn this divine lesson:


We must keep out of the equation anything that
God did not put in. Peter did not say, "This
outpouring happened because we fasted for 40

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days." He did not say, "This power came because we
tarried long enough to impress Heaven."​
No! He said no such thing.

Peter pointed to one thing, and one thing only: The


fulfillment of God’s promise. It was not their
prayers that birthed the Spirit. It was not their
fasting that manufactured the Spirit. It was the
sheer, unstoppable, covenant faithfulness of God
that did it. The Spirit came because the Father had
promised it. The Spirit came because Jesus had
ascended and requested it on behalf of His church,
not because the disciples earned it, not because
they deserved it.

Oh! that the Church today would return to this


simplicity. How much needless striving would
cease! How much self-imposed guilt would be
silenced! How much more glory would we witness
if we simply learned to believe what God has
already done?

Hear me, child of God: The Holy Ghost has been


poured out already. You are not waiting for Heaven
to pour Him out again. You are not trying to twist
God's arm through endless fasting and striving.

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No.​
He has already been released. The Spirit has been
given, and His ministry is ongoing.

We are not beggars knocking on a locked door. We


are heirs walking through a door that has already
been swung wide open by the blood of the Lamb.

Peter’s voice still echoes across the corridors of


time: "This is that!" This—what you see, what you
hear, what you feel—is the direct consequence of
the outpouring.

Nothing less. Nothing more.

Now, what is left? It is simply to believe. To receive.


To walk in the glorious, Spirit-soaked reality that
Heaven through Christ has already secured for us.
We are not striving to reach God. God has already
reached us. The Spirit has come. The Spirit is here.

Selah.

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CHAPTER 2

YOU WERE BORN HEARING GOD

Hear me: before you ever cried your first cry, before
you took your first step, you were designed by God
to hear Him. It is in your spiritual DNA. You were
wired for His voice, crafted for communion, and
shaped for fellowship.

This first part of the book is not just casual reading,


it’s a call, a holy reminder. I will spend time showing
you exactly what the Bible says about you — about
your ability to hear, to know, and to move with God.
Not later. Not someday. Now.

Why am I doing this? Two reasons: First, we must


build right. You cannot build a house of power on
the sand of wrong thinking. Before we learn the
how-tos, the activations, the prophetic exercises,
you must be reintroduced to your true self — the
version of you that heaven sees right now. Second, I
know strongholds are real. I know many of us have
picked up religious debris— old ideas that make
hearing God sound like climbing The Everest
blindfolded (boy! This is an impossible task). Some
have been taught that it’s only for the “special
ones.” Some others were taught that it takes 70

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days of fasting before God even clears His throat
toward them. Lies! Lies that need to be unlearned.

My prayer is that as you see the Word of God laid


plain before you, a holy fire will ignite inside you. I
pray that something stubborn and unbreakable will
rise up and say, “I refuse to settle for less than what
God has said about me.” And if embarrassment
helps you drop those old mindsets? So be it! We’ll
laugh about it together later.

You were born hearing God. You were born to


prophesy. You were born to walk the earth with the
voice of heaven whispering, roaring, and singing
inside you.

You are not an outsider. You are family. You were


born ready.

Let’s go.

The Evidence of Adam

26 And God said, Let us make man in our image,


after our likeness: and let them have dominion over
the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and
over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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27 So God created man in his own image, in the
image of God created he him; male and female
created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them,
Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and
subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl of the air, and over every living
thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb
bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth,
and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree
yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl
of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the
earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green
herb for meat: and it was so.
(Genesis 1:26-30 King James Version)

This is very interesting if you ask me. Think about it:


when God began the journey of creating man, He
started by talking. He spoke first! He said, “Let us
make man...” and then He made man.

But here’s the beautiful part: the moment man


showed up, fresh from the breath and hands of
God, the very next thing that happened was
conversation. God spoke to him! God blessed him!
He didn’t put Adam through some long spiritual
obstacle course. He didn’t say, “Fast for 40 days
first.” He didn’t say, “Climb a mountain to find Me.”

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He didn’t even wait for Adam to “mature” or
“ascend” before opening His mouth. No!

Hear this clearly: The very first gift man received


was the gift of hearing God’s voice. From the very
first second of existence, man was wired to hear
heaven. It wasn’t something Adam had to qualify
for, it was his default setting. Hearing God was not
a reward; it was part of his design. It was natural,
immediate, and effortless. And if that’s how it was
in the beginning, that’s the way God still intends it to
be. You were born to hear Him. You were never
meant to live deaf to heaven. Your Father’s first
instinct was to speak to you, bless you, and
welcome you into communion. Hearing God is not a
luxury. It’s your birthright. It’s your starting point. It’s
your normal.

So what if man sins?

The Cain Evidence

3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain


brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the
Lord.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his
flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect
unto Abel and to his offering:

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5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not
respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his
countenance fell.
6 And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth?
and why is thy countenance fallen?
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and
if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto
thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came
to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up
against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9 And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy
brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's
keeper?
10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of
thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
(Genesis 4:3-10 King James Version)

There are two things in this passage that always


make me pause and think — things you should
consider too. Let me point them out.

First, in verse 5, Cain gets upset. His heart starts


getting dark. He begins nursing offense and evil
thoughts against his brother. And yet, right there, in
the middle of his anger, he hears the voice of God.
Not after he repented or ‘got his heart right’, but
while he was upset.

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Sometimes, we make it seem like God ONLY speaks
after a long fast, or after the accomplishment of a
great feat. Here, Cain’s heart was in serious conflict
and in darkness. Yet, here HE HEARS GOD. It shows
that God does not only speak during our
VICTORIES, but even during our struggles.


That’s the first thing. That’s the first AMAZING
THING.

The second thing is even wilder. After Cain kills his


brother—yes! Full-blown murder—guess what
happens? He immediately hears God again! Heaven
still spoke! No long silent treatment before
conversation. No angel with a flaming sword driving
him away first.

God spoke!

Now, let’s sit with that for a second: There is no


record here of Abel, the “good boy” who offered the
acceptable sacrifice, hearing God.

The guy in this story who consistently hears God’s


voice is Cain. The messy one with an offended
heart, the one whose hands were bloody. And yet,
God still talked with him.

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Let that sink in.

Break down whatever religious walls you still have


standing. Tear up every idea that says you have to
be perfect before you can hear God. He speaks
even to the weak, the confused, the broken, the
angry, the flawed. He speaks because He is good,
not because we are perfect.

Hearing God is not a prize for good behavior.

It’s a lifeline for everyone willing to listen.

You know, this kills religious pride completely. It


shows clearly that even in Genesis, God operated
by grace.

"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that,


while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." —
(Romans 5:8 King James Version)

If you do not stand a chance of hearing God when


you sin, then it means you are lost forever. For the
voice of God is what calls us to repentance.

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The Evidence of Cornelius

1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called


Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian
band,
2 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his
house, which gave much alms to the people, and
prayed to God alway.
3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of
the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying
unto him, Cornelius.
4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and
said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy
prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial
before God.
5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one
Simon, whose surname is Peter:
6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house
is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou
oughtest to do.
(Acts 10:1-6 King James Version)

This one always gets me giggling every time— I


mean, it’s just too good!

Cornelius: Just a regular man. No religious titles, no


ordination service, no fancy prophetic training. Just
a man who loved God, talked to him, and gave
generously to people. And guess what? At this point
in his story, he hadn’t even received the gift of

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salvation. He wasn’t “born again” the way we know
it now.

But one random day, while minding his business,


doing his regular good deeds— boom! He gets a
full-blown vision. An angel shows up (no prior
booking, no warning text message) and delivers
instructions with blinding accuracy about where he
would find Apostle Peter. The angel didn’t stutter.​
He didn’t say “try your best” or “maybe you’ll find
him.” No, the vision was precise, sharp, pinpoint
accurate!

Boy! This is the life I live by the spirit of God! This is


the life of the believer.

Cornelius, with no prophetic ‘practice’ or years of


‘training his gift’, jumps straight from Level 1 to
Level 100, just like that! One moment he's praying
and giving alms, the next moment he's operating in
a realm that would leave even seasoned prophets
shaking their heads and taking notes.

Boy! I love God’s ways!

It shows us again that God is not stingy with


spiritual experiences. He’s not sitting up there
saying “Hmm… who has earned enough spiritual
points for a vision today?” He’s generous. He’s
willing. He’s eager to open up the supernatural to
those who simply position their hearts in love and
faith.

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If Cornelius could jump from zero to vision-level
accuracy without even being "born again," what
about you — blood-washed, Spirit-filled, child of
God?

You were born for this!

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CHAPTER 3

WHY DID YOU DOUBT?

As I conclude this part of the book, I need to clear


my mind of something that I believe everyone
needs to hear.

“And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou,


bid me come unto thee on the water.
And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down
out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to
Jesus.
But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid;
and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save
me.
And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and
caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith,
wherefore didst thou doubt?”

(Matthew 14:28-31 King James Version)

You know the story. Peter sees Jesus walking on


the water and expresses his desire to do the same.
That’s desire. Jesus responds with a single, loaded
word: “Come.” That’s the prophetic instruction.
Peter steps out of the boat— that’s faith in action.
And then, a miracle of miracles, he starts to walk on
water. That’s manifestation.

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Everything was aligned. Desire. Prophetic word.
Faith.​
Manifestation. The full combo.

And then, he starts to drown. Wait. What??

This is the part that should not happen. This story


should’ve ended with Peter dancing on the waves,
not sinking beneath them. He had everything going
for him. The desire, the word, the faith, the
manifestation, yet he still began to sink. That
breaks the formula, doesn’t it?

But here’s why I’m grateful for the honesty of


Scripture: the narrator doesn’t leave us hanging. He
tells us exactly what happened. The line is subtle,
but it’s everything. “But when he saw the wind
boisterous, he was afraid…” Boom! There it is. He
saw the wind. He was afraid. It wasn’t that the
power stopped working. It wasn’t that Jesus
withdrew his word. It wasn’t that Peter’s faith
disappeared. No! What broke the flow was what
Peter looked at.

That one verse has become a teacher to me. It’s


taught me that vision determines direction, not just
in the physical, but in the spirit. We know that 80%
of our sensory processing comes through sight, but
what many don’t realize is that faith, too, has a kind
of ‘sight.’ Yes, Scripture says that faith comes by
hearing, and that’s true. But faith is sustained by

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seeing. What you fix your inner eyes on, you
empower.

When God was going to stir the faith of Abraham,


He didn’t just talk. He showed him. “Look toward
the stars, count them if you can.” “Look at the sand
on the shore, so shall your descendants be.” He
gave Abraham something to see—something to
lock his vision onto so that his faith had an image
to hold.

That’s a prophetic key. What you see determines


how long you stand. If you see storms, you’ll fear. If
you see Jesus, you’ll walk on water. So the question
is: What are you looking at?

Because if your desire is right, and the word of the


Lord has gone ahead of you, and your faith has
taken the step, then the only thing that can interrupt
the flow is a shift in sight.

Now, I want you to notice the words God uses

"And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so


that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then
shall thy seed also be numbered." (Genesis 13:16
King James Version)

"That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I


will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and
as the sand which is upon the sea shore..." (Genesis

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22:17).​

"And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look


now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able
to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy
seed be." (Genesis 15:5).

God is a master communicator— He uses words


that paint pictures. When He spoke to Abraham, He
didn’t just drop heavy doctrine. He gave him
images: the dust of the earth, the sand on the
shore, the stars in the sky. Why? Because the
human heart is moved not just by logic but by
vision.

God’s words carry images. God’s images carry


emotion. And God’s emotions stir faith.

That is how God reaches us, not through the noise


of the world, but through inner pictures that evoke
trust, peace, and certainty. Equally, that is how fear
reaches us. Fear comes through twisted images—
images that whisper “what if it doesn’t work?” or
“what if I heard wrong?” or “what if I fail?”

Peter had everything he needed until he saw. That’s


all it took. The wrong image broke the flow.

This is why I believe discipleship is God’s strategy


for protecting prophetic clarity. Discipleship allows
us to see faith in motion. It lets us witness

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someone else’s walk on water so that our
imagination is baptized in possibility. Faith is
caught, not just taught, and discipleship plants the
right images in the soul.

The major issue the prophetic faces today isn’t just


poor teaching or spiritual laziness. It’s not even the
strange doctrines or counterfeit practices. The real
danger is the dominance of wrong images.

And when I say “the prophetic,” I don’t just mean


full-time prophets. I mean every single believer’s
ability to hear God with clarity, to flow with His
promptings in their daily lives, to walk in that
seamless, sweet rhythm of communion with Him.

Every believer has that capacity. You were born with


it. You were born again for it. But many are blocked
— not by sin or disqualification — but by influence.​
By images.

By movies, media, and well-meaning messages that


suggest you have to be strange, spooky, or near
death to hear God clearly. By subtle ideas that say
“God doesn’t speak that specifically anymore,” or
“He only speaks to special people.” Or worst of all,
by the testimonies of people who never saw power,
so they assume no one else can.

These images are quietly shaping how we engage


with God. And if the enemy can’t stop God from
speaking to you, he’ll try to distort what you expect

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to hear, or distort your confidence by telling you
that everyone who ‘hears God’ is playing parlor
tricks or is using black magic. If your inner eyes are
filled with fear-based pictures, then it is no wonder
why your spiritual perception feels blurry.

Let me say this boldly: It’s time to clear the screen.


Delete the old frames. Let the Word of God give you
fresh images. Let discipleship expose you to living
examples. Let your inner world be washed with
possibility and precision, because that’s how God
speaks.

And yes, you can hear Him.​


With clarity. With accuracy. And with joy.

Never forget that ‘the images’ we have around us


are creating the limiting experiences we have of the
prophetic.’

Let me tell you a story.

I grew up in a prophetic environment. Not just in


theory, but in living, breathing reality. Both my mum
and dad believed that God could be heard (and not
in a vague or abstract way), they believed He could
be heard with precision. It was normal in our home.
We didn’t just sing about it or debate it, we lived it.

One particular holiday, I was supposed to stay


home with my kid sister. Nothing unusual. We had
stayed home alone before. But that morning, as my

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mum was about to leave for work (having gotten us
ready for the day), she suddenly turned to us and
said, “Ah! I had a dream overnight. You people
cannot stay in this house today.”

That was it.​


No drama. No long explanation. Just a prophetic
knowing, and a mother’s swift obedience to the
voice of God.

She sent us to our uncle’s house, just a street away.


And that day—yes, that very same day—something
strange happened. By the time we returned home
later that afternoon, we noticed the atmosphere
was off. The door was ajar. The house had been
burgled. Robbers came in broad daylight and took
off with our property. The most painful part? My
dad had just bought us a Panasonic TV. It was
barely a month old.​

Gone!

But here’s the thing that still gives me chills: My


mum saw it. She had seen it in a dream. Not only
that— she saw the person responsible.

This is the world I was raised in. You can’t grow up


in a house like that and doubt the power of the
prophetic. You can’t witness that level of precision
and not believe that God speaks and that His voice
saves.

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You grow up knowing that the prophetic is not
hype. It’s not emotionalism. It’s not guesswork. It’s
real. It’s practical. It’s powerful and it protects.

What am I really saying in essence? Guard your eye


gates. Don’t treat your eyes like casual instruments.
Don’t let just anything pass through them.
Especially when it comes to the prophetic, be
deliberate. Be disciplined. Be discerning.

You see, what you constantly look at will eventually


shape what you believe is possible. The enemy
knows this. That’s why he works overtime, flooding
the world with false, exaggerated, fear-filled, and
powerless portrayals of the prophetic. Movies that
mock it. Stories that twist it. Teachings that reduce
it to superstition. If you keep feeding your eyes with
those kinds of images, it won’t be long before your
expectation of the prophetic becomes small,
suspicious, or completely silenced.

Instead, fill your eye gates with truth. With power.


With testimonies that reveal the glory of God. Let
your meditations be filled with the kinds of stories
and scriptures that cause faith to rise.


Philippians 4:8 gives us the standard: “Whatsoever
things are true, whatsoever things are honest, just,
pure, lovely, of good report… if there be any virtue,
and if there be any praise, think on these things.”

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That’s how to guard your prophetic lens. That’s how
to keep your inner image clear. Think on these kinds
of things where the prophetic is concerned. Feed
your faith, not your fear. Let your imagination be
trained by the Word, not warped by the world,
because what you see will soon become what you
expect. And what you expect… will begin to
manifest.

God help us!

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Part Two
New Assignment, Old
Tools.

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CHAPTER 4

PROPHETIC TOOL KITS

Just before we go into ‘deeper’ things, I am


impelled to discuss the tools of the prophetic.

It is not what you may be thinking.

THE HEART

Let me quote a few scriptures, and then we go from


there.

"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the
issues of life." (Proverbs 4:23).

"For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth


speaketh." (Matthew 12:34).

The “heart” as used in scripture doesn’t refer to the


physical organ in your chest. It refers to the inner
man, the core of your being, the seat of emotions,
convictions, desires, and deep decisions. It is your
inward control center. The Bible is very clear about
this: the heart is the seat of emotions. It’s where
faith is born. It’s where decisions are made. It’s
where transformation truly begins.

Everything a man will eventually see in his life must


first pass through his heart. If it has not entered his
heart, it cannot show up in his reality. The heart is

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not just important, it is the door into a man’s life.
That’s why the scriptures say, “Guard your heart with
all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.” In
other words, your heart is the gateway through
which your life is shaped.

Even the greatest miracle—salvation—follows this


same principle. Before a man can confess Jesus
with his mouth and receive eternal life, something
must first happen in his heart. He must believe. The
Word says, “With the heart man believes unto
righteousness…” That belief happens internally first.
That’s the divine order. Heart first. Then life.

This is why God speaks to our hearts. This is why


Satan attacks our hearts. Because whatever gains
ground in your heart will eventually take root in
your life. If it gets your heart, it will get your future.

THE EYES

The eyes feed the heart. If a man will guard his


heart, he must do so by choosing what he gives his
attention to.

“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye


be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if
thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of
darkness...” (Matthew 6:22-23)

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“The eyes of your understanding being enlightened;
that ye may know what is the hope of his calling...”
(Ephesians 1:18).

The eyes are the feeders of the heart. Whatever


captures the eyes eventually shapes the heart. And
the direction of a man’s eyes often becomes the
direction of his life. That’s how powerful sight is.
What you consistently behold, you will eventually
become. What you fix your eyes on will soon start
fixing your course.

This principle is even more intense for a prophet.


Throughout scripture, prophets were men and
women who saw. They were moved by visions,
dreams, trances, and divine encounters that came
through their eyes, whether physical or spiritual.
Sight was the doorway to divine instruction. It still
is.

God speaks in pictures. God reaches with images.


And He often delivers those images through the eye
gate. So, for anyone growing in the prophetic,
guarding your eyes is not a suggestion—it’s a
mandate. You cannot be casual with what you allow
your eyes to feast on. If your eyes become
corrupted, your perception becomes blurry. If your
sight is contaminated, your discernment becomes
weak.

The brain stores everything. It doesn’t forget. Every


image you feed it sits somewhere in your

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subconscious, waiting for a moment to influence
you positively or negatively. This is why a prophetic
person must become intentional about curating
their visual diet. You can’t feed on careless images,
worldly definitions of spirituality, or compromising
content and still expect clarity in the spirit.

God is raising a people whose eyes are trained, not


just to see, but to see correctly. And that begins
with surrendering your eye gates to God, and
saying, “Lord, sanctify my sight. Purify my
perception. Let me see only what You are showing
me.”

THE EARS

Just as the eyes feed the heart, so do the ears.


Your ears are gates. They are doors into your soul,
and every sound they entertain carries a seed. That
seed, when heard repeatedly, grows into thoughts,
then beliefs, and eventually becomes part of your
spiritual culture. The voice you listen to the most
will become the loudest in your life.

"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the


word of God." (Romans 10:17).

"And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying,


This is the way, walk ye in it..." (Isaiah 30:12)

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“There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the
world, and none of them is without signification.” (1st
Corinthians 14:10)

For those walking in the prophetic, the voices we


allow into our lives must be controlled and
monitored. This is non-negotiable. You must
become discerning with your hearing. Not every
voice is meant for your ears. Some words carry
weight, others carry confusion. Some utterances
stir up faith, others stir fear, doubt, or pride. The
prophetic is not just about hearing God. It’s also
about tuning out everything else that doesn’t sound
like Him.

In scripture, we often see this pattern: "He that hath


an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying…”
meaning, you can have ears and still not hear. So,
it’s not just about having ears, it’s about training
them to recognize the sound of truth. The prophetic
man or woman must be able to filter noise from
instruction.

You must be careful with the teachings you give


your time to, and what conversations you allow to
echo in your spirit. Not every experience must be
accepted or listened to, especially when it strays
from the simplicity that is Jesus!

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CHAPTER 5

RUSTY BLADES, BROKEN HANDLES

Every tool that God has given us must be used


(regularly) and protected, or it will get rusty or
broken. These tools, when rusty or broken, can
cause us to misunderstand or (worst-case
scenario) misinterpret God.

11 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me,


saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a
rod of an almond tree.

12 Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen:
for I will hasten my word to perform it.

(Jeremiah 1:11-12)

This passage is a profound reminder that the


accuracy of our prophetic sight matters deeply to
God. When the Lord said, “Thou hast well seen,” it
wasn’t just a compliment. It was a divine validation
of Jeremiah’s sensitivity and alignment with
heaven’s perspective, but hidden within that
validation is also a caution: it is possible to see
wrongly.

In the prophetic, perception is everything. God may


speak or show something, but it is our spiritual
senses—our tools—that translate that message into
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dulled by distraction, contaminated by offense, or
clogged by wrong doctrine or emotional imbalance,
what was intended as a pure signal from heaven
becomes distorted noise on earth.

This is why stewardship over our soul, especially


our eyes, ears, and heart, is non-negotiable for
those who walk prophetically. You can receive a
real vision from God and still misinterpret it if your
lens is dirty. Imagine receiving a message from a
king, but misreading it because the ink has
smeared in your haste. That’s what happens when
prophetic people don’t guard their perception.

Jeremiah saw the almond rod clearly, and because


he saw rightly, God declared, “I will hasten My
word.” That shows us divine partnership. When our
vision aligns with God's communication, it triggers
manifestation. God watches over what is seen
rightly.

So yes, seeing well is not just about clarity of vision,


it is about purity of interpretation. Because seeing
wrongly can birth disobedience, fear, or
delay—things heaven never intended.

TIPS TO HELP WITH THE TOOLS

Filter What You Watch: Avoid media that promotes


fear or doubt in the prophetic ability of God through
the believer. Pay attention to the messages passed
in movies, TV shows, or social media. Do they align

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with God’s truth? If not, avoid them. Scripture
encourages us to set our minds on things above
(Colossians 3:2) and meditate on things that are
pure and praiseworthy (Philippians 4:8).

Pray Over Your Eyes: Ask God to give you his


insight on matters. Just like the prophet Elisha
prayed for his servant’s eyes to be opened (2 Kings
6:17), we can pray for spiritual eyes to see things
from God’s perspective and for natural eyes to see
what aligns with His will.

Filter Prophetic Words Carefully: Not every word


you hear is from God. 1 John 4:1 instructs us to test
the spirits to see whether they are from God. Be
discerning in the prophetic environment, especially
when listening to others speak on behalf of God.

Cultivate Quietness: Sometimes we blame the


distractions in our lives on events happening
around us when the real problem is that there is a
raging storm in our minds. Practice silence and
solitude, where you can listen to God without
distraction. This is especially important for
prophetic people who rely on hearing God clearly. If
you are surrounded by constant noise, it’s harder to
discern.

Examine Your Heart Regularly: What are your


motives? Are you hoping to jump into the prophetic
flow for selfish reasons or because of your love for
Jesus and his people? The word tells us to guard

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our hearts, for it is the wellspring of life (Proverbs
4:23). A heart full of peace, love, and humility will
better hear and interpret God’s voice.

Cultivate a Life of Prayer: Prayer creates an


environment where our hearts are focused on
Jesus. When we spend time in prayer
(communication with the Father), we become more
aware of His voice. Regularly praying in tongues or
meditating on Scripture enhances our ability to
perceive the things of God.

Great Company: Surround yourself with other


believers who understand and flow in the prophetic.
When we are around those who carry the same
vision, it strengthens our own prophetic sensitivity.
The body of Christ is meant to function in unity. A
supportive community can encourage and help
sharpen our prophetic gifting.

Live Expectantly: Live with the expectation that God


will speak to you. This will change the frequency of
the voice of God in your life. It will literally take it to
the next level! Prophetic people are always listening
and looking for ways God is communicating. As
you cultivate this expectant heart, you’ll find that
the Holy Spirit will make His voice clearer, and you’ll
find new ways He wants to speak through you.

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Part Three
Let’s get our hands
dirty!

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CHAPTER 6

FINDING YOUR DEFAULT

What many of us don’t realize is that God is


speaking to us all the time. We just don’t always
recognize it because we haven’t fully understood
how He already speaks to us. Often, we’re waiting
for God to speak in a specific way, and in doing so,
we miss the fact that, no matter the method, what
truly matters is that it is God speaking.

No Method is Weaker than the Other

There’s this idea floating around, that one method


or medium of hearing God is somehow superior to
the other. But let’s be honest, that idea didn’t come
from God’s Word; it came from us. It’s purely
human. We created a hierarchy in what God never
ranked.

Back when we were just starting out in these things,


many of us were obsessed with the dramatic.
Everyone wanted to see open visions. That was the
‘ultimate’ in our minds. Some of us were having
dreams already, but because dreams felt less
glamorous, we’d joke and say things like, “So God
has to wait till I sleep before He can talk to me?”
That kind of talk, even though playful, revealed our
ignorance of how God works. We didn’t understand
Him or the beauty of His diverse ways of speaking.

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Here’s the truth: the dreamer isn’t less than the one
who sees open visions, neither is the one who
receives impressions in his heart lower than the
one who hears an audible voice. Dreams, visions,
trances, impressions, even prophetic pictures and
knowings, are all media. They’re tools God uses. It’s
not the tool that matters most. It’s the one who is
using the tool.

Now, is it okay to desire to get better? Yes, it is.


Scripture says to desire spiritual gifts. So you can
desire to sharpen your sensitivity and grow in how
you receive God’s voice. But never despise the way
God already speaks to you. Don’t look at it as
“small” or “inferior.” The moment God speaks
through it, that medium becomes sacred. Holy.
Powerful.

So honor it. Steward it. Grow in it. And thank God


for it.

Wait…

I know I said earlier that no method is weaker than


the other. That’s still true in the context of visions,
dreams, trances, impressions, and all the other
beautiful ways God speaks. But there is something
stronger than all these methods combined.

It’s the Word of God. Yes, the Bible.

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The Bible is not just another method; it is the
foundation. It’s the plumb line. The measuring rod.
It is the one voice of God that does not shift with
seasons or emotions. If you're going to grow in
hearing God, this must be the first place you learn
to hear Him. The scriptures must train your ear.

No matter how accurate your dreams are, no matter


how vivid your visions seem, if you do not know
how to hear God through His written word—whether
through your quiet time, your church services, or
deep study—you are playing a dangerous game.
Without the Word as anchor, even the most gifted
prophet can slip into error.

Let me say it as clearly as possible: Every prophet


must be a student of the Bible.​
The one who does not sit with the Word will
eventually lead others into confusion. Because
what fuels our discernment, sharpens our spiritual
senses, and keeps our direction true is not just
what we feel, but what God has already said.

So yes, dream. Yes, see visions. Flow in


impressions. But above all, read your Bible.​
It doesn’t just inform the mind; it prepares the
heart. It primes your spirit to recognize His voice
when He speaks in other ways.

Read and sit with it.

Perceptions

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Let me show you how my mind works a little. I like
definitions. I really do. They help me make sense of
spiritual things. Definitions give language to
perception. But I also like divisions. Not the bad
kind. I'm talking about mental categories. They help
you put things where they belong. They stop
everything from becoming a jumbled mess in your
spiritual understanding.

In this section, I want to introduce you to two very


important concepts that have shaped how I
understand hearing God. These two ideas are:
media and signals.

Let me define them as I use them (and as I would


love for you to understand them throughout this
book):

●​ Medium: This is the pathway through which


the information comes.​

●​ Signal: This is the information that is coming


through the pathway.​

Now, here’s a quick example to bring it home:


Pharaoh had a dream. In the dream, he saw seven
fat cows, and then seven lean cows came and
devoured the fat ones.

In that situation, SIGHT was the medium. That was


how the information came.​

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The Signal was the actual images—seven fat cows,
then seven lean cows. That’s the message trying to
get across.

Now, when Joseph came to interpret that dream,


Pharaoh heard him speak. At that point, AUDIO
became the new medium. And the Signal was the
interpretation Joseph gave—what God was actually
saying about the famine and the years of plenty.

Makes sense?

Sometimes, God uses more than one medium to


pass either one signal or multiple signals across.
Here’s a beautiful one: God tells Abraham, “Come
outside.” That’s audio—He speaks. Then He says,
“Look at the stars.” Now God is using sight. So we
have two media—audio and sight. What’s the
signal? The promise about Abraham’s seed. And
what was Abraham’s response? Belief.

So here’s how it all flows:

●​ Medium: Audio (God spoke) + Sight (stars in


the sky)​

●​ Signal: The prophetic promise about his


descendants​

●​ Response: Faith (Abraham believed)​

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Why is this important?

This is important because if you can distinguish


between the method God is using (medium) and the
message He is sending (signal), two things will
happen to you. First, you will stop idolizing how God
speaks and focus instead on what He is saying.
That’s where the real treasure is. Secondly, you will
realize that you have been getting more signals
than you realize you are getting.

Let’s take it one step at a time.

Media

The Sight Medium

I get asked this a lot:​


“What’s the difference between visions, dreams,
trances, and open visions...?”

My answer is Simple: they’re all part of the same


thing.

They are all manifestations of the same


medium—the Sight Medium. That’s what matters.
The key idea here is that each one is a way that God
gets information to you through images. That’s it.
All these experiences—whether you’re asleep,
awake, or somewhere in between—are simply
different expressions of the Sight Medium.

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Let’s break it down.

A dream is when your spirit receives images while


your body is asleep.​
An open vision is when your spirit receives images
while your physical eyes are open and you’re wide
awake.​
A trance? Well, that’s when your body sort of
“pauses,” and your spiritual senses kick into
overdrive. You’re not quite asleep, not fully awake,
but you’re seeing something from heaven.​
A closed vision might be what you “see” in your
heart during prayer or worship. Your eyes are shut,
but your inner sight is wide open.

Listen, for the purpose of this book, we’re not going


to spend time trying to split hairs or argue about the
fine differences. That’s not our assignment here.
The point I want you to hold tightly is this:

Once information takes the form of


images, it comes through the Sight
Medium.

That’s the main thing. God used sight. He sent a


picture.

It doesn’t matter whether you were dreaming or


standing. What matters is that God showed you
something. That’s what you should focus on.

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Let’s not get caught up in unnecessities. We’re
learning to walk with God, not to win a debate.

A good example is how Pharaoh saw the 14 cows,


but did not hear or feel anything.

The Audio Medium

The Audio Medium is how God delivers prophetic


information through sound. It's the channel of
hearing—whether it's loud like thunder or quiet like a
whisper in your spirit. Sometimes it comes as an
audible voice you hear with your physical ears.
Other times, it’s an inner voice, so clear and strong
within you that you can almost swear it was
audible.

A perfect example? Samuel.

In 1 Samuel 3:4-10, young Samuel hears God calling


his name. He doesn’t see a vision. He doesn’t have
a dream. What did he have? A voice. Pure and
simple. That moment marked the beginning of
Samuel’s prophetic journey, and guess what? That
audio style stuck with him for the rest of his life.

Look at (1st Samuel 9:15-16). God spoke to Samuel


about Saul. Then in 1 Samuel 16:7, as he was about
to anoint David, God again spoke to him, correcting
his assumptions.

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Samuel is what I call an auditory prophet. His
prophetic flow came primarily through sound. That
was his lane. His spiritual ears were sharp.

Not everyone receives from God in the same way.


The Audio Medium is powerful. A sentence from
God can change a generation.

So, don’t despise how you hear Him. Whether it


booms like thunder or whispers like the wind, if God
is speaking, you’re already in the prophetic flow.

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The Feeling Medium

The Feeling Medium is one of the most subtle but


powerful ways that God speaks. It’s when God
leads you through impressions or inner nudges.
Some call it the inner witness. And if you’ve ever
had that deep “I just know” kind of knowing without
any vision or audible voice, then
congratulations—you’ve already experienced the
Feeling Medium.

This medium doesn’t show you pictures. It doesn’t


speak words to your ear. It just stirs something
inside you. It might feel like a gentle pressure, a
wave of peace, a sudden alertness, or even a quiet
unrest. You can’t always explain it, but you just
know something is up.

It’s that moment when you feel like, “Hmm… I can’t


explain why, but I know I shouldn't go there,” or “I
just feel strongly that I should take this step.” It’s
like spiritual intuition, but sharper and Spirit-led.

Don’t ignore it. Don’t try to rationalize it away. The


Feeling Medium is real, and it’s valid. In fact, for
many believers, it’s the primary way the Holy Spirit
leads them. The more you walk with God, the
sharper that inner radar becomes.

If you’ve ever said, “I don’t know why, but I just feel


it in my spirit,” you were right on track. That’s
prophetic too.

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Let’s look at a Bible example.

30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them,


he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to
them.

31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him;


and he vanished out of their sight.

32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart


burn within us, while he talked with us by the way,
and while he opened to us the scriptures?

(Luke 24:30-32)

This one always gets me smiling.

These two men were walking and talking with


Jesus. They were hearing him. They were seeing
him. But they didn’t know it was him. Not yet.

But their hearts? Ah! Their hearts knew something


was going on. Something sacred. Something alive.
Something holy. They later described it with those
beautiful words:​
“Did not our hearts burn within us?”

That, my friend, is the Feeling Medium. They felt


something inside, even before their eyes caught up.
Their spirit picked up the signal before their brain
processed it.

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It wasn’t a vision. It wasn’t a booming voice. It was
a burning heart.

There are other moments like this in scripture too.


Times when people just knew. Not because of what
they saw. Not because of what they heard. But
because their hearts, under the gentle nudge of the
Spirit—were bearing witness.

That’s the prophetic too. The inner fire. The sacred


unease. The holy knowing. The inner witness of the
Spirit that says,​
“This is God. Pay attention.”

Let’s touch a few more

8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in


his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who
never had walked:

9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly


beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be
healed,

10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet.


And he leaped and walked.

(Acts 14:8-10)

Paul didn’t see a vision. He didn’t hear a thunderous


voice from heaven. No angelic visitation. No trance.

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But while he was preaching, he looked at the man…
and perceived something.

That word “perceived” is so key.

He felt something. Something stirred in his spirit.


Something rose within him — a knowing that wasn’t
from logic or reason. It was a prophetic sensing.
That man had faith to be healed.

That right there is the Feeling Medium in motion.


It’s not loud. It’s not dramatic. But it is sharp. It’s
real. It’s spiritual.

Paul trusted it. He responded to what he felt in his


spirit, and a miracle happened instantly.

This teaches us something powerful:​


You don’t have to see or hear to know. You can also
feel it in your spirit. When you feel it, trust it.
Respond to it. Obey it.

Let’s do one more

7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who


can forgive sins but God only?

8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit


that they so reasoned within themselves, he said
unto them, Why reason ye these things in your
hearts?

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9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy,
Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take
up thy bed, and walk?

(Mark 2:7-9)

As Jesus spoke forgiveness over the man sick of


the palsy, the crowd around Him began to murmur
and reason in their hearts. “This is blasphemy,” they
thought, “Only God can forgive sins.” But Jesus
picked it up, not through a vision or an audible
voice. He perceived it in His spirit. No bright lights.
No angel announcing their thoughts. He just knew.

That is the Feeling Medium.

You’ve had it happen before— that gentle knowing.


That odd sense. That, “I can’t explain it, but I know
something’s off.” Sometimes we dismiss it with
lines like “something told me,” when in fact, it was
your spirit registering a signal from heaven.

Our culture has taught us to distrust this medium.


To suppress it. To ignore it until it’s too late. But
those of us trained by the Spirit learn to lean in, not
away. I’m so glad I discovered this medium early in
life. I use it a lot during prophetic ministry.

Yes, I see open visions regularly. But where every


other channel may get blurry, the Feeling Medium
never fails.

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I’ve called names. Found lost documents.
Discovered hidden things — not by sight or sound —
by a feeling. Sometimes it’s as subtle as looking at
someone and thinking, “She looks like a Kemi I once
knew,” and asking her, “Is your name Kemi?” And
boom— she says yes.

That’s the prophetic through the Feeling Medium.​


Simple. Quiet. But razor sharp.

If you truly pay attention, if you slow down and let


your memory work, you’ll discover that God has
always had a default way of speaking to you.
There’s a pattern. A rhythm. A certain default
medium that shows up more often than others.

I’ve already shown you that the medium does not


reduce the power or accuracy of the message. Let
me say that again: the medium doesn’t limit the
message.

There’s been an unnecessary obsession in the Body


of Christ with open visions. While they are beautiful
and valid, they are not superior when it comes to
accuracy.​
Jesus perceived things through a feeling, and He
was never wrong. In the same way, you can walk in
surgical prophetic accuracy through any medium,
as long as you learn to trust and train it.

So let me ask you:

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How has God been speaking to you? Pay attention.
Start taking notes. Every impression. Every dream.
Every inner nudge. Every flash of insight. Don’t just
shrug them off. Document them. Track the
patterns. Train your sensitivity because the
prophetic journey doesn't begin with new
information. It begins with recognizing what God
has already been saying.

Interferences in the Medium

Let me end this chapter by showing you something


critical. Just as a radio signal can be blocked or
scrambled, the prophetic signal, though divine and
ever-flowing, can be hindered by certain human
conditions. These are what I call interferences in the
medium.

Let’s talk about a few:

1.​ Motive - The prophetic must run on the rails


of God’s love. Once the motive becomes to
show off, to expose, or to disgrace, you’ve
already tampered with the purity of the
signal. The kind of information that gets to
you will begin to mirror your motive. Your
goal determines your gaze. If your goal is to
bless, then you’ll naturally lean into the kind
of details that bring healing, encouragement,
and transformation. "And it shall be to you
according to your faith."

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2.​ Fear - Few things inhibit prophetic flow like
fear. Fear is subtle, but it's efficient. First, it
keeps you quiet. Then, if you manage to
speak, it limits you to only the ‘safe’ and
predictable.​
I remember in my early days, I would
sometimes perceive something
prophetically, but I’d keep silent out of fear.
Then, after it played out, I’d say, “Something
told me.” Fear doesn’t just steal accuracy. It
steals boldness.
3.​ Noise - Yes, a man can prophesy in a noisy
room. Jesus did it often. But the noise I’m
talking about here is internal noise. The inner
chaos that follows us into even the quietest
spaces. The noise of unresolved offenses.
The noise of bitterness. The noise of
unfulfilled dreams and ambitions. The noise
of self-hate and discontentment. The
prophet must learn to quiet the soul. A
cluttered heart will always muffle a clear
signal.
4.​ Wrong Doctrine - I could shout this one from the
rooftops. The people you listen to — their
teachings, their lens, their emphasis — will
ultimately determine the possibilities available to
you. Jesus once warned His disciples, “Beware
of the leaven of the Pharisees.” He likened
doctrine to food. If food can nourish, food can
also poison. If you consume corrupt teaching, it
will corrupt your spiritual senses. I remember a

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season in my life when I regularly received
prophetic visions— often about tests and exams.
These helped me prepare well. But I later joined
a circle of young believers whose leader insisted
those kinds of visions were not from God, but
from Satan. At first, I resisted. Over time, as I
kept listening, the argument became more
convincing, and eventually, the visions stopped.
Thanks be unto God who restores lost things!​
But the lesson remains: doctrine can damage
your sensitivity. Be very intentional about what
you hear, who you listen to, and what you
accept. Poor doctrine is a guaranteed glitch in
your prophetic medium.

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CHAPTER 7

ACTIVATIONS 1

There are activities I’ll recommend in this section


that will help sharpen your sensitivity, especially
through the medium that is currently most active in
your life. I’ll also suggest a few methods that can
stretch you into other media that are not yet
familiar to you.

1.​ Tongues

I believe tongues is a spiritual technology — a divine


gift given to help us navigate the spirit realm
without the usual bottlenecks of the natural mind.

“For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my


spirit prayeth, but my understanding is
unfruitful.”

(1 Corinthians 14:14).

When we pray in tongues, something deeply


powerful takes place. The logical mind begins to
lose control. And that’s a good thing.

Why? Because the logical mind is often the biggest


hindrance to prophetic flow. It’s the voice in your
head that says, “Are you sure you’re not making this
up?”

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“What if this isn’t God?”​
“What if you’re just being emotional?”

But when you pray in tongues, and continue for a


while, that part of your mind gradually lets go. And
when that happens, you begin to express yourself
from the spirit and not from the brain.

This is why consistent prayer in tongues brings


peace. If you make it a routine to pray in the spirit,
your mind becomes familiar with the stillness and
clarity that comes with it. Eventually, with regular
practice, you’ll find that you can enter into prophetic
flow faster, because the calm and faith required to
engage that realm is already your default internal
state.

2.​ Bible Study

There is a particular assignment I give to people


who desire to walk in the prophetic but currently
have no real fruit or results in that area. It is very
simple, yet the effect is often dramatic.

I ask them to go through scripture and document


every instance where someone gave an accurate
prophetic word. Then, I give them a specific
instruction:

“Read each story from the point of view


of the one who gave the prophetic
word.”

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Don’t just study the result, study the man
or woman. What were they doing before
the word came? What posture were they
in?

Were they afraid?

Bold?

Reluctant?

What medium did God use — sight?


Sound? Feeling?

How did they deliver the word?

I have found, consistently, that even people with the


least prophetic sensitivity experience a sudden
jump in accuracy after doing this diligently.​
It is often enough to surprise everyone around
them. Some even report feeling like they became
new people, and rightly so, because this exercise
isn’t just studying. It is transformation.

Why does this work?

Because God’s Word is God’s making ability.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the


Word was with God, and the Word was
God.​
The same was in the beginning with God.​

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All things were made by him; and without
him was not any thing made that was
made.”

(John 1:1–3)

That means the Word doesn’t just describe things,


it creates things. If you stay long enough with the
Word, it begins to form you into the image of what
you’re studying. If you study prophetic people, you
begin to walk in the prophetic. If you study healers,
you begin to carry healing. If you study deliverance,
you begin to walk in deliverance.

God’s Word is God’s creative material, and when it


is given attention, especially with prophetic hunger,
it will make you into the image of the very thing
you’re feeding on.

3.​ Journaling

This might be my personal bias, but I deeply believe


it:

Every prophet who is not a scribe is not


serious about growing in their gift.

A prophet must carry the posture of a scribe —


ready, always ready, with recording materials,
prepared to capture what God is saying at any time.​
Not later. Not when it’s convenient.​
Now.

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There was a way I used to journal in the early days. I
would buy a special book and a pen. Not just any
book and pen o! These were sacred items. I never
used them for anything else except archiving the
words of the Lord to me.​
They carried weight. They carried purpose.​
They were my reminder that God speaks and I must
be ready.

If you’ve read this far, let me suggest something


very simple, yet incredibly powerful:

Get a journal.

Make it your prophetic log. Take it with you when


you want to pray. Place it next to your bed, so that if
you have a dream in the night, you can write it out
immediately. Let it become your history with God.
Let it become your record of obedience, learning,
and maturing.

You’ll be amazed — absolutely amazed — at how


journaling will transform your confidence in your
prophetic walk. You will begin to see things
manifest in public that were written in private, and
when you see them, you’ll know for sure:

“God speaks to me, and I hear Him.”

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How to Journal Accurately

1. Dedicate It

Before you begin, pray over your journal.​


Say something simple like:

“Lord, this book is set apart to record


Your words to me. May it be full of
encounters, direction, and revelation.”​

Write that dedication on the first page.


Mark it. Own it.

2. Divide It Into Sections

You can use one book, but divide it into 4 major


categories. Label the pages or use tabs:

a. Dreams & Visions​


– Date it.​
– Describe what you saw.​
– Add any feelings or thoughts you woke up with.​
– Leave space to come back later with
interpretation.

b. Impressions & Feelings​


– Note moments when you had a strong inner
witness or unusual perception.​
– What were you doing when it happened?​
– Who or what was it about?

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c. Scripture Light​
– Record scriptures that jump out at you during
prayer or reading.

– Add the personal insight or "knowing" that came


with them.

– These often become prophetic triggers.

d. Spoken Words & Declarations​


– Any time you hear something in your spirit, write
it.​
– Date it.​
– If it was for someone else, write initials and
context.

– Also include any words you received through


another person, if they bore witness.

Review the journal often

Make it a habit to read past entries. It will be


shocking how many things you have forgotten.
You’ll also be humbled at how much has come to
pass, and finally, you will be encouraged that God
has been speaking all along.

Pray Through Your Journal

From time to time, pick a page and pray over what


you wrote. Ask the Lord for deeper understanding,

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for the boldness to obey (if there is a word you are
to obey). Also, thank God for the confirmations.

Don’t Filter, Just Write

In your early days, you may not be sure if what you


felt or saw was “accurate.” Still write it. Let the Holy
Spirit be the editor.

Write first. Discern later.​


Growth requires raw material.

If you follow this guide, over time you’ll not only


become sharper and more accurate, you’ll become
confident, and confidence is fuel for the prophetic.

4.​ Pictures

In the last ten years, without fail, I have watched at


least one video of prophetic manifestation and one
video of healing manifestation every single day.
This is not a casual habit, it is a spiritual discipline. I
understand a secret that many ignore: your life will
always travel in the direction of the images you
continually behold.

The prophetic is not only caught through the laying


on of hands. It is caught through exposure.
Repeated exposure. Saturation. Impartation
through sight.

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What you see long enough, you begin to believe.
What you believe strongly enough, you begin to
experience.

If your feed is flooded with videos that ridicule the


prophetic, dissect it with cynicism, and portray it as
nothing more than emotional hype or theatrical
performance, don't be surprised if your spirit
struggles to walk in bold prophetic faith. Faith
cannot thrive in toxic atmospheres. What you
behold consistently will either build your belief or
break it.

On the other hand, if you begin to flood your


gates—your eyes and ears—with authentic
prophetic moments, raw manifestations of God’s
power, and teachings that stir up your hunger for
the supernatural, something begins to shift in your
inner man. Your spirit catches fire. Your imagination
is baptized with divine possibilities. Suddenly, the
prophetic no longer feels far from you. It becomes
natural. Expected. Frequent.

This is why I say with confidence: if you want to see


the prophetic in your life, you must start watching the
prophetic. Not once. Not occasionally. Daily.
Saturate your inner man until you overflow. In the
same way a man becomes what he eats, you will
eventually become what you keep watching.

Our lives are the product of the pictures that


dominate our minds. If you want to walk in

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prophetic mastery, you must surround yourself with
prophetic images, prophetic sounds, and prophetic
testimonies. These are not just videos, they are
spiritual portals. They stir up hunger. They build
faith. They break limitations.

If you go to our platforms (YouTube Channel), you


will find a rich reservoir of supernatural
content—manifestations of power, prophecy,
healing, and divine encounters—that can serve as
fuel for your spirit. These videos are not
entertainment, they are impartations. Each one is a
seed. And if you sow them into your eyes and ears
long enough, they will produce a harvest of
supernatural life.

If you want to see more of the Spirit’s


manifestation in a particular area, check your
pictures. What are you looking at? What are you
feeding your eyes? What images dominate your
imagination? Adjust your vision, and your
manifestation will follow.

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CHAPTER 8

PROPHESY SON OF MAN

As I bring my thoughts into the final chapter of this


part, my heart is drawn to one of the most striking
prophetic encounters in Scripture—the story of
Ezekiel and the valley of dry bones.

4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these


bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the
word of the Lord.

5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold,


I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

(Ezekiel 37:4-5)

This wasn’t just a vision; it was a divine classroom.


God led the prophet into a valley filled with
bones—lifeless, scattered, and very dry. Then came
the question that echoes through time: “Son of man,
can these bones live?” This is not just a question
about bones, it’s a question about sight, faith, and
partnership with God.

Ezekiel doesn’t rush to answer. He replies with


wisdom: “O Lord God, You alone know.” And then
God gives a commission that holds the weight of
divine trust: “Prophesy to these bones.”

This scene wrecks me every time I read it.

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God could have spoken to the bones Himself, but
He didn’t. He chose a man. He chose a voice. He
chose prophecy.

Did you read what I just wrote?

God. Chose. A. Man.

If there is a man to speak in prophecy, then there


sure is The Lord to respond with miracles!

To everyone desiring to walk with God, take note:


God is still looking for those who will speak His
words into dry places. He’s looking for men and
women who won’t run from valleys, but will stand in
them with a word in their mouth and authority in
their spirit.

This moment in Ezekiel’s life is not just history, it is


a prophecy about your own calling. The prophetic is
not entertainment; it is engagement with God’s
desire. It’s a divine partnership to call life out of
death, to raise hope out of despair, and to speak
what Heaven is saying, even when Earth looks
contradictory.

I have a prayer for you. I pray that your eyes will be


opened. May you see valleys not as places to avoid
but as platforms for divine manifestation. May you
carry the confidence that comes from knowing God
has trusted you with His words. May you walk into
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everything looks dry, and may your spirit be stirred
to say, “Hear the Word of the Lord!”

Because as long as there are bones, there remains


a reason to prophesy.

One of the most critical disciplines for anyone who


desires to walk in the prophetic is the practice of
swift obedience.

We have become too calculated, too safe, too


“wise” to follow the raw, unfiltered promptings of
the Spirit. But the Spirit doesn’t always wait for your
comfort. He waits for your obedience.

When God spoke to Ezekiel, he did not delay,


debate, or disguise the instruction. He obeyed.
Instantly. He spoke. Because in the prophetic, delay
is disobedience, and silence can be rebellion, when
God is calling you to utterance.

The strength of prophecy is not just revelation; it is


utterance. If you hide the utterance, you hide the
prophecy. If you suppress your voice, you suppress
the move of God.

To mature in the prophetic, you must be willing to


speak, and to speak imperfectly if need be. You
must be willing to try, to miss it, to be corrected, to
grow. Willing to fail. Willing to try again. And again.
And again. That is the training ground of prophets.

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The Lord said to Ezekiel: “Prophesy, son of man!”
Not when you feel ready, not when the theology is
perfect, but now. In the moment. In the tension. In
the risk.

You must carry the body language of someone


ready to hear and ready to speak. The prophetic is
not for the passive. It flows with the posture of
urgency, hunger, and readiness. You must be the
pen of a ready writer, not a hesitant one.

Many people say they want to prophesy, but when


the Spirit nudges, they withdraw into silence, delay,
or intellectual caution. Let me be clear: Heaven
partners with those who are ready. Ready to hear.
Ready to speak. Ready to be bold. Ready to fail
forward.

Don’t wait until you feel flawless. Just be available.


Because the oil doesn’t flow where there’s only
knowledge. It flows where there’s obedience.

Son of man, prophesy!

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Part Four
Let’s go Deeper.

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CHAPTER 9

TRAINING GROUNDS: PRACTISING THE


PROPHETIC IN A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT

The prophetic is a holy gift. It is divine


communication, and like all divine things, it must be
handled with reverence, wisdom, and structure. One
of the greatest errors we can make is assuming
that the prophetic should be practised without
boundaries. This is not Scriptural. There is a place
for learning, for development, and for order, and
that place is the local church.

In this chapter, I want to walk you through a


God-ordained, healthy framework for practising and
growing in the prophetic. You must be discipled.
You must be trained. And you must be planted.

1.​ Join a Local Church

Let me be very clear: you must belong to a local


assembly. We are in an age where some believers
want to walk in power without submitting to
authority. They float around online, with no pastor,
no local assembly, no accountability. Yet they claim
to walk in the Spirit. Beloved, that is not God’s
pattern. Don’t be that person who says, “I’m the
church.” No, you are a part of the Body. You are not

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the whole Body. Join a church. Serve. Be pastored.
Be accountable. You are not a prophet to the
church if you are not first a member of the church.

2.​ Attend Regular Meetings

This might sound like simple, everyday counsel, but


this is your training ground. The local church is not
just where you go to receive; it is where you learn
protocol, flow, and discernment.

You must attend meetings consistently. You must


submit to leadership. You must learn not to be
spooky or weird. The gift of prophecy doesn’t give
you permission to be disruptive.

You are not above the Word. You need teaching.


You need to be fed. You are not in that assembly to
“watch over” everyone else. You are a member, too.

3.​ Do Not Hijack Meetings You Didn’t Start

Yes, you are sensing things in your spirit. Yes, you


feel led to say something. But if it is not your
meeting, do not scatter the atmosphere.

Don’t stand at the back shouting prophecies that no


one asked for. Don’t lay hands on people just
because you’re “led.” That is not prophetic
boldness, it is prophetic disorder.

Prophet, calm down.

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The Spirit of the prophet is subject to the prophet.
That means you must be subject to leadership,
order, and timing. Your moment will come, but it
must come in order.

4.​ When Permitted: Practise Gently in


Prayer Moments

When you’re in a safe setting and the leader of the


meeting gives permission, here’s how you grow:

Pair up with someone for prayer. As you pray in the


Spirit over them, open your spirit to the Lord. Pay
attention to pictures, words, and impressions that
rise in your heart.

Don’t be spooky. Don’t be dramatic. Don’t interrupt


their prayer. Just note the flow. Write it down
quietly. Honour the moment.

This is how you train your senses. Little by little.


Gently. Reverently.

5.​ After Prayer: Use the “Question


Technique”

Here’s a major key: Do not assume you know


everything. Ask questions.

Don’t rush in declaring, “Thus saith the Lord!” when


you’re still learning. Sometimes God gives you half

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the picture and expects you to walk with Him on the
rest.

Say things like:

●​ “I see a picture of a red door. Does that mean


anything to you?”​

●​ “As I prayed, I felt a weight in the chest. Is


there something you’ve been burdened
about?”

Let the person’s feedback guide your


understanding. Prophecy is not guessing, it’s
discerning.

A Lesson from My Own Mistake

A few years ago, I was praying for someone and


saw a vivid picture of him stabbing another person
with a knife. Without thinking, I declared, “You’re a
murderer!” right in front of everyone.

He was embarrassed. The people around were


stunned, and I felt justified until I heard his story.

He had been in a life-or-death situation. The knife


wasn’t his. He had been attacked, and in
self-defense, the attacker got stabbed. It wasn’t
murder, it was survival.

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I had only seen half the vision. If I had asked, “I see
someone being stabbed. What does this mean to
you?” I could have saved him the shame and myself
the error.

Let this humble you. Let this teach you. Accuracy


flows through humility.

6.​ Having Delivered The Message, wait.


There is more!

One of the most important lessons I’ve learned in


growing prophetically is this: don’t rush. Wait.

In the early days of walking in the prophetic, I would


often receive clear, specific details about
people—names, events, locations—and I would get
so excited by the accuracy that I would stop there. I
would deliver the word, feel powerful, and move on.

But I came to learn that accuracy is not the end


goal— Edification is. What good is it if you mention
someone’s hometown, their childhood nickname, or
their mother’s health condition, yet leave them with
no hope, no encouragement, no counsel?

Sometimes, we hit the nail on the head with detail,


but we miss the heart of God entirely.

Friend, wait.

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Don’t be in a hurry to move on after God gives you a
word of knowledge. Wait to hear His heart. After He
opens the door of revelation, ask Him, “Lord, what
else is on Your mind for this person?” Ask for a
word of wisdom. Ask for a word of comfort. Ask for
something that will strengthen and build the soul of
the one receiving.

You are not just a vessel for information—you are a


vessel for impartation. We are not called to impress
people with knowledge; we are called to impact
people with God’s heart.

Prophecy is not a performance. It is partnership


with the mind of God. And God often has more to
say than just, “Your name is Mary.”

So again I say to you: Wait. Pause. Listen again.

Let accuracy bow to intimacy. Let detail give way to


depth. Because there is always more in the heart of
the Father.

7.​ ‘Stay Humble heeh’ - Halland

The prophetic is a holy gift. But it is also one of the


most delicate gifts to steward. If not properly
managed, it can easily become a doorway into
pride, competition, and vain glory.​
It is possible to start with a pure heart and end up
obsessed with visibility. It is possible to begin with
God’s burden and end up building our own image.

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This is why the prophet must be especially watchful
of his heart.

You must make a deliberate, unshakable decision: ‘I


will not be heady. I will not chase applause. I will
not touch the glory.’​
Because in the prophetic, power flows. People will
be amazed. They will clap, they will cry, they will
celebrate. But you must train your soul to return all
honor to Jesus. Always. Every time.

Keep your mind anchored in one pursuit—pleasing


Jesus.

If the honour of the King is your true goal, then your


heart will stay low. If His glory is your obsession,
then the praises of men will never intoxicate you.​
We are not performers. We are messengers.

A prophet who walks in pride is not only


dangerous—he is drifting.

Stay humble. Stay yielded.​


The true prophet bows lower, the more God lifts
him. Let the weight of revelation press you to your
knees.

Jesus must remain the reason. The message. The


motive.​
Everything else is noise.

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CHAPTER 10

YOU WILL MISS O!

Let me not lie to you, you will miss o!

I’m one of those people who like to manage


expectations. I don’t enjoy sugarcoating things, and
I will not lie to you. If you’re expecting perfection
from the first day you step into the prophetic, you’re
in for premium disappointment.

Listen, especially in the early days, you will miss it a


couple of times. In fact, if we are being very honest,
you will miss throughout your life. Even the best of
us miss it from time to time. The difference is that
we’ve learned to discern, restrain, and only speak
what we’ve been permitted to say. It’s not
perfection; it’s maturity. And maturity looks like this
— knowing when to keep quiet. So yes, you will
miss. And guess what? It’s okay.

That’s not the shocking news. Here’s what’s more


important:

There is something profoundly beautiful about the


kind of hunger and faith that rises in your heart
after you miss.

Yes! Even in failure, something awakens.


Something deepens. You start asking better

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questions. You start leaning in. You start listening
with more reverence. That, right there, is growth.

But unfortunately, when people get a prophetic


word wrong, the internet Pharisees and armchair
critics are the first to jump out. "False prophet!" they
scream. "Fake!" they shout. But let me ask you, was
Jonah false because Nineveh was not destroyed?
Think about it. He heard God. He spoke. And God
changed His mind. Prophetic accuracy is not
always linear. Missing a word doesn’t mean you
missed your call.

It means one thing: you’re trying.

And I will always respect the man who tries more


than the one who only comments. Life is full of
commentators — people sitting on the sidelines,
critiquing others who are walking the very path they
are afraid of. My friend, don’t just be a
commentator. Be the one who shows up. Be the
one who speaks. Be the one who tries.

Attempt! Speak! Declare! Prophesy!

And when you miss, resist shame.

Shame is not just a feeling; it’s a spirit, and it is sent


to paralyze your prophetic boldness. It whispers,
“What if I’m wrong?” when you should be saying,
“Let me serve Jesus with the gift He gave me.”

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Shame will make you silent. And silence will bury
your prophetic voice.

So, what do you do when you miss?

Dust yourself. Learn from it. Go again. Do not


retreat in fear. Step forward in faith. One word at a
time, one impression at a time. You will grow.

Because in the end, the reward is not accuracy.​


The reward is obedience.

Did you read that?

The reward is not accuracy.​


The reward is obedience.

And if you stay yielded, the Spirit of God will keep


sharpening you until your voice sounds like heaven
itself.

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CHAPTER 11

CONCLUSION

This book is small on sight, but it is a bomb of epic


proportions. A short book on the prophetic flow,
packed not with technical jargon or complicated
theories, but with fire and truth meant to get you
moving.

I didn’t write this to impress you with


deep-sounding vocabulary or definitions that only a
prophet of 30 years can decode. No. I wrote this
with one goal: to show you that the prophetic is
simple. In fact, it is as simple as saying what God
said, to the people He told you to say it to. Nothing
more. No extras. No additions.

This is not The Practical Prophetic. I already wrote


that book. This is not the 40-day deep dive training I
released—that one exists too. This is the book that
does what those didn’t: break the prophetic down
into everyday life, into something you can actually
do, actually practice, and actually live. I wanted this
book to feel like a conversation with a big brother
who has made his fair share of prophetic mistakes,
and is telling you, “You can do it too. It’s not that
deep. It’s just God and His children talking.”

The prophetic is not mysterious. It’s not spooky. It


is simply normal life in the Spirit. It’s the overflow

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of love and intimacy with the Father. It’s walking
with God. It’s hearing and speaking. It’s partnering
with Heaven to edify, strengthen, and encourage
people.

And yes, it can, and should be part of your everyday


life.

We've touched on weighty things in this small book:

●​ Obedience​

●​ Humility​

●​ Practice​

●​ Environment​

●​ Patience​

●​ Submission​

●​ Character​

These are not motivational slogans; they are


foundations. Because prophecy, while divine in
source, flows through human vessels. And these
vessels must be trained, purified, yielded, and
available. You carry the Spirit, yes! But you also
carry a body and a soul. And those must be

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stewarded well if you are going to flow accurately
and consistently in the prophetic.

If there’s one last thing I want to tell you, it’s this:

PRACTICE!​
Yes, you heard me. Practice. Try again. Speak
again. Pray again. Write it down again. Ask again.
Wait again. Look for opportunities to serve with
your prophetic gift. Use the techniques I shared in
this book. Use the question technique. This is the
most practical and easiest book on prophecy you’ve
ever read.

You know it.​


I know it.​
Let’s stop pretending. Use it.

Also, environment matters.

Maybe you need to relocate to Ile-Ife. Or find a hub


of radical believers who believe what nobody in
your family is even bold enough to whisper. Get into
a company that stretches your faith and fuels your
hunger. Find the tribe where prophecy is normal, not
weird. Find the friends who fan your flames instead
of quenching them.

And lastly:

DOCUMENT​
Write your journey. Track your mistakes. Record

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your victories. Note your impressions. Don’t trust
your memory. Keep a prophetic journal. You’ll thank
yourself later.

I pray for you…

May you be bold.​


May you be sensitive.​
May you walk in step with the Spirit.​
And may the prophetic become to you, as normal
as breathing.

Peace.

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CHAPTER 12

THE REAL
You made it here— well done. Before you go any
further, I must tell you this important disclaimer
about the things you will see in the following pages.

I am no judge of who is real or fake. All I know is


that these people who passed on to glory a while
ago greatly inspired me. In my next work, I will
share with you the men and women who are still
alive who inspire me.

For now, let’s get back to the focus of this chapter.


These men and women and their deeds ignited
Godly passion in me. I hope they inspire you as
much as they inspired me.

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William Marrion Branham

Kenneth E. Hagin

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Charles Capps​


Jack Coe

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A. A. Allen

Joseph Ayo Babalola

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Archbishop Benson Idahosa

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Moses Tunolase Orimolade​

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Agnes Okoh (Odozi Obodo)

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Padre Pio

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Alexander Dowie

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Maria Woodworth Etter

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William J. Seymour

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