Saints I really want you to pay attention this week as we are drawing into a new month. The Holy Spirit is going to intensify himself upon you this month. To receive the full package of what he is bringing we need the Spirit of Self-Control in place. The spirit of self-control, as revealed in Galatians 5:22–23, is not given to make you comfortable, His Spirit is given to make you governed. Many have mistaken self-control as permission to manage their environment in a way that protects their feelings, but true self-control is mastery over the flesh, not accommodation of it. Prophetically, this is a season where God is confronting the counterfeit version of this fruit which is the version that avoids pressure, dodges accountability, and disguises passivity as peace. Self-control is not silence when truth should be spoken, nor is it withdrawal when obedience requires engagement. It is the Holy Spirit’s power to bring your appetites, emotions, and impulses under divine authority. Sticking with apostolicity, self-control establishes internal order so that external assignment can be executed without corruption. If you are honest the mixture is still active and God wants it out! The Spirit of temperance or self-control does not produce this fruit so you can curate comfort, but so you can carry weight. When self-control is active, your mouth does not speak prematurely, your emotions do not lead you into error, and your desires do not override divine instruction. This is the discipline of alignment, where your will is submitted to God’s will even when it costs you something. God is raising a people who are not ruled by impulse but by intention, not driven by feeling but anchored in truth. This fruit is your safeguard against self-sabotage in the midst of destiny. The Holy Spirit is exposing what needs to go so do not fight Him submit and be cleansed. The Lord is calling for a recalibration because we have been given an assignment to go forward. Self-control must shift from self-preservation to Holy Spirit-governance. It is not about protecting your comfort zone anymore, it is about stewarding your calling. The same Spirit that empowers you to speak also empowers you to refrain; the same anointing that moves you forward also restrains you from error. This is maturity and you have to grow up in God. When you no longer need external restraint, it is because internal authority has been established. So let the Holy Spirit refine your mind and its responses, discipline your thought and secret desires, and align your actions with God’s will. When self-control is rightly functioning, your life becomes a vessel of precision and responding only to heaven and no longer reacting to the flesh. Pass the test this week!

In Gospel of Luke, Jesus gives a sobering yet empowering warning: if the good man of the house had known when the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into (Luke 12:39). This is not just about natural security people of God; it is a spiritual call to awareness. Many believers possess valuable treasures: peace, joy, purity, anointings, promises, and revelation. Yet when these are left unguarded through carelessness, distraction, lack of sanctification, or compromise, the enemy seeks opportunity to break in on you. John 10:10 reminds us plainly that the thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy, but you are not without authority. You are called to be watchful, discerning, and intentional about what God has entrusted to you. Guard it with your life because it can cost you your very life! Your valuables must be protected not in secrecy, but through spiritual discipline and divine alignment. The enemy is not drawn by what is hidden, he is drawn by what is exposed without covering. When prayer is neglected, when discernment is dulled, and when boundaries are removed, it creates access points. Proverbs 4:23 instructs us to guard our hearts diligently, for out of it flow the issues of life. Guarding means watching who or what you entertain, who or what you tolerate, and who or what you allow to remain. You cannot leave your peace unprotected and expect it to remain intact. You cannot leave your calling uncovered and expect it not to be challenged. Protection is an active posture because it is the discipline of keeping what God gave you under the authority of His Word. Yet this is your encouragement on this Sunday morning; you are not called to live in fear, but in authority. You are the steward of your house, and through Christ you have been given power to secure every valuable within you including the Holy Spirit! 2 Timothy 1:14 declares that we must guard the good deposit entrusted to us by the Holy Ghost. Follow the pattern of Jesus Christ, who remained watchful and covered in prayer, never leaving His assignment vulnerable. This is why you need the strength in the House of God to aid you when you are one from another. Never forsake the solemn assembly of the saints! Strengthen your watch. Reinforce your gates. Be intentional about your atmosphere. What God has placed in you is too valuable to be left exposed. Protect it with prayer, preserve it with obedience, and watch God sustain it with His power.

Love is not blind, nor is it without discernment but it is governed by truth and anchored in divine purpose. The scripture declares in 1 Peter 4:8 that “charity shall cover the multitude of sins,” not by ignoring wrongdoing, but by responding with redemptive power. Love recognizes its value because it originates from God, for 1 John 4:8 reminds us that “God is love.” Therefore, when love is met with contempt, strife, or rejection, it discerns clearly. It is encountering a space not yet transformed by truth. Love does not diminish itself to be accepted; it stands in its full authority, knowing that its purpose is to heal, restore, and reveal the nature of Christ. Even when misjudged or overlooked, love remains steadfast in its character. As written in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, love “suffereth long, and is kind… beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.” This is not passive endurance but apostolic strength which is the ability to remain rooted while extending grace. Silence false love and forbid its arrogance. Love has eyesight and it also protects what it carries. It is not silent when correction is needed, for Proverbs 27:6 teaches that “faithful are the wounds of a friend.” Love has a voice that both chastises and uplifts, speaking truth with precision so that growth can take place. To truly love is to act openly, to cover without enabling, and to protect without compromising righteousness. As we walk in this dimension of love, we are called to strengthen those entrusted with leadership and intercede for those still coming into alignment with Christ. Hebrews 13:17 exhorts us to support those who watch over our souls, especially when they are tasked with leading what seems unyielding or unmanageable. At the same time, we follow the example of Jesus Christ, who prayed with full awareness of purpose and destiny, as seen in John 17:9. His intercession reveals that love does not only respond it anticipates and covers through prayer. Therefore, let us be a people whose love is vocal, visible, and victorious by strengthening the called, correcting in truth, and continually lifting others until they come into the knowledge of Jesus Christ. Love ye one another and pray one for the other. Amen.

Exodus 4:12 declares, “Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.” This is not merely instruction; this is divine commissioning for those God has chosen. When God speaks this to Moses, He addresses insecurity at its root. Moses felt inadequate in speech, yet God did not debate his limitation, He overrode it with His presence. Hear me now because God is removing every excuse as to why you can’t go for Him right now. Prophetically, this reveals that your voice is not validated by your natural ability but by divine partnership. Is fear still your partner or God! God said “I will be with thy mouth” which means God takes responsibility for what flows through His yielded vessels. In this hour, hesitation must bow to obedience. The command is “go,” not “perfect yourself.” Apostolically, movement precedes mastery because God teaches while you are sent, not before. Remember this saints. In the context of the Hebrew year 5786, this decade associated with Pe (the mouth) and this scripture becomes a mandate of alignment. Heaven is emphasizing the requirement of the submitted voice to make declarations and agreement. Enough of letting people with no covenant and no fear of God talk! You are being summoned to SPEAK! If God has spoken it, earth must echo it through you! Your voice is not mean for idle speech or pacifying false workers in the kingdom. Your voice is an instrument of governance. God is saying if you let me I will “teach thee what thou shalt say” and this indicates a divine revelatory assignment. God is calibrating language so that what you release carries His authority. Prophetically, this is a season where silence in the face of divine instruction is disobedience. The Father is demanding that your voice stand as His witness in the earth. When heaven legislates, your mouth must legislate with it. This is not about volume, but about alignment, speaking what God has said with precision and boldness. With apostolic acuity, this text establishes a pattern: sent ones speak sent words. Avoid the went ones in this hour saints, they are Destiny Distractors. You are not authorized to craft your own message; you are entrusted to carry His. You are a Glory Carrier and this Glory Disrupts! This Glory Creates! When your voice aligns with heaven, it produces manifestation in the earth, because God backs what He says, and He backs those who say what He says. The fear of inadequacy, rejection, or mis-articulation must be broken, because your assignment is voice-activated. As it is in heaven, so must it be declared in earth. Therefore, open your mouth without fear because God will be with your mouth when you say YES LORD!!!! He is with your mouth, He is in your mouth, and He is speaking through your mouth now I just need you OPEN YOU MOUTH AND DECLARE IT. Apostles, Prophets, Evangelist, Pastors and Teachers it is time to SPEAK!

The statement “Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated” appears in Malachi 1:2–3 and is later quoted by Paul the Apostle in Epistle to the Romans 9:13 as he addresses the mystery of God’s sovereign purposes. The immediate question Paul raises is: “Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid” (Romans 9:14, KJV). Biblically and theologically, the language of “love” and “hate” in Hebrew covenantal context often refers not primarily to emotional hostility but to election versus rejection in regard to covenantal purpose. This is seen earlier when God chose Jacob over Esau before they were born (Romans 9:11), “that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth.” The prophetic foundation for this choice begins in Book of Genesis 25:23, where the Lord told Rebekah: “Two nations are in thy womb… and the elder shall serve the younger.” Thus, the statement in Malachi is not merely about two individuals but about two covenantal destinies, Israel through Jacob and Edom through Esau. God’s love for Jacob represents the channel through which the covenant promises, the Messiah, and redemption history would flow. Theologically, Paul’s argument in Romans 9 is not that God arbitrarily condemns people, but that God’s redemptive plan originates in His sovereign foreknowledge and mercy. Scripture repeatedly affirms that God “declares the end from the beginning” (Book of Isaiah 46:10). Because He searches the heart (Book of Jeremiah 17:10), His election is never unjust; it is perfectly aligned with His omniscient knowledge of character, destiny, and covenant purpose. Esau, as revealed later in Genesis 25:34 and Hebrews 12:16, despised his birthright and demonstrated a disposition that did not value the covenant promises. Jacob, though imperfect, hungered for the blessing and wrestled for it (Genesis 32:24–30). From a Wesleyan perspective, this passage highlights not fatalistic predestination but God’s sovereign initiative interacting with human response God chooses the vessel through whom His covenant moves forward, yet individuals remain morally responsible for their hearts.