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The DesmondDave An Apostle, Called to Raise an Apostolic and a prophetic army and to bring men into divine realities in God.

COULD SHAME BE THE REAL REASON WHY PETER LEFT JESUS AND RAN AWAY?Could it be that shame, not just fear, was what made Pe...
12/01/2026

COULD SHAME BE THE REAL REASON WHY PETER LEFT JESUS AND RAN AWAY?

Could it be that shame, not just fear, was what made Peter leave Jesus?
The shame of sinning.
The guilt that follows falling into temptation.
That deep sense of failure that whispers, “You are done.”
Maybe when Peter went back to fishing, it wasn’t just about livelihood or boredom.
Maybe it was an attempt to numb the pain.
Maybe Peter wasn’t walking away from ministry.
Maybe he was just trying to survive his shame.
He had denied Jesus, not once, but three times.
And Scripture says, “He wept bitterly.”
That wasn’t ordinary sorrow.
That was the sound of a man whose confidence had collapsed.
Peter had once boasted,
“Even if everyone else falls away, I won’t.”
But when pressure came, he couldn’t even stand before a servant girl.
That moment didn’t just produce guilt.
It produced shame.
Guilt says, “I did something wrong.”
Shame says, “There is something wrong with me.”
So he went back to fishing.
Not just because he could,
but because shame told him,
“At least you’re still good at this.”
He returned to what was familiar,
maybe to forget,
maybe to feel useful again.
But hear this clearly.
He wasn’t healed.
Because only Jesus’ forgiveness, mercy, and love can heal shame. Hebrews 9:14.

And that’s exactly what Jesus gave him.
Jesus didn’t show up with condemnation.
He came with breakfast and a question.
“Do you love Me?”
He didn’t rub Peter’s failure in.
He restored his future.
Peter didn’t just receive mercy.
He received commissioning.
“Feed My sheep.”
Sometimes we numb our shame by returning to old patterns,
not because we don’t love God,
but because we’re afraid we’ve failed Him too much to be useful again.
But like Peter, Jesus comes to us
not to remind us of what we did,
but to remind us of who we are in Him.

Don’t let shame tell you that you’re finished.
He is knocking.
Respond.
Your brother,

10/07/2024

𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐎 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐎𝐃

CONSCIOUSNESS

For you to operate in the power of God you must be conscious of who you are in Him, what you have, and who dwells in you.

Knowledge is a power breaker; you can't operate in God's power without it. The more exposed you are to light, the more possibilities you have.
The more truth you get exposed to, the more the Holy Spirit can find expression.

I do use this example of three men of God...

1. One is conscious of the saving grace of God, and his meetings are filled with people getting saved, but no other manifestation.
The thing is no matter what you know, you will only manifest what you are conscious of.

2. Another preacher is conscious of salvation and the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and his preaching results in people getting saved and being filled with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues

3. The last man of God has built a consciousness that the Holy Spirit can do all things through him - from saving sinners to transformation, miracles, signs, and wonders. In his meetings, people get slain in the Spirit, give their lives to Christ, and receive healing, all because this vessel has allowed the Holy Spirit to find expression through the transformation of his mind.

The Holy Spirit is not limited, but your mind can limit Him. Your ignorance of the possibilities in Him can limit Him. Your lack of fellowship can limit the flow as well.

I remember from 2017 to 2019, I used to drop my phone number here for people to call me for prayers of healing, impartation, and prophetic words. I operate in the Apostolic office, expressing multidimensional grace. People would call and receive healing through phone calls, stretching of legs, deaf ears, and many critical cases getting healing through the phone. people baptized in the Holy Spirit and receiving accurate words of knowledge.

One day, after many calls, I was tired, and the Holy Spirit told me, 'Do you feel it is only by speaking that you can get people filled?' He said, 'Once you are conscious that if you type "be filled now with the evidence of speaking in tongues," people will be filled.' I did it in one of my WhatsApp meetings, and boom! Someone got filled. And from then on, we have been doing it and other mighty works in righteousness

How conscious are you of the power of God?

Jesus replied, 'Your problem is that you don't know the Scriptures, and you don't know the power of God. (Matthew 22:29)

A video from my archive on how I was teaching this young lady how to dispense the power of God.
To be continued.

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08/07/2024

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𝗦𝗘𝗫𝗨𝗔𝗟 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗦𝗬 Continuation of Sexual Feeling is Normal - Part 2: I wrote in the previous article that s*xual feelings...
25/06/2024

𝗦𝗘𝗫𝗨𝗔𝗟 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗦𝗬

Continuation of Sexual Feeling is Normal - Part 2:

I wrote in the previous article that s*xual feelings are natural and not sinful, just like our appetite for food and sleep. However, lust can corrupt this natural feeling. Just as overindulging in food leads to gluttony, lust can similarly corrupt our s*xual feelings.

So, what does it mean to fantasize?
Fantasizing means creating mental images of something we desire. In the context of s*xual fantasy, it's a personal and private mental scenario that stimulates s*xual arousal and desire

Sexual lust can't be successfully created without sight or sound; in other words, what you see, imagine, and hear is what opens you to lust.

Sexual feeling is normal, but wrong exposure is what makes it a problem. Someone who has been exposed to s*xual scenarios will want to act out anytime they are s*xually active because their brain has been introduced to a certain level of pleasure, and they want to have it again. our brains can become wired to crave more, leading to addiction.

In Genesis 3:6, we see that Eve lusted after the fruit after she saw and imagined, based on the information given. Similarly, many s*xual addictions start with fantasies and imaginations.

A woman shared her story of how fantasizing led her into addiction. It started with her imagining herself married and doing life with her husband, going out, doing big things, and spoiling themselves with love. Then, she got to the part where they would have s*xual intimacy, and she noticed she couldn't stop at that junction because of how she felt. Hormones were already released, and she went down that path severely. She started touching herself, and that's how she became addicted.

You must understand that your brain doesn't know the difference between reality and imagination, and the same hormones released during real intimacy are released during s*xual fantasy. This is called dopamine. Before you know it, fantasy is not enough; your brain and body want more pleasure, This can lead to a dangerous cycle of addiction, oppression, and demonic influence over your life.

Permit me to say this: some cases of someone sleeping with you in your dream come from this loophole. You are opening yourself to oppression if you do this. I had to do deliverance for someone based on this; everyone around her wanted to sleep with her, and when I checked, I realized she consistently fantasizes.

Because the Bible rightly says, "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he."
Your imagination is powerful; you can create realities from it.

Every addictive behavior starts from fantasy. One of the ways to stop the addiction is to stop fantasizing.

Because your body is a slave to your mind
So whatever controls your mind, controls your body.

You must learn how to guard your heart... (To be continued)

22/06/2024

COME AND DRINK FROM THE LIVING WATER



𝗦𝗲𝘅𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹! It doesn't mean you're not spiritual or born again; it means you're human. Sexual feelings a...
04/06/2024

𝗦𝗲𝘅𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹!

It doesn't mean you're not spiritual or born again; it means you're human. Sexual feelings are just like hunger, sleep, and other natural appetites. Funny enough, after long hours of prayer, you can get a tingling feeling within you.

The reason many people have issues with this appetite is because of what they've fed themselves with. Your war is not with s*x, because s*x is good. God made s*x for procreation and pleasure, and everything God created is good. Just like food is good but gluttony is bad, s*x is good but lust is bad. So s*x is not the problem, lust is.

If you keep interpreting s*xual feelings as lustful feelings, you'll always be fighting a self-inflicted battle, and the devil will ride on that ignorance. Sexual feeling is the same appetite as hunger and sleep, but because of how we've s*xualized many things, we've opened the door to lust.

For example, a man or woman who has been into p**n won't be able to have healthy s*xual feelings without going into sin because of unhealthy exposure. So whenever they get aroused naturally, they'll want to satisfy their urges through watching p**n. There are things you can't do, no matter what because you have self-control towards those areas.

When we get exposed to immoral videos, content, and lifestyles, we break every barricade of self-control (watch out for part 2). So that's when healthy s*xual feelings move to s*xual lust. It means the appetite now controls you! So s*x is not your problem, lust is.

It's normal to feel like having s*x or finding someone s*xually attractive. But it's what you've been exposed to that makes it a healthy feeling or lustful. Until your mind is transformed, you'll always see s*x as a problem and keep praying against it. That doesn't mean that after prayer, you won't have s*xual feelings again. What prayer and the Word do is bring self-control and purity of mind.

Please, stop praying that God should make you impotent 😂; it's with you for life! The way you can control your appetite for food and fast, you have to learn how to control your s*xual appetite through the transformation of your mind by the Word of God and discipline.

Jesus didn't come to rescue us from our humanity; He entered into our humanity to rescue us from our sinfulness. He didn't come to save us from being s*xual creatures; He became one of us to save us from the reign of sin and lust that ruins our s*xuality. As I said, some bondages are self-inflicted.

Be transformed!!!

03/06/2024

"World changers do not have normal schedule" Bishop DAVID OYEDEPO.

Dealings with God can be summed up in a few years or months, depending on you. God doesn't determine the years we spend ...
01/06/2024

Dealings with God can be summed up in a few years or months, depending on you.
God doesn't determine the years we spend in the wilderness; you determine it. To bring balance to this, you must understand that growth takes time! It takes time to come into maturity! But there are trainings in the spirit that are not time-based but obedience-based. So, it's not about the years used; it's about yielding to God and the instructions given.

Because if you don't understand this, what you call a process might be you delaying yourself. For every situation, God has a lesson for you; if you won't learn the lesson, you will keep repeating the class because He is a merciful God. So, out of His kindness, He will wait until you get it, because your breakthrough will be the reason why many won't fail in that area.

What God seeks to achieve in you is that you will die to everything that has been exalted over Him in your life. He wants to use the same challenges to birth character out of you. That point where you can utter the same statement that Jesus made in Gethsemane (Matthew 26:39): "O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will." The point of saying yes to His will only. That point, God can trust you with anything; He knows there will be a mighty harvest per investment.

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