The GLA Podcast

💖 God's Love and Eternal Plan (Ephesians 1)

The core message is that God's love is the propelling force behind every action to bring believers to their current position. This love is not a cliché but an experience.

• Fore-ordination and Sonship: Before creation, God chose and predestined believers for adoption as His children (sonship). This was His good pleasure and plan, a "love letter" beginning from eternity.

• The Completed Blessing: The word "hath" in Ephesians 1:3 emphasizes that believers have already been blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ. This "package" was prepared from the foundation of the world and is a sealed and established reality—a free gift not paid for by works.

• Redemption and Inheritance: Through the physical and soul pain and suffering of Jesus Christ, we received redemption (forgiveness of sins). Jesus is the mediator and the point of contact with God. By believing, we are qualified in Christ and sealed by the Holy Spirit, who guarantees our inheritance.

• Sonship's Benefits and Responsibility: Sonship means having the exact same benefits and access to resources as Jesus, the first begotten Son, and being treated with equal lavishness by the Father. Sonship is not just a title but the ability to use resources and represent the Father, which brings God pleasure.

✨ New Nature and Position (Ephesians 2:1-9)

The text stresses that believers are not normal people; they do not live a "normal human life" because they have been translated from their old state.

• From Death to Life: Humanity's "adamic nature" is prone to excuses and the tendency for unbelief. We were spiritually dead in our sins (Ephesians 2:1). However, "quickening" (Ephesians 2:1) signifies an exchange of nature and activation of life, which is what God breathed into man.

• Seated with Christ: Salvation results in a new identity: believers are seated with Christ in the heavenly places. This is an awareness and a positional truth. In this seated position, the word impossible is erased, and anything contrary (like fear, sickness, or negative thoughts) is merely a temptation to change location that must be overcome.

• Grace Through Faith: The new normal is to operate at the capacity of Christ and to arrive at a place where one can wield authority and dispense grace willingly. The entire process of salvation is a demonstration of God's rich mercy and grace through faith, which is a gift of God, so that "no one can boast" (Ephesians 2:8–9).

🗣️ Practical Applications

• Prayer is Essential: Prayer is for every believer, not just "prayer people." It keeps you alert to God's voice and tunes your spirit to God. The goal is for communication with God to become an "addiction."

• Responding to God: Our reasonable response to God's love requires "washing off" sustained ideas about the Father's love and understanding the true principle, emotion, and purpose of Scripture.

• Authority and Action: There is a collective priestly responsibility to silence evil or menace in the community. Believers have enough resources to do what they are called to do

This sermon excerpt, "Birthing Prophecies II," focuses on the nature of prophecy and the essential role of the believer's faith and action in bringing God's declared will to pass. It stresses the shift from merely having information to living by divine revelation.

The Nature and Fulfillment of Prophecy

• Prophecy Defined: Prophecy is the declaration of the mind of God for a people or nation; a thought in God's heart accessible only through revelation. The office of the prophet helps to confirm the thoughts God has already placed in your heart.

• Logos vs. Rhema: The Logos is the entire scope of God's thought (the whole Bible), but the Rhema is what God is saying right now from that whole book.

• Prophecy Requires Principle: God speaks to create, not just to describe a situation. Prophecies are not fulfilled automatically; they require principles to be fulfilled.

• No Private Interpretation: The prophetic word is fulfilled in the life of anyone who fulfills the principle of God's Word. It must achieve the purpose for which it was sent.

• The Key is Belief: The singular requirement for a prophetic word to be fulfilled is to believe the word. This belief is the expression of confidence and trust in God's knowledge (Faith). When you arrive at believing exactly what God said, the manifestation is instant.

The Identity of the "Pure Breed"

• Identity Lost and Found: Because of the Fall, humanity lost its identity, which Jesus was sent to restore. Culture and traditions often school believers to live below this revealed identity.

• The Call to God-Life: The call is for the God Life to swallow up your human life. A pure breed is not a sinless breed, but a generation in which nothing mixes with their divine ancestry—they live swallowed up by the God-life.

• Temptation is Impurity: For a people called a "pure breed," the greatest temptation will be impurity. They must consistently look at what God has said and insist on it.

"Spiritual Action and Warfare

• Imagination Precedes Entry: You cannot enter into any reality you have not first imagined. God sends prophetic words to give you a picture and a "proceeding word" to change your reality.

• Separation is Necessary: You are not a true believer until you can handle separation with Lot (letting go of the past). If you are focused on what you have lost, you cannot behold what God wants to give.

• Speaking Activates: It doesn't matter who God is; it is what you believe that you see. Saying it activates the word. You must declare it until it becomes spontaneous.

• Prayer is the Invitation: Every prophetic word is an invitation to prayer. You must stay with God to birth it.

• Worship and Anger: The praises raised by the people are for the prosperity of the region (e.g., the Plateau). Getting angry with your brother dilutes the spiritual energy needed to help others.

• Revelation over Information: To be right with God, you must process things by revelation, not by mere information.

Final Exhortations

• The greatest gift we have is the gift of an open ear to hear God's voice.

• When you find the purpose of God for your life, it is already blessed. You only seek blessings when you are doing something outside of His will.

• The end of societal issues like banditry is with us (the church/believers), not the government.

• The angel of prosperity responds to generosity, just as mammon responds to greed

This sermon focuses on the Christian's role as an agent of God's restoration, emphasizing the transition from merely being a saved believer to becoming a commissioned son and disciple who can "birth" prophetic words through strategy, spiritual warfare, and belief.

The Vision: From Salvation of Souls to Sonship

• Restoring Creation: The ultimate purpose of the Gospel is not just the saving of individuals, but the saving of nations and systems (restoring what was lost through sin: sickness, poverty).

• From Believer to Son: The first level is believing (salvation), but God's plan is for every believer to transition into Sonship. The Father rejoices when a believer becomes a son—an agent equipped to reclaim creation.

• Ambassadors of God: We are not saved simply to go to heaven; we are saved to be God's representatives and ambassadors on Earth.

• The Challenge: The problem is not a lack of "rain" (revival/blessing), but a lack of available vessels (sons/disciples) to receive and steward it without it causing destruction (flood).

The Mandate: Discipleship and Strategy

• Discipleship over Crowds: Jesus is not looking for crowds; He is looking for disciples. Revival (fire) comes when God's Word is put into people first.

• The Process: After becoming a believer, the next step is to become a disciple (unto Christ). A discipler points you to Christ but does not replace Him.

• A Strategy for Transformation: We must adopt a strategy to ensure everyone who joins the church becomes a son.

• The Real Work: The real work of ministry is outside the church, aimed at transforming society. The church is for activation. The core work is holding the hand of those who are struggling (the "love circle"), which should not be taken lightly as "90% of the work happens at that level."

• Empowerment: Empowerment is the release of God's power to transform society.

Spiritual Weapons: Truth, Culture, and Warfare

• Overcoming Iniquity: Iniquity is a spirit that operates in lineage and covenants. To break free, you must acknowledge the truth that Jesus was wounded for our iniquity.

• Meekness: A meek man is defined as one who does not offend easily and is not easily offended.

• Superimposing Truth: A fact is not the truth. When you see a negative fact, you must superimpose the truth (God's Word/Promise) over it.

• Grace and Growth: The gift of grace is not a substitute for growth; it must be met with spiritual development.

• The Weapon of Worship: The major weapon for prosecuting the last days is the culture of worship. Praise is not just for fellowship; it's to cast down spiritual princes (e.g., stopping the "body of violence" by dealing with the "spirit of violence").

  
  

Birthing the Prophetic Word

• The Call to Warfare: The release of a prophetic word is always a call for warfare in the place of prayer.

• Interpretation is Key: Prophetic words expand our imagination, but they are subject to the challenge of interpretation by culture. You must sit with God to get the right interpretation and avoid building what God is not telling you.

• The Power of Belief: All it takes to experience God's promises is Belief, which is a component of Faith involving trust and confidence despite circumstances.

• Prayer Changes Your Mind: Prayer is necessary to birth the prophetic word because it changes your mind and melts your heart until you can see all the elements of the prophecy, leading to manifestation.

Specific Prophecies:

1. God is raising and empowering people with wealth to partner with Him in a new move.

2. God is raising up partners for the House of Judah for a new order.

This sermon excerpt focuses on Christian transformation as a lifetime process centered on the renewal of the mind by the Word of God.

The underlying theme is that your belief system determines the scope of God's work in your life.

The Imperative of a Renewed Mind

• Transformation is Continuous: Transformation in Christ is a lifetime process, not a one-time event (Romans 12:1-2, Ephesians 4:22-24, Colossians 3:1-2).

• The Channel for God: A renewed mind is the channel that makes it easy for God to find expression through you.

• Belief Governs God's Work: God's work through you is either permitted or restricted by the belief systems you sustain.

The Role of God's Word

• The Major Tool: The Word of God is the major tool on the journey of transformation and is the cure for unbelief.

• Creating an Atmosphere: When your mind is renewed by God's Word, it creates a spiritual atmosphere around you. This atmosphere helps you identify the presence of unbelief when it enters your environment.

• Understanding God's Ways: A renewed mind has accepted and understood the ways of God.

Obstacles to Faith The effectiveness of God's Word can be weakened by three primary factors that compete with divine truth:

1. Traditions: Patterns of thinking and living that make the Word of God "of non-effect."

2. Experiences: Past events that challenge God's promises.

3. Formulas: Relying on fixed methods instead of the leading of the Spirit.

Additionally, the logic of human thought patterns weakens the ability of God's Word to take root in the heart. The spiritual battle of holding onto God's promises against infiltrating worldly ideas is a spirit-to-spirit affair.

The Currency of Attention

• Doubt's Persistence: As a believer, doubt leaves you only when you leave this world; you will constantly face contrary ideologies until you die.

• Payment in the Spirit: Attention is a currency to get things in the spirit. Anything you obtain in the spiritual realm is paid for by attention given to God's Word and ways.

🕊️ The Nature of the Kingdom and Zion

The sermon defines Kingdom Exploits not as personal fame, but as the deeds accomplished by believers who surrender their own agenda to advance God's intent.

• The Kingdom is Influence: God's kingdom is as great as the influence it exerts upon the earth (Romans 14:17). This influence is rooted in righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

• The Answer to Earth's Rage: God's response to the raging of the kings and the heathen (Psalm 2:1-12) is the placement of His King and the expression of His kingdom, called Zion.

• Zion is Mobile: Zion is not a fixed place but a mobile location carried by every born-again believer who submits to Jesus' Lordship. Every believer is a "carrier of this kingdom," meaning that their very presence and actions are God's answer to the world.

• Attributes of Zion: In this New Covenant Zion, God is the ultimate judge, and everyone is empowered to be a "point of judgement" (a place where God's will is executed), unlike the Old Covenant.

• The Ultimate Goal: God created humanity (Genesis 1:26-28) for His man to reflect His dominion, holiness, and benevolence over all creation.

🔥 Dying to Self and the Path to GloryThe core exploit required of a believer is the willingness to die to self, which is the necessary prerequisite for the release of God's power and glory.

• The Necessity of Dying to Self: Dying to self is not an option but a necessity for the believer. This is the "dying" that Daniel 11:32-36 refers to. It is the willingness to end one's own agendas to push God's intent.

• Glory Through Suffering: Glory does not come without suffering, which is defined as denying yourself certain things because you choose to identify with Christ. This denial is the "fire" that births glory—not poverty, but intentional self-denial.

• The Great Trade-Off: Glory will not be birthed if it is "traded for" something else. When the suffering/denial is in place, glory is naturally birthed.

👂 Obedience, Yoking, and InfluenceObedience and relationship with Jesus are the keys to accessing the kingdom's power and making an impact.

• Obedience is the Pass Mark: Obedience to the King's command is the pass mark for the kingdom to find full expression. Your obedience is what "stops the raging of the heathen."

• The Power of Prayer: The power of prayer is not in making requests, but in the knowledge that Jesus is Lord and is responsible by that office.

• Running the Race: The first demand of the spiritual race (Hebrews 12:1-12) is the ability to lay aside weights and sins so you can run swiftly.

• Dealing with the Flesh: The flesh cannot be overcome by human strength; it is dealt with by "beholding Jesus" (looking unto Him). This beholding occupies your attention so completely that there is no space for anything else.

• Yoking with Jesus: The pattern for hearing and understanding God's voice is by yoking with Jesus (Matthew 11:28-30). This yoking is embracing His chastisement (agreeing with the Lord by denying self) and the demands He makes of you.

• Hearing the Voice: The one who has mastered the voice of the Shepherd is the one who has become a yoke fellow.

• Kingdom Influence is Experience: Kingdom influence is not necessarily in what we say, but in the consciousness of what we carry as an experience and is the result of yielding rather than mere exertion.

🎯 Final Exhortations

• The righteousness received at the cross grants access to God, but bearing the fruits of righteousness is required to have influence on the earth.

• It is a season for believers to become a nation, where everything small "grows to control the whole earth," filling the desolate places.

• The greatest service a believer can render to Jesus is to become yoke fellows with Him.

• Focus on God's Interest: If you pick His interest, He picks yours: "Seek ye first the kingdom and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you."

🧠 The Mind: The Battleground of Faith

The message emphasizes the critical role of the mind in the journey of faith, noting that the natural tendency is to separate faith from the intellect.

• Internal Battle: The work of faith is an internal battle where the faith you initially embraced must guide and instruct your mind until you are completely unified ("married") to that faith.

• Sound Mind vs. Fear: God's gift to us is a sound mind, not fear (2 Timothy 1:7).

• Doorway to Insanity: Fear is identified as the enemy of faith and the doorway to insanity. Its purpose is to make you muddled up and dis-configured from the true reality God intended.

• Transformation is Resident: Our entire transformation is resident in the renewing of our mind. The mind is the gateway through which truth or lies take root.

🌎 Radical Rebellion Against World SystemsFaith requires an active, conscious, and radical separation from the ways of the world.

• Intentional Rebellion: Faith is an intentional and radical rebellion against the customs, systems, nudges, and ideologies of this world (Romans 12:2). A person walking by faith is constantly in opposition to these systems (Hebrews 11:38).

• Accessing God's Heart: The only way to access the heart and mind of God is through a radical departure from the customs of this world.

• The Power to Choose: Believers have the power to set their affections and choose the direction of their mind and desires (1 John 2:15-17, James 4:4).

• The Fall's Impact: The Fall caused the living soul, no longer energized by the spirit, to turn to the flesh—informed by the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. These are the sources of knowledge that must be guarded against.

• Dominion is Dependent: The level of dominion you experience is directly proportional to the level of renewal your mind has received.

🛠️ The Pathways to Mind RenewalThe renewal of the mind is a conscious, continuous process that God does not do for the believer; it is a discipline the believer must undertake.

• Goal: The destination of this continuous process is transformation into the standards of God.

• Vulnerability: A believer must watch out for points where they feel "strong and settled," as stopping the renewal process can lead to falling victim to old ways (Romans 8:5 TPT).

• Safety in Renewal: The safety of the believer is in the continual and perpetual renewal of the mind.

• A New Beginning: With a renewed mind, the Word of God becomes new every day.

Three Key Pathways:

1. The Word of God Received with Meekness: Giving yourself to the Word, avoiding familiarity, and allowing it to cleanse and sanctify you (Acts 20:32, Ephesians 5:26).

2. The Cross of Christ: Understanding that the cross not only initiated our new life but demands a daily dying of the flesh (Galatians 2:20).

3. Obedience: Insisting on obeying the Word every time it comes, even when it "doesn't feel good." This is one of the fastest ways to renew the mind by learning to obey the Spirit rather than your own thoughts (Romans 6:13).

🧭 Identity, Purpose, and God's Plan

The core of the message focuses on recognizing your crucial role in God's plan and overcoming limiting natural identities.

• Overwhelming Natural Identity: Our biological, ethical, and historical roots tend to have a more overwhelming impact on us than our identity in Christ.

• Shaking Off the Natural: To fully grasp and accomplish God's course, we must shake off who we are in the natural (Acts 15:17).

• Intentional Design: No person is an afterthought. God knew all nations and tribes from the beginning; therefore, everything about us was specifically tailored for an assignment.

• Predestined Boundaries: Even the boundaries of our dwelling places were predestined by God for the sake of our divine assignment (Acts 17:23-27).

• New Consciousness: A fierce battle to let go of the past is necessary. You must accept that Jesus has done everything and carry a consciousness of the new life that overwhelms any inconsistent reality.

The message uses a legal analogy to describe the believer's current spiritual work.

• Victory is Secured: We are warring from a place of Victory not for it. What Jesus Christ won is massive and is still being unveiled. Every revival and gospel advancement is a revelation of what Jesus has already paid for (1 Corinthians 15, Hebrews 2:7-9).

• The Analogy: In a legal context, once a verdict is issued, the stage moves to enforcement proceedings to execute the judgment.

• Our Mandate: Our "judgment" (victory in Christ) is not under contention; our current work is simply the enforcement proceedings of that victory.

• The Challenge of Unbelief: The primary barrier is unbelief having the secured victory (the judgment) but being unwilling to execute or walk into that experience. The will of man is powerful enough to reject the benefit of a secured win.

The message concludes with a call to action regarding debt, destiny, and generational legacy.

• Indebted to the Word: As a community, we are indebted to God by the words He has given us.

• Called to Be "Gods": Every time a person receives God's word, the ultimate intent is to make them a "god" (John 10:34-35).

• Weaponizing Everything: Advancing the kingdom doesn't mean quitting your job; it means beating your ploughshares and pruning hooks into weapons of war, or weaponizing everything you have in your hands.

• Legacy Over Comfort: We cannot hide behind our comfort and still successfully pass a spiritual legacy to the next generation.

🛡️ Warring from Victory (Enforcement Proceedings)🗡️ Weaponizing for Legacy

We take a look at commentaries and testimonies from the Just concluded Camp Meeting 2025 - The Mighty Acts Of God

The sermon emphasizes the necessity of living by faith and "killing" sight, which is described not just as what you've seen, but a "culturing over time."

• Undoing Unbelief: Believers must cultivate a strong belief that actively wipes out generations of cultural unbelief.

• The Power of Faith: Whether faith is small or large, its operation is uniform. Once the atmosphere for faith is present, anyone can partake.

• God's Capacity: We must recognize that the possibilities inherent in God are vastly bigger than any limitations we have created in our minds.

The message centers on Jesus's role as the highest Apostle and High Priest (Hebrews 2:1, 4:1).

• Commissioning: Our ministry is commissioned by the highest force in all of heaven and earth. The word of God was fully performed and kept before it was even brought to us.

• Faith in the Messenger: The effectiveness of the message depends on faith—both in the messenger and the one who receives the message.

• Impossibility of Failure: To enter into faith is to ensure it is impossible to fail. Conversely, a lack of belief in God's capacity to flow through you is an "evil heart."

The believer's walk requires commitment and understanding of the concept of priesthood.

• Priesthood Qualification: The qualification for priesthood is infirmity—the priest must know how it feels. Jesus is the only one who was tempted in all things yet did not sin, making Him our perfect High Priest.

• Accessing Grace: Jesus's priesthood provides access to the throne of grace. Not accessing this throne is wasting what He paid for.

• Non-Negotiables for a Believer: A believer must not neglect:

  1. The places where God speaks to instruct.

  2. The place of fellowship and study (devotion).

  3. The words of their teacher.

• Inheritance: Inheritance is not passive; it requires faith actions.

The sermon stresses the importance of embracing the office God has given you and the unique way God chooses to use people.

• Embracing God's Plan: Every earthly assignment is a call to priesthood. Your priesthood is tested when a brother takes your seat. You must demand the gates of a city be lifted up for you; no city will simply make room.

• Humility vs. Positioning: It is not humility to take a position given by men over a position given by God, as this disempowers you from accurately representing Him.

• God's Choice: God knew your weaknesses and insufficiencies when He chose you—He was not deluded. When God sends you, He does not also show you insufficiencies and inabilities.

👑 Jesus: The Perfect Apostle and High Priest🕊️ Priesthood, Access, and Commitment🛡️ The Divine Call and Office

In the final session at Camp Meeting 2025 - The Mighty Acts Of God, Rev Chris Delvan Gwamna gives instructions, prophetic words & Final Blessings

The prophecies delivered emphasize that things will "end explosively well," urging listeners not to fear because they are "different" and have a unique path.

A major theme is that every divine mandate is an elevation, not a reason to become complacent or self-sufficient. This elevation is part of a larger, continuous cycle.

The sermon warns against several pitfalls:

• Complacency: The message stresses the importance of not being content and to continuously seek God's direction.

• Usurping Authority: True authority, the message says, comes from divine revelation and is "sweet," while self-proclaimed authority will "never be sweet."

• Wrong Associations: Listeners are advised to cut ties with "wrong connections" and "wrong associations" that can pull them back into their past. The sermon also cautions against getting involved in every online argument.

• Self-serving actions: The message states that a person's election (or calling) is for God's purposes, not their own. It also warns against using God to make money.

The sermon also includes prophecies of a "remarkable shift" coming in December, with "dislocations and relocations" to align with God's greater plan.

In essence, the sermon encourages listeners to align their lives with God's will by embracing their unique calling, seeking divine direction, avoiding negativity and wrong connections, and living in truth and purpose.