City of Wealth International Church

05/08/2026

DON'T LOSE YOURSELF TRYING TO BE SOMEONE ELSE

When I came into ministry few years ago, I listened to every preacher I knew. At some point, I started cloning myself to become like them who God did not make me.I wanted to teach like Apostle Selman. When I mounted the altar, you would ask, Did Bishop Oyedepo give birth to this one? The way I spoke, you’d think I was bragging. is just because of the Faith life of papa, I drank from the rivers of Winners Chapel. I drank from Papa until I practically talked like him. But deep inside me. I was feeling empty. People would be blessed, but I would go home dry. Then something happened one day. I saprate my self to asked God why? Why am I not happy? And God said to me: you are losing your identity trying to look like someone else At first I didn’t understand it. But a few hours later, it hit me. That was the day I stopped listening to so many messages. I limited myself to two voices alone and will listen to them till tomorrow. Unless by chance I hear someone else preach but if not I can't. And then after prayers I began to function in the grace God placed in my life. And everything changed Today many youths are making the same mistake. They are trying to be someone else. And in the process, they are aborting who God has made them to be.

When you do this, 2 things happen:
1. You destroy the generation God sent to look up to you. They don’t need a copy. They need the original you.
2. You chase a destiny God never designed for you.

And that road always ends in failure and frustration, God didn’t anoint you to be a second version of Apostle Selman. He called you to be Me same to you also, The version only you can carry God will use what is in YOUR hand. Not your mentor’s hand.
(Galatians 6:4 But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor)
Stop trying to sound like everybody. stop trying to dress like everybody. Stop trying to minister like everybody. Find your voice. Find your grace. Find your lane. That’s where your joy is. That’s where your anointing is. That’s where your generation is waiting May the Lord give us understanding.
Let There Be Light

04/08/2026

COME OUT OF THE PRISON OF THE MIND

Mindset is a weapon
And it has kept many people in prison for decades Let me be honest with you, As a little child, I was thinking If I sit close to a lady, she will get pregnant , My Mum talk me into it so much that I fear sitting close to a girls in the class So I grew up running away from girls in primary school that was my mindset that was my prison Now look at today There are many religious belief systems that have poisoned believers. They have kept people from the light and the experience of God, I was thinking If a lady wears trousers, she will go to hell, Mindset, I was thinking if you are fasting, you must frown your face mindset, I was thinking God’s love is only limited to believers, not everyone, To hear God, you must pray 7 hours before He speaks, All of these were religion. Man-made rules. Not Christ And up till today, many believers are still so religious that when they see light, they call it darkness When they see freedom, they call it sin. When they see grace, they call it compromise. Religion puts you in prison. Christ brings you out. 2 Corinthians 3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom, Religion will tell you to perform. Christ says Come as you are. Matt 11:28 Religion will measure you by rules. Christ measures you by the cross. Religion will keep you in fear. Christ gives you adoption as sons. Rom 8:15, Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, Your mind is the gate. What you believe will determine what you experience. You can be free in church but still be in prison in your head.

Let there Be Light.

04/08/2026

NOT EVERYTHING IS THEORY. SOME THINGS MUST BE EXPERIENCED.

Many years ago, I was invited to preach for some bishops. A bishop heard me preach in a church and was interested in my messages. He gathered his bishop friends so I could minister to them. I stood there and said a whole lot of things. I spoke with boldness. They were all just looking at me In my heart I thought, "Am I not preaching well? After I finished, they prayed for me and said, "May God help you Years later, City of Wealth Church started and now I look back and I see it clearly. Everything i preached then was from my level of wisdom at that time, both in life and in ministry. Sometimes I feel like calling all of them to apologize. Have you seen where a single person is giving a married person advice about marriage? Wait until they marry Have you seen where a church member is giving a pastor advice on spiritual things? Sometimes you just laugh. The truth is: Most things in life are not to be debated in theory. They are to be experienced.
Experience will humble you.
Experience will teach you.
Experience will grow you.
Experience will bring you into maturitans knowing
Experience will bend you
Don’t despise anyone’s process. And don’t speak beyond your level.

Let There Be Light.

03/08/2026

HAPPY NEW WEEK

I believe so much in silent prayer, just as much as I believe in corporate, loud prayer In the prayer department where I pastor, we grow while we pray.Sometimes we pray, we shout, we travail. But whether you shout or you pray silently, what truly matters is the posture of your heart while praying Just last week I was in church and I silently prayed a prayer I said, God, I want You to release me to go and preach for people again It has been a very long time since I went to preach outside, apart from going to bless my sons and daughters in the Lord I prayed that prayer quietly. I left it with God Do you know what happened? In that same week, I got an invitation to come and preach for a church we have never gone to before Why am I saying this? There are many people who think their prayers will only be answered if they shout It is good to shout It is also good to pray silently But what I know is this: God is not moved by the volume of your voice. God is moved by the posture of your heart So don’t condemn yourself if you don’t shout And don’t look down on anyone who prays silently Both prayers are good What matters most is your heart before God May God give us understanding.
Happy New Week.
God bless you.

Let There Be Light.

02/08/2026

I learnt something very powerful while I was in Winners Chapel, God servant Our father Bishop Oyedepo does not joke with the mandate of the commission he can let go of anything just to make sure the God-given mandate over Winners stands firm, One statement I heard him repeat over and over was this: (When every strategy is on ground, submit to the instruction) He said again and I quote If you keep doing what I do here, you will get the same result anywhere you are, in winners or outside winners, As a young preacher, that word entered me. when city of wealth started I began to engage the same thing, I started walking in the same principles, the same discipline, the same obedience to divine instruction. it's painful but today I can tell you, there are proofs, we are not where we want to be but we are not were we use to be, There are results to show for it by the mercy of God, mandate is not a slogan. Mandate is a responsibility. when God gives you a mandate, He also gives you the pattern to produce results. The world may change methods, but God’s principles never change. If you follow the instruction, you will see the manifestation. This is why in CITY OF WEALTH CHURCH TODAY we are serious about obedience, we are serious about the mandate, We are serious about doing what God told us to do, the way He told us to do it. Let us keep our eyes on the mandate.
Happy Sunday

02/08/2026

30/07/2026

THERE ARE SOME OF LEARNING THAT COMES FROM SCARS NOT FROM BOOKS, BIBLE OR MENTORS

This morning I was teaching one of my people. I shared with her some of the painful experiences I had in ministry Betrayals, Abuse and the painful truth? Most of them came from the people I loved the most. The people I trusted the most. The people I went out of my way just to make sure they were happy. But I’m sharing this because I experienced it PRACTICALLY.
Not theory. Not hearsay. Child of God, hear me: Many of the battles you go through in life are NOT demonically engineered. Some of them, God ALLOWS them so you can gain MASTERY. So that others will not go through the same pain. your pain has a purpose. Your scar is someone’s survival manual. May God see you through. And may He turn every wound into WISDOM & KNOWLEDGE IS VERY IMPORTANT, Many of the battles you go through in life are NOT demonically engineered.
Some of them, God ALLOWS them so you can gain MASTERY. So that others will not go through the same pain. Your pain has a purpose. Your scar is someone’s survival manual. May God see you through. And may He turn every wound into wisdom

27/07/2026

Yesterday after service, I was completely drained.

It was a power-packed service yesterday in CITY OF WEALTH CHURCH (COWIC)The glory was heavy. Immediately after Service, I had a meeting with the church youth wing. and saw few people I gave appointment for counseling. I prayed for people.By the time I was leaving, my body was tired, my head was pounding, and I was very hungry. I just wanted to go home and rest.But there was a problem, I had given my word to a family that I was coming to pray for someone. Child of God, when you give your word, heaven is watching. So I gathered the little strength I had and I went.I got there, I prayed. The power of God moved. After the prayer, they brought packages to me. It was an offering. Money.I needed that money. I needed it for something very important today - Monday Something that if care is not taken, may not wait.But as I want to receive it, the Spirit of the Lord spoke to me clearly "DON'T TAKE THAT MONEY. I froze. In my heart I said, Lord, but I need this. But God said nothing more.I smiled, I appreciated them and I quietly rejected the money and we left

HERE IS WHAT GOD TAUGHT ME

There are many times God will give you an instruction and He will not tell you the reason why. Sometimes even after you obey, He still won’t explain everything.Why? Because obedience is not for God’s benefit. It is for YOUR GOOD and YOUR PRESERVATION

1. That money could have been a trap Money with a covenant attached that would have tied my destiny.

2. That money could have been premature God has a bigger provision coming that will not embarrass me.

3. That money was a test God wanted to see if He can trust me with billions for His house and walk

1 Samuel 15:22
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams

I don’t know what God is saving me from. I don’t know what door He is opening instead.
But I know this: The God who said "no" to that money will send a better one.

24/07/2026

HOW PRAYER CHANGED MY LIFE AND MINISTRY, I BECAME UNCOMFORTABLE WITH WHERE I WAS

I was wishing many things would happen but it never happened. I was hungry to see church members receive miracles...
And it never happened. I wanted to pastor a growing church but CITY Of Wealth Int'l church was not growing, I was so worried. The moment we gave ourselves self to prayer, things began to shift.
People started coming on their own without invitation,
Miracles started happening, God started moving, I was so surprise in our Bible study last week the whole chairs was filled up, I was asking my self what is happening, One day I was praying I receive a word from the Lord, the Lord told me while I was praying (TRUST ME), I came out our that prayer another person, what I was thinking about I stopped thinking about it and God intervene immediately, To Every Young minister Don't only wish for what you want to see around you they may never happen Why? Because they don’t know how to trap things in the spirit and bring it to this realm. Your Jesus, my Jesus, Our Jesus said TARRY, Tarry means stay in the altar of prayer Luke 24:49 KJV PRAYER IS Not just a one of the ways to know God, prayer is life, Don’t just wish it. Pray it. Don’t just desire it. Tarry until you have it what you don’t birth in the place of prayer, you cannot sustain in life.

James 5:16 KJV
_The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

22/07/2026

DON’T ABANDON YOUR OFFICE BECAUSE OF ABUSE

Why is it that every young minister today wants to be called Apostle?
And why are many prophets suddenly changing their names to Evangelist or just Bro?

The reason is simple. Because of the abuse we are seeing in the prophetic ministry, many are running away from their original calling.

But hear me.
Inasmuch as there is abuse in an office does not mean you should run away from your spiritual office.
Abuse does not cancel purpose. Counterfeit does not cancel the genuine.

I know very soon many will stop bearing the name Apostle just because of the abuse on it.
People are afraid of criticism, afraid of labels, afraid of what men will say.

But my submission is this:
Don’t try to look like someone and miss your original self.
God did not call you to copy another man. He called you to be you in Him.

Ephesians 4:11 KJV
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers

God Himself set these offices in the church. They are gifts to the body, not titles for pride.

Romans 11:29 KJV
For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance

When God calls you, He does not change His mind because men are abusing it.
If we run away from every office that has been abused, soon there will be no Pastors, no Teachers, no Prophets left.

1 Peter 4:10 KJV
As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as goodb stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Be a good steward of what God gave you.
If you are a Prophet, be a true Prophet. b
If you are an Apostle, be a true Apostle.
Let your life, character, and fruit correct the abuse, not your title change.

Matthew 5:16 KJV
_Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Don’t hide because of pressure. Don’t dilute because of mockery.
Stand in your office with humility, with integrity, and with the fear of God.

The world does not need more titles. The world needs genuine men and women who will represent Christ truly in whatever office God gave them.

Stay original. Stay called. Stay faithful.