Heart Pour Q&A

Mentoring is one of God's chosen method for transferring grace, wisdom and destiny is from a life to a life. Father to son, teacher to disciple, not by accident or striving alone.

The purpose of mentorship is essentially the transfer of virtue and the compression of time. A mentor lets you inherit in years or less what would otherwise cost you decades of trial and error; you stand on their revelation instead of starting from zero. "Impartation" — grace, character and understanding passing from one who has walked the road to one still walking it.

Among other things, mentorship provides:

• Direction and correction — a mentor helps you find your place in destiny and keeps you from avoidable errors.


• Character, not just information — mentorship shapes who you are becoming, not only what you know. Skill or wealth without proper mentorship produces people with capacity but no kingdom orientation.


• Accountability and covering — someone who can see your blind spots and speak into your life.

Recommend listening to: his message "Ladder (Truths That Deliver Greatness)" and "Doxazo (His Glory Revealed)" by Apostle Joshua Selman. You can search here on readsermons, plus browsing the Mentorship category.

This is one of Scripture's most sobering truths, and you've put your finger on exactly the right point: nothing "entered" Lucifer from outside. There was no tempter, no external devil, no serpent whispering to him. The evil began within him. That is what makes it so serious a warning for us.

The Bible describes it in two passages. In Ezekiel 28:12–17 God says Lucifer was "perfect in his ways from the day you were created, till iniquity was found in you." What was the iniquity? Verse 17: "Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness." And in Isaiah 14:12–14 we hear the rebellion in his own words — five "I will" statements: I will ascend… I will exalt my throne… I will be like the Most High.

So the answer to "what entered him" is: self-generated pride. The very gifts God gave him: beauty, wisdom, brightness, a high position. He began to admire in himself rather than to reflect back to God. He took what was meant to glorify God and turned it inward. Pride made him crave for himself the worship that belongs only to God, and that craving became rebellion. Pride is the original sin of the universe and humility is the safeguard. The same corruption that fell an archangel still works "from the outside in" against us through the pride of life.

This is also why blaming the devil for everything is spiritually dangerous: the devil himself fell not because someone tempted him, but because of a choice in his own heart. It's a reminder that our biggest battles are often internal, and that pride, even over good gifts, is where destinies are lost.

Recommend listening to: The knowledge of God and humility and "The God of Wonders" (Knowledge of God) by Apostle Joshua Selman - both available here on readsermons.

First, be gentle with yourself: your parents' frustration is usually their fear and love expressed poorly, not a verdict on your worth. Do not internalize wounding words as prophecy over your life. What God has said about you outranks what pressure says about you.

On "appropriating what God is telling you" — this is where he is very practical. A word from God is a seed, not a finished harvest. To appropriate it you must:
Hold it in faith and refuse to let discouragement abort it (get Apostle Joshua Selman's message "I Believe — Biblical Anchors for Exploits and Unshakable Faith," July 5)

Do the last thing He clearly told you. Ask: is there something He already showed me that I haven't done yet?

Convert the waiting season into a preparation season. Delay is frequently God's preparation for glory — not rejection. Use it to build skill, character and readiness so that when the door opens, you're ready to walk through it.

Practically, while you wait: keep bringing income or value in some form, however small, and keep honoring your parents even when their words sting — honor is a spiritual key, not a reward for their kindness. This protects your peace and your destiny.

This is a beautiful, honest question. Two things stand out.

First, the gap in your own words: "no skill." God's promises are real, but they usually flow through developed capacity. In his teaching (and strongly in Apostle Femi Lazarus's messages), talent and prophecy without a marketable, cultivated skill often stall. So one honest answer to "what am I not doing?" may be: acquire a skill. Pick something you can learn and monetize, and begin — the anointing rests on what your hand finds to do. Your NYSC year led you somewhere on purpose; don't despise this quieter season of building.

Second, do the revealed will while waiting for the specific will. God is often not withholding direction; He's waiting on you to act on what He's already said. Apostle Joshua Selman teaches divine direction comes clearest to those already in motion, walking in obedience, prayer and diligence. So take inventory: of the "things God has said," which one requires an action from you right now that you haven't taken? Start there.

Concretely: keep your fellowship and prayer life alive, name and pursue one skill, apply widely, and steward this season faithfully. Direction tends to unfold step by step, not all at once.

Recommend listening to: "This Is the Way (The Power of Divine Direction)" and "Matters of Destiny Part 1: Finding Your Place in Destiny" by Apostle Joshua Selman — both on his page. For the skill/work dimension, "It Takes 5 Minutes to Know a Man That Will Succeed" and "What Nobody Tells You About 9–5" by Apostle Femi Lazarus.

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