AN EPISTLE OF INTENTIONAL CHRISTIANITY: BY COMMANDER VICTOR OMOWUDE (CVO)MAY 2025

(The first epistle of CVO to his friends)

-CHAPTER ONE-
The Need for Intentional Christianity
Commander Victor Omowude CVO, a servant of our Lord Jesus Christ, redeemed by His precious blood, saved and transformed through the glorious Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, called and sent to proclaim His truth and prove His power.

To my beloved friends, both on campus and beyond: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father, our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit be multiplied to you. And, to the burning ones, the set-apart, the chosen of God in this generation:

Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of Christ Jesus our Lord. I write to you not as one who has attained all things, but as one stirred by the Spirit to call us higher to intentional living, to uncompromised Christianity, to friendship with the Word.
We live in a time where casual Christianity is no longer sufficient. The days are evil, and the standard of the Kingdom is under pressure. The enemy is not attacking church attendance he is
attacking consecration. He is not intimidated by our songs, but by our obedience. He is not afraid of gatherings, but of transformed lives. We must rise beyond the motions. We must stop flirting with sin and calling it weakness. We must stop excusing rebellion in the name of grace. God is holy, and those who bear His name must walk in holiness.

Intentional Christianity is a call to deliberate living. It is when you decide not just emotionally, but deeply and consistently to walk with God no matter what it costs. It is refusing to let culture shape your convictions. It is making war against every habit, mindset, or relationship that draws you away from God’s purpose.

You cannot walk with God and hold hands with sin. You cannot host the fire of the Spirit and live in the ashes of compromise. We are not of the world. We are not entertainers. We are not trend chasers. We are light. We are salt. We are priests. We are witnesses.
This is the hour to return to the Word not as a book of convenience, but as the constitution of our lives. Relationship with the Word brings discernment in darkness, strength in temptation, and direction in confusion. A Wordless Christian is a weaponless soldier.

Friendship with the Word means dying to self daily and allowing Christ to live through us. It means shaping our thoughts, relationships, and pursuits by what God has said not by what men
expect. Let us arise. Let us burn again. Let us walk the ancient path with modern fire. Let us live with such depth that our generation sees that Jesus is still enough. This is not just a call. It is a trumpet. It is a cry. That the bride may awaken. That the Church may be pure. That we may live
not for applause but for the day we stand before the King.

-CHAPTER TWO-
The Discipline of Depth
Therefore, if we say we are in Him, we must walk even as He walked. For what profit is fire if it has no heat? Or what is the boast of the believer who carries no weight in the Spirit? Many have become content with form, with language, and with labels, but the substance of the faith is missing. They say they are on fire, yet their altars are dry. They shout consecration, yet live in contradiction.
Shall we continue in shallowness and expect rivers to flow? Shall we neglect the secret place and demand public power? No, beloved, it is not so. For God is not mocked. What a man sows, that shall he also reap. If we sow to the Spirit, we will reap life and depth. But if we continue to feed the flesh, we will decay inwardly while keeping the façade of fire.
This is the burden: that the Church might grow up into Him in all things not only in utterance but in nature; not only in gifts but in character. For what use is a lamp that flickers only when watched? Or a priest who carries no oil?
The Lord is calling us into rootedness. He is calling us to dig deep wells. Emotion will not sustain us in the days of pressure. We need doctrine, we need discipline, we need a fresh baptism of death to self. The path of depth is not convenient, but it is necessary. It requires silence in a noisy world. It demands obedience in a rebellious generation. It calls for hunger beyond hype, Many chase mantles without embracing the Master. They run after platforms but avoid the threshing floor. Yet the throne of God is built on righteousness and justice. If we will carry His weight, we must bear His nature. If we will host His glory, we must first host His government.
Let every man examine himself. Are you rooted, or merely emotional? Are you established, or easily shaken? The wind will come. The fire will test every work. And only those who have built upon the Rock will remain.
Depth is not found in the crowd; it is found in the cave. It is not a gift; it is a discipline. The early church turned the world upside down not because they had lights and music, but because they had conviction and power. They prayed until the place shook. They studied until truth formed their worldview. They walked in the fear of the Lord, and the Spirit multiplied their influence.
Let us not chase noise and neglect weight. Let us not seek applause and abandon the altar. We must return to prayer, to fasting, to meditation, to hidden obedience. This is the hour not to be impressive, but to be approved. Not to be known by men, but to be known by God.
Depth is costly, but it is worth it. For in the day of battle, it is not charisma that stands it is stature. Let us arise and build within. Let us lay our lives again before the Refiner. That Christ may be fully formed in us, and through us, the world may know He lives.

-CHAPTER THREE-
The Fellowship of the Burning Ones
What then shall we say of those who burn alone, who fight in silence, whose groanings are hidden beneath consecrated robes? Are they forgotten? No. For the Lord sees every hidden fire, every secret sacrifice. Yet even the strongest flame needs wind to grow. Isolation was never the strategy of the Kingdom. We are not torches scattered; we are lamps joined together to light a generation.
The early apostles knew this mystery: they continued daily in fellowship, in breaking of bread, and in prayers. They knew that fire thrives in company. Iron sharpens iron. Deep calls to deep. When the burning ones gather, heaven answers. For our God is a Consuming Fire, and He walks among those whose hearts burn for Him.
But what has become of our fellowship? Many now gather around personalities, not presence. Around entertainment, not edification. Around status, not sanctification. And the fire grows dim. For where two or three are gathered in His name, there He is but only if it is truly in His name.
The fellowship of the burning ones is not a stage it is a threshing floor. It is where truth confronts error, where masks are removed and hearts are aligned. It is where the wounded find healing, not shame. It is where holiness is celebrated, not mocked. It is where Christ is central not charisma, not agenda, not ambition.
In these last days, God is calling for tribes remnants within the multitude. Those who will
weep for the state of the Church. Those who will pray through the night not for platforms, but for purity. Those who will not envy Babylon, nor bow to its systems. A people whose bond is not comfort but covenant.
The fellowship of the burning ones is forged in the wilderness. Like David’s mighty men, they gather in caves, discontent with compromise, and desperate for truth. They are not perfect, but they are purged. They are not many, but they are mighty. They live for one audience: the King.
Woe to the one who walks alone in the day of adversity. Blessed is the man who walks with kindred fire who has found brethren that don’t just cheer the gift but guard the consecration. For it is in such fellowship that accountability is born, correction is embraced, and holiness is sustained.

Let every burning one find his tribe. Let every firebrand seek out those who stir, not quench. For we are not called to run alone, but to march as a battalion. One body. One Spirit. One hope. One cry: “Thy Kingdom come. Let this be our fellowship not one of convenience, but of covenant. Not one of mere gathering, but of groaning. That together, we may build an altar that Heaven will not ignore. That together, we may be found faithful when the Bride-groom comes.

-CHAPTER FOUR-
Holiness in the Midst of Babylon: The Campus Call
If there is any place where convictions are tested and purity is placed on trial, it is the campus. For many, it is not just a school; it is Babylon disguised in academic robes. It is the furnace where identities are either refined or defiled. It is the field where altars are either raisThe campus has become a stage for strange fires. It is where lust wears confidence like a crown. Where rebellion is sold as freedom. Where immorality is no longer hidden but celebrated. Yet in the midst of this darkness, God still plants His burning ones; His Daniels and Esthers, His Josephs and Deborahs students who will not bow, who will not blend, who will not break.
Holiness on campus is not a suggestion; it is survival. It is not religious extremism; it is divine preservation. Babylon will offer you delicacies fame, pleasure, shortcuts, and compromise but you must purpose in your heart not to defile yourself. You must wear holiness like a garment, not just for chapel, but in the hostel, the lecture halls, the group chats, and in secret.
Do not be deceived there is no neutral ground. Every conversation, every friendship, every invitation, every celebration is a gate. You are either entering deeper into light or sliding silently into darkness. Holiness is not passive. It is a war. And you must fight to keep your altar burning amidst the distractions.

On campus, they will mock your purity. They will say your consecration is too much. They will brand you old-fashioned, too spiritual, too serious. Let them talk. For in the end, it is not the opinions of men that matter, but the verdict of the King. You were not sent to conform you were sent to represent.
Raise your standard. Raise your altar. Refuse the hookup culture. Refuse the parties masked as fellowships. Refuse the popularity that comes at the cost of your priesthood. Holiness is not just saying no to sin; it is saying yes to God, over and over, even when it hurts.
Let your dressing speak modesty. Let your speech reveal purity. Let your habits reflect heaven. You are not just a student you are a witness. Every campus revival in history began with consecrated vessels, not perfect people, but surrendered ones. The Spirit is still searching for students who will die to trends and live for truth.
Babylon will promise you pleasure, but give you chains. It will promise you platforms, but strip your power. But holiness will cost you now and crown you later. It will make you lonely for a season, but legendary for eternity.
Let the campus burn again not with lust, but with light. Let fellowship meetings become birthing rooms. Let hostels become altars. Let classrooms feel the weight of purity. This is not the time to hide. It is time to stand blameless in a crooked generation, holy in a defiled system, focused in a distracted world.
This is our call. This is our warfare. Holiness is still the highway of God. May our lives scream it loud and unashamed.

-CHAPTER FIVE-
Raising Altars in Hostile Territories
Altars are not built for convenience. They are born from revelation and sustained through sacrifice. Every territory has a throne, and behind that throne is a spirit claiming ownership. But when a believer builds an altar, he declares, “This ground now belongs to Yahweh.”
The campus is not neutral ground. It is a battleground. Every classroom, every hostel, every faculty, every common room is a gate of influence. If you do not raise an altar, something else will rise an altar to self, to lust, to mediocrity, or to strange gods. But you, burning one, are called to interrupt the darkness with light.

Raising an altar is not just having a prayer group; it is enforcing heaven’s government in a location. It is the unseen infrastructure that sustains revival. It is where burdens are birthed and mandates are released. It is where God’s presence gains territory on the earth.
But altars do not thrive in silence or ease. They must be raised even when resistance comes from the very people you’re sent to. You will be mocked for your prayer meetings. You will be called too intense for fasting during exams. You will be misunderstood for evangelizing when others are partying. Still, build it.
The ancient men knew this mystery. Abraham built altars in pagan lands. Isaac dug wells in hostile places. Elijah repaired the altar before calling down fire. You cannot command fire on abroken altar. And you cannot legislate change in a territory where you’ve made peace with darkness.
Let there be prayer altars on campus again —not entertainment-driven, but heaven-driven. Let there be gatherings where the presence of God weighs heavier than applause. Let intercessors rise not just for personal breakthroughs, but for the cleansing of faculties, the salvation of lecturers, and the transformation of entire institutions.
Some hostels are battlegrounds for souls. Some departments are gates of corruption. Some student unions have become strongholds. But one altar, one student on fire, one room where incense rises daily, can shift the atmosphere. Do not despise your small gatherings. Every move of God began with a whisper before it became a roar.
Raise altars through consistent prayer. Through Word-centered gatherings. Through midnight watches. Through fasting not for marks, but for mercy. Through purity that invites God’s presence. Build until your territory becomes uncomfortable for darkness. Build until your altar speaks louder than rebellion.
This is how we take campuses. Not by strategy alone, but by sacrifice. Not by charisma, but by consecration. God is not looking for perfect students, but surrendered ones. Your room can become a furnace. Your friend circle can become a company of prophets. Your walk can trigger revival.
Let the altars rise again. Let incense rise again. Let students groan again. Let territory be reclaimed for the King. Even in hostile territories, the fire must not go out.

-CHAPTER SIX-
Sustaining Fire Without the Stage
True fire is not proven in the spotlight; it is tested in secret. In a generation obsessed with visibility, the Spirit is still searching for men and women who burn when no one is watching. The campus system trains students to perform to dress for acceptance, speak for applause, and even pray for attention but the altar of God requires another kind: those who sustain fire without needing a platform.
The fire of God is not a feeling; it is a flame that feeds on surrender. It does not burn for Instagram stories, nor does it wait for a microphone. The fire is first personal before it is public. You must learn to burn in your room before you burn on the stage. If you only pray when invited, preach when posted, or fast when noticed, you are a performer, not a priest.
We must return to the hidden place, to the secret groaning, to the quiet obedience, to the Word read in silence and applied in humility. The student who carries fire is not necessarily the loudest on campus, but the one heaven recognizes in the spirit. When others sleep, they watch. When others laugh, they weep. When others conform, they contend.
Sustaining fire means valuing consistency over clout. It means building a prayer life that isn’t seasonal, a Word life that isn’t event-based, and a consecration that doesn’t shift with trends. It is waking up daily and choosing the altar before the algorithm. It is loving Jesus when no one claps, when no one retweets, when no one sends an invitation.
In every generation, God hides His burning ones. Before Elijah called down fire, he was hidden at the brook. Before Jesus began miracles, He was in the wilderness. David killed lions before Goliath. The question is not, “Can you shine on the stage?” but “Can you burn in secret?”
Beware of borrowed fire. Beware of platforms that come before preparation. Do not rush to be seen. Visibility without intimacy is a setup for spiritual death. Learn to stay where the oil flows, even if it’s lonely. The fire on your altar will speak for you in seasons when your name is forgotten.
You don’t need the stage to prove you’re burning. Let your lifestyle be the sermon. Let your purity be the platform. Let your humility be the microphone. Heaven is not looking for those who perform; heaven is counting on those who persevere.
Sustain the fire. In the quiet. In the mundane. In the obscurity. Until your life becomes a living flame. This is how revivals are sustained. Not by programs alone, but by people who keep burning when no one is watching.

–CHAPTER SEVEN-
The Power of Focus and Consistency
A scattered soul cannot carry the weight of divine assignments. In a generation drowning in options and distractions, the Spirit is calling for men of focus men who have narrowed their lives to the pursuit of God’s purpose, and refuse to be pulled in a thousand directions by the noise of campus culture.
Focus is the alignment of your energy with your assignment. It is the ability to say “no” to many good things so you can say “yes” to the God-thing. It is the refusal to be everywhere, do everything, and become everyone. A distracted student is a delayed destiny. Satan may not need to tempt you with sin; he can simply exhaust you with busyness.
You cannot host divine fire with a divided attention. Those who burn continually are those who focus intentionally. You cannot pray with power and gossip endlessly. You cannot seek the Word and scroll through vanity for hours. Revival tarries when consecrated men entertain what they should have renounced.
On campus, distractions are everywhere relationships without direction, opportunities without conviction, associations without discernment. But the burning one chooses the narrow path.
Like Daniel, he shuts his window to Babylon and opens his window toward heaven. Like Nehemiah, he says to every diversion, “I am doing a great work; I cannot come down.”

Focus births depth. It produces maturity. It is what separates noise-makers from history-makers.
The ones who shook their campuses with fire were not always the most talented, but the most focused. They chose the secret place over social gatherings. They chose to be misunderstood in order to be preserved. They fixed their eyes on Jesus, and never turned back.
But focus alone is not enough. Fire must be fed. Consistency is the fuel of the altar. You must pray when you feel it, and when you don’t. You must study the Word when it’s sweet, and when it’s dry. You must stand even when others fall. You must remain planted even when it’s not convenient.

Great moves of God were sustained by consistent men. Not flashy. Not loud. Just consistent. Day by day, hour by hour, they chose God. In the cold. In the weariness. In the warfare. Until the fire on their altar began to speak louder than the noise around them.
Do not despise your quiet routines. That morning devotion. That secret intercession. That chapter of the Bible. That evangelism habit. That midnight prayer. Over time, they become a furnace that hell cannot quench. This is how mantles are received. This is how territory is taken. Not by emotion, but by discipline. Not by popularity, but by focus. Not by bursts of fire, but by the flame that never goes out.
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Guard your gaze. Stay your course. Fight distraction. Build momentum. And in due time, the fire will answer.
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–CHAPTER EIGHT-
The Call to Apostolic Excellence in Academics and Ministry
Mediocrity has never been the culture of the Kingdom. Our God is excellent, and those who represent Him must mirror that excellence in every sphere especially on campus, where the war is not only for souls, but for influence and credibility. The days of choosing between being spiritual and being scholarly must end. The new breed rises with fire on their altars and excellence in their scripts.
Apostolic students are not just intercessors; they are intelligent. They do not skip classes in the name of spiritual things. They do not fail in academics and claim persecution. The same Spirit that opens Scriptures gives understanding in lecture halls. The Holy Ghost is not just for tongues and power; He is the Spirit of wisdom, counsel, and knowledge.
Your classroom is your first pulpit. Before you preach on crusade grounds, preach with your diligence. Let your life speak excellence so loudly that even your lecturers testify that “this one is different.” For if we cannot shine among classmates, how shall we govern cities for God?
The credibility of your ministry is tied to your stewardship of responsibility. Do not use ministry as a cover for laziness. Do not hide behind the anointing to excuse poor time management. Heaven is raising a company that can cast out demons and solve equations. Men who can win debates and win souls. Men who understand purpose and pursue excellence.
On campus, the gospel is observed before it is heard. If your life is scattered, your message is silenced. Let your assignments carry the mark of heaven. Let your presentations reveal integrity. Let your results speak of divine discipline. If you carry fire, let your scores carry it too.
Excellence is not perfection; it is commitment to growth. It is doing today better than yesterday. It is submitting to mentors. It is owning your errors and correcting your path. It is knowing when to say no to unnecessary meetings so you can study and when to pause to pray amidst academic pressure.
Ministry on campus is not only for pulpit holders; it is for anyone who lives intentionally for God’s glory whether in faculty fellowships, hostel rooms, group assignments, or discussion groups. Every space you occupy is a platform. Carry grace there. Preach with your comportment. Win souls with your work ethic.
Do not graduate only with a certificate. Graduate with a legacy. Let your transcript bear witness to your faith. Let your life tell your department that light passed through here. This is what it means to walk apostolically spiritually robust, intellectually sound, and missionally focused. The new wine God is pouring cannot rest on careless vessels. The revival we pray for cannot be carried by disorganized minds.
Let excellence become your culture. Let diligence be your aroma. Let kingdom relevance be your pursuit.

-CHAPTER NINE-
Purity and Emotional Discipline on Campus
The battlefield of this generation is not always in the open; many wars are fought and lost in the chambers of the heart. On campus, where emotions run high and passions are unguarded, purity is not just a command it is a weapon.
Emotional discipline is not weakness; it is strength under control. And in a world that celebrates indulgence, heaven is still raising consecrated men and women who will not bow. Purity is more than abstaining from sin it is aligning your emotions, desires, and affections with the will of God. The enemy knows that if he cannot derail your fire, he will try to detour your focus through unguided feelings. Many on fire today have been extinguished by one undisciplined relationship. Many started in power but ended in pain because they lacked boundaries.
Do not mistake emotional excitement for divine leading. Do not baptize your attraction and call it prophecy. Destiny must not be gambled on the altar of lust. This is not the time to be entangled with what God has not approved. Let your heart be so hidden in Christ that only a man or woman truly seeking Him can find you.
On campus, where proximity can birth unnecessary intimacy, you must guard your gates your eyes, your ears, your conversations. Emotional purity is not just about who you date; it’s about who you let influence your feelings. Conversations carry seeds. Jokes can stir desires. Affection, when misplaced, can corrupt intention. You are not too young to walk in discipline. You are not too spiritual to fall, if you do not flee.
Even Paul said, “I discipline my body and bring it under subjection.” This is not legalism it is wisdom. You cannot fight in prayer and play with seduction. You cannot burn for God and cuddle compromise.
Do not awaken love before its time. Ministry must not be an avenue to trap hearts. If your altar is burning, let it be for souls, not emotions. If your voice carries power, let it be for truth, not manipulation. God is watching what you do with the hearts that trust you.
Let purity be your fragrance. Let your eyes be single. Let your affections be consecrated. It is possible to be young and pure. It is possible to be spiritual and emotionally disciplined. And when the time is right, when your heart is ready and your assignment demands it, God Himself will orchestrate the connection that will not distract but multiply your impact. Until then, wait. Grow. Guard. Focus. You will not miss what is yours when you stay in the will of God.

-CHAPTER TEN-
Raising Altars: Building a Culture of Prayer on Campus
The strength of a campus is not in its structures or syllabus it is in its altars. When prayer dies, sensitivity dies. When altars are abandoned, compromise thrives. If we are to see true revival on our campuses, we must first restore the place of prayer not as a program, but as a culture.
Prayer is the oxygen of a believer’s spirit. It is the womb where spiritual realities are birthed and sustained. On a campus flooded with distractions, entertainment, lust, and ambition, the only way to remain alive to God is to kneel often. It is not enough to attend prayer meetings you must become a mobile altar.

An intentional Christian understands that casual prayer cannot carry divine burdens. Five-minute mutterings cannot birth revival. If we are to legislate kingdom realities on earth, we must learn to pray until the heavens respond, until darkness retreats, until transformation becomes tangible.
The call is not just to personal devotion but to corporate intercession. Find your tribe. Locate the burning ones. Build furnaces in hostels, classrooms, and empty halls. Turn lecture theatres into upper rooms. Let your school know that there is a generation that still prays. A generation that does not just seek grades but seeks God.
Prayer is not an event. It is a lifestyle. Do not pray only when exams come. Do not seek God only when trouble strikes. Build a rhythm. Let your day begin and end with incense. Let your friends know that hanging around you means colliding with fire.
And prayer must birth action. It must translate to bold evangelism, to consecrated living, to unashamed witness. The early apostles did not only pray they spoke, they moved, they confronted systems. Let our altars give us voices. Let our incense fuel our mission.
Do not be ashamed of tongues on campus. Do not be embarrassed to lift hands in surrender. You are not the strange one the world is. You are not the one missing out you are the one carrying what they need. Raise altars, not for show but for transformation. Let your room carry the weight of heaven. Let your corner become a gate. And when many altars rise, revival will no longer be a prophecy it will be our reality. One spark becomes a fire. One voice becomes a movement. Let prayer rise again on campus not just as noise, but as incense. Not just for breakthrough, but for intimacy.
Let the priests arise. Let the incense ascend. Let the heavens be opened.

-CHAPTER ELEVEN-
The Warfare on Campus: Engaging in Spiritual Battle
As a believer on campus, you are engaged in a battle that transcends the physical. The halls of your school, the classrooms, and the social settings are not neutral territories. They are battlegrounds where the forces of light and darkness constantly clash. Whether you recognize it or not, spiritual warfare is at play in every aspect of your campus life.
The enemy has one primary objective: to steal, kill, and destroy. And on campus, his strategies are subtle yet effective. He works to numb hearts, blind minds, and stifle the power of the Gospel through distractions, confusion, and compromise. He does not need your physical presence in open sin if he can keep you spiritually dormant. He doesn’t care how well you perform academically or how many friends you have if he can keep you from being a threat to his kingdom.
The first step in engaging in spiritual warfare is ‘recognizing the enemy’s tactics.’ The world will try to normalize the very things that keep you from God’s will pride, immorality, dishonesty, and the pursuit of status and popularity. These are not just behaviors; they are spiritual traps designed to weaken your resolve, cloud your judgment, and dilute your convictions.
But the good news is this: God has given you everything you need to stand firm. Ephesians 6:10-18 speaks about the full armor of God truth, righteousness, the gospel of peace, faith, salvation, the Word of God, and prayer. Each piece is essential in the battle you face every day on campus. But the most important tool you have is your identity in Christ. When you stand firm in who you are as a child of God, the enemy cannot shake you. When you know that you are already victorious in Christ, his schemes become powerless.
Campus life, while filled with academic challenges and social dynamics, is also ripe for spiritual victory. Every campus is an opportunity to bring light into darkness, to push back the forces of evil and establish the Kingdom of God. But spiritual warfare is not just about fighting external forces. It begins within. The battles you face in your mind, in your emotions, and in your flesh are often the most intense. These internal battles against fear, pride, lust, and laziness are the front lines where victory or defeat is won.

To engage effectively in this warfare, you must be intentional in your spiritual disciplines. Prayer is your most powerful weapon. Prayer connects you to the strength and wisdom of God, empowering you to resist the enemy’s lies and distractions. Make time every day to seek God in prayer, to declare His Word over your life, and to intercede for your campus, for your friends, and for your own heart.
Another critical element is ‘worship’. Worship is not just a song; it is a declaration of who God is When you worship, you invite the presence of God into every space. You are declaring that God is greater than any challenge or temptation you face. On campus, where peer pressure and the temptation to conform are constant, worship becomes a shield. It aligns your heart with heaven’s priorities and reminds you of the authority you carry in Christ.
But do not underestimate the power of community in warfare. One soldier can fight, but two can withstand. There is power in unity. The strength of your prayers, the boldness of your witness, and the effectiveness of your outreach multiply when you stand with like-minded believers. Find your tribe. The enemy is after your isolation. When you remain connected to others who share your faith, you become an unbreakable force.
The spiritual battles you face on campus are not just about you they are about the lives that are connected to yours. Every victory you win brings freedom to others. Every temptation you resist becomes a testimony to those watching you. Every prayer you pray changes the atmosphere around you. The victory is not just for your personal growth, but for the souls that will be impacted by your steadfastness in faith.
Do not shrink back from the fight. The victory has already been won by Christ. Your role is to enforce that victory, to stand as a warrior in the kingdom of light. Every battle you face is an opportunity for you to rise in strength and witness the power of God manifest in your life.
Campus warfare is real. The stakes are high. But remember: greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world. Stand firm in the armor of God, engage in prayer and worship, and remain united with fellow believers. And when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him.

-CHAPTER TWELVE-
Passing on the Baton: Entrusting the Fire to the Next Generation
Finally, my beloved, let us be reminded that the work we are doing on campus, the fight we are engaging in, is not just for our generation. We are but stewards of a great flame, entrusted with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and it is our responsibility to pass this fire to the next generation.
Our labor is not in vain, but it is meant to outlast us, to set ablaze the hearts of those who will come after us. The race we are running is not a solitary one. We are part of a great relay a spiritual baton being passed from one generation to another. Just as Elijah passed the mantle of his prophetic ministry to Elisha, so must we pass on the fire of God’s calling to those coming behind us. This task is not optional. It is a mandate for all who have tasted of the goodness of the Lord.
We must be intentional in raising up the next generation. Our lives are living testimonies of the grace of God, and they should serve as examples to those who will come after us. The fire that burns in our hearts should not remain confined to us but should spread to those around us. We are called to disciple, to mentor, to pour out the wisdom and experiences that God has graciously given us, that others may continue the work we have started.
Do not be content to simply endure the battle for yourself. Do not be satisfied with merely walking the path of faith alone. The true measure of our success in the Kingdom will not be the size of our personal achievements or the accolades we receive, but how faithfully we pass on the fire of the Gospel to those who will carry it further.
It is not enough to merely teach; we must live as examples. The next generation will follow not just our words, but our actions. They will learn from the way we love, the way we serve, the way we persevere through trials. They will watch how we stand firm in the faith, how we prioritize prayer, how we engage in the Word, and how we live out our calling in every area of our lives.
Let us then be careful to live lives worthy of imitation, knowing that those who come behind us are looking to us as their models. But it’s not just about living as examples; it’s about investing in them. You must open your heart and your life to the next generation. Take time to mentor, to teach, and to guide. Spend time with those who are younger in the faith, imparting wisdom, encouragement, and direction. The fire is passed through relationship through spending time with those who are eager to grow, to be discipled, and to be entrusted with the same fire that burn in you.
It is vital to recognize that the baton of faith is not passed in moments of convenience. Just as the Apostle Paul invested deeply in his spiritual son Timothy, so must we invest our time and energy in those whom God has called us to mentor. This requires sacrifice. It requires patience.
It requires a willingness to pour into others, even when it seems difficult or inconvenient. There are those who will carry the torch further than we ever could. The ministry we begin on campus, the seed we plant in the hearts of others, is only the beginning. The Kingdom of God will advance as we pass on the baton with conviction, knowing that the fire of revival is meant to continue long after we have left. The next generation will carry the torch and take the message of the Gospel into places we never could.
To those coming behind us, we say: Take up the mantle. Run with the fire. Let it burn brighter in you than it ever did in us. Continue the work. Press on toward the goal. Keep the faith. For the Lord has promised that the gates of hell will not prevail against His Church.
And to ourselves, we say: Let us be faithful stewards of the fire we have received. Let us not grow weary in well-doing. Let us remain steadfast, knowing that our labor is not in vain. And may the flame we carry ignite the hearts of those who will come after us, to the glory of God.
-Benediction-
GC Bright greets you. Pastor Freedom greets you, Freedom Omowude greet you, Pastor Wilson Udogadi greets you. They of the Reformers Nation greet you. The members of Dominion cathedral greet you. The Commander Gospel Mission Outreach greets you. The Omowude Household greets you. And especially, the Harvest of Souls School Outreach greets you.
May the grace of the Lord be with you all. Stay focused, stay on fire, and prepare for the day of the Lord. The Lord’s grace be with you always. Amen.