Agape Church Kenya

03/06/2026

Daily Rhema Word
By Bishop Dr. F. Shadrach Oloo
Agape Church Kenya

Luke 22:3–4 (NKJV)
“Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve. So he went his way and conferred with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him to them.”

Sin is first conceived in the heart before it is manifested in actions.

One of the most sobering lessons in Scripture is that sin is conceived long before it is committed. The betrayal of Jesus by Judas did not happen suddenly in the Garden of Gethsemane. It began much earlier in the hidden chambers of his heart.

Judas walked with Jesus for over three years. He witnessed miracles, heard the greatest teachings ever preached, and was counted among the twelve apostles. Yet despite his close association with Christ, he allowed sinful desires to grow within him unchecked. The outward act of betrayal was merely the manifestation of an inward conception.

The Bible reveals that Judas had a weakness for money. As the keeper of the money box, he helped himself to what was put into it (John 12:6). What began as hidden greed eventually became a stronghold. The enemy found fertile ground in his heart because he continually entertained what should have been crucified.

Sin follows a dangerous progression. A thought becomes a desire. A desire becomes an imagination. An imagination becomes a decision. A decision becomes an action. What Judas eventually did publicly had first been nurtured privately.

Luke 22:3 tells us that Satan entered Judas. This did not happen in a vacuum. The enemy gained access through a heart that had gradually opened itself to greed, disappointment, and compromise. The betrayal was conceived long before the thirty pieces of silver changed hands.

Many believers focus on avoiding sinful actions while neglecting the condition of the heart. Yet God is concerned not only with what we do but also with what we permit to grow within us. Every destructive act begins as an unchecked conception. Every spiritual victory also begins as a holy conception planted by the Spirit of God.

The lesson from Judas is clear: deal with sin while it is still a thought. Reject it while it is still small. Bring every desire, motive, and imagination under the lordship of Christ before it matures into something destructive (2 Corinthians 10:5).

Today, ask the Holy Spirit to search your heart. Do not allow bitterness, greed, pride, unforgiveness, lust, or offense to find a place within you. What is conceived in the heart will eventually be manifested in life.

02/06/2026

Daily Rhema Word
By Bishop Dr. F. Shadrach Oloo
Agape Church Kenya

Acts 5:3–4 (NKJV)
"But Peter said, ‘Ananias, why has Satan FILLED your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you CONCEIVED this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.’"

Sin is first conceived in the heart before it is manifested in actions.

One of the greatest revelations from the story of Ananias and Sapphira is that evil actions do not begin outwardly; they begin inwardly. Peter asked Ananias, “Why have you conceived this thing in your heart?” Before the lie was spoken publicly, it had already been formed privately within his heart.

The heart is the womb of both righteousness and sin. Whatever is conceived within will eventually be born in your life.

Conception is the beginning of a pregnancy, and every pregnancy eventually seeks expression. Whatever is continually entertained within the heart will eventually manifest outwardly through words, attitudes, decisions, and actions. This is why spiritual warfare is not only about resisting external temptation, but also about guarding the inner condition of the heart.

Ananias did not fall into sin accidentally. The sin was conceived internally before it was practiced externally. Satan first filled his heart with deception before that deception appeared in his actions. Every major fall in life often begins with tolerated thoughts, hidden compromise, unchecked desires, bitterness, pride, greed, or hypocrisy that is allowed to grow secretly within.

Jesus taught the same principle when He declared that evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, false witness, and blasphemies proceed from the heart (Matthew 15:19 NKJV). The outward manifestation is often the final stage of an inward process.

Believers must therefore become diligent guardians of their hearts. What you meditate upon matters. What you entertain in secrecy matters. What you continually feed within your spirit will eventually produce fruit in your life. A corrupt conception gives birth to destruction, but a purified heart produces righteousness, peace, truth, and life.

The danger of concealed sin is that it may remain hidden from men while remaining fully exposed before God. Peter declared to Ananias, “You have not lied to men but to God.” Human beings may not always discern what is happening within the heart, but God sees the inward conception long before the outward manifestation appears.

The encouraging truth is that not every conception must be carried to full term. Through repentance, prayer, submission to the Holy Spirit, and the cleansing power of the blood of Jesus, sinful thoughts and desires can be dealt with before they mature into sinful actions. What is conceived can be terminated before it is born.

May God help us to maintain pure hearts before Him. May every evil conception be destroyed before it matures into sin. May the Holy Spirit sanctify our thoughts, motives, desires, and intentions so that our lives may remain pleasing before the Lord. May the blood of Jesus purge our consciences from dead works and cleanse us from every evil conception, according to Hebrews 9:14. In Jesus' name, Amen.

01/06/2026

Daily Rhema Word
By Bishop Dr. F. Shadrach Oloo
Agape Church Kenya

Matthew 2:13 (NKJV)
“Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, ‘Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.’”

Divine Purpose Attracts Divine Preservation

One of the mysteries of the Kingdom of God is that divine purpose attracts divine preservation. When God places an assignment upon a life, He also releases protection for the fulfillment of that assignment. Jesus Himself is a powerful example of this truth.

Immediately after the birth of Jesus, King Herod sought to destroy Him. The enemy understood that this Child carried a divine purpose that would change humanity forever. Before Jesus preached a sermon, healed the sick, raised the dead, or went to the cross, hell was already fighting His destiny. Herod issued a deadly decree to kill the young children in Bethlehem in an attempt to eliminate Jesus.

But divine purpose activated divine preservation.

God warned Joseph in a dream and instructed him to take Jesus to Egypt for safety. Heaven intervened because the assignment of Christ could not be terminated prematurely. Jesus had not yet fulfilled His mission of redemption. The cross still awaited Him. Souls still needed salvation. Therefore, divine protection surrounded Him until the appointed time of His sacrifice.

This teaches us that when God has ordained a purpose over your life, He will preserve you until that purpose is accomplished. The enemy may attack, oppose, or threaten you, but he cannot destroy what God has ordained to fulfill destiny. The preserving hand of God is stronger than the plots of men.

Notice that God did not stop Herod from plotting. Instead, He provided direction, escape, and preservation. Sometimes divine preservation does not mean the absence of danger; it means God keeping you in the middle of danger. It means heaven guiding you through hostile environments until your assignment is complete.

Beloved, many times we do not realize how much God has preserved us. Some accidents should have destroyed us. Some attacks should have finished us. Some battles should have buried us. Yet we are still standing because purpose is still speaking over our lives. God preserves what He intends to use.

Jesus was preserved because redemption had to be fulfilled. Likewise, if God has placed a calling, assignment, or destiny upon your life, trust that His hand is able to preserve you until His purpose comes to pass. Divine purpose attracts divine preservation. You have a divine purpose to fulfill.

31/05/2026

31/05/2026

THE WAY OF ESCAPE

31/05/2026

Daily Rhema Word
By Bishop Dr. F. Shadrach Oloo
Agape Church Kenya

Jonah 2:1 (NKJV)
“Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly.”

Divine purpose attracts divine preservation.

The story of Jonah reveals a powerful and sobering truth: when God places a divine purpose upon a person, He can preserve that life even in moments of rebellion, failure, and disobedience. Jonah was a prophet called by God to go to Nineveh and preach repentance to a wicked city. But instead of obeying the voice of God, Jonah ran in the opposite direction.

Jonah boarded a ship to Tarshish, attempting to escape from the presence and assignment of God. His rebellion brought danger not only to himself but also to everyone around him. A violent storm arose on the sea, and the lives of the sailors were threatened because one man was running from divine purpose.

Naturally speaking, Jonah should have perished in the sea after he was thrown overboard. The deep waters should have swallowed him permanently. But divine purpose preserved him.

The Bible says that God prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. What looked like judgment was actually preservation. The fish was not sent to destroy Jonah but to preserve him until he returned to obedience. For three days and three nights, Jonah remained alive inside the belly of the fish. Human logic cannot explain such preservation. It was divine intervention connected to divine purpose.

Purpose attracts preservation.

Even in rebellion, God did not abandon Jonah because there were still souls in Nineveh attached to Jonah’s assignment. Heaven still had unfinished business with his life. God preserved Jonah in darkness, confinement, discomfort, and brokenness until repentance was produced in his heart.

Sometimes God will allow uncomfortable seasons not to destroy you but to redirect you back to purpose. The belly of the fish became Jonah’s place of reflection, repentance, prayer, and restoration. What seemed like the end became the turning point of his destiny.

After three days, the fish released Jonah onto dry land, and Jonah finally obeyed the Lord. When he preached in Nineveh, an entire city turned to God in repentance. This reveals that divine purpose is often bigger than the individual carrying it. Many lives were depending on Jonah’s obedience.

There are moments when people delay, resist, or run from what God has called them to do. Yet God, in His mercy, still preserves them because purpose is attached to their lives. Divine preservation is not always proof of perfection; sometimes it is proof of God’s mercy and unfinished assignment.

Be encouraged today. God can preserve you through storms, failures, consequences, and broken seasons because His purpose concerning your life still stands. The same God who preserved Jonah in the depths of the sea can preserve you until you fulfill every divine assignment attached to your life.

May God preserve your destiny, restore your obedience, and align you again with His divine purpose.

30/05/2026

Daily Rhema Word
By Bishop Dr. F. Shadrach Oloo
Agape Church Kenya

Acts 12:7 (NKJV)
“Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, ‘Arise quickly!’ And his chains fell off his hands.”

Divine purpose attracts divine preservation.

The life of Peter powerfully demonstrates that when God places a divine purpose upon a person, He also releases divine preservation over that life. Peter was not a perfect man. He had weaknesses, fears, failures, and moments of instability. Yet despite all this, God preserved him because there was still a Kingdom assignment attached to his life.

Peter once denied Jesus three times during one of the most critical moments in the ministry of Christ. Fear overtook him, and he publicly distanced himself from the Lord. Naturally speaking, many would have concluded that Peter’s ministry was finished. Failure should have disqualified him. Shame should have buried his future.

But divine purpose preserved him.

Jesus had already declared concerning Peter, “On this rock I will build My church” (Matthew 16:18). Heaven had already attached purpose to Peter’s life. Though he stumbled, God did not abandon him. After the resurrection, Jesus restored Peter and recommissioned him to feed and shepherd the flock of God.

Your failure is not always the end of your destiny when genuine repentance and God’s purpose still remain upon your life.

Later, in Acts 12, Peter was arrested by Herod and placed in prison under heavy security. James had already been killed, and Peter was next in line for ex*****on. Humanly speaking, his death appeared certain. Chains bound him. Soldiers surrounded him. Prison gates confined him. But prison could not stop divine purpose.

The Bible says that while the church prayed, God sent an angel into the prison. Chains fell off Peter’s hands. Iron gates opened on their own accord. Peter walked out supernaturally because heaven still had unfinished business with his life.

Purpose attracts preservation.

Peter was preserved from failure, preserved from shame, preserved from prison, and preserved from ex*****on because God was not yet finished with him. The Gospel still had to spread. Souls still had to be won. The church still needed leadership. Divine assignment demanded divine protection.

There are moments when the enemy thinks he has trapped you permanently through failure, accusation, fear, or affliction. But when God has ordained your destiny, He can break chains, open prison doors, and restore what seemed lost.

Do not conclude your story too early. Peter denied Jesus, yet became a pillar of the early church. Peter was imprisoned, yet walked out by divine intervention. What God has purposed concerning your life cannot be destroyed by human weakness or satanic opposition when you remain surrendered to Him.

May God preserve your faith, your calling, your family, and your destiny until every divine assignment upon your life is fulfilled in Jesus’ name.

29/05/2026

Daily Rhema Word
By Bishop Dr. F. Shadrach Oloo
Agape Church Kenya

1 Samuel 19:10 (NKJV)
“Then Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away from Saul’s presence; and he drove the spear into the wall. So David fled and escaped that night.”

Divine purpose attracts divine preservation.

The life of David reveals a powerful Kingdom truth: when God places a divine purpose upon your life, He also releases divine preservation over you. David was not preserved because life was easy, but because heaven had already ordained him to become king over Israel.

After David defeated Goliath, his popularity began to grow, and King Saul became deeply jealous of him. What started as admiration turned into hatred and attempted murder. Saul repeatedly sought to kill David. Spears were thrown at him. Soldiers were sent after him. Traps were laid before him. David became a hunted man.

Naturally speaking, David should have died long before reaching the throne. Saul was the king. He had authority, armies, influence, and national power at his disposal. David was only a young man running from cave to cave and wilderness to wilderness. But one thing Saul could not fight against was the divine purpose of God upon David’s life.

Purpose attracts preservation.

When Saul threw the spear, David escaped. When Saul sent men to capture him, God intervened on his behalf. When David hid in caves, God protected him. Even in lonely wilderness seasons, divine preservation surrounded him because God had already declared that David would shepherd His people Israel.

The enemy often attacks people who carry purpose. David was pursued not because he was weak, but because he carried destiny. The oil of anointing upon his life attracted warfare. Yet every attack only proved that God’s hand was still upon him.

There are moments when people may fight you without cause. Some may misunderstand you, oppose you, betray you, or try to hinder your progress. Like David, you may wonder why the battle is so intense. But sometimes the intensity of the warfare is connected to the greatness of the assignment upon your life.

David’s preservation was not accidental. God preserved him from Saul, from enemies, from discouragement, and even from himself. The same God who protected David in caves eventually brought him into the palace. No spear from Saul could destroy what God had ordained.

Be encouraged today. If God has spoken concerning your destiny, no attack of the enemy can cancel it. Men may rise against you, but divine purpose will attract divine preservation. The God who preserved David through betrayal, wilderness, and attempted murder is still preserving His people today.

May God preserve your life, your calling, your family, and your destiny until every divine assignment attached to your life is fulfilled in Jesus’ name.

28/05/2026

Daily Rhema Word
By Bishop Dr. F. Shadrach Oloo
Agape Church Kenya

Genesis 50:20 (NKJV)
“But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.”

Divine purpose attracts divine preservation.

One of the greatest revelations in the life of Joseph is that when God places a divine assignment upon a person, He also releases divine preservation over that life. Joseph’s journey was filled with betrayal, rejection, temptation, false accusation, imprisonment, and delay. Yet through every dangerous season, God preserved him because destiny was attached to his life.

Joseph was hated by his brothers because of the dreams God had placed within him. They threw him into a pit intending to silence his future. Humanly speaking, Joseph should have died in that pit. But divine purpose preserved him. The pit could not bury what heaven had ordained. God protected Joseph because there was still a palace assignment ahead of him.

Even when Joseph was sold into slavery, God’s preservation remained upon him. In Potiphar’s house, Joseph faced another dangerous moment through the temptation and false accusations of Potiphar’s wife. Sexual scandal has destroyed many destinies, ministries, careers, and families. The enemy knew Joseph carried greatness and therefore attacked his integrity. But Joseph refused to sin against God. Though he was falsely accused and imprisoned, his moral preservation became part of God’s divine preservation over his destiny.

Sometimes divine preservation does not mean the absence of pain. Joseph still entered the prison. He still suffered injustice. He still experienced delay. But even in prison, God preserved his mind, his character, his gift, and his favor. The prison was not Joseph’s destruction; it was preparation for elevation.

There are moments when the enemy thinks he is stopping you through betrayal, accusations, rejection, or hardship. But when God has attached purpose to your life, every pit, every prison, and every battle becomes temporary. Men may fight your destiny, but they cannot cancel what God has ordained.

Joseph eventually stood in the palace because divine purpose cannot be buried permanently. The same brothers who rejected him later depended on him for survival. What the enemy intended for evil, God turned for good.

Be encouraged today. Your trials are not proof that God has abandoned you. Sometimes they are evidence that heaven is preserving you for a greater assignment. The pit did not destroy Joseph. The scandal did not destroy Joseph. The prison did not destroy Joseph. Divine purpose preserved him through it all.

May God preserve your life, your calling, your integrity, your faith, and your destiny until every assignment attached to your life is fulfilled in Jesus’ name.

@ BISHOP SHADRACH OLOO