CORE RETREAT 2025 - Day 1 Teaching Session

 DAY 1 TEACHING SESSION

**BE STILL & THE POWER OF THE WORD:

Hearing God in the Quiet Spaces of Life**

In a world filled with noise, motion, and unending demands, the words of Psalm 37:7 whisper a divine invitation:
“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him.”
Stillness is not something our generation finds easy. We pride ourselves on activity, productivity, speed, and constant engagement. Yet God calls us into the very opposite posture—stillness. This stillness is not emptiness. It is not passivity. It is not disengagement. It is the intentional quieting of our souls so that the voice of God can be heard clearly.

Stillness is where revelation begins.

Stillness is where you stop talking long enough to hear God breathe.
Stillness is where your heart becomes tuned to spiritual frequencies you normally overlook.
Stillness is where the divine dialogue starts.

Because the truth is this:
You cannot hear what God is saying if the noise of life is louder than the whisper of His Spirit.

And this brings us to the second foundation of tonight’s message — The Power of the Word.

Jesus, speaking in John 6:63, declares something so profound, so simple, yet so transformative:

“The words I speak to you, they are spirit and they are life.”

It means His words come from the realm you cannot see, yet they shape the realm you can see. His words carry the substance of God. They are not empty. They are not suggestions. They are not mere information. They are life-creating forces; they carry power, direction, energy, and transformation.

But to receive these words — truly receive them — you must first learn to be still.

THE INVISIBLE REALM THAT SHAPES THE VISIBLE

Every believer must understand that life is more spiritual than physical. Scripture says in Hebrews 11:3 that the things which are seen were made from things invisible. In other words, everything physical has a spiritual root.

You said something powerful in your teaching:

“The spirit is the typology of the intangible realm,
and your mind is your connection to that realm.”

This means your thoughts, convictions, meditations, and inner conversations have a direct relationship with what shows up in your physical life. The unseen realm is real, active, and full of possibilities — and stillness helps you connect with it.

When you quiet your soul before God, you are able to sense His movements, His impressions, His warnings, His encouragement, His instructions. And in that stillness, the Word comes alive.

LOGOS AND RHEMA — WHY THEY MATTER TO YOU

There are two major expressions of God’s Word:

  • The Logos — the written, established, timeless Word of God.

  • The Rhema — the breathed, specific, personalized revelation of the Word by the Holy Spirit.

You can read the Logos endlessly without ever stepping into the transforming power of the Word, unless the Holy Spirit breathes upon it and makes it Rhema. Stillness is what opens that door.

In stillness, scripture stops being ink on paper and becomes a living voice speaking to your situation, your heart, your season, your destiny.

It is possible to read a verse ten times and remain unchanged.
Then one day, in a quiet moment of stillness, the Holy Spirit illuminates it — and suddenly that same verse becomes a weapon, a strategy, a healing balm, a light in darkness.

This is the power of being still.

THE WORD THAT BRINGS LIFE TO YOUR SEASONS

When Jesus said His words are spirit and life, He was revealing a mystery:

  • Spirit — the invisible, intangible power of God.

  • Life — the visible, manifested expression of that power.

Every prophetic word, every scripture, every divine whisper originates in the unseen realm. But when believed, embraced, and acted upon, they manifest in your physical world.

This means:

  • God’s Word can become healing.

  • God’s Word can become direction.

  • God’s Word can become provision.

  • God’s Word can become a breakthrough.

  • God’s Word can become peace.

  • God’s Word can become restoration.

But you receive these dimensions of the Word through stillness, sensitivity, and faith.

“Jesus is the epicentre of Scripture.”

This is the foundation of every minister and every believer. If your interpretation of Scripture does not lead you to Jesus, you are reading it incorrectly. If your teaching, your ministry, your counsel, or your spiritual journey is not rooted in Jesus, you will drift into error, pride, or spiritual dryness.

Every truth points to Him.
Every revelation flows from Him.
Every scripture finds its meaning in Him.
Every spiritual gift functions through Him.

And in the place of stillness, the Holy Spirit always reveals Jesus.

MILK AND MEAT—THE WORD THAT GROWS YOU

A powerful teaching by Pastor David Ogbueli was referenced in tonight's session, dividing the Word into two dimensions:

  1. The Word for Salvation (Milk)

  2. The Word for Kingdom Advancement (Meat)

This is scripturally accurate. The milk of the Word nourishes young believers—it builds identity, faith, and obedience. But the meat of the Word empowers believers to carry responsibility, authority, dominion, and divine assignment.

Many Christians remain spiritually weak because they feed on milk alone.
But God is calling His people to depth—to maturity—to strength—to power.
And this begins with stillness, where the Holy Spirit transitions you from a basic spiritual diet to deeper truths.

YOU ARE CALLED—AND YOU ARE SENT

Another line from your message carries a prophetic weight:

“Anyone that has been called has been sent.”

This is true for every believer. God does not call you to warm a bench in church. He calls you to represent Him. Scripture tells us we have been given the ministry of reconciliation—the privilege of bringing men back to God.

Stillness helps you understand who you are sent to, what you are carrying, and how He wants you to function.

EVANGELISM BECOMES EASY WHEN YOU KNOW YOU ARE ADORNED

One of the most beautiful insights you shared was this:

“When we realize that the adornment we have is given by God,
evangelism becomes easy.” This is profound.

You do not evangelize by confidence in yourself—your intelligence, charisma, or skill. You evangelize by confidence in the God who has adorned you with:

  • grace

  • wisdom

  • compassion

  • authority

  • spiritual gifts

  • divine favour

When you know you carry God’s fragrance, you stop being ashamed of the gospel. You speak naturally because you are not promoting yourself—you are revealing Him.

THE HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKS IN STILLNESS

Perhaps the most important truth from everything taught in this session is this:

“One of the things that happen in the place of stillness is dialogue with the Holy Spirit.”

This is the essence of Christianity — communion.

Not religion.
Not activity.
Not performance.
Not obligation.

Communion.

The Holy Spirit desires to speak to you.
He desires to guide you.
He desires to warn you.
He desires to teach you.
He desires to strengthen you.
He desires to reveal Jesus to you in deeper ways.

But His voice is gentle.
And gentle voices require stillness to be heard.

CONCLUSION — THE UNION OF STILLNESS AND THE WORD

When stillness meets the Word, transformation begins.
Stillness positions your heart.
The Word empowers your life.

Stillness helps you hear the Word clearly.
The Word helps you live life boldly.
Stillness draws you into God’s heart.
The Word draws God’s life into you.

And when you combine the two, you enter a realm of spiritual clarity, authority, revelation, and manifestation that changes everything about your walk with God.

If you desire deeper communion with God… If you desire clarity of purpose…
If you desire spiritual stability… If you desire supernatural manifestation…
If you desire to walk in the fullness of your assignment… Then God’s invitation to you is simple:

Be still.
Hear Him.
And live by His Word.

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