The time has come for believers to reclaim their God-given voice, a voice that shakes kingdoms and unsettles the foundations of darkness. In moments of national and global turbulence, silence becomes complicity, but faith-filled speech becomes a weapon of deliverance. As Apostle Ayo Babalola once thundered, “Prayer is the master key; the church without prayer is a powerless church.” The same principle applies to the roar of the Spirit—authority that cannot be negotiated with the forces of hell.
Across generations, the faithful have never been permitted the luxury of muted tongues. Evang. Billy Graham once declared, “Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.” It is this courage that God’s sons and daughters must now embody. To roar is not to shout in vanity, but to articulate divine decrees with the audacity of those who know they are heirs of the Kingdom. Heaven’s language, when spoken with conviction, becomes unbearable to hell’s machinery.
The Christian roar is not born of noise but of divine alignment. Prophet T.B. Joshua reminded the church, “A Christian does not fight for victory but from victory.” The voice of faith carries this victory in every syllable uttered. When Paul and Silas prayed and sang hymns in prison, their sound broke open the gates of bondage (Acts 16:25–26). Their roar was not political, but spiritual—and yet it altered a political reality. In today’s context, believers must rediscover this dimension of spiritual acoustics.
This roar is not limited to pulpits or crusade grounds. It is the whispered intercession of mothers, the resolute confessions of young men and women, the bold proclamation of truth in classrooms, boardrooms, and parliaments. Pastor Evelyn Joshua rightly said, “The Word of God is not for decoration but for declaration.” The hour demands men and women who dare to speak truth even where compromise seems profitable. The enemy’s greatest fear is not noise—it is truth spoken under the anointing.
To be silent is to yield territory, but to roar is to announce divine ownership. Bishop David Oyedepo once declared, “A closed mouth is a closed destiny.” This is the charge to every believer: to unleash their roar with clarity, precision, and conviction. The time has indeed come for the church to lift its voice, not in confusion, but in authority; not in division, but in unity; not in fear, but in the bold assurance that the gates of hell shall not prevail.
– Inah Boniface Ocholi writes from Ayah – Igalamela/Odolu LGA, Kogi state.
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