2025, a year of Divine Manifestation – Dr. Temitayo James

A leading cleric in Nigeria and the General Overseer of El-Shaddai Covenant Ministries, Dr. Temitayo James, has declared this year as a Year of Divine Manifestation.
The woman of God made the declaration at the cross-over service, dubbed Night of Excellence, to usher in year 2025 at the Abule-Egba, Lagos headquarters of the church.
Ministering to the huge crowd present at the service, and to others who were watching the live stream of the programme from across the world, Dr. James anchored the declaration on Romans chapter 8 verse 19, “For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God” (KJV).
The cleric explained the key word in the declaration, to “manifest”, to mean to make known; to reveal, unravel, uncover; make visible; adding that it is only what is revealed or made visible, etc that is recognized, appreciated and celebrated.
She went further to add that for many people, the glory of God is not as feasible in their lives as it should be.
In her words, “Many are laboring and yet are having little or nothing to show for their labour; many show others kindness and help others, but when they are in need, it’s like nobody remembers them; many work for years without promotion; it’s as if they don’t even exist in their organisations; for such, it’s as if an evil veil is covering them”.
This year, she said, would mark an end of such bitter and satanic experiences; adding that the new experience of being uncovered, discovered, remembered, lifted; and being glorified would happen divinely – by the Power of the Most High God; such that it would be unstoppable, unquestionable and unassailable.
Mama, as she is fondly called by congregants and her associates and admirers across the world, hinted that one significant thing which God would do in people’s lives to bring about the divine manifestation is to turn on His light in their lives to open their eyes to secrets and mysteries about their lives, their backgrounds, their environments and about life, in general; through which He would enable them to think, pray, walk and work aright to make them discover, recover; rise and shine forth His glory like never before.
According to her, “There are secrets and mysteries which must be revealed and demystified; there is darkness which must be exposed; and there are evil veils which must be torn to shreds. And all of these and many more will God do for us this year in all areas of our personal, family and even national and global lives”.
Continuing, she said, “To manifest is to succeed; and to shine, there must be light. This year is a year of light – the light of God! And when there is light, darkness is exposed”
She used several biblical characters (like Esther, David, Joseph, etc) as well as notable present-day stars to illustrate the difference between someone who has manifested and or is manifesting and those whose talents, gifts or even destinies are still hidden or undiscovered.
She thus emphasized that “when you are in darkness (unknown, undiscovered, hidden, not manifesting), you see those in the light (shining as stars) but they don’t see you; they don’t know you – even when you invest your time and money in various ways on them”!
In this regard, Dr. James hinted that “Your manifestation is tied to you discovering your purpose and fulfilling it”; adding that “There is no way you will fulfill purpose and your life will go back to what it used to be”.
She then listed some keys to experiencing Divine Manifestation which include, but are not limited to:
Encountering God Who will turn on His light inside of you; show you, teach you; and help you to change.
Readiness to follow God reverently and obediently as your Master and you His servant.
Discovering and fulfilling purpose.
Being tired of living a mediocre life.
Working hard on your gifts/talents like every known star does – reading about those gifts/talents, praying more and more concerning them; and deploying them and improving on them consistently, continuously and relentlessly.