AkweyaTV: Looking back over 50 years, what are the three biggest lessons life and ministry have taught you, particularly lessons you wish you had understood much earlier?
Apostle Agbenyi Agbenyi: If I were to distill five decades into three overarching lessons, they would be:
First, God is never in a hurry when He is making a destiny. Human beings are often anxious and impatient, but you cannot rush divine process. God has an individualised blueprint for every single life. Your sole responsibility is to locate that divine plan and adjust your life to it. Destiny is a marathon, not a sprint.
Second, the sky is wide enough for every star to shine. The brightness of one star does not diminish the radiance of another. Life and ministry are not a competition. I am not in competition with any living soul, and no one needs to be in competition with me. Freedom begins the day you step out of rivalry and embrace your own lane.
Third, godliness with contentment is indeed great gain. I have experienced this truth practically. When you are content with what God is doing with you in each season, you enjoy peace and longevity. Life must be lived one day at a time, even as it is strategically planned in five-to-ten-year blocks. While I am not in a hurry, I also know that our time on this stage is finite. Therefore, every encounter with a human being is treated as a divine assignment to make an eternal difference, because you may never cross paths with them again.
Freedom begins the day you step out of rivalry and embrace your own lane.
AkweyaTV: What is your vision for Pistos International Intercessory Ministry in the next chapter? Are there new areas of ministry, younger leaders, or new approaches to reaching people that you are particularly excited about?
Apostle Agbenyi Agbenyi: The heartbeat of Pistos in this next season is what I call Strategic Intercession.
We are expanding our intercessory focus to stand in the gap for nations, for growing and emerging churches, and specifically for frontline missionaries and mission agencies across unreached territories. Alongside this, our priority is to train, equip, and deploy consecrated young leaders directly into the harvest field.
However, genuine intercessors are extremely rare. Out of a hundred believers, you may only find one or two who are authentic, called intercessors, people who do not pray merely for their own personal needs, but who carry the burdens of others as their own.
The life of a true intercessor is very much like that of a military sniper: you operate as a lone soldier. You work in solitude. Your emotions can swing abruptly—you might be laughing one minute, and the next minute a heavy spiritual burden drops into your heart, compelling you to travail. Because it requires absolute focus and the willingness to walk alone, many get easily distracted. My core assignment in this season is to search out, identify, and invest our life into those few, undistracted intercessors who are willing to pay the price and hold the line.
AkweyaTV: If you could sit with young people who are searching for purpose, struggling with their faith, or wondering whether their lives can make a difference, what would you tell them from the perspective of your 50 years of experience?
Apostle Agbenyi Agbenyi: I would look them in the eye and say: It pays to serve the Lord.
It is always best to seek Him and serve Him early. But wherever you are today—at whatever point you find God, or God finds you—your life will never remain the same. The truth is, you do not have a true destiny until you have God. Whatever grand plans you are orchestrating for yourself cannot be compared to the blueprint your Creator designed for you.
Do not waste your youth chasing illusions or burying your calling at the feet of empty ambitions. Turn your focus to God, submit your life to His process, and allow Him to build you in the secret place. He never fails those who trust Him.
AkweyaTV: If your life so far were a testimony with a title, what would you call it—and why?
Apostle Agbenyi Agbenyi: Without a shadow of a doubt, the title of my life would be: “A Life of Prayer.”
That single phrase captures everything God has done with me. From the hours spent weeping and travailing in the secret place in Dunamis, through the seven years of marketplace training, to leading Pistos today, prayer has been my breath, my compass, and my life’s work. I return all the glory, honor, and adoration to Him alone.
