The Christian life is one of incredible accuracy, but it is not one without mistakes. Through the stories of Ananias and Sapphira and of Nehemiah's wall, this episode shows how to inoculate yourself against error with the Word of God, before it happens.

Correction: At 11:39 I said Job when speaking about the righteous man vexed in Sodom. I meant Lot. "For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds." 2 Peter 2:8 KJV

In this episode:

1. There is an infilling of the wrong thoughts, and it is a gradual process (Plēthō and Plēroō, two words for "filled").

2. The greatest promoters of the foolishness you could manifest are those around you.

3. Not being full of the Spirit leaves room for error.

4. For every good thing God wants to achieve, there is one input the devil will attempt to make.

Scriptures: Acts 4:29-33, Acts 5:1-11, Acts 20:32, Nehemiah 4:1-18, 1 Corinthians 15:33, John 16:13, Matthew 16:18, Philippians 3:2, 2 Peter 2:8.

Watch on YouTube and read more at decodingdeity.com

Hosted by Zōē Jibunoh

Produced by Sean Ebosele

Excellence isn't a one-time performance. It is built and kept through discipline. In this second part of the three-part series, we move from what excellence is to how it is sustained. Drawing again from Psalm 71:21 and 1 Peter 2:9, we unpack why greatness is not proven in a single moment but in what you repeat when no one is watching. Discipline is what carries the posture of excellence from a feeling into a lifestyle, and consistency is how the small things quietly programme your spirit over time. We explore why great people are not the ones who do extraordinary things once, but the ones who stay faithful in the ordinary until it becomes uncommon. Excellence is greatness. And greatness is kept from within.

Excellence isn't a performance — it's a posture of the spirit. In this first part of a three-part series, we lay the foundation of what excellence truly is and where it begins. Drawing from Psalm 71:21 and 1 Peter 2:9, we unpack why excellence is not merely a standard of output but a condition of the inner man. When you understand that the synonyms of excellence include superiority, glory, and greatness — and that greatness means surpassing others — everything about how you approach life shifts. We explore how excellence produces extraordinary perception, how great people carry great vision not as ambition but as an uncommon ability to see, and why consistently manifesting excellence in the small things is how you programme your spirit for a life of surpassing impact. Excellence is greatness. And it starts from within.