AFD SEPTEMBER 2026

WELCOME TO MONTH SEPTEMBER 2026: MONTH OF “GROWING IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE IN CHRIST JESUS!

“. . . 18 but grow [spiritually mature] in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be glory (honor, majesty, splendor), both now and to the day of eternity. Amen” 2 Peter 3:14-18/Amplified. 

I specifically welcome you in the name of our good and faithful, true and sure God, to the month of SEPTEMBER of the Julian and Gregorian calendar twelve-month count, in the year 2026 of the Lord, in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen.  

The MONTH of SEPTEMBER 2026 is the month of GROWTH AND FRUITFULNESS; and it is entitled: GROWING IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST! This is about “Ensuring GROWTH & FRUITFULNESS In the grace, in Christ Jesus’ stead”; and on this basis of growth and fruitfulness, I am referring firstly the earlier scripture of 2 Peter 3:18, and now recommending another for your perusal to get this month started on an onward and upward trajectory, in the scriptural context of Acts 20:32 as written: 

“And now I COMMEND you to God [placing you in His protective, loving care] and [I commend you] to THE WORD OF HIS GRACE [the counsel and promises of His unmerited favor]. His GRACE is able to BUILD you up and to GIVE you the [rightful] INHERITANCE among all those who are SANCTIFIED [that is, among those who are set apart for God’s purpose—all believers]” Acts 20:32/Amplified. 

Picture this: a seed. A seed has potential. A seed of a plant has life in it, it has potential, it has the enabling and ability to BECOME a forest. But as long as it is not planted, it cannot GROW, and as such it has no value, even though it has a component of value. And for that seed to become a forest, it must be planted and be planted in good soil to grow and be fruitful. Being PLANTED ensures GROWTH and FRUITFULNESS, with good soil to enable it to FLOURISH. Recall I am saying PLANTED and not POTTED. For only those who are PLANTED that FLOURISH, unlike being POTTED – which is instability, limited, stunted and such like. Hence the scripture of Psalms 92:10-15, indicates that only the PLANTED respond to growth, and then flourish in FRUITFULNESS in the courts of our God, as written: 

“But my horn [my emblem of strength and power] You have exalted like that of a wild ox; I am anointed with fresh oil [for Your service]. 11 My eye has looked on my foes; My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me. 12 The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful]; They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and stable]. 13 Planted in the house of the Lord, They will flourish in the courts of our God. 14 [Growing in grace] they will still thrive and bear fruit and prosper in old age; They will flourish and be vital and fresh [rich in trust and love and contentment]; 15 [They are living memorials] to declare that the Lord is upright and faithful [to His promises]; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.” [Rom 9:14] Psalms 92:10-12. 

When a tree is planted in a good soil, by reason of the scripture – the Bible scripture of Genesis 8:22, it thus say: “As long as the earth remains, saith the Lord, seedtime and harvest, autumn, winter, summer and spring will never pass by without each accomplishing their purpose of creation. It means that the conditions to make every seed become a forest are always available. It depends on whether that seed is planted to GROW in order to FLOURISH. 

If the seed is planted and it is not tempered with by external factors of religion, denominational spirit, man-made beliefs, then that seed has the potential to grow, and from that growth it will yield fruit. So in this month of September that is entitled “GROWING IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST”, know that you are God’s seed, and God has set you as a seed, and planted you in the world – otherwise the earth – for a purpose to accomplish in His name [Isaiah 45:11-13; Psalms 8:4-6]. This default of grace is irrespective and it is for all, especially those who are now born of God, in Christ Jesus’ stead, and it is not limited by geography, meaning by your location.  

If you can plant yourself in the WORD of GRACE and KNOWLEDGE in Christ Jesus’ stead, you will come to see how, by the Word of God, you will FLOURISH in the grace. For every condition about you to become what God wants you to be is available and within reach, so long as you do not grow by religion, denominational indoctrination, sectarianism, creed and bylaws, man-made traditions and perversions, and such like. 

So, in this Month of SEPTEMBER, in the year of the Lord, I want to gear you up by this my saying, as I have always challenged myself and others: WHY GO ABOUT PURSUING TO GET THE BUTTERFLY? WHY NOT CREATE A GARDEN BY YOUR PLANTING, AND THE BUTTERFLY WILL COME TO YOU TO BUTTER-FLY?  

Thus meaning: that earnest expectations you are running for and after, that you are dying for and after, that you are pursuing after – why not create a garden to bring such to you? In you is the fullness of God in Christ Jesus. In you is what it takes to be the champion, winner, overcomer, victorious, triumphant and a more than conqueror, in the grace, in Christ Jesus stead.  

A default of grace was imparted into you when you gave your life to Jesus. And when you look inward to develop it, to cultivate it, by growing in the grace and knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, you become what you might be pursuing to come to you from you. 

The Holy Writ, THE BIBLE says, paraphrased, “He that CULTIVATES his land, meaning he that tills his land shall never be hungry.” If you cultivate it, every condition for greatness will come out of it. So, instead of you running out, people will come to your domain to seek for what you have cultivated. Eventually you become life, and become an instrument of change for many lives. It’s time to stop running to catch a butterfly. Create your garden, the butterfly will come to you. Create the world, the atmosphere you want to see, in the grace, in Christ Jesus’ stead. Grow in grace, grow in knowledge, so that when the butterflies start coming, you have the capacity to accommodate and to be butterflying. And you will have the capacity to accommodate without being burnt out and worn out.  

As a living seed, you have to be planted to grow up in the grace and knowledge of Christ Jesus, so that you can FLOURISH in the courts of our God. Don’t be a potted plant, but be a planted plant. It is in your being planted that you can flourish to ensure God’s RIGHTEOUSNESS. This is the time of Growth [Growing], in the grace and knowledge in Christ Jesus, to live without limitations, and it is irrespective of all ages. Fruitfulness is for all to ensure through GROWING. Then your butterflies will come instead of you pursuing after the butterflies. 

You are truly WELCOME to the month of BUTTERFLYING in the grace, the Month of GROWTH and FRUITFULNESS, the Month of SEPTEMBER 2026 that is ENTITLED: “GROWING IN THE GRACE & KNOWLEDGE IN CHRIST!” 

Don’t go about anymore pursuing for the Butterfly, when you can cultivate [create and curate] your garden and grow your plant, your being in Christ Jesus, in the grace and knowledge of the Word by the Holy Spirit, and the butterflies will come to you THINK! 

This is your MONTH to CULTIVATE your garden to ensure you butterfly in life and grace. THINK! 

I pray you have understanding of this, in Jesus’ name. Amen. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH READING AND PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“So, beloved, since you are looking forward to these things, be diligent and make every effort to be found by Him [at His return] spotless and blameless, in peace [that is, inwardly calm with a sense of spiritual well-being and confidence, having lived a life of obedience to Him]. 15 And consider the patience of our Lord [His delay in judging and avenging wrongs] as salvation [that is, allowing time for more to be saved]; just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him [by God], 16 speaking about these things as he does in all of his letters. In which there are some things that are difficult to understand, which the untaught and unstable [who have fallen into error] twist and misinterpret, just as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. 17 Therefore, [let me warn you] beloved, knowing these things beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the ERROR of UNPRINCIPLED men [who distort doctrine] and fall from your own steadfastness [of mind, knowledge, truth, and faith], 18 but GROW [SPIRITUALLY MATURE] IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. To Him be glory (honor, majesty, splendor), both now and to the day of eternity. Amen” 2 Peter 3:14-18/Amplified. 

“And now I COMMEND you to God [placing you in His protective, loving care] and [I commend you] to THE WORD OF HIS GRACE [the counsel and promises of His unmerited favor]. His grace is able to BUILD YOU UP and to GIVE YOU the [rightful] inheritance among all those who are sanctified [that is, among those who are set apart for God’s purpose—all believers]” Acts 20:32/Amplified. 

“Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the KNOWLEDGE of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as His DIVINE POWER has given to us all things that pertain to LIFE and GODLINESS, through the KNOWLEDGE of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be PARTAKERS of the DIVINE NATURE, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, ADD TO YOUR FAITH virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to KNOWLEDGE self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be NEITHER BARREN NOR UNFRUITFUL IN THE KNOWLEDGE of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. 10 Therefore, brethren, be even MORE DILIGENT to make your call and election sure, for if you DO these things you will NEVER stumble; 11 for so an ENTRANCE will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” 2 Peter 1:1-11. 

“Jesus answered and said to them, “YOU ARE MISTAKEN, not KNOWING the Scriptures nor the POWER of God” Matthew 22:29. 

“Hear the word of the Lord, You children of Israel, For the Lord brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “There is NO TRUTH OR MERCY OR KNOWLEDGE of God in the land . . . 6 MY PEOPLE are DESTROYED for lack OF KNOWLEDGE. Because you have REJECTED KNOWLEDGE, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have FORGOTTEN the law of your God, I also will forget your children” Hosea 4:1, 6. 

“Therefore MY PEOPLE have gone into CAPTIVITY, Because they have NO KNOWLEDGE; Their honorable men are famished, And their multitude dried up with thirst. 14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself And opened its mouth beyond measure; Their glory and their multitude and their pomp, And he who is jubilant, shall descend into it. 15 People shall be brought down, Each man shall be humbled, And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled” Isaiah 5:13-15. 

“Now so it was that after three days they found Him [Jesus] in the temple, SITTING in the MIDST of the TEACHERS, both LISTENING to them and ASKING them questions . . . 52 And Jesus INCREASED in WISDOM and STATURE [PHYSIQUE], and in FAVOUR with God and men” Luke 2:46, 52. 

SUMMARY 

This message is a SEPTEMBER 2026 apostolic charge titled: “GROWING IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST” — a call to ensure GROWTH & FRUITFULNESS by being PLANTED in THE WORD OF GRACE, not chasing external things, but cultivating inwardly so that what you desire comes to you. 

KEY POINTS OF THE MESSAGE 

1. The Theme and Scriptural Foundation

• Month of September 2026 is declared as the MONTH OF GROWTH AND FRUITFULNESS, entitled “GROWING IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST” — 2 Peter 3:18 AMP. 

• The foundation is Acts 20:32: THE WORD OF HIS GRACE is able to BUILD YOU UP and GIVE YOU INHERITANCE among the sanctified. 

• Growth is not by effort alone, but by the default of grace imparted when you gave your life to Jesus. 

2. The Seed Illustration: PLANTED vs POTTED

• A seed has potential to become a forest, but only when PLANTED in good soil can it GROW and FLOURISH — Genesis 8:22. 

• PLANTED = GROWTH & FRUITFULNESS. POTTED = instability, limited, stunted. 

• Psalms 92:12-15 confirms: “The righteous will flourish like the date palm… Planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God… still thrive and bear fruit in old age.” 

• You are God’s seed, planted in the earth for a purpose — Isaiah 45:11-13; Psalms 8:4-6. The conditions for growth are always available. 

3. The Danger of External Interference

• Growth is hindered by religion, denominational spirit, sectarianism, creed, bylaws, man-made traditions and perversions. 

• True growth comes by planting yourself in THE WORD OF GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE in Christ Jesus’ stead — free from geography, age, or limitation. 

4. The Butterfly Principle: Stop Chasing, Start Cultivating

• Core Challenge: “WHY GO ABOUT PURSUING TO GET THE BUTTERFLY? WHY NOT CREATE A GARDEN BY YOUR PLANTING, AND THE BUTTERFLY WILL COME TO YOU TO BUTTER-FLY?” 

• Meaning: Stop pursuing the things you want. Cultivate your life in Christ and those things will be drawn to you. 

• Proverbs 12:11 paraphrased: “He that CULTIVATES his land shall not lack.” 

• When you grow in grace and knowledge, you become life and an instrument of change. People will come to your domain for what you have cultivated. 

5. The Capacity to Accommodate

• Grow in grace and knowledge so when “butterflies” come — opportunities, fruit, influence — you have capacity to accommodate without being burnt out and worn out. 

• 2 Peter 1:5-8: Add to faith virtue, knowledge, self-control… “For if these things are yours and abound, you will be NEITHER BARREN NOR UNFRUITFUL IN THE KNOWLEDGE of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 

6. Supporting Scriptures on Knowledge

• Matthew 22:29: Error comes from “not KNOWING the Scriptures nor the POWER of God”. 

• Hosea 4:6; Isaiah 5:13: “MY PEOPLE are DESTROYED for lack OF KNOWLEDGE… gone into CAPTIVITY, Because they have NO KNOWLEDGE.” 

• Luke 2:46, 52: Jesus Himself INCREASED in WISDOM and stature. Growth is modelled by Christ. 

7. Warning and Assurance — 2 Peter 3:14-18

• Be diligent to be found spotless. Beware of ERROR of UNPRINCIPLED men who distort doctrine. 

• Final charge: “but GROW [SPIRITUALLY MATURE] IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST.” 

CALL TO ACTION 

1. GET PLANTED: Be planted in THE WORD and in the house of the Lord. Refuse to be a potted plant. 
2. CULTIVATE YOUR GARDEN: Look inward. Develop the grace imparted to you. Grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ Jesus daily. 
3. STOP CHASING: Stop running after “butterflies” — provision, promotion, recognition. Create the atmosphere and they will come to you. 
4. GROW WITHOUT LIMITATION: This grace is for all ages and all locations. Ensure fruitfulness through consistent growth. 
5. THINK! Pause. Apply the Word. Let it build you, establish you, and make you fruitful in God’s righteousness. 

Final Declaration: 
You are WELCOME to SEPTEMBER 2026 — the MONTH OF BUTTERFLYING, GROWTH and FRUITFULNESS. This is your MONTH to CULTIVATE your garden to ensure you butterfly in life and grace. Amen. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI