On the night of every 31st December, Ghana changes. Not politically. Not economically. Spiritually. Across the country, churches don’t just fill up, they explode. They swell like stadiums on match day. The streets throb with worship. The nation becomes one massive prayer camp. Loudspeakers wage war for supremacy like rival radio stations. Drums roll like thunder announcing something unseen. Congregations rise and fall with every chant, every shout, every cry, and every violent “Amen! Every whispered prayer moves like waves refusing to settle. Men and women lift hands as if God is taking attendance and anyone who doesn’t stretch properly will miss their blessings for the year. Men and women who had never attended church the whole year rush to church as if heaven is an employer and this is the final interview of the year. Some are desperate for a good year, some are pleading for favour, some are bargaining for mercy, and some have come to remind heaven, respectfully, that the suffering has been a bit too much lately. Because in Ghana, 31st December is not just a watchnight service. It is a national audition for divine favour, hoping that somehow, somehow, God will smile on them.
And then it begins…
The lights dim. The prophet steps forward and then pauses like a footballer about to take a penalty but this time long enough to arrest the heart. Long enough to silence the room. Long enough to create suspense. The prophet squints into the distance as if he has just returned from a journey beyond human comprehension. The cameras turn on. The nation holds its breath, then the voice drops.
“I have seen something…”
At that moment, Ghana stops being a country and becomes an audience. Because in Ghana, the 31st of December feels less like a spiritual watchnight and more like a national broadcast of suspense, a national prophecy season.
The Prophecies That Shake the Nation
For years, Ghanaians have been fed a buffet of prophecies: some hopeful, but many terrifying. A disturbing number of them are alarmist and dangerously irresponsible, revolving around death, blood, and catastrophe.
“A prominent man will die.”
“A leader will be taken.”
“I saw a coffin.”
“I saw sorrow in the first quarter.”
Within minutes, WhatsApp is burning. Facebook is buzzing, Families are panicking. Prominent people suddenly become prayer points. Some sleep with fear. Some travel in silence. Some call relatives, not to ask about their well-being but to confirm if they are still alive.
And yet after the fear has been served hot and swallowed by the nation, January comes, and the prophecy often evaporates into nothing. No death. No national tragedy. No visible fulfillment. But the fear has already done its job. It has shaken people. It has injured faith. It has planted anxiety into the national bloodstream. Then, as if that wasn’t enough, the prophecies contradicted each other.
One prophet says: “Danger!”
Another says: “Peace!”
One says: “The economy will crash!”
Another says: “Ghana will flourish!”
One says: “God says the leader is marked!”
Another says: “God says the leader is protected!”
So, which God is speaking?
But here is the part many people don’t say out loud: recklessness is not only spiritual indiscipline, but it is also a business strategy. Fear is one of the most powerful psychological tools on earth. Once fear enters the mind, people stop evaluating and start reacting. And reaction is what keeps the prophetic economy alive.
When a prophet announces, “a prominent man will die” or “I saw a coffin,” he is not just predicting doom, he is planting anxiety. And anxiety creates urgency: “Let me find protection.” That’s how people become customers disguised as congregants. They rush for special prayers, emergency all-night vigils, bottles of oil, “direction,” and yes - seeds. Because in Ghana, fear does not just make people pray; it makes them pay.
This is how the cycle works: create fear → become the solution → monetize the solution. The prophet becomes both the arsonist and the firefighter. He lights the psychological fire, then sells Soobolo as deliverance. So, the prophecy does not even need to be accurate, it only needs to be alarming. Most prophecies don’t come to pass, but the offering basket always comes to church. Because fear will always produce movement. And movement will always produce money.
At some point, these 31st Night prophecies became so chaotic, so irresponsible, so reckless that the Inspector-General of Police had to step in to restrict prophecies capable of causing fear and panic. That should have been a wake-up call and a turning point. But instead, the prophets keep shifting the battleground.
The New 31st Has Arrived
This time, it is not December. It is January. The date is not 31st December. It is 31st January 2026, the day of the NPP presidential primaries. And suddenly, the same prophetic machinery that feeds on end-of-year suspense has found a fresh market. Politics!!
Now, Ghanaians are watching something unprecedented. A prophetic race. A spiritual competition. A national theatre where prophets are now running like political commentators, except theirs is wrapped in religious language.
It started softly:
One prophet posted: “I saw a vision.”
Another said: “I was taken into the spirit.”
A third declared: “The Lord told me the winner.”
Another posted a cryptic message: “I saw a man holding a flag.”
Then came the dramatic ones: “The Lord spoke to me at 3:17am.”
Then it exploded...Videos. Posters. Prophetic “breaking news.” All delivered with maximum confidence like heaven has already announced the results of the election before voting begins. Social media has become a marketplace for spiritual predictions.
But here is the shocking part: The prophets are now contesting each other, not with Scripture, not with doctrine, not with spiritual discipline but with competing visions of who will win the primaries. Almost every prophet claims God has endorsed a different candidate. Almost every prophet seems to have received the same divine memo: “My candidate will win.” And they all speak with the same dangerous certainty.
Heaven Has Become Confused… Or Someone Is Lying
This is where the story becomes frightening, not funny. Because now, God is being dragged into partisan rivalry like a campaign tool. And as a Christian, I must ask with trembling seriousness: How can the Almighty speak ten different truths about one contest? How can God contradict Himself repeatedly, publicly, shamelessly, without correction? How can one prophet say Candidate A has won “in the spirit,” while another says Candidate A has been “rejected by God”? Are we to believe that heaven is divided into factions? Or is it simply that some of these prophets are not prophets at all? Because Scripture warns us: ‘‘For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.” 1 Corinthians 14:33 (KJV). Yet confusion is exactly what these prophecies have produced. Not clarity. Confusion.
When Prophecy Becomes a Political Press Release
And then comes the most dramatic part where prophecy stops being prophecy and becomes something else: A spiritual endorsement package. Prophecy, when genuine, is sacred. It is not entertainment. It is not gambling. It is not a political endorsement disguised as spirituality.
In today’s Ghana, many so-called prophecies have taken a new shape. Prophecy is no longer about warning nations, correcting sin, or preparing hearts. They sound more like a press release for a campaign team.
You will hear:
“Nothing can stop your victory.”
“The Lord says you will carry the flag.”
“No weapon formed against you shall prosper.”
“You have already won in the spirit.”
“You are God’s chosen candidate.”
“The Lord says you will become the flagbearer.”
In fact, some prophets speak with such finality that if their prophecy fails, one might think God lost an election. These are not prophecies. These are emotional contracts. They are spiritual invoices handed to politicians. Because after telling a candidate “Nothing can stop your victory,” what happens when the candidate loses?
Auctioning Destiny: The New Political Religion
There was a time politicians campaigned with policies and credibility. Today, many appear to campaign with prophetic endorsements, as if electoral success is not won through competence and persuasion, but through which prophet is “stronger.” It is beginning to look as though politicians have auctioned their electoral fortunes to prophets.
A candidate no longer needs to convince party delegates; they need to convince the spiritual marketplace. They must “visit” prophets. They must “sow seeds.” They must receive mantles, oils, white handkerchiefs, and “directions.” And suddenly, politics becomes less about competence and more about ritual.
But here is another tragedy: when politicians outsource their destiny to prophecy, they stop building credibility and start building superstition. You cannot lead a modern democracy on spiritual shortcuts. Instead of building trust among party members, some candidates now build alliances with religious celebrities. Instead of winning votes with competence, they seek victory through prophecy. Democracy is quietly being replaced by superstition.
And the frightening part is this: When candidates believe that God has guaranteed their victory, defeat becomes unacceptable. That is how tension begins. That is how suspicion grows. That is how political violence can be spiritualized. Because when God is dragged into elections, every defeat becomes a spiritual robbery.
The Most Dangerous Prophecy Is the One That Flatters
The scariest prophets are not the ones who predict death. No. The scariest are the ones who predict victory. Because they are the ones who create false hope, inflate egos, harden candidates, and set the stage for bitterness. They make politicians feel untouchable. They convince supporters that victory is already secured. They plant a dangerous mindset: “Even if the people don’t vote for you, heaven has voted.” But elections are not won in the clouds. They are won on the ground with people, work, trust, and credibility.
When Prophecy Fails, Faith Bleeds
Many of these prophecies are not divine revelations. They are a combination of political guesswork, personal preference, social media relevance, and in some cases, access to insider party information or opinion polls dressed up as visions. Because in Ghana today, prophecy has become a business model. To remain “relevant,” the prophet must always have a headline. And what headline is bigger than predicting who will become President?
But when these predictions collapse, the damage is not just political, it is spiritual. Because then ordinary people begin to question: “If God spoke and it didn’t happen… what kind of God is this?” Notice what happens: They don’t blame the prophet. They blame God. That is how false prophecy slowly kills faith. And that is why it is wicked. Because the prophet gains attention, money, and power. But the people lose confidence in God. That is how false prophecy destroys faith.
When the elections come and the prophecy collapses, the explanations start. That’s when the prophet begins to manufacture excuses:
“Oh, there was spiritual interference.”
“The people disobeyed God.”
“It would have happened, but they didn’t pray enough.”
“The enemy fought it.”
“They attacked you spiritually.”
“You would have won but people around you were witches.”
“The people disobeyed.”
So, the prophet is never wrong. It is either “God has spoken” or “the devil interfered.” And the candidate’s mind is trapped between faith and delusion. This is not prophecy. This is emotional manipulation. And it gets worse. Because these declarations are not preached for national moral reform or spiritual growth. They are delivered in ways that bind politicians psychologically, spiritually and publicly. A politician who has been told “God has chosen you” now finds it difficult to accept defeat with humility. Supporters who hear “God has endorsed us” are primed to treat opponents not as fellow citizens but as enemies of destiny. That is how religion has become a matchstick near a fuel station.
Let God Be God
The nation should not become a theatre where men compete for attention using God’s name. Prophecy should bring people closer to righteousness, not closer to political tension. If a prophet must prophesy, let him prophesy with fear of God, not hunger for relevance. Let the pulpit remain sacred.
When prophecy becomes a game, God becomes a tool. When a pulpit becomes a political platform, it is no longer a pulpit. It is a stage. Christianity cannot survive on stage performances. Faith cannot be sustained with prophetic entertainment.
The NPP primaries will happen on 31st January 2026. One person will win. Others will lose. That is politics.
But Ghana must not allow prophets to turn democracy into a spiritual wrestling match. Because if we allow this, then the next thing we will hear after elections is: “The opponent is an enemy of God.” And when politics becomes warfare between “God’s candidate” and “Satan’s candidate,” national peace becomes fragile.
But perhaps it is time we ask ourselves: Is this Christianity? Or it is just politics wearing a cassock?
Let God be God.
And let elections be elections.
James McKeown
Chairman, NPP Finland Branch
[email protected]
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