Speaker 1: Now, it's my joy to welcome our speaker today.
Speaker 1: He is the pastor responsible for house groups and his name is Andrew Maschine.
Speaker 1: He happens to be the tallest among us in the pastoral team here and I really appreciate the way he has come up in terms of you know his calling and his service very distinguished, very surrendered vessel to the Lord and a great family man.
Speaker 1: His wife is called Grace and they have four children, two boys and two girls, and you should be coming now, pastor Maschine.
Speaker 1: We really appreciate his maiden someone on a Sunday and I really really appreciate glory to God.
Speaker 1: During the week I had the occasion to visit one of the offices in Nairobi the Cabinet Secretary for Transport.
Speaker 1: I went with him and we were able to pray regarding the transport sector in Kenya, the Londian accident issue and the aftermath of the same, and give our advice as far as you know the transport scenarios here in Kenya.
Speaker 1: And so he's a gentleman I have seen.
Speaker 1: We've worked together, we went to Cameroon, cameroon together.
Speaker 1: We've traveled very widely together and I know he represents the young man of Africa and so, as he comes, i have that sense of anticipation because I know God is about to release something through him.
Speaker 1: Stretch your hand this way, as we pray, father, in the name of Jesus, we celebrate the young people of Africa and we do so, lord, by opening the gates for you to speak to us through a young pastor my God, thank you so much.
Speaker 1: As he comes over and we pray that you would use him greatly.
Speaker 1: In Jesus name, we pray and we all say a hand to the Lord, big hand to the Lord thank you, let's appreciate our pastor, simon.
Speaker 2: Praise God, good morning.
Speaker 2: I know I'm a son of this ministry.
Speaker 2: I've grown up from my youth in this church and so, as a good student, thank you.
Speaker 2: A neighbor, turn your neighbor.
Speaker 2: They are looking good, better than yesterday, and tomorrow.
Speaker 2: They shall shine where she is, metameter, where she is, yes, colorful yourself.
Speaker 2: You did well, wonderful.
Speaker 2: A lot has been happening and going into my mind when I was thinking of this day, when I saw the Loster about, i'll be the one sharing this very morning and this very day, and I told God give me the word.
Speaker 2: And the word is was about faith.
Speaker 2: And one thing, pastor Simon, we all gathered here because of one thing we have faith in Jesus, isn't it?
Speaker 2: because we believe none of us was alive when Jesus was here on earth.
Speaker 2: So we are here by faith, isn't it?
Speaker 2: and so we give God all the glory and all the honor because our faith is strengthened from every corner, from South Africa.
Speaker 2: We are here because we have faith in Jesus Christ as the son of God and therefore the theme of the month is empowered faith.
Speaker 2: And a lot has been said on this altar since we started the year and, pastor Ambrose Levada, simon has continued to break down the theme of empowered world change and those this very month being the second half of the year.
Speaker 2: God has been faithful to us, he has seen us through since the year started and he deserved the glory.
Speaker 2: He deserve a praise.
Speaker 2: Let's appreciate God for seeing us through and for the remaining part of the year 2023, we shall come out to Victoria city with a testimony amen, and therefore as an empowered faith, a distinctive and and deterred conviction.
Speaker 2: When I was reflecting about that and God told me, as an empowered faith that overcomes the world.
Speaker 2: That will be the topic for the day and it will be coming from the book of mother, chapter 17, verse 14 to 20.
Speaker 2: Mother, chapter 17, verse 14 to 20 an empowered faith that overcomes the world.
Speaker 2: I read from NIV when they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him.
Speaker 2: Lord, have mercy on my son.
Speaker 2: He said.
Speaker 2: He has Caesar's and suffering greatly.
Speaker 2: He often falls into the fire or into the water.
Speaker 2: I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him, you and believing and perverse generation.
Speaker 2: Jesus replied how long should I stay with you?
Speaker 2: how long shall I put with you?
Speaker 2: bring the boy here to me.
Speaker 2: Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of the boy and he was healed at that moment.
Speaker 2: Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked why couldn't we drive it out?
Speaker 2: he replied because you have so little faith.
Speaker 2: Truly, i tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can see to this mountain, move from here to there and it will move.
Speaker 2: Nothing will be impossible for you.
Speaker 2: Amen, may we pray.
Speaker 2: Heavenly Father, our Lord and our God.
Speaker 2: We are grateful this very morning.
Speaker 2: Thank you for choosing this day, the 9th of July 2023, even as we continue with the second half of the year 2023.
Speaker 2: We choose to praise you, we choose to worship you and even this very morning, father, as I break down the word, use me as your vessel.
Speaker 2: May your Holy Spirit give me and out of my speech, oh, dear Lord, may you draw men and women to yourself, or father and the teller, your father.
Speaker 2: May your name be glorified.
Speaker 2: We worship you and we praise you in Jesus name.
Speaker 2: Amen and amen.
Speaker 2: When I read that text first, assignment Jesus through them.
Speaker 2: If only you had faith as little as a mustard seed and I reflected about it.
Speaker 2: A mustard seed is feasible by our naked eyes, you can put it in my palm and I can be able to see it.
Speaker 2: But Jesus told me, funny, you had as a little as a mustard seed.
Speaker 2: You can tell to this mountain, go there and that.
Speaker 2: And I felt maybe we operate on a very microscopic faith, that you need a microscope to see the faith that we operate under.
Speaker 2: That's why, when you have a headache, instead of praying, instead of saying no, god, heal me, or heal my daughter or my son, we look what, where's the headaches?
Speaker 2: and I'm not saying headaches are bad, because I know we have pharmacists in the house, but I'm saying may our faith be increased to the level of a mustard seed.
Speaker 2: May this not just be another topic, may this not be another theme for the month.
Speaker 2: May we be elevated to another level.
Speaker 2: Amen, that our faith will be elevated to a mustard seed.
Speaker 2: And the day and the topic of thinking about is an ABC of faith.
Speaker 2: The ABC of faith, a faith that is active, a faith that is bold at, a faith that is compliance to obedience.
Speaker 2: The ABC of faith.
Speaker 2: My desire, my prayer, is that after the month it's, you be able to do things you have never done before because your faith will be elevated.
Speaker 2: You be able to visit someone in hospital a they had and they be healed in Jesus name.
Speaker 2: You be able to do things you have never done because you shall exercise your faith into it.
Speaker 2: Amen, and therefore the ABC, the faith that is active, the faith that is active in first John, chapter 5, verse 4.
Speaker 2: It says everyone who is a child of God has the power to win against the world.
Speaker 2: It is our faith that wins the victory against the world.
Speaker 2: First John, chapter 5, verse 4.
Speaker 2: It's a very powerful text.
Speaker 2: When I was reflecting about this early morning, i don't know what is your world.
Speaker 2: Is it the world of family?
Speaker 2: the world of finances?
Speaker 2: the world of business, whichever area?
Speaker 2: the world of media?
Speaker 2: by faith, you can be able to overcome some of the obstacles that God has given unto you.
Speaker 2: Is it the world of political?
Speaker 2: maybe the service?
Speaker 2: in the public service sector, you are faced with different charges.
Speaker 2: Maybe in your office, in your organization, you are the only one who is a believer.
Speaker 2: Are you bold enough to know that I can overcome me?
Speaker 2: I can represent Christ boldly.
Speaker 2: And so the ABC of faith you want the faith that is very active, the faith that is bold and the faith that is compliance to our patience.
Speaker 2: And as we start with, the faith that is active is the faith that is on the go.
Speaker 2: It's not a stagnating faith.
Speaker 2: We do not just become a believer so that we sit on the pews every other Sunday waiting to go to heaven.
Speaker 2: No, we became a believer so that the great commission can be experienced through us.
Speaker 2: So we fold our sleeves and say send me, tell me where to go.
Speaker 2: And for Simon, i desire that one day in the very near future we'll be coming on a Saturday and you fight.
Speaker 2: Half of the members are not in that service because they are in the mission field, serving the charge on the go.
Speaker 2: The faith that is active.
Speaker 2: In James, chapter 2, verse 23, verse 24, and we see above Abraham, he not only heard the word of God and the voice of God, but he believed and he was active, he was on the go, he was in the go, he said this shows the full meaning of the scripture.
Speaker 2: That says Abraham believed God and God accepted Abraham's faith, that the faith made him right with God and Abraham was called God's friends.
Speaker 2: So you see that a person is made right with God by the things he does.
Speaker 2: He cannot be, he cannot be made right by faith only because there was an action aspect to his faith.
Speaker 2: There was an action aspect to his faith my someone's actually.
Speaker 2: I try to personalize and to bring it home.
Speaker 2: So, even as we share this, then you're calling yourself a Christian.
Speaker 2: As a believer, ask yourself since I became a Christian, what have I done, not only to myself, but someone else?
Speaker 2: is my faith active?
Speaker 2: I'm just waiting to go to heaven.
Speaker 2: Have I led someone to Christ?
Speaker 2: in an organization, they do audit chair And they do what they are able to do and they are able to see what they have been able to do And they praise us.
Speaker 2: So can you praise your salvation?
Speaker 2: Can you praise your faith?
Speaker 2: Who have I ever led to Christ?
Speaker 2: Have I ever been to a mission field?
Speaker 2: Am I in a house group?
Speaker 2: I'm a person in charge of a house group And I share a lot and I know those who are in a house group and those who are not.
Speaker 2: So ask your neighbor are you in a house group Where things are happening, where things are happening In a house group?
Speaker 2: last year and this is actually particularly on the theme vision that every other year, pastor Broz takes time to break it down.
Speaker 2: I don't know how many of us take it literally And see, this is my portion.
Speaker 2: Personally I do.
Speaker 2: And now, even when I came to Pastoral Ministry now you can even be able to see my aspiration that I wrote down And I was reflecting them early in the morning what I saw that this year as a world changer I say it a world changer is not for what he gives up, but for who, for who he takes up.
Speaker 2: One is that the year will be a doorway and an entrance of God's light to the nations And, by God's grace, as the same one who was able to visit the nation of Cameroon and many more, that was my desire and my prayer.
Speaker 2: Verse two and number two was a platform to thrive in the great commission Through house group.
Speaker 2: We have been able to do quite a number and many more are coming and I'll be sharing more about it.
Speaker 2: I hear that we shall occupy the world in the field of harvest, that many will come to know Christ through fellowship, through house groups, and I'm grateful to God because I can see some, quite a number of house groups, hosts in the house.
Speaker 2: I celebrate you for being the call And therefore to be here to embrace the challenge all to live the what they call.
Speaker 2: That's what I'm doing this very morning.
Speaker 2: I'm charging each and every one of us to live the life what they call.
Speaker 2: And the fifth one there's a year of service to the world, with dedicated culture of excellence, not just doing things for the sake of doing them, doing them with excellence.
Speaker 2: And so, as I reflect about it and I said last year, i reflected how the year after that's 2021, we are getting into 2022.
Speaker 2: I said I saw two things that were very critical in the year 2022.
Speaker 2: One was election Last year we were having the year elections And second was the World Cup.
Speaker 2: And I said God, guide me how to engage in this two event.
Speaker 2: And one I said within the house group ministry, and I believe that if you're not in house group after this, kindly connect in our tents We have tents all over.
Speaker 2: Connect with the leader, plug in, say I want to become a leader, say I want to host, i want to join this fellowship, this movement called house group, and your life will never be the same again.
Speaker 2: And so I said how do we engage?
Speaker 2: And I said the outcome before elections comes, we'll be praying for the nation.
Speaker 2: And when we came in the year last year, it was the year of the theme, for the last year was the year You know what The royal inheritance and some students.
Speaker 2: It says, ask for me of the nation and I shall give unto you as an inheritance.
Speaker 2: That was my verse And I charged the house group.
Speaker 2: I told them you'll be praying for the counties, adopt.
Speaker 2: And I paid all the 47 counties.
Speaker 2: Now don't pray for those counties, do a prayer drive to those counties.
Speaker 2: Personally, i did.
Speaker 2: Sometimes I'll tag along my wife and we'll drive those counties And we get to the border, we scoop the soil the way we did in Cameroon, and we pray for the counties And we ask God, give us the leaders that you had intended for these counties for the time, like this.
Speaker 2: So what?
Speaker 2: after praying?
Speaker 2: so that when they come into power, they come into position, we'll be able to go to them and ask them.
Speaker 2: God is telling us this and we'll be able to connect with that voice And that nation will prosper, that location will prosper for His glory, amen.
Speaker 2: And so, as we did that, we prayed.
Speaker 2: Elections came and now we have men and women that God intended.
Speaker 2: We believe those are prayers answered because we prayed, and I know some of you are also involved in that And one house group came during this year and told me Pasi, we have been praying for this and God has given us this burden.
Speaker 2: We need to reach out to this county.
Speaker 2: And I gave them a charge And I told them as we reach out to that particular county, let's come up with a model and a strategy whereby we can be able to reach out to every other county of this country.
Speaker 2: When we hear and actually when we hear things happening like the Shakahola thing, i ask myself what is my role into this?
Speaker 2: How can I turn out this thing to a positive thing?
Speaker 2: We visit the county like Kedifi, and we pray and we say now the church in a positive way, we just present Christ.
Speaker 2: And so this house group, i charge them, they went, they discussed about themselves, they felt no, we are not equipped, we don't know what it takes.
Speaker 2: They came back.
Speaker 2: I gave them a different strategy and said, pasi, now we are good to go, we are good to engage.
Speaker 2: And we formed a strategy of how to reach out to a county called Agheo Malakwet And I told them you are going not there because you are missionaries, you are trained as missionaries because God is going ahead of you, and so a team of them, and I know some of them are seated here.
Speaker 2: Last week we engaged and we went to the county And the strategy was what Engage Light letters to the governor, because we prayed for them.
Speaker 2: The security experts in that county commissioner tell them.
Speaker 2: We want to sit and have a conversation with them in matters pertaining to Agheo Malakwet.
Speaker 2: We have been hearing what has been happening in the valley in that county And so we engaged, we said our faith should be active, we will go And for sure, we went.
Speaker 2: We met with the governor the whole day, with his cabinet and pass a sign on Kim, and we had a discussion, dr Mativo, the whole day, engaging on matters kingdom, not asking for tatters, matters kingdom.
Speaker 2: They listened, they were wondering why this is a new one, this is a very new one, and they were able to catch the vision and why we were there.
Speaker 2: We went with our dialy empty And when you are coming from that county, our dialies were full Amen.
Speaker 2: We engaged the county commissioner with all his security You know the entire security team and they were giving us the brief and what even the president is expected the following day And we said, oh, tomorrow we might be.
Speaker 2: We'll be in the brief of the president.
Speaker 2: There are these people who visited and they are doing ABCD And what they were telling us is they're down, there is so insecure And I know maybe the media too may be sharing some photos.
Speaker 2: But we went, we managed to go down there.
Speaker 2: We managed to go down there And I can tell you, even the security team were worried.
Speaker 2: We were telling how would you go there?
Speaker 2: They gave us escort As we were not worried.
Speaker 2: We knew who it was with us and who had sent us And we went to their bolder.
Speaker 2: I remember when the vehicle we were with we were with a two wheel drive.
Speaker 2: The place is very steep.
Speaker 2: At some point, chair, we had to storm at the val at the river just to try to cool poor water on the on the wheels because the brakes were failing, because it's too hot.
Speaker 2: We had a two wheel drive.
Speaker 2: I believe that we can be able even to get a four wheel The next time we are going there and I know it can be available.
Speaker 2: So our empowered faith that is active, the same strategy we use during the World Cup.
Speaker 2: I realize I said that two countries will be participating in the World Cup.
Speaker 2: How do I engage in these countries?
Speaker 2: It's the year of royal inheritance.
Speaker 2: I want this nation for Christ.
Speaker 2: How do I go about this?
Speaker 2: I analyze them and I sold that countries have a presence in our country.
Speaker 2: I wrote letters to every ambassador, including the US ambassador and Australia ambassador, and I can tell you they replied to my letters and I said what.
Speaker 2: And I told them I wanted them to engage on a conversation pertaining sports, but for me, i was looking forward to see which other avenue can happen for the young people of Africa, for the young person of Parki, amen.
Speaker 2: And as we engage, some invited us to the ambassador, to the ambassador not asking for visa.
Speaker 2: I have a long history about being denied visa and Pasasimo knows this, but this time I was engaging them not as pertaining kingdom.
Speaker 2: Some were the ambassadors.
Speaker 2: Now I talk to them like Fred's A strategy reaching out through the ambassadors And through that.
Speaker 2: Now, like Cameroon ambassador, open a door and we were able to visit that country When they open.
Speaker 2: Actually, they told me come over, we have a discussion.
Speaker 2: I didn't know what to do.
Speaker 2: I went to Pastor Victor and told him by the way, this ambassador has your country.
Speaker 2: Are you available, i'm available, let's go.
Speaker 2: And I was confident enough and we had a discussion and he said, she said, actually, this will be the area that we'll be connecting.
Speaker 2: And she was able to connect us with a senior pastor in a Baptist church in Cameroon And we connected, we started praying for that nation Just this century.
Speaker 2: And I see, because, yes, we have a Cameroon, she invited us for 51 years of national unity at the Cameroon ambassador, at Cameroon embassy.
Speaker 2: It's only my caravan.
Speaker 2: You know a driver caravan.
Speaker 2: When I went to the embassy, it was only my.
Speaker 2: I was parked in between lead cars with flags And I was seated comfortably, knowing whom I am representing.
Speaker 2: Amen, i was presenting the kings of kings, the Lord of hosts.
Speaker 2: Amen.
Speaker 2: May we be confident enough.
Speaker 2: May our faith be active.
Speaker 2: The second one is that may our faith be bold.
Speaker 2: Exodus.
Speaker 2: Exodus, chapter five, verse one Moses and fellow Moses, please.
Speaker 2: Fellow head on, he asked him let my people go, let my people go.
Speaker 2: After Moses and Elon went in and told Pharaoh that says the Lord, god of Israel, let my people go, that they may hold a fist to me in the wilderness.
Speaker 2: Do you know how hard it is to face your boss.
Speaker 2: You could see Pastor Liggs was even wondering now what his boss will tell him here.
Speaker 2: Maybe you are the only Christian in your office, in your organization.
Speaker 2: Are you bored enough that you can represent Christ, that you can take even a dream vision like this to your boss?
Speaker 2: You understand, i've been praying for you, i've been praying for this organization.
Speaker 2: Are we bored enough to represent Christ, even in the market place?
Speaker 2: Many days back in the day in my youth, i said I will not be attending.
Speaker 2: When is the service?
Speaker 2: I've attended.
Speaker 2: When is the service?
Speaker 2: like a religious activity?
Speaker 2: I said what is all this for?
Speaker 2: Enough is enough.
Speaker 2: I said when is the service?
Speaker 2: when is the evening?
Speaker 2: will be my day for outreach?
Speaker 2: I plugged in to the city of Nairobi, reaching out to the young people, meeting in hotels, praying, studying the Word of God, doing street evangelism.
Speaker 2: You know, walking in the street, telling I do not know.
Speaker 2: God loves you, jesus loves you.
Speaker 2: That was me.
Speaker 2: I didn't know what God was creating me for, was preparing me for, but he was preparing me for a future.
Speaker 2: I knew nothing about.
Speaker 2: Amen, that sometimes, for the same one I reflect.
Speaker 2: I say this is when is the service?
Speaker 2: when I was learning, i would not have been given the service to preach.
Speaker 2: I don't know the humor of God, but we thank God.
Speaker 2: In Acts, chapter nine, verse 28,.
Speaker 2: Saul and Saul stayed with the followers.
Speaker 2: He went everywhere in Jerusalem preaching boldly in the name of Jesus.
Speaker 2: Acts chapter nine, verse 28,.
Speaker 2: Are you bold enough to represent this Christ?
Speaker 2: Are you bold enough As we face the governors, we face the security team in Nairobi or Malakwet, we face the ambassadors, even those who didn't know Christ.
Speaker 2: And we were bold enough.
Speaker 2: What can they do for you?
Speaker 2: They can only tell you go out, or they accept you, isn't it?
Speaker 2: So?
Speaker 2: that's the spirit that we go, and we know that whom we are representing.
Speaker 2: In Acts chapter four, we see Peter and John when they face the Jews, and maybe we can read this Acts chapter four, verse one to 13.
Speaker 2: Now, as they spoke to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came Being greeted.
Speaker 2: Is that they taught the people and preached in Jesus, the resurrection from the dead?
Speaker 2: They lied, had on them and put in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.
Speaker 2: However, many of those who had the word believed and the number of the men came to be about 5,000, and it came to pass on the next day that their rulers, elders, scribes, as well as Annas, the High Priest, caiphas, john and the Rixada, as the many of the family of the High Priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
Speaker 2: When they had said them in the midst, they asked by what power or by what name have you done all this?
Speaker 2: Then Peter, feud with the whole spirit, said to them, rulers of the people and elders of Israel, if we these days are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made?
Speaker 2: well, let it be known to you all and to all the people of Israel that, by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead by him, this man starts here before you whole.
Speaker 2: This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone Now.
Speaker 2: It's their salvation in any other, in any other, for there is no other name at the heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
Speaker 2: Now, when they saw the boldness, their bold faith okay Now, when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were marveled and they realized that they had been with Jesus And seeing the man who had been here starting with them, they could say nothing against it.
Speaker 2: But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they cornered among them.
Speaker 2: The story continues, but when they saw the boldness that was with Peter and John, they were able to hear the sick, they realized these people are not even in school, they were not educated, but the one thing that started stood they were with Jesus.
Speaker 2: May you know that, wherever you shall go, jesus, you're not alone.
Speaker 2: You are not alone.
Speaker 2: Jesus is with you.
Speaker 2: May you represent him, bored with courage.
Speaker 2: Don't shy, amen.
Speaker 2: I'm encouraged by the team that we went with Pastor Simon, if you actually followed the news that we are being told at the peak there at E10, how the valley looks like, the insecurity that is going on there, trust me, you could not have gone there.
Speaker 2: But us, bold, even at night, we decided we are going to sleep at the valley And for sure we slept and we slept like babies.
Speaker 2: And we came and here we are testifying what the road did, amen.
Speaker 2: We're not only hard, but we know whom we are representing.
Speaker 2: We were not security experts At some point, even the escort.
Speaker 2: They stopped the escort and asked them where are they going to sleep?
Speaker 2: You know that place is very insecure.
Speaker 2: They were trying just to sell it to us fear, but it's nothing, we are sleeping at the valley and we slept.
Speaker 2: And the following day we met the team, the community and the Alavri community.
Speaker 2: They even gave us melons The place is very productive And the following day even went to the police station now to gather, to know now the news up there and down here how it is, and, pastor Simon, we stormed into a police station called Taut And we had a discussion With the police officers how has it been serving in the valley?
Speaker 2: And they gave us hilarious stories, how some of them the place is very hot, they sleep in tinted houses, how one of the OCS there who has served 35 years.
Speaker 2: He said I've never seen something like this in my 35 years in my career.
Speaker 2: I have never seen anyone come in to ask me how can I be of help to you, how can I pray with you?
Speaker 2: And they felt ministered by our presence.
Speaker 2: We shared a meal with them, the simplest we could afford, a bread and sonder.
Speaker 2: And they said wow, it's not even Christmas And I think they are looking forward for our Christmas And I believe Chair will be able to get there before.
Speaker 2: There's something we can do As a house group.
Speaker 2: Where you are, plug in.
Speaker 2: Some of you have been looking how can I meet my governor?
Speaker 2: Just plug into house group.
Speaker 2: Things will work Later on.
Speaker 2: We met Morkomen.
Speaker 2: When Morkomen, who is a CSMAB he's a member of this church, he's from that, he's a son of the soil in that county He gathered there visitors in his county and we met him And, as the same one was saying in his office, he was discussing about Egeo Malakwet, how we can engage, and that was just a fact-fighting.
Speaker 2: Mabobadu, more people will be coming.
Speaker 2: Amen, this month.
Speaker 2: Yeah, let's give God all the glory.
Speaker 2: We went there with boldness And maybe you come even from that county.
Speaker 2: You had this guy who went to my county and I don't know.
Speaker 2: Yes, we went, plug in.
Speaker 2: Come in Some of you.
Speaker 2: Maybe you say we can niche out to a certain county because I have a connection with so and so.
Speaker 2: Come through prayer All this was bad through prayer In our closet, plug into a fellowship and say our house group will reach out to this county, our house group will reach out to this school, our house group will reach out to this police station.
Speaker 2: I, like the Keririshua house group.
Speaker 2: Every year they reach out to our school.
Speaker 2: I participate to some of them, like this year.
Speaker 2: We went to Makueni Kalulu High School where, by 70 young people accepted Christ.
Speaker 2: One of their teacher that was amazing thing actually stood together with his students and he accepted Christ.
Speaker 2: We give God all the glory.
Speaker 2: May we serve Christ and may we represent Christ with the boldness.
Speaker 2: Don't be led by fear.
Speaker 2: May we be like Peter and John.
Speaker 2: They could face the Jews.
Speaker 2: Moses faced Pharaoh and told him let my people go.
Speaker 2: May we have that kind of boldness in all where we are, wherever God has positioned you in the marketplace, in your organization.
Speaker 2: May we represent Christ with boldness for his glory.
Speaker 2: Amen.
Speaker 2: Some of us, we might be the only Bible that people see in your organization.
Speaker 2: When you start that meeting, we say these people they don't start meetings with prayer.
Speaker 2: Just tell them let's pray before we start this meeting.
Speaker 2: It starts there this more thing.
Speaker 2: It starts there What God will be able to do.
Speaker 2: From that they start calling you the pastor, like the lady we met at the county of Sebra, and they are calling her the pastor Now.
Speaker 2: She uniting all those who have never gotten married in the church wedding in the staff of the girl Mara Kwet.
Speaker 2: It was interesting.
Speaker 2: She's the one now making sure everyone gets married in church wedding, just because they call her pastor, and she has used that title.
Speaker 2: Well, amen, some of us have become the pastor and through that you said, oh, i had this gift that I didn't know about.
Speaker 2: And, lo and behold, maybe one year or few months you'll be preaching here.
Speaker 2: I used to sit up there in my youth time as YP, and they remember that was my area.
Speaker 2: So if you are seated over there, maybe something God is saying something to you.
Speaker 2: Yes, as a young person, just in luggage, jeans, but here, look at him, i'm fitted in a suit, hallelujah.
Speaker 2: And as we actually, last year, when we are screening the World Cup and for the same one, i saw this I said how the world was coming together just to watch, just to watch the ability to see, the ability to see, and I thought we had the best screen.
Speaker 2: And that's what actually, that was the language I was using to to connect with the ambassador, telling them we have the biggest screen and the best audio system in the region Eastern, central and for sure, and they were looking for what to come and see and I don't know how many screens we had connected.
Speaker 2: I think we had connected all these screens together one screen at the youth tent where we were screening the World Cup And I felt it's the high time and those who grew up in the city you remember we used to have Bellevue and Drive-In There are those who watched those movies.
Speaker 2: I think one time at our young age, dad took us with a pickup and we watched one movie And I felt we need to revive that.
Speaker 2: We have the space here whereby you have a screen and every Friday we'll be screening Christian movies and even come for the year 2020, the seven-chair, when we'll be having the next World Cup, we'll be able now to screen more and engage more ambassadors on that level Amen.
Speaker 2: So I'm looking those who are in the media industry.
Speaker 2: I'm looking for an out-of-door screen connect.
Speaker 2: Let's make it possible We have an out-of-door.
Speaker 2: People can drive-in and watch Christian movies and use it as a gospel.
Speaker 2: Right now, i'm someone who will be screened there, whereby even those who are driving on the traffic our Matatoui industry they are also following this service.
Speaker 2: They may not come in, but the voice.
Speaker 2: Faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God.
Speaker 2: Amen.
Speaker 2: It's possible, it's doable, and this I speak in particularly to the millennials, those who are born in 1787, early 90s.
Speaker 2: It's our time.
Speaker 2: When we went to that county assembly all of them, we were speaking to our peers, we could connect, we could relate.
Speaker 2: Mr Lika Lodi, all of them, but the same one was the eldest, with Pastor Victor.
Speaker 2: But the others are our peers And I felt we are in the right place and we engage with them as peers.
Speaker 2: So for those who are millennials in that category, may you know that it's our time.
Speaker 2: Don't say siri kari refining us.
Speaker 2: We are the one to do it now.
Speaker 2: We are the one to offer solutions that this country needs, that Africa needs.
Speaker 2: It's our time.
Speaker 2: It's our time And I feel it so deep within me.
Speaker 2: It's our time Empowered faith that is bold, the last sea, compliance with obedience For your faith, not just sitting there, but being compliant by your patience That is rising above the world's system.
Speaker 2: In Romans, chapter 16, verse 25 to 26,.
Speaker 2: Now, to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept sacred since the world began, but now made manifest and by the prophetic scriptures, made known to all nations, according to the commandments of the everlasting God.
Speaker 2: For obedience to the faith, may we look at the Matthew, chapter 17, verse 14, that's when we read.
Speaker 2: I wanted us to look at Luke, chapter 5, verse 1 to 11.
Speaker 2: This is the recruitment of Peter, the first interview Peter got from Jesus and how he obeyed.
Speaker 2: So it was Luke, chapter 5, verse 1 to 14.
Speaker 2: And so it was as a multitude placed about him to hear the word of God.
Speaker 2: That is stood by the lake of Gennacheret and so two boats starting by the lake, but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets.
Speaker 2: Then he got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a litre from the boat.
Speaker 2: When he had stopped speaking, he said to Simon launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.
Speaker 2: But Simon answered and said to him Master, we have toyed all night and caught nothing.
Speaker 2: Nevertheless, at your word, i will let down the net.
Speaker 2: And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their net was breaking.
Speaker 2: So they signaled to the partners in the other boat to come and help them.
Speaker 2: And they came and filled both the boats so that they began to sink.
Speaker 2: When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees saying depart from me, for I am a sinful man, o Lord.
Speaker 2: For he and all who are with him were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken, and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon.
Speaker 2: And Jesus said to Simon do not be afraid, from now on you'll catch men.
Speaker 2: So when they had brought their boats to Lod, they foresaw all and followed him.
Speaker 2: And it happened when he was in a certain city that behold a man who was full of rape.
Speaker 2: He saw him and he fell on his face and improved him, saying Lord, if you are wearing, you can make me clean.
Speaker 2: Then he put out his hand and touched him, saying I'm wearing, bequeathed.
Speaker 2: Immediately.
Speaker 2: The rape was left him.
Speaker 2: Let's talk from there, the obedience that we see with Peter.
Speaker 2: For the first time he meets this stranger and ask him can I use your boat?
Speaker 2: Just push a little.
Speaker 2: He obeyed, he didn't say no, i'm tired, i'm going to less because he has done all the whole night, but with your pages.
Speaker 2: He did what he pushed.
Speaker 2: The little you are giving to God, just that little push, maybe opening your house for fellowship, maybe saying I'll be praying for this country, i'll be praying for this particular leader, i'll be praying for this country, i'll be praying for the church.
Speaker 2: Just that little, maybe, exerting your Meditation time and your prayer time with that many or 20 minutes, just pushing a little.
Speaker 2: When you give the little to God, to Jesus, he expels, he magnifies and Because of that obeys, even others tend to benefit.
Speaker 2: When he obeyed, he was not even to throw the nets and a certain area He could.
Speaker 2: He didn't say no, i'm an expert in this sea, i'm an expert in this lake.
Speaker 2: You don't know what you are saying.
Speaker 2: I was there the whole night.
Speaker 2: I caught nothing.
Speaker 2: He's by your pages.
Speaker 2: He didn't say no, i'm a PhD holder.
Speaker 2: I know what I'm doing.
Speaker 2: You know I've been this he does today for many years.
Speaker 2: I know what I'm doing now.
Speaker 2: Obey the voice of God, obedient Compliance to the voice of God.
Speaker 2: When he obeyed, not only did he benefit, but even the neighbors.
Speaker 2: When you obey, not only you benefit, but even your generations.
Speaker 2: Amen.
Speaker 2: You are family.
Speaker 2: You, those who are saluting you benefit because of obeisance, and the vice versa is the same disobedience to the voice of God.
Speaker 2: You are family, your generation after you.
Speaker 2: Just because one person disobeys, you find families in turmoil.
Speaker 2: You fight for me, zain cry.
Speaker 2: You fight for me.
Speaker 2: They cannot be able to educate their children Just because one person disobeys the voice of God.
Speaker 2: May we be a church, may our faith Be riveted whereby we shall obey the voice of God.
Speaker 2: We shall obey the voice of God and therefore, for me, me have done.
Speaker 2: I've obeyed what God I told me to share to you.
Speaker 2: Whether you believe it, whether you take it, whether you feel charged me, have done my part, amen.
Speaker 2: Now it's up to you, the boys on your court, the boys, the only our court.
Speaker 2: Roman chapter 10, verse 8 and 15.
Speaker 2: And this where I close with, because I see our time is up, as I call those who are in, those who want to plug in into, into the ministry, as we, as this movement of house group, as we reach out to the counties, as As you want to start with this male.
Speaker 2: Roman.
Speaker 2: Chapter 10, verse 9, about 8, says 10 was 8, but what does it say?
Speaker 2: the word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.
Speaker 2: That is the word of the faith which we preach, that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you be saved.
Speaker 2: For with the heart one believes and to righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Speaker 2: For the scripture says Whoever believes on him will not be put to shame.
Speaker 2: For there's no distinction between the Jew and the Greek, not.
Speaker 2: The same Lord over all is Rich to all who call upon him, for whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Speaker 2: How, then, shall they call on him who they have not believed, and how shall they believe in him They have not heard?
Speaker 2: and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Speaker 2: and how shall they preach unless they are sent as it is written?
Speaker 2: How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring gratidings of good things.
Speaker 2: Amen.
Speaker 2: We have done my part.
Speaker 2: It's up to you.
Speaker 2: Give the little, and the little may be saying I want to accept this Christ, i want to.
Speaker 2: It has to start somewhere.
Speaker 2: You have to believe this faith for you to grow, your faith to ABC, a faith that is active, a faith that is bold, a faith that is Compliant.
Speaker 2: It has to start somewhere.
Speaker 2: They'll eat, true.
Speaker 2: What is that?
Speaker 2: one little thing you're telling God.
Speaker 2: God, this is what I'm submitting to you.
Speaker 2: I want to submit my life to you.
Speaker 2: Let's start there.
Speaker 2: Just like Peter, he submitted his boat, though he has told the whole night.
Speaker 2: Maybe you have told in your youth, in your life, and things are not working.
Speaker 2: Submit the little, submit your life, just like the boy who had two fish and five loss of blood, and he submitted That to God, to Jesus.
Speaker 2: It was able to feed five thousand, a multitude.
Speaker 2: For you, just submitting That little, a lot will happen in your life, not only now, but even generation to come.
Speaker 2: They'll be gentle to the ritual.
Speaker 2: Maybe you are there saying today's my day, today's not just another Sunday that I went to church.
Speaker 2: I want to start my life a fresh By giving my life to Christ.
Speaker 2: Maybe you raise your heart and we pray with you.
Speaker 2: Our father is here, reverend Simon and Deconway Rago and the pastors in the house.
Speaker 2: They will pray with you, we will walk with you.
Speaker 2: You are there.
Speaker 2: You want to say I want to submit The little I have To this mission.
Speaker 2: You are talking about engaging the counties, either giving you expertise, either giving you a resources.
Speaker 2: Maybe that's the prayer we'll be praying with you.
Speaker 2: But my charge, i've posed it to you.
Speaker 2: Reflect about it, not only today, tomorrow and the days ahead And when we meet on the streets or wherever we shall meet, tell me Parsi is.
Speaker 2: I took the charge positively.
Speaker 2: We see on a hidden and bigger corner the same as this person who charge me again.
Speaker 2: No, amen.
Speaker 2: So that's all that I wanted to reflect on with us this very morning, and I give God all the glory.
Speaker 2: Have you been?
Speaker 2: is it a word?
Speaker 2: Is that a message?
Speaker 2: that is home?
Speaker 2: Let's appreciate God, then.
Speaker 2: So May we pray having a father.
Speaker 2: We are grateful and we are thankful.
Speaker 2: Thank you for your word that is alive and active.
Speaker 2: Shapa, then, a double word sword, king of king and Lord of Lord.
Speaker 2: You are lawward brings light and a give a studying event to the simple, i believe, who are by father, as you have a number to me this very morning that your word has been deposited in the hearts and In the minds of these brethren, that you ordered their steps to be in your house.
Speaker 2: It's not a religious act for them, but they came so that they be encouraged in one way or the other.
Speaker 2: And, father, as we tackle in matters about Empowered faith, may you elevate their faith from that microscopic level to a master Z Doad, dear Lord, that you people to do things They have never been able to do previously and further.
Speaker 2: They come back with a testimony that their family to be changed They are businesses, shall be changed in a positive way, or a father, because their faith has been elevated, just as the bitter was, and John the soft, you bold road.
Speaker 2: Dear Lord, may the boldness be upon them.
Speaker 2: or, king of king, may you help them to be active, even wherever you have positioned them, be it in the Market place, be it in the business world, whichever corner, be it in the political arena, in the public sector.
Speaker 2: Oh Abba, father, may you help them to represent you with boldness, with the act, with the Activities.
Speaker 2: All, dear Lord, and with compliance of mighty father.
Speaker 2: That's my prayer as a preacher of this very day.
Speaker 2: Oh Abba, father, the 9th of July.
Speaker 2: And it may be recorded, as you tell us in your word, in Liberation.
Speaker 2: Or, father, may it be recorded, the working of King, that indeed your word has been shared as you had intended it to be.
Speaker 2: Oh, dear Lord, i will worship you, how he praise you.
Speaker 2: Anyone who is here charging one way or the other, father, father, may they Be encouraged, because you are the one who encourages us.
Speaker 2: Oh, mighty father, we worship you, we praise you, those who are the testimony, we receive them, working of King, to celebrate and to magnify your name, because you are good God.
Speaker 2: We worship you and we praise you.
Speaker 2: All this, we pray and believe in the name of the father, the son and the Holy Spirit, and we all say amen and amen.
Speaker 2: Let's appreciate God first, goodness, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 2: And now May I pose there and invite the father of this prophet and I give thanks to God for the opportunity and he then passed the albros in absentia.
Speaker 2: Let's appreciate them.
Speaker 2: I believe I have been a good student of them, have I?
Speaker 2: Let's go to ask my students.
Speaker 2: So, thank you, let's have the same one.
Speaker 1: Amen, thank you.
Speaker 1: You've done very well.
Speaker 1: Let's give a hand to the Lord.
Speaker 1: Thank you, amen.
Speaker 1: God bless you.
Speaker 1: Thank you, yeah, let's appreciate his wife, grace also.
Speaker 1: Yes, we really thank God for you as a family and, as you can see, parkland's Baptist Church has a great future, doesn't it?
Speaker 1: Yes, and all the young people who are here, step forward, do the little you need to do, and the Lord will be able to do the rest.
Speaker 1: Let us walk by faith, this kind of faith, the ABC of faith that he has just described Active, bold and compliant.
Speaker 1: What a message, hallelujah, what a blessing.
Speaker 1: Hallelujah, oh, glory to God.
Speaker 1: This is amazing for me.
Speaker 1: Let's give another hand to the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
Speaker 1: We shall be standing for the benediction in just a moment and, yeah, we could stand even now.
Speaker 1: Pastor Maschine, you've mentioned Father.
Speaker 1: You know the Lord's Prayer starts with our Father, who is in heaven, so it's not our Father who is in Kittisuru.
Speaker 1: Hallelujah, yes, we have a heavenly Father and really appreciate the young generation and even the respect and the honor that you extend to us and because of this, on behalf of Pastor Ambrose and myself, we really bless the young people of this church once again, big time.
Speaker 1: Are you receiving it?
Speaker 1: The young people God bless you.
Speaker 1: There is a young man called Timothy Mwangi.
Speaker 1: Timothy, where are you?
Speaker 1: And Timothy loves his mother very much.
Speaker 1: I think he's around somewhere, timothy Mwangi, and he came to me and he told me my mom is very special to me and today is her birthday.
Speaker 1: The mother is Damaris Agnes.
Speaker 1: Where is Damaris Agnes?
Speaker 1: Damaris Agnes Oh yes, she's right here.
Speaker 1: From your son, a surprise, and he told me he loves you very much.
Speaker 1: Today is your birthday and he said the church pastor must celebrate my mother's birthday.
Speaker 1: That's how special you are, damaris Agnes.
Speaker 1: That's how special you are.
Speaker 1: Happy birthday to you.
Speaker 1: Happy birthday, dear Damaris.
Speaker 1: Happy birthday to you.
Speaker 1: One again, happy birthday to you.
Speaker 1: Happy birthday to you.
Speaker 1: Happy birthday, dear Damaris.
Speaker 1: Happy birthday to you.
Speaker 1: Hallelujah.
Speaker 1: We thank God.
Speaker 1: Glory to God.
Speaker 1: Let's lift our hands to God.
Speaker 1: Almighty God.
Speaker 1: We just celebrate the fact that you have chosen us to be your family and you have brought us together into this platform called Parklands Baptist Church.
Speaker 1: Thank you, lord, for all the possibilities that exist when we love each other, when we serve one another, when, lord, we do something by the faith ABC faith that Pastor Maschine has just shared.
Speaker 1: Thank you for these possibilities and for this reason that we are a family who love each other, serving each other, we know that the future is bright and even tomorrow, we have a reason to see it because we are together, because we are a family and because, by faith, there is so much you're going to do as we serve one another and, lord, as we walk with one another, and so even today, as I do the benediction, my God, as we raise our hands before you, i have this sense that this family, my God, you are enduing as a fresh to be able to make a difference in Nairobi, in Kenya and across Africa.
Speaker 1: Lord, thank you for all the gifts, all the talents, all the privileges, all the opportunities, everything that you have given us, and we deploy it afresh for the glory of your name and as a pastor.
Speaker 1: Therefore, by this prayer, lord, i pray open those doors and open those gates that, god, we need to go through.
Speaker 1: We understand that your hand is more than able and, by faith, therefore, we see an open door on Monday.
Speaker 1: Open door on Tuesday is somebody connecting?
Speaker 1: for Tuesday?
Speaker 1: Open door on Wednesday.
Speaker 1: Open door on Thursday.
Speaker 1: Open door on Friday.
Speaker 1: Open door on Saturday, open door this coming Sunday, and I declare, as a servant of God, this day, that he who hold the key of David, based on Revelation 3, verse 8, has opened a big door before us.
Speaker 1: And as we go through these doors this week, all of us, the Lord has made a way for us.
Speaker 1: As we go through these doors, we are not going to squeeze, we are not going to squirt, we are not going to crawl, we are not going to struggle.
Speaker 1: We shall walk standing tall and we shall walk uninhibited.
Speaker 1: As a pastor, with this blessing, i lift every caveat, every charge, everything that ever put in your path that was ever to distract you and cause you to move forward.
Speaker 1: I lift it up right now, in the name of Jesus Christ, and I pray the blessing that creates the path, the blessing that creates the way.
Speaker 1: And if there's something that's been difficult last week, this coming week, god is making a way.
Speaker 1: You made a way through the Red Sea, you made a way through the River Jordan, my God, you are making a way.
Speaker 1: And even where it is mountains and difficult places, god, i declare you have made a way and congregation, by this blessing, god is taking over and is going to make it easier for you and your family there is this coming week.
Speaker 1: God is coming through financially.
Speaker 1: God is coming through health wise.
Speaker 1: God is coming through guidance.
Speaker 1: God is coming through visas.
Speaker 1: God is coming through in many manifold ways.
Speaker 1: What is this way?
Speaker 1: you're trusting God for just mention it and by this blessing God has granted us and therefore we are blessed on Monday, blessed on Tuesday, blessed on Wednesday, blessed on Thursday, blessed on Friday, blessed on Saturday, blessed this coming Sunday.
Speaker 1: The whole week is covered by the blessing of God.
Speaker 1: And you shall go.
Speaker 1: You see, you are going out and you are coming in, because we pray in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit and we all say let's give a big hand clap to Jesus.
Speaker 1: Glory to the king of kings and the Lord of lords.
Speaker 1: Now turn to the person next to you and say the grace and now.
Speaker 1: May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us now and forevermore.
Speaker 1: Amen.
Speaker 1: Surely goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our lives and we shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever and ever and ever.
Speaker 1: Amen.
Speaker 1: Thank you.