WEBVTT 00:00:01.463 --> 00:00:04.730 Now, it's my joy to welcome our speaker today. 00:00:04.730 --> 00:00:12.053 He is the pastor responsible for house groups and his name is Andrew Maschine. 00:00:12.053 --> 00:00:29.707 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. 00:00:29.707 --> 00:00:39.143 His wife is called Grace and they have four children, two boys and two girls, and you should be coming now, pastor Maschine. 00:00:39.143 --> 00:00:49.871 We really appreciate his maiden someone on a Sunday and I really really appreciate glory to God. 00:00:51.014 --> 00:00:57.389 During the week I had the occasion to visit one of the offices in Nairobi the Cabinet Secretary for Transport. 00:00:57.951 --> 00:01:13.471 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. 00:01:13.471 --> 00:01:16.359 And so he's a gentleman I have seen. 00:01:16.359 --> 00:01:20.837 We've worked together, we went to Cameroon, cameroon together. 00:01:20.837 --> 00:01:34.385 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. 00:01:34.385 --> 00:01:51.224 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. 00:01:51.224 --> 00:01:55.021 As he comes over and we pray that you would use him greatly. 00:01:55.021 --> 00:02:06.051 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. 00:02:10.122 --> 00:02:12.426 Praise God, good morning. 00:02:12.426 --> 00:02:18.014 I know I'm a son of this ministry. 00:02:18.014 --> 00:02:24.849 I've grown up from my youth in this church and so, as a good student, thank you. 00:02:24.849 --> 00:02:26.040 A neighbor, turn your neighbor. 00:02:26.040 --> 00:02:33.556 They are looking good, better than yesterday, and tomorrow. 00:02:33.556 --> 00:02:42.872 They shall shine where she is, metameter, where she is, yes, colorful yourself. 00:02:42.872 --> 00:02:48.586 You did well, wonderful. 00:02:48.989 --> 00:03:01.710 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. 00:03:01.710 --> 00:03:04.900 And the word is was about faith. 00:03:04.900 --> 00:03:13.527 And one thing, pastor Simon, we all gathered here because of one thing we have faith in Jesus, isn't it? 00:03:13.527 --> 00:03:17.603 because we believe none of us was alive when Jesus was here on earth. 00:03:17.603 --> 00:03:20.772 So we are here by faith, isn't it? 00:03:20.772 --> 00:03:27.542 and so we give God all the glory and all the honor because our faith is strengthened from every corner, from South Africa. 00:03:27.542 --> 00:03:37.894 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. 00:03:37.894 --> 00:03:54.086 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. 00:03:54.086 --> 00:03:59.717 God has been faithful to us, he has seen us through since the year started and he deserved the glory. 00:03:59.717 --> 00:04:00.662 He deserve a praise. 00:04:00.662 --> 00:04:16.392 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. 00:04:16.392 --> 00:04:22.083 When I was reflecting about that and God told me, as an empowered faith that overcomes the world. 00:04:22.083 --> 00:04:28.387 That will be the topic for the day and it will be coming from the book of mother, chapter 17, verse 14 to 20. 00:04:28.387 --> 00:04:35.485 Mother, chapter 17, verse 14 to 20 an empowered faith that overcomes the world. 00:04:36.067 --> 00:04:42.151 I read from NIV when they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. 00:04:42.151 --> 00:04:45.120 Lord, have mercy on my son. 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:45.903 He said. 00:04:45.903 --> 00:04:48.771 He has Caesar's and suffering greatly. 00:04:48.771 --> 00:04:52.581 He often falls into the fire or into the water. 00:04:52.581 --> 00:04:59.410 I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him, you and believing and perverse generation. 00:04:59.410 --> 00:05:02.562 Jesus replied how long should I stay with you? 00:05:02.562 --> 00:05:05.449 how long shall I put with you? 00:05:05.449 --> 00:05:07.314 bring the boy here to me. 00:05:07.314 --> 00:05:13.870 Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of the boy and he was healed at that moment. 00:05:13.870 --> 00:05:19.591 Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked why couldn't we drive it out? 00:05:19.591 --> 00:05:23.309 he replied because you have so little faith. 00:05:23.870 --> 00:05:34.742 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. 00:05:34.742 --> 00:05:38.468 Nothing will be impossible for you. 00:05:38.468 --> 00:05:41.074 Amen, may we pray. 00:05:41.074 --> 00:05:44.065 Heavenly Father, our Lord and our God. 00:05:44.065 --> 00:05:46.471 We are grateful this very morning. 00:05:46.471 --> 00:05:54.906 Thank you for choosing this day, the 9th of July 2023, even as we continue with the second half of the year 2023. 00:05:54.906 --> 00:06:02.838 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. 00:06:02.838 --> 00:06:11.389 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. 00:06:11.389 --> 00:06:12.620 May your name be glorified. 00:06:12.620 --> 00:06:15.367 We worship you and we praise you in Jesus name. 00:06:15.367 --> 00:06:17.192 Amen and amen. 00:06:20.220 --> 00:06:25.355 When I read that text first, assignment Jesus through them. 00:06:25.355 --> 00:06:30.588 If only you had faith as little as a mustard seed and I reflected about it. 00:06:30.588 --> 00:06:37.350 A mustard seed is feasible by our naked eyes, you can put it in my palm and I can be able to see it. 00:06:37.350 --> 00:06:41.634 But Jesus told me, funny, you had as a little as a mustard seed. 00:06:41.634 --> 00:06:43.442 You can tell to this mountain, go there and that. 00:06:43.442 --> 00:06:51.276 And I felt maybe we operate on a very microscopic faith, that you need a microscope to see the faith that we operate under. 00:06:51.276 --> 00:07:01.209 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? 00:07:01.209 --> 00:07:07.394 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. 00:07:07.394 --> 00:07:12.430 May this not just be another topic, may this not be another theme for the month. 00:07:12.430 --> 00:07:15.505 May we be elevated to another level. 00:07:15.505 --> 00:07:19.399 Amen, that our faith will be elevated to a mustard seed. 00:07:19.961 --> 00:07:24.394 And the day and the topic of thinking about is an ABC of faith. 00:07:24.394 --> 00:07:32.961 The ABC of faith, a faith that is active, a faith that is bold at, a faith that is compliance to obedience. 00:07:32.961 --> 00:07:34.867 The ABC of faith. 00:07:34.867 --> 00:07:43.701 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. 00:07:43.701 --> 00:07:49.247 You be able to visit someone in hospital a they had and they be healed in Jesus name. 00:07:49.247 --> 00:07:54.406 You be able to do things you have never done because you shall exercise your faith into it. 00:07:54.406 --> 00:08:03.574 Amen, and therefore the ABC, the faith that is active, the faith that is active in first John, chapter 5, verse 4. 00:08:03.574 --> 00:08:10.096 It says everyone who is a child of God has the power to win against the world. 00:08:10.096 --> 00:08:14.531 It is our faith that wins the victory against the world. 00:08:14.531 --> 00:08:16.879 First John, chapter 5, verse 4. 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:18.245 It's a very powerful text. 00:08:18.266 --> 00:08:22.526 When I was reflecting about this early morning, i don't know what is your world. 00:08:22.526 --> 00:08:24.192 Is it the world of family? 00:08:24.192 --> 00:08:25.737 the world of finances? 00:08:25.737 --> 00:08:28.427 the world of business, whichever area? 00:08:28.427 --> 00:08:29.932 the world of media? 00:08:29.932 --> 00:08:35.816 by faith, you can be able to overcome some of the obstacles that God has given unto you. 00:08:35.816 --> 00:08:37.263 Is it the world of political? 00:08:37.263 --> 00:08:38.328 maybe the service? 00:08:38.328 --> 00:08:41.664 in the public service sector, you are faced with different charges. 00:08:41.664 --> 00:08:45.682 Maybe in your office, in your organization, you are the only one who is a believer. 00:08:45.682 --> 00:08:50.393 Are you bold enough to know that I can overcome me? 00:08:50.393 --> 00:08:52.567 I can represent Christ boldly. 00:08:52.567 --> 00:09:00.881 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. 00:09:01.663 --> 00:09:06.020 And as we start with, the faith that is active is the faith that is on the go. 00:09:06.020 --> 00:09:09.086 It's not a stagnating faith. 00:09:09.086 --> 00:09:16.451 We do not just become a believer so that we sit on the pews every other Sunday waiting to go to heaven. 00:09:16.451 --> 00:09:22.115 No, we became a believer so that the great commission can be experienced through us. 00:09:22.115 --> 00:09:26.811 So we fold our sleeves and say send me, tell me where to go. 00:09:26.811 --> 00:09:34.519 And for Simon, i desire that one day in the very near future we'll be coming on a Saturday and you fight. 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:41.365 Half of the members are not in that service because they are in the mission field, serving the charge on the go. 00:09:42.287 --> 00:09:43.570 The faith that is active. 00:09:43.570 --> 00:10:02.014 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. 00:10:02.014 --> 00:10:10.652 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. 00:10:10.652 --> 00:10:14.246 So you see that a person is made right with God by the things he does. 00:10:14.246 --> 00:10:23.288 He cannot be, he cannot be made right by faith only because there was an action aspect to his faith. 00:10:23.288 --> 00:10:31.307 There was an action aspect to his faith my someone's actually. 00:10:31.307 --> 00:10:33.312 I try to personalize and to bring it home. 00:10:33.312 --> 00:10:36.253 So, even as we share this, then you're calling yourself a Christian. 00:10:36.293 --> 00:10:42.100 As a believer, ask yourself since I became a Christian, what have I done, not only to myself, but someone else? 00:10:42.100 --> 00:10:43.904 is my faith active? 00:10:43.904 --> 00:10:46.750 I'm just waiting to go to heaven. 00:10:46.750 --> 00:10:49.623 Have I led someone to Christ? 00:10:49.623 --> 00:10:59.679 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. 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:00.883 So can you praise your salvation? 00:11:00.883 --> 00:11:01.865 Can you praise your faith? 00:11:01.865 --> 00:11:04.120 Who have I ever led to Christ? 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:06.446 Have I ever been to a mission field? 00:11:06.446 --> 00:11:09.019 Am I in a house group? 00:11:09.019 --> 00:11:16.384 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. 00:11:16.384 --> 00:11:32.865 So ask your neighbor are you in a house group Where things are happening, where things are happening In a house group? 00:11:33.865 --> 00:11:42.846 last year and this is actually particularly on the theme vision that every other year, pastor Broz takes time to break it down. 00:11:42.846 --> 00:11:47.739 I don't know how many of us take it literally And see, this is my portion. 00:11:47.739 --> 00:11:50.306 Personally I do. 00:11:50.306 --> 00:12:10.727 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. 00:12:10.727 --> 00:12:25.363 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. 00:12:26.176 --> 00:12:32.879 Verse two and number two was a platform to thrive in the great commission Through house group. 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:36.466 We have been able to do quite a number and many more are coming and I'll be sharing more about it. 00:12:36.466 --> 00:12:51.975 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. 00:12:51.975 --> 00:12:59.975 I celebrate you for being the call And therefore to be here to embrace the challenge all to live the what they call. 00:12:59.975 --> 00:13:01.975 That's what I'm doing this very morning. 00:13:01.975 --> 00:13:06.024 I'm charging each and every one of us to live the life what they call. 00:13:07.495 --> 00:13:16.965 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. 00:13:16.965 --> 00:13:26.349 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. 00:13:26.349 --> 00:13:30.955 I said I saw two things that were very critical in the year 2022. 00:13:30.955 --> 00:13:37.283 One was election Last year we were having the year elections And second was the World Cup. 00:13:37.283 --> 00:13:42.975 And I said God, guide me how to engage in this two event. 00:13:42.975 --> 00:13:50.975 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. 00:13:50.975 --> 00:14:02.407 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. 00:14:02.407 --> 00:14:05.764 And so I said how do we engage? 00:14:06.275 --> 00:14:10.446 And I said the outcome before elections comes, we'll be praying for the nation. 00:14:10.446 --> 00:14:26.226 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. 00:14:26.226 --> 00:14:30.402 It says, ask for me of the nation and I shall give unto you as an inheritance. 00:14:30.402 --> 00:14:33.679 That was my verse And I charged the house group. 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:36.457 I told them you'll be praying for the counties, adopt. 00:14:36.457 --> 00:14:38.975 And I paid all the 47 counties. 00:14:38.975 --> 00:14:43.626 Now don't pray for those counties, do a prayer drive to those counties. 00:14:43.626 --> 00:14:45.278 Personally, i did. 00:14:45.278 --> 00:14:58.647 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. 00:14:58.647 --> 00:14:59.577 So what? 00:14:59.577 --> 00:15:00.240 after praying? 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:04.980 so that when they come into power, they come into position, we'll be able to go to them and ask them. 00:15:04.980 --> 00:15:12.687 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. 00:15:12.687 --> 00:15:15.539 And so, as we did that, we prayed. 00:15:15.539 --> 00:15:19.648 Elections came and now we have men and women that God intended. 00:15:19.648 --> 00:15:34.518 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. 00:15:36.001 --> 00:15:37.544 We need to reach out to this county. 00:15:37.544 --> 00:15:50.707 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. 00:15:50.707 --> 00:16:00.922 When we hear and actually when we hear things happening like the Shakahola thing, i ask myself what is my role into this? 00:16:00.922 --> 00:16:04.489 How can I turn out this thing to a positive thing? 00:16:04.489 --> 00:16:12.980 We visit the county like Kedifi, and we pray and we say now the church in a positive way, we just present Christ. 00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:22.304 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. 00:16:22.304 --> 00:16:23.707 They came back. 00:16:23.707 --> 00:16:28.934 I gave them a different strategy and said, pasi, now we are good to go, we are good to engage. 00:16:28.934 --> 00:16:48.607 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. 00:16:50.136 --> 00:16:59.183 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. 00:16:59.183 --> 00:17:03.837 The security experts in that county commissioner tell them. 00:17:03.837 --> 00:17:08.974 We want to sit and have a conversation with them in matters pertaining to Agheo Malakwet. 00:17:08.974 --> 00:17:20.207 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. 00:17:20.207 --> 00:17:38.102 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. 00:17:38.102 --> 00:17:49.347 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. 00:17:49.347 --> 00:17:57.395 We went with our dialy empty And when you are coming from that county, our dialies were full Amen. 00:17:59.662 --> 00:18:12.381 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. 00:18:12.381 --> 00:18:14.486 We'll be in the brief of the president. 00:18:14.486 --> 00:18:26.307 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. 00:18:26.307 --> 00:18:29.657 But we went, we managed to go down there. 00:18:29.657 --> 00:18:36.499 We managed to go down there And I can tell you, even the security team were worried. 00:18:36.499 --> 00:18:37.843 We were telling how would you go there? 00:18:37.843 --> 00:18:40.903 They gave us escort As we were not worried. 00:18:40.903 --> 00:18:45.518 We knew who it was with us and who had sent us And we went to their bolder. 00:18:45.518 --> 00:18:50.868 I remember when the vehicle we were with we were with a two wheel drive. 00:18:50.868 --> 00:18:52.698 The place is very steep. 00:18:52.698 --> 00:19:01.954 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. 00:19:01.954 --> 00:19:03.623 We had a two wheel drive. 00:19:03.623 --> 00:19:09.954 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. 00:19:09.954 --> 00:19:15.647 So our empowered faith that is active, the same strategy we use during the World Cup. 00:19:17.218 --> 00:19:20.365 I realize I said that two countries will be participating in the World Cup. 00:19:20.365 --> 00:19:21.827 How do I engage in these countries? 00:19:21.827 --> 00:19:23.721 It's the year of royal inheritance. 00:19:23.721 --> 00:19:25.670 I want this nation for Christ. 00:19:25.670 --> 00:19:26.954 How do I go about this? 00:19:26.954 --> 00:19:31.974 I analyze them and I sold that countries have a presence in our country. 00:19:31.974 --> 00:19:40.444 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. 00:19:40.444 --> 00:19:56.914 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. 00:19:56.914 --> 00:20:02.507 And as we engage, some invited us to the ambassador, to the ambassador not asking for visa. 00:20:02.507 --> 00:20:10.163 I have a long history about being denied visa and Pasasimo knows this, but this time I was engaging them not as pertaining kingdom. 00:20:12.117 --> 00:20:13.140 Some were the ambassadors. 00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:23.098 Now I talk to them like Fred's A strategy reaching out through the ambassadors And through that. 00:20:23.098 --> 00:20:28.480 Now, like Cameroon ambassador, open a door and we were able to visit that country When they open. 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:30.971 Actually, they told me come over, we have a discussion. 00:20:30.971 --> 00:20:31.974 I didn't know what to do. 00:20:31.974 --> 00:20:35.974 I went to Pastor Victor and told him by the way, this ambassador has your country. 00:20:35.974 --> 00:20:38.323 Are you available, i'm available, let's go. 00:20:38.323 --> 00:20:45.934 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. 00:20:45.934 --> 00:20:54.761 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. 00:20:54.761 --> 00:21:07.820 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. 00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.762 It's only my caravan. 00:21:11.762 --> 00:21:12.925 You know a driver caravan. 00:21:12.925 --> 00:21:15.300 When I went to the embassy, it was only my. 00:21:15.300 --> 00:21:22.586 I was parked in between lead cars with flags And I was seated comfortably, knowing whom I am representing. 00:21:22.586 --> 00:21:26.954 Amen, i was presenting the kings of kings, the Lord of hosts. 00:21:26.954 --> 00:21:27.516 Amen. 00:21:28.178 --> 00:21:29.641 May we be confident enough. 00:21:29.641 --> 00:21:31.325 May our faith be active. 00:21:31.325 --> 00:21:34.599 May our faith be active. 00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:38.119 The second one is that may our faith be bold. 00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:42.335 Exodus. 00:21:42.335 --> 00:21:47.121 Exodus, chapter five, verse one Moses and fellow Moses, please. 00:21:47.121 --> 00:21:55.931 Fellow head on, he asked him let my people go, let my people go. 00:21:55.931 --> 00:22:06.076 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. 00:22:06.076 --> 00:22:09.093 Do you know how hard it is to face your boss. 00:22:09.093 --> 00:22:14.491 You could see Pastor Liggs was even wondering now what his boss will tell him here. 00:22:14.491 --> 00:22:18.990 Maybe you are the only Christian in your office, in your organization. 00:22:18.990 --> 00:22:24.433 Are you bored enough that you can represent Christ, that you can take even a dream vision like this to your boss? 00:22:24.433 --> 00:22:27.951 You understand, i've been praying for you, i've been praying for this organization. 00:22:27.951 --> 00:22:31.834 Are we bored enough to represent Christ, even in the market place? 00:22:34.807 --> 00:22:38.549 Many days back in the day in my youth, i said I will not be attending. 00:22:38.549 --> 00:22:39.311 When is the service? 00:22:39.311 --> 00:22:41.087 I've attended. 00:22:41.087 --> 00:22:41.829 When is the service? 00:22:41.829 --> 00:22:43.836 like a religious activity? 00:22:43.836 --> 00:22:45.932 I said what is all this for? 00:22:45.932 --> 00:22:47.288 Enough is enough. 00:22:47.288 --> 00:22:48.990 I said when is the service? 00:22:48.990 --> 00:22:50.648 when is the evening? 00:22:50.648 --> 00:22:52.253 will be my day for outreach? 00:22:52.253 --> 00:23:04.653 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. 00:23:04.653 --> 00:23:07.808 You know, walking in the street, telling I do not know. 00:23:07.808 --> 00:23:09.413 God loves you, jesus loves you. 00:23:09.413 --> 00:23:10.387 That was me. 00:23:10.387 --> 00:23:16.549 I didn't know what God was creating me for, was preparing me for, but he was preparing me for a future. 00:23:16.549 --> 00:23:17.613 I knew nothing about. 00:23:17.613 --> 00:23:20.805 Amen, that sometimes, for the same one I reflect. 00:23:20.805 --> 00:23:22.318 I say this is when is the service? 00:23:22.318 --> 00:23:24.810 when I was learning, i would not have been given the service to preach. 00:23:24.810 --> 00:23:32.988 I don't know the humor of God, but we thank God. 00:23:33.887 --> 00:23:35.085 In Acts, chapter nine, verse 28,. 00:23:35.085 --> 00:23:37.085 Saul and Saul stayed with the followers. 00:23:37.085 --> 00:23:42.853 He went everywhere in Jerusalem preaching boldly in the name of Jesus. 00:23:42.853 --> 00:23:45.732 Acts chapter nine, verse 28,. 00:23:45.732 --> 00:23:48.473 Are you bold enough to represent this Christ? 00:23:48.473 --> 00:23:57.309 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. 00:23:57.309 --> 00:23:58.888 And we were bold enough. 00:23:58.888 --> 00:24:01.028 What can they do for you? 00:24:01.028 --> 00:24:04.752 They can only tell you go out, or they accept you, isn't it? 00:24:04.752 --> 00:24:05.905 So? 00:24:05.905 --> 00:24:08.511 that's the spirit that we go, and we know that whom we are representing. 00:24:08.786 --> 00:24:16.412 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. 00:24:16.412 --> 00:24:25.873 Now, as they spoke to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came Being greeted. 00:24:25.873 --> 00:24:31.512 Is that they taught the people and preached in Jesus, the resurrection from the dead? 00:24:31.512 --> 00:24:39.094 They lied, had on them and put in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. 00:24:39.094 --> 00:24:58.892 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. 00:24:58.892 --> 00:25:05.929 When they had said them in the midst, they asked by what power or by what name have you done all this? 00:25:07.406 --> 00:25:20.375 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? 00:25:20.375 --> 00:25:33.574 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. 00:25:33.574 --> 00:25:40.385 This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone Now. 00:25:40.385 --> 00:25:48.976 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. 00:25:48.976 --> 00:26:13.772 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. 00:26:13.772 --> 00:26:19.532 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they cornered among them. 00:26:19.532 --> 00:26:33.153 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. 00:26:34.464 --> 00:26:37.868 May you know that, wherever you shall go, jesus, you're not alone. 00:26:37.868 --> 00:26:39.729 You are not alone. 00:26:39.729 --> 00:26:41.550 Jesus is with you. 00:26:41.550 --> 00:26:45.833 May you represent him, bored with courage. 00:26:45.833 --> 00:26:48.231 Don't shy, amen. 00:26:50.384 --> 00:27:06.029 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. 00:27:06.029 --> 00:27:14.311 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. 00:27:14.311 --> 00:27:18.535 And we came and here we are testifying what the road did, amen. 00:27:18.535 --> 00:27:22.074 We're not only hard, but we know whom we are representing. 00:27:22.074 --> 00:27:25.951 We were not security experts At some point, even the escort. 00:27:25.951 --> 00:27:28.268 They stopped the escort and asked them where are they going to sleep? 00:27:28.268 --> 00:27:30.330 You know that place is very insecure. 00:27:30.330 --> 00:27:37.653 They were trying just to sell it to us fear, but it's nothing, we are sleeping at the valley and we slept. 00:27:37.653 --> 00:27:42.430 And the following day we met the team, the community and the Alavri community. 00:27:42.430 --> 00:28:07.374 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? 00:28:08.325 --> 00:28:21.056 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. 00:28:21.056 --> 00:28:25.551 He said I've never seen something like this in my 35 years in my career. 00:28:25.551 --> 00:28:32.950 I have never seen anyone come in to ask me how can I be of help to you, how can I pray with you? 00:28:32.950 --> 00:28:36.953 And they felt ministered by our presence. 00:28:36.953 --> 00:28:41.854 We shared a meal with them, the simplest we could afford, a bread and sonder. 00:28:41.854 --> 00:28:52.114 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. 00:28:52.114 --> 00:28:57.887 There's something we can do As a house group. 00:28:57.887 --> 00:28:59.071 Where you are, plug in. 00:28:59.071 --> 00:29:02.393 Some of you have been looking how can I meet my governor? 00:29:02.393 --> 00:29:04.109 Just plug into house group. 00:29:04.109 --> 00:29:07.727 Things will work Later on. 00:29:07.747 --> 00:29:08.570 We met Morkomen. 00:29:08.570 --> 00:29:29.250 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. 00:29:29.250 --> 00:29:32.550 Mabobadu, more people will be coming. 00:29:32.550 --> 00:29:35.597 Amen, this month. 00:29:35.597 --> 00:29:38.550 Yeah, let's give God all the glory. 00:29:38.550 --> 00:29:44.671 We went there with boldness And maybe you come even from that county. 00:29:44.671 --> 00:29:46.751 You had this guy who went to my county and I don't know. 00:29:46.751 --> 00:29:48.108 Yes, we went, plug in. 00:29:48.108 --> 00:29:49.567 Come in Some of you. 00:29:49.567 --> 00:29:54.112 Maybe you say we can niche out to a certain county because I have a connection with so and so. 00:29:54.112 --> 00:30:09.012 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. 00:30:09.012 --> 00:30:13.948 I, like the Keririshua house group. 00:30:13.948 --> 00:30:15.925 Every year they reach out to our school. 00:30:15.925 --> 00:30:19.541 I participate to some of them, like this year. 00:30:19.582 --> 00:30:25.686 We went to Makueni Kalulu High School where, by 70 young people accepted Christ. 00:30:25.686 --> 00:30:33.071 One of their teacher that was amazing thing actually stood together with his students and he accepted Christ. 00:30:33.071 --> 00:30:34.984 We give God all the glory. 00:30:34.984 --> 00:30:42.593 May we serve Christ and may we represent Christ with the boldness. 00:30:42.593 --> 00:30:43.964 Don't be led by fear. 00:30:43.964 --> 00:30:46.727 May we be like Peter and John. 00:30:46.727 --> 00:30:49.827 They could face the Jews. 00:30:49.827 --> 00:30:53.163 Moses faced Pharaoh and told him let my people go. 00:30:53.163 --> 00:30:59.807 May we have that kind of boldness in all where we are, wherever God has positioned you in the marketplace, in your organization. 00:30:59.807 --> 00:31:03.410 May we represent Christ with boldness for his glory. 00:31:03.410 --> 00:31:04.542 Amen. 00:31:04.542 --> 00:31:10.791 Some of us, we might be the only Bible that people see in your organization. 00:31:11.401 --> 00:31:14.327 When you start that meeting, we say these people they don't start meetings with prayer. 00:31:14.327 --> 00:31:17.269 Just tell them let's pray before we start this meeting. 00:31:17.269 --> 00:31:20.286 It starts there this more thing. 00:31:20.286 --> 00:31:24.967 It starts there What God will be able to do. 00:31:24.967 --> 00:31:32.519 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. 00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:38.707 She uniting all those who have never gotten married in the church wedding in the staff of the girl Mara Kwet. 00:31:38.707 --> 00:31:41.428 It was interesting. 00:31:41.428 --> 00:31:49.244 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. 00:31:49.285 --> 00:31:56.906 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. 00:31:56.906 --> 00:32:02.910 And, lo and behold, maybe one year or few months you'll be preaching here. 00:32:02.910 --> 00:32:10.750 I used to sit up there in my youth time as YP, and they remember that was my area. 00:32:10.750 --> 00:32:14.105 So if you are seated over there, maybe something God is saying something to you. 00:32:14.105 --> 00:32:24.866 Yes, as a young person, just in luggage, jeans, but here, look at him, i'm fitted in a suit, hallelujah. 00:32:29.583 --> 00:32:45.967 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. 00:32:45.967 --> 00:33:03.279 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. 00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:20.125 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. 00:33:20.125 --> 00:33:28.766 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. 00:33:28.766 --> 00:33:45.086 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. 00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:47.386 So I'm looking those who are in the media industry. 00:33:47.386 --> 00:33:50.169 I'm looking for an out-of-door screen connect. 00:33:50.169 --> 00:33:53.363 Let's make it possible We have an out-of-door. 00:33:53.363 --> 00:33:56.759 People can drive-in and watch Christian movies and use it as a gospel. 00:33:56.759 --> 00:34:05.650 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. 00:34:05.650 --> 00:34:07.346 They may not come in, but the voice. 00:34:07.346 --> 00:34:09.827 Faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God. 00:34:09.827 --> 00:34:11.001 Amen. 00:34:11.001 --> 00:34:20.989 It's possible, it's doable, and this I speak in particularly to the millennials, those who are born in 1787, early 90s. 00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.603 It's our time. 00:34:22.603 --> 00:34:24.503 It's our time. 00:34:24.503 --> 00:34:31.465 When we went to that county assembly all of them, we were speaking to our peers, we could connect, we could relate. 00:34:31.465 --> 00:34:38.507 Mr Lika Lodi, all of them, but the same one was the eldest, with Pastor Victor. 00:34:38.507 --> 00:34:47.465 But the others are our peers And I felt we are in the right place and we engage with them as peers. 00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:52.146 So for those who are millennials in that category, may you know that it's our time. 00:34:52.146 --> 00:34:53.987 Don't say siri kari refining us. 00:34:53.987 --> 00:34:55.726 We are the one to do it now. 00:34:55.726 --> 00:35:02.329 We are the one to offer solutions that this country needs, that Africa needs. 00:35:02.329 --> 00:35:03.364 It's our time. 00:35:03.364 --> 00:35:07.726 It's our time And I feel it so deep within me. 00:35:07.726 --> 00:35:32.869 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. 00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:36.585 In Romans, chapter 16, verse 25 to 26,. 00:35:36.585 --> 00:35:57.128 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. 00:35:57.128 --> 00:36:09.309 For obedience to the faith, may we look at the Matthew, chapter 17, verse 14, that's when we read. 00:36:09.309 --> 00:36:13.331 I wanted us to look at Luke, chapter 5, verse 1 to 11. 00:36:13.331 --> 00:36:19.068 This is the recruitment of Peter, the first interview Peter got from Jesus and how he obeyed. 00:36:19.068 --> 00:36:23.510 So it was Luke, chapter 5, verse 1 to 14. 00:36:23.510 --> 00:36:27.242 And so it was as a multitude placed about him to hear the word of God. 00:36:27.583 --> 00:36:37.590 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. 00:36:37.590 --> 00:36:45.010 Then he got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a litre from the boat. 00:36:45.010 --> 00:36:53.431 When he had stopped speaking, he said to Simon launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch. 00:36:53.431 --> 00:36:59.070 But Simon answered and said to him Master, we have toyed all night and caught nothing. 00:36:59.070 --> 00:37:02.469 Nevertheless, at your word, i will let down the net. 00:37:02.469 --> 00:37:07.864 And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their net was breaking. 00:37:07.864 --> 00:37:11.684 So they signaled to the partners in the other boat to come and help them. 00:37:11.684 --> 00:37:15.625 And they came and filled both the boats so that they began to sink. 00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:22.668 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees saying depart from me, for I am a sinful man, o Lord. 00:37:22.668 --> 00:37:34.324 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. 00:37:34.324 --> 00:37:38.646 And Jesus said to Simon do not be afraid, from now on you'll catch men. 00:37:38.646 --> 00:37:43.846 So when they had brought their boats to Lod, they foresaw all and followed him. 00:37:43.846 --> 00:37:48.827 And it happened when he was in a certain city that behold a man who was full of rape. 00:37:48.827 --> 00:37:55.329 He saw him and he fell on his face and improved him, saying Lord, if you are wearing, you can make me clean. 00:37:55.329 --> 00:38:00.443 Then he put out his hand and touched him, saying I'm wearing, bequeathed. 00:38:00.443 --> 00:38:00.885 Immediately. 00:38:00.885 --> 00:38:02.264 The rape was left him. 00:38:03.402 --> 00:38:08.391 Let's talk from there, the obedience that we see with Peter. 00:38:08.391 --> 00:38:16.231 For the first time he meets this stranger and ask him can I use your boat? 00:38:16.231 --> 00:38:17.893 Just push a little. 00:38:17.893 --> 00:38:26.244 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. 00:38:26.244 --> 00:38:27.750 He did what he pushed. 00:38:27.750 --> 00:38:42.007 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. 00:38:42.007 --> 00:38:49.891 Just that little, maybe, exerting your Meditation time and your prayer time with that many or 20 minutes, just pushing a little. 00:38:49.891 --> 00:39:01.731 When you give the little to God, to Jesus, he expels, he magnifies and Because of that obeys, even others tend to benefit. 00:39:01.731 --> 00:39:07.063 When he obeyed, he was not even to throw the nets and a certain area He could. 00:39:07.063 --> 00:39:10.659 He didn't say no, i'm an expert in this sea, i'm an expert in this lake. 00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:12.085 You don't know what you are saying. 00:39:12.085 --> 00:39:14.010 I was there the whole night. 00:39:14.010 --> 00:39:15.235 I caught nothing. 00:39:15.235 --> 00:39:16.820 He's by your pages. 00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:18.927 He didn't say no, i'm a PhD holder. 00:39:18.927 --> 00:39:19.809 I know what I'm doing. 00:39:19.809 --> 00:39:24.166 You know I've been this he does today for many years. 00:39:24.166 --> 00:39:25.748