WEBVTT 00:00:00.020 --> 00:00:00.601 Good afternoon. 00:00:00.601 --> 00:00:02.462 Praise God. 00:00:02.462 --> 00:00:09.342 God is good and all the time, amen. 00:00:09.342 --> 00:00:26.251 Wow, I'm delighted and I'm excited as well to start in front of you this very day, the 9th of July, and I know I'm speaking to majority of my age mates. 00:00:26.251 --> 00:00:33.106 Earlier in the service, I was telling them it's our time, it's our time. 00:00:33.106 --> 00:00:52.362 So the young professionals and I know most of them used to sit there back in the day, because I'm a son of this ministry and so, as Jesus said in John, chapter five, verse 19, the son can do nothing unless what he sees the father does, isn't it? 00:00:52.362 --> 00:01:09.643 And because of that, turn to your neighbor, tell your neighbor you look good, better than yesterday, and tomorrow you will shine, sparkle, sparkle. 00:01:09.643 --> 00:01:15.549 We are sheep, hallelujah, let's appreciate God for that. 00:01:15.549 --> 00:01:21.525 Yes, so even my salmon. 00:01:21.525 --> 00:01:34.510 You'll be able to see some of Pastor Simon, some of Pastor Abros, because I'm a student of them, but above all that I'm grateful to God for the opportunity. 00:01:34.510 --> 00:01:41.483 Thank you, reverend Abros, and the leadership, and Pastor Simon as well, for this opportunity to share the word of God. 00:01:41.483 --> 00:01:44.847 I'm harbored and I'm grateful for the opportunity. 00:01:45.519 --> 00:02:02.766 Above that I'm joined by my sad school teacher who introduced me, pastor Simon, to the word of God, and she's in the house and she's so close to me because, other than being a sad school teacher and a pastor, she's also my mom. 00:02:02.766 --> 00:02:06.424 So, mom, you can start. 00:02:06.424 --> 00:02:15.784 Yes, and she's sitting, you can sit down. 00:02:15.784 --> 00:02:17.925 She's sitting next to my wife, grace. 00:02:17.925 --> 00:02:20.562 That's, grace, grace, you can sit down. 00:02:20.562 --> 00:02:23.403 You can sit down. 00:02:23.403 --> 00:02:30.543 Yes, our children are in sad school, as Pastor Simon said. 00:02:30.543 --> 00:02:38.163 Yes, we have two boys and two girls and we got we were dead here in this sanctuary, so you can sit down. 00:02:38.163 --> 00:02:38.745 You can sit down. 00:02:38.745 --> 00:02:52.844 You've come from far, yeah, and so it's an encouragement also to the young people that, yes, if we remain faithful to the call, god will continue to strengthen our destiny a day at a time, amen. 00:02:52.844 --> 00:02:58.663 So for the young people who are in the house, maybe you are looking forward there you say what will happen Many other times. 00:02:58.663 --> 00:03:10.463 Pastor Simon, I'll listen to your sermon, to Pastor Abrus' sermon, and I'll write it down, saying if my mom invites me to preach and share, could I today know she gave out her pulpit so that she comes here? 00:03:10.463 --> 00:03:13.257 I'll go and share this with you. 00:03:13.257 --> 00:03:21.645 So the stories Pastor Abrus will give out to quite differently, and so I'll go there and share, knowing that where I have borrowed it from. 00:03:21.645 --> 00:03:23.566 So glory to God, amen. 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:27.288 Other than that also, I'm joined by my sisters. 00:03:27.288 --> 00:03:29.942 I know they're in the house I happened. 00:03:29.942 --> 00:03:36.207 I grew up as the only boy in the town of Domson Falls. 00:03:36.207 --> 00:03:40.526 For those who don't know where Domson Falls is, that town is in Nya Hururu. 00:03:40.526 --> 00:03:46.626 So my sisters I know they are all over and you know sisters are very special. 00:03:46.626 --> 00:03:50.383 So I was the only boy in the family of six girls, so in the middle of them. 00:03:50.383 --> 00:03:53.728 So you can imagine the kind of games that we played then. 00:03:53.728 --> 00:04:29.564 And one game very memorable to me, pastor Simon, they were planning for a big wedding and you know girls with weddings, and now they realize they didn't have a, they didn't have a bride or car, and I turned out to be the one to be there, the bride or car, and I was decorated with all types of decoration and as they were decorating, they put flowers inside my ears and that's how the wedding turned out to be an emergency to an ENT. 00:04:29.564 --> 00:04:34.367 So my sisters, wherever you are, I still love you. 00:04:34.367 --> 00:04:37.072 It's good to have a sister. 00:04:37.072 --> 00:04:38.404 Tell your neighbor, it's good to have a sister. 00:04:38.404 --> 00:04:45.545 So you can imagine what happens when, during the Dawali negotiations, and my dad tells me how to sit there. 00:04:45.545 --> 00:04:48.983 What is going on in my mind For that young man? 00:04:48.983 --> 00:04:53.870 I remember those days, yeah, but anyway, I give thanks to God for them. 00:04:55.300 --> 00:05:08.040 The other team I would like to introduce because I'm a house group pastor, so I meet several people and I have a team, a big team, that really support the ministry in house group and I don't know whether all of us are in house group. 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:09.225 That's your neighbor, you're in house group. 00:05:09.225 --> 00:05:12.343 What is their response? 00:05:12.343 --> 00:05:24.666 Are they Tell them, if you are not by the end of today of this sermon, you must be in one, because you hear many stories about house groups. 00:05:24.666 --> 00:05:46.607 Yeah, so I know they have leadership, I have the hosts and I would like to introduce one of the youngest leaders, pastor Simon, who have been very faithful not only in hosting but also leading For many, many years and they have been a support to the larger leadership community. 00:05:46.607 --> 00:05:50.824 Because I saw him in the house he was not aware that I would do this I would ask him to start. 00:05:51.281 --> 00:06:02.264 Mr Minor this is my minor, so that if you're not in house group, you're not attending house group. 00:06:02.264 --> 00:06:02.942 That's a couple. 00:06:02.942 --> 00:06:05.470 They host house group for many, many years. 00:06:05.470 --> 00:06:11.423 Mr Minor is approaching now, I think 80 years, but growing very strong. 00:06:11.423 --> 00:06:14.146 Thank you, thank you, dad and mom have a seat. 00:06:14.146 --> 00:06:20.293 Yes, so at least now you have known what I do. 00:06:20.293 --> 00:06:22.026 I'm a person in charge of small groups. 00:06:22.026 --> 00:06:23.290 We are growing strong. 00:06:23.290 --> 00:06:26.000 We have quite a number of house group within the house group. 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:29.911 We are growing strong. 00:06:29.911 --> 00:06:34.725 We have quite a number of house group within the within Nairobi. 00:06:34.725 --> 00:06:36.845 Some are virtual, like those who are following us. 00:06:36.845 --> 00:06:40.069 I know we have some that they have never met physically. 00:06:40.069 --> 00:06:41.663 They are always online. 00:06:41.663 --> 00:06:42.968 So we give God all the glory. 00:06:43.699 --> 00:06:48.586 But today, the theme for this month empowered faith and deterred conviction. 00:06:48.586 --> 00:06:51.586 Empowered faith and deterred conviction. 00:06:51.586 --> 00:06:59.721 We are all gathered here in this sanctuary because of one thing we have faith in Christ Jesus, isn't it? 00:06:59.721 --> 00:07:04.463 No one of us is here that when Jesus was on this earth, he walked with him. 00:07:04.463 --> 00:07:23.928 None of us is by faith that we are all here, and so it's a very good and very strong theme among the others that we have heard from January, when the year started with the vision, the empowered vision, the empowered seed, the empowered thoughts, the empowered creativity. 00:07:23.928 --> 00:07:26.086 In the month of, was it April? 00:07:26.086 --> 00:07:28.528 In the month of May, we had the empowered voice. 00:07:28.528 --> 00:07:36.425 Last month, we heard the empowered obedience, but this month we have empowered faith and deterred conviction. 00:07:36.425 --> 00:07:40.845 And as an empowered faith, if your faith is empowered, you shall overcome the world. 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:43.088 I don't know which world you are coming from. 00:07:43.088 --> 00:07:52.725 I don't know which world you are coming from or you are representing, maybe, like Alfredia Abbasida, representing a nation. 00:07:52.725 --> 00:07:53.988 That's your world. 00:07:53.988 --> 00:07:57.528 And as a Christian, what is my role in this world? 00:07:57.528 --> 00:08:00.307 Maybe in the media, like Alex and the rest of the team? 00:08:00.307 --> 00:08:06.833 What is my role in that industry, in that world? 00:08:06.833 --> 00:08:09.988 For me in house group, I ask myself what is my role? 00:08:09.988 --> 00:08:12.423 What is my assignment In the family level? 00:08:12.423 --> 00:08:13.807 That's your world. 00:08:13.807 --> 00:08:16.468 In the political arena that's your world. 00:08:16.468 --> 00:08:18.983 What is my role? 00:08:18.983 --> 00:08:21.146 How do you overcome your world? 00:08:24.223 --> 00:08:27.584 In 1st John, chapter five, verse four and media, maybe you can give us. 00:08:27.584 --> 00:08:34.248 He says everyone who is a child of God has the power to win against the world. 00:08:34.248 --> 00:08:40.032 It is our faith that wins the victory against the world. 00:08:40.032 --> 00:08:48.168 Romans, chapter 12, verse one and two, he said do not conform to the status of this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind. 00:08:48.168 --> 00:08:58.063 Many a times and I say pass assignment that we are told we are the sort of the world, so we are the one to change the world, not the other way around. 00:08:58.063 --> 00:09:02.686 When you put salt to the food, which changes the other Is it the food that changes the salt? 00:09:02.686 --> 00:09:06.422 So it's the salt that changes there, the food. 00:09:06.422 --> 00:09:08.548 It gives him taste and flavor. 00:09:08.548 --> 00:09:13.384 So we are the one to give taste and flavor to the world that God has positioned us. 00:09:13.384 --> 00:09:14.688 Amen. 00:09:14.688 --> 00:09:20.330 And therefore, from a house group point of view, from the small group, as we said, it's our time to shine. 00:09:20.330 --> 00:09:26.668 It's our time to add flavor and sweetness to the world that God has given unto us. 00:09:31.904 --> 00:09:37.750 And therefore our text for this afternoon comes from the book of Matthew, chapter 17, verse 14 to 20. 00:09:37.750 --> 00:09:50.629 It says when they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. 00:09:50.629 --> 00:09:53.908 Lord, have mercy on my son. 00:09:53.908 --> 00:09:54.530 He said. 00:09:54.530 --> 00:09:57.970 He had scissors and he's suffering greatly. 00:09:57.970 --> 00:10:01.470 He often falls into the fire or into the water. 00:10:01.470 --> 00:10:05.129 I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him. 00:10:05.129 --> 00:10:08.376 You and building and perverse generation. 00:10:08.376 --> 00:10:11.559 Jesus replied how long shall I stay with you? 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:14.799 How long shall I put up with you? 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:16.947 Bring the boy here to me. 00:10:16.947 --> 00:10:23.467 Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of the boy and he was healed at that moment. 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:28.945 Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked why couldn't you drive it out? 00:10:28.945 --> 00:10:32.388 He replied because you have so little faith. 00:10:32.388 --> 00:10:44.750 Truly, I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain move from here to there, and it will move nothing. 00:10:44.750 --> 00:10:45.581 It will move. 00:10:45.581 --> 00:10:48.610 Nothing will be impossible for you. 00:10:48.610 --> 00:10:51.505 Amen, nothing will be impossible for you. 00:10:51.505 --> 00:11:04.826 Many times and I said this in the first service when I analyze our work as Christians, sometimes I feel we operate on a faith that is very microscopic. 00:11:04.826 --> 00:11:06.485 You need a microscope to see it. 00:11:06.485 --> 00:11:10.649 When Jesus was challenged, if only you had faith as small as a mustard seed. 00:11:10.649 --> 00:11:15.727 A mustard seed is so small, yes, though it is visible with the naked eyes. 00:11:15.727 --> 00:11:22.346 Yes, jesus said if only you had as a small as a mustard seed, you can tell this mountain move here and be cassette to the sea. 00:11:22.346 --> 00:11:38.927 This afternoon and this very day, 9th of July, I'm here to remind you and to pray that may God elevate our faith to the level of a mustard seed, amen, so that the charges in our world that God has placed us we'll be able to tell them move and it will be moved. 00:11:38.927 --> 00:11:42.903 We'll be able to lead her through the sick and they will be healed. 00:11:42.903 --> 00:11:43.900 Amen. 00:11:44.241 --> 00:11:48.003 We shall believe in to prayer so much like they are a church. 00:11:48.003 --> 00:11:56.668 In Acts, chapter 12, when they would pray when they hear one of them is in need and they will pray and God will intervene. 00:11:56.668 --> 00:11:57.523 Acts, chapter 12,. 00:11:57.523 --> 00:12:04.048 They prayed for Peter when he was arrested Fast five, they say and the church was honestly praying. 00:12:04.048 --> 00:12:17.708 They prayed the whole night and Peter, who was guarded by 16 soldiers, pastor Simon, god, sent a nature, just one nature, and he was able to rescue Peter From prison. 00:12:21.259 --> 00:12:25.802 May our faith, may this not just be another theme for this month. 00:12:25.802 --> 00:12:34.485 May you be connecting and may you connect that your faith shall be elevated and they shall be able to conger Buddhas that you have never congered them before. 00:12:34.485 --> 00:12:35.990 Because you have faith. 00:12:35.990 --> 00:12:43.261 You have picked some of us and now you already have passports, just because Pastor Abros said go to annex. 00:12:43.261 --> 00:12:44.544 Which country do you want to go? 00:12:44.544 --> 00:12:46.330 Who is the president? 00:12:46.330 --> 00:12:47.211 What are the charges? 00:12:47.211 --> 00:12:52.965 Continue, continue praying for them, have a flag and you connect to that country. 00:12:52.965 --> 00:12:56.249 Because of that faith, you see a door opening for you. 00:12:56.249 --> 00:13:01.331 So may your faith be charged in a positive way. 00:13:03.419 --> 00:13:06.389 You know a story is told of this community, this country. 00:13:06.389 --> 00:13:11.663 They experienced drought for a period of years and the elders came together and they said now what do we do? 00:13:11.663 --> 00:13:14.703 Our people are laggushing, we don't have food. 00:13:14.703 --> 00:13:26.450 And they said one thing because it was a Christian nation or community, the elders said let's have a meeting whereby we gather everyone to come for prayers. 00:13:26.450 --> 00:13:38.350 And so it was announced, the memo was sent all over and they were told this particular day, or the community or everyone to come, or everyone from the youngest to the oldest to come and pray. 00:13:38.350 --> 00:13:42.183 And they were charged that they were coming to pray for the reins. 00:13:42.183 --> 00:13:49.229 And when all they all came, the entire community, it's only one girl who carried an abrara. 00:13:49.229 --> 00:13:55.269 They were going to pray for the reins, but none of them prepared that the prayers will be answered. 00:13:55.269 --> 00:13:58.288 It's only that one girl who carried an abrara. 00:13:58.288 --> 00:14:00.144 May our faith be that one girl. 00:14:00.144 --> 00:14:02.182 You know faith. 00:14:02.462 --> 00:14:04.208 Faith is like a telescopic. 00:14:04.208 --> 00:14:05.022 You know a telescope. 00:14:05.022 --> 00:14:10.307 You're able to zoom something at a distance and you see it here very clear. 00:14:10.307 --> 00:14:16.681 Like Abraham, who lived here, people and go to the nation whose builder and architect is who it's Lord. 00:14:16.681 --> 00:14:18.004 He moved by faith. 00:14:18.004 --> 00:14:21.907 He could see it, though he never even stepped into that country. 00:14:21.907 --> 00:14:23.725 By faith he saw that city. 00:14:23.725 --> 00:14:27.528 Well done, beautiful faith. 00:14:27.528 --> 00:14:31.429 May our faith be elevated to that level in Jesus' name. 00:14:31.940 --> 00:14:41.864 And therefore, there are three attributes that a believer should call in, and I call them the ABC of faith, the attributes of faith. 00:14:41.864 --> 00:14:52.345 One is an affaith that is very active, a faith that is bold, and faith that is obedient, or a faith that is compliance to obeisance the ABC of faith. 00:14:52.345 --> 00:14:55.446 I pray that you shall work with this. 00:14:55.446 --> 00:15:07.989 We shall be able to understand how to apply the ABC in our faith, in our Christian work, and it will be resonating in our mind day in, day out. 00:15:07.989 --> 00:15:10.706 Empowered faith, the faith. 00:15:10.706 --> 00:15:12.230 Empowered faith that is active. 00:15:12.230 --> 00:15:13.303 You're always on the go. 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:18.283 In James, chapter two, verse 23, 24, and this is about Abraham. 00:15:18.283 --> 00:15:19.167 I mentioned him earlier. 00:15:19.167 --> 00:15:32.447 This shows the full meaning of the scripture that says Abraham believed God and God accepted Abraham's faith and that faith made him right with God and Abraham was called God's friend. 00:15:32.447 --> 00:15:38.945 So you see that a person is made right with God by the things he does. 00:15:38.945 --> 00:15:43.405 He cannot be made right by faith only. 00:15:43.405 --> 00:15:54.356 So, other than believing, there's an assignment for you to do, you need to be active, you need to be on the go. 00:15:54.356 --> 00:16:00.659 Abraham left his country and he wasn't given a map and I don't even know how he was going. 00:16:00.659 --> 00:16:05.339 He wasn't given a map, he was just going by faith, whether to turn right or left, I don't know. 00:16:05.339 --> 00:16:07.716 He was just walking by faith, but he was on the go. 00:16:07.716 --> 00:16:12.841 And one attribute of a Christian faith he need to be active. 00:16:12.841 --> 00:16:16.077 Yes, you apply for that passport. 00:16:16.077 --> 00:16:20.744 Even just get to know where is the embassy of this particular country I want to visit. 00:16:20.744 --> 00:16:22.067 Who is the ambassador? 00:16:22.067 --> 00:16:22.590 Who is the president? 00:16:22.590 --> 00:16:24.115 What are the needs? 00:16:24.115 --> 00:16:26.590 Who is this? 00:16:26.590 --> 00:16:30.860 At some point I want to get married, but I don't know now who will get married. 00:16:33.294 --> 00:16:35.100 There's one story of this lady. 00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:37.570 She stayed for a long without seeing anyone else. 00:16:37.570 --> 00:16:52.417 She started praying and God led her to go and buy the size of the suit of the husband she was desiring to get married into and every morning in her closet she would remember she would pray for God to fill in the suit. 00:16:52.417 --> 00:17:02.480 I'm not saying you apply that, but God elevated her faith to that level and eventually she got her as a spouse. 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:05.375 So what is that that you need to engage? 00:17:05.375 --> 00:17:06.337 At which level? 00:17:06.337 --> 00:17:08.934 At which level? 00:17:08.934 --> 00:17:13.259 This is a story about the naman in 2 Kings, chapter 5, verse 1 to 14. 00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:19.096 The naman healing by faith I hang out, told him. 00:17:19.096 --> 00:17:22.569 There is a prophet where I come from. 00:17:22.569 --> 00:17:30.403 If only you can go and listen and whatever he tells you, you do, you'll be healed. 00:17:30.403 --> 00:17:38.961 The faith that is active, the faith on their goal, the faith that is active. 00:17:38.961 --> 00:17:58.501 The faith that is active, the faith that is active Just this last week and this is from last year, when we were preparing for the elections, and as a pastor now in charge of the ministry, I said now what is our role from a house group, from a small group, what should we do? 00:17:58.690 --> 00:18:00.877 And I said we'll be praying for the counties. 00:18:00.877 --> 00:18:08.063 Now, pray, get into your cars, drive into those counties, scoop the soil, pray for the right leadership. 00:18:08.063 --> 00:18:13.118 When the righteous are in the authority, the nation plows past. 00:18:13.118 --> 00:18:14.662 The Bible says Amen. 00:18:14.662 --> 00:18:26.141 And so we started praying that, even as we prepare to go for the elections, that God will give us the right leadership so that even when they come in place, when we shall be going to those counties, we shall have favor with the Lord. 00:18:26.141 --> 00:18:34.201 And I charge different house group and they know, I know they are seated all over and others are following online and others are at the overflows. 00:18:34.201 --> 00:18:42.114 And I remember some point Pastor Simon driving early in the evening at allowed six with my wife, I would drive. 00:18:42.134 --> 00:18:43.577 We wanted to target three counties. 00:18:43.577 --> 00:18:55.175 We wanted to target Nakuru, nyadaroa and Baringo and US in Gishu and we left here on a Friday very late and I think we got a point at Kenongi. 00:18:55.175 --> 00:19:04.159 We found a very bad accident there and we rescued one lady who was actually expectant and we rushed her to Naivasha Dissett hospital. 00:19:04.159 --> 00:19:08.320 Her heart was crushed and eventually she was amputated because she was pregnant. 00:19:08.320 --> 00:19:11.097 Either she was supposed to lose her pregnancy or her heart. 00:19:11.097 --> 00:19:14.439 She chose the sacrifice mothers did do. 00:19:14.439 --> 00:19:29.569 She chose her heart to be amputated and eventually, when I was praying for her that's why that accident it was the boy that she was carrying, the destiny and I pray that to God to keep me along, to see what that boy would end up becoming. 00:19:30.432 --> 00:19:34.589 When they reflect about Moses, how many boys, innocent boy died because Moses was born? 00:19:34.589 --> 00:19:38.200 How many innocent boy died because Jesus was born? 00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:39.903 And I saw it into that. 00:19:39.903 --> 00:19:40.528 God gave me that liberation. 00:19:40.528 --> 00:19:42.416 I have been working with that family. 00:19:42.416 --> 00:19:51.498 We have visited with that family in Kijambe and God is doing good with them and though she doesn't have a heart, we see the faithfulness of God. 00:19:51.498 --> 00:19:52.421 Amen. 00:19:52.421 --> 00:19:53.794 And we visited. 00:19:53.794 --> 00:19:55.519 Yes, we can give God all the grueling. 00:19:55.519 --> 00:20:01.194 And so we visited different counties, for example, simon with Coupes oil. 00:20:01.194 --> 00:20:02.358 Praise big forth to it. 00:20:02.358 --> 00:20:04.017 And here we are. 00:20:04.117 --> 00:20:10.792 Election came and I believe those who are in authority, god, that's what he intended for the nation, amen, and for the counties. 00:20:10.792 --> 00:20:14.561 And so one team said Parsi, you have been charging us on this. 00:20:14.561 --> 00:20:16.538 And the same came even during the World Cup. 00:20:16.538 --> 00:20:19.137 The World Cup, and said how do I connect? 00:20:19.137 --> 00:20:55.359 And we were in the year of last year, we were in the year of, and, yes, anyone, royal inheritance, yes, and as we engaging as a nation to the nations and I was getting a little bit of a Abbasida I thought how do I engage with those countries that are already occupying in participating in Qatar? 00:20:55.359 --> 00:21:02.569 And we provide them that two of them that year, of them, have presence in our country? 00:21:02.569 --> 00:21:03.634 And I said now, how do I go about? 00:21:03.634 --> 00:21:16.835 I was starting all and the letters he wrote to the 30 ambassadors telling them like us, I like to partner with them, we'll be having the biggest screen in the region with the best-out system. 00:21:16.835 --> 00:21:24.160 You know, in Swahili we say kujicochcha and I can tell you. 00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:26.184 The ambassadors responded. 00:21:26.184 --> 00:21:27.153 I didn't know what they were. 00:21:27.153 --> 00:21:28.433 After I suppose, what next? 00:21:28.433 --> 00:21:31.979 Even the US ambassador and the Australia ambassador. 00:21:31.979 --> 00:21:38.136 I said, okay, someone invited me to the embassy to go engage with them. 00:21:39.369 --> 00:21:49.059 And when that opportunity came, I tagged along some of the members I was working with and we sat down with the ambassador just discussing aspect pertaining matters of the kingdom. 00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:50.875 We are not even asking for visa. 00:21:50.875 --> 00:22:02.057 We are telling them what is there in your country, that they are young people and, as you know, we visited Cameroon just the other day with Pastor Saim and Pastor Victor. 00:22:02.057 --> 00:22:04.536 Part of it came during that period. 00:22:04.536 --> 00:22:06.015 We connected with the ambassador. 00:22:06.015 --> 00:22:13.299 She connected us with the abaptist pastor in Cameroon and we continue now having that relationship where we are praying for the other. 00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:15.136 Even the senior pastor took abaptist. 00:22:15.136 --> 00:22:33.412 He couldn't believe I felt a church in Africa leaching out to us for partnership, how, and he was amazed and he remember the conversation that we had and, through that, when I shared with my team how that breakthrough for nations came, and I shared them. 00:22:33.432 --> 00:22:34.777 We need to do the same for the counties. 00:22:34.777 --> 00:22:38.519 One housekeeper said Parsi, we're gonna take this. 00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:42.375 This is our portion and the challenge in Parsi, let's do this. 00:22:42.375 --> 00:22:45.714 And so they have been praying for one county called Elegaw Malakwet. 00:22:45.714 --> 00:22:51.734 I'm saying this because the faith of a believer should be active, should be on the go. 00:22:51.734 --> 00:22:57.933 Other than hearing, may we also be a doer, so be on the go. 00:22:57.933 --> 00:23:00.678 And so they said, parsi, we need to engage on this. 00:23:00.678 --> 00:23:02.957 And I said, okay, go do this and this. 00:23:02.957 --> 00:23:03.953 Let's use this strategy. 00:23:03.953 --> 00:23:05.113 We have been going. 00:23:05.113 --> 00:23:07.496 And I said, parsi, we have been going to our community. 00:23:07.496 --> 00:23:12.238 We see those who are in need and we start there At a small point, trying to come up. 00:23:12.238 --> 00:23:18.999 We call it bottom up, trying to bring them up, but it takes forever. 00:23:18.999 --> 00:23:22.157 But I say, this time let's start from the top bottom. 00:23:22.157 --> 00:23:28.737 And he said this strategy will work. 00:23:28.836 --> 00:23:32.733 Why these leaders who are already elected and they are in the position? 00:23:32.733 --> 00:23:34.554 Because we prayed, remember that, isn't it? 00:23:34.554 --> 00:23:44.337 So when we approach them, we tell them by the way, you are on this seat because we prayed for you, so you are here to do God's mandate. 00:23:44.337 --> 00:23:57.298 And so we wrote to the Elegaw Malakwet leadership and the team I think they are seated here, the team that I was with, so that you see startup Startup, the team I was with at Elegaw Malakwet. 00:23:57.298 --> 00:24:00.517 Yes, they are not the normal people. 00:24:00.517 --> 00:24:01.259 You see them here. 00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:08.358 They came and they took the charge and we wrote the letter and we got the invitation Thank you, sit down. 00:24:08.358 --> 00:24:13.135 And I told them yes, we're gonna do this. 00:24:13.135 --> 00:24:19.315 So we wrote the letter, we got the invitation by the governor and the governor said you are not only meeting me alone. 00:24:19.315 --> 00:24:22.453 This is heavy because you know he kind of understood what is all about this. 00:24:22.453 --> 00:24:26.934 We are not even asking for a tether, you know. 00:24:26.934 --> 00:24:29.201 Our letter was very clear, it's kingdom mandate. 00:24:29.201 --> 00:24:32.695 So he said you're not only meeting me alone, you meet the entire leadership. 00:24:33.150 --> 00:24:53.941 And that day, the Elegaw Malakwet business, about the kingdom business, and we were discussing you could have seen the loud table and Pastor Simon joined at that particular day and I felt, yes, this is the way to go, not only for Elegaw Malakwet but for the last 46 counties. 00:24:53.941 --> 00:24:56.298 We are 47 counties, I'm 48. 00:24:56.298 --> 00:25:04.336 We are 48, there's another called diaspora and we have the diaspora members for Simon. 00:25:04.336 --> 00:25:12.258 So even the diaspora, so they're 48, we're gonna engage them and reach out to them and maybe you're seated there and say oh, pastor, you need to be engaged in this level. 00:25:12.258 --> 00:25:15.037 I'll ask you are you in a house group? 00:25:15.037 --> 00:25:19.596 That's where we start, because you're a house group, where you are. 00:25:19.596 --> 00:25:29.710 Maybe you're saying I've been looking to meet an ambassador, just join a house group they have been looking to look for to join to meet us as CES or a president. 00:25:29.789 --> 00:25:47.276 By the way, this team, pastor Simon, by the work we did, because we met, we were able to meet the county commissioner with all his security team and we are engaging on matters of security and also matters of kingdom and you can see yes, you see, that's the county commissioner who is sitting next to me there and the intelligence team. 00:25:47.276 --> 00:25:53.809 They were giving us brief of how the county looks like and how we should not go down there to the valley because it's not safe. 00:25:53.809 --> 00:25:56.196 But they offer security if we intend to go. 00:25:56.196 --> 00:25:58.516 And we told them as we are going. 00:25:58.516 --> 00:26:04.071 And we engaged the following day. 00:26:04.113 --> 00:26:14.494 We met the different stakeholders, we met, we were in I don't know where, maradona's, our elite, maradona's practice, and we met quite a number of them and the discipline they have. 00:26:14.494 --> 00:26:21.113 Oh, those guys, every day, minimum, that kilometer Every day. 00:26:21.113 --> 00:26:27.011 And I said, oh, my goodness, 30 kilometers per day, yes, one. 00:26:27.011 --> 00:26:28.416 We say today I've done 40. 00:26:28.416 --> 00:26:43.595 And you know, you had a sad wife, paul, and they were telling me when they go to participate, they are actually them is not just to participate, it's to get on the table either number one, two or three, and they, whatever they win, they go. 00:26:43.595 --> 00:26:44.673 They get to the flight. 00:26:44.673 --> 00:26:46.153 Next flight land to JKI. 00:26:46.153 --> 00:26:49.275 They don't come to the city, they connect flights to Eldorosh. 00:26:49.275 --> 00:26:50.018 Back to practice. 00:26:50.018 --> 00:26:54.101 Hey, another discipline. 00:26:54.190 --> 00:26:56.018 And we had an engagement and we prayed to them. 00:26:56.018 --> 00:26:57.556 We became a blessing to them. 00:26:57.556 --> 00:27:01.192 You should do it in a house group. 00:27:01.192 --> 00:27:02.115 You are missing a lot. 00:27:02.115 --> 00:27:07.478 How did they connect after this Amen and empowered faith? 00:27:07.589 --> 00:27:16.497 And so this team, we connected with the different teams and, because of the success, we managed even to go down the valley where we were being told is not safe. 00:27:16.497 --> 00:27:25.096 We went to the valley, we saw the people, we had engagement with the community there and later on we connected with the, even the police there, listening to them. 00:27:25.096 --> 00:27:26.875 What, how has it been in this valley? 00:27:26.875 --> 00:27:31.156 And one of us, yes, thought, maybe some of you know, even thought where it is. 00:27:31.156 --> 00:27:35.993 He told us for the 35, I think that five years he has been in service. 00:27:35.993 --> 00:27:48.496 There's no one, there's no team, and you can imagine the role of a church, what it can do has ever ministered to him, just going there and asking how can we pray with you, how can you be of service to you. 00:27:48.496 --> 00:27:51.017 That's what we did as we drove in 12 of people. 00:27:51.017 --> 00:27:52.673 How can we be of help to you? 00:27:52.673 --> 00:27:54.955 And we thought it would be one hour. 00:27:55.369 --> 00:27:59.214 It went for three hours and they opened up to us the charges, the struggle. 00:27:59.214 --> 00:28:02.576 Some of them they see their family just for three times in a year. 00:28:02.576 --> 00:28:05.955 These are family men and they also know what do we do. 00:28:05.955 --> 00:28:12.717 Pray to Kediki that he'll be able to add more police officers so that we can have time with our family as well. 00:28:12.717 --> 00:28:14.353 You are there as a father. 00:28:14.353 --> 00:28:17.356 You are there as a woman, as a wife. 00:28:17.356 --> 00:28:25.419 You can imagine you seeing your husband three times and he's in this country, doesn't need a visa, doesn't need to see any ambassador to be given a visa. 00:28:25.419 --> 00:28:49.080 But because they call and we had a good time, we prayed with them, we shared a meal of what we could have afforded and by then, when we were going down there, we were with our just a van, a two wheel van, two wheel drive, and it's so steep at some point we had to stop and try to pour our water to us through the, to the who's, because the bricks were almost wearing off. 00:28:50.549 --> 00:28:56.499 It should be in the house group and powered faith that is active. 00:28:56.499 --> 00:28:58.762 Be on the go, be on the go. 00:28:58.762 --> 00:29:07.740 I desire that very soon and very soon, we'll be having teams going to different mission stations and ever rising, as God will remember us to do Amen. 00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:10.576 There will be the church on the go. 00:29:10.576 --> 00:29:12.736 May we be on the church on the go. 00:29:12.736 --> 00:29:14.516 The Kiririshua house group, led by Mr Mina. 00:29:14.516 --> 00:29:36.792 Every year they go to high school and this year, just last month, they visited, we went to a mission in Makuen Karulu High School and we many said to the community, to the school, and 70 kids, 70 students, gave their life to Christ and one teacher actually also, who stood together with yeah, let's give God all the glory. 00:29:36.792 --> 00:29:48.737 So for the same one I desire, if all our house group becomes active, as we are starting to do, it will be a movement that even other churches will be learning. 00:29:48.737 --> 00:29:50.193 Which model are you using? 00:29:50.193 --> 00:30:15.221 And you tell them, go to your closet and pray, and God will give you a divine idea on how to do A strategy that has never been, just like Joseph when he told fellow, yes, it's possible, and he was able to rule the nation of Egypt for 14 years through, closet in your prayer room, a church, a faith that is active and it's on the go. 00:30:15.221 --> 00:30:16.694 So there was a story of Naaman. 00:30:16.694 --> 00:30:21.837 We will not be able to read that because of time, but as we continue, may we know about that. 00:30:21.837 --> 00:30:27.493 The other ABC faith is about bold and power of faith that is bold. 00:30:27.493 --> 00:30:29.019 Engage courageously. 00:30:31.571 --> 00:30:38.352 In Exodus, chapter five, verse one, we see Moses and Aaron, his brother how they engaged with the fellow. 00:30:38.352 --> 00:30:42.624 Pharaoh was a tyrant leader and they faced him. 00:30:42.624 --> 00:30:44.809 Let my people go and we can. 00:30:44.809 --> 00:30:47.977 After Moses and Aaron, yes, bring it back. 00:30:47.977 --> 00:30:59.093 After Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says Let my people go so that he, they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness. 00:30:59.093 --> 00:31:03.084 Pharaoh said who is the Lord that I should obey him? 00:31:03.084 --> 00:31:04.307 And let Israel go. 00:31:04.307 --> 00:31:05.471 I do not know the Lord. 00:31:05.471 --> 00:31:09.299 We're not Israel, okay, we're not going to the father, to that. 00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:15.577 But Exodus 5, verse 1, moses and Aaron approached Pharaoh with boldness. 00:31:16.320 --> 00:31:27.979 With boldness, and, as I said, pharaoh is like a telescope that brings an object, a distance object, visible, to focus, and that's what Hebrews 11, verse 1, talks about. 00:31:27.979 --> 00:31:33.166 It is the assurance of things hoped for, not seen, isn't it? 00:31:33.166 --> 00:31:40.189 So if you have fear roaming larger than your face, take time to drone near to God in prayer and studying his word. 00:31:40.189 --> 00:31:44.240 What is that thing that you are fearing you can't face? 00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:46.407 You can't face your mom, your dad. 00:31:46.407 --> 00:31:51.743 You know there are people who fear their moms or their dad, or you are both. 00:31:51.743 --> 00:31:54.411 Maybe you are the only Christian in your organization. 00:31:54.411 --> 00:32:10.501 Buy a Bible and place it in your, in your booth desk and right here I'm praying for you and drop it there and come and tell me what you, what will happen. 00:32:10.501 --> 00:32:13.856 Yeah, let's be bold enough. 00:32:13.856 --> 00:32:15.020 Let's be bold enough. 00:32:15.561 --> 00:32:20.980 I was telling the area church that the area service that, for me, I attended when is the service religious? 00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:24.131 In my youth time and I said what I have, I, what is this? 00:32:24.131 --> 00:32:27.017 All I've been, why is it for what next, then? 00:32:27.017 --> 00:32:28.721 And I said I'll not be attending. 00:32:28.721 --> 00:32:29.442 When is the service? 00:32:29.442 --> 00:32:31.413 It will be my day for reaching. 00:32:31.413 --> 00:32:32.316 And I never told one. 00:32:32.316 --> 00:32:33.018 It's within me. 00:32:33.018 --> 00:32:38.133 And I said I'll be going to the city street evangelism. 00:32:38.133 --> 00:32:48.025 And, for those who remember, we used to have CBD house group, it's still there, but when I was there, we do Friday, we do street preaching. 00:32:48.025 --> 00:32:50.699 We'll be meeting everyone on the high on the street. 00:32:50.699 --> 00:32:51.775 Do you know Jesus? 00:32:51.775 --> 00:32:54.201 He loves you and it will be an opportunity. 00:32:54.201 --> 00:32:57.836 You know these are strangers, but boldly we did so. 00:32:57.836 --> 00:32:59.578 Boldly we did so. 00:32:59.578 --> 00:33:03.587 I'm challenging each and everyone of us, me included. 00:33:03.587 --> 00:33:09.502 There's more we can do in our work of as believers, and so may our faith be elevated to that level. 00:33:09.930 --> 00:33:11.133 In Acts, chapter nine, verse 28,. 00:33:11.133 --> 00:33:12.636 Soul stayed with the followers. 00:33:12.636 --> 00:33:17.195 He went everywhere in Jerusalem preaching boldly in the name of Jesus. 00:33:17.195 --> 00:33:20.990 In the name of Jesus In Acts, chapter four, verse one, and that you will see. 00:33:20.990 --> 00:33:23.856 Peter and John, they were with Jesus. 00:33:23.856 --> 00:33:24.719 The juicy. 00:33:24.719 --> 00:33:27.851 They were with Jesus because they preached boldly. 00:33:27.851 --> 00:33:40.030 And in that one we can lead Acts, chapter four, verse one to that in says the priest and the captain of the temple, god and the sadists came up to Peter and John, for they were speaking to the people. 00:33:40.030 --> 00:33:47.575 They were greatly distraught because their apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead. 00:33:47.575 --> 00:33:49.719 They say Peter and John. 00:33:49.719 --> 00:33:53.634 And because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day. 00:33:53.634 --> 00:34:01.340 But many who had the message believed, so the number of men who believed grew to about five thousand, hallelujah. 00:34:01.361 --> 00:34:11.994 The next day, the rulers, the elders and the teachers of the room met in Jerusalem, and as the high priest was there, and so were Caifers, john Alexander and others of the high priest's family. 00:34:11.994 --> 00:34:19.677 They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them by what power or what name did you do this? 00:34:19.677 --> 00:34:38.434 Then Peter, feud with the Holy Spirit, said to them, rulers and neanderthals of the people, if you are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who has, who was lame and being asked how he was healed, they know this, you and all the people of Israel. 00:34:38.434 --> 00:34:46.115 It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man starts before you. 00:34:46.115 --> 00:34:53.237 Healed Jesus is the stone you build us, rejected, which has become the cornerstone. 00:34:53.237 --> 00:35:01.501 Salvation is found in no one else, for there's no other name at the heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. 00:35:02.684 --> 00:35:19.003 When they saw the courage this way I wanted us to come to when they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were and schooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that this man had been with Jesus. 00:35:19.003 --> 00:35:22.615 Amen, this man had been with Jesus. 00:35:22.615 --> 00:35:27.565 They preached with courage and confidence, with boardiness. 00:35:27.565 --> 00:35:33.141 This team, as you look at them, none of them has any training in. 00:35:33.141 --> 00:35:34.483 Is it myseology? 00:35:34.483 --> 00:35:35.030 That's the same? 00:35:35.030 --> 00:35:37.056 Yeah, none of them. 00:35:37.416 --> 00:35:46.983 But because they have been in Christ, they worked with boardiness, they faced the governor, they faced the security team and we came with a report. 00:35:46.983 --> 00:35:59.686 Our, our, our diary went empty, but we came full of them and as we are doing this, we are preparing to have the entire government of Eregon Malachote come here in this city on 21st of July. 00:35:59.686 --> 00:36:07.195 So continue praying, because I remember we were commissioned in this pulpit, and this is the reason we are doing this, because we are kind of giving a report of what happened. 00:36:07.195 --> 00:36:10.990 Your prayers were answered, so give God all the glory. 00:36:10.990 --> 00:36:22.266 Let's appreciate God, and we'll be having that cocktail whereby we'll be engaging different stakeholders on how we can bring change in that county. 00:36:22.748 --> 00:36:26.797 We're no longer saying Serigali, say dear, we are part of the government, amen. 00:36:26.797 --> 00:36:28.603 There's no church and the government. 00:36:28.603 --> 00:36:32.119 All we are gathered here tomorrow in the umadei. 00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:33.708 I'll meet some of you in those offices. 00:36:33.708 --> 00:36:34.632 So who is the government? 00:36:34.632 --> 00:36:35.253 Who is the church? 00:36:35.253 --> 00:36:37.019