WEBVTT 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:12.051 May we pray, almighty Father, our Lord and our Savior, this very evening and this very day, the 28th day of the month of February, the year 2024,. 00:00:12.051 --> 00:00:17.006 This is your plan and this is the men and women that you have drawn to yourself. 00:00:17.006 --> 00:00:39.369 As we sit under your feet, king of Kings, and as you use me to share your word, I ask of your Holy Spirit to guide, direct every word that comes out of my mouth, father, that may it enrich and make being light and understanding to this congregational Father, to those who are following online and even to those who will follow it after our Father. 00:00:39.369 --> 00:00:42.648 Thank you, and may your name be glorified because of this. 00:00:42.648 --> 00:00:45.146 In Jesus' name, we pray and believe. 00:00:45.146 --> 00:00:46.982 Amen and amen. 00:00:46.982 --> 00:00:50.341 Thank you so much. 00:00:53.679 --> 00:01:00.884 In this month, or in this year, as Pastor Abros have said, is the year of the Lord's uplifted open door. 00:01:00.884 --> 00:01:15.567 As a church, our senior pastor lights the theme for the year and it gives us the guidance and the direction as far as the teachings that comes of the pulpit and therefore those who are coming from whichever corner. 00:01:15.567 --> 00:01:31.031 I believe and I hope we can be able to have a theme vision and we're able to interact with it, get it to know what we believe into what we do and the word that God has released, not only for Perkles Baptist Church but for the nation and hopefully may be globally. 00:01:31.031 --> 00:01:37.248 And that's why you are here for a time like this, and so I pray that we'll be able to understand. 00:01:37.248 --> 00:01:55.129 And so this month is the month of uplifted open door Decorations, and you can see there declarations, uplifted kingdom authority, teaching with authority that God has given unto us, and as I was preparing, I felt led to talk about uplifted open door of discipleship. 00:01:55.129 --> 00:01:58.406 Uplifted open door of discipleship. 00:01:58.406 --> 00:02:09.221 Our texts come from the book of Luke, chapter 10, the book of Luke, chapter 10, verse 1 to 11. 00:02:09.221 --> 00:02:27.787 And I read from the NIV version After this, the Lord appointed 72 others and set them, two by two, ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:31.949 He told them the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are a few. 00:02:31.949 --> 00:02:37.132 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to set out workers into his harvest field. 00:02:37.132 --> 00:02:41.450 Go, I'm setting you out like labs among wolves. 00:02:41.450 --> 00:02:46.850 Do not take a pass or a bag or sandals and do not greet anyone on the load. 00:02:46.850 --> 00:02:51.431 When you enter a house, first say peace to this house. 00:02:51.431 --> 00:02:56.010 If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them. 00:02:56.010 --> 00:02:58.366 If not, it will turn to you. 00:02:58.366 --> 00:03:04.544 Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. 00:03:04.544 --> 00:03:07.251 Do not move around from house to house. 00:03:07.251 --> 00:03:18.007 When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you, heal those who are ill and tell them the kingdom of God has come near to you. 00:03:18.007 --> 00:03:28.911 But when you enter a town and are not welcome, go into the streets and say even the dust of your own, of your town, we wipe from your feet as warning to you. 00:03:28.911 --> 00:03:32.929 Yet be sure of this the kingdom of God has come near you. 00:03:32.929 --> 00:03:33.811 Amen. 00:03:33.811 --> 00:03:51.265 And these are good texts, particularly for samples when I'm sharing, when we have different visitors who have come from far countries and I believe, may you feel welcome today, may you feel at home. 00:03:51.265 --> 00:03:55.807 If this was happening in the villages, you will not be spending in hotels. 00:03:55.807 --> 00:04:04.582 Maybe you could have distributed you among the members to be hosted there, as used to happen back in the day. 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:14.127 But as I was reflecting about this, verse 10, as we started, says after this the Lord appointed, after this, after what? 00:04:14.127 --> 00:04:22.408 And that drew me back to look chapter nine, so that we get to know after this what happened. 00:04:22.408 --> 00:04:25.125 Look chapter nine, verse 57 to 62. 00:04:25.125 --> 00:04:29.466 Look chapter nine verse. 00:04:29.466 --> 00:04:30.951 Look chapter nine. 00:04:30.992 --> 00:04:38.271 Verse 57 says as they were walking along, the Lord, a man, said to him I will follow you wherever you go. 00:04:38.271 --> 00:04:45.471 Jesus replied Foxes have dance and bands have nest, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head. 00:04:45.471 --> 00:04:48.687 59, he said to one another man, follow me. 00:04:48.687 --> 00:04:53.730 But he replied, lord, first let me go and bury my father. 00:04:53.730 --> 00:05:02.024 Jesus said to him verse 60, let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God. 00:05:02.024 --> 00:05:02.920 61,. 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:09.644 Still another said I will follow you, lord, but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family. 00:05:09.644 --> 00:05:11.362 Jesus replied. 00:05:11.362 --> 00:05:20.107 Verse 62, no one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God. 00:05:20.107 --> 00:05:24.586 Praise God, and that's why now gives an opening of chapter 10. 00:05:24.586 --> 00:05:27.684 After this, the Lord appointed the. 00:05:27.684 --> 00:05:28.365 72. 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:43.271 And the four things or three things that came out of that text that we shall be able to highlight if time allows one is disciple one to pray, as it is in verse two. 00:05:43.271 --> 00:05:48.810 Second, disciple to go the motion, verse three. 00:05:48.810 --> 00:05:52.807 And disciple to heal the sick, in verse nine. 00:05:52.807 --> 00:05:59.310 And disciple to speak or to say, to voice out in verse nine as well. 00:05:59.310 --> 00:06:04.670 So those four things disciple to pray, disciple to go that is the motion. 00:06:04.670 --> 00:06:08.588 People to heal the sick and disciple to speak. 00:06:08.588 --> 00:06:15.322 They are briefed or they open door to do all these things as disciples. 00:06:16.324 --> 00:06:29.992 Many are times and a church like this, you find, is full of people, gathered in all ages, gathered from all tribes and nations. 00:06:29.992 --> 00:06:39.389 But you find, majority of the people who come to church today and are plugging to a church, they look at it, sometimes unknowingly, like a club. 00:06:39.389 --> 00:06:44.182 I want to associate myself with this church or this denomination. 00:06:44.182 --> 00:06:49.555 They are not followers, they are just fanatics. 00:06:49.555 --> 00:06:56.050 And when I was thinking about it, I thought about the FUTIBO, and I know there are many who are, because we are following. 00:06:56.050 --> 00:06:58.014 We are following Africans. 00:06:59.264 --> 00:07:01.312 The Cup of African just finished the other day. 00:07:01.312 --> 00:07:08.673 Anything from Ivory Coast yeah, they are there. 00:07:08.673 --> 00:07:15.353 Nigeria, we celebrate with you as well. 00:07:15.353 --> 00:07:17.708 We know how it will end. 00:07:17.708 --> 00:07:21.846 And I was thinking majority. 00:07:21.846 --> 00:07:33.014 You find, even in the Premier League, any manu in the room, any manu, leave a pool, don't walk alone. 00:07:33.014 --> 00:07:37.915 I know Levere de Doubles is here and they are leading on the table. 00:07:37.915 --> 00:07:53.367 Which other team Manchester City, chelsea, the Blues, and I believe most of us here can watch these teams as they play FUTIBO for 90 minutes, but they are just fans. 00:07:53.367 --> 00:08:00.249 If you give them an opportunity to go to the field to play FUTIBO, they will not be able to play, isn't it? 00:08:00.249 --> 00:08:08.839 And I'm here saying may we not just be fans in the work of Christianity, may we be followers. 00:08:08.839 --> 00:08:09.882 Amen. 00:08:09.882 --> 00:08:10.785 May we be followers. 00:08:10.785 --> 00:08:15.031 Tell your name, tell are you a follower or are you a fan? 00:08:15.031 --> 00:08:24.627 If they are fans, tell them, please, be a follower, be a follower of Jesus. 00:08:28.846 --> 00:08:31.834 I don't watch FUTIBO much. 00:08:31.834 --> 00:08:41.191 I get the newspaper or the highlights the following day which team won Even the finals in the African Cup of Nation. 00:08:41.191 --> 00:08:47.409 I didn't watch, but the following morning I would be there looking who won and I would celebrate them at that point. 00:08:47.409 --> 00:08:52.033 But given an opportunity to go to the field, I would play FUTIBO. 00:08:52.033 --> 00:08:54.690 I would play for the 90 minutes. 00:08:54.690 --> 00:09:20.613 For example, as you know and I used to pass the Kinect towards in the house they always complain when you're in the field I played number one as a goalkeeper because my heart is sweet and because of my height, I also played volleyball and so, given opportunity, I want to be a follower, not just a fan. 00:09:22.345 --> 00:09:27.585 But having said that, I take a video opportunity that comes my way, like the World Cup. 00:09:27.585 --> 00:09:28.927 That was in 2022. 00:09:28.927 --> 00:09:35.465 And I know Cameroon is here, tim, cameroon yes, tim. 00:09:35.465 --> 00:09:43.109 Ghana, ghana is here On the same side. 00:09:43.109 --> 00:09:47.596 Unfortunately, in Kenya we didn't make it for the World Cup. 00:09:47.596 --> 00:09:56.774 We are praying that in 2026, we will make it, hallelujah, and I look forward to that for Sabros. 00:09:58.065 --> 00:10:09.397 But when we are looking for that opportunity in the year 2022, I said there's a gathering of people in billions watching FUTIBO, watching World Cup. 00:10:09.397 --> 00:10:11.427 What opportunity. 00:10:11.427 --> 00:10:16.595 How can we reach out to these people with a gospel? 00:10:16.595 --> 00:10:24.145 That was my thinking and it bothered me and that's why sometimes I don't watch that, because when I watch I'm looking at all those people. 00:10:24.145 --> 00:10:27.971 It's a lot in that field and I ask what can it be done? 00:10:27.971 --> 00:10:29.993 I see some hires going on that screen. 00:10:29.993 --> 00:10:35.898 I wish there was John 316 going around in that screen for God to love the world and it bothers me. 00:10:36.225 --> 00:10:45.611 So I stand up for Sabros and even during the World Cup in 2022, and I said what is my role? 00:10:45.611 --> 00:10:47.442 What should I do? 00:10:47.442 --> 00:10:56.908 And because I'm sharing from different, I said I'll write all these 32 countries that have qualified to go to Qatar for the World Cup. 00:10:56.908 --> 00:11:05.072 I'll write to the ambassadors for those nations that have presence in this country that you have them. 00:11:05.072 --> 00:11:35.070 The countries didn't have presence in our country, kenya, and I told the ambassadors that we'll be screening the march in the biggest screen ever in the eastern central region with the best finance system, and therefore we are inviting them to come and watch together with their citizens in our compound, and our visitors will be heading to that dome where we were screening the World Cup live, and the ambassadors will say, wow, that's a good idea. 00:11:35.070 --> 00:11:37.546 Can you come and give us more idea about this? 00:11:37.546 --> 00:11:38.448 What is all this? 00:11:39.620 --> 00:11:49.789 And some ambassadors the Ghana ambassador, cameroon ambassadors they open their adversarial offices and we sat down with them and we explained what we are seeing. 00:11:49.789 --> 00:11:54.570 And one ambassador from Cameroon said may it not be the head of it? 00:11:54.570 --> 00:11:58.327 Can we see what we can be able to share from country to country? 00:11:58.327 --> 00:12:02.048 And she opened a door even to go and minister to Cameroon. 00:12:02.048 --> 00:12:13.241 And as we speak, we are looking forward to have a pastoral conference in Cameroon later in this year because of an idea of footable Amen, not just watching seeing. 00:12:13.241 --> 00:12:18.851 Which opportunity can we see that has allowed ourselves? 00:12:18.851 --> 00:12:19.533 Amen? 00:12:19.533 --> 00:12:22.509 And therefore last year we managed to come to Cameroon. 00:12:22.509 --> 00:12:24.445 We partnered with the Tugbebe Baptist Church. 00:12:24.445 --> 00:12:30.173 Any member from the Tugbebe Baptist Cameroon team? 00:12:30.173 --> 00:12:33.244 They are there, let's appreciate them. 00:12:33.244 --> 00:12:40.984 And this month, this year in October, we are coming forward to see you the opportunities. 00:12:40.984 --> 00:12:44.147 So may we not just be fun, may we be followers. 00:12:44.147 --> 00:12:47.261 May we be followers. 00:12:50.259 --> 00:13:19.511 You know, in relationships, pastor Abloz, particularly when we are dating and this came to me back then, but they were married to one wife, I don't know whether she's in the house it gets to a point whereby you take the lady for a date, you are discussing, you get to know each other and after dating for a period of time, this lady want to know where is this relationship going? 00:13:19.511 --> 00:13:22.225 And there's a very tough question. 00:13:22.225 --> 00:13:30.446 Young men fear to be asked DTR, define this relationship? 00:13:30.446 --> 00:13:36.916 Define this relationship? 00:13:36.916 --> 00:13:39.989 Jesus is asking what is my relationship with you? 00:13:39.989 --> 00:13:41.443 Define this relationship? 00:13:41.443 --> 00:13:48.202 Most young men, when they hear that question, they darken under and they terminate that relationship. 00:13:48.202 --> 00:14:00.344 Jesus want an intimacy, relationship with each other, with us, amen, and that's the only way we can be able to see and to impact the world that he has given unto us. 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:05.951 And therefore, the three things, the four things I talked about disabled to pray. 00:14:05.951 --> 00:14:09.121 The first one Disabled to pray. 00:14:09.121 --> 00:14:17.131 Therefore, verse two the harvest is painful, but the harvest are few. 00:14:17.131 --> 00:14:21.365 Ask the Lord of the harvest the sun version say pray. 00:14:21.365 --> 00:14:27.009 Therefore, pray the Lord of the harvest to set out laborers into his harvest. 00:14:27.009 --> 00:14:39.169 And so for us to be disabled and to be great disciples is to pray to God to give us the harvest, to give us the laborers, for the harvest is painful. 00:14:39.169 --> 00:14:42.547 Not only painful, the harvest is even ripe. 00:14:42.547 --> 00:14:45.804 And so we are called to pray. 00:14:45.804 --> 00:14:49.107 The disciples asked Jesus one time in Luke, chapter 11, verse one. 00:14:49.107 --> 00:14:58.107 Now it came to pass as he was praying in a certain place when he closed his eyes, that one of his disciples said to him Lord, teach us to pray. 00:14:58.107 --> 00:15:05.326 These teachers to play as John also taught his disciples. 00:15:06.095 --> 00:15:09.541 In Colossians, chapter 4, verse 1 to 6,. 00:15:09.541 --> 00:15:13.948 Paul was writing to the church of Colossia. 00:15:13.948 --> 00:15:27.682 He said a pathless who was a disciple of Paul, who is one of you, a board servant of Christ, greets you always rebelling favoritously to you in prayer that you may start in perfect and complete in all the will of God. 00:15:27.682 --> 00:15:35.099 So I bear him witness that he has a great zeal for you and those who are in Laudatia and those who are in Hedia, polis. 00:15:35.099 --> 00:15:43.206 A pathless had done a lot of things in his country. 00:15:43.206 --> 00:15:50.620 He planted churches and let alone first doctrine came to be and he went to seek and to sought from Paul what to do. 00:15:50.620 --> 00:15:59.116 And so when Paul is writing this, he's saying one of you is praying, has never stopped praying for you. 00:16:00.294 --> 00:16:05.826 Instead of criticizing that particular minister or that particular pastor, may we pray for them. 00:16:05.826 --> 00:16:08.195 May we pray for them. 00:16:08.195 --> 00:16:10.644 May we ask God for the harvest. 00:16:10.644 --> 00:16:12.639 May we ask God for the laborers. 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:15.184 I mean for the harvest that we so desire. 00:16:15.184 --> 00:16:18.743 May we they hang people, particularly for Africa. 00:16:18.743 --> 00:16:25.857 May we raise them, may we give them the opportunity and thank you for giving us the opportunity even to stand and share. 00:16:25.857 --> 00:16:29.543 May we continue giving the opportunity to the young people. 00:16:29.543 --> 00:16:32.320 Is the time, is the season for the young people. 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:39.091 Praise God. 00:16:39.091 --> 00:16:42.783 Discipled to go, the motion, discipled to go. 00:16:42.783 --> 00:16:44.086 So disabled to pray. 00:16:44.086 --> 00:16:46.241 May we be fervent in our prayers. 00:16:46.241 --> 00:16:47.840 May we pray always. 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:51.876 The second thing disabled to go, verse three. 00:16:51.876 --> 00:16:56.125 He said go, I'm sending you like labs among wolves. 00:16:56.125 --> 00:17:00.541 Matthew 28, 16 to 19. 00:17:00.541 --> 00:17:02.856 Matthew 16. 00:17:02.856 --> 00:17:16.148 Sorry, matthew 28, not the great commission. 00:17:16.148 --> 00:17:19.221 Matthew 28, 16 to 19. 00:17:21.055 --> 00:17:26.006 Then the 11 disciples went to Gali, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 00:17:26.006 --> 00:17:29.801 When they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted. 00:17:29.801 --> 00:17:36.244 Then Jesus came to them and said all of the retin, heaven and earth has been given to me. 00:17:36.244 --> 00:17:55.807 Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, by placing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you, and surely I am with you always, to the very head of the age, the mountain of influence. 00:17:55.807 --> 00:17:57.049 Where was this? 00:17:57.049 --> 00:18:05.738 When Jesus was saying, when Jesus was telling them the great commission, he was in Gali, the mountain, in the mountain. 00:18:05.738 --> 00:18:10.598 The Gali is very specific town because that's where Jesus the very first miracle. 00:18:10.598 --> 00:18:15.471 He happened at the can of Gali, the sea of Gali. 00:18:15.471 --> 00:18:18.980 That's when he recruited the first disciples, peter and Andrew. 00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:25.161 And quite a number of things happened in Gali, which is this mountain of ours. 00:18:25.161 --> 00:18:39.943 When Jesus said in Matthew 28 that then go quickly and tell all his disciples this is Mary and Mary Magdalen then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead and behold, he is going before you to Gali. 00:18:39.943 --> 00:18:41.326 There you will see him. 00:18:41.326 --> 00:18:53.919 See, I have told you, when Jesus rose from the dead, the angel came and met Mary, magdalen and Mary and asked and told them go tell the disciples. 00:18:53.919 --> 00:18:58.488 Jesus has proceeded ahead of them to the mountain of Gali. 00:19:00.038 --> 00:19:11.078 This is the reason why we were born, in whichever country we were born or whichever city we were born, and that's our area of influence, where God want us to be. 00:19:11.078 --> 00:19:12.522 Amen. 00:19:12.522 --> 00:19:21.519 Jesus, he did a lot of ministry in Galilee, in the town of Galilee, and when he rose he went back to Galilee, the very first point where he went. 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:37.990 And there's a reason where you are born, where you grew up, where you are gifted the mountain of your influence, it might be in education, it might be in government, it might be in art and entertainment, it might be in India, in the mountain that God has positioned you at. 00:19:37.990 --> 00:19:41.119 That's your area of influence, amen. 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:47.282 And that's where we are called for to bring change and to impact this world that God has given unto us. 00:19:47.282 --> 00:19:58.913 And therefore, may we not be afraid, may we raise and say here I am Lord, I'm ready to go and impact where God want us to impact. 00:19:58.913 --> 00:20:01.621 So may we be on the go, the church on the go. 00:20:01.621 --> 00:20:04.738 May we not be the church on the forward, amen. 00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:27.413 In the year, in the last year, when, 2022, when we were preparing for election, we prayed for this country and the year 2023 came and we said we pray for this country and God gave us the light, the leaders that he intended for us to have, and we said we are not going to continue staying in West Lads, let's go to the cities, let's go to the counties and spread the good news of God. 00:20:27.413 --> 00:20:35.651 And I thank my flood, leo Slangrad good to see you in the room. 00:20:35.651 --> 00:20:46.232 Mama Elizabeth and I know the work we have done in the county of Ergiel Malacwet if time allows, we'll be able to share more on the other side and we went to the counties. 00:20:46.232 --> 00:21:20.672 Kenya is, administratively, is governing, with the 47 different governments or small governments, and so we went to one county and we say we are losing a note of God and we say this county will never be the same again because we are stepping there and Leo, being in the media, was able to capture that, the mountain of influence, the media, and they were able to capture that what we are doing in the valley, when there was conflict, there was no peace, and we went and say we are bringing peace of the Lord because he's the Prince of Peace. 00:21:20.672 --> 00:21:22.756 Amen. 00:21:22.756 --> 00:21:26.123 Discipled to go. 00:21:26.123 --> 00:21:28.011 Discipled to go. 00:21:29.914 --> 00:21:32.940 The other thing is Discipled to heal the sick. 00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:38.834 Verse nine of the text that we read in Luke. 00:21:38.834 --> 00:21:45.054 Verse nine says and heal the sick there and say to them the kingdom of God has come near you. 00:21:45.054 --> 00:21:48.361 Discipled to heal the sick. 00:21:48.361 --> 00:22:05.954 In Matthew, chapter nine if you read Matthew, chapter nine, from verse one to seven to seventeen, it's a long text but we'll read part of it about healing that Jesus did. 00:22:05.954 --> 00:22:10.078 Verse nine says Jesus stepped into a boat, close over and came to his own town. 00:22:10.601 --> 00:22:13.011 Some men brought to him paralyzed man lying on a mat. 00:22:13.011 --> 00:22:17.914 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to them take heart, son, your sins are forgiven. 00:22:17.914 --> 00:22:22.757 At this some of the teachers of the law say to themself this fellow is blaspheming. 00:22:22.757 --> 00:22:26.395 Knowing their thought, jesus said why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts? 00:22:26.395 --> 00:22:31.236 Which is easier to say your sins are forgiven or to say get up and walk. 00:22:31.236 --> 00:22:37.417 But I want you to know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins. 00:22:37.417 --> 00:22:42.134 So he said to the paralyzed man get up, take your mat and go home. 00:22:42.134 --> 00:22:44.262 Then the man got up and went home. 00:22:44.503 --> 00:22:57.758 When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe and they praised God who had given such authority to a man as Jesus went verse nine as Jesus went from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting on the tax collector's booth. 00:22:57.758 --> 00:23:02.153 Follow me, he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. 00:23:02.153 --> 00:23:05.101 Or Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house. 00:23:05.101 --> 00:23:10.626 Many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 00:23:10.626 --> 00:23:16.632 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples why do you, a teacher, eat with tax collectors and sinners? 00:23:17.153 --> 00:23:19.538 On hearing this, jesus said it is not healthy. 00:23:19.538 --> 00:23:22.978 It's not the healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill. 00:23:22.978 --> 00:23:25.628 But go and learn what this means. 00:23:25.628 --> 00:23:31.250 I desire mercy, not sacrifice, for I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. 00:23:31.250 --> 00:23:39.942 Then John the disciples came and asked him how is it that we and the Pharisees first often, but your disciples do not fast? 00:23:39.942 --> 00:23:44.455 Jesus answered how can the guest of the bridegroom mourn when he is with them? 00:23:44.455 --> 00:23:48.799 The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, when they will fast. 00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:56.433 No one saw a patch of unshland clothes on the Lord garment, for the patch will pull away from the government, making it tear worse. 00:23:56.433 --> 00:23:57.256 Verse 17,. 00:23:57.256 --> 00:24:00.632 Neither do people pour the new wine into old wineskin. 00:24:00.632 --> 00:24:05.835 If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will learn out and the wineskin will be ruined. 00:24:05.835 --> 00:24:10.852 No, they pour new wine into new wineskin and both are preserved. 00:24:10.852 --> 00:24:11.753 Amen. 00:24:13.659 --> 00:24:15.403 Discipled to hear the sick. 00:24:15.403 --> 00:24:17.888 Discipled to hear the sick. 00:24:17.888 --> 00:24:21.977 Before I came for this service in the afternoon I visited. 00:24:21.977 --> 00:24:26.713 I was in Shiromo, a medical hospital just across here. 00:24:26.713 --> 00:24:27.916 It's a mental hospital. 00:24:27.916 --> 00:24:39.823 We were with the Reverend Simon and Pastor Idid I don't know how she is in the room and we're just visiting, going out, seeing how we can be able to minister and visit with those who are sick. 00:24:39.823 --> 00:24:55.750 Tomorrow, thursday, every Thursday, from 9 to midday at Agakan hospital, we visit every patient admitted to that hospital, praying with them and saying God, heal them. 00:24:55.750 --> 00:25:01.893 And I'm thankful to God, since last year, very few patients that we have interacted with. 00:25:01.893 --> 00:25:07.436 We pray with them and the following week when we come, they are there Not because they have died. 00:25:07.436 --> 00:25:10.874 God has healed them and they have been discharged Amen. 00:25:10.874 --> 00:25:13.279 We have seen that and we have had testimonies. 00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.811 Thank you for visiting with us. 00:25:15.092 --> 00:25:23.759 I was sick and I got healed and that's the, that's the task given to the disciples. 00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:28.673 If they accept to go, that whoever shall go and be welcomed. 00:25:28.673 --> 00:25:35.209 If they are sick, people pray for them and they be healed. 00:25:35.209 --> 00:25:41.932 Not because you have just pray, because God is an answering God who hears our prayers and answers them. 00:25:41.932 --> 00:25:42.493 Amen. 00:25:42.493 --> 00:25:47.070 And therefore those who are visiting with us from far countries. 00:25:47.070 --> 00:26:02.463 We honor you and we believe that there's something in not only the conference that you are going through, that you shall leave a mark, that you shall leave a testimony that you shall lay your heart and pray for those who are sick. 00:26:02.463 --> 00:26:04.657 I pray, mrs Elizabeth. 00:26:04.657 --> 00:26:13.327 There's an opportunity for them to go to the mission field or even visit a hospital and pray for one or for two. 00:26:13.327 --> 00:26:14.538 That's the great commission. 00:26:14.538 --> 00:26:19.516 When we have an opportunity to go wherever, you shall be welcomed, and we have welcomed you. 00:26:19.516 --> 00:26:29.464 If you are given an opportunity to die and I believe today, not by faith, I am sure there is a meal, because we love visitors, amen. 00:26:29.464 --> 00:26:39.663 So, as we do that, we also know there's an expectation given and a mandate given by God to say may you be healed. 00:26:39.663 --> 00:26:48.421 And therefore, maybe you'll be one, maybe two or three who get healed because of your visitation into this nation of Kenya. 00:26:48.421 --> 00:26:49.605 Amen. 00:26:50.816 --> 00:26:54.885 And as simple as I know, there may be others who are not able to follow through English. 00:26:54.885 --> 00:26:57.080 They are in the room. 00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:59.815 Thank you, we honor you. 00:26:59.815 --> 00:27:00.096 That day. 00:27:00.096 --> 00:27:16.398 We'll be speaking in different languages, but we'll be able to understand that time is coming For today, bear with us and if you are seated, the one who is not able to understand the language I'm using here, you can help them, you can interpret for them. 00:27:16.398 --> 00:27:18.779 And there's a blessing also for you. 00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:25.655 Disciple to speak, ability to say, ability to voice out, disciple to speak. 00:27:25.655 --> 00:27:28.602 Say to them the kingdom of God has come near you. 00:27:32.035 --> 00:27:35.960 Romans, chapter 10, verse 8 to 11, if media can give us that. 00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:37.182 Romans, chapter 10. 00:27:37.182 --> 00:27:46.077 The faith that we proclaim. 00:27:46.077 --> 00:27:53.065 Sorry, but who does it say? 00:27:53.065 --> 00:27:57.740 The word is near you, it is in your mouth, in your heart. 00:27:57.740 --> 00:28:22.057 That is the message concerning Okay, let me use this one, but what does it say? 00:28:22.434 --> 00:28:25.358 The word is near you, it is in your mouth and in your heart. 00:28:25.358 --> 00:28:28.286 That is the message concerning faith that we proclaim. 00:28:28.286 --> 00:28:36.241 If we declare with our mouth Jesus is Lord and breathe in our heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 00:28:36.241 --> 00:28:37.738 What is with your heart? 00:28:37.738 --> 00:28:39.683 That you believe and are justified? 00:28:39.683 --> 00:28:43.704 And it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 00:28:43.704 --> 00:28:48.984 As scripture says, anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame. 00:28:48.984 --> 00:28:49.707 Amen. 00:28:49.707 --> 00:28:53.564 That's what we are here to say that the head is very near. 00:28:53.564 --> 00:29:18.987 As we pray for the ribbalas, as we accept the call to go Amen as we accept the call to go, as we lay the heads to those who are sick, we shall also tell them the kingdom of God has come near you and may they be saved. 00:29:20.234 --> 00:29:21.577 And even maybe you are following this. 00:29:21.577 --> 00:29:23.019 You are in the sanctuary. 00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:28.278 There is an open door for discipleship. 00:29:28.278 --> 00:29:32.502 There is an uplifted door of discipleship. 00:29:32.502 --> 00:29:35.217 God wants to call you. 00:29:35.217 --> 00:29:37.241 Come to my house. 00:29:37.241 --> 00:29:38.345 The door is open. 00:29:38.345 --> 00:29:42.365 He wants to embrace you and tell you are my son, you are my daughter. 00:29:42.365 --> 00:29:45.343 Come as you are, regardless of the institution you are into. 00:29:45.343 --> 00:29:49.323 Maybe it's your marriage, maybe it's your relationship, maybe it's your business. 00:29:49.323 --> 00:29:57.319 Whichever area, whichever mountain God has given unto you, he is saying don't be just a fan, be a follower of me. 00:29:57.319 --> 00:30:02.261 I want to have an intimate relationship with you. 00:30:02.261 --> 00:30:19.626 God is calling you and I that, when it is still day, may we serve the Lord in the areas that he has called unto us, for the night is coming when we shall not be able to do what he has called unto us. 00:30:19.626 --> 00:30:19.989 Amen. 00:30:20.529 --> 00:30:25.132 When the opportunity is there, let's capitalize on it In your area of influence. 00:30:25.132 --> 00:30:26.054 Is it government? 00:30:26.054 --> 00:30:26.895 Is it education? 00:30:26.895 --> 00:30:27.837 Is it media? 00:30:27.837 --> 00:30:28.946 Is it entertainment? 00:30:28.946 --> 00:30:30.009 Whichever area? 00:30:30.009 --> 00:30:49.467 The team from the Bible, society, family, whichever avenue and opportunity that you have, that, even when you go around the countries for confluence, say that I will take two minutes or two hours to go and minister, to go and visit someone in hospital and lay my hand, because that's the greatest assignment of a disciple. 00:30:49.467 --> 00:30:55.506 Amen, and I desire that you be able to learn more and more, and I was thinking about this. 00:30:55.987 --> 00:31:14.872 The text that I will be closing with is the text in his area 55, verse five to six, says surely you shall summon nations you know not and nations you do not know to come learning to you, because the Lord, your God, the whole one of Israel, for he has endowed you with spreader, amen. 00:31:14.872 --> 00:31:18.923 The nation shall come unto us if we call unto them. 00:31:18.923 --> 00:31:23.291 As we have gathered today, this very evening, is the Lord. 00:31:23.291 --> 00:31:27.138 Who have gathered us here, almost 45 nations. 00:31:27.138 --> 00:31:28.227 All glory to God. 00:31:28.227 --> 00:31:29.470 Let's appreciate God for that. 00:31:29.470 --> 00:31:32.978 It's not in vain, it's only in vain. 00:31:33.164 --> 00:31:34.209 God has an agenda. 00:31:34.209 --> 00:31:40.448 He's gathered us here with a reason and a purpose, and may that purpose be actualized for his glory. 00:31:40.448 --> 00:31:42.692 In Jesus' name, amen. 00:31:42.692 --> 00:31:45.057 May we pray. 00:31:45.057 --> 00:31:47.186 Almighty, father, our Lord and our Savior. 00:31:47.186 --> 00:31:58.993 Indeed, what a day, what an evening that you have gathered all this congregation from different nationalities to come listen to your word. 00:31:58.993 --> 00:32:00.457 Amen, father. 00:32:00.457 --> 00:32:07.266 May your agenda and may your purpose that you intended from the word go even before they left their countries over. 00:32:07.306 --> 00:32:22.875 Father, may it be actualized now, in the name of Jesus, which offer, king of glory, and even as we have received your word about discipleship and you making the discipleship, telling them to go, telling them to pray, for the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are a few. 00:32:22.875 --> 00:32:23.846 Father, we are praying. 00:32:23.846 --> 00:32:35.833 May you pull laborers from whichever corner, almighty Father, for your glory or King of glory, so that the harvest that is already plentiful we have seen, we have experienced it to which offer, king of glory? 00:32:35.833 --> 00:32:38.744 We have people to harvest of it. 00:32:38.744 --> 00:32:39.907 To which offer, king of glory. 00:32:39.907 --> 00:32:46.395 Above all, father, you have told us to lay our hands to the sick and tell them be revived, be restored back. 00:32:46.395 --> 00:32:50.313 Is a year, forty two, twenty two, be restored back, father, king of glory. 00:32:50.313 --> 00:32:59.632 That's what we are desire, father, that these team and many others, even who are following dear Lord, that that's assignment and that's role and money that you're given to us shall be actualized to King of glory. 00:33:00.093 --> 00:33:03.492 Thank you all for father, even to say that the aid of everything is near. 00:33:03.492 --> 00:33:07.048 O King of glory, the kingdom of heaven is almost. 00:33:07.048 --> 00:33:08.977 Our savior is coming back, father. 00:33:08.977 --> 00:33:09.901 We are seeing the same. 00:33:09.901 --> 00:33:13.238 We are seeing, father, those who don't have a relationship with you, with this world. 00:33:13.238 --> 00:33:15.830 O King of glory, may you make a harvest for yourself. 00:33:15.830 --> 00:33:24.347 May you draw your men and women to yourself, o King of glory, so that they may testify with their mouth and declare that the Lord, indeed their savior and their life. 00:33:24.347 --> 00:33:31.563 O King of kings, we worship you, we praise you and our dear Lord we worship, and I praise you for that, even for the word that has been leased out. 00:33:31.563 --> 00:33:33.733 May it be a seed that has fallen on the right soil. 00:33:33.733 --> 00:33:36.386 It will germinate, grow and even bear more fruits. 00:33:36.386 --> 00:33:39.019 For your name, o Jehovah, we worship you, we praise you. 00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:40.989 In Jesus name, we pray and we all see. 00:33:40.989 --> 00:33:42.759 Amen and amen.