Speaker 1: We are reading from the book of Genesis, chapter 8, verse 15 to 22.
Speaker 1: Tell your neighbor the Word of God is alive.
Speaker 1: This is the story of Noah and it's an amazing story because God is so generous.
Speaker 1: I'm saying God is so generous.
Speaker 1: Even in a very difficult time of the flood, god was still generous.
Speaker 1: Look at this verse from 15.
Speaker 1: Then God said to Noah come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives, bring out every kind of living creature that is with you, the birds, the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground, so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number.
Speaker 1: So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives, all the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds, everything that moves on land, came out of the ark, one kind after another.
Speaker 1: Then Noah built an altar.
Speaker 1: Noah built an altar.
Speaker 1: I'm saying that Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean baths he sacrificed burnt offerings on it.
Speaker 1: The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you this God has a nose, hallelujah.
Speaker 1: He smells good things.
Speaker 1: And the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart never again will I curse the ground.
Speaker 1: When did he first curse the ground?
Speaker 1: During the time of Adam.
Speaker 1: But this time he lifts the curse.
Speaker 1: He says never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood, and never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
Speaker 1: Then, verse 22,.
Speaker 1: As long as the earth endures seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.
Speaker 1: This is the word of the Lord and God's people say it.
Speaker 1: We may be seated in God's presence.
Speaker 1: Let's pray again.
Speaker 1: Father, let your Holy Spirit take this word, minister it to us.
Speaker 1: This is your servant, pastor Ambrose.
Speaker 1: Open his lips that he may declare the revelations of God in his word.
Speaker 1: Father, we thank you those online in the pavilion in house.
Speaker 1: Here we release ourselves to this word and we thank you that it is blessing us.
Speaker 1: This afternoon, in Jesus name, we have prayed Amen.
Speaker 1: House.
Speaker 1: Here we release ourselves to this word and we thank you that it is blessing us this afternoon.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, we have prayed Amen.
Speaker 1: This day we want to talk about kingdom supply, uplifted kingdom supply.
Speaker 1: Three things I'll be talking about.
Speaker 1: Number one, the source Tell your neighbor the source.
Speaker 1: Number two, the seed.
Speaker 1: Tell your neighbor the seed.
Speaker 1: And number three, the supply the source, the seed, the supply.
Speaker 1: And while I do that, let me explain this name, noah.
Speaker 1: Noah is pronounced N-O-A-H, but in Hebrew it is N-O-A-C-H.
Speaker 1: The C-H is a hard sound, so you don't say ah, you say ch.
Speaker 1: So try saying Noah, don't spit on somebody, just say that's how it is pronounced, noah.
Speaker 1: By the way, pastor Simon, there is another name in the Bible similar to this one Noah.
Speaker 1: This is a different name, but it's in the Bible, numbers 27, verse 1.
Speaker 1: Let me read that as I explain the name Noah.
Speaker 1: This is a different name, but it's in the Bible, numbers 27, verse 1.
Speaker 1: Let me read that as I explain the name Noah.
Speaker 1: In Numbers it says the daughters of Zelophehad.
Speaker 1: You have heard of those daughters.
Speaker 1: The daughters of Zelophehad, son of Hepha, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh, son of Joseph.
Speaker 1: The names of the daughters were Mahala, noah, hogla, melka and Tirza.
Speaker 1: Now you can see female names in Hebrew end with an A-H Hallelujah.
Speaker 1: So in that verse there is Noah.
Speaker 1: Did you see that?
Speaker 1: Now, in this one it is not Noah, because that is masculine.
Speaker 1: This one it is Noah, the way it sounds Noah, and it means completely different From Noah.
Speaker 1: Now, noah in the Bible means Rest.
Speaker 1: Tell your neighbor, rest Noah.
Speaker 1: This other one.
Speaker 1: Now, noah in the Bible means rest.
Speaker 1: Tell your neighbor, rest Noah.
Speaker 1: This other one, noah means shaky, hello, something that is shaky, noah.
Speaker 1: But it's amazing that these daughters of Zelophead we will talk about that another day, but we want to spend time talking about Noah, because Noah is very significant.
Speaker 1: The word Noah means rest.
Speaker 1: Noah built the ark and that ark was very vital in God's supply Because God was going to do something amazing.
Speaker 1: The people at that time were so wicked, they were so crazy that God decided he's going to do something amazing.
Speaker 1: The people at that time were so wicked, they were so crazy that God decided he's going to completely wipe them out of the planet.
Speaker 1: And I want you to know that when Noah was 600 years that the flood came and 40 days, 40 nights, the earth was just submerged in a lot of water.
Speaker 1: God, before he sent the flood, told Noah to build an ark.
Speaker 1: When he finished building the ark, then God filled the ark with animals, all kinds of animals.
Speaker 1: And you know, sometimes when you read the story of Noah sometimes you think it is seriously about judgment.
Speaker 1: But let me tell you this More than it was judgment, it was really an opportunity for God to save, secure and to supply Noah's needs.
Speaker 1: And so when Jesus came, jesus became the Noah of our day, because Jesus is our rest.
Speaker 1: Jesus said come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you what I'll give you rest.
Speaker 1: So Jesus came number one to save us, to secure us, but also to do what To supply.
Speaker 1: And I want you to know that, even though Noah took 120 years building that ark, going through a very difficult time trying to invite people into the ark, they refused.
Speaker 1: One of the persons who refused, pastor Simon, is Methuselah.
Speaker 1: Methuselah lived for nearly 969 years, a long time.
Speaker 1: He died during the flood.
Speaker 1: He refused to enter into the ark.
Speaker 1: He would have actually lived to be 1,000, but he did not enter the ark.
Speaker 1: When all the animals had entered the ark, who shut the door of the ark?
Speaker 1: God did.
Speaker 1: Noah could not do anything about it.
Speaker 1: But thank God that when Jesus came as the ark, the door has not been shut.
Speaker 1: The door is open.
Speaker 1: The door is still open and Jesus is saying I am the door.
Speaker 1: If anyone comes in he will find pasture.
Speaker 1: And so your salvation, your security and your supply are found in Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God.
Speaker 1: It is interesting to note Genesis 8, verse 4, that the ark let me read that verse.
Speaker 1: It's very interesting because it's talking about rest and I want to say that in April, this month, may God give you financial rest.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, may God supply your needs.
Speaker 1: It says and on the 17th day of which month?
Speaker 1: 7th?
Speaker 1: Month 7 means what?
Speaker 1: Huh?
Speaker 1: Itventh.
Speaker 1: Month Seventh means what?
Speaker 1: Huh?
Speaker 1: It's rest.
Speaker 1: It's the Sabbath that on the seventh month, the ark came.
Speaker 1: To do what?
Speaker 1: To rest on the mountains of Ararat.
Speaker 1: In other words, what God is trying to tell us through Noah is this he wants to give you rest, he wants to stop you from struggling.
Speaker 1: You're struggling too much.
Speaker 1: And God is saying I us, through Noah, is this he wants to give you rest, he wants to stop you from struggling.
Speaker 1: You're struggling too much.
Speaker 1: And God is saying I want you to rest, I want you to rest.
Speaker 1: My ark is ready, that door is open.
Speaker 1: Come and experience the generosity of God.
Speaker 1: And what he's now saying is this Number one get to know the source of this supply.
Speaker 1: Get to know the source.
Speaker 1: And the Bible says in Genesis 8, verse 15, this is God speaking to Noah and this is what he said when the rain stopped and Noah had been in the ark for nearly a whole year.
Speaker 1: He Can you imagine 365 days locked down in a box called the ark, with animals, with snakes, with lions and baboons.
Speaker 1: Hello, do you think that place was noisy For a whole year?
Speaker 1: I just wonder how Noah survived.
Speaker 1: I think Noah just put earplugs in his ears, but there it was.
Speaker 1: But you see, the thing that I like is this God was not just saving, god was securing and supplying for the future.
Speaker 1: And I believe that God, whatever need you have, it is already supplied and any time a need shows up, the supply is ready.
Speaker 1: But you must get to know the source, and this is what God said to Noah.
Speaker 1: Then God said to Noah come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives, bring out.
Speaker 1: So he says go out Now, bring out, because God had placed in all that he needed.
Speaker 1: I want to tell somebody this this is your time to go out.
Speaker 1: Don't close the door to yourself, don't get stuck in your bedroom and you cannot walk out.
Speaker 1: God is saying get out of that bedroom, get out of that sitting room, go out, because I want you to bring out what I have supplied for you.
Speaker 1: I'm saying there is something God has supplied for you, god has supplied for you.
Speaker 1: I'm saying God has supplied for you.
Speaker 1: There is abundance.
Speaker 1: Tell your neighbor, there's abundance.
Speaker 1: You know, sometimes, pastor Simon, in our brains we don't think about abundance.
Speaker 1: We are so used to lack, so used to little things, that we don't understand abundance.
Speaker 1: So when somebody talks of abundance it doesn't click.
Speaker 1: But I want to tell you this God is a supplier of abundance.
Speaker 1: Let me read this verse Isaiah 60, verse 1.
Speaker 1: It talks about darkness and light, but in the darkness and the light God supplies.
Speaker 1: Listen to this verse Arise, shine, for your light has come and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
Speaker 1: But look at verse 2.
Speaker 1: Verse 2 says see, while the light is shining, what is happening?
Speaker 1: Darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples.
Speaker 1: And then God says but you know, pastor Simon, that word but is the most anointed word in the Bible, that the devil can be pushing you this way, pushing you this way, pushing you this way, and you feel you're finished.
Speaker 1: And then God steps in and says but Hallelujah.
Speaker 1: He says there's darkness, nothing seems to be happening, but in the darkness the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you.
Speaker 1: Then look at what he says.
Speaker 1: Next, nations will come to your light and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
Speaker 1: Hallelujah, he says, lift up brightness of your dawn.
Speaker 1: Hallelujah, he says, lift up your eyes and look about you.
Speaker 1: All assemble and come to you.
Speaker 1: He says your sons come from afar and your daughters are carried on the heap.
Speaker 1: Then you will look and be what Radiant.
Speaker 1: Your heart will throb and swell with what, with joy.
Speaker 1: Look at this.
Speaker 1: The wealth of the seas will be brought to you, to you.
Speaker 1: The riches of the nations will come.
Speaker 1: Herds of camels will cover your land, your camels of Midian and young camels of Midian, just go back.
Speaker 1: Young camels of Midian and Ephah, just go back.
Speaker 1: Young camels of Midian and Ephah and all from Sheba Will come bearing Gold and incense and proclaiming the praise Of the Lord.
Speaker 1: That is abundance.
Speaker 1: I'm talking to somebody here.
Speaker 1: Things may be rough now, comma, but your season, your season is about to change.
Speaker 1: I'm saying your season is about to change, hallelujah.
Speaker 1: God is a God of abundance.
Speaker 1: It is amazing how God wants to bless us.
Speaker 1: Look at Deuteronomy, chapter 28, verse 8.
Speaker 1: God mentioning about his treasures and his goodness and his abundance.
Speaker 1: Look at this verse.
Speaker 1: In verse 8, the Bible says this Deuteronomy 28.
Speaker 1: God is speaking here and giving us a word.
Speaker 1: All right, deuteronomy.
Speaker 1: He says the Lord will send a blessing on your bands and on some things, on some things, on some things, on everything you put your hand to the Lord, your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.
Speaker 1: Look at verse 11.
Speaker 1: Verse 11 says this.
Speaker 1: I love this Verse 11.
Speaker 1: The Lord will grant you what Abundant prosperity In the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground, in the land the Lord sought to your ancestors to give you.
Speaker 1: Then he says in verse 12, the Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you this when God was talking to Noah, he says come on, bring out, go out, bring out, go out, bring out, because in the ark was abundance.
Speaker 1: I'm saying in Jesus there is abundance.
Speaker 1: I want you to believe that that's what we've been trying to talk about this month.
Speaker 1: God wants to bless you.
Speaker 1: I'm saying God wants to bless you and when there is trouble, god wants to come and connect his abundance to you.
Speaker 1: The Bible says this in 2 Kings 4.
Speaker 1: You know of this lady who was a widow, because God deals with people at different levels.
Speaker 1: This particular one, he deals with a widow who is very helpless.
Speaker 1: The Bible says this, 2 Kings 4.
Speaker 1: You want to know God's abundance.
Speaker 1: This is how God works in people's lives.
Speaker 1: 2 Kings, chapter 4, verse 1.
Speaker 1: Ah, if we can get there.
Speaker 1: The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, your servant.
Speaker 1: My husband is dead and you know that he revered the Lord.
Speaker 1: You know, let me tell you this you can revere the Lord and be broke.
Speaker 1: I'm talking to you, hello.
Speaker 1: You can fear the Lord and be broke.
Speaker 1: And this prophet was broke, reverend so, and so was seriously broke.
Speaker 1: Hello, but God sees your need.
Speaker 1: I'm saying God sees your need.
Speaker 1: You know that he revered the Lord, but now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.
Speaker 1: Then Elisha replied to her tell your neighbor, you need a mindset shift.
Speaker 1: Elisha replied to her how can I help you?
Speaker 1: Tell me what do you have in your house?
Speaker 1: Guess what?
Speaker 1: She says your servant has nothing.
Speaker 1: That's a mindset that needs to shift.
Speaker 1: I have nothing there at all, she said.
Speaker 1: Then she says what Accept?
Speaker 1: You know, this person is a Kenyan, proper Kenyan.
Speaker 1: That's how we talk.
Speaker 1: We meet somebody and say how are you doing?
Speaker 1: Ah, I'm doing fine, but I have problems.
Speaker 1: But you just said tell your neighbor that was a Kenyan.
Speaker 1: Your servant has nothing there at all, she said, except a small jar of olive oil.
Speaker 1: Elisha said go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars, don't just ask for a few.
Speaker 1: Begin to shift your mind from what you have to what God has, and God has what Abundance.
Speaker 1: Of course you know the rest of the story.
Speaker 1: This lady became the sole distributor of oil in that city and the Bible says that she was able to pay her debts and have enough to take care of her son.
Speaker 1: Now that's a widow.
Speaker 1: This end Now in verse 8.
Speaker 1: There's another lady.
Speaker 1: In verse 8 the Bible says this Same chapter.
Speaker 1: One day Elisha went where, to Shunem, and this time it is not a widow this time.
Speaker 1: It is what A well-to-do woman was there who asked him to stay.
Speaker 1: Not a widow this time.
Speaker 1: It is what A well-to-do woman was there who asked him to stay for a meal.
Speaker 1: So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat.
Speaker 1: She said to her husband I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God.
Speaker 1: Let's make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him.
Speaker 1: Then he can stay here whenever he comes to us.
Speaker 1: Then one day, when Elisha came, he went up to his room and lay down there.
Speaker 1: He said to his servant Gehazi, call the Shunammite.
Speaker 1: So he called her and she stood before him.
Speaker 1: Elisha said to her tell her, you have gone to all this trouble for us.
Speaker 1: Now what can be done for you?
Speaker 1: Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?
Speaker 1: She replied I have a home among my own people.
Speaker 1: What can be done for her?
Speaker 1: Elisha asked.
Speaker 1: Gehazi said she has no son and her husband is old.
Speaker 1: I don't know why they added that particular part and her husband is old.
Speaker 1: I don't know why they added that particular part.
Speaker 1: Pastor Simon, people need to edit the Bible.
Speaker 1: There are some statements they should just have said about her.
Speaker 1: Call her.
Speaker 1: So she called her.
Speaker 1: She stood in the doorway.
Speaker 1: Then listen to this promise.
Speaker 1: Elisha said about this time yes, you are so well to do, but there is something you need.
Speaker 1: You cannot buy, but God can give it to you.
Speaker 1: I'm talking to somebody right now in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: There's something you need that money cannot buy the widow.
Speaker 1: She needed money.
Speaker 1: She needed to bail out her children.
Speaker 1: The Shunammite had everything she needed, but she had no child.
Speaker 1: And Elisha says about this time next year, elisha said you will hold a son in your arms Now.
Speaker 1: See her mindset.
Speaker 1: She said no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Speaker 1: My lord, no, no.
Speaker 1: She objected.
Speaker 1: Please, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Speaker 1: Hey, she objected.
Speaker 1: Please, please, please, man of God, don't mislead your servant.
Speaker 1: But the woman became pregnant.
Speaker 1: My friend, you may doubt God's abundance, but it is coming your way.
Speaker 1: It is coming your way in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: This man of God is saying this that God will bless you, that God will open doors for you, that no man can shut this God who said to Noah come out and bring out the resources I put in there.
Speaker 1: God will bless you.
Speaker 1: This is the generous God we have.
Speaker 1: This is the heart of God.
Speaker 1: Who said I will bless you, the heavens will be open for you.
Speaker 1: This woman verse 17,.
Speaker 1: But the woman became pregnant Again the word.
Speaker 1: But things may be rough.
Speaker 1: But the woman became pregnant and the next year, about the same time, she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
Speaker 1: Tell your neighbor, god is the source.
Speaker 1: Whether you're a widow, god is the source.
Speaker 1: Tell them Whether you're well-to-do, god is the source.
Speaker 1: And Pastor Simon, in the middle of that situation, the widow was provided for, the well-to-do woman was provided for.
Speaker 1: And who else?
Speaker 1: Who else was in the mix?
Speaker 1: Say Elisha, you see, that's why we preach this gospel, so that when your needs are met, the church's needs are met.
Speaker 1: Somebody better give God a big hand, amen, amen.
Speaker 1: The churches needs are met.
Speaker 1: Somebody better give God a big hand, amen.
Speaker 1: But I want to say this about the seed Tell your neighbor the seed, you see, the seed that God has given us is our faith, you see, because our faith must activate the abundance of God.
Speaker 1: Let me say that one more time.
Speaker 1: Our faith must activate the abundance of God Unbelief.
Speaker 1: Let me say that one more time Our faith must activate the abundance of God Unbelief.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you this you can walk, sitting down and die even when God is passing next to you, if you don't activate your faith.
Speaker 1: You remember the story of Bartimaeus?
Speaker 1: You remember of Bartimaeus?
Speaker 1: You remember Bartimaeus was a blind man in Jericho and the Bible says Jesus was passing by.
Speaker 1: By the way, did Jesus know he's blind?
Speaker 1: Did he know that?
Speaker 1: But Jesus sees him sitting there, blind, and the Bible says Jesus passed by.
Speaker 1: Jesus was the ark with the supply, with everything that Bartimaeus needed.
Speaker 1: But Jesus passes by.
Speaker 1: And as he was passing by and people were making noises, bartimaeus asked who is passing by.
Speaker 1: And they said it is Jesus who is passing by.
Speaker 1: And Bartimaeus did not sit down and say yeah, I've heard of that man, he's a very interesting man.
Speaker 1: Did he say that?
Speaker 1: No, this guy realized if I don't say anything and if I don't stand up like Pastor Edith, my friend, this miracle is passing me by.
Speaker 1: The Bible says he began to shout.
Speaker 1: He activated his faith, he unlocked his blessing to the abundance of God.
Speaker 1: He started shouting Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me.
Speaker 1: Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me.
Speaker 1: And some characters tell your neighbor, there are characters who will stop you to your miracle.
Speaker 1: They said hey, hey, hey, hey, my friend, my friend, we're in church, we are in church.
Speaker 1: You should not make noises in church.
Speaker 1: One thing I like about this church is you make a lot of noise when you sing.
Speaker 1: One time there was a man who was coming to church with his son and while they were in the car they were making noises.
Speaker 1: They were talking to each other and then when he stopped at the parking, he got hold of his son and they were walking with the mother there, just talking nicely.
Speaker 1: When they entered the door into the church, the father started whispering to the mother.
Speaker 1: So what were you saying?
Speaker 1: Then the son asked hey, dad, why are you whispering?
Speaker 1: And the child says we are in God's house.
Speaker 1: And the child says where is he?
Speaker 1: Do you see how you can confuse children?
Speaker 1: I know sometimes we come to church.
Speaker 1: You are so happy out there.
Speaker 1: The moment you enter here, you start whispering hey, don't shout, just let's be quiet.
Speaker 1: When people are singing, you're not singing, but when Arsenal is playing Liverpool.
Speaker 1: My friend, you are shouting at the top of your voice.
Speaker 1: But you see, bartimaeus shouted and these people said don't shout, keep quiet, you are messing things up.
Speaker 1: And he kept on shouting, shouting and, thank God, as Jesus was walking around, he stopped.
Speaker 1: I'm saying may your shout stop Jesus.
Speaker 1: I'm saying may your shout stop Jesus, may your faith stop.
Speaker 1: Jesus, abundance is passing by and you're just quiet, my friend, activate your faith.
Speaker 1: Jesus, abundance is passing by and you're just quiet.
Speaker 1: My friend, activate your faith.
Speaker 1: Begin to say my God shall supply, my God shall supply.
Speaker 1: I don't have it now, but my God is here.
Speaker 1: My God will supply all my needs according to his riches and glory.
Speaker 1: Jesus stopped and then Jesus turned and he said call him.
Speaker 1: Guess, the characters who are stopping him said hey, hey, stand up, the master is calling you.
Speaker 1: So he goes to the master and Jesus asked him a very interesting question.
Speaker 1: He said what do you want me to do for you, pastor Simon?
Speaker 1: That is very strange, because Jesus knows he's blind, jesus knows he wants to see, but Jesus asks him.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you this if you don't activate your faith, the blessing may just pass you by, the Bible says, and without faith it is impossible to please God.
Speaker 1: For whoever drawn near to God must believe that he is and that he's a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.
Speaker 1: So Jesus looked at him and he says what do you want me to do?
Speaker 1: He says I want to see.
Speaker 1: And Jesus says go ahead, start seeing.
Speaker 1: Jesus released abundance in him.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you this Only Bartimaeus got a miracle.
Speaker 1: The characters who were with him were still spectators in this whole program, and yet abundance was passing them.
Speaker 1: I pray that this month of generosity, as we keep talking and declaring that you'll be beneficiaries Of God's generosity, receive that somebody in Jesus name.
Speaker 1: Receive that in Jesus name.
Speaker 1: How did Noah activate his faith?
Speaker 1: What was this seed that he planted?
Speaker 1: I want to read Genesis 8, verse 19 to 20.
Speaker 1: Tell your neighbor there's a seed, it's a seed of faith.
Speaker 1: The Bible says all the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds and everything that moves on the land came out of the ark, one kind after another.
Speaker 1: Then Noah did something.
Speaker 1: What did he do?
Speaker 1: He built the ark, one kind after another.
Speaker 1: Then Noah did something.
Speaker 1: What did he do?
Speaker 1: He built an ark, an altar.
Speaker 1: Sorry, he built an altar To who?
Speaker 1: To the Lord.
Speaker 1: And then he offered.
Speaker 1: What Burnt sacrifices.
Speaker 1: You know, pastor Simon Noah released his faith, built an altar of thanksgiving.
Speaker 1: The Bible says I will enter his courts with thanksgiving in my heart.
Speaker 1: I will enter his courts with praise.
Speaker 1: And let me tell you this one of the things that unblocks the abundance of God is when you have an altar of thanksgiving, when you have an altar of praise, when you start giving thanks to the living God, you unlock the blessings of God.
Speaker 1: You have an altar of praise.
Speaker 1: When you start giving thanks to the living God, you unlock the blessings of God.
Speaker 1: And I pray that you're going to learn how to unblock the blessings of God.
Speaker 1: The Bible says in Luke, chapter 6, verse 38, tell your neighbor it's time to give Hallelujah, to give thanks to the Lord.
Speaker 1: The Bible says in Luke 6.38, given, it will be given to you.
Speaker 1: A good measure.
Speaker 1: Press down, shaken together and running over will be poured into your lap, for with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Speaker 1: God really wants to give to you.
Speaker 1: And so, even though Noah had all this abundance, he still recognized the source by putting an altar of thanksgiving back to him.
Speaker 1: And I want to say this when God blesses you, remember to bless him.
Speaker 1: Remember to bless him.
Speaker 1: Create, create an altar of thanksgiving, hallelujah.
Speaker 1: The other day Pastor Simon, one of our members here, bought a matatu, these matatus, and he said, before the matatu goes on the road, he's going to bring it to church, that we may dedicate it.
Speaker 1: So the matatu came into church.
Speaker 1: Now you can imagine this gentleman would have continued driving this matatu without thinking about ah, why should I bring it to church?
Speaker 1: Not many matatus come here.
Speaker 1: Another time somebody brought a whole bus, these electrical buses, and I drove it.
Speaker 1: Tell your neighbor, pastor drove it and we dedicated it.
Speaker 1: I'm just told God, tell your neighbor, pastor drove it and we dedicated it.
Speaker 1: I'm just told God you have given.
Speaker 1: Now we give it back to you, bless it.
Speaker 1: So they came with a matatu here, myself, pastor Regan and JJ, we went and stepped into the matatu and just began to speak the blessing upon it and I believe, because of creating that altar of thanksgiving, that God is going to bless that gentleman, that Matatu will become another one.
Speaker 1: You know, some pastors would have said why Matatu, I don't bless Matatus, bring the machine, the machine, the Mercedes Benz, that is what we bless and then come with an offering.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you this Even if you came with a bicycle for Pastor Ambrose to bless it, we will bless it.
Speaker 1: We will bless it.
Speaker 1: We will bless it, jesus name.
Speaker 1: But did you know?
Speaker 1: I used to have a bicycle, and then what happened with it?
Speaker 1: It was stolen.
Speaker 1: Yeah, because it didn't have any number plates.
Speaker 1: So the police are still looking for it.
Speaker 1: I actually went to Parkland's police station and they were able to register that I had reported.
Speaker 1: Those are waters under the bridge.
Speaker 1: God has been a good God, one as if he were.
Speaker 1: But we blessed that matter too and created an altar of thanksgiving, released it to God, and we know that God will do exceedingly, abundantly, above what we ask or imagine.
Speaker 1: And Pastor Simon and I and other pastors of this church have had privileges.
Speaker 1: Where many of you have gotten houses, we have gone and dedicated the houses.
Speaker 1: Some of you have gotten office premises.
Speaker 1: We have come and blessed those office premises because we believe that there is nothing you get that did not come from God.
Speaker 1: So he put an altar.
Speaker 1: Go back now to Genesis, because I want to tie up this message.
Speaker 1: Genesis, chapter 8, verse 19.
Speaker 1: Let me read verse 20.
Speaker 1: In verse 20 he says this Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals, clean birds, he sacrificed bountiful rings on it.
Speaker 1: And then the Bible says the Lord received it, the.
Speaker 1: And then the Bible says the Lord received it.
Speaker 1: The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma.
Speaker 1: You know God loves your gifts.
Speaker 1: God loves your gifts, so don't think it is too small.
Speaker 1: God loves your gift.
Speaker 1: And God was so excited.
Speaker 1: God smelled it.
Speaker 1: And then God released a blessing, god released a command in an amazing way.
Speaker 1: Let me talk about Job.
Speaker 1: Tell your neighbor Job, job had been given so much by God, but the devil took it away.
Speaker 1: But let me tell you this God gave an instruction of how Job could get that abundance restored.
Speaker 1: So in Job 42, the Bible says this God speaking to the friends of Job, in verse 8.
Speaker 1: The Bible says this as I read Job 42, verse 8.
Speaker 1: So now he's now talking to the friends of Job.
Speaker 1: He's saying you have done very wrong, but I want you to do something.
Speaker 1: So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves.
Speaker 1: My servant Job will pray for you and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly.
Speaker 1: You have not spoken the truth about me as my servant.
Speaker 1: Job has so Eliphaz the Temanite, bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Namathite.
Speaker 1: But now see what happened to Job, verse 10.
Speaker 1: After Job had prayed for his friends, something amazing happened.
Speaker 1: Something amazing happened the Lord restored and gave him twice as much as he had before.
Speaker 1: God is the source.
Speaker 1: God wants you to release the seed of faith and when you do that, god will release the supply.
Speaker 1: There is a source, there is a seed, there is a supply, and in this supply it was so much Let me finish reading that verse it was so much, it was such a blessing.
Speaker 1: It says this in verse 11.
Speaker 1: Not only was Job blessed, his family showed up.
Speaker 1: Now, if you read the whole book of Job, the family never showed up.
Speaker 1: Until this point, let me tell you this.
Speaker 1: Until this point, let me tell you this when you get rich, all the people will show up at your door.
Speaker 1: All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house.
Speaker 1: They comforted Next verse they comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the Lord had brought on him and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
Speaker 1: The Lord blessed the latter part of Job's life more than the former part.
Speaker 1: He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, 1,000 donkeys, and he had also had seven sons and three daughters.
Speaker 1: God restored the first daughter he named Jemima, the second, kezia, and the third Karen Hapuch.
Speaker 1: Nowhere this is now bonus nowhere in all the land were there found women.
Speaker 1: Thank you Jesus.
Speaker 1: In all the land where they are found women, thank you Jesus.
Speaker 1: Tell your neighbor.
Speaker 1: God always has a bonus.
Speaker 1: Hallelujah.
Speaker 1: Nowhere in all the land where they are found women as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance, along with their brothers.
Speaker 1: After this, job lived 140 years, so God will give you years to enjoy the blessing in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: So tell your neighbor.
Speaker 1: There's a source, there's a seed and there's a supply.
Speaker 1: You see, what God is doing about the supply is this God is lifting the limitation.
Speaker 1: God said I will no longer cast the ground again.
Speaker 1: You know, some of us are trying to rise.
Speaker 1: It's like you are in a car room.
Speaker 1: You're trying to rise.
Speaker 1: Every time you rise you hit your head at the ceiling.
Speaker 1: So you go back.
Speaker 1: You try again, you go back.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you this God is your head at the ceiling, so you go back.
Speaker 1: You try again, you go back.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you this God is going to remove the ceiling and you're going to rise and you're going through that roof.
Speaker 1: In this season, in this time, somebody better receive it.
Speaker 1: There are some of you who are in this cycle, you know.
Speaker 1: Have some of you ever experienced that you are so close to success, so close Just when you are just about to succeed?
Speaker 1: It is gone.
Speaker 1: You have a business, that deal is going so well.
Speaker 1: When you are just about to engage, people turn their phones off.
Speaker 1: Nothing seems work.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you this God is about to break that cycle.
Speaker 1: We are breaking that cycle today, in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: We're breaking that cycle in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: Yes, god does not want you to walk around crouching.
Speaker 1: God wants you to stand up straight.
Speaker 1: God wants you to accelerate.
Speaker 1: God wants you to succeed.
Speaker 1: Why?
Speaker 1: Because God wants you to give him the glory.
Speaker 1: There are some of you got blessed and you took the glory.
Speaker 1: Hello, hello.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you this Every blessing God gives to Parklands Baptist Church comes from God, and who should receive the glory.
Speaker 1: God should receive the glory, amen.
Speaker 1: The blessing that our four ladies who went to Angola received.
Speaker 1: They did not qualify for anything, it just landed in their laps.
Speaker 1: Something is about to land on your lap In Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: You may not qualify, but God will qualify you.
Speaker 1: I'm saying God will qualify you In Jesus' name and so when God blesses you, find an opportunity to glorify him, find an opportunity to bless him, and it will get back to you, pressed down, shaken together and running over.
Speaker 1: Let me finish by just giving you this verse, because God is about to bless you.
Speaker 1: He's going to lift up the limits, he's going to activate possibilities for you and he's going to download resources for you.
Speaker 1: The worship team was singing this song Don't give up on God.
Speaker 1: He has not given up on you.
Speaker 1: He's more than able.
Speaker 1: Let me say that one more time Don't give up on God.
Speaker 1: He has not given up on you.
Speaker 1: Guess what?
Speaker 1: He is more than able.
Speaker 1: I don't know what that situation is, but you're breaking able.
Speaker 1: I don't know what that situation is, but you're breaking through.
Speaker 1: I don't know what that challenge is, but the lead is about to be lifted up In Jesus' name, hallelujah.
Speaker 1: That court case that is giving you sleepless nights.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you this you are about to be favored.
Speaker 1: God is about to turn that situation around.
Speaker 1: God is good, god is good.
Speaker 1: God is so good.
Speaker 1: May you enjoy that goodness.
Speaker 1: Come on, let's give God a big, big, big hand.
Speaker 1: The verse I wanted to read before we pray is Isaiah 61, verse 5 to 7.
Speaker 1: And maybe this is somebody's portion today, because God will supply for you.
Speaker 1: The Bible says this Isaiah 61.
Speaker 1: It says strangers will shepherd your flocks.
Speaker 1: People you don't know are about to connect with you.
Speaker 1: Other Bible says foreigners, but here it talks strangers will shepherd your flocks.
Speaker 1: Foreigners, just go back.
Speaker 1: Foreigners will walk your fields.
Speaker 1: Tell your neighbor, I hope you have a field.
Speaker 1: Foreigners will walk your fields and vineyards.
Speaker 1: Look at verse 6.
Speaker 1: And you'll be called priests of the Lord.
Speaker 1: You'll be named ministers of our God.
Speaker 1: Look at verse 7, verse 6.
Speaker 1: You will feed on the wealth of the nations and in their riches you will boast.
Speaker 1: Instead of your shame, you will receive a double portion.
Speaker 1: Somebody better receive that, better receive that.
Speaker 1: Amen, and this is not a suggestion, this is a promise.
Speaker 1: God is saying this is for you and instead of disgrace, you will rejoice in your inheritance Verse 7, and so you will inherit a double portion in your land and everlasting joy will be yours.
Speaker 1: You better receive it.
Speaker 1: Better receive it.
Speaker 1: Tell your neighbor.
Speaker 1: I'm going to have a testimony In Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, double portion.
Speaker 1: Can you imagine this?
Speaker 1: Is God speaking to you.
Speaker 1: Oh, but you know, ambrose.
Speaker 1: You know we are on this planet and you know, if God gives me a double portion he knows very well I will backslide.
Speaker 1: You backslide Me.
Speaker 1: I'm not backsliding Hallelujah, you backslide if you want to backslide Me.
Speaker 1: I'm not backsliding Hallelujah.
Speaker 1: You backslide if you want to backslide.
Speaker 1: But I'm telling you me, I will boast in God, I will celebrate God, I will go from one degree of glory to another Hallelujah.
Speaker 1: And for those God knows will backslide, god does not send anything to them Just to save them.
Speaker 1: Just to save them.
Speaker 1: You know some of you.
Speaker 1: God cannot give you a Mercedes Benz.
Speaker 1: He knows very well that day he gives you a Mercedes Benz, that's the day you'll stop coming to church.
Speaker 1: Hello, you'll just be passing.
Speaker 1: Wayaki way, wah, chiroma way.
Speaker 1: Have you ever met those racing cars in that night?
Speaker 1: God knows that is you and he's planning not to give you that Mercedes-Benz.
Speaker 1: But let me tell you this there are some of you.
Speaker 1: God knows that if he gives you that Mercedes-Benz, you will come to church.
Speaker 1: You will bring your family.
Speaker 1: Do you know?
Speaker 1: There are some husbands who do not allow their wives to touch their car.
Speaker 1: They're the ones who wash their car.
Speaker 1: They're the ones who wash their cars.
Speaker 1: They're the ones who shine their cars.
Speaker 1: They look at themselves in the mirror, then they drive the car.
Speaker 1: Their children and their wives cannot drive that car.
Speaker 1: That guy is a candidate of God taking that car away Quickly.
Speaker 1: Somebody is saying by the way, pastor, you should know my wife, if she gets that car, she will.
Speaker 1: You know, something happens with women when they're reversing their brains.
Speaker 1: I don't know what happens.
Speaker 1: So this nice Mercedes, they reverse and suddenly you hear go.
Speaker 1: Then they think it's somebody else's.
Speaker 1: Then the husbands come out and say what has happened, darling, the car just went away from me One time as I pray.
Speaker 1: There was a time I had a Subaru Legacy and it was quite new.
Speaker 1: And at that time as I pray, there was a time I had a Subaru Legacy and it was quite new, and at that time Martha decided to drive it and something happened.
Speaker 1: So Martha comes into the house very alarmed.
Speaker 1: Pastor, pastor Me.
Speaker 1: I was nearly shocked.
Speaker 1: I said what, the car.
Speaker 1: I said what?
Speaker 1: Which car?
Speaker 1: The car.
Speaker 1: Someone wondering what just happened.
Speaker 1: He says said what, which car?
Speaker 1: The car?
Speaker 1: Someone was wondering what just happened.
Speaker 1: He said what happened.
Speaker 1: You just come and see.
Speaker 1: Come, come and see.
Speaker 1: So I thought the car was demolished.
Speaker 1: I walked out to the parking lot.
Speaker 1: I said where, where?
Speaker 1: Where?
Speaker 1: She showed me the bumper A small bump.
Speaker 1: She nearly died.
Speaker 1: I said, mother, that is A small bump.
Speaker 1: She nearly died.
Speaker 1: I said, martha, that is a small thing, that's a small thing.
Speaker 1: I hope there are husbands here who can say that is a small thing.
Speaker 1: And, by the way, martha bumped that calf several times.
Speaker 1: But you know, you take those things to the garage and they make them.
Speaker 1: So tell your neighbor enjoy abundance and serve God at the same time.
Speaker 1: Tell your neighbor that's my portion In Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: Did you get that?
Speaker 1: Now you better give God a big hand and tell him thank you, thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus.
Speaker 1: So, husbands, don't panic, don't panic, don't panic.
Speaker 1: God is able.
Speaker 1: This is what some husbands have done.
Speaker 1: Don't panic, don't panic.
Speaker 1: God is able.
Speaker 1: This is what some husbands have done.
Speaker 1: They buy themselves a very nice car and then they buy their wives a third second-hand car and say you drive that one, you can bang it, you can do whatever you want.
Speaker 1: That is your portion, but this one is mine.
Speaker 1: God wants to bless you with good things.
Speaker 1: I'm saying God wants to bless you with good things.
Speaker 1: I know there's somebody in that section in the next few months God is going to give him a Mercedes, so receive it.
Speaker 1: Somebody is saying Come on, stand up on your feet.
Speaker 1: God is good.
Speaker 1: Uplifted kingdom supply.
Speaker 1: What were the three things?
Speaker 1: Number one the source.
Speaker 1: Number two Number three this is your month.
Speaker 1: Begin to open up the capacity of your mind to receive the blessings of God and when you receive it, be generous as you have been given.
Speaker 1: Also, do what Give, and may the Lord richly bless you.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you this Just the way God cared about the widow and the Shunammite woman and Elijah Elisha, god cares about you, no matter what section of the economy you are in, whether you are in business, whether you are in the career employed, or whether you don't have a job.
Speaker 1: You're in business, whether you're in the career employed, or whether you don't have a job, you're a student.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you this God is not limited to reaching out to you exactly where you are.
Speaker 1: Some of us have burdens of debts and those debts are really killing you.
Speaker 1: But today I want to say this as I pray May the Lord lift that burden.
Speaker 1: May the Lord lift that burden.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, bona Sifu, thank you.
Speaker 1: This is my house.
Speaker 1: This is my house, baba Pokeha, baba Pokeha, baba Pokeha, baba Pokeha.
Speaker 1: Father, we thank you, we bless you.
Speaker 1: Why don't you take a moment where you're standing and just thank God?
Speaker 1: You have something to thank God for.
Speaker 1: Thank God for life that you're alive today.
Speaker 1: Thank God for family.
Speaker 1: Thank God for your business, thank God for your work, thank God for your health.
Speaker 1: Thank God even for the little that you have, because God will multiply to abundance.
Speaker 1: Father, thank youante, yes, thank you, lord.
Speaker 1: Thank you that you're the Lord who supplies all our needs according to your riches in glory.
Speaker 1: Thank you that also in a time of sorrow and mourning, you are generous with your comfort and with the strength that you give us.
Speaker 1: Lord, even in this time when we are remembering Pastor Oshira, thank you for the generosity of your comfort and your peace and your strength.
Speaker 1: Lord, thank you for loving each one of us.
Speaker 1: Enable us to enlarge our capacity to receive from God.
Speaker 1: You blessed Noah and you said that from now, seed time and harvest will never cease.
Speaker 1: I want to pray for somebody this afternoon that your seed time and harvest will never cease.
Speaker 1: You'll always have something to plant.
Speaker 1: You'll always have something to reap that, as you sow, you shall reap.
Speaker 1: As you sow bountifully.
Speaker 1: May you reap bountifully and may you remember your source, because God is your source.
Speaker 1: Remember to plant, put an altar of thanksgiving, an altar of remembering God, and as you do that, god will smell the aroma of your sacrifice and God will release a command of favor and blessing upon you that it will be unstoppable.
Speaker 1: Father, we thank you.
Speaker 1: Dear Lord, I pray for my brothers and sisters who are standing, some of them in business, and some of their businesses are not doing very well.
Speaker 1: There are some who are employed and some of them have been stuck at their job for many years without a promotion.
Speaker 1: There are some who have worked but have never been paid.
Speaker 1: Dear Lord, I pray that this month of April will be a turning point, will be a turning point.
Speaker 1: That which is owed them will be paid, that which is due will come through and, dear Lord, that they will be able to pay their debts and have something to live for themselves and their children.
Speaker 1: My God, as you remember Noah, may you remember us.
Speaker 1: As you remember Job, remember us.
Speaker 1: As you remember the widow, remember us the Shunammite woman.
Speaker 1: Remember us Elisha, the man of God.
Speaker 1: Remember us, lord.
Speaker 1: Nothing is too hard for you.
Speaker 1: And so, jehovah, god, by faith, we activate and release our faith to your abundance, and we now receive the abundance of God into our lives.
Speaker 1: This afternoon, we receive your miracle, we receive your blessing, we receive your favor.
Speaker 1: If you believe that, you better say it is my portion and there's nothing the devil can do about it.
Speaker 1: Now give God a big hand and just tell him thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, amen.
Speaker 1: Are you glad you came?
Speaker 1: Give your neighbor a high five and tell them thank you for coming.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, I want to speak a blessing upon us as I release us and let me say this as we walk into this week, have a spirit of expectancy, expect something, expect God to come through.
Speaker 1: In fact, expect him this afternoon, in the next hour.
Speaker 1: May God come through for you in Jesus name, amen.
Speaker 1: Expect him this afternoon, in the next hour.
Speaker 1: May God come through for you In Jesus' name, amen.
Speaker 1: Faith is an expectation of things hoped for, being convinced of things you have not seen and some of you, god is going to surprise you In the next one hour.
Speaker 1: God will just cause things to shift for you in a mighty way.
Speaker 1: In a mighty way, amen.
Speaker 1: So let me release us by the way.
Speaker 1: Put your hand down.
Speaker 1: Just one more statement Tell your neighbor this week be generous, amen.
Speaker 1: Now say it the other way around.
Speaker 1: Tell your neighbor this week I will be generous, but tell them don't take advantage of me.
Speaker 1: I can just feel it in my spirit that something is going to happen to somebody in the next 60 minutes, 60 minutes.
Speaker 1: Next one up, something good is coming your way, because God is a good God.
Speaker 1: So start smiling, start celebrating, start giving God a shout and expect a miracle.
Speaker 1: Expect a miracle, amen.
Speaker 1: Now, some of you, sometimes your faith, is so small that all you experience is this Heaven is trying to download, but there's no network.
Speaker 1: Tell your neighbor, you better have network.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, amen.
Speaker 1: Receive the blessing, father.
Speaker 1: Lift up your hands now.
Speaker 1: Father, thank you so much.
Speaker 1: This day has been an amazing day, the 14th day of the fourth month, 2024.
Speaker 1: Lord, may your blessings align to each one of us, that, as we walk into this, out of this sanctuary, those in the pavilion, those online and those right here in house will align themselves to the abundance of God and the testimonies will begin to rush into our space in ways we cannot imagine.
Speaker 1: And so, lord, as I bless your people, I declare this to them now.
Speaker 1: May the Lord bless you.
Speaker 1: May the Lord make His face to shine upon you.
Speaker 1: May the Lord be gracious to you.
Speaker 1: May the Lord do you good this day and this week.
Speaker 1: May the Lord cause His countenance to be lifted upon you.
Speaker 1: I decree and declare to you that your Monday is blessed, your Tuesday is blessed, your Wednesday is blessed, your Thursday is blessed, your Friday is blessed, your Saturday is blessed.
Speaker 1: Sunday, you better come back with a testimony, because it is your portion in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: In Jesus name, in Jesus name, your family is blessed.
Speaker 1: You're blessed when you come in.
Speaker 1: You're blessed when you go out.
Speaker 1: You're blessed locally.
Speaker 1: You're blessed internationally, you're blessed.
Speaker 1: The work of your hands is blessed and all glory goes back to God.
Speaker 1: If you believe that you better.
Speaker 1: Better say I receive it.
Speaker 1: It is my portion In the now.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: Now look at your neighbor.
Speaker 1: Tell your neighbor, surely goodness and mercy shall follow you all the days of your life and you shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever and ever.
Speaker 1: You are blessed to be a blessing.
Speaker 1: You are favored to be favorable.
Speaker 1: You are lifted to lift others up.
Speaker 1: This is your portion and it is sealed and the devil cannot tamper with it.
Speaker 1: In Jesus name, amen, amen, amen and now.
Speaker 1: May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us now and forevermore.
Speaker 1: Amen.
Speaker 1: Have a great week, shalom.