WEBVTT 00:00:00.522 --> 00:00:01.967 2 Timothy 1.6 says this. 00:00:01.967 --> 00:00:18.129 For this reason, I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 00:00:18.129 --> 00:00:23.525 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me or his prisoner. 00:00:23.525 --> 00:00:27.018 Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel. 00:00:27.018 --> 00:00:37.966 By the power of God, he has saved us and called us to a holy life, not because of anything we have done, but because of his own purpose and grace. 00:00:37.966 --> 00:00:52.526 This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. 00:00:52.526 --> 00:00:58.347 And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher. 00:00:58.347 --> 00:01:06.260 That is why I am suffering as I am, yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, because I know whom I have believed. 00:01:06.260 --> 00:01:08.828 I know whom I have believed. 00:01:08.828 --> 00:01:17.227 I know whom I have believed and I'm convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day. 00:01:17.227 --> 00:01:24.709 What you heard from me keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. 00:01:24.709 --> 00:01:28.069 Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you. 00:01:28.069 --> 00:01:32.725 Guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us. 00:01:32.725 --> 00:01:35.046 This is God's word and God's people say Amen. 00:01:35.046 --> 00:01:42.359 We may be seated in God's presence as we make a short prayer. 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:57.971 Father, anoint your word, anoint our hearts, give insight to our minds that we may know what your will is for us today, that we may serve you with knowledge and understanding. 00:01:57.971 --> 00:02:10.050 Wherever all the people are, holy Spirit rest upon them in a very special way because we have prayed in Jesus' name and God's people say Holy Spirit rest upon them in a very special way because we have prayed in Jesus' name and God's people say Amen. 00:02:10.050 --> 00:02:18.614 Let me take this opportunity to let you know that we have a great theme in 2025. 00:02:20.820 --> 00:02:29.632 We are going to be talking about Timothy and who Timothy was, and the first time we meet Timothy is in the book of Acts, chapter 16. 00:02:29.632 --> 00:02:33.170 Let me read those few verses and then we'll come to this passage. 00:02:33.170 --> 00:02:37.009 The Bible says in Acts 16.1,. 00:02:37.009 --> 00:02:54.646 Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was what Jewish and a believer, but whose father was a Greek. 00:02:54.646 --> 00:03:00.705 The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him, so people spoke well about him. 00:03:00.705 --> 00:03:13.025 Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was Greek. 00:03:14.985 --> 00:03:19.406 Look at your neighbor and tell your neighbor God uses common people for uncommon things. 00:03:19.406 --> 00:03:23.395 God uses common people for uncommon things. 00:03:23.395 --> 00:03:23.840 This is Timothy. 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:32.890 So in 2 Timothy, chapter 1, when now Paul is writing to Timothy, this is what he says 2 Timothy, chapter 1 gives out the lineage of this young man. 00:03:32.890 --> 00:03:36.168 The Bible says this in 2 Timothy, chapter 1. 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:43.174 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus. 00:03:43.174 --> 00:03:49.989 Then he says to Timothy my dear son, now remember they had just met in Acts 16. 00:03:49.989 --> 00:03:52.608 Paul was already in ministry by that time. 00:03:52.608 --> 00:03:58.169 God was going to open a door into Europe and bring the gospel through Macedonia. 00:03:58.169 --> 00:04:06.149 But he met this young man and I want you to know that there are certain meetings that open uncommon situations in our lives. 00:04:06.149 --> 00:04:12.573 Then he says to him grace, mercy and peace from God, the Father, and Christ Jesus, our Lord. 00:04:12.573 --> 00:04:20.449 And he says I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience. 00:04:20.449 --> 00:04:26.721 As night and day, I constantly remember you in my prayers, recalling your tears. 00:04:26.721 --> 00:04:29.446 I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. 00:04:29.446 --> 00:04:32.500 I am reminded of your sincere faith. 00:04:32.500 --> 00:04:37.023 It talks about this faith that, when Paul met him, paul cognized. 00:04:37.023 --> 00:04:38.067 That faith, he says. 00:04:38.067 --> 00:04:52.629 I'm reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in who, your grandmother Lois, and in your, your grandmother Lois, and in your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded now lives in you also. 00:04:52.629 --> 00:04:55.406 So there was this ancestry. 00:04:55.406 --> 00:05:09.122 That is why we thank God for family service, pastor Simon, when we have our parents, when we have our children, because we know that something can shift in a service like this for our children and totally change the trajectory of their lives. 00:05:10.887 --> 00:05:23.987 Grandmothers, you know, somebody says a lot of people's faith, nearly 90% of young people's faith, or the faith of people, not even young people, those who have grown up. 00:05:23.987 --> 00:05:29.267 Their faith was either ignited by their mother or their grandmother. 00:05:29.267 --> 00:05:34.091 Let's celebrate the grandmothers in the house, amen. 00:05:34.091 --> 00:05:41.482 By the way, if there are any grandmothers in the house, just stand up because we want to remember these grandmothers. 00:05:41.482 --> 00:05:48.218 Wakina, lois, amen, amen, amen, amen, amen, amen. 00:05:48.218 --> 00:05:51.247 By the way, there's a grandmother here. 00:05:51.247 --> 00:05:54.466 Actually, her name is Lois, so Lois, just stand. 00:05:54.466 --> 00:05:55.682 Beatrice. 00:05:55.682 --> 00:05:58.322 Okay, grandmother, these are grandmothers. 00:05:58.322 --> 00:05:59.687 Let's celebrate these grandmothers. 00:05:59.687 --> 00:06:04.541 Amen. 00:06:04.541 --> 00:06:05.144 God bless you. 00:06:05.144 --> 00:06:08.586 May God give you many years and may you touch many more lives. 00:06:08.586 --> 00:06:10.721 So we see, timothy. 00:06:10.742 --> 00:06:17.127 Timothy faith started with grandmother to mother, to him the same precious faith. 00:06:17.127 --> 00:06:22.232 And that is when, in verse 6 of this, now he starts to talk to him. 00:06:22.232 --> 00:06:34.968 He says for this reason, this reason of what you've been carrying, for this reason, I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 00:06:34.968 --> 00:06:38.129 So Paul says there's a time I also connected with you. 00:06:38.129 --> 00:06:41.247 There was a grandmother, there was a mother. 00:06:41.247 --> 00:06:42.966 Then you walked in that faith. 00:06:42.966 --> 00:06:50.028 Then, in Acts 16, I met you and somewhere in between there, paul laid his hands on him and something shifted. 00:06:50.028 --> 00:06:51.903 That's what we call an impartation. 00:06:51.903 --> 00:07:10.170 And I want to say that, in Jesus' name, on January the 25th, as you come for the anointing service, let me tell you this Something will shift because there will be an impartation, there will be a release, something will shift Because there will be an impartation, there will be a release, something will shift totally in your life, and many great things are going to happen for you in 2025. 00:07:11.740 --> 00:07:20.769 He says for the spirit God gives us does not make us what Timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 00:07:20.769 --> 00:07:27.331 Hallelujah, this is not the year to be timid, this is not the year to be fearful. 00:07:27.331 --> 00:07:30.326 This is the year to be bold, but we need the Spirit. 00:07:30.326 --> 00:07:32.783 We need the Spirit. 00:07:32.783 --> 00:07:35.744 That's why we are talking about being Spirit led. 00:07:35.744 --> 00:07:41.185 And, by the way, pastor Simon, the word Holy Spirit is an important word. 00:07:41.185 --> 00:07:47.230 Holy Spirit because that word Holy means uncommon, it means separated. 00:07:47.230 --> 00:08:02.747 There are many spirits, there are angelic spirits, there are demonic spirits, there are all kinds of spirits, but there is one Holy Spirit, the uncommon spirit, the Spirit of God himself. 00:08:02.747 --> 00:08:08.745 And so we want to be Spirit-led so that we can experience importation by that Spirit. 00:08:08.745 --> 00:08:19.848 And I want to encourage and really thank God for those who were able to buy the theme vision Our book last Sunday and are beginning to read it and are beginning to find out what is it all about. 00:08:19.848 --> 00:08:25.485 I want to encourage you to read it, write the vision down that those who read it may run with it. 00:08:26.942 --> 00:08:38.014 I was challenging the pastors in the first service that I've given them an assignment that they are supposed to read the theme vision and finish it on the 31st of January, hallelujah. 00:08:38.014 --> 00:08:46.567 So if you meet any pastor on the 31st of January, hallelujah, hallelujah, ask them. 00:08:46.567 --> 00:08:48.220 So if you meet any pastor on the 31st of January, hallelujah, ask them. 00:08:48.220 --> 00:08:51.320 Have you finished the theme vision? 00:08:51.320 --> 00:08:56.688 And if the spirit of lying shows up, that's not the right spirit. 00:08:56.688 --> 00:08:58.666 Now we want the pastors to read it. 00:08:58.666 --> 00:09:02.447 I'm challenging them to read it, but I also want to challenge the deacons to read it. 00:09:02.447 --> 00:09:06.106 I'm not telling them to read it by 31st of January, but I also want to challenge the deacons to read it. 00:09:06.106 --> 00:09:14.823 I'm not telling them to read it by 31st of January, but I want them to read it so that the leaders are able to lead the sheep, not the sheep leading the shepherd. 00:09:16.730 --> 00:09:18.841 Hallelujah, read it. 00:09:18.841 --> 00:09:27.371 Understand it, read it, know the vision, because, as leaders, we are the ones who need to know these things. 00:09:27.371 --> 00:09:31.272 You have a lot of time. 00:09:31.272 --> 00:09:44.956 Don't start saying oh, I'm in ministry, my friend, I'm in work, hallelujah, work is here To know the word of God. 00:09:44.956 --> 00:09:47.245 Do you know the qualification of deacons? 00:09:47.245 --> 00:09:49.070 The Bible says this. 00:09:49.070 --> 00:09:50.866 Let me read it to them because they might have forgotten. 00:09:52.620 --> 00:09:56.991 Second, I think 1 Timothy, chapter 8, chapter 3, verse 8. 00:09:56.991 --> 00:09:59.369 Let me read it for them All right. 00:09:59.369 --> 00:10:02.586 The Bible says this Very quickly. 00:10:02.586 --> 00:10:10.404 In the same way, deacons but you see, the same way means he had already talked about the pastors. 00:10:10.404 --> 00:10:12.923 So he says I've talked about the pastors. 00:10:12.923 --> 00:10:17.571 But in the same way, deacons are to be worthy of what Respect? 00:10:17.571 --> 00:10:27.129 It doesn't mean that they need to look to be respected, they mean to be worthy of respect Sincere. 00:10:27.129 --> 00:10:29.494 Thank you, jesus. 00:10:29.494 --> 00:10:32.027 That word sincere is a very important word. 00:10:32.027 --> 00:10:49.494 Kitamba, when they used to make clay pots, when they were finished they took it to somebody who brought the clay pot into the light and if the light showed a crack inside, the pot was not sincere, hello. 00:10:49.494 --> 00:10:51.325 So they had to rework it. 00:10:52.220 --> 00:10:56.424 Deacons to be sincere, not indulging in much wine. 00:10:56.424 --> 00:11:00.369 But you see, that can be misleading because it means if it is not much wine, it can also be little. 00:11:00.369 --> 00:11:10.028 I don't know what Paul meant, so I'm not going to interpret that. 00:11:10.028 --> 00:11:13.183 Indulging in much wine. 00:11:13.183 --> 00:11:18.307 So don't be drunkards and not pursuing dishonest gain. 00:11:18.307 --> 00:11:23.826 Then it says this they must keep hold of the deep truths of faith. 00:11:23.826 --> 00:11:25.000 Keep hold of the deep truths of faith. 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:28.726 Keep hold of the deep truths of faith with a clear conscience. 00:11:28.726 --> 00:11:32.048 They must first be tested. 00:11:32.048 --> 00:11:37.208 Then, if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons. 00:11:37.208 --> 00:11:39.466 Thank you Jesus. 00:11:40.561 --> 00:11:44.304 I'll not talk about the rest, because in the next verse it says in the same way, just go. 00:11:44.304 --> 00:11:45.658 Says In the same way Just go back. 00:11:45.658 --> 00:11:51.585 In the same way, the women Now these women are the women of the deacons. 00:11:51.585 --> 00:11:53.929 Thank you Jesus. 00:11:53.929 --> 00:12:10.671 Somebody says In the same way the women Are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers, but temperate and trustworthy in how many things. 00:12:10.671 --> 00:12:20.345 And then it says a deacon must be faithful to his wife, not wives. 00:12:20.345 --> 00:12:22.966 Thank you Jesus. 00:12:22.966 --> 00:12:25.527 Do I hear an amen from the wives? 00:12:25.527 --> 00:12:30.303 But I don't know why I have gone here. 00:12:30.303 --> 00:12:37.927 A deacon must be faithful to his wife and must manage his children and his household well. 00:12:37.927 --> 00:12:45.807 Those who have served well gain an excellent standing and great assurance in their faith in Christ Jesus. 00:12:50.544 --> 00:12:55.230 Get this theme and read it Hallelujah. 00:12:55.230 --> 00:12:59.464 I would have gone back to the pastors, but I'll not go there. 00:12:59.464 --> 00:13:00.609 I think I'll go there another day. 00:13:00.609 --> 00:13:01.216 So if you are sitting next to a deacon, tell that deacon. 00:13:01.216 --> 00:13:02.126 Did you hear the another day? 00:13:02.126 --> 00:13:04.292 So if you are sitting next to a deacon, tell that deacon. 00:13:04.292 --> 00:13:18.548 Did you hear, thank God, that the chairman of the pastors and deacons board is here, and this is something you have to keep reading every day as deacons, because that's your job description. 00:13:18.548 --> 00:13:27.650 There's nothing in that job description that tells you that deacons should make sure that the gate has not fallen. 00:13:27.650 --> 00:13:32.471 You're not created to cause issues of gates, issues of parking. 00:13:32.471 --> 00:13:34.443 Your life is people. 00:13:34.443 --> 00:13:40.466 Hallelujah, and I want to tell you this. 00:13:40.466 --> 00:13:43.969 I'm not saying this because these deacons are not up to the game. 00:13:43.969 --> 00:13:45.657 These deacons are up to the game, but I'm not saying this because these deacons are not up to the game. 00:13:45.657 --> 00:13:52.909 These deacons are up to the game, but I'm talking to them themselves so that they can give that leadership and give it well in 2025. 00:13:55.017 --> 00:13:57.464 Pastors, you know your portion because it is in there. 00:13:57.464 --> 00:14:03.273 You also must be a husband of one wife. 00:14:03.273 --> 00:14:07.649 Hallelujah, hallelujah, and I'm serious. 00:14:07.649 --> 00:14:19.216 If God is going to take us to any level, we must know what the scriptures are saying and follow them. 00:14:19.216 --> 00:14:20.159 But read the theme vision. 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:23.856 It is clear, because everything we need to know about life is in the Bible. 00:14:23.856 --> 00:14:26.715 We don't have to read a true magazine to find out how we should know how to live. 00:14:26.715 --> 00:14:27.210 It's in the Bible. 00:14:27.210 --> 00:14:30.211 We don't have to read a true magazine to find out how we should know how to live. 00:14:30.211 --> 00:14:32.181 This is in the Bible, and so the Holy Spirit will guide us. 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:41.163 And Timothy had this faith from grandmother to mother, to himself, and then Paul ignited it and caused it to come aflame. 00:14:41.163 --> 00:14:42.640 And this is your season. 00:14:42.640 --> 00:14:50.000 Tell your neighbor, this season is my season, and so he was telling you. 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:53.967 If you have a spirit, the spirit of power, love and a sound mind, so the spirit will lead you. 00:14:53.967 --> 00:14:56.602 And I want to say three things about this spirit. 00:14:56.602 --> 00:15:01.285 Number one we are going to talk about the spirit of discovery. 00:15:01.285 --> 00:15:04.520 Number two, the spirit of understanding. 00:15:04.520 --> 00:15:05.383 And number three, the spirit of discovery. 00:15:05.383 --> 00:15:06.205 Number two, the spirit of understanding. 00:15:06.205 --> 00:15:07.908 And number three, the spirit of possibilities. 00:15:07.908 --> 00:15:09.270 Tell your neighbor. 00:15:09.270 --> 00:15:19.854 Spirit of discovery, spirit of understanding, spirit of possibilities. 00:15:21.070 --> 00:15:22.139 Let me start with the spirit of discovery. 00:15:22.139 --> 00:15:31.149 Jeremiah 29, verse 11 and 13, says this about having that spirit of discovery, for I know the plans I have for you. 00:15:31.149 --> 00:15:34.528 Declares the Lord plans to prosper you. 00:15:34.528 --> 00:15:37.938 Now we need to know that God is going to prosper us in 2025. 00:15:37.938 --> 00:15:41.826 Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. 00:15:41.826 --> 00:15:45.427 Plans to give you hope and a future. 00:15:45.427 --> 00:15:56.500 Then verse 29 says the next verse says then you will call on me and come and pray to me and guess what I will do, what I will listen to you. 00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:58.743 Then the Bible says you will seek me. 00:15:58.743 --> 00:16:00.422 That's the spirit of discovery. 00:16:00.422 --> 00:16:03.285 You will seek me and find me. 00:16:03.285 --> 00:16:07.004 When you seek me with all your heart. 00:16:07.004 --> 00:16:15.344 It says in verse 14, I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back from captivity. 00:16:15.344 --> 00:16:17.129 I will gather you from all the nations. 00:16:17.129 --> 00:16:24.889 And I want to say this, pastor Simon, that many of us, even as Christians, we have dulled the spirit of discovery. 00:16:24.889 --> 00:16:26.529 We are no longer seeking God. 00:16:26.529 --> 00:16:27.320 We are no longer seeking God. 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:31.110 We are no longer seeking new things from God's word, new discoveries. 00:16:31.110 --> 00:16:35.750 And I want you to know that these discoveries can still be discovered. 00:16:35.750 --> 00:16:40.269 You think, after Pastor Ambrose has written a theme vision, he knows the whole Bible. 00:16:40.269 --> 00:16:47.374 Uh-uh, I'm still studying the Bible, I'm still seeking the Bible, I'm still trying to know what God is saying. 00:16:47.374 --> 00:16:48.943 And so when I seek, I find. 00:16:48.943 --> 00:16:50.822 When I knock, the door is opened. 00:16:50.822 --> 00:16:53.947 When I ask, it is given Hallelujah. 00:16:56.441 --> 00:17:14.147 Many years ago, a gentleman by the name of John Hanning Spick left England with a friend of his called Richard Button, and they went to look for the source of the River Nile. 00:17:14.147 --> 00:17:18.989 And they went and went and went and came to East Africa. 00:17:18.989 --> 00:17:25.394 Of course they missed it and went to Lake Tanganyika, which is not Lake Tanzania, you know that lake Tanganyika, I think, went to Lake Tanganyika, which is not Lake Tanzania. 00:17:25.394 --> 00:17:28.849 You know that lake Tanganyika, I think it is still Tanganyika. 00:17:28.849 --> 00:17:31.507 And they could not find the river. 00:17:31.507 --> 00:17:41.910 So they started coming up and up and then they bumped into Lake Victoria, a vast water place, and they said this must be the source of the river Naya. 00:17:41.910 --> 00:17:44.965 Of course Richard Barton said ah, this cannot be the source of the River Nile. 00:17:44.965 --> 00:17:47.193 Of course Richard Barton said ah, ah, this cannot be the source of the River Nile. 00:17:48.400 --> 00:18:11.450 But speak started going up and up and arrived ginger and he saw the water pouring out from Lake Victoria and he went back home and he said I have discovered the source of the River Nile and his name was put in the history books. 00:18:11.450 --> 00:18:16.467 Google, just go there and say who discovered the source of River Nile. 00:18:16.467 --> 00:18:18.071 It is speak. 00:18:18.071 --> 00:18:24.166 But let me tell you and ask you were there people living around ginger before speak came? 00:18:24.166 --> 00:18:28.464 Yes, were they there. 00:18:28.464 --> 00:18:33.009 Why aren't there names in the history books? 00:18:33.009 --> 00:18:45.587 Because, you see, speak looked for the uncommon in common places and his name was written in the history books. 00:18:45.587 --> 00:18:54.905 People in Jinja were so used to that river they didn't realize that there was something. 00:18:56.830 --> 00:19:07.686 Hello, I am saying today in Jesus' name that if you are going to look for uncommon things, look for them in common places, and miracles happen in those places. 00:19:07.686 --> 00:19:15.713 And I want you to know that sometimes you may look at the Bible and think it's such a very common book and everybody reads it. 00:19:15.713 --> 00:19:20.251 But let me tell you this when you search, you will find things here that other people have not found. 00:19:20.251 --> 00:19:22.445 May this year be your year. 00:19:22.445 --> 00:19:27.606 May you find uncommon things in uncommon spaces, in common spaces. 00:19:27.606 --> 00:19:35.906 In Jesus' name, jesus Christ went to common places and that's where miracles happen. 00:19:35.906 --> 00:19:38.882 He went to Cana of Galilee. 00:19:38.882 --> 00:19:40.704 What do you think was happening in Cana of Galilee? 00:19:40.704 --> 00:19:43.049 What was there? 00:19:43.049 --> 00:20:01.748 There was a wedding and in that wedding something was missing and Jesus was approached by the mother and before the day was out, jesus turned water into wine and something uncommon happened in an uncommon space, in a common space. 00:20:01.748 --> 00:20:12.013 Let me tell you this there are many of you who attended a wedding for another friend of yours and that's where you found your spouse, hallelujah. 00:20:12.013 --> 00:20:15.605 Suddenly, something uncommon was found in common spaces. 00:20:15.605 --> 00:20:22.083 Let me tell you this All the miracles of Jesus were not done in some places that were very uncommon. 00:20:22.083 --> 00:20:28.692 No, no, samaritan woman getting some water. 00:20:28.692 --> 00:20:35.730 Our whole city was shifted because of that common engagement and conversation. 00:20:37.174 --> 00:20:48.592 John, chapter 5, jesus goes and finds a man who has been unwell for 38 years and while that man has been used to being like that, he didn't realize that God had located him. 00:20:48.592 --> 00:20:50.487 I want to say may God locate you. 00:20:50.487 --> 00:20:53.188 I'm saying may God locate you in 2025. 00:20:53.188 --> 00:20:54.993 Things may be just happening. 00:20:54.993 --> 00:20:59.755 You wake up, you eat food, you sleep, you sleep. 00:20:59.755 --> 00:21:11.309 You wake up again and in your kawanes the uncommon happens. 00:21:14.133 --> 00:21:27.368 Hallelujah, when Martha came one time and joined the church and then she said she wants to be baptized by a Martian, I am the one who baptized her. 00:21:27.368 --> 00:21:31.913 I am saying I am the one who baptized her. 00:21:31.913 --> 00:21:57.253 But at that time, when I was baptizing her and saying, now that you believe in Jesus Christ, and now, because of your faith, I baptize you in the name of the Father, not knowing that that person I was dipping in a very common church service should one day become an uncommon figure in my life, come on, somebody better give God a big hand. 00:21:57.253 --> 00:22:03.131 I'm saying common things are coming to your way in Jesus name. 00:22:03.131 --> 00:22:11.128 But in common places, expect the uncommon and you need a spirit of discovery, that inquisitive spirit. 00:22:11.128 --> 00:22:19.479 And I'm saying in Jesus' name, engage the wisdom of God, because you have to be inquisitive, intentional and interested. 00:22:19.479 --> 00:22:27.912 If you're going to see uncommon things in common places, be inquisitive, be intentional, be interested. 00:22:30.105 --> 00:22:38.577 Young men take girls for coffee and instead of being inquisitive and ask the right questions, they ask things that don't matter. 00:22:38.577 --> 00:22:50.813 The stars are bright, they talk about everything else, but they don't inquire. 00:22:50.813 --> 00:22:53.111 They are not inquisitive, they don't get to know each other. 00:22:53.111 --> 00:22:58.633 By the time they get to know each other, they are married On the wedding day, they don't know what to do. 00:22:58.633 --> 00:23:00.111 They are looking at each other as strangers. 00:23:00.111 --> 00:23:07.355 My friend, get to know God and we start today and we run with it. 00:23:07.355 --> 00:23:14.231 Be inquisitive, be intentional, be intentional, be interested and God will reveal himself to you. 00:23:14.231 --> 00:23:18.796 God will reveal himself to you in Jesus' name. 00:23:19.845 --> 00:23:21.932 Joshua was that kind of a person. 00:23:21.932 --> 00:23:26.166 Everywhere Moses went, he went, he inquired. 00:23:26.166 --> 00:23:27.069 What are you doing? 00:23:27.069 --> 00:23:28.153 Moses goes to the mountain. 00:23:28.153 --> 00:23:30.179 Joshua follows. 00:23:30.179 --> 00:23:31.041 Moses says you, stay you doing. 00:23:31.041 --> 00:23:31.683 Moses goes to the mountain. 00:23:31.683 --> 00:23:32.085 Joshua follows. 00:23:32.085 --> 00:23:34.188 Moses says you stay here, me, I'm going farther. 00:23:34.188 --> 00:23:44.468 And Joshua was always there, inquisitive, and when it came to leadership transfer, guess who was given the leadership transfer? 00:23:44.468 --> 00:23:44.768 It was Joshua. 00:23:44.768 --> 00:23:47.530 And I want to tell you this amazing things are coming your way. 00:23:47.530 --> 00:23:53.477 And because Joshua really wanted to know God, in fact God told him this book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth. 00:23:53.477 --> 00:23:54.778 Meditate on it day and night. 00:23:54.778 --> 00:24:05.505 That you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it, for then you shall make your way prosperous and then you shall have success. 00:24:05.505 --> 00:24:08.557 And this guy believed him. 00:24:09.505 --> 00:24:10.686 And one time Joshua did something very uncommon. 00:24:10.686 --> 00:24:18.640 The Bible says in Joshua, chapter 10, verse 12, when they were chasing the enemy and the time was running out. 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:33.991 The Bible says this On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, joshua said to the Lord, in the presence of Israel Son, stand still over Gibeon and you moon over the valley of Aizalon. 00:24:33.991 --> 00:24:43.288 So the sun stood still and the moon stopped till the nation avenged itself on its enemies. 00:24:43.288 --> 00:24:50.210 As it is written in the book of Joshua, the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down. 00:24:50.210 --> 00:24:52.455 For what A full day. 00:24:52.455 --> 00:24:59.712 There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord listened to a human being. 00:24:59.712 --> 00:25:03.935 Surely, the Lord was fighting for Israel. 00:25:06.065 --> 00:25:09.875 An uncommon thing, because Joshua had learned to be inquisitive. 00:25:09.875 --> 00:25:12.993 Joshua had learned to seek God about the deep things. 00:25:12.993 --> 00:25:18.150 The Bible says the spirit of God searches the deep things of God and we need to search. 00:25:18.150 --> 00:25:20.791 We need to ask the right questions. 00:25:20.791 --> 00:25:26.271 Don't ask these questions where people ask where did Cain get his wife? 00:25:26.271 --> 00:25:39.817 Those are shallow questions, by the way. 00:25:39.817 --> 00:25:40.961 Where do you think Cain got his wife? 00:25:40.961 --> 00:25:45.817 I'm asking where did Cain get his wife? 00:25:45.817 --> 00:25:48.085 Simple, simple. 00:25:48.085 --> 00:25:50.931 Who was the first son of Adam? 00:25:50.931 --> 00:25:57.311 Who was the first then? 00:25:57.311 --> 00:26:00.114 Who then Cain did what to Abel? 00:26:00.114 --> 00:26:01.951 Killed Abel. 00:26:01.951 --> 00:26:05.351 So the next son the Bible lists is Seth? 00:26:05.351 --> 00:26:10.659 No girls, but these guys did not live for 30 years. 00:26:10.659 --> 00:26:11.421 Adam lived for 900 years. 00:26:11.421 --> 00:26:11.582 Is Seth? 00:26:11.582 --> 00:26:12.704 No girls, but these guys did not live for 30 years. 00:26:12.704 --> 00:26:15.834 Adam lived for 900 years. 00:26:15.834 --> 00:26:30.330 So in between there he got what Daughters Wengi, and one of those sisters became Cain's wife. 00:26:30.330 --> 00:26:42.759 Just tell them Hallelujah. 00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:49.909 And that went on and on until even Abraham married Sarah, and Sarah was Abraham's. 00:26:49.909 --> 00:27:02.654 What Sister it was until Moses that, when he brought the law, he said from now, the law says no brother should marry a sister. 00:27:06.405 --> 00:27:09.355 When you seek knowledge, you'll find it Buenas. 00:27:09.355 --> 00:27:13.015 If fiu so, tell your neighbor, I shall have a spirit of discovery. 00:27:13.015 --> 00:27:19.135 But secondly, we have the spirit of understanding. 00:27:19.135 --> 00:27:20.371 Tell your neighbor understanding. 00:27:20.371 --> 00:27:23.833 I want to read Proverbs, chapter 4, verse 7. 00:27:23.833 --> 00:27:26.910 The Bible says this, proverbs 4, 7. 00:27:26.910 --> 00:27:33.429 It says the beginning of wisdom is this Get wisdom Though it cost all you have. 00:27:33.429 --> 00:27:34.030 Get what? 00:27:34.030 --> 00:27:35.977 Understanding? 00:27:35.977 --> 00:27:40.646 Let me read another verse, proverbs, chapter 2, verse 3 to 6. 00:27:40.846 --> 00:27:41.769 Understanding is key. 00:27:41.769 --> 00:27:44.385 It says this. 00:27:44.385 --> 00:27:51.957 Indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for what Understanding? 00:27:51.957 --> 00:28:04.071 And if you look for it, as for what For silver, and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. 00:28:04.071 --> 00:28:06.250 For the Lord gives wisdom. 00:28:06.250 --> 00:28:11.865 From his mouth come understanding and knowledge and understanding, hallelujah. 00:28:11.865 --> 00:28:28.565 No wonder Pastor Simon Paul told Timothy in 2nd Timothy, 3.16, all scripture is inspired by God, profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction and for training in righteousness. 00:28:28.565 --> 00:28:33.050 That the man of God may be fully equipped, ready for every good work. 00:28:33.585 --> 00:28:35.933 The spirit of understanding is so important. 00:28:35.933 --> 00:28:39.816 This same spirit was seen in the life of Daniel. 00:28:39.816 --> 00:28:42.614 So let me read Daniel, chapter 5, verse 12. 00:28:42.614 --> 00:28:50.829 When the magicians could not interpret something that had happened in the king's palace, and this is what the Bible says. 00:28:50.829 --> 00:29:11.538 He did this because Daniel, whom the king called Belshazzar, was found to have a keen mind and knowledge and understanding, and also the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles and solve difficult problems. 00:29:11.538 --> 00:29:17.015 Call for Daniel and he will tell you what the writing means. 00:29:17.255 --> 00:29:18.096 Go to verse 14. 00:29:18.096 --> 00:29:30.115 In verse 14, the Bible says I have heard that the spirit of the gods is in you and that you have insight, intelligence and outstanding wisdom. 00:29:30.115 --> 00:29:33.510 Hallelujah, look at your neighbor and tell your neighbor. 00:29:33.510 --> 00:29:43.171 This year I will have insight, I will be intelligent and I will have outstanding wisdom. 00:29:43.171 --> 00:29:49.631 Tell your neighbor, I am very intelligent. 00:29:49.631 --> 00:29:49.992 Tell them. 00:29:49.992 --> 00:29:54.433 And this intelligence does not come because you read books. 00:29:54.433 --> 00:29:59.833 This intelligence comes because the Spirit of God lives in you. 00:29:59.833 --> 00:30:05.817 No wonder, pastor Samuel, the Bible says stir up, stir up Perpetua. 00:30:05.817 --> 00:30:12.170 Stir up this gift that is inside you, which you received by the laying on of my hands. 00:30:12.170 --> 00:30:18.290 Be spirit led, and when you're spirit led, you'll have spirit understanding. 00:30:18.290 --> 00:30:26.586 One has fewer, and this guy understood so many things and he was able to serve God in that kingdom. 00:30:26.586 --> 00:30:30.032 Gideon took time to understand God. 00:30:30.032 --> 00:30:32.731 The Bible says this in Judges, chapter 6. 00:30:32.731 --> 00:30:33.815 , verse 12. 00:30:34.164 --> 00:30:35.809 The Midianites had really harassed this. 00:30:35.809 --> 00:30:39.127 This, the Israelites and God has a solution. 00:30:39.127 --> 00:30:50.045 So he gets to Gideon and he says to Gideon when the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said the Lord is with you, mighty. 00:30:50.045 --> 00:30:52.307 He said the Lord is with you, mighty warrior. 00:30:52.307 --> 00:30:59.953 God has come to you this year and he's saying you're a mighty warrior, but listen at Gideon, because Gideon did not have full understanding. 00:30:59.953 --> 00:31:02.215 This is the first time an angel appears. 00:31:02.215 --> 00:31:06.940 So he says pardon me, my Lord, his brain is trying to catch up. 00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:08.760 Pardon me, my Lord. 00:31:08.760 --> 00:31:14.547 Gideon replied and then he starts to give reasons why he's not a mighty warrior. 00:31:14.547 --> 00:31:17.832 He says but if the Lord is with us, why? 00:31:17.832 --> 00:31:20.111 Because the angel said the Lord is with you. 00:31:20.111 --> 00:31:25.008 And then he says but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? 00:31:25.008 --> 00:31:32.670 Where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about when they said did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt? 00:31:32.670 --> 00:31:36.753 But now the Lord has abandoned us and given us into the hand of the Midian. 00:31:36.753 --> 00:31:41.295 The Lord turned to him and said hey, listen, you're still a mighty warrior. 00:31:41.295 --> 00:31:45.255 Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian's hand. 00:31:45.255 --> 00:31:47.470 Am I not sending you? 00:31:47.470 --> 00:31:49.869 I'm talking to Paki today. 00:31:49.869 --> 00:31:53.530 The Lord is with you and the Lord is sending you. 00:31:54.625 --> 00:31:57.593 There are things that you have to do this year, and guess what? 00:31:57.593 --> 00:32:02.153 Not by might, not by power, but by his spirit. 00:32:02.153 --> 00:32:03.970 You will make it, my friend. 00:32:03.970 --> 00:32:06.530 I'm saying you will make it in Jesus name. 00:32:06.530 --> 00:32:07.954 Do not fear. 00:32:07.954 --> 00:32:16.398 And Gideon, come on, give God a big hand, do not fear. 00:32:16.744 --> 00:32:20.813 Of course, gideon still had to calibrate his brain and begin to understand what God is saying. 00:32:20.813 --> 00:32:26.425 And if you read the rest of the scriptures chapter 6 and chapter 7, gideon started testing God, god. 00:32:26.425 --> 00:32:28.933 If it is you who is saying this, do this and God did it. 00:32:28.933 --> 00:32:29.807 And then he God, god. 00:32:29.807 --> 00:32:31.135 If it is you who's saying this, do this and God did it. 00:32:31.135 --> 00:32:32.525 And then he says God, if it is you doing this, saying this, do this. 00:32:32.525 --> 00:32:36.854 And God just agreed, because God knows the steps we take. 00:32:36.854 --> 00:32:38.590 Some of us have baby steps. 00:32:38.590 --> 00:32:40.571 God will walk with you with baby steps. 00:32:40.571 --> 00:32:42.491 Some of you have toddler steps. 00:32:42.491 --> 00:32:44.151 God will walk with you slowly. 00:32:44.151 --> 00:32:46.311 God will walk with you step by step. 00:32:46.311 --> 00:32:50.866 The steps of a righteous person are ordered of the Lord. 00:32:50.866 --> 00:32:51.709 So God is with you. 00:32:51.709 --> 00:32:54.815 But seek understanding, you will get it. 00:32:55.296 --> 00:33:03.258 Upgrade your thoughts, tell your neighbor, upgrade your thoughts, hallelujah. 00:33:03.258 --> 00:33:03.839 Upgrade your thoughts. 00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:07.491 The Bible says for my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither my ways, your thoughts, my ways, your ways. 00:33:07.491 --> 00:33:08.196 Upgrade your thoughts, rise up. 00:33:08.196 --> 00:33:08.901 Your thoughts, my ways, your ways. 00:33:08.901 --> 00:33:20.146 Upgrade your thoughts, rise up, understand God, get to know what is he trying to say, and that is why we're encouraging you one more time Get time to read this book, get time to have it, get time to understand it. 00:33:20.146 --> 00:33:22.528 Read the scriptures, the daily devotions. 00:33:22.528 --> 00:33:24.066 Read it, understand. 00:33:24.066 --> 00:33:25.887 God will give you understanding. 00:33:25.887 --> 00:33:28.692 Buona si fie. 00:33:28.692 --> 00:33:41.133 And then, thirdly, god is not only giving us a spirit of discovery, but a spirit of understanding, but also the spirit of possibilities. 00:33:41.133 --> 00:33:51.674 You see, timothy was in a church that was growing and there was a lot of persecution, and so Paul really was trying to encourage him. 00:33:51.674 --> 00:33:53.311 He says God has not given you a spirit of fear. 00:33:53.311 --> 00:33:59.372 He says I've laid my hands on you, so use the gift that is inside you. 00:33:59.372 --> 00:34:03.391 There are possibilities ahead of you, there are opportunities ahead of you. 00:34:03.391 --> 00:34:14.155 You see, the person with a possibility mind is a person who, number one, believes in themselves, Believes in themselves Hallelujah. 00:34:14.155 --> 00:34:16.271 They believe in who they are. 00:34:17.985 --> 00:34:29.702 Albert Einstein, pastor Simon, and many of you know he was an amazing scientist and did amazing things One day when he was in school he was really bored in class. 00:34:29.702 --> 00:34:30.626 You know he would do this. 00:34:30.626 --> 00:34:35.054 The teacher would say this his mind has gone to where he's doing all kinds of things. 00:34:35.054 --> 00:34:44.626 One day the teacher wrote a note and told Albert Einstein, take this to your mom Now. 00:34:44.626 --> 00:34:48.413 Albert Einstein could not read at that time those words. 00:34:48.413 --> 00:34:53.469 So he takes the writing to the mother and says Mom, the teacher has given me this. 00:34:53.469 --> 00:34:54.755 And she says you read it. 00:34:54.755 --> 00:34:57.472 So the mother reads that note. 00:34:57.472 --> 00:34:59.309 This is what the mother read. 00:34:59.309 --> 00:35:00.291 Very interesting. 00:35:00.291 --> 00:35:02.117 The mother read this. 00:35:02.117 --> 00:35:14.934 The teacher says you are so smart and the teachers can no longer teach you and you are going to change the world. 00:35:14.934 --> 00:35:17.869 That's what the mother read. 00:35:17.869 --> 00:35:25.532 So Albert Einstein said I'm so smart and I'm going to change the world. 00:35:27.271 --> 00:35:30.275 Many years later, when the mother died, and while he was searching, searching things in the mother's closet, to change the world. 00:35:30.275 --> 00:35:43.038 Many years later, when the mother died, and while he was searching, searching things in the mother's closet, he got the letter and he read the letter and this is what the letter actually said. 00:35:43.038 --> 00:35:47.164 The letter said you will never amount to anything. 00:35:47.164 --> 00:35:48.909 You are dumb. 00:35:48.909 --> 00:35:55.239 Your presence spoils the respect of the class For me. 00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:57.465