 Children of the Living God, those present in church, and to our online viewers, I greet you all this evening. God is good. All the time... Yes, we want to thank God for this day, a beautiful Thursday evening, that our God has seen it fit, that we come together in His presence, just to worship Him through songs and through the message that shall be relayed to us by our pastor who's been leading us through this stewardship week of prayer, Pastor Mahanu. Serving you today through ministry, music ministry, my name is Steve Biko, and at the piano I have my brother Crispin Odinga. I'll therefore just invite all those present in church just to be up on their feet so that we utter a prayer before our Lord as we commence this evening session. Let's all rise so that we pray. We are praying. Our Father who art in heaven, you alone is worthy of praise, worthy of adoration. It was good and marvelous your works. Dear Lord, we just want to thank you for the blessed evening that you brought us together in your holy sanctuary to worship you, Father. We are sinful creatures, but because of the blood of your Son Jesus Christ that was shed on the cross, we stand in your presence justified and cleanse from all unrighteousness. This evening, Father, as we start this program, how we pray that you speak to us individually and collectively. Enable us to be good stewards because everything good, all perfect gifts come from you and you alone. And let us utilize them towards your course to spread the gospel to a dying world that is in need of a savior who is Jesus Christ. Bless us and shower us with your blessings for this is our prayer in Jesus' name. You may be seated. We'll start by singing him number 579. It is love that makes us happy. It is love that smooths the way. Five seven nine. It is love that makes us happy. It is love that smooths the way. It helps us mind. It makes us kind to others every day. God is love for children. God is love that makes us happy. It helps us mind. It makes us kind to others every day. His world is full of sorrow, of sickness, death and sin. With loving heart we'll do a part and try some soul to it. God is love, love that makes us happy. It is love that helps us mind. It makes us kind to others. This life is over. Our song shall be eternally of Jesus and His love. God is love, love that makes us happy. It makes us kind to others every day. Five five seven calls us to be thankful. It's a call for us to be thankful and we raise our songs to our God who's provided everything in and out of our seasons. Kamii, thankful people come. Five five seven. Thank you so much Steve for the music. Jalut, God bless you so much. Praise God. Can I hear your voices? Praise God. Thank you, thank you. I see a few of us sitting far away. If you have no problem sitting in front, then I would kindly request you to sit closer to the front so that we can be one communion. We want to thank God so much for the way He has led us since the beginning of the day and that He has enabled us to come here. We praise Him, we give Him glory and we give Him honor for the way He has led us. In a very special way we thank God for the way He has led us since the beginning of this program last Sabbath up to today and I believe we have been blessed in a mighty way. At this point I want to in a very special way welcome those of us who have managed to come over to attend our service physically. You are most welcome. We believe that the Lord will bless you as you continue here. I also want to in a special way welcome those who are tuned in through our Facebook or YouTube. I know there are many many who are viewing us and who have been doing it faithfully since we started this program. You really are most welcome to today's program and in case you missed any of the programs I'm sure you can still wind down and get it up and you will be able to listen to what Pastor has been focusing on throughout this week. Saving us are Steve Biko who has already done for us music and will continue serving us through music. We have Rispa Gogo who will do for us scripture reading. We have the sign language Joyce Kwanboka thank you so much. Then at the piano we have Crispin Odinga thank you for coming. Pastor will continue serving us as he has done all along. Pastor Elijah Makano we thank God for the way he has continued to use you. We praise God for your service. So may we all relax and be ready to sing in praise of our Lord and more so be ready to receive his word. God bless you and thank you so much. The privilege to be with us we want to thank God for this privilege of this day and our scripture reading is going to come to us from the book of First Corinthians chapter 4 verses 1 and 2. I'll be reading it from the King James Version you can follow in your own versions and if I do that may we surrender ourselves to God for the word. Heavenly Master we want to invite your presence in a very special way that as we look at this word your servant is going to bring forth that your Holy Spirit will expound on it so that you use him to help us understand what this powerful message is about inspire this Jesus name we pray. So First Corinthians chapter 4 verse 1 to 2 and it says let a man to account of us as of the ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful. I'll repeat the reading again that a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful. May this word be a blessing to us Jesus name. Thank you for the reading. Isaiah 6.8 says also I heard the voice of the Lord saying Whom shall I send Who will go before us Then said I Here am I send me Invite all those present to rise as we sing the opening song Huk the voice of Jesus calling that is derived from that verse Isaiah 6 verse 8. Huk the voice of Jesus calling Who and walk today Builds are white The sheaves answer Gladly say he died for Like faith assault of men Standing here and those who are what a privilege you've given us of God to be able to come to your presence so that you can be able to speak to us and give us a message that you've prepared through yourself We thank you Lord for the way you have used him from the beginning of this week of stewardship we thank you for the messages that he has been able to bring to your children we know that through his message we continue to realize that you created us for our papas on this earth and more so our papas to serve you and our papas to give you the glory and the papas to worship you Thank you Lord for each and every message and even as we prepare now to listen to his word we pray that you may speak through your servant that Lord that message will come out and touch each and every heart in a manner that it will be able to raise them up and bring them closer to you We thank you for all those who are watching and listening to us Almighty God may you lead and guide and more so we want to commit each and every matter in this program to you that Lord the Holy Spirit may lead there are many others Lord who may not have managed to come many others who have challenges in whichever level we commit them to your God that you can visit each and touch each according to their needs God who has each and every solution for our challenges and our problems but at this time may you prepare our hearts for this message and bless each and every one of us it's my humble prayer in Jesus name amen Good evening everyone Good evening everyone Thank you so much from wherever you are we want to welcome you those of us who are already here welcome and we look forward to having a very meaningful fellowship tonight as we have had previous nights Thank you for those of you who made it we know it's not very easy even our setup here but we want to appreciate that the Lord has been gracious enough to bring us today Thank you brothers who are following and sisters following us online I also want to appreciate you for spending time to follow us through I have followed through some of the comments that are being made I want to appreciate you a very humbling experience Thank you and God bless you from wherever you are We continue with our series of living in view of eternity That is our main theme for the whole week and for tonight of course in the program it's already there it is the principle of accountability That is where I'll be speaking to us from just before I get to that it is always a joy I've always been mentioning to you that when we come into the presence of the Lord it is not just good for us to come to here and then go without us speaking to him so we get a chance right now just before to talk to our God to share with him our joys and our burdens because he is a faithful God there are wonderful promises in the word that would confirm to us that we have a very wonderful God he loves us he is so merciful he cares he provides he is more than concerned for our good than we even are he is more than concerned he is a gracious and merciful God and so I want to welcome us into his presence to find some you know time just to talk to him and after we talk to him then we will go now to hear him talking to us amen so our leaders but remember to share to talk to God in your own language from wherever you are our God is the master of all languages is the master of the speech theory it is him who introduced it to Adam when he told he talked to Adam for the first time even before Adam said a single word and so he understands he knows it amen let us pray together gracious father we are so happy that we got another time at your feet we thank you for the blessing of prayer because while it doesn't bring you down to where we are the prayer offers us an experience of helping us to get into your presence to behold the glory the beauty the holiness the greatness the majesty of our creator God and because we have this chance of coming into your presence the presence of the king of the universe the king of kings and the lord of lords the one before whom and in whom there is nothing impossible the one who created the heavens and earth by a mere declaration that there be and it was the one who was able to bring into existence everything that is from nothing the God who knows everything about us about our lives the God who is everywhere he is here just as much as he is elsewhere the God who is so powerful so powerful that he is the order of all powers and principalities and greatness and forces and authorities he is the order of all laws of the universe because of this God we thank you we thank you that we can sit into your presence to contemplate on all these and the wonderful themes of our salvation tonight we recognize the blessings that you have given to us the opportunities we have the chance to be able to serve you to work wherever we work to do what we do the chance we have even to be in families it is not a commonplace thing oh God we worship you and praise you even for the food that we can eat for the health we have and for this great chance of coming into your presence just to worship you it is not again a commonplace thing we take nothing for granted because everything has been provided by your own design your mighty and powerful hand we praise you because to you is honour and glory oh God now tonight we also recognize a few or many out there we may not know who could be facing challenges we have our loved ones sister Rispa today has just gone through an operation we pray that she may recuperate and get better and strong give her a testimony to share of your mighty works not only to her and many others whose names we have not received but they are sick they are in pain we pray dear Lord that you minister special healing grace even as we sit listening to your word and help us to get a testimony to share one more time of your goodness of your greatness and of your love towards us we thank you now we invite your spirit to speak to our hearts to guide us in understanding your will to humble us to where we can appreciate what your word says and to create in us a desire a longing to be filled a desire and a longing for righteousness of our Lord Jesus Christ create in us this dire longing that cannot be filled without we cannot be filled without your own without yourself oh God feel us with yourself now as we sit listening to you in Jesus name we pray amen amen Pascon indians chapter 4 Baswan and verse 2 it says this is how my version says this is how one should regard us as servants of crust and stewards of the mysteries of God verse 2 says moreover it is required of stewards that they be found faithful that is the word of the Lord amen the principle of accountability is what I'll be speaking alongside with this verses that we have read let a man so consider us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful the word accountability is defined variously but I'll share with us two definitions one of them from Klax dictionary and another one from Merian's dictionary accountability in terms of ethics and governance is equated with answerability meaning to be accountable is to be answerable too it speaks of blame worthness blame worthness it speaks of liability it speaks of unexpected accountgiving and the second definition from Klax dictionary says accountability is the acceptance of responsibility for one's own actions it implies a willingness to be transparent allowing others to observe and evaluate one's performance that's what accountability is along this two I am going to fuse together the two definitions into a working definition that we are going to use in this particular presentation and this is simply we are answerable to the one who has brought us into existence and the one who has given us to ourself and everything else to ourself I want to give us the setting of this particular text in the setting if you remember the book of Ascor Indians begins in a very interesting way it begins talking about the challenges that the Corindian church had it does not it's not a good book that starts well it talks about some very things that you would hate hearing over church or from a church you know he begins of course by saying Paul an Apostle chapter 1 Paul an Apostle called by the will of God to be an Apostle of Christ Jesus to be an Apostle to the church of God that is in Corinth then he says to those sanctified in Christ Jesus called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ both their Lord and ours Grace to you he continues I give thanks to God that in every way you are enriched then he talks about it then he begins lifting up some of these very debt linen about the Corinthian church and he has said they are saints then he says I appeal to you brothers by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that all of you agree and that there be no divisions among you so in other words he is implying of a challenge that the Corinthian church was going through division so if you think that division is something that came yesterday you are misplaced divisions have been there they have been there infact they are as old as seen they have always been there divisions then he says for it has been reported to me verse 11 by close people that there is quarreling among us to you my brothers quarreling among us to you bickering and fighting and pulling each other tearing one another apart he says I have been informed of these nonsense that is going on among us to you then of course I just do not have time if you get your chance you know you go to chapter 1 he continues chapter 2 he begins raising up some of the things that are going on about again divisions he comes to chapter 3 and in chapter 3 he expands on it about some of the challenges and then the effects of those divisions some people are identifying with Apollos others are identifying with Paul and for that reason there is a huge division among God's people each one having a leader of their own it is at the background or with this in background Paul writes chapter 4 of Faskor Indians and this is very very important so in chapter 4 of Faskor Indians he is simply letting us know that after having attempted to explain that this guys are in sharp divisions which is not supposed to be in the church of God he has been attempting to reign in the striving the self promotion the backbiting that plagued the Corinthian church and render them in effective gospel dispensers because the moment we are divided then we become ineffective in terms of sharing the good news he appeals to the fellowship of believers in Corinth trying to help them consider themselves as mere witnesses as servants of Jesus Christ he also writes to the church because it has lost sight of its power the moment divisions are there the power that we have to the people outside there is lost disappears we may be here we may have a name but the power of that name is no longer with us as long as we live with divisions this is what he has been trying to explain to them and his intention is to make them embrace a new vision of membership into the unified body of Christ best on his grace not best on when they came to church not best on who they are following but best on the grace of Jesus Christ and so in chapter 4 he tells them guys he says it is good for somebody to live with a good conscience or a conscience it is good for somebody to serve the Lord with a conscience that is clean and clear a conscience that is above reproach a conscience that will not be evil spoken of even by those outside the faith he is trying to build a feel logical argument that is very very crucial that applies to all those who believe in Jesus Christ and so he says let a man so consider us and the word men there simply means everyone let anyone anybody any person looking at us any person looking at our fellowship any person coming to our church any person visiting our home any person looking at us from our places of work should consider us this way should consider us not because we are a genius in computers consider us not because we are genius in mathematics not because of the names that we have not because of the prefixes and the suffixes after or before our names it is about this the only consideration that should be made about you and me as a child of God the only thing that should be spoken about you and me as children of God wherever we are should be this one let anyone consider us because Christians will always form and even outsiders will always form an estimate will have a picture who we are Paul advises on how that estimate should be that is a servant of God as believers, as Christians we are not to be unduly magnified because we are nothing and we have nothing we know nothing we own nothing we are nothing and for that we are not supposed to be unduly magnified he says a servant of the Lord it is not so much about exalting us it is not for our position is subordinates it is not original the original is above whatever that we do the role we play is subordinates we are not to be unduly depreciated however a servant of the Lord we are not supposed to be looked down upon we are not supposed to be to be sort of as men and women who have no direction who do not know even what they think about we are not because if we are faithful and we are downgraded we are unduly depreciated by others then we do not turn to anybody we only turn to the one who send us and say God let your will be done there is nothing bad in life there is nothing bad in life you know it is either we say God let your will be done or God will say let your will be done Paul says therefore let us not be overposed how people will place us worry less about what people will think worry much more about what the Lord says and where he will place us so let men, let people consider us as what he says let people consider us or reckon us as servants the new testament has several Greek words for a servant in this particular context Faskor Indians chapter 4 verse 1 and 2 when he says let people consider us as servants he uses one of those words and each of those terminologies mean different things so he says let people consider us as servants and the word the Greek word he uses is Huperitas and this word simply describes a subordinate servant functioning as a free man the other word which he has also used in many of his letters especially Corinthians when he talks about the servant of God is Duolos and this one means a common slave now the word Huperitas which Paul uses to refer to himself and others who serve God those who believe in Jesus who are consumed with the gospel and are willing to be sharing and dispensing it to the world he uses this terminology Huperitas which etymologically was used among those people who would make voyages in the sea they had in their ships men called the rovers now those people who come from where the lake is you understand what I'm talking about these guys who try to steer the ship we call them under rovers of course there are many other terminologies one of them is this one the Greeks had this word Huperitas which simply had a sense of someone who is a roa on a big gallery ship so though it is not the most lowly word for a servant it certainly is not a prestigious terminology or a position under rovers serve crust the master pilot of the ship helping to forward the ship of crustis church to the heaven of heavens etymologically speaking then an under roa is one who acts under directions asks no questions one who does the things is appointed to do without hesitation and one who reports only to the one who is over him and under roa Huperitas now interestingly Paul is using this to refer to those people who are consumed by the gospel willing to go out and share he says those servants of the gospel are a human beings they look like anyone they eat like anyone people when they see a pastor standing up here they think this guy does not even eat doesn't even go to the shower no I do we do everything else everyone it is just like that full human being with their own weaknesses yet they were not to be trembled upon and treated with contempt but to be known to be esteemed to be honored for their work's sake and in their respective places stations of work and their characters they were to be considered and esteemed though they were but men yet were not to be considered as private men and in private capacity but as in a public office one sitting there in a public office a public preacher of the word and though they were not to be regarded as lords and masters over God's heritage but as servants yet not as everyone's servant or as any sort of servants but as servants of the living God they have servants of Christ qualified called and sent anointed to preach the gospel as ambassadors his name standing in his place representing him and therefore for the sake to be respected and esteemed and in as such who make him the subjects of their ministry preach him talk about him lift him up that he may draw all men to himself Paul says late people consider who peritas men who are steering the church towards where Christ wants it to be not men who want to take the church to another place let us be underrowers let people see as men who are only working according to the orders and commands of Jesus Christ and not men and women who are acting out of their own whims and number two he says let people consider us as stewards he uses the word steward which is commonly known as a manager of a household and in the bible there are many places you read of so and so as a steward so and so as a steward so Jacob for example was a steward in Potifas household a manager of a household however interestingly the word stewardship a steward sorry as a manager in relation to the master a steward is a slave but in relation to his other workers and servants a steward is their boss is their master are you getting it very important and loose that one note the word steward comes from a Greek word or ekonomos usually referring to a top ranking officer or a top ranking manager and we said here on day one when we were talking about stewardship defining it we said that as steward there is no better thing that God would have given to man than being a steward because he did not make man lower than anything he made man to be over creation so from God you meet man then from man other creation so he was made over it's like God made him to be a top ranking servant of all the creation that is the position that God gave to us that is the position that God decided to put us in top ranking guys in other words in the Greek or Roman world they had this one man they would call a steward they would call ekonomos who was in charge of somebody's household if it is a business perhaps or you are manager if it is at home farm manager or something like that a top ranking servant under whom there are other servants are we together and that's the position that we have all of us believers in Jesus Christ now this particular steward was one who was typically responsible for such administrative matters as managing finances procuring goods overseeing the work of other slaves such one was the master's deputy in regulating the concerns of the family providing food for the household seeing it served out at proper times and seasons in proper quantities he received all the cash from the boss and depended what was necessary for the support of the bosses of the master's family and kept exact accounts for which he was obliged at certain times a moment would come to lay bare before the master he would come and give an account of the same before his master so Paul says let people consider us as ekonomos as stewards those who are considered as top ranking servants in the household of God I do not think there is any other privilege that man would have had that is better than this one then of course he adds in the same verse too he says and let a man consider us as stewards he says stewards of the mysteries of God in other words those stewards were not only managers over the household but now he is bringing it into what we call the spiritual says in the church of God as servants we are top ranking officers each one of us regardless of which position you are whether you are a youth leader or just a church member who comes in then you go back it's not the most important thing Christian people should only consider you as one who is a steward of the mysteries of God very very important stewards were managers now in this case as stewards or as faithful servants of God we are to manage his household in a sense of preserving protecting his mysteries the mysteries that have been revealed to us we are supposed to dispense those mysteries we are supposed to explain them to others we are supposed to make known the mysteries of God ladies and gentlemen think that God in his own wisdom because God is greater one of the mysteries of this world is God himself in fact the Bible calls it the mystery of godliness but he reveals himself in part he reveals himself to you and others do not know he reveals himself to me and others do not know I am of necessity required and make it known to others so he says we are stewards we are to protect the mysteries we are supposed to explain these mysteries to the world these mysteries must of necessity be explained to those who are seeing to those who are watching and I like what Paul says we have become a spectacle to the whole world angels are watching human beings are watching colleagues are watching neighbors are watching our own family members are watching to see how these mysteries are not only mainstreamed in your life but how these mysteries come alive for the better of that family for the better of that company and for the better of that government the world is waiting to see men and women who are stewards of the mysteries of God the world is waiting the world is waiting though they are not to be looked upon as masters of the household that they have power to dispose of things in the family at their own pleasure because we don't have that privilege yet we are to be regarded as stewards the highest officers in the house of God to whose care are commanded secret and hidden things of God whose business is then to go and publish the mysteries whose business is to go and make it more open to others and what do we do we fold our hands you know it is a wonder did you know that angels according to first Peter chapter 1 verse 12 and 13 he says angels do not understand the beauty of the gospel so angels don't understand it even the mysteries that are revealed in the gospel angels don't know no wonder the song writer says that there is a song in heaven and angels sing but when I open my mouth to sing the song of victory that comes through the power of Jesus angels will fold their wings because they do not understand the joys that our salvation brings angels don't know God has made these secrets manifest to you and to me and the world is dying where with or we are standing and watching folding our hands Paul says we are we are no wonder because of this kind of spirit that they had Paul and his other colleagues were willing to preach the gospel even in chains he is before a gripper infatti he doesn't know that he is going to be killed and he is preaching to a gripper he says a gripper I also believe that even you and your household you also can accept this thing you know it was a passion it was a longing of his heart to share the mysteries of the gospel and so he says let anybody considering and looking at us an embodiment of the gospel or gospel embodied and so we are to be regarded as stewards of the highest office in the household of God whose business is to go out and publish make known the mysteries of the divine grace to make known the mystery of iniquity how sin came into existence and what sin is and what can be done to conquer sin to go and explain the mystery of godliness how can God be one and three and how did how did the second person of the Godhead Jesus Christ who was God how could he become man what made him to the mystery of godliness where God was revealed in human flesh let us publish it to the world God what made you what was so unique about man that you decided to leave the courts of heaven above of the glory the pen of plea the power the authorities and the calm so that you can die for this man who is man that you can be mindful of we need to go and publish it to the world we need to explain to the world the mystery of salvation how can a sinner like me become a saint we need to share how can a sinner like me who is webed in who is globally from all sides by the demonic forces how can I be victorious go to go and publish this because we are stewards of these mysteries that the world is longing these mysteries God has revealed that secret and wisdom of God these valuable truths which are only found in the revelation of the word of God and nowhere else as stewards we are responsible to dispense these truths continually lovingly and faithfully to the congregations so that lives are changed on the basis of these remarkable truths these are truths about life about our families about God about ourselves these truths are about eternity eternity in heaven eternity in hell these are the truths that we need to go to publish these mysteries when understood at the basis upon which God's purposes in our lives are revealed but then he comes to the last part of that verse he says moreover it is required moreover it is required this is a call to accountability to answerableness he says moreover it is required it is expected it is demanded and the force of the Greek word is even much harder that there is no way except this one it is required that for every steward and servant every hoparetas and every iconomos it is required it is demanded of us it is not please me you it is not like you may consider maybe doing this or if you think it is convenient please no it is demanded it is required with an exact force of the law that's what it is it's not the force of a person but the force of the law and you know how the law does the law does not know who you are says it's required that one who is a steward be found faithful in other words a moment of reckoning is on the way it is expected of them it is the main or a leading thing in their office eminendly in that office fidelity faithfulness is required as an indispensable and cardinal virtue no one can make it without it fidelity to the master faithfulness to his trust as the virtue which by way of eminence is demanded there it is required that in stewardship everyone must be found faithful not faithful to men not faithful to your church pastor you know pastor zak will probably come along your your statements and he will say man this is a very faithful guy he may even suggest that you become the first elder next year but that is one thing it is expected that this steward be found faithful to the master and this is not a joke my brothers and sisters I may be without any blame before you it is another thing when I stand before my wife am I saying something it is one thing for me to appear so pious and so religious a great man but my wife has a different estimation of me my children too have a different estimation of me but was still the god of heaven who sees where no other person sees and who knows what no other person knows all is saying we are supposed to be faithful not by the skills of men but by the skills of our master who is god how do you use what the lord has entrusted you with how do you manage that which god has given to you how do you manage the time of god about people who will say I am very busy I can't come for kwaia I am very busy I cannot come for Bible study and there are some of your colleagues who are always here they finish church kwaia they finish the church board first then they go to church kwaia and they will still go to work and they have 24 seven like you is because you are a poor manager I told you yesterday you cannot manage the remaining time if you cannot render to god one over seven of the week you will never manage time you will always be running behind the schedule you can't when you cannot return faithfully to what belongs to the lord you will always be in debts fleezer will always be there you will never ever grow over it by mid month you have almost gone beyond you see this is what happens and I said your income will appear to be even smaller with the passing of days your needs will be increasing you can't but when we are faithful to the lord our master when we are all says let a man consider as as servants as stewards of god but who are also faithful to the master not faithful to the church not faithful to the pastor of the church elders in other offices other virtues may be particularly required maybe which tribe you come from because county A is for these people so if you come from another tribe probably consider you in other places they may ask for how many degrees do you have is that true in other places they will ask how much of experience do you have for this job that is okay this is required and everywhere else has their own things but for this particular one as a steward in gods household there is no such opportunity there is no such a thing there is only one thing in fact when cross comes at the end of the age he will not ask how much did you know of the fundamental beliefs that is not the question invited to not be whether or not you gramed the trinity can you state the doctrine of the trinity that will not be the issue the issue is are you faithful in other words being faithful is not beyond rich it is not for the school alone it is not for the wealthy alone it is not for the landed alone it is for anyone else because all that is required at the basic irreducible minimum is faithfulness to the master there is no opportunity for a steward to appropriate those goods that he has been given to his because your master will detect that faithfulness carries the idea of being trustworthy or reliable a faithful person is a person upon whom God can rely for service God will search our souls and to find this one thing they are faithful something that looks looks like this you are faithful in context faithfulness towards God and towards his truth and mysteries that have been revealed they change your question in being a sabandora stewardship is not how eloquent or profound you may be not how deep you are in the world not how many verses you have gramed that's not the issue the issue is just being faithful you are faithful the Lord will use you to do things if you use this little girl in Naaman's household Naaman's household if you use that girl who had not even gone to school to save an entire general of a world is a great superpower how can he not use you who has gone to school it is being faithful this one essential requirement is fidelity to God's message God does not expect us to be more than we are all he requires of us is for us to ask ourselves am I doing what I can with what I have am I executing the supernatural endowments or gifts God has given to me to do his work of God controlling principle in my life am I reliable can God depend on me can God trust me with a little more when I am an embezela can God count on me Jesus is coming again and when he comes one thing that God is going to ask is this one thing have you been faithful in the little that you God that will be the great question I would like to invite brother Biko up here as we sing this song brother be faithful I would like you to think think about your life how it has been think about everything else and ask yourself this question am I faithful before the Lord is my conscience clear with me in so far as my stewardship life is concerned and if not my brother there is hope tonight we will not go home we will not live here and go back to our families to our jobs to our places of residence before we work it out with the Lord God is more than willing to have a turn over a new leaf and to start with him afresh as faithful stewards faithful until death the principle of accountability which number is it 602 O brother be faithful O brother be faithful soon Jesus will come for whom we have waited so long O soon we shall enter our glorious home and join in the kongkara song O brother be faithful for what should we prove unfaithful to him who has shown such deep such unbounded and infinite love who died to redeem who died to redeem as his womb O brother be faithful the city of gold prepared for the good and the black is waiting its portals of pal to unfold and well look long shall we stand times dark night of sorrations of nipot and kin the legions of angels his chariot the saints of victory shall that he if you are prona faithful servant thy title is clear to the joy of the and evidence best on your own knowledge could there be an experience from your personal you know life as a steward of God where as you listen to these words you feel know these words are falling on the canvas whose background is dark and hopeless and Lord I would like to give my life to you once more find it in your heart to forgive me cleanse me or God from the evil that I have committed as a steward in your household and grant me or God peace and a new experience with you that is your desire raise up your hand as we pray heavenly father we thank you for speaking to us in the words of fast Corinthians chapter 4 verse 1 and 2 about us being servants and being stewards and that which is required of us faithfulness as we look into our life or God we are ashamed that we have been called by your name and what we have been doing is contrary we thank you because you are a loving father and God you are not yet done with us you have promised in your word in fast John chapter 1 verse 8 if we confess our sins you are just and faithful to forgive us and in fast John chapter 2 verse 1 you've promised that as little children we should not sin or if we sin we have an ad bucket with the father cross Jesus the righteous one Dear Lord we stand before you with our hands littered with blood with our mouths and eyes littered with blood we ask for forgiveness and we pray heavenly father that you take away this sin far away from us or God may it never be any closer help us to turn on a new leaf start afresh with fidelity to our master with a clean conscience or God that as we go back to our households as we go back to our spouses to our children we pray Dear Lord that they will seat as we go back to our places of work they will seat they will consider us for nothing other than faithfulness and fidelity it is our designed prayer tonight Lord we pray peace of mind we pray peace of mind we pray Dear Lord for joy of salvation we pray for freedom and we pray Dear Lord that our names may be again in the book of life tonight it is our prayer in Jesus name Amen Hallelujah it is the Lord it is indeed a wonderful thing when the Lord speaks to our hearts we may be seated for brief moment thank you it is a mystery how God speak to our minds to awaken our thoughts and direct us so that we can know how to answer I want to take this opportunity to welcome each and everyone listening and following that as we end this broadcast and the streaming of the program feel free to share it with a friend we are blessed indeed the Lord has been reminding us each day what we need to do with who we are how he created us giving us with all that he has given us so that we may use it for his own glory and that which he has given to us including the talents and all that we have become may not be used against us but that it may stand as testimonies for how faithfully we have dispensed and worked with it to the glory of his name and to our salvation and so friends you are watching from we have come to the end of this evening's broadcast and the program we want to ask that you come tomorrow even as we shall be assuring in the Holy Sabbath and if you cannot make it please share with a friend so that they can also be blessed and so that we are faithful with what we hear and share it with others and we thank the Lord for using Pastor Hano so heavily may God continue to bless each one of us even good voice and help even as he carries on I now want to request that we stand so that we can pray and say the grace let's pray our kind and gracious father in heaven we come before you as we close this program we have hired your word to thank you Lord for not letting us wonder or remain indifferent but that you can speak to us about this important matters so that Lord who we are what we are what we have and all that you have made us to be we may use it to the glory of your name and for your own holy purposes forgive us Lord if we have taken that which is your own and used it in a way to gratify and lift ourself up instead of glorifying you and so we thank you for this that you are reminding us Lord that we are slaves of the cross but we are also willful free servants who voluntarily give all that we have and surrender to your will Father make us faithful stewards bless us Lord so that with these messages with these mysteries with these truths that we know heavenly Father we may share and do the necessary in whichever way you have given us talents and you have given us abilities and even resources Father thank you for this church that this message can flow and go round the club may you bless whoever is watching and in whatever situations anyone is in meet them at their points of need for they are your sons and daughters thank you for the unity that you have given us through faith through the Holy Spirit the brotherhood that is there Lord may you guide us so that this warmth this joy of salvation this blessing that you have bestowed upon us the resources that you have given especially to churches like this may be used so that blessings of the messages can flow to as many as may hear who are near and far Lord use these messages for your own glory that many may be drawn back to you that Father the blessings that you have given us may no turn to be curses but that Lord they may be stepping stones to eternity and that many souls at the end of life when you come in your glory you may display and show us how many were blessed and made it to the kingdom because of how faithfully we have used these resources and our being Heavenly Father remember us in your kingdom may your will be done may your name be glorified may your kingdom come and may you be glorified for thine is the kingdom and the glory now and forever more in our life and through us now we pray in Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior amen may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God Father and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us now and forever more God bless you brothers and sisters go in peace we look forward to seeing you tomorrow