 Gee viewa welkom agen to our season of 40 days of prayer. T utility is the faith this began this very important inspiringiving sessions with the Lord. We seek the Lord concerning various aspects of our lives as Christians, and if you are joining us for the first time, just to let you know this is an initiative of the General Conference of the Advended Church that the entire global church may come together in 40 days, team together in prayer and seek the Lord, that God may visit the church in a very special way and especially now that we are approaching the General Conference session. We seek the Lord concerning various aspects of our lives as Christians, and if you are joining us for the first time, just to let you know this is an initiative of the General Conference of the Advended Church of the Advended Church I am so privileged to be joined in this program by my friend here and he is a Christian and a believer, strong believer in God, and I want to invite him. Brother, what's your name? Maybe we begin by telling us your name. What's your name? Thank you so much. My name is Kenneth Ouma and I fellowship at Berea SDH. Thank you brother Kenneth Ouma from Berea SDH. Those of you asking Berea where? Berea is one of the churches in the city and so he is our friend and we are happy to have him here as we do this program. Ken, tell me something about prayer because this is basically about prayer. As a Christian, do you believe in prayer? Have you experienced the power of prayer? And what can you tell our viewer about prayer? Yes, I believe in prayer. Personally, I believe prayer is the breath of life from God. It's an opportunity for me to interact with God in a more personal way. To me, prayer is not just about external things I ask God to do for me. Prayer is about interacting with God in a more personal way as we did have a closer relationship. Very powerful. A profound statement there that prayer is not about what you expect God to do for you externally but actually what you experience internally when you go through prayer. At this very blessing in my soul this morning because many people come to God because expecting big miracles but then we forget about what God is doing in our hearts and the peace that comes in our hearts and our minds when we are with him. Now, because of time, tell me briefly how did you come to know about the 40 days of prayer? Yeah, I knew it was coming because it was announced but somehow I forgot. But then a day before it started, I saw a friend posting on his WhatsApp profile. Then it reminded me I went into the program and I downloaded and I'm following day by day. Wow, very, very profound. There are so many ways that you can let your neighbors, your friends know that we are in season of 40 days of prayer. He learned it from just a WhatsApp status and wow, so this program has started. Please do something. Let other people go to your Facebook account, Twitter, wherever, speak. Let's talk about 40 days of prayer. We see our language, our heat for this particular season that many people as possible may come to know about this season of prayer. Now, I will be bringing in Brother Ken later as we take a moment to pray. Thank you so much, Brother Ken. Now, I want us to just a little moment and share a thought that is going to ush us into the mood of prayer. Now, we are going to read from the book of Acts of Apostles chapter 16 in verse number 25. But before this, let's ask the Lord for blessings. Thank you so much for the privilege of this moment of prayer. We thank you and invite the power of the Holy Spirit to be with us right here and even to our viewers wherever they are following from. May you cause your blessings to flow upon our lives that we can experience you. As we share this scripture thought, may you inspire this to be a blessing to us in Jesus' name. We pray. Amen. Acts of Apostles chapter 16 and verse number 25, Paul and Silas are in prison for the cause of Christ. But when you begin from verse number 22 coming down, you see a people of Tandagini stream in verse number 23. They have been arrested, they are being persecuted and they are being cast into prison. That was number 24, I mean 23. And verse number 24, who having received such a charge, vast them into the inner prison and man their feet fast in the stocks. They are in prison because of a preaching Christ and they have been chained inside the prison. There's no movement, there's no freedom. They can't escape and there are guards that have put other gates to gun them. Now in verse number 25, which is our thought this morning, and at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God and the prisoners heard them. Verse number 26. And suddenly there was a great earthquake so that the foundations of the prison were shaken and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's hands were loosed. Powerful text here. Now Paul is in prison with Silas for preaching Christ. Now they don't know what to do because the prisons of those days, even today, prisons are well guarded, big walls and massive walls and massive doors and the military guys positioned strategically to ensure that the prisoners may not escape. But it goes on to indicate that Paul, even while they were in the inner room in the prison, man they are in the prison and then put in the inner room and then chained. So that there was no way they could have escaped. Now the Bible says that they were there in the mid of the night, midnight. Paul and Silas discover that they may be here forever. They may be here until maybe they may die in this prison. There is no one they know that can come and help them come out of prison. They remember that there is one power that God has given us that can change the course of this life, can change things that people can't imagine. They remember the power prayer. And the Bible says at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sung praises unto God and the prisoners. And suddenly the doors of prison, the chains fell off. The doors opened and Paul and Silas were free to walk out when we prayed. When we prayed. When we prayed things happened. When we prayed the prison gates opened. When we prayed the chains fall off. When we prayed and sing praises to God, something happened that we surely would witness and say, this is because of the power of prayer. Now look at this. The Bible says at the midnight, you know midnight, it is to me symbolic of, you know, if they were expecting from the time they were thrown into prison, perhaps expecting help may come. When they would look at their watches, expecting somebody may come. The sun sets, expecting somebody may come. It is maybe nine or so. The expecting somebody is coming to help them. But then they discover it's getting late and late in the night. Now midnight is when everyone is asleep. It is when no help is expected. Midnight in a situation is when you are in a situation where you are lost of any idea on how you can help yourself. You are to fix it is a minute. When the deck cracks, that is where Paul is. And then the Bible says the remembered prayer. Now what do you do when you are in that middle, middle, not middle, in the crisis, at the center of crisis and when every hope has vanished, what do you do? Well pray because when you pray, the Bible says when they prayed and sang praises, do you praise God when you are in challenge? Do you praise God when you are in trouble? Do you praise God when you are heartbroken? Do you praise God when your marriage is breaking? Do you praise God when you have been sucked from employment? Do you praise God when you are going through a nasty experience? Many people don't remember to praise God. In fact, people curse God and they stop going to church. You feel there's no need of even praying because something ugly is happening in your life. But I learned from Paul and Sheila when they were in that type situation in their life, they remember not only to pray but to praise the Lord. Oh, what a powerful thought this morning that we can praise our problems away. We can praise our challenges away. We can praise our pain away. We can praise our frustrations away. When Paul was in prison, the midnight Paul and Sheila chose to pray and praise their problems away in the prison's gates and the chains fell off. What a powerful moment God has given us that no matter what you are going through this morning, at the feet of Jesus and one moment with the Lord can change the cause of your life. Wont you come along with us this morning, this evening or this afternoon, wherever you're watching us from, in faith, whatever you're going through, you can pray and praise God for it and ask Him to intervene and surely something will happen. I welcome you this morning, I welcome you this afternoon, this evening, wherever you are that in faith you may bring your petitions to Him and as I am inviting brother Ken to come and join with me that together we may lift you in prayer. I want to be of faith because God has promised any prayer made in faith it shall bring results. Any prayer that has been made in faith it's a veil much than you can imagine. So I want you to be of faith, look deep into your life, look deep into situation and believe that God is powerful, God is able but without faith we cannot please God because everyone who comes through Him must believe that He rewards those who seek for Him diligently and this is a privilege opportunity you have to give all your petitions to Him in prayer. Brother Ken, I was checking through what the general conference has posted for us to share this day. I pray for the upcoming general conference sessions which is starting in June 6 to 11 in St. Louis USA and also we need to pray for opportunities to personally mentor and disciple new believers. What other prayers do you have to pray this morning? We are also guided to pray for God's will for the upcoming church elections and appointment of new leaders. Again we have to pray for the onsite prayer room at the general conference session and the online virtual prayer room that many would add. Great. Remember, I know you already have a list of 7 people that you are praying for. If you are joining us for the first time in the fourth day of prayer we have been requesting to choose 7 people. You can do more than that but at least 7 people that you want to commit and test the Lord through this experience. So the list you have for 7 people please this time once again you lift them by their names to the Lord and so as you joining us in prayer where we are praying from here and wherever you are you may choose to kneel down or stand and do whatever but just secure time. If it is possible with you just pray for yourself and also remember the 7 people in your list. If you don't have us going to give you and to guide you and to the people that you need to intercede for. Right here for us in Nairobi Central Church we are praying for our church we are praying for our soon coming come meetings or come meetings that change you to begin on 2nd of July through to 9th of July we are praying for our speakers the planning, the membership and resources. Join us praying for this. We also pray for the indwelling and the parting of the Holy Spirit within our membership that we will be revived and reformed. So please join with us as we pray. Brother Ken is going to start and then I'm going to end the prayer. In faith let's seek the Lord together in prayer. Okay. Let us bow down our hands for a word of prayer. Our precious heavenly Father we thank you and we glorify your name. What a privilege it is for us here before you that you may breathe your life to us in the session of prayer. Lord we lift up before you the coming general conference. We pray for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and Lord during this time as we are going to pray for the new leadership of the church we pray that dear Lord you may give us leaders who have been appointed by yourself who will lead this church to the outpouring of them and so we pray that you may guide all our leaders as we assemble together in this time exercise may your spirit alone be made manifest and your name be revealed in a special way. Lord we also pray for those who will be praying in the prayer rooms during this session that dear Lord you may attend to each and every prayer that will be made and to all those who are joining on the online prayer sessions Lord we pray that many may come in and this means to us that many prayers will be answered Lord we pray for your will even in the 40 days as we seek your facing prayer we pray in the same prayers that your spirit may fill our hearts that you may rejoice and experience in a special way the touching of the Holy Spirit may your name be glorified in everything we do now till the end of this session pray Jesus Amen Lord continue to thank and praise your name for this very special privilege you have given us give us a privilege of being before you for 40 days we thank you on this 50 days so far we have experienced your power your presence, your renewing, your refreshing and we pray even today Father you may meet us at a very point of need we have unique struggles but we thank you that the text for this day has reminded us it doesn't matter the situation doesn't matter the challenge how ugly or how tight or you know things may turn against us but we have seen that there is power in prayer poor and sealers they were put in prison right inside the inner room in the prison chained in there that they would never escape indeed there was no way they could have escaped there was no one who could have helped them but yet we have so near source of power and strength and help in times of need you are just a call away and so they remembered that sick fat weapon we have left to the Christians prayer Bible says in the midnight they began to pray and to praise and the prison gates opened the chains fell off they walked freely without any fear and this long this moment that my dear viewer believe to pray and praise their problems away and the challenges, the afflictions the prison gates that have banned them they are not able to be free in their lives there could be stress or depression many challenges within the marriage setup at workplaces and church around in the community there are many challenges that are affecting your people and many have surrendered to such kind of afflictions yet Lord we know that we have helped through prayer and Lord with this money we are exercising our faith in prayer that all the chains that your children have been chained with may be broken in Jesus' name all the prisons where your people have been changed may be opened and set free in Christ Jesus the Lord we shall testify indeed my life looked like I was in a prison but Jesus has set me free those are dictained and hooked by habit and behaviors Lord for them to be set free through breaking of those kind of chains and I know that is power in prayer Lord as your children surround this power in prayer from all corners of this city and this country and globally Lord may you listen to our prayers we thank you even for church we are preparing for the come meeting that is starting in the month of July 2nd to 9th we are committing this holy convocation to you Lord and before you you shall give us men and women you shall use to speak to us and also prepare our souls and hearts to receive you that there will be a revival of true godliness that will be experienced in our come meetings we are praying for a conference many programs they are having in the leadership we are also praying for the church in this part of the world we are also praying for the nation country Kenya we are nevring our elections Lord we are praying that you shall intervene and bring peace as you go through these elections that your people shall have humble time that you praise you and fellowship together bless us and give us miracles and of experiences through this 40 days of prayer thank you for brother Ken Lord may you meet him at his very point of needs we remember his church bless them my father bless those people that you have put in that a sign of the world and you can use them to be a blessing to the community and people around them prepare us for the soon coming revival as we pray in Jesus name amen amen amen thank you media viewer for choosing to be part of us in these 40 days of prayer journey I know the Lord is blessing you please if you have not subscribed to our website or YouTube channel just click that button but more importantly just share if you've been blessed share with as many people as you can that we all may be blessed with the Lord be with you till we meet tomorrow God bless you