 Pasta John Manangi. Welcome so much to the studio. We are so honored to have you today. Yes, how are you? I'm very fine this afternoon. Born again and with a passion to continue serving God in His vineyard. The Bible says that the harvest is plenty, but the servants are a few. So I'm one of the few trying to champion for more in the kingdom. Thank you. Oh, I love the energy. You can champion now. Oh, I love the energy. You can serve. You can serve. Yes, serving. You can serve. Yes. You can serve. I can serve. I love serving. That is what I'm passionate about. But in what capacity? You know, that's the question we're asking and we want the answers. In what capacity? You can not just serve everything. At least there's something there. There is one area that you serve and God has released grace in that area that you serve. So passionately, so passionately that you will not feel anything about it. Yes. Well, okay. Pastor John, where do you serve? Maybe we can just let us know, of course you've known your name, but where do you serve in what capacity? When did you begin serving? Okay. I serve at City of Refugea Simply, Tsukimau. And by God's grace, under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Joshua Mulally, I started serving. It's quite many years back. I can track back to 2011 series, because by God's grace those people are born and you find yourself in church corridors. Therefore, by God's grace you find yourself loving this thing. You start making sense of the word of God, which your parents and the church leaders are giving. Then all of a sudden you find, wow, kumpe the idea of God's love and what God did to humanity is real. Then you just swing in it and up to today. In fact, the guest singer was here. Bensi. Yes. One thing you don't know, we were in the same high school. Maybe you can't remember. Ayya. Bensi. Yes. Bensi. Ay, Jayanda. Let's meet up again. Bensi, do you remember? It was one class ahead of me. I used to be in the CU. It was in the CU. And I'll talk something on how we're supposed to serve God. Back then is when the, its roots started mushrooming. And how I wish we knew God would bring him this far. Yeah. Nibizuri, kukua na mchua kwa na testi kumiyako. I'm not too surprised. Kwa juh, angekuh jya paseme, he was in the CU and Bensi was not. Okay, but I wish you would allow me to go kwa na syaga. Weh. Bensi ya kuwa CU high school. Kwa na Bensi ya na chungulekitu point. Tuna kuna say na Bensi. By 2011, nuna say ma, you were born and raised in church. But at what point did you get born again? Nuna jom tu na, kunza walo, nga kwa nga born and raised in church. Ata waju angeku wali wali wakokalini. They can't track it. But can you track your salvation day? I can track my salvation day. Okay, you see when you are like in Sunday school, it's like you get born again like every day. But I can say in 2011, when I was in Form 3, is when I got clear and with depth understanding what believing Christ with your heart and confessing him with your mouth what it means. And at that point is when I meant that declaration both verbally and also from within my inner being, my spirit. Then from that, the Holy Spirit settled in me and then it started allowing me to understand the basics of salvation. Then from there, it started growing me step by step to service. That's why I was in the CU as a leader there. Then from there to campus, still serving God. Then after campus, now to church. Church minister, what I'm doing currently. Right. A long time of serving God and he never gave up along the way. He's just been consistent. Kuna tukuli tataku. Hi, have a good. Many pinyas are not just one and screwing in. Okay. As you serve God, of course it's a journey. I remember my pastor back then at Shanks from Akweni. He didn't go to church, place called Nungune. Used to tell us that salvation is not a sprint. It's not 100 meters, but it's a marathon. So along the marathon, of course even as Maradona's run, sometimes they'll feel dusty. We need someone to give you some water. So along the way, they are setbacks, but as far as you are fixed to the final up of your calling which is life after this life, you find that you have a reason to stand, you have a reason to continue pushing and trusting in God. So it is not easy, but once grace is sufficient, you find a way to, you find a way and strength to make it. Apokando you told me that you are a banker. Yeah. Here you are telling us you are a pastor. At what point did you now decide to go into ministry? Okay. In ministry, this full time ministry, people call it partial, but let me call it joint, whereby you can maybe be in ministry at church and also you can be working. Because you see at the end of the day, Paul said, those people are not willing to work, they are not supposed to do it, to eat. So banking is my occupation, my career from what I've been trained. But they are my trained economists. So from that, that's why I'm in the banking sector for now and also I do, I also do ministry at church. Currently I'm doing both of them. And inclusive of what I do at church, I also have a passion, even though we will still touch this when we will be talking on today's topic, have a passion for life coaching and talking with young people. So church, talking with young people, then banking. And it has been a nice mix and I cannot regret. Alright. And you also authored, is it a book called Untold Teenage Gold Told? Yeah, I wrote that book by the name Untold Teenage Gold Told. I decided to write that book after I had around 3 years going through high schools and talking to young people. Now when I discovered the challenges which they were going through and most of them were common, schools in Kenya, but when I sit down and download ideas of that book which are solutions to the problems they have, that book would travel a vast distance than me and would reach many more young people. So that's why I wrote that book and it's a good book because maybe I can say in a second what it entails. Number one, it assists young people understand what is their gifts and what are their talents then it shows them how they can turn those unique abilities into solutions which can solve society's problems at now. Then it shows them some examples of people in the Bible and also in the real world who discovered their gifts and their talents while young and then they mastered and sharpened them to a point where they serve the world in an amazing way and it finishes with some of the things which corrodes talents or which makes young people age talents or discover their talents miss the mark, miss the way and they don't make it and then out to avoid those stuff. Amazing, you know when Pastor Bob told me about the spirit, the spirit just leading me to talk, you know what I talk about serving God and gifts with it, I didn't know you were so passionate about it to that death, that is really amazing and you serve God in different capacity and today on our topic we are just asking guys how they can serve God and serving God is guys are like, you know with young people we have a lot of free time which we can use it to serve God but first of all how can you define even a gift what is a gift? Okay let me define a gift for you okay I can define a gift as unnatural ability which is God given and which makes you whenever you decide or you commit yourself to do something after you have done that particular thing like you exhale in that thing without struggle or you exhale better than your immediate circle, that is how you can discover what your gift is or what your talent is That is amazing, now makes you major Yes, yes I think nisha you are where I should you know I should align my service but where but also where grace is bestowed upon nisha but you interacting with the young ones when can someone start serving especially in church when can someone is there at age limit because I have interaction with guys are like ah kusaba kusaba nikiwa 50 nikiwa 40 nikiwa nikiwa nikiwa nikiwa nikiwa nikiwa 50 When do you recommend a young person to start serving God Okay, let me start it from here I think there are two things which qualifies any person to serve, especially young people the first thing is ability and then the second thing is passion now ability, this is the most common thing which qualifies anyone because as far as you are physically fit, you are able to do something it can be wiping chairs, it can be maybe singing, it can be delivering people in the church so there are things which you will find at church, regardless of your age when if you are 3 years, 4 years, 5 years you can do because as far as you are physically fit you have the ability to do them then number 2 is passion whereby you start discovering that there is something which you love naturally doing best and you are not in with the rest and when you discover that area of passion just go to church look at which area it fits most then start applying that passion in that particular area in that you can serve God in an amazing way and I believe that's why we know some musicians currently who are serving God globally with their music their journey was at church so I believe the church apart from being a place where we go and hear the word of God I am tempted to believe is one of the best platforms where one can discover their talent their gift and they start there and they go global amazing, that is what I know in Bensia, high school which is nice you come here to worship I come here to worship anyway he will tell us whether it doesn't matter wherever you can use your gift to serve God in whatever capacity you guys don't just waste your time like that serve, serve, serve God in all that you have you are serving in church kuna wale on Yoliansia prison worship kuna wale wana serve in Sunday school Sunday school it's a good ministry it's a good ministry but there's one guy on Facebook who has mentioned that he serves God by farming there was an interesting comment he serves God in farming but maybe he brings producer maybe he comes to church you don't remember sure sure why you farming? let me give him a very big take on that you see I came to discover whenever you discover your passion infact it is not a mask that it be related to church staff it can be in technology it can be in farming like him but you find that at the end result what God has given you a passion for it ends up solving people's problem that guy if his passion is farming whenever he does the farming then he harvests when he takes the produce to the market people's problem of what of anchor is sorted and by that the way God created the world to function successfully at it's functioning and what God created is functioning well, glory is going to him and the guy is serving God you can serve God in whichever area same as doctors we have engineers even church but they serving God with that cause we have engineers in church fixing the machines in churches we have architects we have church buildings we have lawyers they have lawyers of the church we are florist where is florist he is farming he is farming but he is serving God he is serving God so he is serving God he is serving God why not as an interior designer amazing first John will be sharing the word with us but guys would like to interact with you and even find out where they can get that book maybe you can just mention all your social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, Instagram come and talk on YouTube let me start here you can get me on my social media platforms Facebook I'm John Babu then I have a page by the name Making Life Alive INT also I'm on YouTube Making Life Alive International you can get videos of advisory and such I also do some blogging once in a while you can go to the internet and just type Making Life Alive International you'll get some of my articles now about my book it's called Untold Teenage Gold Told you can get it in book shops you can also request it from any of my social media platforms also on Twitter I had forgotten John Mwankanki, Instagram John Mwankanki amazing guys if you've been inspired by him just go head over to his socials and also ask him as many questions and also how you can get his book and mentorship you are into mentorship he will be able to mentor you but then he will be mentored and he will be able to mentor you you don't let you don't sit back and wait to pursue you doesn't work like the other way around and you've been talking about bensi service