 Good morning, happy sabbath, happy day, happy sabbath. Let's bow hands forward of prayer as we begin our song service. Let's pray. Our mighty and everlasting Father, we thank you so much for you've allowed us to be in your presence this morning. May we meet you, may we see you, may you tabernacle with us. As we begin to sing, may your praises inhabit our hearts. This I pray believing and trusting in Jesus Christ, mighty name, amen. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on other cities in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is thy kingdom, thy power and thy glory, forever and ever, amen. Happy sabbath once again. Happy day. Happy sabbath. Happy day. Happy sabbath, the congregation here in. And happy sabbath, the online viewers. This sabbath morning, we want to start with music, praise in music, and we will start with this day, hymn 334, three, three, four, come thou found. As sing, tune my hearts to sing thy praise. Streams of mercy, oh song, and I hope that thy safely true heart ride at home. Jesus, so undreamt from thee to rescue me from délicious blood, strained to be ill to thee. Take and see it for thy cause is my heart. Four, five, it's the end. The shepherdly are treating me thy tenderness, care, precious feet, use thy force, prepare. Where said Jesus, where said Jesus, where said Jesus, where said Jesus brought us. From sin deep, where said Jesus, where said Jesus, where said Jesus, where said Jesus, mercy to release, to cleanse us part to free. Let's turn to our neighbors, the crystal. Mojas, Sufuri, Tano, Michungaji, Mpenzin. Let's sing together joyfully in Tungaji. Let's sing together joyfully in Tungaji. Let's sing together joyfully in Tungaji. Thank you for the gift of life. Thank you for guiding us and thank you for protecting us. As you want to learn from the mission story, be with us and help us to understand what you want us to learn. In Jesus' name I pray, amen. Today our title of the mission story is God of the Red Beats and it comes from Latvia. So, Krevers was in first grade and he will learn many things as he went to school. He will diligently teach what he has learned to the mother when he came home. So, one time the third grade teacher taught him about pagan gods called Melchala and he told the mother that when you're planting crops on the field, you have to plant red beets at the end of the field for the Melchala. So, the mother got furious and she matched to school to confirm why the son was learning about pagan gods and she was furious when she was talking to the teacher. She told the teacher that his son will no longer be attending the pagan god classes and that she will not allow him to attend the classes. So, the teacher told her instead she can be teaching Bible to the students if she does not want the son to learn about pagan gods. She went to see the third grade teacher and the principal. The principal told her if she wants to teach Bible she has to teach pottery class first. So, the mother had to learn to teach pottery and one time she taught the students about the Bible and also pottery. The teacher is also interested and wanted her to teach them about the Bible. Every week she will teach the teachers about the Bible and at the end one of the teachers got baptized. Amen. Happy Sabbath everybody. Happy Sabbath. We thank God for yet another Sabbath. Today is going to be a wonderful, wonderful day. It is our Sabbath school guest day and we also have a music concert this evening and so we want to welcome each and every one of us to worship with us and feel at the feet of Jesus. Happy Sabbath. Do we have any visitors visiting with us today? Any visitors in the sanctuary as of now? Okay, we hope they are still on their way coming and I want to see all the Sabbath school teachers. Do we have any Sabbath school teachers in the house? Yes, amen. So please ensure you get a flower like mine. Sabbath school teachers, today is our day and we are going to be getting involved beyond all limits. Sabbath school, the influencer. So we want to welcome each and every one of us to worship with us today. We want to welcome also the online viewers and those of us who are physically here. Please welcome people to join us today. We're going to have a very wonderful experience today and we hope that we shall all be blessed together. So we want to pray and we can invite the Sabbath school lesson teachers to take over. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you for today. Thank you for the wonderful experience that you have given us to come and worship and that together we can fellowship and get to experience more of your love this day. Thank you for Sabbath school and thank you for the teachers who have come and are ready to facilitate. We ask that you walk with us and give us more of a Holy Spirit. We also pray, dear Father, that you bless each and every one of us that's going to be here to worship and we pray especially for the visitors who are going to grace our Sabbath today and we pray that by our warm fellowship many people can come to our knowledge of you. Please be with us and guide us through the rest of this day for this is the humble prayer in Jesus' name. Amen. Thank you. You're welcome. Sisters and sisters, we are delighted that we have lesson number 13, which is close, the last one but one, for this quarter. We welcome you to study with us and with me, my brother. Samagutu. Samagutu will be continuing to give details of the amary and all the work that we are expected to do. We are expecting another brother who will join us as soon as he comes. The title of our lesson today, my name is Mika Mitoko, I suppose you will remember. The title of our lesson today is Waging Peace. Last week we spoke of the amary and I thought that waging would go with war but peace is the title, Waging Peace. Our memory text is taken from the book of Ephesians 6.16 and it says, in all circumstances, take up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming nuts of the evil one and take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. These are armaments which God has prepared in his own love and in preparing us to meet the evil one. We know that we are coming to the time of the end and this will be the final. The evil one had been defeated in heaven and Jesus defeated him when he came down as a human being. Now he turned on to the followers of Jesus believing that he will deny them, he will deny him over as many of us as possible but Jesus has been victorious. The war that we are fighting is not our war. It is a war of the chief commander who is Jesus Christ. And last week we were taken through the armaments, the physical armaments that the Lord has prepared for his people. Like I said, the war is not ours. The war is led by the chief companion, the victor, Jesus Christ, who is the victor who has defeated him several times but he wants us as his followers to make a choice as it was in the Garden of Eden that we made a choice to follow, to believe Satan. Now it is our turn to stand and fight on the side of the victor, on the side of Christ. So the lesson today shows us what to do. The armory is complete. It is available. The armors of God that we have to take is complete for everyone and the lesson Paul has shown us that there is this armory. We are all invited to visit the armory of God and see for ourselves how much, how fit and how strong we are prepared to win this war. Yes, the war is already won by Christ but we have also to stand and win. And the interesting thing is this. God's armory holds enough of the finest weaponry for every soldier in his army to be clad with northern steel from top to bottom as they set forth to wage the war. The armory, your size is there. Everything covering you from your head to the toe is there and it is for you to stand, walk to the armory, join the army of Christ and be counted. Today's lesson is showing us that it's not just the physical, the mental, the social and all our behaviors are all being under attack. So, we are escorted to the armory. Last week we were asked to stand on the side of Christ. I believe that all of you have stood. Now the armory is there. Take the full armory of God. Today's lesson will cover some of these things. We need also not to stand as individuals. We are invited to join the army and to work in cooperation under the command of the chief commander, Jesus Christ. Yes, he is not going to sit back and leave us alone to fight. A united approach of the church led by Jesus Christ will stand and make this final stand victorious. Yes, Christ is leading. We are members of his army. Therefore, shall we not listen to our command and be ready to work in unity as a church? Yes, the church is at war. Will you not be in these final stages of this long battle? Remember Christ has won. Remember the war is of God. Will you not stand with God? The Creator, the one who died for you, the one who has promised to come again and take us home, the one who has already been victorious. He is the leader and he is inviting you to join in this army. Now I welcome my brother Sam to take us to the next stage of having stood and having been ready. What else do you want to do, Sam? Thank you, thank you Elder. Once again, happy Sabbath to our online congregation. We can see many of you who have already joined. I may just mention some of them. We have Verona Stapleton telling all of us happy Sabbath from Montreal in Canada. We have Shadra Kosewe. Lydia Orico is wishing all of us happy Sabbath and my sister, Lydia Oriema is asking that the volume be increased. I hope that that can be done but it is also wishing us happy Sabbath. Mary Osiemo, we have Beryl Atkinson from Jamaica. We have Lenora Boy Scrooks from Trinidad and Tobago. So as you can see, we actually have a global congregation this morning and we really welcome you to this service and we ask that you make comments. We will be able to help, to try as much as possible to respond to any of your questions and as a team, we can be able to enrich our discussions. And for Lydia Oriema, we know that she was sick in hospital and we welcome you, sister. We are praying for your quick recovery to come and join us here physically. Amen. God is with you. Thank you. Yes. So we have, as Eldar said, we've seen that God has provided us with the armor and that each, there's enough in the armory for every single one of us. Now, Paul uses all this military in a metaphor to explain something very critical. And what is that? It is that we are soldiers in the army of God. We have the privilege of having been enlisted into the army. Indeed. I remember during the course of the last couple of weeks, there has been an exercise by the Kenya Defence Forces to enlist people into the army. They were in a crooked routine. And you found hundreds and thousands of people showing up, but only a few selected ones were enlisted. And so we have been selected and enlisted in God's army. What a great honor. It's a great honor. But now, what is the fight? It is not that we should, you know, have swords and guns and bombs and grenades. What is the nature of this war? Now, as you have said, we must be unified. We must work as a unit. Indeed, in those days, the days of the Greeks and the Romans, the structure or the strategy for the army was that each individual soldier would be very firmly clad in very tough and tight armor. But in addition to that, they went together side by side in a strong formation. Normally the battlefield would be down in a valley and they would be up on top of the hill and so they would move together as a formation. And that ensured that there was no gap and that they would actually move forward as one and attack the enemy. What is the relevance of that to us? As a church, we must be united. Within the individual departments that we have within the church, the deconry, the pastorate, we must all work as one with a very, very clear vision to attack the enemy. And so it is not for individuals, as you said, for any individual to shine, but it is the collective, the corporate effort that yields fruit. Now, Paul then goes ahead and starts describing the equipment that we must have to be successful. And he talks of the, first of all, the belt and the breastplate. Now, what was this belt in the armor of the Roman soldiers? You find that they would have their dress and some of it, you have the breastplate, you have other components, but there was then a belt that was tied around the loin to actually tighten and ensure that everything was in place. And so we find that this belt was very critical because it is what then ensured that the soldier was firmly clad. Now, why are we talking about these weapons? Now, the weapons that are available to us as individual members and the church must be used to fight the enemy. Now, what are the things that we are fighting? In unity. Now, what are we to fight? We are fighting false teachings, we are fighting deceptions, we are fighting misrepresentations against God's character, we are fighting jealousies, we are fighting infighting within the church. And so we really must make sure that our belts are firmly guarded. So that we are able to stand. So this is not a physical. It is not a physical fight. It is a spiritual fight. It is. So, when Paul talks in Ephesians 6,14, he first tells us to stand. Now, how do we stand? To stand, we must be ready. We must be alert. We must be ready for combat. You must be ready to be counted. Absolutely. To identity. There is no hiding. Yes. You have to stand up and say, I stand on Christ's side. On Christ's side. Yes. And this readiness requires physical alertness. So it is important that even as a soldier of Christ, even as we go in for mission. In fact, that is why they say we must be sober. We must be sober. We must be awake. We must be awake. Ready. Absolutely. Yes. We have seen within our church, the leader of our evangelism team has started an interesting mission. And I would really like to appeal to many that physical fitness, that you must be physically fit. Right? Yeah. Right? And then you must be mentally alert. Alert. All right? And then we then need to guard our belt. And that is that we must be ready. We need to be ready to, you know, to ensure that we are actually able to go out on mission. The other thing is that in doing this, there's a lot of, you know, when a soldier is going out to war, there's unnecessary baggage that they must put down. In other words, they'll be weighed down. Aha. They must actually put aside. You must reduce the baggage. Reduce the baggage. Some of the baggage that keep us away from fighting are very many. There are even things that you would think do not affect anything, but they take your time and they stop you from being in the army. Precisely. And fighting. Yes. So take off unnecessary baggage. There could be some confessions that you need to make. There could be some, you know, what you'd say, a small sin. Something that actually holds you back. Something that you do. You must put all those away. There could be people that you need to forgive. There should become forgiveness that you need to make. There could be some little addictions that you may have. Those are what you are required to leave put aside as baggage. And then we are told to now guard up our, you know, belt. Now, our belt is the belt of truth. Truth. Truth. We need to experience the truth. Not a little lie. Yeah. No. Truth. And you know, Eldar, in the life that we're living now, there are things that are now called alternative truths. Yeah. You find, you know, people preaching from the same Bible, but interpretations are done in a way that is convenient. You know, you know, what change of small words, like Satan, when he was approaching Eve, it is said, is it true that this, is it true you may not eat everything? He didn't really say that. Yeah. He didn't really say that. And it brings doubts into your mind so that you don't have to believe. It's like now the question of Sabbath being discussed by so many people. Yes. That all the SDS are like, you know, they are like a cult. Yeah. Because they insist on this Sabbath. And the Sabbath, when God himself said, remember. Remember the Sabbath. The Sabbath. And to keep it holy. Yeah. And they are trying to say that you can choose any day. Yes. This is to justify the unscriptural change that was made. You know, they come with some funny suggestions. Even, I mean, the energy God made man, woman, the human. Yes. But now there are alternative truths now that point to a different direction. Yeah. Now, this truth, our truth, those of us who proclaim that we know the truth, as Christians, as having their dentist, we must be able to share that truth. Yeah. One of the challenges that we have, even within our church, is that there is a sense... Sometimes it's a sense of complacency. You find that, you know, we are more concerned about our membership within. Yeah. In reach. Right? You know, we are the defenders of the truth. We are the remnant church. But this, it is upon us, we have been commissioned to go out and to tell this truth to the world. Yes. To go and tell the world this truth. Yes. It is not for us to keep it within ourselves. Right? Besides being watchful and caring for our brothers. Yes. So that when I go wrong, you will be ready to come and stand with me. Absolutely. And say, brother, here you are wrong. This is the right way. Yes. This is one thing that I thought we need to bring in. And not to be afraid of correcting your brother. Right. If I get lost and you did not tell me, that scene is with you. Is with me. Yeah. That's right. Yeah. That's good. Now Paul also tells us to have the, you know, a breastplate. Yeah. This breastplate was, you know, worn around the chest. And it then covered the shoulders. It covered the vital organs. You know, the heart, the lungs, the stomach. Right? Now, these were, the breastplate was the protection for vital organs. Yes. Right? Yes. Now, this breastplate is the breastplate of righteousness. Of righteousness. Yes. Just like the breastplate in the Roman, for the Roman soldiers, covered those vital organs. Our, we are covered by Christ's righteousness. Yes. We need to have Christ's righteousness covering our hearts. That we have hearts of love. Hearts of compassion. We need to have Christ's righteousness covering our lungs. That we are breathing the air of goodness, of faithfulness, of gentleness. Right? And covering this heart, Jesus said, it is from your heart that all the sins and all the thoughts come in. Precisely. It is the heart that needs to be pure with the prayers and what for the Lord all the time. Yes. And therefore, this breastplate, it is the breastplate of what? Of righteousness. Of righteousness. Of righteousness. Yeah. We need to accept the righteousness of Jesus over our bodies. We need to get out, to throw away our own righteousness. Indeed, our own righteousness is described as filthy rags. Filty rags. Filty rags. Let us have the righteousness, the robe of righteousness of Christ covering us. Yes. It is Christ's righteousness that protects us from the fiery arrows of the devil. Now, Elder, there's one thing that I just wanted to mention. This, you know, the way that the Romans had their shields. These shields were made of, and we're going to look at that a little later. The shields. But then they also had a leather covering. And this leather was actually soaked in water. What that meant, that some of the arrows and darts that the enemy threw, they actually had fire on them. So, yeah, so you'd find an arrow coming, and it is made of fire, and it also has fire. So it was important to have these shields so that the arrow would actually, the shield would soak and extinguish the fire. Indeed. Now, it is therefore, yeah, for us that shield, yeah, that protects us, that Christ's righteousness, that protects us from those arrows and those fiery darts of the devil. Yes. We must wear Christ's righteousness as our basis for protection. I just wanted to check for any further comments from our online congregation. Yes. There seems to be a bit of a problem with my line, but as soon as I get it, I'll be able to comment. And then, next, were the shoes. Shoes. Now, you know, for a soldier, the boots are very important to have, you must have the right boots. And I was thinking about these shoes. Have you ever had a situation where you're walking under the small pebble in your shoe, and it's very uncomfortable? Yeah. You actually, you have to take off your shoe, and you'll find that it's just a small pebble, but extremely uncomfortable. Very. Therefore, it is important that we have shoes that are not only comfortable, but which are firm, and which are strong. And which will enable you to stand, to stand. But you know, Paul gives us on this belt and the breastplate, he assures us of victory. He says in Roman 837 to 39, that in all these things, we are more than victorious. We are more than victorious. We are victorious. And therefore, as he tells us to go through this life and examine and work and stand steady, victory is assured. I think if you know that what you are going to do is going to be successful. You are going to be victorious. You are going to be, it gives you even more energy. Yes. Work and be focused much more. So all of this war that we are fighting, Christ has already been victorious. Christ has been victorious. He assured us that look, I am with you always. Yes. And therefore, we will be more than victorious. In fact, Paul goes further. He says, for I am persuaded that neither death, imagine, death is what we are here. Neither death, nor sicknesses, nor any will separate us from the love of God. The love of God is here as well. Amen. And it is guaranteed. In fact, the Holy Spirit has guaranteed our salvation. And therefore, the love of God is here also that shows that nothing will remove us. And if we are not removed, we are victorious and we will be with it. We have that blessed assurance, but we must be, as soldiers, we cannot afford to be complacent. Indeed. I have, you know, just one, you know, some comment here from Ivan. Happy Sabbath day to everyone. Faith, happy Sabbath from Aneli. It is Christ's righteousness that protects us from the fiery arrows of the devil. Indeed. It is good to hold on to Christ and to have Christ-like behavior. Indeed. We have Diana Mosetti from Kilifi. We have Bertha Francis Elliott telling us happy Sabbath from the United Kingdom. Now, there's something I just wanted to also, you know, mention. Yes. You know, in terms of the, in Ephesians 6.15, Paul says, And having showed your feet to the preparation of the gospel of peace, we are to wage the gospel of peace. Peace. Now, this peace is the peace of Christ. And it is interesting how, even in talking about peace, Paul actually talks a lot, gives a detailed military metaphor to describe peace. You know, in Ephesians 2.14, he talks about Jesus, our peace has broken down the walls that separate us. This is the walls that were separating the Jews and the Gentiles. But let me ask you, Elba, have those walls been completely broken even now? Do we still have, you know, issues between one tribe and another, groups, this group and the other? Brother, I am afraid we have erected our own walls. The physical wall of the temple, I mean, was broken when Christ died. Yes. And God's purpose was to put together the Jews and the Gentiles so that we are co-children of Abraham. We are co-heirs of the Kingdom. Of the same person. But in our church, don't we have a place where we tend to congregate and say this is our corner? This is our corner. Or some clubs where we think of our own relatives to join in and keep others out. If we are co-children that we still avoid or divide, then the wall is still there. Right. Now, Jesus died on the cross and purchased this peace, the peace that we are talking about with his own blood. Jesus has proclaimed the good news of peace to those near and far. Yes. Now, this good news that is being proclaimed to those near and far, we had very, very recently, a two-week evangelistic campaign by evangelist Finlay. He crossed many miles to come and proclaim the gospel here. Yes. Now, and that was an extremely successful activity. Indeed. But what it should do is to light a fire in us. Yes. Yes. What is the extent of our evangelistic activity? How many churches are we planting? How we should go out, get out of our comfort zones in our churches and go out and plant more churches because Jesus is coming again. Yes. Yes. And we must ensure that this message is actually passed to all the corners of the world. Are we doing it? We are planting churches. It is important to plant churches wherever the message is needed. Wherever the children of God have not heard the message and bring them all because we still have our own tribes. We still have our own cultures and whatnot. And we have these walls which we have created. The ones that we erected. These walls must be torn down. Because Philly is not a Kenyan. No. Why did he choose to come here? He came because he had a message. He had a message for Africa. And you could hear him, you know. Like now we are studying the lesson. The lesson is going to everyone who has tuned in. And you just read the number of people who are... And we welcome them. They are our members. They are our brothers. When we go, the day is coming. When we go to heaven, somebody will come and say, Hey, I used to join you in your lesson study. And you will say, like these people would ask Jesus, Where are you? Where did we meet you? Oh, it was when you did this. It will be a great thing. Amen. So, the wall of division must be torn down. Which is the state of salvation. Like I just mentioned, the shield in the Roman days was made of wood covered with leather and adorned with metal. The shield could completely protect a soldier to prevent arrows. Then there was a helmet. The Roman helmet had various pieces that protected the soldier's neck and cheeks. Ensuring that they had full head protection. The head must be fully protected. The brain was right. Therefore, in our situation, our force must be focused on salvation. The salvation that God has appeared for us. And the hope that this salvation will soon materialize and eternal life without sin. Yes. And finally, the sword. The sword was about one and a half meters long. And it was double-edged. It was about a double-edged sword. Very, very effective. It cut both sides. Now, this is what the soldiers used to defend and to attack. Now Paul speaks of the word of God and sharper than any two-edged sword. It reassesses to the division of soul and spirit. This is the only weapon capable of turning the enemy into an ally. How can we go out and actually bring people to Christ using our double-edged sword, which is the word of God? We cannot possibly go out and fight if we are not rooted in the word. Correct. We must know the word. Correct. Because it is the word that enables us to preach and to convert. Yes. Thank you. So, really, to what extent are we rooted? What should we do? The word of God is with us. It is within us. The spirit of the Lord is available immediately. In fact, Christ said, I go and send you a helper. This helper was going to teach us more, to let to interpret for us and to know that the Lord is with us in everything. In fact, it is important because people have been misinterpreting the word and using the word for other purposes. The word of God was inspired by the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit has been given to us so that it will help us to interpret and follow, to understand so that nobody would cheat us again. Right. It is important we stick to the word. And that is one of our basic belief in the SDA Church that it is the word and the word alone. Not customs, not decisions of elders, because the elders remember during Jesus' time, there were so many things, so many rules even today, that you cannot, you know, and instead of appreciating the spirit of the word, we have built up things that are inhibitions, things that stop us really to show the love of God. Amen. Now, let me just, once again, just see what our lively online congregation is saying. Sorry, there is a bit of a technical problem here, but I am sure that they are continuing. We will get there. Right, we will. And, you know, finally, well, not really finally, but to practice battlefield prayer. Prayer. Prayer. Is prayer a weapon? Prayer is a weapon. But prayer is the, in all the things that we have said, prayer is the unifying ingredient. Why? It is the one, you know, praying is engaging or connecting with God. You know about, you know, our networks, these SafariCom and mobile phone network, you know what happens when you are outside the network? You cannot connect, right? Now, we have to be in God's network. Yes. And prayer, yeah, is that unifying connection between us and God. But you know, some of us only pray when we want this, God give me this, God give me this. What about praying for me or praying for your brother? Right. Now, you know, praying, first of all, we need to pray always. Always. We need to pray earnestly. And praying, you know, earnestly and persistently. Although praying persistently, Elder doesn't mean that you actually spend the whole night, you know, praying and screaming and what. Praying, you can pray for long. However, it is not that when we pray that we are trying to tell God, you know, something that he does not know. He knows already. He knows already, right? So really, our supplication is asking God. So if God knows already what I want, do I need to ask Him? You need to ask. Why? Yeah. Jesus, who was God, spent time. He spent time praying. Spent time praying. Indeed. So we must pray. Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit. I'm just reading from Ephesians. Yeah. Being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints. And pray also for me. Paul asks that they pray for him. Why? You know, it is very important that as we pray, we not only pray for ourselves, but it is very important to pray for our religious leaders, for our pastors. Some think of this. Philippians 4.6. Be anxious for nothing. This is Paul. Yes. Be anxious for nothing. But in everything with the prayer, with supplication and thanksgiving, let your request be known. I found this so interesting. Number one, I am confident that what the Lord, what I want from the Lord, He will do. I am confident that the Lord cares for me and knows what it is. But we should, with supplication and thanksgiving, we should thank the Lord for even the opportunity to be talking to our brothers about these things. Even the opportunity of being in the army of God. We should. And therefore there should be request for others, our brothers, those who are in, you don't know what is happening in Turkana now. But there might be somebody there who is seeking to know the truth. We should pray that the Lord will reveal to us where we should go. Absolutely. Because this is really His work. So how should our prayer be? We should pray at all times. At all times. At all times. We should never cease to pray. Even when we do not seem to get an immediate answer. Some people are used to these instant things. These days you have fast food. So even with almost like prayer can be something like fast food. God would like to have this and expect to have it. Fast food. We must be able to be patient. And God will respond to our prayer requests in the way that He deems best for us. Even you as a parent, it is not everything that your child asks for that you give them. You give them what is good, what is best for them. And therefore God decides and gives us and answers our prayers in His time and in His own way and in His own wisdom. And you know prayer sometimes involves stating your stand. I am thinking of David, the shepherd boy, saying to Goliath, you are coming against me with all this amary. We were talking about the amary. But I am coming to you in the name of that God of Israel, who you have defied. Yes. And today, you know, today He will give me your head. Today, you know, you are taking God with you. You know that God is participating in this war. And you are confident that He is with you. Right. That in His name you will be victorious. Amen. Prayers must be one that expresses our obedience, our love, our being in the soldiers of Jesus. Just an apology to our online congregation. There is a technical problem with that. I am not able to get your views, but I am sure that you are watching and you are participating with us and we ask for your prayers. Now, when we pray, we must also pray in the Spirit. Right. Jesus promised us when He was going, that He would not leave us alone. That He would send us the Holy Spirit. And He has sent us that Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the one who transforms our prayers as we read in Romans 8 verse 26 with groanings which cannot be uttered. Indeed. He is the one who is able to present our supplications in a way that even we cannot possibly understand. We don't know how to pray. No, we don't. But with the help of the Holy Spirit, our prayers can then reach the heavenly realms. Now, and we should pray for all the saints, for the work of the church, our local church, our global church. Let us pray, as I said earlier, for our church leaders, our pastors. They are at the forefront of this war. You find situations where a pastor goes to a family which has been under spiritual attack. The pastor who goes into this situation needs our prayers so that the armor of God can be able to defend him against those spiritual forces. In fact, our pastors require very special and all other workers because they are always out somewhere. They leave their families and they go and pray for others. One needs to pray for the flock they have, for the flock they leave behind. If Paul being an apostle, the writer who was being used by Christ, asks for prayer for himself as well, pray also for me so that I may open my mouth with wisdom because wisdom belongs to the Lord. If Paul could appeal to us for prayers, you and me. How much more do we need for me? Those who are called upon to proclaim the gospel, particularly in the case of Paul, our various evangelists, our pastors, especially need prayers, the prayers of believers so as to boldly present that message with confidence. And so as we now get towards the end of the lesson, I think it is important for us that we must put on every piece of the armor and then we must then stand firm. The Lord has honored us, has chosen us and enlisted us into his army as his soldiers. We must then fight bravely for him maintaining the right in every transaction. We need to put on the breastplate of righteousness. The full armor of God. The full armor of God. We must have Christ's robe of righteousness so that we are able to go out and fight and fight this battle. But like we have said, this is about waging peace. We must wage peace. And how do we wage peace? We wage peace by proclaiming or by using Christ, the gospel armory. And the gospel armory, the gospel arsenal for waging peace in the lineup of the following Christian virtues. Humility. Patience. Forgiveness. And practices such as prayer and worship. Those are the that is the gospel arsenal. That is the gospel armory that we must have to be able to go out and to win this war, to win more souls for the heavenly kingdom. Because the prayer transforms. The prayer sets us aside because it is our cooperation with the Lord. And he does not leave us to fight only. You know sometimes in this world a warrior will be decorated. But he is decorated with what? Just names. Some of all those good, well decorated warriors have not achieved what the results is going to be. And God has prepared for us things which we have not been able even to think, even to see, even to imagine great things for those who have served him well. And some it will be great to stand together again in the heavenly kingdom with the others, with their brothers, with our pastors, with our church members and others. Those that we have brought to the kingdom. And so I would just like to finish with a further thought from Sister Ellen G White. An army in battle would become confused and weakened unless all worked in concert. If the soldiers should act out of their own, of their own impulsive ideas without reference to each other's positions and work, they would be a collection of independent atoms. They could not do the work of an organized body. So the soldiers of Christ must act in harmony. They alone must not be cherished. If they do this, the Lord's people in the place of being perfect harmony of one mind, one purpose, and consecrated to one grand object will find efforts fruitless. This is just an emphasis on the need for us to work together as families together as a church and go out there and win more souls for the heavenly kingdom. I'm grateful that we have been able to get through this lesson. We see how prepared the Lord has made our work easier. It is fully supported. He is there in person. He is leading. And He has promised that what we can do enables us to join in that eternal kingdom that He has set for His people. And I want to invite my brothers and ourselves to be ready for that and be part of that great throne that will sing the song of Moses when we reach heaven. Please say the last word and pray. Really, I think my last word I've said it is unity is strength. We must work together to bring in more souls for the kingdom. Let us pray. Our kind of loving Father, we thank you for the opportunity that you've given us to be of service to you. Thank you Father for the lessons that we have learned this quarter. And the team Father has been unity. We pray Father that you bring us together, united so that we may be able to bring more souls for your kingdom. For our pastors, of our elders, of our deacons, of our evangelism teams, Father and give us that strength and the spirit to go out there and to evangelize and to bring the word to those who have not yet heard it so that the end may come that your coming may be hastened. Bless us with the rest of the program that we have today for we have asked this in the loving name of our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. I am thankful brother we have to connect with us. Happy Sabbath Church let us now settle down and have a word of prayer may we rise. Let's rise for prayer. Our kind of loving Father, we'd like to thank you for this day. We thank you for the gift of life and good health. We thank you for bringing us to church this day. Thank you for the lovely gift of Sabbath and for the wonderful Sabbath school session that we've just had. Now as you would like to go into the divine hour we'd like to pray that you may lead us and guide us, may your spirit dwell amongst us and may you guide us and may we have the pleasure of resting in the Sabbath in your presence, O Lord. This is my humble prayer just believing Jesus' name. Amen. Happy Sabbath Church. I'd like to welcome you to an Arabic Central today. For our visitors we would like to inform you that Asha's will be going around to give you a few gifts and we would like to inform you as well that after church we will be having lunch with the visitors and visitors includes those who are being here for the first time and also for those who are returning visitors. We are very much welcome and we look forward to having lunch with you today at the Old Sanctuary. Thank you very much. Happy Sabbath. The Lord is good. All the time. Happy Sabbath Church. The Lord is good. All the time. We are going to close our Sabbath school worship with him number 452. Word heavenly music. I request that we rise up even as we sing this closing song 452 word heavenly music. Kindly let's be on our feet together. I mean a very special way to this service today and feel at the feet of Christ. I believe he has so much for us during this day. I want us to go into the announcement and before then I would want us to pray to invite the spirit to be with us. Let's pray. Our gracious Lord and our Father what in heaven we invite you to be with us even as you go through the announcement is our prayer in Jesus' name. Amen. So today is Sabbath school guest day and our speaker is Pastor John Masheria. We are going to have a special service and I am inviting each and every one of you to be part of this session so that you can be able to get that which God has prepared for us. I would wish that you pray for the speaker even as he presents the word of God. We will have a program at 4pm that will be led by the music department. So you are all welcome to partake of that service. Our midweek prayers are still on. We do it each and every week on Wednesday starting from 5.30. We are all invited to be able to attend and be able to participate and get blessing of the day. From the family life department the young couple's retreat that is for those who are married between 0 and 10 is going to be on first of October and is going to be here with the old sanctuary. So we are all invited. Our speaker is Pastor Bran. Those who are falling in that category you are invited. Register with Brother Congoro and Brother Jerry. The next announcement is baby dedication will be there next sabbat. Those with children in that age that would want them to be dedicated you are invited to register your name with sister name of Gonda. Please register with her so that your child can be dedicated on 30th of September next sabbat. We have a program that is going to run food prints for parents and mentors. This is a program that equips the parents to be the primary mentors of their children and we are inviting you to be able to join. It is starting today from just immediately after the defined service maps building. The voice of prophecy we are encouraged to visit the desk. The desk is just there. You can be able to get information on some of the things that you can be able to do in sharing Christ through books. I would want to welcome each and every one of you and feel at the feet of Christ for you today. Before I exit, I would want to invite our guru so he can be able to share with us briefly. Welcome. Happy sabbat church. Happy day. God is good. And all the time thank you. I stand here to say thank you. Thank you. On 2nd of August at 7.30 I received visitation a devastating one. I got the news I was called by my son Ezekiel and told daddy come to Agakan hospital and I asked why and he told me come to the Agakan hospital. I assumed and believed that it could not be a good news but I did not know what it was. We rushed. I asked a neighbor to take me to Agakan hospital and on arrival my son in law Millicent's husband and my son Ezekiel hugged me and Ezekiel told me dad William is no more and they took me to where my son was lying dead. I stand here to say thank you because from that time to about last week I walked in the stream and the tunnels of darkness brought by tears of grief. Two days after when the news of the death of my son flowed and was received by members of Nairobi central church I began to receive visitors who are there to console me who are there to comfort me and the church worked with me from that day until the day I laid my son to rest I saw this church fall to the brim on the day of the service I saw the membership of this church at my home in Rosengar I was humbled and I said thank you my god for putting me in the fellowship of people who care for their Christian fellows I say thank you I saw the witness of the army of the church and the army of Christ giving me the shoulder to lean on and providing me with spotlights to walk through the darkness of the tunnel of death thank you thank you for walking me through to see light again may God continue to bless us all and may we in that kind of what I witnessed stand with any of us not only in death but in any forms of tribulation and torment you worked with me when waves of death were drowning me you worked with me when I was walking to hopelessness and wanted to question why God but you showed me and you told me do not ask God why but thank him all worked for the good of them that love the Lord thank you all in Jesus name happy Sabbath the Lord is good though the time we want to do a quick transfer of membership we want to invite our church clerk to take us through quickly because of time happy Sabbath church the following are the transfers coming into central church in serum example Johnbuddie from seventh day and from seventh day service from seven we're here seven there the transfers coming into center church by raising your right hand in our post in A. It's carried. Thank you. Transfers out. Alice Osebe Undieki to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Karengata. Asenath Aviambo Obiero to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Utawala Central. Charity Achieng Mather to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Eden Springs. Christine Kerubo Makori to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Karengata. Dennis Abere Undieki to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Karengata. Derrick Walala to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Ghiduray Central. Evans Undieki to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Karengata. Gelda Mokey Ranyamache to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Nairobi South. Joelyne Achieng Onyango to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Eden Springs. Shantel Fosya Awendo to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Federal Way. Kasten Boyer to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Nairobi South. Kerubo Josephine to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Nyali. Kuamboka Esther Monde to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Laser Hill. Linda Kerubo Aosa to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Beta Living. Losson Muge Undieki to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Karengata. Nicholas Zulu Melusi to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Kalu Lishi Central. Pinky Wandia Riru to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Ghiduray Central. Sasham Boyer to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Nairobi South. Valary Jebchumba Yego to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Springfield. And Virginia Moranyamasege to Seventh-day Adventist Church, Rangau. I move that we grant the transfers moving out of Nairobi Central Church. We're seconding, it's been seconded. Any observations? Either of the names? All in favor by raising your right hand. Any opposed? Let's carry it. Thank you. Thank you so much. Also, following recommendation from the church board, we have candidates being baptized this morning at Pangani Girls High School. They are as follows, Ashley Mora Owanga, Brooklyn Mokaya Ongachi, Kallen Kuamboka Orenge, Kandi Brenda Achieng, Christine Michelle Nyabuti, Delvin Manereti Wanyoni, Irene Agatha Maena, Joy Zawadibaya, Judi Karen Loveless, Marion Nyabuki Mungare, Michelle Mokaira Marietta, and Pili Anyango Ogada. I so move that we approve the baptism set to take place this morning and accept the candidates into the membership of Seventh-day Adventist Church, Nairobi Central. It's been moved. You are seconding. Any observations? All in favor, Joy Flea, can you say amen? Any opposed? By raising your right hand. It's carried. And lastly, we have additional officers into Evangelism Council. This will be the first reading. The second reading and voting will be done next Sabbath. They are as follows, Nick Fred Henginyan Jalaleh, Haman Jogatambo, and Rogers Kathiani Abura. This is for your information. Our Evangelism department, two of the assistants left the country and so we only have the leader and we feel it is struggling, so we end to add more members into the team. And so please, prayerfully, let's consider this as we come next Sabbath for the voting. God bless you. Happy Sabbath, church. The Lord is good. All the time. And all the time, the Lord is good. We want to welcome you this day to our Sabbath worship today, the 23rd of September. Today we are having the Sabbath school day. It's a special day and we have a number of visitors who are joining us this day. We want to welcome you, feel at the feet of Christ. I know we have quite a number of them from also members from Nairobi, Easton and Lavington. We want to welcome you into our Sabbath school worship this day. We want to lift our voices in praise of our God this day and we're going to take a few minutes to sing songs and I want to introduce the team that is leading us today. From my far left, I'll just request them to say to mention their names as we proceed. Happy Sabbath, church. My name is Yvona Bungu. I'm blessed to serve today. Happy Sabbath. Happy Sabbath. I'm Carolina Simba, singing alto. I'm Erika Oiti. Happy day. Timothy Maena. He'll be doing bass and at the piano we have our brother Enoch and Mr. Mabel. They'll be joining us. Then behind us we have the wonderful orchestra team. I'll request them to just raise, led by our sister Nyangara. Thank you. Thank you so much. So those of us who are joining us from the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, KBC, welcome at our worship program this day. To start us off, we'll sing song number 430. Joy by and by 430 or there'll be joy when the work is done. This is a song that gives us assurance that in the midst of all that we face in the world today indeed we'll find joy when our master will come. So let us sing with conviction and cheerful heart 430 joy by and by together. Joy when the river's covering the ships and sets off sun to the new Jerusalem air. Joy by and by, joy, joy, joy, joys never die, joy, joy, joy, for the day's no end. Joy when the work has gathered home. Each of the songs that's equal to see, praise the King in the new Jerusalem. Joy's never died, joy, joy, joy, for the night when the work joys that await us there. Joy, joy, joy, joy, joy, joy, joy, joy, joy, joy, joy, joy, joy. There'll be joy when the workers gather home. There's an old time hymn, I remember Calvary. It is not in our SDA hymnals, but we'll ask that it be projected where he leads me, I will go, for I have learned to trust in him. I remember Calvary. If we can have it projected on our screens, it's another song that gives us assurance on that, on the same. Thank you. We will rise up and sing song number 694 as our doxology. Praise God from home, whom all blessings flock. Calvary, let's be on our feet. Let us pray our dear loving heavenly Father, our Creator and our Redeemer, the King of the universe. We want to thank you very much this morning for giving us another Sabbath day, adding to the many that we have had in our lives. And we thank you that this is another beautiful Sabbath day, that you have gathered us together here to fellowship, to enjoy your blessings, to praise you and to be equipped for mission, so that we can finish the work, we can take the gospel to every corner of this world, and then your coming will be realized. Thank you for Nairobi Central Church. Thank you for all the members, all the guests that have been invited today, and they came. We want to celebrate this Sabbath day together. We pray that at the end of this service, your name will be glorified, and we all receive our portion of blessings. We pray that you give us calm as we go through this program from now to the end. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Praise God, church. Praise God, church. Happy Sabbath. Happy day. Who is happy to be in the house of the Lord? Thank you very much. The psalmist says that he was glad when they told him, let us go to the house of the Lord. Amen. God has been gracious to each and every one of us since we were here last Sabbath. By his providence, he has made it possible for us to meet here today, regardless of what experiences we had throughout the week. And so we are grateful to our Lord, and we really thank him for bringing us together once again. This Sabbath is a Sabbath school guest's day, or visitor's day. And so this is the theme of this day. As we go along, please keep that in mind. We are happy to receive all visitors that have joined us for service this morning. The theme of the day is Sabbath school, the influenza beyond all limits. Sabbath school, the influenza beyond all limits. And we could just try that. If I say Sabbath school, please respond by saying the influenza beyond all limits. Sabbath school, thank you very much. You are good students. So amongst us joining us for worship this morning, I have three visitors that have registered their names in the book. We have Maureen Awor from Mandara SDA. Please, if I call your name kindly stand up, just so that we can recognize you. Maureen Awor from Mandara SDA church. Maureen, could I see you? Maureen. Okay, then we have Samuel Mokoro from Kitangela Central, and then we have Florence Owiti from Lovington. Please kindly, if you could stand up so that we appreciate you. Okay, thank you very much. So apart from our visitors here, there could be visitors that did not have an opportunity to enter their names in the book, visitor's book. So any visitor that is amongst us, please stand so that we can recognize you. Any visitors that are in the congregation, amen. Any other visitors? Thank you. Thank you very much. Please keep standing. Please keep standing. We will appreciate you with our ashes that have gifts. Any other visitor that may have missed out, please stand. And in case there's any of you that is not of the Adventist faith, any visitor that is not of the Adventist faith, just we have a special gift for you. Please put up your hand. If you are visiting us, but you are not a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Kindly, just by a show of your hand, put it up so that we can recognize you with that special gift. Any? Thank you very much. Thank you visitors. You may be seated. You are welcome to Nairobi Central Church as we proceed on. For those that are following us, both virtually in the church here and through the online media, Facebook, and YouTube, and on our national broadcaster KBC, please feel welcome and in your father's house. All visitors, please remember to join us for lunch at the old sanctuary. The old sanctuary is the church that you see when you are coming in on your right as well as you go out. Don't miss to join us there for lunch. So the people who are serving us, maybe just before I move to that, I would like to recognize and also announce that we shall have a music session after the morning worship session. And we have several music singing groups that are in attendance today. May I recognize the Lovington Children's Choir. Wherever you are, just wave to us. There they are. Welcome. Good to see you. May I also recognize the instruments of praise. Instruments of praise, where are you? Thank you. They are right here in the pulpit with me. And then we have the Nairobi East Young Adults. Thank you. So members, please don't miss the afternoon session because these choirs will be presenting music items in this church. Don't miss it at all. And we have our own choristers here. Choristers, could you wave to the church, pianists? Give us just one tone. Just one quick one. Thank you. Thank you very much. And then we have the sabbat school council and teachers who are serving you on the ground. Sabbat school teachers and council members, please stand so that we can recognize you. Wherever you are. Sabbat school team, there you are led by Sister Susan Muachi, where the rest are here. Thank you. Sabbat school teachers, thank you. Please, you may be seated. Just to remind you, church, we start our sabbat school sessions from 8 a.m. East African time every sabbat morning. We start with our prayers, we move on to the mission and forces, and we go into the class action units where we go deep diving into God's word. Please ensure that every sabbat by 8 o'clock you are here and you will meet with the teachers that you have seen to take you through the lesson classes. And then now, serving you, if I may just start by introducing our guest speaker, Pastor Masharia, whom you know very well. He has already said the opening prayer and you will hear him when his time comes. Our own pastor, Senior Pastor Nyaga, is around. I saw him. I don't know if Pastor Tirup and Pastor Mayo are in, just so that we can recognize you as well. Okay. And then we have Asha's. We have our translators who are translating using the sign language, serving you here. So I would like to close by welcoming all of you to this sabbat school visitors day and to the afternoon session where we will have worship through music items. And please feel that you are at the feet of Jesus as you worship him throughout this sabbat. May God bless you all. I'll invite us all to find a place where we can kneel as we seek the Lord in prayer. Okay. Let's pray. King of kings and Lord of lords, Heavenly Father who art in heaven. We want to thank you so much for yet another opportunity that you have granted and to us to be able to come to your house of worship. Lord, we want to thank you for your protection throughout the week. Thank you Lord that we have enabled each one of us to be able to see this day. Thank you for the many blessings that you've continued to be stood upon us. Thank you for your guidance and your care and your love and your protection in every way. In a special way Lord, I want to pray for each one of us that have assembled in your house of worship. Amongst us Lord, there are those who are hurting. There are those who are not feeling well. Those of us who have many challenges that Heavenly Father, I pray and ask that you may remember each one of us in a special way. We also remember those who have lost their loved ones in our midst. That Lord may continue to grant each of them comfort, peace and strength as they go through these trying moments. We also want to thank you even for the speakers that you have, the leaders throughout the church worldwide, Lord that you have an interdiction of them to be able to lead your flock. In a special way we want to pray for Pastor Macharia who in a few moments will be standing before your people to be able to spread your word. May you speak through him that we may get the message and that Lord even when we leave this place we may leave full of blessings and more prepared for your soon return. Thank you Heavenly Father for everything that we have asked for and may you continue to bless each one of us even as we go through the worship. Today for I pray all this in Jesus' name, amen. This is another wonderful time that we've come before the Lord to worship him through our giving. I want to remind us all that for those of us who are in the sanctuary to kindly make use of the envelopes that are in your pews as you apportion the offering that you will give today. In the book of 2 Corinthians chapter nine verse six and seven we are reminded that but this I say he who saw sparingly will also reap sparingly and he who saws bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart not grudgingly or of necessity for God loves a cheerful giver. The deacons and deaconesses I would ask us I would ask you all please to wait upon us deacons and deaconesses for those who prefer to give your offerings through the media platforms the pay bill is displayed on the screens as those of us using the safari com the pay bill number is 320100 those on the Airtel platform the pay bill number is sda 01 letter spring. Heavenly Father yet again we come before their presence just to say thank you for the many blessings that you've bestowed upon each one of us Lord want to just say thank you even as we prepare to give of what we're blessed us with never especially Lord want to ask that you may remember each that will give today and those of us who are not able to give that Lord you may be able to bless them that may be able to give at another time we also want to give our hearts unto thee and Lord may you continue to use us even to spread your word for I pray all this in Jesus name amen. Happy Sabbath boys and girls welcome back to the children Salmon I am Salmon and my name is Silas and today's children's story will be from the fundamental beliefs of the seventh day Adventist Church number 13 and we are still doing the remnant and its mission so today will be our key text will be from Revelation 14 verse 11 and I'd like all of you to read there and they have no rest day or night who worship the beast and his image and whoever has the mark on him so we see in this verse that those who worship God and those who don't worship God will have marks and there will be two different marks for the two different people who do these two different things so I'll invite Salmon to explain and before that let's pray I'll ask one of the children to pray let us pray oh god bless us and may you protect us during this day thank you for guiding us bless the teachers everyone who is here bless the parents and bless the children give us who do not have give the power in Jesus name I pray amen so children before we get to water monkeys I'd like us to remind ourselves what we learned about last Sabbath Steve what did we do last Sabbath um so last Sabbath one of the things we focused on was the the first angel's message which talked about us being ready for God's judgment okay thank you and Amy we also looked at the second angel's message which essentially was talking about how churches will be corrupt and how in the end God will still you know win okay as Celas has told us both God and Satan have their mark so God's mark is like a pathfinder logo it shows that your patch overscored or a team so God's mark is by us showing our good deeds to others by our actions to others Celas what can you tell us about this okay from this we can see that this verse says that we should worship God and not the devil who is the beast in this verse and we can see that there are consequences of worshiping God and there are also consequences of not worshiping God so God adjusts us to worship him and he wouldn't like to chase you out of heaven because he didn't worship him and he's open and is willing that you may worship him so why not hear a story from Salomon about a mark and someone who exercised this okay so in 1999 there were very bad disasters that happens to the world there was a hurricane in Japan and a very big earthquake in Turkey it killed very many people so the American government decided to send some of its best men to go and help the people in need so this story is special because one of those men was Craig Craig was a pathfinder when he was younger so he wore a camera on his helmet to help his team look for the people who are trapped under buildings he also volunteered to go into dark caves of fallen buildings so everyone was very proud of Craig and Craig proudly admitted that he was and seventh day Adventist tell us what do we learn from this okay from this story we learn that we should volunteer to tell others about the good news that Jesus is coming again and when we tell others they will have the chance to know and decide whether they will worship God or worship the beast and luckily enough they will choose to worship God and they will which are in heaven so join us as we sing the song this little light of mind stands out one and two would someone like to pray for us a hat for the word of prayer our kind and loving father thank you for this day thank you for the gift of life and salvation you've brought into us this morning please be with us and protect us in Jesus name we pray amen that's all from the teens still next time bye happy supper our scripture reading comes from the book of Matthew 24 verse 14 Matthew 24 verse 14 I read from the new international version I read and this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testament to all nations and then the end will come let us also look at Hebrews chapter 12 verse 28 through to chapter 13 verse 1 Hebrews 12 verse 28 through Hebrews chapter 13 verse 1 I read therefore since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken let us be thankful and so worship God acceptably with the reference and you for our God is a consuming fire 13 one keep on loving each other as brothers may the Lord bless the reading our opening song will be song number 594 song number 594 Hail the kingdom oh why does that slumber our request that we be upon our feet as we sing song number 594 may we rise okay let's pray we want to get to a very important time very important segment of this service when we want to listen to you talk to us we pray that Lord you take charge of these moments from now to the end that at the end of it we will all want to belong to this kingdom that you are setting up we pray trusting in Jesus name amen okay good morning praise the Lord okay I'm happy to be back home those that are old like I have become we must we can remember that I was counting the number of years since I left this church and they have accumulated to 24 years can you imagine 24 years it's amazing it's amazing and I'm happy to be back to my friends can see those that were older than me can see professor there and those are my age mates I think Muroki could be my age mate I'm not sure Tom these people I saw quite a number of them and then I'm surprised that the lady who is now the church clerk here when you were seated there she told me you know pastor when you are here I wasn't adventurous you may have grown to become this big lady oh it's amazing I'm so happy to see all of you thank you lovely children Lavington was my church also I'm so happy to see you thank you pastor Nyaga and the leadership of an aerobic central church for giving me a chance to come back here and and see you and fellowship with you as we prepare for the soon coming of our Lord the king who is coming to set up his kingdom so I came with my wife I am still very close to her and I would want to stand and say hello where she's Mary where are you this is the lady I chose oh there she is that lady has been with me for quite a lot of time now a long time now I was counting the years 45 years can you imagine how life can can just grow like that so Mary thank you for supporting me and I'm happy that I chose you now friends pastor Nyaga and pastor Tirup been talking with them and they asked me to come over Mrs. Mwachi the sub-school superintendent she asked me to also you know to come and share with you some of the things that I value very much in my heart the things that are very close to my to my heart and by the grace of God I had the time I was around so I said yes I will come I'll come and see and share with you you don't know could be some of you don't know since then I'm now I'm there I got retired last year so I'm I'm there I'm a senior citizen can you imagine the other day I was a young man jumping all over now I'm a senior citizen can you imagine I'm a senior citizen I've joined the ranks of my seniors and so uh before I get into the message just to to tell you what some of the things I'm doing I'm now I live in Thika that's where I live and go every day to Ongata Ongai because I have some interests there we are running a school so if you are there you can bring your kids babu right most are running a rehabilitation center for those who have challenges with their with their issues issues you know issues are there so I'm running a rehabilitation center there for people who have had issues with their with their with their minds so we are correcting people they are getting them back so that they can think about God see when you are in that confusion you can't even think about God so there you can get me there and uh you talk you talk I'm also cancelling people with my age now the experience I've gathered I can say one or two things that can help you so you can call me hey pastor I want to come and see you you're most welcome I'm also in the mediation just in the case you have issues that you can't agree I'm a certified mediator so I can you can sit and talk and I just listen to you listen to the other one then you have your own solutions you know you have the solutions both of you who are quarreling only that you are so impatient with each other you can't listen to each other so the problems are not solved but you if you had somebody to sit with you take you through you what were you fighting after all it's nothing here so that's what I'm doing now in my retirement and you are very much welcome to to be with me so there we are now when I was told that this is a sabbath the guest sabbath day sabbath school has organized that we have guests it reminded me of 1998 when I was pastoring this church and we had a guest day I remember the date was 17th October I can still remember and we invited people to come for for guests sabbath day and they came and can you imagine one of them who came that same day she made up her mind to follow Jesus and even become a sabbath day adventist and today the work that family has done for the Lord in Kukuland they have opened churches that one day that she came and became an adventist so these are very important day that you chose to have and thank you Nairobi central for leading from the from the front I saw you are saying there was this 01 01 sd 01 01 that's your position that's your position as a church and so I want to thank you that you can consider such a day where you can invite people to come people who are not even they are not practicing adventists at the moment I don't call them non adventists I call them potential adventists I never I never give up on anyone everyone is potential so I call them potential adventists and then the sabbath school we'll be talking about this one later in the afternoon but sabbath school as you know is a heart is a heart of the church and I can see here you have said something here sabbath school influencing beyond all limits sabbath school is the heart of the church because this is where we come to fellowship we come for fellowship we come and I equipped for community service we also do bible study we also learn about taking the gospel out there so those are the four pillars of the sabbath school and you are you have done well as a church to have this day so when I was now praying and asking God what do you want me to say to the people that my old members and also the visitors who will have come then the Lord impressed in my mind let's talk about this very important subject let's talk about the kingdom of God let's talk about this one so that's the message I have for you the kingdom of God and I'm I'm discussing four things one what is the kingdom of God then who are the airs who are the citizens so to speak of that kingdom who are the subjects of that kingdom and then what is the conduct of those citizens how do they behave and then the last bit what are their responsibilities these people that are citizens these people that are the citizens the subjects of this kingdom what is their responsibility so when I do those four things I will have done for this morning and then I was surprised that I'll also be viewed through KBC so I said wow this is an opportunity I haven't heard you know you are making me national I'm national I'm a national speaker right from here so and by extension international because there is what there is YouTube and all this so I said wow today must be a big day for my ministry so let's go let's start now let's start the scriptures we have done the scriptures am I pressing here to go ahead I go ahead okay so thank you all right all right those are the scriptures that I have chosen for today's presentation there are two of them one of them is the one that is famous this one is a famous text that talks about the gospel of the kingdom what what made me choose that is because of the gospel of the kingdom shall be preached to everybody everyone everyone to be a witness and then and only then the end shall come so that one and then Hebrews 12 thank you my sister for reading so well we are talking about we therefore we who are receiving the kingdom then how are we supposed to conduct ourselves that is what I'm also going to discuss in this in this presentation so let me go and let me say this okay one is it okay one of the basic needs for the human for the human beings is reigning being in charge being in control that's one of the basic needs that God put in us as was creating us he created us and put us in charge to be in charge to be in control of the situations around you a basic need for human beings we want to be in control we want things to be under us we don't want to be burdened by things we don't want that we want to be in charge if you are the mosaic in the house you want to be there and you want you know be things to be okay in your in your family this is one of the ways we are like God you see God created us in his own image when he was creating us in Genesis 126 there he says and God said let us make man in our image in our likeness one of the ways we are like God is that we have leadership we have we reign we have control over situations and over things that around and about us that's one of the the ways we are like God God created us in his image and likeness that's what I've said he desired that his children that's Adam and Eve would be king and queen Adam was supposed to be the king of this world and Eve was supposed to be the queen and when they gave they they were blessed to give children then they were supposed to have children they were supposed to have children their children would be princess had a problem with English there because princess and princesses had a problem there but princess are us the male no we're supposed to be princess okay and for the ladies our sisters they were supposed to be princesses am I I can see the English teachers are smiling at me here so that is what we were supposed to be after Adam Adam the king our mother the queen we the men princess and the ladies our sisters princesses that's how God wanted it and this was going to be like that for eternity this was going to be like that forever can you imagine today six thousand years later if it wasn't for sin that was allowed into this world would all be going to our our king Adam and asking him for hey how are you mzee how did you know we would be going to mzee the king and the mother the queen would be going there getting stories getting information getting wisdom when sin entered as you all know when sin entered this world it changed the whole plan the whole plan was altered the whole plan was put in disarray Adam and Eve lost their position and also their authority they lost it they lost it can you imagine people were supposed to be ruling over all these big animals the giraffes and all these and the lions and all these they are now being ruled by small things that are even some of them are not even cannot be seen the jumps that are killing us cannot be seen they have to be looked through a microscope and they are killing people mosquito these small things you know how many people they are killing small things like mosquitos which were supposed to be even you don't even think about they exist but now when Adam and Eve lost it they lost the the kingdom they also lost the authority that was theirs satan you served the position he took it by force and has been behaving and acting as the king of this world and i'm saying they are for now it's only for now he's behaving and acting like the king for now only this short time when he was drawn from heaven the bible says that he was drawn down here and he was so angry because he knew his time was short so he's just acting and behaving like a king for this short while hallelujah soon the lord is coming to put things back to what he had intended that they be forever second corindians four and three and four there john it is talking about satan being the god of this world is not a joke he's not a joke he's he's taking control of this world for now and for this short while god's ultimate plan is to give back the kingdom to us god wants to give us the kingdom that's why he's saying the gospel of the kingdom shall be preached god wants to give us back the kingdom that was taken from us madio 24 14 that's what we are saying the gospel of the kingdom god desires to get the kingdom back to us so much so that he chose to sacrifice his only son to make this happen to make this possible he gave up his son he sacrificed his only son to make this one possible to have you get your kingdom back the kingdom of god is eternal and that's why god gave us his son so that he could give us eternal life which makes it possible to inherit the kingdom of god you see even in this world you see people want to be on top of others people want to to be whatever positions are in the world here they want to be the mcs and all these small things here the governor those small things i call them small because comparing them with my big thing the thing i want to jesus these are small things being the president of a country a small thing i'm looking at the kingdom that's going to be eternal hallelujah i can't sacrifice my kingdom in heaven for these small small kingdoms three years four years these short ones here no i can that i cannot be that thick i want a kingdom that's going to last eternity that's the one i want that's the one i i have asked god to give me the first kingdom of god also kingdom of heaven or kingdom of light appears more than 80 times in the new testament you can see it is a serious thing it's a big thing it's a big discussion in the new testament 80 times that's not a small time to discuss one subject it's a huge it's a huge huge huge discussion in the new testament it appears more than 80 times in the new testament most of these references occur in the gospels of ma view mark and look while the exact time is not found in the old testament the existence of god's kingdom is expressed similarly in the old testament we don't see it as in the old testament like with the new testament but it's also being there it's mentioned there it's there but in the new testament 80 times is a huge discussion this kingdom is heavenary it's not ugly here it's not small thing here as i've said these small things here it's heavenly for the god of heaven sets it up it has been set up by the god of heaven so it is heavenly it that it it exhorts it is up there it is evidently a holy kingdom holy kingdom for the will of god is to be done in it as in heaven so this kingdom that you're talking about is a holy kingdom it is a holy kingdom where the will of god is done and he said unto them when you pray say our father which art in heaven how lord be thy name thy kingdom come there's a kingdom you want holy kingdom that will be done as in heaven so in on this and that's in this art the other thing about this kingdom it is a righteous kingdom it's where righteousness lives draws it is a righteous kingdom for the kingdom of god is not meat and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the holy ghost holy spirit you don't if you don't like if you don't like the word ghost you know some some words change meaning of a time ghost looks bad but that is a holy spirit is not it is not but if you don't like the the word ghost you can say spirit so we are saying the kingdom of god is not about eating and drinking but righteousness and peace and joy this is a kingdom i want to be in this is a kingdom i want it is an everlasting kingdom the kingdom you're talking about here is an everlasting kingdom it's not a kingdom that is so short lived like the ones i've just mentioned in kenya here your mca kingdom is only for actually you you win it now and you start worrying the same day you have gotten it now you have started worrying about right that time very very bad kind of kingdom i don't want that the kingdom of god is an everlasting kingdom that shall stand forever our some there some 24-7 and all that those verses say to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts and the glorious majesty of his kingdom thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and thy dominion endure throughout all generations there's a kingdom i want my friends oh say up now this is a kingdom i want i don't want these small ones i want this kingdom that is going to endure throughout all generations a kingdom that is going to last forever this is a gospel that must be preached to everyone so that people can remove their minds from these small kingdoms and focus on the big kingdom the big kingdom that's going to last forever well at that moment i should have said this one as i began i'm so sorry my my my elder brother my father uh or the oburu i've just heard you talking i was wondering what is what is mz saying what happened i'm so sorry i'm the oburu and the family for for that loss you know that's this i don't want this kind of life i don't know that i don't want to be in a kingdom where people lose their loved ones i want to be in a kingdom that's going to be forever so i'm saying oburu don't worry it is going to be well soon when the lord comes hallelujah and the kingdom and the dominion and the goodness of the kingdom and the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the most high whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and all dominions shall serve and obey him that's the kingdom you're talking about my people daniel seven says that and there was given him dominion and glory and a kingdom that all people nations and languages should deserve him his dominion is an everlasting dominion we shall not pass away and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed this is a kingdom my friends i want you to to look up to watch these smoking leave these small kingdoms of a manager or you know these small kingdoms of a manager of a certain company those are small things don't let them distract you from this big one this big one the kingdom of god is both physical and spiritual spiritual now in this world as you are eight jesus's second return when it will be physical it will be real with jesus at the throne surrounded by billions of angels and people who will have accepted the invitation so right now the kingdom of god is in our hearts we are giving jesus an opportunity to rule in our hearts that's he's raining in our hearts he's raining in our votes but soon soon it's going to be physical it's going to be real jesus is going to come surrounded by billions of angels and he'll come and take billions of those who have accepted the invitation so please be one of this when i look at the book of revelation and see the many people the many people who john says he could not even count they were like the sand of the sea then i ask how can i miss how can i miss you know how can i miss all these many people how could i miss why should i miss if there are people that are numberless people that cannot be numbered are going to be in that kingdom why can't i the subjects who are these subjects i finished with that one i want to go to who are the subjects of this kingdom who are they the subjects or heirs of this kingdom are those who are described by prophet daniel in daniel 244 revelation 12 17 revelation 14 12 let me say a little bit about that one the one of daniel 244 it is says that there let me just just give me a minute there let me just go to this all right okay let me go to this one first okay all right are you pushing me my friend okay okay all right i want now the okay let me okay let me finish with this and i go back there now here we see in daniel 244 it is talking about the kingdom that will rule this world from the time of neb karnesar you must have heard about this neb karnes and for the visitors who are visiting with us king neb karnes was a king of a big kingdom known as Babylon it was a superpower that time and he got a dream i'm going to show it in a moment he got a dream and in that dream god wanted to show him the whole history from the time of Babylon to the time of Jesus's second coming and so back to 244 of daniel it talks about after all these kingdoms were destroyed then god is going to set up a kingdom that shall rule forever let me go here okay my friend push this one for me get me the the image there all right that one okay that one that is the image that daniel got in his dream and not daniel but neb karnes he had this dream and the dream was so intriguing it was so disturbing but it got lost in the morning when he woke up he could not remember anything but the dream was disturbing him he it meant something great but he could not remember so you remember what he said he called all the people all the wise men of Babylon they all came they all came astrologers came magicians came sorcerers came warogi came all of them came you see this is what what is a this is a big problem when people get in trouble instead of going to god for for solutions they go to fellow people who don't know anything so neb karnes did not know any better so he called all these people whom he thought were his wise men his advisors he called them and they came with their panna panna panna panna panna area they came with those things they can imagine they came with those things you know very dirty things and you see very clean people like you going there with your suit and these people are so dirty and they they command you no no not me no no no they cannot command me i cannot be commanded by these dirty people and you find people hey hey they told sorry hey go back come come leave us and they they order you things they order you some fun and you you oblige you are sold down there no not me not me actually somewhere was it sold sold did that kind of a business you remember sold you remember sold he tried this kind of business went there to some wood so so sorry come say come i'm a cousin he went there disguising himself and then carumanzera oh and then you know those kind of thing no not me not me not me what about you not me i'm not going to bow before a sorcerer hallelujah i can't go there with my suit no no no i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry not me some other people not me so napkin as i called these guys they came with their panna panna area they all came and they started doing their thing there all they looked they looked no nothing was they nothing so when there was nothing then the king was angry hey you guys you have been cheating me all around your day is now you are going to be killed all of you you're going to face death sentence and a general was called what their name was aryoko please aryoko deal with these people they've been cheating me all along they can't tell me what i dreamed they can't even tell me the meaning of the dream get them out of my face and so aryoko was there ready to kill all of them and then they were there saying you see when they saw that dead was eminent they said okay there are some people who are not here you see when they were called the first time they rushed they did not they did not tell daniel shardrek and abednego that there was the king had called people at the kulu they did not they did not they thought they were going to have goodies so when the things table stand there are some people who are not here some people should be with us here they're not here who are not here daniel and his friends are not here they're not here so daniel was called and he came to the king hey king what's the problem what is here these people have not told me what i'm asking i want them dead so the king daniel said okay okay mkuba long live you know it's also good to respect government and rulers daniel knew neb cannezo not going to live forever but because that was the way they addressed their kings so he goes there and brought long long live king that doesn't make you worship you're not worshiping the person you're only giving when you possible your excellency you're not worshiping the person you're only giving him due what respect so daniel went there king live forever but he knew he was not going to live forever but because that's the way the the the leaders were being given respect he did it so he told him give me time give us time then daniel when they went back home he'd not go for a better sorcerer as a neighborhood no no no no no no he called his friends the four of them shardrak meshak and bednego and him they had prayers hallelujah they prayed to god and god told them the dream and he came to the king hey king in your dream you saw a big a big statue that had a head of gold chest and silver of chest and arms of silver the belly of bronze and the legs of iron and down there there was a mixture of clay and iron and when you are looking at that thing you saw a stone carved by nobody's hand no human being but he came and smashed the whole thing and the thing was finished hey that's what i saw daniel what does that one mean now poor poor i'm going to tell you poor then daniel told him this what it means you see that one the head gold that's Babylon your kingdom that's going to rule after you oh he'd not want to hear that after you i don't know what happens without human mind when somebody gets the top after you after you no no he doesn't want to hear that but daniel was not a politician so he told him after you another kingdom will come less the newest but anyway it will also finish you the kingdom of the silver that is the maiden maiden passion it ruled those years then after that one the bellion dies of brass that is the kingdom of the Greece the Greeks and then after that the iron legs that's the kingdom of Rome that ruled from 146 bc all the way to 476 ad it crossed over from abc to ad and then that kingdom of Rome was divided into 10 smaller kingdoms that we have down there at the toes there some strong like iron others weak like clay and then at that time a stone that came from the mountain not carved by any human being came and smashed that's the kingdom we are waiting for let me remind you now where we are are we in the days of bc hey answer me church are we in the days of bc are we in the days of gold no silver no bronze no where are we now at the time of the divided roman empire that's where we are any time let me tell you friends any time god is going to set up his kingdom this kingdom that will be given to those people who will have who are called the saints of the living heart of the living god those people who are obedient to god those people who are who know jesus christ as their personal savior they acknowledge jesus as the king they are the ones who are going to be in this kingdom it's coming it's coming the kingdom of the stone the kingdom of jesus is coming that's the kingdom i want to be hallelujah i don't want to be a Babylonian thing they are only 200 years you know the one that ruled most were the romans 600 years but she was short time i want to be in a kingdom that's going to rule forever a kingdom of joy a kingdom of happiness a kingdom of righteousness that's the kingdom i want so let me now go now quickly these these people these people that are going to inherit this kingdom what is their conduct how are they behaving while they are waiting for this kingdom how are they behaving how would you know them it is saying that the conduct of the heirs of the kingdom of god that is those that are receiving the kingdom are described by apostle Paul in Hebrews 12 28 that inverse one there which they are able to have which they are able to have enabled by the grace of god is one of service they are serving in a manner that god would accept that's one conduct they are serving in a manner that god would accept let me tell you friends you can be serving but you you must ask yourself am i serving in a manner that god would accept you could be serving the elder pastor however but are you serving in a manner that god would accept that's something you're going to ask yourself number two they are serving with reverence reverence reverence let's be humble people they are also serving with godly fear giving god the the fear the godly fear we call it and that inverse one of Hebrews they are serving or they are living together in brotherly love let me talk about that a moment love brotherly love i'm calling upon you members of Nairobi and the whole of the of the christian fraternity in Kenya and abroad that we need to to to exercise brotherly love when this world is so divided on many lines political lines tribal lines all these isms when everybody else is suffering from those isms as christians we should live together in brotherly love i'm commenting because i know what's going on i'm there you can see me okay my sinners are here but i'm i'm there also in my own rights and let me tell you i have been in this country now for almost six or six years i've been living in this world i know what's going on i know there's a lot of hate going on among us people even among us members of church there's hatred going on circulating among us there's a lot of strife going on among us that one should not be people who are waiting for the kingdom of god they are have a contact of loving one another hallelujah loving one another it doesn't matter where you're coming from it doesn't matter what class you may have been placed it doesn't matter we are in one contact brotherly love so that's the conduct and then let me now discuss the last one i can see my time is here i'm i'm looking very well here i'm i'm in time allow me now to discuss the last point in this presentation the responsibilities of these heirs of the kingdom what are their responsibilities the very first one the very first responsibility is to accept Jesus christ as your personal savior praise god that is your number one number one responsibility is that you accept jesus christ as your personal savior and live a full christian life i have no time to tell you what all that what is in order but my friends you need to accept jesus christ as your personal savior this idea of having knowing so many things about god knowing so many things about the bible but not knowing not having a personal relationship with jesus i can tell you that's not going to get you into the kingdom we must have a relationship a very personal relationship with our lord and savior jesus a personal one hapa hapa have a best day hey hey what with vijana our best day hey we go up with vijana our best day our rafiki ako jesus must be your friend you must open your heart for jesus told you that could you a moment here yes i know you know many things about jesus he was born that's okay everybody knows that he lived a sinless life everybody knows that he died on the cross everybody knows that but the question is have you allowed him into your heart is he your friend does he order your life does he lord over your life do you have some secret chambers that will not allow him to get in if you wanted to get it oh no no no jesus no hapa hapa partner do you have any secret chambers you shouldn't have jesus jesus should be able to get into your heart and out and you know any time hallelujah any time he should be entering any time in your heart and a talker king here you know he's your body now the second one the second responsibility is to be a vessel through which jesus could impact others and save them together with you that's the other responsibility to make sure that jesus can use you to impact other people remember jesus is coming soon what was the what was the theme for come meetings jesus is coming soon get on get involved get involved who seek her my friend in your office who seek her in your home be involved wherever you are in your neighborhood be involved i'm happy that there are some people who have brought visitors today thank you very much being but now it could be asking revelation 22 17 says the spirit and the bride say come and let him who he has say come you extend the invitation you have come call others come enjoy enjoy become come come come come i don't know what they say in all languages but uh yeah come humble hey humble humble humble come come come can you anyone come tell people to come it's good if you're enjoying it why can't you share with other people if you're not calling other people could be or not you're not enjoying it otherwise you could not keep it from others if you are enjoying it so if you're enjoying to be in the kingdom tell others okay humble enjoy this gospel of the kingdom of god is so important that jesus will only come after it has been taken to all the people in the whole world that's when jesus will come and this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached to everybody and to be a testimony and then the end shall come we are here and suffering as we are because we have not done our bit i wish we could all stand up and take the gospel to everyone it gets to everyone and jesus would come now jesus desires that everyone who has been privileged to know this gospel should be involved in spreading it to the other people to others so could be you're wondering how how could this uh how could i be how could you be involved it could be you're wondering i want to finish by saying this ellen g white one of our best writers has said this has a sure method which i'm sure would give you success if implemented it this found in the book in our book called minister of healing page 143 which says christ method alone would give you true success in reaching the people the saviour mean god with the people as one who desires their good he showed sympathy for them minister to their needs and won their confidence and then he invited them follow me that is jesus method that if everyone of us applied this method you'll be happy getting people come to christ you'll be excited to see people coming to christ from this statement from this statement one of our pastors in one of the divisions of the general conference there are team divisions one of them called south southern asia pacific division one pastor reading that statement from ellen white she came up she was he was inspired and came up with what we are calling six seas which if everyone could employ can be a successful evangelist and i want to finish with this one six seas jesus mingled with the people so what did he do he contacted jesus contacted people one of the seas he contacted people went hey hi how are you he went to the byways and the highways contacting people jesus was not staying in jerusalem hey people come you want salvation come to me in jerusalem no he was mingling with the people contacting people number one number two when jesus was going around they are contacting people wow he got concerned people are living like this these are sick people these are demon possessed these are all manner of issues he got concerned what he saw as he went by contacting people so after that when he got he got concerned if not stop there what did he do he was moved with compassion oh sorry about the situation he was moved with compassion let me tell you people we must be compassionate he showed sympathy to the people he saw and then he stopped there at the at the compassion level he went ahead and took care he took care he ministered to the people's needs he ministered to their needs people we must be involved in taking care of the less fortunate people and i won't thank central church i know we have i hope i hope the acc is it's going on you people are in balance zero one hallelujah zero one church hallelujah zero one church you are clever to have that thing to to soften us you know sometimes you can be so hard but when you are taking care you get soften when you see somebody with no shoes when you have so many at your house you oh when you see somebody has no food and you have thrown some food in the dust beneath you oh i'm sorry take care and let me remind you when jesus comes he's going to divide the whole world into two groups and what the criteria i was hungry you gave me something to eat remember that chapter 25 i was naked you gave me something to wear i was dusty give me something to drink i was in hospital you came visiting with me i was in prison taking care and when you take care of people's needs what will happen you are going to win people's confidence like jesus he won people's confidence and number six the last of the sea is conversion people are going to come hallelujah people are going to follow you beat them follow me jesus is going to come after he has he has won their confidence he asked them to follow him and they followed him if all of us followed this method of our lord jesus christ evangelism would be easy and enjoyable and one that would bear march fruit may the good lord the master and king bless all of us as we get busy in his vineyard hallelujah we must be involved we must we have no other option if you become a christian you have no option you must go out and share the good news with other people and this method is going to give you success hallelujah this method jesus's method alone is going to give you true success so how many want to to be involved i want to be involved hallelujah i am involved i'm too i've gone on retirement but i'm still involved even in my retirement hallelujah i want us to be involved in getting people to know about our lord about the king of the universe jesus christ the king of the universe i want to be a subject in this kingdom what about you do you want to be a subject in a subject in this kingdom where jesus is the king can you imagine yes i'm the king ah i want that one hallelujah i want where jesus is the king hallelujah he's the one calling shots he's the one sitting at the cabinet he's the one sitting at the cabinet you can imagine what kind of resolutions are going to be made good ones peaceful ones so may god bless you my people i want to invite you that lord may the lord help you to become part of this team a subject to this kingdom i do something about it get involved so may god bless you again to tell you i'm happy i could come to my church and thank you the the viewers kbc viewers thank you very much for giving us this opportunity you are good kbc and channel number one hallelujah god bless you for keeping us on air spreading the gospel of the kingdom that jesus is coming soon to set up may you may you also be blessed kkbc is crew crew is it not screw it's crew kbc crew not screw may god bless you as you serve let's meet in the kingdom of god hallelujah so do i pray or what how do i oh i wait a little bit okay all right thank you people i'm being contacted here thank you to wrap it up we'll sing four six nine song number four six nine what a fellowship what a joy divine four six nine may we be upstanding the ship what a joy divine lasting our joys to find living on the everland heavenly father the king of the universe we thank you for the desire you have for all of us that we could all get back to that kingdom that you had prepared for us to possess forever thank you for jesus whom you sent to come so that he could die on the cross to make it possible for us to get back to that kingdom thank you lord for the membership that has been here the visitors who are invited to this sabbath sabbath day thank you for our country kenya and for all the globe you have told us that you want all of us back to the kingdom you want us to get back to our original our original state or being princess and princesses further help us to look for that kingdom that's going to be everlasting thank you lord bless us and keep us safe help us to have brotherly love help us to serve you to give you reverence thank you jesus bless the young people here the children the young people and the senior members of the society here may you bless all of us and prepare us for your soon return we pray bless kenya bless its leadership bless all of us the citizenry and even the hard times we are going through father may you see us through in jesus' name we pray amen amen sabbath church happy day we are going to do one more song wathi wathi is the lamb song number 246 in our sda hymnals 246 wathi wathi is the lamb thank you very much Nairobi east youth choir and i'd like to thank all the participants who have been here at the pulpit starting with pastor thank you for the message then the pulpit team who have participated this morning and early afternoon thank you very much for your participation i'd like to thank in a special way the choirs what you have heard is just a touch or a taste of what is to come i want to invite you all this afternoon when we start at 145 with the sabbath school program which ends round about 3 3 15 3 40 there and then we will have a music extravaganza where besides the choirs that we have heard here even shofar is on the way coming to join us so today we have heard lovington children's choir or lcc iop which is instruments of praise will be here and you've just gotten a taste of Nairobi east youth choir they will all be here and you will have a big music extravaganza with a lot of piano music from sista yanara and you better just come i can tell you enough about it you better be here then you can see it i'd like also to thank our communication team together with our partners kbc without these people we couldn't reach as far as we do now because of their participation thank you very very much communication team we recognize and appreciate your services i will be failing if i do not mention and thank you members for being here it's nice that we can come fellowship together and share in the lord lord's word and here i include our remote members or online viewers thank you very much for participating finally may i remind our sabbath school guests that we invite you for fellowship in a meal at the old sanctuary please do not go away when we close because we're expecting to fellowship with you some more would like to conclude it there just come in the afternoon there's everything ready for you and you'll enjoy yourself may god bless you all now i'd like us now at this time to stand up and say the grace as we close and now may the grace of the lord jesus christ and the love of god and the fellowship of the holy spirit be with us now and forevermore amen god bless you all enjoy your lunch thank you